21 October Births

October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Births

1328 – Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
1409 – Alessandro Sforza, Italian condottiero (d. 1473)[1]
1449 – George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Irish-English son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (d. 1478)
1527 – Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (d. 1578)
1536 – Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (d. 1586)
1581 – Domenichino, Italian painter (d. 1641)
1650 – Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)
1658 – Henri de Boulainvilliers, French nobleman (d. 1722)
1675 – Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710)
1687 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (d. 1759)
1712 – James Steuart, Scottish economist and author (d. 1780)
1725 – Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d. 1801)
1757 – Pierre Augereau, French general (d. 1816)
1762 – Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1818)
1772 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1834)
1775 – Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest, composer, and critic (d. 1844)
1790 – Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet and politician, French Head of State (d. 1869)
1811 – Filippo Colini, Italian operatic baritone (d. 1863)
1821 – Sims Reeves, English tenor and actor (d. 1900)
1833 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
1845 – Will Carleton, American poet and journalist (d. 1912)
1847 – Giuseppe Giacosa, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1906)
1851 – George Ulyett, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1898)
1868 – Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (d. 1951)
1877 – Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist (d. 1955)
1884 – Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress (d. 1957)
1886 – Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot (d. 1911)
1887 – Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (d. 1961)
1894 – Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (d. 1965)
1895 – Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete (d. 1983)
1895 – Edna Purviance, American actress (d. 1958)
1896 – Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (d.1985)
1898 – Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor (d. 1960)
1900 – Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer (d. 1973)
1907 – Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (d. 1985)
1908 – Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (d. 1988)
1911 – Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator (d. 1978)
1912 – Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator (d. 1972)
1912 – Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990)
1912 – Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director (d. 1997)
1914 – Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author (d. 2010)
1915 – Owen Bradley, American country music record producer (d. 1998)
1917 – Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1993)
1918 – Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author (d. 2006)
1919 – Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot (d. 2013)
1921 – Malcolm Arnold, English composer (d. 2006)
1921 – Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor (d. 2013)
1921 – Robert Clothier, Canadian actor (d. 1999)
1921 – Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer (d. 2013)
1921 – Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 2015)
1922 – Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2017)
1923 – Samuel Khachikian, Iranian director, screenwriter, and author (d. 2001)
1924 – Joyce Randolph, American actress
1924 – Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1925 – Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (d. 2003)
1925 – Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano and educator
1926 – Bob Rosburg, American golfer (d. 2009)
1926 – Leonard Rossiter, English actor (d. 1984)
1927 – Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer
1927 – Howard Zieff, American director and photographer (d. 2009)
1928 – Whitey Ford, American baseball player and coach
1928 – Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (d. 2015)
1928 – Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1929 – Pierre Bellemare, French radio and television host (d. 2018)
1929 – Fritz Hollaus, Austrian footballer (d. 1994)
1929 – Ursula K. Le Guin, American author and critic (d. 2018)
1930 – Ivan Silayev, Russian engineer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Russia
1931 – Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director (d. 2011)
1931 – Jim Parks junior, English cricketer and manager
1932 – Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1933 – Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, and playwright
1933 – Francisco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager
1935 – Derek Bell, Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (d. 2002)
1935 – Mel Street, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1978)
1937 – Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader and scholar (d. 2012)
1937 – Hank Nelson, Australian historian and academic (d. 2012)
1938 – Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001)
1940 – Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and sportscaster
1940 – Frances FitzGerald, American journalist and author
1940 – Rhoda Gemignani, American actress
1940 – Manfred Mann, South African-English keyboard player and producer
1940 – Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2001)
1941 – Steve Cropper, American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor
1942 – Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Allan Grice, Australian race car driver and politician
1942 – Lou Lamoriello, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1942 – Judith Sheindlin, American judge and television host
1942 – Christopher A. Sims, American economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, English police officer and academic
1943 – Tariq Ali, Pakistani historian and author
1943 – Ron Elliott, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer
1944 – Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (d. 2014)
1944 – Michael Tugendhat, English lawyer and judge
1945 – Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian filmmaker.
1945 – Michael White, English journalist
1946 – Jane Heal, English philosopher and academic
1946 – Jim Hill, American football player and sportscaster
1946 – Lux Interior, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
