The 319th day of the year, the 320th in a leap year
Born on 15 November
Every 15 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.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 15 November in any year.
Which weekday 15 November falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 15 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 15 November is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,822 babies were born on 15 November in each year of the twenty, making it the 147th 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 15 November
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Gerhart Hauptmann | 1862–1946 | German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 |
| William Herschel | 1738–1822 | German-born British astronomer and composer |
| Erwin Rommel | 1891–1944 | German field marshal |
| Mahmoud Abbas | 1935– | president of the Palestinian Authority since 2005 |
| Georgia O'Keeffe | 1887–1986 | American modernist artist |
| Pope Nicholas V | 1397–1455 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1447 to 1455 |
| Ed Asner | 1929–2021 | American actor |
| Claus von Stauffenberg | 1907–1944 | German aristocrat, army officer and resistance fighter |
| Paulo Dybala | 1993– | Argentine association football player |
| Aleksander Kwaśniewski | 1954– | President of Poland from 1995 to 2005 |
| Anni-Frid Lyngstad | 1945– | Swedish singer |
| Sania Mirza | 1986– | Indian tennis player |
| William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham | 1708–1778 | Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768 |
| Mwai Kibaki | 1931–2022 | 3rd President of Kenya |
| August Krogh | 1874–1949 | Danish physiologist |
| Shailene Woodley | 1991– | American actress |
| John I of France | 1316–1316 | King of France in 1316 |
| J. G. Ballard | 1930–2009 | British novelist |
Died on 15 November
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Johannes Kepler | 1571–1630 | German mathematician and astronomer |
| Henryk Sienkiewicz | 1846–1916 | Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate |
| Émile Durkheim | 1858–1917 | French sociologist |
| Empress Dowager Cixi | 1835–1908 | Chinese empress |
| John Amos Comenius | 1592–1670 | Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer |
| Margaret Mead | 1901–1978 | American anthropologist |
| Albertus Magnus | 1200–1280 | German Dominican friar, philosopher, scientist and bishop |
| C. T. R. Wilson | 1869–1959 | Scottish physicist and meteorologist |
| Jean Gabin | 1904–1976 | French actor and singer |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck | 1714–1787 | opera composer |
| Alfred Werner | 1866–1919 | Swiss chemist |
| Jean-Baptiste Say | 1767–1832 | French economist and businessman |
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