1499 – Claude of France, Duchess of Brittany amd wife of Francis I of France, born in Romorantin-Lanthenay, France (d. 1524)
1827 – William Harcourt, British Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, born in York, England (d. 1904)
1906 – Benita Hume, British actress (Tarzan Escapes, High Treason, Halls of Ivy), born in London, England (d. 1967)
1938 – John Dean, American attorney and former White House counsel (Watergate figure), born in Akron, Ohio
1939 – Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer (Chaps, Polo Ralph Lauren), born in The Bronx, New York
1947 – Lukas Resetarits, Austrian cabaret artist, born in Stinatz, Austria
1950 – Sheila Young Ochowicz, American speed skater (Olympic gold/sil-76), born in Birmingham, Michigan
1973 – DeJuan Wheat, NBA guard (Minn Timberwolves)
1981 – Boof Bonser, American baseball player
1988 – Max Thieriot, American actor
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 13th October 2020
1453 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales and the only son of King Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou, born in London (d. 1471)
1823 – Immanuel Faisst, German composer, born in Esslingen am Neckar, Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1894)
1900 – Marius-François Gaillard, French pianist (DeBussy), conductor and composer (La passion noire), born in Paris (d. 1973)
1902 – Franco Giorgetti, Italian cyclist (Olympic gold 1920), born in Bovisio-Masciago, Italy (d. 1983)
1935 – Philippine Aeckerlin, Dutch actress (Oh Venus, Daddy Longlegs), born in Schiebroek, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1952 – Beverly Johnson, American model and actress (Ashanti Land of No Mercy), born in Buffalo, New York
1954 – Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician and peace activist, born in Marrakesh, French Morocco
1960 – Tim Brewster, American football coach, born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey
1967 – Derrick Moore, American NFL running back (Az Cardinals, Carolina Panthers), born in Albany, Georgia
1980 – Ashanti, American singer (Always On Time), born in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York
Famous Birthdays for 12th October 2020
1832 – Walter T Watts-Dunton, English lawyer, poet and writer (Aylwin), born in St. Ives, England (d. 1914)
1872 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (Hugh the Drover), born in Down Ampney, England (d. 1958)
1893 – Velvalee Dickinson, American spy, convicted of espionage against the United States on behalf of Japan during World War II, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1980)
1911 – Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), born in Bombay, India (d. 1987)
1932 – Jake Edwin Garn, American politician (Sen-R-Utah, 1974-93) and astronaut (STS 51D), born in Richfield, Utah
1932 – Joel Mandelbaum, American composer, born in New York
1947 – George Lam, Hong Kong veteran Cantopop singer, born in Hong Kong
1950 – Robin Askwith, English actor (Confessions Sex Comedies), born in Southport, Lancashire, England
1951 – Bernie Ruoff, CFL kicker (Winnipeg, Hamilton), born in West Germany
1963 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime film director, born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan (d. 2010)
Famous Birthdays for 11th October 2020
1803 – Albartus Telting, Frisian poet (Frisianch Jierboeckjen), born in Franeker, Netherlands (d. 1863)
1820 – Alfred Washington Ellet, American civil engineer and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (d. 1895)
1821 – Angelo Mariani, Italian composer, born in Ravenna, Italy (d. 1873)
1844 – Henry John Heinz, German-American entrepreneur who founded prepared-foods company (H.J. Heinz Company-57 varieties), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1919)
1930 – Harry Glaß, German ski jumper (Olympic bronze 1956), born in Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany (d. 1997)
1957 – Dawn French, Welsh comedian and TV actress (Supergrass, French and Saunders, The Vicar of Dibley), born in Holyhead, Wales
1962 – Phil Newport, English cricketer (England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1988-91), born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
1967 – Dennis Vaske, American NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Rockford, Illinois
1972 – Troy Corbett, Australian cricket pace bowler (Victorian lefty since 1994-95), born in Ouyen, Australia
1973 – Brendan B. Brown (BBB), American musician (Wheatus), born in Northport, New York
Famous Birthdays for 10th October 2020
1916 – Benson Fong, American actor (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), born in Sacramento, California (d. 1987)
1930 – Harold Pinter, British playwright (The Homecoming, Servant), born in London, England (d. 2008)
1935 – Dave Charnley, British lightweight boxer (Dartford Destroyer), born in Dartford, England (d. 2012)
1941 – Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian writer and environmentalist, born in Bori, Nigeria (d. 1995)
1950 – Peter Jan Rens, Dutch actor and director (Mister Cactus, Passion), born in Velsen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
1962 – Rex J. Walheim, U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut, born in Redwood City, California
