- Oct 5 (Patricia) Stephanie Cole, British stage, screen, and radio actress (Waiting for God; Coronation Street, 2011-13), born in Solihull, Warwickshire, England
- Oct 9 Brian Lamb, American broadcaster and founder of C-Span, born in Lafayette, Indiana
- Oct 10 Peter Coyote [Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon], American actor (ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark), born in New York City
Paul Simon (82 years old)
Oct 13 American multiple Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter (Simon & Garfunkel - "The Sound of Silence"; solo - "Kodachrome"; "Still Crazy After All These Years"; "Graceland"), and actor (One Trick Pony), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Oct 16 Tim McCarver, American baseball catcher (World Series 1964, 67; MLB All-Star 1966, 67 St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (NY Mets, ABC, CBS, FOX), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2023)
- Oct 19 Simon Ward, actor (4 Musketeers, 4 Feathers), born in London, England (d. 2012)
- Oct 22 Charles Keating, English actor (Carl Hutchins-Another World), born in London, England, (d. 2014)
- Oct 23 Mel Winkler, American actor (Devil in a Blue Dress), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2020)
- Oct 24 Frank Aendenboom, Flemish actor (Lion of Flanders), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 2018)
- Oct 28 John Hallam, British character actor, born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland (d. 2006)
About October 1941
How Old? 82 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
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