List of Famous people born in October

Brett Dean is a contemporary Australian composer, violist and conductor.

Sir Andrew Motion is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009. During the period of his laureateship, Motion founded the Poetry Archive, an online resource of poems and audio recordings of poets reading their own work. In 2012, he became President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, taking over from Bill Bryson.

Michèle Chardonnet is a French athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metre hurdles.

Michael O'Connor is an English costume designer.

Scott Clifton Snyder, better known as Scott Clifton, is an American actor, musician, and video blogger as well as an atheist activist. He is best known for playing Dillon Quartermaine in General Hospital (2003–2007), Schuyler Joplin in One Life to Live (2009–2010), and Liam Spencer in The Bold and the Beautiful (2010–present). He has three Daytime Emmy Award wins.

Anthony Quinlan is an English actor, known for his roles as Gilly Roach in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks and Pete Barton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.

Paul Goldsmith is a former USAC and NASCAR driver. He is an inductee of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame and Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. Later in life Goldsmith became a pilot and, flying primarily a Cessna 421, transported engines and parts to and from races. Goldsmith is currently the oldest living veteran of the Indianapolis 500.

Silvia Toffanin is an Italian television host, model and journalist.