ON THIS DAY

Born in October

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

Thomas Armat
mechanic, inventor
1866–1948 · aged 81
October 25 · 1866
Source: SNAC
Dan Franck
writer, journalist
73 years old
October 17 · 1952
Source: Babelio
Dimitar Ganev
trade unionist, politician
1898–1964 · aged 65
October 28 · 1898
No external source identified
Paul Pellisson
theologian, historian
1624–1693 · aged 68
October 30 · 1624
Source: SNAC
Henri Evenepoel*
poster artist, printmaker
Date disputed
October 3 · 1872
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Norbert Bisky
draftsperson, painter
56 years old
October 10 · 1970
Source: Munzinger Personen
Ignác Alpár
architect, university teacher
1855–1928 · aged 72
October 17 · 1855
Source: Integrated Authority File
Inger Jacobsen
recording artist, singer
1923–1996 · aged 72
October 13 · 1923
Source: Sigarett Stomp – Jazz i Norge 1940-1950
Christian Hochstätter
association football player
62 years old
October 19 · 1963
Source: Transfermarkt
Iván García
swimmer, competitive diver
32 years old
October 25 · 1993
No external source identified
Gyunduz Mamedov
Prosecutor General of Ukraine, prosecutor
51 years old
October 26 · 1974
No external source identified
Adolfo Horta
boxer
1957–2016 · aged 59
October 3 · 1957
No external source identified
Gunnar Berndtson
painter, artist
1854–1895 · aged 40
October 24 · 1854
Source: Register of the Artists' Association of Finland
Gian Marco Centinaio
politician
54 years old
October 31 · 1971
No external source identified
Luis Eduardo Pérez
politician
1774–1841 · aged 66
October 12 · 1774
No external source identified
Mark Crear
athletics competitor
58 years old
October 2 · 1968
Source: World Athletics database
Hans von Greiffenberg
military officer, soldier
1893–1951 · aged 57
October 12 · 1893
Source: Nuremberg Trials Project
Nico Braun
association football player
75 years old
October 26 · 1950
Source: Transfermarkt
Joe Williams
physician, politician
1934–2020 · aged 85
October 4 · 1934
No external source identified
Taha Basry
association football player, association football coach
1946–2014 · aged 67
October 2 · 1946
No external source identified
Emmanuel, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
aristocrat
1631–1670 · aged 39
October 6 · 1631
Source: The Peerage
Dorothy Swaine Thomas
university teacher, sociolinguist
1899–1977 · aged 77
October 24 · 1899
Source: BnF authorities
Anton Kushnir
freestyle skier
42 years old
October 13 · 1984
No external source identified
Philipp von Zesen
lyricist, linguist
1619–1689 · aged 70
October 8 · 1619
Source: Projekt Gutenberg-DE
Jerry Mbakogu
association football player
34 years old
October 1 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Alexander von der Groeben
actor, judoka
71 years old
October 5 · 1955
Source: filmportal.de
Jeff Clarke
association football player
48 years old
October 18 · 1977
Source: FBref
Ella Holm Bull
teacher, linguist
1929–2006 · aged 76
October 12 · 1929
Source: historical register of persons
Jan Suchý
ice hockey player
1944–2021 · aged 76
October 10 · 1944
Source: regional database of the Regional Library of Highlands
Georg Desmarées*
painter
Date disputed
October 27 · 1697
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Aaron Quirós
association football player
24 years old
October 31 · 2001
No external source identified
Johann Rudolf Wettstein
council member, Vogt
1594–1666 · aged 71
October 27 · 1594
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Blagoja Georgievski
basketball player
1950–2020 · aged 69
October 15 · 1950
No external source identified
Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko
poet, politician
1768–1844 · aged 76
October 26 · 1768
Source: Sanguszko-Lubartowicz, Eustach (BLKÖ)
Viktor Safronov
astronomer, geophysicist
1917–1999 · aged 81
October 11 · 1917
No external source identified
Oriana Altuve
association football player
34 years old
October 3 · 1992
No external source identified
Felix Baldauf
amateur wrestler
31 years old
October 22 · 1994
