Famous people born on 16 October

• Oscar WildeIrish poet, playwright, and aesthete · 1854–1900
  46 yrs
• Günter GrassGerman novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor · 1927–2015
  87 yrs
• David Ben-GurionIsraeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1948–1953, 1955–1963) - · 1886–1973
  87 yrs
• Eugene O'NeillAmerican playwright · 1888–1953
  65 yrs
• Enver HoxhaFormer First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania, Prime Minister of Albania · 1908–1985
  76 yrs
• Louis AlthusserFrench Marxist philosopher · 1918–1990
  72 yrs
• Angela LansburyBritish actress · 1925–2022
  96 yrs
• Itō Hirobumi1st, 5th, 7th and 10th Prime Minister of Japan · 1841–1909
  68 yrs
• Michael CollinsIrish revolutionary and politician · 1890–1922
  31 yrs
• Karl KautskyCzech-Austrian Marxist theorist · 1854–1938
  84 yrs
• Austen ChamberlainBritish politician · 1863–1937
  73 yrs
• Matteo Ricci ↗Italian Catholic missionary · 1552–1610
  57 yrs
• Dino Buzzati ↗Italian writer · 1906–1972
  65 yrs
• Moshe Sharett ↗2nd Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955 · 1894–1965
  70 yrs
• Arnold Böcklin ↗Swiss painter, draftsman, graphic artist and sculptor · 1827–1901
  73 yrs
• Nico ↗German singer and actress · 1938–1988
  49 yrs
• Noah Webster ↗American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author · 1758–1843
  84 yrs
• Andréi Chikatilo ↗Soviet serial killer · 1936–1994
  57 yrs
• Frederick I of Denmark ↗King of Denmark and Norway · 1471–1533
  61 yrs
• Dmitry Khvorostovsky ↗Russian operatic baritone · 1962–2017
  55 yrs
• Maria Goretti ↗Italian saint · 1890–1902
  11 yrs
• Albrecht von Haller ↗Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet · 1708–1777
  69 yrs
• Josip Jelačić ↗Austrian general · 1801–1859
  57 yrs
• Linda Darnell ↗American actress · 1923–1965
  41 yrs
• Mary Daly ↗American feminist philosopher and theologian · 1928–2010
  81 yrs
• Amancio Amaro ↗Spanish footballer · 1939–2023
  83 yrs
• Robert Stephenson ↗British railway engineer and locomotive designer · 1803–1859
  55 yrs
• Suzanne Somers ↗American actress · 1946–2023
  76 yrs
• Elizabeth of Luxembourg ↗Princess and Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia, and Regent of Hungary · 1409–1442
  33 yrs
• Gian Galeazzo Visconti ↗First Duke of Milan · 1351–1402
  50 yrs
• Paul Strand ↗American photographer · 1890–1976
  85 yrs
• Manute Bol ↗Sudanese-American basketball player · 1962–2010
  47 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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