On This Day — October 7
3976 noted people were born and 1947 died on October 7 in our archive, including Harry Kroto, Øystein Ore and Andrew Pearce.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on October 7
Harry Kroto
1939 – 2016
Øystein Ore
1899 – 1968
Andrew Pearce
b. 1960
Bernardo Arévalo de León
b. 1958
Bill Foster
b. 1955
Carmen Reinhart
b. 1955
Desmond Tutu
1931 – 2021
Eino Saari
1894 – 1971
Fernando Belaúnde
1912 – 2002
Geneviève Fraisse
b. 1948
Georges Duby
1919 – 1996
Heinrich Himmler
1900 – 1945
Henriette Avram
1919 – 2006
Herbert Butterfield
1900 – 1979
Hugo Suolahti
1874 – 1944
James E. Webb
1906 – 1992
Joaquim Barbosa
b. 1954
Kenneth W. Bilby
1918 – 1997
Kurt Schmitt
1886 – 1950
Marcella Boveri
1863 – 1950
Maria Szyszkowska
b. 1937
Marilyn Waring
b. 1952
Mary Ann Glendon
b. 1938
María Corina Machado
b. 1967
Max Otte
b. 1964
Michelle Alexander
b. 1967
Nasr Abu Zayd
1943 – 2010
Nathan Zuntz
1847 – 1920
Niels Bohr
1885 – 1962
Nikolai Sergeevsky
1849 – 1908
Oliver North
b. 1943
Peter Georg Bang
1797 – 1861
Rudolf Leuckart
1822 – 1898
Sir Harry Platt, 1st Baronet
1886 – 1986
Steve Adubato
b. 1957
Thomas Perez
b. 1961
Vladimir Potemkin
1874 – 1946
Vladimir Putin
b. 1952
Walt Whitman Rostow
1916 – 2003
Wilhelm Kroll
1869 – 1939
Zelman Cowen
1919 – 2011
Abdellatif Hammouchi
b. 1966
Aghvan Vardanyan
b. 1958
Albiny Paquette
1888 – 1978
Amiri Baraka
1934 – 2014
Andrew Cohen
1909 – 1968
Andrey Khapochkin
b. 1967
Andriy Pavelko
b. 1975
Angelika Kausche
b. 1962
Anja Reschke
b. 1972
Anna Erra i Solà
b. 1965
Annie Ruth Jiagge
1918 – 1996
Ard van der Steur
b. 1969
Arthur B. Woodford
1861 – 1946
Arun Kumar Basak
b. 1941
Audrey Strauss
b. 1947
Austin Eubanks
1981 – 2019
Bijoya Chakravarty
b. 1939
Bill Morneau
b. 1962
Carlos Víctor Aramayo
1889 – 1981
Caroline Szyber
b. 1981
Catharine MacKinnon
b. 1946
Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
1762 – 1832
Charles Dantzig
b. 1961
Christian Bourquin
1954 – 2014
Clara Dupont-Monod
b. 1973
Clinton Bennett
b. 1955
Clive James
1939 – 2019
David Gonski
b. 1953
David Soren
b. 1946
David Wallace
b. 1945
Diane Ackerman
b. 1948
Donald Tsang
b. 1944
Emilia Slabunova
b. 1958
Erastus Corning 2nd
1909 – 1983
Flavio Salazar
b. 1965
Franc Kramberger
b. 1936
Gabriel Yared
b. 1949
George Cram Cook
1873 – 1924
George Nethercutt
1944 – 2024
Georges Valois
1878 – 1945
Ha-Joon Chang
b. 1963
Hans Tropsch
1889 – 1935
Hans-Peter Dürr
1929 – 2014
Harvey Littlejohn
1862 – 1927
Hasia Diner
b. 1946
Henri Elzéar Taschereau
1836 – 1911
Herbert Wakefield Banks Skinner
1900 – 1960
Herman Dooyeweerd
1894 – 1977
Houston I. Flournoy
1929 – 2008
Ivan Rebernik
1939 – 2026
Jack Body
1944 – 2015
Jacques Oudin
1939 – 2020
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
