| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Frederick Barthelme |
Novelist |
10-Oct-1943 |
|
Moon Deluxe |
| Gary Beach |
Actor |
10-Oct-1947 |
|
Broadway actor |
| Manu Bennett |
Actor |
10-Oct-1969 |
|
Crixus on Spartacus |
| Jodi Benson |
Actor |
10-Oct-1961 |
|
The Little Mermaid |
| Ivan Bunin |
Author |
10-Oct-1870 |
8-Oct-1953 |
Russian short story writer, Light Breathing |
| Amanda Burton |
Actor |
10-Oct-1956 |
|
Sam Ryan on Silent Witness |
| Janis Carter |
Actor |
10-Oct-1913 |
30-Jul-1994 |
B-Movie actress |
| Henry Cavendish |
Chemist |
10-Oct-1731 |
24-Feb-1810 |
Discovered hydrogen |
| Yves Chauvin |
Chemist |
10-Oct-1930 |
|
Metathesis |
| Winston S. Churchill |
Politician |
10-Oct-1940 |
2-Mar-2010 |
British MP, Manchester, 1970-97 |
| James Clavell |
Novelist |
10-Oct-1924 |
7-Sep-1994 |
Shogun and The Great Escape |
| Peter Coyote |
Actor |
10-Oct-1942 |
|
Dennis Ryland on The 4400 |
| Charles Dance |
Actor |
10-Oct-1946 |
|
Good Morning, Babylon |
| Price Daniel |
Politician |
10-Oct-1910 |
25-Aug-1988 |
Governor of Texas, 1957-63 |
| Vernon Duke |
Composer |
10-Oct-1903 |
16-Jan-1969 |
April in Paris |
| Dale Earnhardt, Jr. |
Auto Racing |
10-Oct-1974 |
|
NASCAR racer, son of Earnhardt Sr. |
| Dana Elcar |
Actor |
10-Oct-1927 |
6-Jun-2005 |
Pete Thornton on MacGyver |
| Gerhard Ertl |
Chemist |
10-Oct-1936 |
|
Auto emissions and the ozone layer |
| Brett Favre |
Football |
10-Oct-1969 |
|
Minnesota Vikings QB |
| Benson Fong |
Actor |
10-Oct-1916 |
1-Aug-1987 |
Flower Drum Song |
| Fiona Fullerton |
Actor |
10-Oct-1956 |
|
A View to a Kill |
| Alberto Giacometti |
Sculptor |
10-Oct-1901 |
11-Jan-1966 |
Head of a Man on a Rod |
| Johnny Green |
Composer |
10-Oct-1908 |
15-May-1989 |
Body and Soul |
| Morley Griswold |
Politician |
10-Oct-1890 |
3-Oct-1951 |
Governor of Nevada, 1934-35 |
| Gail Halvorsen |
Military |
10-Oct-1920 |
|
Berlin Airlift candy bomber |
| Jessica Harper |
Actor |
10-Oct-1949 |
|
Suspiria and My Favorite Year |
| Matthew Haughey |
Blogger |
10-Oct-1972 |
|
MetaFilter, PVRblog |
| Helen Hayes |
Actor |
10-Oct-1900 |
17-Mar-1993 |
First Lady of the Theater |
| Leroy Hood |
Biologist |
10-Oct-1938 |
|
Systems biology and Human Genome Project |
| Alanson B. Houghton |
Diplomat |
10-Oct-1863 |
15-Sep-1941 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1925-29 |
| Richard Jaeckel |
Actor |
10-Oct-1926 |
14-Jun-1997 |
Sometimes a Great Notion |
| Naoto Kan |
Politician |
10-Oct-1946 |
|
Prime Minister of Japan |
| Martin Kemp |
Musician |
10-Oct-1961 |
|
Spandau Ballet |
| John W. King |
Politician |
10-Oct-1918 |
9-Aug-1996 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1963-69 |
| Paul Kruger |
Head of State |
10-Oct-1825 |
14-Jul-1904 |
President of Transvaal |
| George H. Lesch |
Business |
10-Oct-1909 |
22-Sep-1994 |
CEO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1960-71 |
| Harold LeVander |
Politician |
10-Oct-1910 |
30-Mar-1992 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1967-71 |
| Bai Ling |
Actor |
10-Oct-1970 |
|
Anna and the King |
| Mario Lopez |
Actor |
10-Oct-1973 |
|
A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell |
| Arthur O. Lovejoy |
Historian |
10-Oct-1873 |
30-Dec-1962 |
The Great Chain of Being |
| Henry J. Mansell |
Religion |
10-Oct-1937 |
|
Catholic Archbishop of Hartford |
| Daniel Massey |
Actor |
10-Oct-1933 |
25-Mar-1998 |
Star! |
| George Mathews |
Actor |
10-Oct-1911 |
7-Nov-1984 |
Pat and Mike |
| Wendi McLendon-Covey |
Actor |
10-Oct-1969 |
|
Deputy Johnson on Reno 911! |
| Victor H. Metcalf |
Government |
10-Oct-1853 |
20-Feb-1936 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1906-08 |
| Thelonious Monk |
