- Oct 1 Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic stage and screen actress, singer, theater director, and painter, dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 58
- Oct 9 Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director (Ashes & Diamonds, Man of Iron), dies at 90
- Oct 14 Jean Alexander, English actress (Hilda Ogden on Coronation Street), dies at 90
- Oct 17 Eddie Applegate, American actor (The Patty Duke Show - "Richard"), dies at 81
- Oct 18 Anthony Addabbo, American actor (Jason-Generations), dies at 56
- Oct 21 Manfred Krug, German actor (Boxer), dies at 79
- Oct 23 Jack Chick, American religious cartoonist (Chick tracts), dies at 92
- Oct 27 Pentti Siimes, Finnish actor (Miriam), dies at 87
- Oct 31 Tammy Grimes, American stage actress (Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 82
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