| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Angela Alioto |
Politician |
20-Oct-1949 |
|
San Francisco politician and pundit |
| The Báb |
Religion |
20-Oct-1819 |
9-Jul-1850 |
Forerunner of Baha'i |
| Herschel Bernardi |
Actor |
20-Oct-1923 |
9-May-1986 |
Voiced Charlie the Tuna, Jolly Green Giant |
| Pauline Borghese |
Relative |
20-Oct-1780 |
9-Jun-1825 |
Sister of Napoleon Bonaparte |
| Robert Borski |
Politician |
20-Oct-1948 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1983-2003 |
| Danny Boyle |
Film Director |
20-Oct-1956 |
|
Trainspotting |
| Jeb Bradley |
Politician |
20-Oct-1952 |
|
Congressman from New Hampshire, 2003-07 |
| Evelyn Brent |
Actor |
20-Oct-1899 |
4-Jun-1975 |
Underworld |
| Rosey Brown |
Football |
20-Oct-1932 |
9-Jun-2004 |
NY Giants, Hall of Famer |
| Art Buchwald |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1925 |
17-Jan-2007 |
Syndicated columnist and humorist |
| Colin Campbell |
Military |
20-Oct-1792 |
24-Aug-1863 |
Commander-in-chief of India |
| Chris Cannon |
Politician |
20-Oct-1950 |
|
Congressman, Utah 3rd |
| James Chadwick |
Physicist |
20-Oct-1891 |
24-Jul-1974 |
Discovered the neutron |
| William Christopher |
Actor |
20-Oct-1932 |
|
Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H |
| John Dewey |
Educator |
20-Oct-1859 |
1-Jun-1952 |
Pragmatist philosopher, education reformer |
| Anton Diffring |
Actor |
20-Oct-1918 |
20-May-1989 |
Where Eagles Dare |
| Snoop Dogg |
Rapper |
20-Oct-1971 |
|
Sippin' on gin, juice |
| Margaret Dumont |
Actor |
20-Oct-1882 |
6-Mar-1965 |
Foil to the Marx Brothers |
| Michael Dunn |
Actor |
20-Oct-1934 |
30-Aug-1973 |
Dr. Miguelito Loveless |
| David M. Evans |
Film Director |
20-Oct-1962 |
|
The Sandlot |
| Peter Fitzgerald |
Politician |
20-Oct-1960 |
|
US Senator from Illinois, 1999-2005 |
| Arlene Francis |
Actor |
20-Oct-1907 |
31-May-2001 |
What's My Line? |
| Jennifer Freeman |
Actor |
20-Oct-1985 |
|
My Wife and Kids |
| David Hall |
Politician |
20-Oct-1930 |
|
Governor of Oklahoma, 1971-75 |
| Dolores Hart |
Actor |
20-Oct-1938 |
|
Where the Boys Are |
| Felisberto Hernández |
Author |
20-Oct-1902 |
13-Jan-1964 |
Nadie encendía las lámparas |
| Keith Hernandez |
Baseball |
20-Oct-1953 |
|
Mets first baseman |
| Earl Hindman |
Actor |
20-Oct-1943 |
29-Dec-2003 |
Elusive neighbor on Home Improvement |
| Thomas Hughes |
Author |
20-Oct-1822 |
22-Mar-1896 |
Tom Brown's School Days |
| Charles Ives |
Composer |
20-Oct-1874 |
19-May-1954 |
Third Symphony (The Camp Meeting) |
| Wanda Jackson |
Singer |
20-Oct-1937 |
|
United States' first female rock and roll singer |
| Elfriede Jelinek |
Novelist |
20-Oct-1946 |
|
Die Klavierspielerin |
| Jomo Kenyatta |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1892 |
22-Aug-1978 |
President of Kenya, 1964-78 |
| John Krasinski |
Actor |
20-Oct-1979 |
|
Jim Halpert on The Office |
| John Davis Lodge |
Politician |
20-Oct-1903 |
29-Oct-1985 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55 |
| Richard Loncraine |
Film Director |
