| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |