Editing 1940 (section)

===October===
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*[[October 1]]
**[[Chris Pattikawa]], Indonesian film director and producer (d. [[2020]]) 
**[[Jean-Luc Bideau]], Swiss actor
*[[October 3]] – [[Mike Troy]], American swimmer (d. [[2019]])
*[[October 4]] – [[Ian Kiernan]], Australian yachtsman (d. [[2018]])
*[[October 5]] – [[Milena Dravić]], Serbian actress (d. [[2018]])
*[[October 6]] – [[John Warnock]], American computer scientist, co-founded [[Adobe Inc.]] (d. [[2023]])
*[[October 9]] – [[John Lennon]], English musician, singer-songwriter ([[The Beatles]]) (d. [[1980]])
*[[October 13]] – [[Pharoah Sanders]], American saxophonist (d. [[2022]])
*[[October 14]] – [[Cliff Richard]], British pop musician, actor and philanthropist
*[[October 15]] – [[Peter Doherty (immunologist)|Peter Doherty]], Australian immunologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
*[[October 16]]
**[[Barry Corbin]], American actor
**[[Dave DeBusschere]], American basketball player and coach, baseball player (d. [[2003]])
*[[October 17]] – [[Peter Stringfellow]], English businessman, nightclub owner (d. [[2018]])
*[[October 18]] – [[Győző Kulcsár]], Hungarian fencer (d. [[2018]])
*[[October 19]] – [[Michael Gambon|Sir Michael Gambon]], British-Irish actor (d. [[2023]])
*[[October 20]] – [[Robert Pinsky]], American poet, essayist, literary critic and translator, [[United States Poet Laureate]]
*[[October 21]]
**[[Geoffrey Boycott]], English cricketer
**[[Manfred Mann (musician)|Manfred Mann]], South African rock musician 
**[[Marita Petersen]], 8th Prime Minister of Faroe Islands (d. [[2001]])
*[[October 23]] – [[Pelé]], Brazilian footballer (d. [[2022]])
*[[October 24]] – [[Yossi Sarid]], Israeli politician (d. [[2015]])
*[[October 25]]
**[[Bob Knight]], American basketball player and coach (d. [[2023]])
**[[Apolo Nsibambi]], Ugandan politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Uganda]] (d. [[2019]])
*[[October 27]] – [[John Gotti]], American gangster (d. [[2002]])
*[[October 28]] – [[Jack Shepherd (actor)|Jack Shepherd]], English actor
*[[October 29]] 
**[[Frida Boccara]], French singer (d. [[1996]])
**[[Princess Lalla Nuzha of Morocco|Princess Lalla Nuzha]], princess of Morocco (d. [[1977]])
*[[October 30]] – [[Hidetoshi Nagasawa]], Japanese sculptor, architect (d. [[2018]])