The 305th day of the year, the 306th in a leap year

Born on 1 November

Every 1 November birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Scorpio, in every time zone.

Star sign
ScorpioWater, fixed, ruled by Mars.
Birthstone
Topaz, CitrineThe 1912 list gave Topaz.
Birth flower
ChrysanthemumUsually taken today to mean loyalty.
Most common weekdays
Tuesday and Sunday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Where the sun stands on 1 November. The marked arc is every position it has held on 1 November, midnight to midnight UTC, in any year since 1920.

Your year

Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 1 November in any year.

Which weekday 1 November falls on

Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 1 November falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Sunday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Friday 15.

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How common a birthday 1 November is

In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,814 babies were born on 1 November in each year of the twenty, making it the 170th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.

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Born on 1 November

18 people born on 1 November, from English Wikipedia's list of births on this day, chosen and ordered by how many Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects have a page about them.
NameYearsKnown for
Aishwarya Rai1973–Indian actress
Edward Said1935–2003Palestinian-American professor
Süleyman Demirel1924–20159th President of the Republic of Turkey
Alfred Wegener1880–1930German climatologist and geophysicist
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux1636–1711French poet and critic
Tim Cook1960–American business executive, chief executive of Apple from 2011 to 2026 and its executive chairman since September 2026
Robert B. Laughlin1950–American physicist
Étienne de La Boétie1530–1563French judge, writer and philosopher
Rafic Hariri1944–2005Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992–1998, 2000–2004)
Stephen Crane1871–1900American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist
Antonio Canova1757–1822Italian Neoclassical sculptor
Anthony Kiedis1962–American musician
Louis the Stammerer846–879King of West Francia from 877 to 879
Philip Noel-Baker1889–1982British athlete, politician, Cabinet minister, life peer and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Spencer Perceval1762–181219th-century prime minister of the United Kingdom
Carlos Saavedra Lamas1878–1959Argentine politician
Gustav IV Adolf1778–1837King of Sweden from 1792 to 1809
Ileana D'Cruz1986–Indian-Portuguese film actress

Died on 1 November

12 people who died on 1 November, chosen and ordered the same way from Wikipedia's list of deaths on this day.
NameYearsKnown for
Theodor Mommsen1817–1903German classical scholar and historian
Ezra Pound1885–1972American poet and critic
Alexander III of Russia1845–1894Emperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894
Dale Carnegie1888–1955American writer and lecturer
Charles II of Spain1661–1700king of Spain from 1665 to 1700
Severo Ochoa1905–1993Spanish physician
Nikolay Przhevalsky1839–1888Russian soldier, explorer and geographer
Alfred Jarry1873–1907French writer
William Styron1925–2006American novelist and essayist
Giulio Romano1499–1546Italian painter and architect
Fred Thompson1942–2015American politician and actor
Yma Sumac1922–2008Peruvian-American singer

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