1965 – Brett Perriman, American NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins), born in Miami, Florida
1965 – Chris Penn, American actor (The Wild Life), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2006)
1967 – Frank Wainright, American football tight end (Miami Dolphins), born in Peoria, Illinois
1983 – Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Highfield, Harare, Zimbabwe
Famous Birthdays for 9th October 2020
1727 – Johann Wilhelm Hertel, German composer, born in Eisenach, Germany (d. 1789)
1886 – Rube Marquard, American baseball player, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1980)
1906 – John Dalrymple, 13th earl of Stair, Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtownshire (1961-83)
1948 – Jackson Browne, American rock vocalist (Lawyers in Love), born in Heidelberg, Germany
1959 – Bill Lee, American politician, Governor of Tennessee (2019-), born in Franklin, Tennessee
1961 – Arlene Boxall, Zimbabwean field hockey player (Olympic gold 1980)
1973 – Erin Daniels, American actress (The L Word), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1975 – Mahendra Nagamootoo, West Indian cricketer (Guyanese leg-spinner), born in Whim, Berbice, Guyana
1981 – Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor (Brad-Home Improvement), born in Aurora, Colorado
1983 – Jang Mi-Ran, South Korean weightlifter (Olympic gold 2008), born in Gangwon, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 8th October 2020
1692 – Antonio Palella, Italian composer and harpsichordist, born in San Giovanni a Teduccio, Naples, Italy (d. 1761)
1713 – Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist, born in Opatów, Poland (d. 1793)
1789 – William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist, born in Newington, London (d. 1855)
1936 – Rona Barrett, American gossip columnist (Tomorrow Show), born in NYC, New York
1943 – Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor (SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack), born in NYC, New York
1947 – Tony Wilson, Trinidadian rock songwriter, bassist, and vocalist (Hot Chocolate – “You Sexy Thing”), born in Trinidad
1958 – Ursula von der Leyen, German politician, 1st woman elected President of European Commission, born in Ixelles, Brussels
1967 – Ivonne Reyes, Venezuelan actress, born in Valencia, Venezuela
1974 – Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower (Olympic gold 2004), born in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
1979 – [Gregori] Chad Petree, American rocker (Shiny Toy Guns), born in Shawnee, Oklahoma
Famous Birthdays for 7th October 2020
1849 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet (Raggedy Man)
1905 – Andy Devine [ Andrew Vabre Devine], American character actor (Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Stagecoach), born in Flagstaff, Arizona (d. 1977)
1909 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (d. 1990)
1911 – Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (d. 1995)
1915 – Margarita Aliger, Russian poet (Zoja), born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 1992) [NS]
1915 – Roman Padlewski, Polish violinist and composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1944)
1922 – Martha Stewart [Haworth], American singer and actress (Daisy Kenyon, Doll Face), born in Bardwell, Kentucky
1952 – Vladimir Putin, Russian politician (President and Prime Minister), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union
1979 – Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast, born in Constanța, Romania
2001 – Princess Senate Seeiso, daughter of King Letsie III of Lesotho, born in Maseru, Lesotho
Famous Birthdays for 6th October 2020
1706 – Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1772)
1767 – Henri Christophe, President of Haiti (1807-11) and King of Haiti (1811-20), born in Grenada (d. 1820)
1888 – Li Ta-chao, co-founder with Mao Zedong (Chinese Communist Party)
1902 – Mihovil Logar, composer
1930 – Hafez al-Assad, General and President of Syria (1971-2000), born in Qardaha, Alawite State, Syria (d. 2000)
1943 – Udo Zimmermann, composer
1944 – Merzak Allouache, director (Salut Cousin, Amour a Paris)
1948 – Dan Hamburg, (Rep-D-California)
1966 – Jimmie Johnson, NFL tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1992 – Rhyon Nicole Brown, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 5th October 2020
1848 – Guido von List, Austrian-German occultist and novelist (Jung Diethers Heimkehr), born in Vienna (d. 1919)
1913 – William Lehman, American politician, born in Selma, Alabama (d. 2005)
1933 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress (Agony and Ecstasy, Wicker Man), born in Brisbane, Queensland (d. 2011)
1937 – Barry Switzer, American football coach (Oklahoma), born in Crossett, Arkansas
1941 – Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina (2002-03), born in Lomas de Zamora, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina
1949 – Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1952 – Imran Khan, 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018- ) and cricket all-rounder (88 Tests, 3,807 runs, 362 wickets), born in Lahore, Pakistan
1965 – Trace Armstrong, NFL defensive end (Miami Dolphins)
1976 – Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen President, born in Tsentaroy, Russia
1988 – Maja Salvador, Filipina actress, born in Aparri, Philippines