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In the year 1960
468 Notable deaths
Dorothea Douglass
English tennis and badminton player.
Born September 3rd, 1878 in Ealing.
Died January 7th, 1960 at 81 years old in Kensington. [ref]
Teiji Takagi
Japanese mathematician.
Born April 21st, 1875 in Kasuga. [ref]
Died February 29th, 1960 at 84 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Kathlyn Williams
American actress (1879-1960).
Died September 23rd, 1960 at 81 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Igor Grabar
Russian post-impressionist painter, publisher, restorer and historian of art (1871-1960).
Born March 25th, 1871 in Pest, Buda.
Died May 16th, 1960 at 89 years old in Moscow.
Leo Spitzer
Austrian philologist and literary theorist (1887–1960).
Born February 7th, 1887 in Vienna.
Died September 16th, 1960 at 73 years old in Forte dei Marmi.
Friedrich Adler
Austrian politician (1879-1960).
Born July 9th, 1879 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 2nd, 1960 at 80 years old in Zürich. [ref]
William Morgan Shuster
American publisher (1877-1960).
Born February 23rd, 1877 in Washington, D.C..
Died May 26th, 1960 at 83 years old in New York City.
Edward Quinan
British army commander (1885–1960).
Born January 9th, 1885 in Kolkata.
Died November 13th, 1960 at 75 years old in London.
Paul Abraham
Jewish-hungarian composer (1892–1960).
Born November 2nd, 1892 in Apatin.
Died May 6th, 1960 at 67 years old in Hamburg.
Mátyás Seiber
British-hungarian composer (1905-1960).
Born May 4th, 1905 in Budapest. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1960 at 55 years old in Cape Town (traffic collision). [ref]
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