| 121561 | October 24 | Birth | 1934 – Peter Behn, American voice actor |
| 121562 | October 24 | Birth | 1934 – John G. Cramer, American physicist and author |
| 121563 | October 24 | Birth | 1934 – Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 121564 | October 24 | Birth | 1934 – Jean-Baptiste Gourion, Algerian-French bishop (d. 2005) |
| 121565 | October 24 | Birth | 1934 – Sammy Petrillo, American actor (d. 2009) |
| 121566 | October 24 | Birth | 1934 – Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter |
| 121567 | October 24 | Birth | 1935 – Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator |
| 121568 | October 24 | Birth | 1935 – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (d. 2013) |
| 121569 | October 24 | Birth | 1935 – Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author |
| 121570 | October 24 | Birth | 1936 – Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter |
| 121571 | October 24 | Birth | 1936 – Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013) |
| 121572 | October 24 | Birth | 1936 – David Nelson, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2011) |
| 121573 | October 24 | Birth | 1936 – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Rolling Stones and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings) |
| 121574 | October 24 | Birth | 1937 – Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator |
| 121575 | October 24 | Birth | 1937 – Barry Davies, English journalist and sportscaster |
| 121576 | October 24 | Birth | 1937 – John Goetz, American baseball player (d. 2008) |
| 121577 | October 24 | Birth | 1937 – Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic |
| 121578 | October 24 | Birth | 1937 – M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic |
| 121579 | October 24 | Birth | 1937 – Petar Stipetić, Croatian general |
| 121580 | October 24 | Birth | 1938 – Michael Graydon, English air marshal |
| 121581 | October 24 | Birth | 1938 – Odean Pope, American saxophonist (Catalyst) |
| 121582 | October 24 | Birth | 1938 – Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (d. 2013) |
| 121583 | October 24 | Birth | 1939 – John Adye, English intelligence officer |
| 121584 | October 24 | Birth | 1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor |
| 121585 | October 24 | Birth | 1940 – Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer |
| 121586 | October 24 | Birth | 1940 – Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (d. 2012) |
| 121587 | October 24 | Birth | 1940 – David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic |
| 121588 | October 24 | Birth | 1941 – William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (d. 2004) |
| 121589 | October 24 | Birth | 1941 – Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop |
| 121590 | October 24 | Birth | 1942 – Ruthann Aron, American politician |