In the year 1960
470 Notable deaths
Prince Aly Khan
Pakistani diplomat.
Born June 13th, 1911 in Turin.
Died May 12th, 1960 at 48 years old in Suresnes (traffic collision).
Salvatore Ferragamo
Italian shoe designer (1898-1960).
Born June 5th, 1898 in Naples.
Died August 7th, 1960 at 62 years old in Florence.
Hans Wilsdorf
German watchmaker (1881-1960).
Born March 22nd, 1881 in Kulmbach.
Died July 6th, 1960 at 79 years old in Geneva.
Diana Barrymore
American actress (1921–1960).
Born March 3rd, 1921 in New York City.
Died January 25th, 1960 at 38 years old in New York City (drug overdose).
Sylvia Pankhurst
Activist, suffragette, pacifist internationalist.
Born May 5th, 1882 in Manchester. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1960 at 78 years old in Addis Ababa. [ref]
Wu Lien-teh
Malaysian physician (1879–1960).
Born March 10th, 1879 in Penang Island.
Died January 21st, 1960 at 80 years old in Penang.
Wilhelm Pieck
German communist politician, president of gdr (1876-1960).
Born January 3rd, 1876 in Guben.
Died September 7th, 1960 at 84 years old in Berlin.
Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke
British noble (1886-1960); eldest child of prince henry of battenberg and princess beatrice of the united kingdom; grandson of queen victoria.
Born November 23rd, 1886 in Windsor Castle.
Died February 23rd, 1960 at 73 years old in Kensington Palace.
Nevil Shute
British writer and engineer (1899–1960).
Born January 17th, 1899 in Ealing.
Died January 12th, 1960 at 60 years old in Melbourne (stroke).
Melanie Klein
British austrian born psychoanalyst (1882–1960).
Born March 30th, 1882 in Vienna.
Died September 22nd, 1960 at 78 years old in London.
Caryl Chessman
Convicted robber, kidnapper and rapist, writer.
Born May 27th, 1921 in St. Joseph. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1960 at 38 years old in San Quentin State Prison. [ref]
John Langshaw Austin
English philosopher (1911–1960).
Born March 26th, 1911 in Lancaster.
Died February 8th, 1960 at 48 years old in Oxford (lung cancer).
Francis Parker Yockey
American writer (1917-1960).
Born September 18th, 1917 in Chicago.
Died June 17th, 1960 at 42 years old in San Francisco (cyanide poisoning).
Mack Sennett
Canadian-american actor, producer and director (1880–1960).
Born January 17th, 1880 in Melbourne.
Died November 5th, 1960 at 80 years old in Woodland Hills.
Walther Funk
German economist, nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1890-1960).
Born August 18th, 1890 in Yasnaya Polyana. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1960 at 69 years old in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Inejirō Asanuma
Japanese politician (1898–1980).
Born December 27th, 1898 in Miyakejima.
Died October 12th, 1960 at 61 years old in Chiyoda (stab wound).
Soghomon Tehlirian
Armenian who assassinated convicted war criminal talaat pasha (1896–1960).
Born April 2nd, 1896 in Çadırkaya.
Died May 23rd, 1960 at 64 years old in San Francisco.
Emily Post
American writer and etiquette expert.
Born October 27th, 1872 in Baltimore.
Died September 25th, 1960 at 87 years old in New York City.
Gottfried, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Prince of hohenlohe-langenburg (1897-1960).
Born March 24th, 1897 in Langenburg.
Died May 11th, 1960 at 63 years old in Langenburg.
St John Philby
English arabist, explorer, writer, and british colonial office intelligence officer (1885–1960).
Born April 3rd, 1885 in Badulla.
Died September 30th, 1960 at 75 years old in Beirut.
Victor Klemperer
German philologist (1881-1960).
Born October 9th, 1881 in Gorzów Wielkopolski.
Died February 11th, 1960 at 78 years old in Dresden.
Fausto Coppi
Italian cyclist.
Born September 15th, 1919 in Castellania Coppi.
Died January 2nd, 1960 at 40 years old in Tortona (malaria).
Said Nursî
Kurdish sunni muslim theologian (1876-1960).
Born March 12th, 1876 in Bitlis.
Died March 23rd, 1960 at 84 years old in Şanlıurfa.
Igor Kurchatov
Soviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960).
Born January 21st, 1903 in Sim. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1960 at 57 years old in Barvikha.
Aloysius Stepinac
Croatian cardinal and archbishop of zagreb.
Born May 8th, 1898 in Brezarić. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1960 at 61 years old in Krašić (thrombosis). [ref]
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People living deeply have no fear of death. Anaïs Nin