| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Clinton P. Anderson |
Politician |
23-Oct-1895 |
11-Nov-1975 |
US Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73 |
| Felix Bloch |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1905 |
10-Sep-1983 |
Studied nuclear magnetic resonance |
| Edwin G. Boring |
Psychologist |
23-Oct-1886 |
1-Jul-1968 |
A History of Experimental Psychology |
| Robert Bridges |
Poet |
23-Oct-1844 |
21-Apr-1930 |
Prometheus the Firegiver |
| Jim Bunning |
Politician |
23-Oct-1931 |
|
US Senator from Kentucky |
| Dolly Buster |
Pornstar |
23-Oct-1969 |
|
German pornstar, wannabe politician |
| Johnny Carson |
Talk Show Host |
23-Oct-1925 |
23-Jan-2005 |
Longtime host of Tonight Show |
| William P. Clark |
Government |
23-Oct-1931 |
|
US Secretary of the Interior, 1983-85 |
| William D. Coolidge |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1873 |
4-Feb-1975 |
Tungsten filaments and Coolidge tubes |
| Michael Crichton |
Novelist |
23-Oct-1942 |
|
Jurassic Park |
| James Daly |
Actor |
23-Oct-1918 |
3-Jul-1978 |
Dr. Paul Lochner on Medical Center |
| Diana Dors |
Actor |
23-Oct-1931 |
4-May-1984 |
Yield to the Night |
| Michael Eric Dyson |
Scholar |
23-Oct-1958 |
|
Know What I Mean? |
| Doug Flutie |
Football |
23-Oct-1962 |
|
Greatest CFL quarterback |
| Ilya M. Frank |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1908 |
22-Jun-1990 |
Cherenkov radiation |
| Nancy Grace |
Journalist |
23-Oct-1958 |
|
CourtTV and CNN legal host |
| Coleen Gray |
Actor |
23-Oct-1922 |
|
Nightmare Alley |
| John Heinz |
Politician |
23-Oct-1938 |
4-Apr-1991 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1977-91 |
| John Heisman |
Football |
23-Oct-1869 |
3-Oct-1936 |
Namesake of the Heisman Trophy |
| Barron Hilton |
Business |
23-Oct-1927 |
|
Chairman of Hilton Hotels |
| Philip Kaufman |
Film Director |
23-Oct-1936 |
|
The Right Stuff |
| Martin Luther King III |
Activist |
23-Oct-1957 |
|
Former President of the SCLC |
| Saionji Kinmochi |
Government |
23-Oct-1849 |
24-Nov-1940 |
Twice Prime Minister of Japan |
| Leszek Kolakowski |
Philosopher |
23-Oct-1927 |
|
Polish refugee philosopher |
| Ang Lee |
Film Director |
23-Oct-1954 |
|
Brokeback Mountain |
| Masiela Lusha |
Actor |
23-Oct-1985 |
|
Carmen on George Lopez |
| Tyler Mane |
Wrestling |
23-Oct-1966 |
|
Michael Myers in Halloween remake |
| Mel Martinez |
Government |
23-Oct-1946 |
|
US Senator from Florida |
| Gummo Marx |
Actor |
23-Oct-1892 |
21-Apr-1977 |
Left the Marx Brothers troupe early |
| Peggy Moran |
Actor |
23-Oct-1918 |
24-Oct-2002 |
The Mummy's Hand |
| Ernst J. Öpik |
Astronomer |
23-Oct-1893 |
10-Sep-1985 |
Andromeda Nebula |
| Randy Pausch |
Educator |
23-Oct-1960 |
25-Jul-2008 |
The Last Lecture |
| Pelé |
Soccer |
23-Oct-1940 |
|
Brazil's greatest soccer player |
| Tsar Peter II |
Royalty |
23-Oct-1715 |
29-Jan-1730 |
Tsar of Russia, 1727-30 |
| Michael Peterson |
Author |
23-Oct-1943 |
|
The Staircase |
| Thomas Pinckney |
Politician |
23-Oct-1750 |
2-Nov-1828 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1787-89 |
| Sam Raimi |
Film Director |
23-Oct-1959 |
|
Spider-Man |
| Abdel Aziz Rantisi |
Activist |
23-Oct-1947 |
17-Apr-2004 |
Hamas co-founder |
| Ryan Reynolds |
Actor |
23-Oct-1976 |
|
Van Wilder |
| Frank Rizzo |
Politician |
23-Oct-1920 |
16-Jul-1991 |
Mayor of Philadelphia, 1972-80 |
| Ned Rorem |
Composer |
23-Oct-1923 |
|
Paris Diary |
| Hayden Rorke |
Actor |
23-Oct-1910 |
19-Aug-1987 |
Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie |
| Brian Ross |
Journalist |
23-Oct-1948 |
|
ABC News investigative correspondent |
| Paul Rudolph |
Architect |
23-Oct-1918 |
8-Aug-1997 |
Modernist architect |
| George Saintsbury |
Critic |
23-Oct-1845 |
28-Jan-1933 |
A History of Criticism |
| Fred Shero |
Hockey |
23-Oct-1925 |
24-Nov-1990 |
Flyers and Rangers Head Coach |
| Jasmin St. Claire |
Pornstar |
23-Oct-1970 |
|
World's Biggest Gang Bang II |
| Adlai E. Stevenson |
Politician |
23-Oct-1835 |
14-Jun-1914 |
Vice President under Cleveland |
| Adalbert Stifter |
Author |
23-Oct-1805 |
28-Jan-1868 |
Studien |
| Frank Sutton |
Actor |
23-Oct-1923 |
28-Jun-1974 |
Sgt. Vince Carter on Gomer Pyle |
| Lilyan Tashman |
Actor |
23-Oct-1899 |
21-Mar-1934 |
Puttin' on the Ritz |
| Robert Trujillo |
Bassist |
23-Oct-1964 |
|
Metallica Bassist |
| Weird Al Yankovic |
Musician |
23-Oct-1959 |
|
White & Nerdy |
| Dwight Yoakam |
Country Musician |
23-Oct-1956 |
|
Country star, This Time |
