ON THIS DAY

Born in October

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

Gaston Berger
philosopher
1896–1960 · aged 64
October 1 · 1896
Source: BnF authorities
Özge Ulusoy
journalist, beauty pageant contestant
43 years old
October 28 · 1982
No external source identified
Nadia Kounda
film actor, actor
36 years old
October 24 · 1989
No external source identified
Gustav Wetterström
association football player
1911–1991 · aged 80
October 15 · 1911
Source: Transfermarkt
Abdoulaye Bio Tchané
minister, economist
73 years old
October 25 · 1952
Source: leaders-afrique.com
Thomas Keightley
writer, historian
1789–1872 · aged 83
October 17 · 1789
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Maria Lamas
writer, feminist
1893–1983 · aged 90
October 6 · 1893
No external source identified
Luís de Freitas Branco
composer
1890–1955 · aged 65
October 12 · 1890
Source: BnF authorities
Kristjan Raud
painter, artist
1865–1943 · aged 77
October 22 · 1865
Source: Estonian biographical database
Hans Kraay
association football player, journalist
1936–2017 · aged 81
October 14 · 1936
Source: Transfermarkt
Iván Sosa
sport cyclist
28 years old
October 31 · 1997
Source: uci.org
Ulrich Plenzdorf
screenwriter, playwright
1934–2007 · aged 72
October 26 · 1934
Source: BnF authorities
Jan Jacob Rochussen
politician, diplomat
1797–1871 · aged 73
October 23 · 1797
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Ion Voicu*
conductor
Date disputed
October 8 · 1925
Source: Integrated Authority File
Leroy Shield
session musician, composer
1893–1962 · aged 68
October 2 · 1893
Source: Find a Grave
Bradford Jamieson IV*
association football player
Date disputed
October 18 · 1996
Source: mlssoccer.com
Kateřina Tučková
art historian, writer
45 years old
October 31 · 1980
Source: Encyclopedia of Brno History
Luigi d'Aragona
Catholic priest
1474–1518 · aged 43
October 15 · 1474
No external source identified
Malick Mane
association football player
37 years old
October 14 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Marguerite Wildenhain
teacher, author
1896–1985 · aged 88
October 11 · 1896
Source: RKDartists
Itzik Zohar
beach soccer player, association football player
55 years old
October 31 · 1970
Source: FBref
Ema Kogure
actor, seiyū
49 years old
October 31 · 1976
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Ottilie von Goethe
writer, editor
1796–1872 · aged 75
October 31 · 1796
Source: FemBio database
Erna Berger
opera singer, university teacher
1900–1990 · aged 89
October 19 · 1900
Source: Find a Grave
Vusi Sibanda
cricketer
43 years old
October 10 · 1983
No external source identified
Giorgos Fotakis
association football player
44 years old
October 29 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Oliviero Diliberto
jurist, politician
69 years old
October 13 · 1956
No external source identified
Hanna Ferm
singer
25 years old
October 23 · 2000
Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000
Georg Leber
trade unionist, bricklayer
1920–2012 · aged 91
October 7 · 1920
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Allan Stone
tennis player
80 years old
October 14 · 1945
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Alexander Weissberg-Cybulski
physicist
1901–1964 · aged 62
October 8 · 1901
No external source identified
Fábio de Jesus
association football player
49 years old
October 16 · 1976
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Yukiko Kobayashi
film actor, actor
80 years old
October 6 · 1946
Source: IMDb
Miguel White
athletics competitor
1909–1942 · aged 32
October 9 · 1909
No external source identified
Fernando Vázquez
association football player, association football coach
71 years old
October 24 · 1954
No external source identified
Karl F. Sundman
physicist, university teacher
1873–1949 · aged 75
October 28 · 1873
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Serge Branco
association football player
46 years old
October 11 · 1980
Source: FBref
Sir Albert Gladstone, 5th Baronet
rower
1886–1967 · aged 80
