Famous Deaths for Year 1964

Months in Year 1964: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Deaths 1 - 150 of 228

Jan 1st - Alf Hall, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 Tests), dies
Jan 1st - Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer, dies at 84
Jan 1st - Rika Hopper, Dutch actress (Comedia, Anastasia), dies at about 86
Jan 1st - Bechara El Khoury, President of Lebanon (b. 1890)
Jan 4th - Ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64
Jan 6th - Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67
Jan 7th - Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62
Jan 7th - Cyril Davies, American musician (b. 1932)
Jan 8th - Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71
Jan 8th - Julius Raab, Austrian Chancellor (1953-61), dies at 72
Jan 9th - Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80
Jan 10th - A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46
Jan 12th - C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies
Jan 15th - Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden, US jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58
Jan 17th - Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), dies at 57
Jan 17th - T.H. White, English author (b. 1906)
Jan 19th - Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
Jan 20th - Jan Rychlik, composer, dies at 47
Jan 21st - Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68
Jan 22nd - Marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58
Jan 23rd - Louis Horst, composer, dies at 80
Jan 27th - Lieb Glantz, composer, dies at 65
Jan 29th - Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif
Jan 30th - Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at 80
Feb 3rd - Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (b. 1880)
Feb 4th - Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at 71
Feb 6th - Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69
Feb 6th - W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests v NZ 1930), dies
Feb 6th - Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and President (b. 1869)
Feb 7th - Hermann A J Kees, German egyptologist, dies at 77
Feb 7th - Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Oly-gold-32), dies at 59
Feb 8th - Tom Terriss, English director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), dies at 91
Feb 9th - Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55
Feb 10th - Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (b. 1905)
Feb 13th - Werner Heyde, German psyhiatrist (b. 1902)
Feb 15th - Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chicago Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22
Feb 15th - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician (b. 1880)
Feb 18th - Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Quebec inventor and industrialist (b. 1907)
Feb 20th - R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies
Feb 22nd - Edie Martin, actor (Titfield Thunderbolt), dies at 84
Feb 24th - Alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76
Feb 24th - Frank Conroy, actor (Midnight Mary, Threat), dies at 73
Feb 25th - Alexander Archipenko, sculptor, dies
Feb 25th - Grace Metalious, American writer (b. 1924)
Feb 27th - Orry-Kelly, Australian costume designer (b. 1897)
Feb 28th - Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78
Feb 29th - Frank Albertson, actor (Room Service), dies at 55
Feb 29th - Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/paleontologist, dies at 74
Mar 1st - Sergius Kagen, composer, dies at 54
Mar 6th - King Paul I, of Greece (1947-64), dies at 62
Mar 7th - Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73
Mar 9th - Johanna W "Mina" Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at 87
Mar 9th - Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician, dies at 93
Mar 13th - Kitty Genovese, stabbed to death in Queens; 40 neighbors looked on
Mar 15th - Paul Cavanagh, actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75
Mar 16th - Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80
Mar 18th - Norbert Wiener, US mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69
Mar 18th - Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (b. 1870)
Mar 20th - Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41
Mar 20th - Jean Rogister, composer, dies at 84
Mar 22nd - Addison Richards, actor (Col-Pentagon), dies at 76
Mar 23rd - Peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59
Mar 23rd - Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66
Mar 24th - Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US actor (Maltese Falcon, Raven), dies at 59
Mar 29th - Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63
Mar 30th - Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76
Apr 1st - Bozidar Kunc, composer, dies at 60
WW2 General Douglas MacArthur (Apr 5th) Apr 5th - Douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84
Apr 14th - Bert McGirr, cricketer (2 Tests for NZ, 51 runs), dies
Apr 14th - Earle Hodgins, actor (Guestward Ho!), dies at 64
Apr 14th - Rachel L Carson, US biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at 56
Apr 14th - Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva, Russian/Dutch mathematician (b. 1876)
Apr 18th - Albe Vidakovic, composer, dies at 49
