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Born in October

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

Karl II, Duke of Brunswick
chess player
1804–1873 · aged 68
October 30 · 1804
Source: The Peerage
Samir Lima de Araújo
association football player
44 years old
October 25 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Alfred Jones
boxer
80 years old
October 1 · 1946
No external source identified
Samad Pourseyedi*
sport cyclist
Date disputed
October 15 · 1985
No external source identified
Ján Chalupka
poet, writer
1791–1871 · aged 79
October 28 · 1791
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Óscar Pujol
sport cyclist
42 years old
October 16 · 1983
Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia
Erik Elmsäter
alpine skier, cross-country skier
1919–2006 · aged 86
October 7 · 1919
No external source identified
Ann Henricksson
tennis player
66 years old
October 31 · 1959
Source: WTA website
Valerie Boothby
stage actor, young adult author
1906–1982 · aged 75
October 18 · 1906
Source: IMDb
Hendrik Adamson
Esperantist, writer
1891–1946 · aged 54
October 6 · 1891
No external source identified
Nikolai Shakura
astrophysicist, astronomer
81 years old
October 7 · 1945
No external source identified
Andrii Shtoharenko
music teacher, music educator
1902–1992 · aged 90
October 15 · 1902
No external source identified
Patrick Barul
association football player
49 years old
October 2 · 1977
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Líber Vespa
association football coach, association football player
1971–2018 · aged 46
October 18 · 1971
Source: Transfermarkt
Wybo Veldman
rower
79 years old
October 21 · 1946
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Vladimír Körner
dramaturge, film screenwriter
87 years old
October 12 · 1939
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Oskar Olsen
speed skater
1897–1956 · aged 59
October 17 · 1897
No external source identified
Joshua Booth
rower
36 years old
October 9 · 1990
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Pascal Durand
politician, lawyer
66 years old
October 3 · 1960
No external source identified
John Millen
sailor
65 years old
October 18 · 1960
No external source identified
Christopher Drazan
association football player
36 years old
October 2 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Miguel Vieira
association football player
36 years old
October 8 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Per Kristoffersen
association football player
1937–2023 · aged 85
October 12 · 1937
Source: Transfermarkt
Anas Al Asbahi
association football player
32 years old
October 15 · 1993
Source: FBref
Arturo Tabera Araoz
Catholic priest, theologian
1903–1975 · aged 71
October 29 · 1903
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Pietro Francesco Galleffi
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1770–1837 · aged 66
October 27 · 1770
Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org
Alfred Hart Everett
naturalist, ornithologist
1848–1898 · aged 49
October 11 · 1848
No external source identified
Eduardas Mieželaitis
editing staff, translator
1919–1997 · aged 77
October 3 · 1919
Source: BnF authorities
Henri François Le Dran
surgeon, anatomist
1685–1770 · aged 85
October 13 · 1685
Source: BnF authorities
Dimitrie Brândză
botanist, botanical collector
1846–1895 · aged 48
October 22 · 1846
Source: luceafarul.net
Roland Trimen
lepidopterist, naturalist
1840–1916 · aged 75
October 29 · 1840
Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World
Ahmed Khairy
association football player
39 years old
October 1 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Féthi Harek
association football player, association football coach
43 years old
October 21 · 1982
Source: FBref
Isabel Sabogal
poet, translator
68 years old
October 14 · 1958
Source: infogob.jne.gob.pe
Viking Palm
amateur wrestler
1923–2009 · aged 85
October 13 · 1923
No external source identified
Sverre Andersen
association football coach, association football player
1936–2016 · aged 80
October 9 · 1936
Source: Transfermarkt
Hilarión Eslava
composer, conductor
1807–1878 · aged 70
October 21 · 1807
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Hans Gram
librarian, philologist
1685–1748 · aged 62
October 28 · 1685
No external source identified
Ersilia Caetani-Lovatelli
art historian, cultural historian
1840–1925 · aged 85
October 12 · 1840
Source: BnF authorities
Rashad Abdullayev
association football player
45 years old
October 1 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Hiroshi Ohashi
association football coach, teacher
66 years old
October 27 · 1959
No external source identified
Margarita Voites
actor, opera singer
1936–2024 · aged 87
October 30 · 1936
No external source identified
Georg Rudolf Boehmer
entomologist, physician
1723–1803 · aged 79
October 1 · 1723
Source: BnF authorities
Oleksandra Koval
social activist, culture personality
68 years old
October 20 · 1957
No external source identified
Abraham van Calraet
sculptor, painter
1642–1722 · aged 79
October 12 · 1642
Source: Google Arts & Culture
Mae Hotely
film actor, actor
1872–1954 · aged 81
October 7 · 1872
Source: IMDb
François Crépin
botanist, scientific collector
1830–1903 · aged 72
October 30 · 1830
Source: BnF authorities
Alexandra Mirca
archer
33 years old
October 11 · 1993
Source: Olympedia
Oleg Moldovan
sport shooter
59 years old
October 27 · 1966
No external source identified
Jiang Huajun
table tennis player
42 years old
October 8 · 1984
No external source identified
Karl Humenberger
association football coach, association football player
1906–1989 · aged 83
October 25 · 1906
Source: Salzburgwiki
Matvey Mamykin
sport cyclist
31 years old
October 31 · 1994
Source: uci.org
Dumanoir
librettist, choreographer
1806–1865 · aged 59
October 22 · 1806
Source: Departmental archives of Guadeloupe
Pavlo Tymoshchenko
modern pentathlete
40 years old
October 13 · 1986
No external source identified
Walter Plaikner
luger
74 years old
October 24 · 1951
No external source identified
Charles Catterall
boxer
1914–1966 · aged 52
October 16 · 1914
No external source identified
Pierre Louis de Lacretelle
lawyer, writer
1751–1824 · aged 72
October 10 · 1751
Source: SNAC
Adeílson Pereira de Mello
association football player
41 years old
October 7 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Lee Sun-Hee
taekwondo athlete
47 years old
October 21 · 1978
No external source identified
Fernando Roldán
association football player
1921–2019 · aged 97
October 15 · 1921
Source: Transfermarkt
Nako Mizusawa
model, tarento
33 years old
October 1 · 1993
No external source identified
Carl Erik Soya
screenwriter, writer
1896–1983 · aged 87
October 30 · 1896
Source: IMDb
Francisco Villaespesa
playwright, writer
1877–1936 · aged 58
October 15 · 1877
No external source identified
András Rédli
fencer
42 years old
October 21 · 1983
Source: fie.html.infostradasports.com
Harold McMunn
ice hockey player
1902–1964 · aged 61
October 6 · 1902
No external source identified
Johann Uz
poet, poet lawyer
1720–1796 · aged 75
October 3 · 1720
Source: SNAC
Francisco Alcaraz
futsal player, association football player
66 years old
October 4 · 1960
No external source identified
Shun Ito
association football player
38 years old
October 29 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Guillaume-François Le Trosne
jurist, economist
1728–1780 · aged 51
October 13 · 1728
Source: BnF authorities
Laura De Neve
association football player
32 years old
October 9 · 1994
Source: Soccerdonna
Karl Friedrich Reiche
botanist, university teacher
1860–1929 · aged 68
October 31 · 1860
Source: SNAC
Auguste Arthur De la Rive
physicist, university teacher
1801–1873 · aged 72
October 9 · 1801
Source: www.academie-medecine.fr
Hourya Benis-Sinaceur
university teacher, historian of mathematics
86 years old
October 11 · 1940
Source: Who's Who in France
Mekonnen Gebremedhin
athletics competitor
38 years old
October 11 · 1988
Source: World Athletics database
