On this day — November 7

Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine, Princess of Bavaria-Landshut by birth (died 1501)

Georg Cracow, German lawyer and politician (died 1575)

Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter (died 1664)

Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (died 1692)

John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (died 1723)

Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman, author, and translator (died 1748)

William Stukeley, English archaeologist and physician (died 1765)

Carlo Cecere, Italian violinist and composer (died 1761)

James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer (died 1779)

Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (died 1819)

Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (died 1854)

Alfred Kelley, American legislator, canal builder, and railroad magnate (died 1859)

Platt Rogers Spencer, American calligrapher and educator (died 1864)

Thomas Brassey, English engineer and businessman (died 1870)

Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician and physiologist (died 1896)

Andrea Debono, Maltese trader and explorer (died 1871)

Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (died 1907)

Andrew Dickson White, American historian, academic, and diplomat, co-founded Cornell University (died 1918)

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author and playwright (died 1889)

William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (died 1905)

Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1907)

Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (died 1913)

Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian academic and activist (died 1932)

Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general and engineer (died 1936)

Paul Peel, Canadian painter and academic (died 1892)

Jeff Milton, American police officer (died 1947)

Lesser Ury, German painter (died 1931)

Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934)

Lucille La Verne, American actress (died 1945)

Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (died 1956)

Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958)

Lise Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist and academic (died 1968)

King Baggot, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1948)

Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (died 1940)

Aron Nimzowitsch, Russian-Danish chess player and theoretician (died 1935)

C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)

Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (died 1934)

Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (died 1972)

Genrikh Yagoda, director of the NKVD (died 1938)

Leatrice Joy, American actress (died 1985)

Margaret Leech, American historian and author (died 1974)

Esdras Minville, Canadian economist and sociologist (died 1975)

Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1953)

Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (died 1976)

Margaret Morris, American actress (died 1968)

Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (died 1963)

Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli journalist and poet (died 1954)

Nellie Campobello, Mexican writer who chronicled the Mexican Revolution (died 1986)

Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (died 1980)

Ary Barroso, Brazilian pianist and composer (died 1964)

Dean Jagger, American actor (died 1991)

Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)

William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (died 1985)

Eugene Carson Blake, American minister and educator (died 1985)

Marijac, French author and illustrator (died 1994)

Ruby Hurley, American civil rights activist (died 1980)

Norman Krasna, American director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright (died 1984)

Victor Beaumont, English actor (died 1977)

Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960)

Alekos Sakellarios, Greek director and screenwriter (died 1991)

Mikhail Solomentsev, Soviet politician, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 2008)

Archie Campbell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1987)

R. A. Lafferty, American author (died 2002)

Philip Morrison, American astrophysicist and academic (died 2005)

M. Athalie Range, American activist and politician (died 2006)

Titos Vandis, Greek actor (died 2003)

Paul Aussaresses, French general (died 2013)

Billy Graham, American minister and author (died 2018)

Maria Teresa de Noronha, Portuguese singer (died 1993)

Ellen Stewart, American director and producer (died 2011)

Max Kampelman, American lawyer and diplomat (died 2013)

Elaine Morgan, Welsh writer, aquatic ape hypothesis (died 2013)

Lisa Ben, American singer-songwriter and journalist (died 2015)

Jack Fleck, American golfer (died 2014)

Susanne Hirzel, member of the White Rose (died 2012)

Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (died 2014)

Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1999)

Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (died 1990)

Joan Sutherland, Australian soprano (died 2010)

Herbert Flam, American tennis player (died 1980)

Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (died 2013)

Richard G. Scott, American engineer and religious leader (died 2015)

Jesús de Polanco, Spanish publisher and businessman (died 2007)

Eric Kandel, Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize laureate

Lila Kaye, English actress (died 2012)

Rudy Boschwitz, German-American politician

G. Edward Griffin, American director, producer, and author

Lubomír Beneš, Czech animator, producer and author (died 1995)

W. S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (died 2009)

Al Attles, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)

Gwyneth Jones, Welsh soprano

Mary Daheim, American journalist and author (died 2022)

Dee Clark, American singer-songwriter (died 1990)

Jake Gibbs, American baseball player and coach

Jim Kaat, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

Barry Newman, American actor (died 2023)

Barbara Liskov, American computer scientist and academic

Dakin Matthews, American actor, director, and playwright

Antonio Skármeta, Chilean author and academic

Madeline Gins, American poet and architect (died 2014)

Angelo Scola, Italian cardinal and philosopher

Tom Peters, American businessman and author

Johnny Rivers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Jean Shrimpton, English model and actress

Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 18th Governor-General of New Zealand

Stephen Greenblatt, American theorist, scholar, and critic

Boris Gromov, Russian general and politician, Governor of Moscow Oblast

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michael Spence, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Gigi Riva, Italian footballer and manager (died 2024)

Peter Wilby, English journalist

Pekka Vennamo, Finnish politician (died 2026)

Joe Niekro, American baseball player (died 2006)

Chrystos, American writer and activist

Bob Anderson, English darts player

Rebecca Eaton, American television producer

Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese baseball player and coach

Ron Leavitt, American screenwriter and producer (died 2008)

Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist and politician

Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, English businessman and politician

Buck Martinez, American baseball player and manager

Alex Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver

Stephen Bruton, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2009)

Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (died 2016)

David S. Ware, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (died 2012)

Lindsay Duncan, Scottish actress

John Lang, Australian rugby league player and coach

Gerard F. Gilmore, New Zealand astronomer and academic

Kevin MacMichael, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and record producer (died 2002)

