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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Carmen Argenziano
Actor
27-Oct-1943   Selmak on Stargate: SG-1
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Journalist
27-Oct-1844 20-Feb-1916 Helped to cleave Norway and Sweden
Tim Babcock
Politician
27-Oct-1919   Governor of Montana, 1962-69
Enid Bagnold
Novelist
27-Oct-1889 31-Mar-1981 National Velvet
Bill Ballance
Radio Personality
27-Oct-1918 23-Sep-2004 Shared naked pix of Dr. Laura
Roberto Benigni
Actor
27-Oct-1952   Life Is Beautiful
Marcellin Berthelot
Chemist
27-Oct-1827 18-Mar-1907 Chimie organique fondée sur la synthèse
Simon Le Bon
Musician
27-Oct-1958   Frontman of Duran Duran
Debra Bowen
Politician
27-Oct-1955   California Secretary of State
Jay Bybee
Judge
27-Oct-1953   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Rick Carlisle
Basketball
27-Oct-1959   Head Coach, Dallas Mavericks
Jack Carson
Actor
27-Oct-1910 2-Jan-1963 Two Guys From Milwaukee
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Actor
27-Oct-1932 19-Apr-2007 The Crimson Rivers
Catherine of Valois
Royalty
27-Oct-1401 3-Jan-1437 Consort of Henry V of England
Warren Christopher
Government
27-Oct-1925 18-Mar-2011 US Secretary of State, 1993-97
John Cleese
Comic
27-Oct-1939   Monty Python
James Cook
Explorer
27-Oct-1728 14-Feb-1779 Explorer of the South Pacific
Frederick De Cordova
Film/TV Producer
27-Oct-1910 15-Sep-2001 Producer of The Tonight Show
Carolyn Craig
Actor
27-Oct-1934 12-Dec-1970 House on Haunted Hill
Floyd Cramer
Country Musician
27-Oct-1933 31-Dec-1997 Country music pianist
James J. Davis
Government
27-Oct-1873 22-Nov-1947 US Secretary of Labor, 1921-30
Ruby Dee
Actor
27-Oct-1924   The Jackie Robinson Story
William E. Dodd
Diplomat
27-Oct-1869 9-Feb-1940 US Ambassador to Nazi Germany
Matt Drudge
Blogger
27-Oct-1966   The Drudge Report
Erasmus
Scholar
27-Oct-1469 12-Jul-1536 In Praise of Folly
Leif Erickson
Actor
27-Oct-1911 29-Jan-1986 The High Chaparral
Nanette Fabray
Actor
27-Oct-1920   Caesar's Hour
Peter Firth
Actor
27-Oct-1953   Harry Pearce on Spooks
Patrick Fugit
Actor
27-Oct-1982   Almost Famous
Francis Fukuyama
Author
27-Oct-1952   The End of History and the Last Man
Michel Galabru
Actor
27-Oct-1922   The Judge and the Assassin
Bill George
Football
27-Oct-1929 30-Sep-1982 Linebacker, NFL Hall of Famer
John Gotti
Criminal
27-Oct-1940 10-Jun-2002 The Teflon Don
Lee Greenwood
Country Musician
27-Oct-1942   God Bless the U.S.A.
H. R. Haldeman
Government
27-Oct-1926 12-Nov-1993 Nixon's Chief of Staff
Veronica Hart
Pornstar
27-Oct-1956   Latex, Wanda Whips Wall Street
Ed Herschler
Politician
27-Oct-1918 5-Feb-1990 Governor of Wyoming, 1975-87
Keri Hilson
Singer/Songwriter
27-Oct-1982   The Way I Are
Maurice Hinchey
Politician
27-Oct-1938   Congressman, New York 22nd
Joanne O. Isham
Government
27-Oct-1955   Career CIA, now at HPTi
Bradley A. Keywell
Business
27-Oct-1969   Co-Founder of Groupon
Ralph Kiner
Baseball
27-Oct-1922   Hit 54 home runs in 1947
Maxine Hong Kingston
Author
27-Oct-1940   The Woman Warrior
Mike Kopetski
Politician
27-Oct-1949   Congressman from Oregon, 1991-95
Lee Krasner
Painter
27-Oct-1908 19-Jun-1984 Abstract expressionist
Fran Lebowitz
Author
27-Oct-1950   Social satirist, Metropolitan Life
Roy Lichtenstein
Painter
27-Oct-1923 29-Sep-1997 Whaam!
