1751 – Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Queen of Prussia (d. 1805)
1861 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian (d. 1927)
1896 – Edmond van Dooren, Flemish painter
1941 – Derek David Bourgeois, British composer, conductor and educator (National Youth Chamber Orchestra) born in Kingston upon Thames, England (d. 2017)
1951 – Alan Wheat, (Rep-D-Missouri, 1983- )
1956 – Melissa Belote, American 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics 3 gold-1972), born in Washington, D.C.
1960 – Bob Mould, American rock guitarist, songwriter and vocalist (Hüsker Dü; Sugar), born in Malone, New York
1964 – Stephen Paul “Steve” Lamacq [Lammo], British disc jockey (BBC Radio 6), born in Islington, London
1971 – Chad Gray, American heavy metal singer (Hellyeah; Mudvayne), born in Latham, Illinois
1982 – Frédéric Michalak, French rugby player
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Famous Birthdays for 15th October 2021
1761 – Peter Grønland, Danish composer, born in Wilster, Germany (d. 1825)
1856 – Robert Nivelle, French military officer, born in Tulle, France (d. 1924)
1888 – S.S. Van Dine [pseudonym for William Huntingdon Wright], American art critic and crime writer (Philo Vance), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1939)
1893 – Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), born in Peleș Castle, Sinaia, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1953)
1908 – John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award), born in Iona Station, Ontario (d. 2006)
1915 – Yitzḥak Shamir, Israeli Prime Minister (1983–84, 1986–1992), born in Ruzinoy, Poland (d. 2012)
1922 – Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer (A Sibila), born in Vila Mea, Portugal
1934 – N. Ramani, Indian flutist, born in Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India (d. 2015)
1962 – Susan DeMattei, American cyclist (Olympic bronze 1996), born in San Francisco, California
1968 – Jyrki 69 [Jyrki Pekka Emil Linnankivi], Finnish musician (The 69 Eyes), born in Helsinki, Finland
Famous Birthdays for 14th October 2021
1801 – Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist (Plateau’s Law), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1883)
1888 – Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield Beauchamp Murry), New Zealand short story writer (The Garden Party), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 1923)
1898 – Cruys Voorbergh [Ernest Pieter Coningh], Dutch actor and director (De vliegende Hollander, Flying Dutchman), born in Bagoe, Dutch East Indies (d. 1963)
1909 – Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), born in NYC, New York (d. 1997)
1912 – Jack Young, English cricketer (Middlesex and England slow left-armer post-WW2), born in Paddington, London (d. 1993)
1952 – Harry Anderson, American comic, magician, and actor (Night Court – “Judge Harry Stone”; Dave’s World), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 2018)
1954 – Carole Malone, English newspaper columnist
1968 – Rashid Latif, cricketer (Pakistani wicket-keeper)
1972 – Mike Archie, running back (Tennessee Oilers)
1992 – Savannah Outen, American pop singer- songwriter, born in Hillsboro, Oregon
Famous Birthdays for 13th October 2021
1876 – Rube Waddell, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Triple Crown, AL wins leader 1905; ERA leader 1900, 05; strikeout leader 1902–07; Philadelphia A’s), born in Bradford, Pennsylvania (d. 1914)
1900 – Gerald Marks, American songwriter (All of Me), born in Saginaw, Michigan (d. 1997)
1907 – Yves Allégret, French film director, born in Asnières-sur-Seine, France (d. 1987)
1939 – T. J. Cloutier, American poker player, born in Albany, California
1947 – Sammy Hagar, American rock vocalist (I Can’t Drive 55), born in Salinas, California
1949 – Rick Vito, American session and touring rock guitarist and singer (Fleetwood Mac, 1987-91, born Darby, Pennsylvania
1952 – Michael R. Clifford, American astronaut (STS 53, 59, 76), born in Norton AFB, California
1958 – Joseph Richard Sylvers, American RandB musician (The Sylvers)
1960 – Peter Keisler, American lawyer and acting Attorney General of the United States (2007), born in Hempstead, New York
1981 – Ryan Ashford, English footballer (Sholing), born in Honiton, Devon, England
Famous Birthdays for 12th October 2021
1880 – (James) Healey Willan, British-Canadian organist, composer, and educator, born in Balham, London, England (d. 1968)
1884 – Godfrey Tearle, English-American actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), born in NYC, New York (d. 1953)
1887 – Paula von Preradović, Croatian-Austrian poet and writer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1951)
1895 – Alfred “Tubby” Hall, American jazz drummer (King Oliver; Louis Armstrong), born in Sellers, Louisiana (d. 1945)
1925 – Fons Jansen, Dutch news reader and cabaretier, born in Bussum, Netherlands (d. 1991)
1933 – Guido Molinari, Canadian painter, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2004)
1937 – Robert Mangold, American minimalist artist, born in North Tonawanda, New York
1952 – Trevor Chappell, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests; 20 ODIs, 1 x 100; underarm bowling controversy; South Australia, West Australia, NSW), born in Adelaide, South Australia
1972 – Tom van Mol, Belgian soccer player (PSV), born in Dendermonde, Belgium
1977 – Christie Kerr, American golfer (US Open 2007, PGA Championship 2010), born in Miami, Florida
