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Born in October

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

Robert Henry Lawrence
military officer, astronaut
1935–1967 · aged 32
October 2 · 1935
Source: Lawrence, Robert Henry, Jr. (02 October 1935–08 December 1967), aviator and astronaut
Try Sutrisno
military personnel, badminton executive and administrator
1935–2026 · aged 90
October 15 · 1935
No external source identified
Ray Stark
film producer, producer
1915–2004 · aged 88
October 3 · 1915
Source: Find a Grave
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
university teacher, lawyer
49 years old
October 4 · 1977
Source: Munzinger Personen
Margaret Sheridan
film actor, actor
1926–1982 · aged 55
October 29 · 1926
Source: SNAC
François Joseph Lefebvre
soldier, military personnel
1755–1820 · aged 64
October 25 · 1755
Source: Roglo
Gordon Cowans
association football player, association football coach
67 years old
October 27 · 1958
Source: FBref
Kathleen Rubins
astronaut, biologist
47 years old
October 14 · 1978
No external source identified
Aliya Moldagulova
soldier, military personnel
1925–1944 · aged 18
October 25 · 1925
No external source identified
Simeon Solomon
painter
1840–1905 · aged 64
October 9 · 1840
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Michael Tolkin
film producer, novelist
75 years old
October 17 · 1950
Source: SNAC
Robert Mundell
economist, university teacher
1932–2021 · aged 88
October 24 · 1932
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Qian Chu
poet, ruler
929–988 · aged 59
October 4 · 929
Source: Artnet
Benny Chan*
film director, film producer
Date disputed
October 7 · 1961
Source: Integrated Authority File
Camille Muffat
swimmer
1989–2015 · aged 25
October 28 · 1989
Source: Find a Grave
Georg von Frundsberg
military leader
1473–1528 · aged 54
October 3 · 1473
Source: BnF authorities
Keiren Westwood
association football player
41 years old
October 23 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Andrew Sarris
journalist, film critic
1928–2012 · aged 83
October 31 · 1928
Source: IMDb
Elizabeth Shoumatoff
painter
1888–1980 · aged 92
October 6 · 1888
No external source identified
Óscar Arribas Pasero
association football player
27 years old
October 22 · 1998
Source: Transfermarkt
Priscilla Faia
screenwriter, actor
40 years old
October 23 · 1985
No external source identified
Louis Vierne
organist, composer
1870–1937 · aged 66
October 8 · 1870
Source: BnF authorities
Gabriel Ávalos
association football player, association football coach
35 years old
October 12 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Robert Heinrich Wagner
politician
1895–1946 · aged 50
October 13 · 1895
Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne
Tricia Vessey*
film director, television actor
Date disputed
October 8 · 1970
No external source identified
Richard Bona*
jazz musician, singer
Date disputed
October 28 · 1966
Source: musee.sacem.fr
Chris Livingston
basketball player
22 years old
October 15 · 2003
Source: FIBA database
Robert Keohane*
political scientist, university teacher
Date disputed
October 3 · 1941
Source: SNAC
Ralph Abercromby
politician, military officer
1734–1801 · aged 66
October 7 · 1734
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Anderson Peters
javelin thrower
28 years old
October 21 · 1997
Source: World Athletics database
Jorge Valdivia
association football player
42 years old
October 19 · 1983
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Jiz Lee
writer, actor
45 years old
October 30 · 1980
Source: Adult Film Index
George Ohsawa
nutritionist, philosopher
1893–1966
October 18 · 1893
Source: Babelio
Helmuth von Pannwitz
military officer
1898–1947 · aged 48
October 14 · 1898
Source: TracesOfWar
Lee Ji-hoon
film actor, actor
37 years old
October 29 · 1988
No external source identified
Maximilian Grabner
police officer, Gestapo employee
1905–1948 · aged 42
October 2 · 1905
Source: Oorlogsbronnen
V V Brown
singer-songwriter, recording artist
42 years old
October 24 · 1983
Source: Discogs
Matteo Garrone
screenwriter, film director
57 years old
October 15 · 1968
Source: IMDb
Michael Young
baseball player
49 years old
October 19 · 1976
Source: Baseball Reference
Narendra Hirwani
cricketer
57 years old
October 18 · 1968
No external source identified
Marcellin Berthelot
physicist, chemist
1827–1907 · aged 79
October 25 · 1827
Source: Léonore database
Raúl Tamudo
association football player
48 years old
October 19 · 1977
Source: Transfermarkt
Hsu Shih-chang
artist, politician
1855–1939
October 23 · 1855
Source: Integrated Authority File
Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov
admiral, diplomat
1737–1808
October 5 · 1737
Source: Integrated Authority File
Sam Bennett
track cyclist, sport cyclist
35 years old
October 16 · 1990
No external source identified
François de La Rocque*
politician, French resistance fighter
Date disputed
October 6 · 1885
Source: Léonore database
Bonnie Parker
robber
1910–1934 · aged 23
October 1 · 1910
Source: Roglo
Julius Eastman
pianist, professor
1940–1990 · aged 49
October 27 · 1940
Source: BnF authorities
