Month: October

Famous people born in January are Vladimir Putin, Confucius, Pablo Picasso, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bill Gates,

October 1

El Greco

Greek artist, painter, sculptor and architect, (1541–1614)

Born: October 1, 1541

Died: April 7, 1614

Would be 485 years

Michaela Coel

British actress and screenwriter

Born: October 1, 1987

🎂 Turns 39 years

Philippe Noiret

French actor (1930–2006)

Born: October 1, 1930

Died: November 23, 2006

Would be 96 years

October 2

Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

Born: October 2, 1847

Died: August 2, 1934

Would be 179 years

Didier Défago

alpine skier

Born: October 2, 1977

🎂 Turns 49 years

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

Born: October 2, 1954

🎂 Turns 72 years

October 3

Charles Duke

American engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1935)

Born: October 3, 1935

🎂 Turns 91 years

Neve Campbell

Canadian actress

Born: October 3, 1973

🎂 Turns 53 years

Lena Headey

British actress (born 1973)

Born: October 3, 1973

🎂 Turns 53 years

October 4

John Vincent Atanasoff

American computer pioneer (1903-1995)

Born: October 4, 1903

Died: June 15, 1995

Would be 123 years

Melissa Benoist

American actress and singer

Born: October 4, 1988

🎂 Turns 38 years

Liev Schreiber

American actor

Born: October 4, 1967

🎂 Turns 59 years

October 5

Pavel Popovich

Soviet cosmonaut (1930–2009)

Born: October 5, 1930

Died: September 29, 2009

Would be 96 years

Ray Kroc

American businessman

Born: October 5, 1902

Died: January 14, 1984

Would be 124 years

André Kuipers

Dutch astronaut

Born: October 5, 1958

🎂 Turns 68 years

October 6

Valerie Adams

New Zealand shot putter (1984-)

Born: October 6, 1984

🎂 Turns 42 years

Liu Yang (taikonaut)

Chinese astronaut

Born: October 6, 1978

🎂 Turns 48 years

Ricky Hatton

British professional boxer (1978–2025)

Born: October 6, 1978

Died: September 14, 2025

Would be 48 years

Le Corbusier

October 7

Karen Nyberg

American astronaut

Born: October 7, 1969

🎂 Turns 57 years

Kira Kosarin

American actress and singer

Born: October 7, 1997

🎂 Turns 29 years

Michael W. Smith

American musician and songwriter

Born: October 7, 1957

🎂 Turns 69 years

October 8

Matt Biondi

American swimmer

Born: October 8, 1965

🎂 Turns 61 years

Martin Henderson

New Zealand actor (born 1974)

Born: October 8, 1974

🎂 Turns 52 years

Matt Damon

American actor (born 1970)

Born: October 8, 1970

🎂 Turns 56 years

October 9

Yuri Usachov

Russian cosmonaut

Born: October 9, 1957

🎂 Turns 69 years

Ottavia Piccolo

Italian actress

Born: October 9, 1949

🎂 Turns 77 years

Confucius

5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician

Born: October 9, 0552

Died: March 9, 0479

Would be 1474 years

October 10

Mario Lopez

American actor

Born: October 10, 1973

🎂 Turns 53 years

Paul Kruger

South African politician and President of the South African Republic (1825–1904)

Born: October 10, 1825

Died: July 14, 1904

Would be 201 years

Peter Coyote

American actor, voice artist, director, activist and narrator

Born: October 10, 1941

🎂 Turns 85 years

October 11

Peter Thiel

German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)

Born: October 11, 1967

🎂 Turns 59 years

Sawao Katō

Japanese gymnast

Born: October 11, 1946

🎂 Turns 80 years

Matt Bomer

American actor

Born: October 11, 1977

🎂 Turns 49 years

October 12

Chen Shui-bian

10th and 11th President of Republic of China(Taiwan) (2000–2008)

Born: October 12, 1950

🎂 Turns 76 years

Luciano Pavarotti

Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007)

Born: October 12, 1935

Died: September 6, 2007

Would be 91 years

October 13

Ian Thorpe

Australian swimmer

Born: October 13, 1982

🎂 Turns 44 years

Nancy Kerrigan

American figure skater (born 1969)

Born: October 13, 1969

🎂 Turns 57 years

Nana Mouskouri

Greek singer

Born: October 13, 1934

🎂 Turns 92 years

October 14

Lin Dan

Chinese badminton player

Born: October 14, 1983

🎂 Turns 43 years

Nikolai Andrianov

gymnast

Born: October 14, 1952

Died: March 21, 2011

Would be 74 years

Ray Ewry

American track and field athlete (1873–1937)

Born: October 14, 1873

Died: September 29, 1937

Would be 153 years

October 15

Roberto Vittori

Italian astronaut

Born: October 15, 1964

🎂 Turns 62 years

Evangelista Torricelli

Italian physicist and mathematician (1608-1647)

Born: October 15, 1608

Died: October 25, 1647

Would be 418 years

Penny Marshall

American actress, director and producer (1943–2018)

Born: October 15, 1943

Died: December 17, 2018

Would be 83 years

October 16

Michael Collins (Irish leader)

Irish revolutionary and politician (1890–1922)

Born: October 16, 1890

Died: August 22, 1922

Would be 136 years

Naomi Osaka

Japanese tennis player

Born: October 16, 1997

🎂 Turns 29 years

Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)

