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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Clement Attlee
Head of State
3-Jan-1883 8-Oct-1967 UK Prime Minister, 1945-51
Alfred Binet
Psychologist
11-Jul-1857 8-Oct-1911 Binet-Simon intelligence test
Willy Brandt
Head of State
18-Dec-1913 8-Oct-1992 German Chancellor, 1969-74
Nigel Bruce
Actor
14-Feb-1895 8-Oct-1953 Played Rathbone's Dr. Watson
Ivan Bunin
Author
10-Oct-1870 8-Oct-1953 Russian short story writer, Light Breathing
Walter Burkemo
Golf
9-Oct-1918 8-Oct-1986 Winner, 1953 PGA Championship
Prescott Bush
Politician
15-May-1895 8-Oct-1972 US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63
Phyllis Calvert
Actor
18-Feb-1915 8-Oct-2002 Madonna of the Seven Moons
Eduardo Ciannelli
Actor
30-Aug-1889 8-Oct-1969 Strange Cargo
Al Davis
Football
4-Jul-1929 8-Oct-2011 Owner of the Oakland Raiders
Robert Docking
Politician
9-Oct-1925 8-Oct-1983 Governor of Kansas, 1967-75
Robert Emden
Mathematician
4-Mar-1862 8-Oct-1940 Stellar structure
Henry Fielding
Novelist
22-Apr-1707 8-Oct-1754 Tom Jones
Joan Hackett
Actor
1-Mar-1934 8-Oct-1983 Only When I Laugh
John Hancock
Politician
23-Jan-1737 8-Oct-1793 First signer of the Declaration of Independence
Theresa Harris
Actor
31-Dec-1906 8-Oct-1985 Baby Face
Emmaline Henry
Actor
1-Nov-1928 8-Oct-1979 Amanda Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie
Gus Kahn
Songwriter
6-Nov-1886 8-Oct-1941 Ain't We Got Fun?
Fernando Lamas
Actor
9-Jan-1915 8-Oct-1982 The Lost World
Solomon Linda
Musician
1909 8-Oct-1962 Wrote The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Gabriel Marcel
Philosopher
7-Dec-1889 8-Oct-1973 French existential philosopher
Philip Noel-Baker
Politician
1-Nov-1889 8-Oct-1982 Instrumental creating League of Nations and UN
Franklin Pierce
Head of State
23-Nov-1804 8-Oct-1869 14th President of the U.S.
John W. Snyder
Government
21-Jun-1895 8-Oct-1985 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-53
Wendell Willkie
Politician
18-Feb-1892 8-Oct-1944 Defeated by Roosevelt in 1940
Edward Woods
Actor
5-Jul-1903 8-Oct-1989 The Public Enemy
Douglas C. Yearley
Business
c. 1936 8-Oct-2007 CEO of Phelps Dodge, 1989-99




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