Monday, 10th November 2025 in Lisbon

On this day, 292 notable people were born on 10th November — spanning from 745 to 2009. From world leaders to artists and scientists, discover who shares this birthday.

10/11/2009

Christian Convery, Canadian actor

Christian Convery is an American and Canadian teen actor. He is best known for his leading role as Gus in the Netflix series Sweet Tooth (2021–2024) and his performance in the comedy horror films Cocaine Bear (2023) and The Monkey (2025). He won an Emmy Award for his performance in the final season of Sweet Tooth. He also appeared as young Victor Frankenstein in Guillermo del Toro's film Frankenstein, earning a nomination for a SAG Award.

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10/11/2003

Luca Del Bel Belluz, Canadian ice hockey player

Luca Del Bel Belluz is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second round, 44th overall in the 2022 NHL entry draft.

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10/11/2002

Eduardo Camavinga, French footballer

Eduardo Celmi Camavinga is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder and occasionally as a left-back for La Liga club Real Madrid. Born in Angola, he plays for the France national team.

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10/11/2000

Mackenzie Foy, American actress and model

Mackenzie Christine Foy is an American actress and model. Her breakout role was as Renesmee Cullen in the 2012 film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, which earned her a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Supporting Young Actress in a Feature Film. She is also known for portraying Cindy Perron in The Conjuring Universe and young Murph in Interstellar (2014), the latter earning her a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor, among other awards nominations. She has also starred in The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) and Black Beauty (2020).

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Scotty Pippen Jr., American basketball player

Scotty Maurice Pippen Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores, where he earned Southeastern Conference (SEC) All-Freshman Team recognition in 2020 and First-team All-conference recognition in 2021 and 2022.

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Oliver Sonne, Danish-Peruvian footballer

Oliver Sonne Christensen is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for EFL Championship club Burnley. Born in Denmark, he plays for the Peru national team.

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10/11/1999

Armand Duplantis, Swedish-American pole vaulter

Armand Gustav "Mondo" Duplantis is a Swedish and American pole vaulter who competes for Sweden. Duplantis holds the pole vaulting world record and is the winner of nine senior global titles. He is a two-time Olympic champion, a three-time World outdoor champion and a four-time World indoor champion.

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Michael Cimino, American actor

Michael Cimino is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Victor Salazar in the Hulu television series Love, Victor, Bob Palmeri in Annabelle Comes Home and Ethan Morales on Never Have I Ever. Since 2022, he has voiced Kevin Grant-Gomez from the Disney Channel animated series Hamster & Gretel. On November 10, 2022, he released his debut EP, I'm Somewhere Out There. For his role in Love, Victor, Cimino was nominated for Imagen Awards for all three seasons of the show, winning consecutive Best Actor - Comedy (Television) awards in 2021 and 2022.

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Hugo Duro, Spanish footballer

Hugo Duro Perales is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Valencia.

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João Félix, Portuguese footballer

João Félix Sequeira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr and the Portugal national team.

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Michael J. Keplinger, Austrian musician and filmmaker

Michael J. Keplinger is an Austrian musician and filmmaker.

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Kiernan Shipka, American actress

Kiernan Brennan Shipka is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Sally Draper in the AMC drama series Mad Men (2007–2015), and Sabrina Spellman in the Netflix fantasy series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020) and the sixth season of The CW series Riverdale (2021–2022).

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10/11/1998

Claudine Co, Filipino singer and influencer

Claudine Julia Monique Altavano Co is a Filipino singer and influencer. She is best known for her YouTube vlogs and her song "Giliw" (2021), a collaboration with Yeng Constantino.

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Karen Villanueva, Mexican rhythmic gymnast

Karen Villanueva is a Mexican rhythmic gymnast.

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10/11/1997

Federico Dimarco, Italian footballer

Federico Dimarco is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left wing-back for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Italy national team. He is known for his pace, crossing, and threatening goal-scoring presence from outside the box. Dimarco is also considered to be one of the best left backs in the world.

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Marios Georgiou, Cypriot gymnast

Marios Georgiou is a Cypriot artistic gymnast. He is the 2024 European all-around champion, and the 2022 European horizontal bar champion and the first gymnast from Cyprus to win a European title, and a major all-around title. He is the 2019 European Championships all-around bronze medalist which made him the first gymnast from Cyprus to win a European medal. He is the 2019 European Games parallel bars silver medalist. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medals in the floor exercise and parallel bars and the bronze medal in the all-around, and he won four bronze medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He is the 2018 Mediterranean Games all-around and horizontal bar champion and the 2022 Mediterranean Games horizontal bar champion. He competed at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games.

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Maurice Gomis, Italian-Senegalese footballer

Maurice Gomis is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in Italy, he plays for the Guinea-Bissau national team.

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Daniel James, Welsh footballer

Daniel Owen James is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Leeds United and the Wales national team.

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Joost Klein, Dutch musician

Joost Klein, also known mononymously as Joost or eenhoornjoost, is a Dutch musician, rapper, singer, and former YouTuber. Mainly a hip hop artist, his songs and performances often include influences of electronic music, such as drum and bass, hardstyle, hyperpop, and gabber. He has released ten studio albums, two of which reached the top ten of the Dutch Album Top 100. He has amassed four chart entries on the Dutch Top 40, and is best known for the songs "Wachtmuziek" (2022), "Friesenjung", and "Europapa" (2024).

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Giovanna Scoccimarro, German judoka

Giovanna Scoccimarro is a German judoka. She is the 2017 European silver medalist in the 70 kg division. In 2021, she competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

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Yuriy Vakulko, Ukrainian footballer

Yuriy Mykolayovych Vakulko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ordabasy in the Kazakhstan Premier League.

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10/11/1996

Kim Hye-yoon, South Korean actress

Kim Hye-yoon is a South Korean actress. She gained recognition for her role as Kang Ye-seo in JTBC's television series Sky Castle (2018–2019), before landing her first leading roles in both television and film including Extraordinary You (2019) and The Girl on a Bulldozer (2022). Her notable accolades include awards from the Baeksang Arts Awards, Blue Dragon Film Awards, and Grand Bell Awards.

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Drew Lock, American football player

Paul Andrew Lock is an American professional football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Missouri Tigers and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2019 NFL draft. Lock has also played for the New York Giants. He was the backup quarterback for the Seahawks in their Super Bowl LX victory.

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10/11/1995

Ralfs Grīnbergs, Latvian ice hockey player

Ralfs Grīnbergs is a Latvian former ice hockey player who played for the HK Rīga of the MHL.

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Ryan Peniston, British tennis player

Ryan Harold Peniston is a British tennis player from Essex. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 123, achieved in July 2022, and a doubles ranking of world No. 384 achieved in June 2022.

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10/11/1994

Zoey Deutch, American actress

Zoey Francis Chilie Thompson Deutch is an American actress and producer. The younger daughter of director Howard Deutch and actress-director Lea Thompson, Deutch made her acting debut in television during the early 2010s, with roles on Disney Channel's The Suite Life on Deck (2010–2011) and CW's Ringer (2011–2012).

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Andre De Grasse, Canadian sprinter

Andre De Grasse is a Canadian sprinter. A seven-time Olympic medallist, De Grasse is the 2020 Olympic champion in the 200 m, and also won the silver in the 200 m in 2016. He won a second silver in the 4 × 100 relay in 2020. He also has three Olympic bronze medals, placing third in the 100 m at both the 2016 and 2020 Games, and also in the 4 × 100 m relay in 2016. De Grasse won his second Olympic gold medal as a part of the 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The win tied him with swimmer Penny Oleksiak as Canada's most decorated Olympians of all time.

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Claudio Dias, English footballer

Claudio Franca Dias is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for United Counties League Premier Division South club St Neots Town.

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10/11/1993

Daieishō Hayato, Japanese sumo wrestler

Daieishō Hayato is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He began his professional career in 2012 at the age of eighteen and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2015. His highest rank to date has been sekiwake. He has five gold stars for defeating yokozuna, five special prizes for Outstanding Performance and two special prizes for Technique. He wrestles for the Oitekaze stable. In January 2021 he became the first wrestler from Saitama Prefecture to win the top-division championship. He was a runner-up in the May 2022 and March 2023 tournaments.

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10/11/1992

Marko Blaževski, Macedonian swimmer

Marko Blaževski is a Macedonian swimmer who competes in the Men's 400m individual medley. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he finished 34th overall in the heats in the Men's 400 metre individual medley and failed to reach the final. Additionally, at the 2016 Summer Olympics he finished 26th overall in the heats of the 200m Medley and broke the Macedonian National Record in the process, but did not reach the final.

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Teddy Bridgewater, American football player

Theodore Edmond Bridgewater Jr. is an American professional football quarterback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Louisville Cardinals, winning Big East Offensive Player of The Year in 2012 and leading the NCAA in completion percentage the following season. Bridgewater was selected as the final first round pick of the 2014 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings. During his second season, Bridgewater led the Vikings to a division title and earned Pro Bowl honors.

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Mattia Perin, Italian footballer

Mattia Perin is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Juventus.

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Dimitri Petratos, Australian footballer

Dimitrios Petratos is an Australian professional soccer player who last played as a forward for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan.

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Rafał Wolski, Polish footballer

Rafał Wolski is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains Ekstraklasa club Radomiak Radom.

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Wilfried Zaha, Ivorian footballer

Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Ivory Coast national team.

