Famous People: October
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All Figures for October (586 results)
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Nobel Laureate in Physics (1983), Mathematical Astrophysicist & Discoverer of the Chandrasekhar Limit
Sudesh Lehri
Celebrated Indian Stand-Up Comedian, Actor & Star of "Comedy Circus" and "The Kapil Sharma Show"
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Supreme Bengali Novelist, Poet, President of Sahitya Akademi & Creator of Kakababu
Sunil Mittal
Global Telecom Pioneer, Founder & Chairman of Bharti Enterprises (Airtel) & Padma Bhushan
Sunny Deol
Bollywood Action Superstar, Two-Time National Film Award Winner & Cultural Icon
Swapna Barman
Heptathlete & Asian Games Champion
Swapnil Joshi
Celebrated Indian Actor, Star of Marathi Cinema & Television Icon Renowned for Portraying Lord Krishna and Kush
Sylvia Plath
Pulitzer Prize-Winning American Poet, Novelist & Pioneer of Confessional Poetry
Tariq Ali
British-Pakistani Public Intellectual, Historian, Novelist, Anti-War Activist & Editorial Board of NLR
Tarkan
World Music Award-Winning Turkish Pop Superstar, Singer-Songwriter & Cultural Icon
Tawsif Mahbub
Prominent Bangladeshi Television Actor, Model & Contemporary Drama Icon
Terry McMillan
Groundbreaking Bestselling African American Novelist & Screenwriter (*Waiting to Exhale*, *How Stella Got Her Groove Back*)
The Báb
Iranian Religious Reformer, Mystic Prophet, Founder of Bábism & Herald of the Baháʼí Faith
The Big Bopper
Pioneering American Rock and Roll Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist & Disc Jockey
Theodor von Oppolzer
Renowned Austrian Astronomer, Mathematician & Author of the Monumental "Canon of Eclipses"
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Laureate, Conservationist & Historian