In the year 1963
472 Notable deaths
Sonny Clark
American musician.
Born July 21st, 1931 in Herminie. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1963 at 31 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
M. E. Clifton James
Australian actor (1898–1963).
Born March 31st, 1898 in Perth.
Died May 8th, 1963 at 65 years old in Worthing.
Jason Robards
American actor (1892–1963).
Born December 31st, 1892 in Hillsdale.
Died April 4th, 1963 at 70 years old in Sherman Oaks (myocardial infarction).
Gustaf Gründgens
German actor, director, intendant (1899-1963).
Born December 22nd, 1899 in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1963 at 63 years old in Manila (internal bleeding, drug overdose). [ref]
Vernon Dent
American actor (1895–1963).
Born February 16th, 1895 in San Jose.
Died November 5th, 1963 at 68 years old in Hollywood (diabetes, myocardial infarction).
Gordon Jones
American actor (1911–1963).
Born April 5th, 1911 in Alden.
Died June 20th, 1963 at 52 years old in Tarzana (myocardial infarction).
Georg-Hans Reinhardt
German general and war criminal (1887–1963).
Born March 1st, 1887 in Bautzen.
Died November 23rd, 1963 at 76 years old in Tegernsee.
Al St. John
American film actor (1892–1963).
Born September 10th, 1893 in Santa Ana.
Died January 21st, 1963 at 69 years old in Lyons (myocardial infarction).
Nam Phuong
Last empress-consort of vietnamese empire.
Born November 14th, 1913 in Long Thạnh Mỹ.
Died September 15th, 1963 at 49 years old in Chabrignac (heart failure).
Monte Blue
American actor (1887–1963).
Born January 11th, 1887 in Indianapolis.
Died February 18th, 1963 at 76 years old in Milwaukee (myocardial infarction).
John Cowper Powys
British writer, lecturer and philosopher (1872-1963).
Born October 8th, 1872 in Shirley.
Died June 17th, 1963 at 90 years old in Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Ernesto Lecuona
Cuban composer (1896-1963).
Born August 6th, 1896 in Guanabacoa (Cuba). [ref]
Died November 29th, 1963 at 67 years old in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (asthma). [ref]
Grace Darmond
American actress (1893–1963).
Born November 20th, 1893 in Toronto.
Died October 8th, 1963 at 69 years old in Los Angeles.
Henrik Kauffmann
Danish politician (1888-1963).
Born August 26th, 1888 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died June 5th, 1963 at 74 years old in Skodsborg.
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
President of mexico (1930-1932).
Born March 10th, 1877 in Morelia.
Died November 4th, 1963 at 86 years old in Mexico City (aplastic anemia, bronchopneumonia).
Karl von Terzaghi
Austrian geotechnical engineer known as the "father of soil mechanics" (1883–1963).
Born October 2nd, 1883 in Prague.
Died October 25th, 1963 at 80 years old in Winchester.
Sarit Thanarat
Prime minister of thailand (1908-1963).
Born June 16th, 1908 in Bangkok.
Died December 8th, 1963 at 55 years old in Bangkok (kidney failure).
Clem Bevans
American actor (1879-1963).
Born October 16th, 1879 in Cozaddale.
Died August 11th, 1963 at 83 years old in Woodland Hills.
Kavalam Madhava Panikkar
Indian diplomat, academic and historian (1895-1963).
Born June 3rd, 1895 in Thiruvithamkoor Maharajyam.
Died December 10th, 1963 at 68 years old in Mysore.
Jean Brooks
American film actress and singer (1915-1963).
Born December 23rd, 1915 in Houston.
Died November 25th, 1963 at 47 years old in Richmond (hepatic encephalopathy).
Barnum Brown
American paleontologist (1873-1963).
Born February 12th, 1873 in Carbondale.
Died February 5th, 1963 at 89 years old in New York City.
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld
Austro-hungarian physicist.
Born April 18th, 1882 in Lviv.
Died August 28th, 1963 at 81 years old in Charlotte Amalie.
Fritz Reiner
Hungarian american orchestra conductor (1888–1963).
Born December 19th, 1888 in Budapest.
Died November 15th, 1963 at 74 years old in New York City (cardiovascular disease).
Oliver Wallace
Composer and conductor (1887-1963).
Born August 6th, 1887 in London. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1963 at 76 years old in Burbank. [ref]
Kay Sage
American surrealist artist and poet (1898-1963).
Born June 25th, 1898 in Watervliet. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1963 at 64 years old in Woodbury (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 125 of 472
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid