Compared per date, so a 31-day month has no advantage over February. October averages 45.0 notable people and 1.10 billionaires per date, ranking #7 and #4 of 12 respectively, with $516B of combined reported wealth (#3 of 12). See the full month table.
William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
Born October 28. Reported estimate as of 2019; not a live figure.
Who is born in October
Fields across the month
Share of the 1,396 people we list, by documented field.
Authors27% (374 people)
Actors24% (334 people)
Creators20% (282 people)
Politicians19% (262 people)
Entrepreneurs17% (231 people)
Scientists16% (230 people)
Musicians16% (228 people)
Countries
135 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States412 (412 people)
United Kingdom128 (128 people)
France98 (98 people)
Japan60 (60 people)
Germany44 (44 people)
Sweden34 (34 people)
Spain30 (30 people)
About these numbers
Counts cover the people on the public page for each October date, every one traced to a Wikidata record. Billionaires need a dated estimate of at least $1B from Forbes, Bloomberg, the Sunday Times Rich List, Hurun or a filing; combined wealth adds the low end of those estimates, the newest as of March 2026. Month ranks compare all twelve months on the dataset built on 2026-09-07. Read the methodology.