October 28 · 1886
Source: The Peerage
José de la Gándara y Navarro
military personnel, politician
1820–1885
October 15 · 1820
No external source identified
Natalya Voronina
speed skater
31 years old
October 21 · 1994
No external source identified
Martin Drewes
aircraft pilot, writer
1918–2013 · aged 94
October 20 · 1918
No external source identified
Roman Viktiuk
actor, drama teacher
1936–2020 · aged 84
October 28 · 1936
No external source identified
Anna Lagerquist
handball player
32 years old
October 16 · 1993
No external source identified
Edwige Diaz
politician, business executive
38 years old
October 15 · 1987
Source: data.gouv.fr
Ferdinand Feldhofer
association football player, association football coach
46 years old
October 23 · 1979
Source: Transfermarkt
Ueno Hikoma
engineer, photographer
1838–1904 · aged 65
October 15 · 1838
No external source identified
Rudolf Bürger
association football player, association football coach
1908–1980 · aged 71
October 31 · 1908
No external source identified
Arthur De Greef
composer, musicologist
1862–1940 · aged 77
October 10 · 1862
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Dendy Sulistyawan
association football player
30 years old
October 12 · 1996
Source: FBref
Abdirahman Saylici
politician
69 years old
October 28 · 1956
No external source identified
Aitor Ariño
handball player
34 years old
October 5 · 1992
No external source identified
Andrea Zanzotto
classical philologist, partisan
1921–2011 · aged 90
October 10 · 1921
Source: Babelio
Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł
diplomat
1635–1680 · aged 45
October 26 · 1635
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Titus Buberník
association football player
1933–2022 · aged 88
October 12 · 1933
Source: Transfermarkt
Valeri Domovchiyski
association football player
40 years old
October 5 · 1986
Source: FBref
Willem Sandberg
art historian, exhibition curator
1897–1984 · aged 86
October 24 · 1897
Source: Sandberg, Willem
Philipp of Bavaria
Catholic priest, bishop
1576–1598 · aged 21
October 2 · 1576
Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus
Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
politician, sovereign
1797–1870 · aged 72
October 3 · 1797
Source: The Peerage
Elmer Snowden
jazz musician, musician
1900–1973 · aged 72
October 9 · 1900
Source: BnF authorities
Barry Maguire
association football player
36 years old
October 27 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Thomas Drummond
civil engineer, inventor
1797–1840 · aged 42
October 10 · 1797
Source: Kindred Britain
Florence Barbara Seibert
university teacher, biochemist
1897–1991 · aged 93
October 6 · 1897
Source: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science
Victor Potel
film actor, actor
1889–1947 · aged 57
October 12 · 1889
Source: SNAC
Ko San
astronaut
49 years old
October 19 · 1976
No external source identified
Manish Narwal
sport shooter
24 years old
October 17 · 2001
No external source identified
Mulenga Kapwepwe
writer
68 years old
October 7 · 1958
No external source identified
Steve Eminger
ice hockey player
42 years old
October 31 · 1983
No external source identified
L. Birge Harrison
painter
1854–1929 · aged 74
October 28 · 1854
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Constant Djakpa*
association football player
Date disputed
October 17 · 1986
Source: FBref
Lars Christopher Vilsvik
association football player
37 years old
October 18 · 1988
Source: FBref
Đorđe Rakić
association football player, association football coach
40 years old
October 31 · 1985
Source: Salzburgwiki
Zana Briski
photographer, film director
59 years old
October 25 · 1966
No external source identified
Alen Pamić
association football player
1989–2013 · aged 23
October 15 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Roberto Ríos
association football player, association football coach
55 years old
October 8 · 1971
Source: Transfermarkt
Georges Sagnac
physicist, university teacher
1869–1928 · aged 58
October 14 · 1869
Source: BnF authorities
