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November 5 birthdays

303 notable historical figures were born on November 5, and 177 died on this day. Everyone born on November 5 is a Scorpio.

16% of November 5 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (81) than any other country.

Born on November 5

• Bryan Adams (born 1959. Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (born 1959))
• Sam Shepard (1943 to 2017. American playwright and actor (1943–2017))
• Yair Lapid (born 1963. Prime Minister of Israel in 2022)
• Fawzia of Egypt (1921 to 2013. Queen of Iran from 1941 to 1948)
• Jean-Pierre Papin (born 1963. French football manager (born 1963))
• Bernard-Henri Lévy (born 1948. French philosopher)
• Thorbjørn Jagland (born 1950. Norwegian politician (born 1950))
• Tony Evers (born 1951. Governor of Wisconsin since 2019)
• Will Durant (1885 to 1981. American historian, philosopher and writer (1885–1981))
• Charles Taylor (philosopher) (born 1931. Canadian philosopher (born 1931))
• Mikhail Bakhtin (1895 to 1975. Russian philosopher and literary theorist (1895–1975))
• Angela Gossow (born 1974. German metal vocalist)
• John Berger (1926 to 2017. British painter, writer and art critic)
• Kseniya Sobchak (born 1981. Russian journalist and media manager (born 1981))
• Ghazan (1271 to 1304. Ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate from 1295 to 1304)
• Yoshiyuki Tomino (born 1941. Japanese anime creator, songwriter, screenwriter & novelist)
• Benjamin Butler (1818 to 1893. American general and politician (1818–1893))
• Karan Thapar (born 1955. Indian journalist)
• Bob Barr (born 1948. American attorney and politician (born 1948))
• Chittaranjan Das (1870 to 1925. Indian politician, poet, author and leader of the Bengali Swaraj Party (1870–1925))
• Ibrahim Maalouf (born 1980. Lebanese-French jazz musician (born 1980))
• Vivien Leigh (1913 to 1967. British actress (1913–1967))
• Ivan Stambolić (1936 to 2000. Serbian politician (1936–2000))
• Ibrahim (1615 to 1648. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 to 1648)
• Cynthia A. Pratt (born 1945. Governor-General of the Bahamas since 2023)
• Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry (1798 to 1870. Italian and French princess (1798–1870))
• Giovanni Belzoni (1778 to 1823. Italian explorer (1778–1823))
• Shlomo Helbrans (1962 to 2017. Israeli anti-Zionist Rebbe)
• Brooke Magnanti (born 1975. British writer (born 1974/1975))
• As-Salih Najm al-din Ayyub (1205 to 1249. Ayyubid sultan of Egypt from 1240 to 1249)
• Sidonius Apollinaris (430 to 489. 5th-century Gallic poet, diplomat, bishop, and Catholic saint)
• Ricardo Miró (1882 to 1940. Panamanian writer (1882–1940))
• Anna Maria van Schurman (1607 to 1678. Dutch artist, classical scholar, philosopher, and feminist (1607-1678))
• Sajjad Zaheer (1905 to 1973. Indian Marxist writer (1899–1973))
• Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864 to 1933. British artist (1864–1933))
• William Daniel Phillips (born 1948. American physicist (born 1948))
• Jaime Roldós Aguilera (1940 to 1981. 33rd President of Ecuador (1979–1981))
• Harold Innis (1894 to 1952. Canadian academic (1894–1952))
• Virat Kohli (born 1988. Indian cricketer (born 1988))
• Mihail Sadoveanu (1880 to 1961. Romanian writer, journalist and politician (1881–1961))
• Andrew Sean Greer (born 1970. American novelist and short story writer (born 1970))
• Kasper Schmeichel (born 1986. Danish footballer (born 1986))
• György Cziffra (1921 to 1994. Hungarian pianist and composer)
• Prince Jerome (1830 to 1893. French-American soldier (1830–1893))
• Prince Louis Charles of Prussia (1773 to 1796. Prussian prince (1773–1796))
• Raphael Mechoulam (1930 to 2023. Israeli chemist (1930–2023))
• James Elroy Flecker (1884 to 1915. British poet)
• Michalis Hatzigiannis (born 1978. Greek Cypriot singer (born 1978))
• Kōtoku Shūsui (1871 to 1911. Japanese anarchist (1871–1911))
• Tilda Swinton (born 1960. Scottish actress (born 1960))
• Partha Chatterjee (scholar) (born 1947. Indian academic (born 1947))
• Nigmatilla Yuldashev (born 1962. Uzbek lawyer and politician)
• Paul Sabatier (chemist) (1854 to 1941. French chemist (1854–1941))
• Bruno Gesche (1905 to 1980. German SS officer (1905–1982))
• Eliud Kipchoge (born 1984. Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1984))
• Robert Zimmer (1947 to 2023. American mathematician (1947–2023))
• Tea Banh (born 1945. Cambodian politician (born 1945))
• Hans Mommsen (1930 to 2015. German historian (1930–2015))
• Walter Gieseking (1895 to 1956. German pianist (1895–1956))
• Reese Schonfeld (1931 to 2020. American journalist and executive (1931–2020))

