1890 – Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton, jazz pianist/composer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1909 – Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter (d. 1993)
1917 – Jean-Pierre Melville, director (A Cop), born in Paris, France
1917 – Ken Cranston, cricketer (England all-rounder captained once in 1948)
1955 – Thomas Newman, American composer
1958 – Ricky Byrd, rocker (Joan Jett and Blackhearts)
1962 – Steven R “Randy” Jackson, US percussionist/singer (Enjoy Yourself)
1962 – Ray Childress, NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers)
1966 – Allan Donald, cricketer (great South African fast bowler)
1970 – Michelle Malkin, American political commentator and author
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Famous Birthdays for 19th October 2020
1889 – Uncle Art Satherley, British-American record producer (1968 Academy of Country Music Award), born in Bristol, England (d. 1986)
1895 – Louis Mumford, cultural historian/city planner/writer
1900 – Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. 1957)
1925 – Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist
1931 – John le Carré, English novelist
1932 – Lloyd Haynes, American actor and TV writer (Pete Dixon-Room 222), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 1986)
1944 – Keith Adrian [Johnson], Indies/Dutch actor (Intrepid Mr Twist)
1965 – Brad Daugherty, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1970 – Chamara Dunusinghe, cricket wicket-keeper (Sri Lanka 1995)
1974 – Joy Bryant, American actress (Parenthood, Antwone Fisher), born in The Bronx, New York
Famous Birthdays for 18th October 2020
1741 – Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (d. 1803)
1777 – Heinrich von Kleist, German dramatist/poet (Penthesilea)
1909 – Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and legal theorist (d. 2004)
1923 – Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter
1939 – Mike Ditka, NFL coach and tight-end (Bears, Cowboys, NFL rookie year 1961), born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania
1950 – Sheila White, actress (I Claudius), born in London, England
1955 – Denis Watson, South African golfer (US Open 1985 runner-up; Senior PGA C’ship 2007), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
1958 – Hal Haenel, star sailor (Olympic 8th 1988, 92, 96), born in St Louis, Missouri
1958 – Corinne Bohrer, American actress
1972 – Alex Tagliani, Quebec racing driver
Famous Birthdays for 17th October 2020
1844 – Miguel Nieto, composer
1886 – Spring Byington, American actress (December Bride), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 1971)
1892 – Otakar Jeremias, composer
1917 – Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (d. 1991)
1928 – Zacharias J de Beer, South African physician/MP (DP)
1934 – Emmanuel “Rico” Rodriguez, Jamaican ska trombonist (The Specials), born in Kingston (d. 2015)
1946 – Sir Cameron Mackintosh, British stage producer
1947 – Charles A Ingene, macromarketing researcher
1967 – Allen West, US metal guitarist (Obituary, Cause of Death)
1967 – Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, tennis star, born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 16th October 2020
1819 – Austin F. Pike, American politician from New Hampshire (d. 1886)
1821 – Albert Franz Doppler, composer
1900 – Primo Conti, Italian painter (d. 1988)
1900 – [Leon] Goose Goslin, baseball hall of famer (AL bat champ 1928)
1932 – Henry Jay Lewis, conductor/bass (LA Philharmonic 1955-59), born in Los Angeles, California
1945 – Roger Hawkins, American drummer (the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section), born in Mishawaka, Indiana
1964 – Stephen Paul “Steve” Lamacq [Lammo], British disc jockey (BBC Radio 6), born in Islington, London
1969 – Takao Ōmori, Japanese professional wrestler
1971 – Simon Shanks, NFL inside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1978 – Ethan Luck, American musician (The O.C. Supertones, Demon Hunter, Relient K)
Famous Birthdays for 15th October 2020
1819 – Marinus Frederik Andries Gerardus Campbell, Dutch bibliographer, born in Kampen, Netherlands (d. 1890)
1832 – Henry Harrison Walker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Sussex County, Virginia (d. 1912)
1858 – Frank Valentine der Stucken, American-Belgian composer, born in Fredericksburg, Texas (d. 1929)
1911 – James H. Schmitz, American sci-fi author (Lion Game), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1981)
1917 – Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr, American historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2007)
1927 – Bill Henry, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds), born in Alice, Texas (d. 2014)
1946 – Richard Carpenter, American vocalist (Carpenters-Close to You), born in New Haven, Connecticut
