October 24

Pre-1600

 * AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.
 * 1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.
 * 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.
 * 1360 – The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.
 * 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.

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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 1889 – Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
 * 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.
 * 1900 – U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million.

1901–present

 * 1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
 * 1902 – Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
 * 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.
 * 1918 – World War I: Italian victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.
 * 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.
 * 2018 – The world’s longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.

Pre-1600

 * AD 51 – Domitian, Roman emperor (d. 96)
 * 1378 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402)
 * 1503 – Isabella of Portugal (d. 1539)
 * 1561 – Anthony Babington, English conspirator (Babington Plot) (d. 1586)

1601–1900

 * 1632 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (d. 1723)
 * 1637 – Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher (d. 1712)
 * 1650 – Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist (d. 1704)
 * 1675 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1749)
 * 1713 – Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (d. 1794)
 * 1763 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (d. 1839)
 * 1784 – Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (d. 1885)
 * 1788 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (d. 1879)
 * 1798 – Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (d. 1866)
 * 1804 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (d. 1891)
 * 1811 – Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (d. 1885)
 * 1811  – Georg August Wallin, Finnish explorer, orientalist, and professor (d. 1852)
 * 1830 – Marianne North, English biologist and painter (d. 1890)
 * 1838 – Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (d. 1921)
 * 1854 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (d. 1907)
 * 1855 – James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
 * 1857 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
 * 1868 – Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (d. 1969)
 * 1872 – Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (d. 1957)
 * 1873 – E. T. Whittaker, British mathematician and physicist (d. 1956)
 * 1875 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1958)
 * 1876 – Saya San, Burmese monk and activist (d. 1931)
 * 1879 – B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (d. 1956)
 * 1882 – Sybil Thorndike, English actress (d. 1976)
 * 1884 – Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (d. 1944)
 * 1885 – Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet (d. 1969)
 * 1887 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (d. 1969)
 * 1887  – Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (d. 1917)
 * 1891 – Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961)
 * 1891  – Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (d. 1985)
 * 1894 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
 * 1895 – Jack Warner, English actor and singer (d. 1981)
 * 1896 – Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman (d. 1994)
 * 1898 – Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (d. 1974)
 * 1899 – Teikō Shiotani, Japanese photographer (d. 1988)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1959)
 * 1903 – Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960)
 * 1904 – Moss Hart, American director and playwright (d. 1961)
 * 1904  – A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932)
 * 1905 – Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (d. 1988)
 * 1906 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1968)
 * 1907 – Patricia Griffin, Montserratian nurse and social worker (d. 1986)
 * 1908 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
 * 1909 – Bill Carr, American runner (d. 1966)
 * 1909  – Thomas F. Connolly, American admiral (d. 1996)
 * 1910 – Stella Brooks, American singer (d. 2002)
 * 1910  – Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (d. 1998)
 * 1910  – Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (d. 1984)
 * 1910  – James K. Woolnough, American general (d. 1996)
 * 1910  – Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (d. 1982)
 * 1911 – Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (d. 1993)
 * 1911  – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986)
 * 1912 – Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (d. 1992)
 * 1912  – Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (d. 2004)
 * 1912  – Murray Golden, American television director (d. 1991)
 * 1913 – Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (d. 1984)
 * 1914 – Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (d. 1992)
 * 1914  – František Čapek, Czechoslovakian canoeist (d. 2008)
 * 1914  – Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (d. 2012)
 * 1915 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
 * 1915  – Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (d. 1988)
 * 1916 – Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (d. 2011)
 * 1917 – Marie Foster, American activist (d. 2003)
 * 1918 – Doreen Tovey, English author (d. 2008)
 * 1919 – Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (d. 2008)
 * 1920 – Steve Conway, British singer (d. 1952)
 * 1920  – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
 * 1921 – Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (d. 2005)
 * 1921  – R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (d. 2015)
 * 1922 – George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (d. 2014)
 * 1923 – Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (d. 2000)
 * 1923  – Denise Levertov, British-born American poet  (d. 1997)
 * 1924 – John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (d. 2008)
 * 1924  – Mary Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
