October 8

Pre-1600

 * 314 – Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories.
 * 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.
 * 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
 * 1075 – Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
 * 1200 – Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
 * 1322 – Mladen II Šubić of Bribir is deposed as the Croatian Ban after the Battle of Bliska.
 * 1480 – The Great Stand on the Ugra River puts an end to Tartar rule over Moscow
 * 1573 – End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.

1601–1900

 * 1645 – Jeanne Mance opens the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.
 * 1813 – The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.
 * 1821 – The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence.
 * 1829 – Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.
 * 1856 – The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident.
 * 1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
 * 1871 – Slash-and-burn land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong cold front cause the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires to break out.
 * 1879 – War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
 * 1895 – Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.

1901–present

 * 1912 – The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
 * 1918 – World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
 * 1921 – KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
 * 1939 – World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
 * 1941 – World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
 * 1943 – World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
 * 1944 – World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
 * 1952 – The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
 * 1956 – The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
 * 1962 – Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
 * 1967 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
 * 1969 – The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
 * 1970 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
 * 1973 – Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
 * 1973  – Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
 * 1974 – Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
 * 1978 – Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.
 * 1982 – Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
 * 1982  – After its London premiere, Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
 * 1990 – First Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
 * 1991 – Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
 * 2001 – A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
 * 2001  – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
 * 2005 – The 7.6 Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
 * 2014 – Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.
 * 2016 – In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
 * 2019 – About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.
 * 2020 – Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.
 * 2023 – The 2023 Israel–Hamas war is declared following the Hamas attack the day prior

Pre-1600

 * 319 BC – Pyrrhus of Epirus (d. 272 BC)
 * 1150 – Narapatisithu, king of Burma (d. 1211)
 * 1515 – Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas (d. 1578)
 * 1551 – Giulio Caccini, Italian composer (d. 1618)
 * 1553 – Jacques Auguste de Thou, French historian (d. 1617)
 * 1585 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (d. 1672)

