| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Katharine Anthony |
Author |
27-Nov-1877 |
20-Nov-1965 |
Biographer, The Lambs |
| Edward Victor Appleton |
Physicist |
6-Sep-1892 |
21-Apr-1965 |
Ionosphere, shortwave radio |
| Irving Bacon |
Actor |
6-Sep-1893 |
5-Feb-1965 |
Mr. Beazley |
| Bernard M. Baruch |
Business |
19-Aug-1870 |
20-Jun-1965 |
Coined the term Cold War |
| Reginald Beckwith |
Actor |
2-Nov-1908 |
26-Jun-1965 |
The Million Pound Note |
| Constance Bennett |
Actor |
22-Oct-1904 |
24-Jul-1965 |
The Affairs of Cellini |
| Harry Blackstone |
Magician |
27-Sep-1885 |
16-Nov-1965 |
Vaudeville illusionist |
| Michael Bohnen |
Singer |
2-May-1887 |
26-Apr-1965 |
Operatic bass baritone |
| Mary Boland |
Actor |
28-Jan-1880 |
23-Jun-1965 |
Ruggles of Red Gap |
| Clara Bow |
Actor |
29-Jul-1905 |
26-Sep-1965 |
Schizophrenic actress, Wings |
| Ernest S. Brown |
Attorney |
25-Sep-1903 |
23-Jul-1965 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1954 |
| Martin Buber |
Philosopher |
8-Feb-1878 |
13-Jun-1965 |
Ich und Du |
| Dan Burros |
Activist |
5-Mar-1937 |
31-Oct-1965 |
Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times |
| Nancy Carroll |
Actor |
19-Nov-1903 |
6-Aug-1965 |
The Devil's Holiday |
| Francis Cherry |
Politician |
5-Sep-1908 |
15-Jul-1965 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1953-55 |
| Winston Churchill |
Head of State |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Jan-1965 |
WWII Prime Minister of England |
| Steve Cochran |
Actor |
25-May-1917 |
15-Jun-1965 |
The Damned Don't Cry |
| Eli Cohen |
Spy |
26-Dec-1924 |
18-May-1965 |
Israel's greatest spy |
| Nat King Cole |
Singer |
17-Mar-1917 |
15-Feb-1965 |
Unforgettable |
| Ray Collins |
Actor |
10-Dec-1889 |
11-Jul-1965 |
Lt. Tragg on Perry Mason |
| Le Corbusier |
Architect |
6-Oct-1887 |
27-Aug-1965 |
Most influential 20th century architect |
| Henry Cowell |
Composer |
11-Mar-1897 |
10-Dec-1965 |
New Musical Resources |
| Dorothy Dandridge |
Actor |
9-Nov-1922 |
8-Sep-1965 |
Carmen Jones |
| Linda Darnell |
Actor |
16-Oct-1923 |
10-Apr-1965 |
Star Dust |
| Father Divine |
Religion |
1880 |
1965 |
Founder of the International Peace Mission |
| Allen B. DuMont |
Inventor |
29-Jan-1901 |
14-Nov-1965 |
TV picture tube and TV network |
| Margaret Dumont |
Actor |
20-Oct-1882 |
6-Mar-1965 |
Foil to the Marx Brothers |
| James Chuter Ede |
Politician |
11-Sep-1882 |
11-Nov-1965 |
UK Home Secretary, 1945-51 |
| T. S. Eliot |
Poet |
26-Sep-1888 |
4-Jan-1965 |
Author of "The Waste Land" |
| Wild Bill Elliott |
Actor |
16-Oct-1903 |
26-Nov-1965 |
1940s movie cowboy |
| Ray Enright |
Film Director |
25-Mar-1896 |
3-Apr-1965 |
The Spoilers |
| Joseph Erlanger |
Scientist |
5-Jan-1874 |
5-Dec-1965 |
Nerve conduction |
| Marshall Field IV |
Business |
15-Jun-1916 |
18-Sep-1965 |
Owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, 1956-65 |
| Felix Frankfurter |
Judge |
15-Nov-1882 |
22-Feb-1965 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 |
| Alan Freed |
Disc Jockey |
15-Dec-1922 |
20-Jan-1965 |
Legendary rock-and-roll DJ |
