Skip to main content

⌘K

People On This Day Day Lookup

HomeDateNovember 5, 1969

On This Day

Wednesday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.

November 5 1969

Jump to another date

Born on This Day

🇳🇴Alejandro Fuentes
Norwegian singer · b. 1987
🇺🇸Art Garfunkel
actor · b. 1941
Days alive
10,227
🇺🇸Bailey Jay
actor · b. 1988
🇺🇸Billy Hunter
American football player and basketball executive (born 1942) · b. 1942
Days alive
9,862
Christoph Metzelder
Notable Trials · b. 1980
🇬🇧Donald Macpherson Baillie
deceased
British theologian and minister (1887–1954) · 1887–1954
Days lived
24,466
🇪🇸Eduard Oriol
football player · b. 1986
🇫🇷Florian Genton
journalist · b. 1981
🇿🇦Fort Calata
deceased
Political activist · 1956–1985
Days lived
10,461
🇩🇪Gisela Fischdick
chess player · b. 1955
Days alive
5,114
🇺🇸Gram Parsons
deceased
American singer-songwriter · 1946–1973
Days lived
9,815
🇺🇸Greasy Neale
deceased
film director · 1891–1973
Days lived
29,947
🇩🇪Gustl Berauer
deceased
athlete · 1912–1986
Days lived
26,847
🇺🇸Harry Warner Frantz
deceased
journalist · 1891–1982
Days lived
33,044
🇺🇸Ike Turner
deceased
singer · 1931–2007
Days lived
27,796
🇺🇸Javy López
Puerto Rican professional baseball player, catcher · b. 1970
🇫🇷Jean-Pierre Papin
football player · b. 1963
Days alive
2,192
🇩🇪Joachim Weiskopf
German dentist · b. 1927
Days alive
15,341
🇺🇸Johnny Damon
film director · b. 1973
🇺🇸Jon-Erik Hexum
deceased
Television actor · 1957–1984
Days lived
9,844
🇺🇸Kellen Winslow
All-American college football player, professional football player, tight end, College Football Hall of Fame member, Pro Football Hall of Fame member · b. 1957
Days alive
4,383
🇺🇸Kevin Jonas
singer · b. 1987
🇿🇦Koos Kombuis
South African musician · b. 1954
Days alive
5,479
Kris Jenner
Momager · b. 1955
Days alive
5,114
🇺🇸Leah Culver
American computer scientist and entrepreneur · b. 1982
🇩🇪Lotte Betke
deceased
German journalist (1905-2008) · 1905–2008
Days lived
37,518
🇫🇮Magnus Lavonius
deceased
Finnish politician and business magnate · 1870–1948
Days lived
28,444
🇩🇪Mike Hanke
German association football player · b. 1983
Nikolai Tanayev
deceased
Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (1945-2020) · 1945–2020
Days lived
27,285
🇬🇧Peter Hammill
singer-songwriter · b. 1948
Days alive
7,670
🇬🇧Richard Holmes
writer · b. 1945
Days alive
8,766
🇩🇪Rolf von Goth
deceased
actor · 1906–1981
Days lived
27,398
🇩🇪Rudolf Augstein
deceased
journalist · 1923–2002
Days lived
28,857
🇺🇸Ryan Adams
American musician · b. 1974
🇩🇪Steven Küchler
German boxer · b. 1975
Takehiro Tomiyasu
association football player · b. 1998
🇸🇬Tan Min-Liang
CEO and Co-founder of Razer Inc. · b. 1977
🇩🇪Uwe Seeler
deceased
German association football player (1936–2022) · 1936–2022
Days lived
31,304
🇮🇳Vandana Shiva
Indian philosopher, activist and environmentalist (*1952) · b. 1952
Days alive
6,209
🇮🇳Virat Kohli
Sports · b. 1988
🇬🇧Vivien Leigh
deceased
Film actor · 1913–1967
Days lived
19,603
🇩🇪Walter Wislicenus
deceased
German astronomer (1859–1905) · 1859–1905
Days lived
16,768
🇮🇱Yair Lapid
Journalist · b. 1963
Days alive
2,192
🇨🇦Zara Taylor
singer · b. 1983
🇵🇱Zygmunt Chychła
deceased
Polish boxer (1926–2009) · 1926–2009
Days lived
30,272

Died on This Day

🇺🇸Art Tatum
deceased
American jazz pianist (1909–1956) · 1909–1956
Days lived
17,190
Bernhard Lichtenberg
deceased
German Roman Catholic priest, theologian, martyr and blessed (1875–1943) · 1875–1943
Days lived
24,808

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Sándor Farkas
Catholic priest, born 1853 · b. 1853
Days alive
42,676
🇬🇧Bertrand Russell
deceased
YouTube personality · 1872–1970
Days lived
35,688

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

🇦🇺Harriet
deceased
Galápagos tortoise · 1830–2006
Days lived
64,138
🇸🇭Jonathan
Seychelles giant tortoise · b. 1832
Days alive
50,347

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

🇫🇷Hermes
Luxury Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,520
🇺🇸Procter & Gamble
Consumer Goods · b. 1837
Days since founding
48,217

