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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Mathieu Amalric
Actor
25-Oct-1965   Late August, Early September
Jon Anderson
Singer
25-Oct-1944   Singer for Yes
Glynis Barber
Actor
25-Oct-1955   Dempsey & Makepeace
Klaus Barbie
Government
25-Oct-1913 25-Sep-1991 The Butcher of Lyon
Billy Barty
Actor
25-Oct-1924 23-Dec-2000 High-profile little person
Jorge Batlle Ibáñez
Head of State
25-Oct-1927   President of Uruguay, 2000-05
Samantha Bee
Comic
25-Oct-1969   The Daily Show
Lamont Bentley
Actor
25-Oct-1973 18-Jan-2005 Hakeem Campbell on Moesha
John Berryman
Poet
25-Oct-1914 7-Jan-1972 Homage to Mistress Bradstreet
Whit Bissell
Actor
25-Oct-1909 5-Mar-1996 The Time Tunnel
Georges Bizet
Composer
25-Oct-1838 3-Jun-1875 Carmen
Michael Boatman
Actor
25-Oct-1964   Carter Heywood on Spin City
James R. Boris
Business
25-Oct-1944   CEO of EVEREN Securities, 1990-99
Harold Brodkey
Novelist
25-Oct-1930 26-Jan-1996 Stories in an Almost Classical Mode
Mehcad Brooks
Actor
25-Oct-1980   Terrence King on Necessary Roughness
Richard E. Byrd
Explorer
25-Oct-1888 11-Mar-1957 Arctic and Antarctic explorer
Katharine Byron
Politician
25-Oct-1903 28-Dec-1976 Congresswoman from Maryland, 1941-43
Leo G. Carroll
Actor
25-Oct-1892 16-Oct-1972 Waverly on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Nancy Cartwright
Actor
25-Oct-1959   Voice of Bart Simpson
James Carville
Government
25-Oct-1944   Clinton campaign strategist
Ciara
Singer
25-Oct-1985   "Crunk & B" singer
Henry Steele Commager
Historian
25-Oct-1902 2-Mar-1998 The American Mind
Benjamin Constant
Politician
25-Oct-1767 8-Dec-1830 French political thinker
Barbara Cook
Singer
25-Oct-1927   Broadway, TV and cabaret singer and actress
Jeanne Cooper
Actor
25-Oct-1928   The Young and the Restless
Father Charles Coughlin
Religion
25-Oct-1891 27-Oct-1979 Radio opponent of FDR
Dave Cowens
Basketball
25-Oct-1948   NBA Hall of Famer
Kornelia Ender
Swimmer
25-Oct-1958   Four Olympic Gold Medals in 1976
Norman A. Erbe
Politician
25-Oct-1919 8-Jun-2000 Governor of Iowa, 1961-63
Levi Eshkol
Head of State
25-Oct-1895 26-Feb-1969 Third Prime Minister of Israel
John T. Flynn
Journalist
25-Oct-1882 13-Apr-1964 The Roosevelt Myth
Tony Franciosa
Actor
25-Oct-1928 19-Jan-2006 A Face in the Crowd
Russell Freeman
Diplomat
25-Oct-1939   US Ambassador to Belize, 2001-05
Abel Gance
Film Director
25-Oct-1889 10-Nov-1981 Napoléon
Annie Girardot
Actor
25-Oct-1931 28-Feb-2011 Rocco and His Brothers
Adam Goldberg
Actor
25-Oct-1970   Saving Private Ryan
Marshall Goldberg
Football
25-Oct-1917 3-Apr-2006 Chicago Cardinals RB
Hanna Holborn Gray
Educator
25-Oct-1930   President, University of Chicago, 1978-93
William Wyndham Grenville
Politician
25-Oct-1759 12-Jan-1834 UK Prime Minister, 1806-07
Leslie Grossman
Actor
25-Oct-1971   What I Like About You
Josh Henderson
Actor
25-Oct-1981   Desperate Housewives
William A. Higinbotham
Physicist
25-Oct-1910 10-Nov-1994 Physicist, Tennis for Two
Larry J. Hopkins
Politician
25-Oct-1933   Congressman from Kentucky, 1979-93
Dan Issel
Basketball
25-Oct-1948   Nuggets Hall of Famer, Coach
Brian Kelly
Football
