The 332nd day of the year, the 333rd in a leap year

Born on 28 November

Every 28 November birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.

Star sign
SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
Birthstone
Topaz, CitrineThe 1912 list gave Topaz.
Birth flower
ChrysanthemumUsually taken today to mean loyalty.
Most common weekdays
Monday and Saturday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Where the sun stands on 28 November. The marked arc is every position it has held on 28 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 28 November in any year.

Which weekday 28 November falls on

Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 28 November falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.

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How common a birthday 28 November is

In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,786 babies were born on 28 November in each year of the twenty, making it the 253rd 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 28 November

18 people born on 28 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
Friedrich Engels1820–1895German philosopher, sociologist and economist
William Blake1757–1827English poet and artist
Stefan Zweig1881–1942Austrian writer
Alexander Blok1880–1921Russian poet
Claude Lévi-Strauss1908–2009French anthropologist and ethnologist
Alberto Moravia1907–1990Italian writer and journalist
John Bunyan1628–1688English Christian writer and preacher
Ed Harris1950–American actor and director
Manuel I Komnenos1118–1180Byzantine Emperor
Alfonso Cuarón1961–Mexican filmmaker
Jean-Baptiste Lully1632–1687Italian-born French composer
Anna Nicole Smith1967–2007American actress and television personality
Ernst Röhm1887–1934German Nazi politician, military officer and leader of the Sturmabteilung
Russell Alan Hulse1950–American astronomer
Karen Gillan1987–Scottish actress and filmmaker
Alfonso XII1857–1885king of Spain from 1874 to 1885
Jon Stewart1962–American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host
Mary Elizabeth Winstead1984–American actress

Died on 28 November

11 people who died on 28 November, chosen and ordered the same way from Wikipedia's list of deaths on this day.
NameYearsKnown for
Matsuo Bashō1644–1694Japanese poet
Enrico Fermi1901–1954Italian–American physicist
Washington Irving1783–1859American writer, historian and diplomat
Enid Blyton1897–1968English author
Pope Gregory IIIdied 741Pope from 731 to 741
Gian Lorenzo Bernini1598–1680Italian sculptor and architect
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands1880–1962Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948
Leslie Nielsen1926–2010Canadian-American actor and comedian
Jeffrey Dahmer1960–1994American serial killer
James Naismith1861–1939Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball
Frédéric Bazille1841–1870French painter

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