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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dayton Allen
Actor
24-Sep-1919 11-Nov-2004 Voice actor
David Anspaugh
Film Director
24-Sep-1946   Rudy
Tommy Armour
Golf
24-Sep-1894 12-Sep-1968 Winner of 3 Majors
Stephen D. Bechtel
Business
24-Sep-1900 14-Mar-1989 Ran Bechtel from 1936-60
Brad Bird
Film Director
24-Sep-1956   The Iron Giant
Robert D. Blue
Politician
24-Sep-1898 13-Dec-1989 Governor of Iowa, 1945-49
Eavan Boland
Poet
24-Sep-1944   In a Time of Violence
John Brunner
Author
24-Sep-1934 25-Aug-1995 The Shockwave Rider
William Bundy
Government
24-Sep-1917 6-Oct-2000 Cold War advisor to JFK, LBJ
Geoffrey Burbidge
Astronomer
24-Sep-1925 26-Jan-2010 Quasi-steady state cosmology
Catherine Burns
Actor
24-Sep-1945   Last Summer
Girolamo Cardano
Doctor
24-Sep-1501 21-Sep-1576 De Subtilitate
George H. Carley
Judge
24-Sep-1938   Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
Arne Carlson
Politician
24-Sep-1934   Governor of Minnesota, 1991-99
Konstantin Chernenko
Head of State
24-Sep-1911 10-Mar-1985 Soviet General Secretary, 1984-85
Gordon Clapp
Actor
24-Sep-1948   Det. Greg Medavoy on NYPD Blue
Spencer Treat Clark
Actor
24-Sep-1987   Unbreakable
Georges Claude
Chemist
24-Sep-1870 23-May-1960 Neon lighting
John Cleland
Novelist
24-Sep-1709 23-Jan-1789 Fanny Hill
Cardiss Collins
Politician
24-Sep-1931   Congresswoman from Illinois, 1973-97
Alan Colmes
Pundit
24-Sep-1950   Left-leaning political pundit
André F. Cournand
Scientist
24-Sep-1895 19-Feb-1988 Cardiac catheterization
Shawn Crahan
Drummer
24-Sep-1969   Drummer for Slipknot
Emilio Daddario
Politician
24-Sep-1918 6-Jul-2010 Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-71
Lou Dobbs
TV Personality
24-Sep-1945   CNN anchor, Lou Dobbs Tonight
Allen J. Ellender
Politician
24-Sep-1890 27-Jul-1972 US Senator from Louisiana, 1937-72
Julia Faye
Actor
24-Sep-1893 6-Apr-1966 Silent film actress
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author
24-Sep-1896 21-Dec-1940 The Great Gatsby
Howard Florey
Scientist
24-Sep-1898 21-Feb-1968 Isolated penicillin
E. Franklin Frazier
Sociologist
24-Sep-1894 17-May-1962 Black Bourgeoisie
William Friedman
Scientist
24-Sep-1891 12-Nov-1969 Cryptography pioneer
Eddie George
Football
24-Sep-1973   Dallas Cowboys RB
Bert I. Gordon
Film Director
24-Sep-1922   Empire of the Ants
Mean Joe Greene
Football
24-Sep-1946   Defensive Tackle, Pittsburgh Steelers
Marcus Alonzo Hanna
Politician
24-Sep-1837 15-Feb-1904 Senator from Ohio, kingmaker
Frances E. W. Harper
Poet
24-Sep-1825 22-Feb-1911 Abolitionist, temperance activist
Phil Hartman
Actor
24-Sep-1948 28-May-1998 Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure
Jim Henson
Performance Artist
24-Sep-1936 16-May-1990 Creator of the Muppets
Patricia L. Herbold
Diplomat
24-Sep-1940   US Ambassador to Singapore
Howard Hughes
Business
24-Sep-1905 5-Apr-1976 Insane billionaire
Eppa Hunton
Politician
24-Sep-1822 11-Oct-1908 Representative and Senator from Virginia
Robert Irvine
Chef
24-Sep-1965   Dinner: Impossible
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Singer
24-Sep-1893 Dec-1929 Influential bluesman
Joseph Patrick Kennedy II
Politician
24-Sep-1952   Congressman from Massachusetts, 1987-99
