History Births on October 07

Per Mathisen, Norwegian bass player and composer

#Per_Mathisen

Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist and educator

#Yo-Yo_Ma

Sarah Churchill, English actress (d. 1982)

#Sarah_Churchill_(actress)

Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977)

#Andy_Devine

Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator (d. 1995)

#Shura_Cherkassky

Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor

#Shawn_Ashmore

Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author (d. 1985)

#Helen_MacInnes

Jack Rowley, English footballer and manager (d. 1998)

#Jack_Rowley

Micky Flanagan, English comedian

#Micky_Flanagan

Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)

#Louis-Joseph_Papineau

Irma Grese, German SS officer (d. 1945)

#Irma_Grese

José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player and coach

#José_Cardenal

Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)

#Grady_Hatton

Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director

#Kevin_Godley

Scottie Upshall, Canadian ice hockey player

#Scottie_Upshall

Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (d. 2004)

#Raymond_Goethals

Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer

#Madjid_Bougherra

Isaac Massa, Dutch diplomat (d. 1643)

#Isaac_Massa

James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (d. 1916)

#James_Whitcomb_Riley

Bree Olson, American porn actress and producer

#Bree_Olson

Paulino Alcántara, Spanish Filipino football player and manager (d. 1964)

#Paulino_Alcántara

Marlou Aquino, Filipino basketball player

#Marlou_Aquino

Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)

#Niels_Bohr

R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (d. 1989)

#R._D._Laing

Bruce Vento, American educator and politician (d. 2000)

#Bruce_Vento

Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (d. 1980)

#Maurice_Grevisse

Trent Alexander-Arnold, English professional footballer

#Trent_Alexander-Arnold

Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1973)

#Vaughn_Monroe

Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (d. 1631)

#Archduchess_Maria_Maddalena_of_Austria

Felix Draeseke, German composer and educator (d. 1913)

#Felix_Draeseke

Joy Behar, American talk show host, comedian and television personality

#Joy_Behar

Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter and dancer

#Alesha_Dixon

Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer and conductor

#Marco_Beltrami

Malia Hosaka, American wrestler

#Malia_Hosaka

Sherman Alexie, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker

#Sherman_Alexie

Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgian politician and diplomat, 7th Prime Minister of Georgia

#Grigol_Mgaloblishvili

Harry V. Jaffa, American historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 2015)

#Harry_V._Jaffa

Alison Balsom, English trumpet player and educator

#Alison_Balsom

Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer

#Simon_Poulsen

Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor

#Aaron_Ashmore

Jayne Torvill, English figure skater

#Jayne_Torvill

Priest Holmes, American football player

#Priest_Holmes

Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (d. 2014)

#Amiri_Baraka

Oliver North, American colonel, journalist, and author

#Oliver_North

Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2011)

#Zelman_Cowen

Grand Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (d. 1339)

#Aleksandr_Mikhailovich_of_Tver

Tim Minchin, English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer

#Tim_Minchin

Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist

#Diane_Ackerman

Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)

#Nicholas_I_of_Montenegro

Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach (d. 1968)

#Armando_Castellazzi

Charles Woodson, American football player

#Charles_Woodson

Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Desmond_Tutu

Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (d. 1536)

#Bernhard_III,_Margrave_of_Baden-Baden

Elizabeth of Luxembourg (d. 1442)

#Elizabeth_of_Luxembourg

Mookie Betts, American baseball player

#Mookie_Betts

Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician (d. 1945)

#Heinrich_Himmler

Tico Torres, American drummer

#Tico_Torres

Maria Szyszkowska, Polish academic and politician

#Maria_Szyszkowska

Tony Sparano, American football player and coach (d. 2018)

#Tony_Sparano

Damian Kulash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Damian_Kulash

Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania

#Jakaya_Kikwete

Roger de Piles, French painter (d. 1709)

#Roger_de_Piles

Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Thom_Yorke

Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)

#Georg_Leber

Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal

#Laurent_Monsengwo_Pasinya

Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician

#Lourdes_Flores

Evan Longoria, American baseball player

#Evan_Longoria

Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1553)

