Died On October 7th
Discover the most famous people who died on October 7. The list includes people like Edgar Allan Poe, Guru Gobind Singh, George Mason, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Allan Bloom. Famous personalities featured on this list, include novelists, inventors, neurologists and journalists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & Australia and many more countries.
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Edgar Allan Poe(Writer and Poet - Widely Regarded as a Central Figure of Romanticism in the United States)
Birthdate: January 19, 1809
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1849
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Mario J. Molina(Mexican Chemist Who Won Nobel Prize for Discovering the Threat to Earth's Ozone Layer from CFC Gases)
Birthdate: March 19, 1943
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: 2020
Birthdate: December 11, 1725
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Fairfax County, Virginia
Died: 1792
4
Mario Lanza
(Actor, Tenor)
Birthdate: January 31, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1959
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Leo Durocher
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: July 27, 1905
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: West Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1991
Birthdate: November 26, 1910
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Durban, South Africa
Died: 1993
Birthdate: August 12, 1880
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Factoryville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1925
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Carlos Gracie(Martial Artist and Developer of ‘Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’)
Birthdate: September 14, 1902
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belém, Pará, Brazil
Died: 1994
Birthdate: August 28, 1949
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bangor, Maine, USA
Died: 2005
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
Birthdate: August 3, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Melbourne
Died: 1919
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Chris Adams
(English Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: February 10, 1955
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Died: 2001
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: August 29, 1809
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1894
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Anna Politkovskaya
(Russian Journalist and Human Rights Activist)
Birthdate: August 30, 1958
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2006
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Clarence Birdseye
(Inventor, Engineer)
Birthdate: December 9, 1886
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1956
Birthdate: November 3, 1927
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2018
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Harvey Cushing(American Neurosurgeon, Pathologist, Writer and the First Person to Describe Cushing’s Disease)
Birthdate: April 8, 1869
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: 1939
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George Baker
(English Actor and Writer Known for His Film 'I Claudius' and TV Series 'The Ruth Rendell Mysteries')
Birthdate: April 1, 1931
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Varna, Bulgaria
Died: 2011
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: September 14, 1930
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Indianapolis
Died: 1992
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Eleanor Lambert
(Fashion Publicist)
Birthdate: August 10, 1903
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States
Died: 2003
Birthdate: February 15, 1856
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Neustrelitz, Germany
Died: 1926
Birthdate: August 12, 1880
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Died: 1943
Birthdate: September 18, 1905
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 1993
Birthdate: September 17, 0879
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: France
Died: 0929
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Irving Penn
(Photographer)
Birthdate: June 16, 1917
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Plainfield
Died: 2009
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Daniel Chester French
(Sculptor)
Birthdate: April 20, 1850
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Exeter
Died: 1931
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John Langdon Down
(Physician, Psychiatrist, Neurologist)
Birthdate: November 18, 1828
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Torpoint
Died: 1896
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Maud Allan
(Canadian Dancer Known for Her 'Dance of the Seven Veils')
Birthdate: August 27, 1873
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: 1956
Birthdate: November 19, 1912
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Iași, Romania
Died: 2008
Birthdate: February 12, 1870
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hoxton, London, United Kingdom
Died: 1922
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Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy
(Victor Amadeus I)
Birthdate: May 8, 1587
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
Died: 1637
Birthdate: December 22, 1666
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Patna, India
Died: 1708
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Seebohm Rowntree
(British Sociologist and Philanthropist Known for His Studies of Poverty and Welfare)
Birthdate: July 7, 1871
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: York, England
Died: 1954
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Natalia Ginzburg
(Auhtor Known for His Works 'Family Sayings' and 'The Advertisement')
Birthdate: July 14, 1916
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Died: 1991
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Patrice Chéreau
(French Opera/Stage Director and Filmmaker)
Birthdate: November 2, 1944
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lézigné, Huillé-Lézigné, France
Died: 2013
35
Harry Gallatin
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: April 26, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Roxana, Illinois, United States
Died: 2015
36
Majid bin Said of Zanzibar
(Politician)
Birthdate: 1834 AD
Birthplace: Unguja, Tanzania
Died: 1870
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Robert F. Stockton
(Senator)
Birthdate: August 20, 1795
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1866
Birthdate: May 12, 1898
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Geneva
Died: 1986
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Andrew Brimmer
(Economist)
Birthdate: September 13, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Newellton, Louisiana, United States
Died: 2012
40
Siegfried Lenz
(German Writer Best Known For His Novel ‘The German Lesson')
Birthdate: March 17, 1926
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Elk, Poland
Died: 2014
41
Shelby Singleton
(Record producer)
Birthdate: December 16, 1931
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Waskom, Texas, United States
Died: 2009
Birthdate: December 22, 1899
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, Germany
Died: 1963
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Herblock
(Editorial Cartoonist)
Birthdate: October 13, 1909
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2001
Birthdate: April 26, 1906
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Munich, German Empire Germany
Died: 1937
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Niels Kaj Jerne
(Danish Immunologist Known for the Discovery of the Principle for Production of Monoclonal Antibodies)
Birthdate: December 23, 1911
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1994
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Willis Carrier
(Engineer, Inventor)
Birthdate: November 26, 1876
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Angola, New York, United States
Died: 1950
Birthdate: February 16, 1951
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: 2005
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William Wetmore Story
(Poet)
Birthdate: February 12, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1895
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Walter William Skeat
(Anthropologist)
Birthdate: November 21, 1835
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: 1912
Birthdate: August 11, 1932
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Minnedosa, Canada
Died: 2003
