Halloween Birthdays

Have you ever wondered if anyone interesting was born on Halloween? There are more people who have Halloween birthdays than you might have imagined…

Jan Vermeer – 1632

Jan Vermeer was a Dutch painter known for his middle class domestic scenes. Largely ignored for almost two hundred years, experts today only recognize thirty-five paintings as being truly Vermeers, including the famous “Girl with a Pearl Earring.”

John Keats – 1795

John Keats, an English Romantic poet, is known today for poems such as Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to a Nightingale. Keats died at the age of 25 of tuberculosis, a disease that had also taken his mother and one of his brothers.

Juliette Gordon Low – 1860

An eccentric charmer, Juliette Gordon Low was born in Savannah, Georgia. Low was active in the arts and in the Spanish-American War effort. In 1911, she met Sir Robert Baden Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in England. In 1912, Low brought the movement to the United States, ultimately founding the Girl Scouts of America.

Dale Evans – 1912

Born Frances Octavia Smith, Dale Evans was a big band singer, actress, songwriter, author, and wife of Roy Rogers. Called the “Queen of Cowgirls,” Evans was inducted into the National Cowgirls Museum and Hall of Fame in 1995.

Terrence W. Wilcutt – 1949

Terrence W. Wilcutt, born in Russellville Kentucky, became a test pilot after teaching math in high school and then joining the Marine Corps. After becoming an austronaut, Wilcutt piloted two space shuttle missions, and then commanded missions to the Mir Space Station and to the International Space Station.

John Candy – 1950

Comedian and actor John Candy delighted audiences in films including “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,” “Cool Runnings,” and “Uncle Buck.” Candy’s life was cut short by a heart attach in 1994.

Adam Horovitz – 1966

Adam Horovitz is one of the members of the Beastie Boys. Horovitz plays the guitar, the bass, the sitar, and the keyboards. He also produces records and acts.

Laura Evans is an Antique Dealer specializing in California Pottery. She is also a freelance writer and a tutor. She spends the small amount of free time that she has with her husband, two dogs, and four cats. Visit her at Family Fun Adventures in the Southwestern United States