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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joseph P. Albright
Judge
8-Nov-1938 20-Mar-2009 WV Supreme Court Justice, 2001-09
Donna M. Alvarado
Business
8-Nov-1948   Aguila International
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Head of State
8-Nov-1920 29-Jul-1998 President of Uruguay, 1967-72
Chris Ault
Football
8-Nov-1946   Head Coach, Nevada Wolf Pack
Eric B
Disc Jockey
8-Nov-1965   Eric B for President
Christiaan Barnard
Doctor
8-Nov-1922 2-Sep-2001 Performed the first heart transplant
Richard Bartlett
Film Director
8-Nov-1922 11-Jun-1994 Joe Dakota
Arnold Bax
Composer
8-Nov-1883 3-Oct-1953 Symphonist, Tone Poet
Wayne L. Berman
Activist
8-Nov-1956   Washington lobbyist
Robert Worth Bingham
Business
8-Nov-1871 18-Dec-1937 Publisher of The Louisville Courier-Journal
Bobby Bowden
Football
8-Nov-1929   FSU Head Football Coach, 1976-2009
Johnny Bower
Hockey
8-Nov-1924   The China Wall
Sam Bradford
Football
8-Nov-1987   Winner, 2008 Heisman Trophy
Milton Bradley
Business
8-Nov-1836 30-May-1911 Board games
Bonnie Bramlett
Singer
8-Nov-1944   Delaney & Bonnie
William K. Brewster
Politician
8-Nov-1941   Congressman from Oklahoma, 1991-97
Michael D. Brown
Government
8-Nov-1954   FEMA chief operating officer 2003-05
Max Burns
Politician
8-Nov-1948   Congressman from Georgia, 2003-05
Craig Chester
Actor
8-Nov-1965   Adam & Steve
Chris Connor
Singer
8-Nov-1927 29-Aug-2009 Jazz singer, I Miss You
Angel Cordero
Jockey
8-Nov-1942   Three-time Kentucky Derby winner
Dorothy Day
Activist
8-Nov-1897 29-Nov-1980 Founder of the Catholic Worker movement
Alain Delon
Actor
8-Nov-1935   Le Samouraï
Charles Demuth
Painter
8-Nov-1883 23-Oct-1935 I Saw the Figure Five in Gold
John Dickinson
Politician
8-Nov-1732 14-Feb-1808 Founder of Dickinson College
Ken Dodd
Comic
8-Nov-1927   British comedian, ventriloquist
Orvil Dryfoos
Publisher
8-Nov-1912 26-May-1963 New York Times Publisher, 1961-63
Robert C. Dynes
Educator
8-Nov-1942   President, University of California, 2003-08
Lynndie England
Military
8-Nov-1982   Abu Ghraib dominatrix
Joe Flynn
Actor
8-Nov-1924 19-Jul-1974 Capt. Binghamton on McHale's Navy
Jack Flynt
Politician
8-Nov-1914 24-Jun-2007 Congressman from Georgia, 1954-79
Samuel A. Foote
Politician
8-Nov-1780 15-Sep-1846 Governor of Connecticut, 1834-35
Gottlob Frege
Mathematician
8-Nov-1848 26-Jul-1925 Mathematical logician
Leif Garrett
Musician
8-Nov-1961   1970s teen idol
Martha Gellhorn
Journalist
8-Nov-1908 15-Feb-1998 War correspondent
Charles K. Gifford
Business
8-Nov-1942   Bank of America Chairman, 2004-05
Vince Gray
Government
8-Nov-1942   Mayor of Washington DC
Edmund Halley
Astronomer
8-Nov-1656 14-Jan-1742 Predicted return of Halley's Comet
Mary Hart
TV Personality
8-Nov-1950   Entertainment Tonight
June Havoc
Actor
8-Nov-1912 28-Mar-2010 Gentleman's Agreement
Christie Hefner
Business
8-Nov-1952   CEO of Playboy, 1988-2009
Jerome Hines
Singer
8-Nov-1921 4-Feb-2003 Operatic bass, NY Metropolitan Opera
Darla Hood
