Celebrity Deaths in 1963

98 notable figures died in 1963. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Claud Beelman

  1884 – 1963 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  May Boley

  1881 – 1963 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Jack Carson

  1910 – 1963 · Actors Jan 2
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  Rogers Hornsby

  1896 – 1963 · Athletes, Baseball Jan 5
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  Frank Tuttle

  1892 – 1963 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Jan 6
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  John Farrow

  1904 – 1963 · Director, Film Director Jan 27
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  Robert Frost

  1874 – 1963 · Authors and Writers, Poet Jan 29
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  Francis Poulenc

  1899 – 1963 · Celebrities, Musicians and Composers Jan 30
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  Arthur Guy Empey

  1883 – 1963 · Actors Feb 2
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  Dr Rużar Briffa

  1906 – 1963 · Authors and Writers Feb 2
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  Frank Atkinson

  1893 – 1963 · Actors Feb 2
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  George Dolenz

  1908 – 1963 · Actors Feb 2
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  John Fremont “Grandpa” McCullough

  1871 – 1963 · Business Magnates Feb 2
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  Abd el-Krim

  1882 – 1963 · Politicians Feb 6
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  Sylvia Plath

  1932 – 1963 · Actresses, Authors and Writers, Poet Feb 11
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  Monte Blue

  1887 – 1963 · Actors Feb 18
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  Ferenc Fricsay

  1914 – 1963 · Musicians and Composers Feb 20
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  Rajendra Prasad

  1884 – 1963 · Politicians Feb 28
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  Anthony Anastasio

  1906 – 1963 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities, Gangster, Organized Crime Figures Mar 3
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  Cowboy Copas

  1913 – 1963 · Country Music Mar 5
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  Hawkshaw Hawkins

  1921 – 1963 · Country Music Mar 5
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  Patsy Cline

  1932 – 1963 · Country Music Mar 5
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  Jack Anglin

  1916 – 1963 · Country Music Mar 7
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  Wanda Hawley

  1895 – 1963 · Actresses Mar 18
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  Cilly Aussem

  1909 – 1963 · Athletes Mar 22
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  Davey Moore

  1933 – 1963 · Athletes, Boxers Mar 25
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  Don Carlos Harvey

  1911 – 1963 · Actors Apr 4
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  Edward Samuel Corwin

  1878 – 1963 · Authors and Writers Apr 4
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  William C. Mellor

  1903 – 1963 · Producer Apr 30
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  Hal LeSueur

  1901 – 1963 · Actors May 3
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  Elise Cavanna

  1902 – 1963 · Actresses May 5
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  Fay MacMurray Holderness

  1881 – 1963 · Actresses May 5
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  Sharon Lynn

  1908 – 1963 · Actresses May 5
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  Van Wyck Brooks

  1886 – 1963 · Authors and Writers May 5
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  Vicente Beltrán Grimal

  1896 – 1963 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Nâzım Hikmet

  1902 – 1963 · Celebrities, Film Director Jun 3
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  Alan Campbell

  1904 – 1963 · Actors Jun 6
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  Dorothy Short

  1914 – 1963 · Actresses Jun 6
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  George Melvin Holley, Sr

  1878 – 1963 Jun 6
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  James Lawton Collins, Sr

  1882 – 1963 · Astronaut Jun 6
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  William Baziotes

  1912 – 1963 · Authors and Writers Jun 6
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  ZaSu Pitts

  1894 – 1963 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Medgar Evers

  1925 – 1963 · Social Reformers, Victims of crime and disaster Jun 12
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  Gordon Jones

  1911 – 1963 · Actors Jun 20
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  Theodore Roethke

  1908 – 1963 · Poet Aug 1
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  Clem Bevans

  1879 – 1963 · Actors Aug 8
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  Dr W.E.B. DuBois

  1868 – 1963 Aug 8
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  Eddie Mannix

  1891 – 1963 · Business Magnates Aug 8
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  Edward Francis Gardner

