Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Clinton P. Anderson |
Politician |
23-Oct-1895 |
11-Nov-1975 |
US Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73 |
Albert W. Barney |
Judge |
23-Oct-1920 |
10-May-2010 |
Vermont Chief Justice, 1974-82 |
Felix Bloch |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1905 |
10-Sep-1983 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance |
Danny J. Boggs |
Judge |
23-Oct-1944 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Edwin G. Boring |
Psychologist |
23-Oct-1886 |
1-Jul-1968 |
A History of Experimental Psychology |
Robert Bridges |
Poet |
23-Oct-1844 |
21-Apr-1930 |
Prometheus the Firegiver |
Jim Bunning |
Politician |
23-Oct-1931 |
|
US Senator from Kentucky |
Augusten Burroughs |
Author |
23-Oct-1965 |
|
Running With Scissors |
Dolly Buster |
Pornstar |
23-Oct-1969 |
|
German pornstar, wannabe politician |
Johnny Carson |
Talk Show Host |
23-Oct-1925 |
23-Jan-2005 |
Longtime host of Tonight Show |
William P. Clark |
Government |
23-Oct-1931 |
|
US Secretary of the Interior, 1983-85 |
William D. Coolidge |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1873 |
4-Feb-1975 |
Tungsten filaments and Coolidge tubes |
Kent H. Courtney |
Activist |
23-Oct-1918 |
12-Aug-1997 |
Ultraconservative activist |
Michael Crichton |
Novelist |
23-Oct-1942 |
4-Nov-2008 |
Jurassic Park |
Jan Czochralski |
Scientist |
23-Oct-1885 |
22-Apr-1953 |
Czochralski Process |
James Daly |
Actor |
23-Oct-1918 |
3-Jul-1978 |
Dr. Paul Lochner on Medical Center |
Diana Dors |
Actor |
23-Oct-1931 |
4-May-1984 |
Yield to the Night |
Michael Eric Dyson |
Scholar |
23-Oct-1958 |
|
Know What I Mean? |
Briana Evigan |
Actor |
23-Oct-1986 |
|
Step Up 2: The Streets |
Kenneth Feinberg |
Government |
23-Oct-1945 |
|
Pay Czar for TARP and Gulf of Mexico disaster |
Doug Flutie |
Football |
23-Oct-1962 |
|
Greatest CFL quarterback |
Lawrence Foster |
Conductor |
23-Oct-1941 |
|
Principal Conductor, Gulbenkian Orchestra |
Ilya M. Frank |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1908 |
22-Jun-1990 |
Cherenkov radiation |
Nancy Grace |
Journalist |
23-Oct-1958 |
|
CourtTV and CNN legal host |
Coleen Gray |
Actor |
23-Oct-1922 |
|
Nightmare Alley |
Ellie Greenwich |
Songwriter |
23-Oct-1940 |
26-Aug-2009 |
Leader of the Pack |
Sanjay Gupta |
TV Personality |
23-Oct-1969 |
|
CNN's resident neurosurgeon |
John Heinz |
Politician |
23-Oct-1938 |
4-Apr-1991 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1977-91 |
John Heisman |
Football |
23-Oct-1869 |
3-Oct-1936 |
Namesake of the Heisman Trophy |
Barron Hilton |
Business |
23-Oct-1927 |
|
Chairman of Hilton Hotels |
Philip Kaufman |
Film Director |
23-Oct-1936 |
|
The Right Stuff |
Martin Luther King III |
Activist |
23-Oct-1957 |
|
Former President of the SCLC |
Saionji Kinmochi |
Government |
23-Oct-1849 |
24-Nov-1940 |
Twice Prime Minister of Japan |
Leszek Kolakowski |
Philosopher |
23-Oct-1927 |
17-Jul-2009 |
Polish refugee philosopher |
Ang Lee |
Film Director |
23-Oct-1954 |
|
Brokeback Mountain |
Masiela Lusha |
Actor |
23-Oct-1985 |
|
Carmen on George Lopez |
Tyler Mane |
Wrestling |
23-Oct-1966 |
|
Michael Myers in Halloween remake |
Boyce F. Martin, Jr. |
Judge |
23-Oct-1935 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Mel Martinez |
Government |
23-Oct-1946 |
|
US Senator from Florida, 2005-09 |
Gummo Marx |
Actor |
23-Oct-1892 |
21-Apr-1977 |
Left the Marx Brothers troupe early |
Meghan McCain |
Blogger |
23-Oct-1984 |
|
John McCain's daughter |
Peggy Moran |
Actor |
23-Oct-1918 |
24-Oct-2002 |
The Mummy's Hand |
Una O'Connor |
Actor |
23-Oct-1880 |
4-Feb-1959 |
Googly-eyed character actress |
Ernst J. Öpik |
Astronomer |
23-Oct-1893 |
10-Sep-1985 |
Andromeda Nebula |
Randy Pausch |
Educator |
23-Oct-1960 |
25-Jul-2008 |
The Last Lecture |
Pelé |
Soccer |
23-Oct-1940 |
|
Brazil's greatest soccer player |
Tsar Peter II |
Royalty |
23-Oct-1715 |
29-Jan-1730 |
Tsar of Russia, 1727-30 |
Michael Peterson |
Author |
23-Oct-1943 |
|
The Staircase |
Thomas Pinckney |
Politician |
23-Oct-1750 |
2-Nov-1828 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1787-89 |
Sam Raimi |
Film Director |
23-Oct-1959 |
|
Spider-Man |
Abdel Aziz Rantisi |
Activist |
23-Oct-1947 |
17-Apr-2004 |
Hamas co-founder |
Ryan Reynolds |
Actor |
23-Oct-1976 |
|
Van Wilder |
Frank Rizzo |
Politician |
23-Oct-1920 |
16-Jul-1991 |
Mayor of Philadelphia, 1972-80 |
Ned Rorem |
Composer |
23-Oct-1923 |
|
Paris Diary |
Hayden Rorke |
Actor |
23-Oct-1910 |
19-Aug-1987 |
Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie |
Brian Ross |
Journalist |
23-Oct-1948 |
|
ABC News investigative correspondent |
Paul Rudolph |
Architect |
23-Oct-1918 |
8-Aug-1997 |
Brutalist architect |
George Saintsbury |
Critic |
23-Oct-1845 |
28-Jan-1933 |
A History of Criticism |
Fred Shero |
Hockey |
23-Oct-1925 |
24-Nov-1990 |
Flyers and Rangers Head Coach |
Tsutomu Shimomura |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1964 |
|
Helped catch Kevin Mitnick |
Jasmin St. Claire |
Pornstar |
23-Oct-1970 |
|
World's Biggest Gang Bang II |
Adlai E. Stevenson |
Politician |
23-Oct-1835 |
14-Jun-1914 |
Vice President under Cleveland |
Adalbert Stifter |
Author |
23-Oct-1805 |
28-Jan-1868 |
Studien |
Jessica Stroup |
Actor |
23-Oct-1986 |
|
Erin Silver on 90210 |
Frank Sutton |
Actor |
23-Oct-1923 |
28-Jun-1974 |
Sgt. Vince Carter on Gomer Pyle |
Lilyan Tashman |
Actor |
23-Oct-1899 |
21-Mar-1934 |
Puttin' on the Ritz |
Robert Trujillo |
Bassist |
23-Oct-1964 |
|
Metallica Bassist |
Weird Al Yankovic |
Musician |
23-Oct-1959 |
|
White & Nerdy |
Dwight Yoakam |
Country Musician |
23-Oct-1956 |
|
Country star, This Time |