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Events

=Pre-1600=

  • AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.{{cite book|author=Publius Cornelius Tacitus|title=Agricola and Germany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENwFjRIyq_UC&pg=PA67|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press, UK|isbn=978-0-19-283300-6|page=67|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708071109/https://books.google.com/books?id=ENwFjRIyq_UC&pg=PA67|url-status=live}}
  • 1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.{{cite book|author1=Marcel Aubert|author2=J. Adolf Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth|author3=Hans Hellmut Hofstätter|title=High Gothic Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R8AMAQAAIAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Methuen|page=68|isbn=9789070053376|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819204827/https://books.google.com/books?id=R8AMAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1260 – After defeating the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut and assassinating the previous Mamluk sultan, Qutuz, Baybars ascends to the Egyptian throne as the fourth sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate.{{Cite book |last=Petry |first=Carl F. |title=The Mamluk Sultanate: A History |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2022 |isbn=9781108557382 |page=10 |language=en}}
  • 1360 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.{{cite book|author=John F. Le Patourel|title=Feudal Empires|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mu3eBAAAQBAJ&pg=RA3-PA19|year=1984|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-3810-2|pages=3|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-date=19 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819145806/https://books.google.com/books?id=mu3eBAAAQBAJ&pg=RA3-PA19|url-status=live}}
  • 1590 – John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
  • 1596 – The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a retreat to port.{{cite journal|last=Tenace|first=Edward|title=A Strategy of Reaction: The Armadas of 1596 and 1597 and the Spanish Struggle for European Hegemony|journal=English Historical Review|date=2003|volume=118|series=Oxford Journals|issue=478|pages=867–68|doi=10.1093/ehr/118.478.855}}

=1601–1900=

  • 1641 – Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish Rebellion, issues his Proclamation of Dungannon, justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England.{{cite book|author=Sir John Thomas Gilbert|title=A Contemporary History of Affairs in Ireland, from 1641 to 1652|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSkdAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA362|year=1879|publisher=For the Irish archaeological and Celtic society|pages=2|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807014733/https://books.google.com/books?id=mSkdAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA362|url-status=live}}
  • 1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.
  • 1795 – Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
  • 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.{{cite book|author=Gregory Fremont-Barnes|title=The encyclopedia of the French revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: a political, social, and military history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4IRAQAAMAAJ|year= 2006|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-646-6|page=416|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806035429/https://books.google.com/books?id=U4IRAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1813 – Treaty of Gulistan: The Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813 comes to a close with the signing of the Treaty of Gulistan, under which terms Qajar Iran agrees to cede the bulk of its Caucasian territories, which comprise much of modern Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, to the Russian Empire.{{Cite book |title=Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond |publisher=ABC-Clio |year=2015 |editor-last=Dowling |editor-first=Timothy C. |volume=2 |location=Santa Barbara, CA |pages=728–729 |language=en}}
  • 1851 – William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
  • 1857 – Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
  • 1860 – Convention of Peking: The Second Opium War formally comes to a close, with Qing China ceding Kowloon in perpetuity to the victorious British Empire.{{Cite news |last=Bruce |first=James |date=15 December 1860 |title=Convention of Peace Between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China |pages=270–271 |work=Hong Kong Government Gazette |url=https://webb-site.com/codocs/ConventionOfPeking.pdf |access-date=24 October 2023}}
  • 1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
  • 1871 – An estimated 17 to 22 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.{{cite book|last=Gonzales-Day|first=Ken|title=Lynching in the West, 1850–1935|location=Durham, N.C.|publisher=Duke University Press|date=2006|isbn=9780822337812|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Brtdets-U0kC|pages=80–82}}
  • 1876 – Shinpūren rebellion: Upset at the Westernisation of Meiji Japan and the abolition of the Tokugawa feudal hierarchy, the Keishintō, a group of extremist Shinto former samurai, launch a surprise attack against the Meiji government in Kumamoto Prefecture.{{Cite book |last=Rogers |first=John M. |title=New Directions in the Study of Meiji Japan |publisher=Brill Publishers |year=1997 |isbn=9004107355 |editor-last=Hardacre |editor-first=Helen |location=Leiden, the Netherlands |pages=408–409 |language=en |chapter=Divine Destruction: the Shinpūren Rebellion of 1876 |editor-last2=Kern |editor-first2=Adam L.}}
