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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Julie Adams
Actor
17-Oct-1926   Paula Denning on Capitol
Joe Albertson
Business
17-Oct-1906 20-Jan-1993 Founder of Albertson's
Jean Arthur
Actor
17-Oct-1900 19-Jun-1991 Only Angels Have Wings
Owen Arthur
Head of State
17-Oct-1949   Prime Minister of Barbados
Robert Atkins
Doctor
17-Oct-1930 17-Apr-2003 Atkins Diet doctor
Augustus III
Royalty
17-Oct-1696 5-Oct-1763 Elector of Saxony, King of Poland
Alimi Ballard
Actor
17-Oct-1977   David Sinclair on Numb3rs
Lawrence Bender
Film/TV Producer
17-Oct-1957   A Band Apart
Elsbeth Bothe
Judge
17-Oct-1927   Baltimore Circuit Court Judge, retired
Sam Bottoms
Actor
17-Oct-1955 16-Dec-2008 Apocalypse Now
Sir John Bowring
Author
17-Oct-1792 23-Nov-1872 4th Governor of Hong Kong
Jimmy Breslin
Columnist
17-Oct-1930   The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
George Mackay Brown
Poet
17-Oct-1921 13-Apr-1996 Time in a Red Coat
Georg Büchner
Playwright
17-Oct-1813 19-Feb-1837 Leonce and Lena
Spring Byington
Actor
17-Oct-1886 7-Sep-1971 You Can't Take it With You
Jacques Cazotte
Author
17-Oct-1719 25-Sep-1792 Diable Amoureux
Montgomery Clift
Actor
17-Oct-1920 23-Jul-1966 From Here to Eternity
Cozy Cole
Jazz Musician
17-Oct-1909 29-Jan-1981 Topsy Part 2
Dee Jay Daniels
Actor
17-Oct-1988   Michael Hughley on The Hughleys
Ferenc Deák
Politician
17-Oct-1803 28-Jan-1876 Architected Austria-Hungary union
Miguel Delibes
Novelist
17-Oct-1920 12-Mar-2010 Five Hours With Mario
Theodore Eicke
Military
17-Oct-1892 26-Feb-1943 Inspector of Concentration Camps
Ernie Els
Golf
17-Oct-1969   Winner of 3 majors
Eminem
Rapper
17-Oct-1972   The Real Slim Shady
James Rudolph Garfield
Politician
17-Oct-1865 24-Mar-1950 US Secretary of the Interior, 1907-09
Beverly Garland
Actor
17-Oct-1926 5-Dec-2008 Dotty West on Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Mark Gatiss
Actor
17-Oct-1966   The League of Gentlemen
Virgil Goode
Politician
17-Oct-1946   Congressman from Virginia, 1997-2009
Ronald M. Gould
Judge
17-Oct-1946   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Gene Green
Politician
17-Oct-1947   Congressman, Texas 29th
Wood Harris
Actor
17-Oct-1969   Avon Barksdale in The Wire
Childe Hassam
Painter
17-Oct-1859 27-Aug-1935 American impressionist, one of "The Ten"
Rita Hayworth
Actor
17-Oct-1918 14-May-1987 Gilda
Martin Heinrich
Politician
17-Oct-1971   Congressman, New Mexico 1st
David Hobson
Politician
17-Oct-1936   Congressman, Ohio 7th
William H. Hudnut III
Politician
17-Oct-1932   Mayor of Indianapolis, 1976-91
William J. Hughes
Politician
17-Oct-1932   Congressman from New Jersey, 1975-95
Marsha Hunt
Actor
17-Oct-1917   Johnny Got His Gun
Alan Jackson
Country Musician
17-Oct-1958   Don't Rock The Jukebox
Wyclef Jean
Musician
17-Oct-1972   One third of The Fugees, Preacher's Son
Mae C. Jemison
Astronaut
17-Oct-1956   First African-American woman in space
Pope John Paul I
Religion
17-Oct-1912 28-Sep-1978 Pope for 33 days, in summer 1978
Richard Mentor Johnson
Politician
17-Oct-1780 19-Nov-1850 9th Vice President of the US
U. Alexis Johnson
Diplomat
17-Oct-1908 24-Mar-1997 Career US Ambassador
Felicity Jones
Actor
17-Oct-1983   Like Crazy
Robert Jordan
Author
17-Oct-1948 16-Sep-2007 Wheel of Time series
Mike Judge
Cartoonist
17-Oct-1962   Beavis and Butthead
Erin Karpluk
Actor
17-Oct-1978   Erica Strange on Being Erica
Barnaby C. Keeney
Educator
17-Oct-1914 18-Jun-1980 President of Brown University, 1955-66
Barney Kessel
Guitarist
17-Oct-1923 6-May-2004 Be-bop guitarist
Margot Kidder
Actor
17-Oct-1948   Lois Lane in Superman
Chris Kirkpatrick
Singer
17-Oct-1971   *NSYNC
Evel Knievel
Daredevil
17-Oct-1938 30-Nov-2007 Daredevil and one-time action figure
Robert Lansing
Government
17-Oct-1864 30-Oct-1928 US Secretary of State, 1915-20
Sharon Leal
Actor
17-Oct-1972   Marilyn Sudor on Boston Public
Chris Lowell
Actor
17-Oct-1984   Piz on Veronica Mars
Robert Lowery
Actor
17-Oct-1913 26-Dec-1971 The Mummy's Ghost
Norm MacDonald
Comic
17-Oct-1963   Former Weekend Update host on SNL
Matthew Macfadyen
Actor
17-Oct-1974   Tom Quinn on Spooks
John Marley
Actor
17-Oct-1907 22-May-1984 Godfather horsehead recipient
Ziggy Marley
Musician
17-Oct-1968   Reggae musician
Marian Marsh
Actor
17-Oct-1913 9-Nov-2006 Svengali
Vilma S. Martinez
Attorney
17-Oct-1943   US Ambassador to Argentina
Charles McClendon
Football
17-Oct-1923 6-Dec-2001 LSU Head Coach, 1962-79
Patrick McCrory
Politician
17-Oct-1956   Mayor of Charlotte, NC
Michael McKean
Actor
17-Oct-1947   This Is Spinal Tap, SNL
Rick Mercer
Comic
17-Oct-1969   This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Adam Michnik
Activist
17-Oct-1946   Gazeta Wyborcza
Arthur Miller
Playwright
17-Oct-1915 10-Feb-2005 Death of a Salesman
Ronn Owens
Radio Personality
17-Oct-1945   KGO radio talk show host
Tom Poston
Actor
17-Oct-1921 30-Apr-2007 Handyman on Newhart
Gary Puckett
Musician
17-Oct-1942   Gary Puckett & the Union Gap
Mike Quigley
Politician
17-Oct-1958   Congressman, Illinois 5th
Kimi Raikkonen
Auto Racing
17-Oct-1979   Badass F1 racecar driver
Thomas C. Riggs
Politician
17-Oct-1873 16-Jan-1945 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1918-21
John Rocker
Baseball
17-Oct-1974   MLB player, suspended for racist remarks
Richard Roeper
Columnist
17-Oct-1959   Siskel's replacement
Howard E. Rollins, Jr.
Actor
17-Oct-1950 8-Dec-1996 A Soldier's Story
Irene Ryan
Actor
17-Oct-1902 26-Apr-1973 Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies
Henri de Saint-Simon
Author
17-Oct-1760 19-May-1825 Nouveau Christianisme
Marion O. Sandler
Philanthropist
17-Oct-1930 1-Jun-2012 Golden West Financial
Jim Seals
Musician
17-Oct-1941   Seals and Crofts
Jerry Siegel
Author
17-Oct-1914 28-Jan-1996 Creator of Superman
Mike Synar
Politician
17-Oct-1950 9-Jan-1996 Congressman from Oklahoma, 1979-95
Vincent Van Patten
Actor
17-Oct-1957   Rock 'n' Roll High School
George Wendt
Actor
17-Oct-1948   Norm on Cheers
Nathanael West
Author
17-Oct-1903 22-Dec-1940 The Day of the Locust
John Wilkes
Politician
17-Oct-1725 26-Dec-1797 Colorful London radical
Ralph Wilson, Jr.
Football
17-Oct-1918   Founding Owner, Buffalo Bills
Yvor Winters
Poet
17-Oct-1900 25-Jan-1968 Primitivism & Decadence
Zhao Ziyang
Politician
17-Oct-1919 16-Jan-2005 6th Chinese Premier sought reforms
Zulu
Actor
17-Oct-1937 3-May-2004 Kono on Hawaii 5-O


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