No, it’s not my birthday. However, people who were born on my birth date (November 8) include:
35 – Nerva, Roman emperor
1622 – Charles X Gustav, king of Sweden
1656 – Edmond Halley, British astronomer, mathematician (birthday according to the Gregorian calendar)
1836 – Milton Bradley, manufacturer, lithographer, game maker (d. 1911)
1847 – Bram Stoker, Irish novelist (Dracula) (d. 1912)
1848 – Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician
1866 – Herbert Austin, automobile pioneer (Austin-Healey)
1868 – Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. 1942)
1883 – Arnold Bax, composer
1884 – Hermann Rorschach, psychiatrist
1893 – Clarence Williams, American jazz pianist and composer (d. 1965)
1896 – Bucky Harris, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1977)
1898 – Marie Prevost, actress (d. 1937)
1900 – Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)
1900 – Charlie Paddock, American athlete
1904 – Cedric Belfrage writer, socialist
1907 – Katharine Hepburn actress (d. 2003)
1908 – Martha Gellhorn, American writer and journalist (d. 1998)
1914 – Norman Lloyd, actor
1918 – Hermann Zapf, German designer
1919 – P.L. Deshpande, Indian author
1920 – Esther Rolle, actress (d. 1998)
1922 – Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon
1927 – Patti Page, singer
1927 – Nguyen Khanh, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
1927/1929 – Lal Krishna Advani, Indian politician
1931 – Morley Safer, journalist
1931 – Darla Hood, actress (d. 1979)
1935 – Alain Delon, actor
1942 – Angel Cordero Jr., horse racing jockey
1949 – Bonnie Raitt, American singer
1953 – Alfre Woodard, actress
1954 – Jeanette McGruder, musician (P Funk)
1954 – Rickie Lee Jones, singer, composer
1967 – Courtney Thorne-Smith, actress
1968 – Parker Posey, actress
1968 – Zara Whites, Dutch porn actress
1975 – Tara Reid, American actress
1981 – Joe Cole, English footballer
2000 – Madison Poer, actress
2000 – Marissa Poer, actress
2003 – Lady Louise Windsor, daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
Anyone else for listing people born on their own birthdates? I don’t tag, but feel free.
I’m now going to stop surfing and start packing.