LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
King Alfred the Great	Royalty	c. 849 AD	26-Oct-899 AD	King of England, 871-99 AD
Glenn Anders	Actor	1-Sep-1889	26-Oct-1981	The Lady from Shanghai
Hoyt Axton	Country Musician	25-Mar-1938	26-Oct-1999	Folk singer, songwriter, composer
Nathaniel Bacon	Politician	2-Jan-1647	26-Oct-1676	Bacon's Rebellion
Louise Beavers	Actor	8-Mar-1902	26-Oct-1962	She Done Him Wrong
Teel Bivins	Politician	22-Nov-1947	26-Oct-2009	US Ambassador to Sweden, 2004-06
Molly Brown	Activist	18-Jul-1867	26-Oct-1932	Unsinkable
Elbridge Bryant	Singer	28-Sep-1939	26-Oct-1975	The Temptations
Albert Champion	Business	2-Apr-1878	26-Oct-1927	ACDelco and Champion spark plugs
Alma Cogan	Singer	19-May-1932	26-Oct-1966	The Girl With the Giggle In Her Voice
Gerty Cori	Scientist	15-Aug-1896	26-Oct-1957	Catalytic conversion of glycogen
Thomas Ewing	Politician	28-Dec-1789	26-Oct-1871	Ohio Senator, cabinet official
Wilbert Harrison	Musician	5-Jan-1929	26-Oct-1994	Let's Work Together
Park Chung Hee	Head of State	30-Sep-1917	26-Oct-1979	President of South Korea, 1961-79
Thomas J. Herbert	Politician	28-Oct-1894	26-Oct-1974	Governor of Ohio, 1947-49
Arthur Hill	Actor	1-Aug-1922	26-Oct-2006	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Tony Hillerman	Novelist	27-May-1925	26-Oct-2008	Mystery novels set at Navajo reservation
William Hogarth	Engraver	10-Nov-1697	26-Oct-1764	A Rake's Progress
Oliver O. Howard	Military	8-Nov-1830	26-Oct-1909	Headed the Freedmen's Bureau
Paul Iams	Business	11-Aug-1915	26-Oct-2004	Pet food manufacturer
Ito Hirobumi	Government	14-Oct-1841	26-Oct-1909	Began the modernization of Japan
Elizabeth Jennings	Poet	18-Jul-1926	26-Oct-2001	Song for a Birth or a Death
Nikos Kazantzakis	Novelist	18-Feb-1883	26-Oct-1957	Zorba the Greek
Arthur Kornberg	Scientist	3-Mar-1918	26-Oct-2007	Synthesized DNA
Hattie McDaniel	Actor	10-Jun-1893	26-Oct-1952	Mammy in Gone with the Wind
Frank McLaury	Criminal	3-Mar-1848	26-Oct-1881	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Tom McLaury	Criminal	30-Jun-1853	26-Oct-1881	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
John Miller	Politician	29-Oct-1843	26-Oct-1908	Governor of North Dakota, 1889-91
Marcel Minnaert	Astronomer	12-Feb-1893	26-Oct-1970	Solar spectrophotometry
William Niskanen	Administrator	13-Mar-1933	26-Oct-2011	Chairman of the Cato Institute
William S. Paley	Business	28-Sep-1901	26-Oct-1990	Chairman of CBS, 1946-83
Charles J. Pedersen	Chemist	3-Oct-1904	26-Oct-1989	Synthesis of crown ethers
Gilles de Rais	Criminal	10-Nov-1404	26-Oct-1440	Fifteenth-century child killer
Sue Randall	Actor	8-Oct-1935	26-Oct-1984	Leave It to Beaver
Harold Rome	Composer	27-May-1908	26-Oct-1993	I Can Get It for You Wholesale
John J. Rooney	Politician	29-Nov-1903	26-Oct-1975	Congressman from New York, 1944-74
Victor Schertzinger	Film Director	8-Apr-1890	26-Oct-1941	Road to Singapore
Igor Sikorsky	Business	25-May-1889	26-Oct-1972	Helicopter magnate
Troy N. Smith	Business	26-May-1922	26-Oct-2009	Founder of Sonic Drive-In
Gerald B. H. Solomon	Politician	14-Aug-1930	26-Oct-2001	Congressman from New York, 1979-99
Elizabeth Cady Stanton	Activist	12-Nov-1815	26-Oct-1902	National Woman Suffrage Association
Alfred P. Swineford	Politician	14-Sep-1836	26-Oct-1909	Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1885-89
Alfred Tarski	Mathematician	14-Jan-1902	26-Oct-1983	Tarski's indefinability theorem
William Temple	Religion	15-Oct-1881	26-Oct-1944	Archbishop of Canterbury, 1942-44
William A. Vinson	Judge	22-Dec-1874	26-Oct-1951	Vinson & Elkins
Aby Warburg	Scholar	13-Jun-1866	26-Oct-1929	Founder of the Warburg Institute

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