| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Peter Ackroyd |
Author |
5-Oct-1949 |
|
The Great Fire of London |
| Karen Allen |
Actor |
5-Oct-1951 |
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| John Alton |
Cinematographer |
5-Oct-1901 |
2-Jun-1996 |
An American in Paris |
| Michael Andretti |
Auto Racing |
5-Oct-1962 |
|
Indy car racer |
| Chester A. Arthur |
Head of State |
5-Oct-1829 |
18-Nov-1886 |
21st US President, 1881-85 |
| Juli Ashton |
Pornstar |
5-Oct-1969 |
|
Butt Detective |
| Daniel Baldwin |
Actor |
5-Oct-1960 |
|
A Baldwin brother |
| Clive Barker |
Novelist |
5-Oct-1952 |
|
Hellraiser |
| Georges Bidault |
Head of State |
5-Oct-1899 |
27-Jan-1983 |
French President, PM, and Foreign Minister |
| Josie Bissett |
Actor |
5-Oct-1970 |
|
Jane Andrews Mancini on Melrose Place |
| Jimmy Blanton |
Jazz Musician |
5-Oct-1918 |
30-Jul-1942 |
Bassist, The Duke Ellington Orchestra |
| Roy Blount, Jr. |
Author |
5-Oct-1941 |
|
Humorist |
| John Boccieri |
Politician |
5-Oct-1969 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 2009-11 |
| Peter Brown |
Actor |
5-Oct-1935 |
|
Deputy Johnny McKay in Lawman |
| Ginny Brown-Waite |
Politician |
5-Oct-1943 |
|
Congresswoman from Florida, 2003-11 |
| John H. Bryan |
Business |
5-Oct-1936 |
|
CEO of Sara Lee, 1975-2000 |
| Benjamin L. Cardin |
Politician |
5-Oct-1943 |
|
US Senator from Maryland |
| René Cassin |
Government |
5-Oct-1887 |
20-Feb-1976 |
Legal scholar, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Henry Chadwick |
Journalist |
5-Oct-1824 |
20-Apr-1908 |
Father of baseball |
| Diane Cilento |
Actor |
5-Oct-1933 |
6-Oct-2011 |
The Agony and the Ecstasy |
| Jeff Conaway |
Actor |
5-Oct-1950 |
27-May-2011 |
Grease |
| Bill Dana |
Actor |
5-Oct-1924 |
|
My name José Jiménez |
| Gail Davis |
Actor |
5-Oct-1925 |
15-Mar-1997 |
Annie Oakley |
| Samuel H. Day |
Activist |
5-Oct-1926 |
26-Jan-2001 |
Antinuke crusader |
| Nikki Dial |
Pornstar |
5-Oct-1973 |
|
White Men Can't Hump |
| Denis Diderot |
Philosopher |
5-Oct-1713 |
31-Jul-1784 |
L'Encyclopédie |
| Jonathan Edwards |
Religion |
5-Oct-1703 |
22-Mar-1758 |
American Puritan theologian |
| Jesse Eisenberg |
Actor |
5-Oct-1983 |
|
The Social Network |
| Harold Faltermeyer |
Electronic Musician |
5-Oct-1952 |
|
Axel F |
| Larry Fine |
Actor |
5-Oct-1902 |
24-Jan-1975 |
Larry on The Three Stooges |
| Bob Geldof |
Musician |
5-Oct-1951 |
|
Live Aid, Boomtown Rats |
| Mark Geragos |
Attorney |
5-Oct-1957 |
|
High-profile defense attorney |
| Robert Goddard |
Scientist |
5-Oct-1882 |
10-Aug-1945 |
Father of modern rocketry |
| Ralph Goodale |
Politician |
5-Oct-1949 |
|
Canadian Opposition Leader |
| Francesco Guardi |
Painter |
5-Oct-1712 |
1-Jan-1793 |
Venetian School Painter, Story of Tobit |
| Vaclav Havel |
Head of State |
5-Oct-1936 |
18-Dec-2011 |
Playwright President of Czechia |
| Teresa Heinz |
Relative |
5-Oct-1938 |
|
Wife of John Kerry |
| Grant Hill |
Basketball |
5-Oct-1972 |
|
Orlando Magic |
| Nicky Hilton |
Socialite |
5-Oct-1983 |
|
Heiress, handbag designer |
| Skip Homeier |
Actor |
5-Oct-1930 |
|
Halls of Montezuma |
| John Hoyt |
Actor |
5-Oct-1905 |
15-Sep-1991 |
Attack of the Puppet People |
| Eli S. Jacobs |
Baseball |
5-Oct-1937 |
|
Former Baltimore Orioles owner |
| Glynis Johns |
Actor |
5-Oct-1923 |
|
Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins |
| Brian Johnson |
