Who do you share your birthday with?
Famous October Birthdays
October 1, 1904- Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
October 1, 1920- Walter Matthau, actor
October 1, 1921- James Whitmore, actor
October 1, 1924- Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President (1977-1981)
October 1, 1924- William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
October 1, 1927- Tom Bosley, actor
October 1, 1928- George Peppard, actor
October 1, 1935- Julie Andrews, actress, singer
October 1, 1950- Randy Quaid, actor
October 1, 1963- Mark McGwire, MLB baseball slugger, home run record holder
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October 2, 1890- Groucho Marx, comedian
October 2, 1895- Bud Abbott, comedian, comedy team "Abbott & Costello"
October 2, 1928- George McFarland, actor "Spanky" on "Spanky and Our Gang"
October 2, 1937- Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., attorney
October 2, 1945 -Don McLean, singer, songwriter, wrote and sang "Miss American Pie"
October 2, 1951- Gordon Sumner, musician, songwriter "Sting"
October 2, 1970- Kelly Ripa, actress, TV host
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October 3, 1902 -Harvey Kurtzman, created "Mad" magazine
October 3, 1941- Chubby Checker, singer, musician
October 3, 1959- Jack Wagner, actor
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October 4, 1181- St. Francis of Assisi
October 4, 1822- Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th U.S. President (1877-1881)
October 4, 1861- Frederic Remington, painter, sculptor
October 4, 1895- Buster Keaton, comedian
October 4, 1924- Charlton Heston, actor
October 4, 1941- Jackie Collins, author
October 4, 1946 -Susan Sarandon, actress
October 4, 1976- Alicia Silverstone, actress
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October 5, 1829- Chester A. Arthur, 21st U.S. President (1881-1885)
October 5, 1882- Robert Hutchings Goddard, father of the Space Age
October 5, 1902- Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's
October 5, 1923- Glynis Johns, actress
October 5, 1963- Laura Davies, LPGA golfer
October 5, 1965- Mario Lemieux, NHL hockey player
October 5, 1975- Kate Winslet, actress
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October 6, 1846- George Westinghouse, engineer, inventor, developed AC electric power
October 6, 1906- Janet Gaynor, actress
October 6, 1914- Thor Heyerdahl, anthropologist, explorer
October 6, 1956- Stephanie Zimbalist, actress
October 6, 1963- Elisabeth Shue, actress
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October 7, 1917- June Allyson, actress
October 7, 1931- Desmond Tutu, archbishop, won Nobel Peace Prize
October 7, 1943- Oliver North, National Security Council
October 7, 1951- John Mellencamp, singer
October 7, 1959- Simon Cowell
October 7, 1966- Toni Braxton, singer
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October 8, 1890 "Eddie" Rickenbacker, WWI flying ace
October 8, 1936- David Carradine, actor
October 8, 1939- Paul Hogan, actor
October 8, 1941- Jesse Jackson, civil right leader
October 8, 1943- Chevy Chase, actor, comedian
October 8, 1943- R. L. Stine, author of children's books
October 8, 1949 -Sigourney Weaver, actress
October 8, 1956- Stephanie Zimbalist, actress
October 8, 1970- Matt Damon, actor
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October 9, 1938- Russell Myers, cartoonist, created "Broom Hilda"
October 9, 1940- John Lennon, singer, songwriter, musician
October 9, 1948- Jackson Browne, singer, songwriter
October 9, 1953- Sharon Osbourne, TV host
October 9, 1955- Scott Bakula, actor
October 9, 1981- Zacary Ty Bryan, actor
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October 10, 1900- Helen Hayes, actress
October 10, 1914- Dorothy Lamour, actress
October 10, 1946 -Ben Vereen, actor, singer
October 10, 1958- Tanya Tucker, singer
October 10, 1969- Brett Favre, NRL Green Bay Packers quarterback
October 10, 1974- Dale Earnhardt Jr, auto racer
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October 11, 1844- Henry John Heinz, founded Heinz Ketchup company
October 11, 1884- Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt
October 11, 1932- Dottie West, singer
October 11, 1937- Ron Leibman, actor
