| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Edward Andrews |
Actor |
9-Oct-1914 |
8-Mar-1985 |
Sixteen Candles |
| Ivo Andric |
Author |
9-Oct-1892 |
13-Mar-1975 |
The Bridge on the Drina |
| Rocky Aoki |
Business |
9-Oct-1938 |
10-Jul-2008 |
Benihana founder |
| Scott Bakula |
Actor |
9-Oct-1954 |
|
Quantum Leap |
| Leslie Biffle |
Government |
9-Oct-1880 |
6-Apr-1966 |
Secretary of the Senate |
| Brian Blessed |
Actor |
9-Oct-1937 |
|
Prince Vultan of the Hawk Men |
| Edward Bok |
Author |
9-Oct-1863 |
9-Jan-1930 |
Editor of Ladies' Home Journal |
| William D. Borders |
Religion |
9-Oct-1913 |
19-Apr-2010 |
Archbishop of Baltimore, 1974-89 |
| Wally Brown |
Actor |
9-Oct-1904 |
13-Nov-1961 |
Zombies on Broadway |
| Jackson Browne |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Oct-1948 |
|
Running on Empty |
| Zachery Ty Bryan |
Actor |
9-Oct-1981 |
|
Brad on Home Improvement |
| Nikolai Bukharin |
Economist |
9-Oct-1888 |
15-Mar-1938 |
Soviet theoretical economist |
| Walter Burkemo |
Golf |
9-Oct-1918 |
8-Oct-1986 |
Winner, 1953 PGA Championship |
| David Cameron |
Politician |
9-Oct-1966 |
|
UK Prime Minister |
| Lewis Cass |
Military |
9-Oct-1782 |
17-Jun-1866 |
US Secretary of State, 1857-60 |
| Charles X |
Royalty |
9-Oct-1757 |
6-Nov-1836 |
King of France, 1824-30 |
| Tansu Ciller |
Politician |
9-Oct-1946 |
|
Prime Minister of Turkey, 1993-96 |
| Colin Clark |
Film/TV Producer |
9-Oct-1932 |
17-Dec-2002 |
My Week with Marilyn |
| Jill Ker Conway |
Educator |
9-Oct-1934 |
|
President of Smith College, 1975-85 |
| James W. Crystal |
Business |
9-Oct-1937 |
|
Frank Crystal & Company |
| Irving Cummings |
Film Director |
9-Oct-1888 |
18-Apr-1959 |
In Old Arizona |
| Erin Daniels |
Actor |
9-Oct-1973 |
|
The L Word |
| Guillermo del Toro |
Film Director |
9-Oct-1964 |
|
Hellboy |
| Fran DeLorenzo |
Historian |
9-Oct-1929 |
|
Hobo ethnographer |
| Danièle Delorme |
Actor |
9-Oct-1926 |
|
Gigi |
| Robert Docking |
Politician |
9-Oct-1925 |
8-Oct-1983 |
Governor of Kansas, 1967-75 |
| Alfred Dreyfus |
Victim |
9-Oct-1859 |
12-Jul-1935 |
Dreyfus Affair scapegoat |
| Ruth Ellis |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1925 |
13-Jul-1955 |
Last woman hanged in England |
| Audie England |
Actor |
9-Oct-1972 |
|
Delta of Venus |
| John Entwistle |
Bassist |
9-Oct-1944 |
27-Jun-2002 |
Bassist for The Who |
| Jodelle Ferland |
Actor |
9-Oct-1994 |
|
Tideland |
| Robert H. Finch |
Government |
9-Oct-1925 |
10-Oct-1995 |
HEW Secretary, 1969-70 |
| Fyvush Finkel |
Actor |
9-Oct-1923 |
|
Picket Fences |
| Emil Fischer |
Chemist |
9-Oct-1852 |
15-Jul-1919 |
Peptide bond |
| Heinz Fischer |
Head of State |
9-Oct-1938 |
|
President of Austria |
| Joseph Galli, Jr. |
Business |
9-Oct-1959 |
|
CEO of Newell Rubbermaid, 2001-05 |
| Robert W. Galvin |
Business |
9-Oct-1922 |
11-Oct-2011 |
CEO of Motorola, 1959-90 |
| Eddie Guerrero |
Wrestling |
9-Oct-1967 |
13-Nov-2005 |
Latino Heat |
| William M. Gwin |
Politician |
9-Oct-1805 |
3-Sep-1885 |
US Senator from California |
| Clifford M. Hardin |
Government |
9-Oct-1915 |
4-Apr-2010 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1969-71 |
| P. J. Harvey |
Musician |
9-Oct-1969 |
|
Alternative rock musician |
| Nona Hendryx |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Oct-1944 |
|
Soul vocalist, Labelle songwriter |
| Myron T. Herrick |
Politician |
9-Oct-1854 |
31-Mar-1929 |
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06 |
| Harriet Goodhue Hosmer |
Sculptor |
9-Oct-1830 |
21-Feb-1908 |
19th c. American sculptor in Rome |
| Gordon Humphrey |
Politician |
9-Oct-1940 |
|
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1979-90 |
| E. Howard Hunt |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1918 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Coordinated Watergate break-in |
| Al Jourgensen |
Musician |
9-Oct-1958 |
|
Lead for industrial band Ministry |
| Lila Kedrova |
Actor |
9-Oct-1918 |
16-Feb-2000 |
