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

  1. Shigeaki Hinohara

    physician, writer

    1911–2017 · aged 105

    October 4 · 1911

    Source: Open Library

  2. Wes Harding

    association football player

    29 years old

    October 20 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  3. Mohammad Ghorbani

    association football player

    25 years old

    October 7 · 2001

    No external source identified

  4. Richard Paul Evans

    children's writer, novelist

    63 years old

    October 11 · 1962

    Source: Babelio

  5. Oscar Martínez

    actor

    76 years old

    October 23 · 1949

    Source: cinenacional.com

  6. Silvio Micali

    computer scientist, university teacher

    71 years old

    October 13 · 1954

    No external source identified

  7. Daniel Johnson

    association football player

    34 years old

    October 8 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  8. Ronnie Cope

    association football player, association football coach

    1934–2016

    October 5 · 1934

    No external source identified

  9. Marian Nixon

    dancer, stage actor

    1904–1983 · aged 78

    October 20 · 1904

    Source: Find a Grave

  10. Clem Bevans

    film actor, actor

    1879–1963 · aged 83

    October 16 · 1879

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  11. Christophe Jallet

    association football player, color commentator

    42 years old

    October 31 · 1983

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  12. Prince Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan

    politician

    1940–2021 · aged 80

    October 2 · 1940

    No external source identified

  13. Takeda Sōkaku

    samurai, aikidoka

    1859–1943 · aged 83

    October 10 · 1859

    No external source identified

  14. Leonidas Kavakos

    conductor, composer

    58 years old

    October 30 · 1967

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  15. Ho Fan*

    film director, photographer

    Date disputed

    October 8 · 1931

    Source: fanhophotography.com

  16. Adán Jodorowsky

    DJ producer, writer

    46 years old

    October 29 · 1979

    No external source identified

  17. Willi Schulz

    association football player

    88 years old

    October 4 · 1938

    Source: Transfermarkt

  18. Isabel Marshal

    1200–1240 · aged 39

    October 16 · 1200

    No external source identified

  19. Ximena Herrera

    television actor, film actor

    47 years old

    October 5 · 1979

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  20. Anthony Brown

    basketball player

    34 years old

    October 10 · 1992

    Source: ACB.com

  21. Frode Grodås

    association football player, goalkeeper coach

    61 years old

    October 24 · 1964

    Source: Transfermarkt

  22. Louise Fitzhugh

    children's writer, writer

    1928–1974 · aged 46

    October 5 · 1928

    Source: BnF authorities

  23. Pierre Atcho

    association football referee

    34 years old

    October 10 · 1992

    Source: transfermarkt.com

  24. Georges Wilson

    stage actor, television actor

    1921–2010 · aged 88

    October 16 · 1921

    Source: Discogs

  25. Amalia of Cleves

    poet, writer

    1517–1586 · aged 68

    October 27 · 1517

    No external source identified

  26. Albert Brewer

    lawyer, governor

    1928–2017 · aged 88

    October 26 · 1928

    Source: Find a Grave

  27. Diana Haddad

    composer, singer

    50 years old

    October 1 · 1976

    No external source identified

  28. Damian Lau

    television actor, actor

    76 years old

    October 14 · 1949

    No external source identified

  29. Robert Craft

    writer, conductor

    1923–2015 · aged 92

    October 20 · 1923

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  30. Tashi Namgyal

    1893–1963 · aged 70

    October 26 · 1893

    No external source identified

  31. Mihály Zichy

    illustrator, graphic artist

    1827–1906 · aged 78

    October 15 · 1827

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  32. Derek Landy

    children's writer, comics writer

    51 years old

    October 23 · 1974

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  33. Billy Preston

    basketball player

    28 years old

    October 26 · 1997

    Source: FIBA database

  34. Kira Rudik

    manager, politician

    40 years old

    October 14 · 1985

    Source: file.liga.net

  35. Paris

    musician, music arranger

    58 years old

    October 29 · 1967

    No external source identified

  36. Chris Nicholl

    association football coach, association football player

    1946–2024 · aged 77

    October 12 · 1946

    Source: Transfermarkt

  37. Ismael Rivera Rivera

    musician, composer

    1931–1987 · aged 55

    October 5 · 1931

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  38. Joseph Plateau

    mathematician, university teacher

    1801–1883 · aged 81

    October 14 · 1801

