- Oct 2 Jeff Martin, Canadian singer-songwriter (The Tea Party), born in Windsor, Ontario
Thom Yorke (55 years old)
Oct 7 British musician and singer (Radiohead - "Creep"; "Paranoid Android"), born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England
- Oct 9 Vickie Perks, British rock vocalist (Fuzzbox; Vix 'n the Kix), born in Birmingham, England
Hugh Jackman (55 years old)
Oct 12 Australian stage and screen actor and singer (The Boy from Oz; X-Men -"Wolverine"; The Greatest Showman; Kate And Leopold), born in Sydney, Australia
- Oct 13 Carlos Marín, Spanish pop-opera baritone (Il Divo), born in Mörfelden-Walldorf, West Germany (d. 2021)
- Oct 14 Johnny Goudie, Cuban American singer-songwriter and musician, born in Coral Gables, Florida
- Oct 15 Jyrki 69 [Jyrki Pekka Emil Linnankivi], Finnish musician (The 69 Eyes), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Oct 17 (David) "Ziggy" Marley, Jamaican Grammy Award-winning reggae performer (The Melody Makers), philanthropist, and son of Bob Marley, born in Kingston, Jamaica
Shaggy (55 years old)
Oct 22 Jamaican-American Grammy Award-winning reggae rapper and songwriter ("It Wasn't Me", "Boombastic",), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Oct 22 Shelby Lynne [Moorer], American country singer ("If I Could Bottle This Up"), born in Quantico, Virginia
- Oct 29 Stanley Donwood [Dan Rickwood], British writer and album art designer (Radiohead; Thom Yorke), born in Essex, England
- Oct 29 Tsunku [Mitsuo Terada], Japanese music producer and former singer (SHARAM Q), born in Osaka, Japan
About October 1968
How Old? 55 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: Yes