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Today's Milestones (November 5)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

54 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

All Personalities (991 listed)

Showing 481–496 of 991
Johnny Damon — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Johnny Damon
Johnny David Damon

Two-Time World Series Champion MLB Outfielder (Red Sox & Yankees)

United States Sports
Nov 5, 1973 — Living
Johnny Marr — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Johnny Marr
John Martin Maher

Songwriter, Guitar Virtuoso & Co-Founder of The Smiths

United Kingdom Music & Rock
Oct 31, 1963 — Living
Jon Anderson — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jon Anderson
John Roy Anderson

Legendary English Singer-Songwriter, Ethereal Lead Vocalist & Co-Founder of Progressive Rock Titans Yes

United Kingdom Music
Oct 25, 1944 — Living
Jon Favreau — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jon Favreau
Jonathan Kolia Favreau

Visionary Filmmaker, Iron Man Director & Creator of The Mandalorian and Marvel Cinematic Universe Architect

United States Cinema
Oct 19, 1966 — Living
Jon Heder — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jon Heder
Jonathan Joseph Heder

American Actor, Star of Indie Comedy Cult Classic "Napoleon Dynamite" & Voice Artist

United States Cinema
Oct 26, 1977 — Living
Jonas Salk — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jonas Salk
Jonas Edward Salk

Virologist & Medical Researcher

United States Science & Medicine
Oct 28, 1914 — Jun 23, 1995
Jonathan Swift — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (Dean of St. Patrick's)

Anglo-Irish Literary Satirist, Essayist, Poet & Author of Gulliver's Travels

Ireland Literature
Nov 30, 1667 — Oct 19, 1745
Jonita Gandhi — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jonita Gandhi
जोनिता गाँधी / জোনিতা গান্ধী

Multi-Lingual Chart-Topping Playback Singer & Global Performing Sensation

India / Canada Music
Oct 23, 1989 — Living
Jonny Greenwood — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jonny Greenwood
Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood

Lead Guitarist of Radiohead & Oscar-nominated Film Composer (There Will Be Blood)

United Kingdom Music
Nov 5, 1971 — Living
Jordan Love — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jordan Love
Jordan Alexander Love

NFL Quarterback

United States Sports & Football
Nov 2, 1998 — Living
Jorge Batlle — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Jorge Batlle
Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez

38th President of Uruguay, Prominent Latin American Statesman, Lawyer & Democratic Reformer

Uruguay Politics
Oct 25, 1927 — Oct 24, 2016
José Batlle y Ordóñez — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
José Batlle y Ordóñez
José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez

Two-Time President of Uruguay (1903–1907, 1911–1915), Architect of Latin America's First Welfare State & Secular Democracy

Uruguay Politics
May 21, 1856 — Oct 20, 1929
José Lobatón — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
José Lobatón
José Manuel Lobatón Falcon

Venezuelan Major League Baseball Player, World Series Champion Catcher & Postseason Hero

Venezuela Sports
Oct 21, 1984 — Living
Joseph Rotblat — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Joseph Rotblat
Józef Rotblat

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1995), Nuclear Physicist & Founder of Pugwash Conferences

Poland / United Kingdom Peace
Nov 4, 1908 — Aug 31, 2005
Juan Marichal — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Juan Marichal
Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez ("The Dominican Dandy")

Dominican MLB Hall of Fame Pitcher, 10-Time All-Star & Pioneer of Latin American Baseball

Dominican Republic Sports
Oct 20, 1937 — Living
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