Christian Dior
Oct 23 Christian Dior, French fashion designer (New Look), dies of a heart attack at 52
Albert Anastasia
Oct 25 Albert Anastasia [Umberto Anastasio], American gangster (murder Inc), murdered at 55
- Oct 26 Níkos Kazantzákis, prominent Greek writer and philosopher (Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ), dies at 74
- Oct 28 Anthony J Morabito, co-owner of San Francisco '49ers, dies while watching a game
- Oct 29 Louis B. Mayer, American film producer and creator of the star system (MGM), dies at 71
- Oct 29 Rosemarie Nitribitt, German call girl, strangled in her apartment in an unsolved murder at 24