Died on November 5

• James Clerk Maxwell (1831 to 1879. Scottish physicist and mathematician (1831–1879))
• Meir Kahane (1932 to 1990. American and Israeli politician (1932–1990))
• Vladimir Horowitz (1903 to 1989. Russian and American pianist (1903–1989))
• Isaiah Berlin (1909 to 1997. British philosopher (1909–1997))
• Casimir III the Great (1310 to 1370. King of Poland from 1333 to 1370)
• Art Tatum (1909 to 1956. American jazz pianist (1909–1956))
• George M. Cohan (1878 to 1942. American actor, singer, composer and playwright (1878–1942))
• Maria Feodorovna (1759 to 1828. Empress of Russia from 1796 to 1801)
• Bülent Ecevit (1925 to 2006. Prime Minister of Turkey (1974; 1977; 1978–79; 1999–2002))
• Hemu (1501 to 1556. General, Wazir and King (1501–1556))
• Angelica Kauffman (1741 to 1807. Swiss artist (1741–1807))
• Alexis Carrel (1873 to 1944. French surgeon and biologist (1873–1944))
• Spencer W. Kimball (1895 to 1985. President of the LDS Church (1895–1985))
• Luigi Facta (1861 to 1930. Prime Minister of Italy from February to October 1922)
• Hans Egede (1686 to 1758. Norwegian priest and missionary)
• Ronald Venetiaan (1936 to 2025. President of Suriname (1991–1996; 2000–2010))
• Jan Oort (1900 to 1992. Dutch astronomer (1900–1992))
• Ernest Gellner (1925 to 1995. Czech anthropologist, philosopher and sociologist (1925–1995))
• Lady Mary Tudor (1673 to 1726. Illegitimate daughter of Charles II of England)
• Gholam Reza Azhari (1912 to 2001. Iranian prime minister and army officer)
• Elliott Carter (1908 to 2012. American composer (1908–2012))
• Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951 to 1982. American author and artist (1951–1982))
• Pieter Steyn (1706 to 1772. Dutch government official)
• Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825 to 1921. American philosopher (1825-1921))
• Leopoldo O'Donnell Count of Lucena (1809 to 1867. Spanish general and statesman (1809-1867))
• Frits Thaulow (1847 to 1906. Norwegian Impressionist painter)
• Nagarjun (1911 to 1998. Indian poet (1911–1998))
• ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (1540 to 1615. Indian writer, historian, and translator (1540–1615))
• Christiaan Eijkman (1858 to 1930. Dutch physician (1858–1930))
• Beqir Balluku (1917 to 1975. Albanian politician (1917–1975))

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