LGBT Info:Birthdays/October

October


 * 1 – Klaus Wowereit (1953–), German politician and former Governing Mayor of Berlin
 * 2 – Annie Leibovitz (1949–), American portrait photographer
 * 3 – Erik Bruhn (1928-1986), Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author
 * 3 – Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), Italian actress
 * 3 – Gore Vidal (1925–2012), American author, essayist, and political activist
 * 4 – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942–), Icelandic politician, former Prime Minister of Iceland, world's first openly gay head of government
 * 5 – John Addington Symonds (1840–1893), English poet and literary critic
 * 6 – Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937), Polish composer and pianist
 * 7 – Dan Savage (1964–), American sex advice columnist
 * 8 – Kristanna Loken (1979–), American model and actress
 * 11 – Jerome Robbins (1918–1998), American theater producer, director, and choreographer
 * 11 – Matt Bomer (1977–), American actor
 * 13 – Ian Thorpe (1982-), Australian freestyle swimmer, five-time Olympic Gold Medalist (2000 & 2004)
 * 14 - Isaac Mizrahi (1961-), American fashion designer & TV presenter
 * 15 – Michel Foucault (1926–1984), French philosopher
 * 15 – Jenna Talackova, Canadian beauty pageant contestant, model and TV personality
 * 16 – Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish writer, poet, and aesthete
 * 17 – Montgomery Clift (1920–1966), American actor
 * 17 – Mark Gatiss (1966-), English actor, screenwriter and novelist
 * 17 – Ryan McGinley (1977–), American photographer
 * 18 – Brittney Griner (1990-), American basketball player
 * 18 – Martina Navratilova (1956–), American tennis player
 * 19 – George Nader (1921–2002), American actor
 * 19 – Robert Reed (1932-1992), American actor
 * 20 – Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891), French poet
 * 21 – William Dale Jennings (1917–2000), American LGBT rights activist, playwright, and author
 * 21 – Andrew Scott (1976-), Irish actor
 * 22 – Brian Boitano, American figure skater, 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist
 * 22 – Saffron Burrows (1972–), English actress
 * 22 – Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945), British poet and translator
 * 22 – Marc Shaiman (1959-), American film/TV/theatre composer, lyricist & arranger
 * 23 – Ireland Baldwin (1995–), American model
 * 23 – Lilyan Tashman (1896-1934), American actress
 * 24 – August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835), German poet
 * 25 – Claude Cahun (1894–1954), French artist, photographer, and writer
 * 25 – Chely Wright (1970–), American country singer-songwriter
 * 26 – Glen Murray (1957-), Canadian politician, world's first openly-gay mayor of a major city (Winnipeg, MB)
 * 27 – Katherine Bradley (1846–1914), English poet
 * 28 – Francis Bacon (1909–1992), Irish painter
 * 28 – Caitlyn Jenner (1949-), American TV personality & Olympic Gold Medalist in Decathlon (1976)
 * 28 – Frank Ocean (1987–), American singer-songwriter
 * 29 – Ann-Marie MacDonald (1958-), Canadian playwright, novelist, actress & broadcast journalist
 * 30 – Timothy Findley (1930-2002), Canadian novelist & playwright
 * 31 – Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972), American playwright, poet and novelist