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10/11/1991

Tony Snell, American basketball player

Tony Rena Snell Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Cholet Basket of LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the New Mexico Lobos. He was drafted with the 20th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. He is also the first NBA player to be publicly diagnosed with autism.

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10/11/1990

Marcus Browne, American boxer

Marcus Browne is an American professional boxer who fights at light heavyweight, where he challenged for the WBC and IBF titles and held the WBA interim title.

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Zach Ertz, American football player

Zachary Adam Ertz is an American professional football tight end. He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft. Ertz played nine seasons with the Eagles, making three Pro Bowls and winning Super Bowl LII with them. He set the NFL record for most receptions in a season by a tight end in 2018, which stood until eclipsed by Trey McBride in 2025. Ertz has also been a member of the Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, and Washington Commanders. His wife Julie is a former player for the U.S. national soccer team.

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Leo, South Korean singer

Jung Taek-woon, known professionally as Leo (Korean: 레오), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and musical theatre actor, formerly signed under Jellyfish Entertainment. Leo debuted as a member of the South Korean boy group VIXX in May 2012, and began his acting career in 2014 in the musical Full House as Lee Young-jae. In 2015 he began his songwriting career, and with VIXX member Ravi formed the group's first official sub-unit VIXX LR.

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Robert Primus, Trinidadian footballer

Robert Primus is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Port of Spain.

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Kristina Vogel, German track cyclist

Kristina Vogel is a former German track cyclist. During her career, she won two gold medals and a bronze at the Olympic Games, and became an eleven-time UCI World Champion. She was paralysed following a crash in June 2018.

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10/11/1989

Daniel Agyei, Ghanaian footballer

Daniel Yaw Agyei is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Rood-Wit Zaanstad.

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Taron Egerton, Welsh actor

Taron Egerton is a Welsh actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he performed in stage plays before gaining recognition for his starring role as a spy in the action comedy films Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017). He has also voiced characters in animated projects like the Sing franchise (2016–present) and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019).

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Brendon Hartley, New Zealand race car driver

Brendon Morris Hartley is a New Zealand racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota. He competed in Formula One from 2017 to 2018. In endurance racing, Hartley has won a joint-record four FIA World Endurance Championship titles—tied with Sébastien Buemi—and is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Adrian Nikçi, Swiss footballer

Adrian Nikçi is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nikçi represented Switzerland internationally.

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Jacob Pullen, American basketball player

Jacob Everse Pullen is an American-Georgian professional basketball player for Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played for the Kansas State Wildcats. Pullen has both American and Georgian citizenship, and has played for the Georgian national team.

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10/11/1988

Massimo Coda, Italian footballer

Massimo Coda is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Sampdoria. He is the all-time top goalscorer in Serie B.

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Pauleen Luna, Filipino actress

Marie Pauleen Javier Luna-Sotto is a Filipino actress and television host. She is the wife of Vic Sotto and has been a regular host of the long-running Philippine noontime variety show Eat Bulaga! since 2005, where she portrays the childlike character Baby Poleng.

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Aiden Tolman, Australian rugby league player

Aiden Tolman is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL. He previously played for the Melbourne Storm and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League, and played at representative level for NSW Country. On 25 August 2022, Tolman announced he was retiring at the end of the season.

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10/11/1987

D. J. Augustin, American basketball player

Darryl Gerard "D. J." Augustin Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Texas Longhorns from 2006 to 2008. He was drafted ninth overall by the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2008 NBA draft.

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Sam Malsom, English footballer

Samuel Andrew Malsom is an English professional footballer who plays for Icelandic fourth tier side Hamar. He plays as a winger, attacking midfielder or forward.

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Kana Oya, Japanese model and actress

Kana Lais Oya, simply known as Kana Oya , is a Brazilian model who is represented by the talent agency, LDH. She was raised in Shizuoka.

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Charles Hamilton, American rapper

Charles Eddie-Lee Hamilton Jr. is an American rapper from Cleveland, Ohio. He released his debut mixtape, Crash Landing in June 2008, and signed an undisclosed multi-million dollar recording contract with Interscope Records two months later. He released 11 follow-up mixtapes and his debut studio album, The Pink Lavalamp (2008) that same year, although none of which were released by the label. In December, he was selected for XXL magazine's second Annual Freshmen Class list, which was issued the following year.

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Theo Peckham, Canadian ice hockey player

Theo "Teddy" Peckham is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently signed with the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks of the Ontario Elite Hockey League. He is the half-brother of Angela James, one of the first female hockey players to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Their father, Leo James, was an African American from Mississippi who came to Canada to escape racial segregation.

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10/11/1986

Aaron Crow, American baseball player

Aaron James Crow is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals.

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Josh Peck, American actor

Joshua Michael Peck is an American actor, comedian, and YouTuber. Peck began his career as a child actor, appearing in the film Snow Day (2000) and the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series The Amanda Show (2000–2002). He had his breakthrough playing Josh Nichols on the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh (2004–2007) and in the television films Drake & Josh Go Hollywood (2006) and Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008). He also began voicing Eddie in the Ice Age franchise (2006–2016).

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Goran Jerković, French footballer

Goran Jerković is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. He ended his career in 2021.

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Stanislav Namașco, Moldovan footballer

Stanislav Namașco is a Moldovan former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He has made 57 appearances for the Moldova national team.

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Eric Thames, American baseball player

Eric Allyn Thames is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers, and Washington Nationals, in the KBO League for the NC Dinos, and in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants.

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Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan runner (died 2011)

Samuel Kamau Wanjirū was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32; becoming the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon. He became the youngest gold medallist in the marathon since 1932.

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10/11/1985

Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand singer-songwriter and dancer

Ricki-Lee Dawn Coulter is an Australian singer-songwriter, television and radio presenter. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, raised in Gold Coast, Queensland, and began performing at age 15. Coulter rose to fame in 2004 on the second season of Australian Idol and placed seventh in the competition. She subsequently signed with Australian independent label Shock Records, and released her self-titled debut album Ricki-Lee (2005), which produced the top-ten hits "Hell No!" and "Sunshine". Both singles were certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The following year, Coulter became a member of the Australian pop girl group Young Divas, before leaving in early 2007 to resume her solo career.

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Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian footballer

Aleksandar Kolarov is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a left back. He is the current assistant coach of Serie A club Inter Milan.

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Cherno Samba, Gambian footballer

Cherno Samba is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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10/11/1984

Kazuhisa Makita, Japanese baseball player

Kazuhisa Makita is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, and current the third squad pitching coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in NPB for the Saitama Seibu Lions and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He also played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the CTBC Brothers.

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Ludovic Obraniak, Polish footballer

Ludovic Joseph Obraniak is a football manager and former professional player. He primarily played as an attacking midfielder. Born in France, he played for the Poland national team.

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Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player

Kendrick Le'Dale Perkins is an American former professional basketball player who serves as a sports analyst for ESPN. He entered the NBA directly out of high school and played for the Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers and New Orleans Pelicans, winning the NBA Championship in 2008 with the Celtics.

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Ahmed Fathy, Egyptian footballer

Ahmed Fathy Abdelmonem Ahmed Ibrahim is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a full-back.

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10/11/1983

Miranda Lambert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Miranda Leigh Lambert is an American country music singer–songwriter. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place on the television program Nashville Star, a singing competition which aired on the USA Network. Outside her solo career, she is a member of the Pistol Annies, a group she formed in 2011 alongside Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. Lambert has been honored by the Grammy Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards. Lambert has been honored with more Academy of Country Music Awards than any artist in history. In 2024, Lambert was awarded the Country Icon Award at the People's Choice Country Awards.

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Marius Žaliūkas, Lithuanian footballer (died 2020)

Marius Žaliūkas was a Lithuanian professional footballer who played primarily as a centre back, but also played as a defensive midfielder.

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10/11/1982

Heather Matarazzo, American actress

Heather Matarazzo is an American actress. She made her film debut at age 12 in Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award. She became known for playing Lilly Moscovitz in The Princess Diaries (2001) and its 2004 sequel, and Martha Meeks in Scream 3 (2000) and Scream (2022). Her other credits include The Devil's Advocate (1997), All I Wanna Do (1998), 54 (1998), Sorority Boys (2002), Saved! (2004), Hostel: Part II (2007) and Sisters (2015).

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10/11/1981

Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player

Tony Enrique Blanco Cabrera was a Dominican professional baseball player. He was mainly a first baseman, third baseman, and outfielder. Blanco played one season in the Major Leagues for the Washington Nationals but had more success playing in Japan for several teams. He died in April 2025 in the Jet Set nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo.

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Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2004)

Jason Lee Dunham was a corporal in the United States Marine Corps who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while serving with 3rd Battalion 7th Marines during the Iraq War. While on a patrol in Husaybah, his unit was attacked. In the course of the fighting, Dunham deliberately used his helmet and body to cover a live grenade and save nearby Marines. When it exploded Dunham was gravely injured and died eight days later.

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Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenyan runner

Paul Kipsiele Koech is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He won the 2004 Olympic bronze medal in this event. His personal best of 7:54.31 minutes is the third fastest of all time.

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Ryback, American wrestler

Ryback Allen Reeves is an American retired professional wrestler and YouTuber. He is best known for his tenure in WWE from 2004-2016, where he performed under the ring name Ryback.

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Miroslav Slepička, Czech footballer

Miroslav Slepička is a Czech former professional mixed martial artist and former professional football player.

