List of Famous people born in October

Holly Matthews is an English actress and vlogger. From 1995 to 2003, she portrayed the role of Emma Miller in the BBC series Byker Grove.

Bassam Tariq is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter born in Karachi, Pakistan. He co-directed and produced the Sundance-funded documentary These Birds Walk (2013) with Omar Mullick, and he was named in Filmmaker's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2012.

Yukiko Akaba is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, half marathon and marathon events.

Bruce David Grobbelaar is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most prominently for English team Liverpool between 1981 and 1994, and for the Zimbabwean national team. He is remembered for his gymnastic-like athletic ability, unflappable confidence and eccentric and flamboyant style of play. He has been the goalkeeper coach for Ottawa Fury FC of the North American Soccer League since 2014. In March 2018 he was announced as goalkeeper coach for the Matabeleland football team.

Henri Claude Fertet was a French schoolboy and resistance fighter who was executed by the German occupying forces during World War II. He was posthumously awarded several national honours. He is known for the letter he wrote to his parents on the morning of his execution, and he has become one of those who symbolise the French Resistance.

Takashi Sasagawa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Bunkyō, Tokyo and dropout from Meiji University, he was elected for the first time in 1986 after two unsuccessful runs in 1972 and 1983. In 1993 he left the LDP and participated in the formation of the New Frontier Party in the following year. In 1996 he left the New Frontier Party, rejoining the LDP in the following year.

Berk Oktay is a Turkish model and actor, known for his leading roles as Can Tekin in the Show TV series İlişki Durumu: Karışık and Hakan Demirer in the Star TV and later Fox TV series Benim Hala Umudum Var alongside actress Gizem Karaca and actor Şükrü Özyıldız.

Jonny Clayton is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed The Ferret, he won the 2016 Worthingtons Darts Champion of Champions. He was part of the Wales team that won the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts.

Khama Worthy is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the inaugural 247 Fighting Championship lightweight champion.

Kyle Gregory Wiltjer is a Canadian-American professional basketball player who plays for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketball Super League. He spent two seasons of college basketball with the Kentucky Wildcats before transferring to play with the Gonzaga Bulldogs in 2013. A dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, he has played for the Canada national team.