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People Born on November 8

November 8 is the birthday of 53 notable people we've found so far, including authors, entrepreneurs, historical figures and musicians, and 3 of them are billionaires.

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3
billionaires
joint #81 of 366 birthdays
13
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #69 of 366 birthdays
53
notable people
joint #91 of 366 birthdays
$13.2B
combined wealth
#182 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • The people we list for this date were born across 1244 years, from 745 to 1989.
  • Authors are the most common group among people born on November 8: 16 of 53.
  • People born on this day come from 24 countries, most often United States (18 of 51).
  • S. I. Newhouse is the wealthiest person we list for November 8, with an estimated $9.5B reported as of 2014.
  • Founders born on November 8 started companies including MediaMarkt, Sun Microsystems and Barrick Mining Corporation.
  • S. I. Newhouse accounts for more than half of the documented wealth among people born on this day.
  • November 8 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including billionaires, entrepreneurs, scientists and actors.
  • 51% of the people we list for this date are historical figures who are no longer living.
  • 2 Nobel laureates were born on November 8, including Kazuo Ishiguro and Jack Kilby.
  • 5 of them had founded a company, won a major award or taken a top job before turning 30.

💰 Richest person born on November 8

Reported estimate as of 2014: $9.5B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.

Against the other 365

How November 8 ranks

Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every November birthday · battle November 8 against another date · all rankings

The November 8 wealth profile

Billionaires born on November 8

$13.2B
combined wealth
low-bound sum, newest as of June 2017
3
sourced estimates
3
billionaires
joint #81 of 366
#182
of 366 for wealth

Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.

  1. 1S. I. Newhouse$9.5B
  2. 2Aras Agalarov$1.9B
  3. 3Erich Kellerhals$1.8B
Aras Agalarov
billionaire

Aras Agalarov

Entrepreneur

1955 · Russia

$1.9Bolder estimate, as of June 2017 · Forbes

Aras Iskanderovich Agalarov is an Azerbaijani-Russian billionaire and real estate developer. He was listed by Forbes as the 51st richest Russian in 2015, and several sources have described him as a Russian oligarch.

Presidential Press and Information Office, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Who shares November 8

What kind of people are born on November 8?

Share of the 53 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Authors30% (16 people)
  • Entrepreneurs25% (13 people)
  • Musicians21% (11 people)
  • Actors19% (10 people)
  • Scientists19% (10 people)
  • Creators15% (8 people)
  • Athletes13% (7 people)

Countries

24 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States18 (18 people)
  • Sweden3 (3 people)
  • Brazil2 (2 people)
  • France2 (2 people)
  • Germany2 (2 people)
  • Italy2 (2 people)
  • Japan2 (2 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on November 8 doing at your age?

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.

By 25

  1. 23Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of AlbaBecame Duke of Alba (1531)
  2. 17Emperor Huizong of SongBecame Emperor of China (1100)
  3. ~25Alain DelonNotable work: Purple Noon (1960)
  4. ~17Joe ColeJoined West Ham United F.C. (1998)

26 to 30

  1. 27Bill JoyFounded Sun Microsystems (1982)
  2. ~28Alain DelonNotable work: The Leopard (1963)
  3. ~27Aaron SwartzNamed Internet Hall of Fame (2013)
  4. ~29Luís FabianoNamed Samba Gold (2009)

31 to 40

  1. 40Erich KellerhalsFounded MediaMarkt (1979)
  2. 31Alain DelonNotable work: Le Samouraï (1967)
  3. ~35Kazuo IshiguroReceived the Booker Prize (1989)
  4. ~32Alfre WoodardReceived the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1984)

41 to 50

  1. ~44Torbjörn TörnqvistFounded Gunvor (1997)
  2. 50Gheorghe Gheorghiu-DejBecame Prime Minister of Romania (1952)
  3. ~42Wayne LaPierreBecame CEO of National Rifle Association of America (1991)
  4. 46Jean Casimir-PerierBecame President of the French Republic (1894)

After 50

  1. ~63Kazuo IshiguroReceived the Nobel Prize in Literature (2017)
  2. ~54Bonnie RaittReceived the Grammy Award for Song of the Year (2003)
  3. ~86Patti PageReceived the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2013)
  4. ~77Jack KilbyReceived the Nobel Prize in Physics (2000)

The standouts

The most successful people born on November 8

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

Parker Posey
actor

Parker Posey

Top tier

Actor

1968 · United States

Parker Christian Posey is an American actress. Known for playing eccentric characters in independent films, she was named "Queen of the Indies" by Time in 1997. She has received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Independent Spirit Awards.

