October 7th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on October 7th

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2023

Ofir Libstein
Israeli politician (b. 1973)
Yaniv Zohar
Israeli journalist
Yahav Winner
Israeli filmmaker (b. 1986)
Yonatan Steinberg
Israel defense forces officer (b. 1980)
Vivian Silver
Canadian-israeli peace activist (b. 1949)

Izhar Peled

Israeli police officer (b. 1961)

Roi Levy

Israel defense forces officer (b. 1979)

Hayim Katsman

American-israeli peace activist (b. 1991)

Roy Edan

Israeli journalist (b. 1978)

Jayar Davidov

Israeli police officer (b. 1979)

Lior Asulin

Israeli footballer (b. 1980)

2022

Arun Bali
Indian actor (b. 1942)

2020

Mario Molina
Mexican chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the depletion of the ozone layer.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2018

Gerrald Weinberg
Gerrald Weinberg was a software engineer and author who made significant contributions to the field of software engineering.

2017

Washington Sycip
Washington Sycip was a Filipino accountant and businessman known for founding the SGV Group, one of the largest professional services firms in the Philippines.

2016

Ross Higgins
Australian actor, comedian (b. 1930)

2015

Harry Gallatin
American basketball coach and player (d. 2015).
Jurelang Zedkaia
Marshallese politician, 5th president of the marshall islands (d. 2015)
Hossein Hamadani
Iranian general (b. 1951)

2014

Iva Withers
Canadian-american actress and singer (d. 2014)
Nika Kiladze
Georgian footballer (d. 2014)
Siegfried Lenz
Polish-german playwright and author (d. 2014).

2013

Ovadia Yosef
Prominent Sephardic rabbi known for his religious writings and leadership.
Rasool Baksh Palejo
Pakistani politician known for his activism in Sindh.
Terry Burnham
American actress (b. 1949)
Leandro Mendoza
Filipino police officer and politician, 36th executive secretary of the philippines (b. 1946)
Joe Rogers
American lawyer and politician, 45th lieutenant governor of colorado (b. 1964)

Mick Buckley

English footballer (d. 2013)

David E. Jeremiah

American admiral (b. 1934)

Patrice Chéreau

French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)

2012

Mervin Dymally
Mervin Dymally was a prominent American politician who served as the first African American Lieutenant Governor of California.
Mervyn Dymally
First black Lieutenant Governor of California and successful entrepreneur.
Ethne Bannister
Ethne Bannister was an Irish poet and translator.
Mervyn M. Dymally
Trinidadian-american politician, 41st lieutenant governor of california (b. 1926)
Ivo Michiels
Belgian-french author and poet (b. 1923)

Wiley Reed

American-australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)

2011

Ramiz Alia
Albanian politician, 1st president of albania (b. 1925)
Andrew Laszlo
Hungarian-american cinematographer (d. 2011)

2010

T Lavitz
American keyboard player composer/producer (dixie dregs jazz is dead & widespread panic). (d. 2010).
Milka Planinc
Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th prime minister of yugoslavia (b. 1924)
Antonie Kamerling
Dutch actor (born 1966).
Milka Planinc
Croatian politician, 28th prime minister yugoslavia (d.2010)

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

Irving Penn
American photographer (d. 2009)
Franklin Adams
Pioneer in computer science, known for his contributions to the development of programming languages.

2008

Leslie Hardman
Jewish orthodox rabbi (born 1913)

2007

Norifumi Abe
Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2007)
George E. Sangmeister
American lawyer and politician (b. 1931)
George E Sangmeister
American politician (born 1931)

2006

Ahnya Politkovskaya
Ahnya Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist and human rights activist who was known for her critical reporting on the Second Chechen War and the Kremlin's actions in Chechnya.
Elgene Hickman
American swimmer who won multiple Olympic medals.
Anna Politkovskaya
Russian investigative journalist and human rights activist.
Julen Goikoetxea
Spanish basque cyclist (born 1985)
Abraham Afewerki
Eritrean singer (born1966)

2005

Dayton Leroy Rogers
American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Charles Rocket
American actor and comedian (b. 1949)

2004

Tony Lanfranchi
English race car driver (d. 2004)
Ken Bigley
British civil engineer, kidnapped in iraq and killed (born 1942).

