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

  1. Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova

    composer, music arranger

    1848–1919 · aged 70

    October 31 · 1848

    No external source identified

  2. Eille Norwood

    actor

    1861–1948 · aged 87

    October 11 · 1861

    No external source identified

  3. Nanni Loy

    actor, theatre director

    1925–1995 · aged 69

    October 23 · 1925

    Source: IMDb

  4. Gatot Soebroto

    warrior

    1907–1962 · aged 54

    October 10 · 1907

    No external source identified

  5. Idowu Philips

    nurse, actor

    83 years old

    October 16 · 1942

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  6. Luc Terlinden

    Catholic deacon, Catholic bishop

    57 years old

    October 17 · 1968

    Source: Virtual International Authority File

  7. Hani al-Mulki

    politician, diplomat

    74 years old

    October 15 · 1951

    Source: pantheon.world

  8. Arthur Maia

    association football player

    1992–2016 · aged 24

    October 13 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  9. Katarzyna Cichopek

    film actor, television presenter

    44 years old

    October 7 · 1982

    Source: IMDb

  10. Oliver Spasovski

    politician

    49 years old

    October 21 · 1976

    No external source identified

  11. Nino Bixio

    military personnel, politician

    1821–1873 · aged 52

    October 2 · 1821

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  12. Alexei Kuzmichov

    entrepreneur

    63 years old

    October 15 · 1962

    No external source identified

  13. Gyula Krúdy

    writer, journalist

    1878–1933 · aged 54

    October 21 · 1878

    Source: GeneaStar

  14. Malcom Ares

    association football player

    24 years old

    October 12 · 2001

    No external source identified

  15. Ihor Skybiuk

    military personnel

    50 years old

    October 10 · 1976

    Source: esu.com.ua

  16. Sunao Yoshida

    novelist, writer

    1969–2004 · aged 34

    October 24 · 1969

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  17. Stojan Vranješ

    association football player

    40 years old

    October 11 · 1986

    Source: FBref

  18. Foluke Akinradewo

    volleyball player, beach volleyball player

    39 years old

    October 5 · 1987

    Source: Olympedia

  19. Lee Lawrie

    sculptor

    1877–1963 · aged 85

    October 16 · 1877

    Source: SNAC

  20. Laura Malmivaara

    actor, singer-songwriter

    52 years old

    October 26 · 1973

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  21. Maia Weintraub

    fencer

    23 years old

    October 24 · 2002

    No external source identified

  22. Mitchell Docker

    sport cyclist

    40 years old

    October 2 · 1986

    No external source identified

  23. Yashoda Wimaladharma

    actor, film actor

    55 years old

    October 28 · 1970

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  24. James Mackintosh

    historian, politician

    1765–1832 · aged 66

    October 24 · 1765

    Source: SNAC

  25. David Wolffsohn

    functionary, politician

    1855–1914 · aged 58

    October 9 · 1855

    No external source identified

  26. Paul Wegener

    politician

    1908–1993 · aged 84

    October 1 · 1908

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  27. Marco Méndez

    television actor, film actor

    50 years old

    October 1 · 1976

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  28. Prince Alfred, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Grätz

    historian, politician

    1851–1927 · aged 76

    October 31 · 1851

    Source: Windisch-Grätz, Alfred August Karl Maria Wolfgang Erwin Fürst (BLKÖ)

  29. Maxi Gnauck

    artistic gymnast

    62 years old

    October 10 · 1964

    No external source identified

  30. Gonzalo Segares

    association football coach, association football player

    43 years old

    October 13 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  31. Honoré Mercier

    journalist, newspaper editor

    1840–1894 · aged 54

    October 15 · 1840

    Source: Find a Grave

  32. Labina Mitevska

    actor, film producer

    51 years old

    October 11 · 1975

    Source: pantheon.world

  33. Miloš Pavlović

    racing automobile driver

    44 years old

    October 8 · 1982

    No external source identified

  34. Álvaro Rafael González

    association football player

    41 years old

    October 29 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. Muhammad Abdallah Kounta