| John H. Gaddum |
Scientist |
31-Mar-1900 |
30-Jun-1965 |
Drug antagonism |
| Joseph Grew |
Diplomat |
27-May-1880 |
25-May-1965 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1932-41 |
| Lorraine Hansberry |
Playwright |
19-May-1930 |
12-Jan-1965 |
A Raisin in the Sun |
| Ethel Browne Harvey |
Zoologist |
14-Dec-1885 |
2-Sep-1965 |
Embryology of sea urchins |
| Frank B. Heintzleman |
Politician |
3-Dec-1888 |
24-Jun-1965 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1953-57 |
| Philip S. Hench |
Scientist |
28-Feb-1896 |
30-Mar-1965 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Myra Hess |
Pianist |
25-Feb-1890 |
26-Nov-1965 |
Held lunchtime concerts during WWII |
| Judy Holliday |
Actor |
21-Jun-1921 |
7-Jun-1965 |
Born Yesterday |
| Arthur Holmes |
Geologist |
14-Jan-1890 |
20-Sep-1965 |
Father of the geological timescale |
| Hastings Ismay |
Military |
21-Jun-1887 |
17-Dec-1965 |
Churchill's chief military assistant |
| Shirley Jackson |
Novelist |
14-Dec-1916 |
8-Aug-1965 |
The Lottery |
| Randall Jarrell |
Poet |
6-May-1914 |
14-Oct-1965 |
The Woman at the Washington Zoo |
| Rita Johnson |
Actor |
13-Aug-1913 |
31-Oct-1965 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Olin D. Johnston |
Politician |
18-Nov-1896 |
18-Apr-1965 |
Governor and Senator from South Carolina |
| Spike Jones |
Musician |
14-Dec-1911 |
1-May-1965 |
Cocktails for Two |
| Tom Kennedy |
Actor |
15-Jul-1885 |
6-Oct-1965 |
Character actor, 1910s to 1960s |
| Sophie Kerr |
Novelist |
23-Aug-1880 |
6-Feb-1965 |
The Sound of Petticoats |
| Dorothy Kilgallen |
Columnist |
3-Jul-1913 |
8-Nov-1965 |
What's My Line? |
| Curly Lambeau |
Football |
9-Apr-1898 |
1-Jun-1965 |
Founder, Green Bay Packers |
| Dorothea Lange |
Photographer |
26-May-1895 |
11-Oct-1965 |
Depression-era photographer |
| Fritz G. Lanham |
Politician |
3-Jan-1880 |
31-Jul-1965 |
Congressman from Texas, 1919-47 |
| Stan Laurel |
Actor |
16-Jun-1890 |
23-Feb-1965 |
Laurel and Hardy |
| Bertil Lindblad |
Astronomer |
26-Nov-1895 |
25-Jun-1965 |
Spiral structure of the galaxy |
| Oren E. Long |
Politician |
4-Mar-1889 |
6-May-1965 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-62 |
| Jeanette MacDonald |
Actor |
18-Jun-1903 |
14-Jan-1965 |
The Merry Widow |
| Malcolm X |
Activist |
19-May-1925 |
21-Feb-1965 |
Nation of Islam |
| William C. Marland |
Politician |
26-Mar-1918 |
26-Nov-1965 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1953-57 |
| Pepper Martin |
Baseball |
29-Feb-1904 |
5-Mar-1965 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
| W. Somerset Maugham |
Novelist |
25-Jan-1874 |
16-Dec-1965 |
Of Human Bondage |
| Albert Cardinal Meyer |
Religion |
9-Mar-1903 |
9-Apr-1965 |
Archbishop of Chicago, 1958-65 |
| George T. Mickelson |
Politician |
23-Jul-1903 |
28-Feb-1965 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1947-51 |
| Sherman Minton |
Judge |
20-Oct-1890 |
9-Apr-1965 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1949-56 |
| Walter Monckton |
Politician |
17-Jan-1891 |
9-Jan-1965 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1955-56 |
| Herbert Morrison |
Politician |
3-Jan-1888 |
6-Mar-1965 |
UK Home Secretary, 1940-45 |
| Willard Motley |
Author |
14-Jul-1909 |
4-Mar-1965 |
The original Bud Billiken |
| Paul H. Müller |
Scientist |
12-Jan-1899 |
12-Oct-1965 |
Synthesized DDT |
| Mae Murray |
Actor |
10-May-1889 |
23-Mar-1965 |
The Girl with the Bee Stung Lips |
| Edward R. Murrow |
Journalist |
25-Apr-1908 |
27-Apr-1965 |
The epitome of broadcast journalism |
| Red Nichols |
Jazz Musician |
8-May-1905 |
28-Jun-1965 |
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies |
| Frances Perkins |
Government |
10-Apr-1882 |
14-May-1965 |
First female US cabinet member |
| Dawn Powell |
Novelist |
28-Nov-1897 |
14-Nov-1965 |
She Walks In Beauty |
| Fred Quimby |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Jul-1886 |
16-Sep-1965 |
Producer of Tom and Jerry |
| Syngman Rhee |
Head of State |
26-Mar-1875 |
19-Jul-1965 |
First President of South Korea |
| Branch Rickey |
Baseball |
20-Dec-1881 |
9-Dec-1965 |
Longtime Baseball GM |
| Sabato Rodia |
Artist |
12-Feb-1879 |
19-Jul-1965 |
Watts Towers |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger |
Historian |
27-Feb-1888 |
30-Oct-1965 |
The Rise of the City |
| Albert Schweitzer |
Activist |
14-Jan-1875 |
4-Sep-1965 |
Humanitarian and theologian |
| Zachary Scott |
Actor |
24-Feb-1914 |
3-Oct-1965 |
The Mask of Dimitrios |
| David O. Selznick |
Film/TV Producer |
10-May-1902 |
22-Jun-1965 |
Producer of A Star Is Born |
| Moshe Sharett |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1894 |
7-Jul-1965 |
Prime Minister of Israel, 1953-55 |
| Charles Sheeler |
Painter |
16-Jul-1883 |
7-May-1965 |
American modernist painter, precisionist |
| Everett Sloane |
Actor |
1-Oct-1909 |
6-Aug-1965 |
Patterns |
| E. E. "Doc" Smith |
Novelist |
2-May-1890 |
31-Aug-1965 |
Lensman series |
| Perry Smith |
Criminal |
27-Oct-1928 |
14-Apr-1965 |
In Cold Blood |
| Nikolai Sokoloff |
Conductor |
28-May-1886 |
25-Sep-1965 |
Founding Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg |
Football |
16-Aug-1862 |
17-Mar-1965 |
Mr. Football |
| Hermann Staudinger |
Chemist |
23-Mar-1881 |
8-Sep-1965 |
Macromolecular chemistry |
| Adlai Stevenson |
Politician |
5-Feb-1900 |
14-Jul-1965 |
Governor of Illinois, 1949-53 |
| T. S. Stribling |
Novelist |
4-Mar-1881 |
8-Jul-1965 |
The Store |
| Harry Tierney |
Composer |
21-May-1890 |
22-Mar-1965 |
Irene |
| Paul Tillich |
Religion |
20-Aug-1886 |
22-Oct-1965 |
Systematic Theology |
| Henry Travers |
Actor |
5-Mar-1874 |
18-Oct-1965 |
It's a Wonderful Life |
| Trigger |
Actor |
1932 |
3-Jul-1965 |
Roy Rogers' trustworthy steed |
| Edgard Varèse |
Composer |
22-Dec-1883 |
8-Nov-1965 |
Poème électronique |
| Helen Waddell |
Author |
31-May-1889 |
5-Mar-1965 |
The Wandering Scholars |
| Henry A. Wallace |
Politician |
7-Oct-1888 |
18-Nov-1965 |
US Vice President, 1941-45 |
| Minor Watson |
Actor |
22-Dec-1889 |
28-Jul-1965 |
Guadalcanal Diary |
| Thomas D. White |
Military |
6-Aug-1901 |
22-Dec-1965 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1957-61 |
