LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jacob Abbott	Author	14-Nov-1803	31-Oct-1879	Franconia Stories
P. W. Botha	Head of State	12-Jan-1916	31-Oct-2006	President of South Africa, 1984-89
John Bradshaw	Government	1602	31-Oct-1659	Tried King Charles I
Dan Burros	Activist	5-Mar-1937	31-Oct-1965	Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times
Joseph Calleia	Actor	4-Aug-1897	31-Oct-1975	Touch of Evil
Joseph Campbell	Author	26-Mar-1904	31-Oct-1987	The Power of Myth
Marcel Carné	Film Director	18-Aug-1909	31-Oct-1996	Les Enfants du Paradis
Rosalind Cash	Actor	31-Dec-1938	31-Oct-1995	The Omega Man
Thomas Cochrane	Military	14-Dec-1775	31-Oct-1860	Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen
Ralph Connor	Author	13-Sep-1860	31-Oct-1937	Canadian pulp author, Black Rock
Henry Daniell	Actor	5-Mar-1894	31-Oct-1963	British-American character actor
H. L. Davis	Novelist	18-Oct-1894	31-Oct-1960	Honey in the Horn
Élie Faure	Historian	4-Apr-1873	31-Oct-1937	History of Art
Elizebeth Friedman	Scientist	26-Aug-1892	31-Oct-1980	America's first female cryptanalyst
Indira Gandhi	Head of State	19-Nov-1917	31-Oct-1984	First Female Prime Minister of India
George Halas	Football	2-Feb-1895	31-Oct-1983	Founder of the Chicago Bears
Joseph Hooker	Military	13-Nov-1814	31-Oct-1879	Union Army General
Harry Houdini	Magician	24-Mar-1874	31-Oct-1926	Best-known magician and debunker
John Houseman	Actor	22-Sep-1902	31-Oct-1988	The Paper Chase
Tsien Hsue-shen	Scientist	11-Dec-1911	31-Oct-2009	Founder of Chinese space program
Jared Ingersoll	Politician	24-Oct-1749	31-Oct-1822	Signed the US Constitution
Rita Johnson	Actor	13-Aug-1913	31-Oct-1965	Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Ring Lardner, Jr.	Playwright	19-Aug-1915	31-Oct-2000	Screenwriter, M*A*S*H
Max Linder	Actor	16-Dec-1883	31-Oct-1925	Seven Years Bad Luck
Robert S. Mulliken	Chemist	7-Jun-1896	31-Oct-1986	Molecular orbital theory
Joseph Papp	Theater Director	22-Jun-1921	31-Oct-1991	Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival
River Phoenix	Actor	23-Aug-1970	31-Oct-1993	My Own Private Idaho
Samuel R. Pierce	Politician	8-Sep-1922	31-Oct-2000	US Secretary of HUD, 1981-89
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont	Business	24-Jun-1771	31-Oct-1834	Founder of DuPont
Bill Rowling	Head of State	15-Nov-1927	31-Oct-1995	Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1974-75
Robert A. Scalapino	Scholar	19-Oct-1919	31-Oct-2011	Longtime Asia scholar at Berkeley
Egon Schiele	Painter	12-Jun-1890	31-Oct-1918	Painted many nudes
Johann Sleidan	Historian	1506	31-Oct-1556	De statu religionis et republicae
Ted Sorensen	Attorney	8-May-1928	31-Oct-2010	Aide to JFK
Edward Sorin	Religion	6-Feb-1814	31-Oct-1893	Founder, University of Notre Dame
James Speyer	Business	22-Jul-1861	31-Oct-1941	New York Banker
Edward Stettinius, Jr.	Government	22-Oct-1900	31-Oct-1949	US Secretary of State, 1944-45
William Styron	Novelist	11-Jun-1925	31-Oct-2006	The Confessions of Nat Turner
Studs Terkel	Author	16-May-1912	31-Oct-2008	Working
George Uhlenbeck	Physicist	6-Dec-1900	31-Oct-1988	Conceived idea of Quantum Spin
Utamaro	Artist	1753	31-Oct-1806	Japanese printmaker
Raf Vallone	Actor	17-Feb-1916	31-Oct-2002	The Greek Tycoon
Edwin A. Walker	Military	10-Nov-1909	31-Oct-1993	Ultraconservative activist
Art Wall, Jr.	Golf	25-Nov-1923	31-Oct-2001	Winner, 1959 Masters Tournament
Gordon Westcott	Actor	6-Nov-1903	31-Oct-1935	Heroes for Sale

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