Births on 21 October
1900s
Cameron Burgess
1995
Australian soccer player (born 1995)
Doja Cat
1995
American rapper (born 1995)
Antoinette Guedia Mouafo
1995
Cameroonian swimmer (born 1995)
Kane Brown
1993
American country pop singer (born 1993)
Natasha Bassett
1992
Australian actress
Marzia Kjellberg
1992
Italian businesswoman (born 1992)
Damion Lee
1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Bernard Tomic
1992
Australian tennis player (born 1992)
Alexander Burmistrov
1991
Russian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Tom Eastman
1991
English footballer (born 1991)
Geoffry Hairemans
1991
Belgian footballer
Rob Keogh
1991
English cricketer
Vadaine Oliver
1991
English footballer (born 1991)
Harry Pell
1991
Retired English footballer (born 1991)
Bengali-Fodé Koita
1990
Guinean footballer (born 1990)
Mathieu Peybernes
1990
French footballer (born 1990)
Ricky Rubio
1990
Spanish basketball player (born 1990)
Kristján Þórður Snæbjarnarson
1990
Icelandic politician (born 1980)
Mads Dahm
1989
Norwegian footballer (born 1988)
Festus Ezeli
1989
Nigerian basketball player (born 1989)
Luke Murphy (English footballer)
1989
English footballer
Jonathan Viera
1989
Spanish footballer
Sam Vokes
1989
Welsh footballer (born 1989)
Ricki Olsen
1988
Danish footballer (born 1988)
Glen Powell
1988
American actor (born 1988)
Daniel Schorn
1988
Austrian road racing cyclist
Tonje Brenna
1987
Norwegian politician
Justin De Fratus
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Andrey Grechin
1987
Russian swimmer
Almen Abdi
1986
Swiss footballer (born 1986)
Chibuzor Chilaka
1986
Nigerian footballer (born 1986)
Scott Rendell
1986
English footballer (born 1986)
Simone Bracalello
1985
Italian footballer
Dean Collis
1985
Australian rugby league footballer
Hadise
1985
Belgian-born Turkish singer (born 1985)
Anna Bogdanova
1984
Russian heptathlete
Tom Brandstater
1984
American football player (born 1984)
Kenny Cooper
1984
American soccer player (born 1984)
Anouk Leblanc-Boucher
1984
Short track speed skater
José Lobatón
1984
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1984)
Marvin Mitchell
1984
American football player (born 1984)
Kieran Richardson
1984
English footballer (born 1984)
Casey Fien
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Zack Greinke
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Brent Hayden
1983
Canadian swimmer (born 1983)
Gonzalo Klusener
1983
Argentine footballer (born 1983)
Andy Marte
1983
Dominican baseball player (1983–2017)
Amber Rose
1983
American model and television personality (born 1983)
Chris Sherrington
1983
Scottish judoka
Charlotte Sullivan
1983
Canadian actress (born 1983)
Ninet Tayeb
1983
Israeli singer
Shelden Williams
1983
American former professional basketball player
Matt Dallas
1982
American actor (born 1982)
Jim Henderson (baseball)
1982
Canadian baseball player (born 1982)
Antony Kay
1982
English footballer
Hari Kondabolu
1982
American comedian (born 1982)
Ray Ventrone
1982
American football player and coach (born 1982)
Lee Chong Wei
1982
Malaysian badminton player (born 1982)
James White (basketball)
1982
American basketball player (born 1982)
MartÃn Castrogiovanni
1981
Italy international rugby union player
Olivier Pla
1981
French racing driver (born 1981)
Nemanja Vidić
1981
Serbian footballer (born 1981)
Kim Kardashian
1980
American media personality (born 1980)
Brian Pittman
1980
American bassist
Khalil Greene
1979
American baseball player (born 1979)
Gabe Gross
1979
American baseball player and coach (born 1979)
Will Estes
1978
American actor (born 1978)
Joey Harrington
1978
American football player (born 1978)
Henrik Klingenberg
1978
Finnish musician (born 1978)
Michael McMillian
1978
American actor and writer
Henrik Gustavsson
1976
Swedish footballer
Jeremy Miller
1976
American actor (b. 1976)
Lavinia Miloșovici
1976
Romanian artistic gymnast (born 1976)
Josh Ritter
1976
American musician (born 1976)
Andrew Scott (actor)
1976
Irish actor (born 1976)
Mélanie Turgeon
1976
Canadian skier (born 1976)
Toby Hall
1975
American baseball player (born 1975)
Hilário (footballer, born 1975)
1975
Portuguese footballer (born 1975)
Costel Busuioc
1974
Romanian tenor
Lera Auerbach
1973
Russian-born American composer and pianist
Charlie Lowell
1973
American pianist (born 1973)
Ashutosh Agashe
1972
Indian businessman and former cricketer (born 1972)
Matthew Friedberger
1972
American songwriter
Orlando Thomas
1972
American football player (1972–2014)
Evhen Tsybulenko
1972
Legal scholar
Hal Duncan
1971
Scottish writer (born 1971)
Damien Martyn
1971
Australian cricketer (born 1971)
Nick Oliveri
1971
American musician (born 1971)
Conor O'Shea
