1865 – Rafael Merry del Val, British-born Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, born in London, England (d. 1930)
1902 – Dick Ket, Dutch painter and cartoonist, born in Den Helder, Netherlands (d. 1940)
1910 – Alan Frank, English composer and music publisher, born in London (d. 1994)
1949 – Lance Cairns, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (43 Tests, 130 wickets; 78 ODIs, 89 wickets), born in Picton, New Zealand
1952 – Bobby Nystrom, Swedish NHL right wing (Stanley Cup 1979-83; jersey #23 retired 1995), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1954 – Juliane Koepcke, German-Peruvian mammalogist (specialises in bats), born in Lima, Peru
1961 – Jodi Benson, American voice actress (Ariel-The Little Mermaid), born in Rockford, Illinois
1964 – Maxi Gnauck, German uneven parallel bars gymnast (Olympic gold 1980), born in Berlin, Germany
1968 – Bart Brentjens, Dutch mountain biker, born in Haelen, Netherlands
1971 – Evgeny Kissin, Russian concert pianist, born in Moscow, USSR
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 9th October 2025
1328 – Peter I of Cyprus, King of Cyprus (1358-69), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 1369)
1822 – George Sykes, American Major General (Union Army), born in Dover, Delaware (d. 1880)
1863 – Alexander Siloti, Russian pianist and composer, born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1945)
1864 – Maud Watson, British tennis player (first Wimbledon female champion 1884-85), born in London, England (d. 1946)
1920 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian poet and writer (Dikt, Jonas), born in Kristiansand, Norway (d. 1976)
1925 – Robert Finch, American politician (8th U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), born in Tempe, Arizona (d. 1995)
1938 – Olga Szabó-Orbán, Romanian fencer (World C’ship gold women’s foil individual 1962, team 1969; Olympic silver individual 1956, bronze team 1968, 72), born in Cluj, Romania (d. 2022)
1943 – Tony Tribe [Anthony Mossop], Jamaican-British reggae singer (“Red, Red Wine”), born in Kingston, Jamaica
1949 – Shep Messing, American soccer goalkeeper (NY Cosmos), born in Bronx, New York
1973 – Dexter McCleon, American football cornerback (St Louis Rams), born in Meridian, Mississippi
Famous Birthdays for 8th October 2025
1790 – Waldemar Thrane, Norwegian violinist, composer (Fjeldeventyret), and conductor, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1828)
1889 – Philippe Thys, Belgian road cyclist (Tour de France 1913, 14, 20; 13 x individual stages), born in Anderlecht, Belgium (d. 1971)
1919 – Hal Singer, American jazz and RandB saxophonist (“Corn Bread”), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2020)
1938 – David Willis, Australian journalist (BBC World Service; The Christian Science Monitor), born in Australia (d. 1993)
1946 – Dennis Kucinich, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1955 – Bill Elliott, American auto racer (Winston Cup 1988), born in Dawsonville, Georgia
1970 – Gauri Khan, Indian film producer (Red Chillies Entertainment), born in New Delhi, India
1978 – Mick O’Driscoll, Irish rugby union lock (23 Tests; Munster 207 games), born in Cork, Ireland
1983 – Travis Pastrana, American auto racer (Summer X Games gold x 11; Gravity Games gold x 5; Rally America C’ship x 5), born in Annapolis, Maryland
2002 – Zheng Qinwen, Chinese tennis player (Australian Open women’s singles 2024 runner-up), born in Shiyan, China
Famous Birthdays for 7th October 2025
1870 – “Uncle” Dave Macon, American vaudeville and Grand Ole Opry banjo player, singer-songwriter and comedian, born in Smartt Station, Tennessee (d. 1952)
1912 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (1963–1968,1980–1985), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2002)
1913 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist (Het Volk (“The People”); Het Parool (“The Password”), and essayist (Kronkels), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1987)
1934 – Feliksas Bajoras, Lithuanian composer (Mourning Music; Exodus I), born in Alytus, Lithuania
1934 – Dan Armstrong American session guitarist, and luthier, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
