Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Claude Allen |
Government |
11-Oct-1960 |
|
Former White House domestic policy advisor |
Joseph Alsop |
Journalist |
11-Oct-1910 |
28-Aug-1989 |
Matter of Fact |
Amitabh Bachchan |
Actor |
11-Oct-1942 |
|
Top Hindi megastar, Zanjeer |
Bruce Bartlett |
Government |
11-Oct-1951 |
|
Conservative pundit |
John D. Bates |
Judge |
11-Oct-1946 |
|
FISA Court Judge |
Friedrich Bergius |
Chemist |
11-Oct-1884 |
30-Mar-1949 |
Hydrogenation of coal |
Claudia Black |
Actor |
11-Oct-1972 |
|
Aeryn Sun on Farscape |
Art Blakey |
Drummer |
11-Oct-1919 |
16-Oct-1990 |
Principal bebop instigator and drummer |
Steen Steensen Blicher |
Author |
11-Oct-1782 |
26-Mar-1848 |
Fragments from the Diary of a Parish Clerk |
Fred Bodsworth |
Novelist |
11-Oct-1918 |
|
Last of the Curlews |
Matthew Bomer |
Actor |
11-Oct-1977 |
|
Neal Caffrey on White Collar |
Rene Bond |
Pornstar |
11-Oct-1950 |
2-Jun-1996 |
Teenage Fantasies |
Lester Bowie |
Jazz Musician |
11-Oct-1941 |
9-Nov-1999 |
Influential jazz trumpeter |
Maria Bueno |
Tennis |
11-Oct-1939 |
|
Winner of 19 Grand Slam titles |
Bobby Charlton |
Soccer |
11-Oct-1937 |
|
Manchester United |
Dutch Clark |
Football |
11-Oct-1906 |
5-Aug-1978 |
NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Tailback |
Samuel Clarke |
Philosopher |
11-Oct-1675 |
17-May-1729 |
Newtonian theologian |
Joan Cusack |
Actor |
11-Oct-1962 |
|
Grosse Pointe Blank |
Theodore Dalrymple |
Author |
11-Oct-1949 |
|
Life at the Bottom |
Fred Daly |
Golf |
11-Oct-1911 |
18-Nov-1990 |
Winner, 1947 British Open |
Jim Davis |
Politician |
11-Oct-1957 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1997-2007 |
Emily Deschanel |
Actor |
11-Oct-1976 |
|
Temperance Brennan on Bones |
LaVell Edwards |
Football |
11-Oct-1930 |
|
BYU Head Football Coach, 1972-2000 |
Vic Fazio |
Politician |
11-Oct-1942 |
|
Congressman from California, 1979-99 |
Chuck Fleischmann |
Politician |
11-Oct-1962 |
|
Congressman, Tennessee 3rd |
Dawn French |
Comic |
11-Oct-1957 |
|
French and Saunders |
Saul Friedländer |
Historian |
11-Oct-1932 |
|
Holocaust historian |
Nicanor Duarte Frutos |
Head of State |
11-Oct-1956 |
|
President of Paraguay, 2003-08 |
Petra Haden |
Violinist |
11-Oct-1971 |
|
Indie rock violinist |
Rachel Haden |
Musician |
11-Oct-1971 |
|
One of the musical Haden triplets |
Daryl Hall |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Oct-1949 |
|
Half of Hall and Oates |
Henry J. Heinz |
Business |
11-Oct-1844 |
14-May-1919 |
Founder of Heinz Foods |
Billy Higgins |
Jazz Musician |
11-Oct-1936 |
3-May-2001 |
Leading free-jazz and bop drummer |
Earle Hyman |
Actor |
11-Oct-1926 |
|
Russell Huxtable on The Cosby Show |
Bob Inglis |
Politician |
11-Oct-1959 |
|
Congressman from South Carolina, 1993-98, 2005-11 |
Sam Johnson |
Politician |
11-Oct-1930 |
|
Congressman, Texas 3rd |
Takeshi Kaneshiro |
Actor |
11-Oct-1973 |
|
Chungking Express |
Salman Khan |
Educator |
11-Oct-1976 |
|
Founder, Khan Academy |
Jane Krakowski |
Actor |
11-Oct-1968 |
|
Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock |
Artie Lange |
Comic |
11-Oct-1967 |
|
MADtv, Howard Stern |
Fred LaRue |
Government |
11-Oct-1928 |
24-Jul-2004 |
Nixon's bag man |
Ron Leibman |
Actor |
11-Oct-1937 |
