Julie Andrews (88 years old)
Oct 1 British Grammy, Emmy, and Academy Award-winning stage and screen singer and actress (My Fair Lady (Broadway); Mary Poppins; The Sound Of Music; The Princess Diaries), born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
- Oct 2 Omar Sívori, Argentine soccer forward and manager (19 caps Argentina, 9 caps Italy; Juventus), born in San Nicolás, Buenos Aires Province (d. 2005)
- Oct 2 Peter Frankl, Hungarian-British pianist, born in Budapest, Hungary
Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (1935-1967)
Oct 2 Jr., 1st African-American astronaut and U.S. Air Force major, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 3 Abdon Pamich, Italian race walker (Olympic gold 50k 1964, bronze 1960), born in Fiume, Italy
- Oct 3 Charles Duke Jr, American USAF Brigadier General and NASA astronaut (Apollo 16), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Oct 4 Eddie Applegate, American actor (The Patty Duke Show), born in Wyncote, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
- Oct 4 Eldon Danenhauer, American football offensive tackle (AFL All Star 1962, 65; Denver Broncos 1960-65), born in Clay Center, Kansas (d. 2021)
- Oct 4 Jimmy Orr, American NFL wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1959, 65; Super Bowl 1971; Baltimore Colts), born in Seneca, South Carolina
- Oct 5 Jimmy Binks, English cricket wicket-keeper (England twice v India 1964), born in Hull, Yorkshire, England
- Oct 5 Peter Brown [Pierre Lind de Lappe], American actor (Lawman, Laredo, Bold & Beautiful), born in New York City (d. 2016)
Bruno Sammartino (1935-2018)
Oct 6 Italian-American strongman and professional wrestler, born in Pizzoferrato, Italy
- Oct 6 Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
- Oct 6 Vicente Cantatore, Argentine soccer manager (Chile, Real Valladolid, Colo Colo, Real Betis, Sevilla, Sporting de Gijón), born in Rosario, Argentina (d. 2021)
- Oct 7 Thomas Keneally, Australian writer (Schindler's List), born in Sydney, Australia
- Oct 8 Albert Roux, French chef and restaurateur (Le Gavroche, 1st Michelin three-starred restaurant in Britain), born in Semur-en-Brionnais, Saône-et-Loire, France (d. 2021) [1]
- Oct 9 Don McCullin, British photographer, born in London, England
- Oct 9 Jules Croiset, Dutch actor (Help, Doctor Verzuipt!), born in Deventer, Netherlands
- Oct 9 Paul Barton, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 1 x 100; Wellington), born in Wellington, New Zealand
- Oct 9 Paul Beers, Dutch actor (Mother Courage & Her Children)
- Oct 9 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, born in London, England
- Oct 9 Tibor Fátyol, Hungarian composer, born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (d. 2017)
- Oct 10 André Bureau, French Canadian lawyer and communications executive, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
- Oct 10 Dave Charnley, British lightweight boxer (Dartford Destroyer), born in Dartford, England (d. 2012)
- Oct 10 Khalil al-Wazir [Abu Jihad], Founder of Palestinian group Fatah and PLO leader, born in Ramla, Mandatory Palestine (d. 1988)
- Oct 10 Ousmane Sow, Senegalese sculptor, born in Dhakar (d. 2016)
- Oct 10 Paolo Renosto, Italian composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1988)
- Oct 11 Frederick Combs, American stage and screen actor (The Boys In The Band), playwright, and director, born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 1992)
- Oct 11 Jan van Vlijmen, Dutch composer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2004)
Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007)
Oct 12 Italian operatic tenor (Oh Giorgio; The Three Tenors), born in Modena, Italy
- Oct 12 Paul Humphrey, American jazz, R&B, and rock session and touring drummer, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2014)
- Oct 12 Sam Moore, American R&B and soul vocalist (Sam & Dave - "Soul Man"), born in Miami, Florida
- Oct 12 William Raspberry, American columnist (Pulitzer 1994), born in Okolona, Mississippi (d. 2012)
- Oct 13 Alexey Kozlov, Russian jazz-fusion saxophonist, bandleader, and composer (Arsenal), born in Moscow, USSR
- Oct 13 Louis LaRusso II, American playwright (Knockout; Lampost Reunion), born in Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 2003)
