- Oct 1 Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36
- Oct 2 George Bancroft, American actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74
- Oct 2 Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist, dies at 73
- Oct 6 Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42
- Oct 6 Charles E. Merrill, American investment banker (Merrill Lynch), dies at 70
Clarence Birdseye
Oct 7 Clarence Birdseye, American inventor and founder of the modern frozen food industry (Birdseye), dies of a heart attack at 69
Clarence Birdseye
- Oct 8 Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69
- Oct 9 Marie Doro, American stage and film actress of the early silent film era (The Heart of Nora Flynn, The White Pearl), dies at 74
- Oct 16 Jules Rimet, president of FIFA (b. 1873)
- Oct 17 Anne Crawford, British film actress (Knights of the Round Table), dies of leukaemia at 35
- Oct 19 Isham Jones, American musician, bandleader and songwriter (Star Dust, I'll See You in My Dreams), dies at 62
- Oct 24 Henry Nicholas Ridley, British botanist (Malay Peninsula rubber industry), dies at 100
- Oct 25 Risto Ryti, Finnish minister/premier/president, dies at 67
- Oct 26 Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60
Pío Baroja
Oct 30 Pío Baroja y Nessi, Spanish Basque writer, author of over 100 novels (The Struggle for Life, Zalacain the Adventurer), dies at 83
Pío Baroja