#Ernest,_Margrave_of_Baden-Durlach

Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Brian_Sutter

Dave Bronconnier, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Calgary

#Dave_Bronconnier

Ulrike Meinhof, German far-left terrorist, co-founder of the Red Army Faction, journalist (d. 1976)

#Ulrike_Meinhof

Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (d. 1983)

#Erastus_Corning_2nd

Trent Merrin, Australian rugby league player

#Trent_Merrin

Chase Daniel, American football player

#Chase_Daniel

Robby Ginepri, American tennis player

#Robby_Ginepri

Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer

#Sam_Brown_(singer)

Richard H. Anderson, American general (d. 1879)

#Richard_H._Anderson

Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)

#Wlodimir_Ledóchowski

Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (d. 1934)

#Louis_Tancred

Aiden English, American wrestler

#Aiden_English

Jermain Defoe, English footballer

#Jermain_Defoe

Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)

#Henry_A._Wallace

Lauren Mayberry, Scottish singer-songwriter

#Lauren_Mayberry

Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer and manager

#Sami_Hyypiä

Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (d. 2013)

#Joannes_Gijsen

Dylan Baker, American actor

#Dylan_Baker

Rune Glifberg, Danish skateboarder

#Rune_Glifberg

Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist

#Thomas_Keneally

Genji Hashimoto, Japanese race car driver

#Genji_Hashimoto

Al Martino, American singer and actor (d. 2009)

#Al_Martino

Daniel Boucher, Canadian singer and actor

#Daniel_Boucher_(musician)

Pierre Le Muet, French architect (d. 1669)

#Pierre_Le_Muet

Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

#Toni_Braxton

William Laud, English archbishop and academic (d. 1645)

#William_Laud

Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)

#Jacques_Richard

Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general (d. 1918)

#Mikhail_Drozdovsky

Luke Haines, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Luke_Haines

Margus Lepa, Estonian journalist and actor

#Margus_Lepa

Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2004)

#Cotton_Fitzsimmons

John Marston, English poet and playwright (d. 1634)

#John_Marston_(poet)

Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)

#Harry_Kroto

Zachary Wyatt, American soldier and politician

#Zachary_Wyatt

Austin Eubanks, American motivational speaker (d. 2019)

#Austin_Eubanks

Flying Lotus, American rapper, DJ, and producer

#Flying_Lotus

Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer and manager

#Santiago_Solari

Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer

#Zaheer_Khan

Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (d. 1992)

#Alfred_Drake

Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (d. 1936)

#Leonidas_Paraskevopoulos

Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman politician (d. 23 AD)

#Drusus_Julius_Caesar

Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician (d. 1947)

#Thakin_Mya

Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1948)

#Claud_Ashton_Jones

Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer

#Jeremy_Brockie

Bill Snyder, American football player and coach

#Bill_Snyder

Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer

#Gunnar_Nielsen_(footballer)

Ruslan Nigmatullin, Russian footballer

#Ruslan_Nigmatullin

Taylor Hicks, American singer-songwriter

#Taylor_Hicks

David Wallace, Scottish physicist and academic

#David_Wallace_(physicist)

Granville Elliott, English general (d. 1759)

#Granville_Elliott

Ali Kafi, Pakistani politician (d. 2013)

#Ali_Kafi

Simon Cowell, English businessman and producer

#Simon_Cowell

Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer

#Sebastián_Coates

Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer

#Charlotte_Perrelli

B?etislav Pojar, Czech animator and director (d. 2012)

#B?etislav_Pojar

Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Lockett_Pundt

Donald Tsang, Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong

#Donald_Tsang

Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (d. 1975)

#Elijah_Muhammad

Enki Bilal, French comic book creator, comics artist and film director

#Enki_Bilal

John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#John_Mellencamp

Michelle Alexander, American law professor, author and activist

#Michelle_Alexander

Jean-Marc Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician

#Jean-Marc_Fournier

Princess Senate Seeiso, Princess of Lesotho

#Princess_Senate_Seeiso

Dida, Brazilian footballer

#Dida_(footballer,_born_1973)

Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (d. 2012)

#Harold_Dunaway

Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer

#Marc_Coma

Ann Eliza Smith, American author and patriot (d. 1905)

