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Capaldi also won the 2020 Brit Award for Best New Artist.
Famous Birthdays on October 7
1996 — Lewis Capaldi
Scottish singer-songwriter
October 7 has 254 recorded notable births across history, from 14 BC to 2002. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1826 The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S. Source
- 1963 President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Source
- 1958 The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule. Source
- 1571 The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat. Source
Did you know
Elijah Muhammad was an American religious leader who led the Nation of Islam from 1933 until his death in 1975.
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For her work on The View, Behar won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2009.
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11 achieved on February 26, 2018, and won ten ATP singles titles.
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After participating in the Chinese talent show Star Academy in 2005, he became a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo and its Chinese sub-unit Exo-M under SM Entertainment in 2012.
More major people born on October 7
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1897
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (died 1975)
Elijah Muhammad was an American religious leader who led the Nation of Islam from 1933 until his death in 1975.
1942
Joy Behar
American talk show host, comedian and television personality
Josephine Victoria "Joy" Behar is an American comedian, television host, actress, and playwright. She co-hosts the ABC talk show The View, on which she has appeared since the beginning of the series.
1987
Sam Querrey
American tennis player
Samuel Austin Querrey is an American former pickleball player and former tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 achieved on February 26, 2018, and won ten ATP singles titles.
1991
Lay Zhang
Chinese singer-songwriter and actor
Zhang Yixing, known professionally as Lay Zhang or simply Lay, is a Chinese rapper, singer and actor.
1905
Andy Devine
American actor (died 1977)
Andrew Vabre Devine was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in Western films, including his role as Cookie, the sidekick of Roy Rogers in 10 feature films.
1879
Joe Hill
Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (died 1915)
Joe Hill was a Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World.
1973
Dida
Brazilian footballer
Nélson de Jesus Silva, better known simply as Dida, is a Brazilian former football goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach.
1901
Frank Boucher
Canadian ice hockey player and executive (died 1977)
François Xavier Boucher was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive.
1923
Jean-Paul Riopelle
Canadian painter and sculptor (died 2002)
Jean-Paul Riopelle, was a Canadian painter and sculptor from Quebec.
1482
Ernest
Margrave of Baden-Durlach (died 1553)
Margrave Ernest I of Baden-Durlach was the founder of the so-called "Ernestine" line of the House of Baden, the line from which the later Grand Dukes descended.
1952
Jacques Richard
Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002)
Joseph Alfred Gilles Jacques Richard was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Flames, Buffalo Sabres, and Quebec Nordiques.
1931
Cotton Fitzsimmons
American basketball player and coach (died 2004)
Lowell Gibbs "Cotton" Fitzsimmons was an American college and NBA basketball coach.
1938
Yvonne Brewster
Jamaican actress and theatre director
Elsie Yvonne Brewster was a Jamaican actress, theatre director, producer and writer working across film, theatre, radio and television.
1799
Mills Darden
one of the largest men ever in human history (died 1857)
Mills Darden was an American who became famous as one of the largest men ever in human history. His enormous size both in terms of his body weight and height made him one of the biggest humans to have ever lived.
1950
Dick Jauron
American football player and coach (died 2025)
Richard Manual Jauron was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL).
1983
Flying Lotus
American rapper, DJ, and producer
Steven Ellison, better known as Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an American record producer, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper.
1819
Ann Eliza Smith
American author and patriot (died 1905)
Ann Eliza Smith was an American author. She was president of the board of managers for the Vermont woman's exhibit at the Centennial Exposition of 1876, at Philadelphia, and was frequently chosen in similar capacities…
1986
Chase Daniel
American football player
William Chase Daniel is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons.
1961
Tony Sparano
American football player and coach (died 2018)
Anthony Joseph Sparano III was an American football coach. He served as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins and Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) and is the only NFL head coach to have led a team to…