1963 deaths

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, and the first Catholic president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress before his presidency.

French singer (1915–1963)

English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)

head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963

British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)

American poet (1874–1963)

French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)

American poet and writer (1932–1963)

French painter and sculptor (1882-1963)

First President of the Republic of India

Romanian-French poet (1896–1963)

Turkish communist poet, playwright and novelist (1902–1963)

Luxembourgish-born German-French statesman and Venerable (1886-1963)

Lee Harvey Oswald was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963.

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

South Vietnamese politician; President of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963

German journalist and politician (1884-1963)

American poet (1883-1963)

war leader and president of the Rif Republic from 1921 to 1926

German composer (1895–1963)

Polish sculptor and medallic artist (1908–1963)

French composer and pianist (1899–1963)

American physiologist (1888-1963)

Japanese film director, screenwriter (1903–1963)

Spanish flamenco dancer and singer

American country singer (1932–1963)

French mathematician (1865–1963)

Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist (1881–1963)

Vietnamese monk who self-immolated in 1963

Iraqi Army brigadier, nationalist and first prime minister of Iraq after the fall of the monarchy

President of Togo (1902-1963)

2nd President of Israel (1952–1963) - (1884–1963)

American singer, songwriter, pianist (1924-1963)

Mexican actor (1912-1963)

British economist and social reformer (1879-1963)

Prime Minister of Italy (1901-1963)

Hindu spiritual teacher (1887–1963)

Spanish poet (1902–1963)

Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (1863–1963)

Prime Minister of Thailand (1908-1963)

Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 to 1955

American actor (1904-1963)

American actor (1895–1963)

Spanish writer (1888–1963)

Spanish painter (1908–1963)

American actor (1890–1963)

Baltic German astronomer (1897–1963)

Royal Navy officer (1883–1963)

Bengali barrister and politician (1892–1963)

German General (1895–1963)

American paleontologist (1873-1963)

German psychologist (1879–1963)

British Field Marshal (1883-1963)

Film director, screenwriter and producer (1904–1963)

French politician (1885–1963)

American poet (1907-1963)

British spy in the USSR (1919–1963)

German actor, director, intendant (1899-1963)

British politician (1870–1963)

American astronomer (1891–1963)