# October 7

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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[3761 BC](/source/3761_BC) &ndash; The epoch reference date (start) of the modern [Hebrew calendar](/source/Hebrew_calendar).<ref>{{cite book | last = Reingold | first = Edward | title = Calendrical calculations | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location = Cambridge, UK & New York | year = 2001 | isbn = 9780521777520 | page=97}}</ref>
*[1403](/source/1403) &ndash; Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the [Battle of Modon](/source/Battle_of_Modon_(1403)).<ref>{{cite book | last = Hoornstra | first = David S. | chapter= Boucicaut Fils and the Great Hiatus|title= The Hundred Years War (Part 3) | publisher = Brill | location = Leiden, Boston | year = 2013 | isbn = 9789004245655 | page=131}}</ref>
*[1477](/source/1477) &ndash; [Uppsala University](/source/Uppsala_University) is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from [Pope Sixtus IV](/source/Pope_Sixtus_IV) in February the same year.
*[1513](/source/1513) &ndash; War of the League of Cambrai: Spain [defeats](/source/Battle_of_La_Motta_(1513)) Venice.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Norwich |first=John Julius |url= |title=A History of Venice |publisher=Vintage |year=1982 |isbn= |edition= |location=New York |pages=429 |oclc=}}</ref>
*[1571](/source/1571) &ndash; The [Battle of Lepanto](/source/Battle_of_Lepanto) is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat.

===1601–1900===
*[1691](/source/1691) &ndash; The charter for the [Province of Massachusetts Bay](/source/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay) is issued.<ref>{{cite book|author=Eugene Aubrey Stratton|title=Plymouth Colony, Its History & People, 1620–1691|publisher=Ancestry Pub|year=1986|page=137}}</ref>
*[1763](/source/1763) &ndash; King George III issues the [Royal Proclamation of 1763](/source/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763), closing Indigenous lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
*[1777](/source/1777) &ndash; [American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War): The Americans defeat British forces under general [John Burgoyne](/source/John_Burgoyne) in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the [Battle of Bemis Heights](/source/Battle_of_Bemis_Heights), compelling Burgoyne's eventual [surrender](/source/Saratoga_campaign).
*[1780](/source/1780) &ndash; American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat [royalist](/source/Loyalist_(American_Revolution)) irregulars led by British major [Patrick Ferguson](/source/Patrick_Ferguson) at the [Battle of Kings Mountain](/source/Battle_of_Kings_Mountain) in [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina_in_the_American_Revolution), often regarded as the turning point in the war's [Southern theater](/source/Southern_theater_of_the_American_Revolutionary_War).
*[1800](/source/1800) &ndash; French corsair [Robert Surcouf](/source/Robert_Surcouf), commander of the 18-gun ship ''La Confiance'', captures the British 38-gun ''Kent''.
*[1826](/source/1826) &ndash; The [Granite Railway](/source/Granite_Railway) begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
*[1828](/source/1828) &ndash; [Morea expedition](/source/Morea_expedition): The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force.
*[1840](/source/1840) &ndash; [Willem II](/source/William_II_of_the_Netherlands) becomes King of the Netherlands.
*[1864](/source/1864) &ndash; [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War): A US Navy ship [captures](/source/Bahia_incident) a Confederate raider in a Brazilian seaport.
*[1868](/source/1868) &ndash; [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University) holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
*[1870](/source/1870) &ndash; Franco-Prussian War: [Léon Gambetta](/source/L%C3%A9on_Gambetta) escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.
*[1879](/source/1879) &ndash; Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the [Dual Alliance](/source/Dual_Alliance_(1879)).

===1901–present===
*[1912](/source/1912) &ndash; The [Helsinki Stock Exchange](/source/Nasdaq_Helsinki) sees its first transaction.
*[1913](/source/1913) &ndash; [Ford Motor Company](/source/Ford_Motor_Company) introduces the first moving [vehicle assembly line](/source/assembly_line).<ref>{{cite web |title=Moving assembly line debuts at Ford factory |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/moving-assembly-line-at-ford |website=history.com |date=March 4, 2010 |access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref>
*[1916](/source/1916) &ndash; Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most [lopsided college football game](/source/1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game) in American history.
*[1919](/source/1919) &ndash; [KLM](/source/KLM), the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
*[1924](/source/1924) &ndash; [Andreas Michalakopoulos](/source/Andreas_Michalakopoulos) becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
*[1929](/source/1929) &ndash; [Photius II](/source/Photius_II_of_Constantinople) becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
*[1940](/source/1940) &ndash; [World War II](/source/World_War_II): The [McCollum memo](/source/McCollum_memo) proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
*[1944](/source/1944) &ndash; World War II: The [Sonderkommando Revolt in Auschwitz](/source/Sonderkommando_Revolt_in_Auschwitz) was an [uprising](/source/uprising) of prisoners (especially the [Sonderkommando](/source/Sonderkommando)) at the [Auschwitz concentration camp](/source/Auschwitz_concentration_camp), they burnt down Crematorium IV.
*[1949](/source/1949) &ndash; The communist [German Democratic Republic](/source/East_Germany) (East Germany) is formed.
*[1950](/source/1950) &ndash; [Mother Teresa](/source/Mother_Teresa) establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
*[1958](/source/1958) &ndash; The [1958 Pakistani coup d'état](/source/1958_Pakistani_coup_d'%C3%A9tat) inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
*  1958   &ndash; The U.S. crewed space-flight project is renamed to [Project Mercury](/source/Project_Mercury).
*[1959](/source/1959) &ndash; The Soviet probe [Luna 3](/source/Luna_3) transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
*[1961](/source/1961) &ndash; A [Douglas Dakota IV](/source/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain) operated by Derby Aviation (later renamed to [British Midland International](/source/British_Midland_International)) [crashes](/source/1961_Derby_Aviation_crash) in [Canigou](/source/Canigou), France, killing 34 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47B-30-DK Dakota 4 G-AMSW Mont Canigou |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19611007-0 |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; President Kennedy signs the ratification of the [Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty](/source/Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty).
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [Buddhist crisis](/source/Buddhist_crisis): Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady [Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu](/source/Madame_Ngo_Dinh_Nhu) arrives in the US for a speaking tour, continuing a flurry of attacks on the [Kennedy administration](/source/Kennedy_administration).<ref>{{cite book |first=Howard |last=Jones |year=2003 |title= Death of a Generation: How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn = 0-19-505286-2 |location=New York City |pages=372, 385}}</ref>
*[1977](/source/1977) &ndash; The [Fourth Soviet Constitution](/source/1977_Soviet_Constitution) is adopted.
*[1978](/source/1978) &ndash; [Aeroflot Flight 1080](/source/Aeroflot_Flight_1080) crashes after takeoff from [Koltsovo International Airport](/source/Koltsovo_International_Airport), killing 38.<ref name="Ranter 1978">{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |date=1978-10-07 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev Yak-40 CCCP-87437 Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Airport (SVX) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19781007-1 |access-date=2018-01-25 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[1979](/source/1979) &ndash; [Swissair Flight 316](/source/Swissair_Flight_316) crashes at [Ellinikon International Airport](/source/Ellinikon_International_Airport) in [Athens](/source/Athens), Greece, killing 14.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 HB-IDE Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH) |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19791007-0 |access-date= |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=[Flight Safety Foundation](/source/Flight_Safety_Foundation)}}</ref>
*[1985](/source/1985) &ndash; The [Mameyes landslide](/source/1985_Puerto_Rico_floods) kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
*  1985   &ndash; Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front [hijack](/source/Achille_Lauro_hijacking) the {{ship|MS|Achille Lauro}} off the coast of Egypt.
*[1987](/source/1987) &ndash; Sikh nationalists declare the independence of [Khalistan](/source/Khalistan_movement) from India; it is not internationally recognized.
*[1988](/source/1988) &ndash; A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes [a multinational effort to free the whales](/source/Operation_Breakthrough).
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; Croatian War of Independence: [Bombing of the Banski Dvori](/source/Bombing_of_the_Banski_Dvori) in Zagreb, Croatia.
*[1993](/source/1993) &ndash; The [flood of '93](/source/Great_Flood_of_1993) ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
*[1996](/source/1996) &ndash; [Fox News Channel](/source/Fox_News) begins broadcasting.
*[2000](/source/2000) &ndash; [Israeli-Palestinian conflict](/source/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict): [Hezbollah](/source/Hezbollah) militants capture three [Israeli Defense Force](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces) soldiers in a [cross-border raid](/source/2000_Hezbollah_cross-border_raid).
*[2001](/source/2001) &ndash; The [U.S. invasion of Afghanistan](/source/United_States_invasion_of_Afghanistan) begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground, starting the [longest war](/source/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)) in American history.
*[2002](/source/2002) &ndash; The [Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''](/source/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis) launches on [STS-112](/source/STS-112) to continue [assembly of the International Space Station](/source/assembly_of_the_International_Space_Station).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts-112/sts-112-01.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021017213729/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts-112/sts-112-01.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2002|title=STS-112 MCC Status Report #01|author=NASA|date=8 October 2002|access-date=12 August 2010}}</ref>
*[2004](/source/2004) &ndash; [Three bombs explode](/source/2004_Sinai_bombings) at [Taba](/source/Taba%2C_Egypt) and [Nuweiba](/source/Nuweiba) in the [Sinai Peninsula](/source/Sinai_Peninsula), Egypt, killing 34.<ref name=":1" />
*[2008](/source/2008) &ndash; Asteroid [2008 TC3](/source/2008_TC3) impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into Earth's atmosphere.
