Births on 7 October
2000s
Joaquín Panichelli
2002
Argentine footballer
Princess Senate Seeiso
2001
Princess of Lesotho
1900s
Ferdi Kadıoğlu
1999
Turkish footballer
Trent Alexander-Arnold
1998
English footballer (born 1998)
Ryan Trahan
1998
American YouTuber and businessman (born 1998)
Kira Kosarin
1997
American actress and singer (born 1997)
Nicole Maines
1997
American actress, writer and transgender rights activist (born 1997)
Lewis Capaldi
1996
Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1996)
Choi Jeong (Go player)
1996
South Korean Go player
Guglielmo Vicario
1996
Italian footballer (born 1996)
Lyndon Dykes
1995
Scotland international footballer (born 1995)
Mathias Dyngeland
1995
Norwegian footballer (born 1995)
Lloyd Jones (English footballer)
1995
English footballer (born 1995)
Bram van Vlerken
1995
Dutch footballer (born 1995)
Nik Stauskas
1993
Canadian basketball player (born 1993)
Mookie Betts
1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Oscar Fantenberg
1991
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1991)
Mike Foltynewicz
1991
American baseball player (born 1991)
Nicole Jung
1991
American singer (born 1991)
Lay Zhang
1991
Chinese rapper (born 1991)
Sebastián Coates
1990
Uruguayan footballer (born 1990)
Trent Merrin
1989
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1989)
Diego Costa
1988
Footballer (born 1988)
Jeremy Brockie
1987
New Zealand footballer (born 1987)
Alex Cobb
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Matthew Rehwoldt
1987
American professional wrestler
Damion James
1987
American basketball player (born 1987)
Sam Querrey
1987
American tennis player (born 1987)
Chase Daniel
1986
American football player (born 1986)
Lee Nguyen
1986
American soccer player (born 1986)
Gunnar Nielsen (Faroese footballer)
1986
Faroese footballer (born 1986)
Bree Olson
1986
American former pornographic actress (born 1986)
A. J. Price
1986
American basketball player (born 1986)
Holland Roden
1986
American actress (born 1986)
Amy Satterthwaite
1986
New Zealand cricketer
Amber Stevens West
1986
American actress (born 1985 or 1986)
Evan Longoria
1985
American baseball player (born 1985)
Salman Butt
1984
Pakistani cricketer
Toma Ikuta
1984
Japanese actor (born 1984)
Simon Poulsen
1984
Danish footballer (born 1984)
Zachary Wyatt
1984
American politician
Archie Bland
1983
British journalist and newspaper editor (born 1983)
Dwayne Bravo
1983
West Indies cricketer
Flying Lotus
1983
American musician and record producer (born 1983)
Scottie Upshall
1983
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1983)
Madjid Bougherra
1982
Football manager and former player (born 1982)
Jermain Defoe
1982
English footballer (born 1982)
Robby Ginepri
1982
American tennis player (born 1982)
Jake McLaughlin
1982
American actor (born 1982)
Lockett Pundt
1982
Musical artist (born 1982)
Yundi
1982
Chinese pianist (born 1982)
Simona Amânar
1979
Romanian gymnast (born 1979)
Aaron Ashmore
1979
Canadian actor (born 1979)
Shawn Ashmore
1979
Canadian actor (born 1979)
Alison Balsom
1978
English trumpet player (born 1978)
Alesha Dixon
1978
English singer and dancer (born 1978)
Zaheer Khan
1978
Indian cricketer
Omar Benson Miller
1978
American actor (born 1978)
Antoine Revoy
1977
French author and illustrator
Marc Coma
1976
Spanish motorcycle racer (born 1976)
Taylor Hicks
1976
American musician
Gilberto Silva
1976
Brazilian footballer (born 1976)
Santiago Solari
1976
Argentine footballer and manager (born 1976)
Charles Woodson
1976
American football player (born 1976)
Giorgos Karadimos
1975
Musical artist
Damian Kulash
1975
Musical artist
Tim Minchin
1975
Australian musician, writer, actor and comedian (born 1975)
Rhyno
1975
American professional wrestler (born 1975)
