1735 – Edward Miller, English composer, born in Norwich, England (d. 1807)
1861 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor, born in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France (d. 1929)
1899 – Ernst Herman van Rappard, Dutch SS officer and founder (NSNAP), born in Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Dutch East Indies (d. 1953)
1934 – Hamilton Camp, English-American actor (Andrew-He and She, Meatballs 2), born in London (d. 2005)
1935 – Jim Perry, American baseball player, born in Williamston, North Carolina
1942 – Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer (Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy), born in Motala, Sweden (d. 2019)
1945 – Pamelo Mounk’a, Congolese musician, born in Ouesso, Brazzaville (d. 1996)
1945 – Henry Winkler, American actor (Fonz-Happy Days, Night Shift), born in NYC, New York
1947 – Chris Komar, American ballet dancer and artistic director (Milwaukee Ballet, 1969-72; Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 1972-93), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1996)
1977 – Charmian Faulkner, Australian crime victim (went missing with her mother from St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, in 1980), born in Colac, Victoria, Australia
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Famous Birthdays for 29th October 2023
1882 – Jean Giraudoux, French writer and playwright (The Madwoman of Chaillot), born in Bellac, Haute-Vienne, France (d. 1944)
1907 – Edwige Feuillère, French film actress, born in Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France (d. 1998)
1924 – Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet and writer, born in Lwów, Poland (d. 1998)
1948 – Kate Jackson, American actress (Rookies, Charlie’s Angels), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1955 – Boy Abunda, Filipino journalist and television personality, born in Borongan, Philippines
1956 – Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican boxer, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
1968 – Stanley Donwood [Dan Rickwood], British writer and album art designer (Radiohead; Thom Yorke), born in Essex, England
1968 – Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater (Olympics 3 gold-1994), born in Drammen, Norway
1971 – Ma Huateng [Pony Ma], Chinese entrepreneur (Tencent), born in Chaoyang District, Shantou
1987 – Makoto Ogawa, Japanese pop singer (Morning Musume), born in Kashiwazaki, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 28th October 2023
1466 – Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (The Praise of Folly), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1536)
1585 – Cornelius Jansen, French Roman Catholic reform leader (Jansenism), born in Acquoy, County of Holland, Dutch Republic (d. 1638)
1864 – Adolfo Camarillo, American prominent land owner, horse breeder, and rancher, born in Ventura, California (d. 1958)
1879 – Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, Spanish composer, born in Madrid (d. 1953)
1904 – Louis de Meester, Belgian pianist and classical and electronic music composer (The Great Temptation of St Anthony), born in Roeselare, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1987)
1944 – Dennis Franz, American actor (Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue – “Lt. Buntz”), born in Maywood, Illinois
1950 – Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
1962 – Scotty Nguyen, professional poker player
1978 – Justin Guarini [Bell], American pop singer and actor (American Idol), born in Columbus, Georgia
1985 – Richard Smith, American entrepreneur
Famous Birthdays for 27th October 2023
1739 – Franz Ignaz Kaa, German composer, born in Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg (d. 1818)
1876 – Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, Dutch actress (Un Soir Un Train), born in Pamekasan, Dutch Indies (d. 1976)
1910 – Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), born in Manitoba (d. 1963)
1912 – Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican composer, often of player piano music (Soundings 4), born in Texarkana, Arkansas (d. 1997)
1913 – Joseph Medicine Crow, Native American chief and historian, born near Lodge Grass, Montana (d. 2013)
1922 – Poul Bundgaard, Danish comic actor (Olsen-banden films) and operetta singer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1958-73), born in Hellerup, Denmark (d. 1998)
1929 – Marino Iandiorio, Italian canned tomato pioneer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1994)
1971 – Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer, born in Nashville, Tennessee
1972 – Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1984 – Irfan Pathan, Indian cricket all-rounder (29 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 102, 100 wickets, BB 7/59; 120 ODIs; Baroda, Middlesex CCC, Kings XI Punjab, Delhi Daredevils), born in Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Famous Birthdays for 26th October 2023
1427 – Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1496)
1645 – Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1727)
1694 – Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer, conductor and violinist, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1758)
1757 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (elementary philosophy), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1823)
1929 – Hans Peter Haller, German composer, born in Radolfzell, Germany (d. 2006)
1956 – Rita Wilson, American actress, singer, and film producer, born in Los Angeles, California
1966 – Alex Pastoor, Dutch soccer midfielder (FC Volendam, Heerenveen) and manager (Slavia Prague, Sparta Rotterdam), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1967 – Bobby Houston, American NFL linebacker (NY Jets), born in Washington, D.C.
