- Oct 3 Shelby Storck, American television producer, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1969)
- Oct 4 George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)
- Oct 4 Jan Murray, American comedian and TV game show host (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2006)
- Oct 10 Benson Fong, American character actor (Charlie Chan films; Purple Heart; Flower Drum Song), and restaurateur, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1987)
- Oct 12 Alice Childress, American playwright, actress and writer, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1994)
- Oct 17 Robert Lowery [Hank], American stage and screen actor (Batman and Robin (1949); Circus Boy - "Big Tim"; The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1971)
- Oct 19 David Lewis, American actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2000)
- Oct 20 Anton Diffring [Alfred Pollack], German character actor (Assignment Vienna), born in Koblenz, Germany (d. 1989)
- Oct 21 Andrea Checchi, Italian actor (The Lady Without Camelias, Two Anonymous Letters), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1974)
- Oct 22 Sidney Miller, American actor (Here Comes Donald) and director (The Mickey Mouse Club), born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, (d. 2004)
- Oct 27 Bob de Lange [Jacob Bernard de Lange], Dutch actor and director (Daniel), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1978)
About October 1916
How Old? 107 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: Yes
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