1751 – Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky, Russian-Ukrainian harpsichordist and composer (Tantum Ergo), born in Glukhov, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1825)
1891 – Ormer Locklear, American movie stunt pilot (The Great Air Robbery), born in Greenville, Texas (d. 1920)
1897 – Edith Head, Hollywood costume designer (8 Oscars), born in San Bernardino, California (d. 1981)
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)
1909 – Ādolfs Skulte, Latvian composer, born in Kiev, Ukraine (d. 2000)
1915 – Michael Fraser, British Conservative Party political administrator, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1996)
1919 – Bernhard Wicki, Austrian director and actor (Morituri, Crime and Passion), born in St. Pölten, Austria (d. 2000)
1929 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (The French Connection), born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1988)
1945 – Dennis Lillie [sic], cricketer (Queensland leg-spinner 1965-66/80-82)
1962 – Bobby Tate, fictional character on Soap
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 27th October 2021
1800 – Benjamin Franklin Wade, American politician, US Senator from Ohio (1851-69), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1878)
1814 – Daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and 3rd Mayor of Salt Lake City, born in Trenton, New York (d. 1891)
1913 – Joseph Medicine Crow, Native American chief and historian, born near Lodge Grass, Montana (d. 2013)
1926 – Nana Joshi [Padmanabh Govind Joshi], Indian cricket wicket-keeper (Indian National Team during 1950’s), born in Baroda, Gujarat, India (d. 1987)
1926 – H. R. Haldeman, Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff during Watergate, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
1940 – Anthea Joseph, British music promoter, born in London (d. 1997)
1949 – Clifford Antone, American businessman, born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2006)
1971 – Zaddick X Longenbach, Greenwalds Pa, fencer-foil (Olympics 1996)
1971 – Mike Ricci, Canadian NHL center (Colorado Avalanche), born in Scarborough, Ontario
1981 – Kristi Richards, Canadian freestyle skier, born in Penticton, British Columbia
Famous Birthdays for 26th October 2021
1758 – Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, French classical cellist and composer, born in Lauzerte, France (d. 1811)
1791 – Charles Sprague, American banker and poet (Curiosity), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1875)
1869 – August Halm, German composer, born in Vellberg, Germany (d. 1929)
1936 – Bruce Belland, American singer (Tim Conway Hour), born in Chicago, Illinois
1942 – Dietmar Polaczek, Austrian composer and writer, born in Bendsburg, Upper Silesia (now Będzin, Poland)
1946 – Keith Hopwood, English rock guitarist (Herman’s Hermits), born in Davyhulme, Manchester, England
1965 – Mark McLoughlin, Canadian CFL placekicker (CFL All Star 1994, 96, 99; Grey Cup 1992, 98, 2001; Calgary Stampeders), born in Liverpool, England
1969 – Mark Sweeney, American MLB first baseman (St Louis Cardinals), born in Framingham, Massachusetts
1979 – Movsar Barayev, Chechen Islamist militia leader during the Second Chechen War, born in Argun, Chechen–Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union (d. 2002)
1984 – Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer (PSV), born in Lima, Peru
Famous Birthdays for 25th October 2021
1709 – Jan Wagenaar, Dutch merchant and historian, born in Amsterdam (d. 1773)
1934 – Joe Mercer, OBE, English thoroughbred race horse jockey (British flat racing Champion Jockey 1979), born in Bradford, England (d. 2021)
1935 – Zdeněk Pololáník, Czech composer and organist, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia
1941 – Helen Reddy, Australian-American rock vocalist (“I Am Woman”; “You And Me Against The World”), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (d. 2020)
1945 – David Schramm, American astrophysicist (pioneer in establishing particle astrophysics as a vibrant research field), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1997)
1963 – Tracy Nelson, American actress (Glitter; Square Pegs; Father Dowling Mysteries – “Sister Stephanie”), born in Santa Monica, California
1964 – Nicholas Bernard Thorp, English musician (Curiosity Killed the Cat), born in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey
1968 – Corey Miller, American NFL linebacker (NY Giants), born in Pageland, South Carolina
1970 – J.A. Adande, American sports columnist, born in Los Angeles, California
1979 – Tony Torcato, American baseball player, born in Woodland, California
Famous Birthdays for 24th October 2021
1868 – Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and writer, born in Saint-Mandé, France (d. 1969)
1913 – Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone, born in Bassano del Grappa (d. 1984)
1924 – Piet Roozenburg, Dutch World champion checker player (1948, 51, 52, 55), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2003)
1925 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer (Chemins), born in Oneglia, Italy (d. 2003)
1927 – Renato de Grandis, Italian composer, born in Venice, Italy (d. 2008)
