List of Famous people born on October 21st

Lee Jong-soo is a South Korean actor.

Alexander Olegovich Burmistrov is a Russian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets franchise as well as the Arizona Coyotes, before leaving the NHL after a short stint with the Vancouver Canucks. Burmistrov won the Gagarin Cup with Ak Bars Kazan in 2018.

Irene Cheng was a Hong Kong educationalist. The first Chinese woman to graduate from the University of Hong Kong, she went on to become the highest-ranking woman in the city's Education Department. Throughout her career, she also worked as an educator in mainland China and in the United States.

William Clere Leonard Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse, is an Irish peer. He is also 10th Baronet Parsons, of Birr Castle.

Kaori Inoue is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees. On the 23 September 2008 Airybees announced her marriage. She serves as the captain of the team from 2009. She was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Baladine Klossowska or Kłossowska was a Polish painter. She was the mother of the artist Balthus and the writer Pierre Klossowski, and the last lover of the poet Rainer Maria Rilke.

Edme-Armand-Gaston, duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier, known as Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier, was a French politician and member of the Académie française, Seat 16. He was preceded in his position by Félix Dupanloup and succeeded by Alexandre Ribot.

Emperor Higashiyama was the 113th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Higashiyama's reign spanned the years from 1687 through to his abdication in 1709 corresponding to the Genroku era. The previous hundred years of peace and seclusion in Japan had created relative economic stability. The arts and theater and architecture flourished.