List of Famous people born in October

Kenneth Bednarek is an American track and field sprinter. On August 2, 2021, he had the fastest time (20.01) in the quarterfinals of the 200-meter race at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He qualified for the finals in a time of 19.83.

Stephen Douglas "Mongo" McMichael is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL), former professional wrestler, commentator and one-time head coach.

Gao Yuanyuan is a Chinese actress and model.

Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a retired Cuban track and field athlete, who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; his personal best of 2.45 m makes him the only person to have ever cleared eight feet.

Dardan Mushkolaj, also known under the pseudonym Mister Dardy, is a German-Albanian rapper.

James Stuart Gilmore III is an American politician, diplomat and former attorney who was the 68th Governor of Virginia from 1998 to 2002 and Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 2001.

Trevor A. Knight is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Oklahoma and Texas A&M. After leading Oklahoma to an 8–5 record in the 2014 season, he lost the starting job in an open quarterback competition to Texas Tech transfer Baker Mayfield prior to the 2015 season. On January 4, 2016, it was announced that Knight would transfer to Texas A&M University.

Maik Beermann is a German politician Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 2013 to 2021.

Marta Etura Palenzuela is a Spanish film and television actress. Etura was born in San Sebastián, where she studied at the French Lyceum.

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina is a Tatar-Russian composer.