| 115081 | October 8 | Birth | 1922 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2007) |
| 115082 | October 8 | Birth | 1922 – Herbert B. Leonard, American production manager and producer (d. 2006) |
| 115083 | October 8 | Birth | 1924 – Alphons Egli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th President of the Swiss Confederation |
| 115084 | October 8 | Birth | 1924 – Aloísio Lorscheider, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2007) |
| 115085 | October 8 | Birth | 1924 – Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (d. 2006) |
| 115086 | October 8 | Birth | 1924 – John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (d. 2010) |
| 115087 | October 8 | Birth | 1926 – Raaj Kumar, Pakistani-Indian police officer and actor (d. 1996) |
| 115088 | October 8 | Birth | 1926 – Álvaro Magaña, Salvadoran economist and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2001) |
| 115089 | October 8 | Birth | 1927 – Jim Elliot, American missionary and translator (d. 1956) |
| 115090 | October 8 | Birth | 1927 – César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) |
| 115091 | October 8 | Birth | 1928 – Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2001) |
| 115092 | October 8 | Birth | 1928 – M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader |
| 115093 | October 8 | Birth | 1928 – Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer |
| 115094 | October 8 | Birth | 1928 – Bill Maynard, English actor |
| 115095 | October 8 | Birth | 1929 – Betty Boothroyd, English academic and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons |
| 115096 | October 8 | Birth | 1930 – Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra) (d. 1986) |
| 115097 | October 8 | Birth | 1930 – Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (d. 2013) |
| 115098 | October 8 | Birth | 1930 – Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist |
| 115099 | October 8 | Birth | 1930 – Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and theorist (d. 1996) |
| 115100 | October 8 | Birth | 1931 – Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer (d. 2004) |
| 115101 | October 8 | Birth | 1932 – Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer |
| 115102 | October 8 | Birth | 1934 – Kader Asmal, South African academic and politician (d. 2011) |
| 115103 | October 8 | Birth | 1934 – Gerry Hitchens, English footballer and manager (d. 1983) |
| 115104 | October 8 | Birth | 1934 – James Holshouser, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2013) |
| 115105 | October 8 | Birth | 1935 – Albert Roux, French-English chef |
| 115106 | October 8 | Birth | 1936 – Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman |
| 115107 | October 8 | Birth | 1937 – Merle Park, Zimbabwean-English ballerina and educator |
| 115108 | October 8 | Birth | 1937 – Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (d. 2014) |
| 115109 | October 8 | Birth | 1938 – William Corlett, English author and playwright (d. 2005) |
| 115110 | October 8 | Birth | 1938 – Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author |