1601–1900

 * 1609 – John Clarke, English physician (d. 1676)
 * 1676 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (d. 1764)
 * 1713 – Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and author (d. 1793)
 * 1715 – Michel Benoist, French scientist and missionary (d. 1774)
 * 1747 – Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (d. 1807)
 * 1753 – Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (d. 1829)
 * 1765 – Harman Blennerhassett, English-Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1831)
 * 1789 – John Ruggles, American lawyer and politician (d. 1874)
 * 1789  – William John Swainson, English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1855)
 * 1807 – Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and activist (d. 1858)
 * 1818 – John Henninger Reagan, American judge and politician, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
 * 1834 – Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (d. 1905)
 * 1845 – Salomon Kalischer, German pianist, composer, and physicist (d. 1924)
 * 1847 – Rose Scott, Australian activist (d. 1925)
 * 1848 – Pierre De Geyter, Belgian composer (d. 1932)
 * 1850 – Henry Louis Le Châtelier, French chemist and academic (d. 1936)
 * 1860 – John D. Batten, British painter, printmaker and illustrator (d. 1932)
 * 1863 – Edythe Chapman, American actress (d. 1948)
 * 1864 – Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1955)
 * 1870 – Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (d. 1937)
 * 1872 – Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (d. 1952)
 * 1873 – Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (d. 1967)
 * 1873  – Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (d. 1949)
 * 1875 – Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer (d. 1919)
 * 1876 – Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1966)
 * 1877 – Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter (d. 1968)
 * 1879 – Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (d. 1956)
 * 1882 – Harry McClintock, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1957)
 * 1883 – Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
 * 1883  – Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
 * 1884 – Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (d. 1942)
 * 1887 – Ping Bodie, American baseball player (d. 1961)
 * 1887  – Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (d. 1972)
 * 1888 – Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (d. 1964)
 * 1889 – R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian engineer (d. 1983)
 * 1889  – Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (d. 1966)
 * 1890 – Snuffy Browne, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1964)
 * 1890  – Eddie Rickenbacker, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1973)
 * 1890  – Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
 * 1892 – Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (d. 1941)
 * 1893 – Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
 * 1895 – Zog I of Albania (d. 1961)
 * 1895  – Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina (d. 1974)
 * 1896 – Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
 * 1897 – Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
 * 1897  – Marcel Herrand, French actor (d. 1953)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (d. 1977)
 * 1901  – Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia (d. 2000)
 * 1903 – Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player (d. 1937)
 * 1904 – Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver (d. 1973)
 * 1907 – Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (d. 1975)
 * 1908 – Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician (d. 1988)
 * 1910 – Kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)
 * 1910  – Paulette Dubost, French actress (d. 2011)
 * 1910  – Gus Hall, American soldier and politician (d. 2000)
 * 1910  – Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (d. 2006)
 * 1910  – Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003)
 * 1913 – Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
 * 1913  – Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (d. 1959)
 * 1917 – Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)
 * 1917  – Walter Lord, American historian and author (d. 2002)
 * 1917  – Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976)
 * 1917  – Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
 * 1918 – Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012)
 * 1918  – Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
 * 1919 – Jack McGrath, American race car driver (d. 1955)
 * 1919  – Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)
 * 1920 – Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author (d. 1986)
 * 1921 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2010)
 * 1922 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2007)
 * 1922  – Herbert B. Leonard, American production manager and producer (d. 2006)
 * 1924 – Alphons Egli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2016)
 * 1924  – Aloísio Lorscheider, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2007)
 * 1924  – Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (d. 2006)
 * 1924  – John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (d. 2010)
 * 1925 – Álvaro Magaña, Salvadoran economist and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2001)
 * 1926 – Raaj Kumar, Indian police officer and actor (d. 1996)
 * 1927 – Jim Elliot, American missionary and translator (d. 1956)
 * 1927  – César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
 * 1928 – Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2001)
 * 1928  – M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader (d. 2023)
 * 1928  – Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