1934 – Willie Naulls, American basketball small forward (NBA C’ship 1964, 65, 66 Boston Celtics; 4 × NBA All-Star; NY Knicks), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
1969 – Malia Hosaka, Hawaiian professional wrestler (WOW: Women of Wrestling, WCW Monday Nitro), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1973 – Priest Holmes, American football running back (Super Bowl XXXV Baltimore Ravens; 3 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × Pro Bowl; NFL rushing TD leader 2002, 03; KC Chiefs), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas
1982 – Jake McLaughlin, American actor (Quantico; Will Trent), and US army veteran (Iraq War), born in Paradise, California
1996 – Lewis Capaldi, Scottish singer-songwriter (“Someone You Loved”), born in Glasgow, Scotland
Famous Birthdays for 6th October 2025
1591 – Settimia Caccini, Italian soprano, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. c. 1638)
1738 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, second child of Francis I Holy Roman Emperor, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1789)
1744 – James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1813)
1888 – Max Butting, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1976)
1895 – Caroline Gordon, American writer (Green Centuries), born in Todd County, Kentucky (d. 1981)
1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (Freedom Summer, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), born in Montgomery County, Mississippi (d. 1977)
1923 – Yaşar Kemal, Turkish writer (Memed, My Hawk), born in Hemite, Osmaniye, Ottoman Empire (d. 2015)
1936 – Rob Touber [Noordervliet], Dutch television music and variety director, and record producer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1975)
1974 – Geert Jelle de Vries, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen SC Cambuur), born in Scharnegoutum, Friesland, Netherlands
2000 – Addison Rae [Easterling], American dancer and TikTok star, born in Lafayette, Louisiana
Famous Birthdays for 5th October 2025
1703 – Jonathan Edwards, Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin), born in East Windsor, Connecticut Colony (d. 1758)
1882 – Robert H. Goddard, American rocket pioneer (invented and built the first liquid-fueled rocket), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1945)
1883 – Charles Maduro, Antillean composer, born in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles (d. 1947)
1901 – John Alton [Johann Jacob Altmann], American cinematographer, born in Sopron, Austria-Hungary (d. 1996)
1933 – Billy Lee Riley, American rockabilly singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (“Flyin’ Saucers Rock and Roll”, “Red Hot”), born in Pocahontas, Arkansas (d. 2009)
1937 – Abi Ofarim [Abraham Reichstadt], Israeli dancer, folk and pop singer, guitarist, and record producer (Ester and Abi – “Cinderella Rockerfella”), born in Safed, British Palestine (d. 2018)
1950 – Janear Hines, American actress (Julia – “Roberta”), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1981)
1957 – Mark Geragos, American prominent attorney and TV commentator, born in Los Angeles, California
1966 – Peter Fonseca, Canadian politician and marathon runner (Toronto, Houston Marathon 1995), born in Lisbon, Portugal
1978 – Morgan Webb, Canadian television presenter (GameSpot TV, Attack of the Show!), born in Toronto, Ontario
Famous Birthdays for 4th October 2025
1562 – Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer, born in Lomborg, Jutland, Denmark (d. 1647)
1868 – Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, President of Argentina (1922-28), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1942)
1891 – Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French artist and sculptor, born near Orléans, France (d. 1915)
1935 – Eldon Danenhauer, American football offensive tackle (AFL All Star 1962, 65; Denver Broncos 1960-65), born in Clay Center, Kansas (d. 2021)
1941 – Jerrel Wilson, American NFL punter (Pro Bowl 1970-72; Super Bowl 1970; KC Chiefs), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2005)
1955 – Jorge Valdano, Argentine soccer forward and manager (23 caps; Real Madrid), born in Las Parejas, Argentina
1971 – Hoyte van Hoytema, Dutch-Swiss cinematographer (Oppenheimer, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), born in Horgen, Switzerland
1978 – Go Soo, South Korean television and movie actor known for “Some” and “Empire of Gold”, born in Nonsan, South Korea
1980 – Jimmy Workman, American actor (Pugsley-Addams Family Films), born in Fairfax, Virginia
1983 – Kurt Suzuki, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 2014; Washington Nationals), born in Wailuku, Hawaii
Famous Birthdays for 3rd October 2025
1631 – Sebastian Anton Scherer, German composer, born in Ulm, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1712)
1804 – Allan Kardec, French author and founder of Spiritism, born in Lyon, France (d. 1869)
1854 – William Crawford Gorgas, American physician and 22nd Surgeon-General of the U.S. Army (help cure yellow fever), born in Toulminville, Alabama (d. 1920)
1859 – Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (Les Misérables, Thérèse Raquin), born near Vigevano, Italy (d. 1924)
1879 – Warner Oland, Swedish actor (The Jazz Singer, Charlie Chan), born in Nyby, Västerbottens län, Sweden (d. 1938)
1914 – Nel Roos, Dutch ballerina and dance teacher, born in Ridderkerk, Netherlands (d. 1970)
1934 – Madlyn Rhue, American actress (Bracken’s World; Executive Suite), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2003)
1938 – Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Peruvian economist and 66th President of Peru (2016-18), born in Lima, Peru
1978 – Shannyn Sossamon, American actress (A Knight’s Tale, Wayward Pines), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1981 – Beth Revis, American fantasy and science fiction author (Across the Universe trilogy), born in North Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 2nd October 2025
1781 – William W. Bibb, American politician, Senator for Georgia, 1st governor of Alabama state and territory (1817-1820), born in Amelia County, Virginia (d. 1820)
1817 – Gunnar Wennerberg, Swedish poet and composer, born in Lidköping, Sweden (d. 1901)
1924 – Gilbert Simondon, French philosopher (On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects), born in Saint-Étienne, France (d. 1989)
1928 – Clay Felker, American journalist (NY Herald Tribune, Esquire), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2008)
1936 – Dick Barnett, American basketball guard (NBA All-Star 1968; NBA C’ship 1970, 73 NY Knicks), born in Gary, Indiana (d. 2025)
1939 – Yury Glazkov, Soviet Air Force officer and cosmonaut (Soyuz 24), born in Moscow (d. 2008)
1948 – Sir Trevor Brooking, English soccer midfielder (47 caps; West Ham United 528 games), born in Barking, Essex
1967 – Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete (Olympic silver 100m, 200m 1992, 96), born in Windhoek, South West Africa
1969 – Marcus Robertson, American NFL defensive back, administrator and coach (All Pro 1993, 97; Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans), born in Pasadena, California
1978 – Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese J-pop singer-songwriter (“Secret”), born in Fukuoka, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 1st October 2025
1835 – Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician, born in Albertirsa, Pest, Hungary (d. 1920)
1835 – Robert H. Anderson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 1888)
1906 – John Lorne Campbell, Scottish folklorist, born in Argyll, Scotland (d. 1996)
1927 – Márta Kurtág [née Kinsker], Hungarian classical pianist, born in Esztergom, Hungary (d. 2019)
1942 – Herb Fame, American pop and soul singer (Peaches and Herb – “Reunited”), born in Washington, D.C.
1943 – Jerry Martini [Gerald L. Martini], American saxophonist (Sly and the Family Stone – “Everyday People”), born in Denver, Colorado
1956 – Gina Haspel, American intelligence officer, First female director of the US CIA, born in Ashland, Kentucky
1965 – Cindy Margolis, American model and television personality (The Cindy Margolis Show, Beverly Hills Nannies), born in Los Angeles, California
1970 – Kam Woo-sung, South Korean actor known for “The King and the Clown”, born in Okcheon County, South Korea
1974 – Keith Duffy, Irish pop singer (Boyzone), born in Dublin, Ireland