| 121531 | October 24 | Birth | 1925 – Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1985) |
| 121532 | October 24 | Birth | 1925 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (d. 2013) |
| 121533 | October 24 | Birth | 1925 – Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (d. 2014) |
| 121534 | October 24 | Birth | 1926 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 121535 | October 24 | Birth | 1926 – Y. A. Tittle, American football player |
| 121536 | October 24 | Birth | 1927 – Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2001) |
| 121537 | October 24 | Birth | 1927 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (d. 1992) |
| 121538 | October 24 | Birth | 1927 – Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (d. 2013) |
| 121539 | October 24 | Birth | 1928 – George Bullard, American baseball player (d. 2002) |
| 121540 | October 24 | Birth | 1929 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (d. 1977) |
| 121541 | October 24 | Birth | 1929 – Jim Brosnan, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2014) |
| 121542 | October 24 | Birth | 1929 – George Crumb, American composer and educator |
| 121543 | October 24 | Birth | 1929 – Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (d. 2012) |
| 121544 | October 24 | Birth | 1929 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (d. 2004) |
| 121545 | October 24 | Birth | 1929 – Gustav Ranis, American economist and academic (d. 2013) |
| 121546 | October 24 | Birth | 1929 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (d. 2013) |
| 121547 | October 24 | Birth | 1930 – Jack Angel, American voice actor |
| 121548 | October 24 | Birth | 1930 – The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959) |
| 121549 | October 24 | Birth | 1930 – Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright |
| 121550 | October 24 | Birth | 1930 – Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician |
| 121551 | October 24 | Birth | 1930 – Ahmad Shah of Pahang |
| 121552 | October 24 | Birth | 1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer |
| 121553 | October 24 | Birth | 1931 – Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (d. 2014) |
| 121554 | October 24 | Birth | 1932 – Stephen Covey, American author and educator (d. 2012) |
| 121555 | October 24 | Birth | 1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007) |
| 121556 | October 24 | Birth | 1932 – Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008) |
| 121557 | October 24 | Birth | 1932 – Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 121558 | October 24 | Birth | 1933 – Reginald Kray, English gangster (d. 2000) |
| 121559 | October 24 | Birth | 1933 – Ronald Kray, English gangster (d. 1995) |
| 121560 | October 24 | Birth | 1933 – Norman Rush, American author and educator |