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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jon Abrahams
Actor
29-Oct-1977   Scary Movie
A. J. Ayer
Philosopher
29-Oct-1910 27-Jun-1989 Language, Truth and Logic
Ralph Bakshi
Cartoonist
29-Oct-1938   Fritz the Cat and Cool World
Thomas F. Bayard
Government
29-Oct-1828 28-Sep-1898 US Secretary of State, 1885-89
Baruj Benacerraf
Scientist
29-Oct-1920 2-Aug-2011 Gene control of HLA antigens
Daniel J. Bernstein
Computer Programmer
29-Oct-1971   Bernstein v. United States
James Boswell
Author
29-Oct-1740 19-May-1795 The Life of Samuel Johnson
Fanny Brice
Singer
29-Oct-1891 29-May-1951 The Baby Snooks Show
Geraldine Brooks
Actor
29-Oct-1925 19-Jun-1977 The Reckless Moment
Dillon Casey
Actor
29-Oct-1983   Trevor Lemonde on M.V.P.
Dan Castellaneta
Actor
29-Oct-1957   Voice of Homer Simpson
Damian Chapa
Actor
29-Oct-1963   Street Fighter
Beth Chapman
TV Personality
29-Oct-1967   Dog Chapman's wife
Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix
Explorer
29-Oct-1682 1-Feb-1761 Jesuit explorer of America
Chester A. Crocker
Government
29-Oct-1941   Asst. Secy. State, African Affairs, 1981-89
Richard Dreyfuss
Actor
29-Oct-1947   Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Kevin DuBrow
Singer
29-Oct-1955 25-Nov-2007 Lead singer, Quiet Riot
Dominick Dunne
Novelist
29-Oct-1925 26-Aug-2009 High society novelist, true crime writer
Hope Emerson
Actor
29-Oct-1897 25-Apr-1960 Caged
Dan Emmett
Songwriter
29-Oct-1815 28-Jun-1904 Dixie
Alois Estermann
Government
29-Oct-1954 4-May-1998 Swiss Guard, murdered
Brendan Fehr
Actor
29-Oct-1977   Michael Guerin on Roswell
Joely Fisher
Actor
29-Oct-1967   Nostradamus
Joseph W. Folk
Politician
29-Oct-1869 29-May-1923 Governor of Missouri, 1905-09
Ben Foster
Actor
29-Oct-1980   The Door in the Floor
Jeffrey E. Garten
Educator
29-Oct-1946   Dean of Yale Management, 1995-2005
David E. Gilbertson
Judge
29-Oct-1949   South Dakota Chief Justice
Jean Giraudoux
Novelist
29-Oct-1882 31-Jan-1944 The Madwoman of Chaillot
Joseph Goebbels
Government
29-Oct-1897 1-May-1945 Reich Minister of Propaganda
Henry Green
Novelist
29-Oct-1905 13-Dec-1973 Loving
Peter Green
Musician
29-Oct-1946   Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Abdullah Gül
Head of State
29-Oct-1950   President of Turkey
Jess Hahn
Actor
29-Oct-1921 29-Jun-1998 Topkapi
Robert Hardy
Actor
29-Oct-1925   All Creatures Great and Small
Finola Hughes
Actor
29-Oct-1960   General Hospital
Kate Jackson
Actor
29-Oct-1948   Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels
Michael Jayston
Actor
29-Oct-1935   Nicholas and Alexandra
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Head of State
29-Oct-1938   President of Liberia
Ed Kemmer
Actor
29-Oct-1921 9-Nov-2004 Cmdr. Buzz Corry on Space Patrol
Dirk Kempthorne
Politician
29-Oct-1951   US Secretary of the Interior, 2006-09
Johann Olav Koss
Speed Skating
29-Oct-1968   Norwegian speed skater
Felix Kulov
Head of State
29-Oct-1948   Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, 2005-07
Denny Laine
Musician
29-Oct-1944   Wings sideman
Connie Mack
Politician
29-Oct-1940   US Senator from Florida, 1989-2001
Bill Mauldin
Cartoonist
29-Oct-1921 22-Jan-2003 WWII cartoonist, Willie and Joe
John Miller
Politician
29-Oct-1843 26-Oct-1908 Governor of North Dakota, 1889-91
Janet Montgomery
Actor
29-Oct-1985   Ames on Human Target
Melba Moore
Singer
29-Oct-1945   Lift Every Voice and Sing
Einar Orn
Singer
29-Oct-1962   Singer for The Sugarcubes
Paris
Rapper
29-Oct-1967   The devil made him do it
Lew Parker
Actor
29-Oct-1907 27-Oct-1972 Lew Marie on That Girl
Denis Potvin
Hockey
29-Oct-1953   New York Islanders, 1973-88
Yevgeny Primakov
Head of State
29-Oct-1929   Prime Minister of Russia, 1998-99
David Remnick
Editor
29-Oct-1958   Editor of The New Yorker
Bob Ross
TV Personality
29-Oct-1942 4-Jul-1995 The Joy of Painting
Tracee Ellis Ross
Actor
29-Oct-1972   Joan Clayton on Girlfriends
Winona Ryder
Actor
29-Oct-1971   Edward Scissorhands
Rufus Sewell
Actor
29-Oct-1967   Dark City
Zoot Sims
Jazz Musician
29-Oct-1925 23-Mar-1985 Tenor and soprano saxophonist
Roni Size
Electronic Musician
29-Oct-1969   Drum-n-bass producer, Newforms
Huntley N. Spaulding
Politician
29-Oct-1869 14-Nov-1955 Governor of New Hampshire, 1927-29
Karel Stepanek
Actor
29-Oct-1899 25-Dec-1980 Czech-English actor, played Germans
Akim Tamiroff
Actor
29-Oct-1899 17-Sep-1972 For Whom the Bell Tolls
Gabrielle Union
Actor
29-Oct-1972   Night Stalker
Franz von Papen
Diplomat
29-Oct-1879 2-May-1969 Nazi ambassador
Peter Watkins
Film Director
29-Oct-1935   Punishment Park
Jack Williams
Politician
29-Oct-1909 24-Aug-1998 Governor of Arizona, 1967-75
Nancy L. Zimpher
Educator
29-Oct-1946   President, University of Cincinnati




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