The 312th day of the year, the 313th in a leap year
Born on 8 November
Every 8 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 8 November in any year.
Which weekday 8 November falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 8 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 8 November is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,827 babies were born on 8 November in each year of the twenty, making it the 139th 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 8 November
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Alain Delon | 1935–2024 | French actor |
| Kazuo Ishiguro | 1954– | British novelist |
| Bram Stoker | 1847–1912 | Irish novelist and short story writer |
| Margaret Mitchell | 1900–1949 | American author and journalist |
| Edmond Halley | 1656–1742 | English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist |
| Gottlob Frege | 1848–1925 | German philosopher, logician, and mathematician |
| Aaron Swartz | 1986–2013 | American computer programmer and internet activist |
| Jack Kilby | 1923–2005 | American electrical engineer |
| Ilia Chavchavadze | 1837–1907 | Georgian public figure and writer; a saint of Georgian Orthodox Church |
| Christiaan Barnard | 1922–2001 | South African cardiac surgeon |
| Guus Hiddink | 1946– | Dutch football player and manager |
| Masashi Kishimoto | 1974– | Japanese manga artist |
| Charles X Gustav | 1622–1660 | King of Sweden |
| Prajadhipok | 1893–1941 | King of Siam |
| Virna Lisi | 1936–2014 | Italian actress |
| Gordon Ramsay | 1966– | British chef, restaurateur, and television personality |
| Hermann Rorschach | 1884–1922 | Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst |
| Joe Cole | 1981– | English association football player |
Died on 8 November
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| John Locke | 1632–1704 | English philosopher and physician; died 8 November in the Gregorian calendar, 28 October in the Julian |
| John Milton | 1608–1674 | English poet and civil servant; died 8 November in the Julian calendar, which is 18 November in the Gregorian |
| Ivan Bunin | 1870–1953 | Russian writer and poet |
| Vyacheslav Molotov | 1890–1986 | Soviet politician, statesman and diplomat |
| Vitaly Ginzburg | 1916–2009 | Russian physicist |
| Martin of Tours | 316–397 | Christian saint |
| Duns Scotus | 1266–1308 | Scottish Catholic priest, Franciscan friar, philosopher and theologian |
| Jean Marais | 1913–1998 | French actor and theatre director |
| Pope Adeodatus I | 570–618 | pope |
| Louis VIII of France | 1187–1226 | King of France from 1223 to 1226 |
| Pope Agapetus II | died 955 | Pope from 946 to 955 |
| César Franck | 1822–1890 | Belgian-French composer and organist |
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