List of Famous people born in October

Yoshiko Mita is a Japanese actress. Born in the city of Osaka, she graduated from Joshibi High School of Art and Design in Suginami, Tokyo. In 1960, she was hired by Toei and made her acting debut. She remained with Toei until 1967, then became free to appear in films, on television, and on the stage. Her performance in the film W no higeki earned the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress in 1986. From 1991 to 1994, she topped Japan's official list of taxpayers in the Actors and Celebrities category.

Taylour Paige is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Ahsha Hayes in the VH1 series Hit the Floor (2013–2018). Taylour is also best known for her stand out performances in the SXSW film Jean of the Joneses (2016), directed by Stella Meghie for which The Hollywood reporter and LA Times praised her performance, and for her role as "Cathy Volsan-Curry" in Sony's White Boy Rick (2018), directed by Yann Demange. She is the leading actress biographical comedy-drama film Zola (2020) directed by Janicza Bravo. In the same year, she would also appeared as a young girlfriend of Chadwick Boseman's last film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020). She is also the leading actress in the Boogie (2021), directed by Eddie Huang.

Nicholas Foligno is an Canadian-American professional ice hockey forward for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the first round, 28th overall by the Ottawa Senators during the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

Willie Lee Snead IV is an American football wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He played college football at Ball State.

Elkan William Tio Baggott is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League One club Ipswich Town. Born in Thailand and raised in England, Baggott represents his mother's country of Indonesia, where he first learned football as a child.

Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, better known as Xande Negrão and nicknamed Xandinho, is a Brazilian entrepreneur and race car driver. He raced in the first three seasons of the GP2 Series, all with the Piquet Sports team, having won the Formula Three Sudamericana championship in 2004.

Richard "Ric" O'Barry is an American animal rights activist and former animal trainer who was first recognized in the 1960s for capturing and training the five dolphins that were used in the TV series Flipper. O'Barry transitioned from training dolphins to instead advocating against industries that keep dolphins in captivity, after one of the Flipper dolphins died in his arms at age. In 1996, a dolphin was seized from the Sugarloaf Dolphin Sanctuary, a corporation O'Barry worked for, for violating the Animal Welfare Act of 1966. In 1999, O'Barry was fined for violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act as the result of illegally releasing two dolphins that were not able to survive in the wild. The dolphins sustained life-threatening injuries.

Glenn James Maxwell is an Australian professional international cricketer, who currently plays ODI and Twenty20 cricket for Australia. He has also played Test cricket for Australia. He represents Victoria and Melbourne Stars in Australian domestic cricket and Lancashire County Cricket Club in English County Cricket.

Sabah Homasi is a Lebanese American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional competitor since 2009, he has also competed for the UFC, Titan FC, and Strikeforce.

Béatrice Edwige is a French handball player for Győri Audi ETO KC and the French national team.