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

Ida Wüst
film actor, film director
1884–1958 · aged 73
October 10 · 1884
Source: Integrated Authority File
Karl II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
monarch
1741–1816 · aged 75
October 10 · 1741
Source: Integrated Authority File
Marcel Mihalovici
conductor, composer
1898–1985
October 22 · 1898
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Diego Salazar
weightlifter
46 years old
October 3 · 1980
No external source identified
Alexander Rudnay
translator, archbishop
1760–1831 · aged 70
October 4 · 1760
Source: Rudnay de Rudna und Divék-Ujfalú, Alexander (BLKÖ)
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
screenwriter, film producer
1899–1985 · aged 85
October 1 · 1899
No external source identified
Lothar Baumgarten
sculptor, conceptual artist
1944–2018
October 5 · 1944
No external source identified
José María Álvarez del Manzano
chief officer, politician
88 years old
October 17 · 1937
No external source identified
Ignaz Schiffermüller*
lepidopterist, naturalist
Date disputed
October 2 · 1727
No external source identified
Sheriff Suma
association football player
40 years old
October 12 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Thomas Eriksson
ice hockey player
66 years old
October 16 · 1959
Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000
Phan Thi Ha Thanh
artistic gymnast
34 years old
October 16 · 1991
No external source identified
Jean Capelle
association football player
1913–1977 · aged 63
October 26 · 1913
Source: Transfermarkt
Ilmari Hannikainen
pianist, composer
1892–1955 · aged 62
October 19 · 1892
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mana Mamuwene
association football player
79 years old
October 10 · 1947
Source: Transfermarkt
Hubertus Schmidt
dressage rider
67 years old
October 8 · 1959
No external source identified
Michael Berridge
physiologist, biochemist
1938–2020 · aged 81
October 22 · 1938
No external source identified
Issa Ba*
association football player
Date disputed
October 7 · 1981
No external source identified
Miyuki Maeda
Olympic competitor, badminton player
40 years old
October 14 · 1985
Source: incheon2014ag.org
Theodor Wiegand
anthropologist, art historian
1864–1936 · aged 72
October 30 · 1864
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Victor Lemoine
horticulturist, gardener
1823–1911 · aged 88
October 21 · 1823
Source: Léonore database
Toshiya Sugiuchi
baseball coach, baseball player
45 years old
October 30 · 1980
Source: npb.jp
Lloyd Spooner
sport shooter
1884–1966 · aged 82
October 6 · 1884
No external source identified
Jack Medica
swimmer
1914–1985 · aged 70
October 5 · 1914
No external source identified
Jiří Feureisl
ice hockey player, association football player
1931–2021 · aged 89
October 3 · 1931
Source: FBref
Napoléon Henri Reber
music educator, composer
1807–1880 · aged 73
October 21 · 1807
Source: BnF authorities
Ien Dales
politician
1931–1994 · aged 62
October 18 · 1931
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Thierry Fidjeu
association football player
44 years old
October 13 · 1982
Source: FBref
Peter Nguyễn Văn Khảm
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
74 years old
October 2 · 1952
No external source identified
Julius Paulsen
painter
1860–1940 · aged 79
October 22 · 1860
Source: Paulsen, Julius
Enzo Gragnaniello
singer-songwriter, composer
71 years old
October 20 · 1954
Source: Discogs
Grigori Roshal
film director, screenwriter
1899–1983 · aged 83
October 21 · 1899
No external source identified
Alberto Closas
film director, film actor
1921–1994 · aged 72
October 3 · 1921
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Robert Cogoi
singer
1939–2022 · aged 82
October 25 · 1939
Source: necro.funeralys.be
Bruno Mantovani
composer, conductor
52 years old
October 8 · 1974
Source: Who's Who in France
Saleh Al-Amri
association football player
32 years old
October 14 · 1993
Source: FBref
Célestine Ketcha Courtès
