- Oct 3 G. Love [Garrett Dutton], American musician (G. Love and Special Sauce), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Oct 3 Lajon Witherspoon, American rock singer (Sevendust), born in Nashville, Tennesee
- Oct 4 Cut Chemist [Lucas MacFadden], American hip-hop DJ and record producer (Jurassic 5; Ozomatli), born in New York City
- Oct 6 Daniel Cavanagh, English rock musician (Anathema), born in Liverpool, England
- Oct 6 Ryu Shi-won, Korean actor and singer
- Oct 10 (Michael) Dean Roland, American guitarist and songwriter (Collective Soul), born in Stockbridge, Georgia
- Oct 16 Emily Doolittle, Canadian composer, and zoomusicologist (Social Sounds From Whales At Night; Dàn nan Ròn; A Short, Slow Life), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Eminem (51 years old)
Oct 17 American rapper and movie star (The Real Slim Shady, Stan and 8 Mile), born in St. Joseph, Missouri
- Oct 17 Tarkan [Tevetoğlu], Turkish pop singer (Şımarık), born in Alzey, West Germany
- Oct 19 Pras [Prakazrel Michel], Haitian-American rapper, songwriter and producer (The Fugees - "Killing Me Softly"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Oct 21 Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwritern and multi-instrumentalist musician (The Fiery Furnaces), born in Oak Park, Illinois
- Oct 23 Richard McNamara, British guitarist, songwriter and producer (Embrace), born in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, England
- Oct 24 Louis Michael Anthony Sassin, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Oct 27 Elissa [Elissar Zakaria Khoury] Lebanese singer, born in Deir el Ahmar, Lebanon
- Oct 27 Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea), born in Stockholm, Sweden
Brad Paisley (51 years old)
Oct 28 American country singer ("Collision of Worlds"; "Nobody's Fool"), born in Glen Dale, West Virginia
About October 1972
How Old? 51 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: Yes
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