Jo Jones

American jazz drummer (1911–1985).

Born October 7th, 1911 in Chicago.

Died September 3rd, 1985 at 73 years old in New York City (pneumonia).

Ann Haydon-Jones

English tennis player.

Born October 7th, 1938 (age 87 years) in Birmingham.

Karen L. Nyberg

American astronaut.

Born October 7th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Parkers Prairie. ^[ref]

Durgawati Devi

Indian revolutionary (1907-1999).

Born October 7th, 1907.

Died October 15th, 1999 at 92 years old in Ghaziabad district.

Alex Cobb

American baseball player.

Born October 7th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Boston.

Ludmilla Tourischeva

Soviet-ukrainian artistic gymnast (born 1952).

Born October 7th, 1952 (age 73 years) in Grozny.

Bill Foster

Politician, physicist.

Born October 7th, 1955 (age 70 years) in Madison.

Charles Dutoit

Swiss conductor.

Born October 7th, 1936 (age 89 years) in Lausanne.

Christian Burgess

English association football player (born 1991).

Born October 7th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Barking.

Martha Stewart

American actress (1922–2021).

Born October 7th, 1922 in Bardwell.

Died February 17th, 2021 at 98 years old in Reseda.

Alyssa Chia

Taiwanese actress and television host.

Born October 7th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Taipei.

Enki Bilal

French comic book creator, comics artist and film director (born 1951).

Born October 7th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Belgrade.

Drake Callender

American soccer player.

Born October 7th, 1997 (age 28 years) in Sacramento.

Charlotte Perrelli

Swedish singer.

Born October 7th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Hovmantorp.

Catharine MacKinnon

American feminist and legal activist.

Born October 7th, 1946 (age 79 years) in Minneapolis.

Sanne Ledermann

Victim of the nazis at auschwitz (1928–1943).

Born October 7th, 1928 in Berlin. ^[ref]

Died November 19th, 1943 at 15 years old in Auschwitz.

Gabriel Yared

Lebanese composer, conductor.

Born October 7th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Beirut.

Fereydoun Farrokhzad

Iranian entertainer (1936–1992).

Born October 7th, 1938 in Tehran.

Died August 8th, 1992 at 53 years old in Bonn (assassination). ^[ref]

DJ Qbert

American dj.

Born October 7th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Daly City.

Madjid Bougherra

Algerian-french football manager (born 1982).

Born October 7th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Dijon.

Jean Paul Riopelle

Canadian artist (1923–2002).

Born October 7th, 1923 in Montreal. ^[ref]

Died March 12th, 2002 at 78 years old in Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues. ^[ref]

Christiaan de Wet

Boer general, rebel and politician (1854-1922).

Born October 7th, 1854 in Smithfield.

Died February 3rd, 1922 at 67 years old in Dewetsdorp.

Anita Shreve

American writer (1946–2018).

Born October 7th, 1946 in Dedham.

Died March 29th, 2018 at 71 years old in Newfields (cancer). ^[ref]

Cotton Fitzsimmons

American basketball coach (1931–2004).

Born October 7th, 1931 in Hannibal.

Died July 24th, 2004 at 72 years old in Phoenix (lung cancer).

Mark Duffy

English association football player.

Born October 7th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Liverpool.