Born this week
Monday October 6th, 2025
Eleanor Roosevelt
October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962
Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American politician, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, ...
John Lennon
October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980
God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
John Ono Lennon, MBE, born John Winston Lennon;, was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder ...
Denis Diderot
October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784
The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.
Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic and writer. He was a prominent figure during the Enlightenment and is best known for ...
Niels Bohr
October 7, 1885 – November 18, 1962
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, ...
Frank Herbert
October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986
How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became ...
Helen Hayes
October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993
Age is not important unless you're a cheese.
Helen Hayes MacArthur was an American actress whose career spanned almost 80 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the ...
Ray Kroc
October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984
We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it.
Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc was an American businessman of Czech origin. He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful ...
Le Corbusier
October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965
A house is a machine for living in.
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, who was better known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, ...
Jim Elliot
October 8, 1927 – January 8, 1956
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.
Philip James "Jim" Elliot was an evangelical Christian who was one of five missionaries killed while participating in Operation Auca, an ...
William Samuel Johnson
October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819
Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
William Samuel Johnson was an early American statesman who was notable for signing the United States Constitution, for representing ...
Lin Yutang
October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.
Lin Yutang was a Chinese writer, translator, linguist and inventor. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him ...
Jonathan Edwards
October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
Jonathan Edwards was a Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian. Edwards "is widely acknowledged to be America's most important and ...
Henry A. Wallace
October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965
It has been claimed at times that our modern age of technology facilitates dictatorship.
Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce. In the ...
James Whitcomb Riley
October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916
The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.
James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and ...
Jonathan Mayhew
October 8, 1720 – July 9, 1766
But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.
Jonathan Mayhew (October 8, 1720 - July 9, 1766) was a noted American minister at Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts. He is credited ...
Ivo Andric
October 9, 1892 – March 13, 1975
If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear.
Ivan "Ivo" Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt ...