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All Figures for November 2 (55 results)

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Henrik Schück — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Henrik Schück
Johan Henrik Emil Schück

Literary Historian & Academician

Sweden Literature & Academia
Nov 2, 1855 — Oct 3, 1947
George Bernard Shaw — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw

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

Ireland Literature
Jul 26, 1856 — Nov 2, 1950
Warren G. Harding — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding

29th President of the United States, Newspaper Publisher & Senator

United States Politics
Nov 2, 1865 — Aug 2, 1923
Aga Khan III — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Aga Khan III
Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III

48th Imam of Nizari Isma'ili Muslims, 1st President of All-India Muslim League & President of League of Nations

India History
Nov 2, 1877 — Jul 11, 1957
Victor Trumper — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Victor Trumper
Victor Thomas Trumper

Legendary Test Cricketer

Australia Sports & Cricket
Nov 2, 1877 — Jun 28, 1915
Alfred Wegener — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Lothar Wegener

Meteorologist, Geophysicist & Originator of the Continental Drift Theory

Germany Science
Nov 1, 1880 — Nov 2, 1930
Peter Debye — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Peter Debye
Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry & Renowned Theoretical Physicist (Debye Model)

Netherlands Science
Mar 24, 1884 — Nov 2, 1966
Harlow Shapley — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Harlow Shapley
Harlow Shapley

Astronomer & Astrophysicist

United States Science & Astronomy
Nov 2, 1885 — Oct 20, 1972
Dhirendranath Datta — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Dhirendranath Datta
ধীরেন্দ্রনাথ দত্ত

Statesman, Lawyer, Pioneer of the 1948 Bengali Language Movement & Martyr of 1971

Bangladesh Politics
Nov 2, 1886 — Apr 8, 1971
Hal Roach — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Hal Roach
Harold Eugene Roach Sr.

Film & Television Producer

United States Cinema & Comedy
Jan 14, 1892 — Nov 2, 1992
James Thurber — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
James Thurber
James Grover Thurber

Author, Cartoonist & Humorist

United States Literature & Humor
Dec 8, 1894 — Nov 2, 1961
Luchino Visconti — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone

Count of Lonate Pozzolo, Master Film, Opera & Theater Director, Neorealism Pioneer

Italy Entertainment
Nov 2, 1906 — Mar 17, 1976
Odysseus Elytis — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Odysseus Elytis
Οδυσσέας Ελύτης (Alepoudellis)

Poet & Nobel Laureate

Greece Literature & Poetry
Nov 2, 1911 — Mar 18, 1996
Burt Lancaster — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen Lancaster

Academy Award-Winning American Actor, Independent Film Producer & Cultural Pioneer

United States Entertainment
Nov 2, 1913 — Oct 20, 1994
Han Suyin — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Han Suyin
韩素音 (Rosalie Chou)

Author & Physician

China Literature & Medicine
Sep 12, 1917 — Nov 2, 2012
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان

Founding Father & 1st President of the United Arab Emirates ("Father of the Nation")

United Arab Emirates Politics
May 6, 1918 — Nov 2, 2004