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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
Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter (d. 1884)
1942
Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French race car driver and engineer
1976
Denis Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
1976
Nasir al-Wuhayshi, Yemeni terrorist (d. 2015)
1978
Joe Keith, English footballer
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October 2
1470
Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)
1954
Lorraine Bracco, American actress and producer
1964
Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
1971
Jim Root, American guitarist and songwriter (Slipknot and Stone Sour)
1974
Adel Ferdosipour, Iranian journalist and sportscaster
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October 3
1934
Koo Nimo, Ghanaian singer and guitarist
1936
Steve Reich, American composer
1938
Jack Hodgins, Canadian author and academic
1979
John Morrison, American wrestler and actor
1983
Fred, Brazilian footballer
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October 4
1626
Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (d. 1712)
1835
Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (d. 1921)
1945
Clifton Davis, American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister
1979
Brandon Barash, American actor
1980
James Jones, American basketball player
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October 5
1939
A. R. Penck, German painter and sculptor
1952
Clive Barker, English author, director, producer, and screenwriter
1955
John Alexander, English footballer
1975
Bobo Baldé, French-Guinean footballer
1988
Benny Howell, English cricketer
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October 6
1459
Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
1915
Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (d. 2007)
1939
Jack Cullen, American baseball player
1948
Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer (Theoretical Girls)
1962
David Baker, American biologist and academic
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October 7
1904
Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach (d. 1968)
1949
Kieran Kane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The O'Kanes)
1959
Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician
1974
Allison Munn, American actress
1975
Kaspars Znotiņš, Latvian actor
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October 8
1715
Michel Benoist, French scientist and missionary (d. 1774)
1789
William John Swainson, English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1855)
1965
Harri Koskela, Finnish wrestler
1978
Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer
1985
Elliphant, Swedish singer
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October 9
1909
Donald Coggan, English archbishop (d. 2000)
1918
Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2013)
1942
Michael Palmer, American physician and author (d. 2013)
1962
Ōnokuni Yasushi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 62nd Yokozuna
1972
Kōki Miyata, Japanese voice actor
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October 10
1834
Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (d. 1872)
1969
Brett Favre, American football player
1969
Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1983
Tolga Zengin, Turkish footballer
1985
Dominique Cornu, Belgian cyclist
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October 11
1925
Elmore Leonard, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1941
Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (Art Ensemble of Chicago) (d. 1999)
1979
Reiko Takagaki, Japanese model and actress
1982
Liz Cantor, Australian surfer and journalist
1988
Rika Izumi, Japanese model, actress, and singer
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October 12
1855
Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (d. 1922)
1950
Dave Freudenthal, American economist and politician, 31st Governor of Wyoming
1952
Béla Csécsei, Hungarian educator and politician (d. 2012)
1975
Marion Jones, American basketball player and runner
1992
Cüneyt Köz, German footballer
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October 13
1821
Rudolf Virchow, German physician, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)
1905
Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1911
Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (d. 2001)
1926
Killer Kowalski, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2008)
1950
Simon Nicol, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fairport Convention and The Albion Band)
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October 14
1909
Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
1923
Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (d. 2014)
1942
Suzzanna, Indonesian actress (d. 2008)
1948
Norman Ornstein, American political scientist and scholar
1960
Zbigniew Kruszyński, Polish footballer and coach
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October 15
1926
Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (d. 1984)
1935
Dick McTaggart, Scottish boxer
1936
Michel Aumont, French actor
1938
Robert Ward, American guitarist and songwriter (Ohio Players) (d. 2008)
1989
Anthony Joshua, English boxer
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October 16
1869
Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author (d. 1930)
1922
Max Bygraves, English-Australian actor and singer (d. 2012)
1934
Peter Ashdown, English race car driver
1981
Caterina Scorsone, Canadian actress
1992
Rika Adachi, Japanese model and actress
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October 17
1813
Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (d. 1837)
1921
Tom Poston, American actor (d. 2007)
1922
Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (d. 2012)
1934
Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (d. 2005)
1963
Sergio Goycochea, Argentinian footballer and journalist
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October 18
1898
Lotte Lenya, Austrian-American singer and actress (d. 1981)
1940
Cynthia Weil, American songwriter
1968
Michael Stich, German tennis player and sportscaster
1978
Jaime Koeppe, Canadian model and wrestler
1981
Greg Warren, American football player
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October 19
1923
Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (d. 2013)
1927
Stephen Keynes, English businessman
1949
Jamie McGrigor, English-Scottish politician
1959
Martin Kusch, German philosopher and academic
1963
Kool Keith, American rapper and producer (Ultramagnetic MCs, Analog Brothers, and Masters of Illusion)
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October 20
1920
Nick Cardy, American illustrator (d. 2013)
1928
Michael O'Donnell, English physician, author, and journalist
1961
Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
1985
Dominic McGuire, American basketball player
1988
Ma Long, Chinese table tennis player
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October 21
1942
Allan Grice, Australian race car driver and politician
1949
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
1979
Khalil Greene, American baseball player
1986
Chibuzor Chilaka, Nigerian footballer
1989
Mads Dahm, Norwegian footballer
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October 22
1818
Leconte de Lisle, French poet and author (d. 1894)
1870
Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
1946
Richard McGonagle, American actor
1956
Frank DiPino, American baseball player and coach
1972
D'Lo Brown, American wrestler and accountant
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October 23
1762
Samuel Morey, American engineer (d. 1843)
1894
Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer and academic (d. 1975)
1954
Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1983
Sayaka Isoyama, Japanese model and actress
1986
Jake Robinson, English footballer
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October 24
1857
Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
1954
Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
1961
Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
1980
Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
1985
Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer
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October 25
1806
Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (d. 1856)
1948
Dan Issel, American basketball player and coach
1970
Ed Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Barenaked Ladies and Yukon Kornelius)
1984
Iván Ramis, Spanish footballer
1988
Shane Edwards, Australian footballer
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October 26
1860
Frank Eaton, American marshal and author (d. 1958)
1916
François Mitterrand, French lawyer and politician, 21st President of France (d. 1996)
1948
Toby Harrah, American baseball player and coach
1949
Kevin Sullivan, American wrestler and booker
1956
Stephen Gumley, Australian engineer and businessman
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October 27
1910
Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1963)
1917
Augustine Harris, English bishop (d. 2007)
1946
Ivan Reitman, Czech-Canadian actor, director, and producer
1950
Fran Lebowitz, American author and actress
1960
Vangelis Trigas, Greek bouzouki player
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October 28
1017
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056)
1718
Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer (d. 1793)
1864
Adolfo Camarillo, American-Mexican rancher and philanthropist (d. 1958)
1880
Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1940)
1957
Ahmet Kaya, Turkish Folk Music and Original Music artist singer and composer (d. 2000)
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October 29
1880
Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960)
1929
Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2015)
1930
Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer (Cuarteto d'Aida and Buena Vista Social Club)
1955
Roger O'Donnell, English keyboard player (The Cure and Thompson Twins)
1983
Maurice Clarett, American football player
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October 30
1624
Paul Pellisson, French historian and author (d. 1693)
1926
Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver (d. 2010)
1936
Dick Vermeil, American football player and coach
1963
Andrew Solomon, American-English journalist and author
1964
Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi journalist and author
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October 31
1847
Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (d. 1897)
1944
Sally Kirkland, American actress and producer
1960
Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Puerto Rico
1964
Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer and manager
1967
Buddy Lazier, American race car driver
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