List of Famous people born in October
George McCrae
George Warren McCrae, Jr. is an American soul and disco singer, most famous for his 1974 hit "Rock Your Baby".
Kshama Sawant
Kshama Sawant is an American politician and economist who has served on the Seattle City Council since 2014. She is a member of Socialist Alternative.
Mikkey Dee
Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou known by his stage name Mikkey Dee, is a Swedish rock musician and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the drummer for the British rock band Motörhead from 1991 until the band disbanded in December 2015, due to the death of founder and frontman Lemmy. Dee is currently the drummer for the German rock band Scorpions with whom he became a permanent band member in September 2016.
Samay Raina
Samay Raina is an Indian stand-up comedian, YouTuber, and chess enthusiast. He was the co-winner of the second season of the stand-up comedy contest Comicstaan. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he began streaming games of chess along with various comedians and chess masters. Through his YouTube channel, he has raised substantial amounts of money for various causes including help for waste pickers, and relief for West Bengal and Assam flood victims.
Marcelo Odebrecht
Marcelo Bahia Odebrecht is a Brazilian businessman and the former CEO of Odebrecht, a diversified Brazilian conglomerate. In March 2016, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for paying more than $30 million in bribes. The jail sentence has been reduced to ten years in prison in December 2016 for paying a fine, admitting guilt and providing evidence to authorities.
Steven Woolfe
Steven Marcus Woolfe is a British politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England from 2014 until 2019.
Eva Röse
Eva Röse is a Swedish actress and television host. She is best known internationally for her role as the sinister android Niska in Season 1 of the Swedish science fiction TV series Real Humans.
Russ Martin
Russell Dale Martin was an American radio presenter in Dallas, Texas. He worked in the Dallas radio market for 31 years. Martin hosted the No. 1-rated The Russ Martin Show on KLLI Live 105.3 in Dallas, until December 8, 2008, when KLLI switched to an all-sports format. On July 12, 2010, Martin returned to radio with his afternoon (3p-7p) show on 97.1 "The Eagle" (KEGL).
Gad Saad
Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist and professor in the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University who is known for applying evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour. He also writes a blog for Psychology Today, and hosts a YouTube channel titled "The Saad Truth".
Sharmistha Mukherjee
Sharmistha Mukherjee is an Indian Kathak dancer, choreographer and politician of the Indian National Congress.