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
American actress, child actress in the film Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, and Riley Matthews on TV series Girl Meets World
Indian actress in Hindi films that include the 2025 romantic drama film Saiyaara and 2026 courtroom drama miniseries Hunkkaar
American actor who acts as Lucas Sinclair in Netflix series Stranger Things, and Cole in 2020 film Concrete Cowboy
Former Crown Prince of Iran who lives in exile in the United States
Died aged 70
Italian-born French actor in motion pictures and Broadway theatre, and singer famous as one of France's greatest 20th-century artists
American actor in the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave, and had notable roles in TV shows The Night Of and Presumed Innocent
Died aged 76
American actress, author, and businesswoman who starred in the 1990s TV sitcoms Step by Step and Three's Company
South Korean actor who has had notable roles in TV series Squid Game, Daily Dose of Sunshine, and Doubt
Died aged 57
American actress who was married to John Travolta, and acted as Avery Bishop in 1996 sports romantic comedy-drama film Jerry Maguire
American actress who recently starred as Lolly Whitehill in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black
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.