| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Homer M. Adkins |
Politician |
15-Oct-1890 |
26-Feb-1964 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1941-45 |
| James E. Akins |
Diplomat |
15-Oct-1926 |
15-Jul-2010 |
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1973-75 |
| Eric Benét |
Singer |
15-Oct-1966 |
|
Spend My Life With You |
| Sali Berisha |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1944 |
|
Prime Minister of Albania |
| Kathleen Brown |
Politician |
15-Oct-1945 |
|
California State Treasurer, 1991-95 |
| Chris de Burgh |
Singer |
15-Oct-1948 |
|
The Lady In Red |
| Jere Burns |
Actor |
15-Oct-1954 |
|
Breughel on Max Headroom |
| Italo Calvino |
Author |
15-Oct-1923 |
18-Sep-1985 |
Se una notte d'inverno un viaggatore |
| Richard Carpenter |
Musician |
15-Oct-1946 |
|
The Carpenters |
| Bruna Castagna |
Singer |
15-Oct-1905 |
10-Jul-1983 |
Operatic contralto/mezzo-soprano |
| Ina Claire |
Actor |
15-Oct-1893 |
21-Feb-1985 |
Ninotchka |
| Keyshia Cole |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Oct-1981 |
|
The Way It Is |
| John Coleman |
TV Personality |
15-Oct-1934 |
|
Founder, The Weather Channel |
| Mac Collins |
Politician |
15-Oct-1944 |
|
Congressman from Georgia, 1993-2005 |
| Melville Cooper |
Actor |
15-Oct-1896 |
31-Mar-1973 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
| Jane Darwell |
Actor |
15-Oct-1879 |
13-Aug-1967 |
The bird woman in Mary Poppins |
| Paige Davis |
Game Show Host |
15-Oct-1969 |
|
Katie Couric lookalike on Trading Spaces |
| John Cardinal Dearden |
Religion |
15-Oct-1907 |
1-Aug-1988 |
Archbishop of Detroit, 1958-80 |
| Mathieu Demy |
Actor |
15-Oct-1972 |
|
Our Precious Children |
| S. S. Van Dine |
Novelist |
15-Oct-1888 |
11-Apr-1939 |
The Canary Murder Case |
| Peter C. Doherty |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1940 |
|
T-cells and antigens |
| Walter F. Doran |
Military |
15-Oct-1945 |
|
C-in-C, US Pacific Fleet, 2002-05 |
| Fritz Feld |
Actor |
15-Oct-1900 |
18-Nov-1993 |
Bringing Up Baby |
| Sarah Ferguson |
Royalty |
15-Oct-1959 |
|
Fergie, Duchess of York |
| Hiram Fong |
Politician |
15-Oct-1906 |
18-Aug-2004 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-77 |
| Michel Foucault |
Philosopher |
15-Oct-1926 |
26-Jun-1984 |
History of Sexuality |
| John Kenneth Galbraith |
Economist |
15-Oct-1908 |
29-Apr-2006 |
Modern economics renegade |
| John Getz |
Actor |
15-Oct-1946 |
|
Blood Simple |
| Robert Giaimo |
Politician |
15-Oct-1919 |
24-May-2006 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-81 |
| Ginuwine |
Singer |
15-Oct-1970 |
|
R&B singer, Pony |
| Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. |
Government |
15-Oct-1947 |
|
IRS Commissioner, 1989-92 |
| Akbar the Great |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1542 |
27-Oct-1605 |
Mughal Emperor, 1556-1605 |
| Ernie Green |
Business |
15-Oct-1938 |
|
Ernie Green Industries, Inc. |
| Nigel Green |
Actor |
15-Oct-1924 |
15-May-1972 |
The Ipcress File |
| Jesse L. Greenstein |
Astronomer |
15-Oct-1909 |
21-Oct-2002 |
Co-Discoverer of quasars |
| Gordon Gund |
