| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Gerry Adams |
Politician |
6-Oct-1948 |
|
President of Sinn Fein |
| Milton Ager |
Songwriter |
6-Oct-1893 |
6-May-1979 |
Ain't She Sweet |
| Hafez al-Assad |
Head of State |
6-Oct-1930 |
10-Jun-2000 |
President of Syria, 1971-2000 |
| Shana Alexander |
Journalist |
6-Oct-1925 |
23-Jun-2005 |
Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder |
| Jonathan Alter |
Columnist |
6-Oct-1957 |
|
Newsweek Senior Editor |
| Doug Bereuter |
Politician |
6-Oct-1939 |
|
Congressman from Nebraska, 1979-2004 |
| William E. Bindley |
Business |
6-Oct-1940 |
|
Founder of Bindley Western Industries |
| George Henry Boker |
Playwright |
6-Oct-1823 |
2-Jan-1890 |
Francesca da Rimini |
| William G. Bowen |
Educator |
6-Oct-1933 |
|
President, Princeton University, 1972-88 |
| Melvyn Bragg |
TV Personality |
6-Oct-1939 |
|
The South Bank Show |
| David Brin |
Novelist |
6-Oct-1950 |
|
The Uplift War |
| John Caius |
Doctor |
6-Oct-1510 |
29-Jul-1573 |
Second founder of Gonville and Caius College |
| Mario Capecchi |
Scientist |
6-Oct-1937 |
|
Knock-out mice |
| Felice Cavallotti |
Politician |
6-Oct-1842 |
6-Mar-1898 |
Italian radical politician |
| Marcus A. Coolidge |
Politician |
6-Oct-1865 |
23-Jan-1947 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1931-37 |
| Le Corbusier |
Architect |
6-Oct-1887 |
27-Aug-1965 |
Most influential 20th century architect |
| Jerome Cowan |
Actor |
6-Oct-1897 |
24-Jan-1972 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
| Richard Dedekind |
Mathematician |
6-Oct-1831 |
12-Feb-1916 |
Developed theory of irrational numbers |
| Klaus Dibiasi |
Diver |
6-Oct-1947 |
|
Platform diver, 3 Olympic Gold Medals |
| Lloyd Doggett |
Politician |
6-Oct-1946 |
|
Congressman, Texas 25th |
| Tony Dungy |
Football |
6-Oct-1955 |
|
Indianapolis Colts head coach, 2002-08 |
| Michael Durrell |
Actor |
6-Oct-1943 |
|
Alex Nikolas on Santa Barbara |
| Britt Ekland |
Actor |
6-Oct-1942 |
|
The Man with the Golden Gun |
| Bobby Farrell |
Singer |
6-Oct-1949 |
30-Dec-2010 |
Frontman for Boney M |
| Roshon Fegan |
Actor |
6-Oct-1991 |
|
Ty Blue on Shake It Up! |
| Edwin Fischer |
Pianist |
6-Oct-1886 |
24-Jan-1960 |
Pianist/conductor, emphasis Bach and Mozart |
| Wyche Fowler, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Oct-1940 |
|
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1996-2001 |
| Janet Gaynor |
Actor |
6-Oct-1906 |
14-Sep-1984 |
A Star Is Born |
| Riccardo Giacconi |
Astronomer |
6-Oct-1931 |
|
Discovered cosmic X-ray sources |
| Jim Gilmore |
Politician |
6-Oct-1949 |
|
Governor of Virginia, 1998-2002 |
| Ioan Gruffudd |
Actor |
6-Oct-1973 |
|
Horatio Hornblower |
| Daniel Hamburg |
Politician |
6-Oct-1948 |
|
Congressman from California, 1993-95 |
