Famous people and celebrities who died in October 1960

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in October 1960. 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 Jaroslav Doubrava

  Composer dies at 51

• Oct. 6 Douglas Spencer

  Actor (the thing), passes away at 50

• Oct. 11 Richard Cromwell

  Oliver cromwell was a british politician, and he is the son of a prominent family. he tried to carry on the same public policies after his father's death but was unable to do so due to his father's inabilities. due to charles ii's resonance, he was forced to resign may 1659.

• Oct. 12 Inejiro Asanuma

  Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898)

• Oct. 14 Abram Ioffe

  Russian scientist and academic (d. 1960).

• Oct. 15 Henny Porten

  German actress and one of the first silent film stars in germany. her father, an opera singer franz porten, or kurt stark, her first husband, directed many of her films. in 1914, she started her own production company. she worked in sound films until her career was over, but she rarely worked during the third reich era, as her second …

• Oct. 15 Clara Kimball Young

  American actress and producer (b. 1890)

• Oct. 15 Maude Eburne

  Actress (ladies they talk about, guardsman) dies at 84

• Oct. 19 George Wallace

  Controversial Alabama governor known for his segregationist stance during the Civil Rights era. He was a prominent Democratic politician who served multiple terms and ran for president several times. Despite his divisive political career, he later attempted to reconcile with civil rights leaders.

• Oct. 19 Hjalmar Dahl

  Finnish journalist, translator and writer (b. 1891)

• Oct. 22 Edgar Scauflaire

  Belgian, painter / decorator, dies at 67

• Oct. 25 Harry Ferguson

  Irish-english engineer, founded the ferguson company (b. 1884)

• Oct. 25 Jose Padilla

  Composer dies at 71

• Oct. 26 Toshizō Nishio

  Japanese general (d. 1960)

• Oct. 30 Alfred Hill

  Composer dies at 89

• Oct. 31 H. L. Davis

  American author and poet (b. 1894)