Deaths on 6 October
2000s
Dave Hobson
2024
American politician (1936–2024)
Johan Neeskens
2024
Dutch football manager and player (1951–2024)
Eddie Van Halen
2020
American rock guitarist (1955–2020)
Johnny Nash
2020
American singer (1940–2020)
Ginger Baker
2019
English drummer (1939–2019)
Eddie Lumsden (rugby league)
2019
Australian rugby league footballer and administrator (1936–2019)
Rip Taylor
2019
American actor and comedian (1931–2019)
Scott Wilson (actor)
2018
American actor (1942–2018)
Montserrat Caballé
2018
Spanish operatic soprano (1933–2018)
Ralphie May
2017
American comedian (1972–2017)
David Marks (architect)
2017
British architect (1952–2017)
Árpád Göncz
2015
President of Hungary from 1990 to 2000
Vladimir Shlapentokh
2015
Soviet and American academic
Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino
2015
Vic Braden
2014
American tennis player
Igor Mitoraj
2014
Polish sculptor (1944–2014)
Diane Nyland
2014
Canadian actress, director and choreographer
Marian Seldes
2014
American actress (1928–2014)
Serhiy Zakarlyuka
2014
Ukrainian footballer and manager
Feridun Buğeker
2014
Turkish footballer (1933–2014)
Ulysses Curtis
2013
American football player (1926–2013)
Rift Fournier
2013
American writer and television producer
Paul Rogers (actor)
2013
English actor (1917–2013)
Nico van Kampen
2013
Dutch theoretical physicist (1921–2013)
Chadli Bendjedid
2012
President of Algeria from 1979 to 1992
Anthony John Cooke
2012
British organist and composer (1931–2012)
Nick Curran
2012
Musical artist
Albert von Sachsen (born 1934)
2012
Head of the Royal House of Saxony (disputed)
Joseph Meyer (Wyoming politician)
2012
American politician
B. Satya Narayan Reddy
2012
J. J. C. Smart
2012
Australian philosopher and academic
Diane Cilento
2011
Australian actress (1932–2011)
Rhys Isaac
2010
American historian
Antonie Kamerling
2010
Dutch actor (1966–2010)
Douglas Campbell (actor)
2009
Canadian actor (1922–2009)
Peter Cox (politician)
2008
Australian politician (1925-2008)
Babasaheb Bhosale
2007
Indian politician (1921–2007)
Laxmi Mall Singhvi
2007
Indian jurist, parliamentarian, scholar, writer and diplomat
Bertha Brouwer
2006
Dutch sprinter
Eduardo Mignogna
2006
Argentine film director and screenwriter
Buck O'Neil
2006
American baseball player (1911–2006)
Wilson Tucker (writer)
2006
American writer (1914–2006)
Prince Claus of the Netherlands
2002
Prince consort of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2002
Arne Harris
2001
American television producer and director
Richard Farnsworth
2000
American actor (1920–2000)
1900s
Amália Rodrigues
1999
Portuguese fado singer (1920–1999)
Gorilla Monsoon
1999
American professional wrestler (1937–1999)
Mark Belanger
1998
American baseball player (1944–1998)
Johnny Vander Meer
1997
American baseball player (1914–1997)
Benoît Chamoux
1995
French mountain climber (1961–1995)
Nejat Eczacıbaşı
1993
Turkish entrepreneur (1919–1993)
Lawnchair Larry flight
1993
Homemade aerostat using weather balloons
Denholm Elliott
1992
English actor (1922–1992)
Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)
1992
Australian cricketer (1905 – 1992)
Igor Talkov
1991
Russian singer-songwriter (1958–1991)
Bahriye Üçok
1990
Turkish academic of theology, left-wing politician, writer, columnist (1919–1990)
Bette Davis
1989
American actress (1908–1989)
Aleksandr Kronrod
1986
Soviet mathematician and computer scientist (1921–1986)
Nelson Riddle
1985
American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator (1921–1985)
Terence Cooke
1983
Catholic cardinal (1921–1983)
