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=== October === [[File:June Allyson-publicity.jpg|120px|thumb|[[June Allyson]]]] [[File:Rodney Robert Porter.jpg|120px|thumb|[[Rodney Robert Porter]]]] [[File:Dizzy Gillespie01.JPG|120px|thumb|[[Dizzy Gillespie]]]] [[File:Joan Fontaine in The Women trailer.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Joan Fontaine]]]] * [[October 2]] ** [[Christian de Duve]], English-born biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[2013]]) ** [[Charles Drake (actor)|Charles Drake]], American actor (d. [[1994]]) * [[October 6]] – [[Fannie Lou Hamer]], African-American civil rights activist (d. [[1977]]) * [[October 7]] – [[June Allyson]], American actress (d. [[2006]]) * [[October 8]] – [[Rodney Robert Porter]], English biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1985]]) * [[October 10]] – [[Thelonious Monk]], African-American jazz pianist (d. [[1982]]) * [[October 15]] – [[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.]], American historian, political commentator (d. [[2007]]) * [[October 17]] ** [[Martin Donnelly (cricketer)|Martin Donnelly]], New Zealand cricketer (d. [[1999]]) ** [[Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)|Marsha Hunt]], American actress (d. [[2022]]) * [[October 19]] – [[Walter Munk]], Austrian-born American oceanographer (d. [[2019]]) * [[October 20]] ** [[Jean-Pierre Melville]], French film director, film producer, and screenwriter (d. [[1973]]) ** [[Stéphane Hessel]], French diplomat and writer (d. [[2013]]) ** [[X. M. Sellathambu]], Sri Lankan Tamil politician (d. [[1984]]) * [[October 21]] – [[Dizzy Gillespie]], African-American musician (d. [[1993]]) * [[October 22]] – [[Joan Fontaine]], British-born actress (d. [[2013]]) * [[October 24]] – [[Fang Huai]], Chinese military officer and major general of PLA (d. [[2019]]) * [[October 27]] – [[Oliver Tambo]], South African activist, revolutionary (d. [[1993]]) * [[October 28]] ** [[Shams Pahlavi]], Iranian royal (d. [[1996]]) ** [[Jack Soo]], Japanese-American actor (d. [[1979]]) * [[October 30]] ** [[Paul Eberhard]], Swiss bobsledder (d. [[1983]]) ** [[Maurice Trintignant]], French racing driver (d. [[2005]]) * [[October 31]] – [[Gordon Steege]], Australian military officer (d. [[2013]])
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