| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Julie Adams |
Actor |
17-Oct-1926 |
|
Paula Denning on Capitol |
| Joe Albertson |
Business |
17-Oct-1906 |
20-Jan-1993 |
Founder of Albertson's |
| Jean Arthur |
Actor |
17-Oct-1900 |
19-Jun-1991 |
Only Angels Have Wings |
| Owen Arthur |
Head of State |
17-Oct-1949 |
|
Prime Minister of Barbados |
| Robert Atkins |
Doctor |
17-Oct-1930 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Atkins Diet doctor |
| Augustus III |
Royalty |
17-Oct-1696 |
5-Oct-1763 |
Elector of Saxony, King of Poland |
| Alimi Ballard |
Actor |
17-Oct-1977 |
|
David Sinclair on Numb3rs |
| Lawrence Bender |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Oct-1957 |
|
A Band Apart |
| Elsbeth Bothe |
Judge |
17-Oct-1927 |
|
Baltimore Circuit Court Judge, retired |
| Sam Bottoms |
Actor |
17-Oct-1955 |
16-Dec-2008 |
Apocalypse Now |
| Sir John Bowring |
Author |
17-Oct-1792 |
23-Nov-1872 |
4th Governor of Hong Kong |
| Jimmy Breslin |
Columnist |
17-Oct-1930 |
|
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight |
| George Mackay Brown |
Poet |
17-Oct-1921 |
13-Apr-1996 |
Time in a Red Coat |
| Georg Büchner |
Playwright |
17-Oct-1813 |
19-Feb-1837 |
Leonce and Lena |
| Spring Byington |
Actor |
17-Oct-1886 |
7-Sep-1971 |
You Can't Take it With You |
| Jacques Cazotte |
Author |
17-Oct-1719 |
25-Sep-1792 |
Diable Amoureux |
| Montgomery Clift |
Actor |
17-Oct-1920 |
23-Jul-1966 |
From Here to Eternity |
| Cozy Cole |
Jazz Musician |
17-Oct-1909 |
29-Jan-1981 |
Topsy Part 2 |
| Dee Jay Daniels |
Actor |
17-Oct-1988 |
|
Michael Hughley on The Hughleys |
| Ferenc Deák |
Politician |
17-Oct-1803 |
28-Jan-1876 |
Architected Austria-Hungary union |
| Miguel Delibes |
Novelist |
17-Oct-1920 |
12-Mar-2010 |
Five Hours With Mario |
| Theodore Eicke |
Military |
17-Oct-1892 |
26-Feb-1943 |
Inspector of Concentration Camps |
| Ernie Els |
Golf |
17-Oct-1969 |
|
Winner of 3 majors |
| Eminem |
Rapper |
17-Oct-1972 |
|
The Real Slim Shady |
| James Rudolph Garfield |
Politician |
17-Oct-1865 |
24-Mar-1950 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1907-09 |
| Beverly Garland |
Actor |
17-Oct-1926 |
5-Dec-2008 |
Dotty West on Scarecrow and Mrs. King |
| Mark Gatiss |
Actor |
17-Oct-1966 |
|
The League of Gentlemen |
| Virgil Goode |
Politician |
17-Oct-1946 |
|
Congressman from Virginia, 1997-2009 |
| Ronald M. Gould |
Judge |
17-Oct-1946 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Gene Green |
Politician |
17-Oct-1947 |
|
Congressman, Texas 29th |
| Wood Harris |
Actor |
17-Oct-1969 |
|
Avon Barksdale in The Wire |
| Childe Hassam |
Painter |
17-Oct-1859 |
27-Aug-1935 |
American impressionist, one of "The Ten" |
| Rita Hayworth |
Actor |
17-Oct-1918 |
14-May-1987 |
Gilda |
| Martin Heinrich |
Politician |
17-Oct-1971 |
|
Congressman, New Mexico 1st |
| David Hobson |
Politician |
17-Oct-1936 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 7th |
| William H. Hudnut III |
Politician |
17-Oct-1932 |
|
Mayor of Indianapolis, 1976-91 |
| William J. Hughes |
Politician |
17-Oct-1932 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 1975-95 |
| Marsha Hunt |
Actor |
17-Oct-1917 |
|
Johnny Got His Gun |
| Alan Jackson |
Country Musician |
17-Oct-1958 |
|
Don't Rock The Jukebox |
| Wyclef Jean |
Musician |
17-Oct-1972 |
|
One third of The Fugees, Preacher's Son |
| Mae C. Jemison |
Astronaut |
17-Oct-1956 |
|
First African-American woman in space |
| Pope John Paul I |
Religion |
17-Oct-1912 |
28-Sep-1978 |
Pope for 33 days, in summer 1978 |
| Richard Mentor Johnson |
Politician |
17-Oct-1780 |
19-Nov-1850 |
9th Vice President of the US |
| U. Alexis Johnson |
Diplomat |
17-Oct-1908 |
24-Mar-1997 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Felicity Jones |
