- Oct 2 Bill Elliott, American Tony Award-winning musical theater orchestrator, film composer, pianist and bandleader, born in Wayland, Massachusetts
- Oct 2 Romina Power, American actress (Justine), Euro-pop singer, and daughter of Tyrone Power and Mexican actress Linda Christian, born in Los Angeles, California
Sting (72 years old)
Oct 2 British singer-songwriter and bassist (The Police - "Every Breath You Take"; solo - "Fragile") and actor (Dune), born in Wallsend, Northumberland
- Oct 3 Nick Glennie-Smith, British session keyboard player (Roger Daltrey; Roger Waters), film score composer (Ella Enchanted; Secretariat), and conductor, born in London, England
- Oct 4 Alan Rosenberg, American actor (Civil Wars, LA Law, Cybill), born in Passaic, New Jersey
- Oct 5 Karen Allen, American actress (Cruising, Starman, Wanderers), born in Carrollton, Illinois
John Mellencamp (72 years old)
Oct 7 American rock singer-songwriter ("Jack & Diane"; "Small Town"; "Pink Houses"), co-founder of Farm Aid, and actor (Falling From Grace), born in Seymour, Indiana
- Oct 9 Richard Chaves, American actor (Cease Fire, Predator), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- Oct 9 Robert Wuhl, American actor (Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam), born in Union, New Jersey
- Oct 15 Peter Richardson, British actor, writer and director (The Comic Strip Presents, The Pope Must Die), born in Devon, England
- Oct 16 Daniel Gerroll, actor (Big Business), born in London, England
- Oct 18 Pam Dawber, actress (Mindy-Mork & Mindy, My Sister Sam), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Oct 19 Annie Golden, American punk rock singer (The Shirts), and actress (Hair; Assassins: Orange is the New Black), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Oct 23 Michael Rupert, American actor (Pasadena Playhouse), born in Denver, Colorado
- Oct 24 Todd Crespi, German actor (Magician), born in Frankfurt, Germany
- Oct 27 Jayne Kennedy, American actress (Body and Soul), born in Washington, D.C.
- Oct 30 Harry Hamlin, American actor (Michael Kuzak-LA Law), born in Pasadena, California
About October 1951
How Old? 72 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No