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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Peter Ackroyd
Author
5-Oct-1949   The Great Fire of London
Karen Allen
Actor
5-Oct-1951   Raiders of the Lost Ark
John Alton
Cinematographer
5-Oct-1901 2-Jun-1996 An American in Paris
Michael Andretti
Auto Racing
5-Oct-1962   Indy car racer
Chester A. Arthur
Head of State
5-Oct-1829 18-Nov-1886 21st US President, 1881-85
Juli Ashton
Pornstar
5-Oct-1969   Butt Detective
Daniel Baldwin
Actor
5-Oct-1960   A Baldwin brother
Clive Barker
Novelist
5-Oct-1952   Hellraiser
Georges Bidault
Head of State
5-Oct-1899 27-Jan-1983 French President, PM, and Foreign Minister
Josie Bissett
Actor
5-Oct-1970   Jane Andrews Mancini on Melrose Place
Jimmy Blanton
Jazz Musician
5-Oct-1918 30-Jul-1942 Bassist, The Duke Ellington Orchestra
Roy Blount, Jr.
Author
5-Oct-1941   Humorist
John Boccieri
Politician
5-Oct-1969   Congressman from Ohio, 2009-11
Peter Brown
Actor
5-Oct-1935   Deputy Johnny McKay in Lawman
Ginny Brown-Waite
Politician
5-Oct-1943   Congresswoman from Florida, 2003-11
John H. Bryan
Business
5-Oct-1936   CEO of Sara Lee, 1975-2000
Benjamin L. Cardin
Politician
5-Oct-1943   US Senator from Maryland
René Cassin
Government
5-Oct-1887 20-Feb-1976 Legal scholar, Nobel Prize recipient
Henry Chadwick
Journalist
5-Oct-1824 20-Apr-1908 Father of baseball
Diane Cilento
Actor
5-Oct-1933 6-Oct-2011 The Agony and the Ecstasy
Jeff Conaway
Actor
5-Oct-1950 27-May-2011 Grease
Bill Dana
Actor
5-Oct-1924   My name José Jiménez
Gail Davis
Actor
5-Oct-1925 15-Mar-1997 Annie Oakley
Samuel H. Day
Activist
5-Oct-1926 26-Jan-2001 Antinuke crusader
Nikki Dial
Pornstar
5-Oct-1973   White Men Can't Hump
Denis Diderot
Philosopher
5-Oct-1713 31-Jul-1784 L'Encyclopédie
Jonathan Edwards
Religion
5-Oct-1703 22-Mar-1758 American Puritan theologian
Jesse Eisenberg
Actor
5-Oct-1983   The Social Network
Harold Faltermeyer
Electronic Musician
5-Oct-1952   Axel F
Larry Fine
Actor
5-Oct-1902 24-Jan-1975 Larry on The Three Stooges
Bob Geldof
Musician
5-Oct-1951   Live Aid, Boomtown Rats
Mark Geragos
Attorney
5-Oct-1957   High-profile defense attorney
Robert Goddard
Scientist
5-Oct-1882 10-Aug-1945 Father of modern rocketry
Ralph Goodale
Politician
5-Oct-1949   Canadian Opposition Leader
Francesco Guardi
Painter
5-Oct-1712 1-Jan-1793 Venetian School Painter, Story of Tobit
Vaclav Havel
Head of State
5-Oct-1936 18-Dec-2011 Playwright President of Czechia
Teresa Heinz
Relative
5-Oct-1938   Wife of John Kerry
Grant Hill
Basketball
5-Oct-1972   Orlando Magic
Nicky Hilton
Socialite
5-Oct-1983   Heiress, handbag designer
Skip Homeier
Actor
5-Oct-1930   Halls of Montezuma
John Hoyt
Actor
5-Oct-1905 15-Sep-1991 Attack of the Puppet People
Eli S. Jacobs
Baseball
5-Oct-1937   Former Baltimore Orioles owner
Glynis Johns
Actor
5-Oct-1923   Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins
Brian Johnson
Singer
