Died On November 8th

Discover the most famous people who died on November 8. The list includes people like John Milton, Jahangir, Norman Rockwell, Napoleon Hill, Cesar Franck. Famous personalities featured on this list, include actors, poets, philosophers and economists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France, Russia & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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 1 
Alex Trebek
(Game Show Host & Television Personality)
Alex Trebek
46
Birthdate: July 22, 1940
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Greater Sudbury, Canada
Died: 2020
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 2 
Norman Rockwell
(American Painter & Illustrator Known for His Works ‘Scout at Ship's Wheel’ &‘Santa and Scouts in Snow’)
Norman Rockwell
8
Birthdate: February 3, 1894
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 1978
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 3 
John Milton
(English Poet and Intellectual Known for His Epic Poem ‘Paradise Lost’)
John Milton
23
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 9, 1608
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cheapside, London, England
Died: 1674
 4 
Napoleon Hill
(Writer of personal-success literature)
Napoleon Hill
7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 26, 1883
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pound, Virginia
Died: 1970
 5 
Dorothy Kilgallen
(American Journalist and Panelist on the TV Game Show ‘What's My Line?’)
Dorothy Kilgallen
4
Birthdate: July 3, 1913
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1965
 6 
Jahangir
(Mughal Emperor)
Jahangir
21
Birthdate: August 31, 1569
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fatehpur Sikri
Died: 1627
 7 
Louis VIII of France
(King of France)
Louis VIII of France
1
Birthdate: September 5, 1187
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1226
 8 
Doc Holliday
(Gambler, Gunfighter)
Doc Holliday
26
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 14, 1851
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Griffin, Georgia, United States
Died: 1887
 9 
Martin of Tours
(Bishop)
Martin of Tours
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 0316 AD
Birthplace: Szombathely, Hungary
Died: 0397
 10 
Heavy D
(Leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, he was a popular rapper through much of the 1990s.)
Heavy D
20
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 24, 1967
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mandeville, Jamaica
Died: 2011
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Charles Kingsford Smith
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 9, 1897
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hamilton
Died: 1935
 12 
Basil Poledouris
(Composer, Conductor, Musician, Film score composer)
Basil Poledouris
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 21, 1945
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Died: 2006
 13 
César Franck
(Composer and Pianist Famous for His Works 'Symphonic Variations' and 'Symphony in D Minor')
César Franck
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 10, 1822
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Liège, Belgium
Died: 1890
 14 
Jean Marais
(Actor)
Jean Marais
2
Birthdate: December 11, 1913
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France
Died: 1998
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 15 
Cornelis Drebbel
(Inventor of world’s first navigable submarine)
Cornelis Drebbel
12
Birthdate: 1572 AD
Birthplace: Alkmaar
Died: 1633
 16 
Ivan Bunin
(The First Russian Writer to Receive the Nobel Prize for Literature)
Ivan Bunin
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 22, 1870
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Voronezh, Russia
Died: 1953
 17 
August von Mackensen
(Military Leader)
August von Mackensen
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 6, 1849
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Trossin, Germany
Died: 1945
 18 
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche
(Archivist)
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 10, 1846
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Röcken
Died: 1935
 19 
Michael O'Donoghue
(Writer)
Michael O'Donoghue
2
Birthdate: January 5, 1940
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, New York Sauquoit, New York (state) New York, United States
Died: 1994
 20 
Jon Elia
(Linguist, Philosopher, Poet, Literary critic)
Jon Elia
2
Birthdate: December 14, 1931
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Amroha
Died: 2002
 21 
Bil Keane
(Cartoonist)
Bil Keane
1
Birthdate: October 5, 1922
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: 2011
 22 
Yvonne de Gaulle
Yvonne de Gaulle
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 22, 1900
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Calais
Died: 1979
 23 
Ed Macauley
(Basketball player)
Ed Macauley
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 22, 1928
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: 2011
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
 24 
Francis I of the Two Sicilies
(King)
Francis I of the Two Sicilies
0
Birthdate: August 19, 1777
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Died: 1830
 25 
Gottfried von Cramm
(German Tennis Player)
Gottfried von Cramm
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 7, 1909