1971
Irish rugby union coach and player
Paul Telfer (footballer)
1971
Scottish footballer
Thomas Ulsrud
1971
Norwegian curler and Olympic medalist (1971–2022)
Louis Koo
1970
Hong Kong actor (born 1970)
Michael Hancock (rugby league)
1969
Australia international rugby league footballer
Mo Lewis
1969
American football player (born 1969)
Alexis Alexandris
1968
Greek footballer
Kerstin Andreae
1968
German politician (born 1968)
Georgi Dakov
1967
Bulgarian high jumper
Paul Ince
1967
English football player and manager (born 1967)
Gavin Lovegrove
1967
New Zealand javelin thrower
Krzysztof Sitko
1967
Polish footballer (1967–2018)
Phillip Price
1966
Welsh professional golfer
Igor Prins
1966
Estonian manager and footballer
Arne Sandstø
1966
Norwegian footballer (born 1966)
Jon Andoni Goikoetxea
1965
Spanish footballer (born 1965)
Horace Hogan
1965
American professional wrestler (born 1965)
Hisashi Imai
1965
Japanese musician and songwriter (born 1965)
Jon Carin
1964
Musical artist
David Campese
1962
Australian rugby union player (born 1962)
George Bell (outfielder)
1959
Dominican baseball player (born 1959)
Rose McDowall
1959
Scottish musician
Andy Picheta
1959
Kevin Sheedy (Irish footballer)
1959
Republic of Ireland international footballer and manager
Ken Watanabe
1959
Japanese actor (born 1959)
Melora Walters
1959
American actress
Andre Geim
1958
Dutch–British physicist (born 1958)
Julian Cope
1957
British musician & author (born 1957)
Irene Edgar
1957
Scottish lawn bowler
Wolfgang Ketterle
1957
German physicist (born 1957)
Steve Lukather
1957
American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer (born 1957)
Carrie Fisher
1956
American actress and writer (1956–2016)
Mike Tully
1956
American pole vaulter (born 1956)
Dick DeVos
1955
American businessman (born 1955)
Catherine Hardwicke
1955
American filmmaker (born 1955)
Fred Hersch
1955
American jazz pianist (born 1955)
Rich Mullins
1955
American Christian musician (1955–1997)
Brian Tobin
1954
Canadian politician
Charlotte Caffey
1953
American guitarist (born 1953)
Eric Faulkner
1953
Scottish Guitarist, Singer/Songwriter
Keith Green
1953
American contemporary Christian musician and songwriter (1953–1982)
Marc Johnson (jazz musician)
1953
American jazz bass player, composer and band leader
Peter Mandelson
1953
British politician and diplomat (born 1953)
Patti Davis
1952
American actress and author (born 1952)
Allen Hoey
1952
American journalist
Brent Mydland
1952
American keyboardist, songwriter and singer (1952–1990)
Ronald McNair
1950
American astronaut and physicist (1950–1986)
Leela Vernon
1950
Belizean musician and cultural preservationist (1950–2017)
Michel Brière
1949
Canadian ice hockey player (1949–1971)
Mike Keenan
1949
Canadian professional hockey coach (born 1949)
Benjamin Netanyahu
1949
Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)
Shaye J. D. Cohen
1948
American rabbi and historian (born 1948)
Allen Vigneron
1948
American Roman Catholic Archbishop
Dominique Braye
1947
French politician (born 1947)
Jane Heal
1946
British philosopher (Born 1946)
Jim Hill (broadcaster)
1946
American football player and sportscaster (born 1946)
Lux Interior
1946
American singer
Lee Loughnane
1946
American musician and songwriter (born 1946)
Everett McGill
1945
American actor (born 1945)
Nikita Mikhalkov
1945
Russian filmmaker and actor (born 1945)
Michael White (journalist)
1945
British journalist (born 1945)
Mandy Rice-Davies
1944
Welsh model (1944–2014)
Michael Tugendhat
1944
English judge (born 1944)
Tariq Ali
1943
British political activist, writer, and historian (born 1943)
Ron Elliott (musician)
1943
American guitarist, composer and producer (born 1943)
Elvin Bishop
1942
American musician (born 1942)
Allan Grice
1942
Australian racing driver and politician (born 1942)
Lou Lamoriello
1942
American ice hockey executive
Judy Sheindlin
1942
American court-show arbitrator (born 1942)
Christopher A. Sims
1942
American econometrician and macroeconomist (1942–2026)
John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
1942
British police officer (born 1942)
Steve Cropper
1941
American musician and record producer (1941–2025)
Geoffrey Boycott
1940
English cricketer (born 1940)
Frances FitzGerald (journalist)
1940
American journalist and historian
Rhoda Gemignani
1940
American actress
Manfred Mann (musician)
1940
South African-born musician (born 1940)
Marita Petersen
1940
Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1993–1994)
Carl Brewer (ice hockey)
1938
Canadian ice hockey player (1938–2001)
Said Afandi al-Chirkawi
1937
Dagestani Islamic scholar (1937–2012)
Hank Nelson
1937
Australian historian
Derek Bell (musician)
