List of Famous people born in October

Fricis Rokpelnis was a Latvian poet and writer, who is best known for writing the lyrics to the Anthem of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Christina Crawford is an American cheerleader, dancer, and former ring announcer and professional wrestler who worked for WWE under the ring name Caylee Turner. She is the younger sister of professional wrestler Alicia Fox.

John Griggs Thompson is a mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970, the Wolf Prize in 1992 and the 2008 Abel Prize.

Thomas H. Schulman is an American screenwriter best known for his semi-autobiographical screenplay Dead Poets Society. The film won the Best Screenplay Academy Award in 1989, and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director.

Peter Plympton Smith is an American politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Vermont, the 76th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, and an education administrator. He served as the founding president of the Community College of Vermont, the founding president of California State University, Monterey Bay, and as assistant director general for education of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Lars Knutzon is a Danish actor and director, best known to international audiences for his role in the Danish TV drama Borgen.

David D. Awschalom is an American condensed matter experimental physicist. He is best known for his work in spintronics in semiconductors.

Bernardino León Gross is a Spanish diplomat and politician and former United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. Prior to this appointment by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, he served as the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the Southern Mediterranean. León is a former Secretary General at the office of the Spanish Prime Minister, Sherpa for the G20 and Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. His diplomatic career has mainly been devoted to the Arab world.