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October
Observing 691 Icons for October Comprehensive continental archive with authentic photographs, biographies, and quotes.

All Figures for October (691 results)

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The Báb — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
The Báb
سید علی‌محمد شیرازی (Sayyid ʿAlī Muḥammad Shīrāzī)

Iranian Religious Reformer, Mystic Prophet, Founder of Bábism & Herald of the Baháʼí Faith

Iran Philosophy
Oct 20, 1819 — Jul 9, 1850
The Big Bopper — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
The Big Bopper
Jiles Perry Richardson Jr.

Pioneering American Rock and Roll Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist & Disc Jockey

United States Music
Oct 24, 1930 — Feb 3, 1959
Theodor von Oppolzer — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Theodor von Oppolzer
Theodor Egon Ritter von Oppolzer

Renowned Austrian Astronomer, Mathematician & Author of the Monumental "Canon of Eclipses"

Austria Science
Oct 26, 1841 — Dec 26, 1886
Theodore Roosevelt — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

26th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Laureate, Conservationist & Historian

United States Politics
Oct 27, 1858 — Jan 6, 1919
Thomas Babington Macaulay — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

British Historian, Whig Statesman, Essayist & Principal Author of the Indian Penal Code (IPC 1860)

United Kingdom History
Oct 25, 1800 — Dec 28, 1859
Thomas Edison — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison

Prolific American Inventor, Industrialist & Founder of Modern Industrial Research

United States Science
Feb 11, 1847 — Oct 18, 1931
Thomas Love Peacock — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Thomas Love Peacock

English Satirical Novelist, Poet & Official of the East India Company, Close Friend and Collaborator of Percy Bysshe Shelley

United Kingdom Literature
Oct 18, 1785 — Jan 23, 1866
Thomas Sankara — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Thomas Sankara
Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara

President of Burkina Faso, Pan-African Revolutionary & Reformer

Burkina Faso Politics
Dec 21, 1949 — Oct 15, 1987
Thorleif Haug — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Thorleif Haug
Thorleif Haug

Legendary Norwegian Nordic Skier & Three-Time Gold Medalist at the Inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics

Norway Sports
Oct 26, 1894 — Dec 12, 1934
Timothy Leary — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Timothy Leary
Timothy Francis Leary

American Clinical Psychologist, Harvard Researcher & 1960s Counterculture Icon

United States Philosophy
Oct 22, 1920 — May 31, 1996
Tokugawa Yoshinobu — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
徳川 慶喜

Statesman & Last Shogun of Japan

Japan History & Leadership
Oct 28, 1837 — Nov 21, 1913
Tom Cavanagh — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tom Cavanagh
Thomas Cavanagh

Canadian Actor, Director & Star of "The Flash" (Reverse-Flash / Dr. Harrison Wells) and "Ed"

Canada Cinema
Oct 26, 1963 — Living
Tom Meschery — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tom Meschery
Tomislav Nikolayevich Mescheriakov (Томислав Николаевич Мещеряков)

First Foreign-Born NBA All-Star, Power Forward for Warriors & SuperSonics, Published Poet & Educator

United States Sports
Oct 26, 1938 — Living
Tom Petty — Biography & Quotes
Memorial Anniversary
Tom Petty
Thomas Earl Petty

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Musician, Singer-Songwriter & Frontman of The Heartbreakers and Traveling Wilburys

United States Music
Oct 20, 1950 — Oct 2, 2017
Tope Alabi — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tope Alabi
Patricia Temitope Alabi

Queen of Nigerian Gospel Music, Film Score Composer, Singer-Songwriter & Actress

Nigeria Music
Oct 27, 1970 — Living
Tove Lo — Biography & Quotes
Birthday
Tove Lo
Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson

Singer, Songwriter & Grammy Nominee

Sweden Music & Pop Culture
Oct 29, 1987 — Living