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Born in October

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

Kuzma Galitsky
politician
1897–1973 · aged 75
October 24 · 1897
No external source identified
Ernst Herman van Rappard
criminal, politician
1899–1953 · aged 53
October 30 · 1899
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Jarrod Bannister
athletics competitor
1984–2018 · aged 33
October 3 · 1984
Source: World Athletics database
Vlastimil Tusar
politician, journalist
1880–1924 · aged 43
October 23 · 1880
Source: katalog.ahmp.cz
Eric Morel*
boxer
Date disputed
October 1 · 1975
No external source identified
Douglas Grolli
association football player
37 years old
October 5 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Lilia Shevtsova*
political scientist, historian
Date disputed
October 7 · 1951
Source: Integrated Authority File
Wilson Boit Kipketer
athletics competitor
53 years old
October 6 · 1973
Source: World Athletics database
Rudolf Forster
stage actor, film actor
1884–1968
October 30 · 1884
Source: REGO
Fatai Alashe
association football player
32 years old
October 21 · 1993
Source: Transfermarkt
Dave Simmonds
motorcycle racer
1939–1972 · aged 32
October 25 · 1939
No external source identified
James Judd
conductor, musician
76 years old
October 30 · 1949
Source: SNAC
Henry Lerolle
printmaker, painter
1848–1929 · aged 80
October 3 · 1848
Source: SNAC
Karl Böttcher
military personnel
1889–1973 · aged 83
October 25 · 1889
No external source identified
Anastasio Ballestrero
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1913–1998 · aged 84
October 3 · 1913
Source: Munzinger Personen
Christoph Marthaler
composer, director
74 years old
October 17 · 1951
Source: filmportal.de
Lou
singer, musician
62 years old
October 27 · 1963
No external source identified
Aurora Bautista
actor, film actor
1922–2012 · aged 89
October 15 · 1922
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Joseph Kamwendo
association football player
39 years old
October 23 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Mohamed Fakhir
association football coach, association football player
72 years old
October 19 · 1953
No external source identified
Danas Pozniakas
boxer
1939–2005 · aged 65
October 19 · 1939
Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Pyotr Konovnitsyn
military personnel, soldier
1764–1822 · aged 57
October 9 · 1764
No external source identified
Marcélia Cartaxo
actor, film director
62 years old
October 27 · 1963
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Dawson Turner
botanist, banker
1775–1858 · aged 82
October 18 · 1775
Source: SNAC
Ángel Bargas
association football player, association football coach
79 years old
October 29 · 1946
Source: Transfermarkt
Filip Daems
association football player
47 years old
October 31 · 1978
Source: Transfermarkt
Amin-Salim Jarjora
lawyer, teacher
1886–1975 · aged 88
October 12 · 1886
No external source identified
Anna of Pomerania
consort
1590–1660 · aged 69
October 3 · 1590
Source: Integrated Authority File
Tori Franklin
triple jumper
34 years old
October 7 · 1992
Source: World Athletics database
Mitsuko Kusabue
actor
92 years old
October 22 · 1933
Source: IMDb
Bruno Iwuoha
actor
1952–2021 · aged 68
October 6 · 1952
No external source identified
Berta Ambrož
singer
1944–2003 · aged 58
October 29 · 1944
No external source identified
Carla Camurati
actor, theatre director
65 years old
October 14 · 1960
Source: SNAC
Mariana Larroquette
association football player
33 years old
October 24 · 1992
Source: Soccerdonna
Truxtun Hare
athletics competitor, lawyer
1878–1956 · aged 77
October 12 · 1878
Source: Roglo
Viktor Zinger
ice hockey coach, ice hockey player
1941–2013 · aged 71
October 29 · 1941
No external source identified
Francisco de Saavedra
military personnel, military officer
1746–1819 · aged 73
October 4 · 1746
No external source identified
Motoki Takagi
seiyū
46 years old
October 4 · 1980
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Lauretta Masiero
film actor, ballet dancer
1927–2010 · aged 82
October 25 · 1927
Source: BnF authorities
Ulviyya Ali
human rights defender, journalist
32 years old
October 13 · 1993
Source: ulviyyaali.com
Isa Kremer
opera singer
1887–1956 · aged 68
October 21 · 1887
Source: SNAC
Francisco Giner de los Ríos
writer, jurist
1839–1915
October 10 · 1839
Source: BnF authorities
Helen Blanchard
engineer, inventor
1840–1922 · aged 81
October 25 · 1840
No external source identified
Francky Dury
association football coach, association football player
69 years old
October 11 · 1957
No external source identified
Majdouline Idrissi*
actor, television actor
Date disputed
October 24 · 1977
No external source identified
Daniel D. Pratt
politician, lawyer
1813–1877 · aged 63
October 26 · 1813
Source: SNAC
Béla Gerster
engineer, hydraulic engineer
1850–1923 · aged 72
October 20 · 1850
No external source identified
Giacomo Battiato
writer, actor
82 years old
October 18 · 1943
Source: filmportal.de
Hideto Suzuki
association football coach, association football player
52 years old
October 7 · 1974
Source: Transfermarkt
Amane Beriso
athletics competitor
34 years old
October 13 · 1991
Source: World Athletics database
Uno Cygnaeus
pedagogue, Lutheran pastor
1810–1888 · aged 77
October 12 · 1810
Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland
Nicolas Vallar
association football player
42 years old
October 22 · 1983
Source: Transfermarkt
Sae Ōtsuka
seiyū
31 years old
October 10 · 1995
No external source identified
Luke Foxe
explorer
1586–1635 · aged 48
October 20 · 1586
Source: Sketches of Hull Authors
Nelson Cavaquinho*
singer, musician
Date disputed
October 29 · 1911
Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
Bernard Zehrfuss
architect
1911–1996 · aged 84
October 20 · 1911
Source: La France savante
Alexander Szymanowski
association football player
37 years old
October 13 · 1988
Source: As
Antônio Houaiss
linguist, lexicographer
1915–1999 · aged 83
October 15 · 1915
Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
judge, politician
1762–1832 · aged 70
October 7 · 1762
Source: SNAC
Paige McPherson
taekwondo athlete
36 years old
October 1 · 1990
Source: olympedia.org
Hilda Borgström
stage actor, actor
1871–1953 · aged 81
October 13 · 1871
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Giovanni Federico
association football player
46 years old
October 4 · 1980
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Firuz Kazemzadeh
university teacher, historian
1924–2017 · aged 92
October 27 · 1924
Source: SNAC
David Cal
canoeist
44 years old
October 10 · 1982
No external source identified
Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt
astronomer
1825–1884 · aged 58
October 26 · 1825
Source: BnF authorities
Miklós Németh
athletics competitor, javelin thrower
79 years old
October 23 · 1946
Source: sports-reference.com
David Sarajishvili
philanthropist, entrepreneur
1848–1911 · aged 62
October 28 · 1848
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Luigi Miraglia
classical philologist, latinist
60 years old
October 28 · 1965
No external source identified
Khaled El-Amin
association football player
50 years old
October 6 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani
association football player, association football coach
60 years old
October 7 · 1966
Source: eurosport.com
Elisabetta Viviani
actor, showgirl
71 years old
October 4 · 1955
No external source identified
Jill Kintner
sport cyclist
44 years old
October 24 · 1981
No external source identified
Kei Horie
film director, screenwriter
48 years old
October 4 · 1978
No external source identified
Marek Krejčí*
association football player
Date disputed
October 20 · 1980
No external source identified
Gary Anderson
politician, sport shooter
87 years old
October 8 · 1939
No external source identified
Edward H. Rollins
businessperson, politician
1824–1889 · aged 64
October 3 · 1824
Source: SNAC
Dosoftei
Eastern Orthodox priest, translator
1624–1693 · aged 69
October 26 · 1624
No external source identified
Brenton Rickard
swimmer
42 years old
October 19 · 1983
No external source identified
Abraham Harkavy*
orientalist, bibliographer
Date disputed
October 17 · 1835
Source: SNAC
Stefan Terlezki
politician
1927–2006 · aged 78
October 29 · 1927
No external source identified
Milorad Ekmečić
university teacher, historian
1928–2015 · aged 86
October 4 · 1928
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Meriame Terchoun
association football player
30 years old
October 27 · 1995
Source: Soccerdonna
Peter Georg Bang
university teacher, jurist
1797–1861 · aged 63
October 7 · 1797
Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 3rd edition
Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou
monarch
1006–1060 · aged 54
October 20 · 1006
No external source identified
Patrick Konrad
sport cyclist
34 years old
October 13 · 1991
Source: uci.org
Aaron Armstrong
sprinter
48 years old
October 14 · 1977
Source: World Athletics database
Rafiq Uddin Ahmed
1926–1952 · aged 25
October 30 · 1926
No external source identified
Jacques-Joseph Champollion
linguist, palaeographer
1778–1867 · aged 88
October 5 · 1778
Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it
Oleksandr Filippov
association football player
33 years old
October 23 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Vasile Iordache
association football player, association football coach
76 years old
October 9 · 1950
Source: Transfermarkt
Valérie Masson-Delmotte
science communicator, researcher
54 years old
October 29 · 1971
Source: ipcc.ch
Henryk Szaro*
film director, director
Date disputed
October 21 · 1900
No external source identified
Gabriele Paleotti
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1522–1597
October 14 · 1522
Source: Integrated Authority File
Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein
politician, secretary of state
1842–1912 · aged 69
October 12 · 1842
Source: BnF authorities
Gottfried Michael Koenig
university teacher, composer
1926–2021 · aged 95
October 5 · 1926
Source: Musicalics
Souleymane Oularé
association football player
53 years old
October 16 · 1972
Source: FBref
Edvard Brandes
writer, orientalist
1847–1931 · aged 84
October 21 · 1847
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Alex Holzwarth
drummer
58 years old
October 4 · 1968
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Marie Jeanne Riccoboni
novelist, actor
1713–1792 · aged 79
October 25 · 1713
Source: BnF authorities
Gabriella Gerzsenyi
writer, politician
48 years old
October 30 · 1977
