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Born in October

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

Arūnas Dulkys
economist
53 years old
October 28 · 1972
Source: web.archive.org
Carlos López Buchardo
composer, music educator
1881–1948 · aged 66
October 12 · 1881
Source: SNAC
Son Mi-na
handball player
62 years old
October 8 · 1964
No external source identified
Finn Carling
poet, writer
1925–2004 · aged 78
October 1 · 1925
Source: Hvem er Hvem? (1973)
William L. Barry
rower
85 years old
October 16 · 1940
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Valeria Bufanu
athletics competitor
80 years old
October 7 · 1946
No external source identified
Miloslav Pokorný
ice hockey player
1926–1948 · aged 22
October 5 · 1926
No external source identified
Rafael Sánchez Guerra
jurist, military personnel
1897–1964 · aged 66
October 28 · 1897
No external source identified
Leó Forgács
engineer, chess player
1881–1930 · aged 48
October 5 · 1881
No external source identified
Andreas Wagenhaus
association football player
61 years old
October 29 · 1964
Source: Transfermarkt
Allan Dahl Johansson
speed skater
28 years old
October 5 · 1998
Source: SpeedSkatingStats
Iris Hanika
writer
63 years old
October 18 · 1962
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Predrag Zimonjić
water polo player
55 years old
October 15 · 1970
No external source identified
Fidel Ortiz
boxer
1908–1975 · aged 66
October 10 · 1908
No external source identified
Emilie Bieber*
photographer
Date disputed
October 26 · 1810
Source: Integrated Authority File
Zoran Tucić
comics artist, architect
64 years old
October 30 · 1961
Source: Lambiek Comiclopedia
Christodoulos Kolomvos
water polo player
37 years old
October 26 · 1988
Source: olympedia.org
Mère Saint-Louis
religious sister
1763–1825 · aged 61
October 3 · 1763
Source: GCatholic.org
Samir Azzimani
alpine skier, cross-country skier
48 years old
October 22 · 1977
No external source identified
Girolamo Graziani
writer, poet
1604–1675 · aged 70
October 1 · 1604
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Hermann Müller
naturalist, oenologist
1850–1927 · aged 76
October 21 · 1850
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mario Holek
association football player
39 years old
October 28 · 1986
Source: As
Tibor Erdey-Grúz
chemist, politician
1902–1976 · aged 73
October 27 · 1902
Source: BnF authorities
José Luis Granados
association football player
39 years old
October 22 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Benedikt Sveinbjarnarson Gröndal
writer, photographer
1826–1907 · aged 80
October 6 · 1826
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Dmitri Borodin
association football coach, association football player
49 years old
October 8 · 1977
Source: Transfermarkt
Alan Banaszek
sport cyclist
28 years old
October 30 · 1997
Source: uci.org
Issouf Ouattara
association football player
38 years old
October 7 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Anna Iljuštšenko
high jumper
41 years old
October 12 · 1985
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Toussaint de Forbin Janson
diplomat, Catholic bishop
1631–1713 · aged 81
October 1 · 1631
No external source identified
Tomáš Pöpperle
ice hockey player
42 years old
October 10 · 1984
No external source identified
Atanas Shopov
weightlifter
75 years old
October 4 · 1951
No external source identified
Mariya Panfilova
biathlete, cross-country skier
39 years old
October 11 · 1987
No external source identified
Egor Vyaltsev
basketball player
41 years old
October 10 · 1985
Source: FIBA database
Jorge Fernández Hernández
athletics competitor
39 years old
October 2 · 1987
Source: World Athletics database
Arūnas Klimavičius
association football player
44 years old
October 5 · 1982
Source: Transfermarkt
Libero Marchini
association football player
1914–2003 · aged 89
October 31 · 1914
Source: Transfermarkt
Carl Martin Reinthaler
organist, voice teacher
1822–1896 · aged 73
October 13 · 1822
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Andranik Hakobyan
boxer
45 years old
October 6 · 1981
No external source identified
David Mathers
association football player
1931–2014 · aged 82
October 23 · 1931
No external source identified
Javier Moscoso
politician, jurist
1934–2025 · aged 90
October 17 · 1934
No external source identified
Arnold Schaefer
historian, university teacher
1819–1883 · aged 64
October 16 · 1819
Source: Integrated Authority File
František Čapek
canoeist, amateur wrestler
1914–2008 · aged 93
October 24 · 1914
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Walter Pichler
customs officer, biathlete
66 years old
October 23 · 1959
No external source identified
Apo Lazaridès
sport cyclist
1925–1998 · aged 73
October 16 · 1925
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Orlando Antonini
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
81 years old
October 15 · 1944
No external source identified
Friedrich Hegar
choir director, violinist
1841–1927 · aged 85
October 11 · 1841
Source: Discogs
Anna Lapushchenkova
tennis player
39 years old
October 24 · 1986
Source: WTA website
Atsushi Miyagi
tennis player
1931–2021 · aged 89
October 19 · 1931
No external source identified
Anna Gerasimou
tennis player
38 years old
October 15 · 1987
Source: WTA website
Simo Puupponen
journalist, writer
1915–1967
