Famous Births on 8 Nov

Famous Births on 8 Nov

1342 - Julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416)
1431 - Vlad III the Impaler, Wallachian prince (d. 1476)
1491 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)
1622 - King Charles X of Sweden (d. 1660)
1706 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
1710 - Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768)
1715 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1797)
1723 - John Byron, British naval officer (d. 1786)
1768 - Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, (d. 1840)
1777 - Désirée Clary, queen of Sweden (d. 1860)
1836 - Milton Bradley, American game manufacturer (d. 1911)
1847 - Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician (d. 1907)
1847 - Bram Stoker, Irish novelist (d. 1912)
1848 - Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (d. 1925)
1854 - Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919)
1866 - Herbert Austin, English automobile pioneer (d. 1941)
1868 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. 1942)
1869 - Zinaida Gippius, Russian woman-poet in exile in France (d. 1945)
1883 - Arnold Bax, English composer (d. 1953)
1884 - Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1922)
1885 - Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966)
1885 - Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (d. 1946)
1885 - Hans Cloos, German geologist (d. 1951)
1893 - Clarence Williams, American composer (d. 1965)
1893 - Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (d. 1941)
1895 - Photios Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (d. 1965)
1896 - Bucky Harris, baseball player (d. 1977)
1897 - Dorothy Day, social activist (d. 1980)
1898 - Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (d. 1937)
1900 - Charlie Paddock, American athlete (d. 1943)
1900 - Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)
1904 - Cedric Belfrage English-born writer (d. 1990)
1908 - Martha Gellhorn, American writer (d. 1998)
1913 - June Havoc, American actress
1918 - Hermann Zapf, German designer
1919 - P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. 2000)
1920 - Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998)
1920 - Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Brazilian cardinal
1922 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (d. 2001)
1922 - Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (d. 1996)
1923 - Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
1924 - Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974)
1927 - Nguyen Khanh, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
1927 - Ken Dodd, English comedian
1927 - Patti Page, American singer
1929 - Bobby Bowden, American football coach
1929 - António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher
1931 - Darla Hood, American actress (d. 1979)
1931 - Morley Safer, Canadian journalist
1933 - Peter Arundell, British racing driver
1935 - Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian Cardinal Bishop
1935 - Alain Delon, French actor
1938 - Driss Basri, Moroccan Interior Minister (d. 2007)
1942 - Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican jockey
1943 - Martin Peters, English footballer
1944 - Bonnie Bramlett, American singer (Delaney, Bonnie & Friends)
1945 - Don Murray, American musician (The Turtles)
1946 - Roy Wood, English songwriter and musician (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move, Wizzard)
1946 - Guus Hiddink, Dutch football coach
1947 - Minnie Riperton, American singer (d. 1979)
1949 - Bonnie Raitt, American singer
1949 - Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice Presidenf of the National Rifle Association.
1950 - Mary Hart, American television personality
1951 - Alfredo Astiz, Argentine general
1952 - Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist
1952 - Jerry Remy, American Baseball Player, color commentator, and President of Red Sox Nation
1952 - Christie Hefner, CEO of Playboy Enterprises
1952 - John Denny, American baseball player
1953 - Alfre Woodard, American actress
1954 - Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director
1954 - Jeanette McGruder, American musician (P Funk)
1954 - Rickie Lee Jones, American singer
1954 - Kazuo Ishiguro, British author
1954 - David Bret, Anglo-French biographer and broadcaster
1956 - Steven Miller, American record producer
1956 - Richard Curtis, British screenwriter
1957 - Alan Curbishley, English football manager
1957 - Porl Thompson, British musician (The Cure)
1958 - Don Byron, American clarinetist
1960 - Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor
1960 - Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor
1961 - Leif Garrett, American singer
1965 - Jeff Blauser, American baseball player
1965 - Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter
1966 - Gordon Ramsay, British chef and reality television personality
1967 - Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress
1967 - Henry Rodriguez, Dominican Republic baseball player
1968 - Parker Posey, American actress
1968 - Zara Whites, Dutch actress
1968 - Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer
1969 - Roxana Zal, American actress
1970 - José Francisco Porras, Costa Rican footballer
1970 - Tom Anderson, co-founder of MySpace
1970 - Diana King, Jamaican singer
1971 - Aaron Yates (Tech N9NE), American rapper
1971 - Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director
1972 - Gretchen Mol, American actress
1973 - Vanesa Littlecrow, Puerto Rican cartoonist, dancer, writer and model
1974 - Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
1974 - Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
1975 - José Pinto, Spanish footballer
1975 - Tara Reid, American actress
1976 - Colin Strause, American director
1976 - Brett Lee, Australian cricketer
1977 - Bucky Covington, American entertainer
1977 - Jully Black, Canadian R&B singer
1977 - Nick Punto, American baseball player
1978 - Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
1978 - Maurice Evans, American basketball player
1978 - Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer
1978 - Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli, Brazilian footballer
1978 - Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer
1979 - Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer
1979 - Dania Ramírez, Dominican actress
1980 - Ana Vidovic, classical guitarist
1980 - Luis Fabiano, Brazilian footballer
1981 - Joe Cole, English footballer
1982 - Mika Kallio, Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer
1982 - Lynndie England, former U.S. Army reservist, associated with Abu Ghraib
1982 - Sam Sparro, Australian producer, songwriter, performer, former child actor
1983 - Kat Shoob, British television presenter
1983 - Blanka Vlašić, Croatian high jumper
1983 - Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
1985 - Jack Osbourne, English television star
1987 - Samantha Droke, American actress
2003 - Lady Louise Windsor, British royal
35 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98)