*  2008   &ndash; [Qantas Flight 72](/source/Qantas_Flight_72) experiences an in-flight upset near [Learmonth, Victoria](/source/Learmonth%2C_Victoria), Australia, injuring 112.<ref name="aviation-safety">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A330-303 VH-QPA Learmonth, WA, Australia |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20081007-0 |access-date=2019-11-03 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[Aviation Safety Network](/source/Aviation_Safety_Network)}}</ref>
*[2016](/source/2016) &ndash; In the wake of [Hurricane Matthew](/source/Hurricane_Matthew), the death toll rises to over 800.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hurricane Matthew death toll rises to over 800 in Haiti as storm strikes US |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/07/hurricane-matthew-death-toll-rises-to-over-800-in-haiti-as-storm-strikes-us.html |website=CNBC |access-date=22 November 2020 |language=en |date=8 October 2016}}</ref>
*[2022](/source/2022) &ndash; Ten people are killed and eight are injured in [an explosion at petrol station](/source/Creeslough_explosion) in [Creeslough](/source/Creeslough), Ireland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ten dead, including children, after Creeslough blast |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/1008/1327902-creeslough-donegal/ |access-date=10 October 2022 |date=8 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2022  &ndash; [Ales Bialiatski](/source/Ales_Bialiatski), along with two organisations, [Memorial](/source/Memorial_(society)) & [Center for Civil Liberties](/source/Center_for_Civil_Liberties_(human_rights_organization)), are [awarded](/source/2022_Nobel_Peace_Prize) the [Nobel Peace Prize](/source/Nobel_Peace_Prize).<ref>{{cite news |last=Bryson Taylor |first=Derrick |title=2022 Nobel Prizes: The Full List |url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/nobel-prizes-2022.html |access-date=2 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=10 October 2022}}</ref>
*[2023](/source/2023) &ndash; [Hamas](/source/Hamas) and several other [Palestinian](/source/Palestinians) militant groups launch [an attack](/source/October_7_attacks) into [Israel](/source/Israel), which results in the deaths of around 1,200,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frayer |first=Lauren |date=November 11, 2023 |title=Israel revises down its death toll from the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to about 1,200 |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/11/11/1212458974/israel-revises-death-toll-hamas-attacks-oct-7 |access-date=November 13, 2023 |website=NPR}}</ref> mostly civilians, and the taking of [251 hostages](/source/Gaza_war_hostage_crisis),<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-says-hamas-has-returned-the-remains-of-another-hostage|date= November 4, 2025 |title=Israel says Hamas has returned the remains of another hostage}}</ref> including civilians and soldiers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Police say bodies of 769 civilians killed in October 7 onslaught have been identified |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/police-say-bodies-of-769-civilians-killed-in-october-7-onslaught-have-been-identified/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=[The Times of Israel](/source/The_Times_of_Israel) |language=en-US |issn=0040-7909}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-12 |title=Israel: Palestinian armed groups must be held accountable for deliberate civilian killings, abductions and indiscriminate attacks |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/israel-palestinian-armed-groups-must-be-held-accountable-for-deliberate-civilian-killings-abductions-and-indiscriminate-attacks/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Amnesty International |language=en}}</ref> The attack initiated the [Gaza war](/source/Gaza_war) and the larger [Middle Eastern crisis](/source/Middle_Eastern_crisis_(2023%E2%80%93present)).<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Subramaniam |first1=Tara |last2=Regan |first2=Helen |last3=Edwards |first3=Christian |last4=Ed |first4=Upright |last5=Vogt |first5=Adrienne |last6=Meyer |first6=Matt |last7=Sottile |first7=Zoe |last8=Hammond |first8=Elise |date=2023-12-01 |title=What did Israeli intelligence know about Hamas' October 7 attack? |url=https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-12-1-23/h_a3aaada742f6be344bda19e4b1a9d401 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-09 |title=What is Hamas? The group that rules the Gaza Strip has fought several rounds of war with Israel |url=https://apnews.com/article/hamas-gaza-palestinian-authority-israel-war-ed7018dbaae09b81513daf3bda38109a |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><!--This entry relates to a contentious topic, which means a special procedure must be followed when editing it. Please see the talk page for more details.-->

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[14 BC](/source/14_BC) &ndash; [Drusus Julius Caesar](/source/Drusus_Julius_Caesar), Roman politician (died 23 AD)
*[1301](/source/1301) &ndash; Grand Prince [Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver](/source/Aleksandr_Mikhailovich_of_Tver) (died 1339)
*[1409](/source/1409) &ndash; [Elizabeth of Luxembourg](/source/Elizabeth_of_Luxembourg) (died 1442)
*[1471](/source/1471) &ndash; [Frederick I of Denmark](/source/Frederick_I_of_Denmark) (died 1533)
*[1474](/source/1474) &ndash; [Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden](/source/Bernhard_III%2C_Margrave_of_Baden-Baden) (died 1536)
*[1482](/source/1482) &ndash; [Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach](/source/Ernest%2C_Margrave_of_Baden-Durlach) (died 1553)
*[1573](/source/1573) &ndash; [William Laud](/source/William_Laud), English archbishop and academic (died 1645)
*[1576](/source/1576) &ndash; [John Marston](/source/John_Marston_(playwright)), English poet and playwright (died 1634)
*[1586](/source/1586) &ndash; [Isaac Massa](/source/Isaac_Massa), Dutch diplomat (died 1643)
*[1589](/source/1589) &ndash; [Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria](/source/Archduchess_Maria_Maddalena_of_Austria) (died 1631)
*[1591](/source/1591) &ndash; [Pierre Le Muet](/source/Pierre_Le_Muet), French architect (died 1669)
*[1597](/source/1597) &ndash; [Captain John Underhill](/source/Captain_John_Underhill), English settler and soldier (died 1672)

===1601–1900===
*[1635](/source/1635) &ndash; [Roger de Piles](/source/Roger_de_Piles), French painter (died 1709)
*[1713](/source/1713) &ndash; [Granville Elliott](/source/Granville_Elliott), English general (died 1759)
*[1728](/source/1728) &ndash; [Caesar Rodney](/source/Caesar_Rodney), American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th [Governor of Delaware](/source/List_of_Governors_of_Delaware) (died 1784)
*[1744](/source/1744) &ndash; [Sergey Vyazmitinov](/source/Sergey_Vyazmitinov), Russian general and politician, [War Governor of Saint Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg_Governorate) (died 1819)
*[1746](/source/1746) &ndash; [William Billings](/source/William_Billings), American composer and educator (died 1800)
*[1748](/source/1748) &ndash; [Charles XIII of Sweden](/source/Charles_XIII_of_Sweden) (died 1818)
*[1769](/source/1769) &ndash; [Solomon Sibley](/source/Solomon_Sibley), American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st [Mayor of Detroit](/source/Mayor_of_Detroit) (died 1846)
*[1786](/source/1786) &ndash; [Louis-Joseph Papineau](/source/Louis-Joseph_Papineau), Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1871)
*[1798](/source/1798) &ndash; [Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Vuillaume), French instrument maker and businessman (died 1875)
*[1799](/source/1799) &ndash; [Mills Darden](/source/Mills_Darden), one of the largest men ever in human history (died 1857)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mills Darden Cemetery, Henderson County, Tennessee |url=https://www.tngenweb.org/records/henderson/cemeteries/darden76.htm |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=www.tngenweb.org}}</ref>
*[1819](/source/1819) &ndash; [Ann Eliza Smith](/source/Ann_Eliza_Smith), American author and patriot (died 1905)<ref name="Upham2001">{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ho23eS5qjNgC&pg=PA157|year=2001|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|isbn=978-0-87351-396-8|pages=157–}}</ref>
*[1821](/source/1821) &ndash; [Richard H. Anderson](/source/Richard_H._Anderson_(general)), American general (died 1879)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Heron Anderson {{!}} American general |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Heron-Anderson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[1832](/source/1832) &ndash; [Charles Crozat Converse](/source/Charles_Crozat_Converse), American lawyer and composer (died 1918)
*[1835](/source/1835) &ndash; [Felix Draeseke](/source/Felix_Draeseke), German composer and educator (died 1913)
*[1836](/source/1836) &ndash; [Henri Elzéar Taschereau](/source/Henri_Elz%C3%A9ar_Taschereau), Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th [Chief Justice of Canada](/source/Chief_Justice_of_Canada) (died 1911)
*[1841](/source/1841) &ndash; [Nicholas I of Montenegro](/source/Nicholas_I_of_Montenegro) (died 1921)
*[1849](/source/1849) &ndash; [James Whitcomb Riley](/source/James_Whitcomb_Riley), American poet and author (died 1916)
*[1860](/source/1860) &ndash; [Leonidas Paraskevopoulos](/source/Leonidas_Paraskevopoulos), Greek general and politician (died 1936)
*[1866](/source/1866) &ndash; [Wlodimir Ledóchowski](/source/Wlodimir_Led%C3%B3chowski), Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th [Superior General of the Society of Jesus](/source/Superior_General_of_the_Society_of_Jesus) (died 1942)
