Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950) U.S. humanitarian activist, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize – Banning Landmines: Disarmament, Citizen Diplomacy, and Human Security (2008)
Ivo Andric (born October 9, 1892) Yugoslav (Croatian) novelist, 1961 literature Nobel Prize winner – The Bridge on the Drina (1945)
Georgi Tenev (born October 9, 1969) Bulgarian novelist – Party Headquarters (2007)
Read more about Georgi Tenev here
Read a review of Tenev's novel Party Headquarters
Read Tenev's short story "Returning to the Hague" here
A discussion about Europe, Georgi Tenev at minute 12:20 here