Marta Wieliczko
rower
32 years old
October 1 · 1994
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Fábio dos Santos Barbosa
association football player
46 years old
October 9 · 1980
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Teresa Szmigielówna
film actor, actor
1929–2013 · aged 83
October 9 · 1929
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Juan Díaz Sánchez
association football player
1948–2013 · aged 64
October 6 · 1948
Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia
Aurélie Nemours
painter
1910–2005 · aged 94
October 29 · 1910
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Jan Baxant
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
78 years old
October 8 · 1948
Source: Register of registered legal entities maintained by the Ministry of Culture
Hilarión Osorio
association football player
1928–1990
October 21 · 1928
No external source identified
Wolfgang Printz
writer, chapelmaster
1641–1717 · aged 76
October 10 · 1641
Source: BnF authorities
Viktor Lisitsky
politician, gymnast
1939–2023 · aged 83
October 18 · 1939
No external source identified
Alen Zaseyev
amateur wrestler
38 years old
October 10 · 1988
No external source identified
Brigitte Rohde
athletics competitor
72 years old
October 8 · 1954
Source: World Athletics database
Atsuyoshi Furuta
association football player
73 years old
October 27 · 1952
No external source identified
Attila Ungvári
judoka
37 years old
October 25 · 1988
Source: olympedia.org
Musa Qasımlı
historian, politician
68 years old
October 28 · 1957
No external source identified
Alexander Herr
ski jumper
48 years old
October 4 · 1978
Source: munzinger.de
Daria Shkurikhina
rhythmic gymnast
36 years old
October 3 · 1990
No external source identified
Emmanuel Lafont
theologian, Catholic priest
80 years old
October 26 · 1945
Source: Integrated Authority File
Yumnam Chanu
weightlifter
40 years old
October 2 · 1986
No external source identified
Fabio Fabbri
lawyer, politician
1933–2024 · aged 90
October 15 · 1933
No external source identified
Naoki Naruo
association football coach, association football player
52 years old
October 5 · 1974
No external source identified
Michał Bryl
beach volleyball player
32 years old
October 9 · 1994
Source: bvbinfo.com
Djima Oyawolé
association football player
49 years old
October 18 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Hermann Kastner
lawyer, jurist
1886–1957 · aged 70
October 25 · 1886
Source: Munzinger Personen
José Gómez
association football player
76 years old
October 23 · 1949
Source: Transfermarkt
Jun Uruno
association football player
46 years old
October 23 · 1979
Source: Transfermarkt
Gyula Bóbis
politician, amateur wrestler
1909–1972 · aged 62
October 7 · 1909
No external source identified
Juan Alberto Estrada
association football player
1912–1985 · aged 72
October 28 · 1912
No external source identified
Jens Veggerby
sport cyclist, track cyclist
63 years old
October 20 · 1962
No external source identified
Matthias Lindner*
association football player
Date disputed
October 4 · 1965
Source: lok-leipzig.com
Adekunle Lukmon
association football player
42 years old
October 10 · 1984
Source: FBref
Henri Hiltl
association football coach, association football player
1910–1982 · aged 72
October 8 · 1910
No external source identified
Alice Greene
tennis player
1879–1956 · aged 77
October 15 · 1879
Source: The Peerage
Dmitriy Tarabin
athletics competitor, javelin thrower
34 years old
October 29 · 1991
Source: World Athletics database
Martin Lippens
association football player, association football coach
1934–2016 · aged 82
October 8 · 1934
Source: national-football-teams.com
Luzia Ebnöther
curler
54 years old
October 19 · 1971
No external source identified
Georgs Andrejevs
diplomat, minister
1932–2022 · aged 89
October 30 · 1932
No external source identified
Jadwiga Szubartowicz
1905–2017 · aged 111
October 16 · 1905
Source: historygreatest.com
Coralie Demay
sport cyclist
34 years old
October 10 · 1992
Source: uci.org