*[1870](/source/1870) &ndash; [Uncle Dave Macon](/source/Uncle_Dave_Macon), American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian (died 1952)
*[1876](/source/1876) &ndash; [Louis Tancred](/source/Louis_Tancred), South African cricketer (died 1934)
*[1879](/source/1879) &ndash; [Joe Hill](/source/Joe_Hill_(activist)), Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (died 1915)
*[1881](/source/1881) &ndash; [Mikhail Drozdovsky](/source/Mikhail_Drozdovsky), Ukrainian-Russian general (died 1918)
*[1884](/source/1884) &ndash; [Harold Geiger](/source/Harold_Geiger), American lieutenant and pilot (died 1927)
*[1885](/source/1885) &ndash; [Niels Bohr](/source/Niels_Bohr), Danish physicist and philosopher, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (died 1962)
*  1885   &ndash; [Claud Ashton Jones](/source/Claud_Ashton_Jones), American admiral, [Medal of Honor](/source/Medal_of_Honor) recipient (died 1948)
*[1887](/source/1887) &ndash; [Jack Russell](/source/Jack_Russell_(cricketer%2C_born_1887)), English cricketer and coach (died 1961)
*[1888](/source/1888) &ndash; [Henry A. Wallace](/source/Henry_A._Wallace), American agronomist and politician, 33rd [Vice President of the United States](/source/Vice_President_of_the_United_States) (died 1965)
*  1888   &ndash; [Edna Meade Colson](/source/Edna_Meade_Colson), American educator and activist (died 1985)<ref name="DVB">{{cite web|title=Edna Meade Colson (7 October 1888–17 January 1985)|url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Colson_Edna_Meade|website=Dictionary of Virginia Biography|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref>
*[1889](/source/1889) &ndash; [Robert Z. Leonard](/source/Robert_Z._Leonard), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1968)
*[1892](/source/1892) &ndash; [Dwain Esper](/source/Dwain_Esper), American director and producer (died 1982)
*[1893](/source/1893) &ndash; [Alice Dalgliesh](/source/Alice_Dalgliesh), Trinidadian-American author and publisher (died 1979)
*[1895](/source/1895) &ndash; [Maurice Grevisse](/source/Maurice_Grevisse), Belgian linguist and author (died 1980) 
*[1896](/source/1896) &ndash; [Paulino Alcántara](/source/Paulino_Alc%C3%A1ntara), Spanish Filipino football player and manager (died 1964)
*[1897](/source/1897) &ndash; [Elijah Muhammad](/source/Elijah_Muhammad), American religious leader (died 1975)
*  1897   &ndash; [Thakin Mya](/source/Thakin_Mya), Burmese lawyer and politician (died 1947)
*[1900](/source/1900) &ndash; [Heinrich Himmler](/source/Heinrich_Himmler), Nazi politician, head of the [SS](/source/Schutzstaffel) and senior official responsible for the [Holocaust](/source/The_Holocaust) (died 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heinrich Himmler |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/heinrich-himmler}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[1901](/source/1901) &ndash; [Frank Boucher](/source/Frank_Boucher), Canadian ice hockey player and executive (died 1977)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frank Boucher |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/frank-boucher-8445134 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
*[1904](/source/1904) &ndash; [Armando Castellazzi](/source/Armando_Castellazzi), Italian footballer and coach (died 1968)
*  1904   &ndash; [Chuck Klein](/source/Chuck_Klein), American baseball player (died 1958)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chuck Klein |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/chuck-klein-117141 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
*[1905](/source/1905) &ndash; [Andy Devine](/source/Andy_Devine), American actor (died 1977)
*[1907](/source/1907) &ndash; [Helen MacInnes](/source/Helen_MacInnes), Scottish-American librarian and author (died 1985)
*[1909](/source/1909) &ndash; [Anni Blomqvist](/source/Anni_Blomqvist), Finnish author (died 1990)
*  1909   &ndash; [Shura Cherkassky](/source/Shura_Cherkassky), Ukrainian-American pianist and educator (died 1995)
*  1909   &ndash; [Erastus Corning 2nd](/source/Erastus_Corning_2nd), American soldier and politician, 72nd [Mayor of Albany](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Albany%2C_New_York) (died 1983)<ref>{{cite book |last=Grondahl |first=Paul |date=2007 |title=Mayor Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PfdU14bq2LUC&pg=PA69 |location=Albany, NY |publisher=State University of New York Press |page=46 |isbn=978-0-7914-7294-1 |ref={{sfnRef|Grondahl}}}}</ref>
*[1910](/source/1910) &ndash; [Henry Plumer McIlhenny](/source/Henry_Plumer_McIlhenny), American art collector and philanthropist (died 1986)
*[1911](/source/1911) &ndash; [Vaughn Monroe](/source/Vaughn_Monroe), American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (died 1973)
*[1912](/source/1912) &ndash; [Fernando Belaúnde Terry](/source/Fernando_Bela%C3%BAnde_Terry), Peruvian architect and politician, [President of Peru](/source/President_of_Peru) (died 2002)
*  1912   &ndash; [Peter Walker](/source/Peter_Walker_(racing_driver)), English race car driver (died 1984)
*[1913](/source/1913) &ndash; [Simon Carmiggelt](/source/Simon_Carmiggelt), Dutch journalist and author (died 1987)
*  1913   &ndash; [Raimond Valgre](/source/Raimond_Valgre), Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (died 1949)
*[1914](/source/1914) &ndash; [Begum Akhtar](/source/Begum_Akhtar), Indian actress (died 1974)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nrcw.nic.in/shared/sublinkimages/209.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410014918/http://nrcw.nic.in/shared/sublinkimages/209.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-04-10|title=Begum Akhtar (1914–1974)|date=2009-04-10|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref>
*  1914   &ndash; [Sarah Churchill](/source/Sarah_Churchill_(actress)), English actress (died 1982)
*  1914   &ndash; [Alfred Drake](/source/Alfred_Drake), American actor and singer (died 1992)
*  1914   &ndash; [Herman Keiser](/source/Herman_Keiser), American golfer (died 2003)
*[1917](/source/1917) &ndash; [June Allyson](/source/June_Allyson), American actress (died 2006)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 7: Joy Behar, Simon Cowell |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/07/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-7-Joy-Behar-Simon-Cowell/3691665013549/ |publisher=[UPI](/source/United_Press_International) |access-date=5 October 2023 |date=7 October 2022}}</ref>
*[1918](/source/1918) &ndash; [Harry V. Jaffa](/source/Harry_V._Jaffa), American historian, philosopher, and academic (died 2015)
*[1919](/source/1919) &ndash; [Henriette Avram](/source/Henriette_Avram), American computer scientist and academic (died 2006)
*  1919   &ndash; [Zelman Cowen](/source/Zelman_Cowen), Australian academic and politician, 19th [Governor-General of Australia](/source/Governor-General_of_Australia) (died 2011)
*  1919   &ndash; [Georges Duby](/source/Georges_Duby), French historian and author (died 1996)
*[1920](/source/1920) &ndash; [Georg Leber](/source/Georg_Leber), German soldier and politician, [German Federal Minister of Defence](/source/Federal_Ministry_of_Defence_(Germany)) (died 2012)
*  1920   &ndash; [Jack Rowley](/source/Jack_Rowley), English footballer and manager (died 1998)
*[1921](/source/1921) &ndash; [Raymond Goethals](/source/Raymond_Goethals), Belgian footballer and coach (died 2004)
*[1922](/source/1922) &ndash; [Grady Hatton](/source/Grady_Hatton), American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2013)
*  1922   &ndash; [William Zinsser](/source/William_Zinsser), American journalist and critic (died 2015)
*[1923](/source/1923) &ndash; [Irma Grese](/source/Irma_Grese), German [SS](/source/SS) officer (died 1945)
*  1923   &ndash; [Břetislav Pojar](/source/B%C5%99etislav_Pojar), Czech animator and director (died 2012)
*  1923   &ndash; [Jean-Paul Riopelle](/source/Jean-Paul_Riopelle), Canadian painter and sculptor (died 2002)
*[1926](/source/1926) &ndash; [Alex Groza](/source/Alex_Groza), American basketball player (died 1995)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Groza |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/splits/_/id/5069/alex-groza |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
*[1927](/source/1927) &ndash; [Al Martino](/source/Al_Martino), American singer and actor (died 2009) 
*  1927   &ndash; [R. D. Laing](/source/R._D._Laing), Scottish psychiatrist and author (died 1989)
*  1927   &ndash; [Demetrio González](/source/Demetrio_Gonz%C3%A1lez), Spanish-Mexican film actor and singer (died 2015)
*[1928](/source/1928) &ndash; [José Messias](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Messias), Brazilian composer, singer, writer, host and critic (died 2015)
*  1928   &ndash; [Ali Kafi](/source/Ali_Kafi), Algerian politician (died 2013)
*  1928   &ndash; [Lorna Wing](/source/Lorna_Wing), English autism researcher (died 2014)
*[1929](/source/1929) &ndash; [Graeme Ferguson](/source/Graeme_Ferguson_(filmmaker)), Canadian director and producer, co-founded the [IMAX Corporation](/source/IMAX_Corporation) (died 2021)
*  1929   &ndash; [Mariano Gagnon](/source/Mariano_Gagnon), American Catholic priest and author (died 2017)
*  1929   &ndash; [Robert Westall](/source/Robert_Westall), English journalist and author (died 1993)
*[1930](/source/1930) &ndash; [Curtis Crider](/source/Curtis_Crider), American race car driver (died 2012)
*[1931](/source/1931) &ndash; [Cotton Fitzsimmons](/source/Cotton_Fitzsimmons), American basketball player and coach (died 2004)
*  1931   &ndash; [Tommy Lewis](/source/Tommy_Lewis_(American_football)), American football player and coach (died 2014)
*  1931   &ndash; [R. Sivagurunathan](/source/R._Sivagurunathan), Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (died 2003)
