1704 – John Byng, English admiral executed by firing squad at 52 for neglecting his duty in defence of Minorca, born in Southill, Bedfordshire, England (d. 1757)
1853 – Josephine Beall Willson Bruce, African-American activist (NACW), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1923)
1938 – Wilbert McClure, American boxer (Olympic gold light middleweight 1960), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2020)
1959 – Jesse Barfield, American MLB outfielder (Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 HR leader), born in Joliet, Illinois
1967 – Greg Gohr, American pitcher (Detroit Tigers), born in Santa Clara, California
1971 – Daniel J. Bernstein, American professor and cryptologist, born in East Patchogue, New York
1972 – Takafumi Horie, Japanese entrepreneur (Livedoor), born in Yame, Japan
1972 – Gabrielle Union, American actress, author and activist (Bring it on, Being Mary Jane), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1978 – Kelly Smith, English football player (Arsenal Ladies), born in Watford, England
1984 – Chris Baio, American rock bassist (Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk”; “Oxford Comma”), born in Bronxville, New York
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 28th October 2025
1801 – Karl Georg Lickl, Austrian pianist, physharmonica (type of harmonium) player, and composer, born in Vienna (d. 1877)
1875 – Gilbert H. Grosvenor, American geographer and 1st full-time editor of National Geographic Society (1899-1954), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1966)
1914 – Richard Laurence Millington Synge, British biochemist (Nobel 1952), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1994)
1922 – Gershon Kingsley [Götz Ksinski], German-American composer, electronic music pioneer, and Moog synthesizer player (Popcorn), born in Bochum, Weimar Republic (d. 2019)
1935 – Folke Rabe, Swedish avant-garde composer (What??), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2017)
1936 – Ted Hawkins, American singer and guitarist (“The Next Hundred Years”), born in Biloxi, Mississippi (d. 1995)
1936 – Carl Davis, American-British conductor and BAFTA Award-winning film score composer (The French Lieutenant’s Woman; restored silent film Napoléon; BBC’s Pride and Prejudice), born in New York City (d. 2023)
1954 – Sammy Stewart, American MLB pitcher (World Series 1983; AL ERA leader 1981; Cleveland Indians), born in Asheville, North Carolina (d. 2018)
1956 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran (2005-13), born in Aradan, Iran
2002 – Lola Tung, American actress (The Summer I Turned Pretty), born in New York City
Famous Birthdays for 27th October 2025
1817 – Anton de Kontski [Antoni Kątski], Polish-American pianist and composer (Awakening Of The Lion), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1899)
1829 – Christopher Columbus Andres, American diplomat, newspaperman, author, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire (d. 1922)
1913 – Otto Wichterle, Czech chemist and inventor of the soft contact lens, born in Prostjov, Moravia (d. 1998)
1927 – Edward Keinholz, American artist and sculptor, born in Fairfield, Washington (d. 1994)
1938 – Elliot del Borgo, American music educator (SUNY/Crane School of Music, 1966-95) and composer (1980 Winter Olympics), born in Port Chester, New York (d. 2013)
1946 – Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1949 – Robin Miller, American motorsports journalist (Indianapolis Star, Autoweek, Car and Driver, ESPN, Speed, NBCSN), born in Anderson, Indiana (d. 2021)
1950 – Fran Lebowitz, American author and actress (Resident Alien), born in Morristown, New Jersey
1953 – Michael Baker, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 43, 52, 68, 81), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1964 – Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 100/200m butterfly, 4x100m medley 1984; WR 100/200m butterfly 1981), born in Louisville, Kentucky
Famous Birthdays for 26th October 2025
1871 – Hermann Löhr, British composer, born in Plymouth, England (d. 1943)
1900 – Karin Boye, writer (Kallocain), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1941)
1934 – Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German electronic and ambient music composer, keyboardist, and synthesizer player (Cluster; Harmonia), born in Berlin, Germany
1948 – Marshall Colt, American actor (Eric-Lottery), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1955 – Stephen K Robinson, American PhD, and astronaut (STS 85, sk:95), born in Sacramento, California
1956 – Rita Wilson, American actress, singer, and film producer (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), born in Los Angeles, California
1965 – Ken Rutherford, New Zealand cricket batsman and captain (56 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 107no; Otago, Transvaal/Gauteng), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
1968 – Nico-Jan Hoogma, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente), born in Heerenveen, Netherlands
1973 – Róbert Petrovický, Slovak NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Dallas), born in Košice, Czechoslovakia
1980 – Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer, born in Reșița, Romania
Famous Birthdays for 25th October 2025
1895 – Levi Eshkol [Sjkolnik], Israeli PM (MWP) (1963-69), born in Oratov, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1969)
1912 – Jack Kent Cooke, Canadian entrepreneur, NFL team owner (Washington Redskins), born in Hamilton, Canada (d. 1997)
1927 – Franklin “Bud” Held, American field athlete (2 x WR javelin; first to throw 800-gram javelin over 80m), born in Los Angeles, California
1939 – Robin Spry, Canadian filmmaker and producer (Action: The October Crisis of 1970), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2005)
1944 – Kathy “Taffy” Danoff, American vocalist (Starland Vocal Band – “Afternoon Delight”), born in Washington, D.C.
