- Oct 1 Edward Boland, American politician (Rep-D-MA, 1953-89), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 2001)
- Oct 1 Herman Hickman, American College Football Hall of Fame guard, coach and broadcaster (Army, Yale), born in Johnson City, Tennessee (d. 1958)
- Oct 1 Irwin Kostal, American orchestra leader and arranger (West Side Story: The Sound Of Music; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1994)
- Oct 1 Riccardo Torriani, Swiss ice hockey player, luger (Olympic bronze 1928, 48; took the Olympic oath 1948), born in St. Moritz, Switzerland (d. 1988)
- Oct 2 Jack Finney, American sci-fi and thriller author (The Body Snatchers, Time and Again), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1995)
- Oct 2 Stuart Rose, British designer (British Post Office), born in London (d. 1993)
- Oct 3 Michael Hordern, British actor (Watership Down, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold), born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England (d. 1995)
- Oct 4 Mary Two-Axe Earley, Mohawk elder and human rights advocate (fought against women's status under the Indian Act), born on the Kahnawà:ke reserve, Quebec (d. 1996) [1]
- Oct 5 Flann O'Brien [Brian O'Nolan], Irish novelist (At Swim-Two-Birds; The Third Policeman), playwright, and satirist, born in Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland (d. 1966)
- Oct 7 (Jonathon) "Jo" Jones, American jazz drummer, and percussionist (Count Basie), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1985)
- Oct 7 Vaughn Monroe, American singer and orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1973)
- Oct 9 Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (Pulitzer Prize-Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2006)
Clare Hollingworth (1911-2017)
Oct 10 British war correspondent who was the first to report on the outbreak of WWII, born in Knighton, England
- Oct 12 Louis de Guiringaud, French foreign minister (1976-78), born in Limoges, France (d. 1982)
Maribel Vinson (1911-1961)
Oct 12 American figure skater (9 time US National Champion) and coach, born in Winchester, Massachusetts
- Oct 12 Vijay Merchant, Indian cricket batsman (10 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 154; Bombay CC), born in Bombay, India (d. 1987)
- Oct 13 André Navarra, French concert cellist (Jolivet's Cello Concerto), and educator (Paris Conservatoire, 1947-88), born in Biarritz, France (d. 1988)
- Oct 13 Ashok Kumar [Dadamoni, Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly], Indian actor (Mahal, Afsana), born in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 2001)
- Oct 13 Ticker Freeman, American pianist (Dinah Shore Show), and songwriter ("Baby Don't Be Mad at Me"), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 1986)
- Oct 14 Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese revolutionary general, politician and negotiator in Paris (1975), born in Nam Định Province, French Indochina (d. 1990)
- Oct 15 James H. Schmitz, American sci-fi author (Lion Game), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1981)
- Oct 19 George Cates, American composer and orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show), born in New York City (d. 2002)
- Oct 19 Hilde Spiel, Austrian writer, born in Vienna (d. 1990)
- Oct 20 Will Rogers Jr, American politician (D-Representative 1943-44) writer, political commentator, and actor (Down to Earth), born in New York City (d. 1993)
- Oct 21 Peter Graves, British actor (Paradise Lagoon, Admirable Crichton), born in London, England (d. 1994)
- Oct 24 Clarence M. Kelley, American 2nd Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1973-77), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1997)
- Oct 24 Nathaniel Wyeth, American chemist and inventor (created PET plastic beverage bottle), born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
- Oct 24 Paul Grégoire, French Canadian Archbishop of Montreal, born in Viauville, Montreal, Quebec (d. 1993)
- Oct 24 Sonny Terry, blind Piedmont blues musician, born in Greensboro, Georgia (d. 1986)
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Oct 26 American gospel singer ("Whole World In His Hands"), born in New Orleans, Louisianal;
- Oct 26 Sid Gillman, Pro & College Football Hall of Fame end (Ohio State U) and coach (U of Cincinnati, LA Rams, Houston Oilers), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2003)
- Oct 26 Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (Poems to Eimhir and Other Poems), born in Osgaig, Raasay, Scotland (d. 1996)
- Oct 27 Leif Erickson, American actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront), born in Alameda, California (d. 1986)
- Oct 29 Phillip Oppenheimer, British diamond trader (d. 1995)
- Oct 30 Eileen Ash-Whelan, English cricket medium pace bowler (7 WTests, 10 wickets, BB 4/68; Middlesex CC), born in London, England (d. 2021)
- Oct 30 Ruth Hussey, American actress (Another Thin Man), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2005)
About October 1911
How Old? 112 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No