What happened on November 1 ?

846 - Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (d. 879)

1339 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (d. 1365)

1351 - Duke Leopold III of Austria (d. 1386)

1500 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and writer (d. 1571)

1530 - ÿtienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (d. 1563)

1539 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (d. 1596)

1567 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (d. 1626)

1578 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)

1585 - Jan Bro?ek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)

1607 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (d. 1658)

1611 - François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (d. 1656)

1636 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (d. 1711)

1643 - John Strype, English historian and biographer (d. 1737)

1661 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)

1704 - Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (d. 1779)

1720 - Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (d. 1791)

1727 - Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, founder of the Moscow University (d. 1797)

1762 - Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1812)

1778 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (d. 1837)

1808 - John Taylor, American religious leader (d. 1887)

1860 - Boies Penrose, United States Senator from Pennsylvania (d. 1921)

1871 - Stephen Crane, American writer (d. 1900)

1877 - Roger Quilter, British composer (d. 1953)

1878 - Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (d. 1925)

1878 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1959)

1880 - Sholom Asch, Polish-born American writer (d. 1957)

1880 - Grantland Rice, American sports writer (d. 1954)

1880 - Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist (d. 1930)

1881 - Edward Van Sloan, American actor (d. 1964)

1886 - Hermann Broch, Austrian author (d. 1951)

1887 - L. S. Lowry, British painter of industrial scenes (d. 1976)

1889 - Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1982)

1892 - Alexander Alekhine, Russian-born chess player (d. 1946)

1902 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)

1903 - Max Adrian, Irish actor (d. 1973)

1914 - Moshe Teitelbaum, Hassidic rabbi (d. 2006)

1923 - Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian author (d. 2001)

1923 - Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (d. 2005)

1926 - Lou Donaldson, American jazz alto saxophonist

1929 - Betsy Palmer, American actress

1929 - Nicholas Mavroules, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (d. 2003)

1934 - Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (d. 2004)

1934 - William Mathias, British composer (d. 1992)

1935 - Gary Player, South African golfer

1935 - Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (d. 2003)

1939 - Barbara Bosson, American actress

1940 - Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Chief Justice of India

1941 - Alfio Basile, Boca Juniors head coach

1942 - Larry Flynt, American magazine publisher

1942 - Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta

1946 - Dennis Muren, American special effects artist

1946 - Ric Grech, English rock bassist (Family, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Traffic) (d. 1990)

1948 - James Richard Steinman American songwriter

1949 - Michael D. Griffin, NASA chief administrator

1950 - Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1957 - Lyle Lovett, American singer

1957 - Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (d. 1988)

1958 - Charlie Kaufman, American screenwriter

1960 - Fernando Valenzuela, Major League Baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers)

1962 - Anthony Kiedis, American singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

1963 - Rick Allen, British drummer (Def Leppard)

1963 - Kip James, American professional wrestler

1967 - Sophie B. Hawkins, American musician

1967 - Tina Arena, Australian singer

1969 - Tie Domi, Canadian hockey player

1972 - Toni Collette, Australian actress

1972 - Paul Dickov, Scottish footballer

1972 - Jenny McCarthy, American actress/TV personality

1973 - Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress

1974 - VVS Laxman, Indian cricketer

1974 - Alison King, British actress

1976 - Matt Chapman, American cartoonist and voice actor

1978 - Manju Warrier, Indian actress

1979 - Coco Crisp, baseball player

1979 - Milan Dudi?, Serbia and Montenegro football player

1985 - Dizzee Rascal, British rapper