October 23 · 1915
No external source identified
Claire Gibault
politician, woman conductor
80 years old
October 31 · 1945
Source: Discogs
Mílton Alves da Silva*
association football player
Date disputed
October 16 · 1931
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Beat Mändli
show jumper
57 years old
October 1 · 1969
Source: munzinger.de
Stephen Sulyk
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1924–2020 · aged 95
October 2 · 1924
No external source identified
Gaetano Alimonda
Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon
1818–1891 · aged 72
October 23 · 1818
Source: BeWeB
Adeline Sarah Ames
scientific collector, botanist
1879–1976 · aged 96
October 6 · 1879
Source: Dictionary of Virginia Biography
Francisco Casavella
novelist, screenwriter
1963–2008 · aged 45
October 15 · 1963
Source: Integrated Authority File
Friedrich Adolf Philippi
Protestant theologian, university teacher
1809–1882 · aged 72
October 15 · 1809
No external source identified
Farrukh Gayibov
aircraft pilot
1891–1916 · aged 24
October 2 · 1891
No external source identified
Friedrich Kuhn
photographer, bobsledder
1919–2005 · aged 85
October 24 · 1919
Source: olympedia.org
Edward Hennig
artistic gymnast
1879–1960 · aged 80
October 13 · 1879
No external source identified
Florimond de Beaune
jurist, mathematician
1601–1652 · aged 50
October 7 · 1601
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
László Szalma*
athletics competitor
Date disputed
October 21 · 1957
Source: World Athletics database
Carlo Taranto
film actor, actor
1921–1986 · aged 64
October 28 · 1921
No external source identified
Khnko Aper
children's writer, writer
1870–1935 · aged 64
October 19 · 1870
Source: poetry.am
Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero
sport cyclist
54 years old
October 14 · 1972
No external source identified
Bruno Rossetti
sport shooter
1960–2018 · aged 57
October 9 · 1960
Source: gazzetta.it
Joseba Garmendia
association football player
41 years old
October 4 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Max Friedlaender
musicologist, writer
1852–1934 · aged 81
October 12 · 1852
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Robert Andersson
swimmer, competitive diver
1886–1972 · aged 85
October 18 · 1886
No external source identified
Pieter Gerardus van Os
miniature painter, lithographer
1776–1839 · aged 62
October 8 · 1776
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Mohamed Konate
association football player
33 years old
October 20 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Jaak Allik
opinion journalist, theatre director
80 years old
October 8 · 1946
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Alyson Charles
short-track speed skater
27 years old
October 30 · 1998
No external source identified
Wellington Rocha
association football player
36 years old
October 4 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Rinus Bennaars
association football player
1931–2021 · aged 90
October 14 · 1931
Source: Transfermarkt
Juan Arango
sport cyclist, track cyclist
40 years old
October 9 · 1986
No external source identified
Christian Due-Boje
ice hockey player
60 years old
October 12 · 1966
No external source identified
Chris Rinke
amateur wrestler
65 years old
October 26 · 1960
No external source identified
André Kouprianoff
speed skater
88 years old
October 14 · 1938
Source: speedskatingbase.eu
Christoph Monschein
association football player
33 years old
October 22 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Nonka Matova
sport shooter, military officer
71 years old
October 20 · 1954
Source: Strazha.bg
Adan Balbín
association football player, association football coach
40 years old
October 13 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
King Cassie
fashion designer, film producer
38 years old
October 13 · 1988
No external source identified
Gwak Kyung-keun
association football coach, association football player
54 years old
October 10 · 1972
No external source identified
Franco Giorgetti
sport cyclist
1902–1983 · aged 80
October 13 · 1902
No external source identified
Leondia Kalenu
athletics competitor
32 years old
October 5 · 1994
Source: World Athletics database
Atsushi Fujimoto
baseball player, baseball coach
49 years old
October 4 · 1977
Source: npb.jp
Wilfried Koffi Hua
athletics competitor
39 years old
October 12 · 1987
Source: World Athletics database
Isabel García Tejerina
lawyer, politician
58 years old
October 9 · 1968
Source: congreso.es
Ivan Kondakov
university teacher, chemist
1857–1931 · aged 74
October 8 · 1857
No external source identified
Samir Alakbarov
association football player, association football coach
58 years old
October 8 · 1968
No external source identified
Ursula Reutner
linguist, romanist
51 years old
October 6 · 1975
No external source identified
Dominique Bosshart
taekwondo athlete
49 years old
October 7 · 1977
No external source identified
Joseph Garnier
politician, editing staff
1813–1881 · aged 67
October 3 · 1813
Source: senat.fr
Juan Manuel Santisteban Lapeire
sport cyclist
1944–1976 · aged 31
October 25 · 1944
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Marcus Ljungqvist
sport cyclist
51 years old
October 26 · 1974
No external source identified
Xavier Lesage
equestrian, colonel
1885–1968 · aged 82
October 25 · 1885
Source: Roglo
Peter Thonning
customs officer, physician
