Famous People Who Died In 1964
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1964. This list includes people like Jawaharlal Nehru, Herbert Hoover, Douglas MacArthur, Sam Cooke, Ian Fleming and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, journalists and novelists who died in 1964. This list includes people from United States, Germany, India & United Kingdom and many more countries.
Jawaharlal Nehru14 November 1889, Indian
First PM of India & Freedom Fighter
Douglas MacArthur26 January 1880, American
Sam Cooke22 January 1931, American
Singer and Songwriter
Herbert Hoover10 August 1874, American
31st U.S. President
Ian Fleming28 May 1908, British
Author of James Bond Series
Cole Porter09 June 1891, American
Composer, Songwriter
Rachel Carson27 May 1907, American
Marine biologist
Alan Ladd03 September 1913, American
Actor
Peter Lorre26 June 1904, American
Actor
Consuelo Vanderbilt02 March 1877, American
Socialite
Harpo Marx23 November 1888, American
Comedian
Guru Dutt09 July 1925, Indian
Actor, Producer, Director, Choreographer
Gracie Allen26 July 1895, American
Comedian
Mary Pinchot Meyer14 October 1920, American
Painter & Journalist
Andrew Goodman23 November 1943, American
Civil Rights Acrivist
Brendan Behan09 February 1923, Irish
Irish poet
Khawaja Nazimuddin19 July 1894, Pakistani
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Leó Szilárd11 February 1898, American
Physicist
Alfred Blalock05 April 1899, American
Surgeon
James Franck26 August 1882, German
Physicist
Victor Francis Hess24 June 1883, American
Discoverer of Cosmic Rays
Anna Julia Cooper10 August 1858, American
Author, Educator
Nancy Astor19 May 1879, British
First Woman MP in the House of Commons
J.B.S. Haldane05 November 1892, British
Geneticist
Sergiusz Piasecki01 April 1901, Polish
Writer
Emilio Aguinaldo22 March 1869, Filipino
Politician, Autobiographer
Jim Reeves20 August 1923, American
Singer, Songwriter
Paul of Greece14 December 1901, Greek
Sovereign
Norbert Wiener26 November 1894, American
Mathematician, Autobiographer, University teacher,
James Chaney30 May 1943, American
civil rights advocate
J. B. S. Haldane05 November 1892, Indian, British
Biologist, Geneticist, University teacher
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck20 March 1870, German
Politician, Writer, Officer
Michael Schwerner06 November 1939, American
Social Reformer
Karl Polanyi25 October 1886, Hungarian
Economist, Anthropologist, Economic historian,
Eric Edgar Cooke25 February 1931, Australian
Serial killer
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Gerrit Rietveld24 June 1888, Dutch
Dutch designer
Bharathidasan29 April 1891, Indian
Author
Jimmie Dodd28 March 1910, American
Actor
Plaek Phibunsongkhram14 July 1897, Thai
Politician, Military personnel
Maithili Sharan Gupt03 August 1886, Indian
Linguist, Poet, Politician, Translator
Giorgio Morandi20 July 1890, Italian
Painter, Teacher, Soldier, Etcher, University
Fireball Roberts20 January 1929, American
Racecar driver, Racing driver
Joseph Schildkraut22 March 1896, Austrian, American
Screenwriter, Stage actor, Film actor
Palmiro Togliatti26 March 1893, Italian
Politician
Anna J. Cooper10 August 1858, American
Historian, Writer
Guy Banister07 March 1900, American
private investigator
Otto Grotewohl11 March 1894
Politician
Orry-Kelly31 December 1897, Australian, American
Costume designer
Alvin C. York1887 AD
Warrior, Military Leader
Heinz Jost09 July 1904, German
Politician, Lawyer
Gerhard Domagk30 October 1895, German, Polish
Biochemist, Physician, University teacher
Alexander Archipenko30 May 1887, American
Sculptor, Painter, Artist
Frans Eemil Sillanpää16 September 1888, Finnish
Finnish writer
Samuil Marshak03 November 1887, Russian
writer, Poet
Alexander Meiklejohn01 February 1872, American
Philosopher
Hans von Euler-Chelpin15 February 1873, German, Swedish
Biochemist
Clarence Budington Kelland11 July 1881, American
Writer, Journalist, Novelist
Jigme Palden Dorji1919 AD, Bhutanese
Politician,Prime Minister
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck20 March 1870, German
General
Stuart Davis07 December 1892, American
Painter
Carl van Vechten17 June 1880, American
Writer, photographer
Robert N. Lee12 May 1890, American
Screenwriter
E.J. Pratt1882 AD, Canadian
Poet
Brendan Francis Behan09 January 1923, Irish
Poet
Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel31 August 1879, Austrian
John Thomas Flynn25 October 1882, American
Gōtarō Mikami15 November 1869, Japanese
Physician, Journalist
Păstorel Teodoreanu30 July 1894, Romanian
Linguist, Lawyer