Famous people died in October - page 28

Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy was an American bestselling author and historian known for his detailed storytelling

AmericanApril 12, 1947183 views

William Vickrey

William Vickrey was a Canadian born American economist, who won the Nobel Prize for research into the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information

AmericanJune 21, 1914129 views

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh was a famous American actress, dancer, author and singer

AmericanJuly 6, 1927132 views

Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve was an American actor of the ‘Superman’ fame

AmericanSeptember 25, 1952123 views

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish poet, writer and cleric who gained reputation as a great political writer and an essayist

IrishNovember 30, 1667163 views

Tecumseh

Tecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee clan

AmericanJanuary 1, 1768520 views

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs was a legendary figure and master of innovation who created history with his revolution in consumer electronics

AmericanFebruary 24, 1955337 views

Maurice Allais

Maurice Allais was a French Economist who won the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

FrenchMay 31, 1911207 views

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks, also known as ‘the first lady of civil rights’ and ‘the mother of the freedom movement’, was a famous African-American civil rights activist

Rose Macaulay

Rose Macaulay was an English author who primarily wrote novels along with several biographies and travel writings

BritishAugust 1, 1881194 views