Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Louis Althusser |
Philosopher |
16-Oct-1918 |
22-Oct-1990 |
Marxist theorist, anti-humanist |
Nicholas Amhurst |
Author |
16-Oct-1697 |
12-Apr-1742 |
The Craftsman |
Pamela Bach |
Actor |
16-Oct-1963 |
|
Ex-Wife of David Hasselhoff |
Randall Batinkoff |
Actor |
16-Oct-1968 |
|
For Keeps |
Rex Bell |
Actor |
16-Oct-1903 |
5-Jul-1962 |
Cowboy actor, Nevada politician |
David Ben-Gurion |
Head of State |
16-Oct-1886 |
1-Dec-1973 |
First Prime Minister of Israel |
Clem Bevans |
Actor |
16-Oct-1879 |
11-Aug-1963 |
Saboteur |
Edward Bleier |
Business |
16-Oct-1929 |
|
President, Warner Broadcast/Cable, 1986-2000 |
Trevor Blumas |
Actor |
16-Oct-1984 |
|
Stranger in Town |
Manute Bol |
Basketball |
16-Oct-1962 |
19-Jun-2010 |
Seven foot seven |
Peter Bowles |
Actor |
16-Oct-1936 |
|
British comic actor |
Cleanth Brooks |
Critic |
16-Oct-1906 |
10-May-1994 |
The Well Wrought Urn |
André Carson |
Politician |
16-Oct-1974 |
|
Congressman, Indiana 7th |
Austen Chamberlain |
Politician |
16-Oct-1863 |
16-Mar-1937 |
British pol, Nobel Prize recipient |
Michael Collins |
Activist |
16-Oct-1890 |
22-Aug-1922 |
Irish Nationalist, spymaster |
Chuck Colson |
Government |
16-Oct-1931 |
21-Apr-2012 |
Minister, former Watergate figure |
Michael Conrad |
Actor |
16-Oct-1925 |
22-Nov-1983 |
Sgt. Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues |
Barry Corbin |
Actor |
16-Oct-1940 |
|
Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure |
Lloyd Corrigan |
Actor |
16-Oct-1900 |
5-Nov-1969 |
Arthur Manleder in Boston Blackie films |
Christopher Cox |
Politician |
16-Oct-1952 |
|
Chairman of the SEC |
Jack Dalrymple |
Politician |
16-Oct-1948 |
|
Governor of North Dakota |
Linda Darnell |
Actor |
16-Oct-1923 |
10-Apr-1965 |
Star Dust |
Dave DeBusschere |
Basketball |
16-Oct-1940 |
14-May-2003 |
NBA Hall of Famer |
Charles F. Dolan |
Business |
16-Oct-1926 |
|
CEO of Cablevision, 1985-95 |
William O. Douglas |
Judge |
16-Oct-1898 |
19-Jan-1980 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-75 |
Robert R. Douglass |
Attorney |
16-Oct-1931 |
|
Vice Chairman of Chase Manhattan, 1985-93 |
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn |
Religion |
16-Oct-1752 |
27-Jun-1827 |
Old Testament scholar and critic |
Wild Bill Elliott |
Actor |
16-Oct-1903 |
26-Nov-1965 |
1940s movie cowboy |
Daniel J. Evans |
Politician |
16-Oct-1925 |
|
Governor of Washington, 1965-77 |
William P. Fessenden |
Politician |
16-Oct-1806 |
8-Sep-1869 |
Senator from Maine, Treasury Secretary |
Flea |
Bassist |
16-Oct-1962 |
|
Bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Frederick H. Gillett |
Politician |
16-Oct-1851 |
31-Jul-1935 |
Speaker of the House, 1919-25 |
Ronald Lee Gilman |
Judge |
16-Oct-1942 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Goose Goslin |
Baseball |
16-Oct-1900 |
15-May-1971 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
Günter Grass |
Author |
16-Oct-1927 |
|
German novelist, The Tin Drum |
S. William Green |
Politician |
16-Oct-1929 |
14-Oct-2002 |
Congressman from New York, 1978-93 |
Ann Morgan Guilbert |
Actor |
16-Oct-1928 |
|
Yetta Rosenberg on The Nanny |
Albrecht von Haller |
Doctor |
16-Oct-1708 |
12-Dec-1777 |
Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani |
Pleasant Hanes |
Business |
16-Oct-1845 |
9-Jun-1925 |
Underwear magnate |
Clifford Hansen |
Politician |
16-Oct-1912 |
20-Oct-2009 |
US Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78 |
Mark Holland |
Politician |
16-Oct-1974 |
|
Canadian MP, Ajax-Pickering |
Enver Hoxha |
Head of State |
16-Oct-1908 |
11-Apr-1985 |
Ruler of Albania, 1944-85 |
Inna |
Singer |
16-Oct-1986 |
|
Hot |
Jeremy Jackson |
Actor |
16-Oct-1980 |
|
Hobie on Baywatch |
James II |
