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All Figures for November 5 (54 results)

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J. B. S. Haldane — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
J. B. S. Haldane
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane

Evolutionary Biologist, Geneticist, Polymath & Co-Founder of Modern Synthesis

United Kingdom / India Science
Nov 5, 1892 — Dec 1, 1964
Raymond Loewy — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Raymond Loewy
Raymond Fernand Loewy

"Father of Industrial Design" & Visionary Creator of Modern Corporate Identity

France / United States Arts
Nov 5, 1893 — Jul 14, 1986
Walter Gieseking — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Walter Gieseking
Walter Wilhelm Gieseking

Virtuoso Classical Pianist & Definitive Interpreter of Debussy and Ravel

France / Germany Music
Nov 5, 1895 — Oct 26, 1956
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
Joel McCrea — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Joel McCrea
Joel Albert McCrea

Classic Hollywood Screen Legend (Sullivan's Travels, Foreign Correspondent)

United States Arts
Nov 5, 1905 — Oct 20, 1990
Fred Lawrence Whipple — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Fred Lawrence Whipple
Fred Lawrence Whipple

Renowned Harvard Astronomer, Inventor of the Whipple Shield & "Dirty Snowball" Comet Pioneer

United States Science
Nov 5, 1906 — Aug 30, 2004
Vivien Leigh — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Vivien Leigh
Vivian Mary Hartley

Two-Time Academy Award-winning Actress (Scarlett O'Hara & Blanche DuBois)

United Kingdom Arts
Nov 5, 1913 — Jul 8, 1967
Douglass North — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Douglass North
Douglass Cecil North

Nobel Memorial Prize-winning Economist (1993) & Pioneer of New Institutional Economics

United States Science
Nov 5, 1920 — Nov 23, 2015
Elvin Jones — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones

Legendary Post-Bop Jazz Drummer (Classic John Coltrane Quartet & A Love Supreme)

United States Music
Nov 5, 1927 — May 18, 2004
Charles Foley — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Charles Foley
Charles F. Foley

Co-Inventor of the Iconic Party Game Twister

United States Business
Nov 5, 1930 — Jul 1, 2013
Ike Turner — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ike Turner
Izear Luster Turner Jr.

Rock and Roll Pioneer, Guitarist, Bandleader & Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee

United States Music
Nov 5, 1931 — Dec 12, 2007
Judy Parfitt — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Judy Parfitt
Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt

BAFTA-nominated British Stage, Film & Television Actress (Call the Midwife)

United Kingdom Arts
Nov 5, 1935 — Living
Uwe Seeler — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Uwe Seeler
Uwe Seeler

Legendary German Striker, 4x FIFA World Cup Star & Honorary Citizen of Hamburg

Germany Sports
Nov 5, 1936 — Jul 21, 2022
Art Garfunkel — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Art Garfunkel
Arthur Ira Garfunkel

Eight-Time Grammy-winning Singer, Poet & Half of Simon & Garfunkel

United States Music
Nov 5, 1941 — Living
Sam Shepard — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sam Shepard
Samuel Shepard Rogers III

Pulitzer Prize-winning Playwright, Oscar-nominated Actor & Theater Icon

United States Literature
Nov 5, 1943 — Jul 27, 2017
Gram Parsons — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Gram Parsons
Ingram Cecil Connor III

Visionary Pioneer of Country Rock & "Cosmic American Music" (The Byrds)

United States Music
Nov 5, 1946 — Sep 19, 1973