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Born in October

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

George W. Snedecor
statistician, mathematician
1881–1974 · aged 92
October 20 · 1881
Source: Scientific Legacy Database
Karl Joseph Hadik von Futak
military personnel, military officer
1756–1800 · aged 43
October 28 · 1756
No external source identified
Gloria Coates
painter, composer
1933–2023 · aged 89
October 10 · 1933
Source: 5against4.com
Franz Rohr von Denta
soldier, military personnel
1854–1927 · aged 73
October 30 · 1854
Source: Integrated Authority File
Göran Rosenberg
journalist, program host
78 years old
October 11 · 1948
Source: BnF authorities
George B. Field
astronomer, university teacher
1929–2024 · aged 94
October 25 · 1929
Source: SNAC
Pierre Sancan
pianist, university teacher
1916–2008
October 24 · 1916
Source: Integrated Authority File
Huang Yanpei
writer, politician
1878–1965 · aged 87
October 1 · 1878
No external source identified
Nichika Ōmori
seiyū
31 years old
October 15 · 1994
No external source identified
Yumeji Tsukioka
actor, film actor
1922–2017 · aged 94
October 14 · 1922
Source: BnF authorities
Shin Song-mo
politician
1891–1960 · aged 68
October 20 · 1891
No external source identified
Dan Morgenstern
journalist, writer
1929–2024 · aged 94
October 24 · 1929
Source: SNAC
Valeriya Gnarovskaya
soldier, physician
1923–1943 · aged 19
October 18 · 1923
Source: TracesOfWar
Karl Olivecrona
philosopher, jurist
1897–1980 · aged 82
October 25 · 1897
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Katsue Miwa
seiyū, actor
1943–2024 · aged 80
October 12 · 1943
No external source identified
Ismael Rodríguez
screenwriter, film actor
1917–2004 · aged 86
October 19 · 1917
Source: BnF authorities
John Dahlbäck
club DJ, record producer
40 years old
October 13 · 1985
No external source identified
Johann Friedrich Meckel the younger
pathologist, university teacher
1781–1833 · aged 52
October 17 · 1781
Source: Who Named It?
Myrna Elizabeth Mack Chang
anthropologist, human rights defender
1949–1990 · aged 40
October 24 · 1949
No external source identified
Martial Célestin
diplomat, politician
1913–2011 · aged 97
October 4 · 1913
No external source identified
Elmer Drew Merrill
university teacher, botanist
1876–1956 · aged 79
October 15 · 1876
Source: SNAC
Surjit Singh Randhawa
field hockey player
1951–1984 · aged 32
October 10 · 1951
No external source identified
Bohdan Hawrylyshyn
diplomat, political scientist
1926–2016 · aged 90
October 19 · 1926
No external source identified
Hikmat Hasanov
military personnel
51 years old
October 9 · 1975
No external source identified
Vugar Orujov
amateur wrestler
54 years old
October 26 · 1971
No external source identified
Laurie Simpson
beauty pageant contestant, model
56 years old
October 26 · 1969
No external source identified
Michael Harriman
association football player, association football coach
33 years old
October 23 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
José Benlliure y Gil*
painter
Date disputed
October 1 · 1855
Source: Benlliure y Gil, José
Dario Castello
composer
1602–1631 · aged 28
October 19 · 1602
No external source identified
Stefan Lorenz Sorgner
university teacher, philosopher
52 years old
October 15 · 1973
Source: NUKAT
Vera Gornostayeva
non-fiction writer, pianist
1929–2015 · aged 85
October 1 · 1929
No external source identified
Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé
military officer, politician
1747–1814 · aged 66
October 14 · 1747
Source: Roglo
Stéphanie Dubois
tennis player
39 years old
October 31 · 1986
No external source identified
George Yury Right
computer scientist, writer
54 years old
October 9 · 1972
No external source identified
Iñaki Gabilondo
journalist, writer
83 years old
October 19 · 1942
No external source identified
Thomas Sanderling
conductor, music director
84 years old
October 2 · 1942
Source: Integrated Authority File