Royalty |
16-Oct-1430 |
3-Aug-1460 |
King of Scotland, 1437-60 |
Paul Kariya |
Hockey |
16-Oct-1974 |
|
St. Louis Blues |
Karl Kautsky |
Politician |
16-Oct-1854 |
17-Oct-1938 |
Proponent of Marxism |
Gary Kemp |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-Oct-1959 |
|
Spandau Ballet |
Andy Kindler |
Comic |
16-Oct-1956 |
|
Bob's Burgers |
John A. Krol |
Business |
16-Oct-1936 |
|
CEO of DuPont, 1995-98 |
Angela Lansbury |
Actor |
16-Oct-1925 |
|
Murder She Wrote |
Henry Lewis |
Conductor |
16-Oct-1932 |
26-Jan-1996 |
Music Director, NJ Symphony, 1968-76 |
Morgan Lewis |
Politician |
16-Oct-1754 |
7-Apr-1844 |
Governor of New York, 1804-07 |
Hema Malini |
Actor |
16-Oct-1948 |
|
Baabul |
Kellie Martin |
Actor |
16-Oct-1975 |
|
Life Goes On |
John Mayer |
Musician |
16-Oct-1977 |
|
Your Body Is a Wonderland |
Gary Miller |
Politician |
16-Oct-1948 |
|
Congressman, California 42nd |
Fernanda Montenegro |
Actor |
16-Oct-1929 |
|
Great Dame of Brazilian Television |
Bob Mould |
Musician |
16-Oct-1960 |
|
Hüsker Dü frontman |
Misty Mundae |
Actor |
16-Oct-1979 |
|
Spiderbabe |
Mike Muuss |
Computer Programmer |
16-Oct-1958 |
20-Nov-2000 |
Ping |
David Neeleman |
Business |
16-Oct-1959 |
|
Founder and CEO of JetBlue |
William F. Nichols |
Politician |
16-Oct-1918 |
13-Dec-1988 |
Congressman from Alabama, 1967-88 |
Nico |
Musician |
16-Oct-1938 |
18-Jul-1988 |
The Velvet Underground and Nico |
Eugene O'Neill |
Playwright |
16-Oct-1888 |
27-Nov-1953 |
Long Day's Journey Into Night |
Alice Pearce |
Actor |
16-Oct-1917 |
3-Mar-1966 |
Gladys Kravitz in Bewitched |
Otto J. Reich |
Diplomat |
16-Oct-1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1986-89 |
Tim Robbins |
Actor |
16-Oct-1958 |
|
The Player, Jacob's Ladder |
Eileen Ryan |
Actor |
16-Oct-1928 |
|
Matriarch of the Penn family |
Henry B. Schacht |
Business |
16-Oct-1934 |
|
Former CEO of Cummins, Lucent |
Caterina Scorsone |
Actor |
16-Oct-1981 |
|
Dr. Amelia Shepherd on Private Practice |
Stephanie K. Seymour |
Judge |
16-Oct-1940 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-2005 |
Mohammed Zahir Shah |
Royalty |
16-Oct-1914 |
23-Jul-2007 |
King of Afghanistan, 1933-73 |
Wil Shipley |
Computer Programmer |
16-Oct-1969 |
|
The Omni Group, Delicious Monster |
Guy Siner |
Actor |
16-Oct-1947 |
|
Lt. Gruber on Allo 'Allo! |
Martha Smith |
Actor |
16-Oct-1953 |
|
Scarecrow and Mrs. King |
Suzanne Somers |
Actor |
16-Oct-1946 |
|
Chrissy on Three's Company |
Todd Stashwick |
Actor |
16-Oct-1968 |
|
Dale Malloy on The Riches |
Robert Stephenson |
Engineer |
16-Oct-1803 |
12-Oct-1859 |
Builder of railroad bridges |
Morgan Stevens |
Actor |
16-Oct-1951 |
|
David Reardon on Fame |
Kordell Stewart |
Football |
16-Oct-1972 |
|
Slash |
Victoria Toensing |
Pundit |
16-Oct-1941 |
|
Washington lawyer |
Fred Turner |
Musician |
16-Oct-1943 |
|
Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
Michael Tylo |
Actor |
16-Oct-1948 |
|
Guiding Light |
Terri J. Vaughn |
Actor |
16-Oct-1969 |
|
Lovita Jenkins on The Steve Harvey Show |
Murray Warmath |
Football |
16-Oct-1912 |
16-Mar-2011 |
Minnesota Head Coach, 1954-71 |
Kim Wayans |
Actor |
16-Oct-1961 |
|
A Wayans sister |
Noah Webster |
Lexicographer |
16-Oct-1758 |
28-May-1843 |
Webster's Dictionary |
Bob Weir |
Guitarist |
16-Oct-1947 |
|
Rhythm guitar for Grateful Dead |
Alan Wheat |
Politician |
16-Oct-1951 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1983-95 |
Oscar Wilde |
Playwright |
16-Oct-1854 |
30-Nov-1900 |
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
Wendy Wilson |
Singer |
16-Oct-1969 |
|
Wilson Phillips |
Gus Yatron |
Politician |
16-Oct-1927 |
13-Mar-2003 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93 |
David Zucker |
Film Director |
16-Oct-1947 |
|
Airplane! |