People born on October 21

Alfred Nobel

Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)

Benjamin Netanyahu

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

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

English poet, literary critic and philosopher

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

Ursula K. Le Guin

American fantasy and science fiction author (1929-2018)

Alphonse de Lamartine

French author, poet and statesman (1790–1869)

Kim Kardashian

American television and social media personality

Nemanja Vidić

Serbian association football player

Andre Geim

Russian-born Dutch-British physicist

Nikita Mikhalkov

Soviet and Russian film director, writer, producer and actor

Edmondo de Amicis

Italian writer (1846-1908)

Wolfgang Ketterle

German physicist

Dizzy Gillespie

American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)

Klas Pontus Arnoldson

Swedish politician (1844-1916)

Jean-Pierre Sauvage

French nanotechnologist