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In the year 1963
512 Notable deaths
Henry Thomas
Boxer (1888–1963).
Born July 1st, 1888 in Birmingham.
Died January 13th, 1963 at 74 years old in New York City.
Gösta Stoltz
Swedish chess player (1904–1963).
Born May 9th, 1904 in Stockholm.
Died July 25th, 1963 at 59 years old in Stockholm.
Margaret Matzenauer
American opera singer (1881-1963).
Born June 1st, 1881 in Timișoara.
Died May 19th, 1963 at 81 years old in Van Nuys.
Leonid Lukov
Soviet film director and screenwriter (1909-1963).
Born May 2nd, 1909 in Mariupol.
Died April 24th, 1963 at 53 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Erik Lundqvist
Swedish athletics competitor (1908–1963).
Born June 29th, 1908 in Ludvika Municipality.
Died January 7th, 1963 at 54 years old in Ludvika Municipality.
David Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk
British politician (1901–1963).
Born September 24th, 1901 in London.
Died November 7th, 1963 at 62 years old in Binfield.
Anthony Coldeway
American screenwriter (1887-1963).
Born August 1st, 1887 in Louisville.
Died January 29th, 1963 at 75 years old in Los Angeles.
Mirjami Kuosmanen
Finnish actress (1915–1963).
Born February 22nd, 1915 in Keuruu.
Died August 5th, 1963 at 48 years old in Helsinki (disease).
Henry B. Richardson
American archer (1889–1963).
Born May 19th, 1889 in Boston.
Died November 19th, 1963 at 74 years old in New York City.
Jorge Daponte
Argentine racing driver.
Born June 5th, 1923 in Buenos Aires.
Died March 9th, 1963 at 39 years old in Buenos Aires.
József Nagy
Hungarian footballer (born 1892).
Born October 15th, 1892 in Budapest. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1963 at 70 years old in Budapest.
Jean-Louis Vaudoyer
French novelist, poet, essayist, and art historian (1883–1963).
Born September 10th, 1883 in Le Plessis-Robinson.
Died May 20th, 1963 at 79 years old in Paris.
Benjamin Jones
English racing cyclist (1882-1963).
Born January 2nd, 1882 in Wigan.
Died August 20th, 1963 at 81 years old in Johannesburg.
Nikolay Baransky
Russian geographer (1881-1963).
Born July 27th, 1881 in Tomsk.
Died November 29th, 1963 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Avra Theodoropoulou
Greek musician.
Born November 3rd, 1880 in Edirne.
Died January 20th, 1963 at 82 years old in Athens.
August Jakobson
Estonian writer and politician (1904-1963).
Born September 2nd, 1904 in Pärnu.
Died May 23rd, 1963 at 58 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Camillo Pilotto
Italian actor (1888–1963).
Born February 6th, 1890 in Rome. [ref]
Died May 27th, 1963 at 73 years old in Rome.
Antoine Balpêtré
French actor (1898–1963).
Born May 3rd, 1898 in 1st arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died March 29th, 1963 at 64 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Duncan Gillis
Canadian hammer and discus thrower (1883–1963).
Born January 3rd, 1883 in Mabou.
Died May 2nd, 1963 at 80 years old in Vancouver.
Bohumil Modrý
Czechoslovak ice hockey player (1916–1963).
Born September 24th, 1916 in Prague. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1963 at 46 years old in Prague.
Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar
Turkish writer (1887–1963).
Born March 14th, 1887 in Istanbul.
Died May 3rd, 1963 at 76 years old in Istanbul (cerebral hemorrhage).
Gian Giorgio Trissino
Italian horse rider (1877–1963).
Born July 22nd, 1877 in Vicenza.
Died December 22nd, 1963 at 86 years old in Milan.
Harry C. Oberholser
American ornithologist (1870–1963).
Born June 25th, 1870 in Brooklyn.
Died December 25th, 1963 at 93 years old in Cleveland.
Andrey Kravchenko
Soviet military commander (1899-1963).
Born December 12th, 1899 in Poltava Governorate.
Died October 18th, 1963 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 376 to 400 of 512
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe