Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Norman Angell |
Economist |
26-Dec-1872 |
7-Oct-1967 |
The Great Illusion |
Izzy Asper |
Business |
11-Aug-1932 |
7-Oct-2003 |
Founder, CanWest Global |
George Baker |
Actor |
1-Apr-1931 |
7-Oct-2011 |
Ruth Rendell Mysteries |
Arthur Berger |
Composer |
15-May-1912 |
7-Oct-2003 |
Ideas of Order |
Clarence Birdseye |
Scientist |
9-Dec-1886 |
7-Oct-1956 |
Frozen and dried food, wrapped in cellophane |
Allan Bloom |
Philosopher |
14-Sep-1930 |
7-Oct-1992 |
The Closing of the American Mind |
Willis Carrier |
Inventor |
26-Nov-1876 |
7-Oct-1950 |
Created the first air conditioning |
Charles the Simple |
Royalty |
17-Sep-879 AD |
7-Oct-929 AD |
King of France, 898-922 |
Cyril Cusack |
Actor |
26-Nov-1910 |
7-Oct-1993 |
Gone to Earth |
Harvey Cushing |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1869 |
7-Oct-1939 |
Cushing's Syndrome |
Alfred Deakin |
Head of State |
3-Aug-1856 |
7-Oct-1919 |
2nd Prime Minister of Australia |
John Langdon Down |
Doctor |
18-Nov-1828 |
7-Oct-1896 |
Down's syndrome |
Leo Durocher |
Baseball |
27-Jul-1905 |
7-Oct-1991 |
Leo the Lip |
Daniel Chester French |
Sculptor |
20-Apr-1850 |
7-Oct-1931 |
Lincoln Memorial |
Natalia Ginzburg |
Novelist |
14-Jul-1916 |
7-Oct-1991 |
La strada che va in città |
Herblock |
Cartoonist |
13-Oct-1909 |
7-Oct-2001 |
Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post |
John Hill Hewitt |
Songwriter |
11-Jul-1801 |
7-Oct-1890 |
The Minstrels Return'd from the War |
James Hill |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1919 |
7-Oct-1994 |
Born Free |
Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Author |
29-Aug-1809 |
7-Oct-1894 |
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table |
J. Hughlings Jackson |
Doctor |
4-Apr-1835 |
7-Oct-1911 |
Father of British neurology |
Niels K. Jerne |
Scientist |
23-Dec-1911 |
7-Oct-1994 |
Immune theory (anti-antibody) |
Johnny Kidd |
Musician |
23-Dec-1939 |
7-Oct-1966 |
Shakin' All Over |
Leon Klinghoffer |
Victim |
24-Sep-1916 |
7-Oct-1985 |
Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists |
Emil Kraepelin |
Psychiatrist |
15-Feb-1856 |
7-Oct-1926 |
Manic depression and schizophrenia |
Mario Lanza |
Singer |
31-Jan-1921 |
7-Oct-1959 |
Voice of the Century |
George Mason |
Politician |
11-Dec-1725 |
7-Oct-1792 |
Drafted Virginia's Bill of Rights |
Scott M. Matheson |
Politician |
8-Jan-1929 |
7-Oct-1990 |
Governor of Utah, 1977-85 |
Christy Mathewson |
Baseball |
12-Aug-1880 |
7-Oct-1925 |
Pitched 37 winning games in 1908 |
Louis McLane |
Politician |
28-May-1786 |
7-Oct-1857 |
US Secretary of State, 1833-34 |
Agnes de Mille |
Choreographer |
18-Sep-1905 |
7-Oct-1993 |
Influential American choreographer |
George E. Palade |
Scientist |
19-Nov-1912 |
7-Oct-2008 |
Microstructure of the cell |
Edgar Allan Poe |
Author |
19-Jan-1809 |
7-Oct-1849 |
The Raven |
Thomas Reid |
Philosopher |
26-Apr-1710 |
7-Oct-1796 |
Epistemologist, Common Sense school |
Bruce Ritter |
Religion |
25-Feb-1927 |
7-Oct-1999 |
Disgraced priest |
Charles Rocket |
Actor |
24-Aug-1949 |
7-Oct-2005 |
Saturday Night Live |
George E. Sangmeister |
Politician |
16-Feb-1931 |
7-Oct-2007 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1989-95 |
William Wetmore Story |
Sculptor |
12-Feb-1819 |
7-Oct-1895 |
Cleopatra |
Helen Vinson |
Actor |
17-Sep-1907 |
7-Oct-1999 |
The Wedding Night |
Wallace Wade |
Football |
15-Jun-1892 |
7-Oct-1986 |
Alabama and Duke Head Coach |
John Woolman |
Religion |
19-Oct-1720 |
7-Oct-1772 |
American Quaker preacher |