Famous October Birthdays
Who was Born in October on Your Birthday?
Do you know who was born on your birthday? There are many famous October birthdays displayed below. We hope you find famous and historic people who share your special day. See who was born in your birth month below.
Famous October Birthdays
October 1, 1904 – Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
October 1, 1920 – Walter Matthau, actor
October 1, 1921 – James Whitmore, actor
October 1, 1924 – Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President (1977-1981)
October 1, 1924 – William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
October 1, 1927 – Tom Bosley, actor
October 1, 1928 – George Peppard, actor, the leader in TV series “A-Team”
October 1, 1935 – Julie Andrews, actress, singer, “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound of Music”
October 1, 1950 – Randy Quaid, actor, “cousin “Eddy” in “Vacation” movies
October 1, 1963 – Mark McGwire, MLB baseball slugger, home run record holder
October 2, 1869 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Hindu leader, taught “non-violence”
October 2, 1890 – Groucho Marx, comedian, “Marx Brothers”
October 2, 1895 – Bud Abbott, comedian, comedy team “Abbott & Costello”
October 2, 1928 – George McFarland, actor “Spanky” on “Spanky and Our Gang”
October 2, 1937 – Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., attorney
October 2, 1945 – Don McLean, singer, songwriter, wrote and sang “Miss American Pie”
October 2, 1951 – Gordon Sumner, musician, songwriter “Sting”
October 2, 1970 – Kelly Ripa, actress, “Regis and Kelly” and TV series “Hope & Faith”
October 3, 1902 – Harvey Kurtzman, created “Mad” magazine
October 3, 1941 – Chubby Checker, singer, musician
October 3, 1954 – Al Sharpton, American minister, activist, talk show host
October 3, 1959 – Jack Wagner, actor
October 3, 1969 – Gwen Stefani, singer, songwriter
October 4, 1181 – St. Francis of Assisi, Catholic religious leader
October 4, 1822 – Rutherford B.Hayes, 19th U.S. President (1877-1881)
October 4, 1861 – Frederic Remington, painter, sculptor
October 4, 1895 – Buster Keaton, comedian
October 4, 1923 – Charlton Heston, Oscar-winning actor, Head of NRA.
October 4, 1941 – Jackie Collins, author
October 4, 1946 – Susan Sarandon, actress
October 4, 1976 – Alicia Silverstone, actress
October 4, 1989 – Dakota Johnson, U.S. actress
October 5, 1829 – Chester A. Arthur, 21st U.S. President (1881-1885)
October 5, 1882 – Robert Hutchings Goddard, father of the Space Age
October 5, 1902 – Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald’s
October 5, 1923 – Glynis Johns, actress, played in “Mary Poppins”
October 5, 1963 – Laura Davies, LPGA golfer
October 5, 1965 – Mario Lemieux, NHL hockey player
October 5, 1975 – Kate Winslet, actress, “Rose” in movie “Titanic”
October 6, 1846 – George Westinghouse, engineer, inventor, developed AC electric power
October 6, 1906 – Janet Gaynor, actress
October 6, 1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, anthropologist, explorer
October 6, 1956 – Stephanie Zimbalist, actress
October 6, 1963 – Elisabeth Shue, actress
October 7, 1917 – June Allyson, actress
October 7, 1931 – Desmond Tutu, archbishop, won Nobel Peace Prize
October 7, 1943 – Oliver North, National Security Council
October 7, 1951 – John Mellencamp, singer
October 7, 1952 – Vladimir Putin – Russian leader
October 7, 1959 – Simon Cowell, judge on “American Idol”
October 7, 1966 – Toni Braxton, singer
October 8, 1890 – “Eddie” Rickenbacker, WWI flying ace
October 8, 1936 – David Carradine, actor
October 8, 1939 – Paul Hogan, actor “Crocodile Dundee”.