Aistė Smilgevičiūtė
singer
48 years old
October 29 · 1977
No external source identified
Tallis Obed Moses
pastor, politician
71 years old
October 24 · 1954
No external source identified
Dexter Strickland
basketball player
36 years old
October 1 · 1990
Source: FIBA database
Philippe Daverio
television presenter, art historian
1949–2020 · aged 70
October 17 · 1949
Source: Le Monde
Ferdinand von Quast
soldier, military personnel
1850–1939 · aged 88
October 18 · 1850
No external source identified
Wu Tianming
film producer, actor
1939–2014 · aged 74
October 19 · 1939
Source: SNAC
John Chancellor
engineer
1870–1952 · aged 81
October 20 · 1870
Source: Who's Who
Oldřich Duras
chess composer, chess player
1882–1957 · aged 74
October 30 · 1882
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Marcel Detienne
classical philologist, anthropologist
1935–2019 · aged 83
October 11 · 1935
Source: prosopo.ephe.fr
Hilde Holger
music educator, choreographer
1905–2001 · aged 95
October 18 · 1905
Source: pantheon.world
Stephen Adams*
judge, politician
Date disputed
October 17 · 1807
Source: Find a Grave
Chubby Jackson
musician, jazz musician
1918–2003 · aged 84
October 25 · 1918
Source: Integrated Authority File
Helge Braun
university teacher, politician
53 years old
October 18 · 1972
Source: Munzinger Personen
Frederica de Laguna
anthropologist, archaeologist
1906–2004 · aged 98
October 3 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Junichi Watanabe
novelist, writer
1933–2014 · aged 80
October 24 · 1933
Source: Integrated Authority File
Gheorghe Gruia
handball coach, handball player
1940–2015 · aged 75
October 2 · 1940
No external source identified
Felipe Carballo
association football player
30 years old
October 4 · 1996
Source: Transfermarkt
Tasker Oddie
politician, prosecutor
1870–1950 · aged 79
October 20 · 1870
Source: SNAC
JoAnne Russell
tennis player
71 years old
October 30 · 1954
Source: WTA website
James Hall
artistic gymnast
31 years old
October 6 · 1995
No external source identified
Helen Ware
actor, stage actor
1877–1939 · aged 61
October 15 · 1877
Source: IMDb
Antti Tuuri
writer, translator
82 years old
October 1 · 1944
Source: IMDb
Antonio Manicone
association football coach, association football player
59 years old
October 27 · 1966
Source: Transfermarkt
Vlastimil Kopecký
association football coach, association football player
1912–1967 · aged 54
October 14 · 1912
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Dan Perjovschi
painter, conceptual artist
64 years old
October 29 · 1961
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Jakov Gotovac
composer, conductor
1895–1982 · aged 87
October 11 · 1895
Source: SNAC
Bálint Török de Enying
military officer
1502–1551
October 5 · 1502
No external source identified
Giles Radice, Baron Radice
union member, politician
1936–2022 · aged 85
October 4 · 1936
Source: The Peerage
Nunzia De Girolamo
lawyer, politician
51 years old
October 10 · 1975
No external source identified
Jānis Vagris
engineer, politician
1930–2023 · aged 92
October 17 · 1930
No external source identified
Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba
diplomat, military personnel
1714–1776 · aged 62
October 27 · 1714
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Karl Emil Franzos
editing staff, opinion journalist
1848–1904 · aged 55
October 25 · 1848
Source: filmportal.de
Nikolai Smirnov*
university teacher, statistician
Date disputed
October 17 · 1900
No external source identified
Mariya Borovichenko
military personnel
1925–1943 · aged 17
October 21 · 1925
No external source identified
William D. Hoard
governor, journalist
1836–1918 · aged 82
October 10 · 1836
Source: Find a Grave
Servais-Théodore Pinckaers
writer, Catholic priest
1925–2008 · aged 82
October 30 · 1925
Source: BnF authorities
Nina Matviienko
actor, singer
1947–2023 · aged 75
October 10 · 1947
No external source identified
Lucy Graham
association football player, association football coach
