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October 2, 1991 Beau Grayson, son of country singer Tanya Tucker
October 2, 1974 Anthony Johnson, NBA guard for the Sacramento Kings
October 2, 1974 Ricky Bell, cornerback for the Chicago Bears
October 2, 1973 Bret Hudson, NSW Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
October 2, 1973 Dalida Chammai, Miss Lebanon Universe 1997
October 2, 1972 Aaron McKie, NBA guard, Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers
October 2, 1972 Adrian Van Troost, fast cricket bowler, Somerset and Holland
October 2, 1972 Patricia Gauani, Miss USA-Delaware 1997
October 2, 1972 Rafael Carmona, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners
October 2, 1972 Tara Dawn Holland, Overland Park Kansas, Miss America 1997
October 2, 1972 Torey Hunter, CFL defensive back, Montreal Alouettes
October 2, 1971 Jair Lynch, Amherst Massachusetts, gymnast, 1996 Olympics silver
October 2, 1971 Steve McLaughlin, NFL kicker for the Atlanta Falcons
October 2, 1971 Tiffany [Renee Darwich], Norwalk Cal, singer, I Think We're Alone Now
October 2, 1970 Eddie Guardado, Stockton California, pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
October 2, 1970 Kelly Ripa, actress, Hayley Vaughan-All My Children
October 2, 1969 Marcus Robertson, NFL safety/cornerback, Houston/Tenn Oilers
October 2, 1969 Matthew Walbeck, Sacramento California, catcher for the Minnesota Twins
October 2, 1968 Craig Kanada, born in Portland, Oregon, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE South Carolina Classic-3rd
October 2, 1968 Glen Wesley, Red Deer, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers
October 2, 1968 Jana Novotna, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Aust/Wimbledon doubles
October 2, 1968 Mark James Crear, SF, 110m hurdler, 1996 Olympics silver
October 2, 1967 Thomas Muster, born in Leibnitz, Austria, tennis star, 1995 French Open
October 2, 1966 Yokozuna, [Rodney Anoia], wrestler, WWF/NJPW/AWA, Wild Samoan Kokina
October 2, 1965 Darren Cahill, Australia, tennis star
October 2, 1965 Francesca Dellera, [Cervellera], Rome, Italy, actress, Capriccio
October 2, 1965 Jill Powell, born in Jacksonville, Florida, actress, Marcy-As The World Turns
October 2, 1965 Robert Goff, NFL defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints
October 2, 1965 Roger Dube, hockey forward, Team France 1998
October 2, 1965 Tom Moody, cricket batsman, Australian 1989-92 Ton in 26 mins
October 2, 1964 Michael Brooks, NFL linebacker for the New York Giants
October 2, 1964 Sheila Echols, born in Memphis, Tennessee, 4x100m runner 1988 Olympics gold
October 2, 1964 Sherry Arnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, Jan, 1986
October 2, 1963 Libby Wilson, Brisbane Qld, golfer, 1988 - Singapore Open
October 2, 1962 Esai Morales, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Bad Boys, La Bamba
October 2, 1962 Mark Rypien, quarterback for the St. Louis Rams
October 2, 1961 Alan Wells, cricketer, England Test batsman vs. WI in one Test 1995
October 2, 1961 Pablo Arraya, Argentina, tennis star
October 2, 1961 Robbie Nevil, rocker, A Place Like This
October 2, 1960 Django Bates, jazz musician
October 2, 1960 Glenn Anderson, Vancouver, NHL right wing for the Edmonton Oilers
October 2, 1959 Joe Deegan, jockey
October 2, 1957 John Neuman Cook, born in Toledo, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1981 Bing Crosby
October 2, 1957 Kimberly Herrin, born in Santa Barbara, California, playmate, March, 1981
October 2, 1956 Freddie Jackson, U.S. R&B singer and songwriter, Rock Me Tonight
October 2, 1956 Murphy Morobe, South Afr UDF leader, spent 3 years in Robbeneiland Jail
October 2, 1955 Gary Streeter, MP
October 2, 1955 Kathryn Morrison Long Beach, California, playmate, May, 1978
October 2, 1955 Philip Oakey, Sheffield, rock vocalist, Human Leauge-Only Human
October 2, 1954 Greg Jennings, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, country singer, Restless Heart-Wheels
October 2, 1954 Lani O'Grady, Walnut Creek California, actress, Mary-8 is Enough
October 2, 1954 Lorraine Bracco, Brooklyn, actress, Someone to Watch Over Me, Dream Team
October 2, 1952 George Meegen, England, walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska
October 2, 1952 John Otway, rocker
October 2, 1952 Steve Penrod, race horse trainer
October 2, 1951 Romina Power, born in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Tyrone Power/actress, Justine