Johann Georg Sulzer
musicologist, secondary school teacher
1720–1779 · aged 58
October 16 · 1720
Source: Integrated Authority File
Javier Güemez
association football player
34 years old
October 17 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Sebastian Griesbeck
association football player
36 years old
October 3 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
William Perlberg
producer, casting director
1900–1968
October 22 · 1900
Source: Find a Grave
Anna Odell
actor, screenwriter
53 years old
October 3 · 1973
Source: IMDb
Michael II Apafi*
politician
Date disputed
October 13 · 1676
No external source identified
Kiyotaka Ishimaru
association football player, association football coach
52 years old
October 30 · 1973
Source: Transfermarkt
Oktovianus Maniani
association football player
35 years old
October 27 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Nadia Nerina
dancer, ballet dancer
1927–2008 · aged 80
October 21 · 1927
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Ofentse Nato
association football player
37 years old
October 1 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Vladislav Larin
taekwondo athlete
31 years old
October 7 · 1995
No external source identified
Nina Bang
social democrat, politician
1866–1928 · aged 61
October 6 · 1866
Source: Integrated Authority File
Kali
association football player
48 years old
October 11 · 1978
Source: Transfermarkt
Mike Wilkinson
basketball player
45 years old
October 1 · 1981
Source: FIBA database
Gábor Babos
association football player, association football coach
51 years old
October 24 · 1974
Source: Transfermarkt
Mosa Lebusa
association football player
34 years old
October 10 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Josefina de Vasconcellos
sculptor
1904–2005 · aged 100
October 26 · 1904
Source: RKDartists
Alessandro Mancini
politician
51 years old
October 4 · 1975
No external source identified
Karel Hašler
stage actor, film screenwriter
1879–1941 · aged 62
October 31 · 1879
Source: IMDb
Christine of Hesse-Eschwege*
aristocrat
Date disputed
October 30 · 1648
Source: Integrated Authority File
Vladislav Krapivin
journalist, pedagogue
1938–2020 · aged 81
October 14 · 1938
Source: Babelio
Per-Olov Löwdin
chemist, physicist
1916–2000 · aged 83
October 28 · 1916
Source: BnF authorities
Róbert Petrovický
ice hockey coach, ice hockey player
52 years old
October 26 · 1973
Source: iihf.com
Kazuo Ikehiro
director, screenwriter
1929–2025 · aged 95
October 25 · 1929
No external source identified
Petr Brandl*
draftsperson, painter
Date disputed
October 24 · 1668
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Albert Smith White
politician, lawyer
1803–1864 · aged 60
October 24 · 1803
Source: SNAC
Agnes Block
gardener, art collector
1629–1704 · aged 74
October 29 · 1629
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Hank Pfister
tennis player
73 years old
October 9 · 1953
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Jean-Baptiste de Belloy
politician, archbishop
1709–1808 · aged 98
October 9 · 1709
Source: SNAC
Anatol Stern
artist, screenwriter
1899–1968
October 24 · 1899
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Alessandro Giardelli
racing automobile driver, racing driver
24 years old
October 5 · 2002
No external source identified
Doug Utjesenovic
association football player, association football coach
80 years old
October 8 · 1946
Source: FBref
Clara Thompson
psychoanalyst, psychiatrist
1893–1958 · aged 65
October 3 · 1893
No external source identified
Gurjit Kaur
field hockey player
30 years old
October 25 · 1995
No external source identified
Ashley Nicoll-Holzer
dressage rider
63 years old
October 10 · 1963
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Vladimir Kononov
politician, military personnel
51 years old
October 14 · 1974
No external source identified
Charles Martin
politician, military officer
1863–1946
October 1 · 1863
Source: SNAC
Gaositwe Keagakwa Tibe Chiepe
diplomat, politician
1922–2025 · aged 102
October 20 · 1922