*  1931   &ndash; [Desmond Tutu](/source/Desmond_Tutu), South African archbishop and activist, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Peace_Prize) laureate (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news |last=Frankel |first=Glenn |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/desmond-tutu-archbishop-south-africa-apartheid/2021/12/26/9fef6f0c-661e-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html |title=Desmond Tutu, exuberant apostle of racial justice in South Africa, dies at 90 |newspaper=[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post) |date=26 December 2021 |access-date=26 December 2021}}</ref>
*[1932](/source/1932) &ndash; [Joannes Gijsen](/source/Joannes_Gijsen), Dutch bishop (died 2013)
*[1933](/source/1933) &ndash; [Harold Dunaway](/source/Harold_Dunaway), American race car driver and pilot (died 2012)
*[1934](/source/1934) &ndash; [Amiri Baraka](/source/Amiri_Baraka), American poet, playwright, and academic (died 2014)
*  1934   &ndash; [Ulrike Meinhof](/source/Ulrike_Meinhof), German left-wing militant, co-founder of the [Red Army Faction](/source/Red_Army_Faction), journalist (died 1976)
*  1934   &ndash; [Willie Naulls](/source/Willie_Naulls), American basketball player (died 2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Willie Naulls |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77693/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [Julian Thompson](/source/Julian_Thompson_(Royal_Marines_officer)), English general and historian
*[1935](/source/1935) &ndash; [Thomas Keneally](/source/Thomas_Keneally), Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist
*[1936](/source/1936) &ndash; [Michael Hurll](/source/Michael_Hurll), English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
*[1937](/source/1937) &ndash; [Christopher Booker](/source/Christopher_Booker), English journalist and author (died 2019)
*  1937   &ndash; [Chet Powers](/source/Chet_Powers), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1994)
*  1937   &ndash; [Maria Szyszkowska](/source/Maria_Szyszkowska), Polish academic and politician
*[1938](/source/1938) &ndash; [Yvonne Brewster](/source/Yvonne_Brewster), Jamaican actress and theatre director<ref>Rodreguez King-Dorset, [https://books.google.com/books?id=NiGhBAAAQBAJ&dq=yvonne+brewster+born+7+october+1938&pg=PA18 ''Black British Theatre Pioneers: Yvonne Brewster and the First Generation of Actors, Playwrights and Other Practitioners''], Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014.</ref>
*  1938   &ndash; [Ann Jones](/source/Ann_Jones_(tennis)), English tennis player and sportscaster
*[1939](/source/1939) &ndash; [John Hopcroft](/source/John_Hopcroft), American computer scientist and author
*  1939   &ndash; [Clive James](/source/Clive_James), Australian television host, author, and critic (died 2019)
*  1939   &ndash; [Harry Kroto](/source/Harry_Kroto), English chemist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (died 2016)
*  1939   &ndash; [Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya](/source/Laurent_Monsengwo_Pasinya), Congolese cardinal (died 2021)
*  1939   &ndash; [Bill Snyder](/source/Bill_Snyder), American football player and coach
*[1942](/source/1942) &ndash; [Joy Behar](/source/Joy_Behar), American talk show host, comedian and television personality<ref name="AP" />  
*[1943](/source/1943) &ndash; [José Cardenal](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Cardenal), Cuban baseball player and coach
*  1943   &ndash; [Oliver North](/source/Oliver_North), American colonel, journalist, and author<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/20/news/mn-24264/2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715032528/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/20/news/mn-24264/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Obituaries|date=October 20, 1999}}</ref>
*[1944](/source/1944) &ndash; [Judee Sill](/source/Judee_Sill), American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1979)
*  1944   &ndash; [Donald Tsang](/source/Donald_Tsang), Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd [Chief Executive of Hong Kong](/source/Chief_Executive_of_Hong_Kong)
*[1945](/source/1945) &ndash; [Kevin Godley](/source/Kevin_Godley), English singer-songwriter and director<ref name="AP" />  
*  1945   &ndash; [David Wallace](/source/David_Wallace_(physicist)), Scottish physicist and academic
*[1946](/source/1946) &ndash; [John Brass](/source/John_Brass), Australian rugby player and coach
*  1946   &ndash; [Catharine MacKinnon](/source/Catharine_MacKinnon), American lawyer, activist, and author
*[1947](/source/1947) &ndash; [Chris Bambridge](/source/Chris_Bambridge), Australian footballer and referee
*  1947   &ndash; [Jill Larson](/source/Jill_Larson), American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*[1948](/source/1948) &ndash; [Diane Ackerman](/source/Diane_Ackerman), American poet and essayist
*  1948   &ndash; [John F. B. Mitchell](/source/John_F._B._Mitchell), English climatologist and author
*  1948   &ndash; [Stephen Rucker](/source/Stephen_Rucker), American composer
*[1949](/source/1949) &ndash; [Dave Hope](/source/Dave_Hope), American bass player and priest 
*[1950](/source/1950) &ndash; [Dick Jauron](/source/Dick_Jauron), American football player and coach (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shribman |first=David |date=February 8, 2025 |title=Dick Jauron, Swampscott legend and former NFL player and coach, dies at 74 - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/08/sports/dick-jauron-swampscott-legend-former-nfl-player-coach-dies-74/ |access-date=February 11, 2025 |website=[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe) |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1950   &ndash; [Jakaya Kikwete](/source/Jakaya_Kikwete), Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th [President of Tanzania](/source/President_of_Tanzania)
*[1951](/source/1951) &ndash; [Enki Bilal](/source/Enki_Bilal), French comic book creator, comics artist and film director
*  1951   &ndash; [John Mellencamp](/source/John_Mellencamp), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 7, 2022 includes celebrities Toni Braxton, Yo-Yo Ma |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-7-2022-includes-celebrities-toni-braxton-yo-yo-ma.html |website=[The Plain Dealer](/source/The_Plain_Dealer) |publisher=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |access-date=5 October 2023 |date=7 October 2022}}</ref>
*[1952](/source/1952) &ndash; [Mary Badham](/source/Mary_Badham), American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1952   &ndash; [Vladimir Putin](/source/Vladimir_Putin), Russian colonel and politician, 4th [President of Russia](/source/President_of_Russia)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1952   &ndash; [Jacques Richard](/source/Jacques_Richard), Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002)
*  1952   &ndash; [Graham Yallop](/source/Graham_Yallop), Australian cricketer
*[1953](/source/1953) &ndash; [Linda Griffiths](/source/Linda_Griffiths), Canadian actress and playwright (died 2014)
*  1953   &ndash; [Margus Lepa](/source/Margus_Lepa), Estonian journalist and actor
*  1953   &ndash; [Tico Torres](/source/Tico_Torres), American drummer<ref name="AP" />  
*[1955](/source/1955) &ndash; [Ralph Johnson](/source/Ralph_Johnson_(computer_scientist)), American computer scientist and author
*  1955   &ndash; [Bill Henson](/source/Bill_Henson), Australian photographer
*  1955   &ndash; [Yo-Yo Ma](/source/Yo-Yo_Ma), French-American cellist and educator<ref name="AP" /> 
*[1956](/source/1956) &ndash; [Steve Bainbridge](/source/Steve_Bainbridge), English rugby player
*  1956   &ndash; [Mike Shipley](/source/Mike_Shipley), Australian-English sound engineer and producer (died 2013)
*  1956   &ndash; [Brian Sutter](/source/Brian_Sutter), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[1957](/source/1957) &ndash; [Joey Marquez](/source/Joey_Marquez), Filipino basketball player, actor, and politician
*  1957   &ndash; [Michael W. Smith](/source/Michael_W._Smith), American singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1957   &ndash; [Jayne Torvill](/source/Jayne_Torvill), English figure skater
*[1959](/source/1959) &ndash; [Dylan Baker](/source/Dylan_Baker), American actor
*  1959   &ndash; [Simon Cowell](/source/Simon_Cowell), English businessman and record producer<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1959   &ndash; [Lourdes Flores](/source/Lourdes_Flores), Peruvian lawyer and politician
*  1959   &ndash; [Jean-Marc Fournier](/source/Jean-Marc_Fournier), Canadian lawyer and politician
*  1959   &ndash; [Brazo de Oro](/source/Brazo_de_Oro_(wrestler)), Mexican wrestler (died 2017)
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; [Kevin Boyle](/source/Kevin_Boyle_(historian)), American historian and author
*[1961](/source/1961) &ndash; [Brian Mannix](/source/Brian_Mannix), Australian singer-songwriter
*  1961   &ndash; [Tony Sparano](/source/Tony_Sparano), American football player and coach (died 2018)
*[1962](/source/1962) &ndash; [Dave Bronconnier](/source/Dave_Bronconnier), Canadian businessman and politician, 35th [Mayor of Calgary](/source/Mayor_of_Calgary)
*  1962   &ndash; [Micky Flanagan](/source/Micky_Flanagan), English comedian
*  1962   &ndash; [William Johnson](/source/William_Johnson_(cricketer%2C_born_1962)), German-English cricketer
*[1964](/source/1964) &ndash; [Sam Brown](/source/Sam_Brown_(singer)), English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
*  1964   &ndash; [Dan Savage](/source/Dan_Savage), American LGBT rights activist, journalist and television producer
*  1964   &ndash; [Paul Stewart](/source/Paul_Stewart_(footballer%2C_born_1964)), English footballer
*[1965](/source/1965) &ndash; [Genji Hashimoto](/source/Genji_Hashimoto), Japanese race car driver
