Famous people born on 9 October

• Miguel de CervantesSpanish novelist, poet, and playwright · 1547–1616
  68 yrs
• John LennonBritish musician · 1940–1980
  40 yrs
• CaravaggioItalian painter · 1571–1610
  38 yrs
• Max von LaueGerman physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi · 1879–1960
  80 yrs
• Léopold Sédar SenghorFirst president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist · 1906–2001
  95 yrs
• Emil FischerGerman chemist · 1852–1919
  66 yrs
• Boris NemtsovRussian scientist, statesman and liberal politician · 1959–2015
  55 yrs
• Charles X of FranceKing of France and Navarre from 1824 to 1830 · 1757–1836
  79 yrs
• Camille Saint-SaënsFrench composer, organist, conductor and pianist · 1835–1921
  86 yrs
• Nikolai BukharinRussian revolutionary and politician · 1888–1938
  49 yrs
• Alfred DreyfusFrench artillery officer · 1859–1935
  75 yrs
• Nicholas RoerichRussian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher · 1874–1947
  73 yrs
• France GallFrench singer · 1947–2018
  70 yrs
• Michael Servetus ↗Spanish physician and theologian · 1511–1553
  42 yrs
• Sayyid Qutb ↗Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary · 1906–1966
  59 yrs
• Jacques Tati ↗French filmmaker · 1907–1982
  75 yrs
• Peter Mansfield ↗English physicist known for magnetic resonance imaging · 1933–2017
  83 yrs
• Karl Schwarzschild ↗German physicist, astronomer and mathematician · 1873–1916
  42 yrs
• Denis I of Portugal ↗King of Portugal · 1261–1325
  63 yrs
• Horst Wessel ↗SA officer · 1907–1930
  22 yrs
• John Pilger ↗Australian journalist · 1939–2023
  84 yrs
• Lila Kedrova ↗Actress · 1909–2000
  90 yrs
• Mihajlo Pupin ↗Serbian-American physicist, physical chemist and philanthropist · 1858–1935
  76 yrs
• Tadeusz Różewicz ↗Polish poet, dramatist and writer · 1921–2014
  92 yrs
• Mário de Andrade ↗Brazilian writer, musicologist and photographer · 1893–1945
  51 yrs
• John Entwistle ↗English musician; bassist for The Who · 1944–2002
  57 yrs
• Eddie Guerrero ↗American wrestler · 1967–2005
  38 yrs
• Fatma Aliye Topuz ↗Turkish writer and self-described feminist · 1862–1936
  73 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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