30 years old
October 10 · 1996
Source: Soccerdonna
Victor Amadeus, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
aristocrat
1634–1718 · aged 83
October 6 · 1634
No external source identified
Joseph Roswell Hawley
politician, governor
1826–1905 · aged 78
October 31 · 1826
Source: SNAC
Mykola Bazhan
journalist, poet
1904–1983 · aged 79
October 9 · 1904
No external source identified
Hugleikur Dagsson
writer, artist
49 years old
October 5 · 1977
Source: Babelio
Jenő Fuchs
fencer
1882–1955 · aged 72
October 29 · 1882
No external source identified
Quincy Amarikwa
association football player
38 years old
October 29 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Gérard Ducarouge
engineer
1941–2015 · aged 73
October 23 · 1941
Source: BnF authorities
Giulio Monteverde
politician, sculptor
1837–1917 · aged 79
October 8 · 1837
Source: RKDartists
Leonor Silveira
film actor, actor
55 years old
October 28 · 1970
No external source identified
Mauro Andrés Caballero
association football player, association football coach
32 years old
October 8 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Miksa Falk
politician, journalist
1828–1908 · aged 79
October 7 · 1828
Source: SNAC
Maria Crescentia Höss
nun
1682–1744 · aged 61
October 20 · 1682
Source: BnF authorities
Hrant Bagratyan
economist, politician
67 years old
October 18 · 1958
Source: Integrated Authority File
Giorgio Gaslini
jazz musician, pianist
1929–2014 · aged 84
October 22 · 1929
Source: Musicalics
Bola Are
singer
72 years old
October 1 · 1954
No external source identified
Guram Adzhoyev
association football player, association football coach
64 years old
October 18 · 1961
No external source identified
Chloe Hosking
sport cyclist
36 years old
October 1 · 1990
No external source identified
José Carrillo de Albornoz, 1st Duke of Montemar
military personnel, politician
1671–1747 · aged 75
October 8 · 1671
No external source identified
Felix Finkbeiner
non-fiction writer, environmental scientist
29 years old
October 8 · 1997
No external source identified
Mary Carrillo
film actor, stage actor
1919–2009 · aged 89
October 14 · 1919
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Christa Harmotto
volleyball player, beach volleyball player
40 years old
October 12 · 1986
Source: Olympedia
Giovanni Agusta
engineer, businessperson
1879–1927 · aged 48
October 4 · 1879
No external source identified
Raymond Bernard
screenwriter, actor
1891–1977
October 10 · 1891
Source: SNAC
Anne-Karine Strøm
singer, recording artist
74 years old
October 15 · 1951
Source: IMDb
Peter Walker
racing automobile driver, Formula One driver
1912–1984 · aged 71
October 7 · 1912
No external source identified
Suleiman Braimoh
basketball player
36 years old
October 19 · 1989
Source: FIBA database
Konstantin Vaginov
writer, poet
1899–1934 · aged 34
October 3 · 1899
Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century
Thirunalloor Karunakaran
lyricist, linguist
1924–2006 · aged 81
October 8 · 1924
Source: poemine.com
Federico Tedeschini
Catholic priest, diplomat
1873–1959 · aged 86
October 12 · 1873
Source: SNAC
Leonid Sabaneyev*
music critic, zoologist
Date disputed
October 2 · 1881
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Michael von der Heide
singer, actor
54 years old
October 16 · 1971
Source: Discogs
Sasha Strunin
singer, actor
36 years old
October 27 · 1989
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Ondřej Synek
rower
43 years old
October 13 · 1982
Source: Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno
Raisa Ryazanova
actor
81 years old
October 31 · 1944
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Jenny Wilson
songwriter, musician
50 years old
October 20 · 1975
Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000
Aili Keskitalo
politician
57 years old
October 29 · 1968
Source: nrk.no
Anthony Jeffrey
association football player
32 years old
October 3 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Theo Bos
association football player, association football coach
1965–2013 · aged 47
October 5 · 1965
No external source identified
Christina Simon
composer, singer
72 years old
October 9 · 1954
No external source identified
Ferdinand Sarrien
lawyer, politician
1840–1915 · aged 75
October 15 · 1840
Source: senat.fr
Martin Kirschner
surgeon, university teacher
1879–1942 · aged 62
October 28 · 1879
Source: BnF authorities
Shulamit Ran
composer, musicologist
76 years old
October 21 · 1949
Source: Musicalics
János Bihari
musician, composer
1764–1827
October 21 · 1764
Source: BnF authorities
Christian Piot*
association football player, goalkeeper coach
Date disputed
October 6 · 1947
Source: FBref
Pascale Roberts
actor, film actor
1930–2019 · aged 89
October 21 · 1930
Source: lesgensducinema.com
Aleksandre Iashvili*
athlete, association football player
Date disputed
October 23 · 1977
Source: Transfermarkt
John Russell Bartlett
librarian, explorer
1805–1886 · aged 80
October 23 · 1805
Source: SNAC
Earl Jean
association football coach, association football player
55 years old
October 9 · 1971
Source: Transfermarkt
Maria Firmina dos Reis
poet, teacher
1825–1917 · aged 92
October 11 · 1825
Source: oimparcial.com.br
Katsuhiko Nagata
amateur wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter
52 years old
October 31 · 1973
No external source identified
Beate Eriksen
actor, stage actor
65 years old
October 19 · 1960
Source: IMDb
Jakub Jan Ryba
poet, memoirist
1765–1815 · aged 49
October 26 · 1765
Source: Ryba, Jacob Johann (BLKÖ)
Fernando Sabino
journalist, writer
1923–2004 · aged 80
October 12 · 1923
Source: BnF authorities
Hans Lewy*
mathematician, university teacher
Date disputed
October 20 · 1904
Source: books.google.fr
Marko Prezelj
photographer, rock climber
60 years old
October 13 · 1965
No external source identified
Heidi Holland
journalist, writer
1947–2012 · aged 64
October 6 · 1947
No external source identified
Elliot Benchetrit
tennis player
28 years old
October 2 · 1998
No external source identified
Norbert Wallez
editor-in-chief, Catholic priest
1882–1952 · aged 69
October 19 · 1882
No external source identified
John Stollmeyer
association football player, association football coach
63 years old
October 25 · 1962
Source: Transfermarkt
Thomas Bickel
association football player
63 years old
October 6 · 1963
Source: Transfermarkt
Sika Bella Kaboré
jurist
66 years old
October 20 · 1959
No external source identified
Lorne Chabot*
ice hockey player
Date disputed
October 5 · 1900
Source: Find a Grave
Tommaso Maria Zigliara
Catholic priest, philosopher
1833–1893 · aged 59
October 29 · 1833
Source: BnF authorities
Bob Belden
composer, musician
1956–2015 · aged 58
October 31 · 1956
Source: SNAC
John P. Buchanan*
governor, politician
Date disputed
October 4 · 1847
Source: Find a Grave
Renato Civelli
association football player
42 years old
October 14 · 1983
Source: FBref
Marilyn White
athletics competitor
81 years old
October 17 · 1944
No external source identified
Friso Emons
short-track speed skater, speed skater
28 years old
October 5 · 1998
Source: shorttrack.swisstiming.com
Jordi Quintillà
association football player
32 years old
October 25 · 1993
Source: As
Pierre Jean Jouve
critic, poet
1887–1976 · aged 88
October 11 · 1887
Source: Find a Grave
James McCrae*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
October 2 · 1894
No external source identified
Roger Feutmba*
association football player
Date disputed
October 31 · 1968
Source: FBref
Valeri Tokarev
politician, aircraft pilot
73 years old
October 29 · 1952
Source: jsc.nasa.gov
Fernando López Miras
lawyer, politician
43 years old
October 4 · 1983
Source: gppmurcia.org
Davor Lovren
association football player
28 years old
October 3 · 1998
Source: FBref
Georges Lentz
composer
60 years old
October 22 · 1965
Source: Musicalics

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