Pius XII (1876-1958)
Oct 9 260th Roman Catholic Pope (1939-58), dies of heart failure at 82
- Oct 11 Johannes R. Becher, German writer and politician, dies at 67
- Oct 12 Ed Hinton, American actor (I Lived 3 Lives -"Agent Henderson"), dies in a plane crash at Santa Catalina Island, California at 39
- Oct 12 Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect and painter, dies at 59
- Oct 12 Gordon Griffith, American silent and sound screen child actor, first to portray Tarzan on film (as Young Tarzan in "Tarzan of the Apes" (1918)), dies of a heart attack at 51
- Oct 13 Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, Russian composer, dies at 59 (b. 1899)
- Oct 14 Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and educator, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 76
- Oct 15 Jack Mason, English cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies at 84
- Oct 15 Jan Poortenaar, Dutch painter, etcher and cartoonist, dies at 72
- Oct 15 John Hamilton, American actor (The Adventures of Superman - "Perry White"), dies of heart failure at 71
- Oct 17 Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies at 81
- Oct 17 Paul Outerbridge, American photographer, dies at 63
- Oct 24 Esther Delterne, Flemish actress/revue-artists, dies at 81
G. E. Moore (1873-1958)
Oct 24 English philosopher (systematic approach to ethical problems), dies at 84
- Oct 24 Martin Shaw, English composer, dies at 83
- Oct 27 Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch historian, poet and politician, dies at 74
- Oct 27 Joseph Klausner, Polish-Israeli new testament expert, dies at 84
- Oct 29 Zoe Akins, American playwright (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1935), dies at 71
- Oct 30 Rose Macaulay, English writer (The Towers of Trebizond), dies at 77
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