- Oct 1 Earl Slick [Frank Madeloni] American rock guitarist (David Bowie; Phantom, Rocker & Slick), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Oct 1 Jacques Martin, Canadian NHL coach, executive (Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers, Montreal Canadiens), born in Rockland, Ontario
- Oct 2 George Meegan, British adventurer who walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska, born in London
- Oct 2 John Otway, British cult rocker ("Bunsen Burner"), born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
- Oct 2 Wahed Wafa, Tajik pop and classical singer, born in Afghanistan
- Oct 3 Gary Troup, New Zealand cricket fast/medium bowler (15 Tests, 39 wickets; 22 ODI), born in Taumarunui, King Country
- Oct 4 Anita Luceete Defrantz, American rower (Olympic bronze 1976; first female vice-president IOC executive committee), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Oct 4 Jody Stephens, American rock drummer (Big Star), born in Memphis, Tennesee
- Oct 4 Nina Carter, vocalist (Blonde on Blonde), born in London, England
- Oct 5 Clive Barker, English author and film director (Hellraiser, Lord of Illusions), born in Liverpool
- Oct 5 Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor 9My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn), born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Oct 5 Gigi Sabani, Italian TV host, born in Rome (d. 2007)
Imran Khan (71 years old)
Oct 5 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018-2022) and cricket all-rounder (88 Tests, 3,807 runs, 362 wickets), born in Lahore, Pakistan
- Oct 6 Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer
- Oct 7 Graham Yallop, Australian cricket batsman (39 Tests, [7 captain], 8 x 100s, 9 x 50, HS 268; Victoria CA), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Oct 7 Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian gymnast (9 x Olympic medalist USSR, 4 x gold [3 x team, 1 x All Around]; 7 x World C'ship gold), born in Grozny, Russia
- Oct 7 Mary Badham, American actress, born in Birmingham, Alabama
Vladimir Putin (71 years old)
Oct 7 Russian politician (President and Prime Minister), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union
- Oct 8 Clifford Adams, American trombone player (Kool & the Gang - "Joanna"), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 2015)
- Oct 8 Edward Zwick, American film director (The Last Samurai; Legends of the Fall), and producer (Shakespeare in Love; Traffic), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 8 Jan Marijnissen, Dutch politician (Member of House of Representative, 1994-2010; Leader of the Socialist Party, 1988-2008), born in Oss, Netherlands
Sharon Osbourne (71 years old)
Oct 9 English-American music manager, TV personality (X-Factor: America's Got Talent, 2007-12; The Talk, 2010-21), and wife of Ozzy Osbourne, born in London
- Oct 10 Bobby Nystrom, Swedish NHL right wing (Stanley Cup 1979-83; jersey #23 retired 1995), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Oct 12 Danielle Proulx, French Canadian actress, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Oct 12 Trevor Chappell, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests; 20 ODIs, 1 x 100; underarm bowling controversy; South Australia, West Australia, NSW), born in Adelaide, South Australia
- Oct 13 Beverly Johnson, American model and actress (Ashanti Land of No Mercy), born in Buffalo, New York
- Oct 13 Michael R. Clifford, American astronaut (STS 53, 59, 76), born in Norton AFB, California
- Oct 13 Pierre Lacocque, Belgian-American blues harmonica player (Mississippi Heat), born in Jerusalem, Israel
- Oct 14 Harry Anderson, American comic, magician, and actor (Night Court - "Judge Harry Stone"; Dave's World), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 2018)
- Oct 14 Kaija Saariaho, Finnish electro-acoustic and contemporary classical composer (L'Amour de loin (Love from Afar); Circle Map), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 2023) [1]
- Oct 14 Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer and pianist, born in Zaandam, Netherlands
