| 120781 | October 22 | Birth | 1917 – Joan Fontaine, Japanese-American actress and singer (d. 2013) |
| 120782 | October 22 | Birth | 1918 – Lou Klein, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976) |
| 120783 | October 22 | Birth | 1919 – Kathleen Ankers, English-American actress and set designer (d. 2001) |
| 120784 | October 22 | Birth | 1919 – Doris Lessing, Iranian-English author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) |
| 120785 | October 22 | Birth | 1920 – Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (d. 1996) |
| 120786 | October 22 | Birth | 1921 – Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981) |
| 120787 | October 22 | Birth | 1921 – Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1986) |
| 120788 | October 22 | Birth | 1921 – Harald Nugiseks, Estonian sergeant (d. 2014) |
| 120789 | October 22 | Birth | 1922 – Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 2001) |
| 120790 | October 22 | Birth | 1923 – Bert Trautmann, German footballer and manager (d. 2013) |
| 120791 | October 22 | Birth | 1924 – Blake Butler, English actor (d. 1981) |
| 120792 | October 22 | Birth | 1925 – Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 120793 | October 22 | Birth | 1925 – Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (d. 2008) |
| 120794 | October 22 | Birth | 1927 – Allan Hendrickse, South African minister and politician (d. 2005) |
| 120795 | October 22 | Birth | 1928 – Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 120796 | October 22 | Birth | 1929 – Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, English director and producer (d. 2015) |
| 120797 | October 22 | Birth | 1929 – Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012) |
| 120798 | October 22 | Birth | 1929 – Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (d. 1990) |
| 120799 | October 22 | Birth | 1931 – Ann Rule, American police officer and author (d. 2015) |
| 120800 | October 22 | Birth | 1933 – Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer and manager (d. 2007) |
| 120801 | October 22 | Birth | 1934 – Donald McIntyre, New Zealand opera singer |
| 120802 | October 22 | Birth | 1934 – Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (d. 1999) |
| 120803 | October 22 | Birth | 1936 – John Blashford-Snell, English soldier, author, and explorer |
| 120804 | October 22 | Birth | 1936 – Peter Cook, English architect and academic |
| 120805 | October 22 | Birth | 1936 – Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (d. 2014) |
| 120806 | October 22 | Birth | 1937 – Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (d. 1982) |
| 120807 | October 22 | Birth | 1938 – K. Indrapala, Sri Lankan historian and academic |
| 120808 | October 22 | Birth | 1938 – Derek Jacobi, English actor and director |
| 120809 | October 22 | Birth | 1938 – Christopher Lloyd, American actor and singer |
| 120810 | October 22 | Birth | 1938 – Timos Perlegas, Greek actor (d. 1993) |