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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
1896
Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1937)
1950
Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician
1962
Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and manager (d. 2015)
1969
Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1987
Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer
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October 2
1925
Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1933
Dave Somerville, Canadian singer and actor (The Diamonds) (d. 2015)
1941
Diana Hendry, English poet and author
1945
Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957
John Cook, American golfer
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October 3
1932
Karl-Hans Kern, German politician (d. 2014)
1938
Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer
1971
Wil Cordero, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1977
Shazia Mirza, English comedian, actress, and journalist
1994
Charlie Wernham, English comedian and actor
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October 4
1880
Damon Runyon, American author and playwright (d. 1946)
1924
Donald J. Sobol, American soldier and author (d. 2012)
1936
Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer and manager
1956
Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor
1989
Stacey Solomon, English singer
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October 5
1917
Allen Ludden, American journalist and game show host (d. 1981)
1958
André Kuipers, Dutch physician and astronaut
1962
Thomas Herbst, German footballer and manager
1963
Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater
1974
Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player
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October 6
1915
Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (d. 2007)
1923
Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (d. 2015)
1943
Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
1959
Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler
1982
Hideki Mutoh, Japanese race car driver
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October 7
1910
Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1986)
1930
Curtis Crider, American race car driver (d. 2012)
1936
Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1975
Tim Minchin, English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
1977
Brandon Quinn, American actor
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October 8
1901
Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia (d. 2000)
1931
Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer (d. 2004)
1964
Igor Jijikine, Russian actor
1970
Sadiq Khan, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport
1993
Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player
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October 9
1586
Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (d. 1632)
1873
Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens (d. 1939)
1957
Don Garber, American businessman
1961
Ellen Wheeler, American actress, director, and producer
1970
Kenny Anderson, American basketball player and coach
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October 10
1825
Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (d. 1904)
1903
Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1969)
1914
Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman (d. 2005)
1917
Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
1928
Sheila Walsh, English author (d. 2009)
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October 11
1885
François Mauriac, French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1926
Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet
1929
Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress
1937
R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic
1960
Randy Breuer, American basketball player
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October 12
1935
Shivraj Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence
1955
Ante Gotovina, Croatian general
1962
Mads Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
1968
Mark Donovan, Welsh actor
1973
Lesli Brea, Dominican baseball player
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October 13
1926
Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (d. 2013)
1947
Alan Wakeman, English saxophonist and clarinet player (Soft Machine)
1952
John Lone, Hong Kong-American actor
1967
Scott Cooper, American baseball player
1971
Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
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October 14
1609
Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (d. 1689)
1869
Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, English art dealer (d. 1939)
1952
Nikolai Andrianov, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2011)
1974
Natalie Maines, American singer-songwriter (Dixie Chicks)
1978
Usher, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
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October 15
1887
Frederick Fleet, English sailor (d. 1965)
1926
Agustín García Calvo, Spanish philosopher and poet (d. 2012)
1937
Biff Rose, American singer-songwriter and comedian
1961
Vyacheslav Butusov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nautilus Pompilius)
1982
Yōko Maki, Japanese actress
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October 16
1840
Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1900)
1936
Mladen Koščak, Croatian footballer (d. 1997)
1969
Takao Omori, Japanese wrestler
1975
Christophe Maé, French singer
1976
Ryan Fitzgerald, Australian footballer and radio host
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October 17
1577
Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
1720
Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1795)
1914
Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator (d. 1996)
1947
Simi Garewal, Indian actress and director
1983
Mitch Talbot, American baseball player
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October 18
1897
Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author (d. 1980)
1898
Lotte Lenya, Austrian-American singer and actress (d. 1981)
1934
Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian-American actor (d. 2007)
1955
Rita Verdonk, Dutch journalist and politician, Dutch Minister of Justice
1962
Vincent Spano, American actor, director, and producer
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October 19
1882
Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1916)
1913
Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1980)
1960
Susan Straight, American author and academic
1966
Roger Cross, Jamaican-Canadian actor
1977
Louis-José Houde, Canadian comedian and actor
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October 20
1920
Fanny de Sivers, Estonian-French linguist and academic (d. 2011)
1954
Steve Orich, American composer and conductor
1959
Ole Hamre, Norwegian drummer, composer, and producer (Fliflet/Hamre)
1977
Erko Saviauk, Estonian footballer
1989
Jess Glynne, English singer-songwriter
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October 21
1687
Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (d. 1759)
1762
Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1818)
1942
Allan Grice, Australian race car driver and politician
1970
Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor and singer
1983
Charlotte Sullivan, Canadian actress
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October 22
1893
Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1985)
1913
Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1997)
1934
Donald McIntyre, New Zealand opera singer
1966
Valeria Golino, Italian actress, singer, and producer
1982
Heath Miller, American football player
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October 23
1790
Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator (d. 1860)
1949
Nick Tosches, American journalist, author, and poet
1966
Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver and cyclist
1970
Steve Wilder, American actor
1974
Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
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October 24
1920
Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
1946
Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf and The Sparrows) (d. 1993)
1949
John Markoff, American journalist and author
1956
David Stergakos, American-Greek basketball player
1959
Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (The Birthday Party and These Immortal Souls) (d. 2009)
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October 25
1889
Abel Gance, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
1923
Don Banks, Australian composer and educator (d. 1980)
1931
Annie Girardot, French actress and singer (d. 2011)
1963
Dominic Dromgoole, English director, playwright, and critic
1979
Ivana Sert, Serbian-Turkish model and fashion designer
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October 26
1794
Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (d. 1881)
1874
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art (d. 1948)
1902
Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (d. 1994)
1970
Dian Bachar, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1989
Emil Sayfutdinov, Russian motorcycle racer
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October 27
1806
Juan Seguín, American colonel, judge, and politician, 101st Mayor of San Antonio (d. 1890)
1946
Ivan Reitman, Czech-Canadian actor, director, and producer
1949
Garry Tallent, American bass player and producer (E Street Band)
1971
Jorge Soto, Peruvian footballer
1987
Thelma Aoyama, Japanese singer
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October 28
1909
Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1992)
1928
William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
1929
Joan Plowright, English actress
1941
Hank Marvin, English singer and guitarist (The Shadows)
1979
Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (Blaque) (d. 2012)
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October 29
1910
A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author (d. 1989)
1913
Al Suomi, American ice hockey player (d. 2014)
1935
Michael Jayston, English actor
1981
Amanda Beard, American swimmer
1983
Dana Eveland, American baseball player
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October 30
1882
Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player and composer (d. 1957)
1923
Gloria Oden, American poet and academic
1924
John P. Craven, American scientist (d. 2015)
1958
Joe Delaney, American football player (d. 1983)
1961
Scott Garrelts, American baseball player
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October 31
1888
Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet and author (d. 1944)
1966
Joseph Boyden, Canadian-American author and academic
1970
Steve Trachsel, American baseball player
1981
Lollie Alexi Devereaux, French-Canadian actress, singer, and dancer
1983
Sitashma Chand, Nepalese model, Miss Nepal 2007
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