2003

Arthur Berger
American composer and educator (d. 2003)
Izzy Asper
Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded canwest (d. 2003)
Wally George
American conservative tv commentator (born in 1931).
Izzy Asper
Canwest was founded by a canadian politician and lawyer, canwest

2002

Alister Fraser
Alister Fraser was a mathematician known for his contributions to the field of number theory.
Pierangelo Bertoli
Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

2001

Herbert Block
Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist known as Herblock, famous for his work at The Washington Post.
Roger Gaudry
Canadian chemist and businessman (b. 1913)
Christopher Adams
British-born pro wrestler/judoka (born in 1955).
Herblock
American author and illustrator (d. 2001)
Herblock
American author and illustrator (d. 2001)

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

Demitrios Tsafendas
Assassin of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd.
Deryck Guyler
British actor known for his roles in radio, film, and television.

1998

Jefferie Holleman
Known for his work in organometallic chemistry.
Cees de Vreugd
Dutch strongman and weightlifter (b. 1952)
Arnold Jacobs
American tuba player, a.k.a. song and wind (born 1915).

1997

Pilot Milt
American astronaut who flew on the Gemini 7 and Apollo 9 missions.
Nickolas Metropolis
Nickolas Metropolis was a Greek-American computer scientist who made significant contributions to the development of early computers and numerical analysis.
Aloise Lorenz
German mathematician known for her contributions to algebraic geometry and number theory.

1996

Lou Lichtveld
Surinamese-dutch author, playwright, and politician (b. 1903)
Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser
Dies at 86

1995

Olga Taussky-Todd
Austrian-czech-american mathematician, attendant of the vienna circle (b. 1906)
Ivan Hutchinson
Australian film critic and author (b. 1928)
Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati
At 59, a politician/businessman dies
Ernest Ingenito
American mass murderer (born 1924)
Louis Meyer
Indie 500 racer (3 wins), dies at 91

1994

Niels Kaj Jerne
Danish-english physician and immunologist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1911)
Paul Swift
Actor from the united states, egg man in pink flamingo, dies at 60 of aids
Niels Kaj Jerne
English-born danish immunologist. he was awarded the nobel prize in physiology or medicine (born in 1911).

1993

Cyril Cusack
South african-born irish actor (b. 1910)
Cyril Cusack
Durban natal (south africa) -- actor (day of the jackal).
Kenneth Nelson
Actor in the us/english (boys in the band), reaches 63

1992

Babu Karam Singh Bal
Indian businessman and politician (b.1927)
Allan Bloom
American philosopher and academic (d. 1992)
Ed Blackwell
Us jazz drummer (quartet)
Allan Bloom
Author (closing the american mind), dies in 62

1991

Natalyah Ginzburg
Natalyah Ginzburg was an Italian novelist and essayist known for her intimate and psychological writings.
Nataliyah Ginzburg
An Italian novelist, essayist, and playwright known for her psychological realism and exploration of family dynamics.
Darren Millane
Australian footballer (b. 1965)
Leo Durocher
Baseball manager/coach (los angeles dodgers and san francisco giants), is killed at 86.
Harry W. Brown
American colonel and pilot (d. 1991)

1990

Scott Matheson
Governor of Utah from 1977 to 1985.
Beatrice Hutton
Australian architect (b. 1893)
Grim Natwick
American animator (b. 1890)
Chiara Badano
Italian beatified (b.1971)
Juan Jose Arevalo
President of guatemala (1945-51)

John "Cat" Thompson

Basketball hall of famer, died at the age of 84.

J Teengs Gerritsen

Resistance fighter

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

Mabel Hampton
Mabel Hampton was a prominent African American lesbian activist and a founding member of the Lesbian Herstory Archives.

1988

Billy Daniels
Jacksonville, florida -- singer ( show)

1985

Cemal Reşit Rey
Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1904)

1983

George O. Abell
American astronomer, professor at ucla, science popularizer, and skeptic (d. 1983)

1981

Wouter Paap
Composer dies at 73

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1976

Nikolai Lopatnikoff
Composer dies at 73

1970

Alphonse-Marie Parent
Canadian priest, educator, and academic executive (born in 1906).

