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In the year 1963
472 Notable deaths
Ugo Cerletti
Italian neurologist (1877–1963).
Born September 26th, 1877 in Conegliano.
Died July 25th, 1963 at 85 years old in Rome.
Marie de Régnier
French writer (1875–1963).
Born December 20th, 1875 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 6th, 1963 at 87 years old in Suresnes.
Herbert Spencer Gasser
American physiologist (1888-1963).
Born July 5th, 1888 in Platteville.
Died May 11th, 1963 at 74 years old in New York City.
Clifford Berry
American computer scientist (1918–1963).
Born April 19th, 1918 in Gladbrook.
Died October 30th, 1963 at 45 years old in New York City.
Julián Grimau
Spanish politician (1911-1963).
Born February 18th, 1911 in Madrid.
Died April 20th, 1963 at 52 years old in Madrid (gunshot wound).
Suzanne Duchamp
French dadaist painter (1889-1963).
Born October 20th, 1889 in Blainville-Crevon.
Died September 11th, 1963 at 73 years old in Paris.
Katharine Burdekin
British novelist.
Born July 23rd, 1896 in Derbyshire.
Died August 10th, 1963 at 67 years old in Suffolk.
Ba U
2nd president of burma.
Born May 26th, 1887 in Pathein.
Died November 9th, 1963 at 76 years old in Yangon.
Mahmud Shaltut
Egyptian imam (1893-1963).
Born April 23rd, 1893.
Died December 13th, 1963 at 70 years old in Cairo.
Ole Olsen
American vaudevillian and comedian (1892-1963).
Born November 6th, 1892 in Peru.
Died January 26th, 1963 at 70 years old in Albuquerque (kidney disease).
Bobby Jaspar
Belgian cool jazz and hard bop saxophonist, flautist and composer (1926–1963).
Born February 20th, 1926 in Liège.
Died March 4th, 1963 at 37 years old in New York City. [ref]
Richard Oswald
Austrian film director (1880–1963).
Born November 5th, 1880 in Vienna.
Died September 11th, 1963 at 82 years old in Düsseldorf.
Louis J. Gasnier
Film director (1875-1963).
Born September 15th, 1875 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 15th, 1963 at 87 years old in Hollywood.
Alfred Ritscher
German explorer.
Born May 23rd, 1879 in Bad Lauterberg im Harz.
Died March 30th, 1963 at 83 years old in Hamburg.
Wilhelm Beiglböck
German physician (1905-1963); defendant in the nuremberg doctors' trial.
Born October 10th, 1905 in Hochneukirchen-Gschaidt.
Died November 22nd, 1963 at 58 years old in Buxtehude.
Erich Ollenhauer
German politician (1901–1963).
Born March 27th, 1901 in Magdeburg.
Died December 14th, 1963 at 62 years old in Bonn (pulmonary embolism).
Aleksandra Piłsudska
Polish independence fighter, pps activist, first lady of poland (1882–1963).
Born December 12th, 1882 in Suwałki.
Died March 31st, 1963 at 80 years old in London.
Martin Munkácsi
Hungarian photographer.
Born May 18th, 1896 in Cluj-Napoca. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1963 at 67 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alexander Rüstow
German academic (1885–1963).
Born April 8th, 1885 in Wiesbaden.
Died June 30th, 1963 at 78 years old in Heidelberg.
Alan Goodrich Kirk
United states navy admiral (1888–1963).
Born October 30th, 1888 in Philadelphia.
Died October 15th, 1963 at 74 years old in New York City.
Rosa Raisa
Operatic soprano (1893-1963).
Born May 30th, 1893 in Białystok.
Died September 28th, 1963 at 70 years old in Los Angeles, Santa Monica (disease). [ref]
William Baziotes
American painter (1912-1963).
Born June 11th, 1912 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died June 6th, 1963 at 50 years old in New York City (lung cancer).
Luo Ronghuan
Marshal of the people's republic of china (1902-1963).
Born November 26th, 1902 in Ronghuan Town.
Died December 26th, 1963 at 61 years old in Beijing.
Jacob Gade
Danish musician (1879-1963).
Born November 29th, 1879 in Vejle.
Died February 22nd, 1963 at 83 years old in Torø Huse.
Edward L. Cahn
American film director and film editor (1899–1963).
Born February 12th, 1899 in Brooklyn.
Died August 25th, 1963 at 64 years old in Hollywood.
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