| 112771 | October 2 | Birth | 1946 – Eric Peterson, Canadian actor |
| 112772 | October 2 | Birth | 1946 – Jo-El Sonnier, American singer-songwriter and accordion player |
| 112773 | October 2 | Birth | 1947 – Paul Jackson, English director and producer |
| 112774 | October 2 | Birth | 1948 – Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager |
| 112775 | October 2 | Birth | 1948 – Avery Brooks, American actor and director |
| 112776 | October 2 | Birth | 1948 – Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY |
| 112777 | October 2 | Birth | 1948 – Siim Kallas, Estonian soldier and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Estonia |
| 112778 | October 2 | Birth | 1948 – Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (d. 1998) |
| 112779 | October 2 | Birth | 1948 – Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter and sculptor (d. 2005) |
| 112780 | October 2 | Birth | 1949 – Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Television, Neon Boys, The Heartbreakers, and Dim Stars) |
| 112781 | October 2 | Birth | 1949 – Annie Leibovitz, American photographer |
| 112782 | October 2 | Birth | 1950 – Ian McNeice, English actor |
| 112783 | October 2 | Birth | 1950 – Mike Rutherford, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Genesis and Mike + The Mechanics) |
| 112784 | October 2 | Birth | 1951 – Sting, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (The Police) |
| 112785 | October 2 | Birth | 1951 – Romina Power, American-Italian singer and actress |
| 112786 | October 2 | Birth | 1952 – Robin Riker, American actress and author |
| 112787 | October 2 | Birth | 1952 – Jan Švejnar, Czech-American economist and politician |
| 112788 | October 2 | Birth | 1952 – Wahed Wafa, Afghan-American singer |
| 112789 | October 2 | Birth | 1953 – Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American singer |
| 112790 | October 2 | Birth | 1953 – Muhammad Abdul Bari, Bangladeshi-English physicist and academic |
| 112791 | October 2 | Birth | 1953 – Lisa St Aubin de Terán, English author |
| 112792 | October 2 | Birth | 1954 – Lorraine Bracco, American actress and producer |
| 112793 | October 2 | Birth | 1955 – Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Human League) |
| 112794 | October 2 | Birth | 1955 – Nancy Rothwell, English physiologist and academic |
| 112795 | October 2 | Birth | 1956 – Charlie Adler, American voice actor and director |
| 112796 | October 2 | Birth | 1956 – Peter Bruce, Scottish chemist and academic |
| 112797 | October 2 | Birth | 1956 – Freddie Jackson, American singer and pianist |
| 112798 | October 2 | Birth | 1956 – Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Russian-German cosmologist and physicist |
| 112799 | October 2 | Birth | 1957 – John Cook, American golfer |
| 112800 | October 2 | Birth | 1957 – Wade Dooley, English rugby player and police officer |