*  1965   &ndash; [Kumiko Watanabe](/source/Kumiko_Watanabe), Japanese voice actress
*[1966](/source/1966) &ndash; [Sherman Alexie](/source/Sherman_Alexie),  American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker
*  1966   &ndash; [Marco Beltrami](/source/Marco_Beltrami), Italian-American composer and conductor
*  1966   &ndash; [Janet Shaw](/source/Janet_Shaw_(cyclist)), Australian cyclist and author (died 2012)
*[1967](/source/1967) &ndash; [Michelle Alexander](/source/Michelle_Alexander), American law professor, author and activist 
*  1967   &ndash; [Peter Baker](/source/Peter_Baker_(golfer)), English golfer<ref>{{EuroTour player|2660}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [Toni Braxton](/source/Toni_Braxton), American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1967   &ndash; [María Corina Machado](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Corina_Machado), Venezuelan Nobel Prize Laureate<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/who-is-nobel-peace-laureate-maria-corina-machado-2025-10-10/| title= Who is Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado?|date=October 10, 2025|website=[Reuters](/source/Reuters)}}</ref>
*[1968](/source/1968) &ndash; [Thom Yorke](/source/Thom_Yorke), English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />  
*[1969](/source/1969) &ndash; [Bobbie Brown](/source/Bobbie_Brown), American model and actress
*  1969   &ndash; [Malia Hosaka](/source/Malia_Hosaka), American wrestler
*[1970](/source/1970) &ndash; [Nicole Ari Parker](/source/Nicole_Ari_Parker), American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*[1971](/source/1971) &ndash; [Daniel Boucher](/source/Daniel_Boucher_(musician)), Canadian singer and actor
*[1972](/source/1972) &ndash; [Marlou Aquino](/source/Marlou_Aquino), Filipino basketball player
*  1972   &ndash; [Ben Younger](/source/Ben_Younger), American director, producer, and screenwriter
*[1973](/source/1973) &ndash; [Dida](/source/Dida_(footballer%2C_born_1973)), Brazilian footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [Priest Holmes](/source/Priest_Holmes), American football player
*  1973   &ndash; [Sami Hyypiä](/source/Sami_Hyypi%C3%A4), Finnish footballer and manager
*  1973   &ndash; [Grigol Mgaloblishvili](/source/Grigol_Mgaloblishvili), Georgian politician and diplomat, 7th [Prime Minister of Georgia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Georgia)
*[1974](/source/1974) &ndash; [Rune Glifberg](/source/Rune_Glifberg), Danish skateboarder
*  1974   &ndash; [Allison Munn](/source/Allison_Munn), American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1974   &ndash; [Ruslan Nigmatullin](/source/Ruslan_Nigmatullin), Russian footballer
*  1974   &ndash; [Charlotte Perrelli](/source/Charlotte_Perrelli), Swedish singer 
*[1975](/source/1975) &ndash; [Giorgos Karadimos](/source/Giorgos_Karadimos), Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1975   &ndash; [Damian Kulash](/source/Damian_Kulash), American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />  
*  1975   &ndash; [Tim Minchin](/source/Tim_Minchin), English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
*  1975   &ndash; [Rhyno](/source/Rhyno), American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Rhyno |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17444177/wwe-profile-page-rhyno |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=5 October 2023 |date=1 September 2016}}</ref>
*[1976](/source/1976) &ndash; [Marc Coma](/source/Marc_Coma), Spanish motorcycle racer
*  1976   &ndash; [Taylor Hicks](/source/Taylor_Hicks), American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1976   &ndash; [Gilberto Silva](/source/Gilberto_Silva), Brazilian footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [Santiago Solari](/source/Santiago_Solari), Argentinian footballer and manager
*  1976   &ndash; [Charles Woodson](/source/Charles_Woodson), American football player
*[1977](/source/1977) &ndash; [Antoine Revoy](/source/Antoine_Revoy), French comics writer and illustrator
*[1978](/source/1978) &ndash; [Alison Balsom](/source/Alison_Balsom), English trumpet player and educator
*  1978   &ndash; [Alesha Dixon](/source/Alesha_Dixon), English singer-songwriter and dancer 
*  1978   &ndash; [Zaheer Khan](/source/Zaheer_Khan), Indian cricketer
*  1978   &ndash; [Omar Benson Miller](/source/Omar_Benson_Miller), American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*[1979](/source/1979) &ndash; [Simona Amânar](/source/Simona_Am%C3%A2nar), Romanian gymnast
*  1979   &ndash; [Aaron Ashmore](/source/Aaron_Ashmore), Canadian actor
*  1979   &ndash; [Shawn Ashmore](/source/Shawn_Ashmore), Canadian actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*[1982](/source/1982) &ndash; [Madjid Bougherra](/source/Madjid_Bougherra), Algerian footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [Jermain Defoe](/source/Jermain_Defoe), English footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [Robby Ginepri](/source/Robby_Ginepri), American tennis player
*  1982   &ndash; [Jake McLaughlin](/source/Jake_McLaughlin), American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1982   &ndash; [Lockett Pundt](/source/Lockett_Pundt), American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1982   &ndash; [Li Yundi](/source/Li_Yundi), Chinese pianist
*[1983](/source/1983) &ndash; [Archie Bland](/source/Archie_Bland), English journalist and author
*  1983   &ndash; [Dwayne Bravo](/source/Dwayne_Bravo), Trinidadian cricketer
*  1983   &ndash; [Flying Lotus](/source/Flying_Lotus), American rapper, DJ, and producer<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1983   &ndash; [Scottie Upshall](/source/Scottie_Upshall), Canadian ice hockey player
*[1984](/source/1984) &ndash; [Salman Butt](/source/Salman_Butt), Pakistani cricketer
*  1984   &ndash; [Toma Ikuta](/source/Toma_Ikuta), Japanese actor and singer
*  1984   &ndash; [Simon Poulsen](/source/Simon_Poulsen), Danish footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [Zachary Wyatt](/source/Zachary_Wyatt), American soldier and politician
*[1985](/source/1985) &ndash; [Evan Longoria](/source/Evan_Longoria), American baseball player
*[1986](/source/1986) &ndash; [Chase Daniel](/source/Chase_Daniel), American football player
*  1986   &ndash; [Lee Nguyen](/source/Lee_Nguyen), American soccer player
*  1986   &ndash; [Gunnar Nielsen](/source/Gunnar_Nielsen_(Faroese_footballer)), Faroese footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [Bree Olson](/source/Bree_Olson), American actress, model, and former pornographic actress 
*  1986   &ndash; [A. J. Price](/source/A._J._Price), American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=AJ Price |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201985/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [Holland Roden](/source/Holland_Roden), American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1986   &ndash; [Amy Satterthwaite](/source/Amy_Satterthwaite), New Zealand cricketer
*  1986   &ndash; [Amber Stevens West](/source/Amber_Stevens_West), American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[1987](/source/1987) &ndash; [Jeremy Brockie](/source/Jeremy_Brockie), New Zealand footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [Alex Cobb](/source/Alex_Cobb), American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Cobb |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/alex-cobb-502171 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [Aiden English](/source/Aiden_English), American wrestler
*  1987   &ndash; [Damion James](/source/Damion_James), American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Damion James |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202345/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [Sam Querrey](/source/Sam_Querrey), American tennis player
*[1988](/source/1988) &ndash; [Diego da Silva Costa](/source/Diego_da_Silva_Costa), Brazilian footballer
*[1989](/source/1989) &ndash; [Trent Merrin](/source/Trent_Merrin), Australian rugby league player
*[1990](/source/1990) &ndash; [Sebastián Coates](/source/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Coates), Uruguayan footballer
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; [Oscar Fantenberg](/source/Oscar_Fantenberg), Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Oscar Fantenberg |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/oscar-fantenberg-8480147 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [Mike Foltynewicz](/source/Mike_Foltynewicz), American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Foltynewicz |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/mike-foltynewicz-592314 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [Nicole Jung](/source/Nicole_Jung), American singer<ref name="Russell2014">{{cite book |author=Mark Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |year=2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=94}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [Lay Zhang](/source/Lay_Zhang), Chinese singer-songwriter and actor<ref name="Russell20142">{{cite book |author=Mark Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=59}}</ref>
*[1992](/source/1992) &ndash; [Mookie Betts](/source/Mookie_Betts), American baseball player
*[1993](/source/1993) &ndash; [Nic Stauskas](/source/Nic_Stauskas), Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nik Stauskas |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203917/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
*[1995](/source/1995) &ndash; [Lyndon Dykes](/source/Lyndon_Dykes), Australian professional footballer
*  1995   &ndash; [Mathias Dyngeland](/source/Mathias_Dyngeland), Norwegian footballer
*  1995   &ndash; [Lloyd Jones](/source/Lloyd_Jones_(English_footballer)), English professional footballer
