On This Day — November 8
3871 noted people were born and 1932 died on November 8 in our archive, including Gustavo Colonnetti, Albert Frey-Wyssling and Bill Joy.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on November 8
Gustavo Colonnetti
1886 – 1968
Albert Frey-Wyssling
1900 – 1988
Bill Joy
b. 1954
Conrad Hal Waddington
1905 – 1975
Dag Hartelius
b. 1955
David Masser
b. 1948
Delphine Horvilleur
b. 1974
Edmond Halley
1656 – 1742
Eduard Isabekyan
1914 – 2007
Edwin Henry Egerton
1841 – 1916
Ferdinand Grapperhaus
b. 1959
George Bernard Dantzig
1914 – 2005
Gerardus J. Sizoo
1900 – 1994
Gregory Retallack
b. 1951
Grigori Levitski
1852 – 1917
Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner
1834 – 1882
Johannes Rydberg
1854 – 1919
Joseph Hackin
1886 – 1941
Lawrence E. Glendenin
1918 – 2008
Leopold Schmetterer
1919 – 2004
Mikhail Suslov
1902 – 1982
Moritz Pasch
1843 – 1930
Oliver Otis Howard
1830 – 1909
Peter Suber
b. 1951
Richard Edmonds Luyt
1915 – 1994
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
1831 – 1891
Robert Tappan Morris
b. 1965
Roman Jackiw
1939 – 2023
Shigemitsu Dandō
1913 – 2012
Yılmaz Büyükerşen
b. 1937
Aleksandar Bakočević
1928 – 2007
Alexander Varshavsky
b. 1946
Alexandru C. Cuza
1857 – 1947
Ali Naghiyev
b. 1958
Allan L. Goldstein
b. 1937
Amadou Karim Gaye
1913 – 2000
Andrew James McMichael
b. 1943
Andrew Mawson, Baron Mawson
b. 1954
Andrew Wilkie
b. 1961
Andrzej Czerwiński
b. 1954
Arnold Bax
1883 – 1953
Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham
1868 – 1947
Avi Rubin
b. 1967
Bram Stoker
1847 – 1912
Carina Christensen
b. 1972
Christie Hefner
b. 1952
Clemens von Zimmermann
1788 – 1869
Cleveland Sellers
b. 1944
Dale Gardner
1948 – 2014
Darleane C. Hoffman
1926 – 2025
David Muir
b. 1973
Dmitry Yazov
1924 – 2020
Dominique Leroy
b. 1964
Dorothea Bate
1878 – 1951
Dorothy Day
1897 – 1980
Driss Basri
1938 – 2007
Edward G. Gibson
b. 1936
Edward Sharmazanov
b. 1975
Eero Järnefelt
1863 – 1937
Esther Rolle
1920 – 1998
Felicjan Kowarski
1890 – 1948
Felix Hausdorff
1868 – 1942
Fortunato Pasqualino
1923 – 2008
Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano, 8th Count of Toreno
1840 – 1890
Franz-Josef Wuermeling
1900 – 1986
George C. Tiao
1933 – 2026
Giorgos Stathakis
b. 1953
Gordon Churchill
1898 – 1985
Greg Burke
b. 1959
Guido Tonelli
b. 1950
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
1899 – 1973
Hardi Volmer
b. 1957
Hector Laferté
1885 – 1971
Henning Christophersen
1939 – 2016
Henrik Gabriel Porthan
1739 – 1804
Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin
1866 – 1941
Hirofumi Yanagase
b. 1974
Hisaoki Kamei
b. 1939
Huang Kun-huei
b. 1936
Ip Kwok-him
b. 1951
Ira Magaziner
b. 1947
Isabelle Muller-Quoy
b. 1967
István Nemere
1944 – 2024
Ivan Goremykin
1839 – 1917
Ivan Yershov
1867 – 1943
Jack Kilby
1923 – 2005
Jack Snelling
b. 1972
Jacob Nahum Epstein
1878 – 1952
James A. Doonan
1841 – 1911
Jan Otto
1841 – 1916
Jan Rudenko
b. 1966
Janusz Cisek
1955 – 2020
Jean Casimir-Perier
1847 – 1907
Jeffrey Ford
b. 1955
Jevrem Grujić
1827 – 1895
John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor
1790 – 1860
John Musker
b. 1953
Joseph James Dengelo
b. 1945
Joseph Sembratovych
1821 – 1900
Josiah Bunting III
b. 1939
José Bonifácio the Younger
1827 – 1886
Judith Gough
b. 1972
Justin McElroy
b. 1980
Kazuo Ishiguro
b. 1954
Ken Fry
1920 – 2007
Kennedy Stewart
b. 1966
Kevin E. Trenberth
b. 1944
Kevin Young
b. 1970
L. K. Advani
b. 1927
Larisa Miculeț
b. 1957
Leonard Nathan
1924 – 2007
Luo Ying-shay
1951 – 2021
Magogo Moses Hassim
b. 1976
Margaret Rhea Seddon
b. 1947
Marie Prevost
1896 – 1937
Mark Green
b. 1964
Martha Gellhorn
1908 – 1998
Martin Luther Agwai
b. 1948
Matt Braly
b. 1988
Max Lu
b. 1963
Michele De Lucchi
b. 1951
Mikhail Akimov
1847 – 1914
Mikhail Barsukov
b. 1947
Mikhail Rusakov
1892 – 1963
Morley Safer
1931 – 2016
Murtala Muhammed
1938 – 1976
Natalia Kanem
b. 1954
Natalie Zemon Davis
1928 – 2023
Nick Forbes
b. 1973
Oddmund Løkensgard Hoel
b. 1968
Oleg Menshikov
b. 1960
Olga Batalina
b. 1975
Olivier Ferrand
1969 – 2012
Oriza Hirata
b. 1962
Oscar Albayalde
b. 1963
Patti Page
1927 – 2013
Philip J. Klass
1919 – 2005
Pierre Bosquet
1810 – 1861
Prajadhipok
1893 – 1941
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande
1919 – 2000
Richard Benson
1943 – 2017
Robert Esnault-Pelterie
1881 – 1957
Robin Geiß
b. 1974
Russell Mittermeier
b. 1949
Ruth Hieronymi
1947 – 2025
Ruy Pérez Tamayo
1924 – 2022
Sagarika Ghose
b. 1964
Semir Zeki
b. 1940
Sergey Stroganov
1794 – 1882
Shigeo Kitamura
b. 1945
Stanisław Marcin Bukowiec
b. 1972
Stylianos Pattakos
1912 – 2016
Sven Mikser
b. 1973
Tomokatsu Kitagawa
1951 – 2018
Tomoyuki Yamashita
1885 – 1946
Ugo Mifsud Bonnici
b. 1932
Valeriu Pleșca
b. 1958
Vasily Piskaryov
b. 1963
Vital Moreira
b. 1944
Vitaly Bergelson
b. 1950
Václav Machek
1894 – 1965
Wayne LaPierre
b. 1949
Wilfrid Bruno Nantel
1857 – 1940
William Innes Homer
1929 – 2012
William Robertson Smith
1846 – 1894
William Tennant Gairdner
1824 – 1907
Xu Xiangqian
1901 – 1990
Yair Sprinzak
1911 – 1999
Yoav Gallant
b. 1958
İlter Türkmen
1927 – 2022
Aaron Hughes
b. 1979
Aaron Swartz
1986 – 2013
Achille Fontanelli
1775 – 1838
Adam Johann von Krusenstern
1770 – 1846
Ade Rezki Pratama
b. 1988
Afua Cooper
b. 1957
Akbar Hydari
1869 – 1941
Akin Fayomi
b. 1955
Aksel V. Johannesen
b. 1972
Alain Delon
1935 – 2024
Albert Streckeisen
1901 – 1998
Alberto Erede
1908 – 2001
Alexandra Udženija
b. 1975
Alexandros Tzonis
1937 – 2026
Alfonso López Trujillo
1935 – 2008
Alfre Woodard
b. 1952
Ana Vidović
b. 1980
Anastasia Zhukova
b. 1974
Anatoly Kukoba
1948 – 2011
Andrew Goddard
b. 1967
Andy Johnson
1932 – 2002
Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux
1737 – 1793
Antoine-Louis Cornette
1860 – 1936
Antonio Helguera
1965 – 2021
Anwar Masood
b. 1935
Aras Agalarov
b. 1955
Aristides Gomes
b. 1954
Armando Jaramillo Lyon
1923 – 2002
Arthur J. Tuttle
1868 – 1944
Artur Baghdasaryan
b. 1968
… and 3,671 more
Died on November 8
Umberto Veronesi
1925 – 2016
Aad Nuis
1933 – 2007
Abraham Kuyper
1837 – 1920
Adolph Wagner
1835 – 1917
Amor Chadli
1925 – 2019
Bartolomé Bennassar
1929 – 2018
Charles Folsom
1794 – 1872
Emrys G. Bowen
1900 – 1983
Gaetano Mosca
1858 – 1941
George Peacock
1791 – 1858
Harold Innis
1894 – 1952
Howard W. Odum
1884 – 1954
Kingman Brewster
1919 – 1988
Kirill Shchelkin
1911 – 1968
Mečislovas Reinys
1884 – 1953
Thomas William Walker
1916 – 2010
Vitaly Ginzburg
1916 – 2009
Wilfred Bion
1897 – 1979
William Edward Ayrton
1847 – 1908
Yaffa Eliach
1937 – 2016
Afrikan Krishtofovich
1885 – 1953
Amable Liñán
1934 – 2025
Andrei Eshpai
1925 – 2015
Andrei Kiselyov
1852 – 1940
André Marie Jean Jacques Dupin
1783 – 1865
Arthur Pycroft
1875 – 1971
Bernhard Zondek
1891 – 1966
Carlos Chagas
1879 – 1934
Chika Kuroda
1884 – 1968
César Franck
1822 – 1890
Douglas Bassett
1927 – 2009
Eduard Wölfflin
1831 – 1908
Edward Ardizzone
1900 – 1979
Emilio Massera
1925 – 2010
Francis Parkman
1823 – 1893
Frank Houben
1939 – 2023
Fredrik August Wessel-Berg
1809 – 1895
Genevieve Taggard
1894 – 1948
Gino Fano
1871 – 1952
Giorgio Grigolli
1927 – 2016
Graham Richardson
1949 – 2025
Henri Roussel de Courcy
1827 – 1887
J. C. M. Hanson
1864 – 1943
James Mark Baldwin
1861 – 1934
Janusz Kłosiński
1920 – 2017
Johannes Latuharhary
1900 – 1959
Johannes Messenius
1579 – 1636
John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane
1796 – 1862
John Vincent Barry
1903 – 1969
Józef Pińkowski
1929 – 2000
Kirsi Kunnas
1924 – 2021
Lauri Sutela
1918 – 2011
Lionel Heald
1897 – 1981
Louis Figuier
1819 – 1894
Louis Oster
1928 – 2023
Louis-Rodrigue Masson
1833 – 1903
Melba Phillips
1907 – 2004
Mieczysław Rakowski
1926 – 2008
Mordecai Kaplan
1881 – 1983
Niels Petersen Vogt
1817 – 1894
Oleksii Remeniuk
1956 – 2022
Om Prakash Mehra
1919 – 2015
Paolo Orsi
1859 – 1935
Paul Joseph Boudier
1854 – 1908
Pavel Nikonov
1930 – 2025
Peter Brixtofte
1949 – 2016
Peter Reith
1950 – 2022
Phil Crane
1930 – 2014
Pietro Albertoni
1849 – 1933
Richard Neely
1941 – 2020
Richard R. Taylor
1922 – 1978
Rod Davies
1930 – 2015
Roger Grenier
1919 – 2017
Samuel Wilks
1824 – 1911
Sir Philip Colfox, 1st Baronet
1888 – 1966
Subroto Mukerjee
1911 – 1960
Sylvère Lotringer
1938 – 2021
Tan Onuma
1918 – 1996
Thomas Crofts
1722 – 1781
Uehara Yūsaku
1856 – 1933
Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman
1933 – 2025
Victor Cherkesov
1950 – 2022
Vyacheslav Molotov
1890 – 1986
Wilfred D. Turner
1855 – 1933
Yitzhak Raveh
1906 – 1989
Aaron Bradshaw Jr.
1894 – 1976
Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani
1934 – 2015
Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur
1931 – 2003
Abdul Wahab Dalimunthe
1939 – 2021
Alberto Blest
1830 – 1920
Aleksandr Samoylo
1869 – 1963
Alex Trebek
1940 – 2020
Alexander Braudo
1864 – 1924
Alexandros Karapanos
1873 – 1946
Alfred L. Wilson
1919 – 1944
Alimardan bey Topchubashov
1862 – 1934
Alwyn Cashe
1970 – 2005
Andrea Appiani
1754 – 1817
Andreas Creusen
1591 – 1666
Andreas Peter Berggreen
1801 – 1880
Andrzej Wawrzyniak
1931 – 2020
Andrés Rivero Agüero
1905 – 1996
Angad Paul
1970 – 2015
Anna Rogstad
1854 – 1938
Anthony Thirlwall
1941 – 2023
Anton Rubinstein
1829 – 1894
Antonio Carluccio
1937 – 2017
Armando Muñoz Calero
1908 – 1978
Aud Voss Eriksen
1937 – 2024
Benjamin Franklin Butler
1795 – 1858
Bil Keane
1922 – 2011
C. Eugene Farnam
1916 – 1999
C. Y. Lee
1917 – 2018
Carl Bovallius
1849 – 1907
Carlos G. Vallés
1925 – 2020
Charles Henderson
1873 – 1954
Charles Kingsford Smith
1897 – 1935
Charles Nicholson
1808 – 1903
Charles, 6th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
1834 – 1921
Chiyoko Shimakura
1938 – 2013
Christian Jouanin
1925 – 2014
Clara G. McMillan
1894 – 1976
Clyde M. Reed
1871 – 1949
Constantin Sănătescu
1885 – 1947
Côme Isaïe Rinfret
1847 – 1911
Daniel Alagille
1925 – 2005
David Adolph Constanz Artz
1837 – 1890
David Belnap
1922 – 2009
David Jack
1924 – 2011
David Lewis
1939 – 2011
David van Ooijen
1939 – 2006
Demas T. Craw
1900 – 1942
Denis Greenhill, Baron Greenhill of Harrow
1913 – 2000
Doc Holliday
1851 – 1887
Dorothy Kilgallen
1913 – 1965
Dulce Saguisag
1943 – 2007
Dwight Johns
1894 – 1977
Ed Macauley
1928 – 2011
Edward Fielden
1903 – 1976
Edwin A. Pollock
1899 – 1982
Edwin M. Schaefer
1887 – 1950
Edwin Milton Abbott
1877 – 1940
Elben C. Folkes
1873 – 1950
Enrico Cruciani Alibrandi
1839 – 1921
Eric Hermelin
1860 – 1944
Ernie Vandeweghe
1928 – 2014
Ernst Kossmann
1922 – 2003
Ernst Sejersted Selmer
1920 – 2006
Esprit Blanche
1796 – 1852
Esther Vilenska
1918 – 1975
Eugen Mittwoch
1876 – 1942
Felix Schnyder
1910 – 1992
Filippo II Colonna
1663 – 1714
Florence Wald
1917 – 2008
Francis I of the Two Sicilies
1777 – 1830
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
1436 – 1517
Frank B. Anderson
1882 – 1966
Franz Xaver Dorsch
1899 – 1986
François Thomas Tréhouart
1798 – 1873
Fusakichi Ōmori
1868 – 1923
Gabriel Grant
1826 – 1909
Gaspare Finali
1829 – 1914
George Charles Brodrick
1831 – 1903
George Hunt
1720 – 1798
George W. Cromer
1856 – 1936
Georgije Letić
1872 – 1935
Giannino Ferrari dalle Spade
1887 – 1943
Girolamo Mercuriale
1530 – 1606
György Litván
1929 – 2006
Hannes Hegen
1925 – 2014
Hans Heinrich Georg Queckenstedt
1876 – 1918
Harold Basch
1940 – 2018
He Cheng
1901 – 1992
Helene Richter
1861 – 1942
Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux
1815 – 1884
Henry Bland
1909 – 1997
Henry Lopes, 2nd Baron Ludlow
1865 – 1922
Herbert Carter
1919 – 2012
Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell
1877 – 1918
Herbert S. Okun
1930 – 2011
Hinrich Nitsche
1845 – 1902
Homère Clément
1852 – 1923
Howie Meeker
1923 – 2020
Igor Starygin
1946 – 2009
István Dégi
1935 – 1992
Jack Boul
1927 – 2024
Jack Levine
1915 – 2010
Jacqueline Pirenne
1918 – 1990
James Agnew
1815 – 1901
James Fletcher
1852 – 1908
James K. Parsons
1877 – 1960
James L. Baldwin
1921 – 1979
James R. Williams
1850 – 1923
Jan van der Vaart
1931 – 2000
Jaun Elia
1931 – 2002
Jean François Coste
1741 – 1819
Jean Marais
1913 – 1998
Jean Rapp
1771 – 1821
Jean-Claude Guillebaud
1944 – 2025
Jeff Cook
1949 – 2022
… and 1,732 more