Famous People Who Died In October
October
October 1
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John Stewart Bell
Physicist
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Pierre Corneille
Playwright
?Normandy, France
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Louis Leakey
Paleoanthropologist
Kiambu County, Kenya
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Curtis Lemay
General
Ohio, United States of America
October 2
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Rock Hudson
Actor
Illinois, United States of America
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K. Kamaraj
Politician
Tamil Nadu, India
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Marcel Duchamp
Artist
Normandy, France
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Gene Autry
Actor
Texas, United States of America
October 3
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Gustav Stresemann
Statesman
Germany
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Jeanne Eagels
Actress
Missouri, United States of America
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William Morris
Novelist
London, United Kingdom
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St Francis of Assisi
Saint
Perugia, Italy
October 4
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Rembrandt
Painter
Netherlands
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Anne Sexton
Poet
Massachusetts, United States of America
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Alfred Emanuel Smith
Politician
New York, United States of America
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Max Planck
Scientist
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
October 5
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Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
California, United States of America
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Michal Kovac
Politician
Presov, Slovakia
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Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
Biophysicist
Tararua, New Zealand
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Silvestre Revueltas
Composer
Durango, Mexico
October 6
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Will Keith Kellogg
Entrepreneur
Michigan, United States of America
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Anwar Sadat
Politician
Monufia Governorate, Egypt
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Poet
Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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Otto Fritz Meyerhof
Biochemist
Niedersachsen, Germany
October 7
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Edgar Allan Poe
Author
Massachusetts, United States of America
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Agnes de Mille
Choreographer
New York, United States of America
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Harvey Williams Cushing
Neurologist
Ohio, United States of America
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Guru Gobind Singh
Religious Leader
Bihar, India
October 8
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John Monash
Engineer
Victoria, Australia
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John Hancock
Politician
Massachusetts, United States of America
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Clement Attlee
Politician
London, United Kingdom
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Jayaprakash Narayan
Politician
Bihar, India
October 9
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Aileen Wuornos
Criminal
Michigan, United States of America
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Miriam Hopkins
Actress
Georgia, United States of America
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Jacques Brel
Actor
Brussels, Belgium
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Benjamin Banneker
Astronomer
Maryland, United States of America
October 10
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Christopher Reeve
Actor
New York, United States of America
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Ludwig von Mises
Economist
Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
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Jagjit Singh
Singer
Rajasthan, India
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Yul Brynner
Actor
Vladivostok, Russia
October 11
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Jean Cocteau
Artist
France
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James Prescott Joule
Scientist
Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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Anton Bruckner
Composer
Upper Austria, Austria
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Meriwether Lewis
Explorer
Virginia, United States of America
October 12
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Wilt Chamberlain
Sportsman
Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Alf Landon
Politician
Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Robert E. Lee
General
Virginia, United States of America
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Maximilian II
Emperor
Vienna, Austria
October 13
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Ed Sullivan
TV Host
New York, United States of America
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Milton S. Hershey
Entrepreneur
Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Claudius
Emperor
Gaul, France
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Bertram Brockhouse
Physicist
Alberta, Canada
October 14
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Erwin Rommel
General
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Martin Ryle
Astronomer
England, United Kingdom
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Bing Crosby
Actor
Washington, United States of America
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Jacques Arcadelt
Composer
Belgium
October 15
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Hermann Goring
Military Leader
Rosenheim, Germany
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Andreas Vesalius
Physician
Brussels, Belgium
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Cole Porter
Composer
Indiana, United States of America
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Norodom Sihanouk
Royalty
Cambodia
October 16
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Deborah Kerr
Actress
Scotland, United Kingdom
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George Marshall
U.S. Army
Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Alfred Rosenberg
Criminal
Harju County, Estonia
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Barbara Billingsley
Actress
California, United States of America
October 17
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Peyo Yavorov
Poet
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
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Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri
Luthier
Lombardy, Italy
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Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
Composer
Sochaczew, Poland
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Ba Jin
Writer
Sichuan, China
October 18
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Lucy Stone
Abolitionist
Massachusetts, United States of America
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Leo Strauss
Academic
Hesse, Germany
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Einar Jonsson
Sculptor
Southern Region, Iceland
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Antonio Meucci
Inventor
Tuscany, Italy
October 19
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Marjorie Lee Browne
Educator
Tennessee, United States of America
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Charles Perkins
Sportsman
Northern Territory, Australia
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Lyman Hall
Politician
Connecticut, United States of America
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poet
Maine, United States of America
October 20
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Herbert Hoover
President
Iowa, United States of America
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Bob Guccione
Journalist
New York, United States of America
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Eugene V. Debs
Activist
Indiana, United States of America
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Arthur Henderson
Politician
Scotland, United Kingdom
October 21
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Ben Bradlee
Journalist
Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jack Kerouac
Author
Massachusetts, United States of America
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Bill Black
Musician
Tennessee, United States of America
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Hans Asperger
Pediatrician
Vienna, Austria
October 22
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Soupy Sales
Comedian
North Carolina, United States of America
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Kingsley Amis
Novelist
England, United Kingdom
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Nadia Boulanger
Composer
Île-de-France, France
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Albert von Szent-Györgyi
Biochemist
Hungary
October 23
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Herbert A. Hauptma
Mathematician
New York, United States of America
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Charles Glover Barkla
Physicist
England, United Kingdom
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Al Jolson
Singer
Lithuania
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Zane Grey
Author
Ohio, United States of America
October 24
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Raul Julia
Actor
United States of America
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Tycho Brahe
Astronomer
Skåne, Sweden
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Christian Dior
Fashion Designer
Manche, France
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Louis Renault
Industrialist
France
October 25
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Richard Harris
Producer
Munster, Republic of Ireland
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Abebe Bikila
Athlete
Shewa, Ethiopia
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Vincent Price
Actor
Missouri, United States of America
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Poet
England, United Kingdom
October 26
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Hattie McDaniel
Actress
Kansas, United States of America
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Charles J Pedersen
Chemist
Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Abolitionist
New York, United States of America
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Arthur Kornberg
Biochemist
New York, United States of America
October 27
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Lise Meitner
Physicist
Vienna, Austria
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David Bohm
Scientist
Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Emily Murphy
Activist
Ontario, Canada
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Lou Reed
Musician
New York, United States of America
October 28
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John Locke
Philosopher
Somerset, United Kingdom
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John Smeaton
Engineer
West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Abigail Adams
Politician
Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ted Hughes
Author
England, United Kingdom
October 29
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George Gurdjieff
Teacher
Shirak, Armenia
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
Confederate Army
Tennessee, United States of America
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Joseph Pulitzer
Publisher
Csongrád, Hungary
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Walter Raleigh
Writer
England, United Kingdom
October 30
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Al Lopez
Sportsman
Florida, United States of America
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Barnes Wallis
Scientist
England, United Kingdom
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Jonas Kubilius
Mathematician
Taurage, Lithuania
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Poet
Wisconsin, United States of America