In the year 1963
472 Notable deaths
John R. Hodge
United states army general (1893-1963).
Born June 12th, 1893 in Golconda.
Died November 12th, 1963 at 70 years old in Washington, D.C..
Uma Nehru
Indian politician.
Born March 8th, 1884 in Agra. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1963 at 79 years old in Lucknow. [ref]
Marie Marvingt
French athlete and aviator (1875-1963).
Born February 20th, 1875 in Aurillac.
Died December 14th, 1963 at 88 years old in Laxou.
Jacques Villon
French painter (1875-1963).
Born July 31st, 1875 in Damville. [ref]
Died June 9th, 1963 at 87 years old in Puteaux. [ref]
Amelita Galli-Curci
Italian american opera singer.
Born November 18th, 1882 in Milan.
Died November 26th, 1963 at 81 years old in La Jolla.
Camille Chautemps
French politician (1885–1963).
Born February 1st, 1885 in Paris.
Died July 1st, 1963 at 78 years old in Washington, D.C..
Abd al-Karim Qasim
Iraqi army brigadier, nationalist and first prime minister of iraq after the fall of the monarchy.
Born November 21st, 1914 in Baghdad.
Died February 9th, 1963 at 48 years old in Baghdad (gunshot wound).
Jean Decoux
Governor general of french indochina.
Born May 5th, 1884 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1963 at 79 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alan Gardiner
English egyptologist and philologist (1879–1963).
Born March 29th, 1879.
Died December 19th, 1963 at 84 years old in Oxford.
Luis Cernuda
Spanish poet (1902–1963).
Born September 21st, 1902 in Seville.
Died November 5th, 1963 at 61 years old in Mexico City.
Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey
British civil servant (1877-1963).
Born April 1st, 1877 in Biarritz.
Died January 26th, 1963 at 85 years old in London.
Thoralf Skolem
Norwegian mathematician (1887-1963).
Born May 23rd, 1887 in Sandsvær. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1963 at 75 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Djuanda Kartawidjaja
Indonesian prime minister (1911-1963).
Born January 14th, 1911 in Tasikmalaya.
Died November 7th, 1963 at 52 years old in Jakarta.
Józef Franczak
Polish resistance member (1918-1963).
Born March 17th, 1918 in Kozice Górne.
Died October 21st, 1963 at 45 years old in Majdan Kozic Górnych.
Carl Hatch
American politician (1889–1963).
Born November 27th, 1889 in Kirwin.
Died September 15th, 1963 at 73 years old in Albuquerque.
John Crocker
British army general (1896–1963).
Born January 4th, 1896 in Lewisham.
Died March 9th, 1963 at 67 years old in London.
Thomas Griffith Taylor
British geographer, anthropologist and world explorer. (1880–1963).
Born December 1st, 1880 in Walthamstow.
Died November 5th, 1963 at 82 years old in Manly.
Alfred Wünnenberg
Ss general (1891-1963).
Born July 20th, 1891 in Sarrebourg.
Died December 30th, 1963 at 72 years old in Krefeld.
Mehdi Frashëri
Albanian politician (1872-1963).
Born February 28th, 1872 in Frashër.
Died May 25th, 1963 at 91 years old in Rome.
Lee Lawrie
American sculptor (1877–1963).
Born October 16th, 1877 in Neukölln.
Died January 23rd, 1963 at 85 years old in Easton.
Dorothy Hansine Andersen
American physician (1901-1963).
Born May 15th, 1901 in Asheville.
Died March 3rd, 1963 at 61 years old in New York City (lung cancer).
Otto Struve
Baltic german astronomer.
Born August 12th, 1897 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1963 at 65 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
German composer (1905-1963).
Born August 2nd, 1905 in Munich. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1963 at 58 years old in Munich (stomach cancer). [ref]
Robert Hamer
British film director and screenwriter (1911–1963).
Born March 31st, 1911 in Kidderminster.
Died December 4th, 1963 at 52 years old in London (pneumonia).
Iemasa Tokugawa
Japanese politician (1884-1963).
Born March 23rd, 1884 in Shibuya.
Died February 18th, 1963 at 78 years old in Shibuya.
Deaths 151 to 175 of 472
I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen