Deaths on 14 October
2000s
Thomas J. Donohue
2024
American business executive (1938–2024)
Tina Kaidanow
2024
American diplomat (1965–2024)
Janet Nelson
2024
British historian (1942–2024)
Philip Zimbardo
2024
American social psychologist (1933–2024)
Robbie Coltrane
2022
Scottish actor (1950–2022)
Lee Wan-koo
2021
South Korean politician (1950–2021)
Harold Bloom
2019
American critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)
Sulli
2019
South Korean singer and actress (1994–2019)
Helen Kelly (trade unionist)
2016
New Zealand trade unionist
Nurlan Balgimbayev
2015
Kazakh politician (1947–2015)
Mathieu Kérékou
2015
Beninese politician, former president (1933–2015)
Margaret Keyes
2015
Iowa historian and educator
Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
2015
Indian Navy Admiral
A. H. Halsey
2014
British sociologist
Leonard Liggio
2014
American libertarian author (1933–2014)
Elizabeth Peña
2014
American actress (1959–2014)
Wally Bell
2013
American baseball umpire (1965–2013)
Max Cahner
2013
Kōichi Iijima
2013
Japanese linguist, novelist and poet
Bruno Metsu
2013
French football manager (1954–2013)
Frank Moore (performance artist)
2013
American performance artist
Käty van der Mije-Nicolau
2013
Dutch-Romanian chess player
John Clive
2012
British actor and author (1933–2012)
Max Fatchen
2012
Australian author and journalist
James R. Grover Jr.
2012
American politician
Larry Sloan
2012
American publisher
Arlen Specter
2012
American lawyer and politician (1930–2012)
Dody Weston Thompson
2012
American photographer (1923–2012)
Gart Westerhout
2012
Dutch-American astronomer (1927–2012)
Reg Alcock
2011
Canadian politician (1948–2011)
Ashawna Hailey
2011
American computer scientist and philanthropist
Simon MacCorkindale
2010
British actor (1952–2010)
Benoit Mandelbrot
2010
French-American mathematician (1924–2010)
Martyn Sanderson
2009
New Zealand actor (1938-2009)
Collin Wilcox (actress)
2009
American actress (1935–2009)
Lou Albano
2009
American professional wrestler, professional wrestling manager, and actor (1933–2009)
Robert Furman
2008
American military engineer and intelligence officer
Kazys Petkevičius
2008
Lithuanian basketball player (1926–2008)
Freddy Fender
2006
American Tejano singer (1937–2006)
Klaas Runia
2006
Dutch theologian, churchman and journalist
Gerry Studds
2006
American politician (1937–2006)
Ted Blakey
2004
American historian and businessman (1925–2004
Patrick Dalzel-Job
2003
British naval intelligence officer (1913–2003)
Norbert Schultze
2002
German composer
Art Coulter
2000
Canadian ice hockey player
Tony Roper (racing driver)
2000
American stock car racing driver
1900s
Julius Nyerere
1999
President of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985
Cleveland Amory
1998
American author, reporter, commentator and animal rights activist (1917–1998)
Frankie Yankovic
1998
Slovenian-American musician
Harold Robbins
1997
American author (1916–1997)
Leonard Bernstein
1990
American conductor and composer (1918–1990)
Keenan Wynn
1986
American actor (1916–1986)
Takahiko Yamanouchi
1986
Japanese physicist
Emil Gilels
1985
Soviet pianist (1916–1985)
Martin Ryle
1984
English radio astronomer (1918–1984)
Willard Price
1983
American writer
Louis Rougier
1982
French philosopher (1889–1982)
Bing Crosby
1977
American singer and actor (1903–1977)
Edith Evans
1976
English actress (1888–1976)
Edmund A. Chester
1973
American television executive
Ahmed Hamdi
1973
Egyptian engineer and sport shooter
Mavis Wheeler
1970
English socialite and artist's model, also known for shooting her lover
Haguroyama Masaji
1969
Japanese sumo wrestler
