1905 – Lois Mailou Jones, American painter (Peasants on Parade), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
1907 – Jim [James Geoffrey Cutcliffe] Hepburn, English tap-dancer and socialist, born in London (d. 1995)
1923 – Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1990)
1925 – Dieter Wellershoff, German author (Minotaur)
1932 – Thomas J Manton, (Rep-D-NY, 1985- )
1938 – Pupi Avati, Bologna Italy, director (Festival, Bix, Impiegati)
1945 – Robert “Bobby” LaKind, American conga player, vocalist, songwriter and occasional backup drummer (The Doobie Brothers), born in New York (d. 1992)
1957 – Dolph Lundgren, actor (Rocky IV, The Expendables 2), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1961 – Kari Michaelsen, American actress (Katie-Gimme a Break), born in NYC, New York
1965 – Maty Monforth, TV host (Mike and Maty)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 2nd November 2019
1739 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1799)
1883 – Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, French cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1947)
1897 – Dennis King, English actor (Devil’s Brother), born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England (d. 1971)
1920 – Lewis Charles [Cholost], American actor (Topaz, Feather and Father Gang), born in NYC, New York (d. 1979)
1929 – Milan Stibilj, Slovenian composer, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia
1944 – Keith Emerson, English rock musician (Emerson, Lake and Palmer), born in Todmorden, West Yorkshire (d. 2016)
1945 – Larry Little, American Pro Football Hall of Fame guard (5-time Pro Bowl; Super Bowl 1972-73; Miami Dolphins), born in Groveland, Georgia
1948 – Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (WBA light heavyweight title 1974-79), born in Vedia, Buenos Aires (d. 1980)
1963 – Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker (Starry Night Entertainment), born in Los Angeles, California
1980 – Karamo Brown, American psychotherapist and TV personality (Queer Eye), born in Houston, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 1st November 2019
846 – Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (877-79) (d. 879)
1917 – Clarence E. Miller, American politician (Rep-R-OH, 1967-93), born in Lancaster, Ohio (d. 2011)
1920 – James J. Kilpatrick, American newspaper journalist and columnist (60 Minutes), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 2010)
1921 – Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer (Die größere Hoffnung), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2016)
1932 – Al Arbour, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman, coach and executive (coach NY Islanders Stanley Cup 1980-83), born in Sudbury, Ontario (d. 2015)
1937 – Bill Anderson, American country music singer (Still, From This Pen), born in Columbia, South Carolina
1947 – Rolando Garbey, Cuban light middleweight boxer (Olympic silver 1968; World C’ship gold 1974), born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
1947 – Jim Steinman, American Grammy Award-winning songwriter and record producer (Bat Out of Hell, Total Eclipse of the Heart), born in NYC, New York
1957 – Murray Pierce, New Zealand rugby union lock (26 caps; Wellington RFU), born in Timaru, Canterbury
1964 – Sophie B. Hawkins, American singer-songwriter (Damn! I Wish I Was Your Lover), born in New York, New York
Famous Birthdays for 31st October 2019
1761 – Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch politician (Grand Pensionary of Batavia), born in Deventer, Overijssel, United Provinces (d. 1825)
1840 – Franz Müller, German tailor and first train murderer (killing Thomas Briggs) (d. 1864)
1851 – Lovisa of Sweden, Queen of Denmark, born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1926)
1922 – Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (1941-55 and 1993-2004), head of state, independence campaigner and film producer, born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (d. 2012)
1928 – Andrew Sarris, American movie critic (Village Voice), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)
1946 – Stephen Rea, Irish film and stage actor (Crying Game, Michael Collins), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1949 – Terrence W Wilcutt, United States Marine Corps officer and a NASA astronaut, born in Russellville, Kentucky
1953 – John Lucas, NBA guard (Houston, Golden State, Milwaukee), born in Durham, North Carolina
1963 – Mikkey Dee [Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou], Swedish rock musician and drummer [Motörhead, Scorpions], born in Gothenburg, Sweden
1981 – Selina (Jiaxuan) Ren, member of Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E, born in Shilin, Taipei, Taiwan
Famous Birthdays for 30th October 2019
1576 – Enrico Caterino Davila, Italian writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia), born in Padua, Italy (d. 1631)
1829 – Roscoe Conkling, American politician (U.S. Senator from New York 1867-81), born in Albany, New York (d. 1888)
1857 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist and namesake of Tourette’s syndrome, born in Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers, France (d. 1904)
1894 – Peter Warlock [Philip Heseltine], British composer, born in London (d. 1930)
1896 – Ruth Gordon, American actress (Rosemary’s Baby, Harold and Maude), born in Quincy, Massachusetts (d. 1985)
1931 – Dick Gautier, American stage and screen actor (Get Smart, Mr Terrific), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
