Born on October 7
3 figures in our catalog were born on October 7, from the earliest to the most recent.
Desmond Tutu
1931 — 2021
South African Anglican archbishop and a leading figure in the non-violent struggle against apartheid. Winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, he chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission after the fall of the segregationist regime.
Catharine MacKinnon
1946 — ?
An American legal scholar and feminist theorist, Catharine MacKinnon is one of the most influential intellectuals of radical feminism. She theorized sexual harassment as a form of discrimination and helped establish its legal recognition in the United States.
Ha-Joon Chang
1963 — ?
Heterodox South Korean economist, professor at Cambridge and later at SOAS in London. A critic of dogmatic free-trade ideology, he champions the role of the state in economic development and highlights the place of protectionism in the history of industrialization among today's wealthy countries.
Only figures whose birth day is known for certain appear here. Dates are given as the sources record them.