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  39. Leo Rojas

    singer, pan flutist

    41 years old

    October 18 · 1984

    No external source identified

  40. Mai Kuraki

    songwriter, singer

    43 years old

    October 28 · 1982

    No external source identified

  41. Zelmo Beaty

    basketball coach, basketball player

    1939–2013 · aged 73

    October 25 · 1939

    Source: FIBA database

  42. Sam Johnson

    military officer, politician

    1930–2020 · aged 89

    October 11 · 1930

    No external source identified

  43. Punam Raut

    cricketer

    36 years old

    October 14 · 1989

    No external source identified

  44. Baldassare Galuppi*

    composer, organist

    Date disputed

    October 18 · 1706

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  45. Tifa

    singer

    65 years old

    October 17 · 1960

    No external source identified

  46. Horst Janson

    television actor, actor

    1935–2025

    October 4 · 1935

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  47. Antoine Béchamp*

    chemistry teacher, biologist

    Date disputed

    October 15 · 1816

    Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne

  48. Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.

    politician

    90 years old

    October 2 · 1936

    No external source identified

  49. Nora Twomey

    film director, animator

    54 years old

    October 31 · 1971

    No external source identified

  50. R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

    economist, politician

    1892–1953 · aged 60

    October 17 · 1892

    No external source identified

  51. James W. Denver

    politician, governor

    1817–1892 · aged 74

    October 23 · 1817

    Source: Find a Grave

  52. Jacques Loussier

    music arranger, bandleader

    1934–2019 · aged 84

    October 26 · 1934

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  53. Dmitry Karbyshev

    university teacher, engineer

    1880–1945 · aged 64

    October 26 · 1880

    No external source identified

  54. Klaus Roth

    university teacher, mathematician

    1925–2015 · aged 90

    October 29 · 1925

    Source: BnF authorities

  55. Daniel Hollie

    professional wrestler

    49 years old

    October 3 · 1977

    Source: profightdb.com

  56. Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

    salonnière, composer

    1739–1807 · aged 67

    October 24 · 1739

    Source: FemBio database

  57. Peter Faber

    film actor, television actor

    1943–2026 · aged 82

    October 9 · 1943

    Source: TheaterEncyclopedie

  58. Lazar Ristovski

    writer, film producer

    73 years old

    October 26 · 1952

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  59. Nicolae Paulescu

    university teacher, physiologist

    1869–1931

    October 30 · 1869

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  60. Sonthi Boonyaratglin

    military personnel, politician

    80 years old

    October 2 · 1946

    No external source identified

  61. Pavel Grudinin

    engineer, businessperson

    65 years old

    October 20 · 1960

    No external source identified

  62. Khachatur Abovian*

    poet, writer

    Date disputed

    October 15 · 1809

    Source: Armenian Concise Encyclopedia

  63. Cansu Özbay

    volleyball player

    29 years old

    October 17 · 1996

    Source: turksporu.com.tr

  64. Teresa Saponangelo

    actor, stage actor

    52 years old

    October 22 · 1973

    No external source identified

  65. Guadalupe Marín

    model, novelist

    1895–1983 · aged 87

    October 16 · 1895

    No external source identified

  66. Stefan Żeromski

    diarist, science fiction writer

    1864–1925 · aged 61

    October 14 · 1864

    Source: Olomouc City Library regional database

  67. F. F. Bruce

    theologian

    1910–1990 · aged 79

    October 12 · 1910

    Source: Catalogue of the Library of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

  68. Evgeny Svechnikov

    ice hockey player

    29 years old

    October 31 · 1996

    No external source identified

  69. Frank O'Farrell

    association football player, association football coach

    1927–2022 · aged 94

    October 9 · 1927

    Source: Transfermarkt

  70. Byul

    singer

    42 years old

    October 22 · 1983

    No external source identified

  71. Stetson Kennedy

    writer, journalist

    1916–2011 · aged 94

    October 5 · 1916

    Source: BnF authorities

  72. Guélor Kanga*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    October 8 · 1985

    Source: sports.ru

  73. Michael S. Rogers

    intelligence officer

    66 years old

    October 31 · 1959

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  74. George Wells Beadle

    university teacher, biologist

    1903–1989 · aged 85

    October 22 · 1903

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  75. Michel-Louis Guérard des Lauriers

