LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Carl E. Bailey	Politician	8-Oct-1894	23-Oct-1948	Governor of Arkansas, 1937-41
Charles Glover Barkla	Physicist	7-Jun-1877	23-Oct-1944	X-ray scattering
Franz Bopp	Linguist	14-Sep-1791	23-Oct-1867	Comparative Grammar
Olympia Brown	Activist	5-Jan-1835	23-Oct-1926	Lady preacher and suffragette
Millard F. Caldwell	Politician	6-Feb-1897	23-Oct-1984	Governor of Florida, 1945-49
John Robert Clynes	Politician	27-Mar-1869	23-Oct-1949	UK Home Secretary, 1929-31
George B. Cortelyou	Politician	26-Jul-1862	23-Oct-1940	US Treasury Secretary, 1907-09
Charles Demuth	Painter	8-Nov-1883	23-Oct-1935	I Saw the Figure Five in Gold
Christian Dior	Fashion Designer	21-Jan-1905	23-Oct-1957	The 1947 New Look
William N. Doak	Government	12-Dec-1882	23-Oct-1933	US Secretary of Labor, 1930-33
Edward A. Doisy	Scientist	3-Nov-1893	23-Oct-1986	Chemical structure of Vitamin K
Adolph Green	Songwriter	2-Dec-1914	23-Oct-2002	Singin' in the Rain
Zane Grey	Novelist	31-Jan-1872	23-Oct-1939	Riders of the Purple Sage
Herbert A. Hauptman	Mathematician	14-Feb-1917	23-Oct-2011	X-ray diffraction studies
Harold Hughes	Politician	10-Feb-1922	23-Oct-1996	Governor and Senator from Iowa
Lou Jacobi	Actor	28-Dec-1913	23-Oct-2009	Avalon
Al Jolson	Singer	26-May-1886	23-Oct-1950	The Jazz Singer
Nathan Juran	Film Director	1-Sep-1907	23-Oct-2002	The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek	First Lady	5-Mar-1898	23-Oct-2003	The Dragon Lady
Paul Kammerer	Biologist	17-Aug-1880	23-Oct-1926	Proponent of Lamarckian inheritance
Robert Lansing	Actor	5-Jun-1928	23-Oct-1994	Empire of the Ants
Alfred Lerner	Business	8-May-1933	23-Oct-2002	CEO of MBNA, 1982-2002
Goh Tong Lim	Business	c. 1917	23-Oct-2007	Malaysian casino billionaire
George Barr McCutcheon	Novelist	26-Jul-1866	23-Oct-1928	Brewster's Millions
Robert Merrill	Singer	4-Jun-1917	23-Oct-2004	Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera
John S. Monagan	Politician	23-Dec-1911	23-Oct-2005	Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-73
Anne Oldfield	Actor	1683	23-Oct-1730	18th century English actress
Emin Pasha	Explorer	28-Mar-1840	23-Oct-1892	German colonial traveller in Africa
Susan Peters	Actor	3-Jul-1921	23-Oct-1952	Random Harvest
Ralph Rainger	Composer	7-Oct-1901	23-Oct-1942	Thanks For The Memory
Peyton Randolph	Politician	1721	23-Oct-1775	First President of the Continental Congress
Luther Simjian	Inventor	28-Jan-1905	23-Oct-1997	Invented automated teller machine
Linden Travers	Actor	27-May-1913	23-Oct-2001	No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Diana Trilling	Critic	21-Jul-1905	23-Oct-1996	Literary critic, The Nation
Oskar Werner	Actor	13-Nov-1922	23-Oct-1984	Jules et Jim
Daniel Wildenstein	Business	11-Sep-1917	23-Oct-2001	Wildenstein & Company

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