Deaths on 10 October
2000s
John Lodge (musician)
2025
British rock musician (1943–2025)
Fleur Adcock
2024
New Zealand poet (1934–2024)
Ethel Kennedy
2024
American human rights advocate (1928–2024)
Mulayam Singh Yadav
2022
Indian politician (1939–2022)
Abdul Qadeer Khan
2021
Pakistani nuclear physicist (1936–2021)
Donn Fendler
2016
American lost child (1926–2016)
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha
2015
Nigerian politician (1952–2015)
Hilla Becher
2015
German conceptual photographer
Manorama (Tamil actress)
2015
Indian actress
Steve Mackay
2015
Musical artist
Sybil Stockdale
2015
American activist
Olav Dale
2014
Norwegian composer, orchestra leader and saxophonist
Damiana Eugenio
2014
Filipino writer (1921–2014)
Valeri Karpov
2014
Soviet ice hockey player (1971–2014)
Lari Ketner
2014
American basketball player (1977–2014)
Pavel Landovský
2014
Czech actor, playwright, and director (1936–2014)
Ed Nimmervoll
2014
Australian music journalist
Scott Carpenter
2013
American astronaut and aquanaut (1925–2013)
Jay Conrad Levinson
2013
American business writer (1933–2013)
Sohei Miyashita
2013
Japanese politician (1927–2013)
Cal Smith
2013
American country music singer (1932–2013)
Sam Gibbons
2012
American politician
Alex Karras
2012
American football player, sportscaster and actor (1935–2012)
Piotr Lenartowicz
2012
Polish philosopher (1934–2012)
Basil L. Plumley
2012
United States Army soldier
Mark Poster
2012
American philosopher
Kyaw Zaw
2012
Burmese political and military leader (1919–2012)
Jagjit Singh
2011
Indian singer (1941–2011)
Solomon Burke
2010
American preacher and singer (1940–2010)
Joan Sutherland
2010
Australian soprano (1926–2010)
Stephen Gately
2009
Irish pop singer (1976–2009)
Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman)
2008
Japanese businessman (1947–2008)
Michael John Rogers
2006
English ornithologist
Ian Scott (Ontario politician)
2006
Canadian lawyer and politician
Wayne C. Booth
2005
American academic (1921–2005)
Milton Obote
2005
Ugandan politician (1925–2005)
Ken Caminiti
2004
American baseball player (1963–2004)
Christopher Reeve
2004
American actor and activist (1952–2004)
Arthur H. Robinson
2004
American geographer and cartographer
Maurice Shadbolt
2004
New Zealand writer (1932–2004)
Eila Hiltunen
2003
Finnish sculptor (1922–2003)
Eugene Istomin
2003
American pianist (1925–2003)
Eddie Futch
2001
American boxer, boxing trainer
Vasily Mishin
2001
Soviet aerospace engineer
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
2000
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1916–2000)
1900s
Clark Clifford
1998
American public official (1906–1998)
Marvin Gay Sr.
