Famous people born in November include former U.S. president Joe Biden, King Charles III of the United Kingdom, and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Eliud Kipchoge who is a Kenyan long-distance runner in the 5000m, the late Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor and filmmaker Bruce Lee, Puff Daddy the American rapper and record producer, and former British Prime Minister and motivational speaker Winston Churchill were also born in November.
Legendary people who were born in November include Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, Good Times and Maude actress Esther Rolle, Mikhail Kalashnikov who invented the AK47 Kalashnikov rifle, and former secretary-general of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996, Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
Other famous November birthday celebrities include British singer and songwriter Rita Ora, American model and socialite Kendall Jenner, and footballers Rio Ferdinand, David De Gea and Ryan Giggs. Other famous November celebrities include American rapper and actor Nelly, American actresses Katherine Heigl, Scarlett Johansson and Anne Hathaway, and American actor, martial artist and movie director Michael Jai White.
Famous people born in November
American former NFL player who played as a guard for 12 seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, Minnesota Vikings, and Tennessee Titans
American businessman, executive chairman of Apple Inc., and Apple's former CEO from 2011 to 2026
American businessman, engineer, and co-owner, chairman, and CEO of Koch Industries, a multinational conglomerate corporation
American-Canadian actress who is the daughter of famous actor Sidney Poitier and Canadian actress Joanna Shimkus
Qatari businessman, former tennis player, and president of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and the Qatar Tennis Federation
Died aged 43
Controversial Zimbabwean businessman who was involved in government tenders, and faced fraud and money laundering allegations
Died aged 78
American actress famous as Florida Evans on the sitcom Maude and its spin-off series Good Times
President of Egypt since 2014
Died aged 21
American rapper who was a member of the American emo rap/ hip-hop group GothBoiClique and died on his tour bus
Irish celebrity and internet personality who is the son of the late Irish singer Dolores O'Riordan and Don Burton
Recently updated November birthdays
November Historical Events
1st November 1993: The Maastricht Treaty becomes effective, giving birth to the European Union. It was signed by representatives of 12 European countries on 7 February 1992 in Maastricht, a city in southeastern Netherlands, and later approved in December 1991.These founding nations of the E.U were the U.K, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The treaty is also known as The Treaty of the European Union.
6th November 1429: Henry VI was crowned King of England at the age of 7, and King of France later in 1431. The boy king is the only King of England to also be crowned King of France.Henry's father, Henry V of England, and Charles VI of France had previously signed The Treaty of Troyes that created a union of the two crowns, after the English king had a successful military campaign in France.
7th November 1962: Nelson Mandela was sentenced to 5 years in prison on trumped-up charges of incitement and leaving his country of birth "illegally".The late Mandela is the renowned anti-apartheid leader and first democratically elected president of South Africa who won the country's first national democratic elections in April 1994.
8th November 1656: Edmond Halley, the English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist and physicist was born in Haggerston, Shoreditch, near London in the U.K. Halley was the first person to calculate and predict a periodic comet's orbit after having found that a comet following a similar orbit had been reported in 1531, 1607 and 1682.He then predicted its next return in 1758-1759, but died on 25 January 1742. The comet was seen in late 1758 and was named after him in honor. It is now known as Halley's Comet. Halley's Comet is categorized as a short-period comet and is visible from Earth every 75–79 years with the naked eye.
The comet will return to the inner solar system and be closest to the sun (its perihelion) on 28 July 2061.
20th November 2022: The 22nd edition of The FIFA World Cup is held in Qatar. The finals of the popular football matches, to be played from the 20th of November to 18 December in 2022, in Qatar will feature 32 nations. This is the first time that an Arab country has hosted the FIFA World Cup.The 2022 World Cup will also be the first time for the competition to be played in the cooler temperatures of winter weather, which in Qatar lasts from October to March.
