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November
Observing 294 Icons for November Comprehensive continental archive with authentic photographs, biographies, and quotes.

All Figures for November (294 results)

Showing 241–256 of 294
Sam Rockwell — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell

Academy Award-winning Character Actor & Screen Icon

United States Arts
Nov 5, 1968 — 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
Samuel Scheidt — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Samuel Scheidt
Samuel Scheidt

Pioneering German Early Baroque Composer, Organist & Author of Tabulatura Nova (1624)

Germany Baroque Classical Music
Nov 3, 1587 — Mar 24, 1654
Sebastián Coates — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sebastián Coates
Sebastián Coates Nión

Uruguayan International Footballer, Copa América Champion & Sporting CP Captain

Uruguay Sports
Nov 5, 1990 — Living
Severo Ochoa — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa de Albornoz

Biochemist, Molecular Biologist & Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureate (1959)

Spain Science
Sep 24, 1905 — Nov 1, 1993
Shah Rukh Khan — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Shah Rukh Khan
शाहरुख़ ख़ान

Global Cinema Icon, Film Actor, Producer & Philanthropist ("King Khan")

India Entertainment
Nov 2, 1965 — Living
Shakuntala Devi — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Shakuntala Devi
शकुंतला देवी

World-Renowned Mental Calculator ("Human Computer"), Astrologer & Author

India Science
Nov 4, 1929 — Apr 21, 2013
Sippie Wallace — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sippie Wallace
Beulah Thomas

"The Texas Nightingale", Legendary Classic Blues Singer, Songwriter & Pianist

United States Music
Nov 1, 1898 — Nov 1, 1986
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose

Polymath, Physicist & Plant Physiologist

Bangladesh / India Science
Nov 30, 1858 — Nov 23, 1937
Spyridon Marinatos — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Spyridon Marinatos
Σπυρίδων Μαρινάτος

Eminent Greek Archaeologist & World-Famous Excavator of Bronze Age Akrotiri on Santorini

Greece Science
Nov 4, 1901 — Oct 1, 1974
Stanley Cortez — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Stanley Cortez
Stanislaus Kranze

Cinematographer & Master of Chiaroscuro (The Magnificent Ambersons, The Night of the Hunter)

United States Filmmaker
Nov 4, 1908 — Dec 23, 1997
Stefanie Powers — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Stefanie Powers
Stefania Zofya Paul

Actress & Wildlife Conservationist

United States Cinema, Television & Philanthropy
Nov 2, 1942 — Living
Stephen Crane — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane

Pioneer of American Literary Realism, Novelist, Poet & War Correspondent

United States Literature
Nov 1, 1871 — Jun 5, 1900
Stephen F. Austin — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Stephen F. Austin
Stephen Fuller Austin

"Father of Texas", Founder of Anglo-American Texas & 1st Secretary of State of Texas

United States History & Governance
Nov 3, 1793 — Dec 27, 1836
Steve Ditko — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Steve Ditko
Stephen John Ditko

Legendary Comic Book Artist & Writer, Co-Creator of Spider-Man & Doctor Strange

United States Arts
Nov 2, 1927 — Jun 29, 2018
Süleyman Demirel — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Süleyman Demirel
Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel

9th President of Turkey, 7-Time Prime Minister & Titan of Modern Turkish Democracy

Turkey Politics
Nov 1, 1924 — Jun 17, 2015