| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| King Ad-Rock |
Rapper |
31-Oct-1966 |
|
Beastie Boys |
| Sara Allgood |
Actor |
31-Oct-1879 |
13-Sep-1950 |
How Green Was My Valley |
| Samaire Armstrong |
Actor |
31-Oct-1980 |
|
The O.C. and Entourage |
| Adolf von Baeyer |
Chemist |
31-Oct-1835 |
20-Aug-1917 |
Synthesized indigo |
| Georges Barrère |
Musician |
31-Oct-1876 |
14-Jun-1944 |
Franco-American flautist |
| John Barrow |
Politician |
31-Oct-1955 |
|
Congressman, Georgia 12th |
| Marco van Basten |
Soccer |
31-Oct-1964 |
|
Ajax, AC Milan striker |
| Barbara Bel Geddes |
Actor |
31-Oct-1922 |
8-Aug-2005 |
Miss Ellie on Dallas |
| Griffin Bell |
Government |
31-Oct-1918 |
5-Jan-2009 |
US Attorney General, 1977-79 |
| Frank Bruni |
Journalist |
31-Oct-1964 |
|
New York Times food critic |
| John Candy |
Actor |
31-Oct-1950 |
4-Mar-1994 |
Uncle Buck |
| Thomas E. Capps |
Business |
31-Oct-1935 |
|
CEO of Dominion Resources, 1990-2005 |
| Justin Chatwin |
Actor |
31-Oct-1982 |
|
War of the Worlds remake |
| Pope Clement XIV |
Religion |
31-Oct-1705 |
22-Sep-1774 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1769-74 |
| Michael Collins |
Astronaut |
31-Oct-1930 |
|
Apollo 11 command module pilot |
| Michael DeLorenzo |
Actor |
31-Oct-1959 |
|
A Few Good Men |
| Brian Doyle-Murray |
Comic |
31-Oct-1945 |
|
SNL |
| Denis Duverne |
Business |
31-Oct-1953 |
|
CFO of AXA |
| Oscar Dystel |
Publisher |
31-Oct-1912 |
|
Bantam Books |
| Bernard Edwards |
Musician |
31-Oct-1952 |
18-Apr-1996 |
Founding member of Chic |
| Dale Evans |
Country Musician |
31-Oct-1912 |
7-Feb-2001 |
Singer and leading lady to Roy Rogers |
| John Evelyn |
Author |
31-Oct-1620 |
27-Feb-1706 |
English diarist |
| Fernando I |
Royalty |
31-Oct-1345 |
22-Oct-1383 |
King of Portugal, 1367-83 |
| Galileo Ferraris |
Physicist |
31-Oct-1847 |
7-Feb-1897 |
Invented the induction motor |
| Luis Fortuño |
Politician |
31-Oct-1960 |
|
Governor of Puerto Rico |
| Dianne Foster |
Actor |
31-Oct-1928 |
|
The Last Hurrah |
| Dick Francis |
Novelist |
31-Oct-1920 |
14-Feb-2010 |
Dead Cert |
| Martin E. Franklin |
Business |
31-Oct-1964 |
|
CEO of Jarden |
| Eduard Franz |
Actor |
31-Oct-1902 |
10-Feb-1983 |
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake |
| Kinky Friedman |
Musician |
31-Oct-1944 |
|
Texas Jewboy |
| Jean-Pierre Garnier |
Business |
31-Oct-1947 |
|
CEO of GlaxoSmithKline |
| Lynda Goodfriend |
Actor |
31-Oct-1953 |
|
Lori Beth on Happy Days |
| Ronald Graham |
Mathematician |
31-Oct-1935 |
|
Mathematician, Computer Scientist |
| Lee Grant |
Actor |
31-Oct-1927 |
|
Portnoy's Complaint |
| Deidre Hall |
Actor |
31-Oct-1947 |
|
Days of Our Lives |
| Basil Liddell Hart |
Military |
31-Oct-1895 |
29-Jan-1970 |
Military strategist |
| Pete Henry |
Football |
31-Oct-1897 |
7-Feb-1952 |
NFL Hall-of-Famer |
| Cal Hubbard |
Football |
31-Oct-1900 |
17-Oct-1977 |
NFL Hall of Famer, Baseball umpire |