October 8, 1941 – Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader
October 8, 1943 – Chevy Chase, actor, comedian, SNL, “Vacation” movies
October 8, 1943 – R. L. Stine, author of children’s books
October 8, 1949 – Sigourney Weaver, actress, “Ellen Ripley” in movie “Alien”
October 8, 1956 – Stephanie Zimbalist, actress, starred in “Remington Steele”
October 8, 1970 – Matt Damon, actor
October 8, 1980 – Nick Cannon, American actor, rapper, TV host.
October 8, 1985 – Bruno Mars, singer.
October 9, 1938 – Russell Myers, cartoonist, created “Broom Hilda”
October 9, 1940 – John Lennon, singer, songwriter, musician, member of the “Beatles”
October 9, 1948 – Jackson Browne, singer, songwriter
October 9, 1953 – Sharon Osbourne, actress, wife of Ozzie Osbourne
October 9, 1954 – Scott Bakula, American actor, “Star Trek”, “NCI New Orleans”
October 9, 1955 – Scott Bakula, actor, TV series “Quantum Leap” and “Star Trek- Enterprise”
October 9, 1981 – Zachary Ty Bryan, actor, “Brad” on TV series “Home Improvement”
October 10, 1900 – Helen Hayes, actress
October 10, 1914 – Dorothy Lamour, actress
October 10, 1946 – Ben Vereen, actor, singer
October 10, 1958 – Tanya Tucker, singer
October 10, 1969 – Brett Favre, NRL Green Bay Packers quarterback
October 10, 1974 – Dale Earnhardt Jr, auto racer
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October 11, 1844 – Henry John Heinz, founded Heinz Ketchup company
October 11, 1884 – Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt
October 11, 1932 – Dottie West, singer
October 11, 1937 – Ron Leibman, actor
October 11, 1948 – Daryl Hall, musician, singer
October 11, 1961 – Steve Young, NFL San Francisco 49er’s quarterback
October 11, 1962 – Joan Cusack, actress
October 11, 1966 – Luke Perry, actor
October 12, 1935 – Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer
October 12, 1947 – Chris Wallace, TV news correspondent
October 12, 1950 – Susan Anton, actress, singer
October 12, 1950 – Ronald McNair, astronaut, physicist, died in Challenger space shuttle explosion
October 12, 1970 – Kirk Cameron, actor
October12, 1975 – Marion Jones, Olympic track star
October 13, 1925 – Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of England
October 13, 1941 – Paul Simon, singer, songwriter, “Simon & Garfunkel”
October 13, 1949 – Sammy Hagar, singer, musician
October 13, 1957 – Chris Carter, created “The X-Files”
October 13, 1959 – Marie Osmond, actress, singer, brother-sister duo “Donny & Marie”
October 13, 1962 – Jerry Rice, NFL San Francisco 49ers wide receiver
October 13, 1969 – Nancy Kerrigan, Olympic figure skater
October 13, 1980 – Ashanti, singer, songwriter
October 14, 1644 – William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania
October 14, 1890 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. President (1953-1961)
October 14, 1894 – E. E. Cummings, poet
October 14, 1916 – C. Everett Koop, U.S. Surgeon General
October 14, 1927 – Roger Moore, actor, played “James Bond” in seven movies.
