Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 31
Births
[edit]- 1795 – John Keats, English poet (d. 1821)
- 1860 – Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts (d. 1927)
- 1912 – Dale Evans, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
- 1926 – Jimmy Savile, English DJ and media personality (d. 2011)
- 1931 – Dan Rather, American television journalist
- 1936 – Michael Landon, American actor (d. 1991) (pictured)
- 1950 – John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)
- 1951 – Nick Saban, American college football coach
- 1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director
- 1963 – Rob Schneider, American actor
Deaths
[edit]- 1723 – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
- 1926 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (b. 1874)
- 1984 – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)
- 1993 – Federico Fellini, Italian director (b. 1920)
- 1993 – River Phoenix, American actor (b. 1970)