| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Auguste Beernaert |
Diplomat |
26-Jul-1829 |
6-Oct-1912 |
Belgian Prime Minister, Nobel recipient |
| Ted Bessell |
Actor |
20-Mar-1935 |
6-Oct-1996 |
That Guy in That Girl |
| Elizabeth Bishop |
Poet |
8-Feb-1911 |
6-Oct-1979 |
North & South |
| Pamela Blake |
Actor |
6-Aug-1915 |
6-Oct-2009 |
No Greater Sin |
| Ford Madox Brown |
Painter |
16-Apr-1821 |
6-Oct-1893 |
English historical painter |
| Tod Browning |
Film Director |
12-Jul-1882 |
6-Oct-1962 |
Freaks |
| William Bundy |
Government |
24-Sep-1917 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Cold War advisor to JFK, LBJ |
| William Lee Cazort |
Politician |
1888 |
6-Oct-1969 |
Twice Lt. Governor of Arkansas |
| Diane Cilento |
Actor |
5-Oct-1933 |
6-Oct-2011 |
The Agony and the Ecstasy |
| John T. Connor |
Business |
3-Nov-1914 |
6-Oct-2000 |
CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79 |
| Terence Cardinal Cooke |
Religion |
1-Mar-1921 |
6-Oct-1983 |
Archbishop of New York, 1968-83 |
| Bette Davis |
Actor |
5-Apr-1908 |
6-Oct-1989 |
All About Eve |
| Jo Ann Davis |
Politician |
29-Jun-1950 |
6-Oct-2007 |
Congresswoman from Virginia, 2001-07 |
| Jules Dupré |
Painter |
5-Apr-1811 |
6-Oct-1889 |
Barbizon school |
| Denholm Elliott |
Actor |
31-May-1922 |
6-Oct-1992 |
A Room with a View |
| Richard Farnsworth |
Actor |
1-Sep-1920 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Comes a Horseman |
| John R. Freeman |
Engineer |
27-Jul-1855 |
6-Oct-1932 |
Charles River Dam |
| Porter Hall |
Actor |
19-Sep-1888 |
6-Oct-1953 |
Going My Way |
| Luther H. Hodges |
Politician |
9-Mar-1898 |
6-Oct-1974 |
Governor of North Carolina, 1954-61 |
| Henry Horner |
Politician |
30-Nov-1878 |
6-Oct-1940 |
Governor of Illinois, 1933-40 |
| Hattie Jacques |
Actor |
7-Feb-1922 |
6-Oct-1980 |
Carry on... |
| Will Keith Kellogg |
Business |
7-Apr-1860 |
6-Oct-1951 |
Corn flakes and Rice Krispies |
| Tom Kennedy |
Actor |
15-Jul-1885 |
6-Oct-1965 |
Character actor, 1910s to 1960s |
| George du Maurier |
Artist |
6-Mar-1834 |
6-Oct-1896 |
British caricaturist, Punch |
| K. Gunn McKay |
Politician |
23-Feb-1925 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Utah, 1971-81 |
| Samuel R. McKelvie |
Politician |
15-Apr-1881 |
6-Oct-1956 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1919-23 |
| Charles E. Merrill |
Business |
19-Oct-1885 |
6-Oct-1956 |
Founder of Merrill Lynch |
| Otto Meyerhof |
Scientist |
12-Apr-1884 |
6-Oct-1951 |
Glycogen-lactic acid cycle |
| Johnny O'Keefe |
Musician |
6-Jan-1935 |
6-Oct-1978 |
King of Australian rock and roll |
| Charles Stewart Parnell |
Politician |
27-Jun-1846 |
6-Oct-1891 |
Irish Nationalist leader |
| Dennis Price |
Actor |
23-Jun-1915 |
6-Oct-1973 |
The World of Wooster |
| Nelson Riddle |
Composer |
1-Jun-1921 |
6-Oct-1985 |
Bandleader, orchestral arranger |
| Anwar Sadat |
Head of State |
25-Dec-1918 |
6-Oct-1981 |
President of Egypt, 1970-81 |
| Alfred Lord Tennyson |
Poet |
6-Aug-1809 |
6-Oct-1892 |
The Charge of the Light Brigade |
| William Tyndale |
Religion |
1492 |
6-Oct-1536 |
Bible translator, burnt at the stake |
| Johnny Vander Meer |
Baseball |
2-Nov-1914 |
6-Oct-1997 |
Pitched two consecutive no-hitters |
| Joseph Welch |
Attorney |
22-Oct-1890 |
6-Oct-1960 |
Have you no sense of decency? |
| Sir Thomas Wyat |
Poet |
1503 |
6-Oct-1542 |
Introduced sonnet to England |