| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Artur Axmann |
Government |
18-Feb-1913 |
24-Oct-1996 |
Hitler Youth leader |
| László Bíró |
Inventor |
29-Sep-1899 |
24-Oct-1985 |
Ballpoint pen |
| Tycho Brahe |
Astronomer |
14-Dec-1546 |
24-Oct-1601 |
Copper-nosed Danish astronomer |
| Mary Calderone |
Activist |
1-Jul-1904 |
24-Oct-1998 |
Questions and Answers about Love and Sex |
| John H. Chafee |
Politician |
22-Oct-1922 |
24-Oct-1999 |
US Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99 |
| Pierre Gassendi |
Physicist |
22-Jan-1592 |
24-Oct-1655 |
Exercitationes |
| Jo Grimond |
Politician |
29-Jul-1913 |
24-Oct-1993 |
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1956-67 |
| Harry Hay |
Activist |
7-Apr-1912 |
24-Oct-2002 |
Gay activist, founder The Mattachine Society |
| Edith Head |
Designer |
28-Oct-1897 |
24-Oct-1981 |
Hollywood costume designer |
| Johnny Hines |
Actor |
25-Jul-1895 |
24-Oct-1970 |
Silent film comedian |
| Richard Hofstadter |
Historian |
6-Aug-1916 |
24-Oct-1970 |
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life |
| Hugh Capet |
Royalty |
938 AD |
24-Oct-996 AD |
King of France 987-96 AD |
| Gladwyn Jebb |
Diplomat |
25-Apr-1900 |
24-Oct-1996 |
Acting UN Secretary General, 1945-46 |
| Jaromil Jires |
Film Director |
10-Dec-1935 |
24-Oct-2001 |
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders |
| Lamont Johnson |
Film Director |
30-Sep-1922 |
24-Oct-2010 |
Adventures in the Forbidden Zone |
| Raul Julia |
Actor |
9-Mar-1940 |
24-Oct-1994 |
Street Fighter, Addams Family |
| Franz Lehár |
Composer |
30-Apr-1870 |
24-Oct-1948 |
The Merry Widow |
| John McCarthy |
Computer Programmer |
4-Sep-1927 |
24-Oct-2011 |
Created LISP programming language |
| Don Messick |
Actor |
7-Sep-1926 |
24-Oct-1997 |
Voice of Scooby Doo |
| G. E. Moore |
Philosopher |
4-Nov-1873 |
24-Oct-1958 |
Principia Ethica |
| Peggy Moran |
Actor |
23-Oct-1918 |
24-Oct-2002 |
The Mummy's Hand |
| Bernardo O'Higgins |
Head of State |
20-Aug-1778 |
24-Oct-1842 |
Supreme Director of Chile, 1817-23 |
| Francis Turner Palgrave |
Critic |
28-Sep-1824 |
24-Oct-1897 |
Golden Treasury |
| Rosa Parks |
Activist |
4-Feb-1913 |
24-Oct-2005 |
Wouldn't sit in the back of the bus |
| Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
Judge |
8-Nov-1838 |
24-Oct-1909 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1896-1909 |
| Scott Plank |
Actor |
11-Nov-1958 |
24-Oct-2002 |
L.A. Takedown |
| Vidkun Quisling |
Politician |
18-Jul-1887 |
24-Oct-1945 |
Norwegian president, Nazi collaborator |
| A. R. Radcliffe-Brown |
Anthropologist |
17-Jan-1881 |
24-Oct-1955 |
Father of modern social anthropology |
| Louis Renault |
Engineer |
15-Feb-1877 |
24-Oct-1944 |
Founder of Renault |
| Jackie Robinson |
Baseball |
31-Jan-1919 |
24-Oct-1972 |
First negro in the major leagues |
| Gene Roddenberry |
Screenwriter |
19-Aug-1921 |
24-Oct-1991 |
Creator of Star Trek |
| Edward R. Roybal |
Politician |
10-Feb-1916 |
24-Oct-2005 |
Congressman from California, 1963-93 |
| Merl Saunders |
Pianist |
14-Feb-1934 |
24-Oct-2008 |
Jazz & New Age keyboardist |
| Jessica Savitch |
Journalist |
1-Feb-1947 |
24-Oct-1983 |
Newscaster drowned with VP of NY Post |
| Alessandro Scarlatti |
Composer |
2-May-1660 |
24-Oct-1725 |
Mitridate Eupatore |
| Dutch Schultz |
Criminal |
6-Aug-1902 |
24-Oct-1935 |
Bootlegger, murderer, numbers racketeer |
| Joseph Stein |
Playwright |
30-May-1912 |
24-Oct-2010 |
Fiddler on the Roof librettist |
| Daniel Webster |
Politician |
18-Jan-1782 |
24-Oct-1852 |
The completest man |
