Who Was Born Today – October 31 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on October 31 | ||
1795 | John Keats, poet. | |
1802 | Benoit Fourneyron, inventor of the water turbine. | |
1860 | Juliette Low, founder of the Girl Scouts. | |
1887 | Chiang Kai-Shek, Chinese Nationalist. | |
1896 | Ethel Waters, actress and blues singer. | |
1902 | Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, journalist and short story writer. | |
1917 | William H. McNeil, historian (The Rise of the West). | |
1925 | Charles Moore, influential post-modern architect. | |
1930 | Michael Collins, U.S. astronaut. | |
1931 | Dan Rather, journalist; anchor of CBS Evening News (1981–2005). | |
1936 | Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie TV series). | |
1937 | Tom Paxton, folk singer, songwriter, musician; received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2009). | |
1942 | David Ogden Stiers, actor; best known for his role as stuffy Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III on M*A*S*H* TV series (1977–1983). | |
1950 | Jane Pauley, journalist; co-host of The Today Show (1976–1989) and Dateline NBC (1992–2003). | |
1950 | Antonio Taguba, retired US Army major general best known for authoring the Taguba Report on abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq; Taguba is the second American citizen of Philippine birth to reach the rank of general in the US Army. | |
1961 | Sir Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director, producer, screenwriter (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit) | |
1961 | Larry Mullen Jr., musician; drummer for U2 band. | |
2005 | Infanta Leonor of Spain, second in line of succession to the Spanish throne. |
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