| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Humphrey Atkins |
Politician |
12-Aug-1922 |
4-Oct-1996 |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1979-81 |
| Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
Head of State |
1-Jul-1914 |
4-Oct-1982 |
President of Iraq, 1968-79 |
| Raymond E. Baldwin |
Politician |
31-Aug-1893 |
4-Oct-1986 |
Governor and Senator from Connecticut |
| Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi |
Sculptor |
2-Aug-1834 |
4-Oct-1904 |
Statue of Liberty |
| Tom Bell |
Actor |
2-Aug-1933 |
4-Oct-2006 |
Prime Suspect |
| Jill Bennett |
Actor |
24-Dec-1931 |
4-Oct-1990 |
The Sheltering Sky |
| Francis Biddle |
Government |
9-May-1886 |
4-Oct-1968 |
US Attorney General, 1941-45 |
| Graham Chapman |
Comic |
8-Jan-1941 |
4-Oct-1989 |
Monty Python's King Arthur |
| Gordon Cooper |
Astronaut |
6-Mar-1927 |
4-Oct-2004 |
Mercury 7 and Gemini 5 astronaut |
| Richard T. Ely |
Economist |
13-Apr-1854 |
4-Oct-1943 |
Introduction to Political Economy |
| Glenn Gould |
Pianist |
25-Sep-1932 |
4-Oct-1982 |
Canadian pianist, Bach soloist |
| Benozzo Gozzoli |
Painter |
1420 |
4-Oct-1497 |
Murals of the Campo Santo at Pisa |
| Leroy Grumman |
Business |
4-Jan-1895 |
4-Oct-1982 |
Co-Founder, Grumman Aircraft |
| Stanley K. Hathaway |
Politician |
19-Jul-1924 |
4-Oct-2005 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1967-75 |
| Geoffrey Household |
Novelist |
30-Nov-1900 |
4-Oct-1988 |
Rogue Male |
| Jacques Jasmin |
Poet |
6-Mar-1798 |
4-Oct-1864 |
Provençal poet |
| Janis Joplin |
Singer |
19-Jan-1943 |
4-Oct-1970 |
Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart) |
| Henrietta Lacks |
Oddity |
1-Aug-1920 |
4-Oct-1951 |
Immortal human cells |
| Janet Leigh |
Actor |
6-Jul-1927 |
4-Oct-2004 |
Psycho |
| Sid McMath |
Politician |
14-Jun-1912 |
4-Oct-2003 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1949-53 |
| Max Planck |
Physicist |
23-Apr-1858 |
4-Oct-1947 |
Originator of quantum theory |
| Rembrandt |
Painter |
15-Jul-1606 |
4-Oct-1669 |
Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp |
| Secretariat |
Racehorse |
29-Mar-1970 |
4-Oct-1989 |
Greatest race horse of all time |
| Anne Sexton |
Poet |
9-Nov-1928 |
4-Oct-1974 |
Live or Die |
| Leonard Shoen |
Business |
29-Feb-1916 |
4-Oct-1999 |
Founder of U-Haul |
| Alfred E. Smith |
Government |
30-Dec-1873 |
4-Oct-1944 |
Twice Governor of New York |
| Michael Smith |
Chemist |
26-Apr-1932 |
4-Oct-2000 |
Oligonucleotide-based mutagenesis |
| Teresa of Avila |
Religion |
28-Mar-1515 |
4-Oct-1582 |
Mystic, Carmelite nun |
| Norman Wisdom |
Actor |
4-Feb-1915 |
4-Oct-2010 |
The Great British Clown |