b. 1950
Jason Leopold
b. 1969
Jean Arthuis
b. 1944
Jean Thienpont
1774 – 1863
Jenny Abramsky
b. 1946
Jerzy Albrecht
1914 – 1992
Jesús Díaz
1941 – 2002
John Edward Hopcroft
b. 1939
John W. Barker
1933 – 2019
Jon Leirfall
1899 – 1998
Julian Thompson
b. 1934
Julij Voroncov
1929 – 2007
János Gausz
1943 – 2021
Karen E Daniels
b. 1972
Karen L. Nyberg
b. 1969
Kevin Boyle
b. 1960
Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya
1939 – 2021
Linda Heywood
b. 1945
Louis-Joseph Papineau
1786 – 1871
Lourdes Flores Nano
b. 1959
Lowell Fitz Randolph
1894 – 1980
Lyubomir Ivanov
b. 1952
Marcello Abbado
1926 – 2020
Maria Schaumayer
1931 – 2013
Marian Gorynia
b. 1956
Marie-François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga
1766 – 1849
Martin Bútora
b. 1944
Maxime Tandonnet
1958 – 2024
Michael Malchieli
b. 1982
Mikhail Bondarenko
1913 – 1947
Morten Halle
b. 1957
Moshe Abeles
b. 1936
Nasser Saidi
b. 1950
Nikolai Makarov
b. 1949
Nikolai Shakura
b. 1945
Notis Mitarachi
b. 1972
Paik Too-chin
1908 – 1993
Pannalal Bose
1881 – 1956
Paul de Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle
1873 – 1957
Piero Fassino
b. 1949
Predrag Matvejević
1932 – 2017
Ralph Abercromby
1734 – 1801
Rich McCormick
b. 1968
Richard H. Stallings
1940 – 2025
Richard Treisman
b. 1954
Robert Fox
b. 1938
Robert H. Cumming
1943 – 2021
Robert Laurent Caret
b. 1947
Rostyslav Derzhypilsky
b. 1975
Selçuk Bayraktar
b. 1979
Sergei Mikhailovich Dukhovskoi
1838 – 1901
Sheilagh Ogilvie
b. 1958
Shinji Inoue
b. 1969
Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur
b. 1944
Souvanna Phouma
1901 – 1984
Stepan Sus
b. 1981
Stephen E. Cross
b. 1951
Stieneke van der Graaf
b. 1984
Sufmi Dasco Ahmad
b. 1967
Takeshi Shina
b. 1966
Teresa Cremisi
b. 1945
Tetyana Rychkova
b. 1978
Thomas Lee
b. 1955
Tony James
b. 1964
Toshimitsu Motegi
b. 1955
Uri Lubrani
1926 – 2018
Valérie De Bue
b. 1966
William Samuel Johnson
1727 – 1819
William Thomas Blanford
1832 – 1905
Wolfgang Brandstetter
b. 1957
Ximena Aguilera
b. 1964
Yuri Dubinin
1930 – 2013
A. J. Price
b. 1986
Abe Jacob
b. 1944
Abisag Tüllmann
1935 – 1996
Abner M. Aust
1921 – 2020
Adel Taher
1922 – 2020
Adolphus Andrews
1879 – 1948
Adéle Weman
1844 – 1936
Akanvariva Lydia Lamisi
b. 1973
Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo
1934 – 2021
Aleksander Kowalski
1902 – 1940
Alessandro Farnese
1520 – 1589
Alex Groza
1926 – 1995
Alexander Bannerman
1788 – 1864
Alfred Averill
1865 – 1957
Alfred Drake
1914 – 1992
Alfred Partikel
1888 – 1945
Alfred R. Page
1859 – 1931
Ali Kafi
1928 – 2013
Alison Balsom
b. 1978
Alok Kanojia
b. 1982
Althea Garrison
b. 1940
Andreas Schei
1902 – 1989
Andrey Murga
b. 1969
Andy Devine
1905 – 1977
Ann Haydon-Jones
b. 1938
Annemarie Renger
1919 – 2008
Anthony Cowan Jr.
