List of Famous people born in October
Daniel Booko
Daniel Paul Booko is an American actor and model. He has had roles in The O.C, Hannah Montana, and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, and in the film Bratz: The Movie. His father is Pastor Paul Booko of Riverside Church in Three Rivers, Michigan. His mother Bonnie Booko starred in many commercials in Chicago throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Andre Soukhamthath
Andre Soukhamthath is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of CES MMA. A professional mixed martial artist since 2011, he has also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Kathleen Rubins
Kathleen Hallisey "Kate" Rubins is an American microbiologist and NASA astronaut. She became the 60th woman to fly in space when she launched on a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station on July 7, 2016. She returned to Earth on October 30, 2016, aboard a Soyuz. She was a crew member of Expedition 48/49, and is a crew member of Expedition 63/64 of the International Space Station.
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber is a German professional tennis player. The right-hander has won eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour and made the quarterfinals at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 16 in July 2012.
Luis Fernandez
Luis Miguel Fernández Toledo, known as Luis Fernandez, is a French football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.
Steve Miller
Steven Haworth Miller is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, known as leader of the Steve Miller Band. He began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more pop-oriented sound during the mid-1970s through the early 1980s, releasing popular singles and albums. Miller was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
Chuba Akpom
Chuba Amechi Akpom is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Middlesbrough. He has represented England at youth and U-21 international levels but is also eligible to represent Nigeria.
Justine Wong-Orantes
Justine Wong-Orantes is an American volleyball player of Chinese and Mexican descent.
Leonor Briones
Leonor "Liling" Mirasol Magtolis-Briones is a Filipino academician, economist, and civil servant who is the incumbent Secretary of Education under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. She is also professor emeritus of public administration at the National College of Public Administration & Governance (NCPAG) of the University of the Philippines Diliman and was chairman of the board of directors of Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.
Sholom Rubashkin
Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin is an American businessman and the former CEO of Agriprocessors, a now-bankrupt kosher slaughterhouse and meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa, formerly owned by his father, Aaron Rubashkin. During his time as CEO of the plant, Agriprocessors grew into the nation's largest kosher meat producer, but was also cited for issues involving animal cruelty, food safety, environmental safety, child labor, and hiring undocumented immigrants.