Famous People: November 5
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All Figures for November 5 (54 results)
J. B. S. Haldane
Evolutionary Biologist, Geneticist, Polymath & Co-Founder of Modern Synthesis
Raymond Loewy
"Father of Industrial Design" & Visionary Creator of Modern Corporate Identity
Walter Gieseking
Virtuoso Classical Pianist & Definitive Interpreter of Debussy and Ravel
Etta Moten Barnett
Pioneering African-American Contralto Singer, Actress & Cultural Ambassador
Joel McCrea
Classic Hollywood Screen Legend (Sullivan's Travels, Foreign Correspondent)
Fred Lawrence Whipple
Renowned Harvard Astronomer, Inventor of the Whipple Shield & "Dirty Snowball" Comet Pioneer
Vivien Leigh
Two-Time Academy Award-winning Actress (Scarlett O'Hara & Blanche DuBois)
Douglass North
Nobel Memorial Prize-winning Economist (1993) & Pioneer of New Institutional Economics
Elvin Jones
Legendary Post-Bop Jazz Drummer (Classic John Coltrane Quartet & A Love Supreme)
Charles Foley
Co-Inventor of the Iconic Party Game Twister
Ike Turner
Rock and Roll Pioneer, Guitarist, Bandleader & Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
Judy Parfitt
BAFTA-nominated British Stage, Film & Television Actress (Call the Midwife)
Uwe Seeler
Legendary German Striker, 4x FIFA World Cup Star & Honorary Citizen of Hamburg
Art Garfunkel
Eight-Time Grammy-winning Singer, Poet & Half of Simon & Garfunkel
Sam Shepard
Pulitzer Prize-winning Playwright, Oscar-nominated Actor & Theater Icon
Gram Parsons
Visionary Pioneer of Country Rock & "Cosmic American Music" (The Byrds)