Celebrity Birthdays, October 26th

Actor Dylan McDermott attends a screening of 'An Education' hosted by The Cinema Society and Dior Beauty at the Crosby Street Hotel on October 7, 2009 in New York City. (Stephen Lovekin, Getty Images)

Celebrity Birthdays, Past & Present, October 26th (b. followed by date means celebrity is now deceased)

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, composer and harpsichordist, b.1685

Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader, b.1759

Leon Trotsky, Russian Communist leader, b.1879

Francois Mitterand, French president, b.1916

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, b.1919

Bob Hoskins, English actor, 67

Pat Sajak, American game-show host, 63

Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State, 62

Jaclyn Smith, American actress and star of Charlie's Angels, 62

Bootsy Collins, American musician, 58

Rita Wilson, American actress and wife of Tom Hanks, 53

Dylan McDermott, American actor, 48

Cary Elwes, British actor, 47

Ted Demme, American director and producer, b.1963