- Oct 1 Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish pop-dance singer, born in Kristinehamn, Sweden
- Oct 2 George Pettit, Canadian hardcore singer (Alexisonfire), born in Grimsby, Ontario
- Oct 6 Michael Arden, American actor, singer and theater director (Parade), born in Midland, Texas
- Oct 6 William Butler, Canadian musician (Arcade Fire), born in Truckee, California
- Oct 7 Li Yundi, Chinese classical pianist, born in Chongqing, China
- Oct 9 Kassa Overall, American jazz and hip-hop drummer, rapper, and bandleader, born in Seattle, Washington
- Oct 12 Émile Parisien, French jazz soprano and alto saxophonist, and composer, born in Cahors, France
- Oct 15 Paulini [Pauline Curuenavuli], Fijian-Australian singer, born in Suva, Fiji
- Oct 16 Vincy Chan, Hong Kong-Singaporean Canto-pop singer ("My Memories are Not My Own"), born in Hong Kong
- Oct 22 DJ Drastic [Daniel M. Johnson], American club DJ, and radio presenter, born in Brooklyn, NYC
- Oct 25 Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer (at17), born in Hong Kong
- Oct 28 Mai Kuraki, Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter ("If I Believe"), born in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
- Oct 29 Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress (They Kiss Again), and pop singer ("You"), born in Yilan, Taiwan
- Oct 31 The Cheeky Girls [Gabriela and Monica Irimia], British-Romanian pop singers, born in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania
About October 1982
How Old? 41 years old
Generation: Millennial
Leap Year: No
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