1847 – Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian playwright, poet, and librettist (Puccini’s “La bohème”, “Tosca”, and “Madama Butterfly”), born in Colleretto Parella, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy) (d. 1906)
1885 – Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austrian-English composer, teacher, and musicologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1974)
1914 – Martin Gardner, Scientific American math and puzzles columnist
1940 – Julie Parrish, Middlesboro Ky, actress (Good Morning World, Capitol)
1948 – Moses J “Moss” Mayekiso, South African union/SACP-leader
1948 – Shaye Cohen, Historian and Professor at Harvard University
1949 – Shulamit Ran, composer
1971 – Damien Martyn, cricketer (WA and Australian middle-order batsman)
1983 – Zack Greinke, American baseball player
1993 – Kane Brown, American country music singer-songwriter (Experiment), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 20th October 2022
1700 – Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans, Duchess of Modena (d. 1761)
1711 – Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (d. 1795)
1854 – Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist (Pass the Bile)
1891 – James Chadwick, English physicist (Nobel 1935 discovered neutron), born in Bollington, Cheshire (d. 1974)
1921 – Hans Warren, Dutch writer, poet and critic (Secret Diary)
1925 – Art Buchwald, American columnist and author (Have I Ever Lied to You), born in Mt Vernon, New York (d. 2017)
1939 – Raymond Jones, British keyboardist and songwriter, born in Oldham, England
1958 – Ivo Pogorelić, Croatian pianist (1978 Casagrande winner), born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1969 – Juan Gonzalez, Puerto Rican MLB outfielder (Texas Rangers), born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
1986 – Priyanka Sharma, Indian actress
Famous Birthdays for 19th October 2022
1684 – Johann Christoph Frauenholtz, Alsatian composer, baptized in Ahorn, Electorate of Bavaria (d. 1754)
1784 – Leigh Hunt, British writer
1873 – Bart King, American cricket pioneer (North America’s greatest all-rounder; helped develop art of swing bowling), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)
1896 – Nat Holman, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA, NIT C’ships 1950 CCNY), born in New York City (d. 1995)
1936 – Sylvia Browne, American author and self-proclaimed medium dubbed “America’s most controversial psychic”, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2013)
1944 – George McCrae, American soul and disco singer (“Lead Me On”; “Rock Your Baby”), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
1948 – Chester “Chet” Biscardi, Italian-American composer, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin
1966 – Dave Veres, pitcher (Montreal Expos), born in Montgomery, Alabama
1978 – Zakhar Dubenskiy, Russian footballer
1981 – Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver
Famous Birthdays for 18th October 2022
1701 – Charles le Beau, French historian (d. 1778)
1906 – James Brooks, US mural painter (Acquisition of Long Island)
1916 – Peter Shepherd, English contractor/multi-millionaire
1919 – Pierre Trudeau, 15th Canadian Prime Minister (Liberal: 1968-79, 1980-84), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2000)
1925 – Ramiz Alia, political leader of Albania
1928 – Keith Jackson, American sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Football, college football), born in Roopville, Georgia (d. 2018)
1956 – Craig Bartlett, American animator (Hey Arnold!, Dinosaur Train, Ready Jet Go!), born in Seattle, Washington
1960 – Erin Moran, American actress (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi), born in Burbank, California (d. 2017)
1962 – Vincent Spano, actor (Alphabet City, Maria’s Lovers), born in Brooklyn, New York
1970 – Shane Bonham, NFL defensive linesman (Detroit Lions)
Famous Birthdays for 17th October 2022
1719 – Jacques Cazotte, French writer (d. 1792)
1875 – Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer (Yes and No!)