 * 1928  – Bill Maynard, English actor (d. 2018)
 * 1929 – Betty Boothroyd, English politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 2023)
 * 1930 – Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1986)
 * 1930  – Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (d. 2013)
 * 1930  – Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist (d. 2024)
 * 1930  – Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and theorist (d. 1996)
 * 1931 – Bill Brown, Scottish footballer (d. 2004)
 * 1932 – Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer
 * 1934 – Kader Asmal, South African academic and politician (d. 2011)
 * 1934  – Gerry Hitchens, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
 * 1934  – James Holshouser, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2013)
 * 1935 – Albert Roux, French-English chef (d. 2021)
 * 1936 – Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman
 * 1937 – Merle Park, British ballerina and educator
 * 1937  – Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (d. 2014)
 * 1938 – William Corlett, English author and playwright (d. 2005)
 * 1938  – Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author (d. 2021)
 * 1938  – Bronislovas Lubys, Lithuanian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania (d. 2011)
 * 1938  – Fred Stolle, Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster
 * 1939 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1939  – Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower
 * 1939  – Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (d. 2010)
 * 1939  – Lynne Stewart, American lawyer and criminal (d. 2017)
 * 1940 – Fred Cash, American singer
 * 1941 – George Bellamy, English singer, guitarist, and producer
 * 1941  – Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist
 * 1941  – Shane Stevens, American author (d. 2007)
 * 1942 – Stanley Bates, English actor and screenwriter
 * 1943 – Chevy Chase, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
 * 1943  – R. L. Stine, American author, screenwriter, and producer
 * 1944 – Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (d. 2010)
 * 1944  – Susan Raye, American singer
 * 1946 – Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician
 * 1946  – Jean-Jacques Beineix, French director and producer (d. 2022)
 * 1946  – Dennis Kucinich, American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland
 * 1946  – Bel Mooney, English journalist and author
 * 1946  – Jon Ekerold, South African motorcycle racer
 * 1947 – Richard Morris, English archaeologist, historian, and author
 * 1947  – Emiel Puttemans, Belgian runner
 * 1947  – Stephen Shore, American photographer and educator
 * 1947  – Bill Zorn, folk musician
 * 1947 – Hansa Yogendra, Indian yoga guru
 * 1948 – Benjamin Cheever, American journalist and author
 * 1948  – Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006)
 * 1948  – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)
 * 1949  – Michael Gaughan (Irish republican), Irish Republican died on hunger strike (d. 1974)
 * 1949 – Hamish Stuart, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1949  – Sigourney Weaver, American actress and producer
 * 1950 – Robert "Kool" Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
 * 1950  – Blake Morrison, English poet, author, and academic
 * 1951 – Jack O'Connell, American educator and politician
 * 1951  – Timo Salonen, Finnish race car driver
 * 1951  – Shannon C. Stimson, American philosopher, historian, and theorist
 * 1951  – Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, British aristocrat and landowner (d. 2023)
 * 1952 – Takis Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach
 * 1952  – Jan Marijnissen, Dutch journalist and politician
 * 1952  – Edward Zwick, American director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1953 – Robert Saxton, English composer and educator
 * 1954 – Michael Dudikoff, American actor
 * 1954  – Huub Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver and manager
 * 1955 – Bill Elliott, American race car driver
 * 1955  – Alain Ferté, French race car driver
 * 1955  – Darrell Hammond, American comedian and actor
 * 1955  – Paul Lennon, Australian politician, 42nd Premier of Tasmania
 * 1955  – Lonnie Pitchford, American singer and guitarist (d. 1998)
 * 1956 – Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
 * 1956  – Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (d. 2012)
 * 1956  – Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress
 * 1957 – Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager
 * 1958 – Steve Coll, American journalist and author
 * 1958  – Bret Lott, American  journalist, author, and academic
 * 1958  – Ruffin McNeill, American football player and coach
 * 1958  – Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian-German physician and politician, Defense Minister of Germany, President of the European Commission
 * 1959 – Tommy Armour III, American golfer
 * 1959  – Nick Bakay, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1959  – Gavin Friday, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
 * 1959  – Erik Gundersen, Danish motorcycle racer
 * 1959  – Peter Horrocks, English journalist and producer
 * 1959  – Mike Morgan, American baseball player and coach
 * 1959  – Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American colonel and astronaut
 * 1960 – Andrea Anastasi, Italian volleyball player and coach
 * 1960  – Reed Hastings, American businessman, co-founded Netflix
 * 1960  – Rano Karno, Indonesian actor and politician
 * 1960  – Ralf Minge, German footballer and manager
 * 1960  – François Pérusse, Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian
 * 1960  – Mike Teague, English rugby player
 * 1961 – Steven Bernstein, American trumpet player and composer
 * 1961  – Jon Stevens, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