Rune Glifberg
1974
Danish professional skateboarder
Allison Munn
1974
American actress (born 1974)
Ruslan Nigmatullin
1974
Russian footballer
Charlotte Perrelli
1974
Swedish singer and television host
Dida (footballer, born 1973)
1973
Brazilian footballer
Priest Holmes
1973
American football player (born 1973)
Sami Hyypiä
1973
Finnish football manager (born 1973)
Grigol Mgaloblishvili
1973
Georgian politician and diplomat; former Prime Minister of Georgia
Marlou Aquino
1972
Filipino basketball player (born 1972)
Ben Younger
1972
American screenwriter and film director (born 1972)
Daniel Boucher (musician)
1971
Musical artist
Nicole Ari Parker
1970
American actress (born 1970)
Bobbie Brown
1969
American actress and model (born 1989)
Malia Hosaka
1969
American professional wrestler (born 1969)
Thom Yorke
1968
English musician (born 1968)
Michelle Alexander
1967
American lawyer (born 1967)
Peter Baker (golfer)
1967
English professional golfer (born 1967)
Toni Braxton
1967
American singer (born 1967)
María Corina Machado
1967
Venezuelan politician and activist (born 1967)
Sherman Alexie
1966
Native American author and filmmaker (born 1966)
Marco Beltrami
1966
American composer (born 1966)
Janet Shaw (cyclist)
1966
Australian visually impaired cyclist
Genji Hashimoto
1965
Japanese racing driver
Kumiko Watanabe
1965
Japanese voice actress (born 1965)
Sam Brown (singer)
1964
English musician (born 1964)
Dan Savage
1964
American sex advice columnist and gay rights campaigner (born 1964)
Paul Stewart (footballer, born 1964)
1964
English footballer
Dave Bronconnier
1962
Canadian politician
Micky Flanagan
1962
English comedian (born 1962)
William Johnson (cricketer, born 1962)
1962
English cricketer
Brian Mannix
1961
Australian rock music singer and actor (born 1961)
Tony Sparano
1961
American football coach (1961–2018)
Kevin Boyle (historian)
1960
American historian (born 1960)
Dylan Baker
1959
American actor (born 1959)
Simon Cowell
1959
English reality television judge, television producer and music executive (born 1959)
Lourdes Flores
1959
Peruvian lawyer and politician
Jean-Marc Fournier
1959
Canadian politician (born 1959)
Brazo de Oro (wrestler)
1959
Mexican professional wrestler
Joey Marquez
1957
Filipino actor and politician
Michael W. Smith
1957
American musician (born 1957)
Jayne Torvill
1957
English ice skater (born 1957)
Steve Bainbridge
1956
English rugby union player
Mike Shipley
1956
Australian record producer (1956–2013)
Brian Sutter
1956
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Ralph Johnson (computer scientist)
1955
American computer scientist
Bill Henson
1955
Australian contemporary art photographer (born 1955)
Yo-Yo Ma
1955
American cellist (born 1955)
Linda Griffiths
1953
Canadian actress (1953–2014)
Margus Lepa
1953
Estonian radio journalist and actor
Tico Torres
1953
American drummer
Mary Badham
1952
American actress (born 1952)
Vladimir Putin
1952
President of Russia (2000–2008; since 2012)
Jacques Richard
1952
Canadian ice hockey player (1952–2002)
Graham Yallop
1952
Australian cricketer
Enki Bilal
1951
French comic book creator and film director (born 1951)
John Mellencamp
1951
American singer-songwriter (born 1951)
Dick Jauron
1950
American football player and coach (1950–2025)
Jakaya Kikwete
1950
President of Tanzania from 2005 to 2015
Dave Hope
1949
American bass guitarist (born 1949)
Diane Ackerman
1948
American poet, essayist, and naturalist
John F. B. Mitchell
1948
British climatologist (born 1948)
Steve Rucker (composer)
1948
American composer
Chris Bambridge
1947
Australian retired football referee
Jill Larson
1947
American actress and former model (born 1947)
John Brass
1946
Australian dual-code rugby international footballer
