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Famous October Birthdays
The following 7,456 famous people including celebrities were born in the month of October. A random sample was chosen for each day. Click the after the name to explore the birth date info. You might also want to browse the filtered celebrity birthdays in October.
Zodiac signs for October are Libra ♎ and Scorpio ♏. The modern birthstone for October is Opal while the mystical gemstone (based on Tibetan origin) is Jasper.
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October 1
1832
Caroline Harrison, American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States (d. 1892)
1922
Chen-Ning Yang, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1924
Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)
1975
Didem Erol, Australian-American model and actress
1987
Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
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October 2
1946
Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (d. 1985)
1960
Joe Sacco, American journalist and cartoonist
1962
El Dandy, Mexican wrestler
1962
Jeff Bennett, American voice actor and singer
1978
Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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October 3
1954
Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Double Trouble) (d. 1990)
1968
Marko Rajamäki, Finnish footballer and manager
1976
Herman Li, Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer (DragonForce and Demoniac)
1982
Erik von Detten, American actor
1987
Robert Grabarz, English high jumper
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October 4
1895
Richard Sorge, German journalist and spy (d. 1944)
1942
Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
1983
Chansi Stuckey, American football player
1985
Shontelle, Barbadian singer-songwriter
1989
Rich Homie Quan, American rapper
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October 5
1939
Marie Laforêt, French-Swiss singer and actress
1965
Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
1966
Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker player and referee
1983
Florian Mayer, German tennis player
1988
Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host
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October 6
1900
Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (d. 1934)
1967
Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer
1970
Amy Jo Johnson, American actress, singer, and gymnast
1976
Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
1980
Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist (d. 2013)
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October 7
1860
Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (d. 1936)
1888
Henry A. Wallace, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
1964
Paul Stewart, English footballer
1974
Rune Glifberg, Danish skateboarder
1986
Chase Daniel, American football player
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October 8
1910
Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (d. 2006)
1917
Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1940
Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1983
Abhishek Nayar, Indian cricketer
1986
Michele Sepe, Italian rugby player
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October 9
1858
Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (d. 1935)
1952
Dennis Stratton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Iron Maiden and Lionheart)
1952
Sharon Osbourne, English television host and manager
1976
Lee Peacock, Scottish footballer and coach
1983
Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
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October 10
1902
K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist (d. 1997)
1911
Clare Hollingworth, English journalist and author
1952
Dela Smith, English educator
1953
Aleksander Veingold, Estonian chess player and coach
1959
Bradley Whitford, American actor and producer
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October 11
1679
Christian Vater, German organ builder (d. 1756)
1890
A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1978)
1919
Jean Vander Pyl, American actress (d. 1999)
1955
Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster
1985
Álvaro Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
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October 12
1350
Dmitry Donskoy, Russian son of Ivan II of Moscow (d. 1389)
1868
August Horch, German engineer and businessman, founded Audi (d. 1951)
1969
José Valentín, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1988
Sam Whitelock, New Zealand rugby player
1995
Claudio Encarnacion Montero, English actor
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October 13
1915
Terry Frost, English painter and academic (d. 2003)
1926
Ray Brown, American bassist and cellist (d. 2002)
1964
Marco Travaglio, Italian journalist and author
1979
Mamadou Niang, Senegalese footballer
1994
Hinako Sano, Japanese actress and model
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October 14
1873
Jules Rimet, French businessman (d. 1954)
1947
Norman Harris, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (MFSB) (d. 1987)
1948
David Ruprecht, American game show host and actor
1977
Joey Didulica, Australian-Croatian footballer and manager
1980
Ben Whishaw, English actor
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October 15
1945
Neophyte of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch
1946
Stewart Stevenson, Scottish engineer and politician, Minister for Environment and Climate Change
1954
Jere Burns, American actor
1994
Stephen Arthurworrey, English footballer
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October 16
1396
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (d. 1450)
1897
Louis de Cazenave, French soldier (d. 2008)
1954
Lorenzo Carcaterra, American author and blogger
1975
Brynjar Gunnarsson, Icelandic footballer
1986
Derk Boerrigter, Dutch footballer
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October 17
1688
Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer (d. 1726)
1923
Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (d. 2001)
1950
Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996)
1978
Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress
1979
Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist (Stream of Passion and Elfonía)
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October 18
1897
Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author (d. 1980)
1927
George C. Scott, American actor and director (d. 1999)
1928
Keith Jackson, American sportscaster and actor
1959
Tatyana Kolpakova, Kyrgyzstani long jumper and coach
1974
Noboru Kaneko, Japanese actor
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October 19
1720
John Woolman, American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (d. 1772)
1910
Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (d. 1980)
1931
Ed Emberley, American author and illustrator
1940
Rosny Smarth, Haitian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Haiti
1954
Deborah Blum, American journalist and author
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October 20
1858
John Burns, English union leader and politician, President of the Board of Trade (d. 1943)
1910
Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright (d. 2013)
1946
Diana Gittins, American-English sociologist, author, and academic
1955
David Profumo, English author and academic
1976
Nicola Legrottaglie, Italian footballer and manager
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October 21
1650
Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)
1933
Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, and playwright
1940
Manfred Mann, South African-English keyboard player and producer (Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, and Manfred Mann Chapter Three)
1968
Alexandros Alexandris, Greek footballer and manager
1972
Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Fiery Furnaces)
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October 22
1865
Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (d. 1943)
1912
Peer Guldbrandsen, Danish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1925
Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
1966
Valeria Golino, Italian actress, singer, and producer
1985
Hadise, Belgian-Turkish singer-songwriter and dancer
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October 23
1796
Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician (d. 1857)
1946
Miklós Németh, Hungarian javelin thrower
1975
Jessicka, American singer-songwriter (Jack Off Jill and Scarling.)
1978
John Lackey, American baseball player
1985
Masiela Lusha, Albanian-American actress and poet
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October 24
1910
Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (d. 1998)
1943
Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach
1948
Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
1963
Giselle Laronde, Trinidadian model, Miss World 1986
1970
Natassa Theodoridou, Greek singer
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October 25
1940
Bob Knight, American basketball player and coach
1945
Peter Ledger, Australian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1994)
1970
Adam Pascal, American actor and singer
1970
Ed Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Barenaked Ladies and Yukon Kornelius)
1985
Daniele Padelli, Italian footballer
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October 26
1933
Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1940
John Horgan, Irish academic and politician
1945
Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author
1957
Bob Golic, American football player and radio host
1971
Audley Harrison, English boxer
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October 27
1894
Fritz Sauckel, German sailor and politician (d. 1946)
1943
Jerry Rook, American basketball player and coach
1966
Kit Malthouse, English accountant and politician
1981
Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress
1987
Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player
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October 28
1897
Edith Head, American costume designer (d. 1981)
1914
Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1938
Dave Budd, American basketball player
1955
Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman
1974
Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager
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October 29
1899
Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor (d. 1972)
1950
Bronwen Mantel, Canadian actress
1972
Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founded Livedoor
1973
Robert Pirès, French footballer
1998
Lance Stroll, Canadian race car driver
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October 30
1751
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (d. 1816)
1945
Henry Winkler, American actor, director, and producer
1971
Fredi Bobic, Slovenian-German footballer and manager
1973
Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and journalist
1978
Matthew Morrison, American singer-songwriter and actor
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October 31
1835
Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
1946
Norman Lovett, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1956
Anders Lago, Swedish politician
1981
Selina Jen, Taiwanese singer and actress (S.H.E)
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