| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Leon Abbett |
Politician |
8-Oct-1836 |
4-Dec-1894 |
Twice Governor of New Jersey |
| Kirk Alyn |
Actor |
8-Oct-1910 |
14-Mar-1999 |
Superman |
| Art Babbitt |
Cartoonist |
8-Oct-1907 |
4-Mar-1992 |
Disney animator, created Goofy |
| Carl E. Bailey |
Politician |
8-Oct-1894 |
23-Oct-1948 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1937-41 |
| Nick Bakay |
Actor |
8-Oct-1959 |
|
Salem Saberhagen on Sabrina |
| Sonny Barger |
Criminal |
8-Oct-1938 |
|
Oakland Hells Angels |
| A. Doak Barnett |
Scholar |
8-Oct-1921 |
17-Mar-1999 |
China on the Eve of Communist Takeover |
| Rona Barrett |
Columnist |
8-Oct-1936 |
|
Entertainment gossip columnist |
| Craig Benson |
Politician |
8-Oct-1954 |
|
Governor of New Hampshire, 2003-05 |
| Dana X. Bible |
Football |
8-Oct-1891 |
19-Jan-1980 |
Legendary Texas football coach |
| Matt Biondi |
Swimmer |
8-Oct-1965 |
|
Competitive swimmer, 10 Olympic medals |
| Betty Boothroyd |
Politician |
8-Oct-1929 |
|
Speaker of the House of Commons, 1992-2000 |
| Nick Cannon |
Actor |
8-Oct-1980 |
|
Drumline |
| Chevy Chase |
Comic |
8-Oct-1943 |
|
He is, you're not |
| Matt Damon |
Actor |
8-Oct-1970 |
|
Good Will Hunting |
| Jeremy Davies |
Actor |
8-Oct-1969 |
|
Saving Private Ryan |
| Nicholas L. Deak |
Business |
8-Oct-1905 |
18-Nov-1985 |
Deak-Perera |
| Gabriel Dell |
Actor |
8-Oct-1919 |
3-Jul-1988 |
Dead End Kid |
| Michael Dudikoff |
Actor |
8-Oct-1954 |
|
American Ninja |
| Anne-Marie Duff |
Actor |
8-Oct-1970 |
|
The Virgin Queen |
| Dale Dye |
Actor |
8-Oct-1944 |
|
Warriors, Inc. |
| William A. Egan |
Politician |
8-Oct-1914 |
6-May-1984 |
Twice Governor of Alaska |
| Bill Elliott |
Auto Racing |
8-Oct-1955 |
|
Two-time Daytona 500 winner |
| John W. Gardner |
Administrator |
8-Oct-1912 |
16-Feb-2002 |
Founder of Common Cause |
| Elbert Henry Gary |
Business |
8-Oct-1846 |
15-Aug-1927 |
CEO of US Steel, 1901-27 |
| Rosemary Gatenby |
Novelist |
8-Oct-1919 |
3-Jan-2007 |
The Season of Danger |
| Thomas H. Glocer |
Business |
8-Oct-1959 |
|
CEO of Thomson Reuters |
| Peter Greene |
Actor |
8-Oct-1965 |
|
Laws of Gravity |
| Jack Grubman |
Business |
8-Oct-1953 |
|
Shady-dealings securities analyst |
| Gus Hall |
Activist |
8-Oct-1910 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Leader, Communist Party USA |
| Darrell Hammond |
Comic |
8-Oct-1960 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Ian Hart |
Actor |
8-Oct-1964 |
|
Played John Lennon in Backbeat |
| Reed Hastings |
Business |
8-Oct-1960 |
|
Founder and CEO of Netflix |
| John Hay |
Government |
8-Oct-1838 |
1-Jul-1905 |
US Secretary of State, 1898-1905 |
| Martin Henderson |
Actor |
8-Oct-1974 |
|
The Ring |
| Frank Herbert |
Author |
8-Oct-1920 |
11-Feb-1986 |
Dune |
| Ejnar Hertzsprung |
Astronomer |
8-Oct-1873 |
21-Oct-1967 |
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram |
| Paul Hogan |
Actor |
8-Oct-1939 |
|
Crocodile Dundee |
| James Holshouser |
Politician |
8-Oct-1934 |
|
Governor of North Carolina, 1973-77 |
| Walter B. Huffman |
Attorney |
8-Oct-1944 |
|
Dean, Texas Tech School of Law |
| Jesse Jackson |
Activist |
8-Oct-1941 |
|
Rainbow Coalition |
| Angus T. Jones |
Actor |
8-Oct-1993 |
|
Two and a Half Men |
| Michael Korda |
Publisher |
8-Oct-1933 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of Simon & Schuster |
| Dennis Kucinich |
Politician |
8-Oct-1946 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 10th |
| Philip Leacock |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1917 |
14-Jul-1990 |
The Spanish Gardener |
| Meyer Levin |
Novelist |
8-Oct-1905 |
9-Jul-1981 |
Compulsion |
| Kristanna Loken |
Actor |
8-Oct-1979 |
|
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines |
| Rouben Mamoulian |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1897 |
