| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Sherman Adams |
Government |
8-Jan-1899 |
27-Oct-1986 |
Eisenhower's Chief of Staff |
| al-Razi |
Doctor |
c. 865 AD |
27-Oct-925 AD |
Persian alchemist |
| Morey Amsterdam |
Actor |
14-Dec-1908 |
27-Oct-1996 |
The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| King Athelstan |
Royalty |
c. 895 AD |
27-Oct-939 AD |
King of England, 924-39 AD |
| George Barker |
Poet |
26-Feb-1913 |
27-Oct-1991 |
Calamiterror |
| Lisa Blount |
Actor |
1-Jul-1957 |
27-Oct-2010 |
Box of Moon Light |
| James M. Cain |
Novelist |
1-Jul-1892 |
27-Oct-1977 |
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| Lois Collier |
Actor |
21-Mar-1919 |
27-Oct-1999 |
Mary Wesley on Boston Blackie |
| Father Charles Coughlin |
Religion |
25-Oct-1891 |
27-Oct-1979 |
Radio opponent of FDR |
| Xavier Cugat |
Musician |
1-Jan-1900 |
27-Oct-1990 |
The Rumba King |
| André de Toth |
Film Director |
15-May-1912 |
27-Oct-2002 |
House of Wax |
| Frank De Vol |
Musician |
20-Sep-1911 |
27-Oct-1999 |
Happy Kyne on Fernwood 2 Nite |
| Jacques Demy |
Film Director |
5-Jun-1931 |
27-Oct-1990 |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
| Hugh le Despenser |
Aristocrat |
1262 |
27-Oct-1326 |
Favorite of King Edward II |
| Akbar the Great |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1542 |
27-Oct-1605 |
Mughal Emperor, 1556-1605 |
| Charles Hawtrey |
Actor |
30-Nov-1914 |
27-Oct-1988 |
Carry On... |
| Clifford Holland |
Architect |
13-Mar-1883 |
27-Oct-1924 |
Chief engineer, Holland Tunnel |
| Tsar Ivan III |
Royalty |
22-Jan-1440 |
27-Oct-1505 |
Tsar of Russia, 1462-1505 |
| Charles S. Johnson |
Sociologist |
24-Jul-1893 |
27-Oct-1956 |
The Negro in Chicago |
| Ernest Just |
Biologist |
14-Aug-1883 |
27-Oct-1941 |
Cell surfaces and egg fertilization |
| Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1915 |
27-Oct-2006 |
President of Pakistan, 1988-93 |
| Néstor Kirchner |
Head of State |
25-Feb-1950 |
27-Oct-2010 |
President of Argentina, 2003-07 |
| Allan Lane |
Actor |
22-Sep-1909 |
27-Oct-1973 |
Voice of Mister Ed |
| Abba Lerner |
Economist |
28-Oct-1903 |
27-Oct-1982 |
The Economics of Control |
| Moira Lister |
Actor |
6-Aug-1923 |
27-Oct-2007 |
Seven Waves Away |
| Rudolph Maté |
Cinematographer |
21-Jan-1898 |
27-Oct-1964 |
When Worlds Collide |
| Lise Meitner |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1878 |
27-Oct-1968 |
Discovered nuclear fission |
| Robert L. Mills |
Physicist |
15-Apr-1927 |
27-Oct-1999 |
Subatomic particles |
| Lew Parker |
Actor |
29-Oct-1907 |
27-Oct-1972 |
Lew Marie on That Girl |
| Jean-Charles-Athanase Peltier |
Physicist |
22-Feb-1785 |
27-Oct-1845 |
Peltier Effect |
| Owen B. Pickett |
Politician |
31-Aug-1930 |
27-Oct-2010 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1987-2001 |
| Armand de Rancé |
Religion |
9-Jan-1626 |
27-Oct-1700 |
Trappist Movement |
| Gilles Personne de Roberval |
Mathematician |
8-Aug-1602 |
27-Oct-1675 |
Geometry of curves |
| John D. Ryan |
Military |
10-Dec-1915 |
27-Oct-1983 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1969-73 |
| Michael Servetus |
Religion |
c. 1511 |
27-Oct-1553 |
De Trinitatis Erroribus |
| Rex Stout |
Novelist |
1-Dec-1886 |
27-Oct-1975 |
Nero Wolf novels |
| Ugo Tognazzi |
Actor |
23-Mar-1922 |
27-Oct-1990 |
La cage aux folles |
| John H. van Vleck |
Physicist |
13-Mar-1899 |
27-Oct-1980 |
Quantum theory of paramagnetism |
| Brad Will |
Journalist |
14-Jun-1970 |
27-Oct-2006 |
American journalist murdered in Oaxaca |