Famous People Born on October 7

• Alexie, Sherman (1966)

  The author of 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian'

• Baraka, Amiri (1934)

  Author of the 1964 play Dutchman

• Bohr, Niels (1885)

  Danish atomic physicist who won 1922's Nobel Prize

• Chen, Edison (1980)

  The Infernal Affairs star caught in a sexy photo scandal

• Cowell, Simon (1959)

  The obnoxious judge on TV's American Idol

• Hicks, Taylor (1976)

  The "Soul Patrol" winner of American Idol 2006

• Himmler, Heinrich (1900)

  Hitler's head of the Gestapo during World War II

• Ma, Yo-Yo (1955)

  The Grammy-winning Franco-Chinese celebrity cellist

• McAdams, Rachel (1978)

  The star of the romantic movie The Notebook

• Muhammad, Elijah (1897)

  Nation of Islam leader, 1934-1975

• North, Oliver (1943)

  The unrepentant fall guy in the Iran-Contra scandal

• Putin, Vladimir (1952)

  President of the Russian Federation, 2000-2008 and 2012-present

• Rodney, Caesar (1728)

  The horseman on the Delaware quarter

• Tutu, Desmond (1931)

  The bishop who won a Nobel prize for opposing apartheid

• Wallace, Henry A. (1888)

  Vice President of the United States, 1941-45

See also: Died on October 7