Zorba the Greek |
| Brian Lamb |
Talk Show Host |
9-Oct-1941 |
|
Founded C-SPAN |
| Max von Laue |
Physicist |
9-Oct-1879 |
23-Apr-1960 |
X-ray crystallography |
| Jaynee LaVecchia |
Judge |
9-Oct-1954 |
|
Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court |
| Gene LeBell |
Wrestling |
9-Oct-1932 |
|
Stuntman, wrestler |
| John Lennon |
Musician |
9-Oct-1940 |
8-Dec-1980 |
Beatle |
| Sean Lennon |
Musician |
9-Oct-1975 |
|
Son of Beatle John Lennon |
| Paul LePage |
Politician |
9-Oct-1948 |
|
Governor of Maine |
| Trent Lott |
Politician |
9-Oct-1941 |
|
US Senator from Mississippi, 1989-2007 |
| Gavin Maloof |
Business |
9-Oct-1956 |
|
Las Vegas entrepreneur |
| Laure Manaudou |
Swimmer |
9-Oct-1986 |
|
French freestyle swimmer |
| Peter Mansfield |
Scientist |
9-Oct-1933 |
|
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| James McClure |
Novelist |
9-Oct-1939 |
|
British mystery novelist |
| Scotty McCreery |
Singer |
9-Oct-1993 |
|
Winner, 10th Season American Idol |
| Ernest W. McFarland |
Politician |
9-Oct-1894 |
8-Jun-1984 |
Governor of Arizona, 1955-59 |
| Aimee Semple McPherson |
Religion |
9-Oct-1890 |
27-Sep-1944 |
Evangelist, faith healer |
| Dutch Morial |
Politician |
9-Oct-1929 |
24-Dec-1989 |
Mayor of New Orleans, 1978-86 |
| Brian T. Moynihan |
Business |
9-Oct-1959 |
|
CEO, Bank of America |
| Alan Nunnelee |
Politician |
9-Oct-1958 |
|
Congressman, Mississippi 1st |
| Chris O'Dowd |
Actor |
9-Oct-1979 |
|
Roy on The IT Crowd |
| John O'Hurley |
Actor |
9-Oct-1954 |
|
J. Peterman on Seinfeld |
| Dave Odom |
Basketball |
9-Oct-1942 |
|
Head Coach, U. of South Carolina |
| Sharon Osbourne |
TV Personality |
9-Oct-1952 |
|
Wife of Ozzy Osbourne |
| Michael Paré |
Actor |
9-Oct-1958 |
|
Eddie and the Cruisers |
| Joe Pepitone |
Baseball |
9-Oct-1940 |
|
New York Yankees, 1962-69 |
| Tom Perriello |
Politician |
9-Oct-1974 |
|
Congressman from Virginia, 2009-11 |
| Mike Peters |
Cartoonist |
9-Oct-1943 |
|
Mother Goose and Grimm |
| Gerard Philips |
Business |
9-Oct-1858 |
25-Jan-1942 |
Founder of Philips Electronics |
| Sayyid Qutb |
Philosopher |
9-Oct-1906 |
29-Aug-1966 |
Muslim Brotherhood philosopher |
| Jeannie C. Riley |
Singer |
9-Oct-1945 |
|
Harper Valley P.T.A. |
| Auguste-Arthur de La Rive |
Physicist |
9-Oct-1801 |
27-Nov-1873 |
Traité d'électricité théorique et appliquée |
| James Robison |
Religion |
9-Oct-1943 |
|
Televangelist |
| Brandon Routh |
Actor |
9-Oct-1979 |
|
Superman in Superman Returns |
| Camille Saint-Saëns |
Composer |
9-Oct-1835 |
16-Dec-1921 |
Samson et Dalila |
| Savannah |
Pornstar |
9-Oct-1970 |
11-Jul-1994 |
Saturday Night Beaver |
| Karl Schwarzschild |
Astronomer |
9-Oct-1873 |
11-May-1916 |
Black holes, Schwarzschild radius |
| Léopold Senghor |
Head of State |
9-Oct-1906 |
20-Dec-2001 |
President of Senegal, 1960-80 |
| Tony Shalhoub |
Actor |
9-Oct-1953 |
|
Monk |
| Alastair Sim |
Actor |
9-Oct-1900 |
19-Aug-1976 |
Scrooge in A Christmas Carol |
| Donald Sinden |
Actor |
9-Oct-1923 |
|
Two's Company |
| Mike Singletary |
Football |
9-Oct-1958 |
|
Linebacker, Chicago Bears |
| Annika Sörenstam |
Golf |
9-Oct-1970 |
|
Winner of 10 majors |
| Nick Swardson |
Actor |
9-Oct-1976 |
|
Male prostitute on Reno 911 |
| Judy Tyler |
Actor |
9-Oct-1933 |
4-Jul-1957 |
Jailhouse Rock |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
Composer |
9-Oct-1813 |
27-Jan-1901 |
La Traviata |
| Charles Walgreen |
Business |
9-Oct-1873 |
11-Dec-1939 |
Founder of Walgreen Co. |
| Gok Wan |
TV Personality |
9-Oct-1974 |
|
How to Look Good Naked |
| Robert Warwick |
Actor |
9-Oct-1878 |
6-Jun-1964 |
Alias Jimmy Valentine |
| Horst Wessel |
Activist |
9-Oct-1907 |
23-Feb-1930 |
Nazi martyr |
| Jody Williams |
Activist |
9-Oct-1950 |
|
Anti-landmine activist |
| Tyler James Williams |
Actor |
9-Oct-1992 |
|
Everybody Hates Chris |
| O. V. Wright |
Singer |
9-Oct-1939 |
16-Nov-1980 |
Southern gospel and soul singer |
| Robert Wuhl |
Actor |
9-Oct-1951 |
|
Arliss on Arli$$ |