List of Famous people born on October 21st

George Combe was a trained Scottish lawyer and a spokesman of the phrenological movement for over 20 years. He founded the Edinburgh Phrenological Society in 1820 and wrote a noted study, The Constitution of Man (1828). After marriage in 1833, Combe took in later years to promoting phrenology internationally.

Ralph Henry Cameron was an American businessman, prospector and politician who served as both Arizona Territory's Delegate to Congress and as an Arizona United States Senator. As a Territorial delegate, he saw Arizona achieve statehood in 1912. Cameron's greatest achievement in the US Senate was authorization for the Coolidge Dam.

Yolande Du Bois was an American teacher known for her involvement in the Harlem Renaissance. She is known as the daughter of W.E.B. Du Bois and the former Nina Gomer, and she was briefly married to poet Countee Cullen.

Josephine Lovett was an American scenario writer, adapter, screenwriter and actress, active in films from 1916 to 1935. She was married to Canadian-born director, John Stewart Robertson. She is best known for her then-risqué film Our Dancing Daughters in 1928. Her screenplays typically included a heroine who was oftentimes economically and sexually independent.

Harunobu Yonenaga is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A graduate of Sophia University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after working at Fuji Television for 17 years.

Georg Ernst Stahl was a German chemist, physician and philosopher. He was a supporter of vitalism, and until the late 18th century his works on phlogiston were accepted as an explanation for chemical processes.

Marinus Valentijn was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1933 UCI Road World Championships.