List of Famous people born in October

Masahiro Takashima is a Japanese actor and singer.

Chiaki Kuriyama is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is best known in the West for her roles as Takako Chigusa in Kinji Fukasaku's 2000 film Battle Royale and Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1.

Lee Isaac Chung is an American film director and screenwriter. His debut feature Munyurangabo (2007) was an Official Selection at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The first narrative feature film in the Kinyarwanda language, the film was an Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Busan International Film Festival. He also directed the feature films Lucky Life (2010) and Abigail Harm (2012).

Sir Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African Anglican cleric and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was the Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then the Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first black African to hold the position. Theologically, he sought to fuse ideas from black theology with African theology.

Joseph Patrick Murphy is a Canadian former professional hockey player who was chosen first overall in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. Murphy won Calder Cup and NCAA championships before being a member of the Edmonton Oilers' Stanley Cup-winning team in 1990.

Masako Mori is a Japanese idol, enka singer, and actress.

Justin Guarini is an American singer, musician, actor, host and record producer, who in 2002 was the runner-up on the first season of American Idol. In 2015, he began appearing in TV commercials as "Lil' Sweet", a character used to advertise the Diet Dr. Pepper soft drink.

Ashley Elizabeth Yoder is an American mixed martial artist and competes in Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Francisco Javier "Patxi" López Álvarez is a Spanish socialist politician serving as Member of the Congress of Deputies and chair of the Constitutional Committee.

Nadja Becker is a German actress.