Editing 1961 (section)

===October===
* [[October 1]] 
** [[Donald Cook (actor)|Donald Cook]], American actor (b. [[1901]])
** [[William Reid Dick]], Scottish sculptor (b. [[1878]])
* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[Essington Lewis]], Australian industrialist (b. [[1881]])
* [[October 4]] &ndash; [[Max Weber (artist)|Max Weber]], Polish-American artist (b. [[1881]])
* [[October 6]] – [[J. Reuben Clark]], American politician and Mormon leader (b. [[1871]])<ref>{{cite web| url = https://law.lclark.edu/student_groups/j_reuben_clark_law_society/biography.php| title = J. Reuben Clark's Biography}}</ref>
* [[October 11]] &ndash; [[Chico Marx]], American comedian (b. [[1887]])
* [[October 13]]
** [[Louis Rwagasore]], 2nd [[Prime Minister of Burundi]] (assassinated) (b. [[1932]])
** [[Maya Deren]], Russian-born American filmmaker (b. [[1917]])
** [[Zoltán Korda]], Hungarian screenwriter and director (b. [[1895]])
** [[Dun Karm Psaila]], Maltese writer (b. [[1871]])
* [[October 14]]
** [[Paul Ramadier]], French politician, 63rd [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. [[1888]])
** [[Harriet Shaw Weaver]], English political activist (b. [[1876]])
* [[October 18]] – [[Tsuru Aoki]], Japanese actress (b. [[1892]])<ref>[https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-tsuru-aoki/ Tsuru Aoki]</ref>
* [[October 19]]
** [[Şemsettin Günaltay]], Turkish historian and politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (b. [[1883]])
** [[Sergio Osmeña]], Filipino politician, 4th [[President of the Philippines]] (b. [[1878]])
* [[October 21]] &ndash; [[Karl Korsch]], German Marxist theoretician (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Thinkers of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical, Bibliographical, and Critical Dictionary|publisher=Gale Research Company|year=1983|page=300}}</ref>
* [[October 22]] 
** [[Joseph M. Schenck]], Russian-born film studio executive (b. [[1876]])
** [[Aloys Van de Vyvere]], 25th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (b. [[1871]])
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Milan Stojadinović]], 12th [[Prime Minister of Yugoslavia]] (b. [[1888]])
* [[October 30]] &ndash; [[Luigi Einaudi]], Italian economist and politician, 2nd [[President of Italy]] (b. [[1874]])
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Augustus John]], Welsh painter (b. [[1878]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Augustus-John|title=Augustus John &#124; Welsh painter &#124; Britannica|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|date=January 2024 }}</ref>