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
Category: Famous Birthdays
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
Famous Birthdays for 18th October 2021
1697 – Giovanni Canaletto, Italian painter (Regatta on the Grand Canal) and printmaker, born in Venice (d. 1768)
1701 – Charles le Beau, French historian (d. 1778)
1844 – Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist known for leadership in the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, born in Kent, Indiana (d. 1930)
1882 – Lucien Petit-Breton, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1907-8), born in Plessé, France (d. 1917)
1924 – Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer, born in Råde, Norway (d. 2013)
1952 – Jerry Royster, American baseball player
1958 – Thomas Hearns, American boxer (first boxer to win world titles in 5 weight divisions), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1961 – Eric Jespersen, Port Alberni BC, star sailor (Olympic bronze 1992, 96)
1966 – Alan Mills, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in Lakeland, Florida
1967 – Gary John Anderson, New Zealand track and road cyclist (Olympics 1996-bronze), born in Wanganui, New Zealand
Famous Birthdays for 17th October 2021
1884 – Lewis Bennison, American actor (The Road Called Straight), born in Oakland, California (d. 1929)
1902 – Irene Ryan, American actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 1973)
1920 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish writer
1924 – Don Coryell, American College Football Hall of Fame/NFL coach (SD Chargers), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2010)
1933 – Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun and singer-songwriter, The Singing Nun, born in Laeken (d. 1985)
1946 – Sir Cameron Mackintosh, British stage producer
1947 – Gene Green, (Rep-D-Texas)
1967 – Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star (1993 Quebec City)
1977 – Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer
1982 – Nick Riewoldt, Australian rules footballer
Famous Birthdays for 16th October 2021
1751 – Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Queen of Prussia (d. 1805)
1861 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian (d. 1927)
1896 – Edmond van Dooren, Flemish painter
1941 – Derek David Bourgeois, British composer, conductor and educator (National Youth Chamber Orchestra) born in Kingston upon Thames, England (d. 2017)
1951 – Alan Wheat, (Rep-D-Missouri, 1983- )
1956 – Melissa Belote, American 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics 3 gold-1972), born in Washington, D.C.
1960 – Bob Mould, American rock guitarist, songwriter and vocalist (Hüsker Dü; Sugar), born in Malone, New York
1964 – Stephen Paul “Steve” Lamacq [Lammo], British disc jockey (BBC Radio 6), born in Islington, London
1971 – Chad Gray, American heavy metal singer (Hellyeah; Mudvayne), born in Latham, Illinois
1982 – Frédéric Michalak, French rugby player
Famous Birthdays for 15th October 2021
1761 – Peter Grønland, Danish composer, born in Wilster, Germany (d. 1825)
1856 – Robert Nivelle, French military officer, born in Tulle, France (d. 1924)
1888 – S.S. Van Dine [pseudonym for William Huntingdon Wright], American art critic and crime writer (Philo Vance), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1939)
1893 – Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), born in Peleș Castle, Sinaia, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1953)
1908 – John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman Award), born in Iona Station, Ontario (d. 2006)
1915 – Yitzḥak Shamir, Israeli Prime Minister (1983–84, 1986–1992), born in Ruzinoy, Poland (d. 2012)
1922 – Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer (A Sibila), born in Vila Mea, Portugal
1934 – N. Ramani, Indian flutist, born in Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India (d. 2015)
1962 – Susan DeMattei, American cyclist (Olympic bronze 1996), born in San Francisco, California
1968 – Jyrki 69 [Jyrki Pekka Emil Linnankivi], Finnish musician (The 69 Eyes), born in Helsinki, Finland