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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).
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.
Deaths 201 to 225 of 517
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