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10/11/1980

Danilo Belić, Serbian footballer

Danilo Belić is a Serbian /Kazakhstani retired footballer.

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Troy Bell, American basketball player

Troy Delvon Bell is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues mostly in Europe. He is also a R&B producer. He was an All-American college player at Boston College and finished as one of the greatest players in the program's history.

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10/11/1979

Chris Joannou, Australian bass player

Christopher John Joannou is a Macedonian-Australian musician best known as the bassist for the Newcastle-based alternative rock band Silverchair. He is a twin to sister Louise Kipa. He was the first of the three band members to cut his long hair short. Joannou was nicknamed 'Lumberjack' by Silverchair fans for his love of trees and plaid shirts.

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Anthony Réveillère, French footballer

Anthony Guy Marie Réveillère is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

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Kelly Santos, Brazilian basketball player

Kelly da Silva Santos is a Brazilian professional women's basketball player. and the Brazilian national basketball team.

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Ragnvald Soma, Norwegian footballer

Ragnvald Soma is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a defender.

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10/11/1978

Ruth Davidson, Scottish politician

Ruth Elizabeth Davidson, Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links, is a Scottish politician. A member of the House of Lords since 2021, she was Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2011 to 2019 and Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament from 2020 to 2021. She served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow from 2011 to 2016 and for Edinburgh Central from 2016 to 2021. Davidson is co-host of Sky News podcast Electoral Dysfunction alongside Beth Rigby and Baroness Harman.

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Diplo, American DJ, songwriter, and producer

Thomas Wesley "Wes" Pentz Jr., known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and record producer. He gained recognition in 2008 with his single "Blow Your Head". He is a co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer; a member of the supergroup LSD, with Labrinth and Sia; a member of electronic duo Jack Ü, with producer and DJ Skrillex; and a member of Silk City, with Mark Ronson. He founded the record company Mad Decent in 2006 and the nonprofit organization Heaps Decent in 2007. His 2013 extended play (EP) Revolution debuted at number 68 on the US Billboard 200. Its title track was later featured in a Hyundai commercial and appears on the WWE 2K16 soundtrack.

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Eve, American rapper and producer

Eve Jihan Cooper, is an American rapper, singer, and actress. Her debut studio album, Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady (1999), peaked atop the Billboard 200, received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and spawned the singles "What Ya Want", "Love Is Blind", and "Gotta Man". That same year, she guest appeared on the Roots' single "You Got Me", as well as Missy Elliott's single "Hot Boyz", both of which peaked within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.

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Kristian Huselius, Swedish ice hockey player

Lars Kristian Huselius is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player.

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David Paetkau, Canadian actor

David Paetkau is a Canadian actor who has played Evan Lewis in Final Destination 2 (2003), Nick the customs officer in LAX (2004), Beck McKaye in Whistler (2006–2008), Ira Glatt in Goon (2011), and Sam Braddock in the CTV/CBS television series Flashpoint (2008–2012).

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10/11/1977

Josh Barnett, American mixed martial artist and wrestler

Joshua Lawrence Barnett is an American former mixed martial artist, submission wrestler, professional wrestler, and color commentator. Barnett previously competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was the youngest-ever UFC Heavyweight Champion. Barnett was the final Openweight King Of Pancrase, a finalist in both the 2006 PRIDE Openweight Grand Prix and the 2012 Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship Grand Prix. He has also competed in Affliction, World Victory Road, DREAM and Impact FC.

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Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (died 2009)

Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack was an American actress and singer, noted for her talent in the comedy and drama genres. Her famed roles include Tai Frasier in the teen film Clueless (1995), Alex Latourno in 8 Mile (2002), Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted (1999), Molly Gunn in Uptown Girls (2003), Sarah in Just Married (2003), and Gloria in Happy Feet (2006).

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Erik Nevland, Norwegian footballer

Erik Nevland is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is currently the sporting director of Viking. He played for clubs in Norway, England, Sweden and the Netherlands, and earned eight caps for the Norway national football team from his debut in 2001. After retiring, Nevland worked as a car salesman.

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10/11/1976

Martin Åslund, Swedish footballer and sportscaster

John Allan Martin Åslund is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented Djurgårdens IF, IFK Norrköping, AIK, Salernitana, Viborg FF, and Assyriska during a career that spanned between 1994 and 2009. He won four caps and scored two goals for the Sweden national team between 1998 and 2001.

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Sarah Discaya, Filipino businesswoman and politician

Pacifico "Curlee" Felizario Discaya II and Cezarah Rowena "Sarah" Cruz Discaya are Filipino businesspeople and politicians. The married couple are associated with the construction firms Alpha and Omega Construction and St. Gerrard Construction Corporation, which were labeled as among the top proprietors for various flood control projects under Rodrigo Duterte and Bongbong Marcos administrations, in addition to seven other construction firms.

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Sergio González, Spanish footballer and manager

Sergio González Soriano, known simply as Sergio as a player, is a Spanish football manager and former player.

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Jaroslav Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player

Jaroslav Hlinka is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Avalanche. He is currently the Sports manager for his longtime club, HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga.

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Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer

Steffen Iversen is a Norwegian former footballer who last worked as player-manager for Norwegian 4th division side Trygg/Lade as a striker. He is the son of former Norway international Odd Iversen, one of Norway's most prolific goalscorers of all time.

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Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer and manager

Shefki Kuqi[a] is a Kosovan-born Finnish professional football manager and former player who played predominantly as a striker.

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Mike Leclerc, Canadian ice hockey player

Michael Leclerc is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 341 games in the National Hockey League predominantly with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

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10/11/1975

Jim Adkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

James Christopher Adkins is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the rock band Jimmy Eat World.

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Markko Märtin, Estonian race car driver

Markko Märtin is a retired rally driver from Estonia, who competed in the World Rally Championship from 2000 until 2005.

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10/11/1974

Chris Lilley, Australian comedian and producer

Christopher Daniel Lilley is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, and musician. He is known for his creation and portrayal of several characters in the mockumentary television series We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year (2005), Summer Heights High (2007), Angry Boys (2011), Ja'mie: Private School Girl (2013), Jonah from Tonga (2014), and Lunatics (2019). He is a two-time winner of the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor.

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10/11/1973

Patrik Berger, Czech footballer

Patrik Berger is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his career in his own country with Slavia Prague and spent a season in Germany playing for Borussia Dortmund. He moved to England in 1996, where he spent seven years with Liverpool, winning four trophies in his time there. This was followed by spells at Portsmouth, Aston Villa and Stoke City. He spent the last two years of his career back in his native Czech Republic playing for Sparta Prague.

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Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Mexican footballer and referee

Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno is a Mexican former football referee and current analyst.

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10/11/1972

Virág Csurgó, Hungarian tennis player

Virág Csurgó is a Hungarian former tennis player.

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Shawn Green, American baseball player

Shawn David Green is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played for multiple teams in Major League Baseball (MLB). Green was a first-round draft pick and a two-time major league All-Star. He drove in 100 runs four times and scored 100 runs four times, hit 40 or more home runs three times, led the league in doubles, extra base hits, and total bases, won both a Gold Glove Award and a Silver Slugger Award, and set the Dodgers then single-season record in home runs. Green also set the MLB record for most total bases in a single game, with 19, on May 23, 2002 vs. the Milwaukee Brewers. Green was in the top five in the league in home runs, RBIs, intentional walks, and MVP voting multiple times throughout his career.

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10/11/1971

Big Pun, American rapper (died 2000)

Christopher Lee Rios, better known by his stage name Big Pun, was an American rapper. Emerging from the underground hip-hop scene in the Bronx, he came to prominence upon discovery by fellow Bronx rapper Fat Joe, alongside Cuban Link and Triple Seis, and thereafter guest appeared on his 1995 album Jealous One's Envy.

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Walton Goggins, American actor and producer

Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. is an American actor. He has starred in various television series, including The Shield (2002–2008), Justified (2010–2015), Vice Principals (2016–2017), The Righteous Gemstones (2019–2025), Invincible (2021–present), Fallout (2024–present), and The White Lotus (2025). He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Justified and The White Lotus, and for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Fallout.

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Magnus Johansson, Swedish footballer

Leif Magnus "Ölme" Johansson is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. After playing for IFK Ölme, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1990. He moved to the Dutch club FC Groningen in 1999 before rejoining IFK in 2003. He was a member of the Sweden squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He is nicknamed Ölme after his first club. He retired after the 2007 season. Johansson earned one cap for Sweden in 1995.

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Niki Karimi, Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter

Niki Karimi is an Iranian actress and filmmaker. Regarded as "the most prominent figure among the young generations coming after post-Islamic Revolution Iranian Cinema", she has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, three Hafez Awards, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award, and three Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.

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10/11/1970

Warren G, American rapper and producer

Warren Griffin III is an American rapper, record producer and DJ. He is known for his role in popularizing West Coast hip hop during the 1990s, and is credited as a pioneer of its subgenre G-funk.

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U-God, American rapper

Lamont Jody Hawkins, known by his stage name U-God, is an American rapper and member of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. He has been with the group since its inception, and is known for his deep voice and rhythmic flow that can alternate between gruff and smooth.

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Freddy Loix, Belgian race car driver

Freddy Loix is a Belgian rally driver.

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Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian footballer and manager

Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov is a former Russian football goalkeeper. Nicknamed "The Boss" for his commanding presence inside the box, he most notably played for Lokomotiv Moscow, Benfica, Porto and the Russian national team.