Catharine A. MacKinnon
1946
American feminist scholar and legal activist
Kevin Godley
1945
English musical artist (born 1945)
David Wallace (physicist)
1945
British physicist
Judee Sill
1944
American singer-songwriter (1944–1979)
Donald Tsang
1944
Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012
José Cardenal
1943
Cuban baseball player (born 1943)
Oliver North
1943
American military figure (born 1943)
Joy Behar
1942
American comedian and television host (born 1942)
John Hopcroft
1939
American computer scientist (born 1939)
Clive James
1939
Australian writer and broadcaster (1939–2019)
Harry Kroto
1939
English chemist (1939–2016)
Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya
1939
Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church (1939–2021)
Bill Snyder
1939
American football player and coach (born 1939)
Yvonne Brewster
1938
Jamaican actress and theatre director (1938–2025)
Ann Jones (tennis)
1938
English tennis player (born 1938)
Christopher Booker
1937
English journalist and author (1937–2019)
Chet Powers
1937
American singer-songwriter (1937–1994)
Maria Szyszkowska
1937
Polish politician
Michael Hurll
1936
English television director and producer
Thomas Keneally
1935
Australian novelist (born 1935)
Amiri Baraka
1934
African-American writer (1934–2014)
Ulrike Meinhof
1934
German left-wing militant (1934–1976)
Willie Naulls
1934
American basketball player (1934–2018)
Julian Thompson (Royal Marines officer)
1934
Royal Marines officer and historian
Harold Dunaway
1933
American stock car and sprint car driver
Joannes Gijsen
1932
Dutch Roman Catholic bishop (1932–2013)
Cotton Fitzsimmons
1931
American basketball coach (1931–2004)
Tommy Lewis (American football)
1931
American gridiron football player (1931–2014)
R. Sivagurunathan
1931
Desmond Tutu
1931
South African bishop and anti-apartheid activist (1931–2021)
Curtis Crider
1930
Racecar driver from South Carolina
Graeme Ferguson (filmmaker)
1929
Canadian filmmaker and inventor (1929–2021)
Mariano Gagnon
1929
American missionary and author
Robert Westall
1929
English teacher and children's novelist (1929–1993)
José Messias
1928
Ali Kafi
1928
Algerian politician
Lorna Wing
1928
British psychiatrist and autism researcher (1928–2014)
Al Martino
1927
American singer (1927–2009)
R. D. Laing
1927
Unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist (1927–1989)
Demetrio González
1927
Mexican actor and singer (1927–2015)
Alex Groza
1926
American basketball player (1926–1995)
Irma Grese
1923
German Holocaust perpetrator (1923–1945)
Břetislav Pojar
1923
Czech puppeteer, animator and director
Jean-Paul Riopelle
1923
Canadian painter and sculptor (1923–2002)
Grady Hatton
1922
American baseball player and manager (1922–2013)
William Zinsser
1922
American writer
Raymond Goethals
1921
Belgian football coach (1921–2004)
Georg Leber
1920
German politician (1920–2012)
Jack Rowley
1920
English footballer
Henriette Avram
1919
American computer programmer and system analyst
Zelman Cowen
1919
Governor-General of Australia from 1977 to 1982
Georges Duby
1919
French historian
Harry V. Jaffa
1918
American historian and political philosopher (1918–2015)
June Allyson
1917
American actress (1917–2006)
Begum Akhtar
1914
Indian singer and actress (1914-1974)
Sarah Churchill (actress)
1914
English actress and dancer (1914–1982)
Alfred Drake
1914
American actor
Herman Keiser
1914
American professional golfer (1914–2003)
Simon Carmiggelt
1913
Dutch writer, journalist, and poet
Raimond Valgre
1913
Estonian composer
Fernando Belaúnde
1912
President of Peru (1963–1968 and 1980–1985)
Peter Walker (racing driver)
1912
English racing driver (1912–1984)
Vaughn Monroe
1911
American singer (1911–1973)
Henry Plumer McIlhenny
1910
