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22,790 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Andrei Gusev
writer, physicist
73 years old
October 27 · 1952
No external source identified
Dmitri Parsky
military personnel
1866–1921 · aged 55
October 29 · 1866
No external source identified
Mare Dibaba
athletics competitor, marathon runner
36 years old
October 20 · 1989
Source: World Athletics database
Dimitrije Pavlović
Eastern Orthodox priest
1846–1930 · aged 83
October 26 · 1846
No external source identified
Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od
long-distance runner, marathon runner
45 years old
October 7 · 1981
Source: World Athletics database
Fernand Pelloutier
journalist, socialist
1867–1901 · aged 33
October 1 · 1867
Source: BnF authorities
Stefano Franscini
politician, mathematician
1796–1857 · aged 60
October 23 · 1796
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Jack Elton Bresenham
engineer, computer scientist
89 years old
October 11 · 1937
No external source identified
Benjamin Ward Richardson
physiologist, physician
1828–1896 · aged 68
October 31 · 1828
Source: Munk's Roll
Srđan Spiridonović
association football player
32 years old
October 13 · 1993
Source: FBref
Boris Sekulić
association football player
34 years old
October 21 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Matus Bisnovat
scientist, university teacher
1905–1977 · aged 72
October 23 · 1905
Source: Russian Aviation: A Biographical Encyclopedia: 1909–2009: A-Z
Bárbara Arenhart
handball player
40 years old
October 4 · 1986
No external source identified
Mickael Malsa
association football player
31 years old
October 12 · 1995
Source: Transfermarkt
Dani Hernández
association football player
40 years old
October 21 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Giovanni da Udine
architect, painter
1487–1564
October 15 · 1487
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Piroska Molnár
actor
81 years old
October 1 · 1945
Source: IMDb
Rustam Khudzhamov
association football player, association football coach
44 years old
October 5 · 1982
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Jarosław Fojut
association football player
38 years old
October 17 · 1987
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Niki Xanthou
athletics competitor
53 years old
October 11 · 1973
Source: World Athletics database
Gastón Sangoy
association football player
42 years old
October 5 · 1984
Source: FBref
Nurcan Taylan
weightlifter
42 years old
October 29 · 1983
No external source identified
Monika Hilmerová
actor
52 years old
October 7 · 1974
No external source identified
Bronislovas Lubys
university teacher, politician
1938–2011 · aged 73
October 8 · 1938
No external source identified
Charles Tiebout
economist, university teacher
1924–1968 · aged 43
October 12 · 1924
Source: SNAC
Nashoua Mostafa
actor, film actor
57 years old
October 15 · 1968
No external source identified
Alexey Vatutin
tennis player
33 years old
October 27 · 1992
No external source identified
Francis Girod
director, screenwriter
1944–2006 · aged 62
October 9 · 1944
Source: Babelio
Luciano Favero
association football player
69 years old
October 11 · 1957
Source: Transfermarkt
Francisco Ximenes de Texada
warrior monk
1703–1775 · aged 72
October 13 · 1703
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Nina Usatova
actor
75 years old
October 1 · 1951
Source: IMDb
Baba Adamu
association football player
46 years old
October 20 · 1979
Source: tff.org
Gheorghe Țițeica*
mathematician, university teacher
Date disputed
October 4 · 1873
Source: BnF authorities
Luigi Guido Grandi*
mathematician, engineer
Date disputed
October 10 · 1671
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Joaquín Chapaprieta*
lawyer, politician
Date disputed
October 25 · 1871
Source: congreso.es
E. O. C. Ord
army officer
1818–1883 · aged 64
October 18 · 1818
Source: SNAC
Maka Chichua*
physician, make-up artist
Date disputed
October 10 · 1949