    theologian, bishop

    1898–1988 · aged 89

    October 25 · 1898

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  76. Yekaterina Golubeva

    screenwriter, actor

    1966–2011 · aged 44

    October 9 · 1966

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  77. Francisco Flores

    politician

    1959–2016 · aged 56

    October 17 · 1959

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  78. Donald Sangster

    politician

    1911–1967 · aged 55

    October 26 · 1911

    Source: Find a Grave

  79. Jean Agélou

    artist, photographer

    1878–1921 · aged 42

    October 16 · 1878

    Source: BnF authorities

  80. Juntoku

    poet

    1197–1242 · aged 44

    October 29 · 1197

    No external source identified

  81. John Ousterhout

    information scientist, physicist

    71 years old

    October 15 · 1954

    No external source identified

  82. Wolfgang Lüth

    Marineoffizier, submariner

    1913–1945 · aged 31

    October 15 · 1913

    Source: Die deutschen U-Boot-Kommandanten (1 ed.)

  83. Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

    solicitor, actor

    56 years old

    October 5 · 1970

    No external source identified

  84. John Sutton

    actor

    1908–1963 · aged 54

    October 22 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  85. Wilhelm Röpke

    university teacher, economist

    1899–1966 · aged 66

    October 10 · 1899

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  86. Jimmy Montgomery

    association football player

    83 years old

    October 9 · 1943

    No external source identified

  87. Marin Petkov

    association football player

    23 years old

    October 2 · 2003

    Source: FBref

  88. Joep Wennemars

    speed skater

    24 years old

    October 2 · 2002

    No external source identified

  89. Matías Nahuel

    association football player

    29 years old

    October 22 · 1996

    No external source identified

  90. Lewis Travis

    association football player

    28 years old

    October 16 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  91. Gerry Hitchens

