List of Famous people born in October

Susan Orlean is a journalist and bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book. She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1992, and has contributed articles to many magazines including Vogue, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Outside.

Marc Barthel is a singer, actor, songwriter and dubbing actor from Berlin, Germany. He was born on 4 October 1989 in Berlin and first became famous as one of the lead members of the pop group 'Part Six'. He left the group in 2007 to focus on his solo music career as 'Jesse D'Lane'. Furthermore, he has since then been working as an actor in television, film and commercial productions.

Mais Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan Selim, better known as Mais Hamdan, is a Jordanian actress, singer and TV presenter. Her sisters are Mai Selim and Dana Hamdan.

Jonathan William Lipnicki is an American actor and producer and is known for his roles as a child actor. He has appeared in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996), Stuart Little (1999) and its 2002 sequel Stuart Little 2, The Little Vampire (2000), Like Mike (2002) and Broil (2020).

Samuel Lauderdale Park is an American politician and lawyer, who was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in the 2016 elections. A member of the Democratic Party, he represents the 101st district.

Courtney Andrew Walsh OJ is a former Jamaican cricketer who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. He is a fast bowler, and best known for a remarkable opening bowling partnership along with fellow West Indian Curtly Ambrose for several years. Walsh played 132 Tests and 205 ODIs for the West Indies and took 519 and 227 wickets respectively. He shared 421 Test wickets with Ambrose in 49 matches. He held the record of most Test wickets from 2000, after he broke the record of Kapil Dev. This record was later broken in 2004 by Shane Warne. He was the first bowler to reach 500 wickets in Test cricket. His autobiography is entitled "Heart of the Lion". Walsh was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1987, and one of the West Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year a year later. In October 2010, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. He was appointed as the Specialist Bowling Coach of Bangladesh Cricket Team in August 2016.

Kimberly Kevon Williams is an American actress known for her recurring role as Shayne Thomas in the HBO series The Comeback.

Meiyang Chang is an Indian actor, television host and singer.

Michael Colton Dixon is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He placed seventh on the eleventh season of American Idol.

Julie H. Kocurek is an American attorney and judge who is currently a Texas state court judge, having served as presiding judge of the 390th District Court in Austin, Texas since January 1999, being appointed by then-governor George W. Bush. Prior to serving as a Texas state judge, Kocurek served as an Assistant District Attorney in Travis County for seven years.