*  1995   &ndash; [Bram van Vlerken](/source/Bram_van_Vlerken), Dutch professional football player
*[1996](/source/1996) &ndash; [Lewis Capaldi](/source/Lewis_Capaldi), Scottish singer-songwriter<ref>Clyde 1, [https://planetradio.co.uk/clyde/entertainment/music/lewis-capaldi-scotland], Dodds, Emma, 2019.</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [Choi Jeong](/source/Choi_Jeong_(Go_player)), South Korean Go player<ref>{{Cite web |title=기사정보 – 한국기원 |url=http://m.baduk.or.kr/record/gisa_info.asp?PRPL_CODE=10000580 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=m.baduk.or.kr |language=ko}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [Guglielmo Vicario](/source/Guglielmo_Vicario), Italian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Guglielmo Vicario|url=https://www.premierleague.com/en/players/184254/guglielmo-vicario/overview|website=[Premier League](/source/Premier_League)|access-date=7 October 2025}}</ref>
*[1997](/source/1997) &ndash; [Kira Kosarin](/source/Kira_Kosarin), American actress and singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/nickelodeons-kira-kosarin-says-goodbye-13473871|title=Nickelodeon's Kira Kosarin on saying goodbye to The Thundermans|last=Newman|first=Vicki|date=October 24, 2018|website=mirror|language=en|access-date=March 28, 2019}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [Nicole Maines](/source/Nicole_Maines), American actress, writer, and activist<ref name="UPI" />
*[1998](/source/1998) &ndash; [Trent Alexander-Arnold](/source/Trent_Alexander-Arnold), English footballer
*  1998   &ndash; [Ryan Trahan](/source/Ryan_Trahan), American YouTuber<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1710652288857960766 |user=RyanTrahan |title=my 25th birthday! does this mean I need to have a beard 😂🔥 I'm serious what do I do |date=October 7, 2023 |access-date=October 6, 2024}}</ref>
*[1999](/source/1999) &ndash; [Ferdi Kadıoğlu](/source/Ferdi_Kad%C4%B1o%C4%9Flu), Turkish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ferdi Kadıoğlu|url=https://www.premierleague.com/en/players/231416/ferdi-kadioglu/overview|website=[Premier League](/source/Premier_League)|access-date=7 October 2025}}</ref>
*[2001](/source/2001) &ndash; [Princess Senate Seeiso](/source/Princess_Senate_Seeiso), Princess of Lesotho<ref>{{cite web |title=Princess (Khosatsana) Senate Mary Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho – The African Royal Families |url=https://theafricanroyalfamilies.com/2022/10/07/princess-khosatsana-senate-mary-mohato-seeiso-of-lesotho/ |website=theafricanroyalfamilies.com |date=7 October 2022 |access-date=February 13, 2024 |archive-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309033117/https://theafricanroyalfamilies.com/2022/10/07/princess-khosatsana-senate-mary-mohato-seeiso-of-lesotho/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[2002](/source/2002) &ndash; [Joaquín Panichelli](/source/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Panichelli), Argentine footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joaquín Panichelli|url=https://www.soccerway.com/player/panichelli-joaquin/SSL080TM/|website=[Soccerway](/source/Soccerway)|access-date=7 October 2025}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [336](/source/336) &ndash; [Mark](/source/Pope_Mark), pope of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church)
* [858](/source/858) &ndash; [Montoku](/source/Emperor_Montoku), Japanese emperor (born 826)
* [929](/source/929) &ndash; [Charles the Simple](/source/Charles_the_Simple), French king (born 879)
* [950](/source/950) &ndash; [Li](/source/Empress_Li_(Later_Jin)), Chinese empress consort
* [951](/source/951) &ndash; [Shi Zong](/source/Emperor_Shizong_of_Liao), emperor of the [Liao Dynasty](/source/Liao_dynasty) (born 919)
*   951   &ndash; [Xiao](/source/Empress_Dowager_Xiao_(Shizong)), Chinese [Khitan](/source/Khitan_people) empress dowager
*   951   &ndash; [Zhen](/source/Empress_Zhen_(Liao_dynasty)), Chinese Khitan empress consort
* [988](/source/988) &ndash; [Qian Chu](/source/Qian_Chu), king of [Wuyue](/source/Wuyue) (born 929)
*[1242](/source/1242) &ndash; [Juntoku](/source/Emperor_Juntoku), Japanese emperor (born 1197)
*[1259](/source/1259) &ndash; [Ezzelino III da Romano](/source/Ezzelino_III_da_Romano), Italian ruler
*[1363](/source/1363) &ndash; [Eleanor de Bohun](/source/Eleanor_de_Bohun%2C_Countess_of_Ormonde), English noblewoman (born 1304)
*[1368](/source/1368) &ndash; [Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence](/source/Lionel_of_Antwerp%2C_1st_Duke_of_Clarence), Belgian-English politician (born 1338)
*[1461](/source/1461) &ndash; [Jean Poton de Xaintrailles](/source/Jean_Poton_de_Xaintrailles), follower of [Joan of Arc](/source/Joan_of_Arc) (born c. 1390)
*[1468](/source/1468) &ndash; [Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta](/source/Sigismondo_Pandolfo_Malatesta), Italian nobleman (born 1417)
*[1553](/source/1553) &ndash; [Cristóbal de Morales](/source/Crist%C3%B3bal_de_Morales), Spanish composer (born 1500)
*[1571](/source/1571) &ndash; [Sufi Ali Pasha](/source/Sufi_Ali_Pasha), Ottoman soldier and politician, [Ottoman Governor of Egypt](/source/List_of_Ottoman_governors_of_Egypt)
*  1571   &ndash; [Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg](/source/Dorothea_of_Saxe-Lauenburg), Danish queen consort of [Christian III of Denmark](/source/Christian_III_of_Denmark) (born 1511)
*[1577](/source/1577) &ndash; [George Gascoigne](/source/George_Gascoigne), English soldier, courtier, and poet (born 1535)

===1601–1900===
*[1612](/source/1612) &ndash; [Giovanni Battista Guarini](/source/Giovanni_Battista_Guarini), Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1538)
*[1620](/source/1620) &ndash; [Stanisław Żółkiewski](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_%C5%BB%C3%B3%C5%82kiewski), Polish-Lithuanian commander (born 1547)
*[1637](/source/1637) &ndash; [Victor Amadeus I](/source/Victor_Amadeus_I%2C_Duke_of_Savoy), duke of [Savoy](/source/Savoy) (born 1587)
*[1651](/source/1651) &ndash; [Jacques Sirmond](/source/Jacques_Sirmond), French scholar (born 1559)
*[1653](/source/1653) &ndash; [Fausto Poli](/source/Fausto_Poli), Italian cardinal (born 1581)
*[1708](/source/1708) &ndash; [Guru Gobind Singh](/source/Guru_Gobind_Singh), Indian 10th [Sikh guru](/source/Sikh_guru) (born 1666)
*[1747](/source/1747) &ndash; [Giulia Lama](/source/Giulia_Lama), Italian painter (born 1681)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gaze |first1=Delia |title=Concise Dictionary of Women Artists |date=2001 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-57958-335-4 |page=438 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4h7A0XIN14C&pg=PA438 |language=en}}</ref>
*[1772](/source/1772) &ndash; [John Woolman](/source/John_Woolman), American preacher and abolitionist (born 1720)
*[1787](/source/1787) &ndash; [Henry Muhlenberg](/source/Henry_Muhlenberg), German-American pastor and missionary (born 1711)
*[1792](/source/1792) &ndash; [George Mason](/source/George_Mason), American lawyer and politician (born 1725)
*[1793](/source/1793) &ndash; [Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire](/source/Wills_Hill%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Downshire), English politician, [President of the Board of Trade](/source/President_of_the_Board_of_Trade) (born 1718)
*[1796](/source/1796) &ndash; [Thomas Reid](/source/Thomas_Reid), Scottish mathematician and philosopher (born 1710)
*[1849](/source/1849) &ndash; [Edgar Allan Poe](/source/Edgar_Allan_Poe), American short story writer, poet, and critic (born 1809)
*[1884](/source/1884) &ndash; [Bernard Petitjean](/source/Bernard_Petitjean), French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (born 1829)
*[1894](/source/1894) &ndash; [Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.](/source/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Sr.), American physician, author, and poet (born 1809)

===1901–present===
*[1903](/source/1903) &ndash; [Rudolf Lipschitz](/source/Rudolf_Lipschitz), German mathematician and academic (born 1832)<ref>{{cite book| last = Chang| first = Sooyoung | title=Academic Genealogy of Mathematicians | year=2011| publisher=World Scientific | isbn= 978-9-814-28229-1 | pages= 27 }}</ref>
*[1904](/source/1904) &ndash; [Isabella Bird](/source/Isabella_Bird), English historian and explorer (born 1831)<ref>{{cite book | last = Checkland | first = Olive | title = Isabella Bird and 'a woman's right to do what she can do well | publisher = Scottish Cultural Press | location = Aberdeen | year = 1996 | isbn = 9781898218333 | page=184}}</ref>
*[1906](/source/1906) &ndash; [Honoré Beaugrand](/source/Honor%C3%A9_Beaugrand), Canadian journalist and politician, 18th [Mayor of Montreal](/source/Mayor_of_Montreal) (born 1848)<ref>{{cite DCB |url=https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/beaugrand_honore_13E.html |title=Beaugrand, Honoré|author=Francois Ricard |access-date=7 October 2021}}</ref> 
*[1911](/source/1911) &ndash; [John Hughlings Jackson](/source/John_Hughlings_Jackson), English neurologist and physician (born 1835)<ref>{{cite book | last = Koehler | first = Peter | title = Neurological eponyms | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = New York | year = 2000 | isbn = 9780198030591 | page=95}}</ref>
*[1919](/source/1919) &ndash; [Alfred Deakin](/source/Alfred_Deakin), Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd [Prime Minister of Australia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Australia) (born 1856)<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Norris |first=R. |coauthor= |authorlink= |title=Deakin, Alfred (1856–1919) |year=1981 |id2=deakin-alfred-5927}}</ref>
*[1925](/source/1925) &ndash; [Christy Mathewson](/source/Christy_Mathewson), American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
