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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
1938
Tunç Başaran, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1950
Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
1950
Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician
1955
Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
1976
Richard Oakes, English guitarist and songwriter (Suede)
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October 2
1917
Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1929
Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (d. 1996)
1956
Freddie Jackson, American singer and pianist
1970
Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian soprano and producer
1974
Matthew Nicholson, Australian cricketer
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October 3
1940
Sheila Fearn, English actress
1965
Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch swimmer
1968
Paul Crichton, English footballer and manager
1978
Aminishiki Ryūji, Japanese sumo wrestler
1981
Seth Gabel, American actor
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October 4
1876
Hugh McCrae, Australian actor and author (d. 1958)
1928
Alvin Toffler, German-American journalist and author
1936
Giles Radice, Baron Radice, English politician
1957
Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass player and songwriter (Dance with a Stranger) (d. 2013)
1978
Phillip Glasser, American actor and producer
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October 5
1905
John Hoyt, American actor (d. 1991)
1931
Rosalie Gower, Canadian nurse and politician (d. 2013)
1940
Rein Aun, Estonian decathlete and coach (d. 1995)
1942
Richard Street, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations and The Monitors) (d. 2013)
1960
Careca, Brazilian footballer
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October 6
1886
Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
1897
Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (d. 1991)
1936
Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist (d. 2013)
1970
Amy Jo Johnson, American actress, singer, and gymnast
1973
Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer and manager
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October 7
1920
Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
1923
Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
1938
Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster
1938
Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer, actor, and poet (d. 1992)
1961
Matthew Roloff, American farmer and author
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October 8
1883
Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1934
James Holshouser, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2013)
1939
Lynne Stewart, American lawyer
1960
Lorenzo Milá, Spanish journalist and actor
1983
Michael Fraser, Scottish footballer
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October 9
1581
Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician, poet, and scholar (d. 1638)
1586
Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (d. 1632)
1873
Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916)
1965
Jimbo Fisher, American football player and coach
1980
Henrik Zetterberg, Swedish ice hockey player
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October 10
1884
Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (d. 1958)
1909
Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (d. 2010)
1980
Tim Maurer, American singer-songwriter (Suburban Legends)
1986
Ellen Andrea Wang, Norwegian bassist and composer
1991
Kim Seul-gie, South Korean actress
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October 11
1930
Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician
1943
Ilmar Reepalu, Swedish lawyer and politician
1965
Alexander Hacke, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Einstürzende Neubauten)
1968
Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer
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October 12
1946
Susan Saegert, American psychologist and academic
1947
George Lam, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
1952
Roger Heath-Brown, English mathematician and theorist
1960
Carlo Perrone, Italian footballer and manager
1981
Sun Tiantian, Chinese tennis player
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October 13
1713
Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (d. 1784)
1933
Raynald Fréchette, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2007)
1940
Chris Farlowe, English singer (Colosseum and Atomic Rooster)
1956
Joseph Toal, Scottish bishop
1971
Luis Tosar, Spanish actor, singer, and producer
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October 14
1824
Adolphe Monticelli, French painter (d. 1886)
1967
Stephen A. Smith, American sportscaster and actor
1976
Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lankan cricketer
1977
Tina Dico, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1988
Glenn Maxwell, Australian cricketer
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October 15
1814
Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author, poet, and painter (d. 1841)
1934
N. Ramani, Indian flute player (d. 2015)
1938
Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993)
1974
Ömer Çatkıç, Turkish footballer
1976
Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player
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October 16
1888
Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
1952
Christopher Cox, American lawyer and politician
1952
Cordell Mosson, American bass player (Parliament-Funkadelic) (d. 2013)
1956
Meg Rosoff, American-English author
1979
Erin Brown, American actress, director, and screenwriter
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October 17
1940
Jim Smith, English footballer and manager
1946
Ronni Chasen, American publicist (d. 2010)
1969
Ernie Els, South African golfer and sportscaster
1983
Milica Brozovic, Serbian-Russian figure skater
1990
Bianca Bree, Belgian-American actress and producer
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October 18
1919
Pierre Trudeau, Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2000)
1939
Jan Erik Vold, Norwegian poet, author, and translator
1949
Gary Richrath, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (REO Speedwagon) (d. 2015)
1950
Om Puri, Indian actor and singer
1976
Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
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October 19
1895
Lewis Mumford, American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1990)
1910
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1923
Baby Dalupan, Filipino basketball player and coach
1930
Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist
1934
Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian general and politician, 3rd Head of State of Nigeria
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October 20
1952
Derek Ridgers, English photographer and art director
1967
Kevin Walters, Australian rugby league player and coach
1967
Luigi Lo Cascio, Italian actor
1972
Will Greenwood, English rugby player and sportscaster
1983
Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian footballer
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October 21
1952
Trevor Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach
1957
Julian Cope, English singer-songwriter (The Teardrop Explodes, Crucial Three, Black Sheep, Brain Donor, and Queen Elizabeth)
1971
Paul Telfer, Scottish footballer and coach
1983
Andy Marte, Dominican baseball player
1986
Almen Abdi, Swiss footballer
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October 22
1701
Maria Amalia of Austria (d. 1756)
1913
Tamara Desni, German-French actress and singer (d. 2008)
1970
Winston Bogarde, Dutch footballer
1980
Niall Breslin, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and footballer (The Blizzards)
1986
Akihiro Sato, Japanese footballer
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October 23
1870
Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop (d. 1948)
1905
Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (d. 2003)
1923
Aslam Farrukhi, Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar
1942
Michael Crichton, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1976
Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor and producer
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October 24
1905
Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (d. 1988)
1932
Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008)
1936
David Nelson, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2011)
1950
Rawly Eastwick, American baseball player
1963
Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
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October 25
1800
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English poet, historian, and politician, Secretary at War (d. 1859)
1881
Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
1935
Rusty Schweickart, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut
1940
Jimmy Herman, Canadian actor (d. 2013)
1992
Kamie Crawford, American model and actress, Miss Teen USA 2010
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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)
1916
Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (d. 1942)
1919
Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (d. 2010)
1972
Matsuko Deluxe, Japanese journalist and author
1974
Raveena Tandon, Indian actress and producer
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October 27
1877
George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1943)
1894
Fritz Sauckel, German sailor and politician (d. 1946)
1914
Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and playwright (d. 1953)
1955
Debra Bowen, American lawyer and politician, 31st Secretary of State of California
1970
Felix Bwalya, Zambian boxer (d. 1997)
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October 28
1913
Douglas Seale, English-American actor and singer (d. 1999)
1914
Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1930
Bernie Ecclestone, English businessman
1968
Caitlin Cary, American singer and violinist (Whiskeytown)
1979
Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (Blaque) (d. 2012)
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October 29
1808
Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer (d. 1873)
1897
Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1945)
1941
George Davies, English fashion designer
1948
Kate Jackson, American actress, director, and producer
1993
Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player
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October 30
1888
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek high jumper (d. 1913)
1939
Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1968
Emmanuelle Claret, French biathlete (d. 2013)
1970
Maja Tatić, Serbian singer
1984
Isaac Ross, New Zealand rugby player
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October 31
1840
Franz Müller, German tailor and murderer (d. 1864)
1920
Dick Francis, Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author (d. 2010)
1954
Mari Okamoto, Japanese actress and voice actress
1960
Mike Gallego, American baseball player and coach
1978
Inka Grings, German footballer
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