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

Agata Smoktunowicz
mathematician, university teacher
53 years old
October 12 · 1973
No external source identified
Wacław Rzewuski
military officer, diplomat
1706–1779 · aged 72
October 29 · 1706
Source: BnF authorities
Ion Gheorghe
association football player
27 years old
October 8 · 1999
Source: Transfermarkt
Branimir Bajić
association football player
46 years old
October 19 · 1979
Source: Transfermarkt
Gaetano De Sanctis
archaeologist, historian
1870–1957 · aged 86
October 15 · 1870
Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it
Giorgio Morini
association football coach, association football player
79 years old
October 11 · 1947
Source: Transfermarkt
Toma Audo*
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
Date disputed
October 11 · 1855
Source: Integrated Authority File
Louis-Nicolas Ménard
art historian, writer
1822–1901 · aged 78
October 19 · 1822
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Kirill Panchenko
association football player, association football coach
36 years old
October 16 · 1989
Source: As
August Everding
director, Theaterintendant
1928–1999 · aged 70
October 31 · 1928
Source: Munzinger Personen
Frank Brownlee
actor, film actor
1874–1948 · aged 73
October 11 · 1874
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Elena Ruiz
water polo player, swimmer
21 years old
October 29 · 2004
Source: eurosport.es
Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol
political scientist, political activist
62 years old
October 1 · 1964
Source: jordisanchezpicanyol.cat
Zinaida Samsonova
military officer
1924–1944 · aged 19
October 14 · 1924
No external source identified
Mahmoud Gad
association football player
28 years old
October 1 · 1998
No external source identified
Abe Segal
tennis player
1930–2016 · aged 85
October 23 · 1930
No external source identified
Tadeusz Dąbrowski
writer, critic
46 years old
October 28 · 1979
Source: ppibl.ibl.waw.pl
Thomas M. Bowen
Brigadegeneral, lawyer
1835–1906 · aged 71
October 26 · 1835
Source: Find a Grave
Pia Zerkhold
snowboarder
27 years old
October 26 · 1998
No external source identified
Akanvariva Lydia Lamisi
law student, politician
53 years old
October 7 · 1973
No external source identified
Harriet Hammond
film actor, actor
1899–1991 · aged 91
October 20 · 1899
No external source identified
Oscar Fantenberg
ice hockey player
35 years old
October 7 · 1991
No external source identified
Michael Shaw
politician
1920–2021 · aged 100
October 9 · 1920
Source: The Peerage
Takatsukasa Fusako
1653–1712 · aged 58
October 12 · 1653
No external source identified
Juan Ávalos García-Taborda
sculptor
1911–2006 · aged 94
October 21 · 1911
Source: RKDartists
Yakov Rylsky
fencer
1928–1999 · aged 71
October 25 · 1928
Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Andy Hebenton
ice hockey player
1929–2019 · aged 89
October 3 · 1929
No external source identified
Maryam Palizban
writer, research fellow
45 years old
October 6 · 1981
No external source identified
Sigvart Dagsland
recording artist, pianist
62 years old
October 18 · 1963
Source: Integrated Authority File
Anna Waser
painter, etcher
1678–1714 · aged 35
October 16 · 1678
Source: SIKART
Jasna Koteska
university teacher, writer
56 years old
October 9 · 1970
Source: Le Dictionnaire universel des créatrices
Enno Louis, Prince of East Frisia
aristocrat
1632–1660 · aged 27
October 29 · 1632
Source: Integrated Authority File
Georg Bredig
chemist, university teacher
1868–1944 · aged 75
October 1 · 1868
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Ileana Silai
athletics competitor
1941–2025 · aged 83
October 14 · 1941
Source: World Athletics database
Grigor Gurzadyan
prose writer, astrophysicist
1922–2014 · aged 91
October 15 · 1922
Source: BnF authorities
José María Plácido Caamaño
lawyer, land owner
1837–1900 · aged 63
October 5 · 1837
Source: mcnbiografias.com
Giulia Crostarosa
mystic, founder of Catholic religious community
1696–1755 · aged 58
October 31 · 1696
Source: BnF authorities
Stefano Morrone
association football player, association football coach
47 years old
October 26 · 1978
Source: Transfermarkt
Dave Saunders
volleyball player
65 years old
October 19 · 1960
No external source identified
Isabelle Stone
physicist
1868–1966
October 18 · 1868
Source: arxiv.org
Rigobert Bonne
cartographer, hydrographer
1727–1794
October 6 · 1727
Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers
Vladimir Nevzorov
judoka
74 years old
October 5 · 1952
No external source identified
Alexey Okladnikov
university teacher, ethnologist