1935
Musical artist
Mel Street
1935
American singer-songwriter
Maureen Duffy
1933
English poet and novelist (born 1933)
Paco Gento
1933
Spanish footballer (1933–2022)
Pál Csernai
1932
Hungarian football player and manager
Shammi Kapoor
1931
Indian film actor (1931–2011)
Jim Parks (cricketer, born 1931)
1931
English cricketer (1931–2022)
Ivan Silayev
1930
Soviet and Russian politician (1930–2023)
Pierre Bellemare
1929
French writer, radio and TV personality, producer, director and actor
Fritz Hollaus
1929
Austrian footballer (1929–1994)
Ursula K. Le Guin
1929
American author (1929–2018)
George Stinney
1929
Black American wrongfully convicted of murder (1929–1944)
Whitey Ford
1928
American baseball player (1928–2020)
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich
1928
Brazilian zoologist
Vern Mikkelsen
1928
American basketball player (1928–2013)
Fritz Wintersteller
1927
Austrian mountaineer (1927–2018)
Howard Zieff
1927
American director and photographer (1927-2009)
Bob Rosburg
1926
American professional golfer (1926–2009)
Leonard Rossiter
1926
British actor (1926–1984)
Celia Cruz
1925
Cuban singer (1925–2003)
Virginia Zeani
1925
Romanian opera singer (1925–2023)
Joyce Randolph
1924
American actress (1924–2024)
Julie Wilson
1924
American actress (1924–2015)
Samuel Khachikian
1923
Iranian film director (1923–2001)
Liliane Bettencourt
1922
French heiress, socialite and businesswoman (1922–2017)
Malcolm Arnold
1921
English composer (1921–2006)
Bruce Beeby
1921
Australian actor (1921–2013)
Robert Clothier
1921
Canadian actor, artist (1921–1999)
Jim Shumate
1921
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
1921
Dutch astronomer (1921–2015)
Jim Wallwork
1919
Milton Himmelfarb
1918
American sociographer (1918 – 2006)
Albertina Sisulu
1918
South African anti-apartheid activist (1918–2011)
Dizzy Gillespie
1917
American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)
Owen Bradley
1915
American record producer (1915–1998)
Martin Gardner
1914
American mathematics and science writer (1914–2010)
Don Byas
1912
American jazz saxophonist (1913–1972)
Alfredo Pián
1912
Argentine racing driver (1912–1990)
Georg Solti
1912
Hungarian-British conductor (1912–1997)
Mary Blair
1911
American artist, animator, and designer
Niyazi Berkes
1908
Turkish Cypriot academic and sociologist (1908–1988)
Nikos Engonopoulos
1907
Greek painter and poet (1907–1985)
Eddy Hamel
1902
American soccer player and Holocaust victim
Andrée Boisson
1900
French fencer (1900–1973)
1800s
Eduard Pütsep
1898
Estonian wrestler (1898–1960)
Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein
1896
Belarusian-born Canadian and American Jewish poet
Paavo Johansson
1895
Finnish javelin thrower (1895-1983)
Edna Purviance
1895
American actress (1895–1958)
Edogawa Ranpo
1894
Japanese author (1894–1965)
Shri Krishna Sinha
1887
Indian politician
Eugene Burton Ely
1886
American aviation pioneer (1886–1911)
Claire Waldoff
1884
German singer (1884–1957)
Oswald Avery
1877
Canadian-American physician
Tan Kah Kee
1874
Chinese businessman
Ernest Swinton
1868
British Army general, author (1868–1951)
George Ulyett
1851
English cricketer
Giuseppe Giacosa
1847
Italian writer and librettist (1847–1906)
Will Carleton
1845
American poet (1845–1912)
Alfred Nobel
1833
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
Sims Reeves
1821
British opera singer (1821–1900)
Filippo Colini
1811
Italian opera singer (1811–1863)
James Clark (Jesuit)
1809
American Jesuit educator (1809–1885)
Before 1800
Alphonse de Lamartine
1790
French author, poet and statesman (1790–1869)
Giuseppe Baini
1775
Italian composer
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1772
English poet, literary critic and philosopher (1773–1834)
Herman Willem Daendels
1762
Dutch military officer and colonial administrator (1762–1818)
Charles-Pierre Augereau
1757
French military officer (1757–1816)
Franz Moritz von Lacy
1725
Austrian military leader (1725–1801)
James Steuart (economist)
1712
Scottish nobleman and economist (1712–1780)
Nicolaus I Bernoulli
1687
Swiss mathematician (1687–1759)
Emperor Higashiyama
1675
Emperor of Japan from 1687 to 1709
Henri de Boulainvilliers
1658
French Nobleman, Historian, Writer, and Soldier
Jean Bart
1650
French admiral and privateer (1650–1702)
Domenichino
1581
Italian painter (1581–1641)
Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt
1536
German prince
Louis I de Lorraine, Cardinal de Guise
1527
French cardinal (1527–1578)
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence
1449
English magnate (1449–1478)
Alessandro Sforza
1409
Italian condottiero (1409–1473)
Hongwu Emperor
1328
Emperor of China from 1368 to 1398