Source: teamnor.no
Omar Amiralay
screenwriter, film director
1944–2011 · aged 66
October 20 · 1944
Source: filmdienst.de
Robert Frangeš-Mihanović
medalist, sculptor
1872–1940 · aged 67
October 2 · 1872
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Jackie Ronne
explorer
1919–2009 · aged 89
October 13 · 1919
Source: Find a Grave
Elias Camsek Chin
politician, soldier
77 years old
October 10 · 1949
No external source identified
Kaito Chida
association football player
31 years old
October 17 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Otto Rippert
stage actor, actor
1869–1940
October 22 · 1869
Source: filmportal.de
Edmond Baraffe
association football player, association football coach
1942–2020 · aged 77
October 19 · 1942
Source: GeneaStar
Giovanni Marchese
association football player, association football coach
41 years old
October 17 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Guillermo Pérez
taekwondo athlete
46 years old
October 14 · 1979
No external source identified
Yun Young-sun
association football player
38 years old
October 4 · 1988
Source: FBref
Muhammad Osman Said
politician
1924–2007 · aged 83
October 17 · 1924
No external source identified
Mečislovas Gedvilas
politician
1901–1981 · aged 79
October 19 · 1901
No external source identified
Olesya Povh
athletics competitor, sprinter
38 years old
October 18 · 1987
Source: World Athletics database
Grzegorz Łomacz
volleyball player
39 years old
October 1 · 1987
No external source identified
Bo Karlsson
association football player, association football referee
77 years old
October 12 · 1949
No external source identified
Mario Bermejo
association football player
48 years old
October 7 · 1978
Source: Transfermarkt
Hanns Braun
sculptor, athletics competitor
1886–1918 · aged 31
October 26 · 1886
Source: Catalog of the German National Library
Rafael Fente-Damers
swimmer
19 years old
October 17 · 2006
Source: worldaquatics.com
Viktor Kanevskyi
association football coach, association football player
1936–2018 · aged 82
October 3 · 1936
Source: Transfermarkt
Sabine John
athletics competitor
68 years old
October 16 · 1957
Source: World Athletics database
Oliver Wardrop
diplomat, lexicographer
1864–1948 · aged 84
October 10 · 1864
Source: SNAC
Björn Jónsson
head of government, journalist
1846–1912 · aged 66
October 8 · 1846
No external source identified
Chalermpol Malakham
actor, politician
64 years old
October 10 · 1962
No external source identified
Milan Vilotić
association football player
39 years old
October 21 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Alexander Krein
music educator, composer
1883–1951
October 20 · 1883
Source: Grove Music Online
William Lubtchansky
screenwriter, film director
1937–2010 · aged 72
October 26 · 1937
Source: Integrated Authority File
Samuel Maier
skeleton racer
27 years old
October 3 · 1999
No external source identified
Joscelin Lowden
sport cyclist
39 years old
October 3 · 1987
Source: uci.org
Merle Jääger
poet, writer
60 years old
October 19 · 1965
Source: IMDb
Quách Thị Lan
athletics competitor
30 years old
October 18 · 1995
Source: World Athletics database
Eduard Franck
pianist, musician
1817–1893 · aged 76
October 5 · 1817
Source: SNAC
Thomas J. Herbert
jurist, governor
1894–1974 · aged 79
October 28 · 1894
Source: SNAC
Pascal Papé
rugby union player
46 years old
October 5 · 1980
No external source identified
Margaret Molesworth
tennis player
1894–1985 · aged 90
October 18 · 1894
No external source identified
Dominique Herr
association football player
60 years old
October 25 · 1965
Source: Transfermarkt
Eva Maria Meineke
film actor, actor
1923–2018 · aged 94
October 8 · 1923
Source: FemBio database
Kiril Simonovski
association football player, association football coach
1915–1984 · aged 68
October 19 · 1915
Source: Transfermarkt
Kazimierz Kordylewski
university teacher, astronomer
1903–1981 · aged 77
October 11 · 1903
Source: Integrated Authority File
Lena Hades
writer, painter
67 years old
October 2 · 1959
No external source identified