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10/11/1969

Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer and coach

Faustino Hernán Asprilla Hinestroza is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as forward or winger, most notably for Parma, Newcastle United, and the Colombia national team.

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Jens Lehmann, German footballer and actor

Jens Gerhard Lehmann is a German professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He was a member of Arsenal's "Invincibles", playing every match of their unbeaten title-winning season. He holds the UEFA Champions League record for the most consecutive clean sheets, not conceding a single goal in eight consecutive full matches while he played for Arsenal. He also has the highest number of continuous minutes without conceding goals. In total, this lasted 853 minutes. He is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation.

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Ellen Pompeo, American actress

Ellen Kathleen Pompeo is an American actress. She is best known for playing Dr. Meredith Grey, the title character on the long-running ABC medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy. Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination. She has made multiple appearances on Forbes's year-end lists.

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10/11/1968

Tracy Morgan, American comedian and actor

Tracy Jamal Morgan is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy television series Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003 and played Tracy Jordan on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock from 2006 to 2013, both of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He also starred as Tray Barker on the TBS comedy The Last O.G.

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Tom Papa, American comedian, actor, television host

Thomas Papa Jr. is an American comedian, actor, and radio host. He hosts the Sirius XM Satellite Radio show Come to Papa and, in July 2019, he and Fortune Feimster started hosting the Sirius XM show What a Joke with Papa and Fortune. Papa hosted the show Baked on the Food Network and was the head writer and a performer on the radio variety show Live from Here, hosted by Chris Thile, where he delivered the "Out In America" segment.

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10/11/1967

Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (died 2014)

Jacquilyn Louise "Jackie" Fairweather was an Australian world champion triathlete, long-distance runner, coach and Australian Institute of Sport high-performance administrator.

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10/11/1965

Jamie Dixon, American basketball player and coach

James Patrick Dixon II is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs men's team, where he played college ball. He previously served as the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh men's basketball team from 2003 through 2016.

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Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish race car driver

Edmund "Eddie" Irvine Jr. is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland who competed under the British flag in Formula One from 1993 to 2002. Irvine was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1999 with Ferrari, and won four Grands Prix across ten seasons.

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Robert Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach

Robert Nicholas Jones is a Welsh rugby union coach and former player. He was capped 54 times for Wales during his career, at that time a record. He and Gareth Edwards, Rob Howley, Dwayne Peel and Mike Phillips are the only scrum-halves to have achieved 50 caps or more for Wales.

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10/11/1964

Kenny Rogers, American baseball player and coach

Kenneth Scott Rogers is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, with a 20-year career for six different teams. He won the 1996 World Series with the New York Yankees over the Atlanta Braves, and played in the 2006 World Series with the Detroit Tigers. In addition to being known for his fielding, he pitched the 14th perfect game in MLB history. In 2008, he was the oldest baseball player in the American League.

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10/11/1963

Hugh Bonneville, English actor

Hugh Richard Bonniwell Williams, known professionally as Hugh Bonneville, is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, in the ITV historical drama series Downton Abbey from 2010 to 2015. His performance on the show earned him a nomination at the Golden Globes and two consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations, as well as three Actor Awards. He reprised his role in the feature films Downton Abbey (2019), Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022), and Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025). He also acted in the films Notting Hill (1999), Iris (2001), The Monuments Men (2014), and the Paddington films (2014–present).

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Tommy Davidson, American actor and comedian

Tommy Davidson is an American actor and comedian. He was an original cast member on the sketch comedy TV show In Living Color, and portrayed Mitchell on Between Brothers (1997–1999), Dexter on Malcolm & Eddie (1999–2000), the voice of Oscar Proud on The Proud Family (2001–2005) and its 2022 revival series, Rushon in Booty Call (1997), Womack in Bamboozled (2000), and Cream Corn in Black Dynamite (2009) and its subsequent television series. In 2022, Davidson appeared on Storybound reading from his book, Living in Color: What's Funny about Me.

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Mike McCarthy, American football player and coach

Michael John McCarthy is an American professional football coach who is the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). Previously, he served as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers. In 2011, McCarthy led the Packers to a win in Super Bowl XLV over his hometown Steelers. McCarthy was also the offensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints.

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Mike Powell, American long jumper

Michael Anthony Powell is an American former track and field athlete, the holder of the long jump world record, and a two-time world champion as well as two-time Olympic silver medalist in the event. His world record of 8.95 m was set on August 30, 1991.

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10/11/1962

Bob Lindner, Australian rugby league player and coach

Bob Lindner is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s. An Australia national and Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he is one of a handful of players to be named man-of-the-match in State of Origin football more than once. Fifteen years after his retirement from football in Australia, he had made the most appearances and scored the most tries of any forward in State of Origin history.

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Daniel Waters, American director and screenwriter

Daniel Waters is an American screenwriter and film director. He is the older brother of director Mark Waters, and is best known for writing the movies Heathers and Batman Returns, co-writing Hudson Hawk and Demolition Man, and writing and directing Happy Campers.

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10/11/1961

Rudolf Grimm, German-Austrian physicist and academic

Rudolf Grimm is an experimental physicist from Austria. His work centres on ultracold atoms and quantum gases. He was the first scientist worldwide who, with his team, succeeded in realizing a Bose–Einstein condensation of non-polar molecules.

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John Walton, English darts player

John Michael Walton is an English former professional darts player who competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is best known for winning the 2001 BDO World Darts Championship. He adopted the nickname John Boy and used the song "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex as his walk-on theme.

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10/11/1960

Neil Gaiman, English author, illustrator, and screenwriter

Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series The Sandman (1989–1996) and the novels Good Omens (1990), Stardust (1999), American Gods (2001), Coraline (2002), Anansi Boys (2005), The Graveyard Book (2008) and The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013). He co-created the TV adaptations of Good Omens and The Sandman.

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Dan Hawkins, American football player, coach, and sportscaster

Danny Clarence Hawkins is an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Willamette University from 1993 to 1997, Boise State University from 2001 to 2005, University of Colorado Boulder from 2006 to 2010, and the University of California, Davis from 2017 to 2023, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 156–92–1. Hawkins was the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for five games in 2013 before he was fired mid-season. Between 2011 and 2016, he worked as a college football analyst for ESPN.

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Naomi Kawashima, Japanese actress and singer (died 2015)

Naomi Kawashima was a Japanese actress, singer and radio entertainer. She was born on November 10, 1960, in the city of Moriyama, Aichi, Japan and graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. She made her singing debut in 1979; in 1982 she got an early break on the television show Owarai Manga Dōjō. Noteworthy radio and television appearances include Miss DJ Request Parade, Expo Scramble (1985), Wakamono no Subete (1994), Meibugyō Tōyama no Kin-san (1995), Shitsurakuen (1997), Magarikado no Kanojo (2005) and Shichinin no Onna Bengoshi (2006). She is the subject of several photo books, including Woman (1993). Despite Kawashima's impressive performance in Toshiharu Ikeda's 1997 theatrical film The Key, the movie has become known as one of the first two Japanese film to show non-fogged full frontal female nudity after the rules against depicting pubic hair had been relaxed. Kawashima died on September 24, 2015, from bile duct cancer. She was 54.

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Maeve Sherlock, English politician

Maeve Christina Mary Sherlock, Baroness Sherlock, is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she is an ordained priest of the Church of England.

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10/11/1959

Mackenzie Phillips, American actress

Laura Mackenzie Phillips is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of seminal folk-rock musician John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas and his first wife Susan Adams. Her best-known roles include Carol Morrison in the film American Graffiti, Julie Laura Cooper Horvath on the sitcom One Day at a Time, Molly Phillips on Disney Channel's supernatural series So Weird and Barbara "Barb" Denning in Orange Is the New Black.

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Michael Schröder, German footballer and manager

Michael Schröder is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He works as a scout for Hamburger SV.

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10/11/1958

Deborah Cameron, English linguist, anthropologist, and academic

Deborah Jane Cameron was a British linguist and feminist who held the Rupert Murdoch Professorship in Language and Communication at Worcester College, Oxford University.

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Stephen Herek, American director and producer

Stephen Herek is an American film director. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he studied film at the University of Texas at Austin. He is best known for directing the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.

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Omar Minaya, American baseball player and manager

Omar Teodoro Antonio Minaya y Sánchez is a Dominican baseball executive. He is the special assistant to the general manager of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He previously served as general manager for the New York Mets and the Montreal Expos.

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Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter and activist (died 2001)

Massimo Morsello was an Italian fascist, political singer-songwriter. He was the main figure of Italian fascist political music and, along with Roberto Fiore, a co-founder of the Italian neo-fascist movement Forza Nuova.

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Brooks Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Brooks Williams is an American acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter. His style combines roots, jazz, blues, classical, and folk. He has released albums of contemporary folk music, blues music, and of instrumental guitar music. In addition to his solo recordings and tours, he has frequently recorded and toured with many other musicians over the years, including Boo Hewerdine, Jim Henry, Guy Davis, Hans Theessink, Steve Tilston and Sloan Wainwright.

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10/11/1957

Nigel Evans, Welsh politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

Nigel Martin Evans is a former British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ribble Valley in Lancashire from 1992 until 2024. He was Joint Executive Secretary of the 1922 Committee from 2017 to 2019. He served as First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, one of the Speaker's three deputies, from 2010 to 2013. He was elected as Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means in 2020.