minister, politician
62 years old
October 13 · 1964
No external source identified
Prince Eugene of Saxe-Hildburghausen
military personnel
1730–1795 · aged 65
October 8 · 1730
Source: The Peerage
Danièle Sallenave
research fellow, writer
85 years old
October 28 · 1940
Source: Records of persons of interest
Teuta Arifi
university teacher, politician
56 years old
October 19 · 1969
No external source identified
Nina Romano
stage actor, film actor
1901–1966 · aged 64
October 18 · 1901
Source: IMDb
Lorenzo Juarros García
association football player
60 years old
October 7 · 1966
No external source identified
Rafael Galhardo
association football player
34 years old
October 30 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Linda Stahl
javelin thrower, athletics competitor
41 years old
October 2 · 1985
Source: World Athletics database
Annette Laming-Emperaire
anthropologist, archaeologist
1917–1977 · aged 59
October 22 · 1917
Source: death certificate
Hugh Welch Diamond
photographer, physician
1808–1886 · aged 77
October 23 · 1808
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Sascha Burchert
association football player
36 years old
October 30 · 1989
Source: As
Rudnei da Rosa
association football player
42 years old
October 7 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
John William III of Saxe-Eisenach
aristocrat
1666–1729
October 17 · 1666
Source: The Peerage
Miloš Kruščić
association football coach, association football player
50 years old
October 3 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Agnes Mulder
politician
52 years old
October 21 · 1973
No external source identified
Filiberto Azcuy
amateur wrestler
54 years old
October 13 · 1972
Source: olympedia.org
Alejandro Cárdenas*
sprinter
Date disputed
October 4 · 1974
Source: World Athletics database
Harald Grønningen
athletics competitor, cross-country skier
1934–2016 · aged 81
October 9 · 1934
Source: Find a Grave
Danilo Gomes
association football player
44 years old
October 15 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Patrick Dewael
lawyer, politician
71 years old
October 13 · 1955
No external source identified
Mohamed Nahiri
association football player
34 years old
October 22 · 1991
Source: FBref
Henri-Auguste de Loménie, comte de Brienne
diplomat, politician
1595–1666 · aged 71
October 28 · 1595
Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Floris Goesinnen
sport cyclist
42 years old
October 30 · 1983
No external source identified
Georgi Bratoev
volleyball player
38 years old
October 21 · 1987
Source: legavolley.it
Gustav Wentzel
painter
1859–1927 · aged 67
October 7 · 1859
Source: Wentzel, (Nils) Gustav
Elizabeth C. Crosby
physician, anatomist
1888–1983 · aged 94
October 25 · 1888
Source: SNAC
François Pervis
sport cyclist
41 years old
October 16 · 1984
No external source identified
Dwayne Evans
sprinter
68 years old
October 13 · 1958
No external source identified
Niccolò Bonifazio
sport cyclist
32 years old
October 29 · 1993
No external source identified
James F. Hinkle*
mayor, governor
Date disputed
October 20 · 1864
Source: Integrated Authority File
Lucas Rey
field hockey player
44 years old
October 11 · 1982
No external source identified
Gianpietro Marchetti*
association football player
Date disputed
October 22 · 1946
No external source identified
Nils Kreuger
painter
1858–1930 · aged 71
October 11 · 1858
Source: Swedish church birth records
Rachel Margolis
historian, teacher
1921–2015 · aged 93
October 28 · 1921
No external source identified
Arvi Savolainen
amateur wrestler
27 years old
October 24 · 1998
Source: ess.fi
Ernesto Cisneros
association football coach, association football player
85 years old
October 26 · 1940
Source: Transfermarkt
Louis de Beaufront
linguist, Esperantist
1855–1935 · aged 79
October 3 · 1855
Source: BnF authorities
Angel Espinosa
boxer
1966–2017 · aged 50
October 2 · 1966
No external source identified
Timrava
writer, playwright
1867–1951 · aged 84
October 2 · 1867
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Flings Owusu-Agyapong
athletics competitor
37 years old
October 16 · 1988
Source: World Athletics database
José Arturo Rivas
association football player
41 years old
October 18 · 1984
Source: As
Erik Leonard Ekman
geographer, botanical collector
1883–1931 · aged 47
October 14 · 1883
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Samir Bekrić*
association football player
Date disputed
October 20 · 1984
Source: Soccerway
Kika van Es
association football player
35 years old
October 11 · 1991
Source: Soccerdonna
Julian Maunoir
Catholic priest
1606–1683 · aged 76
October 1 · 1606
Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
Paola Cavalieri
philosopher
75 years old
October 26 · 1950
Source: Integrated Authority File
Knut Storberget
civil servant, lawyer
62 years old
October 6 · 1964
Source: stortinget.no
Ib Schønberg
actor, film actor
1902–1955 · aged 52
October 23 · 1902
No external source identified
Xercès Louis
association football player, association football coach
1926–1978 · aged 51
October 31 · 1926
Source: Transfermarkt
Mikele Barber
sprinter, athletics competitor
46 years old
October 4 · 1980
Source: World Athletics database
Hirabayashi Taiko
writer, novelist
1905–1972 · aged 66
October 3 · 1905
No external source identified
Nadine Kleinert
athletics competitor
50 years old
October 20 · 1975
Source: World Athletics database
Amarildo Souza do Amaral
association football player
62 years old
October 2 · 1964
No external source identified
Ernst Sars
author, politician
1835–1917 · aged 81
October 11 · 1835
No external source identified
Cesare Nosiglia
archbishop, theologian
1944–2025 · aged 80
October 5 · 1944
No external source identified
Achille Etna Michallon
painter
1796–1822 · aged 25
October 22 · 1796
Source: BnF authorities
Gedeón Guardiola
handball player
42 years old
October 1 · 1984
No external source identified
Philip Hershkovitz
naturalist, scientific collector
1909–1997 · aged 87
October 12 · 1909
Source: SNAC
Will
comics artist
1927–2000 · aged 72
October 30 · 1927
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Buck Clarke
musician
1933–1988 · aged 55
October 2 · 1933
No external source identified
Sebastian Vasiliadis
association football player
29 years old
October 4 · 1997
Source: Transfermarkt
Ignacio González González
lawyer, civil servant
65 years old
October 19 · 1960
Source: asambleamadrid.es
Vincenzo Guerini
association football coach, association football player
72 years old
October 30 · 1953
Source: Transfermarkt
Théo Forner
rugby union player, rugby sevens player
24 years old
October 17 · 2001
No external source identified
John Waters
film director
1893–1965 · aged 71
October 31 · 1893
No external source identified
Francesco Florimo
music arranger, librarian
1800–1888 · aged 88
October 12 · 1800
Source: SNAC
Suely Franco*
stage actor, television actor
Date disputed
October 16 · 1939
Source: IMDb
Ibragim Gasanbekov
association football player
1969–1999 · aged 29
October 25 · 1969
No external source identified
Victoria Ravva
volleyball player
50 years old
October 31 · 1975
No external source identified
Thomas Hardie Chalmers
opera singer, film director
1884–1966 · aged 81
October 20 · 1884
Source: SNAC
Barton Warren Evermann
university teacher, botanical collector
1853–1932 · aged 78
October 24 · 1853
Source: SNAC
Ödön Pártos
violist, music educator
1907–1977 · aged 69
October 1 · 1907
Source: SNAC
Hiroki Akino
association football player
32 years old
October 8 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Yehiel Mikhal Pines
writer, rabbi
1843–1913 · aged 69
October 17 · 1843
Source: Kressel's Cyclopedia of Modern Hebrew Literature
Francisco de la Lastra
politician, military personnel
1777–1852 · aged 74
October 4 · 1777
Source: SNAC
Louise Schack Elholm
politician
48 years old
October 26 · 1977
No external source identified
Ranko Ostojić
lawyer, jurist
64 years old
October 3 · 1962
