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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jacob Abbott
Author
14-Nov-1803 31-Oct-1879 Franconia Stories
P. W. Botha
Head of State
12-Jan-1916 31-Oct-2006 President of South Africa, 1984-89
John Bradshaw
Government
1602 31-Oct-1659 Tried King Charles I
Dan Burros
Activist
5-Mar-1937 31-Oct-1965 Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times
Joseph Calleia
Actor
4-Aug-1897 31-Oct-1975 Touch of Evil
Joseph Campbell
Author
26-Mar-1904 31-Oct-1987 The Power of Myth
Marcel Carné
Film Director
18-Aug-1909 31-Oct-1996 Les Enfants du Paradis
Rosalind Cash
Actor
31-Dec-1938 31-Oct-1995 The Omega Man
Thomas Cochrane
Military
14-Dec-1775 31-Oct-1860 Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen
Ralph Connor
Author
13-Sep-1860 31-Oct-1937 Canadian pulp author, Black Rock
Henry Daniell
Actor
5-Mar-1894 31-Oct-1963 British-American character actor
H. L. Davis
Novelist
18-Oct-1894 31-Oct-1960 Honey in the Horn
Élie Faure
Historian
4-Apr-1873 31-Oct-1937 History of Art
Elizebeth Friedman
Scientist
26-Aug-1892 31-Oct-1980 America's first female cryptanalyst
Indira Gandhi
Head of State
19-Nov-1917 31-Oct-1984 First Female Prime Minister of India
George Halas
Football
2-Feb-1895 31-Oct-1983 Founder of the Chicago Bears
Joseph Hooker
Military
13-Nov-1814 31-Oct-1879 Union Army General
Harry Houdini
Magician
24-Mar-1874 31-Oct-1926 Best-known magician and debunker
John Houseman
Actor
22-Sep-1902 31-Oct-1988 The Paper Chase
Tsien Hsue-shen
Scientist
11-Dec-1911 31-Oct-2009 Founder of Chinese space program
Jared Ingersoll
Politician
24-Oct-1749 31-Oct-1822 Signed the US Constitution
Rita Johnson
Actor
13-Aug-1913 31-Oct-1965 Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Ring Lardner, Jr.
Playwright
19-Aug-1915 31-Oct-2000 Screenwriter, M*A*S*H
Max Linder
Actor
16-Dec-1883 31-Oct-1925 Seven Years Bad Luck
Robert S. Mulliken
Chemist
7-Jun-1896 31-Oct-1986 Molecular orbital theory
Joseph Papp
Theater Director
22-Jun-1921 31-Oct-1991 Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival
River Phoenix
Actor
23-Aug-1970 31-Oct-1993 My Own Private Idaho
Samuel R. Pierce
Politician
8-Sep-1922 31-Oct-2000 US Secretary of HUD, 1981-89
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
Business
24-Jun-1771 31-Oct-1834 Founder of DuPont
Bill Rowling
Head of State
15-Nov-1927 31-Oct-1995 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1974-75
Robert A. Scalapino
Scholar
19-Oct-1919 31-Oct-2011 Longtime Asia scholar at Berkeley
Egon Schiele
Painter
12-Jun-1890 31-Oct-1918 Painted many nudes
Johann Sleidan
Historian
1506 31-Oct-1556 De statu religionis et republicae
Ted Sorensen
Attorney
8-May-1928 31-Oct-2010 Aide to JFK
Edward Sorin
Religion
6-Feb-1814 31-Oct-1893 Founder, University of Notre Dame
James Speyer
Business
22-Jul-1861 31-Oct-1941 New York Banker
Edward Stettinius, Jr.
Government
22-Oct-1900 31-Oct-1949 US Secretary of State, 1944-45
William Styron
Novelist
11-Jun-1925 31-Oct-2006 The Confessions of Nat Turner
Studs Terkel
Author
16-May-1912 31-Oct-2008 Working
George Uhlenbeck
Physicist
6-Dec-1900 31-Oct-1988 Conceived idea of Quantum Spin
Utamaro
Artist
1753 31-Oct-1806 Japanese printmaker
Raf Vallone
Actor
17-Feb-1916 31-Oct-2002 The Greek Tycoon
Edwin A. Walker
Military
10-Nov-1909 31-Oct-1993 Ultraconservative activist
Art Wall, Jr.
Golf
25-Nov-1923 31-Oct-2001 Winner, 1959 Masters Tournament
Gordon Westcott
Actor
6-Nov-1903 31-Oct-1935 Heroes for Sale


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