| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Samuel Adams |
Politician |
27-Sep-1722 |
2-Oct-1803 |
Brewer led the Boston Tea Party |
| François Arago |
Physicist |
26-Feb-1786 |
2-Oct-1853 |
Investigated earth magnetics |
| Svante Arrhenius |
Chemist |
19-Feb-1859 |
2-Oct-1927 |
Explored electrolytic conductivity |
| Gene Autry |
Country Musician |
27-Sep-1907 |
2-Oct-1998 |
Singing cowboy |
| George Bancroft |
Actor |
30-Sep-1882 |
2-Oct-1956 |
Thunderbolt |
| Clarence W. Barron |
Publisher |
2-Jul-1855 |
2-Oct-1928 |
Wall Street Journal proprietor, 1903-28 |
| Peter J. Brennan |
Government |
24-May-1918 |
2-Oct-1996 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1973-75 |
| Norman O. Brown |
Historian |
25-Sep-1913 |
2-Oct-2002 |
Life Against Death |
| Max Bruch |
Composer |
6-Jan-1838 |
2-Oct-1920 |
Kol Nidrei |
| Hamilton Camp |
Actor |
30-Oct-1934 |
2-Oct-2005 |
Voice of GizmoDuck |
| Madeleine Carroll |
Actor |
26-Feb-1906 |
2-Oct-1987 |
The 39 Steps |
| Helen Chenoweth-Hage |
Politician |
27-Jan-1938 |
2-Oct-2006 |
Congresswoman from Idaho, 1995-2001 |
| Francesco Colonna |
Author |
1433 |
2-Oct-1527 |
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili |
| George Creel |
Journalist |
1-Dec-1876 |
2-Oct-1953 |
Head of the Committee on Public Information |
| Marcel Duchamp |
Artist |
28-Jul-1887 |
2-Oct-1968 |
Lead proponent of Dadaism |
| John T. Dunlop |
Government |
5-Jul-1914 |
2-Oct-2003 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1975-76 |
| Max Geldray |
Jazz Musician |
12-Feb-1916 |
2-Oct-2004 |
Conks of The Goon Show |
| George Grizzard |
Actor |
1-Apr-1928 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Advise and Consent |
| José María de Heredia |
Poet |
22-Nov-1842 |
2-Oct-1905 |
Les Trophées |
| Harriet Hilliard |
Actor |
18-Jul-1909 |
2-Oct-1994 |
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet |
| Rock Hudson |
Actor |
17-Nov-1925 |
2-Oct-1985 |
Ice Station Zebra |
| Benjamin Kidd |
Sociologist |
9-Sep-1858 |
2-Oct-1916 |
Social Evolution |
| Frank Lovejoy |
Actor |
28-Mar-1912 |
2-Oct-1962 |
The Hitch-Hiker |
| Lee Lozano |
Painter |
5-Nov-1930 |
2-Oct-1999 |
Misogyny as art form |
| José Agostinho de Macedo |
Poet |
11-Sep-1761 |
2-Oct-1831 |
Os Burros |
| Peter Medawar |
Zoologist |
28-Feb-1915 |
2-Oct-1987 |
Acquired immunological tolerance |
| James W. Michaels |
Journalist |
1921 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Longtime Forbes editor |
| Isaac Oliver |
Painter |
c. 1556 |
2-Oct-1617 |
English miniature painter |
| Peter D. Ouspensky |
Philosopher |
5-Mar-1878 |
2-Oct-1947 |
Esoteric philosopher, Tertium Organum |
| Korla Pandit |
Musician |
16-Sep-1921 |
2-Oct-1998 |
Hynoptic exotic |
| Nipsey Russell |
Comic |
13-Oct-1924 |
2-Oct-2005 |
Tinman in The Wiz |
| Marie Stopes |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1880 |
2-Oct-1958 |
Scientist and birth control advocate |
| Frank Turner |
Architect |
1908 |
2-Oct-1999 |
Designer, Interstate Highway System |
| Pope Urban IV |
Religion |
c. 1200 |
2-Oct-1264 |
Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1261-64 |
| August Wilson |
Playwright |
27-Apr-1945 |
2-Oct-2005 |
The Piano Lesson |