1946 – Lee Loughnane, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player
1948 – Shaye J. D. Cohen, American historian and academic
1948 – Allen Henry Vigneron, American archbishop
1949 – Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1971)
1949 – Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1949 – Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
1950 – Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1986)
1952 – Trevor Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach
1952 – Patti Davis, American actress and author
1952 – Allen Hoey, American poet and author
1952 – Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player (d. 1990)
1953 – Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and songwriter (The Go-Go's)
1953 – Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Keith Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and minister (d. 1982)
1953 – Marc Johnson, American bassist, composer, and bandleader
1953 – Peter Mandelson, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1954 – Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland
1955 – Dick DeVos, American businessman
1955 – Fred Hersch, American pianist and composer
1955 – Rich Mullins, American singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
1956 – Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1956 – Mike Tully, American pole vaulter
1957 – Julian Cope, English singer-songwriter
1957 – Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1957 – Steve Lukather, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1958 – Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1959 – George Bell, Dominican baseball player
1959 – Rose McDowall, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – Andy Picheta, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – Kevin Sheedy, Welsh-Irish footballer and manager
1959 – Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor and producer
1962 – David Campese, Australian rugby player and coach
1964 – Jon Carin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 – Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer and manager
1965 – Horace Hogan, American wrestler
1965 – Hisashi Imai, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Phillip Price, Welsh golfer
1966 – Igor Prins, Estonian footballer and manager
1966 – Arne Sandstø, Norwegian footballer and manager
1967 – Georgi Dakov, Bulgarian high jumper (d. 1996)
1967 – Paul Ince, English footballer and manager
1967 – Gavin Lovegrove, New Zealand javelin thrower and graphic designer
1968 – Alexandros Alexandris, Greek footballer and manager
1968 – Kerstin Andreae, German politician
1969 – Michael Hancock, Australian rugby league player
1969 – Mo Lewis, American football player
1970 – Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor and singer
1971 – Hal Duncan, Scottish author and poet
1971 – Damien Martyn, Australian cricketer
1971 – Nick Oliveri, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1971 – Conor O'Shea, Irish rugby player and coach
1971 – Paul Telfer, Scottish footballer and coach
1971 – Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler
1972 – Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Orlando Thomas, American football player (d. 2014)
1972 – Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian scholar and academic
1972 – Ashutosh Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer
1973 – Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist and composer
1973 – Charlie Lowell, American pianist and songwriter
1974 – Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor
1975 – Toby Hall, American baseball player
1975 – Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
1976 – Henrik Gustavsson, Swedish footballer
1976 – Jeremy Miller, American actor and singer
1976 – Lavinia Miloșovici, Romanian gymnast
1976 – Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Mélanie Turgeon, Canadian skier
1978 – Joey Harrington, American football player and sportscaster
1978 – Henrik Klingenberg, Finnish singer and keyboard player
1979 – Khalil Greene, American baseball player
1979 – Gabe Gross, American baseball player
1980 – Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite
1980 – Brian Pittman, American bass player
1981 – Martin Castrogiovanni, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1981 – Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
1982 – Matt Dallas, American actor
1982 – Jim Henderson, American baseball player
1982 – Antony Kay, English footballer
1982 – Hari Kondabolu, American comedian, actor, and podcaster
1982 – Ray Ventrone, American football player
1982 – Lee Chong Wei, Malaysian badminton player
1982 – James White, American basketball player
1982 – Tim Wildsmith, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1983 – Casey Fien, American baseball player
1983 – Zack Greinke, American baseball player
1983 – Gonzalo Klusener, Argentinian footballer
1983 – Andy Marte, Dominican baseball player (d. 2017)
1983 – Amber Rose, American model
1983 – Chris Sherrington, English-Scottish martial artist
1983 – Shelden Williams, American basketball player
1984 – Anna Bogdanova, Russian heptathlete
1984 – Tom Brandstater, American football player
1984 – Kenny Cooper, American soccer player
1984 – Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Canadian speed skater
1984 – José Lobatón, Venezuelan baseball player
1984 – Marvin Mitchell, American football player
1984 – Kieran Richardson, English footballer
1985 – Simone Bracalello, Italian footballer
1985 – Dean Collis, Australian rugby league player
1986 – Almen Abdi, Swiss footballer
1986 – Chibuzor Chilaka, Nigerian footballer
1986 – Scott Rendell, English footballer
1987 – Justin De Fratus, American baseball player
1987 – Andrey Grechin, Russian swimmer
1988 – Ricki Olsen, Danish footballer
1988 – Daniel Schorn, Austrian cyclist
1989 – Mads Dahm, Norwegian footballer
1989 – Luke Murphy, English footballer
1989 – Jonathan Viera, Spanish footballer
1989 – Sam Vokes, English-Welsh footballer
1990 – Bengali-Fodé Koita, French footballer
1990 – Mathieu Peybernes, French footballer
1990 – Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
1991 – Tom Eastman, English footballer
1991 – Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer
1991 – Rob Keogh, English cricketer
1991 – Vadaine Oliver, English footballer
1991 – Harry Pell, English footballer
1992 – Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player
1995 – Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer
1995 – Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer

Source: wikipedia