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Edgar Allan Poe is the first well-known American writer to earn a living exclusively through writing, which resulted in a financially difficult life and career.
Notable Deaths on October 7
1849 — Edgar Allan Poe
American short story writer, poet, and critic (born 1809)
October 7 has 123 recorded notable deaths across history, from 336 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
123 source records
336 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on October 7
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- 1826 The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S. Source
- 1963 President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Source
- 1958 The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule. Source
- 1571 The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat. Source
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Prior to that, the adult Lanza sang only two performances of an opera.
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Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution.
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The images became emblematic of militants' conduct toward civilians in the October 7 attacks.
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Upon his retirement, he ranked fifth all-time among managers with 2,008 career victories, second only to John McGraw in National League history.
More major people who died on October 7
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1959
Mario Lanza
American tenor and actor (born 1921)
Mario Lanza was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16.
1792
George Mason
American lawyer and politician (born 1725)
George Mason was an American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution.
2023
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks
On 7 October 2023, during the Nova music festival massacre, Shani Nicole Louk, a 22-year-old German-Israeli tattoo artist and influencer, was killed.
1991
Leo Durocher
American baseball player and manager (born 1905)
Leo Ernest Durocher, nicknamed "Leo the Lip" and "Lippy", was an American professional baseball player, manager, and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an infielder.
1925
Christy Mathewson
American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
Christopher Mathewson, nicknamed "Big Six," "the Christian Gentleman," "Matty," and "the Gentleman's Hurler," was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the…
2023
Terence Davies
English filmmaker
Terence Davies was an English filmmaker. He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films, including Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992) and the collage film Of Time and…
1990
Chiara Badano
Italian beatified (born1971)
Chiara Badano was an Italian woman who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. At age nine she joined the Focolare Movement and received the nickname "Luce" ("light") by the founder Chiara Lubich.
1944
Helmut Lent
German colonel and pilot (born 1918)
Helmut Johannes Siegfried Lent was a German night-fighter ace in World War II. Lent shot down 110 aircraft, 102 of them at night.
2015
Harry Gallatin
American basketball player and coach (born 1927)
Harry Junior "The Horse" Gallatin was an American professional basketball player and coach.
1577
George Gascoigne
English soldier, courtier, and poet (born 1535)
George Gascoigne was an English poet, soldier and unsuccessful courtier.
1772
John Woolman
American preacher and abolitionist (born 1720)
John Woolman was an American merchant, tailor, journalist, Quaker preacher, and early abolitionist during the colonial era.
1993
Cyril Cusack
South African-born Irish actor (born 1910)
Cyril James Cusack was an Irish stage and screen actor with a career that spanned more than 70 years.
2023
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks
Roi Yosef Levy was an officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with the rank of colonel who served in his last position as commander of the Multidimensional Unit.
1983
George O. Abell
American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (born 1927)
George Ogden Abell was an American astronomer and professor. He taught at UCLA, primarily as a research astronomer. He earned his B.S. in 1951, his M.S. in 1952 and his Ph.D. in 1957, all from Caltech. He was a Ph.D.
2013
Patrice Chéreau
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
Patrice Chéreau was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer.
2023
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks
Aner Elyakim Shapira was an Israeli who was killed during the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel.
2016
Ross Higgins
Australian actor, comedian (born 1930)
Ross Higgins was an Australian vaudevillian, character actor, television host, comedian, singer and voice actor.
2023
Israelis murdered or fell in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks
Yonatan Steinberg was an officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with the rank of colonel, who served as the commander of the 933rd "Nahal" Brigade.
1894
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
American physician, author, and poet (born 1809)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day.