Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Leon Abbett |
Politician |
8-Oct-1836 |
4-Dec-1894 |
Twice Governor of New Jersey |
Kirk Alyn |
Actor |
8-Oct-1910 |
14-Mar-1999 |
Superman |
Art Babbitt |
Cartoonist |
8-Oct-1907 |
4-Mar-1992 |
Disney animator, created Goofy |
Carl E. Bailey |
Politician |
8-Oct-1894 |
23-Oct-1948 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1937-41 |
Nick Bakay |
Actor |
8-Oct-1959 |
|
Salem Saberhagen on Sabrina |
Sonny Barger |
Criminal |
8-Oct-1938 |
|
Oakland Hells Angels |
A. Doak Barnett |
Scholar |
8-Oct-1921 |
17-Mar-1999 |
China on the Eve of Communist Takeover |
Rona Barrett |
Columnist |
8-Oct-1936 |
|
Entertainment gossip columnist |
Craig Benson |
Politician |
8-Oct-1954 |
|
Governor of New Hampshire, 2003-05 |
Dana X. Bible |
Football |
8-Oct-1891 |
19-Jan-1980 |
Legendary Texas football coach |
Matt Biondi |
Swimmer |
8-Oct-1965 |
|
Competitive swimmer, 10 Olympic medals |
Betty Boothroyd |
Politician |
8-Oct-1929 |
|
Speaker of the House of Commons, 1992-2000 |
Nick Cannon |
Actor |
8-Oct-1980 |
|
Drumline |
Chevy Chase |
Comic |
8-Oct-1943 |
|
He is, you're not |
Matt Damon |
Actor |
8-Oct-1970 |
|
Good Will Hunting |
Jeremy Davies |
Actor |
8-Oct-1969 |
|
Saving Private Ryan |
Nicholas L. Deak |
Business |
8-Oct-1905 |
18-Nov-1985 |
Deak-Perera |
Gabriel Dell |
Actor |
8-Oct-1919 |
3-Jul-1988 |
Dead End Kid |
Michael Dudikoff |
Actor |
8-Oct-1954 |
|
American Ninja |
Anne-Marie Duff |
Actor |
8-Oct-1970 |
|
The Virgin Queen |
Dale Dye |
Actor |
8-Oct-1944 |
|
Warriors, Inc. |
William A. Egan |
Politician |
8-Oct-1914 |
6-May-1984 |
Twice Governor of Alaska |
Bill Elliott |
Auto Racing |
8-Oct-1955 |
|
Two-time Daytona 500 winner |
John W. Gardner |
Administrator |
8-Oct-1912 |
16-Feb-2002 |
Founder of Common Cause |
Elbert Henry Gary |
Business |
8-Oct-1846 |
15-Aug-1927 |
CEO of US Steel, 1901-27 |
Rosemary Gatenby |
Novelist |
8-Oct-1919 |
3-Jan-2007 |
The Season of Danger |
Thomas H. Glocer |
Business |
8-Oct-1959 |
|
CEO of Thomson Reuters |
Peter Greene |
Actor |
8-Oct-1965 |
|
Laws of Gravity |
Jack Grubman |
Business |
8-Oct-1953 |
|
Shady-dealings securities analyst |
Gus Hall |
Activist |
8-Oct-1910 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Leader, Communist Party USA |
Darrell Hammond |
Comic |
8-Oct-1960 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
Ian Hart |
Actor |
8-Oct-1964 |
|
Played John Lennon in Backbeat |
Reed Hastings |
Business |
8-Oct-1960 |
|
Founder and CEO of Netflix |
John Hay |
Government |
8-Oct-1838 |
1-Jul-1905 |
US Secretary of State, 1898-1905 |
Martin Henderson |
Actor |
8-Oct-1974 |
|
The Ring |
Frank Herbert |
Author |
8-Oct-1920 |
11-Feb-1986 |
Dune |
Ejnar Hertzsprung |
Astronomer |
8-Oct-1873 |
21-Oct-1967 |
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram |
Paul Hogan |
Actor |
8-Oct-1939 |
|
Crocodile Dundee |
James Holshouser |
Politician |
8-Oct-1934 |
|
Governor of North Carolina, 1973-77 |
Walter B. Huffman |
Attorney |
8-Oct-1944 |
|
Dean, Texas Tech School of Law |
Jesse Jackson |
Activist |
8-Oct-1941 |
|
Rainbow Coalition |
Angus T. Jones |
Actor |
8-Oct-1993 |
|
Two and a Half Men |
Michael Korda |
Publisher |
8-Oct-1933 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of Simon & Schuster |
Dennis Kucinich |
Politician |
8-Oct-1946 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 10th |
Philip Leacock |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1917 |
14-Jul-1990 |
The Spanish Gardener |
Meyer Levin |
Novelist |
8-Oct-1905 |
9-Jul-1981 |
Compulsion |
Kristanna Loken |
Actor |
8-Oct-1979 |
|
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines |
Rouben Mamoulian |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1897 |
4-Dec-1987 |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
