- Oct 1 Keith Duffy, Irish pop singer (Boyzone), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Oct 5 Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists), born in Helena, Montana
- Oct 5 Heather Headley, Trinidadian singer, born in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago
- Oct 7 Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer, born in Hovmantorp, Sweden
- Oct 8 DJ Q-Ball [Harry Dean, Jr.], American musician and actor (Bloodhound Gang), born in Limerick, Pennsylvania
- Oct 11 Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 13 Hawick Lau, Hong Kong Chinese actor (Sealed with a Kiss) and singer, born in Hong Kong
Natalie Maines (49 years old)
Oct 14 American country musician (The Chicks, formerly known as Dixie Chicks), born in Lubbock, Texas
- Oct 14 Shaggy 2 Dope [Joseph Utsler], American rapper (Psychopathic Records), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Oct 16 Deo Grech, Maltese television presenter and songwriter, born in Kalkara, Malta
- Oct 17 Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboardist (HIM), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Oct 18 Peter Svensson, Swedish musician and songwriter (The Cardigans - "Lovefool"), born in Huskvarna, Sweden
- Oct 18 Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer ("Suzhou River"; "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress"), born in Quzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Oct 20 SubtractiveLAD [Stephen Hummel] Canadian electronic music composer and performer, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Oct 22 Tim Kinsella, American musician (Cap'n Jazz; Owls), and visual artist, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 25 Katja Endemann, German jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer, born in Munich, Germany
- Oct 26 Lisa [Elizabeth Sakura Narita], Japanese musician (M-Flo), born in Tokyo
- Oct 31 Natasja Saad, Danish hip hop and reggae artist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2007)
About October 1974
How Old? 49 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No
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