November 8 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on November 8, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♏︎ Scorpio
Oct 23 – Nov 21
Birth stone
Topaz
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
How common
#131 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous November 8 birthdays
Gottlob Frege · German philosopher, logician, and mathematician1848
Prajadhipok · King of Siam1893
Dorothy Day · American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert1897
George Dantzig · American mathematician1914
Christiaan Barnard · South African cardiac surgeon1922
Jack Kilby · American electrical engineer1923
Patti Page · American country-pop singer1927
Alain Delon · French actor1935
Virna Lisi · Italian actress1936
Guus Hiddink · Dutch football player and manager1946
Bonnie Raitt · American musician1949
Alfre Woodard · American actress1952
Kazuo Ishiguro · British novelist1954
Gordon Ramsay · British chef, restaurateur, and television personality1966
Parker Posey · American actress1968
Gretchen Mol · American actress and former model1972
Masashi Kishimoto · Japanese manga artist1974
Tara Reid · American actress1975
Aaron Swartz · American computer programmer and internet-political activist1986
SZA · American singer-songwriter1989
On this day in history
1966Former Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke became the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
2016Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination.
2017The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
2020Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijani forces defeated the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Battle of Shusha, reclaiming the town after 28 years.
1972American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches.
1988U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
1999German newspaper Der Spiegel publishes a report by the Federal Intelligence Service accusing figures in Liechtenstein of cooperating with organized crime.
2004Iraq War: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
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