What the data says
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every November birthday · battle November 21 against another date · all rankings
Who shares November 21
Share of the 40 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Countries
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
Life timeline
Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.
The standouts
Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.
Top tier
Actor
1965 · Iceland
Björk Guðmundsdóttir is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and actress.
Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Author
1694–1778 · Kingdom of France
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian.
Nicolas de Largillière, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Creator
1903–1991 · United States
Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born Jewish American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States. Some of his works were adapted for the theater.
Israel Press and Photo Agency (I.P.P.A.) photographer, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1984 · United States
Jena Malone is an American actress and musician. Malone spent her early life in Sparks, Nevada, and in Las Vegas, while her mother acted in local theater productions. Inspired to become an actress herself, Malone convinced her mother to relocate to Los Angeles.
Siebbi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1944–2014 · United States
Harold Allen Ramis was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. His film acting roles include Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), and as Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); he also co-wrote those films.
Justin Hoch photographing for Hudson Union Society, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1963 · United States
Nicollette Sheridan is an English-American actress. She began her career as a fashion model before landing a role in the short-lived ABC primetime soap opera Paper Dolls in 1984, as well as starring in the romantic comedy film The Sure Thing (1985).
current events, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Founder · Schlosshotel Kronberg
1840–1901 · Kingdom of Prussia
Victoria, Princess Royal was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of Frederick III, German Emperor. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was created Princess Royal in 1841.
Thomas Heinrich Voigt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur · DC Shoes · fashion
1967–2023 · United States
Kenneth Paul Block was an American professional rally driver, extreme sports racer, and business entrepreneur with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team. Block was also one of the co-founders of DC Shoes.
Mike Tigas from Columbia, MO, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1870–1964 · Sweden
Johannes Sigfrid Edström was a Swedish industrialist, chairman of the Sweden-America Foundation, and fourth president of the International Olympic Committee.
The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur · Cunard Line
1788–1865 · Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet, was a British-Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line, establishing the first scheduled steamship connection with North America.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1980 · Russia
Nikolai Valeryevich Durov is a Russian programmer and mathematician. He is the elder brother of Pavel Durov, with whom he founded the social networking site VK and later Telegram Messenger. He is considered to be reserved and rarely appears in public.
Entrepreneur
1967 · Philippines
Tobias Reynald "Toby" Marcelo Tiangco is a Filipino businessman and politician currently serving as the representative of Navotas' lone district since 2022, a position he previously held from 2010 to 2019. He was also the Mayor of Navotas for multiple terms.
House of Representatives of the Philippines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
November 21 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Musician
1985 · Canada
Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. After studying musical theatre for most of her school life and while in university, Jepsen garnered mainstream attention after placing third on the fifth season of Canadian Idol in 2007.
Justin Higuchi, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1898–1967 · Belgium
René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation.
Unknown authorUnknown author Restored by Giovanni Cardinali, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1935 · Lebanon
Nouhad Wadie Haddad, known professionally as Fairuz, is a Lebanese singer. She is widely considered an iconic vocalist and one of the most celebrated singers in the Arab world, as well as a symbol of modern Lebanon.
photographer unknown, published by AP, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1924–2020 · France
Christopher John Reuel Tolkien was an English academic editor and writer. The son of the author and academic J. R. R.
Athlete
1985 · Spain
Jesús Navas González is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back or right winger.
Дмитрий Садовников, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1994 · Spain
Saúl Ñíguez Esclápez, often known simply as Saúl, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo. A versatile player, he can also be deployed as a box-to-box midfielder or a left-back.
Anna Nessie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1989 · United Kingdom
Fabian Delph is an English former professional footballer who primarily played as a midfielder.
Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1963 · Kingdom of the Netherlands
Peter Sylvester Bosz is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of Dutch Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven.
User:Conceited_2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1902–1982 · Soviet Union
Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov was a Soviet politician. In addition to serving as the Central Committee's longtime Secretary of Ideology, he held office as Second Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1965 until his death in 1982.
Grigory Vayl / TASS / The Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1643–1687 · France
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, was a French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and the Mississippi River.
Charles André Waltner (1846-1925), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Investor
1834–1916 · United States
Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age.
Hollinger & Rockey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1870–1936 · United States
Alexander Berkman was a Russian-American anarchist and author. He was a leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century, famous for both his political activism and his writing.
George Grantham Bain Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1768–1834 · Kingdom of Prussia
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher was a German Reformed theologian, pastor, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant Christianity.
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1979 · Italy
Vincenzo Iaquinta is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1852–1909 · Spain
Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the late Romantic period. He is known for such pieces as Capricho Árabe, Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Gran Vals.
Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1943 · United States
Philip Norman Bredesen Jr. is an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in 2002 with 50.6% of the vote and re-elected in 2006 with 68.6%.
Phil Bredesen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1818–1881 · United States
Lewis Henry Morgan (November 21, 1818 – December 17, 1881) was an American anthropologist and social theorist, who worked as a railroad lawyer. He is best known for his work on kinship and social structure, his theories of social evolution, and his ethnography of the Iroquois.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1961 · Greece
Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis is a Greek-British businessman, investor and philanthropist. He spent approximately 25 years at Glencore and its predecessor Marc Rich & Co., becoming one of the company's senior metals executives and one of its largest individual shareholders.
Musician
1947 · France
Michel Sogny is a French pianist, composer, and writer of Hungarian descent who developed a new approach to teaching the piano.
Sébastien Randé, photographe, http://www.studiocuicui.fr/, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1957 · Japan
Kozo Tashima is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team. He is also the president of the Japan Football Association and the East Asian Football Federation.
内閣官房内閣広報室, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Investor
1841–1901 · Kingdom of Italy
Luigi Maria d'Albertis was an Italian naturalist and explorer who, in 1875, became the first Italian to chart the Fly River in what is now called Papua New Guinea.
http://www.papuaweb.org/dlib/bk2/dalbertis/index.html, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1980 · Japan
Kazumichi Takagi is a former Japanese football player.
TAKA@P.P.R.S, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1977 · Japan
Yoshiteru Yamashita is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
American hedge fund manager and CEO and founding partner of the LRG Capital Group
1958 · United States
Lawrence R. Goldfarb is an American hedge fund manager and CEO and founding partner of the LRG Capital Group, and former co-founder and board member of AutismAid.
Kathleen Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1956 · Japan
Mitsugu Nomura is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Entrepreneur
1834–1914 · United States
Friedrich (Frederick) Weyerhäuser, also spelled Weyerhaeuser, was a German-American timber mogul and founder of the Weyerhaeuser Company, which owns sawmills, paper factories, and other business enterprises as well as large areas of forested land in the northern United States.
Unknown artist; based on an earlier photograph, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Researcher and former federal congresswoman of Brazil
1966 · Brazil
Researcher and former federal congresswoman of Brazil
Entrepreneur · energy
1962 · Czech Republic
Czech businessman
This page lists 40 people born on November 21, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. No one here has a sourced net-worth estimate yet, so no wealth figures are shown. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on November 21. Read the full methodology.
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