1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina, Tatar-Russian composer (Stimmen Verstummen), born in Chistopol, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American (Rep-D-Maryland) and CEO of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1949 – Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer charged with the first degree murder of twenty-six women, born in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
1953 – Billy Thomas, American singer (McBride and Ride-I Count on You), born in Fort Meyers, Florida
1989 – Eliza Taylor-Cotter, Australian actress (Neighbours), born in Melbourne, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 23rd October 2021
1923 – Ned Rorem, American composer and author (Sky Music), born in Richmond, Indiana
1930 – Gérard Blain, French director and actor (The Friends, Hatari), born in Paris, France (d. 2000)
1938 – John Heinz, American businessman and Republican politician (Senator from Pennsylvania, 1977-1991), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
1946 – Gerda Havertong, Surinam-Dutch singer and actress (Sesame St), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
1949 – Nick Tosches, American writer (bio of Jerry Lee Lewis), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2019)
1961 – Don and Ron Harris, American professional wrestlers
1966 – Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver who raced with prosthetic limbs, born in Bologna, Italy
1973 – Blaine McElmurry, American NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Helena, Montana
1974 – Sander Westerveld, Dutch soccer coach and player (FC Twente), born in Enschede, Netherlands
1975 – Jessicka [Jessica Fodera], American goth-rock, alt-pop singer-songwriter and artist, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Famous Birthdays for 22nd October 2021
1737 – Vincenzo Manfredini, Italian harpsichordist, composer, and music theorist, born in Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1799)
1929 – Lev Yashin, Soviet-Russian football goalkeeper (Soviet Union 1954-1967)
1942 – Robin John Maconie, composer
1946 – Kelvin MacKenzie, British media tycoon
1946 – Richard Loncraine, director (Missionary, Deep Cover, Bellman and True)
1954 – Carla Dunlap, bodybuilder (Pumping Iron 2), born in Newark, New Jersey
1963 – Brian Boitano, American figure skater (Olympic men’s singles gold 1988), born in Mountain View, California
1970 – Winston Bogarde, soccer player (Sparta/Ajax)
1975 – Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
1982 – Heath Miller, American football player
Famous Birthdays for 21st October 2021
1687 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1759)
1807 – Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer
1885 – Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austrian-English composer, teacher, and musicologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1974)
1928 – Vern Mikkelsen, Parlier, CA, basketball player (Lakers, HOF), (d. 2013)
1934 – Jerry Lewis, (Rep-R-California, 1979- )
1940 – Manfred Mann [Michael Lubowitz], British, rocker (“Mighty Quinn”; “Blinded By The Light”), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa
1943 – Paula Kelly, American dancer and actress (Night Court – “Liz”), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1949 – Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, born in Tel Aviv, Israel
1986 – Natalee Holloway, U.S teen, disappeared in Aruba
1986 – Chibuzor Chilaka, English footballer
Famous Birthdays for 20th October 2021
1819 – Daniel Edgar Sickles, American politician, diplomat and Major General (Union Army), born in NYC, New York (d. 1914)
1900 – Rodolfo Halffter, Spanish composer, and music critic, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1987)
1908 – Stuart Hamblen, American singer and composer (This Ole House), born in Kellyville, Texas (d. 1989)
1924 – Stanley Booth-Clibborn, British Anglican Bishop of Manchester, born in London, England (d. 1996)
1932 – William Christopher, American comedian and actor (Father Mulcahy-M*A*S*H), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2016)
1957 – Susanna Haavisto, Finnish actress and singer, born in Helsinki, Finland
1966 – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaeda leader (d. 2006)
1966 – Fred Coury, American glam rock drummer (Cinderella -“Heartbreak Station”; “Nobody’s Fool”), born in Johnston, New York
1977 – Sam Witwer, American actor (Battlestar Galactica, Riverdale), born in Glenview, Illinois
1983 – Takayuki Yamada, Japanese actor (Socrates in Love), born in Naha, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 19th October 2021
1810 – Cassius Marcellus Clay, American Major General (Union Army), born in Madison County, Kentucky (d. 1903)
1851 – Empress Myeongseong, Empress of Korea (d. 1895)
1900 – Erna Berger, German soprano (d. 1990)
1916 – Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish composer (Facettes; Aniara), born in Växjö, Sweden (d. 1968)
1933 – Wilfried Dietrich, German FR, super-heavyweight (Olympic gold 1960)
1936 – Tony Lo Bianco, actor (Ann Jillian Story, Hizzoner!), born in Brooklyn, New York
1947 – Wilbert Hart, American singer (Delfonics – “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)”;”La-La Means I Love You”), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1949 – Jamie McGrigor, British politician
1968 – Sinitta [Malone], British-American singer (So Macho, Toy Boy), born in Seattle, Washington
1980 – Benjamin Salisbury, actor (Brighton Sheffield-Nanny), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota