Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 7 October

12 of the people we track were born on 7 October, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

  1. Vladimir Putin 1952Russian politician who served as President of Russialiving, 74
  2. Niels Bohr 1885Danish physicistdied aged 77
  3. Heinrich Himmler 1900German Holocaust perpetratordied aged 44
  4. Desmond Tutu 1931South African archbishopdied aged 90
  5. María Corina Machado 1967Venezuelan politicianliving, 59
  6. Diego Costa 1988Brazilian footballerliving, 38
  7. Henry A. Wallace 1888American politician who served as Vice President of the United Statesdied aged 77
  8. Thom Yorke 1968British musician and singerliving, 58
  9. Trent Alexander-Arnold 1998British footballerliving, 28
  10. Harry Kroto 1939British chemistdied aged 76
  11. Ulrike Meinhof 1934German journalist and writerdied aged 41
  12. Yo-Yo Ma 1955American cellistliving, 71