October 1, 1924 – Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States.
October 2, 1950 – Charlie Brown, the protagonist in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.
October 3, 1954 – Saeed Kangarani, an Iranian actor.
October 4, 1943 – Janis Joplin, an American singer-songwriter.
October 5, 1902 – Louis Feinberg, known professionally as Larry Fine, was an American comedian and actor, who is best known as a member of the comedy act The Three Stooges.
October 6, 1963 – Elisabeth Shue, an American actress, most famous for her roles in the films The Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting, Cocktail, Back to the Future Parts II and III and Leaving Las Vegas.
October 7, 1728 – Caesar Rodney, an American lawyer and politician, an officer of the Delaware militia during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.