List of Famous people born in October
Viktoria Rebensburg
Viktoria Rebensburg is a German retired World Cup alpine ski racer and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the giant slalom. Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, she has three World Cup season titles, all in giant slalom.
Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest Els is a South African professional golfer. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid golf swing. Among his 71 career victories are four major championships: the U.S. Open in 1994 at Oakmont and in 1997 at Congressional, and The Open Championship in 2002 at Muirfield and in 2012 at Royal Lytham & St Annes. He is one of six golfers to twice win both the U.S. Open and The Open Championship.
Franck de Lapersonne
Franck Lapersonne is a French comedian, actor theatre director, and political candidate.
Athena Chu
Athena Chu is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Zixia Fairy in A Chinese Odyssey (1995).
Jitu Vaghani
Jitendrabhai Savjibhai Vaghani is an Indian politician. He is a member of legislative assembly representing Bhavnagar West in Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He is associated with Bharatiya Janata Party.
Ganjar Pranowo
Ganjar Pranowo is an Indonesian politician and the current governor of Central Java. He has attempted to reorganize governmental administration, ordering the acting mayor of Tegal to reform the city's bureaucracy and civil services after the Corruption Eradication Commission arrested the previous mayor.
Jane Pauley
Margaret Jane Pauley is an American television journalist and author, active in news reporting since 1972. She is the anchor of CBS Sunday Morning. Pauley previously held a 13-year position on NBC's Today program, followed by 12 years as co-host of Dateline NBC. She has publicly acknowledged her struggle with bipolar disorder.
Séverine Ferrer
Séverine Ferrer is a French singer.
Monta Ellis
Monta Ellis is a former American professional basketball player who played twelve seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ellis attended Lanier High School in Jackson, Mississippi, where he was a McDonald's All-American and first-team Parade All-American. He entered the NBA directly out of high school, being drafted with the 40th overall pick by the Golden State Warriors in the 2005 NBA draft. In 2007, he was named the NBA Most Improved Player. During his time with the Warriors, Ellis was one of the best scorers in the league, averaging close to 25 points per game on two occasions. After six and a half seasons with Golden State, he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in March 2012. A season and a half with the Bucks was followed by two seasons with the Dallas Mavericks and two seasons with the Indiana Pacers.
Irmgard Griss
Irmgard Griss, also known as Irmgard Griss-Reiterer, is an Austrian politician, lawyer and judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of Justice from 2007 to 2011. She registered as an independent candidate at the 2016 presidential election and came in third position.