Actor |
17-Oct-1983 |
|
Like Crazy |
| Robert Jordan |
Author |
17-Oct-1948 |
16-Sep-2007 |
Wheel of Time series |
| Mike Judge |
Cartoonist |
17-Oct-1962 |
|
Beavis and Butthead |
| Erin Karpluk |
Actor |
17-Oct-1978 |
|
Erica Strange on Being Erica |
| Barnaby C. Keeney |
Educator |
17-Oct-1914 |
18-Jun-1980 |
President of Brown University, 1955-66 |
| Barney Kessel |
Guitarist |
17-Oct-1923 |
6-May-2004 |
Be-bop guitarist |
| Margot Kidder |
Actor |
17-Oct-1948 |
|
Lois Lane in Superman |
| Chris Kirkpatrick |
Singer |
17-Oct-1971 |
|
*NSYNC |
| Evel Knievel |
Daredevil |
17-Oct-1938 |
30-Nov-2007 |
Daredevil and one-time action figure |
| Robert Lansing |
Government |
17-Oct-1864 |
30-Oct-1928 |
US Secretary of State, 1915-20 |
| Sharon Leal |
Actor |
17-Oct-1972 |
|
Marilyn Sudor on Boston Public |
| Chris Lowell |
Actor |
17-Oct-1984 |
|
Piz on Veronica Mars |
| Robert Lowery |
Actor |
17-Oct-1913 |
26-Dec-1971 |
The Mummy's Ghost |
| Norm MacDonald |
Comic |
17-Oct-1963 |
|
Former Weekend Update host on SNL |
| Matthew Macfadyen |
Actor |
17-Oct-1974 |
|
Tom Quinn on Spooks |
| John Marley |
Actor |
17-Oct-1907 |
22-May-1984 |
Godfather horsehead recipient |
| Ziggy Marley |
Musician |
17-Oct-1968 |
|
Reggae musician |
| Marian Marsh |
Actor |
17-Oct-1913 |
9-Nov-2006 |
Svengali |
| Vilma S. Martinez |
Attorney |
17-Oct-1943 |
|
US Ambassador to Argentina |
| Charles McClendon |
Football |
17-Oct-1923 |
6-Dec-2001 |
LSU Head Coach, 1962-79 |
| Patrick McCrory |
Politician |
17-Oct-1956 |
|
Mayor of Charlotte, NC |
| Michael McKean |
Actor |
17-Oct-1947 |
|
This Is Spinal Tap, SNL |
| Rick Mercer |
Comic |
17-Oct-1969 |
|
This Hour Has 22 Minutes |
| Adam Michnik |
Activist |
17-Oct-1946 |
|
Gazeta Wyborcza |
| Arthur Miller |
Playwright |
17-Oct-1915 |
10-Feb-2005 |
Death of a Salesman |
| Ronn Owens |
Radio Personality |
17-Oct-1945 |
|
KGO radio talk show host |
| Tom Poston |
Actor |
17-Oct-1921 |
30-Apr-2007 |
Handyman on Newhart |
| Gary Puckett |
Musician |
17-Oct-1942 |
|
Gary Puckett & the Union Gap |
| Mike Quigley |
Politician |
17-Oct-1958 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 5th |
| Kimi Raikkonen |
Auto Racing |
17-Oct-1979 |
|
Badass F1 racecar driver |
| Thomas C. Riggs |
Politician |
17-Oct-1873 |
16-Jan-1945 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1918-21 |
| John Rocker |
Baseball |
17-Oct-1974 |
|
MLB player, suspended for racist remarks |
| Richard Roeper |
Columnist |
17-Oct-1959 |
|
Siskel's replacement |
| Howard E. Rollins, Jr. |
Actor |
17-Oct-1950 |
8-Dec-1996 |
A Soldier's Story |
| Irene Ryan |
Actor |
17-Oct-1902 |
26-Apr-1973 |
Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies |
| Henri de Saint-Simon |
Author |
17-Oct-1760 |
19-May-1825 |
Nouveau Christianisme |
| Marion O. Sandler |
Philanthropist |
17-Oct-1930 |
1-Jun-2012 |
Golden West Financial |
| Jim Seals |
Musician |
17-Oct-1941 |
|
Seals and Crofts |
| Jerry Siegel |
Author |
17-Oct-1914 |
28-Jan-1996 |
Creator of Superman |
| Mike Synar |
Politician |
17-Oct-1950 |
9-Jan-1996 |
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1979-95 |
| Vincent Van Patten |
Actor |
17-Oct-1957 |
|
Rock 'n' Roll High School |
| George Wendt |
Actor |
17-Oct-1948 |
|
Norm on Cheers |
| Nathanael West |
Author |
17-Oct-1903 |
22-Dec-1940 |
The Day of the Locust |
| John Wilkes |
Politician |
17-Oct-1725 |
26-Dec-1797 |
Colorful London radical |
| Ralph Wilson, Jr. |
Football |
17-Oct-1918 |
|
Founding Owner, Buffalo Bills |
| Yvor Winters |
Poet |
17-Oct-1900 |
25-Jan-1968 |
Primitivism & Decadence |
| Zhao Ziyang |
Politician |
17-Oct-1919 |
16-Jan-2005 |
6th Chinese Premier sought reforms |
| Zulu |
Actor |
17-Oct-1937 |
3-May-2004 |
Kono on Hawaii 5-O |
