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Today's Milestones (November 5)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

55 Milestones Observed
Art Garfunkel — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Art Garfunkel
Eight-Time Grammy-winning Singer, Poet & Half of Simon & Garfunkel • United States
Sam Rockwell — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Sam Rockwell
Academy Award-winning Character Actor & Screen Icon • United States
Eugene V. Debs — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Eugene V. Debs
Pioneering Trade Unionist, Socialist Leader & Five-Time U.S. Presidential Candidate • United States
Ida Tarbell — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Ida Tarbell
Pioneering Investigative Journalist, Muckraker & Author of The History of the Standard Oil Company • United States
Christiaan Eijkman — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
Christiaan Eijkman
Dutch Physician, Pathologist & Nobel Laureate (Discoverer of Vitamins) • Netherlands

All Personalities (1060 listed)

Showing 305–320 of 1060
Esha Deol — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Esha Deol
ईशा देओल

Actress & Classical Dancer

India Cinema & Arts
Nov 2, 1981 — Living
Ethan Hawke — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Green Hawke

Four-Time Academy Award-Nominated American Actor, Screenwriter & Novelist

United States Cinema
Nov 6, 1970 — Living
Ethel Waters — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ethel Waters

Legendary Jazz, Blues Vocalist & Oscar-Nominated Actress

United States Music & Performing Arts
Oct 31, 1896 — Living
Étienne de La Boétie — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Étienne de La Boétie
Étienne de La Boétie

Renaissance Political Philosopher, Judge & Author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude

France Literature
Nov 1, 1530 — Aug 18, 1563
Etta Moten Barnett — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Etta Moten Barnett
Etta Moten Barnett

Pioneering African-American Contralto Singer, Actress & Cultural Ambassador

United States Music
Nov 5, 1901 — Jan 2, 2004
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich

Brazilian Zoologist, Biodiversity Academic & World Authority on Neotropical Land Planarians

Brazil Science
Oct 21, 1928 — Sep 26, 2015
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
Eumir Marcial — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Eumir Marcial
Eumir Felix de los Santos Marcial

Olympic Boxer & Professional Fighter

Philippines Sports & Athletics
Oct 29, 1995 — Living
Eva Cassidy — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Eva Cassidy
Eva Marie Cassidy

Beloved American Vocalist, Acoustic Guitarist & Song Interpreter

United States Music
Feb 2, 1963 — Nov 2, 1996
Eva Kaili — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Eva Kaili
Εύα Καϊλή

Greek Politician, Former Vice President of the European Parliament & Television News Anchor

Greece Politics
Oct 26, 1978 — Living
Evan Fournier — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Evan Fournier

Basketball Player & Two-Time Olympic Medalist

France Sports & Athletics
Oct 29, 1992 — Living
Evander Holyfield — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield ("The Real Deal")

Four-Time World Heavyweight Champion & Undisputed Cruiserweight Champion

United States Sports
Oct 19, 1962 — Living
Evangelista Torricelli — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Evangelista Torricelli

Italian Physicist, Mathematician & Inventor of the Barometer

Italy Science
Oct 15, 1608 — Oct 25, 1647
Évariste Galois — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Évariste Galois
Évariste Galois

Groundbreaking French Mathematical Prodigy, Father of Galois Theory & Abstract Group Theory Pioneer

France Science
Oct 25, 1811 — May 31, 1832
Evelyn Waugh — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Evelyn Waugh
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh

English Satirist, Novelist, Travel Writer & Literary Master

United Kingdom Literature & Journalism
Oct 28, 1903 — Apr 10, 1966
Ezra Pound — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound

Visionary Modernist Poet, Literary Critic, Leader of Imagism & Author of The Cantos

United States Literature
Oct 30, 1885 — Nov 1, 1972