List of Famous people born in October

Manuel Octavio Bermúdez Estrada is a Colombian rapist and serial killer who confessed to killing 21 children in remote areas of Colombia. He has been given the nickname "El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales". He was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Natalya Burdyga is a retired Russian (2001–2009) and Ukrainian (2010–2016) biathlete. In May 2015 she decided to retire, but in December 2015 she came back and performed at the Biathlon World Cup Stage #1 in Sweden. This was her last season - after it she announced about retirement due to family reasons.

Brent Ward Jett Jr., , is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace and aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut.

Kateryna Serebrianska is a Ukrainian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 1996 Olympics gold medalist, the 1995 World All-around champion, a two time (1995,1996) European All-around champion, and three time Grand Prix Final All-around champion.

Catlin Adams is an American actress and film director. Her main roles include The Jazz Singer and Toothless. She is also well known for her performance as promiscuous carnival worker Patty Bernstein in The Jerk. As a director, she shared a Directors Guild of America Award for an afterschool special.

Leroy "Lee" Edward Hood is an American biologist who has served on the faculties at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Washington. Hood has developed ground-breaking scientific instruments which made possible major advances in the biological sciences and the medical sciences. These include the first gas phase protein sequencer (1982), for determining the amino acids that make up a given protein; a DNA synthesizer (1983), to synthesize short sections of DNA; a peptide synthesizer (1984), to combine amino acids into longer peptides and short proteins; the first automated DNA sequencer (1986), to identify the order of nucleotides in DNA; ink-jet oligonucleotide technology for synthesizing DNA and nanostring technology for analyzing single molecules of DNA and RNA.