By Carmenlita Castillo   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ellen Kathleen Pompeo (/pɒmˈpeɪoʊ/; born November 10, 1969) is an American actress. She has made multiple appearances on Forbes‘s year-end lists. Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, Pompeo moved to Miami and then New York City, where […]

By Carmenlita Castillo   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Nicole Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress. She is known for playing Tracy Turnblad in the film Hairspray (2007), for which she won two Critics’ Choice Awards and nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Blonsky has starred as Willamena Rader […]

By Carmenlita Castillo   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Alfre Woodard (/ˈælfri ˈwʊdərd/ AL-free WUUD-ərd; born November 8, 1952) is an American actress. Known for portraying strong-willed and dignified roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations […]

By Carmenlita Castillo   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Roberta Joan Mitchell CC (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her personal lyrics and unconventional compositions, which […]

By Carmenlita Castillo   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jeffrey Lee Probst (/proʊbst/; born November 4, 1961) is an American television presenter and producer and young adult fiction writer. He is best known as the Emmy Award–winning host of the American version of the reality television show Survivor since 2000. He was […]

By Carmenlita Castillo   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stage name k.d. lang (stylised in all lowercase), is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Lang has won Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances. Her hits include the songs “Constant Craving” and “Miss […]

By Clarice Burger   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His Olympic success, along with the achievements of other American runners, […]

By Chopper Cooper     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMOSN Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing; October 30, 1939) is an American painter and musician whose musical career spanned four decades. She was a prominent figure in San Francisco‘s psychedelic music scene during the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Initially performing with the Great […]

By Carmenlita Castillo   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS June Kathleen Lockhart (June 25, 1925 – October 23, 2025) was an American actress, beginning a film career in the 1930s and 1940s in films such as A Christmas Carol and Meet Me in St. Louis. She appeared primarily in 1950s and […]

By Clarice Burger   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981), also known by her married name Amanda Brown, is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist (two gold, four silver, one bronze). She is a former world record holder in the 200-meter breaststroke (long course). […]

By Clarice Burger   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937) is an American former professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been inducted three times into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, first in 1989 as a player, as a […]

By Clarice Burger     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. She is one of the best-selling music artists in history, having sold over 151 million records worldwide. Perry is known […]

By Clarice Burger   United Nations Day Today is noted as United Nations Day to mark the anniversary of the United Nations charter, which went into effect on October 24, 1945. Organizations and schoolchildren throughout the world mark this day with meetings, discussions, and exhibits […]

By Clarice Burger   FOR WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Alfred Matthew “Weird Al” Yankovic (/ˈjæŋkəvɪk/ ⓘ; born October 23, 1959) is an American comedy musician, writer, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing comedy songs that often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians. He also performs original songs that are style pastiches of the work […]

By Clarice Burger   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 22 October 1943), known professionally as Catherine Deneuve (UK: /dəˈnɜːv/, US: /dəˈnʊv/, French: [katʁin dənœv] ⓘ), is a French actress. She is considered one of the greatest European actresses on film. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her as one of the greatest actors of the […]

By Clarice Burger   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini (born October 21, 1995), known professionally as Doja Cat (/ˈdoʊdʒə/), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for her versatility, live performing skills, internet personality and stage presence, she is frequently referred to as […]

By Clarice Burger     FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Keith Hernandez (born October 20, 1953) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 17 seasons, most notably for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets. Hernandez was a five-time All-Star who shared the 1979 NL MVP award and won […]

By Clarice Burger   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Christopher Lee Kattan (/kəˈtæn/ kə-TAN; born October 19, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. After performing with numerous comedy troupes, including The Groundlings in Los Angeles, he broke through as a regular cast member on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (1996–2003). Following his […]

By Bianca Sierra   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar (5 March 1939 – 15 October 2025) was an English actress. After beginning her career in Shakespearean theatre she rose to fame for her performance in William Wyler‘s thriller The Collector (1965), which earned her […]

By Clarice Burger   FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Zachary David Alexander Efron (/ˈɛfrɒn/; born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. Efron began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence as a teen idol for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical film series (2006–2008). During this […]