| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edwin A. Abbott |
Author |
20-Dec-1838 |
12-Oct-1926 |
Flatland |
| Dean Acheson |
Government |
11-Apr-1893 |
12-Oct-1971 |
US Secretary of State, 1949-53 |
| Leon Ames |
Actor |
20-Jan-1902 |
12-Oct-1993 |
Character actor, a SAG founder |
| Matsuo Basho |
Poet |
1644 |
12-Oct-1694 |
Haiku master |
| Gary Bond |
Actor |
7-Feb-1940 |
12-Oct-1995 |
English theatre actor |
| John Brahm |
Film Director |
17-Aug-1893 |
12-Oct-1982 |
The Lodger |
| Patricia Breslin |
Actor |
17-Mar-1931 |
12-Oct-2011 |
The People's Choice |
| Edith Cavell |
Victim |
4-Dec-1865 |
12-Oct-1915 |
British nurse, shot by the Germans |
| Wilt Chamberlain |
Basketball |
21-Aug-1936 |
12-Oct-1999 |
Wilt the Stilt |
| Lonny Chapman |
Actor |
1-Oct-1920 |
12-Oct-2007 |
American character actor |
| Alonzo M. Clark |
Politician |
13-Aug-1868 |
12-Oct-1952 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1931-33 |
| Harry M. Daugherty |
Government |
26-Jan-1860 |
12-Oct-1941 |
US Attorney General, 1921-24 |
| Demosthenes |
Author |
384 BC |
12-Oct-322 BC |
Attic orator and statesman |
| John Denver |
Country Musician |
31-Dec-1943 |
12-Oct-1997 |
Rocky Mountain High |
| Hermann Eilts |
Diplomat |
23-Mar-1922 |
12-Oct-2006 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1973-79 |
| François Guizot |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1787 |
12-Oct-1874 |
Prime Minister of France, 1847-48 |
| Hjalmar Hammarskjöld |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1862 |
12-Oct-1953 |
Prime Minister of Sweden, 1914-17 |
| William Harsha, Jr. |
Politician |
1-Jan-1921 |
12-Oct-2010 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1961-81 |
| Sonja Henie |
Figure Skating |
8-Apr-1912 |
12-Oct-1969 |
Norwegian figure skater |
| Hiroshige |
Artist |
1797 |
12-Oct-1858 |
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido |
| Pope Honorius I |
Religion |
? |
12-Oct-638 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 625-638 AD |
| Pope John IV |
Religion |
? |
12-Oct-642 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 640-42 |
| Philander Knox |
Government |
6-May-1853 |
12-Oct-1921 |
US Secretary of State, 1909-13 |
| Joan B. Kroc |
Philanthropist |
27-Aug-1928 |
12-Oct-2003 |
McDonald's widow |
| Alf Landon |
Politician |
9-Sep-1887 |
12-Oct-1987 |
Republican Presidential candidate 1936 |
| Robert E. Lee |
Military |
19-Jan-1807 |
12-Oct-1870 |
Confederate General |
| Aline MacMahon |
Actor |
3-May-1899 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Dragon Seed |
| Maximilian II |
Royalty |
31-Jul-1527 |
12-Oct-1576 |
Holy Roman Emperor, 1564-76 |
| Tom Mix |
Actor |
6-Jan-1880 |
12-Oct-1940 |
Old-time silent movie cowboy |
| Paul H. Müller |
Scientist |
12-Jan-1899 |
12-Oct-1965 |
Synthesized DDT |
| Johnny Olson |
Game Show Host |
22-May-1910 |
12-Oct-1985 |
Announcer for What's My Line, etc. |
| Nat Pendleton |
Actor |
9-Aug-1895 |
12-Oct-1967 |
At the Circus |
| Philaret |
Royalty |
1553 |
12-Oct-1633 |
Patriarch of Moscow |
| Piero della Francesca |
Painter |
c. 1420 |
12-Oct-1492 |
The Legend of the True Cross |
| Dennis Ritchie |
Computer Programmer |
9-Sep-1941 |
12-Oct-2011 |
Co-Creator of UNIX |
| William R. Sears |
Engineer |
1-Mar-1913 |
12-Oct-2002 |
Airfoil engineer |
| Matthew Shepard |
Victim |
1-Dec-1976 |
12-Oct-1998 |
Gay hate crime victim |
| Willie Shoemaker |
Jockey |
19-Aug-1931 |
12-Oct-2003 |
Greatest 20th century jockey |
| Nancy Spungen |
Victim |
27-Feb-1958 |
12-Oct-1978 |
Sid Vicious's girlfriend |
| John Lloyd Stephens |
Explorer |
28-Nov-1805 |
12-Oct-1852 |
Incidents of Travel |
| Robert Stephenson |
Engineer |
16-Oct-1803 |
12-Oct-1859 |
Builder of railroad bridges |
| Joseph Stilwell |
Military |
19-Mar-1883 |
12-Oct-1946 |
Led US and Chinese forces in WWII China |
| Aleksandr Sumarokov |
Playwright |
14-Nov-1717 |
12-Oct-1777 |
Founder of Russian classical drama |
| Roger Brooke Taney |
Judge |
17-Mar-1777 |
12-Oct-1864 |
US Chief Justice, 1836-64 |
| Regis Toomey |
Actor |
13-Aug-1898 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Burke's Law |
| C. Delores Tucker |
Activist |
4-Oct-1927 |
12-Oct-2005 |
National Congress of Black Women |
| Gene Vincent |
Musician |
11-Feb-1935 |
12-Oct-1971 |
Be-Bop-A-Lula |
| Gregory Vlastos |
Philosopher |
27-Jul-1907 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Influential scholar of ancient philosophy |
| Ricky Wilson |
Guitarist |
19-Mar-1953 |
12-Oct-1985 |
Guitarist for the B-52's |
