Did you know
Stephen Craig "Stevie" Paddock was an American mass murderer who perpetrated the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.
Notable Deaths on October 1
2017 — Stephen Paddock
American mass murderer (born 1953)
October 1 has 106 recorded notable deaths across history, from 630 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
106 source records
630 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on October 1
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1931 Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution. Source
- 1982 Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind. Source
- 1861 Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day. Source
- 1961 The CTV Television Network, Canada's first private television network, is launched. Source
Did you know
Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist.
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In a career as a singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded more than 1,200 songs, in various languages.
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After initially writing hits for others, she had her own chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with UK top 10 single "Sugar Me", and became the first British female artist to achieve a number one with a self-written song.
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Rose O'Neal Greenhow was credited by Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, with ensuring the South's victory at the First Battle of Bull Run in late July 1861.
More major people who died on October 1
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2025
Jane Goodall
English primatologist (born 1934)
Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist.
2018
Charles Aznavour
French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (born 1924)
Charles Aznavour was a French and Armenian singer-songwriter, actor, and diplomat.
2014
Lynsey de Paul
English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1948)
Lynsey de Paul was an English singer-songwriter and record producer.
1864
Rose O'Neal Greenhow
American spy (born 1817)
Rose O'Neal Greenhow was a Confederate spy during the American Civil War.
1878
Mindon Min
Burmese king (born 1808)
Mindon Min, born Maung Lwin, was the penultimate king of Burma (Myanmar) from 1853 to 1878. He was one of the most popular and revered kings of Burma because of his role in the Fifth Buddhist Council.
1986
Archie League
American air traffic controller (born 1907)
Archie William League is generally considered the first air traffic controller in the United States. League had been a licensed pilot, and licensed engine and aircraft mechanic.
1950
Faik Ali Ozansoy
Turkish poet, educator, and politician (born 1876)
Faik Ali Ozansoy was a Turkish politician, poet, and educator. He was the younger brother of Süleyman Nazif, an eminent man of letters and prominent member of the Committee for Union and Progress.
2013
Arnold Burns
American lawyer, politician, and 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (born 1930)
Arnold Irwin Burns was an American lawyer. He served as the United States Deputy Attorney General from 1986 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan and U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese.
1532
Jan Mabuse
Flemish painter
Jan Gossaert was a French-speaking painter from the Low Countries also known as Jan Mabuse or Jennyn van Hennegouwe (Hainaut), as he called himself when he matriculated in the Guild of Saint Luke, at Antwerp, in 1503.
1708
John Blow
English organist and composer (born 1649)
John Blow was an English composer and organist of the Baroque period. Appointed organist of Westminster Abbey in late 1668, his pupils included William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and Henry Purcell.
2013
Imero Fiorentino
American lighting designer (born 1928)
Imero (Immie) Fiorentino was an American lighting designer, considered one of the most respected pioneers and leaders in the American entertainment industry.
959
Eadwig
English king (born 941)
Eadwig was King of England from 23 November 955 until his death in 959. He was the elder son of Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu, who died in 944.
1570
Frans Floris
Flemish painter (born 1520)
Frans Floris, Frans Floris the Elder or Frans Floris de Vriendt was a Flemish painter, draughtsman, print artist and tapestry designer. He is mainly known for his history paintings, allegorical scenes and portraits.
1683
John Hull
colonial American merchant and politician (born 1624)
John Hull was an English-born merchant, silversmith, slave trader and politician who spent the majority of his life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1975
Al Jackson
Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1935)
Albert J. Jackson Jr. was an American drummer, producer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, a group of session musicians who worked for Stax Records and produced their own instrumentals.
1499
Marsilio Ficino
Italian astrologer and philosopher (born 1433)
Marsilio Ficino was an Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance.
1126
Morphia of Melitene
Queen of Jerusalem
Morphia of Melitene was queen consort of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1118 until her death. She was an Armenian by ethnicity and a Melkite Greek Orthodox Christian. Her father, Gabriel, was a warlord in northern Syria.
2023
Tim Wakefield
American professional baseball player (born 1966)
Timothy Stephen Wakefield was an American professional baseball knuckleball pitcher.
1246
Ednyfed Fychan
distain of Gwynedd
Ednyfed Fychan ap Cynfrig was a Welsh nobleman who served as distain or seneschal of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in North Wales.