October 11, 1948- Daryl Hall, musician, singer
October 11, 1961- Steve Young, NFL San Francisco 49er's quarterback
October 11, 1962- Joan Cusack, actress
October 11, 1966 Luke Perry, actor
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October 12, 1935- Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer
October 12, 1947- Chris Wallace, TV news correspondent
October 12, 1950- Susan Anton, actress, singer
October 12, 1950- Ronald McNair, astronaut, physicist, died in Challenger space shuttle explosion
October 12, 1970- Kirk Cameron, actor
October12, 1975- Marion Jones, Olympic track star
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October 13, 1925- Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of England
October 13, 1941- Paul Simon, singer, songwriter
October 13, 1949- Sammy Hagar, singer, musician
October 13, 1957- Chris Carter, created "The X-Files"
October 13, 1959- Marie Osmond, actress, singer
October 13, 1962- Jerry Rice, NFL San Francisco 49ers wide receiver
October 13, 1969- Nancy Kerrigan, Olympic figure skater
October 13, 1980- Ashanti, singer, songwriter
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October 14, 1644- William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania
October 14, 1890- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. President (1953-1961)
October 14, 1894- E. E. Cummings, poet
October 14, 1916- C. Everett Koop, U.S. Surgeon General
October 14, 1927- Roger Moore, actor
October 14, 1938- John Dean, Nixon White House counsel during Watergate
October 14, 1939- Ralph Lauren, fashion designer
October 14, 1979- Usher, Rap singer
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October 15, 1908- John Kenneth Galbraith, economist
October 15, 1917- Arthur Schlesinger Jr., historian
October 15, 1920- Mario Puzo, novelist, wrote "The Godfather"
October 15, 1924 -Lee Iacocca, Chrysler auto executive, led turnaround of company
October 15, 1943- Penny Marshall, actress, director
October 15, 1946- Richard Carpenter, singer, with sister Karen Carpenter
October 15, 1959- Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and first wife of Prince Andrew
October 15, 1959- Emeril Lagasse, TV chef
October 15, 1969- Vanessa Marcil- actress, TV soap opera "General Hospital"
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October 16, 1758- Noah Webster - compiled first American English dictionary
October 16, 1854- Oscar Wilde, poet, playwright
October 16, 1886- David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel
October 16, 1898- William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice
October 16, 1925- Angela Lansbury, actress
October 16, 1946- Suzanne Somers, actress
October 16, 1958- Tim Robbins, actor, director
October 16, 1975- Kellie Martin, actress
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October 17, 1912- Pope John Paul I, Pope for 34 days in 1978
October 17, 1918- Rita Hayworth, actress
October 17, 1938- Evel Knievel, motorcycle daredevil
October 17, 1948- Margot Kidder, actress
October 17, 1948- George Wendt, actor
October 17, 1963- Norm McDonald- actor, "SNL"
October 17, 1972- Eminem, Rap singer, actor
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October 18, 1926- Chuck Berry, singer, songwriter
October 18, 1939- Mike Ditka, NFL Chicago Bears head coach
October 18, 1956- Martina Navratilova, tennis champion
October 18, 1960- Jean-Claude Von Damme, actor
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October 19, 1922- Jack Anderson, columnist, journalist
October 19, 1932- Robert Reed, actor
October 19, 1945- John Lithgow, actor , comedian
October 19, 1962- Evander Holyfield, champion heavyweight boxer
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October 20, 1882- Bela Lugosi, actor
October 20, 1925- Art Buchwald, humorist
October 20, 1931- Mickey Mantle, MLB baseball slugger
October 20, 1935- Jerry Ohrbach, actor
October 20, 1953- Tom Petty, singer
October 20, 1972- Snoop Dogg, Rap singer
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October 21, 1833- Alfred Nobel, chemist, engineer, established Nobel Prizes
October 21, 1917- Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet player, bandleader