| James C. Humes |
Government |
31-Oct-1934 |
|
Speechwriter to five Presidents |
| Vanilla Ice |
Rapper |
31-Oct-1968 |
|
Ice Ice Baby |
| Frank Iero |
Guitarist |
31-Oct-1981 |
|
My Chemical Romance |
| Peter Jackson |
Film Director |
31-Oct-1961 |
|
The Lord of the Rings trilogy |
| Illinois Jacquet |
Musician |
31-Oct-1922 |
22-Jul-2004 |
Squealing saxophone legend |
| Lil' JJ |
Comic |
31-Oct-1990 |
|
Just Jordan |
| Chiang Kai-Shek |
Head of State |
31-Oct-1887 |
5-Apr-1975 |
President of Nationalist China |
| John Keats |
Poet |
31-Oct-1795 |
23-Feb-1821 |
English romantic poet |
| Sally Kirkland |
Actor |
31-Oct-1944 |
|
Jeanette in ED TV |
| Michael Kitchen |
Actor |
31-Oct-1948 |
|
Foyle's War |
| Loring Knoblauch |
Business |
31-Oct-1941 |
|
CEO of Underwriter's Laboratories, 2001-04 |
| Michael Landon |
Actor |
31-Oct-1936 |
1-Jul-1991 |
Little House on the Prairie |
| Buddy Lazier |
Auto Racing |
31-Oct-1967 |
|
Winner, 1996 Indianapolis 500 |
| Jeannie Longo |
Cyclist |
31-Oct-1958 |
|
Preeminent French cyclist |
| Juliette Gordon Low |
Activist |
31-Oct-1860 |
18-Jan-1927 |
Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA |
| Vanessa Marano |
Actor |
31-Oct-1992 |
|
April Nardini on Gilmore Girls |
| Guy Marks |
Comic |
31-Oct-1922 |
28-Nov-1987 |
Nightclub comic |
| Johnny Marr |
Guitarist |
31-Oct-1963 |
|
The Smiths |
| Lynne Marta |
Actor |
31-Oct-1948 |
|
Character actress |
| William G. McAdoo |
Politician |
31-Oct-1863 |
1-Feb-1941 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18 |
| William H. McNeill |
Historian |
31-Oct-1917 |
|
The Rise of the West |
| Eugene Meyer |
Publisher |
31-Oct-1875 |
17-Jul-1959 |
Washington Post publisher, 1933-47 |
| Brian Stokes Mitchell |
Actor |
31-Oct-1957 |
|
Jackpot Johnson on Trapper John, MD |
| Cleo Moore |
Actor |
31-Oct-1928 |
25-Oct-1973 |
1950s sex symbol |
| Robin Moore |
Author |
31-Oct-1925 |
21-Feb-2008 |
The Green Berets |
| Larry Mullen |
Drummer |
31-Oct-1961 |
|
Drummer for U2 |
| Dermot Mulroney |
Actor |
31-Oct-1963 |
|
Young Guns |
| Helmut Newton |
Photographer |
31-Oct-1920 |
23-Jan-2004 |
Celebrity photographer |
| Colm O'Ciosoig |
Drummer |
31-Oct-1964 |
|
Drummer for My Bloody Valentine |
| Mike O'Malley |
Actor |
31-Oct-1969 |
|
Jimmy Hughes on Yes, Dear |
| Susan Orlean |
Author |
31-Oct-1955 |
|
The Orchid Thief |
| Jane Pauley |
Talk Show Host |
31-Oct-1950 |
|
Host of Today Show, 1976-89 |
| Tom Paxton |
Singer/Songwriter |
31-Oct-1937 |
|
Rambling Boy |
| Piper Perabo |
Actor |
31-Oct-1976 |
|
Slap Her... She's French |
| David Graham Phillips |
Journalist |
31-Oct-1867 |
24-Jan-1911 |
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise |
| Brian Piccolo |
Football |
31-Oct-1943 |
16-Jun-1970 |
Bears FB, subject of Brians Song |
| John A. Pople |
Chemist |
31-Oct-1925 |
15-Mar-2004 |
Quantum mechanics of molecules |
| Dan Rather |
Journalist |
31-Oct-1931 |
|
Former CBS Anchorman |