  • 1886 – Normanton incident: As the British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, her European officers appear to commandeer the ship’s lifeboats for themselves, leaving her Asian crew and passengers to die and conjuring significant political outrage in Japan.{{Cite book |last=Toyoda |first=Tetsuya |title=Modern Japanese Political Thought and International Relations |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2018 |isbn=9781786603692 |editor-last=Rösch |editor-first=Felix |location=London|page=46 |language=en |chapter=Japan’s Early Challenge to Eurocentrism and the World Court |editor-last2=Watanabe |editor-first2=Atsuko}}
  • 1889 – Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.{{cite book|author=Helen Irving|title=The Centenary Companion to Australian Federation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AbFbCyp0isMC&pg=PA429|year= 1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-57314-6|page=429|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818214951/https://books.google.com/books?id=AbFbCyp0isMC&pg=PA429|url-status=live}}
  • 1894 – First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo, the Imperial Japanese Army covertly crosses the Yalu River into Qing territory and launches an assault on the fortifications at Hushan.{{Cite book |last=Paine |first=S. C. M. |title=The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895: Perceptions, Power, and Primacy |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2010 |isbn=9780511550188 |pages=200–201 |language=en}}
  • 1900 – U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million.{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=20|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.{{cite book|title=Coopers International Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSB9AAAAMAAJ|year=1972|page=161|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819181022/https://books.google.com/books?id=pSB9AAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1902 – Guatemala's Santa María volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.{{cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=Stanley N. |last2=Self |first2=Stephen |title=The October 1902 plinian eruption of Santa Maria volcano, Guatemala |journal=Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research |date=1983 |volume=16 |issue=1–2 |pages=33–56 |doi=10.1016/0377-0273(83)90083-5|bibcode=1983JVGR...16...33W }}
  • 1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
  • 1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1912 – First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1917 – World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front.{{cite book |last1=Holmes |first1=Richard |title=A guide to battles : decisive conflicts in history |date=2018 |location=Oxford |isbn=9780198828976 |page=204 |edition=Reissued in Oxford Reference Collection }}
  • 1918 – World War I: Italian victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.{{cite book|last=Paoletti|first=Ciro|year=2008|title=A Military History of Italy|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|page=150|isbn=978-0-275-98505-9}}
  • 1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
  • 1929 – "Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • 1930 – A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
  • 1931 – The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.
  • 1944 – World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
  • 1944 – World War II: The USS Shark (SS-314) was lost with all 87 hands in the Bashi Straits after torpedoing the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru.{{Cite web |title=Today in Naval History - October 24 |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/today-in-history/october-24.html |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=Naval History and Heritage Command |language=en-US}}
  • 1944 – World War II: The USS Tang (SS-306) sank in the Formosa Strait after being struck by its own torpedo, with 78 of its crew lost.
  • 1945 – The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
  • 1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
  • 1947 – Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
  • 1947 – United Air Lines Flight 608 crashes in the Bryce Canyon National Park in Garfield County, Utah, while attempting an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon Airport, killing 52 people.{{cite web |title=NC37510 accident description |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19471024-0 |access-date=December 4, 2013 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
  • 1949 – The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
  • 1950 – Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China: The People’s Liberation Army ceases all military operations in Tibet, ending the Battle of Chamdo.{{Cite book |last=Goldstein |first=Melvyn C. |title=A History of Modern Tibet, 1913–1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State |publisher=University of California Press |year=1989 |isbn=9788121505826 |location=Berkeley |pages=701–703 |language=en}}
  • 1954 – US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
  • 1957 – The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar crewed space program.
