1886 – Delmira Agustini, Uruguayan poet (El Libro Blanco), born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1914)
1928 – Gabriel Laub, Polish writer, born in Bochnia, Poland (d. 1998)
1929 – Hubert Aquin, French-Canadian novelist, political activist and editor, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1977)
1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina, Tatar-Russian composer (Stimmen Verstummen), born in Chistopol, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
1936 – Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch politician (VVD)
1965 – Kyriakos Velopoulos, Greek politician, born in Essen, Ruhr, West Germany
1967 – Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indian fast bowler), born in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
1972 – Tom Fletcher, NFL defensive safety (Seattle Seahawks)
1973 – Levi Leipheimer, American road racing cyclist, born in Butte, Montana
1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer, born in Likasi, Zaire (now Congo)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 23rd October 2020
1698 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde), born in Paris (d. 1782)
1797 – John J Rochussen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1845-51)
1824 – Thomas Gamble Pitcher, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Rockport, Indiana (d. 1895)
1902 – Otmar Nussio, Swiss conductor and composer (Boccaccio Suite), born in Grossetto, Italy; (d. 1990)
1922 – Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot
1927 – Leszek Kolakowski, Polish philosopher (Conversations with the Devil)
1948 – Hermann Hauser, Austrian-born entrepreneur
1966 – Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver
1974 – Kaleena Kiff, actress (Patti-Love Sidney), born in Santa Monica, California
1976 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor and comedian (Deadpool), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Famous Birthdays for 22nd October 2020
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)
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