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10/11/1956

Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian businessman and activist

Mohsen Badawi is an Egyptian entrepreneur, political activist, and writer.

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Sinbad, American comedian and actor

David Adkins, better known by his stage name Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became known in the 1990s from being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, most notably as Coach Walter Oakes in A Different World (1987–1991) and as David Bryan on The Sinbad Show (1993–1994). He has also appeared in films such as That's Adequate (1989), Coneheads (1993), Houseguest (1995), Jingle All the Way (1996), Good Burger (1997), Crazy as Hell (2002) and Planes (2013).

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10/11/1955

Jack Clark, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Jack Anthony Clark, nicknamed "Jack the Ripper", is an American former professional baseball right fielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, and Boston Red Sox from 1975 to 1992.

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Roland Emmerich, German director, producer, and screenwriter

Roland Emmerich is a German and American filmmaker. He is known for his science fiction and disaster films and has been called a "master of disaster" within the movie industry. His films, most of which are English-language Hollywood productions released to mixed reviews, have made more than $3 billion worldwide, including just over $1 billion in the United States, making him the 19th-highest-grossing Hollywood director of all time.

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10/11/1954

Kevin Spraggett, Canadian chess player

Kevin Spraggett is a Canadian chess grandmaster. He was the first Canadian-born player and fourth Canadian overall to earn the grandmaster title, after Abe Yanofsky, Duncan Suttles and Peter Biyiasas.

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Bob Stanley, American baseball player and coach

Robert William Stanley is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who spent his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Boston Red Sox. He was later the pitching coach for the Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, through the 2018 season.

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10/11/1953

Les Miles, American football player and coach

Leslie Edwin Miles is an American former football coach. He most recently served as the head coach at Kansas. His head coaching career began with the Oklahoma State Cowboys, where he coached from 2001 to 2004. Following that, he coached LSU from 2005 to 2016. Miles is nicknamed "the Hat" for his signature white cap, as well as "the Mad Hatter" for his eccentricities and play-calling habits. Prior to being a head coach, he was an assistant coach at Oklahoma State as well as at the Michigan Wolverines, the Colorado Buffaloes, and with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). Miles led the 2007 LSU Tigers football team to a win in the BCS National Championship Game, defeating Ohio State.

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10/11/1951

John Williamson, American basketball player (died 1996)

John Lee Williamson was an American basketball player. He helped the New York Nets win two league championships in the American Basketball Association (ABA) in the 1970s.

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10/11/1950

Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (died 2005)

Debra Hill was an American film producer and screenwriter, best known for her films co-created with John Carpenter.

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Jack Scalia, American actor

Jack Scalia is an American actor. Scalia is perhaps best known for his frequent appearances in prime-time television series and television movies in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as feature films.

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Bram Tchaikovsky, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Peter Bramall, stage name Bram Tchaikovsky, is a British vocalist and guitarist from Lincolnshire. He was a member of The Motors from 1977 to 1978. His solo career included the album Strange Man, Changed Man and the single "Girl of My Dreams", which peaked in the top 40 in American charts in 1979.

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10/11/1949

Ann Reinking, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2020)

Ann Reinking was an American dancer, actress, choreographer, and singer. As a star of Broadway musicals, her credits include Over Here! (1974), Goodtime Charley (1975), Chicago (1977), Dancin' (1978), and Sweet Charity (1986). On screen, her films include All That Jazz (1979), Annie (1982), and Micki & Maude (1984).

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Don Saleski, Canadian ice hockey player

Donald Patrick Saleski, nicknamed "Big Bird", is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers and Colorado Rockies.

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Mustafa Denizli, Turkish footballer and manager

Mustafa Denizli is a Turkish football coach and former player. He has managed many notable Turkish football clubs, including "Istanbul Big Three" and has won the Süper Lig title three times. He is the only manager in history to win the Süper Lig with three clubs, and the only manager who reached semi-finals in the European Cup 1988-89 - which make him one the top 3 coaches of Turkey along with Fatih Terim and Şenol Güneş.

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10/11/1948

Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic (died 2024)

Aaron Brown was an American broadcast journalist, most recognized for his coverage of the September 11 attacks for CNN. He was a longtime reporter for ABC, the founding co-anchor of ABC's World News Now, weekend anchor of World News Tonight, and the host of CNN's flagship evening program NewsNight with Aaron Brown. He was the anchor of the PBS documentary series Wide Angle from 2008 to 2009. He was a professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University from 2007 to 2014.

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Luciano Sušanj, Croatian Olympic runner and politician (died 2024)

Luciano Sušanj was a Croatian politician, sports worker and track athlete who competed for Yugoslavia. Sušanj was successful in international competition over 400 and 800 meters, but was best known for winning the 800 meters European title in 1974.

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Shigesato Itoi, Japanese video game designer and voice actor, created EarthBound

Shigesato Itoi is a Japanese copywriter, essayist, lyricist, game designer, and actor. Itoi is the editor-in-chief of his website and company Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun. He is best known outside Japan for his work on Nintendo's Mother series of games, as well as his self-titled bass fishing video game.

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Steven Utley, American author and poet (died 2013)

Steven Utley was an American writer. He wrote poems, humorous essays and other non-fiction, and worked on comic books and cartoons, but was best known for his science fiction stories.

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10/11/1947

Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1997)

Glen Edward Buxton was an American guitarist who played lead guitar for the rock band Alice Cooper. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 90 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". In 2011, Buxton was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the original Alice Cooper band.

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Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese President and commander (died 1982)

Bachir Pierre Gemayel was a Lebanese militia commander who led the Lebanese Forces, the military wing of the Kataeb Party, in the Lebanese Civil War and was elected President of Lebanon in 1982.

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Greg Lake, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2016)

Gregory Stuart Lake was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP).

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Dave Loggins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

David Allen Loggins was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his 1974 hit single "Please Come to Boston" as well as his 1984 duet with Anne Murray, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do".

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10/11/1945

Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)

Terence Davies was an English filmmaker. He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films, including Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992) and the collage film Of Time and the City (2008), as well as the literary adaptations The Neon Bible (1995), The House of Mirth (2000), The Deep Blue Sea (2011) and Sunset Song (2015). His final two feature films were centered on the lives of influential literary figures, Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion (2016) and Siegfried Sassoon in Benediction (2021). Davies was considered by numerous critics as one of the great British directors of his period.

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Donna Fargo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Donna Fargo is an American country singer-songwriter known for a series of Top 10 country hits in the 1970s. These include "The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A." and "Funny Face", both of which were released in 1972 and became crossover pop hits that year.

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10/11/1944

Askar Akayev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician, 1st President of Kyrgyzstan

Askar Akayevich Akayev is a Kyrgyz former politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until being overthrown in the March 2005 Tulip Revolution.

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Mark E. Neely, Jr., American historian, author, and academic

Mark E. Neely Jr. is an American historian best known as an authority on the U.S. Civil War in general and Abraham Lincoln in particular.

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Silvestre Reyes, American sergeant and politician

Silvestre "Silver" Reyes is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district, serving from 1997 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence between 2007 and 2011. In the Democratic primary election on May 29, 2012, Reyes lost by a margin wide enough to avert a runoff election to former El Paso city councilman Beto O'Rourke.

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Tim Rice, English lyricist and author

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice is an English songwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote, among other shows, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita; Chess ; Aida ; and, for Disney, Aladdin, The Lion King, and the stage adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. He also wrote lyrics for the Alan Menken musical King David, and for DreamWorks Animation's The Road to El Dorado.

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Fazalur Raheem Ashrafi, Pakistani Islamic scholar (died 2026)

Fazlaur Rahim Ashrafi was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, who served as the Chancellor of Jamia Ashrafia in Lahore and the Patron of the Wifaq-ul-Madaris al-Arabia educational board of Pakistan.

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10/11/1943

Saxby Chambliss, American lawyer and politician

Clarence Saxby Chambliss is an American lawyer and retired politician who was a United States senator from Georgia from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a U.S. representative from 1995 to 2003.

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Ross Warner, Australian rugby league player (died 2020)

Ross Warner was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.

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10/11/1942

Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Robert Fry Engle III is an American economist and statistician. He was awarded the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, sharing the award with Clive Granger, "for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility (ARCH)".

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James Hood, American activist (died 2013)

James Alexander Hood was one of the first African Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963. Hood became famous when Alabama Governor George Wallace attempted to block him and fellow student Vivian Malone from enrolling at the then all-white university, an incident which became known as the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door". Hood and Malone were the first black students able to enroll in the university after Autherine Lucy in 1956. Hood faced violent threats at the school and left after two months, but finished his education in Michigan and worked in the police science program for the Madison Area Technical College for much of his career. Hood returned to the University of Alabama in the 1990s to earn a PhD in interdisciplinary studies, and conducted bedside interviews with Wallace during his research.

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Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss lawyer and politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation

Hans-Rudolf Merz is a Swiss politician who served as President of Switzerland in 2009. He concurrently served as a member of the Federal Council from 2004 to 2010 for the Free Democratic Party.

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10/11/1940

Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (died 2015)

Richard Cotton AM was an Australian medical researcher and founder of the Murdoch Institute and the Human Variome Project. Cotton focused on the prevention and treatment of genetic disorders and birth defects.

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Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician (died 1999)

Screaming Lord Sutch was an English musician and perennial parliamentary candidate.

