| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Daniel F. Akerson |
Business |
21-Oct-1948 |
|
CEO of General Motors |
| Malcolm Arnold |
Composer |
21-Oct-1921 |
23-Sep-2006 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| Les AuCoin |
Politician |
21-Oct-1942 |
|
Congressman from Oregon, 1975-93 |
| Hy Averback |
Film Director |
21-Oct-1920 |
14-Oct-1997 |
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! |
| Oswald Avery |
Biologist |
21-Oct-1877 |
20-Feb-1955 |
Antibodies and DNA |
| Janet Beecher |
Actor |
21-Oct-1884 |
6-Aug-1955 |
The Mighty Barnum |
| George Bell |
Baseball |
21-Oct-1959 |
|
1987 American League MVP |
| Liliane Bettencourt |
Relative |
21-Oct-1922 |
|
World's 16th richest person, 2005 |
| Elvin Bishop |
Musician |
21-Oct-1942 |
|
Fooled Around and Fell In Love |
| Georgia Brown |
Actor |
21-Oct-1933 |
5-Jul-1992 |
The Raging Moon |
| Herbert Bunston |
Actor |
21-Oct-1870 |
27-Feb-1935 |
Dr. Seward in Dracula |
| Leo Burnett |
Business |
21-Oct-1891 |
7-Jun-1971 |
American advertising pioneer |
| Charlotte Caffey |
Guitarist |
21-Oct-1953 |
|
Lead guitarist for The Go-Go's |
| Michael F. Cavanagh |
Judge |
21-Oct-1940 |
|
Justice, Michigan Supreme Court |
| Joseph Sill Clark |
Politician |
21-Oct-1901 |
21-Jan-1990 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1956-69 |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
Poet |
21-Oct-1772 |
25-Jul-1834 |
Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
| J. Barclay Collins II |
Business |
21-Oct-1944 |
|
General Counsel for Hess Corporation |
| George Combe |
Paranormal |
21-Oct-1788 |
14-Aug-1858 |
Scottish phrenologist |
| Julian Cope |
Musician |
21-Oct-1957 |
|
World Shut Your Mouth |
| Celia Cruz |
Singer |
21-Oct-1924 |
16-Jul-2003 |
Queen of Salsa |
| Bill Curry |
Football |
21-Oct-1942 |
|
NFL center, NCAA football coach |
| Matt Dallas |
Actor |
21-Oct-1982 |
|
Kyle XY |
| Patti Davis |
Relative |
21-Oct-1952 |
|
Reagan's prodigal daughter |
| Dick DeVos |
Business |
21-Oct-1955 |
|
Amway scion |
| Domenichino |
Painter |
21-Oct-1581 |
6-Apr-1641 |
Baroque Italian painter |
| Will Estes |
Actor |
21-Oct-1978 |
|
The New Lassie |
| Carrie Fisher |
Actor |
21-Oct-1956 |
|
Princess Leia in Star Wars |
| Whitey Ford |
Baseball |
21-Oct-1928 |
|
Ten World Series wins |
| Martin Gardner |
Mathematician |
21-Oct-1914 |
22-May-2010 |
Mathematical games, Scientific American |
| Dizzy Gillespie |
Jazz Musician |
21-Oct-1917 |
7-Jan-1993 |
Be-bop jazz trumpeter |
| William H. Goodwin, Jr. |
Business |
21-Oct-1940 |
|
President of CCA Industries |
| Ursula K. Le Guin |
Novelist |
21-Oct-1929 |
|
The Left Hand of Darkness |
| Joey Harrington |
Football |
21-Oct-1978 |
|
Atlanta Falcons QB |
| Natalee Holloway |
Victim |
21-Oct-1986 |
30-May-2005 |
Disappeared in Aruba |
| Lux Interior |
Musician |
21-Oct-1946 |
4-Feb-2009 |
Lead singer of The Cramps |
| Jade Jagger |
Relative |
21-Oct-1971 |
|
Daughter of Mick and Bianca |
| Judge Judy |
TV Personality |
21-Oct-1942 |
|
Telejurist extraordinaire |
| Kim Kardashian |
Socialite |
21-Oct-1980 |
|
Keeping Up With The Kardashians |
| Mike Keenan |
Hockey |
21-Oct-1949 |
|
Calgary Flames Head Coach |
| Paula Kelly |
Actor |
21-Oct-1943 |
|
Sweet Charity |
| Wolfgang Ketterle |
Physicist |
21-Oct-1957 |