Famous Birthdays for 11th October 2021
1675 – Samuel Clarke, English philosopher and theologian, born in Norwich, England (d. 1729)
1883 – Archibald T Davison, American musicologist and composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1961)
1897 – Russell Collins, American actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1965)
1926 – Earle Hyman, American actor (The Cosby Show, ThunderCats, Coriolanus), born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (d. 2017)
1944 – Mike Fiore, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals), born in Brooklyn, New York
1967 – David Starr, American race car driver, born in Houston, Texas
1967 – Sean Moynihan, American actor (Powell-One Life to Live), born in Burlington, Vermont
1970 – Constance Zimmer, American actress (Unreal), born in Seattle, Washington
1973 – Takeshi Kaneshiro, Taiwanese-Japanese actor and model, born in Taipei, Taiwan
1977 – Matthew Bomer, American actor (The Normal Heart), born in Webster Groves, Missouri
Famous Birthdays for 10th October 2021
1713 – Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer, born in Buttelstedt, Germany (d. 1780)
1943 – Alexander MacMillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton, English publisher and politician
1945 – Alan Cartwright, English rock bass player (Procol Harum, 1972-77), born in London
1952 – Bobby Nystrom, Swedish NHL right wing (Stanley Cup 1979-83; jersey #23 retired 1995), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1954 – David Lee Roth, American rock singer (Van Halen – “Jump!”), born in Bloomington, Indiana
1965 – Chris Penn, American actor (The Wild Life), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2006)
1966 – Derrick McKey, American NBA forward (Indiana Pacers), born in Meridian, Mississippi
1966 – Darren Carrington, American NFL safety (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Bronx, New York
1968 – James Williams, American NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, SF 49ers), born in Natchez, Mississippi
1984 – Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress (Battle Royale), born in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 9th October 2021
1727 – Johann Wilhelm Hertel, German composer, born in Eisenach, Germany (d. 1789)
1888 – Irving Cummings Sr., American silent screen actor and director (Curly Top), born in NYC, New York (d. 1959)
1900 – Silvio Cator, Haitian athlete and long jumper (Olympic silver 1928), born in Cavaellon, Haiti (d. 1952)
1907 – Klaes Karppinen, Finnish athlete, 4 X 10K relay (Olympic gold 1936), born in Iisalmi, Finland (d. 1992)
1910 – Phil Hanna, American singer (Once Upon a Tune), born in River Forest, Illinois (d. 1957)
1934 – Jill Ker Conway, Australian-American author, first female president of Smith College, born in Hillston, Australia (d. 2018)
1943 – Mike Peters, American cartoonist (Mother Goose and Grimm), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1962 – Jorge Burruchaga, Argentine soccer attacking midfielder and manager (57 caps; Independiente, Nantes), born in Gualeguay, Argentina
1970 – Park Sang-min, South Korean actor (General’s Son), born in Changwon, South Korea
1973 – A. J. Ofodile, American NFL tight end (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Detroit, Michigan
Famous Birthdays for 8th October 2021
1874 – Nance O’Neil, American actor (Cimarron), born in Oakland, California (d. 1965)
1897 – Rouben Mamoulian, American movie director and author (The Mark of Zorro, Applause), born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1987)
1901 – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist, born in Eidsborg, Norway (d. 1977)
1926 – Raaj Kumar, Hindi film star (Mother India), born in Loralai, Balochistan, British India (d. 1996)
1927 – César Milstein, Argentine biochemist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984), born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina (d. 2002)
1929 – Didi (Waldyr Pereira), Brazilian soccer midfielder (68 caps; Fluminense), born in Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil (d. 2001)
1934 – J. Carter Brown, American art director (Washington National Gallery), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2002)
1952 – Edward Zwick, American film director (Shakespeare in Love), born in Chicago, Illinois
1980 – The Miz [Michael Gregory Mizanin], American professional wrestler, born in Parma, Ohio
1993 – Bubba Wallace, American NASCAR racer, born in Mobile, Alabama
Famous Birthdays for 7th October 2021
1866 – Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
1896 – Elijah Muhammad [Elijah Robert Poole], American religious leader (Nation of Islam), born in Sandersville, Georgia (d. 1975)
1909 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (d. 1990)
1910 – Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (d. 1986)
1914 – Herman Keiser, American golfer (US Masters 1946), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 2003)
1923 – Irma Grese, Supervisor at Nazi concentration camps
1927 – Reid Shelton, American stage and screen actor (Annie – “Daddy Warbucks”; 1st and 10 – “Ernie”), born in Salem, Oregon (d. 1997)
1959 – Jean-Marc Fournier, French Canadian politician, born in Châteauguay, Canada
1970 – Le’Shai Maston, American NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Dallas, Texas
1974 – Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer, born in Hovmantorp, Sweden