10/24/1915 - 11/3/1998
American cartoonist; creator of Batman and Robin
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90 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
10/24/1632 - 8/26/1723
Dutch microbiologist

62 Alban Butler
10/24/1710 - 5/15/1773
English Roman Catholic priest and educator

90 Sarah Josepha Hale
10/24/1788 - 4/30/1879
Americam writer and magazine publisher

86 Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood
10/24/1830 - 5/19/1917
Americam attorney and social reformer

57 James Schoolcraft Sherman
10/24/1855 - 10/30/1912
American politician; U.S. vice president (1909-12)

93 Dame Sybil Thorndike
10/24/1882 - 6/9/1976
English actress

69 Rafael Trujillo
10/24/1891 - 5/30/1961
President of Dominican Republic (1930-61)

57 Moss Hart
10/24/1904 - 12/20/1961
American dramatist

Source: NY Times