1908–1981 · aged 73
October 3 · 1908
No external source identified
Anne Sulling
politician, civil servant
50 years old
October 12 · 1976
No external source identified
Armin Bačinović
association football player
36 years old
October 24 · 1989
Source: As
Jolanda de Rover
swimmer
63 years old
October 10 · 1963
No external source identified
Frederick Charles, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern
aristocrat
1693–1767 · aged 73
October 11 · 1693
Source: The Peerage
Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre*
botanist
Date disputed
October 21 · 1833
Source: Léonore database
Josef Jireček
ethnologist, writer
1825–1888 · aged 63
October 9 · 1825
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Yeleazar Meletinsky
ethnologist, cultural historian
1918–2005 · aged 87
October 22 · 1918
Source: BnF authorities
Walter Alberto López
association football player
40 years old
October 15 · 1985
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Toralf Engan
ski jumper
90 years old
October 1 · 1936
No external source identified
Ján Babjak
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
72 years old
October 28 · 1953
Source: Records of persons of interest
Borys Oliynyk
poet, writer
1935–2017 · aged 81
October 22 · 1935
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Kristian House
sport cyclist
47 years old
October 6 · 1979
No external source identified
Gisela Agnes of Rath*
politician
Date disputed
October 9 · 1669
Source: The Peerage
Otto Julius Zobel
scientist, inventor
1887–1970
October 20 · 1887
No external source identified
Tim Coleman
association football player, association football coach
1881–1940 · aged 59
October 26 · 1881
No external source identified
Princess Luise of Stolberg-Gedern
aristocrat
1764–1834 · aged 69
October 13 · 1764
Source: Catalog of the German National Library
Sara Moreira
middle-distance runner, long-distance runner
40 years old
October 17 · 1985
Source: World Athletics database
Ștefan Octavian Iosif*
writer, translator
Date disputed
October 11 · 1875
Source: National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File
Hristijan Kirovski
association football player
41 years old
October 12 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Imre Csáky
Catholic priest, Catholic deacon
1672–1732 · aged 59
October 28 · 1672
No external source identified
Emilie Andéol
judoka
38 years old
October 30 · 1987
Source: the-sports.org
Natalie Powell
judoka
35 years old
October 16 · 1990
Source: olympedia.org
Theodor Magnus Fries
university teacher, botanist
1832–1913 · aged 80
October 28 · 1832
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Akemi Noda
association football coach, association football player
57 years old
October 13 · 1969
Source: Soccerdonna
Taishu Sato
modern pentathlete, Maritime Self-defense Official
32 years old
October 20 · 1993
Source: joc.or.jp
Ruslan Riaboshapka
lawyer, politician
49 years old
October 14 · 1976
No external source identified
José Manuel Martínez Toral
association football player
65 years old
October 29 · 1960
Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia
August Lafontaine*
writer
Date disputed
October 5 · 1758
Source: BnF authorities
Hristina Ruseva
volleyball player
35 years old
October 1 · 1991
No external source identified
Friedrich Münter
orientalist, archaeologist
1761–1830 · aged 68
October 14 · 1761
Source: KNAW Past Members
Baddeley Devesi
politician
1941–2012 · aged 70
October 16 · 1941
No external source identified
Christine Citti
film actor, screenwriter
63 years old
October 26 · 1962
Source: Les Gens du cinéma
Horace Gwynne
boxer
1912–2001 · aged 88
October 5 · 1912
No external source identified
Monday James
association football player
39 years old
October 19 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Riitta Salin
sprinter
75 years old
October 16 · 1950
Source: World Athletics database
Eugenió Montejo
children's writer, poet
1938–2008
October 19 · 1938
Source: BnF authorities
Eugeniu Cebotaru
association football player
41 years old
October 16 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Karel Dillen
journalist, politician
1925–2007 · aged 81
October 16 · 1925
No external source identified
Fermín Galán Rodríguez
spanish legionary, military personnel
1899–1930 · aged 31
October 4 · 1899
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Charles Hose
ethnologist, botanical collector
1863–1929 · aged 66
October 12 · 1863
No external source identified
Hilding Hagberg
politician, miner
1899–1993 · aged 94
October 28 · 1899
Source: Two-Chamber Parliament 1867–1970.
