List of Famous people born in October
Hasan Ali Toptaş
Hasan Ali Toptaş is a prominent Turkish novelist and short story writer. His first short story book Bir Gülüşün Kimliği was published in 1987. An important Turkish scholar, Yıldız Ecevit nicknames him "a postmodern modernist" and calls him "a Kafka in Turkish literature", in her work Türk Romanında Postmodernist Açılımlar.
Roberto Hilbert
Roberto Jan Hilbert is a German former professional footballer. At international level, he earned eight caps with Germany's national team and twelve caps with the U21 team.
Andrea Morricone
Andrea Morricone is an Italian composer and conductor, known for his film scores. He is the son of composer Ennio Morricone. He composed the film scores for the American films Capturing the Friedmans and Liberty Heights. He collaborated with his father on the score for Cinema Paradiso, for which they won a BAFTA Award for For Best Original Film Music. The Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso is a work by Andrea Morricone. He has also composed music for many other Italian films, including The Inquiry and The Entrepreneur.
Julien Labrousse
Julien Labrousse, is a French entrepreneur and architect, particular owner and manager of two Parisian theaters Elysée Montmartre and Le Trianon. He specializes in the creation of cultural venues. In 2005 he bought and heavily reformed Hôtel du Nord, building listed as an historical monument, a place which is known to have inspired the 1938 Marcel Carné's feature film of 1938. Then in 2009 he bought with Abel Nahmias, the Theatre Le Trianon. It carries a heavy restoration of the building. Then it was the turn of the Elysee Montmartre, which he bought in 2014, destroyed after a major fire. He realizes the complete reconstruction of the Theater.
Jhilmar Lora
Carlos Jhilmar Lora Saavedra, better known as Jhilmar Lora, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Sporting Cristal, and the Peru national team.
Kei Aran
Kei Aran , real name Touko Yasuda , is a Japanese actress and former top star otokoyaku of the Japanese Takarazuka Revue's Star Troupe. She joined the revue in 1991 and became the top star in 2007, five years after her classmates Sumire Haruno and Hikaru Asami became top stars. She resigned from the company in April 2009 and is currently pursuing an acting career outside of the Revue.
Mame Thiam
Mame Baba Thiam is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe.
Henning Scherf
Henning Scherf is a German lawyer and politician (SPD). He was the 6th President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen from 4 July 1995 to 8 November 2005.
Marc Zinga
Marc Zinga is a Congolese-Belgian actor, singer and filmmaker.
Alexandre Léauté
Alexandre Léauté is a French Paralympic cyclist who won gold in Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual pursuit C2. In qualifying he broke the world record and did so again in the final.