  • 1960 – Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100 people, including Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin.
  • 1963 – An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.
  • 1964 – Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.{{cite book|author=Mbita Chintundya Chitala|title=Not yet democracy: the transition of the twin process of political and economic reform in Zambia (1991–2001)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSwWAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Zambia Research Foundation|page=319|isbn=9789982816014|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819221347/https://books.google.com/books?id=sSwWAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.{{cite book|author=Bruce Olav Solheim|title=On Top of the World: Women's Political Leadership in Scandinavia and Beyond|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rifHpr-tGFoC&pg=PA51|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31000-3|page=51|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819205924/https://books.google.com/books?id=rifHpr-tGFoC&pg=PA51|url-status=live}}
  • 1980 – The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
  • 1986 – Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport.
  • 1990 – Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion.
  • 1992 – The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
  • 1998 – Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
  • 2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
  • 2004 – Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.
  • 2005 – Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
  • 2007 – Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
  • 2008 – "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
  • 2014 – The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
  • 2015 – A driver crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.
  • 2016 – A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.
  • 2016 – Three heavily-armed terrorists from the Islamic State – Khorasan Province open fire on and eventually suicide bomb a police training centre in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least 59 cadets and injuring more than 165 others.{{Cite news |last=Masood |first=Salman |date=24 October 2016 |title=At Least 59 Die as Militants Storm Police College Near Quetta, Pakistan |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/25/world/asia/quetta-police-militants-attack.html |access-date=24 October 2023}}
  • 2018 – The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.{{Cite news |last=Huang |first=Claire |date=25 October 2018 |title=Smooth start for world's longest sea crossing |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/smooth-start-for-worlds-longest-sea-crossing |access-date=24 October 2023}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

  • AD 51 – Domitian, Roman emperor (died 96){{cite book|author=Brian Jones|title=The Emperor Domitian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LxeIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|year= 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-85313-7|page=1|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-date=19 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819143223/https://books.google.com/books?id=LxeIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|url-status=live}}
  • 1378 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay heir to the throne of Scotland (died 1402){{cite web |title=David Stewart, 1st Duke of Rothesay: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/davidstewartrothesay.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=24 October 2020 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027134206/https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/davidstewartrothesay.html |url-status=live }}
  • 1503 – Isabella of Portugal (died 1539){{cite web |title=Isabella of Portugal |url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/italianmasterpieces/about/patronage/patron-data/isabel-of-portugal.html |website=www.ngv.vic.gov.au |access-date=24 October 2020 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027045155/https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/italianmasterpieces/about/patronage/patron-data/isabel-of-portugal.html |url-status=live }}
  • 1561 – Anthony Babington, English conspirator (Babington Plot) (died 1586){{cite ODNB |id=967 |title=Babington, Anthony (1561–1586) |first=Penry |last=Williams |date=2015 |orig-date=2004}}

=1601–1900=

  • 1632 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (died 1723)
  • 1637 – Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher (died 1712)
  • 1650 – Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist (died 1704)
  • 1675 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1749)
  • 1713 – Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (died 1794){{cite book|title=The Musical Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBKTiY-V1vcC|year=1923|publisher=G. Schirmer|page=483|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820020215/https://books.google.com/books?id=xBKTiY-V1vcC|url-status=live}}
  • 1763 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (died 1839)
  • 1784 – Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (died 1885){{cite book|author=Shlomoh Umberto Nahon|title=Sir Moses Montefiore, Leghorn 1784 – Ramsgate 1885: A Life in the Service of Jewry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QMVtAAAAMAAJ|year=1965|publisher=Bureau for Jewish Communities and Organizations of the Jewish Agency|page=12|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819202609/https://books.google.com/books?id=QMVtAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1788 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (died 1879)
