Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 31

Births

 * 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

 * 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)