Famous Birthdays
- Oct 2 Geoffrey Luttrell, English landowner and Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2007)
- Oct 2 Shirley Clarke, American film director, born in NYC, New York (d. 1997)
- Oct 3 John Boyd [Boyd Bradfield Upchurch], American sci-fi author (The Last Starship from Earth), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2013)
- Oct 3 Walter Gieseler, German composer, born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1999)
- Oct 3 Jean Lefebvre, French actor (Diabolical, Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?), born in Valenciennes, Nord, France (d. 2004)
- Oct 3 James M. Buchanan, American economist (Nobel Memorial 1986), born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (d. 2013)
- Oct 5 Allen Ludden [Ellsworth], American TV personality and gameshow host (Password), husband of Betty White, born in Mineral Point, Wisconsin (d. 1981)
- Oct 5 Donald Pleasence, British actor (You Only Live Twice, Escape from New York, Halloween), born in Worksop, England (d. 1995)
- Oct 5 Robin Bailey, British actor (See No Evil, I Didn't Know You Cared), born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1999)
- Oct 7 Gabriel Dell, American actor (The Bowery Boys, Steve Allen Show), born in NYC, New York (d. 1988)
- Oct 7 George Duby, historian
- Oct 7 Sir Zelman Cowen, Australian politician
- Oct 8 Mac Anderson, New Zealand cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946), born in Westport, West Coast, New Zealand (d. 1979)
- Oct 8 Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (1991-93), born in Tokyo (d. 2007)
- Oct 9 Rezso Sugar, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1988)
- Oct 10 Gerry Gomez, West Indian cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder), born in Trinidad (d. 1996)
- Oct 11 Art Blakey, American drummer (Billy Eckstine Band, Jazz Messengers), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
- Oct 11 Jean Vander Pyl, American voice, radio and film actress (The Flintstones, The Jetsons), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
- Oct 12 Andre Casanova, composer, born in Paris (d. 2009)
- Oct 12 Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician (Mayor of Trois-Rivières), born in Trois-Rivières, Canada (d. 2007)
- Oct 14 Edward L. Feightner, American rear-admiral (WW II-Santa Cruz Islands), born in Lima, Ohio
- Oct 15 Edwin Charles Tubb, British sci-fi writer (Earth is Heaven, Earthfall), born in London (d. 2010)
- Oct 15 Howard Smith, British diplomat and Director General of MI5, born in London (d. 1996)
- Oct 15 Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and atmospheric physicist, born in Momence, Illinois (d. 1985)
- Oct 16 Kathleen Winsor, American writer (d. 2003)
- Oct 17 John Moroney, cricketer (Australian opener 1949-51)
- Oct 17 Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Russian physicist
Pierre Trudeau
Oct 18 Pierre Trudeau, 15th Canadian Prime Minister (Liberal: 1968-79, 1980-84), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2000)
Pierre Trudeau
- Oct 18 Anita O'Day (born Anita Belle Colton), jazz singer , born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 18 Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
- Oct 18 Camilla Williams, Danville, Virginia, operatic soprano, (d. 2012)
- Oct 20 Tracy Hall, American inventor (d. 2008)
- Oct 21 Claire Sterling, journalist
- Oct 21 Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist
- Oct 22 Doris Lessing, Iranian novelist (Adore, Memoirs of a Survivor, Golden Notebook), born in Kermanshah, Iran (d. 2013)
- Oct 22 Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (d. 2001)
- Oct 23 Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist who discovered ancient royal Macedonian tombs in northern Greece, born in Bursa, Ottoman Empire (d. 1992)
- Oct 23 Katie Lee, American folk singer, environmentalist and author (Colorado River Songs), born in Aledo, Illinois (d. 2017)
- Oct 24 Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2008)
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Oct 25 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran (Persia) (1941-79), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 1980)
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Edward W. Brooke
Oct 26 Edward W. Brooke, 1st African American senator in over 80 yrs (Sen-R-Mass), born in Washington D.C. (d. 2015)
Edward W. Brooke