Deaths on 19 October
2000s
Daniel Naroditsky
2025
American chess grandmaster (1995β2025)
Atsushi Sakurai
2023
Japanese musician (1966β2023)
Jack Angel
2021
American voice actor and radio personality (1930β2021)
Deborah Orr
2019
British journalist (1962β2019)
Umberto Lenzi
2017
Italian director and writer (1931β2017)
Phil Chess
2016
American record executive (1921β2016)
Giovanni Steffè
2016
Italian rower
Bill Daley (American football)
2015
American football player (1919β2015)
Fleming Mackell
2015
Canadian ice hockey player
Ali Treki
2015
Libyan diplomat (1937β2015)
John Holt (singer)
2014
Jamaican reggae singer (1947β2014)
Stephen Paulus
2014
American composer (1949β2014)
Raphael Ravenscroft
2014
British musician, composer, and author (1954β2014)
Serena Shim
2014
Lebanese-American journalist (1985 β2014)
John Bergamo
2013
American percussionist and composer
Noel Harrison
2013
English actor and singer (1934β2013)
Ronald Shannon Jackson
2013
American jazz drummer (1940β2013)
Mikihiko RenjΕ
2013
Japanese writer (1948β2013)
Mahmoud Zoufonoun
2013
Musical artist
Lincoln Alexander
2012
Canadian lawyer and politician (1922β2012)
Wissam al-Hassan
2012
Lebanese security official (1965β2012)
Wiyogo Atmodarminto
2012
Indonesian general and diplomat
Mike Graham (wrestler)
2012
American professional wrestler (1951β2012)
Fiorenzo Magni
2012
Italian cyclist
Kakkanadan
2011
Indian Malayalam-language writer (1935β2011)
Tom Bosley
2010
American actor (1927β2010)
Howard Unruh
2009
American mass murderer (1921β2009)
Joseph Wiseman
2009
Canadian and American actor (1918β2009)
Richard Blackwell
2008
American journalist and fashion critic
Winifred Asprey
2007
American computer scientist and mathematician
Randall Forsberg
2007
American peace activist and political scientist (1943β2007)
Michael Maidens
2007
British footballer
Jan Wolkers
2007
Dutch sculptor and writer (1925β2007)
James Glennon
2006
American cinematographer (1942β2006)
Phyllis Kirk
2006
American actress (1927β2006)
Suburban Legends
2005
American ska punk band
Road Warrior Hawk
2003
American professional wrestler (1957β2003)
Alija IzetbegoviΔ
2003
Bosnian politician (1925β2003)
Margaret Murie
2003
American naturalist and author
Nello Pagani
2003
Italian motorcycle racer and racing driver (1911β2003)
Nikolai Rukavishnikov
2002
Soviet cosmonaut (1932β2002)
1900s
James C. Murray
1999
American politician (1917-1999)
Nathalie Sarraute
1999
20th century French writer and lawyer
Glen Buxton
1997
American guitarist (1947β1997)
Ken Wood (manufacturer)
1997
English engineer, entrepreneur & businessman (1916β1997)
Shamsuddin Qasemi
1996
Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
Don Cherry (trumpeter)
1995
American jazz trumpeter (1936β1995)
Harilaos Perpessas
1995
Greek composer
Martha Raye
1994
American comic actress and singer (1916β1994)
Magnus Pyke
1992
English nutritional scientist
Son House
1988
American Delta blues singer-guitarist (1902β1988)
Jacqueline du PrΓ©
1987
British cellist (1945β1987)
Hermann Lang
1987
German racing driver (1909β1987)
Dele Giwa
1986
Nigerian journalist and newspaper founder
Samora Machel
1986
Former president of Mozambique (1933β1986)
Alfred Rouleau
1985
Canadian businessman (1915β1985)
Jerzy PopieΕuszko
1984
Polish Roman Catholic priest and martyr (1947β1984)
Maurice Bishop
1983
Prime Minister of Grenada from 1979 to 1983
Gig Young
1978
American actor (1913β1978)
LΓ‘zaro CΓ‘rdenas
1970
President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940
Lacey Hearn
1969
American athlete
Edward Willis Redfield
1965
American painter
Sergey Biryuzov
1964
Soviet military commander (1904β1964)
Nettie Palmer
1964
Australian poet, essayist and literary critic
Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard
1964
British peer and military officer (1888β1964)
Εemsettin GΓΌnaltay
1961
8th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1949 to 1950
Hjalmar Dahl
1960
Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist, translator and author (born 1891)
George Wallace (Australian comedian)
1960
Australian comedian (1895β1960)
Isham Jones
1956
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter (1894β1956)
Edward S. Curtis
1952
American ethnologist and photographer (1868β1952)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1950
American poet (1892β1950)
Plutarco ElΓas Calles
1945
President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928; de facto Leader until 1934
N. C. Wyeth
1945
American illustrator and painter (1882β1945)
DΓ©nes KΕnig
1944
Hungarian mathematician (1884β1944)
Camille Claudel
1943
French sculptor and graphic artist (1864β1943)
Ernest Rutherford
1937
New Zealand physicist and chemist (1871β1937)
Lu Xun
1936
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881β1936)
Ludvig Karsten
1926
Norwegian painter (1876β1926)
Louis Zborowski
1924
British racing driver (1895β1924)
Harold Lockwood
1918
American actor
Ioannis Frangoudis
1916
Greek sport shooter
Robert Hugh Benson
1914
British Catholic priest and writer (1871β1914)
Virgil Earp
1905
American Old West figure (1843β1905)
Carl Frederik Tietgen
1901
Danish financier and industrialist (1829β1901)
1800s
George Pullman
1897
American engineer and businessman (1831β1897)
LuΓs I of Portugal
1889
King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889
William Sprague III
1856
American politician
Marie Thérèse of France
1851
French Madame Royale (1778β1851)
Aleksey Koltsov
1842
Russian poet
Paolo Mascagni
1815
Italian physician and anatomist (1755β1815)
JΓ³zef Poniatowski
1813
Polish military officer (1763β1813)
Before 1800
Michel de Beaupuy
1796
French soldier (1755β1796)
Lyman Hall
1790
American Founding Father and politician
Andrea Belli
1772
Maltese architect and businessman (1703β1772)
Jonathan Swift
1745
Anglo-Irish satirist and cleric (1667β1745)
Godfrey Kneller
1723
German-born British painter (1646β1723)
Thomas Browne
1682
English polymath and writer (1605β1682)
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten
1678
Painter and writer from the Northern Netherlands
Marcin Kazanowski
1636
Fujiwara Seika
1619
Jacobus Arminius
1609
Dutch theologian (1560β1609)
Martin Delrio
1608
Jesuit theologian (1551β1608)
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel
1595
English nobleman and Catholic saint (1557β1595)
Francesco I de' Medici
1587
Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1574 to 1587
John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
1432
English noble (1392β1432)
John Charlton, 4th Baron Charlton
1401
Cansignorio della Scala
1375
Lord of Verona from 1359 to 1375
Yusuf I of Granada
1354
Sultan of Granada from 1333 to 1354
Bohemond VII of Antioch
1287
Count of Tripoli and Prince of Antioch (1261-1287)(r. 1275-1287)
John, King of England
1216
King of England from 1199 to 1216
Conrad I of Burgundy
993
King of Burgundy from 937 to 993
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727
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