Lawrence O'Donnell, American journalist and talk show host

John Tamargo, American baseball player and coach

David Petraeus, American general, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Modibo Sidibé, Sudanese–Malian police officer and politician, Prime Minister of Mali

Valeriy Zuyev, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2016)

Maire Aunaste, Estonian journalist and author

Erik Balke, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

Christopher Foster, English bishop

Lucinda Green, English equestrian and journalist

James Gray, Scottish politician

Kamal Haasan, Tamil actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Guy Gavriel Kay, Canadian lawyer and author

Gil Junger, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Mikhail Alperin, Ukrainian pianist and composer (died 2018)

Jonathan Palmer, English race car driver and businessman

Judy Tenuta, American comedian, actress, and comedy musician (died 2022)

John Benitez, American DJ, songwriter, and producer

King Kong Bundy, American wrestler (died 2019)

Christopher Knight, American actor

Dmitry Kozak, Russian politician; Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

Billy Gillispie, American basketball player and coach

Alexandre Guimarães, Brazilian-Costa Rican footballer and manager

Tommy Thayer, American guitarist and songwriter

Shyamaprasad, Indian filmmaker

Orlando Mercado, American baseball player and coach

Tracie Savage, American actress and journalist

Dirk Shafer, American model, actor, and director (died 2015)

John Barnes, Jamaican-English footballer and manager

Sam Graves, American farmer and politician

Troy Beyer, American actress, director, and screenwriter

Philip Hollobone, English politician

Liam Ó Maonlaí, Irish keyboard player and songwriter

Dana Plato, American actress (died 1999)

Bonnie St. John, American skier and scholar

Steve Parkin, English footballer and manager

Sigrun Wodars, German runner and physiotherapist

Francis Takirwa, Ugandan general (died 2026)

Calvin Borel, American jockey

Steve Di Giorgio, American bass player

David Guetta, French DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter

Hikaru Ijūin, Japanese radio host

Rafael Herbert Reyes, Dominican wrestler

Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress

Russ Springer, American baseball player

Michelle Clunie, American actress

Hélène Grimaud, French pianist

Michel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player and scout

Andy Houston, American race car driver

Marc Rosset, Swiss-Monacan tennis player

Morgan Spurlock, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)

Paul Ware, English footballer (died 2013)

Robin Finck, American guitarist and songwriter

Matthew Ryan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Trivikram Srinivas, Indian director and screenwriter

Danny Grewcock, English rugby player

Jason London, American actor and producer

Jeremy London, American actor and producer

Hasim Rahman, American boxer

Marcus Stewart, English footballer and coach

Catê, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2011)

Yunjin Kim, South Korean-American actress

Martín Palermo, Argentinian footballer and manager

Kris Benson, American baseball player

Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican hurdler

Christian Gómez, Argentinian footballer

Chris Summers, Norwegian drummer

Venkat Prabhu, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter

Rob Caggiano, American guitarist and producer

Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player and model

Lindsay Czarniak, American journalist and sportscaster

Andres Oper, Estonian footballer

María Sánchez Lorenzo, Spanish tennis player

Anthony Thomas, American football player and coach

Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer

Elisabeth Bachman, American volleyball player and coach

Rio Ferdinand, English footballer

Tomoya Nagase, Japanese singer-songwriter

Barry Robson, Scottish footballer

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer

Mike Commodore, Canadian ice hockey player

Will Demps, American football player

Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer

Barney Harwood, English television host and actor

Jon Peter Lewis, American singer-songwriter and actor

Amy Purdy, American actress, model and snowboarder

Joey Ryan, American wrestler

Otep Shamaya, American singer-songwriter and actress

Sergio Almirón, Argentinian footballer

Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast

James Franklin, New Zealand cricketer

Karthik, Indian singer-songwriter

Luciana Salazar, Argentinian model, actress, and singer

Muhammad Hassan, American wrestler and educator

Nana Katase, Japanese model, actress, and singer

Anushka Shetty, Indian actress

Rina Uchiyama, Japanese actress and model

Pascal Leclaire, Canadian ice hockey player

Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and singer

Forrest Kline, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Patrick Thoresen, Norwegian ice hockey player

Esmerling Vásquez, Dominican baseball player

Mihkel Aksalu, Estonian footballer

Jonathan Bornstein, American-Israeli soccer player

Gervais Randrianarisoa, Malagasy footballer

Amelia Vega, Dominican actress and singer, Miss Universe 2003

Sebastian Aldén, Swedish motorcycle racer

Darnell Jackson, American basketball player

Lucas Neff, American actor

Andy Hull, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

David Nelson, American football player

Doukissa Nomikou, Greek model and television host

Mitch Brown, Australian rugby league player

Marek Semjan, Slovak tennis player

Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player

Simone Favaro, Italian rugby player

Gani Lawal, Nigerian-American basketball player

Thomas Schneider, German sprinter

Tinie Tempah, English rapper and producer

Sonny Gray, American baseball player

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Russian singer and political activist

Daniel Ayala, Spanish footballer

Matt Corby, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

David de Gea, Spanish footballer

Joelle Hadjia, Australian singer-songwriter

Felix Rosenqvist, Swedish race car driver

Apisai Koroisau, Australian-Fijian rugby league player

Gervonta Davis, American boxer

Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer and actress

Algee Smith, American actor and singer

Cody Ware, American racer car driver

Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter

Erika Hendsel, Estonian tennis player

Nana Okada, Japanese singer

Hongjoong, South Korean rapper, singer, producer, and songwriter

Trevor Rainbolt, American social media personality

Mink Nutcharut, Thai snooker player

Callum Hudson-Odoi, English footballer

Amybeth McNulty, Irish actress