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Ernst Sagebiel
architect
1892–1970 · aged 77
October 2 · 1892
Source: RKDartists
Anna Montañana
basketball coach, basketball player
45 years old
October 24 · 1980
Source: FIBA database
Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp
diplomat, magistrate
1762–1834 · aged 71
October 27 · 1762
Source: KNAW Past Members
Carl Westergren
amateur wrestler
1895–1958 · aged 62
October 13 · 1895
No external source identified
Mason Finley
athletics competitor
36 years old
October 7 · 1990
Source: World Athletics database
Zygfryd Szołtysik
association football player
83 years old
October 24 · 1942
Source: Transfermarkt
Julia Krajewski
equestrian, event rider
37 years old
October 22 · 1988
Source: olympedia.org
James of Aragon
Knight of the Order of Montesa, monk
1296–date unavailable
October 6 · 1296
No external source identified
Dieter Borsche
actor, stage actor
1909–1982 · aged 72
October 25 · 1909
Source: Find a Grave
Alexey Lyapunov
mathematician, computer scientist
1911–1973 · aged 61
October 21 · 1911
Source: Q136506814
Arkady Vorobyov
athlete, Olympic competitor
1924–2012 · aged 88
October 3 · 1924
Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Alain Baroja
association football player
36 years old
October 23 · 1989
Source: As
Dionisio Ridruejo
writer, poet
1912–1975 · aged 62
October 12 · 1912
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Maxime Busi
association football player
26 years old
October 14 · 1999
Source: FBref
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza
architect
1918–2000 · aged 81
October 12 · 1918
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Samuel Huntington
lawyer, judge
1765–1817
October 4 · 1765
Source: supremecourt.ohio.gov
Rolando Panerai
opera singer
1924–2019 · aged 95
October 17 · 1924
Source: Discogs
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
politician
81 years old
October 10 · 1945
No external source identified
Elisabeth Aspaker
civil servant, politician
63 years old
October 16 · 1962
Source: stortinget.no
Sabino Cassese
judge, politician
90 years old
October 20 · 1935
Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it
Asier Riesgo
association football player
43 years old
October 6 · 1983
Source: Transfermarkt
Frank Alamo
film actor, singer
1941–2012 · aged 70
October 12 · 1941
Source: BnF authorities
Urška Žolnir
judoka
45 years old
October 9 · 1981
No external source identified
Raimond Valgre
pianist, composer
1913–1949 · aged 36
October 7 · 1913
Source: Estonian biographical database
Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
ruler
1560–1604 · aged 43
October 27 · 1560
Source: Early Modern Letters Online
Martin Gutzwiller
university teacher, physicist
1925–2014 · aged 88
October 12 · 1925
No external source identified
Roy Kilner
cricketer
1890–1928 · aged 37
October 17 · 1890
Source: tradingcarddb.com
Dominique Hasler
politician, teacher
48 years old
October 6 · 1978
No external source identified
Daisuke Nasu
association football player
45 years old
October 10 · 1981
Source: FBref
Anita Kulcsár
handball player
1976–2005 · aged 28
October 2 · 1976
No external source identified
Giovanni Matteo Mario*
opera singer
Date disputed
October 18 · 1810
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri
politician, writer
1944–2020 · aged 75
October 19 · 1944
No external source identified
Valeri Broshin
association football player, association football coach
1962–2009 · aged 46
October 19 · 1962
No external source identified
André Navarra
cellist, music educator
1911–1988 · aged 76
October 13 · 1911
Source: BnF authorities
Claire Goll*
peace activist, writer
Date disputed
October 29 · 1891
Source: Verbrannt, verboten, vergessen
Emilio De Fabris
architect
1807–1883 · aged 75
October 28 · 1807
Source: De Fabris, Emilio
Kálmán Kalocsay
university teacher, poet
1891–1976 · aged 84
October 6 · 1891
Source: akademio-de-esperanto.org
Pit Corder
paramedic, linguist
1918–1990 · aged 71