  • 1798 – Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (died 1866){{cite book|author=Massimo d' Azeglio|title=Recollections of Massimo D'Azeglio; Translated, with Notes and an Introduction, by Count Maffei|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ff8QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61|year=1868|publisher=Chapman and Hall|page=61|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819064054/https://books.google.com/books?id=ff8QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61|url-status=live}}
  • 1804 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (died 1891)
  • 1811 – Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (died 1885)
  • 1811 – Georg August Wallin, Finnish explorer, orientalist, and professor (died 1852)[https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/georg-august-wallin-var-var-forsta-wallraffare/ Georg August Wallin var vår första wallraffare] - Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish)
  • 1830 – Marianne North, English biologist and painter (died 1890)
  • 1838 – Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (died 1921)
  • 1854 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (died 1907){{cite book|author1=Ira Remsen|author2=Charles August Rouiller|title=American Chemical Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TbI_AAAAYAAJ|year=1907|publisher=American Chemical Society|page=415|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807010109/https://books.google.com/books?id=TbI_AAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1855 – James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (died 1912)
  • 1857 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (died 1894)
  • 1868 – Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (died 1969){{cite book|editor=Jennifer Speake|editor-link=Jennifer Speake|title=Literature of Travel and Exploration: A to F|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=on2ShbwVzp4C&pg=PA320|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-425-2|page=320|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819170331/https://books.google.com/books?id=on2ShbwVzp4C&pg=PA320|url-status=live}}
  • 1872 – Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (died 1957)
  • 1873 – E. T. Whittaker, British mathematician and physicist (died 1956){{Cite journal|last=Temple|first=G. F. J.|author-link=George Frederick James Temple|date=1 November 1956|title=Edmund Taylor Whittaker, 1873–1956|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume=2|pages=299–325|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1956.0021|s2cid=121968984 | doi-access = free}}
  • 1875 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer (died 1958)
  • 1876 – Saya San, Burmese monk and activist (died 1931)
  • 1879 – B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (died 1956)
  • 1882 – Sybil Thorndike, English actress (died 1976)
  • 1884 – Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (died 1944)
  • 1885 – Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet (died 1969)
  • 1887 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (died 1969)
  • 1887 – Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (died 1917)
  • 1891 – Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (died 1961)
  • 1891 – Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (died 1985)
  • 1894 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1987)
  • 1895 – Jack Warner, English actor and singer (died 1981)
  • 1896 – Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman (died 1994)
  • 1898 – Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (died 1974)
  • 1899 – Teikō Shiotani, Japanese photographer (died 1988){{cite web | url=http://teiko.jp/profile.php | title=Purofīru | script-title=ja:プロフィール | trans-title=Profile | work=Teiko Shiotani Memorial Photo Gallery | access-date=10 January 2023}}

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1959)
  • 1903 – Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (died 1960)
  • 1904 – Moss Hart, American director and playwright (died 1961)
  • 1904 – A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (died 1932)
  • 1905 – Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (died 1988)
  • 1906 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (died 1968)
  • 1907 – Patricia Griffin, Montserratian nurse and social worker (died 1986){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2DD81ZHWhxgC&pg=PA93|title=Gallery Montserrat: Some Prominent People in Our History|last=Fergus|first=Howard A.|date=1996|publisher=Canoe Press|isbn=9789768125255|language=en|access-date=2019-01-03|archive-date=2020-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124225156/https://books.google.com/books?id=2DD81ZHWhxgC&pg=PA93|url-status=live}}
  • 1908 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (died 1993)
  • 1909 – Bill Carr, American runner (died 1966)
  • 1909 – Thomas F. Connolly, American admiral (died 1996){{Cite web |title=Tom Connolly |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/31302 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=23 March 2024 }}
  • 1910 – Stella Brooks, American singer (died 2002)
  • 1910 – Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (died 1998)
  • 1910 – Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (died 1984)
  • 1910 – James K. Woolnough, American general (died 1996)
  • 1910 – Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (died 1982)
  • 1911 – Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (died 1993)
  • 1911 – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (died 1986){{cite book|author=William S. Powell|title=Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 6, T–Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y7UBnqTz3vsC&pg=PA16|year=2000|publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-8078-6699-3|pages=16|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820024711/https://books.google.com/books?id=y7UBnqTz3vsC&pg=PA16|url-status=live}}
  • 1912 – Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (died 1992)
  • 1912 – Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (died 2004)
