Deaths on 9 October
2000s
George Baldock
2024
English-Greek footballer (1993–2024)
Dieter Burdenski
2024
German footballer (1950–2024)
Lily Ebert
2024
Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (1923–2024)
Lee Wei Ling
2024
Singaporean neurologist (1955–2024)
Clark R. Rasmussen
2024
American politician (1934–2024)
Leif Segerstam
2024
Finnish conductor and composer (1944–2024)
Ratan Tata
2024
Indian industrialist and philanthropist (1937–2024)
Jean Rochefort
2017
French actor (1930–2017)
Andrzej Wajda
2016
Polish film director (1926–2016)
Raymond Duncan (entrepreneur)
2015
American entrepreneur and vintner (1930–2015)
Richard F. Heck
2015
American chemist (1931–2015)
Geoffrey Howe
2015
British politician (1926–2015)
Ravindra Jain
2015
Indian composer, lyricist and playback singer
Boris Buzančić
2014
Croatian actor and politician
Jan Hooks
2014
American actress and comedian (1957–2014)
Carolyn Kizer
2014
American writer (1925–2014)
Peter A. Peyser
2014
United States congressman (1921–2014)
Rita Shane
2014
American soprano
Solomon Lar
2013
Nigerian politician (1933–2013)
Srihari
2013
Indian actor (1964–2013)
Wilfried Martens
2013
Belgian politician (1936–2013)
Edmund Niziurski
2013
Polish writer (1925–2013)
Sammi Kane Kraft
2012
American actress (1992–2012)
Kenny Rollins
2012
American basketball player
Harris Savides
2012
American cinematographer
Pavel Karelin
2011
Russian ski jumper (1990–2011)
Maurice Allais
2010
French economist (1911–2010)
Stuart M. Kaminsky
2009
American novelist
John Daido Loori
2009
American Buddhist writer (1931–2009)
Horst Szymaniak
2009
German footballer (1934–2009)
Enrico Banducci
2007
American impresario (1922–2007)
Carol Bruce
2007
American actress and singer (1919–2007)
Straub–Huillet
2006
Duo of French filmmakers active 1963–2006
Paul Hunter
2006
English snooker player (1978–2006)
Kanshi Ram
2006
Indian politician and social reformer (1934-2006)
Louis Nye
2005
American comedic actor (1913–2005)
Jacques Derrida
2004
French philosopher (1930–2004)
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
2003
American writer and professor
Carl Fontana
2003
American jazz trombonist
Sopubek Begaliev
2002
Charles Guggenheim
2002
American documentary filmmaker
Herbert Ross
2001
American choreographer and film & theatre director (1927–2001)
David Dukes
2000
American character actor (1945–2000)
Patrick Anthony Porteous
2000
Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
1900s
Milt Jackson
1999
American jazz vibraphonist (1923–1999)
Akhtar Hameed Khan
1999
Pakistani scientist and activist (1914–1999)
Walter Kerr
1996
American writer and theatre critic
Alec Douglas-Home
1995
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964
Yusuf Atılgan
1989
Turkish novelist (1921–1989)
Penny Lernoux
1989
American writer and journalist (1940–1989)
Felix Wankel
1988
German mechanical engineer (1902–1988)
Clare Boothe Luce
1987
American author and politician (1903–1987)
William P. Murphy
1987
American recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Emílio Garrastazu Médici
1985
President of Brazil from 1969 to 1974
Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt
1982
German historian
Jacques Brel
1978
Belgian singer (1929–1978)
Walter Warlimont
1976
German WWII general and war criminal (1894–1976)
Noon Meem Rashid
1975
Pakistani poet (1910–1975)
Oskar Schindler
1974
German industrialist and humanitarian (1908–1974)
Miriam Hopkins
1972
American film and TV actress (1902–1972)
Don Hoak
1969
American baseball player (1928–1969)
Che Guevara
1967
Argentine revolutionary (1928–1967)
Cyril N. Hinshelwood
1967
British Nobel laureate and chemist (1897-1967)
André Maurois
1967
French author (1885–1967)
Joseph Pilates
1967
German physical trainer (1883–1967)
Milan Vidmar
1962
Slovenian chess grandmaster (1885–1962)
Shirō Ishii
1959
Japanese biological weapons specialist (1892–1959)
Pope Pius XII
1958
Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
John Boland (South Dakota politician)
1958
American politician (1884–1958)
Marie Doro
1956
American actress (1882–1956)
Theodor Innitzer
1955
Austrian cardinal and politician
James Finlayson (actor)
1953
British actor (1887–1953)
George Hainsworth
1950
Ice hockey player
Yukio Sakurauchi
1947
Japanese politician (1888–1947)
Frank Castleman
1946
American hurdler and coach
Gottlieb Hering
1945
SS officer (1887–1945)
Stefanina Moro
1944
Italian partisan (1927–1944)
Pieter Zeeman
1943
Dutch experimental physicist (1865–1943)
Helen Morgan (singer)
1941
American jazz singer and actress
Wilfred Grenfell
1940
British medical missionary (1865–1940)
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
1937
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1892 to 1918
Alexander I of Yugoslavia
1934
King of Yugoslavia from 1921 to 1934
Louis Barthou
1934
French politician (1862–1934)
Evald Relander
1926
Finnish teacher and bank manager (1856–1926)
Valery Bryusov
1924
Russian poet (1873–1924)
Jack Daniel
1911
American distiller (1849–1911)
Henriette Wulfsberg
1906
Norwegian school owner and writer (1843–1906)
Heinrich von Herzogenberg
1900
Austrian composer (1843–1900)
1800s
Jan Heemskerk
1897
Dutch politician
George Ormerod
1873
English historian and antiquarian (1785–1873)
Ioannis Kapodistrias
1831
Greek statesman and diplomat (1776–1831)
John Claiborne
1808
American politician
Benjamin Banneker
1806
American scientist, surveyor and farmer (1731–1806)
Before 1800
Vilna Gaon
1797
Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)
Jean Joseph Marie Amiot
1793
French Jesuit missionary in China (1718–1793)
Richard Blackmore
1729
English poet and physician
William Sacheverell
1691
English politician (1638–1691)
Joseph Pardo (rabbi)
1619
Italian rabbi and merchant
Henry Constable
1613
English poet (1562–1613)
Louis Bertrand (saint)
1581
Spanish Dominican missionary
Vladimir of Staritsa
1569
Prince of Staritsa
Gabriele Falloppio
1562
Italian anatomist (1522/23–1562)
Justus Jonas
1555
German Lutheran theologian (1493–1555)
John I of Castile
1390
King of Castile and León from 1379 to 1390
Louis III, Duke of Bavaria
1296
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany
1273
13th-century Queen of Germany, Sicily, and Jerusalem
Robert Grosseteste
1253
13th-century Bishop of Lincoln, astrologer, scientist, and philosopher
Philip I of Namur
1212
Margrave of Namur (1175–1212)
Pope Clement II
1047
Head of the Catholic Church from 1046 to 1047
Al-Tirmidhi
892
Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)
Saint Ghislain
680
7th-century Belgian anchorite