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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
1934
Geoff Stephens, English songwriter and producer
1949
Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (d. 2010)
1965
Cindy Margolis, American model and actress
1972
Leila Hatami, Iranian actress
1986
Justin Westhoff, Australian footballer
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October 2
1871
Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1906
August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (d. 1992)
1956
Charlie Adler, American voice actor and director
1957
John Cook, American golfer
1973
Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian comedian and singer
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October 3
1906
Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (d. 1997)
1908
Johnny Burke, American songwriter (d. 1964)
1960
Kevin Eldon, English actor and screenwriter
1980
Anquan Boldin, American football player
1986
Jackson Martínez, Colombian footballer
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October 4
1939
Ivan Mauger, New Zealand motorcycle racer
1948
Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Roomful of Blues)
1949
Marion Albert Pruett, American murderer (d. 1999)
1952
Jody Stephens, American drummer (Big Star and Golden Smog)
1983
Chansi Stuckey, American football player
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October 5
1922
Jim Godbolt, English historian and journalist (d. 2013)
1922
Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
1932
Neal Ascherson, Scottish journalist and author
1962
Caron Keating, English television host (d. 2004)
1978
Morgan Webb, Canadian-American television host and producer
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October 6
1887
Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (d. 1965)
1953
Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)
1974
Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1979
Lex Shrapnel, English actor
1989
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)
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October 7
1836
Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1911)
1909
Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (d. 1983)
1959
Dylan Baker, American actor
1960
Viktor Lazlo, French-Belgian singer
1980
Tim Cresswell, Hong Kong footballer
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October 8
1515
Margaret Douglas, English wife of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (d. 1578)
1877
Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter (d. 1968)
1907
Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (d. 1975)
1910
Gus Hall, American soldier and politician (d. 2000)
1984
Malcolm Shabazz, French-American criminal (d. 2013)
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October 9
1897
M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras State (d. 1987)
1934
Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer
1969
Christine Hough, Canadian-American figure skater and coach
1972
Sarah Vandenbergh, Australian actress
1979
Vernon Fox, American football player and coach
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October 10
1861
Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
1919
Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
1932
Harry Smith, English footballer
1938
Gloria Coates, American-German composer and painter
1960
Simon Townshend, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Casbah Club)
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October 11
1675
Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (d. 1729)
1872
Emily Davison, English educator and activist (d. 1913)
1885
François Mauriac, French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1961
Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster
1968
Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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October 12
1923
Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (d. 2015)
1935
Don Howe, English footballer and manager
1955
Joe Raiola, American comedian, journalist, and producer
1962
Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonian engineer and politician, 3rd President of the Republic of Macedonia
1982
Julie Kagawa, American author
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October 13
1825
Charles Frederick Worth, English fashion designer, founded House of Worth (d. 1895)
1926
Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
1926
Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (d. 2013)
1963
Chip Foose, American engineer and television host
1964
Nie Haisheng, Chinese general, pilot, and astronaut
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October 14
1893
Lillian Gish, American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1902
Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (d. 1963)
1952
Rick Aviles, American comedian and actor (d. 1995)
1962
Chris Thomas King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1971
Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer and manager
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October 15
1916
Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 2007)
1917
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and critic (d. 2007)
1951
Atoy Co, Filipino basketball player, coach, and actor
1953
Peter Phillips, English conductor and musicologist, founded The Tallis Scholars
1957
Stacy Peralta, American skateboarder, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded Powell Peralta
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October 16
1918
Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
1925
Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer
1954
Lorenzo Carcaterra, American author and blogger
1970
Mehmet Scholl, German footballer and manager
2003
Princess Kritika of Nepal
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October 17
1810
Adolphe-Félix Cals, French painter (d. 1880)
1919
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic
1966
Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and sportscaster
1987
Hideto Takahashi, Japanese footballer
1990
Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
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October 18
1872
Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author (d. 1936)
1952
Allen Ripley, American baseball player (d. 2014)
1956
Craig Bartlett, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1956
Martina Navratilova, Czech-American tennis player and coach
1978
Wesley Jonathan, American actor
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October 19
1720
John Woolman, American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (d. 1772)
1910
Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (d. 2009)
1945
Carol Kidd, Scottish singer
1966
Dimitris Lyacos, Greek poet and playwright
1978
Henri Sorvali, Finnish guitarist and keyboard player (Moonsorrow and Finntroll)
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October 20
1913
Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1998)
1934
Timothy West, English actor
1937
Emma Tennant, English author
1960
Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (d. 2004)
1963
Stan Valckx, Dutch footballer and manager
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October 21
1948
Tom Everett, American actor and singer
1952
Trevor Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach
1953
Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
1982
Antony Kay, English footballer
1982
James White, American basketball player
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October 22
1913
Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2002)
1919
Doris Lessing, Iranian-English author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1945
Leslie West, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mountain, The Vagrants, and West, Bruce and Laing)
1968
Shaggy, Jamaican-American rapper
1976
Helen Svedin, Swedish model
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October 23
1654
Johann Bernhard Staudt, Austrian composer (d. 1712)
1900
Douglas Jardine, Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)
1954
Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1980
Pedro Liriano, Dominican baseball player
1990
Paradise Oskar, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
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October 24
1928
George Bullard, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1930
Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright
1936
Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Rolling Stones and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
1954
Doug Davidson, American actor
1985
Wayne Rooney, English footballer
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October 25
1923
Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (d. 2012)
1952
Mollie O'Brien, American singer and guitarist
1971
Midori Gotō, Japanese-American violinist and educator
1984
Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress
1989
Ivan Marconi, Italian footballer
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October 26
1684
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)
1883
Paul Pilgrim, American runner (d. 1958)
1972
Daniel Elena, Monegasque race car driver
1976
Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish ice hockey player
1985
Kieran Read, New Zealand rugby player
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October 27
1908
Lee Krasner, American painter (d. 1984)
1942
Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Polish journalist and politician
1949
Clifford Antone, American businessman (d. 2006)
1968
Alain Auderset, Swiss author and illustrator
1992
Emily Hagins, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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October 28
1927
Roza Makagonova, Russian actress (d. 1995)
1965
Jami Gertz, American actress and producer
1967
Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
1974
Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer and coach
1986
Aki Toyosaki, Japanese voice actress and singer
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October 29
1866
Antonio Luna, Filipino general (d. 1899)
1940
Galen Weston, English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded George Weston Limited
1969
Eleni Menegaki, Greek actress and talk show host
1977
Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
1984
Les Davies, Welsh footballer
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October 30
1624
Paul Pellisson, French historian and author (d. 1693)
1877
Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (d. 1941)
1970
Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower
1970
Nia Long, American actress
1981
Ian Snell, American baseball player
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October 31
1920
Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (d. 1957)
1924
Cleo Moore, American actress (d. 1973)
1939
Ron Rifkin, American actor
1963
Dunga, Brazilian footballer and manager
1975
Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer and manager
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