October 6 · 1918
No external source identified
Loris Reggiani
motorcycle racer
67 years old
October 7 · 1959
No external source identified
Ștefan Sameș
association football player, association football coach
1951–2011 · aged 59
October 14 · 1951
Source: Transfermarkt
Renate Lingor
association football player
51 years old
October 11 · 1975
Source: Soccerdonna
Carl Edward Bailey
politician, lawyer
1894–1948 · aged 54
October 8 · 1894
Source: Find a Grave
Rosamaria Murtinho
actor
90 years old
October 24 · 1935
Source: Rosamaria Murtinho
Nate Jaqua
association football player
44 years old
October 28 · 1981
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Julien Sanchez
permanent politician, miscellaneous persons without work under 60 excluding retirees
42 years old
October 19 · 1983
Source: French National Directory of Representatives, 9 April 2019
Jean Gottmann
geographer
1915–1994 · aged 78
October 10 · 1915
Source: BnF authorities
Margarita Aliger*
journalist, poet
Date disputed
October 7 · 1915
Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia
Paula Montal Fornés
founder of Catholic religious community, religious sister
1799–1889 · aged 89
October 11 · 1799
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
George P. McLean
lawyer, politician
1857–1932 · aged 74
October 7 · 1857
Source: GeneaStar
Paúl Ambrosi
association football player
45 years old
October 14 · 1980
Source: FBref
Dinara Asanova
actor, film director
1942–1985 · aged 42
October 24 · 1942
No external source identified
Jonathan McDonald
association football player
38 years old
October 28 · 1987
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Musa Muhammed
association football player
29 years old
October 31 · 1996
Source: Transfermarkt
Dong Sicheng
dancer, actor
28 years old
October 28 · 1997
No external source identified
Stanisław Kot
diplomat, politician
1885–1975 · aged 90
October 22 · 1885
Source: BnF authorities
Erwin Dudley
basketball player
45 years old
October 2 · 1981
Source: TBLStat.net
Yuko Oga
basketball player
43 years old
October 17 · 1982
Source: FIBA database
Zvi Bar
military officer, police officer
91 years old
October 8 · 1935
No external source identified
Teresa Billington-Greig
women's rights activist, suffragette
1877–1964 · aged 87
October 15 · 1877
Source: A historical dictionary of British women
Ali Lutfi Mahmud
politician, economist
1935–2018 · aged 82
October 6 · 1935
No external source identified
Recep Çetin
association football coach, association football player
61 years old
October 1 · 1965
Source: Transfermarkt
Joe Meriweather
basketball player, basketball coach
1953–2013 · aged 59
October 26 · 1953
Source: FIBA database
Logi Geirsson
handball player
44 years old
October 10 · 1982
No external source identified
Andrei Stas
ice hockey player
37 years old
October 18 · 1988
Source: iihf.com
Meyliservet Kadın
1854–1903 · aged 49
October 21 · 1854
No external source identified
Jan Erik Vold
biographer, essayist
86 years old
October 18 · 1939
Source: SNAC
Clarisse Machanguana
basketball player
50 years old
October 4 · 1976
Source: about.fiba.basketball
Josias von Rantzou
military personnel
1609–1650 · aged 40
October 18 · 1609
Source: BnF authorities
Giovanni Comisso
writer, journalist
1895–1969 · aged 73
October 3 · 1895
Source: BeWeB
John Capel
sprinter, American football player
47 years old
October 27 · 1978
Source: World Athletics database
Andros Kyprianou
politician
70 years old
October 26 · 1955
Source: parliament.cy
Bruno Faidutti
game designer, secondary school teacher
64 years old
October 23 · 1961
No external source identified
Zeinab Mamedyarova
chess player
43 years old
October 3 · 1983
No external source identified
José Guardiola
singer, violinist
1930–2012 · aged 81
October 22 · 1930
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Cirilo Villaverde
writer, teacher
1812–1894 · aged 81
October 28 · 1812
Source: BnF authorities
Nikolai Samokysh
war correspondent, graphic artist
