October 31st famous birthdays

Christopher Columbus (1450 - 1506)

Italian explorer

Willow Smith (17)

American actress and singer

Vanilla Ice (50)

American rapper and actor

John Candy (1949 - 1994)

Canadian actor and comedian

Piper Perabo (41)

American actress

Peter Jackson (56)

New Zealand director, screenwriter and producer

Jimmy Savile (1926 - 2011)

English DJ, TV and radio host

Rob Schneider (54)

American actor and comedian

Chiang Kai-shek (1887 - 1975)

Chinese politician and military leader

Michael Landon (1936 - 1991)

American actor

John Keats (1795 - 1821)

English poet

Dermot Mulroney (54)

American actor

Johnny Marr (54)

English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Nolan North (47)

American actor

Vanessa Marano (25)

American actress

Shirley Phelps-Roper (60)

American lawyer and activist

Justin Chatwin (35)

Canadian actor

Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675)

Flemish painter

Mike O'Malley (51)

American actor

Stephen Rea (71)

Irish actor

Vallabhbhai Patel (1875 - 1950)

Indian activist and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India

Bud Spencer (1929 - 2016)

Italian actor

Nick Saban (66)

American football coach

Brian Piccolo (1943 - 1970)

American football player

Samaire Armstrong (37)

American actress

Zaha Hadid (67)

Iraqi-English architect, designed the Bridge Pavilion

David Ogden Stiers (75)

American actor

Keith Jardine (42)

American mixed martial artist

Norodom Sihanouk (1922 - 2012)

Cambodian king and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia

Dan Rather (86)

American journalist

Marco van Basten (53)

Dutch footballer and manager

Eddie Kaye Thomas (37)

American actor

Michael Kitchen (69)

English actor and politician

Brian Doyle-Murray (72)

American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Frank Iero (36)

American musician

Ad-Rock (51)

American musician

Jeff Hanneman (53)

American guitarist and songwriter

Reza Pahlavi (57)

Iranian prince

Neal Stephenson (58)

American author

Barbara Bel Geddes (1922 - 2005)

American actress and author

Herman Van Rompuy (70)

Belgian politician

Pope Clement XIV (1705 - 1774)

Italian Franciscan friar and pope

Fabio Quagliarella (34)

Italian footballer

Deidre Hall (70)

American actress

Matt Dawson (45)

English rugby union player

Helmut Newton (1920 - 2004)

German photographer

Ethel Waters (1896 - 1977)

American singer and actress

Lee Grant (92)

American actress and director

Brooke Elliott (43)

Actress

Jane Pauley (67)

Journalist News reporter News anchor Television host

Dale Evans (1912 - 2001)

American singer-songwriter and actress

Simão Sabrosa (38)

Portuguese footballer