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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 945–960 of 1084
Sivakumar — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sivakumar
சிவகுமார்

Veteran Tamil Cinema Actor, Visual Artist, Orator & Cultural Philanthropist

India Cinema
Oct 27, 1941 — Living
Smita Patil — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Smita Patil
स्मिता पाटिल

Two-Time National Award-Winning Actress & Pioneer of Indian Parallel Cinema

India Cinema
Oct 17, 1955 — Dec 13, 1986
Snoop Dogg — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.

Global Hip-Hop Icon, Rapper, Record Producer, Entrepreneur & Cultural Ambassador

United States Music
Oct 20, 1971 — Living
Soong Mei-ling — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Soong Mei-ling
宋美齡

Madame Chiang Kai-shek, First Lady of the Republic of China & World War II Diplomatic Force

China / Taiwan Leadership
Mar 5, 1898 — Oct 23, 2003
Spiro Agnew — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Spiro Agnew
Spiro Theodore Agnew

39th Vice President of the United States & 55th Governor of Maryland

United States History
Nov 9, 1918 — Sep 17, 1996
Spyridon Marinatos — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Spyridon Marinatos
Σπυρίδων Μαρινάτος

Eminent Greek Archaeologist & World-Famous Excavator of Bronze Age Akrotiri on Santorini

Greece Science
Nov 4, 1901 — Oct 1, 1974
Stanislaus Kostka — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Stanislaus Kostka
Stanisław Kostka

Polish Jesuit Novice & Patron Saint of Students and Youth

Poland History & Leadership
Oct 28, 1550 — Aug 15, 1568
Stanley Cortez — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Stanley Cortez
Stanislaus Kranze

Cinematographer & Master of Chiaroscuro (The Magnificent Ambersons, The Night of the Hunter)

United States Filmmaker
Nov 4, 1908 — Dec 23, 1997
Stefanie Powers — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Stefanie Powers
Stefania Zofya Paul

Actress & Wildlife Conservationist

United States Cinema, Television & Philanthropy
Nov 2, 1942 — Living
Stephen Crane — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane

Pioneer of American Literary Realism, Novelist, Poet & War Correspondent

United States Literature
Nov 1, 1871 — Jun 5, 1900
Stephen F. Austin — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Stephen F. Austin
Stephen Fuller Austin

"Father of Texas", Founder of Anglo-American Texas & 1st Secretary of State of Texas

United States History & Governance
Nov 3, 1793 — Dec 27, 1836
Stephen Hawking — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Stephen Hawking

Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist & Author

United Kingdom Science
Jan 8, 1942 — Mar 14, 2018
Stephen Leacock — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Stephen Leacock
Stephen Butler Leacock

Humorist, Author, Satirist & Political Economist

Canada Literature & Humor
Dec 30, 1869 — Living
Stephen Rea — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Stephen Rea

Academy Award-Nominated Irish Stage & Screen Actor

Ireland Cinema & Theater
Oct 31, 1946 — Living
Steve Ditko — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Steve Ditko
Stephen John Ditko

Legendary Comic Book Artist & Writer, Co-Creator of Spider-Man & Doctor Strange

United States Arts
Nov 2, 1927 — Jun 29, 2018
Steve McQueen — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Steve McQueen
Terrence Stephen McQueen

American Film Actor, Motorsport Racer & Cultural Icon ('The King of Cool')

United States Cinema
Mar 24, 1930 — Nov 7, 1980