List of Famous people born in October

Saul Friedländer is an Israeli historian and a professor emeritus of history at UCLA.

William Hartanto known professionally as Boy William, is an Indonesian actor, VJ, and rapper. He first started his career by winning the Starteen model election in 2009 where he showed his talent for dancing the Haka Dance. He represented his school in the Haka Dance Competition in Africa for a month. He also had leading roles in Indonesian films Di Balik 98 and Sunshine Becomes You. He is currently a VJ of Breakout on the television channel NET.

Oskar Matute García de Jalón is a Spanish politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Basque Parliament.

Gilles Vigneault is a Québécois poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Two of his songs are considered by many to be Quebec's unofficial anthems: "Mon pays" and "Gens du pays", and his line Mon pays ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver became a proverb in Quebec. Vigneault is a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Michelle Lin or Lin Chu-yin is a Taiwanese news presenter and politician.

Gerhard Schindler is a German civil servant and former President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), the German Federal Intelligence Service.

Paul Wilkinson is an English former professional footballer and coach.

Judith Rosemary Locke Chalmers is a British television presenter who is best known for presenting the travel programme Wish You Were Here...? from 1974 to 2003.

Angélica Sofía Castro Rivera, known professionally as Sofía Castro, is a Mexican actress. She is the daughter of Angelica Rivera and José Alberto Castro. She is the step-daughter of Enrique Peña Nieto.

Talgat Safich Tadzhuddin is a Russian Shaykh al-Islām. He was Chief Mufti of Russia and head of the Central Muslim Spiritual Directorate of Russia, from 1992 until the end of 2015.