List of Famous people born in October

Giovanni Fusco was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor, who has written numerous film scores since 1936, including those of Alain Resnais's Hiroshima mon amour (1959) and La guerre est finie (1966), as well as of most of the 1948-1964 films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, from N.U. to Il deserto rosso, except for La notte and some of his early short films. Two of his soundtracks, those of Antonioni's Cronaca di un amore and L'avventura, won Silver Ribbon for the best film score from Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists in 1951 and 1961, respectively.

Yannick Ponsero is a French former competitive figure skater. He won two medals at the World Junior Championships and two medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, including gold in France. On the senior level, he is the 2008 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, a two-time International Cup of Nice champion, and the 2009 French national champion.

Lawrence Foster is an American conductor of Romanian ancestry. He is currently the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.