List of Famous people born in October

Uta Ranke-Heinemann is a German theologian, academic, and author. She holds the (nondenominational) chair of History of Religion at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Essen, her birthplace.

Nolan Ramsey North is an American voice, film and television actor. After his breakthrough role as Dr. Chris Ramsey on the ABC soap opera Port Charles in 1997, he moved into voice acting when the show ended in 2003 and has since become best known for his video game roles, such as Merasmus in Team Fortress 2, Desmond Miles in the Assassin's Creed series, Nathan Drake in the Uncharted series, Dr. Edward Richtofen in the Call of Duty Nazi Zombies mode, Deadpool in various media, the Penguin in the Batman: Arkham franchise, Capt. Martin Walker in Spec Ops: The Line, David in The Last of Us, himself as one of the voices for the President in Saints Row IV and Ghost in Destiny and Destiny 2. In animation, he voices Smokescreen on Transformers: Prime and Superboy on Young Justice.

Zhai Zhigang is a major general of the People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) in active service as a People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) astronaut. During the Shenzhou 7 mission in 2008, he became the first Chinese citizen to carry out a spacewalk. He was a People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) fighter pilot.

Marin Alsop is an American conductor and violinist. She is currently music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2020 she was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

James Richard Bullard is an English former professional footballer, coach and television presenter. He is the co-host of the Saturday morning Sky Sports show Soccer AM.

Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Deputy King, Crown Prince of Bahrain is the heir apparent and the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain. He is also the deputy supreme commander of the Bahrain Defense Force.

Matthew James Vogel is an American puppeteer and director. Vogel has worked for Sesame Workshop and The Muppets Studio. He has performed for the Muppets, Sesame Street, and Oobi. He has been the performer for Kermit the Frog since 2017.

Kieran James Read is a New Zealand-born rugby union player, currently playing as a Number 8 for Toyota Verblitz in the Japanese Top League and is a former captain of the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby union team.

Dilip Walse-Patil is an Indian politician, from Ambegaon, Maharashtra, and a six-time Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He is currently serving as Minister of Excise and Labour Department in the Government of Maharashtra. He formerly headed the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Energy Ministry, Higher and Technical Education Ministry, and Medical Education Ministry, all as a Cabinet Minister from 1999 to 2009.

Anna Depenbusch is a German singer and musician.