Famous people born in October include American businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates and Australian actor Hugh Jackman, famous as Wolverine on X-Men movies. Also born in October is the former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, Kate Winslet the leading actress on Titanic (1997), and Diamond Platnumz who is a Bongo flava recording artist, philanthropist, dancer, businessman, and TV personality from Tanzania.
Other celebrities and famous people with birthdays in October are Games of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Russian president Vladimir Putin, American former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, Paul Kagame the president of Rwanda, Wayne Rooney the English professional football manager and former Manchester United player, American rapper Eminem, and Margaret Thatcher the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Celebs with birthdays in October
Mexican actress and model who starred in the Mexican telenovela Mi corazón es tuyo (My Heart is Yours)
Australian sprinter in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, and relay events, and son of former sprinter Tania Van Heer
Daughter and fourth child of 39th U.S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter
Died aged 57
21st president of the U.S. from 1881 to 1885, and 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield in 1881
Died aged 100
39th president of the U.S. from 1977 to 1981
Canadian wrestler who competed in WWE, and reality TV personality on the E! reality series Total Divas
Italian TV presenter and actress who acted as Urania in The Adventures of Hercules (1985), and host of Ballando con le Stelle
President of Brazil from 2003 to 2011, and again since 2023
Died aged 31
American right-wing MAGA political activist, entrepreneur, media personality, and host of The Charlie Kirk Show
American gospel singer, best-selling and most awarded female gospel singer of all time, and sister of gospel singer BeBe Winans
Recently updated October birthdays
October Historical Events
1st October 1949: Mao Zedong declared the establishment of the People's Republic of China, and the formation of a new Chinese government that would be under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. This marked the end of the long civil war against Nationalist Chinese forces which had begun in the 1920s.Mao Zedong was also known as Chairman Mao, and was the Chinese communist revolutionary who founded the People's Republic of China. Chairman Mao announced the formation of the new nation and government in an address to a large crowd in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
2nd October 1963: "I Have A Dream" speech was copyright registered by the King estate. Consequently, the speech and other documents, recordings and writings by Dr. King are the King estate's intellectual property.The famous speech was delivered by Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the American civil rights movement and Baptist minister, on August 28, 1963 to thousands of Americans who had gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial and were concerned about the lack of civil rights for minorities, especially black Americans.
3rd October 1932: The kingdom of Iraq became an independent country. The Middle-Eastern country was, until then, under the mandate of the United Kingdom. Britain had been mandated by the League of Nations to govern Iraq beginning in 1920. 20th October 1952: A State of Emergency was declared in Kenya in response to the growing agitation for independence. The Mau Mau rebellion was at its peak (the Mau Mau were Kenyan freedom fighters who fought the British for the East African country's independence).This State of Emergency was to last until December 1959, and the country finally gained independence from the colonial oppressors on 12th December 1963.
29th October 1955: "Rebel Without a Cause", the famous American teen drama movie about teenage rebellion and the angst experienced by emotionally confused teenagers was released in the U.S. The cast for the award-winning film included James Dean and Natalie Wood. It is regarded as one of the most important American films of the 20th century.