| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 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 |
24-Sep-1891 |
31-Oct-1980 |
WWI Cryptographer |
| 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 |
| Jared Ingersoll |
Politician |
24-Oct-1749 |
31-Oct-1822 |
Signed the US Constitution |
| 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 |
Studied molecular structure |
| 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 |
| Egon Schiele |
Painter |
12-Jun-1890 |
31-Oct-1918 |
Painted many nudes |
| 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 |
| 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 |