 * 1961  – Simon Burke, Australian actor and producer
 * 1961  – Ted Kooshian, American pianist and composer
 * 1961  – Kim Wayans, American actress and comedian
 * 1962 – Richard Lintern, British actor
 * 1962  – Bruno Thiry, Belgian race car driver
 * 1962  – Chen Xiaoxia, Chinese diver
 * 1963 – Steve Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1964 – Jakob Arjouni, German author (d. 2013)
 * 1964  – Ian Hart, English actor
 * 1964  – CeCe Winans, American singer-songwriter
 * 1965 – Matt Biondi, American swimmer and coach
 * 1965  – Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
 * 1965  – Harri Koskela, Finnish wrestler
 * 1965  – C. J. Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player
 * 1966 – Art Barr, American wrestler (d. 1994)
 * 1966  – Karyn Parsons, American actress and producer
 * 1967 – Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan television host and actress
 * 1967  – Teddy Riley, American singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1968 – Ali Benarbia, Algerian footballer
 * 1968  – Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer and sportscaster
 * 1968  – Emily Procter, American actress
 * 1968  – CL Smooth, American rapper and producer
 * 1968  – Leeroy Thornhill, English keyboard player and DJ
 * 1969 – Dylan Neal, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1970 – Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese colonel
 * 1970  – Matt Damon, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1970  – Anne-Marie Duff, English actress
 * 1970  – Sadiq Khan, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport, Mayor of London
 * 1970  – Sisaundra Lewis, American singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1970  – Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game designer and director
 * 1971 – Marc Ellis, New Zealand rugby player and television host
 * 1971  – David Gauke, English lawyer and politician
 * 1971  – Pınar Selek, Turkish sociologist, author, and academic
 * 1971  – Monty Williams, American basketball player and coach
 * 1972 – Terry Balsamo, American guitarist and songwriter
 * 1972  – Stanislav Varga, Slovak footballer and manager
 * 1973 – Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1973  – Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist
 * 1974 – Kevyn Adams, American ice hockey player and coach
 * 1974  – Martin Henderson, New Zealand actor
 * 1974  – Fredrik Modin, Swedish ice hockey player
 * 1974  – Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
 * 1976 – Karina Bacchi, Brazilian model and actress
 * 1976  – Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player and coach
 * 1976  – Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater and cyclist
 * 1977 – Anne-Caroline Chausson, French cyclist
 * 1977  – Jamie Marchi, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
 * 1977  – Erna Siikavirta, Finnish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
 * 1978 – Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer
 * 1978  – Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player and coach
 * 1979 – Paul Burchill, English wrestler
 * 1979  – Kristanna Loken, American actress
 * 1979  – Gregori Chad Petree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1980 – Nick Cannon, American actor, rapper, and producer
 * 1980  – Branislav Mezei, Slovak ice hockey player
 * 1980  – The Miz, American wrestler, actor, and television personality
 * 1980  – J. R. Ramirez, Cuban-American actor
 * 1981 – Vladimir Kisenkov, Russian footballer
 * 1981  – Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1982 – Phil Mustard, English cricketer
 * 1982  – Miloš Pavlović, Serbian race car driver
 * 1982  – Annemiek van Vleuten, Dutch cyclist
 * 1983 – Mario Cassano, Italian footballer
 * 1983  – Michael Fraser, Scottish footballer
 * 1983  – Mihkel Kukk, Estonian javelin thrower
 * 1983  – Abhishek Nayar, Indian cricketer
 * 1983  – Travis Pastrana, American motorcycle racer
 * 1984 – Domenik Hixon, American football player
 * 1985 – Elliphant, Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper
 * 1985  – Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
 * 1985  – Eiji Wentz, Japanese singer-songwriter
 * 1986 – Louis Dodds, English footballer
 * 1986  – Michele Sepe, Italian rugby player
 * 1987 – Frankie Brown, Scottish footballer
 * 1987  – Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer
 * 1987  – Hassan Maatouk, Lebanese footballer
 * 1987  – Taylor Price, American football player
 * 1989 – Sione Lousi, New Zealand rugby league player
 * 1989  – Mahmut Temür, Turkish footballer
 * 1989  – Armand Traoré, French footballer
 * 1990 – Rachel Klamer, Zimbabwean-Dutch triathlete
 * 1991 – Jordan McLean, Australian rugby league player
 * 1992 – Chelsea Gray, American basketball player
 * 1992  – Maria João Koehler, Portuguese tennis player
 * 1992  – Lidziya Marozava, Belarusian tennis player
 * 1992  – Terran Petteway, American basketball player
 * 1993 – Angus T. Jones, American actor
 * 1993  – Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player
 * 1993  – Barbara Palvin, Hungarian model and actress
 * 1993  – Molly Quinn, American actress and producer
 * 1993  – Darrell Wallace Jr., American race car driver
 * 1995 – Grayson Allen, American basketball player
 * 1996 – Devontae Cacok, American basketball player
 * 1996  – Timo Meier, Swiss ice hockey player
 * 1996  – Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spanish tennis player
 * 1996  – Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper
 * 1997 – Fernanda Contreras Gómez, Mexican tennis player
 * 1997  – Bella Thorne, American actress
 * 1999 – Putthipong Assaratanakul, Thai actor and singer
 * 1999  – Camila Rossi, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
 * 2002 – Qinwen Zheng, Chinese tennis player