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

🇮🇹Meditations
Philosophy/Stoicism Book · b. 180
Days in print
653,727
🇪🇸Don Quixote
Satire/Adventure Book · b. 1605
Days in print
133,241

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Wuthering Heights
Drama film · b. 1939
Days since release
11,170
🇺🇸12 Angry Men
Drama/Crime Film · b. 1957
Days since release
4,592

Born on November 5 Died on November 5 On This Day Day Lookup

Previous day Next day

🇦🇷Carlos Ulrrico Cesco

Argentine astronomer (1910-1987) · 1910–1987

Days lived

28,105

🇷🇺Cēzars Ozers

Olympic basketball player (1937–2023) · 1937–2023

Days lived

31,678

🇬🇧Erich Heller

British scholar of German literature and philosophy · 1911–1990

Days lived

29,078

🇩🇪Erich Neumann

German writer, psychologist and philosopher (1905-1960) · 1905–1960

Days lived

20,375

🇬🇧Ernest Gellner

Czech anthropologist, philosopher and sociologist · 1925–1995

Days lived

25,533

🇩🇪Hajo Herrmann

German bomber pilot (1913–2010) · 1913–2010

Days lived

35,525

🇬🇧Isaiah Berlin

Russo-British-Latvian Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909–1997) · 1909–1997

Days lived

32,294

🇨🇦Jacques Grand'Maison

Canadian writer (1931–2016) · 1931–2016

Days lived

31,004

🇬🇧John Fowles

English novelist (1926–2005) · 1926–2005

Days lived

29,074

Karol Duchoň

singer · 1950–1985

Days lived

12,982

🇦🇷Leonardo Favio

actor · 1938–2012

Days lived

27,190

🇺🇸Link Wray

American guitarist (1929–2005) · 1929–2005

Days lived

27,946

🇫🇷Loulou de la Falaise

fashion muse and designer (1947–2011) · 1947–2011

Days lived

23,561

🇨🇦Mack Sennett

Canadian-American actor, producer and director (1880–1960) · 1880–1960

Days lived

29,512

🇮🇹Mario Cecchi Gori

film producer (1920–1993) · 1920–1993

Days lived

26,892

🇭🇷Milan Mladenović

rapper · 1958–1994

Days lived

13,194

Nora Brockstedt

🇳🇴Nora Brockstedt

Norwegian singer and musician (1923-2015) · 1923–2015

Days lived

33,892

🇺🇸Robert Knight

American singer · 1945–2017

Days lived

26,493

🇬🇧Robert Maxwell

Media Mogul, Politician, Fraudster · 1923–1991

Days lived

24,985

🇩🇪Willi Hennig

writer · 1913–1976

Days lived

23,210

🇩🇪Gertrud von Le Fort

deceased

writer · 1876–1971

Days lived

34,718

🇺🇸Natalie Clifford Barney

American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972) · 1876–1972

Days lived

34,791

🇺🇸Lillian Moller Gilbreth

American psychologist and industrial engineer (1878–1972) · 1878–1972

Days lived

34,190

🇬🇧E. M. Forster

English novelist (1879-1970) · 1879–1970

Days lived

33,394

🇺🇸Margarete Bieber

German-American art historian (1879–1978) · 1879–1978

Days lived

36,003

🇩🇪Adolf Strauss

German Wehrmacht general (1879–1973) · 1879–1973

Days lived

34,163

🇮🇪Kenneth Edgeworth

Irish astronomer, economist and engineer (1880-1972) · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,829

🇺🇸Emma P. Carr

scientist · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,404

🇩🇪Paul Hausser

military person · 1880–1972

Days lived

33,677

🇩🇪Fritz Achterberg

German actor (1880-1971) · 1880–1971

Days lived

33,215

🇵🇪Luis Miró Quesada de la Guerra

politician · 1880–1976

Days lived

34,807

🇨🇳Wang Zi-Ping

athlete · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,602

🇩🇪Hans Reiter

German Nazi physician (1881–1969) · 1881–1969

Days lived

32,413

Hans Kelsen

🇺🇸Hans Kelsen

Austrian lawyer (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,427

🇪🇸Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973) · 1881–1973

Days lived

33,402

🇸🇪Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist · 1882–1973

Days lived

33,180

🇫🇷Jacques Maritain

philosopher · 1882–1973

Days lived

33,033

🇬🇧William Greggan

athlete · 1882–1976

Days lived

34,031

🇪🇨Lonesome George

deceased

Pinta Island tortoise · 1910–2012

Days lived

37,430

🇹🇼Lin Wang

Asian elephant · 1917–2003

Days lived

31,467

🇺🇸Ham

Chimpanzee · 1957–1983

Days lived

9,333

🇺🇸Shamu

Orca · 1962–1971

Days lived

3,521

🇺🇸Washoe

Chimpanzee · 1965–2007

Days lived

15,399

🇷🇼Digit

Mountain gorilla · 1967–1977

Days lived

4,017

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

47,790

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

38,232

Tata Group

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

37,198

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

36,832

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

34,276

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

32,928

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

57,259

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

37,928

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

16,280

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

13,823

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

11,733

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

9,710