The 294th day of the year, the 295th in a leap year
Born on 21 October
Every 21 October birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Libra, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LibraAir, cardinal, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- Opal, TourmalineThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Marigold, CosmosUsually taken today to mean warmth and order.
- Most common weekdays
- Friday and Wednesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 21 October in any year.
Which weekday 21 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 21 October falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Wednesday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Monday 15.
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How common a birthday 21 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,809 babies were born on 21 October in each year of the twenty, making it the 185th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 21 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred Nobel | 1833–1896 | Swedish chemist and inventor |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | 1949– | Prime Minister of Israel, (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present) |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | 1772–1834 | English poet, literary critic and philosopher |
| Kim Kardashian | 1980– | American media personality, businesswoman, model and actress |
| Alphonse de Lamartine | 1790–1869 | French author, poet and statesman |
| Ursula K. Le Guin | 1929–2018 | American fantasy and science fiction author |
| Carrie Fisher | 1956–2016 | American actress, writer and screenwriter |
| Nemanja Vidić | 1981– | Serbian association football player |
| Nikita Mikhalkov | 1945– | Russian film director, writer, producer and actor |
| Andre Geim | 1958– | Russian-born Dutch-British physicist |
| Hongwu Emperor | 1328–1398 | founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398 |
| Wolfgang Ketterle | 1957– | German physicist |
| Dizzy Gillespie | 1917–1993 | American jazz trumpeter |
| Doja Cat | 1995– | American singer and rapper |
| Celia Cruz | 1925–2003 | Cuban singer |
| Ken Watanabe | 1959– | Japanese actor |
| Tariq Ali | 1943– | British political activist, writer, and historian |
| Martin Gardner | 1914–2010 | American mathematics and science writer |
Died on 21 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | 1758–1805 | British admiral |
| Jack Kerouac | 1922–1969 | American writer |
| François Truffaut | 1932–1984 | French film director |
| Arthur Schnitzler | 1862–1931 | Austrian writer |
| Bobby Charlton | 1937–2023 | English association football player and manager |
| Charles VI of France | 1368–1422 | King of France from 1380 to 1422 |
| Anastas Mikoyan | 1895–1978 | Soviet revolutionary and statesman |
| Gough Whitlam | 1916–2014 | Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975 |
| Pietro Aretino | 1492–1556 | Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist, and blackmailer |
| Hans Asperger | 1906–1980 | Austrian pediatrician, medical theorist, and medical professor |
| George McGovern | 1922–2012 | American historian and politician |
| Elliott Smith | 1969–2003 | American musician |
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