*[1926](/source/1926) &ndash; [Emil Kraepelin](/source/Emil_Kraepelin), German psychologist and academic (born 1856)
*[1933](/source/1933) &ndash; [Alexander Peacock](/source/Alexander_Peacock), Australian politician, 20th [Premier of Victoria](/source/Premier_of_Victoria) (born 1861)
*[1939](/source/1939) &ndash; [Harvey Williams Cushing](/source/Harvey_Williams_Cushing), American neurosurgeon and academic (born 1869)
*[1943](/source/1943) &ndash; [Radclyffe Hall](/source/Radclyffe_Hall), English author and poet (born 1880)
*[1944](/source/1944) &ndash; [Helmut Lent](/source/Helmut_Lent), German colonel and pilot (born 1918)
*[1950](/source/1950) &ndash; [Willis Haviland Carrier](/source/Willis_Carrier), American engineer (born 1876)
*[1951](/source/1951) &ndash; [Anton Philips](/source/Anton_Philips), Dutch businessman, co-founded [Philips](/source/Philips) (born 1874)
*[1956](/source/1956) &ndash; [Clarence Birdseye](/source/Clarence_Birdseye), American businessman, founded [Birds Eye](/source/Birds_Eye) (born 1886)
*[1959](/source/1959) &ndash; [Mario Lanza](/source/Mario_Lanza), American tenor and actor (born 1921)
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [Oking Jaya Atmaja](/source/Oking_Jaya_Atmaja), Indonesian military officer (born 1918)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Firmansyah |first1=Wahab |title=Mayor Oking Pejuang Penumpas PKI Muso yang Namanya Diabadikan untuk Jalan di Bogor dan Bekasi |url=https://daerah.sindonews.com/read/595057/173/mayor-oking-pejuang-penumpas-pki-muso-yang-namanya-diabadikan-untuk-jalan-di-bogor-dan-bekasi-1636524668 |website=daerah.sindonews.com |publisher=Sindo News |access-date=4 February 2025}}</ref>
*[1966](/source/1966) &ndash; [Grigoris Asikis](/source/Grigoris_Asikis), Greek singer-songwriter (born 1890)
*[1967](/source/1967) &ndash; [Norman Angell](/source/Norman_Angell), English journalist and politician, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Peace_Prize) laureate (born 1872)
*[1969](/source/1969) &ndash; [Léon Scieur](/source/L%C3%A9on_Scieur), Belgian cyclist (born 1888)
*[1970](/source/1970) &ndash; [Alphonse-Marie Parent](/source/Alphonse-Marie_Parent), Canadian priest and academic (born 1906)
*[1983](/source/1983) &ndash; [George O. Abell](/source/George_O._Abell), American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (born 1927)
*[1985](/source/1985) &ndash; [Cemal Reşit Rey](/source/Cemal_Re%C5%9Fit_Rey), Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1904)
*[1990](/source/1990) &ndash; [Beatrice Hutton](/source/Beatrice_Hutton), Australian architect (born 1893)
*  1990   &ndash; [Chiara Badano](/source/Chiara_Badano), Italian beatified (born1971)
*  1990   &ndash; [Grim Natwick](/source/Grim_Natwick), American animator (born 1890)<ref>{{Cite news|agency=AP|date=1990-10-10|title=Myron Natwick, 100; Animated Betty Boop (Published 1990)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/10/obituaries/myron-natwick-100-animated-betty-boop.html|access-date=2021-02-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; [Harry W. Brown](/source/Harry_W._Brown_(pilot)), American colonel and pilot (born 1921)
*  1991   &ndash; [Leo Durocher](/source/Leo_Durocher), American baseball player and manager (born 1905)
*  1991   &ndash; [Darren Millane](/source/Darren_Millane), Australian footballer (born 1965)
*[1992](/source/1992) &ndash; [Allan Bloom](/source/Allan_Bloom), American philosopher and educator (born 1930)
*  1992   &ndash; [Babu Karam Singh Bal](/source/Babu_Karam_Singh_Bal), Indian businessman and politician (born1927)
*[1993](/source/1993) &ndash; [Cyril Cusack](/source/Cyril_Cusack), South African-born Irish actor (born 1910)
*[1994](/source/1994) &ndash; [Niels Kaj Jerne](/source/Niels_Kaj_Jerne), Danish-English physician and immunologist, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) laureate (born 1911)
*[1995](/source/1995) &ndash; [Ivan Hutchinson](/source/Ivan_Hutchinson), Australian film critic and author (born 1928)
*  1995   &ndash; [Olga Taussky-Todd](/source/Olga_Taussky-Todd), Austrian-Czech-American mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle (born 1906)
*[1996](/source/1996) &ndash; [Lou Lichtveld](/source/Lou_Lichtveld), Surinamese-Dutch author, playwright, and politician (born 1903)
*[1998](/source/1998) &ndash; [Cees de Vreugd](/source/Cees_de_Vreugd), Dutch strongman and weightlifter (born 1952)
*[2001](/source/2001) &ndash; [Herblock](/source/Herblock), American cartoonist and author (born 1909)
*  2001   &ndash; [Christopher Adams](/source/Chris_Adams_(wrestler)), English-American wrestler and trainer (born 1955)
*  2001   &ndash; [Roger Gaudry](/source/Roger_Gaudry), Canadian chemist and businessman (born 1913)
*[2002](/source/2002) &ndash; [Pierangelo Bertoli](/source/Pierangelo_Bertoli), Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
*[2003](/source/2003) &ndash; [Izzy Asper](/source/Izzy_Asper), Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1932)
*  2003   &ndash; [Arthur Berger](/source/Arthur_Berger_(composer)), American composer and educator (born 1912)
*[2004](/source/2004) &ndash; [Miki Matsubara](/source/Miki_Matsubara), Japanese composer, lyricist, and singer (born 1959)<ref name="DON">{{Cite news|date=October 7, 2009|title=Miki Matsubara – The Timeless Queen of City Pop – Miki Matsubara's Illness | url=https://www.yokogaomag.com/editorial/miki-matsubara-city-pop | website=www.yokogaomag.com | first=Gill | last=Princen}}</ref>
*[2004](/source/2004) &ndash; [Tony Lanfranchi](/source/Tony_Lanfranchi), English race car driver (born 1935)
*[2005](/source/2005) &ndash; [Charles Rocket](/source/Charles_Rocket), American actor and comedian (born 1949)
*[2006](/source/2006) &ndash; [Julen Goikoetxea](/source/Julen_Goikoetxea), Spanish cyclist (born 1985)
*  2006   &ndash; [Anna Politkovskaya](/source/Anna_Politkovskaya), American-Russian journalist and activist (born 1958)<ref>{{cite web |date=October 7, 2024 |title=A Statement on the 18th Anniversary of the Murder of Investigative Journalist Anna Politkovskaya |url=https://ru.usembassy.gov/a-statement-on-the-anniversary-of-the-murder-of-anna-politkovskaya/ |website=Embassy of the United States in Russia |publisher=United States Department of State |access-date=October 9, 2025}}</ref>
*[2007](/source/2007) &ndash; [Norifumi Abe](/source/Norifumi_Abe), Japanese motorcycle racer (born 1975)
*  2007   &ndash; [George E. Sangmeister](/source/George_E._Sangmeister), American lawyer and politician (born 1931)
*[2009](/source/2009) &ndash; [Irving Penn](/source/Irving_Penn), American photographer (born 1917)
*[2010](/source/2010) &ndash; [T Lavitz](/source/T_Lavitz), American keyboard player, composer, and producer (born 1956)
*  2010   &ndash; [Milka Planinc](/source/Milka_Planinc), Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th [Prime Minister of Yugoslavia](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Yugoslavia) (born 1924)
*[2011](/source/2011) &ndash; [Ramiz Alia](/source/Ramiz_Alia), Albanian politician, 1st [President of Albania](/source/President_of_Albania) (born 1925)
*  2011   &ndash; [Andrew Laszlo](/source/Andrew_Laszlo), Hungarian-American cinematographer (born 1926)
*[2012](/source/2012) &ndash; [Mervyn M. Dymally](/source/Mervyn_M._Dymally), Trinidadian-American politician, 41st [Lieutenant Governor of California](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_California) (born 1926)
*  2012   &ndash; [Ivo Michiels](/source/Ivo_Michiels), Belgian-French author and poet (born 1923)
*  2012   &ndash; [Wiley Reed](/source/Wiley_Reed), American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
*[2013](/source/2013) &ndash; [Mick Buckley](/source/Mick_Buckley_(English_footballer)), English footballer (born 1953)
*  2013   &ndash; [Terry Burnham](/source/Terry_Burnham), American actress (born 1949)<ref>Wilson, Scott (2016). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22elizabeth+teresa+burnham%22&pg=PA103 Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.]''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p.&nbsp;103. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-7992-4}}.</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [Patrice Chéreau](/source/Patrice_Ch%C3%A9reau), French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
*  2013   &ndash; [David E. Jeremiah](/source/David_E._Jeremiah), American admiral (born 1934)
*  2013   &ndash; [Leandro Mendoza](/source/Leandro_Mendoza), Filipino police officer and politician, 36th [Executive Secretary of the Philippines](/source/Executive_Secretary_(Philippines)) (born 1946)
*  2013   &ndash; [Joe Rogers](/source/Joe_Rogers_(politician)), American lawyer and politician, 45th [Lieutenant Governor of Colorado](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Colorado) (born 1964)
*[2014](/source/2014) &ndash; [Nika Kiladze](/source/Nika_Kiladze), Georgian footballer (born 1988)
*  2014   &ndash; [Siegfried Lenz](/source/Siegfried_Lenz), Polish-German author and playwright (born 1926)
*  2014   &ndash; [Iva Withers](/source/Iva_Withers), Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1917)
*[2015](/source/2015) &ndash; [Harry Gallatin](/source/Harry_Gallatin), American basketball player and coach (born 1927)
*  2015   &ndash; [Hossein Hamadani](/source/Hossein_Hamadani), Iranian general (born 1951)
*  2015   &ndash; [Jurelang Zedkaia](/source/Jurelang_Zedkaia), Marshallese politician, 5th [President of the Marshall Islands](/source/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Marshall_Islands) (born 1950)
*[2016](/source/2016) &ndash; [Ross Higgins](/source/Ross_Higgins), Australian actor, comedian (born 1930)<ref>{{cite news|title=Kingswood Country star Ross Higgins dies|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-07/kingswood-country-star-ross-higgins-dead-aged-85/7913758|access-date=7 October 2021|work=ABC News|date=7 October 2016}}</ref>
