- Oct 5 Peter Burge, Australian cricket batsman (42 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 181; Queensland CA), dies of a heart attack at 69
- Oct 6 Arne Harris, American television sports director, dies at 67
- Oct 7 Alf Gover, English cricket fast bowler (4 Tests; Surrey CCC) and coach (Frank Tyson, Viv Richards, Andy Roberts, Ian Bishop; Surrey), dies at 93
- Oct 7 Christopher Adams, British-born pro wrestler and judoka (b. 1955)
- Oct 17 Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete (Olympic gold shot put, discus; bronze high jump 1948), dies at 78
- Oct 22 Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist ("Motorcycle Sport", "The History of Famous Makes of Motorcycle"), dies from a heart attack at 80
- Oct 23 Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (4 x winner Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe; 6 x France's leading owner), dies at 84
- Oct 31 Art Wall Jr, American golfer (Masters 1959), dies of respiratory failure at 77
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