Famous People Born in October 1890

Oct 2 American comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life), born in NYC, New York

Oct 3 Henry Hull, American actor (Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1977)
Oct 5 Kasimir Edschmid, German writer, born in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1966)
Oct 8 Eddie Rickenbacker, American aviator "Ace of Aces" (WWI), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1973)
Oct 8 Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (three times winner of Tour de France), born in Anderlecht, Belgium (d. 1971)
Oct 8 Snuffy Browne [Cyril Rutherford Browne], West Indian cricketer (pioneer WI Test player), born in St. Michael, Barbados (d. 1973)
Oct 9 Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist (Pentecostal), born in South-West Oxford, Canada (d. 1944)
Oct 9 Alfred Swan, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1970)
Oct 9 Jānis Mediņš, Latvian composer, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1966)
Oct 12 Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1955)
Oct 13 Conrad Richter, American writer (Light in the Forest), born in Tremont, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
Oct 13 Gösta Nystroem, Swedish composer, born in Silvbergs, Sweden (d. 1966)

Oct 14 34th US President (Republican: 1953-61) and World War II general, born in Denison, Texas

Oct 14 Frank Conroy, British actor (Call of the Wild), born in Derby, Derbyshire, England (d. 1964)
Oct 15 Arcady Dubensky, Russian composer, born in Kirov, Russia (d. 1966)
Oct 16 Maria Goretti, Italian saint (d. 1902)

Oct 16 Irish revolutionary leader and leading figure in the struggle for Irish independence in the early 20th century, born in Clonakilty, Ireland

Oct 16 Paul Strand, American photographer (Native Land-1942), born in NYC, New York
Oct 17 Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
Oct 18 [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author (Rembrandt)
Oct 20 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton [LeMothe], American jazz pioneer pianist and composer (King Porter Stomp), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1941)
Oct 21 Gerrit Engelke, German writer/poet (Love Letters)
Oct 24 Kathleen Lockhart Manning, American composer, born in Hollywood, California (d. 1951)
Oct 24 Main Rousseau Bocher, American uniform designer (Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1976)
Oct 28 Andrés Isasi, Spanish Basque composer, born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 1940)
Oct 29 Claire Goll, German-French writer, born in Nuremberg (d. 1977)