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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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