| 113491 | October 4 | Birth | 1927 – Wolf Kahn, American painter and academic |
| 113492 | October 4 | Birth | 1928 – Alvin Toffler, German-American journalist and author |
| 113493 | October 4 | Birth | 1928 – Torben Ulrich, Danish-American tennis player |
| 113494 | October 4 | Birth | 1929 – Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (d. 1968) |
| 113495 | October 4 | Birth | 1929 – John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004) |
| 113496 | October 4 | Birth | 1929 – Leroy Van Dyke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 113497 | October 4 | Birth | 1931 – Terence Conran, English designer and businessman |
| 113498 | October 4 | Birth | 1931 – Basil D'Oliveira, South African-English cricketer and footballer (d. 2011) |
| 113499 | October 4 | Birth | 1931 – Richard Rorty, American philosopher and author (d. 2007) |
| 113500 | October 4 | Birth | 1932 – Milan Chvostek, Canadian director and producer |
| 113501 | October 4 | Birth | 1933 – Ann Thwaite, English author |
| 113502 | October 4 | Birth | 1934 – Sam Huff, American football player, coach, and sportscaster |
| 113503 | October 4 | Birth | 1934 – Dimosthenis Sofianos, Greek journalist and poet |
| 113504 | October 4 | Birth | 1936 – Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer and manager |
| 113505 | October 4 | Birth | 1936 – Giles Radice, Baron Radice, English politician |
| 113506 | October 4 | Birth | 1937 – Jackie Collins, English-American author and actress (d. 2015) |
| 113507 | October 4 | Birth | 1937 – David Crocker, American philosopher and academic |
| 113508 | October 4 | Birth | 1937 – Gail Gilmore, Canadian-American actress and dancer (d. 2014) |
| 113509 | October 4 | Birth | 1937 – Jim Sillars, Scottish lawyer and politician |
| 113510 | October 4 | Birth | 1938 – Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 113511 | October 4 | Birth | 1938 – Norman D. Wilson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2004) |
| 113512 | October 4 | Birth | 1939 – Ivan Mauger, New Zealand motorcycle racer |
| 113513 | October 4 | Birth | 1940 – Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 113514 | October 4 | Birth | 1940 – Silvio Marzolini, Argentinian footballer and manager |
| 113515 | October 4 | Birth | 1940 – Steve Swallow, American bass player and composer |
| 113516 | October 4 | Birth | 1940 – Alberto Vilar, American businessman and philanthropist |
| 113517 | October 4 | Birth | 1941 – Roy Blount, Jr., American journalist and author |
| 113518 | October 4 | Birth | 1941 – Karen Cushman, American author |
| 113519 | October 4 | Birth | 1941 – Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian race car driver |
| 113520 | October 4 | Birth | 1941 – Anne Rice, American author |