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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ferhat Abbas
Head of State
24-Oct-1899 23-Dec-1985 President of Algeria, 1962-63
F. Murray Abraham
Actor
24-Oct-1939   Mozart's antagonist in Amadeus
Roman Abramovich
Business
24-Oct-1966   Russian oligarch
John Alvin
Actor
24-Oct-1917 27-Feb-2009 The Fighting Sullivans
Dennis Anderson
Auto Racing
24-Oct-1960   Grave Digger monster truck
Anthony Babington
Criminal
24-Oct-1561 20-Sep-1586 Plotted to overthrow Elizabeth I
Adrienne Bailon
Actor
24-Oct-1983   The Cheetah Girls
Ian Baker-Finch
Golf
24-Oct-1960   Winner, 1991 British Open
Luciano Berio
Composer
24-Oct-1925 27-May-2003 Italian Avant-garde composer
The Big Bopper
Musician
24-Oct-1930 3-Feb-1959 Chantilly Lace
Caprice Bourret
Model
24-Oct-1971   Model and actress and singer and whatever
Alban Butler
Author
24-Oct-1710 15-May-1773 Lives of the Saints
Martin Campbell
Film Director
24-Oct-1940   Casino Royale
George Crumb
Composer
24-Oct-1929   1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music
Curtis B. Dall
Military
24-Oct-1896 28-Jun-1991 Liberty Lobby
John Moncure Daniel
Editor
24-Oct-1825 30-Mar-1865 Richmond Examiner
Doug Davidson
Actor
24-Oct-1954   The Young and the Restless
Charles Diebold
Business
24-Oct-1824 5-Mar-1894 Founder of Diebold
Domitian
Royalty
24-Oct-51 AD 18-Sep-96 AD Roman Emperor, 81-96 AD
Drake
Rapper
24-Oct-1986   I'm On One
Al Feldstein
Editor
24-Oct-1925   Editor of MAD, 1956-84
Ron Gardenhire
Baseball
24-Oct-1957   Manager, Minnesota Twins
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Physicist
24-Oct-1932 18-May-2007 Molecular structure of polymers
Gilda Gray
Dancer
24-Oct-1901 22-Dec-1959 The Shimmy Queen
Shenae Grimes
Actor
24-Oct-1989   Annie Wilson on 90210
Sarah Josepha Hale
Author
24-Oct-1788 30-Apr-1879 Editor, Godey's Lady's Book
Moss Hart
Playwright
24-Oct-1904 20-Dec-1961 You Can't Take It With You
Steven Hatfill
Scientist
24-Oct-1953   US biowarfare researcher
Jared Ingersoll
Politician
24-Oct-1749 31-Oct-1822 Signed the US Constitution
Madlib
Music Producer
24-Oct-1973   Hip-hop producer, The Unseen
Brad Johnson
Actor
24-Oct-1959   Soldier of Fortune, Inc.
Kent A. Jordan
Judge
24-Oct-1957   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Bob Kane
Cartoonist
24-Oct-1915 3-Nov-1998 Creator of the original Batman comic
John Kassir
Actor
24-Oct-1957   Voice of the Crypt Keeper
Clarence M. Kelley
Government
24-Oct-1911 5-Aug-1997 FBI Director, 1973-78
Kevin Kline
Actor
24-Oct-1947   A Fish Called Wanda
Reg Kray
Criminal
24-Oct-1933 1-Oct-2000 Kray brothers
Ronnie Kray
Criminal
24-Oct-1933 17-Mar-1995 Kray brothers
Johnny Lattner
Football
24-Oct-1932   Winner, 1953 Heisman Trophy
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Scientist
24-Oct-1632 26-Aug-1723 Master of the Microscope
Denise Levertov
Poet
24-Oct-1923 20-Dec-1997 With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads
Marta Linden
Actor
24-Oct-1903 13-Dec-1990 A Yank at Eton
Belva Lockwood
Activist
24-Oct-1830 19-May-1917 Feminist
Mary Bono Mack
Politician
24-Oct-1961   Congresswoman, California 45th
John Markoff
Journalist
24-Oct-1949   New York Times computer guy
Jacqueline McKenzie
Actor
24-Oct-1967   The 4400
Jeff Merkley
Politician
24-Oct-1956   US Senator from Oregon
Kweisi Mfume
Politician
24-Oct-1948   Former Congressman, CEO of the NAACP
Monica
Singer
24-Oct-1980   Miss Thang
Henry S. Morgan
Business
24-Oct-1900 8-Feb-1982 Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
Robert A. Mundell
Economist
24-Oct-1932   Floating exchange rates
David Nelson
Actor
24-Oct-1936 11-Jan-2011 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
John T. Noonan, Jr.
Judge
24-Oct-1926   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-96
Scott Peterson
Criminal
24-Oct-1972   Murdered pregnant wife Laci
Edward J. Piszek
Business
24-Oct-1916 27-Mar-2004 Co-founder of Mrs. Paul's frozen foods
Trevor Potter
Attorney
24-Oct-1955   FEC Commissioner, 1991-95
Yordan Radichkov
Author
24-Oct-1929 21-Jan-2004 Bulgarian writer
Wayne Rooney
Soccer
24-Oct-1985   Striker for Manchester United
Mike Rounds
Politician
24-Oct-1954   Governor of South Dakota, 2003-11
Norman Rush
Novelist
24-Oct-1933   Mating
José Serrano
Politician
24-Oct-1943   Congressman, New York 16th
Mallika Sherawat
Actor
24-Oct-1976   The Myth
Brad Sherman
Politician
24-Oct-1954   Congressman, California 27th
James S. Sherman
Politician
24-Oct-1855 30-Oct-1912 Vice President under Taft
H. Guyford Stever
Educator
24-Oct-1916 9-Apr-2010 President of CMU, 1965-72
Tila Tequila
TV Personality
24-Oct-1981   Pants-Off Dance-Off
Sybil Thorndike
Actor
24-Oct-1882 9-Jun-1976 English stage actress
Y. A. Tittle
Football
24-Oct-1926   Quarterback, NFL hall of famer
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
Head of State
24-Oct-1891 30-May-1961 Dictator of the Dominican Republic
Anthony Waller
Film Director
24-Oct-1959   An American Werewolf in Paris
Wilhelm Weber
Physicist
24-Oct-1804 23-Jun-1891 Student of electromagnetism
Casey Wilson
Actor
24-Oct-1980   Penny Hartz on Happy Endings
B. D. Wong
Actor
24-Oct-1960   Oz, Law & Order: SVU
Bill Wyman
Bassist
24-Oct-1936   Former Rolling Stones bassist




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