No external source identified
Nicolae Teclu
university teacher, chemist
1839–1916 · aged 76
October 11 · 1839
No external source identified
Marylise Ben-Haim
poet, writer
1928–2001 · aged 73
October 10 · 1928
Source: Artists of the World Online
Pavel Tigrid
translator, political scientist
1917–2003 · aged 85
October 27 · 1917
Source: Czech National Authority Database
José Arce
surgeon, diplomat
1881–1968
October 15 · 1881
Source: Base biographique
Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich
production designer, screenwriter
1934–2015 · aged 81
October 22 · 1934
No external source identified
Davide Succi
association football player
45 years old
October 11 · 1981
Source: FBref
Elisabeth Chaplin
painter
1890–1982 · aged 91
October 17 · 1890
No external source identified
Jean-Baptiste Huet
draftsperson, painter
1745–1811 · aged 65
October 15 · 1745
Source: BnF authorities
Nicole Girard-Mangin
physician, suffragist
1878–1919 · aged 40
October 11 · 1878
Source: GeneaStar
Vilém Blodek
flautist, composer
1834–1874 · aged 39
October 3 · 1834
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Jon Uriarte
volleyball player
64 years old
October 15 · 1961
No external source identified
Constantinos Panagi
association football player
32 years old
October 8 · 1994
Source: FBref
László Nagy
association football coach, association football player
76 years old
October 21 · 1949
No external source identified
María de los Ángeles Alvariño González
biologist, oceanographer
1916–2005 · aged 88
October 3 · 1916
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Antonio Djakovic
swimmer, military personnel
24 years old
October 8 · 2002
No external source identified
François Simon
sport cyclist
57 years old
October 28 · 1968
Source: firstcycling.com
Dimitar Agura
politician, historian
1849–1911 · aged 61
October 26 · 1849
No external source identified
Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis
historian of science, philologist
1892–1965 · aged 72
October 28 · 1892
Source: BnF authorities
Felipe Tromp
politician
1917–1995 · aged 77
October 15 · 1917
No external source identified
Sandra Záhlavová
tennis player
41 years old
October 10 · 1985
Source: WTA website
Thomas Stewart Traill
chemist, medical examiner
1781–1862 · aged 80
October 29 · 1781
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Raymond Klibansky*
philosopher, art historian
Date disputed
October 14 · 1905
Source: Archives de Paris
Giuseppe Alessi
lawyer, politician
1905–2009 · aged 103
October 29 · 1905
Source: BnF authorities
Jakob Blasel
climate activist, politician
25 years old
October 16 · 2000
No external source identified
Iryna Yatchenko
athletics competitor
60 years old
October 31 · 1965
Source: World Athletics database
Moataz Eno
association football player
43 years old
October 9 · 1983
Source: goal.com
Avondale Williams
association football coach, association football player
49 years old
October 10 · 1977
Source: FBref
Zoran Rajović
association football coach, association football player
46 years old
October 28 · 1979
Source: FBref
Martina Müller
tennis player
44 years old
October 11 · 1982
Source: WTA website
Trude Dothan*
university teacher, biblical archaeologist
Date disputed
October 12 · 1922
Source: Biographies of important Austrian women scientists
Irene Dalis
opera singer
1925–2014 · aged 89
October 8 · 1925
Source: SNAC
Richard de Fournival
astronomer, physician
1201–1260
October 10 · 1201
No external source identified
Sofía Cairó
field hockey player
24 years old
October 8 · 2002
Source: tms.fih.ch
Carlos Espínola
politician, sailor
55 years old
October 5 · 1971
No external source identified
Mary Abbott*
golfer, novelist
Date disputed
October 17 · 1850
Source: Find a Grave
Nisha Mohota
chess player
46 years old
October 13 · 1980
No external source identified
Ryan Bedford
speed skater, short-track speed skater
39 years old
October 20 · 1986
No external source identified

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