1957 – Mira Nair, Indian-American filmmaker (Monsoon Wedding), born in Rourkela, Odisha, India
1959 – Sarah Margaret Ferguson, Duchess of York, born in London, England
1981 – Elena Dementieva, Russian tennis player
Famous Birthdays for 14th October 2020
1499 – Claude of France, Duchess of Brittany amd wife of Francis I of France, born in Romorantin-Lanthenay, France (d. 1524)
1827 – William Harcourt, British Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, born in York, England (d. 1904)
1906 – Benita Hume, British actress (Tarzan Escapes, High Treason, Halls of Ivy), born in London, England (d. 1967)
1938 – John Dean, American attorney and former White House counsel (Watergate figure), born in Akron, Ohio
1939 – Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer (Chaps, Polo Ralph Lauren), born in The Bronx, New York
1947 – Lukas Resetarits, Austrian cabaret artist, born in Stinatz, Austria
1950 – Sheila Young Ochowicz, American speed skater (Olympic gold/sil-76), born in Birmingham, Michigan
1973 – DeJuan Wheat, NBA guard (Minn Timberwolves)
1981 – Boof Bonser, American baseball player
1988 – Max Thieriot, American actor
Famous Birthdays for 13th October 2020
1453 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales and the only son of King Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou, born in London (d. 1471)
1823 – Immanuel Faisst, German composer, born in Esslingen am Neckar, Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1894)
1900 – Marius-François Gaillard, French pianist (DeBussy), conductor and composer (La passion noire), born in Paris (d. 1973)
1902 – Franco Giorgetti, Italian cyclist (Olympic gold 1920), born in Bovisio-Masciago, Italy (d. 1983)
1935 – Philippine Aeckerlin, Dutch actress (Oh Venus, Daddy Longlegs), born in Schiebroek, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1952 – Beverly Johnson, American model and actress (Ashanti Land of No Mercy), born in Buffalo, New York
1954 – Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician and peace activist, born in Marrakesh, French Morocco
1960 – Tim Brewster, American football coach, born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey
1967 – Derrick Moore, American NFL running back (Az Cardinals, Carolina Panthers), born in Albany, Georgia
1980 – Ashanti, American singer (Always On Time), born in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York
Famous Birthdays for 12th October 2020
1832 – Walter T Watts-Dunton, English lawyer, poet and writer (Aylwin), born in St. Ives, England (d. 1914)
1872 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (Hugh the Drover), born in Down Ampney, England (d. 1958)
1893 – Velvalee Dickinson, American spy, convicted of espionage against the United States on behalf of Japan during World War II, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1980)
1911 – Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), born in Bombay, India (d. 1987)
1932 – Jake Edwin Garn, American politician (Sen-R-Utah, 1974-93) and astronaut (STS 51D), born in Richfield, Utah
1932 – Joel Mandelbaum, American composer, born in New York
1947 – George Lam, Hong Kong veteran Cantopop singer, born in Hong Kong
1950 – Robin Askwith, English actor (Confessions Sex Comedies), born in Southport, Lancashire, England
1951 – Bernie Ruoff, CFL kicker (Winnipeg, Hamilton), born in West Germany
1963 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime film director, born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan (d. 2010)
Famous Birthdays for 11th October 2020
1803 – Albartus Telting, Frisian poet (Frisianch Jierboeckjen), born in Franeker, Netherlands (d. 1863)
1820 – Alfred Washington Ellet, American civil engineer and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (d. 1895)
1821 – Angelo Mariani, Italian composer, born in Ravenna, Italy (d. 1873)
1844 – Henry John Heinz, German-American entrepreneur who founded prepared-foods company (H.J. Heinz Company-57 varieties), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1919)
1930 – Harry Glaß, German ski jumper (Olympic bronze 1956), born in Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany (d. 1997)
1957 – Dawn French, Welsh comedian and TV actress (Supergrass, French and Saunders, The Vicar of Dibley), born in Holyhead, Wales
1962 – Phil Newport, English cricketer (England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1988-91), born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
1967 – Dennis Vaske, American NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Rockford, Illinois
1972 – Troy Corbett, Australian cricket pace bowler (Victorian lefty since 1994-95), born in Ouyen, Australia
1973 – Brendan B. Brown (BBB), American musician (Wheatus), born in Northport, New York