| 124291 | October 31 | Birth | 1848 – Boston Custer, American soldier (d. 1876) |
| 124292 | October 31 | Birth | 1851 – Louise of Sweden (d. 1926) |
| 124293 | October 31 | Birth | 1856 – Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (d. 1889) |
| 124294 | October 31 | Birth | 1860 – Juliette Gordon Low, American scout leader, founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (d. 1927) |
| 124295 | October 31 | Birth | 1868 – John Weir Troy, American journalist and politician, 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska (d. 1942) |
| 124296 | October 31 | Birth | 1875 – Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (d. 1954) |
| 124297 | October 31 | Birth | 1875 – Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1950) |
| 124298 | October 31 | Birth | 1876 – Natalie Clifford Barney, American poet and playwright (d. 1972) |
| 124299 | October 31 | Birth | 1879 – Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, and composer (d. 1941) |
| 124300 | October 31 | Birth | 1880 – Julia Peterkin, American author (d. 1961) |
| 124301 | October 31 | Birth | 1881 – Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (d. 1960) |
| 124302 | October 31 | Birth | 1883 – Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator (d. 1956) |
| 124303 | October 31 | Birth | 1887 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (d. 1975) |
| 124304 | October 31 | Birth | 1887 – Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player (d. 1970) |
| 124305 | October 31 | Birth | 1888 – Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet and author (d. 1944) |
| 124306 | October 31 | Birth | 1890 – Susie Gibson, American super-centenarian (d. 2006) |
| 124307 | October 31 | Birth | 1892 – Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player and author (d. 1946) |
| 124308 | October 31 | Birth | 1895 – Les Darcy, Australian boxer (d. 1917) |
| 124309 | October 31 | Birth | 1895 – B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist (d. 1970) |
| 124310 | October 31 | Birth | 1896 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977) |
| 124311 | October 31 | Birth | 1897 – Delma Kollar, American super-centenarian (d. 2012) |
| 124312 | October 31 | Birth | 1902 – Abraham Wald, Romanian mathematician and economist (d. 1950) |
| 124313 | October 31 | Birth | 1908 – Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist (d. 2009) |
| 124314 | October 31 | Birth | 1912 – Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001) |
| 124315 | October 31 | Birth | 1912 – Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (d. 2008) |
| 124316 | October 31 | Birth | 1914 – Joe Carcione, American activist and author (d. 1988) |
| 124317 | October 31 | Birth | 1914 – John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer (d. 1995) |
| 124318 | October 31 | Birth | 1915 – Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer (d. 2010) |
| 124319 | October 31 | Birth | 1916 – Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (d. 2012) |
| 124320 | October 31 | Birth | 1917 – William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian, author, and academic |