In the year 1964

509 Notable deaths

Mona Barrie

English actress (1909–1964).

Born December 18th, 1905 in London.

Died June 27th, 1964 at 58 years old in Los Angeles.

Otto Schniewind

German admiral (1887–1964).

Born December 14th, 1888 in Saarlouis.

Died March 26th, 1964 at 75 years old in Linz am Rhein.

Jean Ray

Belgian writer (1887–1964).

Born July 8th, 1887 in Ghent.

Died September 17th, 1964 at 77 years old in Ghent.

Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu

French admiral and discalced carmelite friar (1889–1964).

Born August 7th, 1889 in Brest.

Died September 7th, 1964 at 75 years old in Brest.

Sam Newfield

American film director (1899-1964).

Born December 6th, 1899 in New York City.

Died November 10th, 1964 at 64 years old in Los Angeles.

Erwin Finlay-Freundlich

German astronomer (1885–1964).

Born May 29th, 1885 in Biebrich.

Died July 24th, 1964 at 79 years old in Wiesbaden.

Julio Sosa

Uruguayan musician (1926-1964).

Born February 2nd, 1926 in Canelones Department, Las Piedras.

Died November 26th, 1964 at 38 years old in Buenos Aires (traffic collision).

Hans Moser

Austrian actor (1880–1964).

Born August 6th, 1880 in Vienna.

Died June 19th, 1964 at 83 years old in Vienna (cancer).

YU You-Ren

Taiwanese politician (1879-1964).

Born April 11th, 1879 in Sanyuan County.

Died November 10th, 1964 at 85 years old in Taipei (pneumonia).

Louis Gruenberg

Russian-american musician (1884–1964).

Born August 3rd, 1884 in Brest.

Died June 10th, 1964 at 79 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. [ref]

Johanna Brandt

South african propagandist of afrikaner nationalism, spy during the boer war, prophet and writer on controversial health subjects. (1876–1964).

Born November 18th, 1876 in Heidelberg.

Died January 23rd, 1964 at 87 years old in South Africa.

Adolfo Díaz

President of nicaragua (1875-1964).

Born July 15th, 1875 in Alajuela.

Died January 29th, 1964 at 88 years old in San José.

Andreas Hermes

German politician (1878-1964).

Born July 16th, 1878 in Cologne.

Died January 4th, 1964 at 85 years old in Berg.

Sergey Biryuzov

Soviet military commander (1904-1964).

Born August 21st, 1904 in Skopin.

Died October 19th, 1964 at 60 years old in Belgrade.

Kanysh Satpayev

Soviet geologist (1899-1964).

Born April 12th, 1899 in Qarashi.

Died January 31st, 1964 at 64 years old in Moscow.

Friedrich-Georg Eberhardt

German general and knight's cross recipient (1892-1964).

Born January 15th, 1892 in Strasbourg.

Died September 9th, 1964 at 72 years old in Wiesbaden.

Billy Walker

English footballer and manager (1897-1964).

Born October 29th, 1897 in Wednesbury.

Died November 28th, 1964 at 67 years old in Sheffield.

William Garbutt

English footballer and manager (1883-1964).

Born January 9th, 1883 in Stockport.

Died February 24th, 1964 at 81 years old in Warwick.

Ólafur Thors

Icelandic politician (1892-1964).

Born January 19th, 1892 in Borgarnes.

Died December 31st, 1964 at 72 years old in Reykjavík.

Vasily Agapkin

Russian author, composer, and conductor (1884–1964).

Born February 3rd, 1884 in Shancherovo.

Died October 29th, 1964 at 80 years old in Moscow.

Keiji Sada

Japanese actor(1926 - 1964).

Born December 9th, 1926 in Shimogyō-ku.

Died August 17th, 1964 at 37 years old in Nirasaki (traffic collision).

Carl Joachim Hambro

Norwegian politician (1885-1964).

Born January 5th, 1885 in Bergen.

Died December 15th, 1964 at 79 years old in Oslo.

Heinrich von Brentano

German politician and lawyer (1904-1964).

Born June 6th, 1904 in Offenbach am Main.

Died November 14th, 1964 at 60 years old in Darmstadt (cancer).

Edwin Bidwell Wilson

American mathematician, statistician, and physicist (1879–1964).

Born April 25th, 1879 in Hartford.

Died December 28th, 1964 at 85 years old in Brookline.

Viljo Revell

Finnish functionalist architect (1910–1964).

Born January 25th, 1910 in Vaasa. [ref]

Died November 8th, 1964 at 54 years old in Helsinki. [ref]

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