Famous people born on 8 November

• Alain DelonFrench actor · 1935–2024
  88 yrs
• Bram StokerIrish novelist and short story writer · 1847–1912
  64 yrs
• Margaret MitchellAmerican author and journalist · 1900–1949
  48 yrs
• Edmond HalleyEnglish astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist · 1656–1742
  85 yrs
• Gottlob FregeGerman philosopher, logician, and mathematician · 1848–1925
  76 yrs
• Aaron SwartzAmerican computer programmer and internet-political activist · 1986–2013
  26 yrs
• Jack KilbyAmerican electrical engineer · 1923–2005
  81 yrs
• Christiaan Barnard ↗South African cardiac surgeon · 1922–2001
  78 yrs
• Ilia Chavchavadze ↗Georgian public figure and writer; a saint of Georgian Orthodox Church · 1837–1907
  69 yrs
• Henry VI ↗Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197 · 1165–1197
  31 yrs
• Charles X Gustav of Sweden ↗King of Sweden · 1622–1660
  37 yrs
• Prajadhipok ↗King of Siam · 1893–1941
  47 yrs
• Virna Lisi ↗Italian actress · 1936–2014
  78 yrs
• Hermann Rorschach ↗Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst · 1884–1922
  37 yrs
• Jean Casimir-Perier ↗6th President of the French Republic · 1847–1907
  59 yrs
• Dorothy Day ↗American journalist, social activist, and Catholic convert · 1897–1980
  83 yrs
• Patti Page ↗American country-pop singer · 1927–2013
  85 yrs
• Edward I of Portugal ↗King of Portugal from 1433 to 1438 · 1391–1438
  46 yrs
• Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej ↗47th Prime Minister of Romania · 1901–1965
  63 yrs
• Désirée Clary ↗Queen of Sweden and Norway as the consort of Charles XIV John · 1777–1860
  83 yrs
• Dmitry Yazov ↗Soviet minister of defence · 1923–2020
  96 yrs
• Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba ↗Spanish military tactician and diplomat · 1507–1582
  75 yrs
• Peter Weiss ↗Swedish-German playwright and author · 1916–1982
  65 yrs
• Felix Hausdorff ↗German mathematician · 1868–1942
  73 yrs
• Johannes Rydberg ↗Swedish physicist · 1854–1919
  65 yrs
• Stéphane Audran ↗French actress · 1932–2018
  85 yrs
• Martha Gellhorn ↗Journalist from the United States · 1908–1998
  89 yrs
• Qiu Jin ↗Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer · 1875–1907
  31 yrs
• Tomoyuki Yamashita ↗Japanese general and war criminal · 1885–1946
  60 yrs
• Ademir de Menezes ↗Brazilian footballer · 1922–1996
  73 yrs
• George Bernard Dantzig ↗American mathematician · 1914–2005
  90 yrs
• Emperor Huizong of Song ↗Emperor of the Song Dynasty · 1082–1135
  52 yrs
• Martin Peters ↗English footballer and manager · 1943–2019
  76 yrs
• Michael Nyqvist ↗Swedish actor · 1960–2017
  56 yrs
• Joseph Franklin Rutherford ↗American lawyer, Watch Tower Society president · 1869–1942
  72 yrs
• Luigi Allemandi ↗Italian footballer · 1903–1978
  74 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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