- Oct 1 Doug Young, Canadian NHL defenceman (Stanley Cup 1936-37, Detroit Red Wings captain), born in Medicine Hat, Alberta (d. 1990)
- Oct 1 Herman D. Koppel, Danish pianist and composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1998)
- Oct 3 David Herbert, British writer and raconteur (d. 1995)
- Oct 3 Zenobia Powell Perry, American composer (Tawawa House), educator, and civil rights activist, born in Boley, Oklahoma (d. 2004)
- Oct 5 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer (South Pacific), born in Texarcana, Texas (d. 1988)
- Oct 6 Carole Lombard [Jane Alice Peters], American actress (My Man Godfrey, In Name Only), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana (d. 1942)
- Oct 6 Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)
- Oct 7 Richard Caldicot, British actor (Horse's Mouth, Strife, Mrs Thursday), born in London, England (d. 1995)
- Oct 8 Paul Van Buskirk Yoder, American composer, born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1990)
- Oct 9 Harry Hooton, Australian poet, born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England (d. 1961)
- Oct 9 Jim Folsom, American politician (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), born in Coffee County, Alabama (d. 1987)
- Oct 9 Lee Wiley, American jazz singer, and lyricist (Night in Manhattan; "Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere"), born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma (d. 1975)
- Oct 10 Johnny Green, American singer ("Body and Soul") and film score composer who won 5 Academy Awards, born in New York City (d. 1989)
- Oct 10 Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan novelist (La plaça del diamant), born in Barcelona (d. 1983)
- Oct 11 Armen Carapetyan, American musicologist and composer, born in Isfahan, Iran (d. 1992)
- Oct 12 Ann Lane Petry, American journalist and author (Street), born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut (d. 1997)
- Oct 12 Harmonica Frank [Floyd], American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, born in Toccopola, Mississippi (d. 1984)
- Oct 12 Paul Engle, American poet and writer (Worm Earth, American Song), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (d. 1991)
- Oct 13 John Grant, British rear-admiral (Royal Navy) (d. 1996)
- Oct 13 Werner Reinowski, German writer, born in Bernburg, Germany (d. 1987)
- Oct 14 Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress, born in Granger, Utah (d. 2003)
- Oct 15 Herman "Ivory" Chittison, American jazz pianist (Harlem Rhythm Makers), born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky (d. 1967) [1]
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006)
Oct 15 Canadian-American economist and writer (Affluent Society - Sidney Hillman Award, 1958), born in Iona Station, Ontario
Enver Hoxha (1908-1985)
Oct 16 Albanian post-war communist leader and dictator of Albania (1944-85), born in Gjirokastër, Albania
- Oct 17 Red Rolfe, American baseball player (d. 1969)
- Oct 19 Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes, British jazz double bassist and composer (Elegy), born in London (d. 1987)
- Oct 19 [Nils] Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian classical pianist and composer, born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1981)
- Oct 20 Stuart Hamblen, American singer and composer (This Ole House), born in Kellyville, Texas (d. 1989)
- Oct 21 Alexander Schneider, Lithuanian violinist (Budapest String Quartet), born in Vilnius, Lithuania (d. 1993)
- Oct 21 Howard Ferguson, British-Irish pianist, composer, teacher and musicologist, born in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland) (d. 1999)
- Oct 22 Helmut Gollwitzer, German anti-Nazi theologian and pacifist, born in Pappenheim, Bavaria (d. 1993) [1]
- Oct 22 John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (Christian Science Monitor, 1942-2003), born in Brighton, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
- Oct 22 John Sutton, British actor (The Three Musketeers, Tower of London, Return of Fly), born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India (d. 1963)
- Oct 23 Ilya Mikhaylovich Frank, Russian Physicist and Nobel Laureate (Cherenkov radiation), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1990)
- Oct 23 Sally O'Neil, American actress (Beggar's Holiday, Moth), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 1968)
- Oct 24 John Alwyne Kitching, British zoologist (d. 1996)
- Oct 24 John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist (contributions to plate tectonics), born in Ottawa, Ontario (d. 1993)
- Oct 25 Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (L'histoire de Jonas), born in Belgium (d. 2004)
- Oct 27 Lee Krasner, American abstract expressionist painter, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1984)
- Oct 29 Jimmy Thomson, Scottish golfer (US Open 1935, PGA C'ship 1936 runner-up), born in North Berwick, Scotland (d. 1985)
- Oct 29 Stewart Myles MacPherson, Canadian-born British broadcaster (WWII), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1995)
- Oct 30 Franco Margola, Italian composer, born in Orzinuovi, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1992)
About October 1908
How Old? 115 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: Yes