List of Famous people born in October

Anni Helena Takalo is a Finnish former cross-country skier. She was born in Nivala, and was dominant women's cross-country skiing in the 1970s, earning five Winter Olympic medals and four FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medals.

Francis Joseph "Chiz" Guevara Escudero is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the governor of Sorsogon since 2019. He previously served as a senator from 2007 to 2019, and was the representative for Sorsogon's 1st district from 1998 to 2007, as well as House minority leader from 2004 to 2007. He unsuccessfully ran for vice president in the 2016 elections as the running mate of Grace Poe.

Sanjay Chhel is an Indian film director, writer and lyricist.

Jan Pieter Hendrik "Piet Hein" Donner is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 21 December 2018.

Ivan Hryhorovych Kyrylenko is a Ukrainian politician and from 2007 till December 2011 faction leader of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc in the Ukrainian Parliament.

Dilip Shanghvi is an Indian billionaire businessman and one of the country's richest people. He founded Sun Pharmaceuticals. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. India Today magazine ranked him 8th in India's most powerful people of 2017 list.