October 2, 1951 Sting, [Gordon Sumner], rock vocalist, Police-Roxanne, /actor, Dune
October 2, 1950 Michael Rutherford, English pop bassist, Genesis-Silent Sun
October 2, 1950 Persis Khambatta, Bombay India, actress, Star Trek, Megaforce
October 2, 1949 Lorraine Bracco, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, actress
October 2, 1949 Richard Hell, [Richard Myers], Lexington, Kentucky, rock bassist, Television
October 2, 1948 Avery Brooks, born in Evansville, Indiana, actor, Spenser for Hire, Deep Space 9
October 2, 1948 Chris LeDoux, Biloxi Mississippi, country singer, Ridin' for a Fall
October 2, 1948 Donna Karan, Forest Hills, New York, fashion designer, Coty Award-1977
October 2, 1948 Robert Anderson, cricketer, NZ batsman 1976-78
October 2, 1948 Trevor Brooking, English soccer player
October 2, 1946 Jo-el Sonnier, Rayne, Louisiana, country singer, Louisiana
October 2, 1946 Roger Jett, Cumberland Maryland, actor, Smithereens
October 2, 1945 Don McLean, New Rochelle, New York, singer and songwriter, American Pie, Vincent
October 2, 1945 Frank Tejeda, Rep-D-Texas
October 2, 1945 Neil Frances Tennant, rocker, Pet Shop Boy-West End Girl
October 2, 1945 Vladimir Ivanovich Kozlov, cosmonaut
October 2, 1944 Peter Hobson, headmaster, Giggleswick School
October 2, 1944 Vernor [Steffen] Vinge, U.S., sci-fi author, Witling, True Names
October 2, 1943 Anna Ford, British broadcaster/actress, Secret Policeman's Ball
October 2, 1943 Henri SZEPS, Lausanne Switzerland, actor, Mother and Son
October 2, 1941 Ron Meagher, rocker
October 2, 1940 Lord Davies, chairman, Welsh National Opera
October 2, 1939 B K Kunderan, cricketer, Indian keeper-batsman of 60's
October 2, 1939 Yuri Nikolayevich Glazkov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 24
October 2, 1938 Lloyd Turner, journalist
October 2, 1938 Rex Reed, Ft. Worth, Texas, movie critic/actor, Myra Breckinridge
October 2, 1937 Helga Schutz, writer
October 2, 1936 Ian McLachlan, cricketer, Cambridge and S Aust bat, later Liberal MP
October 2, 1936 Johnnie Cochran, attorney, O. J. Simpson defense attorney
October 2, 1936 Roger Sainsbury, bishop of Barking
October 2, 1935 Peter Frankl, pianist
October 2, 1935 Robert H Lawrence, born in Chicago, Illinois, USAF/astronaut
October 2, 1934 Duncan Thompson, keeper, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
October 2, 1934 Geoff Millman, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1961-62
October 2, 1934 Richard Scott, British high court judge
October 2, 1933 Dimiter Khristov, composer
October 2, 1933 Phill Niblock, composer
October 2, 1932 Maury Wills, baseball shortstop, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL MVP 1962
October 2, 1930 Gunter Kochan, composer
October 2, 1930 J M Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact
October 2, 1929 John Zochonis, British multi-millionaire soap magnate
October 2, 1929 Kenneth Leighton, composer
October 2, 1929 Moses Gunn, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Amityville II, Good Times, Shaft
October 2, 1928 Anthony Tippett, British chief of Fleet Support
October 2, 1928 Clay Felker, St. Louis, journalist, New York Herald Tribune, Esquire
October 2, 1928 George Emmett McFarland, Dallas, act, Spanky-Our Gang/Little Rascals
October 2, 1928 James Porter, CEO, Commonwealth Institute
October 2, 1928 Robin Duthie, CEO, Britoil
October 2, 1926 Jan Morris, travel writer, Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys
October 2, 1925 Alois Pinos, composer
October 2, 1925 Brian Dilton, British lord justice of appeal
October 2, 1924 Sam Wainwright, deputy chairman, British Post Office
October 2, 1923 Jack Dellal, English immovables-goedbezitter/multi-millionaire
October 2, 1922 Otmar Macha, composer
October 2, 1922 Thomas T Nkobi, South Africa ANC-leader, Alexandra-bus boycott 1957
October 2, 1922 Wolfhart U Pannenberg, German theologist, Gingham Girl
October 2, 1921 A Scott Crossfield, U.S. Test pilot, XS-1
October 2, 1921 Robert Runcie, [Kennedy], Liverpool England, Archbishop of Canterbury
October 2, 1920 William Cramond, psychiatrist/vice-chancellor, Stirling University
October 2, 1919 Geoffrey Luttrell, Lord-Lt of Somerset
October 2, 1919 Shirley Clarke, film director
October 2, 1917 Francis Jackson, organist and master of Music/York minister
October 2, 1917 William Marshall III, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Blacula, Honky
October 2, 1915 Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician
October 2, 1914 Albe Vidakovic, composer
October 2, 1914 Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer
October 2, 1914 Charles Drake, Bayside New York City, actor, Air Force, Glenn Miller Story
October 2, 1913 Vivian Ridler, printer, Oxford University
October 2, 1912 Eric Wilson, VC/British Lt Col
October 2, 1911 Stuart Rose, designer, British Post Office
October 2, 1907 Alexander Robertus, organic chemist
October 2, 1907 Lord Todd, chemist
October 2, 1907 William Marshall, producer/director/actor/singer, Blackmail
October 2, 1906 John Humphreys Whitfield, scholar of Italian language and literature
October 2, 1904 Dermot Boyle, marshal, RAF
October 2, 1904 Godfrey Baseley, radio executive
October 2, 1904 Graham Greene, English journalist, 3rd Man
October 2, 1904 Shi Lal Bahadur Shastri, India premier, 1964-66
October 2, 1904 [Henry] Graham Greene, England, prolific novelist, Brighton Rock
October 2, 1902 Dick Ket, Dutch painter/cartoonist
October 2, 1902 Leopold Figl, premier of Austria
October 2, 1901 Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot
October 2, 1901 [Ignatius] Roy [D] Campbell, South African poet, Flowering Rifle
October 2, 1896 Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author, Volga
October 2, 1896 Fritz Eberhard, [Hellmut Rauschenplat], W-German lawyer/resistor, Law
October 2, 1895 Bud Abbott, Asbury Pk, New Jersey, comedian, Abbott and Costello
October 2, 1895 Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian
October 2, 1893 Leroy B Shield, U.S. pianist/producer/composer, Laurel and Hardy
October 2, 1891 H V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard
October 2, 1890 Groucho Marx, New York City, comedian, Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life
October 2, 1886 Pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter
October 2, 1885 Ruth Bryan Rohde, U.S., Rep, minister to Denmark
October 2, 1881 Fred Barlow, composer
October 2, 1880 George Alexander Russell, composer
October 2, 1879 Wallace Stevens, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, poet, Ideas of Order
October 2, 1878 Francois C Schlumberger, French physicist
October 2, 1875 Henry Fevrier, composer
October 2, 1873 Pelham Warner, cricketer, England 1898-1912, later notable official
October 2, 1871 Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State, 1933-44, lowered tariffs, Nobel 1945
October 2, 1869 Mahatma Karamchand Ghandi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist
October 2, 1869 Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader
October 2, 1866 Charles de Souzy Ricketts, artist
October 2, 1857 Marthinus T Steyn, President of Orange-Free state, 1896-1902
October 2, 1852 William Ramsay, chemist
October 2, 1851 Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I
October 2, 1847 Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg, German president
October 2, 1839 Hans Thoma, painter
October 2, 1835 Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian
October 2, 1832 Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist
October 2, 1832 Julius von Sachs, botanist/naturalist
October 2, 1827 Edmund Jackson Davis, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1883
October 2, 1822 Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister, 1877-79
October 2, 1821 Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lieutenant General Confederate Army
October 2, 1819 George Washington Getty, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1901
October 2, 1817 Gunnar Wennerberg, composer
October 2, 1809 Anton Emil Titl, composer
October 2, 1800 Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion, 1831
October 2, 1792 Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer
October 2, 1756 Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist
October 2, 1756 Josef Jawurek, composer
October 2, 1752 Samuel Story, Dutch Admiral, Battle at Kamperduin
October 2, 1737 Francis Hopkinson, U.S., writer/lawyer, design Stars and Stripes
October 2, 1737 Franz Schneider, composer
October 2, 1715 Peter II, czar of Russia, 1727-30
October 2, 1704 Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer
October 2, 1646 Guillaume Poitevin, composer
October 2, 1619 Gedeon Tallemant des Reaux, French author, Historiettes
October 2, 1616 A Gryphius, writer
October 2, 1595 Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver
October 2, 1452 King Richard III, of England, 1483-85



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