| Stephen Rea |
Actor |
31-Oct-1946 |
|
The Crying Game |
| Charles B. Renfrew |
Attorney |
31-Oct-1928 |
|
Deputy US Attorney General, 1980-81 |
| Ron Rifkin |
Actor |
31-Oct-1939 |
|
Arvin Sloane on Alias |
| Jack Roche |
Terrorist |
31-Oct-1953 |
|
al Qaeda's man in Australia |
| Roy Romer |
Politician |
31-Oct-1928 |
|
Governor of Colorado, 1987-99 |
| Edward M. Rowell |
Diplomat |
31-Oct-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1990-94 |
| Nick Saban |
Football |
31-Oct-1951 |
|
Head Coach, Alabama Crimson Tide |
| Andrew Sarris |
Critic |
31-Oct-1928 |
20-Jun-2012 |
The American Cinema |
| Rob Schneider |
Comic |
31-Oct-1963 |
|
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo |
| Wilbur Shaw |
Auto Racing |
31-Oct-1902 |
30-Oct-1954 |
Three time Indianapolis 500 Winner |
| Frank Shorter |
Track and Field |
31-Oct-1947 |
|
Marathon runner |
| Norodom Sihanouk |
Royalty |
31-Oct-1922 |
|
King of Cambodia |
| Joseph J. Sisco |
Diplomat |
31-Oct-1919 |
23-Nov-2004 |
Kissinger's Mideast Deputy |
| Lavenski R. Smith |
Judge |
31-Oct-1958 |
|
8th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Peter Smith |
Educator |
31-Oct-1945 |
|
President, CSU Monterey Bay, 1995-2005 |
| Willow Smith |
Singer |
31-Oct-2000 |
|
Daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith |
| Robert E. Smylie |
Politician |
31-Oct-1914 |
17-Jul-2004 |
Governor of Idaho, 1955-67 |
| Bud Spencer |
Actor |
31-Oct-1929 |
|
My Name Is Trinity |
| Neal Stephenson |
Novelist |
31-Oct-1959 |
|
Snow Crash |
| Paul G. Stern |
Business |
31-Oct-1938 |
|
CEO of Northern Telecom, 1989-93 |
| David Ogden Stiers |
Actor |
31-Oct-1942 |
|
Maj. Winchester on M*A*S*H |
| Jeffrey S. Sutton |
Judge |
31-Oct-1960 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Sir Joseph Wilson Swan |
Physicist |
31-Oct-1828 |
27-May-1914 |
Light bulb, photographic printing |
| Antonio Taguba |
Military |
31-Oct-1950 |
|
Authored Taguba Report on Abu Ghraib |
| Sam Tanenhaus |
Author |
31-Oct-1955 |
|
Editor, New York Times Book Review |
| Eddie Kaye Thomas |
Actor |
31-Oct-1980 |
|
American Pie |
| Dave Trembley |
Baseball |
31-Oct-1951 |
|
Manager, Baltimore Orioles |
| John W. Troy |
Politician |
31-Oct-1868 |
2-May-1942 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1933-39 |
| Herman Van Rompuy |
Head of State |
31-Oct-1947 |
|
Prime Minister of Belgium |
| Jan Vermeer |
Painter |
31-Oct-1632 |
15-Dec-1675 |
17th c. Dutch Master |
| Andrew Volstead |
Politician |
31-Oct-1860 |
20-Jan-1947 |
Legislated enforcement of Prohibition |
| Wilfrid Voynich |
Activist |
31-Oct-1865 |
19-Mar-1930 |
Voynich manuscript |
| Ken Wahl |
Actor |
31-Oct-1954 |
|
Wiseguy |
| John H. Waller, Jr. |
Judge |
31-Oct-1937 |
|
Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court |
| Ethel Waters |
Singer |
31-Oct-1896 |
1-Sep-1977 |
Sweet Mama Stringbean |
| Johnny Whitworth |
Actor |
31-Oct-1975 |
|
Empire Records |