Pre-1600

 * 705 – Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Muslim caliph (b. 646)
 * 923 – Pilgrim I, archbishop of Salzburg
 * 951 – Xiao Sagezhi, Chinese Khitan empress
 * 976 – Helen of Zadar, queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia
 * 1281 – Princess Constance of Greater Poland (b. c.1245)
 * 1286 – John I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
 * 1317 – Emperor Fushimi of Japan (b. 1265)
 * 1354 – Cola di Rienzo, Roman tribune (b. c.1313)
 * 1361 – John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp
 * 1436 – Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (b. 1401)
 * 1469 – Filippo Lippi, artist (b. 1406)
 * 1559 – Marina de Guevara, Spanish nun executed by the Spanish inquisition (b. 1517),
 * 1594 – Ishikawa Goemon, ninja and thief of Japan (b. 1558)

1601–1900

 * 1621 – Antoine de Montchrestien, French soldier, playwright, and economist (b. 1575)
 * 1647 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1562)
 * 1652 – John Greaves, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1602)
 * 1656 – John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)
 * 1659 – Jean de Quen, French missionary, priest, and historian (b. 1603)
 * 1735 – Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
 * 1754 – Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (b. 1707)
 * 1772 – Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (b. 1711)
 * 1793 – John Hancock, American merchant and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1737)
 * 1795 – Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (b. 1725)
 * 1802 – Emmanuele Vitale, Maltese general and politician (b. 1758)
 * 1804 – Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)
 * 1809 – James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
 * 1821 – Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)
 * 1834 – François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
 * 1869 – Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
 * 1879 – Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
 * 1886 – Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
 * 1897 – Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)

1901–present

 * 1928 – Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
 * 1931 – John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
 * 1936 – Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
 * 1936  – Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
 * 1936  – Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
 * 1936  – William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
 * 1942 – Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
 * 1944 – Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
 * 1945 – Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
 * 1952 – Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
 * 1953 – Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
 * 1953  – Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
 * 1955 – Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)
 * 1958 – Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
 * 1963 – Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
 * 1967 – Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
 * 1970 – Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)
 * 1973 – Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
 * 1977 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
 * 1978 – Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (b. 1907)
 * 1979 – Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (b. 1896)
 * 1979  – Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)
 * 1982 – Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916)
 * 1982  – Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
 * 1983 – Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
 * 1985 – Malcolm Ross, American captain, physicist, and balloonist (b. 1919)
 * 1985  – Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and scholar (b. 1906)
 * 1987 – Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, 2nd President of Greece (b. 1899)
 * 1992 – Willy Brandt, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
 * 1992 – Robert Berdella, American serial killer, torturer, and rapist (b. 1949)
 * 1994 – Oscar M. Ruebhausen, American lawyer (b. 1912)
 * 1995 – Christopher Keene, American conductor and educator (b. 1946)
 * 1997 – Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (b. 1913)
 * 1999 – John McLendon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
 * 2000 – Charlotte Lamb, English author (b. 1937)
 * 2001 – Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1917)
 * 2002 – Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)
 * 2002  – Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
 * 2004 – James Chace, American historian and author (b. 1931)
 * 2006 – Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1974)
 * 2007 – Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)
 * 2008 – Ângelo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (b. 1925)
 * 2008  – Bob Friend, English journalist (b. 1938)
 * 2008  – Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (b. 1918)
 * 2008  – George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
 * 2010 – Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (b. 1919)
 * 2010  – Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (b. 1919)
 * 2011 – Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
 * 2011  – Mikey Welsh, American guitarist and painter (b. 1971)
 * 2011  – Roger Williams, American pianist (b. 1924)
 * 2012 – Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (b. 1956)
 * 2012  – Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
 * 2012  – Eric Lomax, Scottish captain and author (b. 1919)
 * 2012  – Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician, 20th Governor of Gujarat (b. 1925)
 * 2013 – Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
 * 2013  – Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
 * 2013  – Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (b. 1948)
 * 2013  – Rodolphe Kasser, Swiss archaeologist and philologist (b. 1927)
 * 2013  – Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (b. 1921)
 * 2013  – Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (b. 1939)
 * 2014 – Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (b. 1938)
 * 2014  – Alden E. Matthews, American missionary (b. 1921)
 * 2014  – Harden M. McConnell, American chemist and academic (b. 1927)
 * 2014  – Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (b. 1927)
 * 2014  – Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (b. 1928)
 * 2015 – Richard Davies, Welsh-English actor (b. 1926)
 * 2015  – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
 * 2015  – Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (b. 1945)
 * 2015  – Lindy Infante, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
 * 2015  – Paul Prudhomme, American chef and author (b. 1940)
 * 2020 – Whitey Ford, American professional baseball pitcher (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast day:
 * Evodus (or Yves)
 * Palatias and Laurentia
 * Pelagia (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)
 * Reparata
 * San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint. (Bolivian campesinos)
 * Simeon (Gospel of Luke)
 * Thaïs
 * William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church)
 * October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * World Space Week (October 4–10)
 * Air Force Day (India)
 * Arbor Day (Namibia)
 * Children's Day (Iran)
 * Navy Day (Peru)
 * International Lesbian Day
 * National Fluffernutter Day