22 notable people died on October 1, including Abdur Rahman Khan, Jerome, Joan of England.
21st Century
2 deathsBB
Brian Douglas Bell
environmental consultantornithologist
New Zealand ornithologist and environmental consultant (1930-2016)
Boris Yefimov
animatorcaricaturist
Soviet and Russian political and propaganda artist (1900-2008)
20th Century
6 deaths
Abdur Rahman Khan
politician
Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901
Albert Stewart Meek
entomologistnaturalist
British naturalist, ornithologist and scientific collector (1871–1943)
John Langenus
association football playerassociation football referee
Belgian football referee (1891-1952)
Thomas Chisholm
lecturerphysician
Canadian politician (1842–1931)
Pietro Maria Bardi
art historiancurator
Italian curator and writer (1900-1999)
Richard Henke
chemist
Austrian chemist and inventor (1900-1963)
19th Century
3 deaths
Knut Frænkel
balloonistcivil engineer
Swedish engineer and arctic explorer (1870–1897)
Nils Strindberg
engineerexplorer
Swedish photographer (1872–1897)
PV
Pompée Valentin Vastey
historianpolitician
Haitian politician
18th Century
2 deaths
Jacob Rasch
kancellirådwriter
Norwegian writer
Theophilus Cibber
playwrightstage actor
English writer (1703-1758)
17th Century
4 deaths
Adrian von Mynsicht
chemistphysician
German alchemist
Pierre-Paul Riquet
architectengineer
French engineer
Lucy Hutchinson
biographerphysician
British writer (1620-1681)
GH
Gerrit Willemsz Horst
draftspersonpainter
Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1612/1613–1652)
16th Century
2 deaths
Sebastian Franck
theologiantranslator
German Renaissance humanist
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera
diplomatexplorer
Italo-Spanish historian and diplomat
12th Century
2 deaths
Joan of England
queen
Queen of Sicily (1165-1199)
Innocent II
Catholic priestwriter
Pope of the Catholic Church (1130–1143)
5th Century
1 death
Jerome
anchoriteapologist
4th and 5th-century Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint and Doctor of the Church
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