  • 1912 – Murray Golden, American television director (died 1991)
  • 1913 – Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (died 1984){{cite book|author1=Guy A. Marco|author2=H. Frank Andrews|title=Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lvj0AAAAMAAJ|date= 1993|publisher=Garland Publishing|isbn=978-0-8240-4782-5|page=290|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2021-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612003931/https://books.google.com/books?id=Lvj0AAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1914 – Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (died 1992)
  • 1914 – František Čapek, Czechoslovakian canoeist (died 2008){{cite web|title=František Čapek|url=https://www.olympic.org/frantisek-capek-1|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=24 April 2020|archive-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302145129/https://www.olympic.org/frantisek-capek-1|url-status=live}}
  • 1914 – Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (died 2012)
  • 1915 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (died 1998){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Oct. 24: Kevin Kline, F. Murray Abraham |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/10/24/Famous-birthdays-for-Oct-24-Kevin-Kline-F-Murray-Abraham/7481666544671/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=21 October 2023 |date=24 October 2022}}
  • 1915 – Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (died 1988)
  • 1916 – Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (died 2011)
  • 1917 – Marie Foster, American activist (died 2003)
  • 1918 – Doreen Tovey, English author (died 2008)
  • 1919 – Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (died 2008)
  • 1920 – Steve Conway, British singer (died 1952){{Cite web|title=Steve Conway Biography, Songs, & Albums|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-conway-mn0000032317/biography|access-date=2021-09-23|website=AllMusic|language=en}}
  • 1920 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (died 1996)
  • 1921 – Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (died 2005)
  • 1921 – R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (died 2015)
  • 1922 – George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (died 2014)
  • 1923 – Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (died 2000)
  • 1923 – Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (died 1997)
  • 1924 – John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (died 2008)
  • 1924 – Mary Lee, American actress and singer (died 1996)
  • 1924 – Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (died 2018)
  • 1925 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (died 2003)
  • 1925 – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (died 2014)
  • 1925 – Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1985)
  • 1925 – Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (died 1982)
  • 1925 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (died 2013)
  • 1925 – Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (died 2014)
  • 1926 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (died 2008)
  • 1926 – Y. A. Tittle, American football player (died 2017)
  • 1927 – Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2001)
  • 1927 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (died 1992)
  • 1927 – Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (died 2013)
  • 1928 – George Bullard, American baseball player (died 2002)
  • 1929 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (died 1977)
  • 1929 – George Crumb, American composer and educator{{cite book|author1=Elizabeth A. Brennan|author2=Elizabeth C. Clarage|title=Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&pg=PA433|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-57356-111-2|page=433|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807001505/https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&pg=PA433|url-status=live}} (died 2022)
  • 1929 – Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (died 2012)
  • 1929 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (died 2004)
  • 1929 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (died 2013)
  • 1930 – Jack Angel, American voice actor (died 2021)
  • 1930 – The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)
  • 1930 – Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright (died 2019)
  • 1930 – Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician (died 2024)
  • 1930 – James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (died 1969)
  • 1930 – Ahmad Shah of Pahang (died 2019)
  • 1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer (died 2025){{Cite news |last=Fonseca-Wollheim |first=Corinna da |date=March 13, 2025 |title=Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/arts/music/sofia-gubaidulina-dead.html |access-date=March 18, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
  • 1931 – Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (died 2014)
  • 1932 – Stephen Covey, American author and educator (died 2012){{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9607719/Stephen-Covey.html|title=Stephen Covey|date=14 October 2012|website=The Telegraph|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128054206/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9607719/Stephen-Covey.html|url-status=live}}
  • 1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
  • 1932 – Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (died 2008)
  • 1932 – Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021){{cite news |last1=Redburn |first1=Tom |title=Robert A. Mundell, a Father of the Euro and Reaganomics, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/business/economy/robert-mundell-dead.html |access-date=April 6, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=April 5, 2021 |archive-date=April 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406005814/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/business/economy/robert-mundell-dead.html |url-status=live }}
