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In the year 1964
399 Notable deaths
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab
Iraqi poet (1926-1964).
Born December 24th, 1926 in Basra. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1964 at 38 years old in Syria. [ref]
Rauf Orbay
Prime minister of turkey (1881-1964).
Born July 27th, 1881 in Constantinople.
Died July 16th, 1964 at 82 years old in Istanbul.
Samuil Marshak
Russian writer, poet, playwright.
Born November 3rd, 1887 in Voronezh. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1964 at 76 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Clarence Kolb
Actor (1874-1964).
Born July 31st, 1874 in Cleveland.
Died November 25th, 1964 at 90 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
Francisco Craveiro Lopes
President of portugal (1894-1964).
Born April 12th, 1894 in Lisbon.
Died September 2nd, 1964 at 70 years old in Lisbon.
Edgar Barrier
Film, radio and television actor (1907-1964).
Born March 4th, 1907 in New York City.
Died June 20th, 1964 at 57 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt
German neuropathologist.
Born June 2nd, 1885 in Harburg.
Died December 30th, 1964 at 79 years old in Munich.
Wanda Wasilewska
Polish writer (1905-1964).
Born January 21st, 1905 in Kraków. [ref]
Died July 29th, 1964 at 59 years old in Kyiv (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alexander Chizhevsky
Interdisciplinary scientist and cosmist (1897-1964).
Born February 7th, 1897 in Ciechanowiec.
Died December 20th, 1964 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Flaminio Bertoni
Italian automobile designer (1903-1964).
Born January 10th, 1903 in Varese.
Died February 7th, 1964 at 61 years old in Paris.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 399
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks