page_title: 1947
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 1947 / Births / October
caption_attribution_description: English: BRIAN JOHNSON Live with AC/DC on November 23, 2008 in St. Paul, MN PHOTO BY MATT BECKER melodicrockconcerts@gmail.com
context_page_description: 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.
  It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
context_section_description: October 1
  Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner
  Stephen Collins, American actor
  Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (d. 2006)
  October 2 – Ward Churchill, American author, activist
  October 3
  Alain Mucchielli, French physician
  Fred DeLuca, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Subway (d. 2015)
  John Perry Barlow, American internet activist, writer, and lyricist (d. 2018)
  October 4 – Ann Widdecombe, British politician
  October 5 – Brian Johnson, English rock singer (AC/DC)
  October 6 – Gail Farrell, American singer
  October 7 – Pip Williams, British record producer
  October 8 – Stephen Shore, American photographer
  October 9 – France Gall, French singer (d. 2018)
  October 10 – Larry Lamb, British actor
  October 12 – George Lam, Hong Kong singer. actor
  October 13 – Sammy Hagar, American rock musician (Van Halen)
  October 14 – Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian-Russian professional wrestler (d. 2018)
  October 16
  Nicholas Day, British actor
  Bob Weir, American rock guitarist (Grateful Dead)
  October 17
  Simi Garewal, Indian actress, producer, director, and talk show host
  Gene Green, American politician
  Michael McKean, American actor, comedian (Laverne and Shirley)
  October 18
  James H. Fallon, American neuroscientist
  Job Cohen, Dutch politician
  October 19
  Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comics artist, illustrator
  Gunnar Staalesen, Norwegian author
  October 22 – Ed Welch, English TV music composer
  October 24 – Kevin Kline, American actor
  October 25 – Glenn Tipton, English rock guitarist
  October 26
  Hillary Clinton, American politician, First Lady, US Senator (D-Ny.), Secretary of State, and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate
  Ene Järvis, Estonian actress
  Trevor Joyce, Irish poet
  October 28 – Henri Michel, French football player and coach (d. 2018)
  October 29 – Richard Dreyfuss, American actor
  October 30 – Timothy B. Schmit, American musician
  October 31
  Carmen Alborch, Spanish feminist, writer and politician (d. 2018)
  Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium
caption: Brian Johnson
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