Famous Personalities Born In November - 05
Saturday, 08 November 2025
1271 Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (d. 1304) was born on November - 05. 

1494 Hans Sachs, composer was born on November - 05. 

1534 Joachim Camerarius, German botanist/physician (horticulture catalog) was born on November - 05. 

1549 Philippe du Plessis, France, author was born on this day in history. 

1549 On this day in history birth of philippe de Mornay, French writer (d. 1623) 

1563 On November - 05 birth of anna van Nassau, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna of Saksen 

1592 Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672) was born on November - 05. 

1613 On November - 05 birth of isaac de Benserade, French poet (d. 1691) 

1615 Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1648) was born on November - 05. 

1654 Christian Liebe, composer was born on this day in history. 

1666 Attilio Ariosti, composer was born on this day in history. 

1667 Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719) was born on this day in history. 

1701 On November - 05 birth of pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (d. 1785) 

1715 On this day in history birth of john Brown, English writer (d. 1766) 

1722 William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English duelist (d. 1798) was born on November - 05. 

1742 On November - 05 birth of richard Cosway, English artist (d. 1821) 

1764 On November - 05 birth of pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist (Newton) 

1770 Etienne P de Senancour, French author (Obermann) was born on November - 05. 

1779 On this day in history birth of washington Allston, US painter/author 

1798 On this day in history birth of carolina F L duchess of Berry, daughter of crown prince of Naples 

1818 Benjamin Franklin Butler, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1893 was born on November - 05. 

1819 Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer was born on this day in history. 

1825 Julius H [Szamvald] Stahel, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on November - 05. 

1832 William Woods Averell, Major General (Union Army), died in 1900 was born on November - 05. 

1835 Moritz Szeps, Austrian journalist (d. 1902) was born on November - 05. 

1841 Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer was born on this day in history. 

1846 Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869) was born on this day in history. 

1849 Rui Barbosa, Brazil, statesman/jurist/essayist/civil liberties was born on November - 05. 

1850 Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919) was born on November - 05. 

1851 On November - 05 birth of charles Dupuy, French prime minister (d. 1923) 

1854 Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941) was born on November - 05. 

1854 On this day in history birth of alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (d. 1920) 

1855 Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate was born on this day in history. 

1855 Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere) was born on this day in history. 

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