Bruno Mars |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Oct-1985 |
|
Doo-Wops & Hooligans |
James Marshall |
Explorer |
8-Oct-1810 |
10-Aug-1885 |
Discovered gold at Sutter's Mill |
Spark Matsunaga |
Politician |
8-Oct-1916 |
15-Apr-1990 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1977-90 |
Jonathan Mayhew |
Religion |
8-Oct-1720 |
9-Jul-1766 |
Congregationalist minister, anti-Royalist |
César Milstein |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1927 |
24-Mar-2002 |
Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies) |
Kiichi Miyazawa |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1919 |
28-Jun-2007 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1991-93 |
Bruce A. Morrison |
Politician |
8-Oct-1944 |
|
Congressman from Connecticut, 1983-91 |
Richard Mourdock |
Politician |
8-Oct-1951 |
|
State Treasurer of Indiana |
Ferenc Nagy |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1903 |
12-Jun-1979 |
Exiled Prime Minister of Hungary |
Dylan Neal |
Actor |
8-Oct-1969 |
|
Det. Mike Celluci on Blood Ties |
Mark Oliphant |
Physicist |
8-Oct-1901 |
14-Jul-2000 |
Deuterium reactions |
James Olson |
Actor |
8-Oct-1930 |
|
Rachel, Rachel |
Harvey Pekar |
Author |
8-Oct-1939 |
12-Jul-2010 |
American Splendor |
Juan Peron |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1895 |
1-Jul-1974 |
Twice President of Argentina |
Rodney R. Porter |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1917 |
6-Sep-1985 |
Chemical structure of antibodies |
John Cowper Powys |
Novelist |
8-Oct-1872 |
17-Jun-1963 |
Wolf Solent |
Soon-Yi Previn |
Relative |
8-Oct-1970 |
|
Woody Allen's scandalously young wife |
Tom Price |
Politician |
8-Oct-1954 |
|
Congressman, Georgia 6th |
Emily Procter |
Actor |
8-Oct-1968 |
|
CSI: Miami |
Sarah Purcell |
TV Personality |
8-Oct-1948 |
|
Real People |
Johnny Ramone |
Musician |
8-Oct-1951 |
15-Sep-2004 |
The Ramones |
Sue Randall |
Actor |
8-Oct-1935 |
26-Oct-1984 |
Leave It to Beaver |
Eddie Rickenbacker |
Aviator |
8-Oct-1890 |
23-Jul-1973 |
Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI |
Teddy Riley |
Musician |
8-Oct-1966 |
|
The King of New Jack Swing |
Raul Roulien |
Actor |
8-Oct-1905 |
8-Sep-2000 |
Flying Down to Rio |
Rashaan Salaam |
Football |
8-Oct-1974 |
|
Winner, 1994 Heisman Trophy |
Bill Schneider |
Pundit |
8-Oct-1944 |
|
CNN senior political analyst |
Isadore Sharp |
Business |
8-Oct-1931 |
|
Founder, Four Seasons Hotels |
Jens C. Skou |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1918 |
|
ATPase researcher |
H. Allen Smith |
Politician |
8-Oct-1909 |
4-Jun-1998 |
Congressman from California, 1957-73 |
Ksenia Solo |
Actor |
8-Oct-1987 |
|
Kenzi on Lost Girl |
Lynne Stewart |
Attorney |
8-Oct-1939 |
|
Attorney convicted of supporting the Islamic Group |
R. L. Stine |
Author |
8-Oct-1943 |
|
Goosebumps series |
Fred Stolle |
Tennis |
8-Oct-1938 |
|
Winner of 17 Grand Slam titles |
Toru Takemitsu |
Composer |
8-Oct-1930 |
20-Feb-1996 |
A Way A Lone |
Bella Thorne |
Actor |
8-Oct-1997 |
|
CeCe Jones on Shake It Up! |
John T. Walton |
Relative |
8-Oct-1946 |
27-Jun-2005 |
World's 11th richest man, 2005 |
Otto Warburg |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1883 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Effect of oxygen on cancer |
Sigourney Weaver |
Actor |
8-Oct-1949 |
|
Alien |
Amos Whitney |
Business |
8-Oct-1832 |
5-Aug-1928 |
Co-Founder of Pratt & Whitney |
Clayton W. Williams, Jr. |
Business |
8-Oct-1931 |
|
Texas oilman, rancher |
CeCe Winans |
Singer |
8-Oct-1964 |
|
Alone in His Presence |
Stephanie Zimbalist |
Actor |
8-Oct-1956 |
|
Remington Steele |
King Zog |
Royalty |
8-Oct-1895 |
9-Apr-1961 |
King of Albania |
Edward Zwick |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1952 |
|
The Last Samurai |