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Alain Delon
actor

Alain Delon

Top tier

Actor

1935–2024 · Switzerland

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman.

Reporters Associati & Archivi\Mondadori, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jack Kilby
inventor

Jack Kilby

Top tier

Inventor

1923–2005 · United States

Jack St. Clair Kilby was an American electrical engineer who took part, along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments in 1958.

James R. Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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SZA
musician

SZA

Musician

1989 · United States

Solána Imani Rowe, known professionally as SZA, is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her diaristic songwriting and genre explorations, she is regarded as a prominent figure in influencing contemporary R&B music and popularizing alternative R&B.

Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Builders

Entrepreneurs born on November 8

Aaron Swartz
entrepreneur

Aaron Swartz

Entrepreneur

1986–2013 · United States

Aaron Hillel Swartz, also known as AaronSw, was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist.

Sage Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Tech N9ne
entrepreneur

Tech N9ne

Entrepreneur

1971 · United States

Aaron Dontez Yates, better known by his stage name Tech N9ne, is an American rapper, songwriter, and singer. In 1999, he and business partner Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music.

BOSS TALK 101, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Bill Joy
founder

Bill Joy

Entrepreneur · Sun Microsystems · technology

1954 · United States

William Nelson Joy is an American computer engineer and venture capitalist. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Scott McNealy, Vinod Khosla, and Andy Bechtolsheim, and served as Chief Scientist and CTO at the company until 2003.

The original uploader was SqueakBox at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Lou Leon Guerrero
entrepreneur

Lou Leon Guerrero

Entrepreneur

1950 · United States

Lourdes Aflague "Lou" Leon Guerrero is a Guamanian politician and former banking executive, lobbyist, and nurse who has served as the ninth governor of Guam since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Guerrero is the first woman to serve in the position.

William J. Busby III, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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founder

Peter Munk

Entrepreneur · Barrick Mining Corporation · mining

1927–2018 · Canada

Peter Munk was a Hungarian-Canadian businessman, investor, founder and philanthropist.

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founder

Torbjörn Törnqvist

Entrepreneur · Gunvor

1953 · Sweden

Torbjörn Törnqvist is a Swedish billionaire, and the former CEO and co-founder of Gunvor, "one of the largest commodities conglomerates in the world", with the Russian billionaire, Gennady Timchenko.

Sources (2)

November 8 in history

What else happened on November 8

  1. 960Battle of Andrassos: Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger score a crushing victory over the Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo, Sayf al-Dawla.
  2. 1837Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
  3. 1933Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than four million unemployed.
  4. 1965The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom for almost all crimes.
  5. 1988U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

More birthday twins

Famous people born on November 8

Tara Reid
actor

Tara Reid

Actor

1975 · United States

Tara Donna Reid is an American actress. Her film roles established her status as a sex symbol in the late 1990s.

Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Bonnie Raitt
musician

Bonnie Raitt

Musician

1949 · United States

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American singer and songwriter. In 1971, Raitt released her self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed roots-influenced albums that incorporated elements of rock, blues, country, and folk.

The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Joe Cole
athlete

Joe Cole

Athlete

1981 · United Kingdom

Joseph John Cole is an English professional football coach and former who player who played as an attacking midfielder or winger.

Владимир Майоров/Vladimir Mayorov/Władimir Majorow, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Gretchen Mol
actor

Gretchen Mol

Actor

1972 · United States

Gretchen Mol is an American actress. She is known for her role as Gillian Darmody in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014).

Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Richard Curtis
actor

Richard Curtis

Actor

1956 · New Zealand

Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis is a British screenwriter, producer and director.

Montclair Film Festival, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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artist

Masashi Kishimoto

Creator

1974 · Japan

Masashi Kishimoto is a Japanese manga artist. His manga series, Naruto, which was in serialization from 1999 to 2014, has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries as of May 2019.

Sources (2)
George Bernard Dantzig
scientist

George Bernard Dantzig

Scientist

1914–2005 · United States

George Bernard Dantzig was an American mathematical scientist who made contributions to industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Guus Hiddink
athlete

Guus Hiddink

Athlete

1946 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Guus Hiddink is a Dutch former football manager and professional player. He enjoyed a long career playing as a midfielder in his native Netherlands.

Степиньш Ольга, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Dorothy Day
author

Dorothy Day

Author

1897–1980 · United States

Dorothy May Day was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic without abandoning her social activism. She was perhaps the best-known political radical among American Catholics.

Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Martha Gellhorn
author

Martha Gellhorn

Author

1908–1998 · United States

Martha Ellis Gellhorn was an American novelist, travel writer and journalist who is considered one of the great war correspondents of the 20th century. She reported on virtually every major world conflict that took place during her 60-year career.

Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Prajadhipok
musician

Prajadhipok

Politician

1893–1941 · Thailand

Prajadhipok, also known as Rama VII was the seventh monarch of the Chakri dynasty and the last king of Siam under the absolute monarchy.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Gottlob Frege
scientist

Gottlob Frege

Author

1848–1925 · Germany

Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege was a German philosopher, logician, and mathematician. He was a mathematics professor at the University of Jena, and is understood by many to be the father of analytic philosophy, concentrating on the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Virna Lisi
actor

Virna Lisi

Actor

1936–2014 · Italy

Virna Lisa Pieralisi, known as just Virna Lisi, was an Italian actress. Her international film appearances included How to Murder Your Wife (1965), Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966), The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969), Beyond Good and Evil (1977), and Follow Your Heart (1996).

user:Zweig92, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Patti Page
musician

Patti Page

Musician

1927–2013 · United States

Clara Ann Fowler, better known by her stage name Patti Page, was an American singer. Primarily known for pop and country music, she was the top-charting female vocalist and best-selling female artist of the 1950s, selling over 100 million records during a six-decade-long career.

General Artists Corporation (management), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Musa al-Kazim
scientist

Musa al-Kazim

Scientist

0745–0799 · Abbasid Caliphate

Musa ibn Ja'far al-Kazim was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the seventh Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, succeeding his father Ja'far al-Sadiq and preceding his son Ali al-Rida.

Sun'i, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Luís Fabiano
athlete

Luís Fabiano

Athlete

1980 · Brazil

Luís Fabiano Clemente, commonly known as Luís Fabiano, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker most notably for Sevilla, São Paulo, and the Brazil national team.

Oberlandi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sandro Mazzola
athlete

Sandro Mazzola

Athlete

1942 · Italy

Alessandro "Sandro" Mazzola is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a forward or attacking midfielder for Internazionale and the Italy national team. He has also worked as a football analyst and commentator on the Italian national television station RAI.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
politician

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba

Politician

1507–1582 · Spain

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba, known as the Grand Duke of Alba in Spain and Portugal and as the Iron Duke or shortly 'Alva' in the Netherlands and Belgium, was a Spanish military officer, statesman and diplomat.

Antonis Mor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Emperor Huizong of Song
musician

Emperor Huizong of Song

Musician

1082–1135 · Song dynasty

Emperor Huizong of Song, personal name Zhao Ji, was the eighth emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the penultimate emperor of the Northern Song dynasty. He was also a very well-known painter, poet and calligrapher.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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politician

Jean Casimir-Perier

Politician

1847–1907 · France

Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier was a French politician who served as President of France from June 1894 to January 1895.

Sources (2)
Qiu Jin
author

Qiu Jin

Author

1875–1907 · Qing dynasty

Qiu Jin was a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer. Qiu was executed after a failed uprising against the Qing dynasty and is considered a national heroine in China and a martyr of republicanism and feminism.

Unknown, photographed in Qing Dynasty china, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Wayne LaPierre
CEO

Wayne LaPierre

Author · National Rifle Association of America

1949 · United States

Wayne Robert LaPierre Jr. is an American gun rights lobbyist who was the CEO and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), a position he held between 1991 and 2024.

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Felix Hausdorff
scientist

Felix Hausdorff

Author

1868–1942 · German Reich

Felix Hausdorff was a German mathematician, pseudonym Paul Mongré, who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, and functional analysis.

Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Ilia Chavchavadze
author

Ilia Chavchavadze

Politician

1837–1907

Tavadi (Prince) Ilia Chavchavadze was a Georgian journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during the second half of the 19th century in the period of Tsarist rule.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Peter Weiss
musician

Peter Weiss

Musician

1916–1982 · Sweden

Peter Ulrich Weiss was a German and Swedish writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker.

Dietbert Keßler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources and method for this page

This page lists 53 people born on November 8, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 3 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of June 2017. 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 8. Read the full methodology.

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