Jazz Musician |
10-Oct-1917 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Influential jazz pianist and composer |
| Anita Mui |
Singer |
10-Oct-1963 |
30-Dec-2003 |
Madonna of Asia |
| Mya |
Musician |
10-Oct-1978 |
|
My Love Is Like...Wo |
| Tiffany Mynx |
Pornstar |
10-Oct-1971 |
|
Asswoman in Wonderland |
| Adam Nagourney |
Journalist |
10-Oct-1954 |
|
New York Times |
| Fridtjof Nansen |
Explorer |
10-Oct-1861 |
13-May-1930 |
Polar explorer, Nobel Prize recipient |
| R. K. Narayan |
Author |
10-Oct-1906 |
13-May-2001 |
Swami and Friends |
| John M. Nelson |
Politician |
10-Oct-1870 |
29-Jan-1955 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1921-33 |
| Cyril Neville |
Musician |
10-Oct-1948 |
|
One of the Neville Brothers |
| Gavin Newsom |
Politician |
10-Oct-1967 |
|
Lt. Governor of California |
| Jodi Lyn O'Keefe |
Actor |
10-Oct-1978 |
|
Nash Bridges |
| Michael Oliver |
Actor |
10-Oct-1981 |
|
Problem Child |
| Daniel Pearl |
Journalist |
10-Oct-1963 |
21-Feb-2002 |
Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter |
| Chris Penn |
Actor |
10-Oct-1965 |
24-Jan-2006 |
Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs |
| Rebecca Pidgeon |
Actor |
10-Oct-1965 |
|
The Spanish Prisoner |
| Harold Pinter |
Playwright |
10-Oct-1930 |
24-Dec-2008 |
The Birthday Party |
| Joseph R. Pitts |
Politician |
10-Oct-1939 |
|
Congressman, Pennsylvania 16th |
| Frances Fox Piven |
Activist |
10-Oct-1932 |
|
Regulating The Poor |
| Maurice Prendergast |
Painter |
10-Oct-1859 |
1-Feb-1924 |
American Post-Impressionist watercolorist |
| Chris Pronger |
Hockey |
10-Oct-1974 |
|
Anaheim Ducks |
| Samuel Jackson Randall |
Politician |
10-Oct-1828 |
13-Apr-1890 |
Speaker of the US House, 1876-81 |
| Rekha |
Actor |
10-Oct-1954 |
|
Krrish |
| Nora Roberts |
Novelist |
10-Oct-1950 |
|
Author of over 120 romance novels |
| Kermit Roosevelt |
Relative |
10-Oct-1889 |
4-Jun-1943 |
Theodore Roosevelt's son |
| David Lee Roth |
Singer |
10-Oct-1954 |
|
Sometimes lead singer, Van Halen |
| Toby Roth |
Politician |
10-Oct-1938 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1979-97 |
| Selim I |
Royalty |
10-Oct-1470 |
22-Sep-1520 |
Ottoman Sultan, 1512-20 |
| Claude Simon |
Novelist |
10-Oct-1913 |
6-Jul-2005 |
Le Tricheur |
| Frank Sinkwich |
Football |
10-Oct-1920 |
22-Oct-1990 |
Winner, 1942 Heisman Trophy |
| Steve Southerland |
Politician |
10-Oct-1965 |
|
Congressman, Florida 2nd |
| Dan Stevens |
Actor |
10-Oct-1982 |
|
Matthew Crawley on Downton Abbey |
| Adlai E. Stevenson III |
Politician |
10-Oct-1930 |
|
US Senator from Illinois, 1970-81 |
| Mike Straka |
Columnist |
10-Oct-1969 |
|
Grrr! columnist for Fox News |
| George Strawbridge, Jr. |
Business |
10-Oct-1937 |
|
Campbell Soup scion |
| Julia Sweeney |
Comic |
10-Oct-1959 |
|
Androgyne Pat on Saturday Night Live |
| Laurence Tribe |
Attorney |
10-Oct-1941 |
|
Harvard Law Professor |
| Tanya Tucker |
Country Musician |
10-Oct-1958 |
|
Country music singer |
| Midge Ure |
Musician |
10-Oct-1953 |
|
Frontman for Ultravox |
| Ben Vereen |
Actor |
10-Oct-1946 |
|
Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Harold Vermilyea |
Actor |
10-Oct-1889 |
8-Jan-1958 |
Sorry, Wrong Number |
| Crystal Waters |
Singer |
10-Oct-1964 |
|
Gypsy Woman |
| Antoine Watteau |
Painter |
10-Oct-1684 |
18-Jul-1721 |
Rococo painter of fêtes galantes |
| Benjamin West |
Painter |
10-Oct-1738 |
10-Mar-1820 |
British-American portrait, scene painter |
| Bradley Whitford |
Actor |
10-Oct-1959 |
|
The West Wing |
| Roger B. Wilson |
Politician |
10-Oct-1948 |
|
Governor of Missouri, 2000-01 |
| Ed Wood |
Film Director |
10-Oct-1924 |
10-Dec-1978 |
Plan 9 From Outer Space |
