Famous people and celebrities who died in October 1947

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in October 1947. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Oct. 2 Peter D Ouspensky

  Russian mathematician, philosopher (born 1878).

• Oct. 4 Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck

  Nobel Prize laureate in recognition of the services he rendered to the advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta

• Oct. 4 Max Planck

  PHY - German physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1858)

• Oct. 6 Leevi Madetoja

  Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)

• Oct. 6 Leevi Antti Madetoya

  Composer dies at the age of 60

• Oct. 8 Felix Salten [Siegmund Salzmann]

  Austria writer (bambi) dies at 78

• Oct. 9 Yukio Sakurauchi

  Japanese businessman and politician, 27th japanese minister of finance (b. 1888)

• Oct. 13 Sidney Webb

  1st baron passfield english politician and economist secretary of state for colonies (d. 477)

• Oct. 16 Anna B. Eckstein

  German peace activist (b. 1868)

• Oct. 18 Michiaki Kamada

  Japanese admiral (b. 1890)

• Oct. 26 Edwin Savage

  English priest and author (b. 1862)

• Oct. 26 Canon Edwin Sidney Savage

  English rector (born 1862)

• Oct. 27 William Fay

  Irish actor and producer, co-founded the abbey theatre (b. 1872)

• Oct. 29 Theodore Samuel Holland

  Composer dies at 69

• Oct. 29 Frances Cleveland Preston

  Former first lady (usa) dies in baltimore, maryland at the age of 83.