Editing 1900 (section)

=== October ===
[[File:Promotional photograph of Helen Hayes.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Helen Hayes]]]]
[[File:Princess Mother Srinagarindra.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Srinagarindra]]]]
[[File:Douglas Jardine.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Douglas Jardine]]]]
* [[October 5]] – [[Bing Xin]], Chinese author, poet, known for her contributions to children's literature (d. [[1999]])<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bingxin|title=Bingxin {{!}} Chinese author|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-10-19|language=en|archive-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330180156/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bingxin|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 7]] – [[Heinrich Himmler]], German Nazi official, SS head (d. [[1945]])
* [[October 10]] – [[Helen Hayes]], American actress (d. [[1993]])<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Helen-Hayes|title=Helen Hayes {{!}} American actress|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-10-22|language=en|archive-date=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926082631/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Helen-Hayes|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 16]] – [[Edward Ardizzone]], English painter, printmaker and author (d. [[1979]])
* [[October 17]] – [[Jean Arthur]], American actress (d. [[1991]])<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Arthur|title=Jean Arthur {{!}} American actress|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-10-22|language=en|archive-date=October 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022200126/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Arthur|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 18]] – [[Sarah Bavly]], Dutch-Israeli nutritionist, author and educator (d. [[1993]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/Bavly-Sarah|title=Sarah Bavly {{!}} Jewish Women's Archive|website=jwa.org|language=en|access-date=2017-10-22|archive-date=June 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603181316/https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/bavly-sarah|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 19]] – [[Bill Ponsford]], Australian cricketer (d. [[1991]])
* [[October 20]] – [[Ismail al-Azhari]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Sudan]], 3rd [[President of Sudan]] (d. [[1969]])
* [[October 21]] – [[Srinagarindra]], Princess Mother of Thailand (d. [[1995]])
* [[October 23]] – [[Douglas Jardine]], English cricketer (d. [[1958]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/douglas-jardine-15481|title=Douglas Jardine Profile - Cricket Player England &#124; Stats, Records, Video|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] 
** [[Ibrahim Abboud]], 4th prime minister, 1st president of Sudan (d. [[1983]])
** [[Karin Boye]], Swedish poet and novelist (d. [[1941]])<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karin-Boye|title=Karin Boye {{!}} Swedish author|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-10-22|language=en|archive-date=August 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812155655/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karin-Boye|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[October 28]] – [[Wajid Ali Khan Burki]], Pakistani ophthalmologist and army officer.<ref>[https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/wajid-ali-khan-burki Wajid Ali Khan Burki]. ''Royal College of Physicians''. Retrieved 12 May 2024.</ref>
* [[October 30]] – [[Ragnar Granit]], Finnish-born Swedish physiologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]].<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ragnar Granit |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ragnar-Granit |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=30 November 2022 |language= |date=}}</ref>