  • 1933 – Reginald Kray, English gangster (died 2000)
  • 1933 – Ronald Kray, English gangster (died 1995)
  • 1933 – Norman Rush, American author and educator
  • 1934 – John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
  • 1934 – Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
  • 1934 – Margie Masters, Australian golfer (died 2022)
  • 1934 – Sammy Petrillo, American actor (died 2009)
  • 1934 – Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter (died 2019)
  • 1935 – Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
  • 1935 – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (died 2013)
  • 1935 – Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
  • 1936 – Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter (died 2022)
  • 1936 – Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)
  • 1936 – David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (died 2011)
  • 1936 – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
  • 1937 – Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator (died 2016)
  • 1937 – Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1937 – John Goetz, American baseball player (died 2008)
  • 1937 – Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
  • 1937 – M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic
  • 1937 – Petar Stipetić, Croatian general (died 2018)
  • 1938 – Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (died 2013)
  • 1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 24, 2022 includes celebrities Drake, B.D. Wong |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-24-2022-includes-celebrities-drake-bd-wong.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=21 October 2023 |date=24 October 2022}}
  • 1940 – Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
  • 1940 – Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (died 2012)
  • 1940 – David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
  • 1940 – Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (died 2015)
  • 1941 – William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (died 2004)
  • 1941 – Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop (died 2020)
  • 1941 – Merle Woo, Asian American activist{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwEtBiiphOoC&q=Merle%20Woo%20born&pg=PA323|title=Asian-American Poets: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook|last=Huang|first=Guiyou|date=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31809-2|language=en}}
  • 1942 – Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic
  • 1942 – Maggie Blye, American actress (died 2016){{cite news|title=Maggie Blye, actress – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/19/maggie-blye-actress--obituary/|access-date=29 June 2016|work=The Telegraph|date=May 19, 2016|archive-date=28 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628075802/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/19/maggie-blye-actress--obituary/|url-status=live}}
  • 1942 – Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author (died 2017)
  • 1942 – Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (died 2004)
  • 1942 – Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
  • 1943 – Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
  • 1943 – Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (died 1994)
  • 1944 – Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2007)
  • 1944 – Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
  • 1945 – Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
  • 1946 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (died 1993)
  • 1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor and singer{{cite book|title=Film Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=easqAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Orpheus Pub|page=552|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807003630/https://books.google.com/books?id=easqAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1948 – Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player (died 2022)
  • 1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
  • 1949 – John Markoff, American journalist and author
  • 1949 – Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
  • 1950 – Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2012)
  • 1950 – Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
  • 1950 – Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
  • 1950 – Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
  • 1950 – Gabriella Sica, Italian poet and author
  • 1950 – Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
  • 1951 – George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor
  • 1952 – Keith Bain, Canadian educator and politician
  • 1952 – Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest
  • 1952 – Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player
  • 1953 – Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager (died 2024){{Cite web |date=2024-08-25 |title=Fearless German soccer coach Christoph Daum dies after career of highs and lows |url=https://apnews.com/article/christoph-daum-obituary-german-soccer-coach-9e5bb7aa76d0aa746af92c90007fd162 |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=AP News |language=en}}
  • 1954 – Doug Davidson, American actor
  • 1954 – Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
  • 1954 – Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1954 – Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician
  • 1954 – Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician
  • 1954 – Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia{{cite book|title=Who's who in Australia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTlRAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=The Herald|page=1960|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819062231/https://books.google.com/books?id=eTlRAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1955 – Cheryl Studer, American soprano and actress
