When I was a school librarian, I’d post the birthdays of our students, faculty and staff in the window between the library and the school hallway. I also try to include the birthdays of authors, illustrators and famous people the kiddos might have been familiar with or should be. A more extensive list can be found at http://holidayinsights.com/bday/october.htm
Some of you are back in person with your kiddos and others of you are still interacting virtually. I’d love to hear how you are using this list with your faculty and students.
October 1, 1904- Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
October 1, 1924- Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President (1977-1981)
October 1, 1924- William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
October 1, 1935- Julie Andrews, actress, singer, “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound of Music”
October 2, 1890- Groucho Marx, comedian, “Marx Brothers”
October 2, 1895- Bud Abbott, comedian, comedy team “Abbott & Costello”
October 2, 1928- George McFarland, actor “Spanky” on “Spanky and Our Gang”
October 3 – Natalie Savage Carlson, author
October 3 – James Herriot, author
October 4, 1181- St. Francis of Assisi, Catholic religious leader
October 4, 1822- Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th U.S. President (1877-1881)
October 4, 1861- Frederic Remington, painter, sculptor
October 4 – Karen Cushman, author
October 4 – Robert Lawson, author
October 4 – Donald J. Sobol, author
October 5, 1829- Chester A. Arthur, 21st U.S. President (1881-1885)
October 5, 1882- Robert Hutchings Goddard, father of the Space Age
October 5, 1902- Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald’s
October 5 – Louis Lumiere, scientist
October 5 – Louise Fitzhugh, author
October 5 – Gene Zion, author
October 5 – David Shannon
October 6, 1846- George Westinghouse, engineer, inventor, developed AC electric power
October 6, 1914- Thor Heyerdahl, anthropologist, explorer
October 6 – Jeanette Winter, author
October 7 – Alice Dalgliesh, author
October 7, 1931- Desmond Tutu, archbishop, won Nobel Peace Prize
October 7, 1943- Oliver North, National Security Council
October 8, 1890 “Eddie” Rickenbacker, WWI flying ace
October 9 – Ada Lovelace, mathematician
October 10 – James Marshall, author
October 11 – Russell Freedman, author
October 11, 1844- Henry John Heinz, founded Heinz Ketchup company
October 11, 1884- Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt
October 12, 1935- Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer
October 12, 1947- Chris Wallace, TV news correspondent
October 12, 1950- Ronald McNair, astronaut, physicist, died in Challenger space shuttle explosion
October 13, 1925- Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of England
October 13, 1941- Paul Simon, singer, songwriter, “Simon & Garfunkel”
October 13, 1959- Marie Osmond, actress, singer ,Brother-Sister duo “Donny & Marie”
October 14 – Lois Lenski, author
October 14, 1644- William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania
October 14, 1890- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. President (1953-1961)
October 14, 1894- E. E. Cummings, poet
October 14, 1916- C. Everett Koop, U.S. Surgeon General
October 15, 1908- John Kenneth Galbraith, economist
October 15, 1917- Arthur Schlesinger Jr., historian
October 15, 1920- Mario Puzo, novelist, wrote “The Godfather”
October 15, 1924 -Lee Iacocca, Chrysler auto executive, led turnaround of company
October 15, 1943- Penny Marshall, actress, director
October 15, 1946- Richard Carpenter, singer, with sister Karen Carpenter
October 15, 1959- Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and first wife of Prince Andrew
October 15, 1959- Emeril Lagasse, TV chef
October 16, 1758- Noah Webster – compiled first American English dictionary
October 16, 1854- Oscar Wilde, poet, playwright
October 16, 1886- David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel
October 16, 1898- William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice
October 16, 1925- Angela Lansbury, actress, “Murder, She Wrote”
October 16 – Joseph Bruchac, author
October 17 – Christopher Myers, author
October 17, 1938- Evel Knievel, motorcycle daredevil
October 18, 1939- Lee Harvey Oswald, assassinated President John F. Kennedy
October 19, 1932- Robert Reed, played the dad on TV series “The Brady Bunch”
October 19 – Ed Emberley, author
October 19 – Dan Gutman, author
October 20, 1931- Mickey Mantle, MLB baseball slugger
October 20 – Nikki Grimes, author
October 20 – Crockett Johnson, author
October 21 – Janet Ahlberg, author
October 21 – Ursula K. LeGuin, author
October 21, 1833- Alfred Nobel, chemist, engineer, established Nobel Prizes
October 21, 1956- Carrie Fisher, actress, “Princess Leia” in “Star Wars”
October 22, 1903- Curly Howard, actor, comedian, one of the “Three Stooges”
October 23 – Marjorie Flack, author
October 23 – Gordon Korman, author
October 23, 1893- Gummo Marx, agent for the “Marx Brothers”
October 23, 1906- Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the English Channel
October 23, 1925- Johnny Carson, Talk show host, “The Tonight Show”. Tv Talk Show Host Day
October 23, 1940- Pelé, soccer player
October 23, 1942- Michael Crichton, novelist, wrote “Jurrasic Park”
October 25, 1825 – Austrian music and opera composer Johann Strauss (1825)
October 25, 1881 -Pablo Picasso, artist
October 25, 1888- Richard E. Byrd, aviator, Antarctic explorer
October 25, 1912- Minnie Pearl, singer, entertainer, Grand Ole Opry star
October 25, 1940- Bobby Knight, College basketball coach
October 26, 1947- Hillary Rodham Clinton, first lady, NY Senator
October 26, 1947- Pat Sajak, TV game-show host, “Wheel of Fortune”
October 26 – Steven Kellogg, author
October 26 – Eric Rohmann, author
October 27, 1858- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U. S President, Quote: “Walk softly and carry a big stick” (1901-1909)
October 27, 1872 -Emily Post, etiquette expert
October 28, 1914- Jonas Salk, physician, developed polio vaccine
October 28, 1955- Bill Gates, Microsoft executive, multi-multi billionaire
October 30, 1735- John Adams, 2d U.S. President (1797-1801)
October 30, 1882- William “Bull” Halsey, World War II Pacific Fleet Commander
October 30, 1885- Ezra Pound, poet
October 30, 1945- Henry Winkler, actor and author
October 31, 1795 John Keats, poet
October 31, 1887- Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese leader
October 31, 1912- Dale Evans, the “Queen of the West”, born Frances Octavia Smith
October 31, 1931- Dan Rather, TV News Anchorman
October 31, 1936- Michael Landon, actor
October 31, 1950- Jane Pauley, TV journalist
October 31 – Katherine Paterson, author