21 October Births

October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 71 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).

1328 – Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398)
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)
1581 – Domenichino, Italian painter (d. 1641)
1650 – Jean Bart, French admiral (d. 1702)
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)
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)
1898 – Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor (d. 1960)
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)
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
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
1929 – Fritz Hollaus, Austrian footballer (d. 1994)
1929 – Ursula K. Le Guin, American author and critic
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
1931 – Vivian Pickles, English actress
1931 – Hugh Thomas, English historian and author
1932 – Pál Csernai, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1933 – Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, and playwright
1935 – Derek Bell, Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (d. 2002)
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 – Jimmy Beaumont, American doo-wop singer-songwriter
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 – Ene Mihkelson, Estonian author and poet
1944 – Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (d. 2014)
1944 – Michael Tugendhat, English lawyer and judge
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
1947 – Ai, American poet and educator (d. 2010)
1947 – Mary Pipher, American psychologist and author
1948 – Shaye J. D. Cohen, American historian and academic
1948 – Tom Everett, American actor
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
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
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
1968 – Melora Walters, American actress
1969 – Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini prince
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 – Jade Jagger, French-English model and jewellery designer
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 – Felicity Andersen, Australian actress
1972 – Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Masakazu Morita, Japanese voice actor
1972 – Orlando Thomas, American football player (d. 2014)
1972 – Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian scholar and academic
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
1977 – Julieta Cardinali, Argentinian actress
1977 – David Clayton Rogers, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Will Estes, American actor
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 model, actress, and fashion designer
1980 – Brian Pittman, American bass player
1981 – Martin Castrogiovanni, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1981 – Nemanja Vidić, Serbian footballer
1982 – Matt Dallas, American actor and producer
1982 – Jim Henderson, American baseball player
1982 – Antony Kay, English footballer
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
1983 – Chris Sherrington, English-Scottish martial artist
1983 – Charlotte Sullivan, Canadian actress
1983 – Aaron Tveit, American actor and singer
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 – Jessica Michibata, Japanese model
1984 – Marvin Mitchell, American football player
1984 – Kieran Richardson, English footballer
1985 – Simone Bracalello, Italian footballer
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 – Vadaine Oliver, English footballer
1991 – Harry Pell, English footballer
1992 – Bernard Tomic, Australian tennis player
1995 – Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer
1995 – Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer
1995 – Shannon Magrane, American singer-songwriter
1998 – Ryoka Oshima, Japanese singer and actress
2000 – Mima Ito, Japanese table tennis player

Source: Wikipedia