October 7 is the
280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 85 days remain until the end of the year.
Events Pre-1600
1832 – Ann Jarvis, American activist, cofounded Mother's Day (died 1905)
1836 – Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian politician, President of Peru (died 1894)
1852 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, conductor, and educator (died 1924)
1861 – William Wrigley Jr., American businessman, founded Wrigley Company (died 1932)
1863 – Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (died 1928)
1870 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (died 1948)
1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1942)
1882 – Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic (died 1945)
1883 – Bernhard Rust, German educator and politician (died 1945)
1883 – Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist (died 1971)
1887 – Lil Dagover, Indonesian- German actress (died 1980)
1893 – Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 1964)
1895 – Lewis Milestone, Moldovan-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1980)
1897 – Alfred Wintle, Russian-English soldier and politician (died 1966)
1897 – Charlotte Wolff, German-English physician and psychotherapist (died 1986)
1898 – Renée Adorée, French-American actress (died 1933)
1898 – Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (died 1977)
1898 – Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, German-American author and illustrator (died 1986)
1901–present
1901 – Thelma Terry, American bassist and bandleader (died 1966)
1904 – Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (died 1971)
1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
1905 – Michael Powell, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1990)
1906 – Mireille Hartuch, French singersongwriter and actress (died 1996)
1908 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 1974)
1910 – Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain (died 1962)
1911 – Gustave Gilbert, American psychologist (died 1977)
1912 – Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (died 1985)
1913 – Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer (died 1975)
1915 – Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (died 2003)
1917 – Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (died 2014)
1917 – Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (died 1987)
1918 – Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (died 1995)
1918 – René Rémond, French historian and economist (died 2007)
1919 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (died 1992)
1919 – Elizabeth Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (died 2008)
1919 – William L. Guy, American lieutenant and politician,
26th Governor of North Dakota (died 2013)
1919 – Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (died 2012)
1921 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish-English actress (died 2007)[32]
1921 – Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator (died 2018)
1922 – Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (died 2010)
1922 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006)
1923 – Donald Swann, Welsh-English pianist and composer (died 1994)
1924 – Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1984)[32]
1925 – Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer and scientist in the former Soviet space program (died 1998)
1926 – Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (died 2012)
1926 – Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2010)
1927 – W. S. Merwin, American poet and translator (died 2019)
1928 – Elie Wiesel, Romanian- American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)[32]
1928 – Ray Willsey, Canadian- American football player and coach (died 2013)
1929 – Carol Fenner, American author and illustrator (died 2002)
1929 – Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist and academic (died 2022)[33]
1929 – Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino politician, diplomat and writer (died 2017)
1929 – Dorothee Sölle, German theologian and author (died 2003)
1931 – Angie Dickinson, American actress[34]
1931 – Teresa Gorman, English educator and politician (died 2015)
1932 – Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author, playwright, and politician, Governor of Tokyo (died 2022)
1932 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (died 2008)
1933 – Cissy Houston, American singer[34] (died 2024)[35]
1934 – Alan A'Court, English footballer and manager (died 2009)
1934 – Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singersongwriter and pianist (died 2014)
1934 – Anna Kashfi, Indian-American actress (died 2015)
1935 – Johnny Mathis, American singer and actor[34] 1936 – Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China (died 2024)[36]
1936 – Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (died 1976)
1937 – Jurek Becker, Polish-German author (died 1997)
1937 – Valentyn Sylvestrov, Ukrainian pianist and composer
1937 – Gary Hocking, Rhodesian motorcycle racer (died 1962)
1938 – Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and educator (died 2012)
1939 – Len Cariou, Canadian actor[34]
1939 – Anthony Green, English painter and academic (died 2023)
1939 – Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 – Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (died 2015)
1940 – Harry Jerome, Canadian sprinter (died 1982)
1940 – Dewey Martin, Canadian- American drummer (died 2009)
1941 – Samuel F. Pickering Jr., American author and educator
1941 – Kamalesh Sharma, Indian academic and diplomat, 5th Commonwealth Secretary General
1941 – Reine Wisell, Swedish race car driver (died 2022)
1942 – Gus Dudgeon, English record producer (died 2002)
1942 – Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (died 1968)
1943 – Johann Deisenhofer, German-American biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943 – Marilyn McCoo, American singer[34]
1943 – Philip Moore, English organist and composer
1943 – Ian Ogilvy, English- American actor, playwright, and author
1944 – Diane Dufresne, Canadian singer and painter
1944 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (died 2006)
1944 – Red Robbins, American basketball player (died 2009)
1945 – Richard Edwin Hills, English astronomer and academic (died 2022)
1945 – Ehud Olmert, Israeli lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Israel
1946 – Fran Brill, American actress, singer, and puppeteer
1946 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
1946 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (died 1993)
1946 – Jochen Mass, German race car driver (died 2025)
1946 – Paul Sheahan, Australian cricketer and educator
1946 – Claude Vorilhon, French journalist, founded Raëlism
1947 – Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
1947 – Rula Lenska, English actress
1948 – Craig Kusick, American baseball player and coach (died 2006)
1949 – Michel Tognini, French pilot, engineer, military officer and astronaut[37]