Famous People: November 5
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All Figures for November 5 (54 results)
Ghazan Khan
7th Ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate & Renowned Political and Cultural Reformer
Hans Sachs
Celebrated Nuremberg Meistersinger, Poet, Playwright & Voice of the Reformation
Philippe de Mornay
Huguenot Statesman, Theologian, Diplomat & "The Huguenot Pope"
Charles Chauncy
Puritan Theologian, Educator & 2nd President of Harvard College (1654–1672)
Anna Maria van Schurman
First Female University Student in Europe, Polyglot, Poet & Philosopher
Isaac de Benserade
French Baroque Poet, Playwright & Court Librettist to the "Sun King" Louis XIV
Sultan Ibrahim I
Ottoman Sultan (reigned 1640–1648) & Sovereign of the Sublime Porte
Attilio Ariosti
Baroque Opera Composer & Virtuoso Master of the Viola d'Amore
Pietro Longhi
Venetian Master Painter of 18th-Century Social Life & Rococo Satire
Clement Scott
Influential Victorian Drama Critic (The Daily Telegraph) & Travel Writer
Eugene V. Debs
Pioneering Trade Unionist, Socialist Leader & Five-Time U.S. Presidential Candidate
Ida Tarbell
Pioneering Investigative Journalist, Muckraker & Author of The History of the Standard Oil Company
Richard Schorr
Renowned German Astronomer, Discoverer of 30 Asteroids & Director of Hamburg Observatory
Chittaranjan Das
Freedom Fighter, Leading Jurist, Co-founder of Swaraj Party & "Deshbandhu"
Mikhail Artsybashev
Naturalist Russian Novelist, Dramatist & Author of Sanin
Will Durant
Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian, Philosopher & Author of The Story of Civilization