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Husayn ibn Ali was an Alid political and religious leader.
Notable Deaths on October 10
680 — Husayn ibn Ali
third Shia Imam and grandson of Muhammad (born 626)
October 10 has 131 recorded notable deaths across history, from 19 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
131 source records
19 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on October 10
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- 1760 In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy. Source
- 1903 The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women. Source
- 1846 Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell. Source
- 2018 The National Fire and Rescue Administration is founded, replacing the China Fire Services [zh] and the People's Armed Police Forestry Corps [zh] as China's primary firefighting agency. Source
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In 2023, he was posthumously conferred with Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian award by the Government of India.
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Jagjit Singh highlighted this in his music for films such as Prem Geet (1981), Arth (1982), and Saath Saath (1982), and TV serials Mirza Ghalib (1988) and Kahkashan (1991).
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All of Boyzone's studio albums during Gately's lifetime hit number one in the United Kingdom, their third being their most successful internationally.
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Along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and Laurence Olivier, he made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.
More major people who died on October 10
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2022
Mulayam Singh Yadav
Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (born 1939)
Mulayam Singh Yadav was an Indian politician, schoolmaster, lecturer and a socialist figure and the founder of the Samajwadi Party.
2011
Jagjit Singh
Indian singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Jagjit Singh was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form, by choosing poetry that was…
2009
Stephen Gately
Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1976)
Stephen Patrick David Gately was an Irish singer who, with Ronan Keating, was co-lead singer of the pop group Boyzone.
1983
Ralph Richardson
English actor (born 1902)
Sir Ralph David Richardson was an English actor. Along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and Laurence Olivier, he made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th…
680
Abbas ibn Ali
son of Imam Ali
Al-Abbas ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, also known by the kunya Abu al-Fadl, was a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was the fourth caliph in Sunni Islam (r. 656–661) and the first imam in Shia Islam.
2000
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1916)
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman, who thrice served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1960 to 1965, from 1970 to 1977, and from 1994 to 2000.
1914
Carol I of Romania (born 1839)
Carol I or Charles I of Romania, nicknamed the King of Independence ; was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (Domnitor) from 1866 to 1881, and as King from 1881 to 1914.
2016
Donn Fendler
American author and speaker (born 1926)
Donn Charles Fendler was an American author and public speaker. Born in Rye, New York, Fendler, at the age of 12, became separated from his family and was lost on Maine's Mount Katahdin in July 1939.
680
Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn
son of Al-Husayn
Ali al-Akbar ibn al-Husayn, commonly known as simply Ali al-Akbar, was the son of Layla bint Abi Murra and Husayn ibn Ali and the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
1875
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1817)
Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy, was a Russian poet, novelist, and playwright.
1979
Paul Paray
French organist, composer, and conductor (born 1886)
Paul Marie-Adolphe Charles Paray was a French conductor, organist and composer.
1872
William H. Seward
American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (born 1801)
William Henry Seward was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869 and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States senator.
2015
Manorama
Indian (Tamil) actress (born 1937)
Gopishantha, better known by her stage name Manorama, also called Aachi, was an Indian actress, comedian and playback singer who had appeared in more than 1500 films and 5000 stage performances predominantly in the…
1985
Yul Brynner
Russian-American actor (born 1920)
Yuliy Borisovich Briner, known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian and American actor.
1998
Clark Clifford
American captain, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1906)
Clark McAdams Clifford was an American lawyer who served as an important political adviser to Democratic presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter.
1973
Ludwig von Mises
Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (born 1881)
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises was an Austrian and American political economist and philosopher of the Austrian school.
1359
Hugh IV of Cyprus (born 1295)
Hugh IV was King of Cyprus from 31 March 1324 to his abdication, on 24 November 1358 and, nominally, King of Jerusalem, as Hugh II, until his death.
1894
William Robinson (Canadian architect)
Canadian architect and land surveyor (b. 1812)
William Robinson was an Irish-born Canadian architect and land surveyor. Born in New Ross, County Wexford, Robinson emigrated to Upper Canada with his family in 1836.
2014
Valeri Karpov
Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)
Valeri Yevgenievich Karpov was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and National Hockey League. He competed for Traktor Chelyabinsk and HC CSKA Moscow in Russia before moving to North America.