Tony Tsabedze
association football player
41 years old
October 29 · 1984
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Jørgen V. Pedersen
sport cyclist
67 years old
October 8 · 1959
No external source identified
Stan Brittain
sport cyclist
95 years old
October 4 · 1931
Source: Oldest Living Olympians
Otto Unverdorben
chemist
1806–1873 · aged 67
October 13 · 1806
No external source identified
Martin Švagerko
ski jumper
59 years old
October 2 · 1967
No external source identified
Pierre Dréossi
association football player, association football coach
67 years old
October 12 · 1959
Source: Transfermarkt
Yevgeni Karelov
screenwriter, director
1931–1977 · aged 45
October 12 · 1931
Source: BnF authorities
Kilian Le Blouch
judoka
37 years old
October 7 · 1989
Source: olympedia.org
Vladislav Ozerov
military personnel, playwright
1769–1816 · aged 46
October 11 · 1769
Source: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online
Olga Orban-Szabo
fencer
1938–2022 · aged 83
October 9 · 1938
No external source identified
Thomas Bugge
mathematician, geographer
1740–1815 · aged 74
October 12 · 1740
Source: Artists of the World Online
Johnny Mauro
engineer, Formula One driver
1910–2003 · aged 92
October 25 · 1910
No external source identified
Milena Harito
politician
60 years old
October 4 · 1966
Source: web.archive.org
Megumi Sakata
association football coach, association football player
54 years old
October 18 · 1971
Source: Soccerdonna
Clara Schroth
artistic gymnast
1920–2014 · aged 93
October 5 · 1920
No external source identified
Mykola Kudrytsky
association football player
1962–1994 · aged 31
October 6 · 1962
No external source identified
Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov
boxer, prose writer
75 years old
October 4 · 1951
No external source identified
Martin Knosp
amateur wrestler
67 years old
October 7 · 1959
Source: Integrated Authority File
Miren Agur Meabe
writer, poet
64 years old
October 7 · 1962
Source: Euskaltzaindia
Hans Schomburgk
explorer, photographer
1880–1967
October 28 · 1880
Source: Munzinger Personen
Thomas Nicholls
boxer
1931–2021 · aged 89
October 12 · 1931
Source: Olympedia
Vazgen Safaryants
boxer
41 years old
October 22 · 1984
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Robert Van Kerkhoven
association football player
1924–2017 · aged 92
October 1 · 1924
Source: Transfermarkt
Hippolyte François Jaubert
politician, naturalist
1798–1874 · aged 76
October 28 · 1798
Source: BnF authorities
Yu Tao
association football player
44 years old
October 15 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Takashi Kitano
association football player
44 years old
October 4 · 1982
Source: Transfermarkt
Carlo Grano
theologian, Catholic priest
1887–1976 · aged 88
October 14 · 1887
Source: Find a Grave
Irena Górska-Damięcka*
stage actor, actor
Date disputed
October 20 · 1910
Source: janek.czarnieckiego.pl
Georges Pintens
sport cyclist
79 years old
October 15 · 1946
No external source identified
Frank Casañas
athletics competitor
47 years old
October 18 · 1978
Source: World Athletics database
Johann Heinrich Blasius
naturalist, zoologist
1809–1870 · aged 60
October 7 · 1809
Source: biodiversitylibrary.org
Armando Francioli
film actor, actor
1919–2020 · aged 100
October 21 · 1919
Source: filmportal.de
Humberto Donoso
association football player, association football coach
1938–2000 · aged 61
October 9 · 1938
Source: FBref
Ai Ueda
triathlete
42 years old
October 26 · 1983
No external source identified
Carme Contreras i Verdiales
film actor, stage actor
1932–2020 · aged 87
October 4 · 1932
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Kelly Druyts
track cyclist, sport cyclist
36 years old
October 21 · 1989
No external source identified
Ekaterina Shumilova
biathlete
39 years old
October 25 · 1986
No external source identified
Ceyhun Yılmaz
actor, journalist
50 years old
October 5 · 1976
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

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