- Oct 1 Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer, filmmaker and novelist, born in Florence, Italy (d. 2021)
- Oct 12 Raoul Pleskow, Austrian-American composer, born in Vienna, Austria
- Oct 14 Duško Gojković, Serbian trumpeter (Balkan Blue), born in Jajce, Bosnia
- Oct 14 Nikhil Banerjee, Indian classical musician, born in Calcutta, India (d. 1986)
- Oct 14 Rafael Puyana, Colombian baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957), born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 2013)
- Oct 15 (Lionel) Frederick "Freddy" Cole, American jazz singer and pianist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020) [1]
- Oct 19 László Kalmár, Hungarian composer (Triangles), born in Budapest (d. 1995)
- Oct 20 Jules Eskin, American cellist (Boston Symphony, 1964-2016), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
- Oct 22 Hikaru Hayashi, Japanese pianist, conductor and American (Onibaba), born in Tokyo (d. 2012)
- Oct 23 Diana Dors [Fluck], British actress and singer (Berserk!, Steaming), born in Swindon, Wiltshire (d. 1984)
- Oct 24 Sofia Gubaidulina, Tatar-Russian composer (Stimmen Verstummen), born in Chistopol, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
- Oct 31 David Lumsdaine, Australian composer (Annotations of Auschwitz), born in Sydney, Australia
About October 1931
How Old? 92 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep
Star Signs: Libra (Sep 23 - Oct 22), Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21)
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