Antonio Skármeta (83)
November 7th, 1940

Chilean writer – Antonio Skármeta was born in Antofagasta (City and commune in Chile) on November 7th, 1940 and is 83 years old today.

Other personalities born on November 7

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Olaf Schubert

German comedian and musician

*November 7th, 1967, Plauen

66

Marie Curie

Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)

*November 7th, 1867, Warsaw †July 4th, 1934, Sancellemoz

88

Judy Parfitt

British actress

*November 7th, 1935, Sheffield

56

David Guetta

French DJ and record producer

*November 7th, 1967, Paris

73

Lindsay Duncan

Scottish actress

*November 7th, 1950, Edinburgh

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

81

André Vingt-Trois

Catholic cardinal

*November 7th, 1942, Paris

80

Silvia Cartwright

New Zealand viceroy, jurist

*November 7th, 1943, Dunedin

28

Cameron Coetzer

Badminton player

*November 7th, 1995, East London

84

Siegfried Herrmann

German track and field athlete (1932-2017)

*November 7th, 1932, Unterschönau †February 14th, 2017, Erfurt

82

Lila Kaye

British actress (1929-2012)

*November 7th, 1929, Middlesbrough †January 10th, 2012, Worthing

80

Joni Mitchell

Canadian musician

*November 7th, 1943, Fort Macleod

84

Barbara Liskov

American computer scientist

*November 7th, 1939, Los Angeles

87

Gwyneth Jones

Welsh operatic soprano

*November 7th, 1936, Pontypool

79

Gigi Riva

Italian association football player (1944–2024)

*November 7th, 1944, Leggiuno †January 22nd, 2024, Cagliari

86

Konrad Schily

German physician and politician

*November 7th, 1937, Bochum

79

Bob Windle

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder

*November 7th, 1944, Sydney

43

Anna Katharina Kränzlein

German violinist

*November 7th, 1980, Fürstenfeldbruck

81

Jean Shrimpton

British model and actress

*November 7th, 1942, High Wycombe

69

Kamal Haasan

Indian actor and filmmaker (born 1954)

*November 7th, 1954, Paramakudi

46

Albert Camus

French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)

*November 7th, 1913, Dréan †January 4th, 1960, Villeblevin

31

Jürgen Damm

Mexican association football player

*November 7th, 1992, Túxpan

80

Michael Spence

American economist

*November 7th, 1943, Montclair

84

Martin Davidson

Film director, film producer, screenwriter, television director

*November 7th, 1939, Brooklyn

88

Max Goedkoop

Dutch footballer (1928-2017)

*November 7th, 1928, Amsterdam †April 11th, 2017

85

Konrad Lorenz

Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973

*November 7th, 1903, Vienna †February 27th, 1989, Vienna

27

Lorde

New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1996)

*November 7th, 1996, Takapuna

84

Daan Manneke

Dutch composer

*November 7th, 1939, Kruiningen

79

Stanisław Kasprzyk

Polish sportsperson

*November 7th, 1942, Gniezno †September 23rd, 2022, Gniezno

80

Michael Byrne

British actor

*November 7th, 1943, London

Also born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

76

Dawson Mathis

American politician (1940-2017)

*November 30th, 1940, Nashville †April 17th, 2017, Tifton

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

82

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

*October 19th, 1940, Dublin †September 27th, 2023, Witham

83

Nancy Sinatra

American singer and actress

*June 8th, 1940, Jersey City

84

Joachim Gauck

German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President 2012-2017

*January 24th, 1940, Rostock

83

Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019

*July 6th, 1940, Ushqonyr

79

René Auberjonois

American actor

*June 1st, 1940, New York City †December 8th, 2019, Los Angeles

77

John Mahoney

American actor (1940–2018)

*June 20th, 1940, Blackpool †February 4th, 2018, Chicago

83

Kip S. Thorne

American physicist

*June 1st, 1940, Logan

84

Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024

*April 16th, 1940, Amalienborg

Antonio Skármeta