List of Famous people born in October
Benny Chan
Benny Chan Muk-sing was a Hong Kong film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his feature films such as A Moment of Romance, Big Bullet, Who Am I?, Rob-B-Hood, New Police Story, Shaolin, The White Storm, Call of Heroes, and Raging Fire.
Mae Jemison
Mae Carol Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selected to serve for the STS-47 mission, during which she orbited the Earth for nearly eight days on September 12–20, 1992.
Avram Glazer
Avram A. "Avie" Glazer is an American businessman, a member of the Glazer family, who owns the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League and hold a majority ownership stake in English football club Manchester United F.C. He is the son of Malcolm Glazer.
Elizabeth Dennehy
Elizabeth Hannah Dennehy is an American television and film actress, who has appeared in such television series as Guiding Light, Seinfeld, Charmed, and Without a Trace, and films such as Clear and Present Danger, Gattaca, Soldier, Red Dragon, and True Blood.
Kōji Yamamoto
Koji Yamamoto is a Japanese actor and singer, who was born in Tokyo, Japan.
Marcos Alonso Peña
Marcos Alonso Peña is a Spanish retired footballer and manager.
Amon-Ra St. Brown
Amon-Ra Julian Heru J. St. Brown is an American football wide receiver for the USC Trojans.
Hazal Kaya
Leyla Hazal Kaya is a Turkish actress and model. Kaya is best known for playing the role of Feriha Sarrafoglu in the television series Adını Feriha Koydum (2011–2012), and other series like Bizim Hikaye (2017–2019).
Manfred Zapatka
Manfred Zapatka is a German actor.
Monica
Monica Denise Arnold is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, and businesswoman. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, she began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir at the age of ten. Monica rose to prominence after she signed with Rowdy Records in 1993 and released her debut album Miss Thang two years later. She followed it with a series of successful albums, including the global bestseller The Boy Is Mine (1998) as well as the number-one albums After the Storm (2003), The Makings of Me (2006) and Still Standing (2010). Throughout her career, several of Monica's singles became number-one hits on the pop and R&B charts, including "Before You Walk Out of My Life", "Don't Take It Personal ", "Like This and Like That", "The Boy Is Mine", "The First Night", "Angel of Mine", "So Gone", and "Everything to Me".