| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Wallace Calvin Abbott |
Doctor |
12-Oct-1857 |
4-Jul-1921 |
Founder of Abbott Laboratories |
| Susan Anton |
Singer |
12-Oct-1950 |
|
Played 5000 times at Radio City Music Hall |
| Robin Askwith |
Actor |
12-Oct-1950 |
|
Confessions of a Window Cleaner |
| Steve Austria |
Politician |
12-Oct-1958 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 7th |
| Robert L. Bartley |
Editor |
12-Oct-1937 |
10-Dec-2003 |
Editor of the Wall Street Journal, 1979-2003 |
| Lyman Beecher |
Religion |
12-Oct-1775 |
10-Jan-1863 |
American Presbyterian preacher |
| Carlos Bernard |
Actor |
12-Oct-1962 |
|
Tony Almeida on 24 |
| Chris Botti |
Jazz Musician |
12-Oct-1962 |
|
Night Sessions |
| George W. Cable |
Author |
12-Oct-1844 |
31-Jan-1925 |
Old Creole Days |
| Kirk Cameron |
Actor |
12-Oct-1970 |
|
Mike Seaver on Growing Pains |
| Wendy Chamberlin |
Diplomat |
12-Oct-1948 |
|
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 2001-02 |
| William Clark, Jr. |
Diplomat |
12-Oct-1930 |
|
US Ambassador to India, 1989-92 |
| Art Clokey |
Cartoonist |
12-Oct-1921 |
8-Jan-2010 |
Creator of Gumby |
| Robert Coles |
Psychiatrist |
12-Oct-1929 |
|
Children of Crisis |
| Jonathan Crombie |
Actor |
12-Oct-1966 |
|
Green Gables |
| Joe Cronin |
Baseball |
12-Oct-1906 |
7-Sep-1984 |
Shortstop on 7 All-Star teams |
| Aleister Crowley |
Religion |
12-Oct-1875 |
1-Dec-1947 |
Wickedest man in the world |
| James Crumley |
Novelist |
12-Oct-1939 |
17-Sep-2008 |
The Mexican Tree Duck |
| Edward F. Dunne |
Politician |
12-Oct-1853 |
24-May-1937 |
Governor of Illinois, 1913-17 |
| King Edward VI |
Royalty |
12-Oct-1537 |
6-Jul-1553 |
King of England, 1547-53 |
| John Engler |
Politician |
12-Oct-1948 |
|
Governor of Michigan, 1991-2003 |
| Deborah Foreman |
Actor |
12-Oct-1962 |
|
Valley Girl |
| Melvin Franklin |
Singer |
12-Oct-1942 |
23-Feb-1995 |
Bass vocals for The Temptations |
| Dave Freudenthal |
Politician |
12-Oct-1950 |
|
Governor of Wyoming, 2003-11 |
| Jake Garn |
Politician |
12-Oct-1932 |
|
US Senator from Utah, 1974-93 |
| E. Duncan Getchell |
Attorney |
12-Oct-1949 |
|
McGuireWoods LLP |
| Howard M. Gore |
Politician |
12-Oct-1887 |
20-Jun-1947 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1925-29 |
| Ante Gotovina |
Military |
12-Oct-1955 |
|
Croatian war criminal |
| Dick Gregory |
Activist |
12-Oct-1932 |
|
Autobiography: NIGGER! |
| Lady Jane Grey |
Royalty |
12-Oct-1537 |
12-Feb-1554 |
Queen of England for nine days |
| Tom Guiry |
Actor |
12-Oct-1981 |
|
The Sandlot |
| Arthur Harden |
Chemist |
12-Oct-1865 |
17-Jun-1940 |
Enzymes of sugar fermentation |
| F. Edward Hebert |
Politician |
12-Oct-1901 |
29-Dec-1979 |
Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-77 |
| August Horch |
Engineer |
12-Oct-1868 |
3-Feb-1951 |
Founder of Audi |
| Les Horvath |
Football |
12-Oct-1921 |
14-Nov-1995 |
Winner, 1944 Heisman Trophy |
| Josh Hutcherson |
Actor |
12-Oct-1992 |
|
Bridge to Terabithia |
| Josephine Hutchinson |
Actor |
12-Oct-1903 |
4-Jun-1998 |
North by Northwest |
| Carlos the Jackal |
Terrorist |
12-Oct-1949 |
|
International terrorist |