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10/11/1939

Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (died 2013)

Dom Anscar Javier Chupungco was a Filipino Benedictine liturgist, theologian and educator at the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome and San Beda University in Manila. He was known for integrating local customs and traditions into the Catholic Mass.

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Tommy Facenda, American rock & roll singer and guitarist (died 2022)

Eugene Thomas Facenda, better known as Tommy Facenda, was an American rock and roll singer and guitarist. He is best known for his 1959 single "High School U.S.A."

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Russell Means, American activist, actor, and musician (died 2012)

Russell Charles Means was an Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native Americans, libertarian political activist, actor, musician and writer. He became a prominent member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) after joining the organization in December 1969 and helped organize events that attracted national and international media coverage.

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Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver (died 2025)

Allan George Moffat was a Canadian and Australian racing driver known for his four championships in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500, his four wins in the Bathurst 500/1000 and his win in the 1975 12 Hours of Sebring. Moffat was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 1999.

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10/11/1938

Robert Moreland, American college basketball coach (Texas Southern Tigers) (died 2024)

Robert Earl Moreland Sr. was an American college basketball coach. He served as the head coach of the Texas Southern Tigers from 1975 to 2001, and as interim head coach during the 2007–08 season. Moreland has the most wins as a coach in Tigers history with 406. Moreland led the Tigers to a NAIA championship in 1977 and was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Coach of the Year five times.

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10/11/1937

Albert Hall, American actor

Albert W. Hall is an American retired actor. He portrayed Chief Phillips in the 1979 war film Apocalypse Now and Judge Seymore Walsh in Ally McBeal and The Practice. He also played Brother Baines in the 1992 Spike Lee film Malcolm X. His last screen role was a 2011 episode of the television series Men of a Certain Age.

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Andrey Urnov, Russian diplomat (died 2025)

Andrey Yuryevich Urnov was a Russian diplomat. He was the elder brother of Soviet actor Mark Urnov

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10/11/1935

Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (died 2004)

Bernard Macy Babior was an American physician and research biochemist.

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Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist

Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov is a Russian theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist. Novikov put forward the idea of white holes in 1964. He also formulated the Novikov self-consistency principle in the mid-1980s, a contribution to the theory of time travel.

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Denis Edozie, Nigerian Supreme Court judge (died 2018)

Dennis Edozie was a Nigerian jurist who was Judge of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 2003 until his retirement in 2005.

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10/11/1934

Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian race car driver (died 1969)

Luciano "Lucien" Bianchi was an Italian-born Belgian racing driver who raced for the Cooper, ENB, UDT Laystall and Scuderia Centro Sud teams in Formula One. He entered a total of 19 Formula One World Championship races, scoring six points and had a best finish of third at the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix.

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Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, English sociologist and academic (died 2020)

Walter Garrison Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, usually known informally as Garry Runciman, was a British historical sociologist and hereditary peer. A senior research fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, Runciman wrote several publications in his field. He also sat on the Securities and Investments Board and chaired the British Government's Royal Commission on Criminal Justice (1991–1993).

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A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (died 1994)

Alagiah Thurairajah was a Sri Lankan academic and vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.

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Clio Maria Bittoni, Italian lawyer (died 2024)

Clio Maria Bittoni was an Italian lawyer who specialised in labour law. She was the widow of Giorgio Napolitano, who was the President of Italy from 2006 until 2015.

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10/11/1933

Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (died 1990)

Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. was an American electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, officer and aviator in the United States Navy, and NASA astronaut. As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 Apollo astronauts to fly to the Moon, and one of the 12 to do so without landing.

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Seymour Nurse, Barbadian cricketer (died 2019)

Seymour MacDonald Nurse was a Barbadian cricketer. Nurse played 29 Test matches for the West Indies between 1960 and 1969. A powerfully built right-hand batsman and an aggressive, if somewhat impetuous, shotmaker, Nurse preferred to bat in the middle order but was often asked to open the batting. A relative latecomer to high-level cricket, Nurse's Test cricket career came to what many consider a premature end in 1969.

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10/11/1932

Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (died 2016)

Paul Bley, CM was a Canadian jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and ARP synthesizers. His music has been described by Ben Ratliff of the New York Times as "deeply original and aesthetically aggressive". Bley's prolific output includes influential recordings from the 1950s through to his solo piano recordings of the 2000s.

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Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist, author, and academic (died 1996)

Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu was a Turkish poet, linguist and writer.

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Roy Scheider, American actor (died 2008)

Roy Richard Scheider was an American actor who achieved fame with his leading and supporting roles in celebrated films from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one BAFTA Award, and won both an Obie and Drama League Award for his stage performances.

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Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (died 2012)

Arthur Kress Snyder was an American lawyer, politician, and restaurateur. He served on the Los Angeles, California, City Council between 1967 and 1985 and later engaged in a private law practice.

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10/11/1931

Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (died 2013)

Lillian Pulitzer Rousseau was an American entrepreneur, fashion designer, and socialite. She founded Lilly Pulitzer, Inc., a clothing brand known for resort-inspired apparel, accessories, and other wares featuring vibrant prints.

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10/11/1930

Gene Conley, American baseball and basketball player (died 2017)

Donald Eugene Conley was an American professional baseball and basketball player. He pitched for four teams in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1952 to 1963. Conley also played as a forward in the 1952–53 season and from 1958 to 1964 for two teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the second person, after Otto Graham, to win championships in two of the four major American sports: one with the Milwaukee Braves in the 1957 World Series and three with the Boston Celtics from 1959 to 1961.

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10/11/1929

Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter (died 2022)

Alan Bergman and Marilyn Keith Bergman were an American songwriting duo. Married from 1958 until Marilyn's death, together they wrote music and lyrics for numerous celebrated television, film, and stage productions. The Bergmans enjoyed a successful career, honored with four Emmys, three Oscars, and two Grammys. They are in the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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W. E. B. Griffin, American soldier and author (died 2019)

William Edmund Butterworth III, better known by his pen name W. E. B. Griffin, was an American writer of military and detective fiction with 59 novels in seven series published under that name. Twenty-one of those books were co-written with his son, William E Butterworth IV. He also published under 11 other pseudonyms and three versions of his real name.

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Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (died 2015)

Emelia Pérez Castellanos, known professionally as Ninón Sevilla, was a Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer.

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Tommy Banks, English footballer (died 2024)

Thomas Banks was an English footballer who played as a left-back.

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10/11/1928

Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (died 2020)

Ennio Morricone was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classical works, Morricone is widely considered one of the most prolific and greatest film composers of all time. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Golden Globes, six BAFTAs, ten David di Donatello, eleven Nastro d'Argento, two European Film Awards, the Golden Lion Honorary Award, and the Polar Music Prize.

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10/11/1927

Richard Connolly, Australian hymnodist (died 2022)

Richard Connolly was an Australian musician, composer and former broadcaster. A well travelled man, who had studied broadcasters and broadcasting in numerous countries including France, Italy and German under the Churchill Fellowship program. He had a long association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, as a writer/composer for radio and television programs, but also wrote for documentaries and films.

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Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara (died 1991)

Vedat Dalokay was a Turkish architect and a former mayor of Ankara.

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Vaughn O. Lang, American general (died 2014)

Vaughn Olin Lang was a lieutenant general in the United States Army.

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Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (died 2013)

Sohei Miyashita was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Health and Welfare from 1998 to 1999, Director-General of the Environmental Agency from 1994 to 1995 and Director-General of the Defense Agency from 1991 to 1992.

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Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (died 2014)

Jeanette Georges Feghali, known professionally as Sabah, was a Lebanese singer and actress. Her professional career started in Egypt and later extended to Lebanon and the wider Arab world. She amassed a vast line of work over six decades, out-scaling most past and present contemporaries. Sabah is often regarded as one of the greatest Arab singers of the 20th century.

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Pedro Bustos, Argentine basketball player (died 2024)

Pedro Bustos was an Argentine basketball player. He died on 13 July 2024, at the age of 96.

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10/11/1925

Richard Burton, Welsh actor and singer (died 1984)

Richard Walter Burton was a Welsh actor.

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10/11/1924

Bobby Limb, Australian comedian, actor, and bandleader (died 1999)

Robert "Bobby" Limb was an Australian-born entertainment pioneer, comedian, band leader and musician and legend of radio, television and theatre of the 1960s and 1970s, he also founded the film and TV production company NLT Productions, with Jack Neary and Les Tinker. One of its main products was adventure serial The Rovers, which was aimed at breaking the international market.

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10/11/1923

Hachikō, Japanese dog famous for his loyalty to his owner (died 1935)

Hachikō was an Akita dog remembered for his strong dedication to his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, for whom he continued to wait for almost ten years following Ueno's death in 1925.

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10/11/1920

Ina Clough, English actress (died 2003)

Ina Clough was an English character and bit-part actress.

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Rafael del Pino, Spanish businessman, founded the Ferrovial Company (died 2008)

Rafael del Pino y Moreno was one of the wealthiest men in Europe. He had a net worth of approximately 8.6 billion US dollars in 2007. Del Pino founded the construction company Ferrovial in 1952, which became one of Spain's largest builders. He stepped down as President of Ferrovial in 2000, passing on the position to his son, Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo, who now heads the business. He held an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. In 2000 he founded the Fundación Rafael del Pino with the mission of developing future leaders. He was also member of IESE's International Advisory Board (IAB).

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10/11/1919

George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (died 1997)

George Watt Fenneman was an American radio and television announcer. Fenneman is best remembered as the show announcer and straight man on Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life. Marx said of Fenneman in 1976, "There never was a comedian who was any good unless he had a good straight man, and George was straight on all four sides".