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

Léon Scieur
Belgian cyclist (d. 1969).
Leon Scieur
Belgian cyclist (born in 1888).

1967

Norman Angell
English journalist and politician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1872)
Norman Angell
Nobel prize winner for journalism and politics in england (d. 1967).

1966

Grigoris Asikis
Greek singer and songwriter. (born 1890)
Smiley Lewis [Overton Amos Lemons]
Rocker dies at 46
Johnny Kidd
Rocker (& pirates) dies in a car accident at 26

1964

Waco Hoover
31st President of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933.
Eugen Varga
At 84, a russian/hungarian economist/politician dies

1963

Grace Darmond
Actress on silent screen (below the surface) dies at 69

1962

Mauritius Dekker [Boris Robazki]
Writer (boots in jail), dies aged 66

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

Mario Lanza
Italian-american actor and singer, who was also a vocal legend, became the first artist to sell more than 2 million albums. he sang only three opera performances in his entire life. "be my love" is his most well-known song. in 1949, lanza made a movie debut in "that midnight kiss." he was one of the most popular pop stars in …
Prime Minister Kassem of Iraq
Assassinated

1956

Clarence Birdseye
Clarence Birdseye was an American inventor and businessman who developed a process for deep-freezing food, which led to the creation of the modern frozen food industry.
Charlei Merrill
Charlei Merrill was an American businessman and co-founder of the financial services firm Merrill Lynch.

1952

Seaton McLean
Renowned stage and film actor known for his versatile performances.

1951

Anton Philips
Dutch ceo and cofounder of royal philips electronics n.v.
Anton F Philips
Philips, ceo, dies at 77

1950

Willis Haviland Carrier
Inventor of modern air conditioning.
Willis Carrier
Air conditioning was invented by an american engineer in 1950.

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1948

Johan Hjort
Norwegian marine biologist who made significant contributions to fisheries science.

1944

Helmut Lent
German night fighter pilot (born 1918).

1943

Radclyffe Hall
Radclyffe Hall was a British author best known for her novel 'The Well of Loneliness', which is considered a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature.
Eugeniusz Bodo
Actor and screenwriter from switzerland-polish (d. 1943).

1940

Cyrus Adler
American author and educator known for his works on Jewish history and culture.

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1939

Oiva Jalonen
Finnish writer and journalist known for his contributions to literature.
Harvey Cushing
Pioneering neurosurgeon known as the father of modern neurosurgery.
Harvey Williams Cushing
American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
Harvey (William) Cushing
Us neurologist, dies at 70

1933

Alexander Peacock
Australian politician, 20th premier of victoria (b. 1861)

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1926

Emil Kraepelin
German psychiatrist known for his contributions to the classification of mental disorders.

1925

Christy Mathewson
American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
Christy Mathewson
American baseball manager and player (d. 1925).
Hubert Platt Main
Composer dies at 86

1924

Clemens Baeumker
German historian (christian philosophy), dies at 71

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1919

Alfred Deakin
Alfred Deakin was an Australian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of Australia.
Alfred Deakin
P.m. of australia, three terms (1903-10). he was known for his diplomacy and negotiation skills. he died in 1919 after a retirement in 1913.

1918

C Hubert H Parry
Engl musicologist/composer (jerusalem), he dies at age 70

1917

Milian Bojic
Serbian poet known for his patriotic and romantic poetry.

1915

Samuel Prowse Warren
Composer dies at 74

1911

John Hughlings Jackson
English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
John Hughlings Jackson
English neurologist (born 1835)

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on October 7th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1906

Honoré Beaugrand
Canadian journalist and politician, 18th mayor of montreal (b. 1848)
Honore Beaugrand
Canadian politician and journalist, montreal mayor (born 1848).

1904

Isabella Bird
A renowned Victorian-era English explorer, writer, and photographer, known for her extensive travels and vivid accounts of the places she visited.
Iszabella Bird
Iszabella Bird was a British travel writer and naturalist who published several books about her journeys, including 'A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains'.
Isabella Bird
English writer, natural historian, and explorer (born 1831).