page_title: 1931
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 1931 / Births / October
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context_page_description: 1931 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1931st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 931st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1930s decade.
context_section_description: October 2
  Jakob Schönenberger, Swiss banker, politician (d. 2018)
  Morris Cerullo, American Pentecostal evangelist (d. 2020)
  October 3 – Denise Scott Brown, American architect
  October 6 – Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born astrophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 2018)
  October 7
  Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball coach (d. 2004)
  Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, activist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
  October 13
  Raymond Kopa, French footballer (d. 2017)
  Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (d. 2001)
  October 15 – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, President of India (d. 2015)
  October 16
  Charles Colson, American politician, Watergate conspirator, later evangelist (d. 2012)
  Rosa Rosal, Filipino actress, humanitarian
  October 17 – José Alencar, Brazilian politician (d. 2011)
  October 19
  Rubens de Falco, Brazilian actor (d. 2008)
  John le Carré, English novelist
  Manolo Escobar, Spanish singer and actor (d. 2013)
  October 20
  Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (d. 1995)
  Zeke Bratkowski, American football player (d. 2019)
  October 21 – Shammi Kapoor, Indian film actor, director (d. 2011)
  October 22 – Ann Rule, American true-crime writer (d. 2015)
  October 23
  Jim Bunning, American baseball player, U.S. Senator (d. 2017)
  Diana Dors, English actress (d. 1984)
  October 24 – Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (d. 2014)
  October 25 – Jimmy McIlroy, Irish footballer and manager
  October 26 – Suhaila Noah, spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 2014)
  October 28 – Analía Gadé, Argentine actress (d. 2019)
  October 29 – Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor (d. 2015)
  October 30 – Dick Gautier, American actor (d. 2017)
  October 31
  Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian feminist
  Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 2019)
  Dan Rather, American television news reporter (CBS Evening News)
caption: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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