| Fannie Lou Hamer |
Activist |
6-Oct-1917 |
14-Mar-1977 |
Organizer, Mississippi Freedom Summer |
| Thor Heyerdahl |
Explorer |
6-Oct-1914 |
18-Apr-2002 |
Kon-Tiki |
| Brian Higgins |
Politician |
6-Oct-1959 |
|
Congressman, New York 27th |
| Amy Jo Johnson |
Actor |
6-Oct-1970 |
|
Julie Emrick on Felicity |
| Lonnie Johnson |
Inventor |
6-Oct-1949 |
|
Revolutionized the squirt gun industry |
| Yasar Kemal |
Author |
6-Oct-1923 |
|
Mehmet, My Hawk |
| John J. LaFalce |
Politician |
6-Oct-1939 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1975-2003 |
| Mitchell Leisen |
Film Director |
6-Oct-1898 |
28-Oct-1972 |
Death Takes a Holiday |
| Yves Leterme |
Head of State |
6-Oct-1960 |
|
Belgian Foreign Minister |
| Jenny Lind |
Singer |
6-Oct-1820 |
2-Nov-1887 |
Soprano, The Swedish Nightingale |
| Carole Lombard |
Actor |
6-Oct-1908 |
16-Jan-1942 |
My Man Godfrey |
| Louis-Philippe |
Royalty |
6-Oct-1773 |
26-Aug-1850 |
King of France, 1830-48 |
| Joseph Lowery |
Activist |
6-Oct-1921 |
|
Co-Founder of the SCLC |
| Ethel Mannin |
Novelist |
6-Oct-1900 |
1984 |
Confessions |
| Humberto Cardinal Medeiros |
Religion |
6-Oct-1915 |
17-Sep-1983 |
Archbishop of Boston, 1970-83 |
| Dan Monson |
Basketball |
6-Oct-1961 |
|
Head Coach, Long Beach State |
| Les Moonves |
Business |
6-Oct-1949 |
|
CEO of CBS Television |
| Jacqueline Obradors |
Actor |
6-Oct-1966 |
|
Det. Ortiz on NYPD Blue |
| Meret Oppenheim |
Artist |
6-Oct-1911 |
15-Nov-1985 |
Fur-covered teacup |
| Wes Ramsey |
Actor |
6-Oct-1977 |
|
Latter Days |
| Matteo Ricci |
Religion |
6-Oct-1552 |
11-May-1610 |
Jesuit missionary to China |
| Lamman Rucker |
Actor |
6-Oct-1971 |
|
Why Did I Get Married? |
| Zalman Shazar |
Head of State |
6-Oct-1889 |
5-Oct-1974 |
President of Israel, 1963-73 |
| David Sholtz |
Politician |
6-Oct-1891 |
21-Mar-1953 |
Governor of Florida, 1933-37 |
| Elisabeth Shue |
Actor |
6-Oct-1963 |
|
Leaving Las Vegas |
| Ruben Sierra |
Baseball |
6-Oct-1965 |
|
El Caballo |
| Jeremy Sisto |
Actor |
6-Oct-1974 |
|
Billy Chenowith on Six Feet Under |
| Laurence A. Steinhardt |
Diplomat |
6-Oct-1892 |
28-Mar-1950 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41 |
| Matthew Sweet |
Musician |
6-Oct-1964 |
|
Girlfriend |
| Olivia Thirlby |
Actor |
6-Oct-1986 |
|
Juno |
| Fred Travalena |
Comic |
6-Oct-1942 |
28-Jun-2009 |
The Man of a Thousand Faces |
| Ellen Travolta |
Actor |
6-Oct-1940 |
|
Louisa Arcola on Happy Days |
| Ernest T. S. Walton |
Physicist |
6-Oct-1903 |
25-Jun-1995 |
Split the atom |
| John Warnock |
Computer Programmer |
6-Oct-1940 |
|
Co-Founder of Adobe |
| George Westinghouse |
Inventor |
6-Oct-1846 |
12-Mar-1914 |
Air brake and A/C power |
| Jeffrey Zaslow |
Author |
6-Oct-1958 |
10-Feb-2012 |
Replaced Ann Landers |
