List of Famous people born in October

Elisenda Paluzie i Hernández is a Catalan economist, politician, and professor. Since 24 March 2018 she is president of the Assemblea Nacional Catalana, a Catalan independence organization. She has served as Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona (UB) since 2001, is the director of the Centro de Análisis Económico y de las Políticas Sociales (CAEPS) of the UB, which is integrated into the Research Institute of the Barcelona Economic Analysis Team (BEAT).

Yukari Fukui is a Japanese actress, voice actress and gravure idol known by the nickname Yukarin (ゆかりん) in Japan.

Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes is a Cuban novelist and journalist. As of 2007, he is one of Cuba's best-known writers internationally. In his native Spanish, as well as in English and some other languages, he is often referred to by the shorter form of his name, Leonardo Padura. He has written screenplays, two books of short stories, and a series of detective novels translated into 10 languages. In 2012, Padura was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award and the most important award of its kind. In 2015, he was awarded the Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras of Spain, one of the most important literary prizes in the Spanish-speaking world and usually considered as the Iberoamerican Nobel Prize.

Denise Rodrigues Fraga Villaça is a Brazilian actress. She is also a columnist at Editora Globo's Crescer magazine.

Jaime Iván Kaviedes Llorenty is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a forward.

Sejad Salihović is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II. He spent most of his career playing for 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga. He also played for Hertha BSC, Beijing Renhe, St. Gallen and Hamburger SV.

Yamaico Navarro Pérez is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Baltimore Orioles.

Calixthe Beyala is a Cameroonian-French writer who writes in French.

Maxi Gnauck is a retired artistic gymnast who represented East Germany. With a total of 27 medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, and European Championships she is considered one of the most successful woman gymnasts that Germany has ever produced. In 1980 she was selected East German Sportspersonality of the Year.

Hitomi Saito , born October 31, 1981 in Niigata, Japan, is a former singer and current radio personality. She was the leader of Melon Kinenbi, an all-girl J-pop group formerly within Hello! Project, until its disbandment in 2010. She is also a former member of Hello! Project's futsal club, Gatas Brilhantes H.P.