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.
Where the sun stands on 8 November. The marked arc is every position it has held on 8 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 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

18 people born on 8 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
Alain Delon1935–2024French actor
Kazuo Ishiguro1954–British novelist
Bram Stoker1847–1912Irish novelist and short story writer
Margaret Mitchell1900–1949American author and journalist
Edmond Halley1656–1742English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist
Gottlob Frege1848–1925German philosopher, logician, and mathematician
Aaron Swartz1986–2013American computer programmer and internet activist
Jack Kilby1923–2005American electrical engineer
Ilia Chavchavadze1837–1907Georgian public figure and writer; a saint of Georgian Orthodox Church
Christiaan Barnard1922–2001South African cardiac surgeon
Guus Hiddink1946–Dutch football player and manager
Masashi Kishimoto1974–Japanese manga artist
Charles X Gustav1622–1660King of Sweden
Prajadhipok1893–1941King of Siam
Virna Lisi1936–2014Italian actress
Gordon Ramsay1966–British chef, restaurateur, and television personality
Hermann Rorschach1884–1922Swiss Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
Joe Cole1981–English association football player

Died on 8 November

12 people who died on 8 November, chosen and ordered the same way from Wikipedia's list of deaths on this day.
NameYearsKnown for
John Locke1632–1704English philosopher and physician; died 8 November in the Gregorian calendar, 28 October in the Julian
John Milton1608–1674English poet and civil servant; died 8 November in the Julian calendar, which is 18 November in the Gregorian
Ivan Bunin1870–1953Russian writer and poet
Vyacheslav Molotov1890–1986Soviet politician, statesman and diplomat
Vitaly Ginzburg1916–2009Russian physicist
Martin of Tours316–397Christian saint
Duns Scotus1266–1308Scottish Catholic priest, Franciscan friar, philosopher and theologian
Jean Marais1913–1998French actor and theatre director
Pope Adeodatus I570–618pope
Louis VIII of France1187–1226King of France from 1223 to 1226
Pope Agapetus IIdied 955Pope from 946 to 955
César Franck1822–1890Belgian-French composer and organist

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