This Week's Birthdays - Week of October 10

October 10, 1863 – Louis Cyr, baptised Noé-Cyprien Cyr was a famous Canadian strongman.

October 11, 1965 – Nicola Zingaretti , is an Italian politician, president of the Province of Rome and erstwhile Member of the European Parliament for the Centre with the Democrats of the Left (DS), part of the Socialist Group, and used to sit on the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs.

October 12, 1968 – Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor and producer who is involved in film, musical theatre, and television.

October 13, 1925 – Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS is a retired British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990.

October 14, 1932 – Wolf Vostell was a German painter, sculptor and Happening artist of the second half of the 20th century.

October 15, 1942 – Penny Marshall, American actress and film director

October 16, 1758 – Noah Webster, American lexicographer (d. 1843)