    association football player

    1934–1983 · aged 48

    October 8 · 1934

    Source: FBref

  92. Irm Hermann

    performing artist, stage actor

    1942–2020 · aged 77

    October 4 · 1942

    Source: Discogs

  93. Alexander Zinoviev

    caricaturist, writer

    1922–2006 · aged 83

    October 29 · 1922

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  94. Ruslan Aushev

    politician, military personnel

    71 years old

    October 29 · 1954

    No external source identified

  95. Alexey Andreevich Arakcheyev

    military personnel, politician

    1769–1834 · aged 64

    October 4 · 1769

    Source: Q23685869

  96. Champion Jack Dupree*

    composer, jazz musician

    Date disputed

    October 23 · 1909

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  97. Charlie Cooke

    writer, association football player

    83 years old

    October 14 · 1942

    Source: Transfermarkt

  98. Surendra of Nepal

    politician

    1829–1881 · aged 51

    October 20 · 1829

    No external source identified

  99. Jorge López

    dancer, singer

    34 years old

    October 30 · 1991

    Source: Civil Registry and Identification Service of Chile

  100. Gary Neal

    basketball player

    42 years old

    October 3 · 1984

    Source: FIBA database

  101. Francesco Guardi

    graphic artist, painter

    1712–1793

    October 5 · 1712

    Source: BeWeB

  102. Isobelle Molloy

    actor, singer

    26 years old

    October 6 · 2000

    No external source identified

  103. Ramón María del Valle-Inclán

    writer, novelist

    1866–1936 · aged 69

    October 28 · 1866

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  104. LoLa Monroe

    model, rapper

    39 years old

    October 25 · 1986

    Source: imdb.com

  105. Ulises Heureaux

    military personnel, politician

    1845–1899 · aged 53

    October 21 · 1845

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  106. Yekaterina Gamova

    volleyball player, beach volleyball player

    45 years old

    October 17 · 1980

    No external source identified

  107. Matej Mohorič

    sport cyclist

    31 years old

    October 19 · 1994

    Source: Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin

  108. Ellen Browning Scripps

    publisher, businessperson

    1836–1932 · aged 95

    October 18 · 1836

    Source: SNAC

  109. Lila Abu-Lughod

    anthropologist

    73 years old

    October 21 · 1952

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  110. Pınar Toprak

    film score composer, composer

    45 years old

    October 18 · 1980

    No external source identified

  111. Geoff Murphy

    screenwriter, manufacturer

    1938–2018 · aged 80

    October 12 · 1938

    Source: www.acmi.net.au

  112. Chendo

    association football player

    64 years old

    October 12 · 1961

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  113. Claude Heater

    opera singer, film actor

    1927–2020 · aged 92

    October 25 · 1927

    No external source identified

  114. Louis-Joseph Papineau

    lawyer, jurist

    1786–1871 · aged 84

    October 7 · 1786

    Source: Find a Grave

  115. Glória Menezes

    television actor, actor

    1934–2026 · aged 91

    October 19 · 1934

    Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural

  116. Yemaneberhan Crippa

    athletics competitor

    29 years old

    October 15 · 1996

    Source: World Athletics database

  117. Eliphalet Remington

    blacksmith, inventor

    1793–1861 · aged 67

    October 28 · 1793

    Source: GeneaStar

  118. Mihailo Ristić

    association football player

    30 years old

    October 31 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  119. Azam Ali

    singer, composer

    56 years old

    October 3 · 1970

    No external source identified

  120. Elizabeth Montagu*

    essayist, salonnière

    Date disputed

    October 2 · 1718

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  121. Joel Przybilla

    basketball player

    47 years old

    October 10 · 1979

    Source: FIBA database

  122. Herbert Kretzmer

    journalist, theatre critic

    1925–2020 · aged 95

    October 5 · 1925

    Source: IMDb

  123. Mansha Pasha

    actor

    38 years old

    October 19 · 1987

    No external source identified

  124. Eddie Salcedo

    association football player

    25 years old

    October 1 · 2001

    Source: Transfermarkt

  125. Haruna Babangida

    association football player

    44 years old

    October 1 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  126. Larry Young

    pianist, musician

    1940–1978 · aged 37

    October 7 · 1940

    Source: BnF authorities

  127. George R. Price

    geneticist, mathematician

    1922–1975 · aged 52

    October 6 · 1922

    No external source identified

  128. Meir Vilner

    politician

    1918–2003 · aged 84

    October 23 · 1918

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  129. Temsüla Ao

    poet

    1945–2022 · aged 76

    October 25 · 1945

    Source: nagalandpost.com

  130. Louis Lumière

    inventor, director

    1864–1948

    October 5 · 1864

    Source: Base biographique

  131. René Rast

    racing automobile driver

    39 years old

    October 26 · 1986

    No external source identified

  132. Mary Kennedy

    television presenter, author

    70 years old

    October 4 · 1956

    No external source identified

  133. Viktor Lazlo

    singer, writer

    66 years old

    October 7 · 1960

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  134. Alexis Davis

    academic, university teacher

    42 years old

    October 4 · 1984

    No external source identified

  135. Enrique Bernoldi

    Formula One driver, racing automobile driver

    47 years old

    October 19 · 1978

    No external source identified

  136. Nikos Dendias

    lawyer, politician

    67 years old

    October 7 · 1959

    Source: hellenicparliament.gr

  137. Rahima Banu

    53 years old

    October 16 · 1972

    No external source identified

  138. Anna Galvin

    film actor, actor

    56 years old

    October 19 · 1969

    Source: IMDb

  139. Hugh Herr

    researcher, engineer

    61 years old

    October 25 · 1964

    No external source identified

  140. Hamilton Luske

    film director, character animator

    1903–1968 · aged 64

    October 16 · 1903

    Source: SNAC

  141. Antjie Krog

    journalist, writer

    73 years old

    October 23 · 1952

    Source: Discogs

  142. Fritz Fischer

    torturer, military physician

    1912–2003

    October 5 · 1912

    Source: TracesOfWar

  143. Sergey Guriyev

    social scientist, economist

    54 years old

    October 21 · 1971

    No external source identified

  144. Karl Richter

    harpsichordist, organist

    1926–1981 · aged 54

    October 15 · 1926

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  145. Aurela Gaçe

    singer

    51 years old

    October 16 · 1974

    Source: eurovision-spain.com

  146. Kornelia Ender

    swimmer

    67 years old

    October 25 · 1958

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  147. Susie Castillo

    model, beauty pageant contestant

    46 years old

    October 27 · 1979

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  148. Henry Norris Russell

    astronomer, astrophysicist

    1877–1957 · aged 79

    October 25 · 1877

    Source: SNAC

  149. Robert Pinsky

    writer, literary critic

    85 years old

    October 20 · 1940

    Source: SNAC

  150. Go-Ichijō

    emperor

    1008–1036 · aged 27

    October 18 · 1008

    No external source identified

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