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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Irwin Allen
Film/TV Producer
12-Jun-1916 2-Nov-1991 The Master of Disaster
Leo Baeck
Religion
23-May-1873 2-Nov-1956 Progressive Jewish Rabbi
Godfrey Lowell Cabot
Business
26-Feb-1861 2-Nov-1962 Founder of Cabot Corporation
Jean Carson
Actor
28-Feb-1923 2-Nov-2005 Fun girl Daphne
Eva Cassidy
Singer
2-Feb-1963 2-Nov-1996 Eva by Heart
Robert Cormier
Author
17-Jan-1925 2-Nov-2000 I am the Cheese
John Crommelin, Jr.
Military
2-Oct-1902 2-Nov-1996 Rear Admiral, US Navy
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Religion
24-Aug-1895 2-Nov-1970 Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 1944-70
Peter Debye
Physicist
24-Mar-1884 2-Nov-1966 Studied molecular structure, dipoles
Paul Frees
Actor
22-Jun-1920 2-Nov-1986 The Man of a Thousand Voices
Theo Van Gogh
Film Director
23-Jul-1957 2-Nov-2004 Controversial Director of Submission
Fernand Gravey
Actor
25-Dec-1905 2-Nov-1970 The King and the Chorus Girl
Louise Imogen Guiney
Poet
7-Jan-1861 2-Nov-1920 A Roadside Harp
Richard Hooker
Religion
c. 1553 2-Nov-1600 Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity
Theodore D. Judah
Engineer
4-Mar-1826 2-Nov-1863 American Transcontinental Railroad
Jessie Royce Landis
Actor
25-Nov-1896 2-Nov-1972 North by Northwest
Jenny Lind
Singer
6-Oct-1820 2-Nov-1887 Soprano, The Swedish Nightingale
John R. Lynch
Politician
10-Sep-1847 2-Nov-1939 Congressman from Mississippi
Frank McCloskey
Politician
12-Jun-1939 2-Nov-2003 Congressman from Indiana, 1983-95
Sid Melton
Actor
23-May-1920 2-Nov-2011 Alf Monroe on Green Acres
Helen Stevenson Meyner
Politician
5-Mar-1928 2-Nov-1997 Congresswoman from New Jersey, 1975-78
Thomas Midgley
Chemist
18-May-1889 2-Nov-1944 Ethyl gasoline, Freon
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Conductor
1-Mar-1896 2-Nov-1960 Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58
William Morris
Business
1873 2-Nov-1932 Founder, William Morris Agency
Greasy Neale
Football
5-Nov-1891 2-Nov-1973 NFL Hall of Fame Coach
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Film Director
5-Mar-1922 2-Nov-1975 Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom
Thomas Pinckney
Politician
23-Oct-1750 2-Nov-1828 Governor of South Carolina, 1787-89
James H. Quillen
Politician
11-Jan-1916 2-Nov-2003 Congressman from Tennessee, 1963-97
Opie Read
Author
22-Dec-1852 2-Nov-1939 Jucklins
Hal Roach
Film/TV Producer
14-Jan-1892 2-Nov-1992 Brilliant comedy producer
Edmond de Rothschild
Philanthropist
19-Aug-1845 2-Nov-1934 Father of the Yishuv
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright
26-Jul-1856 2-Nov-1950 Irish dramatist and pamphleteer
Willie Sutton
Criminal
30-Jun-1901 2-Nov-1980 Because that's where the money is
Peter Taylor
Author
8-Jan-1917 2-Nov-1994 A Summons to Memphis
Esaias Tegnér
Author
13-Nov-1782 2-Nov-1846 Frithjofs Saga
James Thurber
Author
8-Dec-1894 2-Nov-1961 Short story writer and cartoonist
Henry Willson
Business
31-Jul-1911 2-Nov-1978 Talent agent, cultivated gay clientele




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