- Oct 2 Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, American musician, born in Lake City, Florida (d. 1996)
- Oct 3 Ray Stark, American stage and film producer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
- Oct 4 (Francisco) "Chino" Pozo, Cuban-American latin jazz and Afro-Cuban drummer, bongosero and conguero, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1980)
- Oct 4 Koos Schuur, Dutch writer, poet (Novemberland), translator, and editor (Het Woord), born in Veendam, Netherlands (d. 1995)
- Oct 6 Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007)
- Oct 6 Edgardo Martín, Cuban classical pianist, composer, and educator, born in Cienfuegos, Cuba (d. 2004)
- Oct 7 Margarita Aliger, Russian poet (Zoja), born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 1992) [NS]
- Oct 7 Roman Padlewski, Polish violinist, composer, and underground resistance fighter, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1944) [1]
- Oct 9 Clifford M. Hardin, American politician (17th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture), born in Knightstown, Indiana (d. 2010)
- Oct 11 Florence Finch, Filipino-American war hero who fought against the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, born in Santiago, Philippines (d. 2016) [1]
- Oct 13 Jack Fallon, Canadian-British jazz double and electric bass player, fiddler (The Beatles -"Don't Pass Me By"), and concert promoter, born in London, Ontario, Canada (d. 2006)
- Oct 13 Terry Frost, British artist, born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (d. 2003)
Yitzhak Shamir (1915-2012)
Oct 15 Israeli Prime Minister (1983–84, 1986–1992) and Zionist, born in Ruzinoy, Belarus, Russian Empire
Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
Oct 17 American playwright (Death of a Salesman, Crucible), born in New York City
- Oct 18 Thomas Round, British tenor (Gilbert and Sullivan For All), born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, Engaland (d. 2016)
- Oct 18 Victor Sen Yung [Cheung Young], American actor (Across the Pacific, Charlie Chan in Honolulu), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1980)
- Oct 19 Farid al-Atrash [El-Atrache], Syrian composer, musician, virtuoso oud player, and actor (Akher kedba), born in Jebel Ed-Druz, Southern Syria (d. 1974)
- Oct 20 Giora Schuster, German-Israeli composer, born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 2006)
- Oct 22 Harry Hickox, American actor (Herb-Please Don't Eat the Daisies), born in Big Spring, Texas (d. 1994)
- Oct 24 Bob Kane, American comic artist and Batman co-creator, born in New York City (d. 1998)
- Oct 24 Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (Victorian chaise-lounge), born in Manchester, England (d. 1988)
- Oct 24 Roger Milliken, American millionaire (CEO of Milliken & Company), born in New York City (d. 2010)
- Oct 25 Anita Boyer, American radio and big band singer (Tommy Dorsey - "I Concentrate On You"), born in Carmi, Illinois (d. 1985) [1]
- Oct 25 Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician, born in Vancouver (d. 1999)
- Oct 26 Golfredo Corradetti, Canadian conductor and composer, born in Calgary, Alberta; (d. 1995)
- Oct 27 Harry Saltzman, Canadian theater and film producer (Goldfinger), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (d. 1994)
- Oct 28 Dody Goodman, American comedienne (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Martha Shumway"; Max Duggan), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2008)
- Oct 28 Michael Fraser, British Conservative Party political administrator, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1996)
- Oct 29 Dennis Brookes, English cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7), born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England (d. 2006)
- Oct 30 Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcast executive, born in New York City (d. 1998)
- Oct 30 Jane Randolph, American actress (Cat People, Railroaded!), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 2009)
- Oct 30 Pierre Wissmer, Swiss-French composer (Capitaine Bruno), born in Geneva (d. 1992)
- Oct 30 Verne Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur, and horse breeder, born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 2002)
About October 1915
How Old? 108 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No