- Oct 1 Ken Arthurson, Australian rugby league halfback, coach, administrator (NSWRL, ARL, Manly-Warringah chairman), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- Oct 2 John Zochonis, British industrialist (PZ Cussons) and philanthropist (d. 2013)
- Oct 2 Kenneth Leighton, British pianist and composer, born in Wakefield, Yorkshire (d. 1958)
- Oct 2 Moses Gunn, American actor (Amityville II, Good Times, Shaft) who co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company (The Blacks, The Poison Tree), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1993)
- Oct 2 Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (Edper Investments; co-owner of Montreal Canadiens, 1971-78; Labatt Brewing), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1996)
- Oct 3 Andy Hebenton, Canadian ice hockey right wing (record 630 consecutive games; NY Rangers, Boston Bruins), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2019)
- Oct 3 Bert Stern, American photographer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2013)
- Oct 4 Leroy Van Dyke, American country and honky-tonk singer and guitarist ("Walk on By"; "The Auctioneer"), born in Mora, Missouri
- Oct 4 Scotty Beckett, American actor (Our Gang, Listen Darling, Battleground), born in Oakland, California (d. 1968)
- Oct 5 Autherine Lucy, 1st African-American to enroll in University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, born in Shiloh, Alabama
- Oct 5 Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American naval officer and astronaut (Gemini 11; Apollo 12), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2017)
- Oct 6 Les Favell, cricketer (stoic Australian batsman late 50's)
- Oct 6 Phil Krueger, American football quarterback (Southeast Missouri State), college coach (Fresno State, Utah State) and NFL executive (GM TB Buccaneers), born in LaSalle, Illinois (d. 2020)
- Oct 7 Graeme Ferguson, Canadian filmmaker and executive, born in Toronto, Ontario
- Oct 7 Harold Zirin, American astronomer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
- Oct 7 Robert Westall, British author, born in North Shields, United Kingdom (d. 1993)
- Oct 8 Betty Boothroyd, English politician (1st female Speaker of the UK House of Commons 1992-2000), born in Dewsbury, England (d. 2023)
- Oct 8 Didi (Waldyr Pereira), Brazilian soccer midfielder (68 caps; Fluminense), born in Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil (d. 2001)
- Oct 11 Curtis Amy, American jazz and session saxophonist ("Way Down"), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2002)
- Oct 11 Liselotte Pulver [Lilo Pulver], Swiss actress (One, Two, Three, Das Wirtshaus im Spessart), born in Bern, Switzerland
- Oct 11 Raymond Moriyama, Canadian architect (Canadian War Museum), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2023) [1]
- Oct 12 Brian Cobby, British actor (Evita, The Nudist Story) and the first male voice of the British speaking clock, born in Brighton, East Sussex, England (d. 2012)
- Oct 12 Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic television presenter, born in Reykjavik, Iceland (d. 2007)
- Oct 12 Robert Coles, American author (Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Hubert Dreyfus (1929-2017)
Oct 15 American philosopher (What Computers Can't Do), born in Terre Haute, Indiana
- Oct 16 B. Satyaji Rao, Indian cricket umpire (17 Tests 1960-79; 5 x Ranji Trophy finals), born in Bangalore, India (d. 2021)
- Oct 16 Bill Green, American politician (Rep-R-NY, 1978-93), born in New York City (d. 2002)
- Oct 16 Fernanda Montenegro [Arlette Torres], Brazilian actress, often described as the greatest Brazilian actress of all time (Central Station; Coce de Mãe), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Oct 16 Walt Michaels, American NFL linebacker, coach (5-time Pro Bowl; Cleveland Browns; head coach NY Jets 1977-82), born in Swoyersville, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
- Oct 17 Ram Da-Oz [Abraham Daus], Israeli composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2021)
- Oct 18 Hans Wallat, German opera conductor, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2014)
- Oct 18 Violeta Chamorro, President of Nicaragua (1990-97) and 1st female president of the country, born in Rivas, Nicaragua
- Oct 19 Balbir Singh Snr., Indian field hockey centre forward (Olympic gold 1948, 52, 56) and coach (World Cup gold 1975), born in Haripur Khalsa, India (d. 2020)
- Oct 19 Dumitru Capoianu, Romanian conductor and classical and film composer (The Little Man), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2012)
- Oct 21 George Stinney, African-American wrongfully executed at 14 for murder, born in Pinewood, South Carolina (d. 1944)
- Oct 21 Ursula K. Le Guin, American sci-fi author (The Left Hand of Darkness, Tombs of Atuan), born in Berkeley, California (d. 2018)
- Oct 22 Giorgio Gaslini, Italian jazz pianist and composer, born in Milan, Italy (d. 2014)
- Oct 22 Lev Yashin, Russian soccer goalkeeper (74 caps USSR; Dynamo Moscow 326 games; namesake FIFA award for best World Cup Finals GK), born in Moscow, USSR (d. 1990)
- Oct 24 George Crumb, American composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1968 - Echoes of Time and the River; Vox Balaenae), and educator, born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 2022) [1]
- Oct 24 Hubert Aquin, French Canadian novelist, political activist and editor, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1977)
- Oct 24 Jim Brosnan, American baseball player and writer (Long Season), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2014)
- Oct 24 Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer and playwright (The Tied Up Balloon), born in Kalimanitza, Montana region, Bulgaria (d. 2004)
- Oct 25 LaDell Andersen, American college basketball coach (Utah State, BYU), born in Malad City, Idaho (d. 2019)
- Oct 25 Peter Loader, English cricketer (England quick in 13 Tests 1954-59, later WA), born in Wallington, London
- Oct 25 Peter Rohmkorf, German writer, born in Dortmund, Germany (d. 2008)
- Oct 25 Roger John Tayler, British astrophysicist (author of The Origin of the Chemical Elements), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1997)
- Oct 26 Georgette Amowitz, French choreographer and educator, born in Paris, France (d. 2008)
- Oct 26 Hans Peter Haller, German composer, born in Radolfzell, Germany (d. 2006)
- Oct 26 Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2000)
- Oct 26 Roland Hemond, American baseball executive (GM Chicago White Sox 1970–85; Baltimore Orioles 1988–95), born in Central Falls, Rhode Island (d. 2021)
- Oct 27 Bill George, American Pro Football HOF linebacker (8 × First-team All-Pro; 8 × Pro Bowl; Chicago Bears, LA Rams), born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1982)
- Oct 27 Marino Iandiorio, Italian canned tomato pioneer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1994)
- Oct 28 Airline Falconer, 1st child born in aircraft, born in the skies above Miami, Florida
- Oct 28 Dame Joan Plowright, British actress (Enchanted April, Brimstone & Treacle), born in Brigg, Lincolnshire
- Oct 28 John Hollander, American poet and literary critic, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2013)
- Oct 28 Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (The French Connection), born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1988)
- Oct 31 Bud Spencer, Italian actor (Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It), born in Borgo Santa Lucia, Naples, Italy (d. 2016)
- Oct 31 Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (World #3 1976-81; Pot Black 1972, 73, 80), born in Merewether, Australia (d. 2004)
About October 1929
How Old? 94 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No