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
German American filmmaker of science fiction and disaster films that include Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998), and 10,000 BC (2008)
American R&B singer, former lead performer of the R&B group Dru Hill and singer of the famous singles Incomplete and Thong Song
American stand-up comedian and actor famous as Tracy Jordan on NBC TV sitcom 30 Rock from 2006 to 2013
President of Nicaragua since 2007, and from 1979 to 1990
Jamaican-American rapper famous as a member of the female rap trio Salt-N-Pepa, and starred in reality TV show The Salt-N-Pepa Show
Died aged 68
King of the UK and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910
American actor, fashion model, contestant on America's Next Top Model, and actress in 2014 film Two Night Stand
American businesswoman, chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises from 1988 to 2009, and daughter of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner
Member of the British royal family, daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, and niece of King Charles III
American wrestler who performs in the All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and former competitive cheerleader for six years
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.
