Did you know
Widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the year he also won the Ballon d'Or.
Notable Deaths on October 21
2023 — Bobby Charlton
English footballer and manager (born 1937)
October 21 has 108 recorded notable deaths across history, from 645 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
108 source records
645 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on October 21
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1969 The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration. Source
- 1945 In the 1945 French legislative election French women vote for the first time. Source
- 1797 In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched. Source
- 2019 In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends, resulting in incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remaining in office, albeit with the Liberal Party in a minority government. Source
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In 2006, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts presented him with a lifetime membership, making him the first Indian to receive the honour.
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The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (1911–1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (1916–1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie Andrews (1918–2013).
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On 2 February 2023, Bobi was certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest living dog, along with being the oldest dog on record to ever live.
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Jim Garrison wrote three published books, one of which became a prime source for Oliver Stone's film JFK in 1991, in which Garrison was portrayed by Kevin Costner, while Garrison himself made a cameo appearance as Earl Warren.
More major people who died on October 21
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2012
Yash Chopra
Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)
Yash Raj Chopra was an Indian film director and film producer who worked in Hindi cinema.
1995
Maxene Andrews
American singer (born 1916)
The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras.
2023
Bobi
Portuguese dog (born 1992)
Bobi was a male purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo dog cared for by Leonel Costa of Conqueiros, Leiria, Portugal.
1992
Jim Garrison
American lawyer and judge (born 1921)
James Carothers Garrison was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973 and later a state appellate court judge.
1556
Pietro Aretino
Italian author (born 1492)
Pietro Aretino was an Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer, who wielded influence on contemporary art and politics.
1765
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Italian painter and architect (born 1691)
Giovanni Paolo, also known as Gian Paolo Panini or Pannini, was an Italian Baroque painter and architect who worked in Rome and is primarily known as one of the vedutisti.
1861
Edward Dickinson Baker
American congressman and colonel (born 1811)
Edward Dickinson Baker was an American politician, lawyer, and US army officer. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. senator from Oregon.
1904
Isabelle Eberhardt
Swiss explorer and journalist (born 1877)
Isabelle Wilhelmine Marie Eberhardt was a Swiss explorer and author. As a teenager, Eberhardt, educated in Switzerland by her father, published short stories under a male pseudonym.
2021
Bernard Haitink
Dutch conductor and violinist (born 1929)
Bernard Johan Herman Haitink was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He was the principal conductor of several international orchestras, beginning with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1961.
1995
Nancy Graves
American sculptor and painter (born 1939)
Nancy Graves was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and filmmaker known for her focus on natural phenomena like camels or maps of the Moon.
1970
Li Linsi
Chinese educator and diplomat (born 1896)
Li Linsi, born Li Jiaxiang (厉家祥), was a Chinese educator, diplomat, and scholar who has been recognized as one of the key figures in modern Chinese cultural and diplomatic history.
2012
Jaroslav Kozlík
Czech volleyball player and educator (born 1907)
Jaroslav Kozlík was a Czech educator and theorist of education, a senior member of the Sokol movement, and a volleyball player. He was a pioneer of volleyball and a former volleyball champion of Czechoslovakia.
1266
Birger Jarl
Swedish politician (born 1210)
Birger Jarl or Birger Magnusson was a Swedish statesman and regent, jarl, and a member of the House of Bjälbo, who played a pivotal role in consolidating Sweden after the civil wars between the House of Erik and the…
2003
Elliott Smith
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1969)
Steven Paul Smith, known as Elliott Smith, was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Raised primarily in Texas, he lived much of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he gained popularity in the 1990s.
2013
Bud Adams
American businessman (born 1923)
Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams Jr. was an American businessman who was the founder and owner of the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL).
2012
George McGovern
American historian, lieutenant, and politician (born 1922)
George Stanley McGovern was an American politician, diplomat, and historian from South Dakota who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, first as a member of the United States House of Representatives…
1805
John Cooke
English captain (born 1763)
Captain John Cooke was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
1978
Anastas Mikoyan
Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (born 1895)
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan was a Soviet statesman, diplomat, and Bolshevik revolutionary who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the head of state of the Soviet Union.
2014
Ben Bradlee
American journalist and author (born 1921)
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee was an American journalist who served as managing editor and later as executive editor of The Washington Post, from 1965 to 1991.