- Oct 4 Leon Orthel, Dutch pianist and composer, born in Roosendaal, Netherlands (d. 1985)
- Oct 4 René Defossez, Belgian composer, born in Spa, Belgium (d. 1988)
- Oct 5 Harriet E MacGibbon, American actress, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
- Oct 5 John Hoyt, [Hoysradt] American stage and screen actor (Mercury Theatre; Gimme a Break!; Tom, Dick & Mary), and comedian, born in Bronxville, New York (d. 1991)
Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998)
Oct 6 American tennis player (19 Grand Slam titles), born in Centerville California
- Oct 7 Andy Devine, American character actor (Roy Roger's sidekick - "Cookie"; Stagecoach; Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, 1951-58), born in Flagstaff, Territory of Arizona (d. 1977)
- Oct 9 Howard St John, American actor (Born Yesterday, Li'l Abner), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1974)
- Oct 9 May Moxon, Scottish dance producer, born in Townhead, Glasgow (d. 1996)
- Oct 10 Jane Winton, American actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1959)
- Oct 11 Fred Trump, American real estate developer, father of Donald Trump, born in New York City (d. 1999)
Rick Ferrell (1905-1995)
Oct 12 American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (8 x MLB All Star; Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators), born in Durham, North Carolina
- Oct 15 Alexey Fedorovich Kozlovsky, Russian composer, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1977)
- Oct 15 Charles P. Snow, English novelist (Death Under Sail, Strangers and Brothers) and physical chemist, born in Leicester, England (d. 1980)
- Oct 15 Dag Wirén, Swedish composer, born in Striberg, Sweden (d. 1986)
- Oct 15 Edna Deane (née Sewell) British dancer, choreographer and drama teacher, born in Orange Free State of South Africa (d. 1995)
- Oct 16 Wild Bill Elliott [Gordon Nance], American actor (Beyond the Sacramento), born in Pattonsburg, Missouri (d. 1965)
- Oct 17 Franco Albini, Italian Rationalist architect, industrial and furniture designer (Albini desk), born in Robbiate, Italy (d. 1977)
Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905-1993)
Oct 18 1st President of Ivory Coast (Democratic Party: 1960-93) known as the "Sage of Africa", born in Yamoussoukro, French West Africa
- Oct 21 Carleton Young, American actor (Reefer Madness, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), born in Westfield, New York (d. 1994)
- Oct 22 Joseph Kosma [József Kozma], Hungarian-French film composer (Les Enfants du Paradis; The Grand Illusion), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1969)
- Oct 22 Karl Jansky, American engineer (discovered cosmic radio emissions), born in Norman, Oklahoma (d. 1933)
- Oct 23 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, Georgian conductor and composer (Bol’shoy Theatre, 1931-62), born in Tblisi (d. 1964)
- Oct 23 Felix Bloch, Swiss-American nuclear physicist (1st Director of CERN, Nobel Prize for Physics 1952), born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1983)
- Oct 23 Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (1st female English Channel 1926), born in New York City (d. 2003)
- Oct 24 Elizabeth Poston, English composer, born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire (d. 1987)
- Oct 24 Kristian Hauger, Norwegian pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter ("Charleston i Grukkedalen"), born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway (d. 1977)
- Oct 26 George Flahiff, Canadian Cardinal, born in Paris, Ontario, Canada (d. 1989)
- Oct 28 Harry Broadhurst, British Royal Air Force commander and flying ace of the Second World War, born in Frimley, Surrey, England (d. 1995)
- Oct 29 Laurence Dowdall, Scottish lawyer, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1996)
- Oct 30 Christian Darnton, British composer, born in Leeds, England (d. 1981)
Bumpy Johnson (1905-1968)
Oct 31 American crime boss, born in Charleston, South Carolina
About October 1905
How Old? 118 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No