Notable Birthdays for October 21
Published in History & Quotes
- Swedish chemist/industrialist Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prize, in 1833
- jazz trumpeter John Dizzy Gillespie in 1917
- singer Celia Cruz in 1925
- baseball Hall of Fame member Whitey Ford in 1928
- author Ursula K. Le Guin in 1929
- rock musician Manfred Mann in 1940 (age 84)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Steve Cropper in 1941 (age 83)
- Judith Judge Judy Sheindlin in 1942 (age 82)
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 1949 (age 75)
- American astronaut Ronald McNair in 1950
- actor/author Carrie Fisher in 1956
- actor Ken Watanabe in 1959 (age 65)
- Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, prime minister and crown prince of Bahrain, in 1969 (age 55)
- actor Andrew Scott in 1976 (age 48)
- TV personality Kim Kardashian in 1980 (age 44)
- actor Matt Dallas
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