- Oct 13 Philippine Aeckerlin, Dutch actress (Oh Venus, Daddy Longlegs), born in Schiebroek, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Oct 14 La Monte Young, American minimalist avant-garde composer (Compositions 1960), born in Bern, Idaho
- Oct 15 Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter ("Eve of Destruction"), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Bobby Morrow (1935-2020)
Oct 15 American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay 1956), born in Brownsville, Texas
- Oct 15 Hans Croiset, Dutch theatre director and actor (Witte Waan), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Oct 15 Murdo Alex MacLeod, Free Church of Scotland minister, born in Ness, Lewis (d. 1995)
- Oct 15 Willie O'Ree, Canadian Hockey HOF wing (first black player in NHL Boston Bruins), born in Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Oct 16 Sugar Pie DeSanto [Peylia Marsema Balinton], American R&B singer ("Soulful Dress"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Oct 17 Alan Brown, cricketer (England opening attack Brown & White vs Pak 1961)
- Oct 18 John B. Coleman, American hotel magnate (Ritz Carlton), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Oct 18 Jorge "Jordi" Cervelló, Catalan composer and musicologist, born in Barcelona, Spain
Peter Boyle (1935-2006)
Oct 18 American actor (Joe, Candidate, Everybody Loves Raymond), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania
- Oct 18 Sam Reed, American jazz and session saxophonist, and musical director (Uptown Theater (Philadelphia); Teddy Pendergrass), born in Kingstree, South Carolina (d. 2021)
- Oct 19 Agne Simonsson, Swedish soccer striker (51 caps; Örgryte IS, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad) and manager (Örgryte IS, BK Häcken), born in Göteborg, Sweden (d. 2020)
- Oct 20 Jerry Orbach, American actor (Law & Order, Dirty Dancing), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2004)
- Oct 21 (George) Derek Bell, Northern Irish harpist, pianist, oboist, musicologist, and composer (The Chieftans; "Three Images of Ireland in Druid Times"), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2002)
- Oct 21 Bobby Few, American jazz pianist and vocalist, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2021)
- Oct 21 Don Rader, American big band jazz trumpeter and arranger (Woody Herman; Maynard Ferguson; Count Basie; Les Brown), born in Rochester, Pennsylvania
- Oct 22 Judy Devlin Hashman, Canadian badminton player (World Team C'ship gold US 1957, 60, 63, 66), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (88 years old)
Oct 23 Puerto Rican golfer (Senior Tournament Players C'ship 1986, PGA Senior C'ship 1987), born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
- Oct 23 Jimmy Dale, British-Canadian pianist and orchestra leader (The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour), born in London, England (d. 2017)
- Oct 23 Zbigniew Rudzinski, Polish composer (Mannequins), born in Czechowice, Poland
- Oct 24 Sanford Clark, American country-rockabilly singer and guitarist ("The Fool"; "Son Of A Gun"), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2021)
- Oct 25 Russell Luis Schweickart, astronaut (Apollo 9), born in Neptune Township, New Jersey
- Oct 25 Zdeněk Pololáník, Czech composer and organist, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia
- Oct 28 Folke Rabe, Swedish avant-garde composer (What??), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2017)
- Oct 29 David Allen, English cricket all-rounder (39 Tests, 5 x 50, 122 wickets, BB 5/30; Gloucestershire CCC), born in Bristol, England (d. 2014)
- Oct 29 Isao Takahata, Japanese anime film director, screenwriter and producer (Grave of the Fireflies, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya), born in Ujiyamada, Mie, Japan (d. 2018)
- Oct 30 Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian writer (The Notebook), born in Csikvánd, Hungary (d. 2011)
- Oct 30 Jim Perry, American baseball player, born in Williamston, North Carolina
- Oct 30 Michael Winner, English film producer and director (Big Sleep, Death Wish), born in London, England (d. 2013)
- Oct 30 Robert Caro, American journalist and biographer (Lyndon B. Johnson), born in New York City
About October 1935
How Old? 88 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No