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Söhlde, Germany
Died: 1976
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 26 
James Booker
(Pianist, Songwriter)
James Booker
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 17, 1939
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New Orleans
Died: 1983
 27 
Abraham Kuyper
(Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1901 - 1905))
Abraham Kuyper
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 29, 1837
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Maassluis, Netherlands
Died: 1920
 28 
Peggy Eaton
(Socialite)
Peggy Eaton
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 3, 1799
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: 1879
 29 
Wolf Messing
(Psychic)
Wolf Messing
1
Birthdate: September 10, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Góra Kalwaria, Poland
Died: 1974
 30 
Harold Innis
(Economist, Historian, Philosopher, University teacher, Sociologist)
Harold Innis
0
Birthdate: November 5, 1894
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Otterville, Ontario
Died: 1952
 31 
Victorien Sardou
(Dramatist)
Victorien Sardou
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 5, 1831
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1908
 32 
Anya Seton
(Author)
Anya Seton
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 23, 1904
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: 1990
 33 
Rumer Godden
(Author)
Rumer Godden
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 10, 1907
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Died: 1998
 34 
Vesto Slipher
(Astronomer)
Vesto Slipher
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 11, 1875
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mulberry
Died: 1969
 35 
Vyacheslav Molotov
(1st Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1942 – 1957))
Vyacheslav Molotov
10
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 9, 1890
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sovetsk, Russia
Died: 1986
 36 
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
(Former Governor of the Kingdom of Castile)
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1436 AD
Birthplace: Torrelaguna, Spain
Died: 1517
 37 
Lester Bowie
(Musician)
Lester Bowie
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 11, 1941
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Frederick, Maryland, United States
Died: 1999
 38 
Gaetano Mosca
(Former Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies for Palermo (1909 - 1919))
Gaetano Mosca
0
Birthdate: April 1, 1858
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Died: 1941
 39 
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
(General)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 3, 1721
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kalkar, Germany
Died: 1773
 40 
Constantin Sănătescu
(44th Prime Minister of Romania (August 1944 - December 1944) Following the Coup of 1944)
Constantin Sănătescu
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 14, 1885
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Craiova, Romania
Died: 1947
 41 
Charlotte Moorman
(Musician)
Charlotte Moorman
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 18, 1933
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Died: 1991
 42 
Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(Princess)
Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 18, 1899
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Langenburg, Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Germany
Died: 1967
 43 
Vasily Dokuchaev
(Russian Ecologist and Geologist Who Conducted Path-Breaking Research on Soil Science)
Vasily Dokuchaev
0
Birthdate: March 1, 1846
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Milyukovo, Russia
Died: 1903
 44 
Vitaly Ginzburg
(Former Physicist known for Ginzburg–Landau theory, Ginzburg criterion, Transition radiation, Undulator)
Vitaly Ginzburg
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 4, 1916
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 2009
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 45 
Phil Crane
(Politician)
Phil Crane
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 3, 1930
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2014
 46 
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
(Educator)
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 17, 1919
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Longmeadow, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1988
 47 
Xu Guangqi
(Ming Dynasty Official and One of the Most Prominent Chinese Converts to Christianity)
Xu Guangqi
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 24, 1562
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Shanghai, Songjiang, Southern Zhili, China
Died: 1633
 48 
Leon Štukelj
(Slovene Professional Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Leon Štukelj
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 12, 1898
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Novo mesto, Slovenia
Died: 1999
 49 
Marshall Field III
(Banker, Military personnel)
Marshall Field III
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 28, 1893
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1956
 50 
Muhammad ʿAli Jamalzadah
(Writer)
Muhammad ʿAli Jamalzadah
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 13, 1892
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Isfahan, Iran
Died: 1997