  1901 – 1963 · Actors Aug 8
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  Georges Braque

  1882 – 1963 · Artists and Architects Aug 8
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  Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess

  1911 – 1963 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Aug 8
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  Mary Gordon

  1882 – 1963 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Richard Semler Barthelmess

  1895 – 1963 · Actors Aug 8
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  William Morris

  1877 – 1963 · Business Magnates Aug 8
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  Clifford Odets

  1906 – 1963 · Director Aug 14
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  Larry Keating

  1899 – 1963 · Actors Aug 26
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  W. E. B. Du Bois

  1868 – 1963 · Politicians Aug 27
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  Robert Schuman

  1886 – 1963 · Politicians Sep 4
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  Don Casto

  1898 – 1963 Sep 9
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  John C. Austin

  1870 – 1963 · Artists and Architects Sep 9
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  Johnny Eager-Tanner

  1924 – 1963 · Actors Sep 9
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  Margarita Sierra

  1936 – 1963 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Carl Hatch

  1889 – 1963 · Politicians Sep 15
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  Oliver Wallace

  1887 – 1963 · Musicians and Composers Sep 15
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  Douglas Croft

  1926 – 1963 · Actors Oct 10
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  Gustav Gründgens

  1899 – 1963 · Actors Oct 10
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  Jean Cocteau

  1889 – 1963 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  John W. Nordstrom

  1871 – 1963 · Business Magnates Oct 10
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  Maria Katherina Holz Balasic

  1896 – 1963 · Entertainers Oct 10
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  Raymond Greenleaf

  1892 – 1963 · Actors Oct 10
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  Roger Hoar

  1887 – 1963 · Authors and Writers, Politicians Oct 10
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  Édith Piaf

  1915 – 1963 · Entertainers, Singer Oct 10
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  Ngô Đình Diệm

  1901 – 1963 · Politicians Nov 2
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  Vernon Dent

  1895 – 1963 · Actors Nov 5
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  Alexander “Boots” Smith

  1902 – 1963 · Native Americans Nov 11
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  Elmer Grey

  1872 – 1963 · Artists and Architects Nov 11
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  Federico Augustino Giorgi

  1878 – 1963 · Artists and Architects Nov 11
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  J. D. Tippit

  1924 – 1963 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Nov 11
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  Karyn “Cookie” Kupcinet

  1941 – 1963 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Luis Cernuda

  1902 – 1963 · Authors and Writers Nov 11
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  Phil Baker

  1896 – 1963 · Actors Nov 11
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  Pierre Blanchar

  1892 – 1963 · Actors Nov 11
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  Walter Cassebeer

  1884 – 1963 · Artists and Architects Nov 11
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  Fritz Reiner

  1888 – 1963 · Singer Nov 15
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  Carmen Amaya

  1918 – 1963 · Entertainers Nov 19
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  Robert Stroud

  1890 – 1963 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Nov 21
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  John F Kennedy

  1917 – 1963 · Politicians, President Nov 22
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  Karyn Kupcinet

  1941 – 1963 · Actresses, Victims of crime and disaster Nov 28
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  Barbara Read

  1917 – 1963 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Jimmy Hatlo

  1898 – 1963 · Artists and Architects Dec 12
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  John Close

  1921 – 1963 · Actors Dec 12
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  Sabu Dastagir

  1924 – 1963 · Actors Dec 12
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  Theodor Heuss

  1884 – 1963 · Politicians Dec 12
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  Yasujirō Ozu

  1903 – 1963 · Celebrities, Film Director Dec 12
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  Dinah Washington

  1924 – 1963 · Singer Dec 14
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  Tristan Tzara

  1896 – 1963 · Celebrities, Film Director, Musicians and Composers Dec 24
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  Paul Hindemith

  1895 – 1963 · Educators, Musicians and Composers Dec 28
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  Dick Powell

  1904 – 1963 · Actors, Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer, Singer