List of Famous people born in October
Wanda Jackson
Wanda Lavonne Jackson is a retired American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 1960s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers, and a pioneering rock-and-roll artist. She is known to many as the "Queen of Rockabilly" or the "First Lady of Rockabilly".
Jeremy Wright
Jeremy Paul Wright is a British lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2018 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kenilworth and Southam since 2010. Wright was first elected in 2005 as the MP for Rugby and Kenilworth, a constituency that was abolished at the next general election.
Kele Okereke
Rowland Kelechukwu "Kele" Okereke, also known by the mononym Kele, is an English musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the indie rock band Bloc Party.
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Burnley and the Iceland national team.
Michelle Beadle
Michelle Denise Beadle is a sports reporter and host, who most recently worked for ESPN. She was formerly the co-host of the morning sports show Get Up! along with Jalen Rose and Mike Greenberg, the co-host of SportsNation on ESPN2, and former host of Winners Bracket on ABC with Marcellus Wiley.
Jodelle Ferland
Jodelle Micah Ferland is a Canadian actress. She made her debut at the age of four, with the television movie Mermaid (2000) for which she received a Daytime Emmy Nomination, making her the youngest to be nominated. She has since appeared in several films, which include Tideland (2005), Silent Hill (2006), Good Luck Chuck (2007), Case 39 (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), and The Tall Man (2012). Aside from her film roles, she has starred as Mary Jensen in the television series Kingdom Hospital (2004), and as Five in the television series Dark Matter (2015–2017).
Tamar Gozansky
Tamar Gozansky is an Israeli politician.
Kelly M. Armstrong
Kelly Michael Armstrong is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the North Dakota State Senator from the 36th district from 2012 to 2018 and Chair of the North Dakota Republican Party from 2015 until 2018.
Marcus Molinaro
Marcus J. Molinaro is an American politician serving his third term as county executive of Dutchess County, New York. A Republican, Molinaro was a member of the Dutchess County Legislature and the New York State Assembly before being elected county executive for the first time in 2011. He was re-elected county executive in 2015 and 2019. Molinaro is also a former mayor of Tivoli, New York; when he became mayor at age 19, he was the youngest mayor in the United States.
Alexis Davis
Alexis Evelyn Chris Davis is a Canadian mixed martial artist competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She holds a black belt rank in both jujutsu and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ). She is also a Canadian Open grappling champion. Davis at one point was the #9-ranked pound-for-pound female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter in the world by MMARising.com and the #5-ranked 135-pound female fighter according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings. As of December 14, 2020, she is #12 in the UFC women's flyweight rankings.