Famous people died in October - page 15

Ben Bradlee

Ben Bradlee

Benjamin Bradlee was a distinguished journalist, best known for his work at The Washington Post

AmericanAugust 26, 1921122 views

Louis Leakey

Louis Leakey was a Kenyan-British anthropologist who findings greatly altered conceptions about the origins and course of the evolution of human life

KenyanAugust 7, 1903187 views

Jagjit Singh

Jagjit Singh was a renowned Indian Ghazal singer, writer and musician, famously dubbed as the ‘Ghazal King’

IndianFebruary 8, 1941164 views

Guru Dutt

Guru Dutt was a renowned Indian filmmaker, most remembered for his cult classics such as ‘Pyaasa’ and ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’

IndianJuly 9, 1925118 views

George Mason

George Mason was an American statesman and a delegate to the U.S

AmericanDecember 11, 1725181 views

Al Davis

Al Davis was an American football coach and executive

AmericanJuly 4, 1929136 views

Amrita Pritam

Amrita Pritam was an Indian writer and poet best known for the poem ‘Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu’

IndianAugust 31, 1919225 views

Raja Ravi Varma

Raja Ravi Varma was a renowned Indian painter who greatly influenced the future generations of Indian painters

IndianApril 29, 1848122 views

John Smeaton

John Smeaton was an English engineer famously known as the ‘Father of Civil Engineering’

BritishJune 8, 1724205 views

Jacques Arcadelt

Jacques Arcadelt was a popular Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance period

French1507105 views