#Ann_Eliza_Smith

Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman (d. 1875)

#Jean-Baptiste_Vuillaume

Dan Savage, American LGBT rights activist, journalist and television producer

#Dan_Savage

Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1911)

#Henri_Elzéar_Taschereau

Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)

#Frederick_I_of_Denmark

Dwayne Bravo, Trinidadian cricketer

#Dwayne_Bravo

Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (d. 1846)

#Solomon_Sibley

Uncle Dave Macon, American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian (d. 1952)

#Uncle_Dave_Macon

Amy Satterthwaite, New Zealand cricketer

#Amy_Satterthwaite

Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1927)

#Harold_Geiger

Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (d. 2017)

#Mariano_Gagnon

John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author

#John_Hopcroft

Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1987)

#Simon_Carmiggelt

Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster

#Ann_Jones_(tennis)

Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru (d. 2002)

#Fernando_Belaúnde_Terry

Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach (d. 1961)

#Jack_Russell_(cricketer,_born_1887)

Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor

#Michael_W._Smith

June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)

#June_Allyson

Mathias Dyngeland, Norwegian footballer

#Mathias_Dyngeland

Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (d. 1915)

#Joe_Hill

Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (d. 1784)

#Caesar_Rodney

Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia

#Vladimir_Putin

Bram van Vlerken, Dutch professional football player

#Bram_van_Vlerken

Peter Baker, English golfer

#Peter_Baker_(golfer)

William Billings, American composer and educator (d. 1800)

#William_Billings

Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer

#Gilberto_Silva

Sam Querrey, American tennis player

#Sam_Querrey

Georges Duby, French historian and author (d. 1996)

#Georges_Duby

Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (d. 1819)

#Sergey_Vyazmitinov

Lloyd Jones, English professional footballer

Lyndon Dykes, Australian professional footballer

Lay, Chinese singer-songwriter and actor

Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer

Lee Nguyen, American soccer player

Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer

Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer

Archie Bland, English journalist and author

Li Yundi, Chinese pianist

#Li_Yundi

Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast

Antoine Revoy, French comics writer and illustrator

Giorgos Karadimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ben Younger, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Maria Whittaker, English model, actress, and singer

Bobbie Brown, American model and actress

Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (d. 2012)

Kumiko Watanabe, Japanese voice actress

Paul Stewart, English footballer

William Johnson, German-English cricketer

Brian Mannix, Australian singer-songwriter

Kevin Boyle, American historian and author

Brazo de Oro, Mexican wrestler (d. 2017)

Joey Marquez, Filipino basketball player, actor, and politician

Mike Shipley, Australian-English sound engineer and producer (d. 2013)

Steve Bainbridge, English rugby player

Bill Henson, Australian photographer

Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist and author

Linda Griffiths, Canadian actress and playwright (d. 2014)

Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer

Dick Jauron, American football player and coach

Dave Hope, American bass player and priest

Stephen Rucker, American composer

John F. B. Mitchell, English climatologist and author

Chris Bambridge, Australian footballer and referee

Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author

John Brass, Australian rugby player and coach

Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1979)

Clive James, Australian television host, author, and critic

Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1994)

Christopher Booker, English journalist and author

Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)

Julian Thompson, English general and historian

R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (d. 2003)

Tommy Lewis, American football player and coach (d. 2014)

Curtis Crider, American race car driver (d. 2012)

Robert Westall, English journalist and author (d. 1993)

Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation

Lorna Wing, English autism researcher (d. 2014)

José Messias, Brazilian composer, singer, writer, host and critic (d. 2015)

Demetrio González, Spanish-Mexican film actor and singer (d. 2015)

Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)

William Zinsser, American journalist and critic (d. 2015)

Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2006)

Herman Keiser, American golfer (d. 2003)

Begum Akhtar, Indian actress (d. 1974)

Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (d. 1949)

Peter Walker, English race car driver (d. 1984)

Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1986)

Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (d. 1990)

Del Lord, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1970)

Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (d. 1979)

Dwain Esper, American director and producer (d. 1982)

Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)

Edna Meade Colson, African American educator and activist (d. 1985)

Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer (d. 1918)

Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)

Captain John Underhill, English settler and soldier (d. 1672)