- Oct 1 Ted Healy [Ernest Nash], American vaudeville, stage, and screen actor, comedian (Mad Love, San Francisco, Soup to Nuts), and creator of the Three Stooges, born in Kaufman, Texas (d. 1937)
- Oct 8 Julien Duvivier, French film director (La Bandera), born in Lille, France (d. 1967)
- Oct 14 Bud Flanagan [Chaim Reuben Weintrop], English comedian (duo with Chesney Alley), born in London, England (d. 1968)
- Oct 15 Melville Cooper, English stage and screen character actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood; Father of the Bride), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1973) [1]
- Oct 17 Frank Forest [Hayek], American actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 1976)
- Oct 30 Rex Cherryman, American actor (Camille, The Sunshine Trail, In for Thirty Days), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1928)
- Oct 30 Ruth Gordon, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold & Maude), born in Quincy, Massachusetts (d. 1985)
- Oct 31 Ethel Waters, American actress (Beulah), singer (Stormy Weather), born in Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)
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