List of Famous people born in October
Marcus Willis
Marcus Willis is a professional British tennis player. Willis made his tour debut at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships having qualified for the main draw.
Kit Young
Christopher William "Kit" Young is an English actor. He stars as Jesper Fahey in the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone.
Matthew Centrowitz
Matthew Centrowitz Jr. is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 meters. He became a prominent figure in U.S. running when he won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. A seasoned competitor with a potent finishing kick, he competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 1500 meters—where he finished 4th by only 0.04 seconds. At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, Centrowitz improved on his bronze medal performance with a silver in the same event. At the 2016 World Indoor Championships, he won his first major international championship in the 1500 meters. He then won the gold medal in the 1500 meters at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with the slowest winning time since 1932, becoming the first U.S. runner to win the event since 1908.
Sei Matobu
Sei Matobu is a Japanese actress who is a former Hanagumi Top Star of the Takarazuka Revue. In addition to her stage roles, she has acted for television, feature films, radio and advertisements. She is represented by Watanabe Entertainment.
Derrick Jones Jr.
Derrick Labrent Jones Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels before joining the Phoenix Suns in 2016.
Irina Baeva
Irina Vitalevna Baeva is a Russian model and actress. She is most recognized for her portrayal of Daniela Montenegro, on the Las Estrellas drama telenovela Pasión y poder. Her second major role was in the drama Vino el amor.
Jose Baez
Jose Angel Baez is an American attorney and author. He was the lead attorney for Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of murder in July 2011 after a trial that attracted national and international attention. Baez authored a book with Peter Golenbock about the case, Presumed Guilty, which became a New York Times Best Seller.
Angus Deaton
Sir Angus Stewart Deaton is a British-American economist and academic. Deaton is currently a Senior Scholar and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University. His research focuses primarily on poverty, inequality, health, wellbeing, and economic development.
Yuta Watanabe
Yuta Watanabe is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League. He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials after becoming the first Japan-born student athlete to secure an NCAA Division I basketball scholarship. He was named the Atlantic 10 Conference's defensive player of the year in 2018. He has also represented Japan internationally and helped the team win the bronze medal at the 2013 East Asia Basketball Championship.
Hans Zhang
Hans Zhang Han is a Chinese actor, singer and host. He graduated from Central Academy of Drama in 2007. Zhang is best known for his roles in Meteor Shower (2009) and Meteor Shower II (2010), Fall in Love (2011), The Queen of SOP (2012), Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties (2013), Boss & Me (2014), The Four (2015), Wolf Warriors 2 (2017) and Here to Heart (2018).