Famous People Who Died In 1969
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1969. This list includes people like Judy Garland, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sharon Tate, Ho Chi Minh, Princess Alice of Battenberg and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, military leaders, artists and presidents who died in 1969. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & India and many more countries.
Sharon Tate24 January 1943, American
Model, Film Actress, Television Actress
Judy Garland10 June 1922, American
Singer
Dwight D. Eisenhower14 October 1890, American
34th U.S. President
Ho Chi Minh19 May 1890, Vietnamese
Former PM and President of Democratic Republic of
Brian Jones28 February 1942, British
Founder of the Rolling Stones
Madhubala14 February 1933, Indian
Actress
Rocky Marciano01 September 1923, American
Professional Boxer
Jack Kerouac12 March 1922, American
Novelist, Poet
Princess Alice of Battenberg25 February 1885, British
Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark
Boris Karloff23 November 1887, British
Actor
Mary Jo Kopechne26 July 1940, American
Political Campaign Specialist of Robert F. Kennedy
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe27 March 1886, German
Architect
Conrad Hilton Jr.06 July 1926, American
Socialite, Entrepreneur
Walter Gropius18 May 1883, German, American
Architect
Abigail Folger11 August 1943, American
Business Women
Allen Dulles07 April 1893, American
Former Diplomat & Head of CIA
Saud of Saudi Arabia15 January 1902, Saudi Arabian
Former King of Saudi Arabia
Howard McNear27 January 1905, American
Actor
Diane Linkletter31 October 1948, American
Art Linkletter's Daughter
Iskander Mirza15 November 1899, Pakistani
Former President of Pakistan
Morihei Ueshiba14 December 1883, Japanese
Martial Artist
Everett Dirksen04 January 1896, American
Former U.S. Senator
Josef von Sternberg29 May 1894, American
Film Director
Norman Lindsay22 February 1879, Australian
Artist
Leo McCarey03 October 1898, American
Film Director
Dr Zakir Husain08 February 1897, Indian
Former President of India
Otto Stern17 February 1888, German
Physicist
Dominique Pire10 February 1910, Belgian
Cleric, Educator
C. F. Powell05 December 1903, British
Physicist
Frank King09 April 1883, American
cartoonist
John Altoon05 November 1925, American
Painter
Jeffrey Hunter25 November 1926, American
Actor
Vito Genovese27 November 1897, American
Drug trafficker
Theodor W. Adorno11 September 1903, German, American
Philosopher, Composer, Musicologist, Sociologist,
Franz von Papen29 October 1879, German
Chancellor , Prime Minister
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Walter Hagen21 December 1892, American
Golfer
C. N. Annadurai15 September 1909, Indian
Politician, Screenwriter, Writer
Donald Crowhurst1932 AD, Indian
entrepreneur, navigator
Meher Baba25 February 1894, Indian
Itzhak Stern25 January 1901, Israeli, Polish
Accountant
Liu Shaoqi24 November 1898, Chinese
Chinese revolutionary
Kliment Voroshilov04 February 1881, Russian
Military officer
Assia Wevill15 May 1927, German
Socialite, Poet
Otto Dix02 December 1891, German
Painter, Esperantist, University teacher
Sonja Henie08 April 1912, Norwegian
Actor, Figure skater
Raymond A. Spruance03 July 1886, American
Officer, Diplomat
John Kennedy Toole17 December 1937, American
Writer, novelist, soldier, professor
Leonard Chess12 March 1917, American
Record producer
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis10 December 1891, British
Politician, Officer
Frank Loesser29 June 1910, American
Composer, Librettist, Lyricist, Songwriter, Film
Karl Jaspers23 February 1883, Swiss, German
Philosopher, Psychiatrist, Physician, Theologian,
Levi Eshkol25 October 1895, Israeli, Ukrainian
Politician
Coleman Hawkins21 November 1904, American
Saxophonist, Jazz musician
Jan Palach11 August 1948, Czech
Activist
Paul Chambers22 April 1935, American
Composer, Jazz musician
Li Zongren13 August 1890, Chinese
Politician
Bud Collyer18 June 1908, American
Voice actor, Actor
Arthur Friedenreich18 July 1892, Brazilian
Association football player
R. G. LeTourneau30 November 1888, American
Harley Earl22 November 1893, American
Designer, Automotive designer
Joseph P. Kennedy1888 AD
Business Leader, Diplomat
Martita Hunt30 January 1899, British
Actor, Stage actor
C. W. W. Kannangara13 October 1884, Sri Lankan
Diplomat, Politician
Witold Gombrowicz04 August 1904, Polish
Writer, Playwright, Novelist, Diarist, Poet lawyer
Gavin Maxwell15 July 1914, British
Naturalist, Writer
Eberhard von Mackensen24 September 1889, German
Military personnel
Krzysztof Komeda27 April 1931, Polish
Composer, Pianist, Jazz musician, Film score
Ben Shahn12 September 1898, American
Photographer, Painter
Sidney Weinberg12 October 1891, American
Banker, Economist
Ramón Grau13 September 1881, Cuban
politician, physician
Rómulo Gallegos02 August 1884, Venezuelan
Novelist
Michael Lippert24 April 1897, German
Police officer, Torturer
Frederic Bartlett20 October 1886, British
Teacher, Psychologist, University teacher
Harry Hammond Hess24 May 1906, American
Geologist, Officer
Mikio Naruse20 August 1905, Japanese
Film director, Writer, Film producer, Screenwriter
Vesto Slipher11 November 1875, American
Astronomer
Karl Freund16 January 1890, American
Cinematographer, Film director, Screenwriter
Frederick Varley02 January 1881, Canadian
Painter
Elbert Frank Cox05 December 1895, American
American mathematician
Erwin Blumenfeld26 January 1897, German
Photographer
Theodor Reik12 May 1888, Austrian, American
Psychologist, Psychanalyst
Billie Frechette1907 AD
Theater Actress, Criminal, Singer
John Mason10 January 1945, Indian
Schoolmaster, Educationist
Thakur Anukulchandra14 September 1888, Bangladeshi
Cecil Frank Powell05 December 1903, British
Physicist
John Llewellyn Lewis12 February 1880, American
Adolfo Lopez Mateos26 May 1910, Mexican
Wacław Sierpiński14 March 1882, Polish
Mathematician