List of Famous people born in October

Kotobeppu Yōhei is a former sumo wrestler from Beppu, Ōita, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1981, and reached the jūryō division in July 1989, but had to withdraw in his jūryō debut because of nephritis and a long absence from competition due to uremia saw him fall greatly in rank. During this time he was close to requiring dialysis but eventually made a full recovery. He reached the top division in November 1992, becoming the first former sekitori to fall to the lowest jonokuchi division and subsequently manage to reach the top division. The only other wrestler to achieve this feat as of January 2018 is Ryūden. A previous member of Sadogatake stable, former ōzeki Kotokaze, had fallen from sekiwake to makushita and had been referred to as "the man who saw hell" and after Kotobeppu's even bigger fall he was called, "the man who saw the new hell." Kotobeppu received the Fighting Spirit Prize for winning ten bouts in his top division debut. His highest rank was maegashira 1. He retired in November 1997. He trained as a ramen maker and opened a ramen restaurant in Chiba Prefecture and later in his hometown of Beppu, Ōita where he also served chankonabe.

Irina Andreyevna Voronkova is a Russian female volleyball player. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team and was part of the national teams at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, the 2015 Montreux Volley Masters, the 2015 European Games in Baku, the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix in Thailand, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. and 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Michèle Victory is a French politician for the Socialist Party and a member of the French National Assembly for Ardèche's 2nd constituency. She was first a substitute candidate in 2007 and became a member of the assembly in December 2017 after her predecessor Olivier Dussopt had joined the government as a Secretary of State in the Ministry of Public Action and Accounts. Victory is an English teacher by profession and became involved in local politics in 1995.

Arisa Hoshiki is a Japanese singer, songwriter, retired professional wrestler, and former shoot boxer. In professional wrestling, she worked in the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, where she was Wonder of Stardom Champion, the promotion's secondary title. She vacated the championship on May 20, 2020 when she retired. Since 2018, Hoshiki has performed in the band Unlimited Dream Navigator, under the name Udon Sato (うどん佐藤), as part of which she performed her wrestling theme song.

Archduchess Helena of Austria was a member of the Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary, and Tuscany by birth. Through her marriage to Philipp Albrecht, Hereditary Duke of Württemberg, Helena was also a member of the House of Württemberg and Hereditary Duchess consort of Württemberg.

Ralf Minge is a German former footballer, later a coach, who currently works as sporting director of Dynamo Dresden.

Márcio Vieira de Vasconcelos, known as Vieira, is an Andorran footballer who plays for Spanish club Atlético Monzón as a midfielder.

Marcos Pinheiro Pizzelli, commonly known as Marcos, is a former professional footballer. Born in Brazil, Marcos represented Armenia internationally between 2008 and 2019.

Yutaka Ashikaga is a former Japanese baseball player. He pitched for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in the Pacific League.

Simon Townshend is a British guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is the younger brother of the Who's guitarist Pete Townshend, and is most associated with The Who and the various side projects of its original members. Simon Townshend has also performed with numerous other acts including Pearl Jam, Dave Grohl and Jeff Beck.