List of Famous people born in October

Akiko Higashimura is a Japanese manga artist from Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture. She debuted in the now-defunct manga magazine Bouquet Deluxe in 1999 with Fruits Kōmori (フルーツコウモリ) and later gained notoriety for her manga Kisekae Yuka-chan, which debuted in Cookie magazine in 2001. Higashimura was nominated for the Manga Taishō in 2008 for Himawari: Kenichi Legend, in 2009 for Mama wa Tenparist, in 2010 for Princess Jellyfish, in 2011 for Omo ni Naitemasu, and in 2016 and 2017 for Tokyo Tarareba Girls. In 2010, she won the 34th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shōjo Manga for Princess Jellyfish. In 2015, she won both the 8th Manga Taishō and the Grand Prize at the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival for Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey. In 2019, she won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia for Tokyo Tarareba Girls. Higashimura's younger brother, Takuma Morishige, is the author of the manga My Neighbor Seki.

Joshua Baret Henderson is an American actor, model and singer. Henderson is best known for his lead role as John Ross Ewing III in the TNT revival of Dallas (2012–2014). He played Austin McCann on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives (2006–2007), and appeared in films like Step Up. He became widely known after his appearance on The WB singing competition show Popstars 2, where he was one of the winners selected to be a member of the pop group Scene 23.

Tsubasa Masuwaka is a Japanese model who is represented by the talent agency, Asia Promotion. She is known for being a model for Popteen, which gave her the nickname, 10 billion Yen Gal because it has an economic effect that her projects such as wearing clothes and accessories. It gained 50 million Yen for the economic effect. She is nicknamed Tsu-chan (つーちゃん).

Chen Zheyuan is a Chinese actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Xiao Yu'er in the wuxia drama Handsome Siblings (2020).

Seth Lesser is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Simon Gotch. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is a member of Contra Unit. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he held the NXT Tag Team Championship as one-half of The Vaudevillains along with Aiden English and also worked for the main roster on its SmackDown brand. He portrays one of MLW's main heels, part of the Contra Unit stable along with Jacob Fatu, Josef Samael and Ikuro Kwon.

Riho Iida is a Japanese ex-child model-turned-actress, voice actress and singer. Her nickname is Rippi.

Hatsuhiko Tsuji is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player and the current manager of the Saitama Seibu Lions. During his playing career he was well known as a skillful second baseman.

Wang Yi is a Chinese diplomat and politician. He formerly served as China's Vice Foreign Minister, Ambassador to Japan and Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office. He has served as the Foreign Minister since March 2013 and a State Councilor since March 2018.

Sebastian Rode is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.

Gustavo Leonardo Cuéllar Gallegos is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal and the Colombia national team.