Editing 1920 (section)

===October===
[[File:Walter Matthau - 1952.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Walter Matthau]]]]
[[File:Aankomst Melina Mercouri . Melina Mercouri tijdens persconferentie in het NVV-ge, Bestanddeelnr 921-3504 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Melina Mercouri]]]]
[[File:Timothy-Leary-Los-Angeles-1989.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Timothy Leary]]]]
* [[October 1]]
** [[Charles Daudelin]], Canadian sculptor (d. [[2001]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Champagne|first=Michel|title=Charles Daudelin|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/charles-daudelin|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|publisher=Historica-Dominion|accessdate=14 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006173058/http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/charles-daudelin|archive-date=6 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[Walter Matthau]], American actor (d. [[2000]])
* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[Tun Tin]], 6th [[Prime Minister of Burma|prime minister of Burma]] (d. [[2020]])
* [[October 3]] &ndash; [[Bung Tomo]], Indonesian military leader and 1st Minister of State (d. [[1981]])
* [[October 4]] &ndash; [[Charles Burrell (musician)|Charles Burrell]], American musician 
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Ralph Turlington]], American politician (d. [[2021]]) 
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Pietro Consagra]], Italian sculptor (d. [[2005]])
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Frank Herbert]], American author (d. [[1986]])<ref>{{cite book|author=William F. Touponce|title=Frank Herbert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AO1aAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Twayne Publishers|isbn=978-0-8057-7514-3|page=4}}</ref>
* [[October 9]]
** [[Jens Bjørneboe]], Norwegian author (d. [[1976]])
** [[Yusef Lateef]], American jazz musician, composer (d. [[2013]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jack Salzman|author2=David L. Smith|author3=Cornel West|title=Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4QYAAAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Macmillan Library Reference|isbn=978-0-02-897365-4|page=1579}}</ref>
** [[Jason Wingreen]], American actor (d. [[2015]])
* [[October 10]] 
** [[Gail Halvorsen]], American Air Force pilot (d. [[2022]])
** [[Noah Keen]], American actor (d. [[2019]])
** [[Zou Yu]], Chinese jurist and politician
* [[October 13]] 
** [[Laraine Day]], American actress (d. [[2007]])
** [[Donald Russell (classicist)|Donald Russell]], English author (d. [[2020]])
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Mario Puzo]], American author (d. [[1999]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Annual Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=413}}</ref>
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Alicia Dussán de Reichel]], Colombian educator (d. [[2023]])
* [[October 17]] 
**[[The Barry Sisters|Claire Barry]], American singer (''[[The Barry Sisters]]'') (d. [[2014]])
** [[Montgomery Clift]], American actor (d. [[1966]])
** [[Miguel Delibes]], Spanish novelist (d. [[2010]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eaude |first1=Michael |title=Miguel Delibes obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/mar/14/miguel-delibes-obituary |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=14 March 2010}}</ref>
* [[October 18]] – [[Melina Mercouri]], Greek actress and politician (d. [[1994]]) 
* [[October 19]] &ndash; [[Pandurang Shastri Athavale]], Indian founder of the Swadhyay Movement (d. [[2003]])
* [[October 20]]
** [[Janet Jagan]], 6th president of Guyana (d. [[2009]])
** [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray]], Indian politician, [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (d. [[2010]])
* [[October 21]] &ndash; [[Ruth Terry]], American singer, actress (d. [[2016]])
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Timothy Leary]], American psychologist, author and proponent of [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]] (d. [[1996]])
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Vern Stephens]], American baseball player (d. [[1968]])
*[[October 24]] &ndash; [[Steve Conway (singer)|Steve Conway]], British singer (d. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Steve Conway Biography, Songs, & Albums|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-conway-mn0000032317/biography|access-date=2021-09-23|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[J. Denis Summers-Smith]], English ornithologist and mechanical engineer (d. [[2020]])
* [[October 26]] 
** [[Sarah Lee Lippincott]], American astronomer (d. [[2019]])
** [[Robert D. Maxwell]], American [[Medal of Honor|Medal of Honour]] recipient (d. [[2019]])
* [[October 27]] – [[K. R. Narayanan]], [[President of India]] (d. [[2005]])
* [[October 29]]
** [[Baruj Benacerraf]], Venezuelan-born immunologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[2011]])
** [[Hilda Bernard]], Argentine actress (d. [[2022]])
* [[October 31]]
** [[Dedan Kimathi]], Kenyan revolutionary leader (d. [[1957]])
** [[Dick Francis]], British jockey-turned-novelist (d. [[2010]])
** [[Fritz Walter]], German footballer (d. [[2002]])