 * 1924  – Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (d. 2018)
 * 1925 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (d. 2003)
 * 1925  – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
 * 1925  – Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
 * 1925  – Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
 * 1925  – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (d. 2013)
 * 1925  – Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (d. 2014)
 * 1926 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
 * 1926  – Y. A. Tittle, American football player (d. 2017)
 * 1927 – Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2001)
 * 1927  – Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (d. 1992)
 * 1927  – Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (d. 2013)
 * 1928 – George Bullard, American baseball player (d. 2002)
 * 1929 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (d. 1977)
 * 1929  – George Crumb, American composer and educator (d. 2022)
 * 1929  – Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (d. 2012)
 * 1929  – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (d. 2004)
 * 1929  – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (d. 2013)
 * 1930 – Jack Angel, American voice actor (d. 2021)
 * 1930  – The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
 * 1930  – Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright (d. 2019)
 * 1930  – Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician (d. 2024)
 * 1930  – James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (d. 1969)
 * 1930  – Ahmad Shah of Pahang (d. 2019)
 * 1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer
 * 1931  – Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (d. 2014)
 * 1932 – Stephen Covey, American author and educator (d. 2012)
 * 1932  – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
 * 1932  – Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008)
 * 1932  – Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)
 * 1933 – Reginald Kray, English gangster (d. 2000)
 * 1933  – Ronald Kray, English gangster (d. 1995)
 * 1933  – Norman Rush, American author and educator
 * 1934 – John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
 * 1934  – Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
 * 1934  – Margie Masters, Australian golfer (d. 2022)
 * 1934  – Sammy Petrillo, American actor (d. 2009)
 * 1934  – Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
 * 1935 – Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
 * 1935  – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (d. 2013)
 * 1935  – Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
 * 1936 – Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter (d. 2022)
 * 1936  – Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
 * 1936  – David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2011)
 * 1936  – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
 * 1937 – Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator (d. 2016)
 * 1937  – Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter
 * 1937  – John Goetz, American baseball player (d. 2008)
 * 1937  – Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
 * 1937  – M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic
 * 1937  – Petar Stipetić, Croatian general (d. 2018)
 * 1938 – Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
 * 1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor
 * 1940 – Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
 * 1940  – Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (d. 2012)
 * 1940  – David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
 * 1940  – Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (d. 2015)
 * 1941 – William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (d. 2004)
 * 1941  – Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop (d. 2020)
 * 1941  – Merle Woo, Asian American activist
 * 1942 – Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic
 * 1942  – Maggie Blye, American actress (d. 2016)
 * 1942  – Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author (d. 2017)
 * 1942  – Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (d. 2004)
 * 1942  – Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
 * 1943 – Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
 * 1943  – Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (d. 1994)
 * 1944 – Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
 * 1944  – Bettye Swann,  American singer-songwriter
 * 1945 – Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
 * 1946 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (d. 1993)
 * 1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
 * 1948 – Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player (d. 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 (d. 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
 * 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
 * 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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
 * 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
 * 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  – 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 (d. 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
 * 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 (d. 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
 * 1987  – Chris Hogan, American football player
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 1993 – R. J. Hunter, American basketball player
 * 1994 – Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
 * 1994  – Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
 * 1994  – Jalen Ramsey, American football player
 * 1995 – Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
 * 1995  – Ashton Sanders, American actor
 * 1996 – Jaylen Brown, American basketball player
 * 1996  – Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player
 * 1996  – Océane Dodin, French tennis player
 * 1996  – Garrison Mathews, American basketball player
 * 1996  – Kyla Ross, American gymnast
 * 1997 – Bron Breakker, American wrestler
 * 1997  – Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
 * 1998 – Daya, American singer
 * 1999 – Amon-Ra St. Brown, American football player

