List of Famous people born in October

Catharine Alice MacKinnon is an American radical feminist legal scholar, activist, and author. She is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, where she has been tenured since 1990, and the James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. From 2008 to 2012, she was the special gender adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

Aaron Latham is an American journalist who wrote the article that inspired the movie Urban Cowboy and co-wrote its script with director James Bridges. He also co-wrote the book for the short-lived 2003 Broadway musical version.

Grant McCasland is an American college basketball coach, currently head coach for North Texas of Conference USA. McCasland joined the Mean Green in 2017 from Arkansas State, where he led the program for the 2016–17 season. He had previously been an assistant at his alma mater Baylor and as head coach at Midwestern State and Midland College.

Angelika Bergmann-Kallwass is a German psychologist and television host.

Shazahn Padamsee is an Indian film and stage actress, who has also worked as model. Daughter of noted actors Alyque Padamsee and Sharon Prabhakar, she made her first film appearance in the 2009 Hindi film Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year. After her début film, she went on to appear in two non-Hindi Indian films, gaining credit from critics for her performance, before featuring in Madhur Bhandarkar's Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji in a prominent role.

Luo Huining is a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party who is Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong. A native of Yiwu, Zhejiang, he was previously the Governor, then Party Secretary of Qinghai province before being appointed Party Secretary of Shanxi province.

Hüda Kaya is a Turkish journalist, writer, activist and politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). Since June 2015 she has been member of the Turkish parliament, representing her Istanbul constituency.

Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier, known professionally as Harold Faltermeyer, is a German musician, composer and record producer.

Lloyd Casius Kelly is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championship club AFC Bournemouth.

Leslie Richard "Arliss" Howard is an American actor, writer and film director.