Born: October 16, 1854

Died: November 30, 1900

Would be 172 years

October 17

Mae Jemison

American doctor and NASA astronaut

Born: October 17, 1956

🎂 Turns 70 years

William Anders

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)

Born: October 17, 1933

Died: June 7, 2024

Would be 93 years

Childe Hassam

American painter (1859-1935)

Born: October 17, 1859

Died: August 27, 1935

Would be 167 years

October 18

Lindsey Vonn

American alpine skier (born 1984)

Born: October 18, 1984

🎂 Turns 42 years

Pope Pius II

pope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464 (1405–1464)

Born: October 18, 1405

Died: August 14, 1464

Would be 621 years

Ne-Yo

American singer and songwriter

Born: October 18, 1979

🎂 Turns 47 years

October 19

Umberto Boccioni

Italian painter and sculptor (1882-1916)

Born: October 19, 1882

Died: August 17, 1916

Would be 144 years

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

Born: October 19, 1940

Died: September 27, 2023

Would be 86 years

Omar Gooding

American actor (born 1976)

Born: October 19, 1976

🎂 Turns 50 years

October 20

Li Peng

4th Premier of the People's Republic of China (1928–2019)

Born: October 20, 1928

Died: July 22, 2019

Would be 98 years

Claudio Ranieri

Italian footballer and manager

Born: October 20, 1951

🎂 Turns 75 years

Elfriede Jelinek

Austrian playwright and novelist

Born: October 20, 1946

🎂 Turns 80 years

October 21

Doug Hurley

American astronaut

Born: October 21, 1966

🎂 Turns 60 years

Ronald McNair

physicist, astronaut (1950-1986)

Born: October 21, 1950

Died: January 28, 1986

Would be 76 years

Alfred Nobel

Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)

Born: October 21, 1833

Died: December 10, 1896

Would be 193 years

October 22

Brian Boitano

United States figure skater

Born: October 22, 1963

🎂 Turns 63 years

Bobby Seale

co-founder of the Black Panther Party (born 1936)

Born: October 22, 1936

🎂 Turns 90 years

Parineeti Chopra

Indian actress and singer

Born: October 22, 1988

🎂 Turns 38 years

October 23

Anita Roddick

British business woman, founder of The Body Shop (1942-2007)

Born: October 23, 1942

Died: September 10, 2007

Would be 84 years

Margaret Qualley

American model and actress (born 1994)

Born: October 23, 1994

🎂 Turns 32 years

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

Born: October 23, 1940

Died: December 29, 2022

Would be 86 years

October 24

F. Murray Abraham

American actor

Born: October 24, 1939

🎂 Turns 87 years

Oliver Jackson-Cohen

English actor and model

Born: October 24, 1986

🎂 Turns 40 years

Kevin Kline

American actor (born 1947)

Born: October 24, 1947

🎂 Turns 79 years

Peng Dehuai

October 25

Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)

Born: October 25, 1881

Died: April 8, 1973

Would be 145 years

Ren Zhengfei

Chinese businessman

Born: October 25, 1944

🎂 Turns 82 years

Benjamin Constant

French-Swiss politician, writer on politics and religion (1767-1830)

Born: October 25, 1767

Died: December 8, 1830

Would be 259 years

October 26

François Mitterrand

21st President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995 (1916–1996)

Born: October 26, 1916

Died: January 8, 1996

Would be 110 years

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

Born: October 26, 1879

Died: August 21, 1940

Would be 147 years

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

Born: October 26, 1947

🎂 Turns 79 years

October 27

Roy Lichtenstein

American pop artist (1923–1997)

Born: October 27, 1923

Died: September 15, 1997

Would be 103 years

Nanette Fabray

American actress, singer and dancer (1920-2018)

Born: October 27, 1920

Died: February 22, 2018

Would be 106 years

Patrick Fugit

American actor

Born: October 27, 1982

🎂 Turns 44 years

October 28

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

Born: October 28, 1955

🎂 Turns 71 years

Matt Smith

English actor (born 1982)

Born: October 28, 1982

🎂 Turns 44 years

Nolan Gould

American actor

Born: October 28, 1998

🎂 Turns 28 years

October 29

Pony Ma

Chinese internet entrepreneur (1971-)

Born: October 29, 1971

🎂 Turns 55 years

Niki de Saint Phalle

plastician, painter and sculptor (1930–2002)

Born: October 29, 1930

Died: May 21, 2002

Would be 96 years

Yevgeny Primakov

4th Russian Prime Minister (1929–2015)

Born: October 29, 1929

Died: June 26, 2015

Would be 97 years

Thomas F. Bayard

October 30

Alfred Sisley

French, British painter (1839–1899)

Born: October 30, 1839

Died: January 29, 1899

Would be 187 years

Nia Long

American actress

Born: October 30, 1970

🎂 Turns 56 years

Kevin Pollak

American actor, comedian (born 1957)

Born: October 30, 1957

🎂 Turns 69 years

October 31

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, lawyer, professional swimmer and water polo player

Born: October 31, 1929

Died: June 27, 2016

Would be 97 years

Joseph Swan

British physicist and inventor (1828-1914)

Born: October 31, 1828

Died: May 27, 1914

Would be 198 years

Frank Shorter

American long-distance runner

Born: October 31, 1947

🎂 Turns 79 years