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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bob Abernethy
Journalist
5-Nov-1927   Former NBC News correspondent
Bryan Adams
Musician
5-Nov-1959   Canadian Rocker
Ryan Adams
Singer/Songwriter
5-Nov-1974   Heartbreaker
Washington Allston
Painter
5-Nov-1779 9-Jul-1843 The Dead Man Revived
Victor Argo
Actor
5-Nov-1934 6-Apr-2004 Taxi Driver and Mean Streets
Bob Barr
Politician
5-Nov-1948   Congressman from Georgia, 1995-2003
John Berger
Novelist
5-Nov-1926   British novelist, G
John Bowen
Novelist
5-Nov-1924   The Truth Will Not Help Us
Benjamin Franklin Butler
Attorney
5-Nov-1818 11-Jan-1893 Criminal lawyer, Civil War general
Grenville Clark
Attorney
5-Nov-1882 13-Jan-1967 World Peace Through World Law
Johnny Damon
Baseball
5-Nov-1973   "Caveman" outfielder
Joseph S. Davis
Economist
5-Nov-1885 1975 Council of Economic Advisers, 1955-58
Eugene V. Debs
Labor Leader
5-Nov-1855 20-Oct-1926 Labor leader ran for President five times
Martin Dies, Jr.
Politician
5-Nov-1900 14-Nov-1972 Congressman from Texas
Charles Dow
Journalist
5-Nov-1851 4-Dec-1902 Dow of Dow Jones
Will Durant
Historian
5-Nov-1885 7-Nov-1981 The Story of Civilization
Herb Edelman
Actor
5-Nov-1933 21-Jul-1996 Stan Zbornak on The Golden Girls
Thomas B. Evans, Jr.
Politician
5-Nov-1931   Congressman from Delaware, 1977-83
Myron Floren
Musician
5-Nov-1919 23-Jul-2005 Accordionist for Lawrence Welk
Jeffrey A. Frankel
Economist
5-Nov-1952   Council of Economic Advisers, 1997-99
Mo Gaffney
Actor
5-Nov-1958   Comedy partner with Kathy Najimy
Art Garfunkel
Singer/Songwriter
5-Nov-1941   Simon and Garfunkel
Seth Gilliam
Actor
5-Nov-1968   Carver on The Wire
Willoughby Gray
Actor
5-Nov-1916 13-Feb-1993 Sir John Stevens on Howards' Way
Guy Green
Film Director
5-Nov-1913 15-Sep-2005 A Patch of Blue
Jonny Greenwood
Guitarist
5-Nov-1971   Guitarist for Radiohead
J. B. S. Haldane
Biologist
5-Nov-1892 1-Dec-1964 Haldane's principle
Patricia Harty
Actor
5-Nov-1941   Greta Patterson on Occasional Wife
Will H. Hays
Business
5-Nov-1879 7-Mar-1954 The Hays Production Code
Jon-Erik Hexum
Actor
5-Nov-1957 18-Oct-1984 Actor accidently shot himself
Jeffrey R. Howard
Judge
5-Nov-1955   1st Circuit Court of Appeals
Clifford Irving
Hoaxer
5-Nov-1930   Howard Hughes autobiography hoax
Famke Janssen
Actor
5-Nov-1965   X-Men, Bond Girl
Kris Jenner
Relative
5-Nov-1955   Wife of Bruce Jenner
Kevin Jonas
Musician
5-Nov-1987   The Jonas Brothers
Lyman Knapp
Politician
5-Nov-1837 9-Oct-1904 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1889-93
Ted Kulongoski
Politician
5-Nov-1940   Governor of Oregon, 2003-11
Vivien Leigh
Actor
5-Nov-1913 8-Jul-1967 Gone With The Wind
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Author
5-Nov-1948   Who Killed Daniel Pearl?