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Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (died 2013)

Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, the AKM and AK-74, as well as the RPK light machine gun and PK machine gun.

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Michael Strank, American sergeant and flag raiser at the Battle of Iwo Jima (died 1945)

Michael Strank was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He was one of the Marines who raised the second U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, as shown in the iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima by photographer Joe Rosenthal. Of the six Marines depicted in the photo, Strank and Ira Hayes were the only ones to be correctly identified from the beginning; the others were either assigned the wrong locations, or were given the names of Marines who were not in the photo.

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Moise Tshombe, Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 1969)

Moïse Kapenda Tshombe was a Congolese businessman and politician. He served as the president of the secessionist State of Katanga from 1960 to 1963 and as prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1964 to 1965.

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10/11/1918

Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)

Ernst Otto Fischer was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize for pioneering work in the area of organometallic chemistry.

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10/11/1916

Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (died 2012)

Louis le Brocquy HRHA was an Irish painter born in Dublin to Albert and Sybil le Brocquy. Louis' sister is the sculptor Melanie Le Brocquy. His work received many accolades in a career that spanned some seventy years of creative practice. In 1956, he represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale, winning the Premio Acquisito Internationale with A Family, subsequently included in the historic exhibition Fifty Years of Modern Art Brussels, World Fair 1958. The same year he married the Irish painter Anne Madden and left London to work in the French Midi.

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Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (died 2004)

Edward William May Jr. was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for The Green Hornet (1966), The Mod Squad (1968), Batman, and Naked City (1960). He collaborated on films such as Pennies from Heaven (1981), and orchestrated Cocoon, and Cocoon: The Return, among others.

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10/11/1913

Karl Shapiro, American poet and academic (died 2000)

Karl Jay Shapiro was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945 for his collection V-Letter and Other Poems. He was appointed the fifth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946.

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10/11/1912

Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (died 1999)

George Robert "Birdie" Tebbetts was an American professional baseball player, manager, scout and front office executive. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians from 1936 to 1952. Tebbetts was regarded as the best catcher in the American League in the late 1940s.

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10/11/1910

Angelo Frattini, Italian sculptor (died 1975)

Angelo Frattini was an Italian sculptor from Varese. He studied at Brera Academy and his first contacts with sculptural art were influenced by Scapigliatura's teachings. He also exhibited his works in New York City and Washington DC, where he was received by president Lyndon Johnson. Angelo Frattini died in Varese on September 2, 1975. In 1978 the artistic lyceum of his hometown was named after him.

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10/11/1909

Paweł Jasienica, Russian-Polish soldier, journalist, and historian (died 1970)

Paweł Jasienica was the pen name of Leon Lech Beynar, a Polish historian, journalist, essayist and soldier.

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Johnny Marks, American composer and songwriter (died 1985)

John David Marks was an American songwriter. He specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many holiday standards, including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "A Holly Jolly Christmas", "Silver and Gold", and "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day".

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10/11/1908

Noemí Gerstein, Argentinian sculptor and illustrator (died 1996)

Noemí Gerstein was an Argentine sculptor, illustrator and plastic artist.

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Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2000)

Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt VC, ED was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Dieppe Raid in 1942. Later he served as Member of Parliament.

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10/11/1907

Jane Froman, American actress and singer (died 1980)

Ellen Jane Froman was an American actress and singer. During her 30-year career, she performed on stage, radio, and television despite chronic health problems due to injuries sustained in a 1943 plane crash.

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John Moore, English activist and author (died 1967)

John Cecil Moore was a British writer and conservationist. He was described by Sir Compton Mackenzie as the most talented writer about the countryside of his generation. His best-selling trilogy, published in the years immediately after the Second World War – Portrait of Elmbury, Brensham Village and The Blue Field – was followed by a series of novels and self-styled 'country-contentments'.

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10/11/1906

Josef Kramer, German SS officer (died 1945)

Josef Kramer was a Hauptsturmführer in the SS and the Commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen Belsen concentration camps. Dubbed the "Beast of Belsen" by camp inmates, he was a German Nazi war criminal, directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. He was detained by the British Army after the Second World War, convicted of war crimes, and hanged on the gallows in the prison at Hamelin by British executioner Albert Pierrepoint.

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10/11/1899

Kate Seredy, Hungarian-American author and illustrator (died 1975)

Kate Seredy was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. She won the Newbery Medal once, the Newbery Honor twice, the Caldecott Honor once, and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Most of her books were written in English, which was not her first language.

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10/11/1896

Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (died 1976)

James Joseph Dykes was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a third and second baseman from 1918 through 1939, most notably as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive American League pennants from 1929 to 1931 and, won the World Series in 1929 and 1930. Dykes played his final six seasons for the Chicago White Sox.

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10/11/1895

József Mátyás Baló, Hungarian physician and academic (died 1979)

József Mátyás Baló was a Hungarian physician and academic. He researched extensively into neurological conditions, cardiovascular conditions and with his wife isolated the enzyme elastase. He published numerous related papers and authored a medical book. He gave his name to Baló's disease.

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Jack Northrop, American businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (died 1981)

John Knudsen Northrop was an American aircraft industrialist and designer who founded the Northrop Corporation in 1939.

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10/11/1894

Boris Furlan, Slovenian lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1957)

Boris Furlan was a Slovenian jurist, philosopher of law, translator and liberal politician. During World War II, he worked as a speaker on Radio London, and was known as "London's Slovene voice". He served as a Minister in the Tito–Šubašić coalition government. In 1947, he was convicted by the Yugoslav Communist authorities at the Nagode Trial.

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10/11/1893

John P. Marquand, American author (died 1960)

John Phillips Marquand was an American writer. Originally best known for his Mr. Moto spy stories, he achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winning a Pulitzer Prize for The Late George Apley in 1938. One of his abiding themes was the confining nature of life in America's upper class and among those who aspired to join it. Marquand treated those whose lives were bound by these unwritten codes with a characteristic mix of respect and satire.

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10/11/1891

Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (died 1972)

Carl William Stalling was an American composer, voice actor and arranger for music in animated films. He is most closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, where he averaged one complete score each week, for 22 years.

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10/11/1890

Carl Borgward, German engineer, founder of Borgward Group

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward was a German engineer and designer and the creator of the Borgward group, based in Bremen.

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10/11/1889

Claude Rains, English-American actor (died 1967)

William Claude Rains was a British and American character actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. He was the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor, and is considered one of the screen's great character stars who played cultured villains during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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10/11/1888

Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Design Bureau (died 1972)

Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev was a Russian and later Soviet aeronautical engineer known for his pioneering aircraft designs as the director of the Tupolev Design Bureau.

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10/11/1887

Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Romanian engineer and academic (died 1973)

Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu was a Romanian engineer who was one of the first women to obtain a degree in engineering. She was born in the Romanian town of Galați but qualified in Berlin. During World War I she managed a hospital in Romania.

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Arnold Zweig, German author and activist (died 1968)

Arnold Zweig was a German writer, pacifist, and socialist.

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10/11/1886

Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1951)

Edward Joseph Collins was an American pianist, conductor and composer of classical music in a neoromantic style.

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10/11/1884

Zofia Nałkowska, Polish author and playwright (died 1954)

Zofia Nałkowska was a Polish prose writer, dramatist, and prolific essayist. She served as the executive member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature (1933–1939) during the interwar period.

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10/11/1880

Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (died 1959)

Sir Jacob Epstein was an American and British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1910.

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10/11/1879

Vachel Lindsay, American poet and educator (died 1931)

Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was an American poet. He is considered a founder of modern singing poetry, as he referred to it, in which verses are meant to be sung or chanted.

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Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, teacher, and insurrectionist; executed for his role in the Easter Rising (died 1916)

Patrick Henry Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Following his execution along with fifteen others, Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion.

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10/11/1878

Cy Morgan, American baseball player (died 1962)

Harry Richard "Cy" Morgan was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds between 1903 and 1913. Morgan batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Pomeroy, Ohio

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10/11/1874

Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (died 1954)

Idabelle Smith Firestone was an American composer and songwriter.

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10/11/1873

Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer (died 1949)

Henri Benjamin Rabaud was a French conductor, composer and teacher, who held important posts in the French musical establishment and upheld mainly conservative trends in French music in the first half of the twentieth century.

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10/11/1871

Winston Churchill, American author and painter (died 1947)

Winston Churchill was an American best-selling novelist of the early twentieth century.

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10/11/1868

Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Shotokan (died 1957)

Gichin Funakoshi was the founder of Shotokan karate. He is known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato, he was one of the Okinawan karate masters who introduced karate to the Japanese mainland in 1922, following its earlier introduction by his teacher Itosu. He taught karate at various Japanese universities and became honorary head of the Japan Karate Association upon its establishment in 1949. In addition to being a karate master, Funakoshi was an avid poet and philosopher. His son, Gigō Funakoshi, is widely credited with developing the foundation of the modern karate Shotokan style.

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10/11/1861

Amy Levy (died 1889) First Jewish student at Cambridge University

Amy Judith Levy was an English essayist, poet, and novelist. One of the first Jewish students at both Cambridge University and Newnham College, she wrote on the situation of Jews in Europe and the challenges facing women who sought independence in male-dominated society. She maintained close relationships with other women living what would be called a "New Woman" life, some of whom were lesbians.