David Libai
advocate, legal scholar
1934–2023 · aged 89
October 22 · 1934
Source: knesset.gov.il
Norbert Gastell
television actor, dub actor
1929–2015 · aged 86
October 14 · 1929
Source: filmportal.de
Maria Prytz
curling coach, curler
49 years old
October 18 · 1976
No external source identified
Zeynep Yetgil
amateur wrestler
26 years old
October 10 · 2000
No external source identified
Henri Bénard
physicist, university teacher
1874–1939 · aged 64
October 25 · 1874
Source: BnF authorities
John Chibuike
association football player
38 years old
October 10 · 1988
Source: As
Anthony Pawson
microbiologist, biochemist
1952–2013 · aged 60
October 18 · 1952
Source: Base biographique
Mario Landi
television director, screenwriter
1920–1992 · aged 71
October 12 · 1920
Source: BnF authorities
Edmund Reitter
journalist, coleopterist
1845–1920 · aged 74
October 22 · 1845
Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises: 1789-2017, Volume 3
Jakov Filipović
association football player
33 years old
October 17 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Samuel Slovák
association football coach, association football player
50 years old
October 17 · 1975
Source: Transfermarkt
August Carl Joseph Corda
physician, paleontologist
1809–1849 · aged 39
October 22 · 1809
Source: SNAC
Mark Scanlon
sport cyclist
46 years old
October 10 · 1980
No external source identified
Maciej Kamieński
composer
1734–1821 · aged 86
October 13 · 1734
Source: Q27776388
Nobuyuki Zaizen
association football player
49 years old
October 19 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso
prelate, Catholic priest
62 years old
October 6 · 1964
No external source identified
Jean de Sperati
chemist, printer
1884–1957 · aged 72
October 14 · 1884
Source: Wer ist wer in der Philatelie? (3 ed.)
