Famous people and celebrities who died in October 1948

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in October 1948. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Oct. 2 Carlo Canepa
• Oct. 6 Hachirō Tagami
• Oct. 7 Edgar Leonard
• Oct. 9 Anselmo Marabini
• Oct. 9 Joseph Wedderburn
• Oct. 10 Mary Eaton

  Mary Eaton was a prominent American actress during the transition from silent films to talkies, appearing in numerous productions during the...

• Oct. 10 Ted Horn

  Accomplished American race car driver who won national championship titles in 1946 and 1947, and was posthumously inducted into the...

• Oct. 10 Siegmund von Hausegger
• Oct. 12 Susan Sutherland Isaacs

  English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885).

• Oct. 12 Alfred Kerr
• Oct. 13 Ulisse Caputo
• Oct. 13 Samuel S. Hinds
• Oct. 14 Maria di Meclemburgo-Strelitz
• Oct. 14 Amedeo Perna
• Oct. 14 Ermete Zacconi
• Oct. 14 Dale Fuller
• Oct. 15 Edythe Chapman

  American actress (born 1863).

• Oct. 17 Royal Cortissoz

  American art critic (b. 1869).

• Oct. 17 Giuseppe Micheli
• Oct. 18 Walther von Brauchitsch

  German field marshal (b. 1881).

• Oct. 22 Fritz Dietrich
• Oct. 22 Paul von Sternbach
• Oct. 22 August Hlond
• Oct. 22 Alexander Piorkowski
• Oct. 23 Giovanni Battista Marziali
• Oct. 24 Franz Lehár

  Austrian-hungarian composer (b. 1870).

• Oct. 24 Frederic L. Paxson

  American historian and author (b. 1877).

• Oct. 29 Wesley Mitchell