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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 337–352 of 991
Geoffrey Chaucer — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer

"The Father of English Literature", Legendary Poet, Diplomat, Bureaucrat & Author of The Canterbury Tales

United Kingdom Literature
Jan 1, 1343 — Oct 25, 1400
Georg Büchner — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Georg Büchner
Karl Georg Büchner

Revolutionary German Playwright, Poet, Scientist & Author of Woyzeck and Danton's Death

Germany Literature
Oct 17, 1813 — Feb 19, 1837
George Abbot — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
George Abbot

Archbishop of Canterbury & Bible Translator

United Kingdom Theology & Literature
Oct 29, 1562 — Living
George Baker — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
George Baker
জর্জ বেকার

Actor & Parliamentarian

India Arts & Politics
Oct 28, 1945 — Living
George Bernard Shaw — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw

Nobel Laureate in Literature, Academy Award-Winning Playwright, Critic & Polemicist

Ireland Literature
Jul 26, 1856 — Nov 2, 1950
George Boole — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
George Boole
George Boole

Mathematician, Logician & Philosopher, Father of Boolean Logic

United Kingdom Science
Nov 2, 1815 — Dec 8, 1864
George C. Scott — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
George C. Scott
George Campbell Scott

Academy Award & Emmy-Winning American Actor, Stage Director & Iconic Star of Patton and Dr. Strangelove

United States Cinema
Oct 18, 1927 — Sep 22, 1999
George Foreman — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
George Foreman

Heavyweight Boxing Champion & Entrepreneur

United States Sports & Business
Jan 10, 1949 — Living
Georges Bizet — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Georges Bizet
Alexandre César Léopold Bizet

Immense French Romantic Composer, Virtuoso Pianist & Creator of the Masterpiece Opera Carmen

France Music
Oct 25, 1838 — Jun 3, 1875
Georges Danton — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Georges Danton
Georges Jacques Danton

Titan of the French Revolution, First President of the Committee of Public Safety & Master Orator of the Cordeliers Club

France History
Oct 26, 1759 — Apr 5, 1794
Georges Sorel — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Georges Sorel
Georges Eugène Sorel

Social Philosopher & Theorist

France Philosophy & Political Theory
Nov 2, 1847 — Aug 29, 1922
Gerard van Honthorst — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Gerard van Honthorst
Gerrit van Honthorst

Dutch Golden Age Master Painter & Leader of the Utrecht Caravaggisti ("Gherardo delle Notti")

Netherlands Arts
Nov 4, 1592 — Apr 27, 1656
Gerd Müller — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Gerd Müller
Gerhard Müller

"Der Bomber", 1974 FIFA World Cup Champion, Ballon d'Or Winner & Bayern Munich Legend

Germany Football & Athletics
Nov 3, 1945 — Aug 15, 2021
Gerhard Ertl — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Gerhard Ertl

Physicist, Physical Chemist & Nobel Laureate

Germany Science & Innovation
Oct 30, 1936 — Living
Ghazan Khan — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Ghazan Khan
غازان خان

7th Ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate & Renowned Political and Cultural Reformer

Mongolia / Iran Politics
Nov 5, 1271 — May 11, 1304
Gideon Sundback — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Gideon Sundback
Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundback

Swedish-American Electrical Engineer & Inventor of the Modern Zipper (Hookless Fastener)

Sweden Science
Oct 27, 1880 — Jun 21, 1954