- Oct 2 Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese J-pop singer-songwriter ("Secret"), born in Fukuoka, Japan
- Oct 3 Jake Shears [Jason Sellards], American rock singer (Scissor Sisters), born in Mesa, Arizona
- Oct 5 James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
- Oct 7 Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq), born in Welwyn Garden City, England
- Oct 7 Nathaniel Rateliff, American roots-rock, R&B, and folk singer- songwriter (The Night Sweats - "S.O.B"), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Oct 8 Mike Moreno, American jazz guitarist (First in Mind), born in Houston, Texas
- Oct 9 Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife -"You Raise Me Up"), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Oct 10 Casey Benjamin, American R&B and hip-hop saxophonist, vocoder wizard, and songwriter (The Robert Glasper Experiment), born in the Bronx, New York City (d. 2024) [1]
- Oct 14 Justin Brannan, American musician (Most Precious Blood), born in Brooklyn, New York
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Oct 14 American singer (My Way, Confessions) and actor, born in Dallas, Texas
- Oct 16 Abel Talamántez, American LAtin, pop, and Tex-Max singer (Menudo; Los Super Reyes), born in Pecos, Texas
- Oct 16 Ethan Luck, American rock musician (The O.C. Supertones; Demon Hunter; Relient K), born in Long Beach, California
- Oct 19 Chris Sellers, American rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Oct 19 Henri "Trollhorn"Sorvali, Finnish heavy metal muscian (Moonsorrow), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Oct 20 Paul Wilson, Scottish bass player (Snow Patrol), born in Kinlochleven, Scotland
- Oct 21 Jimmy López Bellido, Peruvian classical composer (Synesthésie; Warped Symmetry; Aurora), born in Lima, Peru
- Oct 22 Ed Droste, American indie-rock singer-songwriter (Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"), born in Massachusetts
- Oct 26 Mark Barry, British pop musician (BBMak - "Back Here"), born in Manchester, England
- Oct 27 Dmitri Kogan, Russian concert violinist (Five Great Violins), born in Moscow, USSR (d. 2017)
- Oct 27 Vanessa-Mae [Vanakorn Nicholson], Singaporean-British violinist and Olympic alpine skier, born in Singapore
- Oct 28 Justin Guarini [Bell], American pop singer and actor (American Idol), born in Columbus, Georgia
About October 1978
How Old? 45 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: No
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