October 21, 1926- Whitey Ford, MLB baseball pitcher
October 21, 1956- Carrie Fisher, actress, author
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October 22, 1903- Curly Howard, actor, comedian, one of the "Three Stooges"
October 22, 1917- Joan Fontaine, actress
October 22, 1920- Timothy Leary, psychologist, Harvard professor, and 60's guru
October 22, 1938- Christopher Lloyd, actor
October 22, 1942 Annette Funicello, actress, singer
October 22, 1943- Catherine Deneuve, actress
October 22, 1963- Brian Boitano, Olympic champion figure skater
October 22, 1968- Shaggy, Reggae/pop singer
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October 23, 1893- Gummo Marx, agent for the "Marx Brothers"
October 23, 1906- Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the English Channel
October 23, 1925- Johnny Carson, Talk show host
October 23, 1935- Chi Chi Rodriguez, professional golfer
October 23, 1940- Pelé, soccer player
October 23, 1942- Michael Crichton, novelist, wrote "Jurrasic Park"
October 23, 1959- "Weird Al" Yankovic, singer, comedian
October 23, 1962- Doug Flutie, CFL and NFL quarterback
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October 24, 1926- Y. A. Tittle, NFL quarterback
October 24, 1930- J.P. Richardson, singer, the "Big Bopper", sang "Chantilly Lace"
October 24, 1936- David Nelson, actor, son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson
October 24, 1947- Kevin Kline, actor
October 24, 1980- Monica Arnold, singer
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October 25, 1881 -Pablo Picasso, artist
October 25, 1888- Richard E. Byrd, aviator, Antarctic explorer
October 25, 1912- Minnie Pearl, singer, entertainer, Grand Ole Opry star
October 25, 1940- Bobby Knight, College basketball coach
October 25, 1941- Helen Reddy, singer
October 25, 1941- Anne Tyler, novelist
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October 26, 1879- Leon Trotsky, Russian Communist leader
October 26, 1914- Jackie Coogan, actor
October 26, 1947- Jaclyn Smith, actress
October 26, 1947- Hillary Rodham Clinton, first lady, NY Senator
October 26, 1947- Pat Sajak, TV game-show host
October 26, 1954- Lauren Tewes, actress
October 26, 1962- Dylan McDermott, actor
October 26, 1963- Natalie Merchant, singer
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October 27, 1858- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U. S President (1901-1909)
October 27, 1872 -Emily Post, etiquette expert
October 27, 1914 Dylan Thomas, poet
October 27, 1920- Nanette Fabray, actress
October 27, 1940- John Gotti, crime boss
October 27, 1956- Patty Sheehan, LPGA golfer
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October 28, 1914- Jonas Salk, physician, developed polio vaccine
October 28, 1936 -Charlie Daniels, singer, songwriter, musician
October 28, 1939- Jane Alexander, actress
October 28, 1944- Dennis Franz, actor
October 28, 1949- Bruce Jenner, Olympic decathlon champion
October 28, 1955- Bill Gates, Microsoft executive
October 28, 1967- Julia Roberts, actress
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October 29, 1891- Fanny Brice, entertainer
October 29, 1947- Richard Dreyfuss, actor
October 29, 1948 -Kate Jackson, actress
October 29, 1971- Winon Ryder, actress
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October 30, 1735- John Adams, 2d U.S. President (1797-1801)
October 30, 1882- William "Bull" Halsey, World War II Pacific Fleet Commander
October 30, 1885- Ezra Pound, poet
October 30, 1945- Henry Winkler, actor
October 30, 1951- Harry Hamlin, actor
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October 31, 1795 John Keats, poet
October 31, 1860- Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts of America
October 31, 1887- Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese leader
October 31, 1912- Dale Evans, the "Queen of the West", born Frances Octavia Smith
October 31, 1922- Barbara Bel Geddes, actress
October 31, 1931- Dan Rather, TV News Anchorman
October 31, 1936- Michael Landon, actor
October 31, 1950- John Candy, actor, comedian
October 31, 1950- Jane Pauley, TV journalist
October 31, 1963- Dermot Mulroney, actor
October 31, 1967- Vanilla Ice, singer, actor
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