October 14, 1938 – John Dean, Nixon’s White House counsel during Watergate
October 14, 1939 – Ralph Lauren, fashion designer
October 14, 1979 – Usher, Rap singer
October 15, 1908 – John Kenneth Galbraith, economist
October 15, 1917 – Arthur Schlesinger Jr., historian
October 15, 1920 – Mario Puzo, novelist, wrote “The Godfather”
October 15, 1924 – Lee Iacocca, Chrysler auto executive, led turnaround of company
October 15, 1943 – Penny Marshall, actress, director
October 15, 1946 – Richard Carpenter, singer, with sister Karen Carpenter
October 15, 1959 – Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, and first wife of Prince Andrew
October 15, 1959 – Emeril Lagasse, TV chef
October 15, 1969 – Vanessa Marcil- actress, TV soap opera “General Hospital”
October 16, 1758 – Noah Webster – compiled first American English dictionary
October 16, 1854 – Oscar Wilde, poet, playwright
October 16, 1886 – David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel
October 16, 1898 – William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice
October 16, 1925 – Angela Lansbury, actress, “Murder, She Wrote”
October 16, 1946 – Suzanne Somers, actress, “Chrissy” on TV series “Three’s Company”
October 16, 1958 – Tim Robbins, actor, director
October 16, 1975 – Kellie Martin, actress
October 17, 1912 – Pope John Paul I, pope for just 34 days in 1978
October 17, 1918 – Rita Hayworth, actress
October 17, 1938 – Evel Knievel, motorcycle daredevil
October 17, 1948 – Margot Kidder, actress
October 17, 1948 – George Wendt, actor
October 17, 1963 – Norm McDonald- actor, “SNL”
October 17, 1972 – Eminem, Rap singer
October 18, 1926 – Chuck Berry, singer, songwriter, starred in movie “Patton”
October 18, 1939 – Mike Ditka, NFL Chicago Bears head coach
October 18, 1939 – Lee Harvey Oswald, assassinated President John F. Kennedy
October 18, 1956 – Martina Navratilova, Hall of Fame tennis champion
October 18, 1960 – Jean-Claude Von Damme, actor
October 19, 1922 – Jack Anderson, columnist, journalist
October 19, 1932 – Robert Reed, played the dad on TV series “The Brady Bunch”
October 19, 1945 – John Lithgow, actor , comedian
October 19, 1962 – Evander Holyfield, champion heavyweight boxer
October 20, 1882 – Bela Lugosi, actor, played “Dracula”
October 20, 1925 – Art Buchwald, humorist
October 20, 1931 – Mickey Mantle, MLB baseball slugger
October 20, 1935 – Jerry Ohrbach, actor
October 20, 1953 – Tom Petty, singer
October 20, 1972 – Snoop Dogg, Rap singer
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October 21, 1833 – Alfred Nobel, chemist, engineer, established Nobel Prizes
October 21, 1917 – Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet player, bandleader
October 21, 1929 – Whitey Ford, Hall of Fame MLB baseball pitcher
October 21, 1956 – Carrie Fisher, actress, “Princess Leia” in “Star Wars”
October 21, 1980 – Kim Kardashian, television personality
October 22, 1903 – Curly Howard, actor, comedian, one of the “Three Stooges”
October 22, 1917 – Joan Fontaine, actress
October 22, 1920 – Timothy Leary, psychologist, Harvard professor, and 60’s guru
October 22, 1938 – Christopher Lloyd, actor
October 22, 1942 – Annette Funicello, actress, singer, beach movies
October 22, 1943 – Catherine Deneuve, actress
October 22, 1963 – Brian Boitano, Olympic champion figure skater
October 22, 1968 – Shaggy, Reggae/pop singer, sang “It Wasn’t Me”
October 23, 1893 – Gummo Marx, agent for the “Marx Brothers”
October 23, 1906 – Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the English Channel
October 23, 1925 – Johnny Carson, Talk show host, “The Tonight Show”. Tv Talk Show Host Day
October 23, 1935 – Chi Chi Rodriguez, professional golfer
October 23, 1940 – Pelé, soccer player
October 23, 1942 – Michael Crichton, novelist, wrote “Jurrasic Park”
October 23, 1959 – “Weird Al” Yankovic, singer, comedian
October 23, 1962 – Doug Flutie, CFL and NFL quarterback
October 24, 1926 – Y. A. Tittle, NFL quarterback
October 24, 1930 – J.P. Richardson, singer, the “Big Bopper”, sang “Chantilly Lace”
October 24, 1936 – David Nelson, actor, son of Ozzie and Harriet on TV series “The Nelsons”
October 24, 1947 – Kevin Kline, actor
October 24, 1980 – Monica Arnold, singer
October 25, 1825 – Austrian music and opera composer Johann Strauss (1825)
October 25, 1881 – Pablo Picasso, the greatest artist of the 20th century.
