Editing 1955 (section)

===October===
[[File:Tommy-Wiseau-1.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tommy Wiseau]]]]
[[File:MX MM YO-YOMA (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Yo-Yo Ma]]]]
[[File:Bill Gates 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bill Gates]]]]
[[File:IndraNooyiDavos2010ver2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Indra Nooyi]]]]
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* [[October 1]] – [[P. B. Abdul Razak]], Indian politician (d. [[2018]])
* [[October 2]] 
** [[Philip Oakey]], English synth-pop singer-songwriter ([[The Human League]])
** [[Bruce Blakeman]], American politician and attorney 
* [[October 3]] 
** [[Tommy Wiseau]], American film director and actor (''[[The Room]]'')
** [[Salah Bachir]], Canadian business executive, entrepreneur, publisher, art collector, fundraiser and philanthropist
* [[October 4]] – [[Dane Sorensen]], New Zealand rugby league player 
* [[October 5]]
** [[Bart D. Ehrman]], American religious scholar and writer, specialist in [[textual criticism]]
** [[Jean-Jacques Lafon]], French singer-songwriter
** [[Caroline Loeb]], French singer and actress
** [[Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell|Adair Turner]], British businessman and academic
* [[October 6]] – [[Wang Huning]], Chinese politician
* [[October 7]] 
** [[Clinton Bennett]], British-American religious scholar 
** [[Yo-Yo Ma]], French-born Chinese American cellist
* [[October 8]]
** [[Al Borges]], American football coach
** [[Bill Elliott]], American racing driver
** [[Darrell Hammond]], American comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
* [[October 11]] – [[Hans-Peter Briegel]], German footballer and [[Manager (association football)|manager]]
* [[October 12]] – [[Pat DiNizio]], American rock singer-songwriter ([[The Smithereens]]) (d. [[2017]])
* [[October 13]] – [[Sergei Shepelev]], Russian ice hockey player
* [[October 14]] – [[Arleen Sorkin]], American actress, screenwriter, television presenter and comedian (d. [[2023]])
* [[October 15]]
** [[James B. Aguayo-Martel]], Mexican-born physician, surgeon, scientist and inventor
** [[Kulbir Bhaura]], Indian-born British field hockey player
** [[Joaquín Caparrós]], Spanish football [[Manager (association football)|manager]]
** [[Emily Yoffe]], American journalist and advice columnist
* [[October 17]] – [[Tyrone Mitchell]], American murderer (d. [[1984]])
* [[October 18]]
** [[Hiromi Go]], Japanese singer
** [[Timmy Mallett]], English television presenter
* [[October 19]]
** [[Lonnie Shelton]], American basketball player (d. [[2018]])
** [[LaSalle Ishii]], Japanese television personality
** [[Roland Dyens]], French classical guitarist and composer (d. [[2016]])
** [[Dan Gutman]], American writer
* [[October 20]]
** [[Tony Hanson]], American basketball player (d. [[2018]])
** [[Thomas Newman]], American composer
* [[October 21]]
** [[Yasukazu Hamada]], Japanese politician
** [[Rich Mullins]], American Christian musician (d. [[1997]])
** [[Catherine Hardwicke]], American film director, production designer and screenwriter
* [[October 23]] – [[Andrew Cohen (spiritual teacher)|Andrew Cohen]], American spiritual teacher
* [[October 24]] 
** [[Karen Austin]], American actress
** [[Katherine Knight]], Australian [[mariticide]]
** [[Jack Skillingstead]], American science fiction writer
** [[Jay Anderson]], American jazz double-bassist and studio musician
* [[October 25]]
** [[Glynis Barber]], South African-born British actress
** [[Gale Anne Hurd]], American film and television producer
* [[October 28]]
** [[Bill Gates]], American businessman and co-founder of [[Microsoft]]
** [[Indra Nooyi]], Indian business executive
* [[October 29]]
** [[Kevin DuBrow]], American rock singer (d. [[2007]])
** [[Roger O'Donnell]], English rock keyboardist
** [[Etsuko Shihomi]], Japanese actress
* [[October 30]] – [[Heidi Heitkamp]], American politician, senator, attorney general and tax commissioner from [[North Dakota]]
* [[October 31]]  
** [[John Barrow (American politician)|John Barrow]], American politician
** [[Daryl Coley]], American Christian singer (d. [[2016]])