In the year 1967
611 Notable deaths
Ossip Zadkine
French sculptor and painter of russian origin (1888–1967).
Born July 14th, 1890 in Vitebsk. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1967 at 77 years old in Paris.
Mary Garden
Scottish opera singer (1874-1967).
Born February 20th, 1874 in Aberdeen.
Died January 3rd, 1967 at 92 years old in Inverurie.
Paul Löbe
German politician (1875-1967).
Born December 14th, 1875 in Legnica.
Died August 3rd, 1967 at 91 years old in Bonn.
Gerhard Ritter
German historian (1888-1967).
Born April 6th, 1888 in Bad Sooden-Allendorf.
Died July 1st, 1967 at 79 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Bruce Fairchild Barton
American author, politician and advertising executive (1886-1967).
Born August 5th, 1886 in Robbins.
Died July 5th, 1967 at 80 years old in New York City.
Christopher Okigbo
Nigerian poet (1930–1967).
Born August 16th, 1930 in Ojoto.
Died September 20th, 1967 at 37 years old in Nsukka (Nigerian Civil War).
Hans Eisele
German ss officer and concentration camp doctor (1913-1967).
Born March 13th, 1913 in Donaueschingen.
Died May 3rd, 1967 at 54 years old in Maadi.
Julien Duvivier
French film director (1896–1967).
Born October 3rd, 1896 in Lille.
Died October 30th, 1967 at 71 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Adrienne von Speyr
Swiss doctor and mystic (1902–1967).
Born September 20th, 1902 in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Died September 17th, 1967 at 64 years old in Basel.
Katsumi Tezuka
Japanese actor and baseball player.
Born August 31st, 1912 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1967 at 55 years old
Princess Marie Melita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
German noblewoman.
Born January 18th, 1899 in Langenburg.
Died November 8th, 1967 at 68 years old in Munich (disease).
Omkarnath Thakur
Indian classical singer (1897–1967).
Died December 29th, 1967 at 70 years old in India.
J. R. Ackerley
English writer and editor (1896-1967).
Born November 4th, 1896 in London.
Died June 4th, 1967 at 70 years old in London.
Josef Ganz
German car designer (1898–1967).
Born July 1st, 1898 in Budapest.
Died July 26th, 1967 at 69 years old in St Kilda.
Edward Chamberlin
American economist (1899–1967).
Born May 18th, 1899 in Washington.
Died July 16th, 1967 at 68 years old in Cambridge.
Morris Swadesh
American linguist (1909–1967).
Born January 22nd, 1909 in Holyoke.
Died July 20th, 1967 at 58 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Nikolai Vlasik
Soviet general (1896-1967).
Born May 22nd, 1896 in Babyničy.
Died June 18th, 1967 at 71 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).
Stuff Smith
American musician (1909-1967).
Born August 14th, 1909 in Portsmouth.
Died September 25th, 1967 at 58 years old in Munich.
Elmer Rice
American playwright (1892–1967).
Born September 28th, 1892 in New York City.
Died May 8th, 1967 at 74 years old in Southampton (pneumonia).
Mischa Elman
American violinist (1891–1967).
Born January 20th, 1891 in Talne.
Died April 20th, 1967 at 76 years old in New York City.
Alexander Aitken
New zealand mathematician (1895-1967).
Born April 1st, 1895 in Dunedin.
Died November 3rd, 1967 at 72 years old in Edinburgh.
Héctor Scarone
Uruguayan footballer (1898-1967).
Born November 26th, 1898 in Montevideo.
Died April 23rd, 1967 at 68 years old in Montevideo.
Miklós Kállay
Hungarian politician (1887–1967).
Born January 23rd, 1887 in Nyíregyháza.
Died January 14th, 1967 at 79 years old in New York City.
Robert Nighthawk
American blues musician (1909-1967).
Born November 30th, 1909 in Helena-West Helena, Helena. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1967 at 57 years old in Helena. [ref]
James Strachey
British psychoanalyst (1887-1967).
Born September 26th, 1887 in London.
Died April 25th, 1967 at 79 years old in High Wycombe.
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I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. Corazon Aquino