List of Famous people born in October

Leah Jean Poulos-Mueller is an American retired speed skater. She competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics, and won two silver medals in 1980 and one in 1976. She garnered more than 65 Olympic, world, and international speed skating medals and titles during a career that spanned 12 competitive years and three Olympic teams. After retiring from competitions she had a long career in law as a civil litigator.

Freddy Vargas Castellanos is a Venezuelan road cyclist.

Kevin Joseph "KJ" Sawka, better known by his stage name KJ Sawka, is an American musician, record producer, and DJ. He plays drums in the bands Pendulum and Destroid.

Shih Szu is an actress from the Republic of China (Taiwan). She was born Lei Qui Si (雷秋思) to parents from Hunan Province. A ballet student from the age of six, at the age of sixteen she joined Shaw Brothers Studio after secondary school and began appearing in films such as The Crimson Charm and The Rescue. However, the film that would rocket her to stardom would be her appearance opposite the famous Cheng Pei-pei in 1971's The Lady Hermit. She then would go on to appear in numerous wuxia and kung fu films such as The Thunderbolt Fist, Heroes of Sung, The Shadow Boxer, The Lady of the Law. The Shaws, seeing great potential in her, gave her a role in Hammer and the Shaws’ co-production The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires but the film was not successful internationally.

Todd Solondz is an American filmmaker and playwright known for his style of dark, socially conscious satire. Solondz's work has received critical acclaim for its commentary on the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia," a reflection of his own background in New Jersey. His work includes Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), Happiness (1998), Storytelling (2001), Palindromes (2004), Life During Wartime (2009), Dark Horse (2011), and Wiener-Dog (2016).

Timothy P. Minear is an American screenwriter and director. He has been nominated for four Emmy Awards for his role as an executive producer on American Horror Story and Feud.

Cornelis Arie "Kees" Verkerk is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.

Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the 10th Governor of Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2013.