June Allyson (10/07/1917 - 07/08/2006) American film and television actress best known for her role in the films "The Three Musketeers (1948), "Little Women" (1949), and "The Glenn Miller Story" (1953).
Shawn Ashmore (10/07/1979 - ) Canadian actor whose most famous role may be as Iceman in "X-Men" (2000) and its sequels "X2" (2003) and "X-Men: The Last Stand" (2006).
Niels Bohr (10/07/1885 - ) Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics. Bohr is widely considered one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century.
Toni Braxton (10/07/1968 - ) Grammy Award winning American R&B singer best known for her albums "Tony Braxton" (1993), "Secrets" (1996) and "Libra" (2005).
Simon Cowell (10/07/1959 - ) Artist and repertoire executive best known as a judge on the television programmes "Pop Idol" (2001-2003), "American Idol" (2002-present), and "The X Factor" (2004-present).
Andy Devine (10/07/1905 - 02/18/1977) Rotund, raspy-voiced American character actor and comic cowboy sidekick. His notable roles included ten films as sidekick, "Cookie", to Roy Rogers, a role in "Romeo and Juliet" (1937), and Danny in "A Star Is Born" (1937).
R.D. Laing (10/07/1927 - 08/23/1989) Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness and particularly the experience of psychosis. He is well-known for his co-founding and chairmanship in 1964 of the Philadelphia Association.
Yo-Yo Ma (10/07/1955 - ) French-born Chinese American virtuoso cellist, considered one of the finest in the world. On May 31, 2005, Ma was awarded an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Princeton University.
Rachel McAdams (10/07/1976 - ) Canadian actress best known for her role in the films "The Hot Chick" (2002), "Mean Girls" (2004) and "Wedding Crashers" (2005).
John Mellencamp (10/07/1951 - ) American rock/roots rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including "Jack and Diane" (1982), "Pink Houses" (1984) and others, and by his role in the F
Vaughn Monroe (10/07/1911 - 05/21/1973) Singer, trumpeter and big band leader, most popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
Vladimir Putin (10/07/1952 - ) Russian politician, and the current President of the Russian Federation (1999-present).
Michael W. Smith (10/07/1957 - ) American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. Since his first solo project in 1983, he has frequently topped both Christian radio and Billboard charts and is often listed as one of the top keyboardists in rock and roll.
Desmond Tutu (10/07/1931 - ) South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid.
Thom Yorke (10/07/1968 - ) English musician best known as the lead singer of the English alternative rock band Radiohead (1991-present).
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