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October 15, 1991 Owen Joseph Kline, son of Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline October 15, 1979 Mahana Ka'ahumanu Walters, Miss Hawaii Teen USA, 3rd-1997 October 15, 1978 Cheryl Crowe, Miss Delaware Teen USA 1997 October 15, 1978 Devon Gummersall, Colo, actor, Relativity, Brian-My So Called Life October 15, 1973 Susannah Kate Pryde, Auckland NZ, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics October 15, 1972 Fred Hoiberg, NBA guard for the Indiana Pacers October 15, 1971 Angelia Savage, Miss USA-Florida, 1997, top 6 October 15, 1971 Bernardo Harris, NFL linebacker, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31 October 15, 1971 Roland McGhee, Flint Michigan, long jumper October 15, 1970 Cooper Harris, CFL linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger Cats October 15, 1970 Lonnie Palelei, guard for the New York Jets October 15, 1969 Curtis Cotton, NFL/WLAF cornerback, Oak Raiders, Frankfurt Galaxy October 15, 1968 George Koonce, NFL linebacker, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31 October 15, 1968 Meredith Rainey, born in Brooklyn, New York, 800m runner October 15, 1967 Carlos Garcia, Venezuela, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates October 15, 1966 Douglas Vipond, British pop drummer, Deacon Blue-Raintown October 15, 1966 Jeffrey Jacquet, Bay City Texas, actor, Mork and Mindy, Whiz Kids October 15, 1965 Daniel Held, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 10k runner October 15, 1963 Angela Rock, Lakewood California, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-1992 October 15, 1963 Stanley Menzo, Suriname/Dutch soccer goaltender, Ajax/PSV October 15, 1962 Susan DeMattei, born in San Francisco, California, cyclist 1996 Olympics bronze October 15, 1959 Sarah Magaret Fergusson, [Fergie], born in London, England, Duchess of York October 15, 1958 Jayne Modean, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Nurse Hooter-Trauma Center October 15, 1955 Cathy Ladman, comedienne, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead October 15, 1955 Kristine Winder, Vancouver BC, playmate, Oct, 1977 October 15, 1955 Tanya Roberts, [Leigh], born in Bronx, New York, actress, Charlie's Angels, Sheena October 15, 1955 Victor Pecci, Paraguay, tennis star October 15, 1954 Jere Burns, Cambridge MS, actor, Something So Right, Kirk-Dear John October 15, 1954 Kip Byrne, born in Detroit, Michigan, Canadian Tour golfer, Mich State Jr-1970-71 October 15, 1953 Larry Miller, New York City, comedian/actor, Larry-Pursuit Of Happiness October 15, 1953 [Toriano] Tito Jackson, singer, Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye October 15, 1951 Frank Dimino, Washington D.C., rock vocalist, Angel October 15, 1951 Roscoe Tanner, tennis player, Wimbledon Finals 1979 October 15, 1950 Chris De Burgh, [Davidson], Argent/Irish rock vocalist, Lady in Red October 15, 1950 Koos van der Vaart, Dutch MP, PvdA October 15, 1948 Aleksandr S Puchkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut October 15, 1947 Lynn Lowry, E St. Louis, Illinois, actress, Cat People, Crazies October 15, 1946 Richard Carpenter, New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist, Carpenters-Close to You October 15, 1946 Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor, A Passage to India October 15, 1945 Jim Palmer, New York City, Oriole pitcher/sportscaster/jockey underwear salesman October 15, 1945 Steven Camacho, cricketer, WI batsman early seventies October 15, 1944 Mac Collins, Rep-R-Georgia October 15, 1942 Don Stevenson, born in Seattle, Washington rock drummer, Moby Grape October 15, 1942 James A Leach, Rep-R-Iowa, 1977- October 15, 1942 Penny Marshall, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Odd Couple, Laverne and Shirley October 15, 1939 Carmelo Bossi, Italy, light middleweight boxer 1960 Olympics silver October 15, 1938 Marvin E "Marv" Johnson, U.S. gospel/R&B singer, Move 2 mountains October 15, 1938 Rafael Aponte-Ledee, composer October 15, 1937 Anthony Hopkins, clinical neurologist October 15, 1937 Barry McGuire, Oklahoma City, singer, Eve of Destruction October 15, 1937 Linda Lavin, Portland Maine, actress, Alice, Barney Miller October 15, 1936 Kari Rydman, composer October 15, 1935 Bobby Joe Morrow, Brownsville, Texas, sprinter, Olympic-3 gold-1956 October 15, 1935 Hans Croiset, Dutch theatre director/actor, Witte Waan October 15, 1935 Murdo Alexander MacLeod, minister October 15, 1934 Peter Haskell, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Bracken's World, Rituals October 15, 1932 Jaan Raats, composer October 15, 1932 Riekus Waskowsky, poet October 15, 1930 Fela Ransome/Anikulapo Kuti, Nigerian singer/saxophonist October 15, 1930 Phillipe Leroy, Paris, France, actor, Night Porter, Leonardo da Vinci October 15, 1928 Mark Lenard, actor, Mr Spock's dad Sarek-Star Trek October 15, 1927 Mary Perot Nichols, journalist October 15, 1927 Oswald Moxley Gibbs, diplomat October 15, 1926 Evan Hunter, [Ed McBain], American writer, Blackboard Jungle October 15, 1926 Jean Peters, born in Canton, Ohio, actress, Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters October 15, 1926 Karl Richter, composer October 15, 1926 Michel Foucault, French philosopher, History of Sexuality October 15, 1926 Paul-Michel Foucault, French philosopher, Les Mots et les Choses October 