Famous People Who Died in October
Remembering actors, musicians, athletes, scientists, and other notable figures who passed away in October.
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Arthur Henderson
b. 1863 — d. October 20, 1935
Bishan Singh Bedi
b. 1946 — d. October 23, 2023
Bobby Riggs
b. 1918 — d. October 25, 1995
Charles Maturin
b. 1782 — d. October 30, 1824
Che Guevara
b. 1928 — d. October 9, 1967
Christopher Reeve
b. 1952 — d. October 10, 2004
Cole Porter
b. 1891 — d. October 15, 1964
Danilo Kiš
b. 1935 — d. October 15, 1989
Deborah Orr
b. 1962 — d. October 20, 2019
Edwin Abbott Abbott
b. 1838 — d. October 12, 1926
Flip Saunders
b. 1955 — d. October 25, 2015
Frank Wess
b. — d. October 30, 2013
Freddy Fender
b. 1937 — d. October 14, 2006
George Hickenlooper
b. 1963 — d. October 30, 2010
Germanicus
b. 15 BC — d. October 10, AD 19
Glenn Gould
b. 1932 — d. October 4, 1982
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
b. 1721 — d. October 26, 1803
Heinz Kubsch
b. — d. October 24, 1993
Igor Sikorsky
b. 1889 — d. October 26, 1972
Ioannis Frangoudis
b. — d. October 19, 1916
James McDivitt
b. 1929 — d. October 13, 2022
Jim Taylor
b. 1935 — d. October 13, 2018
John Lynch
b. 1740 — d. October 1820
Joseph Pulitzer
b. 1847 — d. October 29, 1911
Karl Elmendorff
b. 1891 — d. October 21, 1962
Korczak Ziolkowski
b. 1908 — d. October 20, 1982
László Bíró
b. 1899 — d. October 24, 1985
Lawrence Klein
b. 1920 — d. October 20, 2013
Léon Boëllmann
b. 1862 — d. October 11, 1897
Lu Xun
b. 1881 — d. October 19, 1936
Lucky Dube
b. 1964 — d. October 18, 2007
Martha Jefferson Randolph
b. 1772 — d. October 10, 1836
Max Planck
b. 1858 — d. October 4, 1947
Michael J. S. Dewar
b. 1918 — d. October 10, 1997
Neal Hefti
b. 1922 — d. October 11, 2008
Nurettin Ersin
b. — d. October 3, 2005
Orson Welles
b. 1915 — d. October 10, 1985
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour
b. 1827 — d. October 26, 1896
Pierre de Manchicourt
b. — d. October 5, 1564
Plutarco Elías Calles
b. 1877 — d. October 19, 1945
Robert Emden
b. 1862 — d. October 8, 1940
Ronnie Van Zant
b. 1948 — d. October 20, 1977
Saint Lullus
b. — d. October 16, 786
Sergei Bondarchuk
b. 1920 — d. October 20, 1994
Stephanie Tyrell
b. — d. October 27, 2003
Steve Mackay
b. 1949 — d. October 12, 2015
Ted Ammon
b. 1949 — d. October 21, 2001
Ted Sorensen
b. 1928 — d. October 31, 2010