| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Fred E. Ahlert |
Composer |
19-Sep-1892 |
20-Oct-1953 |
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter |
| Lawrence Bell |
Business |
5-Apr-1894 |
20-Oct-1956 |
Founder of Bell Helicopter |
| Bertrand R. Brinley |
Author |
19-Jun-1917 |
20-Oct-1994 |
The Mad Scientists' Club |
| Jack Buchanan |
Actor |
2-Apr-1891 |
20-Oct-1957 |
The Band Wagon |
| Sir Richard Burton |
Explorer |
19-Mar-1821 |
20-Oct-1890 |
Translated The Arabian Nights |
| Harry F. Byrd |
Politician |
10-Jun-1887 |
20-Oct-1966 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1933-65 |
| Carl Cori |
Scientist |
5-Dec-1896 |
20-Oct-1984 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Grace Darling |
unspecified |
24-Nov-1815 |
20-Oct-1842 |
Rescuer of wreck Forfarshire |
| Eugene V. Debs |
Labor Leader |
5-Nov-1855 |
20-Oct-1926 |
Labor leader ran for President five times |
| Jacopo Della Quercia |
Sculptor |
c. 1374 |
20-Oct-1438 |
Influential early Renaissance sculptor |
| Paul Dirac |
Physicist |
8-Aug-1902 |
20-Oct-1984 |
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics |
| Jack Elam |
Actor |
13-Nov-1918 |
20-Oct-2003 |
The Sundowners |
| Bob Guccione |
Business |
17-Dec-1930 |
20-Oct-2010 |
Founder, Penthouse magazine |
| Frederick A. Halsey |
Engineer |
12-Jul-1856 |
20-Oct-1935 |
Kept America safe from the metric system |
| Clifford Hansen |
Politician |
16-Oct-1912 |
20-Oct-2009 |
US Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78 |
| Anthony Hecht |
Poet |
16-Jan-1923 |
20-Oct-2004 |
The Hard Hours |
| Arthur Henderson |
Politician |
13-Sep-1863 |
20-Oct-1935 |
Disarmament proponent, Nobel Prize winner |
| Herbert Hoover |
Head of State |
10-Aug-1874 |
20-Oct-1964 |
31st US President, 1929-33 |
| Shirley Horn |
Musician |
1-May-1934 |
20-Oct-2005 |
Here's To Life |
| Edward J. Kelly |
Politician |
1-May-1876 |
20-Oct-1950 |
Mayor of Chicago, 1933-47 |
| Werner Krauss |
Actor |
23-Jun-1884 |
20-Oct-1959 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| Burt Lancaster |
Actor |
2-Nov-1913 |
20-Oct-1994 |
Elmer Gantry |
| J. Bracken Lee |
Politician |
7-Jan-1899 |
20-Oct-1996 |
Governor of Utah, 1949-57 |
| Thomas Linacre |
Doctor |
c. 1460 |
20-Oct-1524 |
Established the Royal Academy of Physicians |
| Jack Lynch |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1917 |
20-Oct-1999 |
Twice Prime Minister of Ireland |
| Joel McCrea |
Actor |
5-Nov-1905 |
20-Oct-1990 |
Ride the High Country |
| Max McGee |
Football |
16-Jul-1932 |
20-Oct-2007 |
Former WR, Green Bay Packers |
| D. D. Palmer |
Doctor |
7-Mar-1845 |
20-Oct-1913 |
Founder of chiropractic medicine |
| Muammar Qaddafi |
Head of State |
1942 |
20-Oct-2011 |
Dictator of Libya |
| Anthony Quayle |
Actor |
7-Sep-1913 |
20-Oct-1989 |
Ice-Cold in Alex |
| Paul Raven |
Bassist |
16-Jan-1961 |
20-Oct-2007 |
Bassist for Killing Joke, Ministry |
| May Robson |
Actor |
19-Apr-1858 |
20-Oct-1942 |
Lady for a Day |
| Harlow Shapley |
Astronomer |
2-Nov-1885 |
20-Oct-1972 |
Organizer of Heaven |
| Francis Steegmuller |
Author |
3-Jul-1906 |
20-Oct-1994 |
Cocteau: A Biography |
| Henry L. Stimson |
Government |
21-Sep-1867 |
20-Oct-1950 |
US Secretary of War 1911-13, 1940-45 |
| Anne Sullivan |
Educator |
14-Apr-1866 |
20-Oct-1936 |
The Miracle Worker |
| Merle Travis |
Country Musician |
29-Nov-1917 |
20-Oct-1983 |
Influential fingerpicking country guitarist |
| Ari Up |
Singer |
1-Jan-1962 |
20-Oct-2010 |
The Slits |
| Ronnie Van Zant |
Musician |
15-Jan-1948 |
20-Oct-1977 |
Frontman of Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Felix M. Warburg |
Business |
14-Jan-1871 |
20-Oct-1937 |
Kuhn, Loeb and Co. |
| Charles Dudley Warner |
Author |
12-Sep-1829 |
20-Oct-1900 |
Harper's editorialist |
| Jane Wyatt |
Actor |
12-Aug-1910 |
20-Oct-2006 |
Father Knows Best |
| Patrick Wymark |
Actor |
11-Jul-1920 |
20-Oct-1970 |
Where Eagles Dare |
| Shigeru Yoshida |
Head of State |
22-Sep-1878 |
20-Oct-1967 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1948-54 |