15, 1925 Mickey Baker, rocker October 15, 1924 Colin Romoff, New York City, orch leader, Andy Williams Show October 15, 1924 Lee A Iacocca, CEO, Chrysler Corp October 15, 1924 Nigel Green, South Africa, actor, Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File October 15, 1924 Lee Iacocca, American Businessman October 15, 1923 Italo Calvino, Cuba, author, Winter's Night a Traveler October 15, 1921 Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player, World Champ 1950-55 October 15, 1921 Gul Mahomed, cricketer, Indian and Pakistani batsman October 15, 1921 Mario Puzo, New York City, novelist, Godfather, Cotton Club, Earthquake October 15, 1919 Edwin C Tubb, Brits sci-fi writer, Earth is Heaven, Earthfall October 15, 1919 Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head, MI5 October 15, 1917 Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Ohio, historian, 1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson October 15, 1917 Jan Miner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Crime Photographer October 15, 1915 W Weyrauch, writer October 15, 1913 Klaus Barbie, gestapo chief, Lyon October 15, 1911 James H[enry] Schmitz, Germany, sci-fi author, Lion Game October 15, 1910 Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer, South African leg-spinner of 30's October 15, 1909 Robert Trout, Wake County, North Carolina, newscaster, ABC October 15, 1908 John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award October 15, 1907 John "Cardinal" Dearden, U.S. cardinal, 1969-88, /archbishop of Detroit October 15, 1905 Alexey Kozlovsky, composer October 15, 1905 Charles P Snow, England, novelist/scientist, Death Under Sail October 15, 1905 Dag Ivar Wiren, composer October 15, 1905 Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher October 15, 1904 Julian Hodge, British financier/multi-millionaire, Hodge Group October 15, 1902 Andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer October 15, 1902 William Edmundson, Spokane, Washington vocalist, Southernaires October 15, 1901 Bernard von Brentano, German writer, Big Cats October 15, 1901 Hermann Abs, director, Deutsche Bank, /Hitler's advisor October 15, 1901 Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier October 15, 1900 Fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor, Jack Benny Show, At the Circus October 15, 1900 Mervyn LeRoy, movie producer, Devil at 4 O'Clock October 15, 1898 Gunther Ramin, composer October 15, 1896 Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist, I Got a Secret October 15, 1895 Alfred Neumann, German playwright, Devil October 15, 1893 Charles II, King of Romania, 1930-40 October 15, 1892 Ina Claire, [Fagan], Washington D.C., actress, Ninotchika October 15, 1890 Arcady Dubensky, composer October 15, 1881 P. 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Wodehouse, British-American writer, Stiff Upper Lip Jeeves October 15, 1879 Jane Darwell, [Patti Woodward], Palmyra, Missouri, actress, Huckleberry Finn October 15, 1879 Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress, Blackmail, Storm in a Teacup October 15, 1878 Paul Reynaud, premier France, May-June 1940 October 15, 1874 Otallo Morales, composer October 15, 1865 Walther Amelung, German archaeologist October 15, 1859 Jaime de Magalhes Lima, Portuguese author and poet, Salmos do Prisoneiro October 15, 1858 Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer October 15, 1858 John L Sullivan, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champ, 1882-92 October 15, 1856 R G Nivelle, French military man October 15, 1852 Wilhelm Posse, composer October 15, 1851 George F Moore, U.S. theologist, Hebrews, Old Testament October 15, 1844 Friedrich Nietzsche, Germany, philosopher October 15, 1836 Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General Confederate Army, died in 1910 October 15, 1833 Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader October 15, 1832 Henry Harrison Walker, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1912 October 15, 1831 Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author, Ramona October 15, 1829 Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars, Phobos and Deimos October 15, 1822 Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer October 15, 1819 Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliography/literary October 15, 1818 Irvin McDowell, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1885 October 15, 1816 Amiel Weeks Whipple, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1863 October 15, 1799 August Ferdinand Haeser, composer October 15, 1795 Frederik Willem IV, king of Prussia, 1840-61, /Germany, 1849-61 October 15, 1785 Jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile, 1811-14 October 15, 1784 Thomas Hastings, composer October 15, 1779 Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/songwriter/archbishop, Dodens Engel October 15, 1775 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer October 15, 1762 Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer October 15, 1761 Peter Gronland, composer October 15, 1674 Robert Herrick, Massachusetts, British poet, Together October 15, 1550 Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange October 15, 1542 Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India, 1556-1605 October 15, 70 Publius Vergilius Maro, Roman leader/poet, Bucolica, Aeneis |