The 280th day of the year, the 281st in a leap year
Born on 7 October
Every 7 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 7 October in any year.
Which weekday 7 October falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 7 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 7 October is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,874 babies were born on 7 October in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 42nd 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 7 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Putin | 1952– | President of the Russian Federation |
| Niels Bohr | 1885–1962 | Danish physicist |
| Heinrich Himmler | 1900–1945 | German Nazi politician, head of the SS and one of the main architects of the Holocaust |
| Desmond Tutu | 1931–2021 | South African Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid activist |
| María Corina Machado | 1967– | Venezuelan politician and activist |
| Diego Costa | 1988– | Brazilian association football player |
| Henry A. Wallace | 1888–1965 | American politician; Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945 |
| Thom Yorke | 1968– | English musician and singer for Radiohead |
| Trent Alexander-Arnold | 1998– | English association football player |
| Harry Kroto | 1939–2016 | British chemist |
| Ulrike Meinhof | 1934–1976 | German left-wing militant, journalist and author |
| Yo-Yo Ma | 1955– | American cellist |
| Charlotte Perrelli | 1974– | Swedish singer |
| Jermain Defoe | 1982– | English association football player |
| R. D. Laing | 1927–1989 | Scottish psychiatrist |
| Charles XIII | 1748–1818 | King of Sweden (1809-1818) and King of Norway (1814-1818) |
| Toni Braxton | 1967– | American singer |
| Dida | 1973– | Brazilian association football player |
Died on 7 October
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Edgar Allan Poe | 1809–1849 | American writer and literary critic |
| Anna Politkovskaya | 1958–2006 | Russian journalist |
| Pope Mark | died 336 | Pope in 336 |
| Mario Molina | 1943–2020 | Mexican chemical engineer |
| Guru Gobind Singh | 1666–1708 | tenth Sikh guru |
| Charles the Simple | 879–929 | King of West Francia |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. | 1809–1894 | American poet and physician |
| Norman Angell | 1872–1967 | English politician |
| Alfred Deakin | 1856–1919 | Australian politician |
| Niels Kaj Jerne | 1911–1994 | Danish immunologist |
| Ramiz Alia | 1925–2011 | First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1985 to 1991 |
| Emil Kraepelin | 1856–1926 | German psychiatrist |
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