Editing 1939 (section)

===October===
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[[File:OswaldinMinsk.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lee Harvey Oswald]]]]
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* [[October 3]] – [[Aleksandrs Kudrjašovs]],  [[Primate (bishop)|primate]] in the [[Latvian Orthodox Church]] and the [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of Riga and all Latvia.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tastevena |first=Irena |title=Latvijas enciklopēdija |date=2002 |publisher=Valērija Belekoņa izdevniecība |isbn=978-9984-9482-0-1 |location=Rīga}}</ref>
* [[October 4]] – [[Ivan Mauger]], New Zealand speedway rider, 6 times World Speedway Champion (d. [[2018]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/19/ivan-mauger-obituary|title=Ivan Mauger obituary|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=19 April 2018}}</ref>
* [[October 7]]
** [[John Hopcroft]], American computer scientist<ref>{{cite book|author=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|title=IEEE Membership Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhdTAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|page=204}}</ref>
** [[Clive James]], Australian-born writer, humorist and television personality (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{cite news| last= Jeffries| first= Stuart| title= Clive James Obituary| url= https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/nov/27/clive-james-obituary| work= [[The Guardian]]| date= 27 November 2019| access-date= 27 November 2019| archive-date= November 3, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201103112134/https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/nov/27/clive-james-obituary| url-status= live}}</ref>
** [[Harold Kroto]], English organic chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2016]])
* [[October 8]] – [[Paul Hogan]], Australian actor and comedian
* [[October 9]] 
** [[Carmen Salinas]], Mexican actress and politician (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/entretenimiento/2021/12/10/carmen-salinas-fallecio-a-los-82-anos-de-edad/|title=Carmen Salinas falleció a los 82 años de edad|first=10 de Diciembre|last=de 2021|website=infobae|date=December 10, 2021 }}</ref>
** [[John Pilger]], Australian-born journalist<ref>{{cite book|author=Europa Publications|title=International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phhhHT64kIMC&pg=PA444|year=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-179-7|pages=444}}</ref> (d. [[2023]])
* [[October 11]] – [[Maria Bueno]], Brazilian tennis player (d. [[2018]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis star, dies aged 78 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jun/09/maria-bueno-brazilian-tennis-star-dies-aged-78 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=9 June 2018 |access-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611050209/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jun/09/maria-bueno-brazilian-tennis-star-dies-aged-78 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[October 14]] – [[Ralph Lauren]], American fashion designer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Vincent Tompkins|author2=Judith Baughman|author3=Victor Bondi|title=American Decades: 1970-1979|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nZgNAQAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-8103-8882-6|page=208|access-date=September 10, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204090534/https://books.google.com/books?id=nZgNAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 18]] – [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], American assassin of President [[John F. Kennedy]] (d. [[1963]])<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Warren Commission|title=Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Hearings Before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pj0vAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21|year=1964|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=21|access-date=November 26, 2020|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204090529/https://books.google.com/books?id=Pj0vAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 21]] – [[Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens]] (d. [[2008]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/archbishop-christodoulos-forthright-greek-orthodox-leader-775625.html|title=Archbishop Christodoulos: Forthright Greek Orthodox leader|date=8 January 2008|author=Felix Corley|website=The Independent|access-date=10 September 2020|archive-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421040955/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/archbishop-christodoulos-forthright-greek-orthodox-leader-775625.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 22]]
** [[Joaquim Chissano]], [[President of Mozambique]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Roger East|title=Whitaker's Almanack World Heads of Government, 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S5COPB35fCoC|year=1998|publisher=Stationery Office|isbn=978-0-11-702205-8|page=177|access-date=September 10, 2020|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916233107/https://books.google.com/books?id=S5COPB35fCoC|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[George Cohen]], English footballer (d. [[2022]])
* [[October 24]]  
** [[F. Murray Abraham]], American actor (''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'')
**[[Madalena Iglésias]], Portuguese actress and singer (d. [[2018]]) <ref>{{Cite web|last=Lusa|first=Agência|title=Morreu a cantora Madalena Iglésias, aos 78 anos|url=https://observador.pt/2018/01/16/morreu-a-cantora-madalena-iglesias-aos-78-anos/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Observador|language=pt-PT|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181853/https://observador.pt/2018/01/16/morreu-a-cantora-madalena-iglesias-aos-78-anos/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 27]] – [[John Cleese]], English comic actor and writer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Joseph Black|author2=Leonard Conolly|author3=Kate Flint|title=The Broadview Anthology of British Literature Volume 6: The Twentieth Century and Beyond|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HaZaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA975|date=31 July 2006|publisher=Broadview Press|isbn=978-1-55111-614-3|pages=975}}</ref>
* [[October 28]] – [[Jane Alexander]], American actress
* [[October 30]]
** [[Leland H. Hartwell]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Clifford Thompson|title=Current Biography Yearbook: 1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aVpu5WHJxvsC|date=December 1999|publisher=Hw Wilson Company|isbn=978-0-8242-0988-9|page=251|access-date=March 9, 2021|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030005540/https://books.google.com/books?id=aVpu5WHJxvsC|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Grace Slick]], American rock singer (''[[Jefferson Airplane]]'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/508489/you-say-its-your-birthday-grace-slick/ |work=MTV |title=You Say It's Your Birthday: Grace Slick |date=October 30, 1996 |access-date=April 22, 2016 |author=News Staff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428025710/http://www.mtv.com/news/508489/you-say-its-your-birthday-grace-slick/ |archive-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[October 31]] 
** [[Ali Farka Touré]], Malian singer (d. [[2006]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ali-farka-toure-6107180.html|title=Ali Farka Toure|date=8 March 2006|website=Independent.co.uk|access-date=17 May 2018|archive-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709071701/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ali-farka-toure-6107180.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Ron Rifkin]], American actor<ref>{{cite book|author=John Willis|title=Theatre World 1999-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IB5lAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Hal Leonard|isbn=978-1-55783-477-5|page=233|access-date=March 9, 2021|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916233113/https://books.google.com/books?id=IB5lAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>