page_title: 1966
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 1966 / Births / October
caption_attribution_description: English: Luke Perry speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.
context_page_description: 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1966th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 966th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1960s decade.
  In February, Luna 9 made the first controlled landing of a spacecraft on the Moon. The Cultural Revolution began in China in May.
context_section_description: October 1
  Scott Innes, American voice actor and singer
  George Weah, Liberian politician and football player
  October 2 – Rodney Anoa'i, Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. 2000)
  October 3 – Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, Israeli settler leader (d. 2000)
  October 5
  Sean M. Carroll, American  theoretical physicist
  Inessa Kravets, Ukrainian athlete
  October 6
  Niall Quinn, Irish footballer
  Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
  October 7 – Sherman Alexie, Native American author
  October 8
  Art Barr, American professional wrestler (d. 1994)
  Aaron Callaghan, Irish football club executive
  October 9 – David Cameron, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  October 10
  Bai Ling, Chinese actress
  Tony Adams, English footballer
  Elana Meyer, South African athlete
  October 11
  Luke Perry, American actor (d. 2019)
  Stephen Williams, British politician
  October 12 – Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish musician and author
  October 13 – José Ángel Llamas, Mexican actor
  October 14 – Savanna Samson, American porn star
  October 15
  Eric Benét, African-American singer-songwriter
  Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and coach
  October 16 – Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, American voice actress and director
  October 17 – Mark Gatiss, English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist
  October 18
  Angela Visser, Miss Universe 1989
  Dave Price, American journalist and weather forecaster
  Sam Sorbo, American actress and author
  October 19 – Jon Favreau, American actor and director
  October 20 – Stefan Raab, German entertainer, television host, comedian, and musician
  October 22 – Valeria Golino, Italian-Greek film and television actress
  October 24 – Roman Abramovich, UK-based Russian billionaire businessman
  October 25 – Wendel Clark, Canadian hockey player
  October 26 – Steve Valentine, Scottish actor
  October 27 – Matt Drudge, American conservative journalist
  October 28
  Steve Atwater, American football player
  Andy Richter, American actor, writer, comedian, and late night talk show announcer
  October 30 – Zoran Milanović, Croatian politician; Prime Minister (December 2011–January 2016)
  October 31
  Adam Horovitz, American rapper
  Koji Kanemoto, Japanese professional wrestler
  Mike O'Malley, American actor and playwright
caption: Luke Perry
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