Business |
15-Oct-1939 |
|
Former owner, Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Asaph Hall |
Astronomer |
15-Oct-1829 |
22-Nov-1907 |
Discovered the moons of Mars |
| Moritz Hartmann |
Poet |
15-Oct-1821 |
13-May-1872 |
German patriotic poet |
| Peter Haskell |
Actor |
15-Oct-1934 |
12-Apr-2010 |
Kevin Grant on Bracken's World |
| George Hennard |
Criminal |
15-Oct-1956 |
16-Oct-1991 |
Killed 22 at Luby's Cafeteria in Texas |
| Rush Holt |
Politician |
15-Oct-1948 |
|
Congressman, New Jersey 12th |
| Evan Hunter |
Novelist |
15-Oct-1926 |
7-Jul-2005 |
The Blackboard Jungle |
| Lee Iacocca |
Business |
15-Oct-1924 |
|
Former chairman, Chrysler Corporation |
| Helen Hunt Jackson |
Poet |
15-Oct-1830 |
12-Aug-1885 |
Ramona |
| Tito Jackson |
Musician |
15-Oct-1953 |
|
Jackson Five |
| Art James |
Game Show Host |
15-Oct-1929 |
28-Mar-2004 |
Announcer for Concentration |
| Little Willie John |
Singer |
15-Oct-1937 |
26-May-1968 |
Fever |
| A. P. J. Kalam |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1931 |
|
11th President of India 2002-07 |
| Matt Keeslar |
Actor |
15-Oct-1972 |
|
Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen |
| Fela Kuti |
Musician |
15-Oct-1938 |
2-Aug-1997 |
God of Afrobeat |
| Emeril Lagasse |
Chef |
15-Oct-1959 |
|
Chef, TV show host, restaurateur |
| Joseph Rucker Lamar |
Judge |
15-Oct-1857 |
2-Jan-1916 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1911-16 |
| Linda Lavin |
Actor |
15-Oct-1937 |
|
Alice |
| Jim Leach |
Politician |
15-Oct-1942 |
|
Congressman from Iowa, 1977-2007 |
| Mark Lenard |
Actor |
15-Oct-1924 |
22-Nov-1996 |
Ambassador Sarek on Star Trek |
| Mikhail Lermontov |
Poet |
15-Oct-1814 |
27-Jul-1841 |
A Hero of Our Time |
| Mervyn LeRoy |
Film Director |
15-Oct-1900 |
13-Sep-1987 |
Quo Vadis? |
| Michael Lewis |
Author |
15-Oct-1960 |
|
Liar's Poker |
| Bailee Madison |
Actor |
15-Oct-1999 |
|
Bridge to Terabithia |
| Vanessa Marcil |
Actor |
15-Oct-1968 |
|
Gina Kinkaid on Beverly Hills 90210 |
| Penny Marshall |
Actor |
15-Oct-1942 |
|
Laverne on Laverne and Shirley |
| Vincent Martella |
Actor |
15-Oct-1992 |
|
Phineas on Phineas and Ferb |
| Irvin McDowell |
Military |
15-Oct-1818 |
4-May-1885 |
Defeated at First Battle of Bull Run |
| John S. McKiernan |
Politician |
15-Oct-1911 |
9-Mar-1997 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1950-51 |
| Brandon Jay McLaren |
Actor |
15-Oct-1980 |
|
Power Rangers SPD |
| Ned McWherter |
Politician |
15-Oct-1930 |
4-Apr-2011 |
Governor of Tennessee, 1987-95 |
| Larry Miller |
Comic |
15-Oct-1953 |
|
Michael Dobson on Law & Order |
| Jan Miner |
Actor |
15-Oct-1917 |
15-Feb-2004 |
Soaking in Palmolive dishwashing liquid |
| Konrad Mutian |
Scholar |
15-Oct-1471 |
30-Mar-1526 |
German pre-Reformation humanist |
| Mira Nair |
Film Director |
15-Oct-1957 |
|
Salaam Bombay! |
| Friedrich Nietzsche |
Philosopher |
15-Oct-1844 |
25-Aug-1900 |
God is dead |
| Chris Olivero |
Actor |
15-Oct-1979 |
|
Declan McDonough on Kyle XY |
| Zak Orth |
Actor |
15-Oct-1970 |
|
When Trumpets Fade |
| Jim Palmer |
Baseball |
15-Oct-1945 |
|