Sergey Bezrukov
impressionist, rock musician
52 years old
October 18 · 1973
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
James Forman
essayist, political activist
1928–2005 · aged 76
October 4 · 1928
Source: Répertoire International des Sources Musicales
Guido Calabresi
dean, writer
93 years old
October 18 · 1932
Source: SNAC
Michael Leitch
rugby union player
38 years old
October 7 · 1988
No external source identified
Michael Ball
association football player
47 years old
October 2 · 1979
Source: Transfermarkt
James M. McPherson
historian, writer
89 years old
October 11 · 1936
Source: Integrated Authority File
Richard Shirreff
military personnel, career soldier
70 years old
October 21 · 1955
No external source identified
Paul Rudolph*
architect, university teacher
Date disputed
October 23 · 1918
Source: BnF authorities
Philibert Tsiranana
teacher, politician
1912–1978 · aged 65
October 18 · 1912
Source: Munzinger Personen
Helena Modjeska
actor, stage actor
1840–1909 · aged 68
October 12 · 1840
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Paul Chelimo
athletics competitor
35 years old
October 27 · 1990
Source: World Athletics database
Heinrich George
film actor, film director
1893–1946
October 9 · 1893
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Paul Reaney
association football player
81 years old
October 22 · 1944
Source: Transfermarkt
Frank Stephenson
car designer, designer
67 years old
October 3 · 1959
No external source identified
Izet Nanić
military personnel
1965–1995 · aged 29
October 4 · 1965
No external source identified
Ron Randell
film actor, television actor
1918–2005 · aged 86
October 8 · 1918
Source: Find a Grave
Kurt Rosenwinkel
composer, musician
55 years old
October 28 · 1970
Source: Integrated Authority File
Leighton Clarkson
association football player
24 years old
October 19 · 2001
Source: FBref
Mark Walton
cinematographer, film actor
57 years old
October 24 · 1968
No external source identified
Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam
politician
29 years old
October 17 · 1996
Source: sermitsiaq.ag
Robert L. Ghormley
military officer, naval officer
1883–1958 · aged 74
October 15 · 1883
Source: SNAC
Conchita Campbell
actor, television actor
30 years old
October 25 · 1995
Source: IMDb
Sonny Terry
musician, harmonicist
1911–1986 · aged 74
October 24 · 1911
Source: NCpedia
Miroslav Stoch
association football player
36 years old
October 19 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Leo Moracchioli
drummer, record producer
47 years old
October 10 · 1978
No external source identified
Sol Plaatjie
writer, journalist
1876–1932
October 9 · 1876
Source: SNAC
Dorothy Burlingham
psychoanalyst, non-fiction writer
1891–1979 · aged 88
October 11 · 1891
Source: SNAC
Ding Lei
entrepreneur
55 years old
October 1 · 1971
No external source identified
Dennis Wolf
bodybuilder
47 years old
October 30 · 1978
No external source identified
Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia
military personnel
1896–1978 · aged 82
October 17 · 1896
No external source identified
Richard Sharpe Shaver
science fiction writer, writer
1907–1975 · aged 68
October 8 · 1907
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Paul Nebel
association football player
23 years old
October 10 · 2002
Source: Transfermarkt
Christopher Larkin
dancer, stage actor
39 years old
October 2 · 1987
No external source identified
Cole Aldrich
basketball player
37 years old
October 31 · 1988
Source: FIBA database
Pyrros Dimas
weightlifter, politician
54 years old
October 13 · 1971
No external source identified
Nick Glennie-Smith
music arranger, bandleader
1951–2026 · aged 74
October 3 · 1951
Source: IMDb
Shripad Amrit Dange
writer, trade unionist
1899–1991 · aged 91
October 10 · 1899
Source: SNAC
Freja Beha Erichsen
model
38 years old
October 18 · 1987
No external source identified
Nakia Burrise
actor, film actor
51 years old
October 21 · 1974
No external source identified
William Graham Sumner
political theorist, sociologist
1840–1910 · aged 69
October 30 · 1840
Source: Find a Grave
Cardoso Varela
association football player
17 years old
October 29 · 2008
No external source identified
Don Collier
television actor, American football player
1928–2021 · aged 92
October 17 · 1928
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Rico Rodriguez
trombonist, reggae musician
1934–2015 · aged 80
October 17 · 1934
Source: Discogs
Lelia Goldoni
film actor, actor
1936–2023 · aged 86
October 1 · 1936
No external source identified
Franco Merli
film actor, actor
1956–2025 · aged 68
October 31 · 1956
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Ade Akinbiyi
association football player
51 years old
October 10 · 1974
Source: Transfermarkt
Kristina Anapau
television actor, pianist
46 years old
October 30 · 1979
No external source identified
Jeannette Charles
stage actor, television actor
1927–2024 · aged 96
October 15 · 1927
Source: IMDb
Leïla Ben Ali
politician
69 years old
October 24 · 1956
Source: leparisien.fr
Rino Gaetano
singer-songwriter, composer
1950–1981 · aged 30
October 29 · 1950
Source: Find a Grave
Paul Burchill
