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1966 60 years ago Notable Births November 8

Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality

On November 8, in the year 1966, Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and television host/personality. This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of November 8, one of 474 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Gordon Ramsay. Learn more below.

Gordon James Ramsay is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, television presenter and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall and currently holds eight. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, has held three Michelin stars since 2001 and is currently run by chef Matt Abé. After rising to fame on the British television miniseries Boiling Point in 1999, Ramsay became one of the best-known and most influential chefs in the world.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on November 8, 1966 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 24 October 2026.

On This Date in History 474

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2025 Nov 8 Graham Richardson, Australian politician (born 1949)
Notable Deaths 2024 Nov 8 Elizabeth Nunez, American novelist (born 1944)
Notable Deaths 2024 Nov 8 June Spencer, English actress (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2024 Nov 8 Trevor Sorbie, Scottish hairdresser (born 1949)
Historical Events 2020 Nov 8 Myanmar holds the 2020 general election, re-electing a government led by the National League for Democracy, which is…
Notable Deaths 2020 Nov 8 Alex Trebek, Canadian-American television personality and longtime host of Jeopardy! (born 1940)
Selected Events 2020 Nov 8 Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijani forces defeated the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Battle of…
Notable Deaths 2018 Nov 8 Dennis Wrong, Canadian-born American sociologist (born 1923)
Historical Events 2017 Nov 8 The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi…
Historical Events 2016 Nov 8 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly announces the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 denomination banknotes.
Historical Events 2016 Nov 8 Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to…
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 8 Rhea Chiles, American philanthropist, founded the Polk Museum of Art (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 8 Joseph Cure, American ice hockey player and actor (born 1984)
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 8 Rod Davies, Australian-English astronomer and academic (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 8 Om Prakash Mehra, Indian air marshal and politician (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 8 Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and activist (born 1942)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 8 Phil Crane, American academic and politician (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 8 Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 8 Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 8 Hugo Sánchez Portugal, Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (born 1984)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 8 Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (born 1928)
Historical Events 2013 Nov 8 Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, strikes the Visayas region of the Philippines;…
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 8 William C. Davidon, American physicist, mathematician, and academic (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 8 Penn Kimball, American journalist and academic (born 1915)
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 8 Arnold Rosner, American composer (born 1945)
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 8 Chiyoko Shimakura, Japanese singer and actress (born 1938)
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 8 Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (born 1957)
Selected Events 2013 Nov 8 Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Visayas region of the Philippines, killing at least 6,300 people, making it the…
Notable Deaths 2012 Nov 8 Lee MacPhail, American businessman (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2012 Nov 8 Pete Namlook, German composer and producer (born 1960)
Notable Deaths 2012 Nov 8 Peggy Vaughan, American author (born 1936)
Historical Events 2011 Nov 8 The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or…
Notable Deaths 2011 Nov 8 Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (born 1967)
Notable Deaths 2011 Nov 8 Bil Keane, American cartoonist (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2010 Nov 8 Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (born 1961)
Notable Deaths 2010 Nov 8 Jack Levine, American soldier and painter (born 1915)
Notable Deaths 2010 Nov 8 Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2009 Nov 8 Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
Notable Deaths 2007 Nov 8 Aad Nuis, Dutch journalist, poet, and politician (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2007 Nov 8 Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2007 Nov 8 Chad Varah, English priest, founded The Samaritans (born 1911)
Historical Events 2006 Nov 8 Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Israeli Defense Force kill 19 Palestinian civilians in their homes during the…
Notable Deaths 2006 Nov 8 Basil Poledouris, American composer and conductor (born 1945)
Notable Deaths 2006 Nov 8 Hannspeter Winter, Austrian physicist and academic (born 1941)
Notable Deaths 2005 Nov 8 Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2005 Nov 8 David Westheimer, American soldier and author (born 1917)
Historical Events 2004 Nov 8 Iraq War: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent…
Notable Births 2004 Nov 8 Ilyas Ansah, German footballer
Notable Deaths 2004 Nov 8 Peter Mathers, English-Australian author and playwright (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2003 Nov 8 Bob Grant, English actor and screenwriter (born 1932)

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