b. 1997
Antonio Cerilles
b. 1948
Apollinariya Yakubova
1870 – 1917
Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria
1589 – 1631
Archibald Motley
1891 – 1981
Armand Duka
b. 1962
Arthur Delaporte
b. 1991
Arturo Schaerer
1907 – 1979
Augustus W. Bennet
1897 – 1983
… and 3,776 more
Died on October 7
Étienne Mougeotte
1940 – 2021
Anna Politkovskaya
1958 – 2006
Anthony E. Siegman
1931 – 2011
Catarina de Albuquerque
1970 – 2025
Chen Yinque
1890 – 1969
Clement Bowman
1930 – 2021
Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
1798 – 1877
Eugen Varga
1879 – 1964
François Magendie
1783 – 1855
Friedrich Hasenöhrl
1874 – 1915
Gaston Floquet
1847 – 1920
George Emil Palade
1912 – 2008
Hubert Parry
1848 – 1918
Johan Hjort
1869 – 1948
John Gurdon
1933 – 2025
Mikayil Useynov
1905 – 1992
Natalia Ginzburg
1916 – 1991
Niels Kaj Jerne
1911 – 1994
Norman Angell
1872 – 1967
Olga Taussky-Todd
1906 – 1995
Oliver Wendell Holmes
1809 – 1894
Peter H. Rossi
1921 – 2006
Rudolf Lipschitz
1832 – 1903
Tamio Yamakawa
1921 – 2018
Wacław Świerzawski
1927 – 2017
Walther von Dyck
1856 – 1934
Yves Delage
1854 – 1920
Alexander Alexeev
1938 – 2020
Alexander Polovtsov
1832 – 1909
Alexandre Brongniart
1770 – 1847
Alfred Deakin
1856 – 1919
Allan Bloom
1930 – 1992
Alphonse Bernier
1861 – 1944
Andrew Brimmer
1926 – 2012
Arne Fjellbu
1890 – 1962
Bonner Fellers
1896 – 1973
Boris Shchukin
1894 – 1939
Brenda Mabel May
1917 – 1998
Catherine Black
1878 – 1949
Clarence Birdseye
1886 – 1956
Daniel Chester French
1850 – 1931
David E. Jeremiah
1934 – 2013
Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh
1847 – 1927
Emil Filla
1882 – 1953
Emil Kraepelin
1856 – 1926
Ferdinand Lumban Tobing
1899 – 1962
Fernand Jacquet
1888 – 1947
Fernando González Gortázar
1942 – 2022
Fred Paterson
1897 – 1977
George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle
1773 – 1848
Georges de Rham
1903 – 1990
Gheorghe Buzdugan
1867 – 1929
Grim Natwick
1890 – 1990
Harald Arnljot Øye
1935 – 2024
Harvey Williams Cushing
1869 – 1939
Hilda D. Oakeley
1867 – 1950
Howard Wolf
1936 – 2023
Håkon Stenstadvold
1912 – 1977
Jacobo Zóbel de Zangróniz
1842 – 1896
Jesse Douglas
1897 – 1965
Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn
1711 – 1756
John Abercromby, 5th Baron Abercromby
1841 – 1924
John Alderson
1922 – 2011
John Fox Burgoyne
1782 – 1871
Joseph Rosier
1870 – 1951
K. Kelappan
1889 – 1971
Karin Jaani
1952 – 2009
Keisuke Okada
1868 – 1952
Lajos Fülep
1885 – 1970
Lars Erik Taxell
1913 – 2013
Linton Smith
1869 – 1950
Liu Bocheng
1892 – 1986
Louis Jules Trochu
1815 – 1896
Louis McLane
1786 – 1857
Louis Pierre Alexis Pothuau
1815 – 1882
Lucien Servanty
1909 – 1973
Makoto Wada
1936 – 2019
Mario Molina
1943 – 2020
Marouf al-Bakhit
1947 – 2023
Mongo Beti
1932 – 2001
Myriam Sarachik
1933 – 2021
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
1898 – 1964
Oleg Pavlov
1970 – 2018
Orlando Ramón Agosti
1924 – 1997
Oscar Howe
1915 – 1983
Ovadia Joseph
1920 – 2013
Patrice Chéreau
1944 – 2013
Pedro Américo
1843 – 1905
Percy Herbert
1822 – 1876
Pierre Raymond de Montmort
1678 – 1719
Rhys Isaac
1937 – 2010
Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam
1795 – 1879
Roger Gaudry
1913 – 2001
Saturnino Calderón de la Barca y Collantes
1799 – 1864
Sergei Pavlov
1929 – 1993
Sherman Miles
1882 – 1966
Shlomo Goren
1917 – 1994
Shoshana Netanyahu
1923 – 2022
Svend Borberg
1888 – 1947
Sōhei Miyashita
1927 – 2013
Tadeusz Strumiłło
1884 – 1958
Talbot Hamlin
1889 – 1956
Thomas Edward Collcutt
1840 – 1924
Thomas Reid
1710 – 1796
Viktor Kyrpychov
1845 – 1913
Vyacheslav Ivanov
1929 – 2017
W. N. Medlicott
1900 – 1987
Walerian Pańko
1941 – 1991
Walter Krupinski
1920 – 2000
Washington SyCip
1921 – 2017
William Carington
1845 – 1914
William May
1849 – 1930
Abe Shannon
1869 – 1945
Abraham Oakley Hall
1826 – 1898
Abrar Fahad
1998 – 2019
Ada Fisher
1947 – 2022
Adam Śmigielski
1933 – 2008
Agnes de Mille
1905 – 1993
Alan Fletcher
1907 – 1991
Alan Hugh Campbell
1919 – 2007
Alexander Peacock
1861 – 1933
Alexander Sukhomlin
1900 – 1970
Alice Merrill Horne
1869 – 1948
Amaury du Closel
1956 – 2024
Andrew Gregg Curtin
1817 – 1894
Anton Philips
1874 – 1951
Arnold Akberg
1894 – 1984
Artemas Ward Jr.