4-Dec-1987 |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| Bruno Mars |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Oct-1985 |
|
Doo-Wops & Hooligans |
| James Marshall |
Explorer |
8-Oct-1810 |
10-Aug-1885 |
Discovered gold at Sutter's Mill |
| Spark Matsunaga |
Politician |
8-Oct-1916 |
15-Apr-1990 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1977-90 |
| Jonathan Mayhew |
Religion |
8-Oct-1720 |
9-Jul-1766 |
Congregationalist minister, anti-Royalist |
| César Milstein |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1927 |
24-Mar-2002 |
Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies) |
| Kiichi Miyazawa |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1919 |
28-Jun-2007 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1991-93 |
| Bruce A. Morrison |
Politician |
8-Oct-1944 |
|
Congressman from Connecticut, 1983-91 |
| Richard Mourdock |
Politician |
8-Oct-1951 |
|
State Treasurer of Indiana |
| Ferenc Nagy |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1903 |
12-Jun-1979 |
Exiled Prime Minister of Hungary |
| Dylan Neal |
Actor |
8-Oct-1969 |
|
Det. Mike Celluci on Blood Ties |
| Mark Oliphant |
Physicist |
8-Oct-1901 |
14-Jul-2000 |
Deuterium reactions |
| James Olson |
Actor |
8-Oct-1930 |
|
Rachel, Rachel |
| Harvey Pekar |
Author |
8-Oct-1939 |
12-Jul-2010 |
American Splendor |
| Juan Peron |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1895 |
1-Jul-1974 |
Twice President of Argentina |
| Rodney R. Porter |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1917 |
6-Sep-1985 |
Chemical structure of antibodies |
| John Cowper Powys |
Novelist |
8-Oct-1872 |
17-Jun-1963 |
Wolf Solent |
| Soon-Yi Previn |
Relative |
8-Oct-1970 |
|
Woody Allen's scandalously young wife |
| Tom Price |
Politician |
8-Oct-1954 |
|
Congressman, Georgia 6th |
| Emily Procter |
Actor |
8-Oct-1968 |
|
CSI: Miami |
| Sarah Purcell |
TV Personality |
8-Oct-1948 |
|
Real People |
| Johnny Ramone |
Musician |
8-Oct-1951 |
15-Sep-2004 |
The Ramones |
| Sue Randall |
Actor |
8-Oct-1935 |
26-Oct-1984 |
Leave It to Beaver |
| Eddie Rickenbacker |
Aviator |
8-Oct-1890 |
23-Jul-1973 |
Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI |
| Teddy Riley |
Musician |
8-Oct-1966 |
|
The King of New Jack Swing |
| Raul Roulien |
Actor |
8-Oct-1905 |
8-Sep-2000 |
Flying Down to Rio |
| Rashaan Salaam |
Football |
8-Oct-1974 |
|
Winner, 1994 Heisman Trophy |
| Bill Schneider |
Pundit |
8-Oct-1944 |
|
CNN senior political analyst |
| Isadore Sharp |
Business |
8-Oct-1931 |
|
Founder, Four Seasons Hotels |
| Jens C. Skou |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1918 |
|
ATPase researcher |
| H. Allen Smith |
Politician |
8-Oct-1909 |
4-Jun-1998 |
Congressman from California, 1957-73 |
| Ksenia Solo |
Actor |
8-Oct-1987 |
|
Kenzi on Lost Girl |
| Lynne Stewart |
Attorney |
8-Oct-1939 |
|
Attorney convicted of supporting the Islamic Group |
| R. L. Stine |
Author |
8-Oct-1943 |
|
Goosebumps series |
| Fred Stolle |
Tennis |
8-Oct-1938 |
|
Winner of 17 Grand Slam titles |
| Toru Takemitsu |
Composer |
8-Oct-1930 |
20-Feb-1996 |
A Way A Lone |
| Bella Thorne |
Actor |
8-Oct-1997 |
|
CeCe Jones on Shake It Up! |
| John T. Walton |
Relative |
8-Oct-1946 |
27-Jun-2005 |
World's 11th richest man, 2005 |
| Otto Warburg |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1883 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Effect of oxygen on cancer |
| Sigourney Weaver |
Actor |
8-Oct-1949 |
|
Alien |
| Amos Whitney |
Business |
8-Oct-1832 |
5-Aug-1928 |
Co-Founder of Pratt & Whitney |
| Clayton W. Williams, Jr. |
Business |
8-Oct-1931 |
|
Texas oilman, rancher |
| CeCe Winans |
Singer |
8-Oct-1964 |
|
Alone in His Presence |
| Stephanie Zimbalist |
Actor |
8-Oct-1956 |
|
Remington Steele |
| King Zog |
Royalty |
8-Oct-1895 |
9-Apr-1961 |
King of Albania |
| Edward Zwick |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1952 |
|
The Last Samurai |