Anwar Sadat
1981
President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981
Hattie Jacques
1980
English actress (1922–1980)
Jean Robic
1980
French cyclist (1921–1980)
Elizabeth Bishop
1979
American poet and short-story writer (1911–1979)
Johnny O'Keefe
1978
Australian rock and roll singer (1935–1978)
Gilbert Ryle
1976
British philosopher (1900–1976)
Helmut Koinigg
1974
Austrian racing driver (1948–1974)
Sidney Blackmer
1973
American actor (1895–1973)
François Cevert
1973
French racing driver (1944–1973)
Dick Laan
1973
Dutch writer and film pioneer
Dennis Price
1973
English actor (1915–1973)
Margaret Wilson (novelist)
1973
American novelist
Cléo de Verberena
1972
Brazilian actress and film director
Walter Hagen
1969
American professional golfer (1892–1969)
Otto Steinböck
1969
Austrian zoologist
Phyllis Nicolson
1968
British mathematician (1917–1968)
Tod Browning
1962
American film director (1880–1962)
Bernard Berenson
1959
American art critic (1865–1959)
Will Keith Kellogg
1951
American businessman (1860–1951)
Otto Fritz Meyerhof
1951
German biochemist (1884–1951)
Leevi Madetoja
1947
Finnish composer (1887–1947)
Leonardo Conti
1945
Reich Health Leader and SS-Obergruppenführer in Nazi Germany (1900–1945)
Siegmund Glücksmann
1942
German-Jewish socialist politician
Damat Ferid Pasha
1923
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1853–1923)
Auguste Beernaert
1912
14th Prime Minister of Belgium and human rights activist
1800s
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1892
British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)
Charles Stewart Parnell
1891
Irish politician (1846–1891)
Dục Đức
1883
Emperor of Vietnam (reigned 20–23 July 1883)
Paweł Strzelecki
1873
Polish-born explorer of Australia (1797–1873)
Johannes Jelgerhuis
1836
Dutch painter (1770–1836)
Pierre Derbigny
1829
American judge
Charles Emmanuel IV
1819
King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802
Before 1800
Francesco Manfredini
1762
Italian composer
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle
1688
English Army officer, politician and colonial administrator
Guru Har Rai
1661
Seventh Sikh guru from 1644 to 1661
Paul Scarron
1660
French poet and dramatist
Elisabeth of France, Queen of Spain
1644
Queen of Spain (1621–1644) and Portugal (1621–1640)
Matthijs Quast
1641
Dutch merchant and explorer (?-1641)
Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg
1640
German count (1588–1640)
William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen
1559
German count (1487–1559)
Şehzade Mustafa
1553
Ottoman prince (died 1553)
William Tyndale
1536
English biblical scholar, translator, and reformer (1494–1536)
Dawit I
1413
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1382 to 1413
Chŏng Tojŏn
1398
Korean scholar-official (1342–1398)
Joan II of Navarre
1349
Queen of Navarre from 1328 to 1349
Engelbert III, Margrave of Istria
1173
Austrian noble (died 1173)
Baldwin (archbishop of Pisa)
1145
Archbishop of Pisa (died 1145)
Bruno of Cologne
1101
Founder of the Carthusians (c. 1030–1101)
Adalbero of Würzburg
1090
Catholic saint, bishop of Würzburg (1010–1090)
Frederick of Luxembourg
1019
Count of Moselgau
Samuel of Bulgaria
1014
Tsar of Bulgaria from 997 to 1014
Minamoto no Mitsunaka
997
Japanese courtier (912–997)
Charles the Bald
877
King of West Francia from 843 to 877 and Carolingian Emperor from 875 to 877
Ermentrude of Orléans
869
Queen of West Francia from 843 to 869
Nicetas the Patrician
836
Byzantine official and saint (761/62–836)
AD 404
404
Calendar year
AD 23
23
Calendar year