1762 – 1847
Arthur Peel
1861 – 1952
Asaf Hamami
1982 – 2023
Ashwani Kumar
1950 – 2020
Assar Åkerman
1860 – 1936
August De Wilde
1819 – 1886
Barbara Kisseler
1949 – 2016
Belisario Domínguez
1863 – 1913
Billy Daniels
1915 – 1988
Brian Iwata
1948 – 2023
Camille Barrère
1851 – 1940
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
1945 – 2025
Cemal Mersinli
1875 – 1941
Cemal Reşit Rey
1904 – 1985
Charles F. Curry, Jr.
1893 – 1972
Charles J. Carney
1913 – 1987
Charles Surh
1961 – 2017
Charles Tait
1768 – 1835
Chen Wenxin
1926 – 2021
Christophe Soglo
1909 – 1983
Christophe de Chabrol de Crouzol
1771 – 1836
Cissy Houston
1933 – 2024
Clement Woodnutt Miller
1916 – 1962
Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan
1897 – 1975
D. V. Gundappa
1887 – 1975
Daniel Chipman Linsley
1827 – 1889
Daniel Goodenow
1793 – 1863
Daniel T. Jewett
1807 – 1906
David A. Huffman
1925 – 1999
David Stone
1770 – 1818
E. F. Jacob
1894 – 1971
Edgar Allan Poe
1809 – 1849
Edward Bickersteth
1814 – 1892
Edward Sigerfoos
1868 – 1918
Eleanor Lambert
1903 – 2003
Ella Vogelaar
1949 – 2019
Enrique Monsonís
1931 – 2011
Erik Eriksen
1902 – 1972
Ester Hofvander-Sandberg
1888 – 1967
Eugeniusz Bodo
1899 – 1943
Ezekiel S. Sampson
1831 – 1892
Ferdinand Humbert
1842 – 1934
Ferry de Clugny
1430 – 1483
Francesc Betriu
1940 – 2020
Francisco Soberón Garrido
1948 – 2022
Franklin Guest Smith
1840 – 1912
Fredrika Stenhammar
1836 – 1880
Gail Dolgin
1945 – 2010
Georg Heinrich Pertz
1795 – 1876
George Dundas
1778 – 1834
George E. Sangmeister
1931 – 2007
George Gascoigne
1525 – 1577
George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor
1795 – 1869
Gerald R. Johnson
1920 – 1945
Gerard Corley Smith
1909 – 1997
Giovanni Battista Guarini
1538 – 1612
Giuseppe Toniolo
1845 – 1918
Gottfried Leonhard
1895 – 1983
Guido Chiarelli
1902 – 1982
Guillaume-André de Bertier de Sauvigny
1912 – 2004
Gérard de Vaucouleurs
1918 – 1995
Géza Fodor
1943 – 2008
Harley A. Wilhelm
1900 – 1995
Harry Gallatin
1927 – 2015
Heinrich Hlasiwetz
1825 – 1875
Helen Vinson
1907 – 1999
Henry Cadbury
1883 – 1974
Henry Channon
1897 – 1958
Henry Clapp Sherman
1875 – 1955
Henry Gunderson
1878 – 1940
Henry McBride
1856 – 1937
Henry Mills Alden
1836 – 1919
Honoré Beaugrand
1848 – 1906
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