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10/11/1858

Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (died 1928)

Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line was the last reigning Prince Reuss Younger Line from 1913 to 1918. Then he became Head of the House of Reuss Younger Line from 1918 to 1928.

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10/11/1851

Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (died 1931)

Richard Armstedt was a German philologist, educator, and historian.

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10/11/1848

Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (died 1925)

Sir Surendranath Banerjee, often known as Rashtraguru, was an Indian nationalist leader during the British Raj. He founded the Indian National Association to bring Hindus and Muslims together for political action. He was also one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress. Unlike Congress, however, Surendranath supported Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms, and with many liberal leaders he left Congress and founded a new organisation, Indian National Liberation Federation, in 1919.

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10/11/1845

John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1894)

Sir John Sparrow David Thompson was the fourth prime minister of Canada, serving from 1892 until his death in 1894. He had previously been fifth premier of Nova Scotia for a brief period in 1882. He is the only post-Confederation provincial premier to become prime minister, as of 2026.

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10/11/1844

Henry Eyster Jacobs, American educator and theologian (died 1932)

Henry Eyster Jacobs was an American religious educator, Biblical commentator and Lutheran theologian.

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10/11/1836

Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Peruvian general, President of Peru (died 1923)

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray was a Peruvian politician and general who served as the President of Peru, from 1886 to 1890 as the 27th president, and again from 1894 to 1895 as the 30th. He is considered a Peruvian national hero for leading the resistance against the Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883), in which he fought as a general in the Peruvian Army.

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10/11/1834

José Hernández, Argentinian journalist, poet, and politician (died 1886)

José Hernández was an Argentine journalist, poet, and politician best known as the author of the epic poem Martín Fierro. In his tribute, his birthday is celebrated in Argentina as a national holiday, called Tradition Day.

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10/11/1826

Jacob Hamburger, German rabbi and author (died 1911)

Jacob Hamburger was a German rabbi and author.

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10/11/1810

George Jennings, English plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet (died 1882)

George Jennings was an English sanitary engineer and plumber who invented the first public flush toilets. These were first showcased at the Great Exhibition in 1851, and such was the popularity of his invention the first public toilets opened in 1852 and were known as ‘Public Waiting Rooms'.

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10/11/1801

Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author (died 1872)

Vladimir Ivanovich Dal was a Russian lexicographer, speaker of many languages, Turkologist, and founding member of the Russian Geographical Society. During his lifetime, he compiled and documented Russian oral traditions, many of which became part of modern folklore.

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Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (died 1876)

Samuel Gridley Howe was an American physician, abolitionist, and advocate of education for the blind. He organized and was the first director of the Perkins Institution. In 1824, he went to Greece to serve as a surgeon in the Greek War of Independence. He arranged for support for refugees and brought many Greek children back to Boston with him for their education.

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10/11/1779

Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (died 1851)

Anne-Marie Javouhey, SJC was a French nun who founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny. She is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. She is known as the Liberator of the Slaves in the New World, and as the mother of the town of Mana, French Guiana.

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10/11/1764

Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium (died 1849)

Andrés Manuel del Río y Fernández was a Spanish-born Mexican scientist, naturalist and engineer who discovered compounds of vanadium in 1801. He proposed that the element be given the name panchromium, or later, erythronium, but his discovery was not credited at the time, and his names were not used.

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10/11/1759

Friedrich Schiller, German poet and playwright (died 1805)

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered to be one of Germany's most important classical playwrights.

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10/11/1755

Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator (died 1846)

Franz Anton Xaverius Ries was a German violinist. His father, Johann Ries (1723–1784), was court trumpeter to the Elector of Cologne in Bonn.

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10/11/1735

Granville Sharp, English activist and scholar, co-founded the Sierra Leone Company (died 1813)

Granville Sharp was an English scholar, philanthropist and one of the first campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. Born in Durham, he initially worked as a civil servant in the Board of Ordnance. His involvement in abolitionism began in 1767 when he defended a severely injured enslaved person from Barbados in a legal case against his master. Increasingly devoted to the cause, he continually sought test cases against the legal justifications for slavery, and in 1769 he published the first tract in England that explicitly attacked the concept of slavery.

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10/11/1728

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish-English author, poet, and playwright (died 1774)

Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer. He produced literary works in a variety of genres and is considered one of the most versatile writers of the Georgian era. His works are known for their realistic depictions of British society, and his comedy plays for the English stage are considered second in importance only to those of playwright William Shakespeare. Credited with introducing sentimentalism in English literature in 18th-century Great Britain, several of Goldsmith's publications are popular classics of the period, including his only novel, The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), and the comedy play She Stoops to Conquer (1773).

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10/11/1710

Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish courtier, politician, and diplomat (died 1792)

Count Adam Gottlob von Moltke was a German-born Danish courtier, politician and diplomat who was a favourite of Frederick V of Denmark-Norway. Moltke was born at Riesenhof in Mecklenburg. His son, Joachim Godske Moltke, and his grandson, Adam Wilhelm Moltke, later served as Prime Minister of Denmark.

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10/11/1697

William Hogarth, English painter, illustrator, and critic (died 1764)

William Hogarth was an English painter, engraver, satirist, cartoonist and writer. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects", and he is perhaps best known for his series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode. Familiarity with his work is so widespread that satirical political illustrations in this style are often referred to as "Hogarthian".

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10/11/1695

John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (died 1771)

John Bevis was an English medical doctor, electrical researcher and astronomer. He is best known for discovering the Crab Nebula in 1731. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, being awarded his B.A. in 1715 and his M.A. in 1718.

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10/11/1668

François Couperin, French organist and composer (died 1733)

François Couperin was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was known as Couperin le Grand to distinguish him from other members of the musically talented Couperin family.

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Louis, Prince of Condé (died 1710)

Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé was a prince du sang as a member of the reigning House of Bourbon at the French court of Louis XIV. Styled as Duke of Bourbon from birth, he succeeded his father in 1709 as Prince of Condé ; however, he was still known by the ducal title. He was prince for less than a year.

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10/11/1620

Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtier and author (died 1705)

Anne "Ninon" de l'Enclos, also spelled Ninon de Lenclos and Ninon de Lanclos, was a French singer, writer, courtesan and patron of the arts.

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10/11/1584

Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (died 1638)

Catherine of Sweden was a Swedish princess and a Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken as the consort of her second cousin John Casimir of Palatinate-Zweibrücken. She is known as the periodical foster mother of Queen Christina of Sweden and the mother of Charles X Gustav of Sweden.

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10/11/1577

Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (died 1660)

Jacob Cats was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books.

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10/11/1565

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1601)

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex was an English army officer who was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.

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Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (died 1646)

Laurentius Paulinus Gothus was a Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of Uppsala.

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10/11/1547

Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop of Cologne (died 1601)

Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg was the archbishop-elector of Cologne from 1577 to 1588. After pursuing an ecclesiastical career, he won a close election in the cathedral chapter of Cologne over Ernst of Bavaria. After his election, he fell in love with and later married Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben, a Protestant canoness at the Abbey of Gerresheim. His conversion to Calvinism and announcement of religious parity in the electorate triggered the Cologne War.

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10/11/1520

Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Princess of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (died 1580)

Dorothea of Denmark and Norway was a Danish, Norwegian and Swedish princess and an electress of the Palatinate as the wife of Elector Frederick II of the Palatinate. She was a claimant to the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish thrones and titular monarch in 1559–1561.

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10/11/1490

John III, Duke of Cleves (died 1539)

John III, Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark, known as John the Peaceful, was the Lord of Ravensberg, Count of Mark, and founder of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.

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10/11/1489

Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (died 1568)

Henry V of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, called the Younger,, Was a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1514 until his death. The last Catholic of the Welf princes, he was known for the large number of wars in which he was involved and for the long-standing affair with his mistress Eva von Trott.

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10/11/1483

Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (died 1546)

Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Western and Christian history.

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10/11/1480

Bridget of York, English nun (died 1517)

Bridget of York was the seventh daughter of King Edward IV and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville.

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10/11/1433

Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (died 1477)

Charles the Bold, also called the Rash, was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477. A member of the House of Valois-Burgundy, he was the only surviving legitimate son of Philip the Good and his third wife, Isabella of Portugal. As heir and as ruler, Charles competed for power with rivals including his overlord, King Louis XI of France. In 1465, Charles played a leading role in the War of the Public Weal.

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10/11/1341

Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1408)

Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, titular King of Mann, KG, Lord Marshal, was an English statesman and a leading political figure during the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV. One of the most powerful noblemen in northern England, he played a decisive role in the deposition of Richard II and the accession of Henry IV.

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10/11/1278

Philip I, Prince of Taranto (died 1332)

Philip II, also known as Philip I of Taranto, was titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople by marriage to Catherine of Valois–Courtenay, Despot of Romania, King of Albania, Prince of Achaea and Taranto.

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10/11/0745

Musa al-Kadhim the seventh Shia Imam (died 799)

Musa al-Kazim was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the seventh imam in Twelver Shia Islam. Musa is often known by the title al-Kazim, apparently a reference to his patience and gentle disposition. He was born in 745 in Medina to Ja'far al-Sadiq, the sixth Shia imam, who died in 765 without publicly designating a successor to save his heir from the wrath of the Abbasid caliphs. The subsequent crisis of succession was eventually resolved in favor of al-Kazim, with a dissenting group, now known as the Isma'ilis, separating from the mainstream Shia.

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