List of Famous people born in October

David Vanian is an English rock musician, and lead singer of the punk rock band the Damned. Formed in 1976 in London, the Damned were the first British punk band to release a single, release an album, have a record hit the UK charts, and tour the United States. With a fluid line-up since their founding, Vanian has been the only ever-present member. His rich baritone voice has been described as "impressively sonorous".

James McFarlane McArthur is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Crystal Palace.

Laurence Roche is a former professional Irish road racing cyclist. He was a professional from 1989 to 1991, where he rode for the Carrera Jeans–Vagabond for two years and then for Tonton Tapis–GB team for 1991 in which he rode the Tour de France for the only time in his career. During that Tour, he raced on the same team as his famous brother, Stephen Roche. Stephen was disqualified on the second stage of the race after failing to make the time limit when he missed the start time of the team time trial. Several days later, Lawrence went on a long solo breakaway. Roche would finish his only tour in 153rd place. In 2002, he was back to racing after a two-year break and he won the Dunboyne 3 day race. In 2008, Roche competed in the FBD Insurance Ras.

Carlos Gálviz is a Venezuelan racing cyclist. He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the road race. In 2014, he was the national individual time trial champion of Venezuela.

Mariam Kakhelishvili is a Georgian singer.