Apr 18th - Ben Hecht, playwright (Child of the Century), dies at 71
Apr 19th - Cyril Merry, cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies
Apr 20th - Eddie Dyer, baseball player (b. 1899)
Apr 24th - Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (b. 1895)
Apr 26th - Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81
Apr 26th - Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93
Apr 27th - Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73
Apr 28th - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (b. 1888)
Apr 29th - Albert Saverys, Flemish painter, dies at 77
May 2nd - Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies
May 3rd - Diana Wynyard, dies at 58
May 6th - Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74
May 10th - Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35
May 10th - Ignace Lilien, composer, dies at 66
May 10th - Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (b. 1881)
May 15th - Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61
May 15th - Vladko Maček, Kingdom of Yugoslavia deputy prime minister (b. 1879)
May 17th - Otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82
May 21st - James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
May 25th - Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92
May 27th - Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74
May 28th - John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76
May 30th - Leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66
May 30th - Eddie Sachs, American auto racer (b. 1927)
May 30th - Dave MacDonald, American auto racer (b. 1936)
Jun 1st - Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66
Jun 3rd - Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
Jun 4th - Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (b. 1887)
Jun 6th - Robert Warwick, actor (Konga, Zorro, Lady Godiva), dies at 85
Jun 7th - Charlie Llewellyn, cricketer (544 runs in 15 Tests for South Africa), dies
Jun 9th - Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies
Jun 9th - W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Engl Min of Info, dies at 85
Jun 10th - Louis Gruenberg, composer, dies at 79
Jun 14th - [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, actor/director (3 Drops of Water), dies at 81
Jun 18th - Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58
Jun 20th - Edgar Barrier, actor (Cobra Woman, Rocky, Macbeth), dies at 57
Jun 21st - Andrew Goodman, US civil rights activist, murdered at 20
Jun 21st - James Chaney, US civil rights activist, murdered at 21
Jun 21st - Michael Schwerner, US civil rights activist, murder at 21
Jun 22nd - Havank, [HF van der Kallen], detective writer (Shade), dies at 60
Jun 25th - Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Sonsbeekpaviljoen), dies at 76
Jun 26th - Leo Dandurand, American-born Canadian sports executive (b. 1889)
Jun 27th - Daniel Lazarus, composer, dies at 65
Jun 28th - King Calder, actor (Lt Grey-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64
Jun 29th - Milenko Zivkovic, composer, dies at 63
Jun 29th - Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (b. 1928)
Jul 1st - Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89
Jul 2nd - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash
Jul 11th - Maurice Thorez, sec-general French communist party, dies at 64
Jul 12th - William Solomon, South African cricketer (Test 1898-99), dies
Jul 19th - Carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69
Jul 23rd - Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74
Jul 24th - Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, dies
Jul 26th - Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician, naval officer and racing driver (b. 1884)
Jul 29th - Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
Jul 31st - Jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39
Aug 2nd - Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69
Aug 2nd - Jose Maria Castro, composer, dies at 71
Aug 3rd - Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39
Aug 5th - Moa Martinson, writer, dies
Aug 5th - Art Ross, Canadian hockey player and executive (b. 1886)
Aug 6th - Cedric Hardwicke, actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71
Aug 12th - Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56
Aug 14th - Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30
Aug 16th - Jack Pennick, actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68
Aug 21st - Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies
Aug 24th - Maurice Schoemaker, composer, dies at 73
Aug 27th - Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59
Aug 27th - Gracie Allen, actress (Burns & Allen), dies at 62
Aug 28th - Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62
Aug 28th - Lumsden Hare, actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox), dies at 89
Aug 30th - Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43
Aug 31st - Carole Coleman, singer (Make Mine Music), dies at 42
Sep 1st - George Georgescu, composer, dies at 76
Sep 2nd - Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/pres (1951-58), dies at 70
Sep 2nd - Morris Ankrum, actor (Kronos, Earth vs Flying Saucers), dies at 67
Sep 2nd - Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (b. 1900)