  • 1956 – Jeff Merkley, American businessman and politician
  • 1957 – Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager
  • 1957 – John Kassir, American actor and voice actor
  • 1959 – Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician
  • 1959 – Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen
  • 1959 – Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer
  • 1959 – Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician
  • 1959 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)
  • 1959 – Denis Troch, French footballer and manager
  • 1959 – Annette Vilhelmsen, Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Social Affairs
  • 1960 – Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster
  • 1960 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (died 1999)
  • 1960 – Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver
  • 1960 – BD Wong, American actor
  • 1961 – Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician
  • 1961 – Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
  • 1962 – Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager
  • 1962 – Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
  • 1962 – Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
  • 1962 – Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter
  • 1962 – Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician
  • 1962 – Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (died 2000)
  • 1963 – Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1963 – John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1964 – Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1964 – Paul Bonwick, Canadian businessman and politician
  • 1964 – Dmitri Gorkov, Russian footballer and manager
  • 1964 – Janele Hyer-Spencer, American lawyer and politician
  • 1964 – Ray LeBlanc, American ice hockey player
  • 1964 – Doug Lee, American basketball player
  • 1965 – Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician
  • 1966 – Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
  • 1966 – Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician
  • 1966 – Zahn McClarnon, American actor
  • 1967 – Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster
  • 1967 – Olo Brown, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
  • 1967 – Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
  • 1967 – Esther McVey, English television host and politician
  • 1968 – Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player
  • 1968 – Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator
  • 1968 – Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic
  • 1969 – Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author
  • 1969 – Arthur Rhodes, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Arthur Rhodes |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/arthur-rhodes-121125 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=21 October 2023}}
  • 1970 – Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer
  • 1970 – Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1971 – Aaron Bailey, American football player
  • 1971 – Gustavo Jorge, Argentina international rugby union player
  • 1971 – Zephyr Teachout, American academic
  • 1971 – Diane Guthrie-Gresham, Jamaican track and field athlete
  • 1971 – Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
  • 1972 – Pat Williams, American football player and coach
  • 1972 – Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
  • 1973 – Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic
  • 1973 – Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundtrack.net/person/kurt-kuenne/|title=Kurt Kuenne |via=Soundtrack.Net|website=www.soundtrack.net|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-date=2020-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327050845/https://www.soundtrack.net/person/kurt-kuenne/|url-status=live}}
  • 1973 – Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
  • 1973 – Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1973 – Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1973 – Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host
  • 1974 – Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer
  • 1974 – Kalen DeBoer, American football coach{{cite web |title=Kalen DeBoer - Football Coach |url=https://rolltide.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/kalen-deboer/1571 |website=rolltide.com |access-date=October 22, 2024}}
  • 1974 – Corey Dillon, American football player
  • 1974 – Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and scout
  • 1974 – Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1975 – Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
  • 1975 – Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (died 2013)
  • 1976 – Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
  • 1976 – Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
  • 1977 – Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
  • 1978 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
  • 1978 – James Hopes, Australian cricketer
  • 1979 – Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter
  • 1979 – Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player
  • 1980 – Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1980 – Kerrin McEvoy, Australian jockey
  • 1980 – Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 1980 – Anna Montañana, Spanish basketball player{{cite web |title=Anna Montanana |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/101065/anna-montanana |publisher=WNBA |access-date=21 October 2023}}
  • 1980 – Zac Posen, American fashion designer
  • 1980 – Christian Vander, German footballer
  • 1980 – Casey Wilson, American actress and screenwriter
  • 1981 – Kemal Aslan, Turkish footballer
  • 1981 – Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer
  • 1981 – Fredrik Mikkelsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