August Sang
1969
Estonian poet
Marcel Aymé
1967
French writer (1902–1967)
George Carstairs (rugby league)
1966
Australian rugby league footballer (1900-1966)
Arthur Folwell
1966
English RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
William Hogenson
1965
American athlete (1884–1965)
Randall Jarrell
1965
American writer (1914–1965)
Paul Ramadier
1961
Prime Minister of France (1888–1961)
Harriet Shaw Weaver
1961
Political activist, magazine editor, literary executor of James Joyce
Abram Ioffe
1960
Soviet physicist (1880–1960)
Jack Davey
1959
New Zealand-born Australian radio personality (1907–1959)
Errol Flynn
1959
Australian and American actor (1909–1959)
Douglas Mawson
1958
Australian geologist and explorer of the Antarctic (1882–1958)
Nikolay Zabolotsky
1958
Soviet and Russian poet and translator
France at the 1900 Summer Olympics
1953
Sporting event delegation
Kyuichi Tokuda
1953
Japanese politician; first chairman of the Japanese Communist Party (1894-1953)
Erwin Rommel
1944
German field marshal (1891–1944)
Rudolf Beckmann
1943
German SS officer in Sobibor extermination camp (1910–1943)
Siegfried Graetschus
1943
German SS functionary (1916–1943)
Johann Niemann
1943
German SS officer (1913–1943)
Noboru Yamaguchi (yakuza)
1942
Japanese mob boss
Samuel van Houten
1930
Dutch politician
Henri Berger
1929
Prussian musical artist (1844–1929)
Marcellus Emants
1923
Dutch novelist
John Marshall Harlan
1911
U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1877 to 1911
1800s
Jean-Louis Pons
1831
French astronomer (1761–1831)
Before 1800
James Francis Edward Keith
1758
Scottish Prussian army general (1696–1758)
Tewoflos
1711
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1708 to 1711
Thomas Kingo
1703
Danish bishop, poet, hymn-writer (1634–1703)
Antonio Cesti
1669
Italian composer, singer and organist (1623–1669)
Gabriello Chiabrera
1637
Italian poet and playwright, 1552–1638
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
1631
Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1572 to 1588
Samuel Daniel
1619
English poet and playwright (1562–1619)
Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton
1618
English politician and noble
Amago Yoshihisa
1610
Japanese daimyō
Jacques Arcadelt
1568
Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
Thomas Chaloner (statesman)
1565
English Statesman and Poet
Oswald Myconius
1552
Swiss theologian (1488–1552)
Garcilaso de la Vega (poet)
1536
Spanish poet
Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1416
14th-century German nobleman
Ibn Nubata
1366
14th-century Egyptian poet
Edward Bruce
1318
High King of Ireland
Kujō Yoritsugu
1256
Military ruler of Japan from 1244 to 1252
Razia Sultan
1240
Sultan of Delhi from 1236 to 1240
Isabella, Countess of Gloucester
1217
English noblewoman, first wife of King John
Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
1213
English Earl of Essex (c. 1162–1213)
Abu Yaqub Yusuf
1184
Second ruler of Almohad dynasty (r. 1163–1184)
Nizam al-Mulk
1092
Seljuk Abbasid Persian scholar, warrior, politician, and vizier (1018–1092)
Andronikos Doukas (cousin of Michael VII)
1077
Byzantine official general (died 1077)
Harold Godwinson
1066
King of England in 1066
Leofwine Godwinson
1066
11th-century English nobleman
Gyrth Godwinson
1066
11th-century English earl
Al-Aziz Billah
996
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
Gerloc
962
Wife of William III of Aquitaine (912–962)
Pang Xun
869
Shi Yuanzhong
841
Chinese Tang dynasty general (died 841)
Antipope Dioscorus
530
Deacon of the Alexandrian and the Roman church, antipope in 530