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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 (1084 listed)

Showing 497–512 of 1084
Jeff Probst — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jeff Probst
Jeffrey Lee Probst

Four-Time Emmy Award-Winning Television Host, Executive Producer of Survivor & Author

United States Television host
Nov 4, 1961 — Living
Jefferson Farfán — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jefferson Farfán
Jefferson Agustín Farfán Guadalupe

Legendary Peruvian International Striker, World Cup Hero & Four-Time Dutch Eredivisie Champion

Peru Sports
Oct 26, 1984 — Living
Jenny Lind — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jenny Lind
Johanna Maria Lind

Opera Singer & Philanthropist

Sweden Music & Performing Arts
Oct 6, 1820 — Nov 2, 1887
Jenny McCarthy — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jenny McCarthy
Jennifer Ann McCarthy

Television Personality, Actress, Author & Panelist on The Masked Singer

United States Entertainment
Nov 1, 1972 — Living
Jeon Ji-hyun (Jun Ji-hyun) — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jeon Ji-hyun (Jun Ji-hyun)
전지현

Megastar Actress & Global Hallyu Icon

South Korea Cinema & Television
Oct 30, 1981 — Living
Jeon Ji-yoon — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jeon Ji-yoon
전지윤

South Korean Singer, Rapper, Songwriter & 4Minute Member (JENYER)

South Korea Music & K-Pop
Oct 31, 1990 — Living
Jeongyeon — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jeongyeon
유정연

K-Pop Vocalist, Global Superstar & Core Member of TWICE

South Korea Music
Nov 1, 1996 — Living
Jeremy Hunt — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt

Senior British Statesman, Former Chancellor of the Exchequer & Foreign Secretary

United Kingdom Politics
Nov 1, 1966 — Living
Jerry Collins — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jerry Collins
Jeronimo Collins

Legendary All Blacks Flanker & Captain, Rugby World Cup Star & Hurricanes Icon

New Zealand / Samoa Sports
Nov 4, 1980 — Jun 5, 2015
Jerry Orbach — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Jerry Orbach
Jerome Bernard Orbach

Emmy-Nominated American Actor, Broadway Musical Legend & Beloved Star of "Law & Order" (Detective Lennie Briscoe)

United States Cinema
Oct 20, 1935 — Dec 28, 2004
Jibanananda Das — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Jibanananda Das
জীবনানন্দ দাশ

Foremost Modern Bengali Poet, Author of "Banalata Sen" & "Rupasi Bangla"

Bangladesh / India Literature
Feb 17, 1899 — Oct 22, 1954
Jim Cummings — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jim Cummings
James Jonah Cummings

Legendary Voice Actor, the Voice of Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Darkwing Duck & Tasmanian Devil

United States Animation & Voice Acting
Nov 3, 1952 — Living
Joan Fontaine — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Joan Fontaine
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland

Academy Award-Winning British-American Screen Legend (Hitchcock’s "Suspicion" & "Rebecca")

United Kingdom / United States Cinema
Oct 22, 1917 — Dec 15, 2013
Joan Sutherland — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Joan Sutherland
Dame Joan Alston Sutherland

Australian Dramatic Coloratura Soprano ('La Stupenda')

Australia Music
Nov 7, 1926 — Oct 10, 2010
Joaquim Chissano — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Joaquim Chissano
Joaquim Alberto Chissano

2nd President of Mozambique (1986–2005), African Peacemaker & Mo Ibrahim Prize Laureate

Mozambique Politics
Oct 22, 1939 — Living
Joaquin Phoenix — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix

Academy Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Humanitarian Activist

United States Cinema & Arts
Oct 28, 1974 — Living