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    31 years old

    October 27 · 1994

    Source: Olympedia

  36. Bruno Valdez

    association football player

    34 years old

    October 6 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  37. Hunter Shinkaruk

    ice hockey player

    31 years old

    October 13 · 1994

    No external source identified

  38. Ayla Algan

    actor, singer

    1936–2024 · aged 87

    October 25 · 1936

    No external source identified

  39. Archduchess Eleonore of Austria

    nun

    1582–1620 · aged 37

    October 5 · 1582

    No external source identified

  40. Jeanette Loff

    musical theatre actor, stage actor

    1906–1942 · aged 35

    October 9 · 1906

    Source: SNAC

  41. Busi Mhlongo

    singer-songwriter, singer

    1947–2010 · aged 62

    October 28 · 1947

    No external source identified

  42. Hana Hegerová

    singer, chansonnier

    1931–2021 · aged 89

    October 20 · 1931

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  43. Stanisław Skrowaczewski

    composer, music arranger

    1923–2017 · aged 93

    October 3 · 1923

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  44. Gabriel Popov

    economist, university teacher

    89 years old

    October 31 · 1936

    No external source identified

  45. Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari

    association football player, association football referee

    39 years old

    October 25 · 1986

    No external source identified

  46. Iyasu II

    monarch

    1723–1755 · aged 31

    October 21 · 1723

    No external source identified

  47. Ali Khalif Galaydh

    politician

    1941–2020 · aged 78

    October 15 · 1941

    No external source identified

  48. Ilira

    composer, singer-songwriter

    31 years old

    October 29 · 1994

    Source: AllMusic

  49. Pilar Rahola

    TV debater, YouTuber

    67 years old

    October 21 · 1958

    No external source identified

  50. Sascha Lewandowski

    association football coach, association football player

    1971–2016 · aged 44

    October 5 · 1971

    No external source identified

  51. Franklin Virgüez

    pedophile, film actor

    73 years old

    October 1 · 1953

    No external source identified

  52. Adam Grünewald

    military personnel, concentration camp guard

    1902–1945 · aged 42

    October 20 · 1902

    Source: Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 1. Dezember 1936

  53. Govardhanram Tripathi

    diarist, literary historian

    1855–1907 · aged 51

    October 20 · 1855

    No external source identified

  54. Ivan Bahrianyi

    opinion journalist, poet

    1906–1963 · aged 56

    October 2 · 1906

    Source: parish register

  55. Frank Simek

    association football player

    41 years old

    October 13 · 1984

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  56. Geert De Vlieger

    association football player

    54 years old

    October 16 · 1971

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  57. Zé Turbo

    association football player

    29 years old

    October 22 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  58. Bushra

    actor

    45 years old

    October 5 · 1981

    No external source identified

  59. Pyotr Kozlov

    scientific collector, art historian

    1863–1935 · aged 71

    October 15 · 1863

    Source: WorldCat Entities

  60. Maria Czaplicka

    anthropologist

    1884–1921 · aged 36

    October 25 · 1884

    Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

  61. Petronella Barker

    actor

    60 years old

    October 29 · 1965

    Source: IMDb

  62. Peter Blume

    painter, draftsperson

    1906–1992 · aged 86

    October 27 · 1906

    Source: BnF authorities

  63. Jarell Eddie

    basketball player

    34 years old

    October 30 · 1991

    Source: tradingcarddb.com

  64. Gerald Weinberg

    engineer, software developer

    1933–2018 · aged 84

    October 27 · 1933

    Source: SNAC

  65. Ricardo Blas

    judoka

    39 years old

    October 19 · 1986

    No external source identified

  66. William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne

    member of parliament, diplomat

    1859–1942 · aged 82

    October 17 · 1859

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  67. Toi8

    illustrator, animator

    50 years old

    October 8 · 1976

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  68. Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood

    politician

    1869–1956 · aged 87

    October 14 · 1869

    Source: SNAC

  69. Lívia Járóka

    politician, anthropologist

    52 years old

    October 6 · 1974

    No external source identified

  70. Justas Lasickas

    association football player

    29 years old

    October 6 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  71. Andy Greene

    ice hockey player

    43 years old

    October 30 · 1982

    No external source identified

  72. Jonathan De Falco

    pornographic film actor, association football player

    42 years old

    October 8 · 1984

    No external source identified

  73. Georg Groddeck

    physician, writer

    1866–1934 · aged 67

    October 13 · 1866

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  74. Albert Margai

    lawyer, politician

    1910–1980 · aged 70

    October 10 · 1910

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  75. Sylvain Legwinski

    association football player, association football coach

    53 years old

    October 6 · 1973

    Source: L'Équipe

  76. Thor Bjørklund

    furniture maker, inventor

    1889–1975 · aged 86

    October 30 · 1889

    Source: historical register of persons

  77. Günter Mittag

    politician

    1926–1994 · aged 67

    October 8 · 1926

    Source: filmportal.de

  78. Willie Stevenson

    association football player, association football coach

    1939–2025 · aged 85

    October 26 · 1939

    Source: Transfermarkt

  79. Jean-Philippe Gatien

    table tennis player

    57 years old

    October 16 · 1968

    No external source identified

  80. Heherson Alvarez

    environmentalist, politician

    1939–2020 · aged 80

    October 16 · 1939

    No external source identified

  81. William Zebina Ripley

    economist, anthropologist

    1867–1941 · aged 73

    October 13 · 1867

    Source: SNAC

  82. Serge Akakpo

    association football coach, association football player

    38 years old

    October 15 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  83. Makram Ebeid