Wang Shi-ting
tennis player
52 years old
October 19 · 1973
Source: WTA website
Marianne Merchez
aircraft pilot, astronaut
65 years old
October 25 · 1960
Source: astronautix.com
Eduard Pütsep
amateur wrestler, coach
1898–1960 · aged 61
October 21 · 1898
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Dominik Thalhammer
association football coach
56 years old
October 2 · 1970
Source: soccerdonna.de
Ludmila of Poděbrady
regent
1456–1503 · aged 46
October 16 · 1456
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Dragoslav Srejović
university teacher, anthropologist
1931–1996 · aged 65
October 8 · 1931
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Christian Vander
association football player, association football coach
45 years old
October 24 · 1980
Source: Transfermarkt
Coloman Braun-Bogdan
writer, association football player
1905–1983 · aged 77
October 13 · 1905
No external source identified
Hadj Abderrahmane
film director, actor
1940–1981
October 12 · 1940
Source: Archives de Paris
Blanchette Brunoy
stage actor, film actor
1915–2005
October 5 · 1915
Source: FemBio database
Vincenzo Rennella
association football player
38 years old
October 8 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Dionicio Cerón
marathon runner
61 years old
October 9 · 1965
Source: World Athletics database
Adam Waczyński
basketball player
36 years old
October 15 · 1989
Source: ACB.com
Theodoros Skylakakis
politician, economist
66 years old
October 18 · 1959
No external source identified
Helen Dunbar
actor, film actor
1863–1933 · aged 69
October 10 · 1863
Source: IMDb
Evgeny Makarenko
boxer
51 years old
October 10 · 1975
No external source identified
Gregory Sedoc
politician, athletics competitor
44 years old
October 16 · 1981
Source: World Athletics database
Zhu Lin
badminton player
41 years old
October 29 · 1984
Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com
Bruno Carranza
politician, journalist
1822–1891 · aged 68
October 5 · 1822
No external source identified
Marcantonio Barbaro
cartographer, diplomat
1518–1595 · aged 76
October 2 · 1518
Source: Integrated Authority File
Francisco Montañés
association football player
40 years old
October 8 · 1986
Source: As
Virgilio Levratto
association football coach, association football player
1904–1968 · aged 63
October 26 · 1904
Source: BnF authorities
Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski*
Catholic bishop, diplomat
Date disputed
October 29 · 1822
Source: Integrated Authority File
Said Afandi al-Shirkawi
preacher, writer
1937–2012 · aged 74
October 21 · 1937
No external source identified
Sitor Situmorang
writer, poet
1924–2014
October 2 · 1924
Source: sitorsitumorang.org
Birthe Wolter
stage actor, actor
45 years old
October 4 · 1981
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mikkel Thygesen
association football coach, association football player
41 years old
October 22 · 1984
No external source identified
César Isella
songwriter, musician
1938–2021 · aged 82
October 20 · 1938
Source: MusicBrainz
Verena Sailer
athletics competitor, sprinter
40 years old
October 16 · 1985
Source: World Athletics database
Alonso Solís Calderón
association football player
47 years old
October 14 · 1978
Source: FBref
Mihai Roman*
association football player
Date disputed
October 16 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Tom Boardman
racing driver, racing automobile driver
42 years old
October 15 · 1983
No external source identified
Jan Antonovich Berzin
opinion journalist, politician
1881–1938 · aged 56
October 11 · 1881
Source: Integrated Authority File
Víctor Manuel Román y Reyes
politician
1872–1950 · aged 77
October 13 · 1872
No external source identified
Delfina Merino
field hockey player
36 years old
October 15 · 1989
No external source identified
Franz Ehrle
Catholic priest, Praefectus
1845–1934 · aged 88
October 17 · 1845
Source: La France savante
Mario Salas
association football coach, association football player
59 years old
October 11 · 1967
Source: Transfermarkt
Garrett Lowney