Singer |
5-Oct-1947 |
|
Frontman of AC/DC |
| Bil Keane |
Cartoonist |
5-Oct-1922 |
8-Nov-2011 |
Family Circus |
| Caron Keating |
TV Personality |
5-Oct-1962 |
13-Apr-2004 |
Host of Blue Peter |
| Ray Kroc |
Business |
5-Oct-1902 |
14-Jan-1984 |
McDonald's fast food tycoon |
| Jeff Lebo |
Basketball |
5-Oct-1966 |
|
Head Coach, Auburn University |
| Mario Lemieux |
Hockey |
5-Oct-1965 |
|
Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Maya Lin |
Artist |
5-Oct-1959 |
|
Designed Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
| Joshua Logan |
Film Director |
5-Oct-1908 |
12-Jul-1988 |
South Pacific |
| Allen Ludden |
Game Show Host |
5-Oct-1917 |
9-Jun-1981 |
Host of Password |
| Louis Lumière |
Inventor |
5-Oct-1864 |
6-Jun-1948 |
Inventor of motion pictures |
| Bernie Mac |
Comic |
5-Oct-1957 |
9-Aug-2008 |
The Bernie Mac Show |
| Harriet MacGibbon |
Actor |
5-Oct-1905 |
8-Feb-1987 |
Mrs. Drysdale on Beverly Hillbillies |
| Steve Miller |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Oct-1943 |
|
The Steve Miller Band |
| Walter Dale Miller |
Politician |
5-Oct-1925 |
|
Governor of South Dakota, 1993-95 |
| Ángela Molina |
Actor |
5-Oct-1955 |
|
Carnage |
| Kieron Moore |
Actor |
5-Oct-1924 |
15-Jul-2007 |
The League of Gentlemen |
| Robert B. Morgan |
Politician |
5-Oct-1925 |
|
US Senator from North Carolina, 1975-81 |
| Parminder Nagra |
Actor |
5-Oct-1975 |
|
Bend It Like Beckham |
| Flann O'Brien |
Author |
5-Oct-1911 |
1-Apr-1966 |
At Swim-Two-Birds |
| Tom O'Brien |
Football |
5-Oct-1948 |
|
NCSU Wolfpack Head Coach |
| Nicola Paone |
Business |
5-Oct-1915 |
25-Dec-2003 |
Restaurateur, Italian Troubadour |
| Guy Pearce |
Actor |
5-Oct-1967 |
|
Memento, L.A. Confidential |
| Cecil B. Pickett |
Biologist |
5-Oct-1945 |
|
Ezetrol, Singulair, and Vioxx |
| Donald Pleasence |
Actor |
5-Oct-1919 |
2-Feb-1995 |
The Great Escape |
| Duncan Regehr |
Actor |
5-Oct-1952 |
|
Zorro |
| Dennis Rehberg |
Politician |
5-Oct-1955 |
|
Congressman, Montana |
| Thomas Roberts |
Journalist |
5-Oct-1972 |
|
Former CNN Headline News anchor |
| Peyton Rous |
Scientist |
5-Oct-1879 |
16-Feb-1970 |
Blood banks and carcinogenic viruses |
| Patrick Roy |
Hockey |
5-Oct-1965 |
|
Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer |
| Kelvin Sampson |
Basketball |
5-Oct-1955 |
|
Head Coach, IU-Bloomington |
| Reinhard Selten |
Economist |
5-Oct-1930 |
|
Game theory |
| Allan Shivers |
Politician |
5-Oct-1907 |
14-Jan-1985 |
Governor of Texas, 1949-57 |
| Michael T. Smith |
Business |
5-Oct-1943 |
|
CEO of Hughes Electronics, 1997-2001 |
| Walter Bedell Smith |
Government |
5-Oct-1895 |
9-Aug-1961 |
CIA Director, 1950-53 |
| Barry Switzer |
Football |
5-Oct-1937 |
|
Dallas Cowboys Head Coach, 1994-97 |
| John Addington Symonds |
Critic |
5-Oct-1840 |
19-Apr-1893 |
Renaissance in Italy |
| Paul Thomas |
Bassist |
5-Oct-1980 |
|
Bassist for Good Charlotte |
| Neil deGrasse Tyson |
Astronomer |
5-Oct-1958 |
|
Astrophysicist |
| Scott Weinger |
Actor |
5-Oct-1975 |
|
Steve Hale on Full House |
| Bill Willis |
Football |
5-Oct-1921 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Cleveland Browns, NFL Hall of Famer |
| Kate Winslet |
Actor |
5-Oct-1975 |
|
Titanic |
| George Zimmerman |
Criminal Defendant |
5-Oct-1983 |
|
Killed Trayvon Martin |
| Arthur Zimmermann |
Government |
5-Oct-1864 |
6-Jun-1940 |
Zimmerman Telegram |