October 25, 1888 – Richard E. Byrd, aviator, Antarctic explorer
October 25, 1912 – Minnie Pearl, singer, entertainer, Grand Ole Opry star
October 25, 1940 – Bobby Knight, College basketball coach
October 25, 1941 – Helen Reddy, singer
October 25, 1941 – Anne Tyler, novelist
October 25, 1984 – Katy Perry, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, pop music superstar
October 26, 1879 – Leon Trotsky, Russian Communist leader
October 26, 1914 – Jackie Coogan, “Uncle Fester” on TV series “The Addams Family”
October 26, 1946 – Pat Sajak, TV game-show host, “Wheel of Fortune”
October 26, 1947 – Jaclyn Smith, actress, K-Mart fashion line, TV series “Charlie’s Angels”
October 26, 1947 – Hillary Rodham Clinton, first lady, NY Senator
October 26, 1954 – Lauren Tewes, “Julie” on TV series the “Love Boat”
October 26, 1962 – Dylan McDermott, actor, Tv series “The Practice”
October 26, 1963 – Natalie Merchant, singer
October 27, 1858 – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U. S President, Quote: “Walk softly and carry a big stick” (1901-1909)
October 27, 1872 – Emily Post, etiquette expert
October 27, 1914 – Dylan Thomas, poet
October 27, 1920- Nanette Fabray, actress
October 27, 1940- John Gotti, crime boss
October 27, 1956- Patty Sheehan, LPGA golfer
October 28, 1914- Jonas Salk, physician, developed the polio vaccine
October 28, 1936 – Charlie Daniels, singer, songwriter, musician
October 28, 1939 – Jane Alexander, actress
October 28, 1944 – Dennis Franz, actor, “NYPD Blue”
October 28, 1949 – Bruce Jenner, Olympic decathlon champion
October 28, 1955 – Bill Gates, Microsoft executive, multi-multi billionaire
October 28, 1967 – Julia Roberts, actress, “Pretty Woman”, “My Best Friends’ Wedding”, many more
October 28, 1972 – Brad Paisley, Country music superstar
October 29, 1891- Fanny Brice, entertainer
October 29, 1947 – Richard Dreyfuss, Oscar-winning actor, movies include “Jaws” and “Goodbye Girl”
October 29, 1948 – Kate Jackson, actress, TV series “Charlie’s Angels”
October 29, 1969 – The Internet is created when the first bits and bytes of data are sent between computers at UCLA and Stanford Research Institute.
October 29, 1971 – Winona Ryder, actress, “movie “Girl, Interrupted”
October 30, 1735 – John Adams, second U.S. President (1797-1801)
October 30, 1882 – William “Bull” Halsey, World War II Pacific Fleet Commander
October 30, 1885 – Ezra Pound, poet
October 30, 1945 – Henry Winkler, actor
October 30, 1951 – Harry Hamlin, actor, attorney “Michael Kuzak” on TV series “L.A. Law”
October 31, 1795 – John Keats, poet
October 31, 1860 – Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts of America
October 31, 1887 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese leader
October 31, 1912 – Dale Evans, the “Queen of the West”, born Frances Octavia Smith
October 31, 1922 – Barbara Bel Geddes, actress “Miss Ellie Ewing” on TV series “Dallas”
October 31, 1931 – Dan Rather, TV News Anchorman
October 31, 1936 – Michael Landon, actor
October 31, 1950 – John Candy, actor, comedian
October 31, 1950 – Jane Pauley, TV journalist
October 31, 1963 – Dermot Mulroney, actor
October 31, 1967 – Vanilla Ice, singer, actor
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