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Bud Abbott Actor 2-Oct-1895 24-Apr-1974 Half of Abbott and Costello

Charles Adler Actor 2-Oct-1956 Voice of Buster Bunny

Sigtryggur Baldursson Drummer 2-Oct-1962 Drummer for the Sugarcubes

Camilla Belle Actor 2-Oct-1986 When a Stranger Calls

Robert Boochever Judge 2-Oct-1917 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1980-86

Lorraine Bracco Actor 2-Oct-1954 Goodfellas, The Sopranos

Avery Brooks Actor 2-Oct-1948 Sisko on Star Trek: DS9

James M. Buchanan Economist 2-Oct-1919 Public Choice Theory

Ward Churchill Activist 2-Oct-1947 Compared WTC victims to Adolf Eichmann

Johnnie Cochran Attorney 2-Oct-1937 29-Mar-2005 Successfully defended O. J. Simpson

Mary Sue Coleman Educator 2-Oct-1943 President, University of Michigan

Edward Cox Attorney 2-Oct-1946 Nixon's son-in-law

John Crommelin, Jr. Military 2-Oct-1902 2-Nov-1996 Rear Admiral, US Navy

Patricia Diaz Dennis Attorney 2-Oct-1946 FCC Commissioner 1986-89

Becky Norton Dunlop Government 2-Oct-1951 Conservative activist

Christian de Duve Scientist 2-Oct-1917 Microstructure of the cell

Jack Finney Novelist 2-Oct-1911 14-Nov-1995 Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Ferdinand Foch Military 2-Oct-1851 20-Mar-1929 Allied Supreme Commander WWI

Mahatma Gandhi Activist 2-Oct-1869 30-Jan-1948 Proselytizer of nonviolence

E. L. Godkin Journalist 2-Oct-1831 21-May-1902 Co-Founder of The Nation

Theodore F. Green Politician 2-Oct-1867 19-May-1966 Governor and Senator from Rhode Island

Graham Greene Novelist 2-Oct-1904 3-Apr-1991 The Third Man

Moses Gunn Actor 2-Oct-1929 16-Dec-1993 Bumpy Jonas in Shaft

Ayumi Hamasaki Singer 2-Oct-1978 Japanese Madonna

Donald J. Harrington Educator 2-Oct-1945 President, St. John's University

Carl T. Hayden Politician 2-Oct-1877 25-Jan-1972 US Senator from Arizona, 1927-69

Richard Hell Musician 2-Oct-1949 Blank Generation

Martin Hellman Scientist 2-Oct-1945 Public key cryptographer

DeShaun Holton Rapper 2-Oct-1975 11-Apr-2006 D-12

Francis Hopkinson Author 2-Oct-1737 9-May-1791 The Ballad of the Kegs

Cordell Hull Government 2-Oct-1871 23-Jul-1955 US Secretary of State, 1933-44

Freddie Jackson Singer 2-Oct-1956 Rock Me Tonight

Hank Johnson Politician 2-Oct-1954 Congressman, Georgia 4th

Siim Kallas Head of State 2-Oct-1948 Prime Minister of Estonia, 2002-03

Donna Karan Fashion Designer 2-Oct-1948 Owner, DKNY

Ernest Bai Koroma Head of State 2-Oct-1953 President-Elect of Sierra Leone

Chris LeDoux Country Musician 2-Oct-1948 9-Mar-2005 Rodeo star, cowboy singer

Annie Leibovitz Photographer 2-Oct-1949 Celebrity photographer

Willy Ley Author 2-Oct-1906 24-May-1969 The Conquest of Space

William Marshall Actor 2-Oct-1917 8-Jun-1994 State Fair

Groucho Marx Comic 2-Oct-1890 19-Aug-1977 You Bet Your Life

Spanky McFarland Actor 2-Oct-1928 30-Jun-1993 The Little Rascals

Ben McKelway Journalist 2-Oct-1895 1976 Editor, The Washington Star

Don McLean Singer/Songwriter 2-Oct-1945 American Pie

Elizabeth Montagu Socialite 2-Oct-1720 25-Aug-1800 English leader of society

Jan Morris Journalist 2-Oct-1926 Transsexual travel writer

Lani O'Grady Actor 2-Oct-1954 25-Sep-2001 Mary Bradford on Eight Is Enough

Ruth Bryan Owen Politician 2-Oct-1885 26-Jul-1954 Congresswoman and Ambassador to Denmark

Jack Parsons Scientist 2-Oct-1914 17-Jul-1952 Satanic rocket scientist

Joseph A. Pichler Business 2-Oct-1939 CEO of Kroger, 1990-2003

James Purnell Politician 2-Oct-1970 British MP, Stalybridge and Hyde

Efren Ramirez Actor 2-Oct-1973 Pedro in Napoleon Dynamite

Sir William Ramsay Chemist 2-Oct-1852 23-Jul-1916 Discovered noble gases

Rex Reed Critic 2-Oct-1938 At the Movies

King Richard III Royalty 2-Oct-1452 22-Aug-1485 King of England, 1483-85

Kelly Ripa Actor 2-Oct-1970 Faith on Hope & Faith

James Root Guitarist 2-Oct-1971 Rhythm guitarist, Slipknot

Robert Runcie Religion 2-Oct-1921 11-Jul-2000 Archbishop of Canterbu ry, 1980-91

Mike Rutherford Guitarist 2-Oct-1950 Guitarist for Genesis

Joe Sacco Cartoonist 2-Oct-1960 Palestine

Mark Schauer Politician 2-Oct-1961 Congressman, Michigan 7th

Wallace Stevens Poet 2-Oct-1879 2-Aug-1955 Harmonium

Sting Singer/Songwriter 2-Oct-1951 Lead singer of The Police

Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux Author 2-Oct-1619 10-Nov-1692 Histori ettes

Tiffany Singer 2-Oct-1971 Teen singing sensation

Alexander R. Todd Chemist 2-Oct-1907 10-Jan-1997 Studied nucleotides, ATP, etc

Nat Turner Military 2-Oct-1800 11-Nov-1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion

Edward Tylor Anthropologist 2-Oct-1832 2-Jan-1917 Founder of cultural anthropology

Marcus L. Urann Business 2-Oct-1873 1-Apr-1963 Cranberry magnate

Paul von Hindenburg Military 2-Oct-1847 2-Aug-1934 Namesake of doomed Zeppelin

Arthur Edward Waite Paranormal 2-Oct-1857 19-May-1942 Created the Rider-Waite Tarot deck

David M. Walker Government 2-Oct-1951 US Comptroller General

Gene Weingarten Columnist 2-Oct-1951 Below the Beltway

Maury Wills Baseball 2-Oct-1932 Stole 104 bases in 1962

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