page_title: 1930
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 1930 / Births / October
caption_attribution_description: U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger meets with President Mobutu of Zaire in his Pentagon office, Room 3E880.
context_page_description: 1930 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1930th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 930th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1930s decade.
context_section_description: October 1
  Richard Harris, Irish actor, singer (d. 2002)
  Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
  October 2 – Dave Barrett, Canadian politician (d. 2018)
  October 4 – Andrej Marinc, Slovenian politician
  October 5
  Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2009)
  Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
  October 6
  Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
  Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and commentator (d. 2015)
  October 8 – Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (d. 1996)
  October 10
  Yves Chauvin, Belgian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
  Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
  October 14
  Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (d. 2006)
  Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1997)
  October 17 – Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (d. 2003)
  October 18 – Frank Carlucci, American politician (d. 2018)
  October 19
  Ron Joyce, Canadian businessman (d. 2019)
  Jody Lawrance, American actress (d. 1986)
  October 20 – Leila Seth, Indian judge (d. 2017)
  October 24
  Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2019)
  The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson), American singer (d. 1959)
  October 27 – Francisca Aguirre, Spanish poet (d. 2019)
  October 28 – Bernie Ecclestone, English motor racing tycoon
  October 29
  Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer
  Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (d. 2002)
  October 30
  Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1956)
  Timothy Findley, Canadian author (d. 2002)
  October 31 – Michael Collins, American astronaut
caption: Mobutu Sese Seko
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