| 115531 | October 9 | Birth | 1922 – Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (d. 1997) |
| 115532 | October 9 | Birth | 1922 – Fyvush Finkel, American actor |
| 115533 | October 9 | Birth | 1922 – Olga Guillot, Cuban-American singer (d. 2010) |
| 115534 | October 9 | Birth | 1923 – Donald Sinden, English actor and singer (d. 2014) |
| 115535 | October 9 | Birth | 1924 – Immanuvel Devendrar, Indian soldier (d. 1957) |
| 115536 | October 9 | Birth | 1924 – Hachiro Kasuga, Japanese singer (d. 1991) |
| 115537 | October 9 | Birth | 1926 – Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (d. 2015) |
| 115538 | October 9 | Birth | 1927 – John Margetson, English scholar and diplomat, British Ambassador to the Netherlands |
| 115539 | October 9 | Birth | 1928 – Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer and educator |
| 115540 | October 9 | Birth | 1930 – Hank Lauricella, American football player, lieutenant, and politician (d. 2014) |
| 115541 | October 9 | Birth | 1931 – Antony Booth, English actor |
| 115542 | October 9 | Birth | 1931 – Homer Smith, American football player and coach (d. 2011) |
| 115543 | October 9 | Birth | 1932 – Robert McBain, English actor and photographer (d. 2004) |
| 115544 | October 9 | Birth | 1932 – Dvora Omer, Israeli author and educator (d. 2013) |
| 115545 | October 9 | Birth | 1933 – Peter Mansfield, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 115546 | October 9 | Birth | 1933 – Bill Tidy, English soldier and cartoonist |
| 115547 | October 9 | Birth | 1933 – Judy Tyler, American actress (d. 1957) |
| 115548 | October 9 | Birth | 1934 – Jill Ker Conway, Australian-American historian and author |
| 115549 | October 9 | Birth | 1934 – Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer |
| 115550 | October 9 | Birth | 1935 – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent |
| 115551 | October 9 | Birth | 1935 – Don McCullin, English photographer and journalist |
| 115552 | October 9 | Birth | 1936 – Brian Blessed, English actor and game show host |
| 115553 | October 9 | Birth | 1938 – Heinz Fischer, Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria |
| 115554 | October 9 | Birth | 1938 – John Sutherland, English journalist, author, and academic |
| 115555 | October 9 | Birth | 1939 – Nicholas Grimshaw, English architect and academic |
| 115556 | October 9 | Birth | 1939 – John Pilger, Australian-English journalist, director, and producer |
| 115557 | October 9 | Birth | 1939 – Stephen Sedley, English lawyer and judge |
| 115558 | October 9 | Birth | 1939 – O. V. Wright, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1980) |
| 115559 | October 9 | Birth | 1940 – Gordon J. Humphrey, American soldier, pilot, and politician |
| 115560 | October 9 | Birth | 1940 – John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Beatles, The Quarrymen, Plastic Ono Band, and The Dirty Mac) (d. 1980) |