1775–1848 · aged 72
October 9 · 1775
Source: BnF authorities
Honoré Daumet
architect
1826–1911 · aged 85
October 23 · 1826
Source: Structurae
Cecilia Arizti
composer, music educator
1856–1930 · aged 73
October 28 · 1856
Source: Prabook
Guillaume Chaine
judoka
39 years old
October 26 · 1986
No external source identified
Biserka Višnjić
handball player
73 years old
October 10 · 1953
No external source identified
Thomas Eriksson
cross-country skier
67 years old
October 7 · 1959
Source: sok.se
Vitaly Yarema
jurist, politician
63 years old
October 14 · 1963
No external source identified
Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla
genealogist, Catholic bishop
1508–1566 · aged 58
October 5 · 1508
Source: BnF authorities
Sebastiaan Verschuren
swimmer
38 years old
October 7 · 1988
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Adriaen Frans Boudewyns
printmaker, painter
1644–1719
October 3 · 1644
Source: Artists of the World Online
Robin Froidevaux
sport cyclist
27 years old
October 17 · 1998
Source: uci.org
Rolf Blättler
association football player, association football coach
1942–2024 · aged 81
October 24 · 1942
Source: Transfermarkt
Andrei Bahdanovich
kayaker
38 years old
October 15 · 1987
No external source identified
Justin Warsylewicz
speed skater
40 years old
October 19 · 1985
No external source identified
Szilvia Szabó
kayaker
47 years old
October 24 · 1978
No external source identified
Alfred Des Cloizeaux
university teacher, mineralogist
1817–1897 · aged 79
October 17 · 1817
Source: BnF authorities
Edgar Krahn
mathematician
1894–1961 · aged 66
October 1 · 1894
No external source identified
Priscilla Hannah Peckover
Esperantist, peace activist
1833–1931 · aged 97
October 27 · 1833
Source: The Peerage
Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth
botanist, physician
1905–1998 · aged 93
October 9 · 1905
Source: SNAC
Myke Carvalho
boxer
42 years old
October 28 · 1983
No external source identified
Vittorio Tamagnini
boxer
1910–1981 · aged 70
October 28 · 1910
No external source identified
Alfredo Anderson
association football player
47 years old
October 31 · 1978
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Edward Murphy
rower
54 years old
October 30 · 1971
Source: World Rowing athlete database
József Nagy
association football player, association football coach
65 years old
October 21 · 1960
No external source identified
Willy von Känel
association football player
1909–1991 · aged 81
October 30 · 1909
Source: FBref
John Sumegi
kayaker, canoeist
71 years old
October 27 · 1954
No external source identified
Benjamín Prades
sport cyclist
42 years old
October 26 · 1983
Source: uci.org
Cornelia Bürki
athletics competitor
73 years old
October 3 · 1953
Source: World Athletics database
Victor von Herzfeld
composer, music educator
1856–1919 · aged 62
October 8 · 1856
No external source identified
Tadeusz Iwiński
politician, political scientist
81 years old
October 28 · 1944
Source: pace.coe.int
Hansell Riojas
association football player
34 years old
October 15 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Noriko Sasaki
mangaka, cartoonist
65 years old
October 7 · 1961
Source: Bangumi
Antoni Stankiewicz
canon law jurist, titular bishop
1935–2021 · aged 85
October 1 · 1935
No external source identified
Omar Belbey
association football player, association football coach
53 years old
October 7 · 1973
Source: FBref
Carl Silfverstrand
athletics competitor, artistic gymnast
1885–1975 · aged 89
October 9 · 1885
Source: Olympedia
Franc Kramberger
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
90 years old
October 7 · 1936
No external source identified
Matilde Ucelay
architect
1912–2008 · aged 96
October 16 · 1912
Source: Integrated Authority File
Sara Tunes
singer, composer
32 years old
October 5 · 1994
No external source identified
Bediha Gün
amateur wrestler
31 years old
October 26 · 1994
No external source identified
Jean Le Moal
printmaker, textile artist
1909–2007 · aged 97
October 30 · 1909
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Daiki Ogawa
association football player
34 years old
October 16 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Yue Qingshuang
curling coach, curler
41 years old
October 7 · 1985
No external source identified
Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg
Catholic priest, parson
1813–1892
October 8 · 1813
Source: Olomouc City Library regional database
Stanislav Bohush
association football player
42 years old
October 25 · 1983
Source: As
Tapio Mäkelä
cross-country skier
1926–2016 · aged 89
October 12 · 1926
No external source identified
František Ventura
show jumper
1895–1969 · aged 74
October 27 · 1895
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Paul Erdmann Isert
botanist, ornithologist
1756–1789 · aged 32
October 20 · 1756
Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
Randy Bartz
short-track speed skater
58 years old
October 7 · 1968
No external source identified
Eldrid Lunden
poet, writer
86 years old
October 5 · 1940
Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon
Satoshi Horinouchi
association football player
46 years old
October 26 · 1979
Source: FBref
Tatsuya Yazawa
association football player
42 years old
October 3 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt

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