|
Bose-Einstein condensates |
| Alphonse de Lamartine |
Poet |
21-Oct-1790 |
28-Feb-1869 |
Bland French poet, failed politician |
| Jerry Lewis |
Politician |
21-Oct-1934 |
|
Congressman, California 41st |
| Peter Mandelson |
Politician |
21-Oct-1953 |
|
EU Commissioner for Trade |
| Manfred Mann |
Musician |
21-Oct-1940 |
|
Manfred Mann's Earth Band |
| James L. McConaughy |
Politician |
21-Oct-1887 |
7-Mar-1948 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48 |
| Everett McGill |
Actor |
21-Oct-1945 |
|
Big Ed from Twin Peaks |
| Victor A. McKusick |
Scientist |
21-Oct-1921 |
22-Jul-2008 |
Father of medical genetics |
| Nikita Mikhalkov |
Film Director |
21-Oct-1945 |
|
Burnt by the Sun |
| Vern Mikkelsen |
Basketball |
21-Oct-1928 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Jeremy Miller |
Actor |
21-Oct-1976 |
|
Ben Seaver on Growing Pains |
| Anne M. Mulcahy |
Business |
21-Oct-1952 |
|
CEO of Xerox, 2001-09 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu |
Head of State |
21-Oct-1949 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel |
| Alfred Nobel |
Inventor |
21-Oct-1833 |
10-Dec-1896 |
Dynamite inventor, established Nobel Prize |
| Nick Oliveri |
Bassist |
21-Oct-1971 |
|
Queens of the Stone Age |
| Edna Purviance |
Actor |
21-Oct-1895 |
11-Jan-1958 |
Leading lady in Chaplin films |
| Lucian W. Pye |
Scholar |
21-Oct-1921 |
5-Sep-2008 |
Sinologist |
| Jean Quan |
Politician |
21-Oct-1949 |
|
Mayor of Oakland |
| Joyce Randolph |
Actor |
21-Oct-1925 |
|
Trixie on The Honeymooners |
| G. Frederick Reinhardt |
Diplomat |
21-Oct-1911 |
23-Feb-1971 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1961-68 |
| LaTanya Richardson |
Actor |
21-Oct-1949 |
|
Actress/wife of Samuel L. Jackson |
| Donald L. Ritter |
Politician |
21-Oct-1940 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-93 |
| Sasha Roiz |
Actor |
21-Oct-1973 |
|
Capt. Renard on Grimm |
| Bob Rosburg |
Golf |
21-Oct-1926 |
14-May-2009 |
Winner, 1959 PGA Championship |
| Amber Rose |
Model |
21-Oct-1983 |
|
Engaged to Wiz Khalifa |
| Leonard Rossiter |
Actor |
21-Oct-1926 |
5-Oct-1984 |
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin |
| Charles Ryskamp |
Administrator |
21-Oct-1928 |
26-Mar-2010 |
Frick Collection Director, 1987-97 |
| Christopher A. Sims |
Economist |
21-Oct-1942 |
|
Statistical theory of time series |
| Hulett C. Smith |
Politician |
21-Oct-1918 |
15-Jan-2012 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1965-69 |
| Georg Solti |
Conductor |
21-Oct-1912 |
5-Sep-1997 |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Ruth Terry |
Actor |
21-Oct-1920 |
|
An Angel from Texas |
| Pat Tiberi |
Politician |
21-Oct-1962 |
|
Congressman, Ohio 12th |
| Brian Tobin |
Politician |
21-Oct-1954 |
|
Canadian MP, Premier of Newfoundland |
| Allen H. Vigneron |
Religion |
21-Oct-1948 |
|
Catholic Archbishop of Detroit |
| William Lowe Waller |
Politician |
21-Oct-1926 |
29-Nov-2011 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1972-76 |
| Melora Walters |
Actor |
21-Oct-1968 |
|
Boogie Nights |
| Ken Watanabe |
Actor |
21-Oct-1959 |
|
The Last Samurai |
| Carleton Young |
Actor |
21-Oct-1905 |
7-Nov-1994 |
20000 Leagues Under the Sea |
| Howard Zieff |
Film Director |
21-Oct-1927 |
22-Feb-2009 |
Private Benjamin |