25-Oct-1961   Head Coach, University of Cincinnati
John Pendleton Kennedy
Politician
25-Oct-1795 18-Aug-1870 Horse-Shoe Robinson
Brian Kerwin
Actor
25-Oct-1949   Murphy's Romance
Bobbie Kilberg
Administrator
25-Oct-1944   Northern Virginia Technology Council
Bobby Knight
Basketball
25-Oct-1940   Coach of Texas Tech and Indiana U
Zachary Knighton
Actor
25-Oct-1978   The Hitcher
Lawrence Kohlberg
Psychologist
25-Oct-1927 17-Jan-1987 Stages of moral development
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Historian
25-Oct-1800 28-Dec-1859 History of England
Pedro Martinez
Baseball
25-Oct-1971   New York Mets pitcher
John Matuszak
Football
25-Oct-1950 17-Jun-1989 Oakland Raider turned actor
Melinda McGraw
Actor
25-Oct-1963   Cyd Madison on The Commish
Biff McGuire
Actor
25-Oct-1926   Serpico
Michael
Royalty
25-Oct-1921   King of Romania, 1927-30 and 1940-47
Tracy Nelson
Actor
25-Oct-1963   Father Dowling Mysteries
Adam Pascal
Actor
25-Oct-1970   Broadway cast of Rent
Jerry M. Patterson
Politician
25-Oct-1934   Congressman from California, 1975-85
Minnie Pearl
Singer
25-Oct-1912 4-Mar-1996 Her hat cost $1.98
Katy Perry
Singer/Songwriter
25-Oct-1984   I Kissed a Girl
James M. Petro
Politician
25-Oct-1948   Ohio Attorney General, 2003-07
Pablo Picasso
Painter
25-Oct-1881 8-Apr-1973 Abstract painter and sculptor
Karl Polanyi
Scholar
25-Oct-1886 23-Apr-1964 The Great Transformation
Ed Powers
Pornstar
25-Oct-1954   Porn star with a series of rough sex videos
Maudie Prickett
Actor
25-Oct-1914 14-Apr-1976 Rosie on Hazel
Bill Purcell
Politician
25-Oct-1953   Mayor of Nashville, 1999-2007
Helen Reddy
Singer/Songwriter
25-Oct-1941   She is Woman
Kevin Michael Richardson
Actor
25-Oct-1964   The Cleveland Show
Chuck Roberts
TV Personality
25-Oct-1950   CNN anchor
John Robinson
Actor
25-Oct-1985   Elephant
Steven R. Rogel
Business
25-Oct-1942   CEO of Weyerhaeuser
Marion Ross
Actor
25-Oct-1928   Mrs. Cunningham on Happy Days
Henry Norris Russell
Astronomer
25-Oct-1877 18-Feb-1957 Giant stars and dwarfs
Rusty Schweickart
Astronaut
25-Oct-1935   Apollo 9 Lunar Module pilot
Denny Shute
Golf
25-Oct-1904 13-May-1974 Winner of 3 Majors
Chad Smith
Drummer
25-Oct-1961   Drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers
William E. Stevenson
Diplomat
25-Oct-1900 2-Apr-1985 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1962-64
Max Stirner
Philosopher
25-Oct-1806 26-Jun-1856 Existential German nihilo-anarchist
Johann Strauss
Composer
25-Oct-1825 3-Jun-1899 The Blue Danube
Richard F. Syron
Business
25-Oct-1943   CEO of Freddie Mac, 2003-08
Sarah Thompson
Actor
25-Oct-1979   Rose on 7th Heaven
Bobby Thomson
Baseball
25-Oct-1923 16-Aug-2010 1951 home run brought Giants to the Series
John S. Toll
Educator
25-Oct-1923 15-Jul-2011 President, University of Maryland, 1978-88
Charles A. Tribbett III
Business
25-Oct-1955   Russell Reynolds Associates
Anne Tyler
Author
25-Oct-1941   The Accidental Tourist
David S. Ward
Film Director
25-Oct-1945   The Sting
Persia White
Actor
25-Oct-1972   Lynn Searcy on Girlfriends
Chely Wright
Country Musician
25-Oct-1970   Shut Up And Drive




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