- Oct 3 Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player (3 x Grand Slam singles, 11 x doubles winner), and coach (Australian Davis Cup team x 4 winner), born in Melbourne, Victoria
- Oct 12 Titus Buberník, Czech soccer midfielder (23 caps Czechoslovakia; ČH Bratislava, LASK Linz), born in Pusté Úľany, Czech Republic (d. 2022)
- Oct 18 Forrest Gregg, American Pro Football HOF tackle (9 x Pro Bowl; 7 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers) and coach (Cleveland Browns, Toronto Argonauts, Cincinnati Bengals, GB Packers), born in Birthright, Texas (d. 2019)
- Oct 19 Brian Booth, Australian cricket batsman (29 Tests @ 42.21, 5 x 100s, 10 x 50s; NSW), born in Bathurst, Australia (d. 2023)
- Oct 19 Wilfried Dietrich, German FR, super-heavyweight (Olympic gold 1960)
- Oct 21 Francisco Gento, Spanish soccer winger (Spain 43 caps, Real Madrid 427 games) and manager (Grenada FC), born in El Astillero, Spain (d. 2022)
- Oct 22 Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian soccer forward (18 caps; Sturm Graz, First Vienna, Real Betis, Wacker Innsbruck) and manager (Austria, Athletic Bilbao, AEK), born in Graz, Austria (d. 2007)
- Oct 22 Ronnie Nolan, Irish soccer wing-half (33 caps League of Ireland XI, 10 Republic of Ireland; Shamrock Rovers 297 games), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2023)
- Oct 23 Hans Weilbächer, German soccer midfielder (1 cap West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt e.V 241 games), born in Hattersheim am Main, Germany (d. 2022)
- Oct 23 Tom Dewdney, West Indian cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 21 wickets, BB 5/21; Jamaica), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Oct 25 Bobby Collins Jr., American college football coach (head coach University of Southern Mississippi; Southern Methodist University), born in Laurel, Mississippi (d. 2021)
- Oct 25 Ron Archer, Australian cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, 1 x 100, 48 wickets; Queensland CA), born in Highgate Hill, Queensland (d. 2007)
- Oct 25 Roy Swetman, English cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 26 dismissals, 1 x 50; Surrey CCC, Nottinghamshire CCC, Gloucestershire CCC), born in London, England (d. 2023)
- Oct 27 Earle Wells, New Zealand sailor (Olympic gold Flying Dutchman 1964), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2021)
- Oct 27 Valentin Boreyko, Russian rower (Olympic gold coxless pair [Oleg Golovanov] 1960), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2012)
- Oct 28 Garrincha, Brazilian footballer, born in Pau Grande, Brazil (d. 1983)
- Oct 31 Eric Nesterenko, Canadian ice hockey center (NHL All Star 1961, 65; Toronto Maple Leafs; Stanley Cup 1961 Chicago Black Hawks), born in Flin Flon, Manitoba (d. 2022)
Hobart "Hobie" Alter (1933-2014)
Oct 31 American surf and sailing entrepreneur who created the Hobie Cat catamaran, born in Ontario, California
- Oct 31 Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Lachine, Canada
- Oct 31 Sante Ranucci, Italian cyclist (gold UCI World C'ships amateur road race 1955), born in Montefiascone, Italy (d. 2023)
About October 1933
How Old? 90 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
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