About October 1930
How Old? 88 years old
Generation: Traditionalist or Silent Generation
Birthdays in Music
Richard Harris
Oct 1 Richard Harris, Irish actor (Man Called Horse) and singer (MacArthur Park), born in Limerick, Ireland (d. 2002)
Richard Harris
- Oct 2 Günter Kochan, German composer, born in Luckau, Germany (d. 2009)
- Oct 4 József Soproni, Hungarian composer and educator, born in Sopron
- Oct 8 Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (Ki No Kyoko), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1996)
- Oct 9 Fjölnir Stefánsson, Icelandic composer, born in Reykjaví, Iceland (d. 2011)
- Oct 12 Jack Gottlieb, American composer, writer and editor, born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2011)
- Oct 14 Robert Parker, American saxophonist and soul singer (Barefootin'), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Oct 16 Carmen Sevilla, Spanish actress, singer and TV presenter (Vengeance, Searching for Monica, Don Juan), born in Seville, Spain
- Oct 17 Angelo Paccignini, composer
- Oct 24 The Big Bopper, [Jiles Perry Richardson], American musician, born in Sabine Pass, Texas (d. 1959)
- Oct 28 Harry Gilbert Trythall, composer
- Oct 28 John Henry Mayer, composer
- Oct 29 Natalie Sleeth, American composer (d. 1992)
- Oct 29 Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer, born in Havana, Cuba
- Oct 30 Clifford Brown, [Brownie], US jazz trumpeter/composer
- Oct 31 Ray Crane, English trumpeter, born in Skegness, Lincolnshire (d. 1994)
- Oct 31 Booker Ervin [Booker Telleferro Ervin II], American saxophonist (Charles Mingus), born in Denison, Texas (d. 1970)