Longtime Baltimore Orioles pitcher |
| Alex Paterson |
Musician |
15-Oct-1959 |
|
Mind behind The Orb |
| Alicia Patterson |
Business |
15-Oct-1906 |
2-Jul-1963 |
Founder of Newsday |
| Leonard Peikoff |
Philosopher |
15-Oct-1933 |
|
Proseletyzer of objectivism |
| Stacy Peralta |
Skateboarder |
15-Oct-1957 |
|
Powell-Peralta, Dogtown and Z-Boys |
| Carl D. Perkins |
Politician |
15-Oct-1912 |
3-Aug-1984 |
Congressman from Kentucky, 1949-84 |
| Jean Peters |
Actor |
15-Oct-1926 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Captain from Castile |
| Paul E. Pfeifer |
Judge |
15-Oct-1942 |
|
Justice, Ohio Supreme Court |
| Mario Puzo |
Novelist |
15-Oct-1920 |
2-Jul-1999 |
The Godfather |
| Susan Ralston |
Government |
15-Oct-1967 |
|
Former Abramoff, Rove aide |
| Edwin O. Reischauer |
Diplomat |
15-Oct-1910 |
1-Sep-1990 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66 |
| Tanya Roberts |
Actor |
15-Oct-1955 |
|
Bond Girl, Beastmaster, That 70s Show |
| Candida Royalle |
Pornstar |
15-Oct-1950 |
|
Femmes De Sade |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. |
Historian |
15-Oct-1917 |
28-Feb-2007 |
The Age of Roosevelt |
| Yitzhak Shamir |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1915 |
30-Jun-2012 |
Twice Israeli Prime Minister |
| Moshe Sharett |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1894 |
7-Jul-1965 |
Prime Minister of Israel, 1953-55 |
| C. P. Snow |
Author |
15-Oct-1905 |
1-Jul-1980 |
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution |
| Todd Solondz |
Film Director |
15-Oct-1959 |
|
Welcome to the Dollhouse |
| Brenda K. Starr |
Singer |
15-Oct-1966 |
|
Freestyle-turned-salsa performer |
| Marie Stopes |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1880 |
2-Oct-1958 |
Scientist and birth control advocate |
| John F. Street |
Politician |
15-Oct-1943 |
|
Mayor of Philadelphia, 2000-08 |
| John F. A. Strong |
Politician |
15-Oct-1856 |
27-Jul-1929 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1913-18 |
| Roscoe Tanner |
Tennis |
15-Oct-1951 |
|
Winner, 1977 Australian Open |
| William Temple |
Religion |
15-Oct-1881 |
26-Oct-1944 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1942-44 |
| Debra Todd |
Judge |
15-Oct-1957 |
|
Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
| Evangelista Torricelli |
Mathematician |
15-Oct-1608 |
25-Oct-1647 |
Inventor of the barometer |
| David Trimble |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1944 |
|
Irish politician, Nobel Prize recipient |
| John Vanderlyn |
Painter |
15-Oct-1776 |
23-Sep-1852 |
American portrait painter |
| Henri Verneuil |
Playwright |
15-Oct-1920 |
11-Jan-2002 |
I as in Icarus |
| Virgil |
Poet |
15-Oct-70 BC |
21-Sep-19 BC |
The Aeneid |
| Shayne Ward |
Singer |
15-Oct-1984 |
|
Winner of The X Factor, 2005 |
| Helen Ware |
Actor |
15-Oct-1877 |
25-Jan-1939 |
Theater actress |
| Walter Jon Williams |
Novelist |
15-Oct-1953 |
|
Hardwired |
| Edith Wilson |
First Lady |
15-Oct-1872 |
28-Dec-1961 |
Second wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
| P. G. Wodehouse |
Author |
15-Oct-1881 |
14-Feb-1975 |
Jeeves novels |