1931 – John Macchia, American actor (Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1967)
1955 – Shanna Reed, actress (Major Dad, Mirrors), born in Kansas City, Kansas
1971 – Edward “Ted” Murphy, rower (Olympic 5th 1996), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1981 – Ian Snell, American baseball player
Famous Birthdays for 29th October 2019
1891 – Fanny Brice, American singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks), born in NYC, New York (d. 1951)
1909 – Douglass Montgomery, American actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1966)
1921 – Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers (Pulitzer-1945, 59), born in Mountain Park, New Mexico (d. 2003)
1944 – Denny Laine, [Brian Hines], rock guitarist (Moody Blues, Wings)
1944 – Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch guitarist (Shocking Blue)
1949 – Paul Orndorff, wrestler (WCW/SMW/NWA/WWF, Mr Wonderful)
1957 – Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor, Best known as the voice of Homer Simpson
1959 – Finola Hughes, actress (Anna-General Hospital, Staying Alive), born in London, England
1961 – Cornelia Oschkenat, German DR, hurdler (50m indoor)
1972 – Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress (Black-ish), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 28th October 2019
1916 – Jessie Kesson, Scottish writer and radio producer, born in Inverness (d. 1994)
1918 – Harold Shepherdson, British soccer trainer, born in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire (d. 1955)
1919 – Bernhard Wicki, Austrian director and actor (Morituri, Crime and Passion), born in St. Pölten, Austria (d. 2000)
1924 – Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (d. 1996)
1936 – Ted Hawkins, American singer and guitarist (The Next Hundred Years), born in Biloxi, Mississippi (d. 1995)
1959 – Neville Henry, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
1966 – Andy Richter, American actor, comedian and writer (Conan O’Brien’s sidekick), born in Yorkville, Illinois
1978 – Marta Etura, Spanish actress
1980 – Kanzi, Bonobo, most literate non-human, born at Georgia State University
1996 – Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress (1408, Water Pills), born in Tarzana, California
Famous Birthdays for 27th October 2019
1915 – Harry Saltzman, Canadian theater and film producer (Goldfinger), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (d. 1994)
1927 – Dominick Argento, American composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint), born in York, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
1951 – Edward Lee Howard, American CIA Case Officer and alleged Soviet spy who defected to the Soviet Union in 1985, born in Alamogordo, New Mexico (d. 2002)
1953 – Robert Picardo, American actor (Frame Up, Gremlins 2), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1958 – Hazell Dean, English rocker (Always Doesn’t Mean Forever), born in Chelmsford, Essex, England
1970 – Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth), born in Malmö, Sweden
1972 – Lee Clark, English footballer (Newcastle United), born in Wallsend, England
1973 – Monica Louwerens, Canadian-American actress (Power Rangers) and Miss America-Mississippi (Top 10, 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1982 – Dennis Moran, American computer hacker, born in Middlesex County, Massachusetts (d. 2013)
1987 – Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks), born in Heshan, Guangdong, China
Famous Birthdays for 26th October 2019
1758 – Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, French classical cellist and composer, born in Lauzerte, France (d. 1811)
1830 – Stephen Elliott, Jr., Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Beaufort, South Carolina (d. 1866)
1843 – Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian painter (War and Peace), born in Cherepovets, Russia (d. 1904)
1886 – Gustav Hermann Unger, German composer, born in Kamenz, Germany (d. 1958)
1913 – Stuart J. Byrne, American sci-fi author (Star Man, God Man), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 2011)
1946 – Maureen Anderman, American actress (Once Upon a Family, Rupture Fatale), born in Detroit, Michigan
1947 – Trevor Joyce, Irish poet (The Poems of Sweeny Peregrine), born in Dublin
1952 – Abbas al-Musawi, influential Lebanese Shia cleric, and founder and leader of Hezbollah, born in Al-Nabi Shayth, Lebanon (d. 1992)
1952 – Andrew Motion, English poet (British Poet Laureate 1999-2009), born in London
1978 – CM Punk, American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 25th October 2019
1709 – Jan Wagenaar, Dutch merchant and historian, born in Amsterdam (d. 1773)
1716 – Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Italy
1913 – Klaus Barbie, Gestapo chief (Butcher of Lyon), born in Godesberg, German Empire (d. 1991)
1936 – Alan Smith, English cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests), born in Birmingham, Warwickshire
1941 – Bobby Keetch, English footballer and entrepreneur, born in Tottenham, North London (d. 1996)
1964 – Nicole [Hohloch], German singer (won 1982 Eurovision Song Contest) born in Saarbrücken, Germany
1975 – Ryan Clement, former XFL quarterback
1985 – Ciara [Harris], American singer-songwriter (, Ciara: The Evolution) and model, born in Austin, Texas
1989 – Seth Mumy, actor (3 Wishes)
1993 – Xander Schauffele, American golfer (British Open 2018, US Masters 2019 runner-up), born in San Diego, California