1948 – Dan Gable, American 68kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 1972), born in Waterloo, Iowa
1948 – Dave Cowens, American NBA forward, 1970-80, 1982-83, Rookie of the Year, 8X All-Star (Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks), and coach, 1978-79, 1996-2001 (Boston, Charlotte Hornets), born in Newport, Kentucky
1966 – Perry Saturn [Satullo], American professional wrestler (WCW Thunder, WWE Smackdown!), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1971 – Craig Robinson, American actor (The Office; Killing It), born in Chicago, Illinois
1987 – Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast (Olympic gold 2016, silver 2012, bronze 2008), born in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Famous Birthdays for 24th October 2025
1844 – Karl Lueger, Austrian politician, cofounder and leader of the Austrian Christian Social Party, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1910)
1892 – Marius Casadesus, French violinist and composer (Adélaïde Concerto), born in Paris (d. 1981)
1934 – Arvind Apte, Indian cricketer (brother of Madhav Scored 8 and 7 in one Test), born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India (d. 2014)
1934 – Tony Walton, British Tony, Oscar, and Emmy Award-winning set and costume designer (Pippin; Mary Poppins; All That Jazz), born in Walton-on-Thames, England (d. 2022)
1950 – May Pang, American music production coordinator (John Lennon and Yoko Ono), photographer (Instamatic Karma), and memoirist (Loving John), born in New York City
1954 – Brad Sherman, American politician, born in Los Angeles, California
1959 – Michelle Lujan Grisham, American politician, Governor of New Mexico (2019-), born in Los Alamos, New Mexico
1961 – Rafael Belliard, MLB infielder (Atlanta Braves), born in Pueblo Nuevo, Dominican Republic
1967 – Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian stage and screen actress (Romper Stomper, Deep Blue Sea, The 4400), born in Sydney, Australia
1970 – Jeff Mangum, American psychedelic-pop, folk-rock musician, and singer-songwriter (Neutral Milk Hotel – “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea”), born in Ruston, Louisiana
Famous Birthdays for 23rd October 2025
1766 – Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French general and marshal, born in Paris (d. 1847)
1900 – Douglas Jardine, English cricket batsman (22 Tests, 1 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 127; England’s Bodyline Series captain; Oxford Uni CC, Surrey CCC, MCC), born in Bombay, British India (d. 1958)
1904 – Harvey Penick, American golfer, coach, author (World Golf Hall of Fame), born in Austin, Texas (d. 1995)
1905 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (1st female English Channel 1926), born in New York City (d. 2003)
1920 – Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist, invented the Fujita scale for rating tornadoes, born in Sonamura, Japan (d. 1998)
1940 – Freddie Marsden, British rock drummer (Gerry and Pacemakers – “How Do You Do It?”; “Ferry Cross The Mersey”), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2006)
1944 – Warren Burton, American actor (Jason Dunlap-Another World, born in Chicago, Illinois
1948 – Hermann Hauser, Austrian-born entrepreneur (Acorn Computers), born in Vienna, Austria
1958 – Jonathan Wolff, American musician and TV theme composer (Seinfeld, Will and Grace), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1980 – Eun Sun Kim, South Korean conductor (San Francisco Opera), born in Seoul, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 22nd October 2025
1818 – Leconte de Lisle, French poet and writer, born in Saint-Paul, Réunion, France (d. 1894)
1881 – Clinton Davisson, American physicist (Nobel 1937- discovery of electron diffraction in the famous Davisson-Germer experiment), born in Bloomington, Illinois (d. 1958)
