LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edwin A. Abbott	Author	20-Dec-1838	12-Oct-1926	Flatland
Dean Acheson	Government	11-Apr-1893	12-Oct-1971	US Secretary of State, 1949-53
Leon Ames	Actor	20-Jan-1902	12-Oct-1993	Character actor, a SAG founder
Matsuo Basho	Poet	1644	12-Oct-1694	Haiku master
Gary Bond	Actor	7-Feb-1940	12-Oct-1995	English theatre actor
John Brahm	Film Director	17-Aug-1893	12-Oct-1982	The Lodger
Patricia Breslin	Actor	17-Mar-1931	12-Oct-2011	The People's Choice
Edith Cavell	Victim	4-Dec-1865	12-Oct-1915	British nurse, shot by the Germans
Wilt Chamberlain	Basketball	21-Aug-1936	12-Oct-1999	Wilt the Stilt
Lonny Chapman	Actor	1-Oct-1920	12-Oct-2007	American character actor
Alonzo M. Clark	Politician	13-Aug-1868	12-Oct-1952	Governor of Wyoming, 1931-33
Harry M. Daugherty	Government	26-Jan-1860	12-Oct-1941	US Attorney General, 1921-24
Demosthenes	Author	384 BC	12-Oct-322 BC	Attic orator and statesman
John Denver	Country Musician	31-Dec-1943	12-Oct-1997	Rocky Mountain High
Hermann Eilts	Diplomat	23-Mar-1922	12-Oct-2006	US Ambassador to Egypt, 1973-79
François Guizot	Head of State	4-Oct-1787	12-Oct-1874	Prime Minister of France, 1847-48
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld	Head of State	4-Feb-1862	12-Oct-1953	Prime Minister of Sweden, 1914-17
William Harsha, Jr.	Politician	1-Jan-1921	12-Oct-2010	Congressman from Ohio, 1961-81
Sonja Henie	Figure Skating	8-Apr-1912	12-Oct-1969	Norwegian figure skater
Hiroshige	Artist	1797	12-Oct-1858	Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Pope Honorius I	Religion	?	12-Oct-638 AD	Roman Catholic Pope, 625-638 AD
Pope John IV	Religion	?	12-Oct-642 AD	Roman Catholic Pope, 640-42
Philander Knox	Government	6-May-1853	12-Oct-1921	US Secretary of State, 1909-13
Joan B. Kroc	Philanthropist	27-Aug-1928	12-Oct-2003	McDonald's widow
Alf Landon	Politician	9-Sep-1887	12-Oct-1987	Republican Presidential candidate 1936
Robert E. Lee	Military	19-Jan-1807	12-Oct-1870	Confederate General
Aline MacMahon	Actor	3-May-1899	12-Oct-1991	Dragon Seed
Maximilian II	Royalty	31-Jul-1527	12-Oct-1576	Holy Roman Emperor, 1564-76
Tom Mix	Actor	6-Jan-1880	12-Oct-1940	Old-time silent movie cowboy
Paul H. Müller	Scientist	12-Jan-1899	12-Oct-1965	Synthesized DDT
Johnny Olson	Game Show Host	22-May-1910	12-Oct-1985	Announcer for What's My Line, etc.
Nat Pendleton	Actor	9-Aug-1895	12-Oct-1967	At the Circus
Philaret	Royalty	1553	12-Oct-1633	Patriarch of Moscow
Piero della Francesca	Painter	c. 1420	12-Oct-1492	The Legend of the True Cross
Dennis Ritchie	Computer Programmer	9-Sep-1941	12-Oct-2011	Co-Creator of UNIX
William R. Sears	Engineer	1-Mar-1913	12-Oct-2002	Airfoil engineer
Matthew Shepard	Victim	1-Dec-1976	12-Oct-1998	Gay hate crime victim
Willie Shoemaker	Jockey	19-Aug-1931	12-Oct-2003	Greatest 20th century jockey
Nancy Spungen	Victim	27-Feb-1958	12-Oct-1978	Sid Vicious's girlfriend
John Lloyd Stephens	Explorer	28-Nov-1805	12-Oct-1852	Incidents of Travel
Robert Stephenson	Engineer	16-Oct-1803	12-Oct-1859	Builder of railroad bridges
Joseph Stilwell	Military	19-Mar-1883	12-Oct-1946	Led US and Chinese forces in WWII China
Aleksandr Sumarokov	Playwright	14-Nov-1717	12-Oct-1777	Founder of Russian classical drama
Roger Brooke Taney	Judge	17-Mar-1777	12-Oct-1864	US Chief Justice, 1836-64
Regis Toomey	Actor	13-Aug-1898	12-Oct-1991	Burke's Law
C. Delores Tucker	Activist	4-Oct-1927	12-Oct-2005	National Congress of Black Women
Gene Vincent	Musician	11-Feb-1935	12-Oct-1971	Be-Bop-A-Lula
Gregory Vlastos	Philosopher	27-Jul-1907	12-Oct-1991	Influential scholar of ancient philosophy
Ricky Wilson	Guitarist	19-Mar-1953	12-Oct-1985	Guitarist for the B-52's

Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications