Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Luis Alberni |
Actor |
4-Oct-1886 |
23-Dec-1962 |
Spanish-American character actor |
Christopher Alexander |
Architect |
4-Oct-1936 |
|
A Pattern Language, The Nature of Order |
Armand Assante |
Actor |
4-Oct-1949 |
|
Judge Dredd |
John Atanasoff |
Inventor |
4-Oct-1903 |
15-Jun-1995 |
Atanasoff-Berry Computer |
Malcolm Baldrige |
Politician |
4-Oct-1922 |
25-Jul-1987 |
US Secretary of Commerce 1981-87 |
Scotty Beckett |
Actor |
4-Oct-1929 |
10-May-1968 |
Child star train wreck |
Robert Bellarmine |
Religion |
4-Oct-1542 |
17-Sep-1621 |
Italian Cardinal and theologian |
Abraham Benrubi |
Actor |
4-Oct-1969 |
|
Jerry Markovic on ER |
Francisco Morales Bermúdez |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1921 |
|
President of Peru, 1975-80 |
Mary Elizabeth Braddon |
Novelist |
4-Oct-1837 |
4-Feb-1915 |
Lady Audley's Secret |
H. Rap Brown |
Activist |
4-Oct-1943 |
|
Die, Nigger, Die! |
Lee P. Brown |
Politician |
4-Oct-1937 |
|
Mayor of Houston, 1998-2004 |
John Burns |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1944 |
|
New York Times correspondent |
Samuel P. Bush |
Relative |
4-Oct-1863 |
8-Feb-1948 |
Father of Senator Prescott Bush |
Jackie Collins |
Novelist |
4-Oct-1937 |
|
Hollywood Wives |
Rachael Leigh Cook |
Actor |
4-Oct-1979 |
|
She's All That |
Francesco Crispi |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1819 |
12-Aug-1901 |
Sicilian patriot, Italian premier |
Richard Cromwell |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1626 |
12-Jul-1712 |
Lord Protector of England, 1658-59 |
Clifton Davis |
Actor |
4-Oct-1945 |
|
That's My Mama |
Engelbert Dollfuss |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1892 |
25-Jul-1934 |
Austrian Chancellor murdered by Nazis |
Michael B. Donley |
Military |
4-Oct-1952 |
|
Acting Secretary, US Air Force |
Bill Fagerbakke |
Actor |
4-Oct-1957 |
|
Dauber Dybinski on Coach |
Felicia Farr |
Actor |
4-Oct-1932 |
|
Kiss Me, Stupid |
Sara Forestier |
Actor |
4-Oct-1986 |
|
Games of Love and Chance |
Kenichi Fukui |
Chemist |
4-Oct-1918 |
9-Jan-1998 |
Frontier orbitals |
Vitaly L. Ginzburg |
Physicist |
4-Oct-1916 |
8-Nov-2009 |
Type-II superconductors |
François Guizot |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1787 |
12-Oct-1874 |
Prime Minister of France, 1847-48 |
Stephen Gyllenhaal |
Film Director |
4-Oct-1949 |
|
Homegrown |
Chuck Hagel |
Politician |
4-Oct-1946 |
|
US Senator from Nebraska, 1997-2009 |
David W. Harper |
Actor |
4-Oct-1961 |
|
Jim-Bob Walton on The Waltons |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1822 |
17-Jan-1893 |
19th US President, 1877-81 |
Charlton Heston |
Actor |
4-Oct-1923 |
5-Apr-2008 |
The Ten Commandments |
Sam Huff |
Football |
4-Oct-1934 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer |
Roy M. Huffington |
Business |
4-Oct-1917 |
11-Jul-2008 |
Texas Oilman |
Mick Jackson |
Film Director |
4-Oct-1943 |
|
The Bodyguard |
Eliza Johnson |
First Lady |
4-Oct-1810 |
15-Jan-1876 |
Wife of US President Andrew Johnson |
Edward Judd |
Actor |
4-Oct-1932 |
24-Feb-2009 |
First Men in the Moon |
Ernst Kaltenbrunner |
Military |
4-Oct-1903 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Commanded the Reich Central Security Office |
Lena Katina |
Musician |
4-Oct-1984 |
|
t.A.T.u.'s redheaded femme |
Buster Keaton |
Actor |
4-Oct-1895 |
1-Feb-1966 |
The General |
Mary Richardson Kennedy |
Relative |
4-Oct-1959 |
16-May-2012 |
Estranged wife of RFK, Jr. |
Richard J. Kerr |
Government |
4-Oct-1935 |
|
CIA Deputy Director, 1989-92 |
John A. Knebel |
Politician |
4-Oct-1936 |
|
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1976-77 |
Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1807 |
26-Feb-1864 |
Twice Co-Premier of Canada |
John Larch |
Actor |
4-Oct-1914 |
16-Oct-2005 |
Character actor |
Tony LaRussa |
Baseball |
4-Oct-1944 |
|
Manager, St. Louis Cardinals, 1996-2011 |
Louis X |
Royalty |
4-Oct-1289 |
5-Jun-1316 |
King of France, 1314-16 |
Chris Lowe |
Musician |
4-Oct-1959 |
|
Keyboard and synth for Pet Shop Boys |
John Mack |
Psychiatrist |
4-Oct-1929 |
27-Sep-2004 |
A Prince of Our Disorder |
Wendy Makkena |
Actor |
4-Oct-1958 |
|
Charlotte on Oliver Beene |
Edmond Malone |
Scholar |