No external source identified
Alexandru Proca
physicist, nuclear physicist
1897–1955 · aged 58
October 16 · 1897
Source: SNAC
John Sims
taxonomist, physician
1749–1831 · aged 81
October 13 · 1749
No external source identified
Francisco Ozoria Acosta
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
75 years old
October 10 · 1951
Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org
Shlomo Gazit
major general, university teacher
1926–2020 · aged 93
October 22 · 1926
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Joseph J. Tyson
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
68 years old
October 16 · 1957
Source: GCatholic.org
Charles Wreford-Brown
chess player, cricketer
1866–1951 · aged 85
October 9 · 1866
No external source identified
Rachel Katznelson-Shazar
activist, Zionist
1885–1975 · aged 89
October 24 · 1885
Source: BnF authorities
Liis Lemsalu
singer
33 years old
October 20 · 1992
No external source identified
George Nichols
film actor, director
1864–1927 · aged 62
October 28 · 1864
Source: IMDb
Kurt Tschenscher
association football referee
1928–2014 · aged 85
October 5 · 1928
No external source identified
Eduard Lasker
writer, legal counselor
1829–1884 · aged 54
October 14 · 1829
Source: SNAC
Victor Ciobanu
amateur wrestler
34 years old
October 7 · 1992
Source: olympics.com
George C. Peery
lawyer, politician
1873–1952 · aged 78
October 28 · 1873
Source: SNAC
John D'Alton
Catholic priest, writer
1882–1963 · aged 80
October 11 · 1882
Source: SNAC
Ilya Mate
amateur wrestler
70 years old
October 6 · 1956
No external source identified
Charles-Amable Lenoir
painter
1860–1926 · aged 65
October 22 · 1860
Source: BnF authorities
Binalakshmi Nepram
poet, politician
51 years old
October 19 · 1974
No external source identified
August Batsch
mycologist, botanist
1761–1802 · aged 40
October 28 · 1761
Source: SNAC
Maor Melikson
association football player
41 years old
October 30 · 1984
Source: As
Antonio Filipazzi
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
63 years old
October 8 · 1963
Source: Integrated Authority File
Hyacinthe Klosé
university teacher, music teacher
1808–1880 · aged 71
October 11 · 1808
Source: FemBio database
Alexandru Mățel
association football player
36 years old
October 17 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Giovanni Battista Niccolini
writer, historian
1782–1861 · aged 78
October 29 · 1782
Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it
Christian Pineau
trade unionist, children's writer
1904–1995 · aged 90
October 14 · 1904
Source: BnF authorities
Joachim Herrmann
politician, journalist
1928–1992 · aged 63
October 29 · 1928
Source: Integrated Authority File
Giorgio Grassi
architect
90 years old
October 27 · 1935
Source: National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File
William Berke
director, film producer
1903–1958 · aged 54
October 3 · 1903
Source: filmportal.de
Anca Pop
singer, songwriter
1984–2018
October 22 · 1984
No external source identified
Mahmoud Yassen Souf
association football player
1971–2019 · aged 47
October 20 · 1971
Source: transfermarkt.com
Tiger Hillarp Persson
chess player, non-fiction writer
55 years old
October 28 · 1970
No external source identified
Constanze von Ruttenstein
actor, composer
1835–1890 · aged 54
October 16 · 1835
Source: 210 österreichische Komponistinnen vom 16. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart
Ernst Kapp
pedagogue, geographer
1808–1896 · aged 87
October 15 · 1808
Source: Deutsche Biographie
Katy Taylor
figure skater
36 years old
October 22 · 1989
No external source identified
Dilşa Demirbağ Sten
television presenter, writer
57 years old
October 10 · 1969
No external source identified
Matthew Smith
draftsperson, artist
1879–1959 · aged 79
October 22 · 1879
Source: Find a Grave
Mikhail Leontyev
presenter, journalist
68 years old
October 12 · 1958
No external source identified
Eileen Sedgwick
film actor, actor
1898–1991 · aged 92
October 17 · 1898
Source: Find a Grave

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