Anniversaries 11 October
Birth
![Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers photo]()
German physician and astronomer
1758–1840
![Mason Weems photo]()
fictionalizing biographer of George Washington
1759–1825
![Barend Cornelis Koekkoek photo]()
painter from the Northern Netherlands
1803–1862
![Louis Veuillot photo]()
French journalist
1813–1883
![Charles P. Mattocks photo]()
American soldier, lawyer and politician
1840–1910
![Henry J. Heinz photo]()
American businessman
1844–1919
![Harlan F. Stone photo]()
United States federal judge
1872–1946
![Hans Kelsen photo]()
Austrian lawyer
1881–1973
![Eleanor Roosevelt photo]()
American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady…
1884–1962
![Edwin Arthur Burtt photo]()
American philosopher
1892–1989
![Danie Craven photo]()
South African rugby union player and administrator
1910–1993
![Art Blakey photo]()
American jazz drummer and bandleader
1919–1990
![Harish-Chandra photo]()
Indian American mathematician and physicist (1923–1983)
1923–1983
![Elmore Leonard photo]()
American novelist and screenwriter
1925–2013
![Thich Nhat Hanh photo]()
Religious leader and peace activist
1926
![William Perry photo]()
American mathematician and businessman
1927
![Annette Baier photo]()
New Zealand philosopher
1929–2012
![Dottie West photo]()
American country music singer
1932–1991
![Tom Zé photo]()
Brazilian songwriter, composer
1936
![Robert Lighthizer photo]()
US Trade Representative
1947
![Theodore Dalrymple photo]()
English doctor and writer
1949
![Patty Murray photo]()
United States senator from Washington
1950
![Dawn French photo]()
English actress and comedian
1957
![Bob Inglis photo]()
Former U.S. congressman
1959
![Chad Ripperger photo]()
American Roman Catholic priest and exorcist
1964
![Peter Thiel photo]()
American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and hedge fund m…
1967
![Artie Lange photo]()
Comedian, radio personality
1967
![Emily Deschanel photo]()
American actress, television producer, and film producer
1976
![Salim Stoudamire photo]()
American basketball player
1982
Death
![Pope Boniface VIII photo]()
193rd Pope of the Catholic Church
1235–1303
![Huldrych Zwingli photo]()
leader of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland, and fo…
1484–1531
![Thomas Wyatt photo]()
English poet and diplomat (1503-1542)
1503–1542
![Meriwether Lewis photo]()
American explorer
1774–1809
![James Prescott Joule photo]()
English physicist and brewer
1818–1889
![Jean Henri Fabre photo]()
French entomologist and author
1823–1915
![Ferdinand Eisenstein photo]()
German mathematician
1823–1852
![Anton Bruckner photo]()
Austrian composer
1824–1896
![Ethel Lynn Beers photo]()
American writer
1827–1879
![Francis J. Grimké photo]()
American activist and minister
1852–1937
![June Downey photo]()
American psychologist
1875–1932
![Jean Cocteau photo]()
French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager …
1889–1963
![Dorothea Lange photo]()
American photojournalist
1895–1965
![Chesty Puller photo]()
United States Marine Corps general
1898–1971
![M. King Hubbert photo]()
American geoscientist
1903–1989
![William Vickrey photo]()
Canadian noble laureate in economics
1914–1996
![Anatole Broyard photo]()
American literary critic
1920–1990
![Redd Foxx photo]()
American comedian and actor
1922–1991
![Fernando Sabino photo]()
Brazilian writer
1923–2004
![Sri Chinmoy photo]()
Indian writer and guru
1931–2007
![William J. Higginson photo]()
American writer
1938–2008
![Jörg Haider photo]()
Austrian politician
1950–2008