1998
American minister, father of Marvin Gaye (1914–1998)
Tommy Quaid
1998
Irish hurler
Michael J. S. Dewar
1997
American chemist
Nickolaus Hirschl
1991
Austrian wrestler (1906–1991)
Tom Murton
1990
American activist
Nikolaos Pavlopoulos
1990
Greek sculptor and writer
Dorothy Stanley
1990
American educator and activist (1924–1990)
Behice Boran
1987
Turkish politician (1910–1987)
Gleb Wataghin
1986
Italian physicist (1899–1986)
Yul Brynner
1985
Russian-American actor (1920–1985)
Orson Welles
1985
American actor and filmmaker (1915–1985)
Ralph Richardson
1983
English actor (1902–1983)
Jean Effel
1982
French painter (1908–1982)
Christopher Evans (computer scientist)
1979
British computer scientist and author
Paul Paray
1979
French conductor, organist and composer (1886–1979)
Ralph Marterie
1978
Italian big-band leader (1914–1978)
Ralph Metcalfe
1978
American athlete and politician (1910–1978)
Angelo Muscat
1977
Maltese actor (1930–1977)
Silvana Armenulić
1976
Yugoslav singer (1939–1976)
Mirjana Bajraktarević
1976
Musical artist (1951–1976)
Joseph Wulf
1974
German-Polish Jewish historian (1912–1974)
Ludwig von Mises
1973
Austrian–American political economist (1881–1973)
John Beaglehole
1971
New Zealand historian
Édouard Daladier
1970
French radical socialist politician
Charlotte Cooper (tennis)
1966
English tennis player (1870–1966)
Louise Thuliez
1966
French schoolteacher, resistance fighter and author (1881–1966)
Eddie Cantor
1964
American comedian and actor (1892–1964)
Heinrich Neuhaus
1964
Soviet pianist (1888–1964)
Roy Cazaly
1963
Australian rules footballer (1893–1963)
Édith Piaf
1963
French singer (1915–1963)
Stancho Belkovski
1962
Bulgarian architect
Karl Genzken
1957
WW2 SS Doctor & war criminal
Erima Northcroft
1953
New Zealand lawyer, judge and military leader
Chikuhei Nakajima
1949
Japanese politician
Ted Horn
1948
American racing driver (1910–1948)
Arnold Majewski
1942
Finnish soldier
Berton Churchill
1940
Canadian actor (1876–1940)
Abul Kasem (politician, born 1872)
1936
Bengali politician
Gustave Loiseau
1935
French painter
Adolf Engler
1930
German botanist (1844–1930) noted for taxonomy
August Kitzberg
1927
Estonian writer
Gustave Whitehead
1927
19/20th-century German-American aviator
Andrés Avelino Cáceres
1923
27th and 30th President of Peru
Andreas Karkavitsas
1922
Greek writer
Henry Dobson
1918
Australian politician (1841–1918)
Carol I of Romania
1914
Monarch of Romania from 1866 to 1914
Adolphus Busch
1913
German-born co-founder of Anheuser-Busch (1839–1913)
Katsura Tarō
1913
Japanese general and politician (1848–1913)
Lorenzo Snow
1901
American LDS Church leader (1814–1901)
1800s
Lip Pike
1893
American baseball player and manager (1845–1893)
Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville
1876
French geologist and meteorologist
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
1875
Russian poet, novelist, and playwright
William H. Seward
1872
American politician (1801–1872)
George Washington Parke Custis
1857
Step-grandson of George Washington (1781–1857)
Charles Fourier
1837
French utopian socialist and philosopher (1772–1837)
Ugo Foscolo
1827
Italian writer, revolutionary and poet (1778–1827)
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806)
1806
Prince of Prussia and composer
Gabriel's Rebellion
1800
Slave rebellion in Virginia, United States (1800)
Before 1800
Francesco Antonio Zaccaria
1795
Italian theologian, historian and writer
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset
1765
British politician
Granville Elliott
1759
British military officer
John Potter (bishop)
1747
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1737 to 1747
Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil
1725
French politician (1643–1725)
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper
1723
17th- and 18-century English politician and first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
Antoine Coysevox
1720
French sculptor (1640–1720)
Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert
1714
French law-maker and Jansenist
David Gregory (mathematician)
1708
Scottish mathematician and astronomer
Isaac de Benserade
1691
Abel Tasman
1659
Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)
Bayinnaung
1581
Emperor of the Toungoo dynasty
Peter II, Duke of Bourbon
1503
French noble (1438–1503)
Hugh IV of Cyprus
1359
King of Cyprus from 1324 to 1358
Patrick IV, Earl of March
1308
13th-century Anglo-Scottish earl and claimant to the throne
Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine
1213
Duke of Lorraine from 1206 to 1213
Adela of Ponthieu, Countess of Surrey
1174
Al-Hafiz
1149
Fatimid Dynasty caliph from 1132 to 1149
Wang Lingmou
937
Pope Valentine
827
Head of the Catholic Church in 827
Abbas ibn Ali
680
Son of Ali ibn Abi Talib (died in 680)
Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn
680
Great-grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (c. 655–680)
Habib ibn Muzahir
680
Companion of Ali
Husayn ibn Ali
680
Grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Imam
Paulinus of York
644
Christian missionary and saint, first bishop of York (died 644)
AD 19
19
Calendar year