*[2020](/source/2020) &ndash; [Mario Molina](/source/Mario_Molina), Mexican chemist (born 1943)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idUSRTS30YSX|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408210155/https://uk.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idUSRTS30YSX|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-08|title= Notable deaths in 2020|website=Reuters|access-date=2020-10-23}}</ref>
*[2022](/source/2022) &ndash; [Arun Bali](/source/Arun_Bali), Indian actor (born 1942)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/veteran-actor-arun-bali-dies-at-79-in-mumbai-101665111340087.html|title=Veteran actor Arun Bali dies at 79 in Mumbai, fans pay tribute: 'He was so good in every role'|work=Hindustan Times|date=7 October 2022|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref>
*[2023](/source/2023) &ndash; Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the [October 7 attacks](/source/October_7_attacks)
**[Lior Asulin](/source/Lior_Asulin), Israeli footballer (born 1980)<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=8 October 2023 |title=כדורגלן העבר, ליאור אסולין, נרצח במסיבת הטבע בקיבוץ רעים |language=he |work=Ynet |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/sport/israelisoccer/article/hkmmm8j11p |url-status=live |access-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008103709/https://www.ynet.co.il/sport/israelisoccer/article/hkmmm8j11p |archive-date=8 October 2023}}</ref>
**[Jayar Davidov](/source/Jayar_Davidov), Israeli police officer (born 1979)<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 November 2023 |title=בדרכו של אבא: בנו של מפקד תחנת רהט שנפל ב-7 באוקטובר הצטרף למג"ב |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hkinsfbxt |language=Hebrew |work=Ynet |access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref>
**[Asaf Hamami](/source/Asaf_Hamami) Israeli soldier who served as commander of the Southern Brigade (born 1982)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Fabian |first1=Emanuel |title=IDF reveals a Gaza brigade chief was killed Oct 7, body held by Hamas |website=[The Times of Israel](/source/The_Times_of_Israel) |date=December 2, 2023 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-senior-officer-was-killed-october-7-body-being-held-by-hamas/}}</ref>
**[Hayim Katsman](/source/Hayim_Katsman), American-Israeli peace activist (born 1991)<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Silow-Carroll |first=Andrew |date=2023-10-11 |title=Faces of Israel's fallen: Soldiers, peace activists, a family of 5 and more |url=https://www.jta.org/2023/10/11/obituaries/faces-of-israels-fallen-soldiers-a-peace-activist-a-family-of-5-and-more |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref>
**[Ofir Libstein](/source/Ofir_Libstein), Israeli politician (born 1973)<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=7 October 2023 |title=מלחמת פתע: כאלף מחבלים חדרו מעזה לשטח ישראל, לפחות 100 נרצחים |language=Hebrew |trans-title= |work=Walla! |location= |url=https://news.walla.co.il/item/3614155 |url-status=live |access-date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007080618/https://news.walla.co.il/item/3614155 |archive-date=7 October 2023}}</ref>
**[Roi Levy](/source/Roi_Levy), Israel Defense Forces officer (born 1979)<ref>{{cite news |date=13 October 2023 |title=Col. Roi Levy, 44: Wounded, rehabilitated, returned to fight and killed |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/col-roi-levy-44-wounded-rehabilitated-returned-to-fight-and-killed/ |work=The Times of Israel |access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref>
**[Shani Louk](/source/Shani_Louk), Israeli-German tattoo artist (born 2001)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Picheta|first1=Robert|title=Shani Louk, 23-year-old kidnapped from music festival, found dead, Israel says|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/30/middleeast/shani-louk-dead-israel-intl/index.html|website=CNN |access-date=30 October 2023|language=en|date=30 October 2023}}</ref>
**[Omer Neutra](/source/Omer_Neutra), Israeli soldier (born 2001)<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2024-12-02 |title=IDF confirms death of hostage Omer Neutra, a Long Island-born natural leader |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/taken-captive-omer-neutra-long-island-born-natural-leader/ |access-date=2025-11-03 |work=[The Times of Israel](/source/The_Times_of_Israel) |language=en-US |issn=}}</ref>
**[Izhar Peled](/source/Izhar_Peled), retired Israeli police officer (born 1961)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rj9x9h6wp |title=תמי וסעיד נרצחו 50 שנה בדיוק אחרי שאחיהם נפלו, ינאי הציל את חיי חייליו |date=20 October 2023 |website=Ynet |publisher=Yedioth Ahronoth |language=Hebrew |access-date=16 November 2023 |last1=Ynet |first1=כתבי }}</ref>
**[Aner Shapira](/source/Aner_Shapira), an off-duty Israeli soldier who has been credited with saving the lives of at least 7 people (born 2001)<ref name="Messenger">{{cite news |last1=Gavin |first1=Christopher |title=Video Shows Hero Israeli Soldier Save Festival-Goers from Hamas Attack by Throwing Back 7 Grenades Before Being Killed by 8th |url=https://themessenger.com/news/hero-israeli-soldier-aner-shapira-tossing-back-hamas-grenades-video-before-being-killed-saved-supernova-festival-goers-gaza |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114162441/https://themessenger.com/news/hero-israeli-soldier-aner-shapira-tossing-back-hamas-grenades-video-before-being-killed-saved-supernova-festival-goers-gaza |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 14, 2023 |access-date=10 January 2024 |work=[The Messenger](/source/The_Messenger_(website)) |date=2023-11-14}}</ref> 
**[Vivian Silver](/source/Vivian_Silver), Canadian-Israeli peace activist (born 1949)<ref name="cbc">{{cite news |date=November 13, 2023 |title=Canadian Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver, feared to be held hostage, confirmed killed in Hamas attacks |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/israel-gaza-vivian-silver-1.7027333 |access-date=November 13, 2023}}</ref>
**[Yonatan Steinberg](/source/Yonatan_Steinberg), Israel Defense Forces officer (born 1980)<ref>{{cite news |date=17 October 2023 |title=Col. Jonathan Steinberg, 42: 'Let us carry on his legacy' |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/col-jonathan-steinberg-42-let-us-carry-on-his-legacy/ |work=The Times of Israel |access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref>
**[Yahav Winner](/source/Yahav_Winner), Israeli filmmaker (born 1986)<ref>{{Cite news |title=סוף עצוב: הזרע של יהב, בעלה של שי-לי עטרי שנרצח בעוטף עזה – לא שמיש |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/entertainment/article/byyhipewt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019215144/https://www.ynet.co.il/entertainment/article/byyhipewt |archive-date=19 October 2023 |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=Ynet |date=11 October 2023 |language=he |last1=בוקר |first1=רן }}</ref>
*2023 &ndash; [Terence Davies](/source/Terence_Davies), English filmmaker<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2023-10-07 |title=Terence Davies, award-winning film-maker, dies at 77 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/07/terence-davies-award-winning-filmmaker-dies-at-77 |access-date=2025-12-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[2024](/source/2024) &ndash; [Cissy Houston](/source/Cissy_Houston), American singer (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=Cissy Houston, a Grammy-winning gospel singer and Whitney Houston's mother, dies at 91 |url=https://apnews.com/article/cissy-houston-dead-whitney-houston-mother-de8e3486134c7acd599ee3f16fb997c6 |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [Arie L. Kopelman](/source/Arie_L._Kopelman), American businessman (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lockwood |first=Lisa |date=2024-10-08 |title=Arie Kopelman, Former President of Chanel, Dies at 86 |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/arie-kopelman-chanel-dies-age-86-karl-lagerfeld-1236608441/ |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [Zaw Myint Maung](/source/Zaw_Myint_Maung), Burmese politician, physician and former political prisoner (born 1951)<ref>{{cite web|title=Just-released former Mandalay Chief Minister Dr. Zaw Myint Maung dies|url=https://eng.mizzima.com/2024/10/07/14797|website=CNN |access-date=7 October 2024|language=en|date=7 October 2024}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [Lore Segal](/source/Lore_Segal), American novelist (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=October 7, 2024 |title=Lore Segal, Mordant Novelist of Émigré Life, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/books/lore-segal-dead.html |access-date=October 9, 2024 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [feast day](/source/feast_day):
**[Justina of Padua](/source/Justina_of_Padua)
**[Henry Muhlenberg](/source/Henry_Muhlenberg) (some [Lutheran Churches](/source/Lutheranism), [Episcopal Church of the USA](/source/Calendar_of_saints_(Episcopal_Church)))
**[Osgyth](/source/Osgyth)
**[Our Lady of the Rosary](/source/Our_Lady_of_the_Rosary)
**[Pope Mark](/source/Pope_Mark)
**[Sergius and Bacchus](/source/Sergius_and_Bacchus)
**[October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)](/source/October_7_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
*[Teachers' Day](/source/Teachers'_Day) ([Laos](/source/Laos))

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/7/ |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=10|day=07}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/7 |title=Historical Events on October 7 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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