Ayatollah Khomeini
Religion
24-Sep-1902 3-Jun-1989 Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran
Leon Klinghoffer
Victim
24-Sep-1916 7-Oct-1985 Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists
Douglas W. Kmiec
Scholar
24-Sep-1951   US Ambassador to Malta
Rosamund Kwan
Actor
24-Sep-1962   Once Upon A Time In China
Audra Lindley
Actor
24-Sep-1918 16-Oct-1997 Helen Roper on Three's Company
Jessica Lucas
Actor
24-Sep-1985   CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
John Mackey
Football
24-Sep-1941 6-Jul-2011 NFL Hall of Famer
Cornell MacNeil
Singer
24-Sep-1922 15-Jul-2011 Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera
Sheila MacRae
Actor
24-Sep-1924   Alice Kramden on The Jackie Gleason Show
Arthur Malet
Actor
24-Sep-1927   The Secret of NIMH
Peter Markle
Film Director
24-Sep-1952   Flight 93
Frank Mars
Business
24-Sep-1883 8-Apr-1934 Invented Milky Way and Snickers bars
John Marshall
Judge
24-Sep-1755 6-Jul-1835 US Chief Justice, 1801-35
Ross Mathews
Actor
24-Sep-1979   Ross the Intern
Sean McCann
Actor
24-Sep-1935   Lt. Jim Hogan on Night Heat
Linda McCartney
Musician
24-Sep-1941 17-Apr-1998 Beatle wife and photographer
Jim McKay
Sports Journalist
24-Sep-1921 7-Jun-2008 Host of Wide World of Sports
Stephanie McMahon
Wrestling
24-Sep-1976   VP Creative Writing of WWE
Kevin Millar
Baseball
24-Sep-1971   Baltimore Orioles
Joseph Montoya
Politician
24-Sep-1915 8-Jun-1978 US Senator from New Mexico, 1964-77
Charlotte E. Moore
Astronomer
24-Sep-1898 3-Mar-1990 Technetium in the Sun
Mystery
Performance Artist
24-Sep-1971   The Pick-Up Artist
Fats Navarro
Jazz Musician
24-Sep-1923 7-Jul-1950 Be-bop jazz trumpeter
Anthony Newley
Actor
24-Sep-1931 14-Apr-1999 Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist
Severo Ochoa
Scientist
24-Sep-1905 1-Nov-1993 Synthesized RNA
Rafael Palmeiro
Baseball
24-Sep-1964   Baltimore Orioles hitter
Luc Picard
Actor
24-Sep-1961   L'Audition
Don Porter
Actor
24-Sep-1912 11-Feb-1997 Prof. Lawrence on Gidget
Alfonso Portillo
Head of State
24-Sep-1951   President of Guatemala, 2000-04
Craig Shirley
Government
24-Sep-1956   Conservative PR man
Kevin Sorbo
Actor
24-Sep-1958   Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Richard Spring
Politician
24-Sep-1946   British MP, West Suffolk
Ian Stewart
Mathematician
24-Sep-1945   Catastrophe theory
Antonio Tabucchi
Novelist
24-Sep-1943 25-Mar-2012 The Last Three Days of Fernando Pessoa
Robert Lewis Taylor
Novelist
24-Sep-1912 30-Sep-1998 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Nia Vardalos
Actor
24-Sep-1962   My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Vitellius
Royalty
24-Sep-15 AD 20-Dec-69 AD Roman Emperor, 69 AD
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Military
24-Sep-1583 25-Feb-1634 Attempted to unite Germany
Horace Walpole
Author
24-Sep-1717 2-Mar-1797 Wrote the first Gothic novel
Megan Ward
Actor
24-Sep-1969   Kimberly Sayers on Dark Skies
Johan de Witt
Politician
24-Sep-1625 20-Aug-1672 Leader of Holland, 1653-72
Manfred Wörner
Diplomat
24-Sep-1934 13-Aug-1994 NATO Secretary General, 1988-94
John Young
Astronaut
24-Sep-1930   9th to walk on the Moon




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