1920 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish writer
1928 – Jim Gilliam, American MLB player and coach (Dodgers, NL rookie of year 1953), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1978)
1944 – Carol Cole, West Medford Mass, actress (Ellie-Grady)
1962 – Mike Judge, Ecuadorian born American cartoonist, born in Guayaquil, Ecuador
1965 – Connie Ann Hearn, actress (New Kind of Family), born in Anchorage, Alaska
1971 – Ernest Dixon, NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints)
1982 – Nick Riewoldt, Australian rules footballer
1989 – Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress
Famous Birthdays for 16th October 2022
1811 – Gaetano Capocci, Italian organist and composer (Responsori), born in Rome (d. 1898)
1854 – Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright and novelist (Importance of Being Earnest, The Picture of Dorian Gray), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1900)
1916 – George Turner, Australian author (d. 1997)
1919 – Kathleen Winsor, American writer (d. 2003)
1929 – B. Satyaji Rao, Indian cricket umpire (17 Tests 1960-79; 5 x Ranji Trophy finals), born in Bangalore, India (d. 2021)
1940 – Célio Taveira, Brazilian soccer striker (3 caps; Vasco da Gama, Nacional, Corinthians), born in Santos, Brazil (d. 2020)
1947 – David Zucker, American director (Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1947 – Bob Weir, American guitarist and singer (Grateful Dead – “I Need A Miracle”, “Sugar Magnolia”; RatDog; Dead and Company), born in San Francisco, California
1948 – Michael Tylo, American actor (Guiding Light, Blade-Young and Restless), born in Detroit, Michigan
1962 – Manute Bol, NBA center (Golden State Warriors)
Famous Birthdays for 15th October 2022
1542 – Akbar, 3rd Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), born in Umerkot, Sindh (d. 1605)
1894 – Moshe Sharett, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (1954-55), born in Kherson, Russian Empire (d. 1965)
1895 – Alfred Neumann, German playwright (Devil), born in Lautenburg, Germany (now in Poland) (d. 1952)
1917 – Paul Tanner, American trombonist (Glenn Miller Orchestra), developer and player of the Electro-Theremin (The Beach Boys – “Good Vibrations”; “I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times”), and educator (UCLA), born in Skunk Hollow, Kentucky (d. 2013)
1924 – Marguerite Andersen, German francophone writer and educator, born in Germany
1938 – Marv Johnson, American RandB pianist, songwriter, and singer (“You Got What It Takes”; “(You’ve Got To) Move Two Mountains”), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1993)
1946 – Victor Banerjee, Indian actor (A Passage to India), born in Calcutta, India
1966 – Jorge Campos, Mexican football goalkeeper (130 caps; UNAM, LA Galaxy), born in Acapulco, Guerrero
1984 – Jessie Ware, British pop singer-songwriter (“What’s Your Pleasure?”), born in Hammersmith, London, England
1992 – Ncuti Gatwa, Rwandan-Scottish actor (Sex Education Doctor Who), born in Nyarugenge,, Rwanda
Famous Birthdays for 14th October 2022
1643 – Bahādur Shah I, 7th Mughal Emperor of India, born in Burhanpur, Mughal Empire (d. 1712)
1730 – Jean-Joseph Rodolphe, Alsatian composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1812)
1908 – Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress, born in Granger, Utah (d. 2003)
1925 – Phillip Tobias, South African palaeoanthropologist and three time Nobel Prize nominee (hominid fossil sites), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2012)
1939 – Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer (Chaps, Polo Ralph Lauren), born in The Bronx, New York
1943 – Anthony Iannaccone, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York
1947 – Al Atkins, British rock singer (Judas Priest, 1969-73), born in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England
1947 – Charlie Joiner, American NFL receiver (Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego), born in Many, Louisiana
1968 – Dwayne Schintzius, NBA center (Indiana Pacers)
1985 – Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, Brazilian racing driver
Famous Birthdays for 13th October 2022
1820 – John William Dawson, Canadian geologist, born in Pictou, Nova Scotia (d. 1899)
1901 – Benjamin Merkelbach, Dutch architect and city builder of Amsterdam, born in Amsterdam (d. 1961)
1916 – David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone singer (Dutch Radio Chorus), born in Den Helder, Netherlands (d. 2001)
1923 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch soccer star (Xerxes, Fortuna, Inter Milan), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2006)
1925 – Lenny Bruce [Leonard Schneider], American comedian, arrested on obsenity, born in Mineola, New York (d. 1966)
1931 – Eddie Mathews, American Baseball HOF third baseman (512 career HRs; 12 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1957, 68; Boston/Milwaukee Braves) and manager (Atlanta Braves 1972-74), born in Texarkana, Texas (d. 2001)
1938 – Hugo Young, British journalist (The Guardian), born in Sheffield, England (d. 2003)
1947 – Jerry Trupiano, American sports broadcaster, born in St. Louis, Missouri
1949 – Robert Sirota, American classical composer, born in New York, New York
1972 – Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi, third child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
Famous Birthdays for 12th October 2022
1686 – Silvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist, born in Grodków, Poland (d. 1750)
1822 – Joseph Haydn Potter, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Concord, New Hampshire (d. 1892)
1845 – Amintore Galli, Italian composer, born in Perticara, Italy (d. 1919)
1855 – Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic), born in Mosonszentmiklós, Hungary (d. 1922)
1855 – August Sauer, Austrian literature historian (Euphorion), born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (d. 1926)
1860 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American entrepreneur and inventor (gyrocompass), born in Cincinnatus, New York (d. 1930)
1866 – Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister (Labour: 1924, 1929-35), born in Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland (d. 1937)
1874 – Jimmy Burke, American MLB third baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates), coach (World Series 1932, NY Yankees) and manager (St. Louis Cardinals), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1942)
1911 – Louis de Guiringaud, French foreign minister (1976-78), born in Limoges, France (d. 1982)
1962 – Branko Crvenkovski, 3rd President of Macedonia, born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia