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In the year 1965

517 Notable deaths

George Erskine

British army officer.

Born August 23rd, 1899 in Hascombe.

Died August 29th, 1965 at 66 years old in Rusper.

Tito Schipa

Italian tenor (1889-1965).

Born January 2nd, 1888 in Lecce.

Died December 16th, 1965 at 77 years old in New York City (cardiac arrest, type 2 diabetes).

James Collip

Canadian biochemist, part of group that isolated insulin (1892–1965).

Born November 20th, 1892 in Belleville. [ref]

Died June 19th, 1965 at 72 years old in London.

Harry Porter

Athletics competitor (1882-1965).

Born August 31st, 1882 in Bridgeport.

Died June 27th, 1965 at 82 years old in Hartford.

Antonio Ligabue

Italian painter (1899-1965).

Born December 18th, 1899 in Zurich.

Died May 27th, 1965 at 65 years old in Gualtieri.

Frederick John Kiesler

Austrian architect and sculptor (1890-1965).

Born September 22nd, 1890 in Vienna, Chernivtsi.

Died December 27th, 1965 at 75 years old in New York City.

Kodo Sawaki

Japanese zen buddhist monk (1880-1965).

Born June 16th, 1880 in Tsu.

Died December 21st, 1965 at 85 years old in Antai-ji.

Spencer Williams

American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer (1889-1965).

Born October 14th, 1889 in New Orleans.

Died July 14th, 1965 at 75 years old in Flushing.

Leopoldine Konstantin

Austrian actress (1886-1965).

Born March 12th, 1886 in Brno.

Died December 14th, 1965 at 79 years old in Vienna.

Ahn Eak-tai

Korean composer (1906–1965).

Born December 5th, 1906 in Pyongyang.

Died September 16th, 1965 at 58 years old in Mallorca.

Frol Kozlov

Soviet politician (1908-1965).

Born August 18th, 1908.

Died January 30th, 1965 at 56 years old in Moscow.

Angelica Balabanoff

Russian-jewish-italian dissident writer, social activist, politician, editor.

Born August 4th, 1878 in Chernihiv. [ref]

Died November 25th, 1965 at 87 years old in Rome. [ref]

Jesse Douglas

American mathematician.

Born July 3rd, 1897 in New York City.

Died October 7th, 1965 at 68 years old in New York City. [ref]

Hugh Latimer Dryden

American aeronautical scientist and civil servant.

Born July 2nd, 1898 in Worcester County.

Died December 2nd, 1965 at 67 years old in Washington, D.C..

Muhammad Amin Bughra

Chinese politician.

Born April 22nd, 1901 in Hotan.

Died April 29th, 1965 at 64 years old in Turkey.

George Călinescu

Romanian writer and academic.

Born June 19th, 1899 in Bucharest. [ref]

Died March 12th, 1965 at 65 years old in Otopeni. [ref]

Louis Harold Gray

British physicist (1905-1965).

Born November 10th, 1905 in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Died July 9th, 1965 at 59 years old in Northwood.

Árpád Szakasits

Hungarian politician (1888-1965).

Born December 6th, 1888 in Budapest.

Died May 3rd, 1965 at 76 years old in Budapest.

Julián Carrillo

Mexican musician (1875–1965).

Born January 28th, 1875 in Ahualulco.

Died September 9th, 1965 at 90 years old in Mexico City.

Tom Wilson

American film actor (1880-1965).

Born August 27th, 1880 in Helena.

Died February 19th, 1965 at 84 years old in Los Angeles.

Otto Kirchheimer

German-american legal scholar.

Born November 11th, 1905 in Heilbronn.

Died November 22nd, 1965 at 60 years old in Washington, D.C..

Clemence Dane

English novelist (1888-1965).

Born February 21st, 1888 in London Borough of Lewisham, Blackheath.

Died March 28th, 1965 at 77 years old in London.

Lynn Thorndike

American historian of medieval science and alchemy.

Born July 24th, 1882 in Lynn. [ref]

Died December 28th, 1965 at 83 years old in New York City. [ref]

Lars Christensen

Norwegian businessman (1884–1965).

Born April 6th, 1884 in Sandefjord.

Died December 10th, 1965 at 81 years old in New York City.

Georges Gurvitch

French sociologist (1894-1965).

Born November 1st, 1894 in Novorossiysk.

Died December 12th, 1965 at 71 years old in Paris.

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