professional wrestler
47 years old
October 8 · 1979
No external source identified
Jack Hedley
television actor, actor
1929–2021 · aged 92
October 28 · 1929
Source: lefigaro.fr
Branko Cikatić
karateka, mixed martial arts fighter
1955–2020 · aged 64
October 4 · 1955
Source: boec.com
Maria Barbara Bach
singer
1684–1720
October 20 · 1684
Source: Find a Grave
Nadia Calviño
politician, economist
58 years old
October 3 · 1968
No external source identified
Marcus Molinaro
politician
51 years old
October 8 · 1975
No external source identified
Navvab Safavi
politician, theologian
1924–1956
October 9 · 1924
No external source identified
Yoshiki Tanaka
comics artist, writer
73 years old
October 22 · 1952
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Shizuichi Tanaka
military personnel
1887–1945 · aged 57
October 1 · 1887
Source: TracesOfWar
Martin Strel
swimmer
72 years old
October 1 · 1954
No external source identified
Elsa Zylberstein
audiobook narrator, film actor
57 years old
October 16 · 1968
Source: filmportal.de
Timothée Kolodziejczak
association football player
35 years old
October 1 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Teala Loring
actor, film actor
1922–2007 · aged 84
October 6 · 1922
Source: Find a Grave
Helmut Dantine*
stage actor, television actor
Date disputed
October 7 · 1917
No external source identified
Chung Mong-joon
archer, association football player
75 years old
October 7 · 1951
No external source identified
Alain Soral
business executive, pundit
68 years old
October 2 · 1958
Source: IMDb
Tomoko Yamaguchi
actor, seiyū
61 years old
October 20 · 1964
Source: IMDb
Wanz
rapper, singer
65 years old
October 9 · 1961
No external source identified
Daniela Peštová
model
55 years old
October 14 · 1970
Source: IMDb
Park Jin-seop
association football player
30 years old
October 23 · 1995
No external source identified
Chris Alcaide
television actor, actor
1922–2004 · aged 81
October 23 · 1922
Source: Find a Grave
Julien Clerc
recording artist, actor
79 years old
October 4 · 1947
Source: Roglo
Jean Bart
privateer, military personnel
1650–1702 · aged 51
October 21 · 1650
Source: GeneaStar
Gabriel Yared
film score composer, conductor
77 years old
October 7 · 1949
Source: Discogs
Nilo Peçanha
politician, lawyer
1867–1924 · aged 56
October 2 · 1867
No external source identified
Kaylyn Kyle
broadcaster, association football player
38 years old
October 6 · 1988
Source: Soccerdonna
Franck Sauzée
association football player, association football coach
60 years old
October 28 · 1965
Source: Transfermarkt
Anthony Vanden Borre
association football player
38 years old
October 24 · 1987
Source: As
Tracy Reed
film actor, television actor
76 years old
October 28 · 1949
Source: IMDb
Dou Wei
songwriter, recording artist
56 years old
October 14 · 1969
No external source identified
Jördis Triebel
film actor, voice actor
48 years old
October 30 · 1977
Source: IMDb
Lucio Corsi
singer, singer-songwriter
33 years old
October 1 · 1993
Source: Universal Music France
Piet Oudolf
landscape gardener, garden designer
81 years old
October 27 · 1944
Source: RKDartists
Fatmir Sejdiu
pedagogue, legal historian
74 years old
October 23 · 1951
Source: Munzinger Personen
Maurice Bardèche
writer, biographer
1907–1998 · aged 90
October 1 · 1907
Source: BnF authorities
Igor Jijikine
actor, film actor
61 years old
October 8 · 1965
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Alessandro Farnese*
diplomat, Catholic priest
Date disputed
October 17 · 1520
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Christoph Blocher
politician
85 years old
October 11 · 1940
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Shaun Woodward
politician, media consultant
67 years old
October 26 · 1958
Source: The Peerage
Jung Il-hoon
television actor, composer
32 years old
October 4 · 1994
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Reema Malhotra
cricketer
45 years old
October 17 · 1980
No external source identified
Natsuo Kirino
writer, novelist
75 years old
October 7 · 1951
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Chris Andrews
singer-songwriter, record producer
83 years old
October 15 · 1942
Source: Discogs
Alan Bradley
television writer, electrotechnician
1938–2026 · aged 87
October 10 · 1938
Source: januarymagazine.com
Aleksis Kivi
novelist, writer
1834–1872 · aged 38
October 10 · 1834
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Roger Williams*
composer, musician
Date disputed
October 1 · 1924
Source: wolframalpha.com
Vedrana Rudan
journalist, writer
1949–2026 · aged 76
October 29 · 1949
No external source identified
Liu Yongqing
politician
86 years old
October 3 · 1940
No external source identified
Konstantin Zyryanov
association football coach, association football player
49 years old
October 5 · 1977
Source: As
Richard Corben*
cartoonist, penciller
Date disputed
October 1 · 1940
Source: BD Gest'
Irán Eory
film actor, actor
1939–2002 · aged 62
October 21 · 1939
No external source identified
Thelma Aoyama
singer
38 years old
October 27 · 1987
No external source identified

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