Albert Frick
politician
77 years old
October 21 · 1948
Source: landtag.li
Robert Tvorogal
artistic gymnast
32 years old
October 5 · 1994
No external source identified
Stig Björkman
actor, writer
88 years old
October 2 · 1938
No external source identified
Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt
aristocrat
1657–1690
October 26 · 1657
Source: The Peerage
Jacob Matham
etcher, visual artist
1571–1631
October 25 · 1571
Source: BnF authorities
Mykola Porsh
economist, translator
1879–1944 · aged 64
October 19 · 1879
No external source identified
Hao Shuai
table tennis player
43 years old
October 1 · 1983
No external source identified
Olaseni Lawal
basketball player
40 years old
October 8 · 1986
Source: ACB.com
Jean Passerat
philologist, university teacher
1534–1602 · aged 67
October 28 · 1534
Source: BnF authorities
Didier Angibeaud
association football player
52 years old
October 8 · 1974
Source: Transfermarkt
Ivan Slišković
handball player
34 years old
October 23 · 1991
No external source identified
Imre Boda
association football coach, association football player
65 years old
October 10 · 1961
Source: Transfermarkt
Laura Sánchez
competitive diver
40 years old
October 16 · 1985
No external source identified
Shunsuke Motegi
association football player
30 years old
October 2 · 1996
Source: Transfermarkt
Óscar Esteban Granados
association football player
40 years old
October 25 · 1985
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Tameem Al-Abdullah
association football player
24 years old
October 5 · 2002
No external source identified
Haruna Ilerika
association football player
1949–2008 · aged 59
October 27 · 1949
No external source identified
Laura Pous Tió
tennis player
42 years old
October 1 · 1984
Source: WTA website
Josephine Lovett
actor, screenwriter
1877–1958 · aged 80
October 21 · 1877
Source: BnF authorities
Shiva N'Zigou
association football player
42 years old
October 24 · 1983
Source: Transfermarkt
Luo Huining
economist, politician
72 years old
October 5 · 1954
Source: sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov
Max Ackermann
lithographer, graphic artist
1887–1975 · aged 88
October 5 · 1887
Source: RKDartists
Aníbal Muñoz Duque
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1908–1987 · aged 78
October 3 · 1908
Source: Find a Grave
Evandro Agazzi
philosopher, writer
91 years old
October 23 · 1934
Source: BeWeB
Hidehisa Otsuji
politician
86 years old
October 2 · 1940
No external source identified
Ekaterina Karavelova
feminist, pedagogue
1860–1947 · aged 86
October 21 · 1860
No external source identified
Luiz Otávio Santos de Araújo
association football player
36 years old
October 12 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Kulbir Bhaura
field hockey player
70 years old
October 15 · 1955
No external source identified
Kiyotsugu Hirayama
astronomer
1874–1943 · aged 68
October 13 · 1874
No external source identified
Helmut Roleder
association football player
73 years old
October 9 · 1953
Source: Transfermarkt
Louis E. McComas
university teacher, lawyer
1846–1907 · aged 61
October 28 · 1846
Source: SNAC
Carlos Arniches*
librettist, playwright
Date disputed
October 11 · 1866
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Leopold Steinbatz
airman
1918–1942 · aged 23
October 25 · 1918
No external source identified
Norman S. Case
governor, lawyer
1888–1967 · aged 78
October 11 · 1888
Source: Find a Grave
Magdalena Tulli
writer, novelist
70 years old
October 20 · 1955
Source: SNAC
Jerzy Zawieyski
writer, politician
1902–1969 · aged 66
October 2 · 1902
Source: bs.sejm.gov.pl
Roberto Bussinello
Formula One driver, racing automobile driver
1927–1999 · aged 71
October 4 · 1927
No external source identified
Jorn Vancamp
association football player
27 years old
October 28 · 1998
Source: Transfermarkt
Wilhelm Kroll
classical philologist, university teacher
1869–1939 · aged 69
October 7 · 1869
Source: SNAC
Barbara Skarga
philosopher, university teacher
1919–2009 · aged 89
October 25 · 1919
No external source identified
Thomas Wolter
association football coach, association football player
63 years old
October 4 · 1963
No external source identified
Ruth DeFries
environmentalist, biologist
69 years old
October 20 · 1956
No external source identified
Alfredo Carricaberry
association football player
1900–1942 · aged 41
October 8 · 1900
No external source identified
Pertti Salolainen
journalist, diplomat
85 years old
October 19 · 1940
Source: eduskunta.fi
Arne Skouen
writer, journalist
1913–2003 · aged 89
October 18 · 1913
Source: Hvem er Hvem? (1948)
Benjamin Ndiaye
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
77 years old
October 28 · 1948
No external source identified
Rafael Landívar
poet, writer
1731–1793 · aged 61
October 27 · 1731
Source: BnF authorities
Suzy Prim*
screenwriter, film actor
Date disputed
October 11 · 1896
Source: BnF authorities
Mircea Petescu
association football player, association football coach
1943–2018 · aged 75
October 15 · 1943
No external source identified

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