31 notable people died on October 1, including Abdur Rahman Khan, Jerome, Joan of England.
21st Century
4 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)
PJ
Pétur M. Jónasson
ecologistfreshwater biologist
Icelandic biologist (1920-2020)
BW
Bernie Wijesekara
journalistsports journalist
Sri Lankan sports journalist (1930-2014)
20th Century
10 deaths
Abdur Rahman Khan
politician
Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901
Henry Larcom Abbot
civil engineerengineer
American military officer (1831-1927)
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)
Anton Marty
Catholic priestpedagogue
Swiss philosopher and educationist (1847-1914)
Pietro Maria Bardi
art historiancurator
Italian curator and writer (1900-1999)
Richard Henke
chemist
Austrian chemist and inventor (1900-1963)
MN
Marjory Lydia Nicholls
poetwriter
Drama producer and teacher, debater, poet (1890-1930)
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Stan Ockers
sport cyclisttrack cyclist
Belgian road bicycle racer (1920–1956)
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
Theophilus Cibber
playwrightstage actor
English writer (1703-1758)
Jacob Rasch
kancellirådwriter
Norwegian writer
17th Century
5 deaths
Adrian von Mynsicht
chemistphysician
German alchemist
Pierre-Paul Riquet
architectengineer
French engineer
Lucy Hutchinson
biographerphysician
British writer (1620-1681)
Gebhard XXV. von Alvensleben
historianpoet
German poet and historian
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
3 deaths
Joan of England
queen
Queen of Sicily (1165-1199)
Innocent II
Catholic priestwriter
Pope of the Catholic Church (1130–1143)
Nasu no Yoichi
bushisoldier
Samurai
5th Century
1 death
Jerome
anchoriteapologist
4th and 5th-century Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint and Doctor of the Church
4th Century BC
1 death
Philip III of Macedon
politician
King of Macedonia
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