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Today's Milestones (November 6)

Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today

24 Milestones Observed
Emma Stone — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Emma Stone
Two-Time Academy Award-Winning American Actress & Producer • United States
Ethan Hawke — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Ethan Hawke
Four-Time Academy Award-Nominated American Actor, Screenwriter & Novelist • United States
John Philip Sousa — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
John Philip Sousa
American Composer, Conductor & "The March King" • United States
Charles Dow — Birthday Tribute
🎂 Birthday
Charles Dow
American Financial Journalist, Co-Founder of Dow Jones & Company & Creator of the Dow Jones Industrial Average • United States
Russian Romantic Composer & Creator of Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and 1812 Overture • Russia
King of Sweden, "Lion of the North" & Pioneer of Modern Combined-Arms Warfare • Sweden
Heinrich Schütz — Memorial Tribute
🥀 Memorial
Heinrich Schütz
German Early Baroque Composer & Organist • Germany

All Personalities (1084 listed)

Showing 1025–1040 of 1084
Vagabon — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Vagabon
Laetitia Tamko

Cameroonian-American Indie Musician, Multi-Instrumentalist, Producer & Acclaimed Songwriter

Cameroon Music
Oct 25, 1992 — Living
Vaiben Louis Solomon — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Vaiben Louis Solomon
Vaiben Louis Solomon

21st Premier of South Australia, Founding Father of Australian Federation & Constitutional Drafter

Australia Politics
Sep 2, 1853 — Oct 20, 1908
Vanessa-Mae — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Vanessa-Mae
Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson

World-Renowned Classical-Pop Crossover Violin Virtuoso, Multi-Platinum Artist & Winter Olympian

United Kingdom Music
Oct 27, 1978 — Living
Vanilla Ice — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Vanilla Ice
Robert Matthew Van Winkle

American Rapper, Television Host & Home Renovation Expert

United States Music & Entertainment
Oct 31, 1967 — Living
Victor Trumper — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Victor Trumper
Victor Thomas Trumper

Legendary Test Cricketer

Australia Sports & Cricket
Nov 2, 1877 — Jun 28, 1915
Viggo Mortensen — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr.

Three-Time Academy Award-Nominated Actor, Author, Poet & Star of "The Lord of the Rings" (Aragorn)

United States Cinema
Oct 20, 1958 — Living
Vijender Singh — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Vijender Singh
विजेंदर सिंह बेनीवाल

Olympic Boxer & Professional Champion

India Sports & Athletics
Oct 29, 1985 — Living
Vincent van Gogh — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Vincent van Gogh

Post-Impressionist Painter

Netherlands Arts
Mar 30, 1853 — Jul 29, 1890
Vinicius de Moraes — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Vinicius de Moraes
Marcus Vinicius de Moraes ("O Poetinha")

Brazilian Lyricist, Poet, Diplomat & Co-Creator of Bossa Nova (The Girl from Ipanema)

Brazil Music
Oct 19, 1913 — Jul 9, 1980
Virat Kohli — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Virat Kohli
विराट कोहली

International Cricketer, Former Captain of India & ICC World Cup Champion

India Sports
Nov 5, 1988 — Living
Virender Sehwag — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Virender Sehwag
वीरेंद्र सहवाग ("The Sultan of Multan")

Legendary Indian Aggressive Opening Batsman, Two-Time Test Triple Centurion (309 & 319) & 2011 World Cup Winner

India Sports
Oct 20, 1978 — Living
Vivan Bhatena — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Vivan Bhatena
विवान भटेना

Actor & Model

India Arts & Entertainment
Oct 28, 1978 — Living
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
W. G. Grace — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
W. G. Grace
William Gilbert Grace

"The Father of Modern Cricket", Victorian Sporting Icon & Medical Doctor

United Kingdom Sports
Jul 18, 1848 — Oct 23, 1915
Wacław Sierpiński — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Wacław Sierpiński
Wacław Franciszek Sierpiński

Renowned Polish Mathematician, Pioneer of Set Theory, Topology & Number Theory

Poland Science
Mar 14, 1882 — Oct 21, 1969
Wajahat S. Khan — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Wajahat S. Khan
وجاہت سعید خان

Emmy-nominated Investigative Conflict Journalist, Author & Geopolitical Analyst

Pakistan Journalism
Nov 5, 1978 — Living