List of Famous people born in October

Morne Morkel is a South African cricketer who played international cricket between 2006 and 2018. He is a right-arm fast bowler and lower order left-handed batsman.

Patricia Lynn Murray is an American politician who has served as a United States Senator from Washington since 1993, and the senior Senator since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Murray previously served in the Washington State Senate and is Washington's first female U.S. Senator.

Maria Nicole Chappelle-Nadal is an American politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives from the 86th district from 2019 to 2021. A Democrat from University City, Missouri. She represented district 14 in the Missouri Senate from 2011 to 2019. She previously served in the Missouri House of Representatives from district 72, a position which she held from 2005 to 2011. In 2010, Chappelle-Nadal was elected to the Senate to succeed fellow Democrat Rita Heard Days of St. Louis.

Nicolás "Nico" Federico López Alonso is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Tigres UANL.

Emilia Pikkarainen is a Finnish swimmer. She holds the Finnish record in 50 metres butterfly (26.90), 100 metres butterfly (59.02), 200 metres butterfly (2:10.89), and 200 metres individual medley (2:14.23).

Daniel Biggar is a Welsh international rugby union outside-half who plays club rugby for the Northampton Saints. He became the youngest player to reach 100 games for his former club, the Ospreys. On 7 December 2015, Biggar won the BBC Cymru Sports Personality of the Year Award.

Björn Otto is a retired German pole vaulter.

Janet Ruth Montgomery is an English film and TV actress. She first gained attention for her role as Ames in the second season of the television series Human Target (2010–11), and also for her appearances in the 2009 straight-to-DVD film The Hills Run Red. She played the lead character in the television drama Made in Jersey (2012), cancelled after eight episodes. From 2014 to 2017, she starred as the lead character, Mary Sibley, in the series Salem. Montgomery has played the role of Lauren Bloom on the television series New Amsterdam since 2018.

Sophy Arabella Ridge is an English broadcast journalist. She worked as a journalist at the tabloid newspaper News of the World. Ridge then worked as a political correspondent for Sky News where she has presented Sophy Ridge on Sunday since 2017.

Mordechai Vanunu, also known as John Crossman, is an Israeli former nuclear technician and peace activist who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. He was subsequently lured to Italy by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, where he was drugged and abducted. He was secretly transported to Israel and ultimately convicted in a trial that was held behind closed doors.