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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Norman Angell
Economist
26-Dec-1872 7-Oct-1967 The Great Illusion
Izzy Asper
Business
11-Aug-1932 7-Oct-2003 Founder, CanWest Global
George Baker
Actor
1-Apr-1931 7-Oct-2011 Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Arthur Berger
Composer
15-May-1912 7-Oct-2003 Ideas of Order
Clarence Birdseye
Scientist
9-Dec-1886 7-Oct-1956 Frozen and dried food, wrapped in cellophane
Allan Bloom
Philosopher
14-Sep-1930 7-Oct-1992 The Closing of the American Mind
Willis Carrier
Inventor
26-Nov-1876 7-Oct-1950 Created the first air conditioning
Charles the Simple
Royalty
17-Sep-879 AD 7-Oct-929 AD King of France, 898-922
Cyril Cusack
Actor
26-Nov-1910 7-Oct-1993 Gone to Earth
Harvey Cushing
Doctor
8-Apr-1869 7-Oct-1939 Cushing's Syndrome
Alfred Deakin
Head of State
3-Aug-1856 7-Oct-1919 2nd Prime Minister of Australia
John Langdon Down
Doctor
18-Nov-1828 7-Oct-1896 Down's syndrome
Leo Durocher
Baseball
27-Jul-1905 7-Oct-1991 Leo the Lip
Daniel Chester French
Sculptor
20-Apr-1850 7-Oct-1931 Lincoln Memorial
Natalia Ginzburg
Novelist
14-Jul-1916 7-Oct-1991 La strada che va in città
Herblock
Cartoonist
13-Oct-1909 7-Oct-2001 Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post
John Hill Hewitt
Songwriter
11-Jul-1801 7-Oct-1890 The Minstrels Return'd from the War
James Hill
Film Director
1-Aug-1919 7-Oct-1994 Born Free
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Author
29-Aug-1809 7-Oct-1894 The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
J. Hughlings Jackson
Doctor
4-Apr-1835 7-Oct-1911 Father of British neurology
Niels K. Jerne
Scientist
23-Dec-1911 7-Oct-1994 Immune theory (anti-antibody)
Johnny Kidd
Musician
23-Dec-1939 7-Oct-1966 Shakin' All Over
Leon Klinghoffer
Victim
24-Sep-1916 7-Oct-1985 Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists
Emil Kraepelin
Psychiatrist
15-Feb-1856 7-Oct-1926 Manic depression and schizophrenia
Mario Lanza
Singer
31-Jan-1921 7-Oct-1959 Voice of the Century
George Mason
Politician
11-Dec-1725 7-Oct-1792 Drafted Virginia's Bill of Rights
Scott M. Matheson
Politician
8-Jan-1929 7-Oct-1990 Governor of Utah, 1977-85
Christy Mathewson
Baseball
12-Aug-1880 7-Oct-1925 Pitched 37 winning games in 1908
Louis McLane
Politician
28-May-1786 7-Oct-1857 US Secretary of State, 1833-34
Agnes de Mille
Choreographer
18-Sep-1905 7-Oct-1993 Influential American choreographer
George E. Palade
Scientist
19-Nov-1912 7-Oct-2008 Microstructure of the cell
Edgar Allan Poe
Author
19-Jan-1809 7-Oct-1849 The Raven
Thomas Reid
Philosopher
26-Apr-1710 7-Oct-1796 Epistemologist, Common Sense school
Bruce Ritter
Religion
25-Feb-1927 7-Oct-1999 Disgraced priest
Charles Rocket
Actor
24-Aug-1949 7-Oct-2005 Saturday Night Live
George E. Sangmeister
Politician
16-Feb-1931 7-Oct-2007 Congressman from Illinois, 1989-95
William Wetmore Story
Sculptor
12-Feb-1819 7-Oct-1895 Cleopatra
Helen Vinson
Actor
17-Sep-1907 7-Oct-1999 The Wedding Night
Wallace Wade
Football
15-Jun-1892 7-Oct-1986 Alabama and Duke Head Coach
John Woolman
Religion
19-Oct-1720 7-Oct-1772 American Quaker preacher




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