    politician, economist

    1889–1961 · aged 71

    October 25 · 1889

    Source: BnF authorities

  84. Luca Carboni

    musician, recording artist

    63 years old

    October 12 · 1962

    Source: BnF authorities

  85. Cyril Toumanoff

    university teacher, medievalist

    1913–1997 · aged 83

    October 13 · 1913

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  86. Daniel Timofte

    association football coach, association football player

    59 years old

    October 1 · 1967

    Source: Transfermarkt

  87. José Couceiro

    association football player, association football coach

    64 years old

    October 4 · 1962

    No external source identified

  88. Hassan Rowshan*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    October 24 · 1955

    Source: Transfermarkt

  89. Ian Ashley

    Formula One driver

    78 years old

    October 26 · 1947

    No external source identified

  90. Jana Černochová

    politician, minister

    52 years old

    October 26 · 1973

    Source: vlada.cz

  91. Julio Cascante

    association football player

    33 years old

    October 3 · 1993

    Source: FBref

  92. Marie Rose Durocher

    nun

    1811–1849 · aged 38

    October 6 · 1811

    Source: GCatholic.org

  93. José Contreras Verna

    association football player, association football coach

    31 years old

    October 20 · 1994

    Source: FBref

  94. Andreas Ulmer

    association football player

    40 years old

    October 30 · 1985

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  95. Minoru Shiraishi

    singer-songwriter, seiyū

    47 years old

    October 18 · 1978

    Source: LezWatch.TV

  96. Clemente Biondetti

    Formula One driver, racing automobile driver

    1898–1955 · aged 56

    October 18 · 1898

    Source: motorsportmagazine.com

  97. Marcelo Crivella

    missionary, writer

    69 years old

    October 9 · 1957

    Source: camara.leg.br

  98. Aldo Olivieri

    association football coach, association football player

    1910–2001 · aged 90

    October 2 · 1910

    Source: FBref

  99. Anastasia Bitsenko

    politician, revolutionary

    1875–1938 · aged 62

    October 29 · 1875

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  100. David Kitay

    film score composer, composer

    64 years old

    October 23 · 1961

    Source: IMDb

  101. Francisco Juan Martínez Mojica

    microbiologist, university teacher

    63 years old

    October 5 · 1963

    Source: fundacionlilly.com

  102. Richard Titmuss

    economist, social scientist

    1907–1973 · aged 65

    October 16 · 1907

    Source: SNAC

  103. Phuntsok Wangyal

    politician, revolutionary

    1922–2014 · aged 91

    October 25 · 1922

    No external source identified

  104. Zinaida Yermolyeva*

    virologist, microbiologist

    Date disputed

    October 27 · 1898

    No external source identified

  105. Heinrich Mark

    politician, civil servant

    1911–2004 · aged 92

    October 1 · 1911

    Source: Estonian biographical database

  106. Satprem

    writer

    1923–2007 · aged 83

    October 30 · 1923

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées

  107. Dean Conant Worcester

    diplomat, zoologist

    1866–1924 · aged 57

    October 1 · 1866

    Source: SNAC

  108. John White Alexander

    visual artist, painter

    1856–1915 · aged 58

    October 7 · 1856

    Source: RKDartists

  109. Christophe Pélissier

    association football player, association football coach

    61 years old

    October 5 · 1965

    No external source identified

  110. He Guoqiang

    politician

    83 years old

    October 1 · 1943

    No external source identified

  111. Eulie Chowdhury

    docent, writer

    1923–1995 · aged 71

    October 4 · 1923

    Source: Women Scientists in India: Lives, Struggles and Achievements

  112. Merieme Chadid

    explorer, astronomer

    57 years old

    October 11 · 1969

    Source: etudesmarocaines.com

  113. Nacha Guevara

    actor, singer

    86 years old

    October 3 · 1940

    Source: MusicBrainz

  114. Shinji Kawada

    seiyū, actor

    55 years old

    October 6 · 1971

    No external source identified

  115. Yıldız Kenter

    actor

    1928–2019 · aged 91

    October 11 · 1928

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  116. Mahder Assefa

    actor

    39 years old

    October 5 · 1987

    No external source identified

  117. Purnima Sinha

    physicist

    1927–2015 · aged 87

    October 12 · 1927

    No external source identified

  118. Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai

    lawyer, magistrate

    1754–1838 · aged 84

    October 30 · 1754

    Source: La France savante

  119. Erik Jendrišek

    association football player

    39 years old

    October 26 · 1986

    Source: As

  120. Karl Buresch

    diplomat, jurist

    1878–1936 · aged 57

    October 12 · 1878

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  121. Rosemary LaPlanche

    model, actor

    1923–1979 · aged 55

    October 11 · 1923

    Source: Find a Grave

  122. Wilopo

    politician

    1909–1981 · aged 71

    October 21 · 1909

    Source: tokohindonesia.com

  123. Erdenebatyn Tsendbaatar

    boxer

    29 years old

    October 16 · 1996

    No external source identified

  124. Lars Winnerbäck

    singer, composer

    50 years old

    October 19 · 1975

    Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000

  125. Alfred Knox

    politician

    1870–1964 · aged 93

    October 30 · 1870

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  126. Sutirtha Mukherjee

    table tennis player

    31 years old

    October 10 · 1995

    No external source identified

  127. Empress Sunmyeong*

    Date disputed

    October 20 · 1872

    No external source identified

  128. Gustavo Adrianzén

    politician, lawyer

    59 years old

    October 25 · 1966

    Source: peru21.pe

  129. Martin Kamburov

    association football player

    45 years old

    October 13 · 1980

    Source: FBref

  130. Stefan Moody

    basketball player

    33 years old

    October 6 · 1993

    Source: FIBA database

  131. Loris Francesco Capovilla

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1915–2016 · aged 100

    October 14 · 1915

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  132. Ryuzo Morioka

    association football coach, association football player

    51 years old

    October 7 · 1975

    Source: Transfermarkt

  133. Salim Sdiri

    athletics competitor, track and field coach

    47 years old

    October 26 · 1978

    Source: World Athletics database

  134. Isabelle Autissier

    writer, skipper

    69 years old

    October 18 · 1956

    Source: GeneaStar

  135. Carl Brewer

    ice hockey player

    1938–2001 · aged 62

    October 21 · 1938

    Source: SNAC

  136. Arthur Housman

    actor

    1889–1942 · aged 52

    October 10 · 1889

    Source: Find a Grave

  137. Florian Pittiș

    film actor, actor

    1943–2007 · aged 63

    October 4 · 1943

    No external source identified

  138. Bernard Parmegiani

    film score composer, composer

    1927–2013

    October 27 · 1927

    Source: Musicalics

  139. Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

    consort

    1519–1567 · aged 48

    October 24 · 1519

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  140. Ljube Boškoski

    politician

    65 years old

    October 24 · 1960

    No external source identified

  141. Lynn Wilms

    association football player

    26 years old

    October 3 · 2000

    Source: FBref

  142. Kenny Solomon

    chess player

    47 years old

    October 8 · 1979

    No external source identified

  143. Valentin Cojocaru

    association football player

    31 years old

    October 1 · 1995

    Source: As

  144. Juan Botasso

    association football player

    1908–1950

    October 23 · 1908

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  145. Roberto Massimo

    association football player

    25 years old

    October 12 · 2000

    Source: Transfermarkt

  146. Boris Eikhenbaum

    man of letters, university teacher

    1886–1959 · aged 73

    October 16 · 1886

    Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century

  147. Anna Marly

    singer, singer-songwriter

    1917–2006 · aged 88

    October 30 · 1917

    Source: BnF authorities

  148. Jean-François Rewbell

    politician, local government officer

    1747–1807 · aged 60

    October 6 · 1747

    Source: Roglo

  149. Edmond Keosayan

    film director, screenwriter

    1936–1994 · aged 57

    October 9 · 1936

    Source: BnF authorities

  150. Matilda Tao

    television actor, actor

    56 years old

    October 29 · 1969

    No external source identified

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