5-Oct-1947   Frontman of AC/DC
Bil Keane
Cartoonist
5-Oct-1922 8-Nov-2011 Family Circus
Caron Keating
TV Personality
5-Oct-1962 13-Apr-2004 Host of Blue Peter
Ray Kroc
Business
5-Oct-1902 14-Jan-1984 McDonald's fast food tycoon
Jeff Lebo
Basketball
5-Oct-1966   Head Coach, Auburn University
Mario Lemieux
Hockey
5-Oct-1965   Pittsburgh Penguins
Maya Lin
Artist
5-Oct-1959   Designed Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Joshua Logan
Film Director
5-Oct-1908 12-Jul-1988 South Pacific
Allen Ludden
Game Show Host
5-Oct-1917 9-Jun-1981 Host of Password
Louis Lumière
Inventor
5-Oct-1864 6-Jun-1948 Inventor of motion pictures
Bernie Mac
Comic
5-Oct-1957 9-Aug-2008 The Bernie Mac Show
Harriet MacGibbon
Actor
5-Oct-1905 8-Feb-1987 Mrs. Drysdale on Beverly Hillbillies
Steve Miller
Singer/Songwriter
5-Oct-1943   The Steve Miller Band
Walter Dale Miller
Politician
5-Oct-1925   Governor of South Dakota, 1993-95
Ángela Molina
Actor
5-Oct-1955   Carnage
Kieron Moore
Actor
5-Oct-1924 15-Jul-2007 The League of Gentlemen
Robert B. Morgan
Politician
5-Oct-1925   US Senator from North Carolina, 1975-81
Parminder Nagra
Actor
5-Oct-1975   Bend It Like Beckham
Flann O'Brien
Author
5-Oct-1911 1-Apr-1966 At Swim-Two-Birds
Tom O'Brien
Football
5-Oct-1948   NCSU Wolfpack Head Coach
Nicola Paone
Business
5-Oct-1915 25-Dec-2003 Restaurateur, Italian Troubadour
Guy Pearce
Actor
5-Oct-1967   Memento, L.A. Confidential
Cecil B. Pickett
Biologist
5-Oct-1945   Ezetrol, Singulair, and Vioxx
Donald Pleasence
Actor
5-Oct-1919 2-Feb-1995 The Great Escape
Duncan Regehr
Actor
5-Oct-1952   Zorro
Dennis Rehberg
Politician
5-Oct-1955   Congressman, Montana
Thomas Roberts
Journalist
5-Oct-1972   Former CNN Headline News anchor
Peyton Rous
Scientist
5-Oct-1879 16-Feb-1970 Blood banks and carcinogenic viruses
Patrick Roy
Hockey
5-Oct-1965   Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer
Kelvin Sampson
Basketball
5-Oct-1955   Head Coach, IU-Bloomington
Reinhard Selten
Economist
5-Oct-1930   Game theory
Allan Shivers
Politician
5-Oct-1907 14-Jan-1985 Governor of Texas, 1949-57
Michael T. Smith
Business
5-Oct-1943   CEO of Hughes Electronics, 1997-2001
Walter Bedell Smith
Government
5-Oct-1895 9-Aug-1961 CIA Director, 1950-53
Barry Switzer
Football
5-Oct-1937   Dallas Cowboys Head Coach, 1994-97
John Addington Symonds
Critic
5-Oct-1840 19-Apr-1893 Renaissance in Italy
Paul Thomas
Bassist
5-Oct-1980   Bassist for Good Charlotte
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astronomer
5-Oct-1958   Astrophysicist
Scott Weinger
Actor
5-Oct-1975   Steve Hale on Full House
Bill Willis
Football
5-Oct-1921 27-Nov-2007 Cleveland Browns, NFL Hall of Famer
Kate Winslet
Actor
5-Oct-1975   Titanic
George Zimmerman
Criminal Defendant
5-Oct-1983   Killed Trayvon Martin
Arthur Zimmermann
Government
5-Oct-1864 6-Jun-1940 Zimmerman Telegram


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