7 October is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of the year. On this day was born in the year: 13 BC – Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (d. AD 23) 1471 – Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533) 1573 – William Laud, English archbishop (d. 1645) 1746 – William Billings, American composer (d. 1800) 1748 – Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818) 1798 – Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman (d. 1875) 1832 – Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer (d. 1918) 1835 – Felix Draeseke, German composer (d. 1913) 1841 – Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921) 1849 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (d. 1916) 1866 – Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942) 1870 – Uncle Dave Macon, American singer-songwriter, banjo player, and comedian (d. 1952) 1885 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) 1885 – Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1948) 1888 – Henry A. Wallace, American politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965) 1889 – Robert Z. Leonard, American film director, actor, producer and screenwriter (d. 1968) 1892 – Dwain Esper, American director and producer (d. 1982) 1893 – Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (d. 1979) 1895 – Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (d. 1980) 1897 – Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (d. 1975) 1905 – Andy Devine, American actor and singer (d. 1977) 1910 – Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986) 1911 – Jo Jones, American drummer (d. 1985) 1911 – Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1973) 1913 – Raimond Valgre, Estonian composer (d. 1949) 1914 – Begum Akhtar, Indian singer (d. 1974) 1914 – Sarah Churchill, English actress and dancer (d. 1982) 1914 – Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (d. 1992) 1917 – June Allyson, American actress and singer (d. 2006) 1919 – Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2011) 1923 – Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator and director (d. 2012) 1923 – Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 2002) 1926 – Diana Lynn, American actress and singer (d. 1971) 1927 – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (d. 1989) 1927 – Al Martino, American singer and actor (d. 2009) 1931 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate 1936 – Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor 1937 – Christopher Booker, English journalist and author 1938 – Yvonne Brewster, Jamaican theatre director 1938 – Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer, actor, and poet (d. 1992) 1939 – Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal 1944 – Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1979)) 1945 – Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director (10cc, Hotlegs, Godley & Creme, Doctor Father, and The Magic Lanterns) 1945 – David Wallace, Scottish physicist 1946 – Bernard Lavilliers, French singer-songwriter and actor 1946 – Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author 1946 – Pengiran Anak Saleha, Bruneian wife of Hassanal Bolkiah 1948 – Diane Ackerman, American poet and author 1948 – John F. B. Mitchell, British climatologist 1948 – Stephen Rucker, American composer 1949 – Dave Hope, American bass player and priest (Kansas and AD) 1949 – Kieran Kane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The OKanes) 1950 – Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania 1951 – John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor 1953 – Tico Torres, American drummer (Bon Jovi) 1954 – Kenneth Atchley, American composer 1955 – Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist and author 1955 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist (Silk Road Project 1957 – Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor 1957 – Jayne Torvill, English figure skater 1959 – Simon Cowell, English businessman and producer, created The X Factor and Britains Got Talent 1960 – Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (Boøwy) 1960 – Viktor Lazlo, French-Belgian singer 1961 – Brian Mannix, Australian singer and actor (Uncanny X-Men) 1963 – Ann Curless, American singer (Exposé) 1964 – Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter 1966 – Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer 1967 – Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (The Braxtons) 1967 – Luke Haines, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Auteurs, The Servants, and Black Box Recorder) 1967 – Ellen ten Damme, Dutch actress and singer 1968 – Pippa Funnell, English equestrian 1968 – Ülo Voitka, Estonian activist 1968 – Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Radiohead and Atoms for Peace) 1969 – Bobbie Brown, American model and actress 1969 – Benny Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer 1971 – Daniel Boucher, Canadian singer and actor 1974 – Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer (Wizex and Anders Engbergs) 1974 – Alexander Polinsky, American actor and singer 1975 – Giorgos Karadimos, Greek musician 1975 – Damian Kulash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (OK Go and 8in8) 1976 – Taylor Hicks, American singer-songwriter and actor (Little Memphis Blues Orchestra) 1978 – Alison Balsom, English solo trumpet player 1978 – Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Mis-Teeq) 1980 – Edison Chen, Canadian-Hong Kong actor and singer 1982 – Jermain Defoe, English footballer 1982 – Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deerhunter) 1982 – Li Yundi, Chinese pianist 1983 – Archie Bland, English journalist and author 1983 – Dwayne Bravo, Trinidadian cricketer 1983 – Flying Lotus, American rapper and producer, founded Brainfeeder 1984 – Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer 1988 – Lauren Mayberry, Scottish musician 1990 – Park Sanghyun, Korean singer and dancer (MBLAQ) 1991 – Nicole Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Kara) 1991 – Zhang Yixing, Chinese singer and dancer (EXO-M) 1997 – Kira Kosarin, American actress and singer 2001 – Princess Senate Seeiso of Lesotho
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