2022) October 2 – José A. Martínez Suárez, Argentine film director and screenwriter (d. 2019) October 3 Simone Segouin (also known as Nicole Minet), French Resistance fighter and partisan (d. 2023) Gore Vidal, American author (d. 2012) October 4 – Fyodor Terentyev, Soviet Olympic cross-country skier (d. 1963) October 5 Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997) Antoine Gizenga, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 2019) Herbert Kretzmer, South African-English journalist and songwriter (d. 2020) Murray Riley, Australian rower (d. 2020) October 6 – Hiroshi H. Miyamura, American Medal of Honour recipient (d. 2022) October 7 – Mildred Earp, American female professional baseball player (d. 2017) October 8 – Álvaro Magaña, 38th president of El Salvador (d. 2001) October 9 – Isyaku Rabiu, Nigerian businessman (d. 2018) October 11 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist (d. 2013) October 13 Lenny Bruce, American comic (d. 1966) Carlos Robles Piquer, Spanish diplomat and politician (d. 2018) Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 (d. 2013) October 14 – Phillip V. Tobias, South African palaeoanthropologist (d. 2012) October 15 – Bob Rowland Smith, Australian politician (d. 2012) October 16 Daniel J. Evans, American politician Dame Angela Lansbury, Irish-British-born American actress (d. 2022) October 18 – Ramiz Alia, 13th president of Albania (d. 2011) October 19 Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentine Naval military officer (d. 2010) Raymond Impanis, Belgian cyclist (d. 2010) October 20 Art Buchwald, American humorist and columnist (d. 2007) Hiromu Nonaka, Japanese politician (d. 2018) Gene Wood, American game show announcer (d. 2004) October 21 Surjit Singh Barnala, Indian politician (d. 2017) Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (d. 2003) Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano October 22 Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012) Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author and hula expert (d. 2014) Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and graphic artist (d. 2008) October 23 Johnny Carson, American comedian and television host (d. 2005) José Freire Falcão, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2021) October 24 Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003) Al Feldstein, American artist and comic book creator (d. 2014) Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician (d. 2013) October 25 Aliya Moldagulova, Soviet soldier and sniper (d. 1944) John J. Snyder, American Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2019) October 27 Warren Christopher, American diplomat (d. 2011) Paul Fox, English television executive Jiro Ono, Japanese chef October 29 Dominick Dunne, American writer, investigative journalist and producer (d. 2009) Robert Hardy,