October (disambiguation)
Wikimedia disambiguation page
October is the 10th month of the year.
October may also refer to:
October (Roman month), the eighth of 10 months in the oldest Roman calendar
Publications
October (journal), a journal published by the MIT Press
October (magazine), an Egyptian Arabic political weekly
October (novel), a 2014 novel by Zoë Wicomb
October, by Louise Glück, 2004
October, by Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, 1982
October, a 2017 history of the Russian Revolution, by China Miéville
October, a 2018 zine by Jeremy Bolm
In other languages
Octubre (magazine), a former Spanish literary magazine
Oktyabr (magazine), a former Russian literary magazine
Tishreen (newspaper) (Arabic: October), Syrian state controlled daily newspaper
Film and TV
October: Ten Days That Shook the World, a 1928 film directed by Sergei Eisenstein telling the story of the 1917 October Revolution
October (2010 film), a 2010 Peruvian film directed by brothers Daniel and Diego Vega Vidal
October (2018 film), a 2018 Indian film directed by Shoojit Sircar
October (upcoming film), an upcoming action horror film
Music
October (Shostakovich), a 1967 symphonic poem by Dmitri Shostakovich
"October" (Whitacre), a composition for concert band composed by Eric Whitacre
October (singer) (born 1997), stage name of Emma Logan, New Zealand singer, songwriter, record producer, and model
October London (born 1986), American singer and songwriter
Albums
October (Claire Hamill album), 1973
October (soundtrack album), by Shantanu Moitra, Abhishek Arora and Anupam Roy for the 2018 Indian film
October (U2 album), 1981
October (EP), a 2003 EP by The Funeral Pyre
Octobre (album), 2015 album by Les Cowboys Fringants
Songs
"October" (song), a 1981 song by U2
"October", a song by a-ha from their 1986 album Scoundrel Days
"October", a song by FM Static from their 2003 album What Are You Waiting For?
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