1960 deaths

French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)

Russian writer (1890–1960)

American actor (1901–1960)

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879–1960)

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960)

Soviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960)

German astronomer (1893–1960)

German admiral (1876–1960)

German communist politician, president of GDR (1876-1960)

Italian cyclist

british Austrian born psychoanalyst (1882–1960)

British film director (1886–1960)

King and Emir of Afghanistan (1892-1960)

German Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarschall during World War II (1885–1960)

Austrian writer (1888–1960)

German economist, Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1890-1960)

American novelist and poet (1908–1960)

Canadian-American actor, producer and director (1880–1960)

American anthropologist (1876–1960)

Uruguayan footballer (1904-1960)

Turkish Sunni Muslim theologian of Kurdish origin (1876-1960)

English philosopher (1911–1960)

Soviet physicist (1880–1960)

British writer and musician (1864–1960)

Russian artist (1870–1960)

American actress

9th Prime Minister of Canada (1874-1960)

English feminist and socialist (1882–1960)

Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor (1879-1960)

Grand Duchess of Russia (1882–1960)

younger sister of Adolf Hitler (1896–1960)

French poet (1889-1960)

Romanian politician (1893-1960)

British writer and engineer (1899–1960)

Croatian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Zagreb (1898-1960) and blessed

Russian writer (1899-1960)

American rock and roll pioneer (1938–1960)

Welsh politician (1897-1960)

Grand Duchess of Russia (1875–1960)

French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960)

Iranian poet (1895–1960)

Austrian politician (1879-1960)

Hungarian conductor, composer, and pianist (1877–1960)

British archaeologist (1880–1960)

British botanist (1879-1960)

Japanese ultranationalist who assassinated Inejiro Asanuma (1943–1960)

German actor (1891-1960)

Indian politician and journalist (1912-1960)

German philologist (1881-1960)

Italian writer (1878-1960)

Italian writer and feminist, editor (1876-1960)

American explorer, naturalist, and writer (1884–1960)

Japanese politician (1898–1980)

Canadian physician and chemist (1879–1960)

American financier and philanthropist (1874–1960)

Dutch astronomer and Marxist theorist (1873-1960)

German astronomer (1882-1960)

American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer, and director of musicals (1895–1960)

Greek and American conductor (1896–1960)

seismologist (1889-1960)