Actor
8-Nov-1931 13-Jun-1979 The Little Rascals
Oliver O. Howard
Military
8-Nov-1830 26-Oct-1909 Headed the Freedmen's Bureau
Kazuo Ishiguro
Novelist
8-Nov-1954   The Remains of the Day
Rickie Lee Jones
Musician
8-Nov-1954   Chuck E's in Love
Bill Joy
Computer Programmer
8-Nov-1954   BSD designer, C shell, vi, Java
Jack S. Kilby
Inventor
8-Nov-1923 20-Jun-2005 Electrical engineering pioneer
Margaret Ladd
Actor
8-Nov-1942   Emma Channing on Falcon Crest
Wayne LaPierre
Activist
8-Nov-1949   Spokesman for the NRA
Chi Chi La Rue
Film Director
8-Nov-1959   Transvestite hardcore director
Guy Liddell
Spy
8-Nov-1892 2-Dec-1958 British spymaster
Norman Lloyd
Actor
8-Nov-1914   Dr. Auschlander on St. Elsewhere
Jessica Lowndes
Actor
8-Nov-1988   Adrianna Tate-Duncan on 90210
Cecil B. Lyon
Diplomat
8-Nov-1903 6-Apr-1993 US Ambassador to Chile, Sri Lanka
George Maciunas
Artist
8-Nov-1931 9-May-1978 Founder of Fluxus
Ira Magaziner
Government
8-Nov-1947   Internet advisor under Bill Clinton
Frank McGuire
Basketball
8-Nov-1914 11-Nov-1994 NCAA Basketball Coach
Ira M. Millstein
Attorney
8-Nov-1926   Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Margaret Mitchell
Novelist
8-Nov-1900 16-Aug-1949 Gone With the Wind
Gretchen Mol
Actor
8-Nov-1972   The Shape of Things
Dennis Moore
Politician
8-Nov-1945   Congressman from Kansas, 1999-2011
Robert Morris, Jr.
Computer Programmer
8-Nov-1965   Author of 1988 Huge Internet Worm
Peter Munk
Business
8-Nov-1927   Founder of Barrick Gold
John Musker
Film Director
8-Nov-1953   Aladdin
Tech N9ne
Rapper
8-Nov-1971   Anghellic
Nerva
Royalty
8-Nov-30 AD 27-Jan-98 AD Roman Emperor, 96-98 AD
Si Newhouse, Jr.
Publisher
8-Nov-1927   Chairman of Condé Nast
Jack Osbourne
Relative
8-Nov-1985   Son of Ozzy Osbourne
Patti Page
Singer
8-Nov-1927   The Tennessee Waltz
Rufus Wheeler Peckham
Judge
8-Nov-1838 24-Oct-1909 US Supreme Court Justice, 1896-1909
Parker Posey
Actor
8-Nov-1968   Waiting for Guffman
Bonnie Raitt
Singer
8-Nov-1949   Redhaired blueswoman
Gordon Ramsay
Chef
8-Nov-1966   Hell's Kitchen
Tara Reid
Actor
8-Nov-1975   Bunny in The Big Lebowski
Minnie Riperton
Singer
8-Nov-1947 12-Jul-1979 Lovin' You
Esther Rolle
Actor
8-Nov-1920 17-Nov-1998 Florida Evans on Good Times
Aviel Rubin
Computer Programmer
8-Nov-1967   Computer security expert at Johns Hopkins
Johannes Rydberg
Physicist
8-Nov-1854 28-Dec-1919 Rydberg constant
Morley Safer
Journalist
8-Nov-1931   60 Minutes
Gene Saks
Theater Director
8-Nov-1921   The Odd Couple
Azura Skye
Actor
8-Nov-1981   Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane
Jeff Speakman
Actor
8-Nov-1958   Martial arts actor
Bram Stoker
Author
8-Nov-1847 20-Apr-1912 Dracula
Robert Strauss
Actor
8-Nov-1913 20-Feb-1975 Animal in Stalag 17
Courtney Thorne-Smith
Actor
8-Nov-1967   Long-suffering wife on According to Jim
William Wirt
Attorney
8-Nov-1772 18-Feb-1834 US Attorney General, 1817-29
Roy Wood
Musician
8-Nov-1947   ELO and Wizzard
Alfre Woodard
Actor
8-Nov-1953   K-PAX




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