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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Artur Axmann
Government
18-Feb-1913 24-Oct-1996 Hitler Youth leader
László Bíró
Inventor
29-Sep-1899 24-Oct-1985 Ballpoint pen
Tycho Brahe
Astronomer
14-Dec-1546 24-Oct-1601 Copper-nosed Danish astronomer
Mary Calderone
Activist
1-Jul-1904 24-Oct-1998 Questions and Answers about Love and Sex
John H. Chafee
Politician
22-Oct-1922 24-Oct-1999 US Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99
Pierre Gassendi
Physicist
22-Jan-1592 24-Oct-1655 Exercitationes
Jo Grimond
Politician
29-Jul-1913 24-Oct-1993 Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1956-67
Harry Hay
Activist
7-Apr-1912 24-Oct-2002 Gay activist, founder The Mattachine Society
Edith Head
Designer
28-Oct-1897 24-Oct-1981 Hollywood costume designer
Johnny Hines
Actor
25-Jul-1895 24-Oct-1970 Silent film comedian
Richard Hofstadter
Historian
6-Aug-1916 24-Oct-1970 Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
Hugh Capet
Royalty
938 AD 24-Oct-996 AD King of France 987-96 AD
Gladwyn Jebb
Diplomat
25-Apr-1900 24-Oct-1996 Acting UN Secretary General, 1945-46
Jaromil Jires
Film Director
10-Dec-1935 24-Oct-2001 Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Lamont Johnson
Film Director
30-Sep-1922 24-Oct-2010 Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Raul Julia
Actor
9-Mar-1940 24-Oct-1994 Street Fighter, Addams Family
Franz Lehár
Composer
30-Apr-1870 24-Oct-1948 The Merry Widow
John McCarthy
Computer Programmer
4-Sep-1927 24-Oct-2011 Created LISP programming language
Don Messick
Actor
7-Sep-1926 24-Oct-1997 Voice of Scooby Doo
G. E. Moore
Philosopher
4-Nov-1873 24-Oct-1958 Principia Ethica
Peggy Moran
Actor
23-Oct-1918 24-Oct-2002 The Mummy's Hand
Bernardo O'Higgins
Head of State
20-Aug-1778 24-Oct-1842 Supreme Director of Chile, 1817-23
Francis Turner Palgrave
Critic
28-Sep-1824 24-Oct-1897 Golden Treasury
Rosa Parks
Activist
4-Feb-1913 24-Oct-2005 Wouldn't sit in the back of the bus
Rufus Wheeler Peckham
Judge
8-Nov-1838 24-Oct-1909 US Supreme Court Justice, 1896-1909
Scott Plank
Actor
11-Nov-1958 24-Oct-2002 L.A. Takedown
Vidkun Quisling
Politician
18-Jul-1887 24-Oct-1945 Norwegian president, Nazi collaborator
A. R. Radcliffe-Brown
Anthropologist
17-Jan-1881 24-Oct-1955 Father of modern social anthropology
Louis Renault
Engineer
15-Feb-1877 24-Oct-1944 Founder of Renault
Jackie Robinson
Baseball
31-Jan-1919 24-Oct-1972 First negro in the major leagues
Gene Roddenberry
Screenwriter
19-Aug-1921 24-Oct-1991 Creator of Star Trek
Edward R. Roybal
Politician
10-Feb-1916 24-Oct-2005 Congressman from California, 1963-93
Merl Saunders
Pianist
14-Feb-1934 24-Oct-2008 Jazz & New Age keyboardist
Jessica Savitch
Journalist
1-Feb-1947 24-Oct-1983 Newscaster drowned with VP of NY Post
Alessandro Scarlatti
Composer
2-May-1660 24-Oct-1725 Mitridate Eupatore
Dutch Schultz
Criminal
6-Aug-1902 24-Oct-1935 Bootlegger, murderer, numbers racketeer
Joseph Stein
Playwright
30-May-1912 24-Oct-2010 Fiddler on the Roof librettist
Daniel Webster
Politician
18-Jan-1782 24-Oct-1852 The completest man


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