List of Famous people born in October
Li Jing
Regine Wu, known professionally as Li Jing, is a Taiwanese television show hostess and model who is notable for being Taiwan's first mainstream transsexual entertainer. Due to her time spent hosting shopping channel programs on Eastern Television's Shopping Channel, she has been referred to as the "Queen of the Shopping Channel" in Taiwan.
Furkan Palali
Furkan Palalı is a Turkish actor and model who was chosen as the Best Model of Turkey in 2011. Since 2010, he has work in both the national and international fashion industry and has pursued a career in acting, starting by joining Tuncay Özinel Theatre in 2010.
Birgit Prinz
Birgit Prinz is a German retired footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen-Bundesliga as well as the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's league in the United States. Prinz remains one of the game's most prolific strikers and is the second FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals. On 12 August 2011, she announced the end of her active career. She currently works as a sport psychologist for the men's and women's teams of 1. Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Jeannie Chan
Jeannie Chan is a Canadian-born Hong Kong actress and model based in Hong Kong. She is currently signed to Shaw Brothers management and has an artiste contract with TVB.
Ruka Matsuda
Ruka Matsuda is a Japanese actress. She is represented by Grick.
Akihiro Ōta
Akihiro Ota is a Japanese politician of the Komeito Party, currently serving his seventh term in the House of Representatives in the National Diet. Ota has represented three districts within the Tokyo metropolis since first entering the national Diet in 1993. He served as president of the Komeito Party from 2006 until the general election in September 2009, at which time he lost his seat in the Diet. Upon his return to the House in December 2012, Ota was appointed as the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, a post he held until October 2015.
Wu Chun
Wu Chun is a Bruneian actor, singer, and model. He was a member of Fahrenheit, a Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band, from its debut in 2005 to June 2011, singing bass. Wu has appeared in several Taiwanese television series, such as Tokyo Juliet (2006), Hanazakarino Kimitachihe (2006), Romantic Princess (2007), Hot Shot (2008), Sunshine Angel (2011), and Kindaichi Case Files (2012–2013). In 2014, he appeared in the reality television program, Dad is Back with his daughter, Nei Nei. His film appearances include The Butterfly Lovers (2008), Lady of the Dynasty (2014). In 2018, he was cast in the Chinese drama, Martial Universe. In 2018, Wu Chun appeared with his father, Wu Jingtian, in a reality tv show called Best Time. In early 2020, a reality TV show called "Before Wedding" with his wife in his home country Brunei and was a great success and well received all over China hitting 1.5 billion viewers. He was also honored in Madame Tussauds, a prestigious wax figure exhibit launch in Shanghai China after being on an almost year hiatus in showbiz. Madame Tussauds is a major tourist attraction that originated in London, now has 25 museums worldwide, 10 of it in Asia, displaying the waxworks of famous and historical figures, as well as popular film and television characters played by famous actors founded in 1800s.
Denys Shmyhal
Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. Since 4 March 2020, Shmyhal has been serving as the country’s Prime Minister, in charge of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Ukraine.
Chris Slade
Chris Slade is a Welsh musician, best known for playing for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. He drummed for the band from 1989 to 1994, performing on their 1990 album The Razors Edge along with their first live album with singer Brian Johnson, AC/DC Live. He returned to the band in February 2015 to replace Phil Rudd for the "Rock or Bust World Tour". Slade has also played with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Tom Jones, Toomorrow, The Firm, and Asia.
Felix Nmecha
Felix Kalu Nmecha is a German-born English footballer of Nigerian descent who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City.