20-Oct-1946 |
|
Brimstone & Treacle |
| Bela Lugosi |
Actor |
20-Oct-1882 |
16-Aug-1956 |
Dracula |
| Michelle Malkin |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1970 |
|
Syndicated conservative columnist |
| Mickey Mantle |
Baseball |
20-Oct-1931 |
13-Aug-1995 |
Twelve times in the World Series |
| Juan Marichal |
Baseball |
20-Oct-1937 |
|
Nine-time All-Star SF Giants pitcher |
| Melanie Mayron |
Actor |
20-Oct-1952 |
|
thirtysomething |
| Michael McClure |
Poet |
20-Oct-1932 |
|
The Blossom; or Billy the Kid |
| Empress Michiko |
Royalty |
20-Oct-1934 |
|
Empress of Japan |
| Dannii Minogue |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Oct-1971 |
|
Love's On Every Corner |
| Wayne Morse |
Politician |
20-Oct-1900 |
22-Jul-1974 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1945-69 |
| Viggo Mortensen |
Actor |
20-Oct-1958 |
|
Aragorn in Lord of the Rings |
| Jelly Roll Morton |
Jazz Musician |
20-Oct-1890 |
10-Jul-1941 |
Jazz composer, pianist |
| Anna Neagle |
Singer |
20-Oct-1904 |
3-Jun-1986 |
Victoria the Great |
| Fayard Nicholas |
Dancer |
20-Oct-1914 |
24-Jan-2006 |
Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
| Marian Nixon |
Actor |
20-Oct-1904 |
13-Feb-1983 |
The Sweetest Girl In Hollywood |
| Bill Nunn |
Actor |
20-Oct-1953 |
|
Do the Right Thing |
| Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard |
Scientist |
20-Oct-1942 |
|
Embryonic development of fruit flies |
| Jerry Orbach |
Actor |
20-Oct-1935 |
28-Dec-2004 |
Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order |
| George Washington Owen |
Politician |
20-Oct-1796 |
18-Aug-1837 |
Congressman from Alabama, 1823-29 |
| Lord Palmerston |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1784 |
18-Oct-1865 |
Twice Prime Minister of UK |
| Tom Petty |
Musician |
20-Oct-1950 |
|
Don't Come Around Here No More |
| Charles J. Pilliod, Jr. |
Business |
20-Oct-1918 |
|
CEO of Goodyear, 1974-83 |
| Robert Pinsky |
Poet |
20-Oct-1940 |
|
U.S. Poet Laureate 1997-2000 |
| Addison Richards |
Actor |
20-Oct-1887 |
22-Mar-1964 |
American character actor |
| Arthur Rimbaud |
Poet |
20-Oct-1854 |
10-Nov-1891 |
Une Saison en Enfer |
| Will Rogers, Jr. |
Actor |
20-Oct-1911 |
10-Jul-1993 |
Son of Will Rogers |
| William Russ |
Actor |
20-Oct-1950 |
|
Roger LoCocco on Wiseguy |
| Ivan Rybkin |
Politician |
20-Oct-1946 |
|
Russian candidate missing for days |
| Jonathan I. Schwartz |
Business |
20-Oct-1965 |
|
CEO of Sun Microsystems |
| Hilda Solis |
Politician |
20-Oct-1957 |
|
Congresswoman, California 32nd |
| Timothy West |
Actor |
20-Oct-1934 |
|
Edward the King |
| Philip Whalen |
Poet |
20-Oct-1923 |
26-Jun-2002 |
Canoeing up Carbaga Creek |
| Sheldon Whitehouse |
Politician |
20-Oct-1955 |
|
US Senator from Rhode Island |
| Christopher Wren |
Architect |
20-Oct-1632 |
25-Feb-1723 |
Designed St. Paul's Cathedral |
| William Zabka |
Actor |
20-Oct-1965 |
|
Opponent of The Karate Kid |
| Abu Musab al-Zarqawi |
Terrorist |
20-Oct-1966 |
7-Jun-2006 |
Former top al Qaeda operative in Iraq |
