Famous Birthdays on October 21

14 notable people were born on October 21.

19th Century

Alfred Nobel

1833 – 1896

Sweden

Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)

Klas Pontus Arnoldson

1844 – 1916

Sweden

Swedish politician (1844-1916)

Maximiliano Hernández Martínez

1882 – 1966

El Salvador

president of El Salvador (1882–1966)

military officerpolitician

Shukri al-Quwatli

1891 – 1967

Syria

1st President of Syrian Republic (1891–1967)

politician

20th Century

Celia Cruz

1925 – 2003

Cuba

Cuban singer (1925–2003)

singeractor

Tariq Ali

1943

Pakistan

British political activist, writer, and historian (born 1943)

producerpeace activistnovelist

Nikita Mikhalkov

1945

Russia

Russian film director, writer, producer and actor (born 1945)

Benjamin Netanyahu

1949

Israel

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999; 2009–2021; 2022–present)

political writerpolitical scientiststatesperson

Andre Geim

1958

Netherlands

Russian-born Dutch-British physicist

Nemanja Vidić

1981

Serbia

Serbian association football player

association football player

Lee Chong Wei

1982

Malaysia

Malaysian badminton player

Olympic competitorbadminton player

Artsvik

1984

Armenia

Armenian singer and songwriter

singer

Artur Aleksanyan

1991

Armenia

Armenian wrestler

amateur wrestler

Yulimar Rojas

1995

Venezuela

Venezuelan athletics competitor

athletics competitor