- Oct 14 Nikolai Adrianov, Soviet-Russian gymnast (Olympic-4 gold/2 silver/bronze-1976), born in Vladimir, Russia (d. 2011)
- Oct 16 Christopher Cox, American politician (Rep-R-California 1989-2005), born in St. Paul, Minnesota
- Oct 16 Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, American funk-rock bassist (Parliament-Funkadelic collective), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 2013)
- Oct 16 Ron Taylor, American actor (d. 2002)
- Oct 18 Bảo Ninh [pen name for Hoàng Ấu Phương], Vietnamese novelist, know for "The Sorrow of War", born in Nghệ An, Vietnam
- Oct 18 Chuck Lorre, American television director, writer, and producer (Dharma & Greg; Two and a Half Men; The Big Bang Theory), born in Plainview, New York
- Oct 18 Jerry Royster, American baseball player and coach, born in Sacramento, California
- Oct 18 Jim Ratcliffe, British billionaire and founder of chemical company INEOS, born in Failsworth, England
- Oct 18 Roy Dias, Sri Lankan cricketer (pioneering Sri Lankan Test batsman), born in Colombo, Ceylon
- Oct 19 Verónica Castro, Mexican actress (Nana), and Latin pop singer ("Simplemente Todo"; "Macumba"), born in Mexico City
- Oct 20 Dave McLelland, Canadian NHL goaltender (Vancouver Canucks), born in Penticton, British Columbia
- Oct 20 Melanie Mayron, American actress (30 Something, Car Wash, Missing), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Oct 21 Allen Hoey, American poet and novelist
- Oct 21 Brent Mydland, American rock keyboardist and vocalist (Grateful Dead, 1979-90), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1990)
- Oct 21 Patti Davis [Patricia Ann Reagan], American actress, writer, and daughter of Ronald and Nancy, born in Los Angeles, California
- Oct 22 Greg Hawkes, American rock keyboardist (The Cars - "Shake it Up"; "Drive"), born in Fulton, Maryland
Jeff Goldblum (71 years old)
Oct 22 American actor (The Fly; Jurassic Park; Independence Day), and jazz pianist (The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra), born in West Homestead, Pennsylvania
- Oct 22 Julie Dash American filmmaker (Daughters of the Dust), born in New York City
- Oct 23 Pierre Moerlen, French rock-jazz fusion drummer and percussionist (Gong: Mike Oldfield), born in Colmar, France (d. 2005)
- Oct 25 Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek soccer midfielder (46 caps; Olympiacos; Panathinaikos) and manager (Panathinaikos), born in Piraeus, Greece (d. 2004)
- Oct 26 Abbas al-Musawi, influential Lebanese Shia cleric, and founder and leader of Hezbollah, born in Al-Nabi Shayth, Lebanon (d. 1992)
- Oct 26 Andrew Motion, English poet (British Poet Laureate 1999-2009), born in London
- Oct 26 Andy Richards, British-Australian session and touring keyboard player ("Relax"; "Careless Whisper"), and producer, born in London, England
- Oct 26 David Was [Weiss], American rock musician and producer (Was (Not Was) - "Walk The Dinosaur"), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Oct 27 (Edward) "Ted" Wass, American actor (Soap - "Danny"; Blossom - "Nick'), and director, born in Lakewood, Ohio
- Oct 27 Bill Bottrell, American Grammy Award-winning sound engineer, songwriter and record producer (Sheryl Crow; Shelby Lynne; Michael Jackson; Rosanne Cash), born in California
Roberto Benigni (71 years old)
Oct 27 Italian director and actor (Life Is Beautiful, The Tiger and the Snow), born in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
- Oct 28 Annie Potts, American actress (Designing Women - "Mary Jo"; Any Day Now), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- Oct 28 Tommy Dobeck, American rock drummer (Michael Stanley Band; Circus), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Oct 29 Arnell Carmichael, American funk-R&B singer (Raydio - "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)"), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Oct 29 Valeri Tokarev, Russian colonel and cosmonaut, born in Kapustin Yar, Soviet Union
- Oct 31 Bernard Edwards, American bassist (Chicago - "Addicted to Love"), born in Greenville, North Carolina
About October 1952
How Old? 71 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: Yes