1686 – Georg Balthasar Schott, German composer, born in Schönau, near Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany (d. 1736)
1821 – Collis P. Huntington, American business tycoon and railroad executive (Central Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad), born in Harwinton, Connecticut (d. 1900)
1906 – Cornelis L “Kees” van Baaren, Dutch composer (Willem Pijper)
1910 – Tamara Desni [Brodsky], German-born British actress (The Green Finger, Hell’s Cargo), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2008)
1915 – Harry Hickox, Big Springs Tx, (Herb-Please Don’t Eat the Daisies)
1939 – Tony Roberts, actor (Annie Hall, Edge of Night, Lucie Arnaz Show), born in NYC, New York
1945 – Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host
1958 – Bobby Blotzer, American rock drummer (Ratt, “Round and Round”), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1978 – Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (d. 2007)
1990 – Jonathan William Lipnicki, actor (Jeff Foxworthy Show, Jerry McGuirre)
Author: Socials Admin
Famous Birthdays for 21st October 2020
1581 – Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641)
1761 – Louis AG baron de Bacler d’Albe, French cartographer/brigadier general
1790 – Alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine, Macon France, writer (René)
1807 – Napoléon Henri Reber, French composer, born in Mulhouse, Alsace (d. 1880)
1885 – Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Ploeg)
1902 – Hilarion Rubio, Filipino composer, born in Bacoor, Cavite (d. 1985)
1907 – Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (d. 1985)
1926 – Bob Rosburg, American golfer, analyst (PGA Championship 1959), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2009)
1933 – Georgia Brown [Lillian Getel], actress (Study in Terror, Fixer)
1983 – Ninette Tayeb, Israeli singer
Famous Birthdays for 20th October 2020
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
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