  • 1981 – Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer
  • 1981 – Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor and politician
  • 1982 – Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver
  • 1982 – Macay McBride, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
  • 1983 – Chris Colabello, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer
  • 1983 – Michael Gordon, Australian rugby league player
  • 1983 – Brian Vickers, American race car driver
  • 1984 – Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer-songwriter
  • 1984 – Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • 1985 – Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer
  • 1985 – Tim Pocock, Australian actor
  • 1985 – Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (died 2014)
  • 1985 – Wayne Rooney, English footballer
  • 1985 – Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer
  • 1986 – Drake, Canadian rapper and actor
  • 1986 – Oliver Jackson-Cohen, English actor
  • 1986 – John Ruddy, English footballer
  • 1987 – Jeremy Evans, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Jeremy Evans |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202379/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=21 October 2023}}
  • 1987 – Chris Hogan, American football player{{cite web |title=Chris Hogan |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14402/chris-hogan |publisher=ESPN |access-date=21 October 2023}}
  • 1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
  • 1987 – Charlie White, American figure skater
  • 1988 – Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player
  • 1988 – Christopher Linke, German race walker
  • 1988 – Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer
  • 1988 – Tarek Hamed, Egyptian footballer{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA World Cup Russia 2018™: List of Players: Egypt |publisher=FIFA |page=9 |date=4 June 2018 |access-date=4 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611000407/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=11 June 2019}}
  • 1989 – David Castañeda, American actor
  • 1989 – Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
  • 1989 – Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
  • 1989 – Eric Hosmer, American baseball player
  • 1989 – PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber
  • 1989 – Eliza Taylor, Australian actress
  • 1990 – Elijah Greer, American middle-distance runner
  • 1990 – İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer
  • 1990 – Mohammed Jahfali, Saudi Arabia international footballer
  • 1990 – Danilo Petrucci, Italian motorcycle racer
  • 1990 – Nikola Vučević, Montenegrin basketball player{{cite web |title=Nikola Vucevic |url=https://www.nba.com/player/202696/nikola-vucevic |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=21 October 2023}}
  • 1991 – Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
  • 1991 – Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player
  • 1992 – Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
  • 1992 – Ding Liren, Chinese chess grandmaster{{cite web|url=https://chess.com/players/ding-liren|title=Ding Liren|website=chess.com|access-date=14 June 2021|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614183157/https://www.chess.com/players/ding-liren|url-status=live}}
  • 1993 – R. J. Hunter, American basketball player{{cite web |title=RJ Hunter |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1626154/rj-hunter |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=21 October 2023}}
  • 1994 – Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
  • 1994 – Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
  • 1994 – Sean O'Malley, American mixed martial artist{{cite web |title=Sean O'Malley (Bantamweight) MMA Profile |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/4205093/sean-omalley |website=ESPN.com |access-date=October 22, 2024}}
  • 1994 – Jalen Ramsey, American football player
  • 1995 – Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
  • 1995 – Ashton Sanders, American actor
  • 1996 – Jaylen Brown, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Jaylen Brown |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1627759/jaylen-brown |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=21 October 2023}}
  • 1996 – Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player{{cite web |title=Rafael Devers |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/rafael-devers-646240 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=21 October 2023}}
  • 1996 – Océane Dodin, French tennis player{{Cite web |title=Oceane Dodin {{!}} Player Stats & More |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319436/oceane-dodin |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association (WTA Official)|language=en}}
  • 1996 – Garrison Mathews, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Garrison Mathews |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629726/garrison-mathews |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=21 October 2023}}
  • 1996 – Kyla Ross, American gymnast
  • 1997 – Bron Breakker, American wrestler{{cite web |title=Bronson Rechsteiner |url=https://ksuowls.com/sports/football/roster/bronson-rechsteiner/8771 |publisher=Kennesaw State University |access-date=21 October 2023}}
  • 1997 – Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
  • 1997 – Raye, British singer-songwriter{{cite web |first1=Jessica |last1=Burrell |title=Raye: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Brit Award-Winning Singer |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a60266712/raye-things-you-didnt-know/ |publisher=Elle |date=22 March 2024|access-date=24 March 2025}}
  • 1998 – Daya, American singer
  • 1999 – Amon-Ra St. Brown, American football player{{cite web |title=Amon-Ra St. Brown |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4374302/amon-ra-st-brown |publisher=ESPN |access-date=21 October 2023}}

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