Herbert Henry Dow
Oct 15 Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist (Dow Chemical), dies from cirrhosis of the liver at 64
- Oct 15 Ernest Wilson, English botanist (plant collector in China), dies in a car accident at 54
- Oct 24 Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor and director (Dr Faustus), dies at 26
- Oct 26 Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and thoroughbred horse breeder, dies at 58
- Oct 26 Waldemar Haffkine, Ukrainian bacteriologist (1st to develop and use vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague), dies at 70
- Oct 30 Sakichi Toyoda, Japanese inventor and industrialist (Toyota Industries), dies at 63