Famous people born on 7 October

• Niels BohrDanish physicist · 1885–1962
  77 yrs
• Desmond TutuSouth African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner · 1931–2021
  90 yrs
• Heinrich HimmlerGerman Nazi politician; leader of the German SS & main architect of the Holocaust · 1900–1945
  44 yrs
• Henry A. WallaceAmerican politician (1888–1965); Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945 · 1888–1965
  77 yrs
• Nicholas IVPope of the Catholic Church from 1288 to 1292 · 1227–1292
  64 yrs
• Harry Kroto ↗British chemist · 1939–2016
  76 yrs
• Ulrike Meinhof ↗German left-wing militant, journalist and author · 1934–1976
  41 yrs
• Stephen Báthory ↗King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1576–1586 · 1533–1586
  53 yrs
• R. D. Laing ↗Unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist · 1927–1989
  61 yrs
• Charles XIII of Sweden ↗King of Sweden (1809-1818) and King of Norway · 1748–1818
  69 yrs
• June Allyson ↗American actress · 1917–2006
  88 yrs
• Nicholas I of Montenegro ↗Prince and King of Montenegro · 1841–1921
  79 yrs
• Ryuzo Hiraki ↗Japanese association football player and manager · 1931–2009
  77 yrs
• Paulino Alcántara ↗Spanish footballer · 1896–1964
  67 yrs
• Fernando Belaúnde ↗President of Peru from 1963 to 1968 and from 1980 to 1985 · 1912–2002
  89 yrs
• Emeric, King of Hungary ↗Hungarian king · 1174–1204
  30 yrs
• James E. Webb ↗Administrator of NASA in 1961–1968 · 1906–1992
  85 yrs
• Wilhelm Müller ↗German poet · 1794–1827
  32 yrs
• Amiri Baraka ↗African-American writer · 1934–2014
  79 yrs
• Paul Hausser ↗German Waffen SS general · 1880–1972
  92 yrs
• Rosalba Carriera ↗Italian portrait painter and pastellist · 1675–1757
  81 yrs
• Joe Hill ↗Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World · 1879–1915
  36 yrs
• Georges Duby ↗French historian · 1919–1996
  77 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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