The 322nd day of the year, the 323rd in a leap year

Born on 18 November

Every 18 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
Friday and Wednesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Where the sun stands on 18 November. The marked arc is every position it has held on 18 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 18 November in any year.

Which weekday 18 November falls on

Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 18 November falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Wednesday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Monday 15.

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How common a birthday 18 November is

In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,806 babies were born on 18 November in each year of the twenty, making it the 191st 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 18 November

18 people born on 18 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
Margaret Atwood1939–Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist and environmental activist
Louis Daguerre1787–1851French scientist, artist and photographer
Carl Maria von Weber1786–1826German Romantic composer
Owen Wilson1968–American actor
Patrick Blackett1897–1974British physicist
Pierre Bayle1647–1706French philosopher and writer
Mahinda Rajapaksa1945–President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015
Alan Shepard1923–1998American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer
Alan Moore1953–British comic book author
Peter Schmeichel1963–Danish association football player
Kirk Hammett1962–American guitarist
Klaus Mann1906–1949German writer
Ignacy Jan Paderewski1860–1941Polish pianist, composer, supporter of Poland's independence movements, politician, Prime Minister of reborn Poland
Chloë Sevigny1974–American actress
Allyson Felix1985–American track and field athlete
George Wald1906–1997American biologist, biochemist, physiologist and Nobel laureate
Frances Marion1888–1973American journalist, author, film director and screenwriter
Kim Wilde1960–English pop singer

Died on 18 November

12 people who died on 18 November, chosen and ordered the same way from Wikipedia's list of deaths on this day.
NameYearsKnown for
Marcel Proust1871–1922French novelist, critic and essayist
Niels Bohr1885–1962Danish physicist
Chester A. Arthur1829–1886president of the United States from 1881 to 1885
Walther Nernst1864–1941German physical chemist and physicist
Paul Éluard1895–1952French poet
Henry A. Wallace1888–1965American politician; Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945
Man Ray1890–1976American and French visual artist
James Coburn1928–2002American actor
Gustáv Husák1913–1991President of Czechoslovakia from 1975 to 1989
Adam Weishaupt1748–1830German philosopher and founder of the Illuminati
Jacques Anquetil1934–1987French cyclist
Kurt Schuschnigg1897–1977Chancellor of Austria

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