In the year 1995
702 Notable deaths
Viktoria Brezhneva
First lady of the soviet union (1907-1995).
Born December 11th, 1907 in Belgorod. [ref]
Died July 5th, 1995 at 87 years old in Moscow (diabetes).
J. Presper Eckert
American electrical engineer and computer pioneer (1919-1995).
Born April 6th, 1919 in Philadelphia.
Died June 3rd, 1995 at 76 years old in Bryn Mawr (leukemia).
Ernest Walton
Irish physicist and nobel laureate (1903-1995).
Born October 6th, 1903 in Abbeyside.
Died June 25th, 1995 at 91 years old in Belfast.
Jack Clayton
British film director and producer (1921–1995).
Born March 1st, 1921 in Brighton.
Died February 26th, 1995 at 73 years old in Slough.
James Merrill
American poet (1926–1995).
Born March 3rd, 1926 in New York City.
Died February 6th, 1995 at 68 years old in Tucson (death from AIDS-related complications).
Toni Cade Bambara
American author, activist, professor (1939–1995).
Born March 25th, 1939 in New York City.
Died December 9th, 1995 at 56 years old in Philadelphia (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Kalpana Datta
Indian revolutionary and politician (1913-1995).
Born July 27th, 1913 in Sreepur Kharandwip Union.
Died February 8th, 1995 at 81 years old in Delhi.
Günter Guillaume
Stasi officer (1927–1995).
Born February 1st, 1927 in Berlin.
Died April 10th, 1995 at 68 years old in Petershagen-Eggersdorf (kidney cancer).
Rudolf Peierls
German-born british physicist.
Born June 5th, 1907 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1995 at 88 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Irene Tedrow
Actress (1907-1995).
Born August 3rd, 1907 in Denver.
Died March 10th, 1995 at 87 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
May Sarton
American poet, novelist, and memoirist (1912-1995).
Born May 3rd, 1912 in Wondelgem. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1995 at 83 years old in York (breast cancer).
John Howard
American actor (1913-1995).
Born April 14th, 1913 in Cleveland.
Died February 19th, 1995 at 81 years old in Santa Rosa (myocardial infarction, heart failure).
Ingo Schwichtenberg
German drummer.
Born May 18th, 1965 in Hamburg.
Died March 8th, 1995 at 29 years old in Hamburg.
Hannes Alfvén
Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908-1995), winner of the 1970 nobel prize for physics.
Born May 30th, 1908 in Norrköping. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1995 at 86 years old in Danderyd parish. [ref]
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Italian pianist.
Born January 5th, 1920 in Brescia.
Died June 12th, 1995 at 75 years old in Lugano.
Hugo Pratt
Italian comic book creator (1927-1995).
Born June 15th, 1927 in Rimini. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1995 at 68 years old in Pully (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Jeffrey Lynn
American actor (1909-1995).
Born February 16th, 1909 in Auburn.
Died November 24th, 1995 at 86 years old in Burbank.
Max Wünsche
German ss-standartenführer, recipient of the knight's cross (1914-1995).
Born April 20th, 1914 in Kittlitz.
Died April 18th, 1995 at 80 years old in Munich.
Albert W. Tucker
Canadian mathematician (1905–1995).
Born November 28th, 1905 in Oshawa.
Died January 25th, 1995 at 89 years old in Hightstown.
Nathan Rosen
American-israeli physicist.
Born March 22nd, 1909 in Brooklyn.
Died December 18th, 1995 at 86 years old in Haifa.
Aziz Nesin
Turkish writer (1915–1995).
Born December 21st, 1915 in Istanbul, Heybeliada. [ref]
Died July 6th, 1995 at 79 years old in Alaçatı (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ernest Mandel
Belgian economist and marxist philosopher (1923–1995).
Born April 5th, 1923 in Frankfurt.
Died July 20th, 1995 at 72 years old in Brussels metropolitan area (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Toe Blake
Canadian ice hockey player.
Born August 21st, 1912 in Ontario.
Died May 17th, 1995 at 82 years old in Montreal (Alzheimer's disease).
Nicolas Slonimsky
Russian composer (1894-1995).
Born April 27th, 1894 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1995 at 101 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Alexander Kaidanovsky
Soviet and russian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Born July 23rd, 1946 in Rostov-on-Don. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1995 at 49 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 176 to 200 of 702
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