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All Figures for November 5 (54 results)

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Ghazan Khan — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ghazan Khan
غازان خان

7th Ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate & Renowned Political and Cultural Reformer

Mongolia / Iran Politics
Nov 5, 1271 — May 11, 1304
Hans Sachs — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Hans Sachs
Hans Sachs

Celebrated Nuremberg Meistersinger, Poet, Playwright & Voice of the Reformation

Germany Literature
Nov 5, 1494 — Jan 19, 1576
Philippe de Mornay — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Philippe de Mornay
Philippe de Mornay, Seigneur du Plessis-Marly

Huguenot Statesman, Theologian, Diplomat & "The Huguenot Pope"

France Politics
Nov 5, 1549 — Nov 11, 1623
Charles Chauncy — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Charles Chauncy
Charles Chauncy

Puritan Theologian, Educator & 2nd President of Harvard College (1654–1672)

United Kingdom / United States Education
Nov 5, 1592 — Feb 19, 1672
Anna Maria van Schurman — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Anna Maria van Schurman
Anna Maria van Schurman

First Female University Student in Europe, Polyglot, Poet & Philosopher

Netherlands Humanities
Nov 5, 1607 — May 14, 1678
Isaac de Benserade — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Isaac de Benserade
Isaac de Benserade

French Baroque Poet, Playwright & Court Librettist to the "Sun King" Louis XIV

France Literature
Nov 5, 1613 — Oct 19, 1691
Sultan Ibrahim I — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sultan Ibrahim I
ابراهيم اول

Ottoman Sultan (reigned 1640–1648) & Sovereign of the Sublime Porte

Turkey Politics
Nov 5, 1615 — Aug 18, 1648
Attilio Ariosti — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Attilio Ariosti
Attilio Malachia Ariosti

Baroque Opera Composer & Virtuoso Master of the Viola d'Amore

Italy Music
Nov 5, 1666 — Apr 20, 1729
Pietro Longhi — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Pietro Longhi
Pietro Falca

Venetian Master Painter of 18th-Century Social Life & Rococo Satire

Italy Arts
Nov 5, 1701 — May 8, 1785
Clement Scott — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Clement Scott
Clement William Scott

Influential Victorian Drama Critic (The Daily Telegraph) & Travel Writer

United Kingdom Journalism
Nov 5, 1841 — Jun 25, 1904
Eugene V. Debs — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene Victor Debs

Pioneering Trade Unionist, Socialist Leader & Five-Time U.S. Presidential Candidate

United States Politics
Nov 5, 1855 — Oct 20, 1926
Ida Tarbell — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ida Tarbell
Ida Minerva Tarbell

Pioneering Investigative Journalist, Muckraker & Author of The History of the Standard Oil Company

United States Journalism
Nov 5, 1857 — Jan 6, 1944
Richard Schorr — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Richard Schorr
Richard Reinhard Emil Schorr

Renowned German Astronomer, Discoverer of 30 Asteroids & Director of Hamburg Observatory

Germany Science
Nov 5, 1867 — Sep 21, 1951
Chittaranjan Das — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Chittaranjan Das
চিত্তরঞ্জন দাশ

Freedom Fighter, Leading Jurist, Co-founder of Swaraj Party & "Deshbandhu"

Bangladesh / India Politics
Nov 5, 1870 — Jun 16, 1925
Mikhail Artsybashev — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Mikhail Artsybashev
Михаил Петрович Арцыбашев

Naturalist Russian Novelist, Dramatist & Author of Sanin

Russia Literature
Nov 5, 1878 — Mar 3, 1927
Will Durant — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Will Durant
William James Durant

Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian, Philosopher & Author of The Story of Civilization

United States Literature
Nov 5, 1885 — Nov 7, 1981