- Oct 3 Cinzia De Ponti [Fiordeponti], Pescara Italy (Miss Italy 1979)
- Oct 13 Ari Fleischer, American media consultant and 21st White House Press Secretary, born in Pound Ridge, New York
- Oct 13 Peter Keisler, American lawyer and acting Attorney General of the United States (2007), born in Hempstead, New York
- Oct 17 Rob Marshall, American director
- Oct 23 Randy Pausch, American computer science professor, author
- Oct 25 Scott Anthony Haneline, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Oct 25 June Brigman, American comic book artist, born in Atlantta, Georgia
- Oct 28 Landon Curt Noll, Astronomer, Cryptographer and Mathematician: youngest to hold the world record for the largest known prime 3 times
- Oct 31 Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran, born in Tehran, Iran
- Oct 31 Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican delegate to Congress, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
About October 1960
How Old? 60 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: Yes