4-Oct-1741 |
25-Apr-1812 |
Irish Shakespearian scholar |
Lil' Mama |
Rapper |
4-Oct-1989 |
|
Lip Gloss |
René Marqués |
Playwright |
4-Oct-1919 |
22-Mar-1979 |
La Carreta |
Linda McMahon |
Wrestling |
4-Oct-1948 |
|
Former CEO of WWE |
Patrick V. McNamara |
Politician |
4-Oct-1894 |
30-Apr-1966 |
US Senator from Michigan, 1955-66 |
W. Henson Moore |
Politician |
4-Oct-1939 |
|
Congressman from Louisiana, 1975-87 |
Michael Mullen |
Military |
4-Oct-1946 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2007-11 |
Jan Murray |
Comic |
4-Oct-1916 |
2-Jul-2006 |
Borscht belt comedian, host of Treasure Hunt |
Friedrich Olbricht |
Military |
4-Oct-1888 |
20-Jul-1944 |
German general, failed coup plotter |
David D. Orr |
Politician |
4-Oct-1944 |
|
Cook County Clerk |
Priscilla Owen |
Judge |
4-Oct-1954 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Anne W. Patterson |
Diplomat |
4-Oct-1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Pakistan |
Norman Pearlstine |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1942 |
|
Former Time Inc. Editor in Chief |
Giambattista Piranesi |
Engraver |
4-Oct-1720 |
9-Nov-1778 |
Italian graphic artist |
Martin Potter |
Actor |
4-Oct-1944 |
|
Satyricon |
Frederic Remington |
Sculptor |
4-Oct-1861 |
26-Dec-1909 |
The Bronco Buster |
Anne Rice |
Novelist |
4-Oct-1941 |
|
Vampire novelist |
Kim M. Robak |
Politician |
4-Oct-1955 |
|
Lt. Governor of Nebraska, 1993-99 |
Buddy Roemer |
Politician |
4-Oct-1943 |
|
Governor of Louisiana, 1988-92 |
Perry C. Rogers |
Tennis |
4-Oct-1968 |
|
Andre Agassi's manager |
Richard Rorty |
Philosopher |
4-Oct-1931 |
8-Jun-2007 |
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature |
Derrick Rose |
Basketball |
4-Oct-1988 |
|
Chicago Bulls point guard |
Alan Rosenberg |
Actor |
4-Oct-1950 |
|
Alvin Masterson on The Guardian |
Damon Runyon |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1884 |
10-Dec-1946 |
Guys and Dolls |
Susan Sarandon |
Actor |
4-Oct-1946 |
|
Louise in Thelma and Louise |
Lori Saunders |
Actor |
4-Oct-1941 |
|
Bobbie Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction |
Tom Schieffer |
Diplomat |
4-Oct-1947 |
|
US Ambassador to Japan, 2005-09 |
Liev Schreiber |
Actor |
4-Oct-1967 |
|
Actor, voiceover talent |
Jon Secada |
Singer/Songwriter |
4-Oct-1961 |
|
Latin heartthrob |
Silvan Shalom |
Politician |
4-Oct-1958 |
|
Foreign Minister of Israel, 2003-06 |
Robert Shayne |
Actor |
4-Oct-1900 |
29-Nov-1992 |
Insp. Henderson on Adventures of Superman |
George Sidney |
Film Director |
4-Oct-1916 |
5-May-2002 |
Bye Bye Birdie |
Johanna Sigurdardottir |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1942 |
|
Prime Minister of Iceland |
Alicia Silverstone |
Actor |
4-Oct-1976 |
|
Clueless |
Russell Simmons |
Business |
4-Oct-1957 |
|
Def Jam Records |
Richard Sorge |
Spy |
4-Oct-1895 |
7-Nov-1944 |
Warned Stalin of Operation Barbarossa |
Mike Starr |
Bassist |
4-Oct-1966 |
8-Mar-2011 |
Bassist for Alice In Chains |
Stuttering John |
Radio Personality |
4-Oct-1965 |
|
Howard Stern's celebrity interviewer |
Steve Swallow |
Jazz Musician |
4-Oct-1940 |
|
Prolific jazz bassist |
Bob Thaves |
Cartoonist |
4-Oct-1924 |
4-Aug-2006 |
Frank & Ernest |
Brynn Thayer |
Actor |
4-Oct-1949 |
|
Leanne MacIntyre on Matlock |
Alvin Toffler |
Author |
4-Oct-1928 |
|
Future Shock |
C. Delores Tucker |
Activist |
4-Oct-1927 |
12-Oct-2005 |
National Congress of Black Women |
Brooke Valentine |
Singer/Songwriter |
4-Oct-1984 |
|
R&B singer, Chain Letter |
Walther von Brauchitsch |
Military |
4-Oct-1881 |
18-Oct-1948 |
Nazi general, failed to capture Moscow |
Franz Vranitzky |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1937 |
|
Chancellor of Austria, 1986-97 |
Christoph Waltz |
Actor |
4-Oct-1956 |
|
Inglourious Basterds |
J. Ernest Wharton |
Politician |
4-Oct-1899 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Congressman from New York, 1951-65 |
Jimy Williams |
Baseball |
4-Oct-1943 |
|
MLB Manager |
Robert Wilson |
Theater Director |
4-Oct-1941 |
|
Experimental theater director, designer |
Douglas T. Wright |
Educator |
4-Oct-1927 |
|
President, University of Waterloo, 1981-93 |
Kurt Wüthrich |
Chemist |
4-Oct-1938 |
|
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy |