Deaths on 19 October
2000s
Daniel Naroditsky
2025
American chess grandmaster (1995–2025)
Atsushi Sakurai
2023
Japanese musician (1966–2023)
Jack Angel
2021
American voice actor and radio personality (1930–2021)
Deborah Orr
2019
British journalist (1962–2019)
Umberto Lenzi
2017
Italian director and writer (1931–2017)
Phil Chess
2016
American record executive (1921–2016)
Giovanni Steffè
2016
Italian rower
Bill Daley (American football)
2015
American football player (1919–2015)
Fleming Mackell
2015
Canadian ice hockey player
Ali Treki
2015
Libyan diplomat (1937–2015)
John Holt (singer)
2014
Jamaican reggae singer (1947–2014)
Stephen Paulus
2014
American composer (1949–2014)
Raphael Ravenscroft
2014
British musician, composer, and author (1954–2014)
Serena Shim
2014
Lebanese-American journalist (1985 –2014)
John Bergamo
2013
American percussionist and composer
Noel Harrison
2013
English actor and singer (1934–2013)
Ronald Shannon Jackson
2013
American jazz drummer (1940–2013)
Mikihiko Renjō
2013
Japanese writer (1948–2013)
Mahmoud Zoufonoun
2013
Musical artist
Lincoln Alexander
2012
Canadian lawyer and politician (1922–2012)
Wissam al-Hassan
2012
Lebanese security official (1965–2012)
Wiyogo Atmodarminto
2012
Indonesian general and diplomat
Mike Graham (wrestler)
2012
American professional wrestler (1951–2012)
Fiorenzo Magni
2012
Italian cyclist
Kakkanadan
2011
Indian Malayalam-language writer (1935–2011)
Tom Bosley
2010
American actor (1927–2010)
Howard Unruh
2009
American mass murderer (1921–2009)
Joseph Wiseman
2009
Canadian and American actor (1918–2009)
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 (1943–2007)
Michael Maidens
2007
British footballer
Jan Wolkers
2007
Dutch sculptor and writer (1925–2007)
James Glennon
2006
American cinematographer (1942–2006)
Phyllis Kirk
2006
American actress (1927–2006)
Suburban Legends
2005
American ska punk band
Road Warrior Hawk
2003
American professional wrestler (1957–2003)
Alija Izetbegović
2003
Bosnian politician (1925–2003)
Margaret Murie
2003
American naturalist and author
Nello Pagani
2003
Italian motorcycle racer and racing driver (1911–2003)
Nikolai Rukavishnikov
2002
Soviet cosmonaut (1932–2002)
1900s
James C. Murray
1999
American politician (1917-1999)
Nathalie Sarraute
1999
20th century French writer and lawyer
Glen Buxton
1997
American guitarist (1947–1997)
Ken Wood (manufacturer)
1997
English engineer, entrepreneur & businessman (1916–1997)
Shamsuddin Qasemi
1996
Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
Don Cherry (trumpeter)
1995
American jazz trumpeter (1936–1995)
Harilaos Perpessas
1995
Greek composer
Martha Raye
1994
American comic actress and singer (1916–1994)
Magnus Pyke
1992
English nutritional scientist
Son House
1988
American Delta blues singer-guitarist (1902–1988)
Jacqueline du Pré
1987
British cellist (1945–1987)
Hermann Lang
1987
German racing driver (1909–1987)
Dele Giwa
1986
Nigerian journalist and newspaper founder
Samora Machel
1986
Former president of Mozambique (1933–1986)
Alfred Rouleau
1985
Canadian businessman (1915–1985)
Jerzy Popiełuszko
1984
Polish Roman Catholic priest and martyr (1947–1984)
Maurice Bishop
1983
Prime Minister of Grenada from 1979 to 1983
Gig Young
1978
American actor (1913–1978)
Lázaro Cárdenas
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 (1904–1964)
Nettie Palmer
1964
Australian poet, essayist and literary critic
Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard
1964
British peer and military officer (1888–1964)
Şemsettin Günaltay
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 (1895–1960)
Isham Jones
1956
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter (1894–1956)
Edward S. Curtis
1952
American ethnologist and photographer (1868–1952)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1950
American poet (1892–1950)
Plutarco Elías Calles
1945
President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928; de facto Leader until 1934
N. C. Wyeth
1945
American illustrator and painter (1882–1945)
Dénes Kőnig
1944
Hungarian mathematician (1884–1944)
Camille Claudel
1943
French sculptor and graphic artist (1864–1943)
Ernest Rutherford
1937
New Zealand physicist and chemist (1871–1937)
Lu Xun
1936
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
Ludvig Karsten
1926
Norwegian painter (1876–1926)
Louis Zborowski
1924
British racing driver (1895–1924)
Harold Lockwood
1918
American actor
Ioannis Frangoudis
1916
Greek sport shooter
Robert Hugh Benson
1914
British Catholic priest and writer (1871–1914)
Virgil Earp
1905
American Old West figure (1843–1905)
Carl Frederik Tietgen
1901
Danish financier and industrialist (1829–1901)
1800s
George Pullman
1897
American engineer and businessman (1831–1897)
Luís 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 (1778–1851)
Aleksey Koltsov
1842
Russian poet
Paolo Mascagni
1815
Italian physician and anatomist (1755–1815)
Józef Poniatowski
1813
Polish military officer (1763–1813)
Before 1800
Michel de Beaupuy
1796
French soldier (1755–1796)
Lyman Hall
1790
American Founding Father and politician
Andrea Belli
1772
Maltese architect and businessman (1703–1772)
Jonathan Swift
1745
Anglo-Irish satirist and cleric (1667–1745)
Godfrey Kneller
1723
German-born British painter (1646–1723)
Thomas Browne
1682
English polymath and writer (1605–1682)
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten
1678
Painter and writer from the Northern Netherlands
Marcin Kazanowski
1636
Fujiwara Seika
1619
Jacobus Arminius
1609
Dutch theologian (1560–1609)
Martin Delrio
1608
Jesuit theologian (1551–1608)
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel
1595
English nobleman and Catholic saint (1557–1595)
Francesco I de' Medici
1587
Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1574 to 1587
John Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
1432
English noble (1392–1432)
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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