Pre-1600

 * 935 – Li Yu, Chinese official and chancellor
 * 996 – Hugh Capet, French king
 * 1152 – Jocelin of Soissons, French theologian, philosopher and composer
 * 1168 – William IV, French nobleman
 * 1260 – Qutuz, Egyptian sultan
 * 1375 – Valdemar IV, Danish king (b. 1320)
 * 1537 – Jane Seymour, English queen and wife of Henry VIII of England (b. c. 1508)
 * 1572 – Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1508)

1601–1900

 * 1601 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (b. 1546)
 * 1633 – Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (b. 1562/3)
 * 1642 – Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English peer and courtier (b. 1582)
 * 1655 – Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1592)
 * 1669 – William Prynne, English lawyer and author (b. 1600)
 * 1672 – John Webb, English architect and scholar (b. 1611)
 * 1725 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1660)
 * 1799 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1739)
 * 1821 – Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
 * 1824 – Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
 * 1852 – Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
 * 1875 – Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
 * 1898 – Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)

1901–present

 * 1915 – Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
 * 1917 – James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
 * 1922 – George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
 * 1935 – Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
 * 1937 – Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
 * 1938 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
 * 1943 – Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
 * 1944 – Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
 * 1945 – Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
 * 1948 – Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
 * 1948  – Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
 * 1949 – Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
 * 1958 – G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)
 * 1960 – Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)
 * 1964 – Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)
 * 1965 – Hans Meerwein, German chemist (b. 1879)
 * 1966 – Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
 * 1969 – Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (b. 1908)
 * 1970 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (b. 1916)
 * 1971 – Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)
 * 1971  – Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1936)
 * 1971  – Chuck Hughes, NFL player died during a game (b. 1943)
 * 1972 – Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
 * 1972  – Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1892)
 * 1974 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)
 * 1975 – İsmail Erez, Turkish lawyer and diplomat, Turkish Ambassador to France (b. 1919)
 * 1975  – Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian, author, and academic (b. 1888)
 * 1979 – Carlo Abarth, Italian automobile designer and founded of Abarth (b. 1908)
 * 1983 – Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer and educator (b. 1910)
 * 1985 – Richie Evans, American race car driver (b. 1941)
 * 1985  – Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (b. 1905)
 * 1989 – Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
 * 1991 – Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (b. 1921)
 * 1991  – Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
 * 1992 – Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer  (b. 1944)
 * 1993 – Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (b. 1930)
 * 1994 – Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician and author (b. 1930)
 * 1994  – Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (b. 1940)
 * 1997 – Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (b. 1926)
 * 1999 – Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (b. 1910)
 * 2001 – Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (b. 1919)
 * 2001  – Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (b. 1937)
 * 2001  – Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
 * 2002 – Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
 * 2002  – Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (b. 1969)
 * 2002  – Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (b. 1912)
 * 2002  – Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
 * 2004 – Randy Dorton, American engineer (b. 1954)
 * 2004  – Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1980)
 * 2004  – James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (b. 1920)
 * 2004  – Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (b. 1941)
 * 2005 – Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (b. 1932)
 * 2005  – José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
 * 2005  – Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (b. 1928)
 * 2005  – Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar (b. 1923)
 * 2005  – Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (b. 1913)
 * 2005  – Robert Sloman, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
 * 2006 – Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (b. 1904)
 * 2006  – William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1909)
 * 2007 – Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (b. 1929)
 * 2007  – Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (b. 1928)
 * 2007  – Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (b. 1981)
 * 2007  – Anne Weale, English journalist and author (b. 1929)
 * 2008 – Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (b. 1943)
 * 2010 – Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
 * 2010  – Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
 * 2010  – Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (b. 1912)
 * 2011 – Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (b. 1967)
 * 2011  – John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (b. 1927)
 * 2012 – Peggy Ahern, American actress (b. 1917)
 * 2012  – Anita Björk, Swedish actress (b. 1923)
 * 2012  – Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1957)
 * 2012  – Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
 * 2012  – Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (b. 1918)
 * 2013 – Antonia Bird, English director and producer (b. 1951)
 * 2013  – Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (b. 1993)
 * 2013  – Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (b. 1934)
 * 2013  – Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
 * 2014 – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (b. 1980)
 * 2014  – S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
 * 2014  – Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
 * 2015 – Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (b. 1923)
 * 2015  – Alvin Bronstein, American lawyer and academic (b. 1928)
 * 2015  – Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (b. 1960)
 * 2015  – Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (b. 1924)
 * 2015  – Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (b. 1920)
 * 2016 – Bobby Vee, American pop singer (b. 1943)
 * 2016  – Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, former president (2000-2005) (b. 1927)
 * 2017 – Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
 * 2017  – Robert Guillaume, American actor (b. 1927)
 * 2017  – Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (b. 1929)
 * 2018 – Tony Joe White, American singer/songwriter (b. 1943)
 * 2021 – James Michael Tyler, American actor (b. 1962)
 * 2022 – Leslie Jordan, American actor, writer, and singer (b. 1955)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast day:
 * Anthony Mary Claret
 * Eberigisil (Evergitus)
 * Five Martyrs of Carthage (Felix and Companions)
 * Luigi Guanella
 * Magloire of Dol
 * Martin of Vertou
 * Proclus of Constantinople
 * Rafael Guízar y Valencia
 * Senoch
 * October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Day of Special Forces of the Armed Forces (Russia)
 * Food Day (United States)
 * Independence Day (Zambia)
 * International Day of Diplomats
 * Suez Day (Egypt)
 * United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International)
 * World Development Information Day
 * World Polio Day