Famous People: October
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All Figures for October (422 results)
Lee Chong Wei
Malaysian Badminton Immortal, Triple Olympic Silver Medalist & World Record 349-Week World No. 1
Lee Know
South Korean K-Pop Superstar, Main Dancer, Vocalist of Stray Kids & Master Choreographer
Leon Trotsky
Marxist Revolutionary, Founder and Commander of the Red Army, Soviet Commissar for War & Theorist of Permanent Revolution
Lev Yashin
Legendary Soviet Football Goalkeeper ("The Black Spider"), Only Goalkeeper in History to Win the Ballon d’Or
Levi Eshkol
3rd Prime Minister of Israel, Statesman, National Water Carrier Architect & Defense Modernizer
Liaquat Ali Khan
First Prime Minister of Pakistan, Freedom Fighter & "Quaid-e-Millat"
Lindsey Vonn
Olympic Gold Medalist, 4-Time World Cup Overall Champion & Historic Pioneer of Women's Alpine Ski Racing
Lionel Murphy
22nd Attorney-General of Australia, High Court Justice, Creator of the Family Court & Legal Aid Pioneer
Lord Palmerston
Two-Time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858, 1859–1865) & Dominant Architect of Victorian Foreign Policy
Louis Althusser
Influential French-Algerian Marxist Philosopher, Structuralist Theorist & Academic
Luciano Berio
Visionary Italian Avant-Garde Composer, Pioneer of Electroacoustic Music & Musical Modernist
Lucy Stone
Pioneering American Abolitionist, Suffragist, Orator & Co-Founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association
Mae Jemison
First African American Woman Astronaut, NASA Physician & STEAM Pioneer
Mahalia Jackson
"The Queen of Gospel", International Musical Icon, Civil Rights Pioneer & Grammy Lifetime Achievement Laureate
Mahatma Gandhi
Leader of Indian Independence & Apostle of Nonviolence
Mahbub Sadiq
Distinguished Bangladeshi Poet, Essayist, Academic Researcher & Bangla Academy Literary Award Laureate