October 7: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is October 7th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on October 7th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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October 7th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

October 7th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Henry Alford, Anglican scholar, Bible translator and hymnist ("Come, Ye Thankful People, Come") was born on October 7, 1810.

William Billings, American hymnist ("Easter Anthem" and "Rose of Sharon") was born on October 7, 1746. Billings has been called "The Father of American Choral Music."

American portrait painter (Portrait of Major Norton the Mohawk Chief Teyoninhokarawen and Portrait of Sir George Augustus Eliott Baron Heathfield) Mather Brown was born on October 7, 1831.

Charles Converse, American lawyer and hymnist ("What a Friend We Have in Jesus"), was born on October 7, 1832.

October 7th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Jayne Torvill, British figure skater (Torvill and Dean) and Olympic gold medalist (1984), was born on October 7, 1957.

Ludmila Tourischeva, Russian gymnast and Olympic gold medalist (1972), was born on October 7, 1952.

Billy Walsh, American soccer player and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on October 7, 1975.

October 7th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Everett LeRoi (Imamu Amiri Baraka) Jones, American playwright and author (Blues People: Negro Music in White America, Daggers and Javelins, Dutchman and The Slave, Funk Lore: New Poems, Home: Social Essays, It's Nation Time, Raise Race Rays Raize: Essays, Somebody Blew Up America, The System of Dante's Hell and Transbluesency), was born on October 7, 1934.