1906 – Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer (Sonatina in memoriam Willem Pijper; Hollow Men), and pedagogue (Utrechts Conservatorium; Royal Conservatory of The Hague), born in Enschede, Netherlands (d. 1970)
1939 – George Cohen, English soccer defender (37 caps; FIFA World Cup 1966; Fulham 459 games), born in London, England (d. 2022)
1947 – Edward F. Feighan, (Rep-D-OH, 1983-93), born in Lakewood, Ohio
1952 – Jeff Goldblum, American actor (The Fly; Jurassic Park; Independence Day), and jazz pianist (The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra), born in West Homestead, Pennsylvania
1959 – Arto Salminen, Finnish cult writer, born in Helsinki (d. 2005)
1967 – Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian (Mind of Mencia), born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras
1978 – Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian soccer striker (33 caps; Zanaco FC), born in Lusaka, Zambia (d. 2007)
1981 – Olivier Pla, French auto racer (Le Mans Series LMP2 2009; FIA World Endurance C’ship LMP2 2013,14 runner-up; 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 2013 runner-up), born in Toulouse, France
Famous Birthdays for 21st October 2025
1672 – Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina and diplomat, born in Vileyka Raion, Belarus (d. 1742)
1803 – George Wright, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Norwich, Vermont (d. 1865)
1833 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist who invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prizes, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1896)
1928 – Whitey Ford, American Baseball HOF pitcher (10 x MLB All Star; World Series 1950, 53, 56, 58, 61 [MVP], 62; AL Cy Young Award 1961; NY Yankees), born in New York City (d. 2020)
1933 – Francisco Gento, Spanish soccer winger (Spain 43 caps, Real Madrid 427 games) and manager (Grenada FC), born in El Astillero, Spain (d. 2022)
1943 – Tariq Ali, Pakistani author and historian, born in Lahore, Punjab, British India
1944 – Jean-Pierre Sauvage, French chemist, 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the development of molecular machines, born in Paris, France
1955 – Fred Hersch, American jazz pianist, composer, educator (New England Conservatory), and HIV/AIDS activist, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1971 – Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler (World C’ship gold [skip] 2014; Olympics silver 2010), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2022)
1990 – Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball guard (FIBA World Cup gold and MVP 2019; NBA All-Rookie First Team 2012 Minnesota T’wolves), born in El Masnou, Spain
Famous Birthdays for 20th October 2025
1870 – Charles Frederick Goldie, New Zealand painter, known for his portraits of Maori, born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1947)
1893 – Charley Chase, American comedian, actor and director, known for such silent shorts as “Mighty Like a Moose”, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1940)
1899 – Evelyn Brent, American actress (Panama Lady, Last Command), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1975)
1938 – Iain Macmillan, Scottish Abbey Road photographer, born in Carnoustie, Scotland (d. 2006)
1948 – Andrei Suraikin, Russian pairs figure skater (Olympic silver 1972), born in Leningrad, USSR
1950 – William Russ, American actor and director (Boy Meets World, Wiseguy, The Young and the Restless, Another World), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
1960 – Lepa Brena ‘Yugoslavia’s Madonna’, Yugoslav singer, born in Tuzla, Yugoslavia
1972 – Will Greenwood, English rugby union centre (55 caps England, 2 British and Irish Lions; Leicester Tigers, Harlequins), born in Blackburn, England
1991 – Mitchell Marsh, Australian cricket all-rounder (Test HS 181, BB 5/46; Allan Border Medal 2023; WACA), born in Perth, Australia
1997 – Andrey Rublev, Russian tennis player (2020 Olympic Gold mixed doubles), born in Moscow, Russia