| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Renata Adler |
Journalist |
19-Oct-1938 |
|
Gone: The Last Days of the New Yorker |
| Jack Anderson |
Columnist |
19-Oct-1922 |
17-Dec-2005 |
Uncovered CIA plot to kill Fidel Castro |
| Miguel Ángel Asturias |
Author |
19-Oct-1899 |
9-Jun-1974 |
Guatemalan protest writer |
| Robert Beatty |
Actor |
19-Oct-1909 |
3-Mar-1992 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
| James Bevel |
Activist |
19-Oct-1936 |
19-Dec-2008 |
Civil rights activist, convicted of incest |
| J. Veronica Biggins |
Business |
19-Oct-1946 |
|
Partner, HNCL Search |
| Umberto Boccioni |
Painter |
19-Oct-1882 |
17-Aug-1916 |
Italian Futurist painter and sculptor |
| Peter Bone |
Politician |
19-Oct-1952 |
|
British MP, Wellingborough |
| Jacques E. Brandenberger |
Chemist |
19-Oct-1872 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Cellophane |
| Bill Bright |
Religion |
19-Oct-1921 |
19-Jul-2003 |
Campus Crusade for Christ |
| Mordecai Brown |
Baseball |
19-Oct-1876 |
14-Feb-1948 |
Three Finger Brown |
| Sylvia Browne |
Paranormal |
19-Oct-1936 |
|
Afraid to accept Randi's $1 million challenge |
| Sir Thomas Browne |
Author |
19-Oct-1605 |
19-Oct-1682 |
Pseudodoxia Epidemica |
| Joy Bryant |
Actor |
19-Oct-1976 |
|
Get Rich or Die Tryin' |
| William J. Burns |
Government |
19-Oct-1861 |
14-Apr-1932 |
FBI Director, 1921-24 |
| Walter Bradford Cannon |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1871 |
1-Oct-1945 |
Fight or flight response |
| John Le Carré |
Novelist |
19-Oct-1931 |
|
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold |
| Rodney Carrington |
Comic |
19-Oct-1968 |
|
Dear Penis |
| Amy Carter |
Relative |
19-Oct-1967 |
|
Daughter of President Jimmy Carter |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
Astronomer |
19-Oct-1910 |
21-Aug-1995 |
Evolutionary stages of stars |
| Cassius Marcellus Clay |
Politician |
19-Oct-1810 |
22-Jul-1903 |
Kentucky anti-slavery advocate |
| Johnnetta B. Cole |
Educator |
19-Oct-1936 |
|
President of Spelman College, 1987-97 |
| Roger R. Cross |
Actor |
19-Oct-1966 |
|
Curtis Manning on 24 |
| Jean Dausset |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1916 |
6-Jun-2009 |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Sunny Deol |
Actor |
19-Oct-1956 |
|
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha |
| Lynn Dickey |
Football |
19-Oct-1949 |
|
Green Bay Packers QB, 1976-85 |
| Divine |
Actor |
19-Oct-1945 |
7-Mar-1988 |
Poodle poop-eating drag queen |
| Steve Doocy |
Journalist |
19-Oct-1956 |
|
Fox & Friends |
| Kevin Drum |
Blogger |
19-Oct-1958 |
|
Washington Monthly's Political Animal |
| John Edward |
Paranormal |
19-Oct-1969 |
|
Crossing Over With John Edward |
| Jon Favreau |
Actor |
19-Oct-1966 |
|
Swingers |
| Marsilio Ficino |
Philosopher |
19-Oct-1433 |
1-Oct-1499 |
Italian humanist philosopher |
| Michael Gambon |
Actor |
19-Oct-1940 |
|
The Singing Detective |
| Vic Ghezzi |
Golf |
19-Oct-1910 |
30-May-1976 |
Winner, 1941 PGA Championship |
| Ray A. Goldberg |
Educator |
19-Oct-1926 |
|
Agribusiness professor, Harvard |
| Annie Golden |
Singer |
19-Oct-1951 |
|
Lead singer of The Shirts |
| Omar Gooding |
Actor |
19-Oct-1976 |
|
Calvin on Barbershop |
| Al Gore III |
Relative |
19-Oct-1982 |
|
Al Gore's son |
| Yakubu Gowon |
Head of State |
19-Oct-1934 |
|
Dictator of Nigeria, 1966-75 |
| C. Hartley Grattan |
Author |
19-Oct-1902 |
25-Jun-1980 |
The Southwest Pacific |
| Desmond Harrington |
Actor |
19-Oct-1976 |