No external source identified
Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh
politician
1889–1969 · aged 80
October 13 · 1889
Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Feng Xiaoting
association football player
40 years old
October 22 · 1985
Source: FBref
Jon Ekerold
motorcycle racer
80 years old
October 8 · 1946
No external source identified
Abas Arslanagić
writer, handball player
82 years old
October 2 · 1944
No external source identified
Demba Diallo
association football player
25 years old
October 13 · 2000
Source: fbref.com
Ilie Stan
association football player, association football coach
58 years old
October 17 · 1967
Source: Transfermarkt
Dacian Varga
association football player
41 years old
October 15 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Philippe Berthelot
diplomat
1866–1934 · aged 68
October 9 · 1866
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Joana Mäder
volleyball player, beach volleyball player
35 years old
October 2 · 1991
Source: bvbinfo.com
Sandro Lauper
association football player
29 years old
October 25 · 1996
Source: Transfermarkt
Bae Yeon-ju
Olympic competitor, badminton player
35 years old
October 26 · 1990
Source: badmintonlink.com
Benoît Fourneyron
politician, engineer
1802–1867 · aged 64
October 31 · 1802
Source: Léonore database
Milorad Ratković
association football player
61 years old
October 15 · 1964
Source: FBref
Boris Gaganelov
association football coach, association football player
1941–2020 · aged 78
October 7 · 1941
Source: Transfermarkt
Andreja Slokar
alpine skier
28 years old
October 15 · 1997
Source: fis-ski.com
Tayfun Bademsoy
assistant director, actor
67 years old
October 14 · 1958
Source: Integrated Authority File
Nikolay Kovalev
fencer
39 years old
October 28 · 1986
No external source identified
Alexander Gode
writer, linguist
1906–1970 · aged 63
October 30 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Jüri Arrak
artist, graphic artist
1936–2022 · aged 85
October 24 · 1936
Source: SNAC
Domenico Paolella*
film director, director
Date disputed
October 15 · 1915
No external source identified
Joseph Chhmar Salas
Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon
1937–1977
October 21 · 1937
No external source identified
Osvaldo Escudero
association football player
65 years old
October 15 · 1960
No external source identified
Viktor Röthlin
athlete, long-distance runner
51 years old
October 14 · 1974
Source: World Athletics database
Barbara Brown
television actor, film actor
1901–1975 · aged 73
October 18 · 1901
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Gioacchino Assereto
painter
1600–1649 · aged 48
October 18 · 1600
No external source identified
Karlijn Swinkels
sport cyclist
27 years old
October 28 · 1998
No external source identified
Karl von Plettenberg*
military officer
Date disputed
October 18 · 1852
No external source identified
Frank Gilman Allen
politician, governor
1874–1950 · aged 76
October 6 · 1874
Source: Find a Grave
Neus Català Pallejà
resistance fighter, nurse
1915–2019 · aged 103
October 6 · 1915
Source: ara.cat
Rudolf Voderholzer
Catholic bishop, Catholic theologian
67 years old
October 9 · 1959
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Mathieu Peybernes
association football player
35 years old
October 21 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Aleksandr Novikov
guitarist, singer-songwriter
72 years old
October 31 · 1953
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Valery Kokov
statesperson, economist
1941–2005 · aged 64
October 18 · 1941
No external source identified
Roland Asch
racing automobile driver
76 years old
October 12 · 1950
No external source identified
Carlos Antonio Mendoza
jurist, lawyer
1856–1916 · aged 59
October 31 · 1856
Source: Find a Grave
John B. Johnson
engineer, physicist
1887–1970 · aged 83
October 2 · 1887
No external source identified
Agnieszka Kotulanka
film actor, actor
1956–2018 · aged 61
October 26 · 1956
Source: e-teatr.pl
Edmund Sharpe
architect, engineer
1809–1877 · aged 67
October 31 · 1809
Source: SNAC
Gilbert Aké
politician, university teacher
71 years old
October 8 · 1955
Source: Integrated Authority File
Daniella Ramirez*
synchronized swimmer
Date disputed
October 6 · 2001
No external source identified
Dragan Đukanović
association football coach, association football player
56 years old
October 29 · 1969
Source: Transfermarkt
Walter McGrail
actor
1888–1970 · aged 81
October 19 · 1888
Source: SNAC
Jan Šimák
association football player
47 years old
October 13 · 1978
Source: Transfermarkt
Carlos Betancur
sport cyclist
36 years old
October 13 · 1989
No external source identified
Steinn Steinarr
poet, librettist
1908–1958 · aged 49
October 13 · 1908
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Nanna Ditzel
designer, furniture designer
1923–2005 · aged 81
October 6 · 1923
Source: BnF authorities
Miroslav Verner
Egyptologist, epigrapher
84 years old
October 31 · 1941
Source: REGO
Ruan Lufei
chess player
39 years old
October 2 · 1987
No external source identified
Hedy Bienenfeld*
swimmer, athlete
Date disputed
October 17 · 1906
Source: Integrated Authority File
Hugo Celmiņš
head of government, military officer
1877–1941 · aged 63
October 30 · 1877
Source: SNAC

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