1981 – Guy Sebastian, Malaysian-born Australian pop and soul singer (“Angels Brought Me Here”‘; “Battle Scars”), and television personality (The Voice Australia, 2019-), born in Klang, Malaysia
1984 – Adriano Correia Claro, Brazilian footballer, born in Curitiba, Brazil
Famous Birthdays for 25th October 2023
1102 – William Clito, Count of Flanders (1127-28), born in Rouen, France (d. 1128)
1803 – Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poet (Daisies, Avondlamp), born in Diksmuide, Belgium (d. 1884)
1902 – Eddie Lang [Salvatore Massaro], American jazz guitarist known as the “father of jazz guitar”, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1933)
1903 – Harry Shoulberg, American expressionist painter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
1906 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (World Heavyweight Champion 1933-34), born in Sequals, Italy (d. 1967)
1933 – Larry J. Hopkins, American politician (Rep-R-KY, 1979-93), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2021)
1948 – Dan Gable, American 68kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 1972), born in Waterloo, Iowa
1969 – Eric Guliford, American NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints), born in Kansas City, Kansas
1972 – Esther Duflo, French American economist (2019 Nobel Prize for Economics), born in Paris
1981 – Austin John Winkler, American lead vocalist (Hinder), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Famous Birthdays for 24th October 2023
1863 – Manuel Manrique de Lara, Spanish composer (The Oresteia), born in Cartagena, Murcia (d. 1929)
1911 – Clarence M. Kelley, American 2nd Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1973-77), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1997)
1929 – Hubert Aquin, French Canadian novelist, political activist and editor, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1977)
1932 – Johnny Lattner, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1953, Notre Dame; Pro Bowl 1954, Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
1938 – Fred E. Finn, American pianist (Mickie Finn’s), born in San Francisco, California
1945 – Gérald Larose, Quebec labour union executive, born in Ham-Nord, Quebec
1946 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian rock drummer (Steppenwolf), born in Oshawa, Ontario (d. 1993)
1948 – Dale “Buffin” Griffin, English rock drummer (Mott The Hoople – “All Young Dudes”), born in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England (d. 2016)
1953 – James di Donato, open water swimmer, one of the Tiger Twins (world record for swimming the butterfly in 40.6 miles)
1970 – Rob Leslie-Carter, British engineer and project manager, born in Oxford, England
Famous Birthdays for 23rd October 2023
1801 – (Gustav) Albert Lortzing, German Spieloper composer and actor (Zar und Zimmerman), born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1851)
1851 – Guillaume Couture, Canadian choir conductor, composer, and teacher, born In Montreal, Quebec (d. 1915)
1865 – Neltje Blanchan, American nature writer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1918)
1869 – John Heisman, American football coach (legalised forward pass, originated the center-snap; Heisman Trophy named after him), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1936)
1875 – Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (theory of covalent bonding), born in Weymouth, Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1918 – James Daly, American actor (Medical Center, Planet of the Apes), born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (d. 1978)
1920 – Vern Stephens, American baseball shortstop (8 x MLB All Star; AL HR leader 1945; 3×AL RBI leader; St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox), born in McAlister, New Mexico (d. 1968)
1943 – Billy Talbot, American singer-songwriter and bassist (Crazy Horse), born in New York City
1959 – Sam Raimi, American filmmaker and actor (Spiderman trilogy, Evil Dead series), born in Royal Oak, Michigan
1987 – Seo In-Guk, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (The Master’s Sun), born in Ulsan, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 22nd October 2023
1818 – Leconte de Lisle, French poet and writer, born in Saint-Paul, Réunion, France (d. 1894)
1898 – Dámaso Alonso, Spanish linguist and poet (Hijos de la ira), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1952)
1904 – Paul Arma, Hungarian-French composer, born in Budapest (d. 1987)
1918 – Lou Klein, American baseball infielder (St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia A’s) and manager (Chicago Cubs), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1976)
1920 – Timothy Leary, American psychologist and advocate for psychedelic drug use, born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
1936 – John Blashford-Snell, British Army officer (founded Operation Raleigh), born in Hereford, England
1948 – Mike Hendrick, English cricket fast bowler (30 Tests, 87 wickets; 22 ODIs; Derbyshire CCC), born in Darley Dale, England (d. 2021)
1949 – Stiv Bators [Steven Bator], American punk rock singer and guitarist (The Dead Boys), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1990)
1952 – Julie Dash American filmmaker (Daughters of the Dust), born in New York City
1964 – TobyMac [Kevin McKeehan], American Christian-hip-hop rapper, singer and songwriter (DC Talk), born in Fairfax, Virginia
Famous Birthdays for 21st October 2023
1940 – Manfred Mann [Michael Lubowitz], British, rocker (“Mighty Quinn”; “Blinded By The Light”), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
1950 – David Lascelles, Earl of Harewood, grandson of English Princess Mary
1953 – Charlotte Caffey, American rock guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist (The Go-Go’s – “We Got The Beat”), born in Santa Monica, California
1971 – René Ponk, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1975 – Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
1978 – Will Estes, American actor
1986 – Christopher Uckermann, Mexican-Swedish actor, and singer in the Latin pop group RBD, born in Mexico City
1987 – Dean Lewis, Australian singer-songwriter (“Waves”, “Be Alright”), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1987 – Anele Ngcongca, South African soccer defender (53 caps; Genk), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2020)
2000 – Imanbek [Zeikenov], Kazakh music producer (Roses), born in Aksu, Kazakhstan