Oskar Schindler
Oct 9 Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman and subject of the novel "Schindler's Ark" and the film "Schindler's List", dies at 66

Oskar Schindler
- Oct 10 Marie Luise Kaschnitz, writer, dies at 73
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Oct 10 Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Soviet sniper during World War II and the most successful female sniper in history with 309 confirmed kills, dies of a stroke at 58

Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Ed Sullivan
Oct 13 Ed Sullivan, American television host (The Ed Sullivan Show), dies of esophageal cancer at 73

Ed Sullivan
- Oct 16 Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, noted Carnatic musician (b. 1895)
- Oct 17 René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57
- Oct 24 David Oistrakh, Soviet violinist considered one of the preeminent violinists of the 20th century (Moscow Conservatory), dies at 66
- Oct 27 Rudolf Dassler, German entrepreneur who founded sportswear company Puma, dies at 76
- Oct 29 Victor E. van Vriesland, Dutch poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82