American socialite and art collector (1910–1986)
Anni Blomqvist
1909
Finnish-Swedish novelist (1909–1990)
Shura Cherkassky
1909
American classical pianist (1909–1995)
Erastus Corning 2nd
1909
American politician (1909–1983)
Helen MacInnes
1907
Scottish-American author (1907–1985), author of espionage novels
Andy Devine
1905
American actor (1905–1977)
Armando Castellazzi
1904
Italian footballer (1904–1968)
Chuck Klein
1904
American baseball player (1904–1958)
Frank Boucher
1901
Canadian ice hockey player
Heinrich Himmler
1900
German Nazi leader of the SS (1900–1945)
1800s
Elijah Muhammad
1897
African American religious leader (1897–1975)
Thakin Mya
1897
Burmese politician (1897 – 1947)
Paulino Alcántara
1896
Association footballer (1896–1964)
Maurice Grevisse
1895
Belgian grammarian (1895–1980)
Alice Dalgliesh
1893
American writer
Dwain Esper
1892
American film director
Robert Z. Leonard
1889
American film director (1889–1968)
Henry A. Wallace
1888
Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945
Edna Meade Colson
1888
American university educator and activist
Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1887)
1887
English cricketer (1887–1961)
Niels Bohr
1885
Danish theoretical physicist (1885–1962)
Claud Ashton Jones
1885
US Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient (1885–1948)
Harold Geiger
1884
American aviator
Mikhail Drozdovsky
1881
Russian general (1881–1919)
Joe Hill (activist)
1879
Swedish-American labor activist (1879–1915)
Louis Tancred
1876
South African cricketer
Uncle Dave Macon
1870
American musician (1870–1952)
Wlodimir Ledóchowski
1866
26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus
Leonidas Paraskevopoulos
1860
Greek politician and general (1860–1936)
James Whitcomb Riley
1849
American poet (1849–1916)
Nicholas I of Montenegro
1841
Last monarch of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918
Henri-Elzéar Taschereau
1836
Chief Justice of Canada from 1902 to 1906
Felix Draeseke
1835
German composer (1835–1913)
Charles Crozat Converse
1832
United States attorney and composer
Richard H. Anderson (general)
1821
Confederate Army general
Ann Eliza Smith
1819
American author (1819-1905)
Before 1800
Mills Darden
1799
Alleged largest man in history (1799–1857)
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
1798
French luthier and inventor (1798–1875)
Louis-Joseph Papineau
1786
Lower Canada politician, lawyer, and seigneur
Solomon Sibley
1769
American politician and judge (1769–1846)
Charles XIII
1748
King of Sweden from 1809 to 1818
William Billings
1746
American choral composer
Sergey Vyazmitinov
1744
Russian general and statesman (1744–1819)
Caesar Rodney
1728
U.S. Founding Father (1728–1784)
Granville Elliott
1713
British military officer
Roger de Piles
1635
French artist (1635–1709)
John Underhill (captain)
1597
English colonist (1608/1609–1672)
Pierre Le Muet
1591
French architect (1591–1669)
Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria
1589
Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1609 to 1621
Isaac Massa
1586
Dutch grain trader and diplomat (1586–1643)
John Marston (playwright)
1576
English poet, playwright, and satirist (died 1634)
William Laud
1573
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645
Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
1482
Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Founder of the Ernestine line of Baden
Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden
1474
Frederick I of Denmark
1471
King of Denmark (1523–1533) and Norway (1524–1533)
Elizabeth of Luxembourg
1409
Queen of Germany from 1438 to 1439
Aleksandr of Tver
1301
Prince of Tver (r. 1326–1327; 1338–1339)
Drusus Julius Caesar
-14
Son of Emperor Tiberius and Roman politician (14 BC – 23 AD)