History Deaths on October 10

Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (b. 1874)

#Gustave_Whitehead

Abbas ibn Ali, son of Imam Ali

#Abbas_ibn_Ali

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (b. 1952)

#Diepreye_Alamieyeseigha

Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (b. 1940)

#Solomon_Burke

Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (b. 1844)

#Adolf_Engler

Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist and academic (b. 1646)

#Pierre_Le_Pesant,_sieur_de_Boisguilbert

Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (b. 1881)

#Ludwig_von_Mises

Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1935)

#Alex_Karras

David Gregory, Scottish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1659)

#David_Gregory_(mathematician)

Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1976)

#Stephen_Gately

Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)

#Hugh_IV_of_Cyprus

Germanicus, Roman general (b. 15 BC)

#Germanicus

Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)

#Lip_Pike

Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson model (b. 1918)

#Michael_J._S._Dewar

Thomas Traherne, English poet (b. c. 1637)

#Thomas_Traherne

Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)

#Sirimavo_Bandaranaike

George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (b. 1781)

#George_Washington_Parke_Custis

Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (b. 1884)

#Chikuhei_Nakajima

Katsura Tar?, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)

#Katsura_Tar?

Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)

#Antoine_Coysevox

Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (b. 1934)

#Piotr_Lenartowicz

Clark Clifford, American captain, lawyer, and politician 9th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1906)

#Clark_Clifford

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)

#Aleksey_Konstantinovich_Tolstoy

Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915)

#Édith_Piaf

Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)

#Eugene_Istomin

August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1855)

#August_Kitzberg

Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (b. 1936)

#Pavel_Landovský

Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn, son of Al-Husayn

#Ali_al-Asghar_ibn_Husayn

Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (b. 1920)

#Basil_L._Plumley

William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)

#William_H._Seward

Isaac de Benserade, French author and poet (b. 1613)

#Isaac_de_Benserade

Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1438)

#Peter_II,_Duke_of_Bourbon

Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)

#Carol_I_of_Romania

Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (b. 1919)

#Kyaw_Zaw

Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1958)

#Olav_Dale

Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek physician and author (b. 1866)

#Andreas_Karkavitsas

Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)

#Steve_Mackay

Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (b. 1772)

#Prince_Louis_Ferdinand_of_Prussia_(1772-1806)

Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)

#Lionel_Sackville,_1st_Duke_of_Dorset

Granville Elliott, English general (b. 1713)

#Granville_Elliott

Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, 105th Prime Minister of France (b. 1884)

#Édouard_Daladier

Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (b. 1870)

#Charlotte_Cooper_(tennis)

Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1925)

#Scott_Carpenter

Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (b. 1952)

#Christopher_Reeve

Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1841)

#Henry_Dobson

Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine

#Frederick_II,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1941)

#Jagjit_Singh

Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)

#Orson_Welles

Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (b. 1910)

#Ralph_Metcalfe

Habib ibn Madhahir

#Habib_ibn_Madhahir

Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)

#Charles_Joseph_Sainte-Claire_Deville

Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (b. 1925)

#Milton_Obote

Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (b. 1926)

#Joan_Sutherland

Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (b. 1933)

#Jay_Conrad_Levinson

Werner Heyking, Danish actor (b. 1913)

#Werner_Heyking

John Potter, English archbishop and academic (b. 1674)

#John_Potter_(bishop)

Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1893)

#Roy_Cazaly

Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (b. 1924)

#Sybil_Stockdale

Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (b. 1934)

#Hilla_Becher

Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1876)

#Berton_Churchill

Karl Genzken, German physician (b. 1885)

#Karl_Genzken

Gustave Loiseau, French painter (b. 1865)

#Gustave_Loiseau

Husayn ibn Ali, third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (b. 626)

#Husayn_ibn_Ali

Ralph Richardson, English actor (b. 1902)

#Ralph_Richardson

Yul Brynner, Russian actor (b. 1920)

#Yul_Brynner

Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn, son of Al-Husayn

#Ali_al-Akbar_ibn_Husayn

Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)

#Lorenzo_Snow

Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (b. 1927)

#Sohei_Miyashita

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1665)

#William_Cowper,_1st_Earl_Cowper

Manorama Indian (Tamil) actress (b. 1937)

#Manorama_(Tamil_actress)

Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)

#Richard_F._Heck

Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)

#Cal_Smith

Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor (b. 1922)

#Eila_Hiltunen

Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (b. 1920)

#Sam_Gibbons

Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (b. 1888)

#Heinrich_Neuhaus

Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)

#Adolphus_Busch

Abel Tasman, Dutch merchant and explorer (b. 1603)

#Abel_Tasman

Charles Fourier, French philosopher and academic (b. 1772)

#Charles_Fourier

Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet (b. 1778)

#Ugo_Foscolo

Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1892)

#Eddie_Cantor

Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (b. 1926)

Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (b. 1947)

Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (b. 1977)

Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1971)

Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (b. 1921)

Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (b. 1941)

Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (b. 1947)

Ian Scott, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)

Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and academic (b. 1932)

Wayne C. Booth, American educator and critic (b. 1921)

Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (b. 1932)

Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (b. 1915)

Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963)

Vasily Mishin, Russian engineer (b. 1917)

Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (b. 1911)

Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler and manager (b. 1957)

Marvin Gay, Sr., American minister (b. 1914)

Nickolaus Hirschl, Austrian wrestler, discus thrower, and shot putter (b. 1906)

Nikolaos Pavlopoulos, Greek sculptor and academic (b. 1909)

Tom Murton, American penologist and activist (b. 1928)

Behice Boran, Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (b. 1910)

Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1899)

Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (b. 1908)

Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1886)

Christopher Evans, English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (b. 1931)

Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914)

Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (b. 1930)

Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarevi?, Bosnian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)

Silvana Armenuli?, Bosnian singer and actress (b. 1939)

John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (b. 1901)

Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian-Polish architect (b. 1891)

Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1884)

Ted Horn, American race car driver (b. 1910)

Gabriel Prosser, American rebel leader (b. 1776)

Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (b. 1714)

Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, French politician, Governor of New France (b. 1643)

Patrick Dunbar, 8th Earl of Dunbar

Wang Lingmou, chancellor of Wu

Pope Valentine (b. 800)

Paulinus of York, English bishop and missionary