amateur wrestler
47 years old
October 3 · 1979
No external source identified
Jens Hofer
association football player
29 years old
October 1 · 1997
Source: Transfermarkt
Bernhard Molique
music director, composer
1802–1869 · aged 66
October 7 · 1802
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Prince Friedrich Erdmann I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen-Pless
military personnel
1731–1797 · aged 66
October 27 · 1731
Source: Integrated Authority File
Alexandre Bida
lithographer, etcher
1813–1895 · aged 81
October 3 · 1813
Source: Municipal Archives of Toulouse
Miguel Ángel Neira*
association football player
Date disputed
October 9 · 1952
Source: FBref
Hélène Florent
actor, film director
51 years old
October 21 · 1974
No external source identified
Anthony Mosse
swimmer
61 years old
October 29 · 1964
No external source identified
Nina Vislova
badminton player
40 years old
October 4 · 1986
Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com
Avnita Bir
economist
68 years old
October 31 · 1957
No external source identified
Marcelo Fernández
association football player
24 years old
October 25 · 2001
No external source identified
Anderson Conceição
association football player
36 years old
October 24 · 1989
Source: As
Toshiya Fujita
association football player, association football coach
55 years old
October 4 · 1971
Source: Transfermarkt
Aaron Meijers
association football player
38 years old
October 28 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Agostino Bertani
politician, physician
1812–1886 · aged 73
October 19 · 1812
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Nicolò Contarini
politician, writer
1553–1631 · aged 77
October 6 · 1553
No external source identified
Leonard Piontek
association football coach, association football player
1913–1967 · aged 53
October 3 · 1913
Source: Transfermarkt
Nólsoyar Páll
poet, farmer
1766–1809
October 11 · 1766
No external source identified
Felix Ermacora
jurist, human rights defender
1923–1995 · aged 71
October 13 · 1923
Source: BnF authorities
Mario Primorac
basketball coach, basketball player
65 years old
October 3 · 1961
Source: FIBA database
Marie Poussepin
nun
1653–1744 · aged 90
October 4 · 1653
Source: BnF authorities
Christabel Ekeh
film actor
35 years old
October 16 · 1990
No external source identified
Wilhelm Blos
journalist, politician
1849–1927 · aged 77
October 5 · 1849
Source: Integrated Authority File
Philippe Lioret
audio engineer, audio technician
71 years old
October 10 · 1955
Source: MAK
Beaubrun Ardouin
historian, politician
1796–1865 · aged 68
October 30 · 1796
No external source identified
Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
university teacher, geneticist
1907–2007 · aged 100
October 6 · 1907
Source: FemBio database
Coby Miller
sprinter, athletics competitor
49 years old
October 19 · 1976
Source: World Athletics database
Ernesto Canto
athletics competitor
1959–2020 · aged 61
October 18 · 1959
Source: World Athletics database
Albert Charles Seward
paleobotanist, botanist
1863–1941 · aged 77
October 9 · 1863
Source: Biographical Database of Southern African Science
Younes Delfi
association football player
26 years old
October 2 · 2000
Source: Transfermarkt
Nanasei Iino
association football player
30 years old
October 2 · 1996
Source: FBref
Nicolaas van Wijk
linguist, writer
1880–1941
October 4 · 1880
Source: Leidse Hoogleraren
Heinrich Eduard Jacob
musicologist, editing staff
1889–1967 · aged 78
October 7 · 1889
Source: BnF authorities
Sergey Yudin
surgeon, military physician
1891–1954 · aged 62
October 9 · 1891
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Marcus Cooper Walz
kayaker
32 years old
October 3 · 1994
Source: canoeicf.com
Pa Dibba
association football player
38 years old
October 15 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Johan August Wahlberg
zoologist, naturalist
1810–1856 · aged 45
October 9 · 1810
Source: Biographical Database of Southern African Science

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