Forrest Lewis
Actor
5-Nov-1899 2-Jun-1977 Character actor
Eugene Lipinski
Actor
5-Nov-1956   Lloyd Manning on Da Vinci's Inquest
Raymond Loewy
Designer
5-Nov-1893 14-Jul-1986 Father of industrial design
Nicholas Longworth
Politician
5-Nov-1869 9-Apr-1931 Congressman from Ohio, 1903-31
Javy Lopez
Baseball
5-Nov-1970   Catcher Atlanta Braves #8
Bryan Lourd
Business
5-Nov-1960   Creative Artists Agency
Lee Lozano
Painter
5-Nov-1930 2-Oct-1999 Misogyny as art form
Charles MacArthur
Playwright
5-Nov-1895 21-Apr-1956 The Front Page
Jeb Magruder
Government
5-Nov-1934   Nixon's deputy campaign director
Joel McCrea
Actor
5-Nov-1905 20-Oct-1990 Ride the High Country
John McGiver
Actor
5-Nov-1913 9-Sep-1975 Midnight Cowboy
David W. McKeague
Judge
5-Nov-1946   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Raphael Mechoulam
Chemist
5-Nov-1930   Discovered THC
Greasy Neale
Football
5-Nov-1891 2-Nov-1973 NFL Hall of Fame Coach
Corin Nemec
Actor
5-Nov-1971   Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Truman H. Newberry
Politician
5-Nov-1864 3-Oct-1945 US Senator from Michigan, 1919-22
Peter Noone
Singer
5-Nov-1947   Lead singer of Herman's Hermits
Douglass C. North
Economist
5-Nov-1920   Cliometrics
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Politician
5-Nov-1884 1-Dec-1962 US Senator from Wyoming, 1934-61
Tatum O'Neal
Actor
5-Nov-1963   Paper Moon
Allen I. Olson
Politician
5-Nov-1938   Governor of North Dakota, 1981-85
Baby Marie Osborne
Actor
5-Nov-1911 11-Nov-2010 Silent-era child star
Peter Pace
Military
5-Nov-1945   Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2005-07
Gram Parsons
Musician
5-Nov-1946 19-Sep-1973 Flying Burrito Brothers
Robert Patrick
Actor
5-Nov-1958   Mimetic polyalloy in Terminator 2
Hy Peskin
Photographer
5-Nov-1915 2-Jun-2005 Sports photojournalist
William D. Phillips
Physicist
5-Nov-1948   Trapped atoms with laser light
Thomas Pickering
Diplomat
5-Nov-1931   Career US Ambassador
Benjamin Quayle
Politician
5-Nov-1976   Congressman, Arizona 3rd
Jessie Ralph
Actor
5-Nov-1864 30-May-1944 San Francisco
Marcus Ranum
Computer Programmer
5-Nov-1962   Tenable Network Security
Judy Reyes
Actor
5-Nov-1967   Nurse Espinosa on Scrubs
Sam Rockwell
Actor
5-Nov-1968   Lawn Dogs
Roy Rogers
Actor
5-Nov-1911 6-Jul-1998 Cowboy movie actor, rode Trigger
Paul Sabatier
Chemist
5-Nov-1854 14-Aug-1941 Heterogeneous catalysis
Jeffrey Sachs
Economist
5-Nov-1954   The End of Poverty
Natalie Schafer
Actor
5-Nov-1900 10-Apr-1991 Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island
Herbert I. Schiller
Author
5-Nov-1919 29-Jan-2000 Mass Communications and American Empire
William J. Sebald
Diplomat
5-Nov-1901 Aug-1980 Chief US FSO in Japan, 1947-52
Nestor Serrano
Actor
5-Nov-1955   Capt. Bruno Dante on Witchblade
Sam Shepard
Playwright
5-Nov-1943   Buried Child
Armin Shimerman
Actor
5-Nov-1949   Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Vandana Shiva
Activist
5-Nov-1952   Eco-Feminist
Nick Smith
Politician
5-Nov-1934   Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2005
Elke Sommer
Actor
5-Nov-1940   Deadlier Than the Male
Maria Stader
Singer
5-Nov-1911 27-Apr-1999 Operatic soprano, specialty Mozart
Jock Stallard
Politician
5-Nov-1921 29-Mar-2008 British MP, St. Pancras North, 1970-83
Jay B. Stephens
Attorney
5-Nov-1946   General Counsel of Raytheon
Tilda Swinton
Actor
5-Nov-1960   The Deep End
Alphonso Taft
Government
5-Nov-1810 21-May-1891 Attorney General under Grant
Ida M. Tarbell
Journalist
5-Nov-1857 6-Jan-1944 History of the Standard Oil Company
Charles Taylor
Philosopher
5-Nov-1931   Sources of the Self
Vernon W. Thomson
Politician
5-Nov-1905 2-Apr-1988 Governor of Wisconsin, 1957-59
Ike Turner
Musician
5-Nov-1931 12-Dec-2007 River Deep, Mountain High
Cecil H. Underwood
Politician
5-Nov-1922 24-Nov-2008 Twice Governor of West Virginia
Bill Walton
Basketball
5-Nov-1952   NBA Most Valuable Player, 1978
Bubba Watson
Golf
5-Nov-1978   Winner, 2012 Masters Tournament
Fred Whipple
Astronomer
5-Nov-1906 30-Aug-2004 Comet Guy
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Poet
5-Nov-1850 30-Oct-1919 Poems of Passion
Frederica Wilson
Politician
5-Nov-1942   Congresswoman, Florida 17th
Harris Yulin
Actor
5-Nov-1937   Roger Stanton on 24
Robert J. Zimmer
Educator
5-Nov-1947   President, University of Chicago




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