|
Kaz |
Elmore Leonard |
Novelist |
11-Oct-1925 |
|
Crime novelist, including Swag |
MC Lyte |
Rapper |
11-Oct-1971 |
|
Groundbreaking female rapper |
Ray Mabus |
Politician |
11-Oct-1948 |
|
US Secretary of the Navy |
Martha MacIsaac |
Actor |
11-Oct-1984 |
|
Emily of New Moon |
George Preston Marshall |
Football |
11-Oct-1896 |
9-Aug-1969 |
Redskins owner, halftime show pioneer |
François Mauriac |
Novelist |
11-Oct-1885 |
1-Sep-1970 |
Le Noeud de Vipères |
James M. McPherson |
Historian |
11-Oct-1936 |
|
US Civil War historian |
Michael A. McRobbie |
Educator |
11-Oct-1950 |
|
President, Indiana University |
David Morse |
Actor |
11-Oct-1953 |
|
Mike Olshansky on Hack |
Stephen Moyer |
Actor |
11-Oct-1969 |
|
Bill Compton on True Blood |
Patty Murray |
Politician |
11-Oct-1950 |
|
US Senator from Washington |
Jack Nelson |
Journalist |
11-Oct-1929 |
21-Oct-2009 |
The Los Angeles Times |
Michael J. Nelson |
Comic |
11-Oct-1964 |
|
Second host of MST3K |
John Nettles |
Actor |
11-Oct-1943 |
|
Midsomer Murders |
Flemming L. Norcott, Jr. |
Judge |
11-Oct-1943 |
|
Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court |
Wilhelm Olbers |
Astronomer |
11-Oct-1758 |
2-Mar-1840 |
Studied asteroids, comets |
Luke Perry |
Actor |
11-Oct-1966 |
|
Beverly Hills 90210 |
William J. Perry |
Government |
11-Oct-1927 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1994-97 |
Jake Pickle |
Politician |
11-Oct-1913 |
18-Jun-2005 |
Congressman from Texas 1963-95 |
James Prior |
Politician |
11-Oct-1927 |
|
Minister for Northern Ireland, 1981-84 |
Thomas Caute Reynolds |
Politician |
11-Oct-1821 |
30-Mar-1887 |
Missouri governor, committed suicide |
Jerome Robbins |
Choreographer |
11-Oct-1918 |
29-Jul-1998 |
West Side Story |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
First Lady |
11-Oct-1884 |
7-Nov-1962 |
First Lady under FDR |
Sig Ruman |
Actor |
11-Oct-1884 |
14-Feb-1967 |
Stalag 17 |
Vojislav Seselj |
Politician |
11-Oct-1954 |
|
Leader, Serbian Radical Party |
Barry G. Silverman |
Judge |
11-Oct-1951 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Stephen Spinella |
Actor |
11-Oct-1956 |
|
Love! Valour! Compassion! |
Harlan Fiske Stone |
Judge |
11-Oct-1872 |
22-Apr-1946 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1925-46 |
Danny Sugerman |
Author |
11-Oct-1954 |
5-Jan-2005 |
Manager/Biographer for The Doors |
Thomas J. Tauke |
Politician |
11-Oct-1950 |
|
Congressman from Iowa, 1979-91 |
Peter Thiel |
Business |
11-Oct-1967 |
|
Co-Founder of PayPal |
Michelle Trachtenberg |
Actor |
11-Oct-1985 |
|
Dawn Summers on Buffy |
Nathan F. Twining |
Military |
11-Oct-1897 |
29-Mar-1982 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-60 |
Teddy Weatherford |
Jazz Musician |
11-Oct-1903 |
25-Apr-1945 |
Jazz ambassador to the Far East |
Mason Locke Weems |
Author |
11-Oct-1759 |
23-May-1825 |
Life of George Washington |
Dottie West |
Country Musician |
11-Oct-1932 |
4-Sep-1991 |
Country Sunshine |
Michelle Wie |
Golf |
11-Oct-1989 |
|
Young pro golfer |
Jim Woodring |
Cartoonist |
11-Oct-1952 |
|
Frank |
Stark Young |
Critic |
11-Oct-1881 |
6-Jan-1963 |
So Red the Rose |
Steve Young |
Football |
11-Oct-1961 |
|
49ers Quarterback |
Constance Zimmer |
Actor |
11-Oct-1970 |
|
Claire Simms on Boston Legal |