|
Ghost Ship |
| David Harris |
Criminal |
19-Oct-1960 |
30-Jun-2004 |
Copkiller in The Thin Blue Line |
| Evander Holyfield |
Boxing |
19-Oct-1962 |
|
Ear chewed by Mike Tyson |
| Leigh Hunt |
Poet |
19-Oct-1784 |
28-Aug-1859 |
Story of Rimini |
| Patricia Ireland |
Activist |
19-Oct-1945 |
|
NOW president, 1991-2001 |
| Martha Jefferson |
First Lady |
19-Oct-1748 |
8-Sep-1782 |
Wife of US President Thomas Jefferson |
| Tor Johnson |
Wrestling |
19-Oct-1903 |
12-May-1971 |
Plan 9 from Outer Space |
| Chris Kattan |
Actor |
19-Oct-1970 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Russell Kirk |
Author |
19-Oct-1918 |
29-Apr-1994 |
The Conservative Mind |
| Alan J. Lacy |
Business |
19-Oct-1953 |
|
CEO of Sears, 2000-05 |
| John Lithgow |
Actor |
19-Oct-1945 |
|
Third Rock From The Sun |
| Leonard Little |
Football |
19-Oct-1974 |
|
Rams defensive end with a drinking problem |
| Tony Lo Bianco |
Actor |
19-Oct-1936 |
|
Recurring TV movie actor |
| Auguste Lumière |
Inventor |
19-Oct-1862 |
10-Apr-1954 |
Co-Inventor of motion pictures |
| Peter Max |
Artist |
19-Oct-1937 |
|
Psychedelic art has featured Statues of Liberty |
| Red McCombs |
Business |
19-Oct-1927 |
|
Car dealer, Co-Founder of Clear Channel |
| Craig C. Mello |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1960 |
|
RNA interference |
| Charles E. Merrill |
Business |
19-Oct-1885 |
6-Oct-1956 |
Founder of Merrill Lynch |
| Juanita Moore |
Actor |
19-Oct-1922 |
|
Imitation of Life |
| Lewis Mumford |
Historian |
19-Oct-1895 |
26-Jan-1990 |
Technics and Civilization |
| Patrick Murphy |
Politician |
19-Oct-1973 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 2007-11 |
| George Nader |
Actor |
19-Oct-1921 |
4-Feb-2002 |
Robot Monster |
| Joseph Neubauer |
Business |
19-Oct-1941 |
|
CEO of ARAMARK |
| Grover Norquist |
Activist |
19-Oct-1956 |
|
Washington lobbyist, anti-tax crusader |
| Louis Oosthuizen |
Golf |
19-Oct-1982 |
|
Winner, 2010 British Open |
| Virl Osmond |
Musician |
19-Oct-1945 |
|
One of the Osmonds |
| LaWanda Page |
Actor |
19-Oct-1920 |
14-Sep-2002 |
Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son |
| Trey Parker |
Cartoonist |
19-Oct-1969 |
|
South Park |
| Ty Pennington |
TV Personality |
19-Oct-1965 |
|
Carpenter on Trading Spaces |
| Pras |
Musician |
19-Oct-1972 |
|
Co-founder of The Fugees, Ghetto Superstar |
| Philip Pullman |
Novelist |
19-Oct-1946 |
|
His Dark Materials |
| Robert Reed |
Actor |
19-Oct-1932 |
12-May-1992 |
Mike (dad) on The Brady Bunch |
| Jason Reitman |
Film Director |
19-Oct-1977 |
|
Up in the Air |
| Benjamin Salisbury |
Actor |
19-Oct-1980 |
|
Brighton Sheffield on The Nanny |
| Robert A. Scalapino |
Scholar |
19-Oct-1919 |
31-Oct-2011 |
Longtime Asia scholar at Berkeley |
| Kurt Schrader |
Politician |
19-Oct-1951 |
|
Congressman, Oregon 5th |
| Michael S. Steele |
Politician |
19-Oct-1958 |
|
RNC Chairman, 2009-11 |
| Robert S. Strauss |
Diplomat |
19-Oct-1918 |
|
US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92 |
| Peter Tosh |
Musician |
19-Oct-1944 |
11-Sep-1987 |
Legalise It and I'll Advertise It |
| Andrew Vachss |
Author |
19-Oct-1942 |
|
Burke, attorney for children |
| Simon Ward |
Actor |
19-Oct-1941 |
20-Jul-2012 |
Sir Monty Everard on Judge John Deed |
| Bruce Weber |
Basketball |
19-Oct-1956 |
|
Head Coach, Fighting Illini |
| Edmund Beecher Wilson |
Biologist |
19-Oct-1856 |
3-Mar-1939 |
X and Y chromosomes |
| John Woolman |
Religion |
19-Oct-1720 |
7-Oct-1772 |
American Quaker preacher |