Ed Lumley
Politician
27-Oct-1939   Canadian MP, Stormont--Dundas
Jack Mack
Business
27-Oct-1864 14-Mar-1924 Founder of Mack Trucks
James Macpherson
Hoaxer
27-Oct-1736 17-Feb-1796 So-called translations of Ossian
Marla Maples
Relative
27-Oct-1963   One of Donald Trump's ex-wives
M. Peter McPherson
Business
27-Oct-1940   President of Michigan State University, 1993-2004
Alfred P. Murrah
Judge
27-Oct-1904 30-Oct-1975 Oklahoma City Federal Building namesake
Conlon Nancarrow
Composer
27-Oct-1912 10-Aug-1997 Studies for Player Piano
Daniel A. O'Donohue
Diplomat
27-Oct-1931   US Ambassador to Thailand, 1988-91
Kelly Osbourne
Relative
27-Oct-1984   Ozzy's daughter
Niccolo Paganini
Violinist
27-Oct-1782 27-May-1840 Italian violinist and composer
Lara Parker
Actor
27-Oct-1937   Angelique on Dark Shadows
James R. Patton, Jr.
Attorney
27-Oct-1928   Founder, Patton Boggs
Carlos Andres Perez
Head of State
27-Oct-1922 25-Dec-2010 Twice President of Venezuela, impeached
Robert Picardo
Actor
27-Oct-1953   Holographic doctor on Star Trek: Voyager
Sylvia Plath
Poet
27-Oct-1932 11-Feb-1963 Daddy
Frank Popoff
Business
27-Oct-1935   CEO of Dow Chemical, 1987-95
Emily Post
Columnist
27-Oct-1873 25-Sep-1960 Etiquette
Roscoe Pound
Judge
27-Oct-1870 1-Jul-1964 Sociological jurisprudence
Brady Quinn
Football
27-Oct-1984   Cleveland Browns QB
Sheeri Rappaport
Actor
27-Oct-1977   Officer Franco on NYPD Blue
Whitelaw Reid
Journalist
27-Oct-1837 15-Dec-1912 Editor of the New York Tribune, 1872-1905
Ivan Reitman
Film Director
27-Oct-1946   Ghost Busters
Theodore Roosevelt
Head of State
27-Oct-1858 6-Jan-1919 26th US President, 1901-09
Carlos Ruiz Sacristán
Business
27-Oct-1949   Proyectos Estrategicos Integrales
Fritz Sauckel
Military
27-Oct-1894 16-Oct-1946 Reich slavemaster
Neil Sheehan
Journalist
27-Oct-1936   A Bright Shining Lie
Patty Sheehan
Golf
27-Oct-1956   Winner of 6 majors
Lula Da Silva
Head of State
27-Oct-1945   President of Brazil, 2003-11
Perry Smith
Criminal
27-Oct-1928 14-Apr-1965 In Cold Blood
Zadie Smith
Novelist
27-Oct-1975   White Teeth
Carrie Snodgress
Actor
27-Oct-1946 1-Apr-2004 Diary of a Mad Housewife
Oliver Tambo
Government
27-Oct-1917 24-Apr-1993 ANC President, 1969-91
Dylan Thomas
Poet
27-Oct-1914 9-Nov-1953 Most influential Welsh poet
Dick Trickle
Auto Racing
27-Oct-1941   Stock car racer
Benjamin F. Wade
Politician
27-Oct-1800 2-Mar-1878 US Senator from Ohio, 1851-69
Ted Wass
Actor
27-Oct-1952   Nick Russo on Blossom
Scott Weiland
Singer
27-Oct-1967   Frontman, Stone Temple Pilots
Roy Owen West
Attorney
27-Oct-1868 29-Nov-1958 US Secretary of the Interior, 1928-29
Otto Wichterle
Chemist
27-Oct-1913 18-Aug-1998 Invented soft contact lenses
A. N. Wilson
Novelist
27-Oct-1950   The Lampitt Papers
Teresa Wright
Actor
27-Oct-1918 6-Mar-2005 Shadow of a Doubt
Yahweh ben Yahweh
Religion
27-Oct-1935 7-May-2007 Nation of Yahweh




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