In the year 1964
457 Notable deaths
Ville Pörhölä
Finnish athletics competitor (1897–1964).
Born December 24th, 1897 in Alatornio.
Died November 28th, 1964 at 66 years old in Oulu.
Benito Nardone
President of uruguay (1906–1964).
Born November 22nd, 1906 in Montevideo.
Died March 25th, 1964 at 57 years old in Montevideo.
Walter Assmann
German general and knight's cross recipient.
Born July 22nd, 1896 in Mühlhausen.
Died May 1st, 1964 at 67 years old in Offenbach am Main.
Alexander Petrunkevitch
Russian arachnologist (1875–1964).
Born December 22nd, 1875 in Borzna Uyezd, Pliski.
Died March 10th, 1964 at 88 years old in New Haven.
Pentti Eskola
Finnish geologist (1883–1964).
Born January 8th, 1883 in Honkilahti. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1964 at 81 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Charles Bozon
Alpine skier (1932–1964).
Born December 15th, 1932 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
Died July 7th, 1964 at 31 years old in Aiguille Verte.
Earl C. Slipher
American politician (1883-1964).
Born March 25th, 1883 in Mulberry.
Died August 7th, 1964 at 81 years old
Đorđe Andrejević-Kun
Yugoslav painter (1904-1964).
Born March 31st, 1904 in Wrocław.
Died January 17th, 1964 at 59 years old in Belgrade.
Mikhail Svetlov
Russian poet.
Born June 17th, 1903 in Dnipro. [ref]
Died September 28th, 1964 at 61 years old in Moscow (lung cancer). [ref]
Olavi Paavolainen
Finnish essayist, journalist, writer, and poet (1903–1964).
Born September 17th, 1903.
Died July 19th, 1964 at 60 years old in Helsinki.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 457
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs