Celebrity Deaths in 1960

80 notable figures died in 1960. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Lowell Gilmore

  1906 – 1960 · Actors Jan 1
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  Margaret Sullavan

  1909 – 1960 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Ralph Chubb

  1892 – 1960 · Authors and Writers Jan 1
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  Sibilla Aleramo

  1876 – 1960 · Authors and Writers Jan 1
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  Albert Camus

  1913 – 1960 · Authors and Writers, Celebrities Jan 4
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  Dudley Nichols

  1895 – 1960 · Director Jan 4
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  Diana Blanche Barrymore

  1921 – 1960 · Actresses Jan 25
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  Zora Neale Hurston

  1891 – 1960 · Celebrities, Film Director Jan 28
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  Alexander Benois

  1870 – 1960 · Artists and Architects Feb 2
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  Bobby Clark

  1888 – 1960 · Actors Feb 2
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  Carl Harbaugh

  1886 – 1960 · Actors Feb 2
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  Jacques Becker

  1906 – 1960 · Director, Film Director Feb 2
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  Jean-Michel Atlan

  1913 – 1960 · Artists and Architects Feb 2
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  Melvin Horace Purvis, Jr

  1903 – 1960 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Feb 2
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  Paul-Emile Borduas

  1905 – 1960 · Artists and Architects Feb 2
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  Rex Brasher

  1869 – 1960 · Artists and Architects Feb 2
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  Teiji Takagi

  1875 – 1960 Feb 2
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  Igor Kurchatov

  1903 – 1960 · Politicians Feb 7
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  Melvin Purvis

  1903 – 1960 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Feb 29
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  Lya Mara

  1897 – 1960 · Actresses Mar 1
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  Ginjiro “The Paper Manufacturing King of Japan” Fujiwara

  1869 – 1960 Mar 3
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  William Curtis Green

  1875 – 1960 · Artists and Architects Mar 3
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  Roy Chapman Andrews

  1884 – 1960 · Scientists and Inventors Mar 11
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  Ian Keith

  1899 – 1960 · Actors Mar 26
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  Alma Kruger

  1871 – 1960 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Constance Purdy

  1884 – 1960 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Eddie Cochran

  1938 – 1960 · Musicians and Composers, Rock & Roll Apr 17
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  Amanullah Khan

  1892 – 1960 · Royalty Apr 25
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  Hope Emerson

  1897 – 1960 · Actresses Apr 25
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  Caryl Chessman

  1921 – 1960 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities May 2
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  Edward S. Brophy

  1895 – 1960 · Actors May 5
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  Henry Skillman Breckinridge

  1886 – 1960 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers May 5
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  James Montgomery Flagg

  1877 – 1960 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Mary Henderson

  1888 – 1960 · Actresses May 5
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  Sam Buffington

  1931 – 1960 · Actors May 5
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  Lucrezia Bori

  1960 · Singer May 14
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  Edward Brophy

  1895 – 1960 · Actors May 27
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  Boris Pasternak

  1890 – 1960 · Authors and Writers, Celebrities May 30
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  John Brendan “Jack” Kelly, Sr

  1889 – 1960 Jun 6
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  Mahlon Hamilton

  1880 – 1960 · Actors Jun 6
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  Buddy Adler

  1908 – 1960 · Entertainers Jul 7
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  Constance Adams DeMille

  1874 – 1960 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Constance Adams DeMille

  1874 – 1960 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Marilyn Lois Johnson

  1922 – 1960 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Nathan J. Blumberg

  1894 – 1960 · Business Magnates Jul 7
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  Lawrence Tibbett

  1896 – 1960 · Actors, Radio Performers, Singer Jul 15
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  Buddy Alda

  1908 – 1960 · Movie/TV Producer Jul 22
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  Hans Albers

  1891 – 1960 · Actors Jul 24
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  Dennis Hoey

  1893 – 1960 · Actors Jul 25
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  Cedric Gibbons

  1893 – 1960 · Artists and Architects Jul 26
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  Frances Crofts Darwin Cornford

  1886 – 1960 · Authors and Writers Aug 8
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  Frank Lloyd

  1886 – 1960 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Aug 10
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  Wilhelm Pieck

  1876 – 1960 · Politicians Sep 7
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  Kathlyn Williams

  1888 – 1960 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Queenie Vassar

  1870 – 1960 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Rev Gérard Barbeau

  1936 – 1960 · Actors Sep 9
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  David Cavendish

  1893 – 1960 · Actors Oct 10
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  Henny Porten

  1890 – 1960 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Lynn Bogue Hunt

  1877 – 1960 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Maude Eburne

  1875 – 1960 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Richard Cromwell

  1910 – 1960 · Actors Oct 11
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  Clara Kimball Young

  1890 – 1960 · Actresses Oct 15
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  Johnny Horton

  1925 – 1960 · Country Music Nov 5
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  Ward Bond

  1903 – 1960 · Actors Nov 5
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  AP Carter

  1893 – 1960 · Country Music Nov 7
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  Albert “Bud” Duncan

  1883 – 1960 · Actors Nov 11
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  Charles H. Cooley

  1902 – 1960 · Actors Nov 11
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  John Thomas Bambury

  1891 – 1960 · Actors Nov 11
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  Karle Wilson Baker

  1878 – 1960 · Authors and Writers Nov 11
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  Leon Dabo

  1865 – 1960 · Artists and Architects Nov 11
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  Monte Attell

  1885 – 1960 · Sports Figures Nov 11
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  Richard Wright

  1908 – 1960 · Native Americans Nov 11
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  Walter Catlett

  1889 – 1960 · Actors Nov 14
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  Phyllis Haver

  1899 – 1960 · Actresses Nov 19
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  Anna Luther

  1897 – 1960 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Jackie Gerlich

  1917 – 1960 · Actors Dec 12
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  Paula Marr

  1885 – 1960 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Véra Clouzot

  1913 – 1960 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Gregory Ratoff

  1897 – 1960 · Actors, Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Dec 14
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  Blanche Gauthier

  1884 – 1960 · Actresses