1860–1944 · aged 83
October 25 · 1860
Source: Samokish [Samokisha], Nikolay
Leib Kvitko*
children's writer, poet
Date disputed
October 15 · 1890
Source: Integrated Authority File
William Howard
basketball player
32 years old
October 25 · 1993
Source: ACB.com
Shigeru Oda
jurist, university teacher
1924–2025 · aged 100
October 22 · 1924
Source: Integrated Authority File
Jason Tahincioğlu
racing automobile driver, engineer
42 years old
October 29 · 1983
No external source identified
Betulio González
boxer
76 years old
October 24 · 1949
No external source identified
Matt D'Agostini
ice hockey player
39 years old
October 23 · 1986
No external source identified
Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche
1386–1407 · aged 21
October 31 · 1386
Source: dialnet.unirioja.es
Petri Kontiola
ice hockey player
42 years old
October 4 · 1984
No external source identified
Maureen Dunlop de Popp
pilot in command
1920–2012 · aged 91
October 26 · 1920
No external source identified
Pavel Bittner
sport cyclist
23 years old
October 29 · 2002
Source: uci.org
Shi Jiuyong
jurist, judge
1926–2022 · aged 95
October 9 · 1926
No external source identified
Pia Lamberg
actor, model
36 years old
October 5 · 1990
Source: IMDb
Nikita Soshnikov
ice hockey player
32 years old
October 14 · 1993
Source: iihf.com
Leif Pagrotsky
politician, economist
74 years old
October 20 · 1951
No external source identified
Rafael Batista Hernández
association football player
89 years old
October 24 · 1936
No external source identified
Maria Velcheva
chess player
49 years old
October 14 · 1976
No external source identified
Georgina Brayshaw
rower
32 years old
October 14 · 1993
No external source identified
Krishna Patil
lecturer, mountaineer
36 years old
October 30 · 1989
No external source identified
Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger
paleontologist, paleoanthropologist
1856–1936 · aged 80
October 25 · 1856
Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon
Darko Maletić
association football player, association football coach
45 years old
October 20 · 1980
Source: Transfermarkt
Gabi Luncă
recording artist, singer
1938–2021 · aged 82
October 16 · 1938
No external source identified
Omar Visintin
snowboarder
36 years old
October 22 · 1989
No external source identified
Shu Kamo
association football coach, association football player
86 years old
October 29 · 1939
No external source identified
James F. Wilson
politician, lawyer
1828–1895 · aged 66
October 19 · 1828
Source: The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa
Haruka Funakubo
judoka
28 years old
October 10 · 1998
No external source identified
Norbert Glanzberg
conductor, composer
1910–2001 · aged 90
October 12 · 1910
Source: Integrated Authority File
José Ferrater Mora
writer, philosopher
1912–1991 · aged 78
October 30 · 1912
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Max Graf
translator, journalist
1873–1958 · aged 84
October 1 · 1873
Source: Integrated Authority File
Francielle
association football player
36 years old
October 18 · 1989
Source: Soccerdonna
Tewfik Saleh*
screenwriter, film director
Date disputed
October 27 · 1926
Source: port.hu
Dirk van Hogendorp*
politician, civil servant
Date disputed
October 3 · 1761
No external source identified
Kim J. Henriksen
singer, Esperantist
65 years old
October 28 · 1960
Source: Esperanto Wikipedia
George Amy
film editor, film producer
1903–1986 · aged 83
October 15 · 1903
Source: BnF authorities
Pier Luigi Cherubino
association football player, association football coach
54 years old
October 15 · 1971
Source: Transfermarkt
Bert Freeman
association football player
1885–1955 · aged 69
October 1 · 1885
No external source identified
François Bausch
politician, railway worker
69 years old
October 16 · 1956
No external source identified
August Lösch
economist, geographer
1906–1945 · aged 38
October 15 · 1906
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

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