| Hugh Jackman |
Actor |
12-Oct-1968 |
|
X-Men |
| Young Jeezy |
Rapper |
12-Oct-1977 |
|
Boyz N Da Hood |
| Marion Jones |
Track and Field |
12-Oct-1975 |
|
Fastest woman on Earth, with an asterisk |
| Thomas L. Judge |
Politician |
12-Oct-1934 |
8-Sep-2006 |
Governor of Montana, 1973-81 |
| Takeshi Kaga |
TV Personality |
12-Oct-1950 |
|
Chairman Kaga from Iron Chef |
| Tony Kubek |
Baseball |
12-Oct-1936 |
|
NY Yankees Shortstop, 1957-65 |
| Daliah Lavi |
Actor |
12-Oct-1940 |
|
The Whip and the Body |
| Ramsay MacDonald |
Head of State |
12-Oct-1866 |
9-Nov-1937 |
First Labour Prime Minister of UK |
| James McAuley |
Poet |
12-Oct-1917 |
15-Oct-1976 |
Australian poet, Ern Malley hoaxer |
| Bode Miller |
Skier |
12-Oct-1977 |
|
Four-time world ski champion |
| Eugenio Montale |
Poet |
12-Oct-1896 |
12-Sep-1981 |
Ossi di seppia |
| Jean Nidetch |
Business |
12-Oct-1923 |
|
Weight Watchers founder |
| Michel Oksenberg |
Scholar |
12-Oct-1938 |
22-Feb-2001 |
Leading sinologist |
| Paul S. Otellini |
Business |
12-Oct-1950 |
|
CEO of Intel |
| Marcus T. Paulk |
Actor |
12-Oct-1986 |
|
Myles Mitchell on Moesha |
| Luciano Pavarotti |
Singer |
12-Oct-1935 |
6-Sep-2007 |
Operatic tenor |
| Ann Petry |
Novelist |
12-Oct-1908 |
28-Apr-1997 |
The Street |
| William Raspberry |
Columnist |
12-Oct-1935 |
17-Jul-2012 |
The Washington Post |
| James W. Rawlings |
Business |
12-Oct-1929 |
|
President of Union Carbide South Africa, 1979-86 |
| William H. Regnery |
Business |
12-Oct-1877 |
c. 1954 |
America First Committee |
| Dusty Rhodes |
Wrestling |
12-Oct-1945 |
|
The American Dream |
| Adam Rich |
Actor |
12-Oct-1968 |
|
Nicholas Bradford on Eight is Enough |
| Ed Royce |
Politician |
12-Oct-1951 |
|
Congressman, California 40th |
| Mary F. Sammons |
Business |
12-Oct-1946 |
|
CEO of Rite Aid |
| Laurence H. Silberman |
Judge |
12-Oct-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-77 |
| Bruce A. Smith |
Business |
12-Oct-1943 |
|
CEO of Tesoro |
| Elmer Sperry |
Inventor |
12-Oct-1860 |
10-Jun-1930 |
Gyroscopic compass |
| William H. Sullivan |
Diplomat |
12-Oct-1922 |
|
US Ambassador to Iran, 1977-79 |
| Godfrey Tearle |
Actor |
12-Oct-1884 |
8-Jun-1953 |
The 39 Steps |
| Jonathan Trumbull |
Politician |
12-Oct-1710 |
17-Aug-1785 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1769-84 |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Composer |
12-Oct-1872 |
26-Aug-1958 |
Sinfonia Antarctica |
| Chris Wallace |
Journalist |
12-Oct-1947 |
|
Fox News Sunday |
| Jean Wallace |
Actor |
12-Oct-1923 |
14-Feb-1990 |
The Big Combo |
| Charlie Ward |
Basketball |
12-Oct-1970 |
|
NY Knicks, also 1993 Heisman Trophy |
| Craig Washington |
Politician |
12-Oct-1941 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1989-95 |
| Essie Mae Washington-Williams |
Relative |
12-Oct-1925 |
|
Strom Thurmond's half-black daughter |
| Randy West |
Pornstar |
12-Oct-1947 |
|
Up N Cummers, Confession of Emmanuelle |
| Charles Z. Wick |
Government |
12-Oct-1917 |
20-Jul-2008 |
Director of the USIA, 1981-89 |
| David Wilkins |
Politician |
12-Oct-1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Canada |
