1965 deaths

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. For some 62 of the years between 1900 and 1964, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) and represented a total of five constituencies over that time. Ideologically an adherent to economic liberalism and imperialism, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.

Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)

US-British poet (1888–1965)

Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary and Black nationalist leader who rose from a background of poverty, family disruption, and criminal activity to a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. He discovered the religious organization the Nation of Islam while in prison and served as its spokesperson from 1952 until 1964. He was also a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the African American community. A controversial figure accused of preaching violence, Malcolm X is also a celebrated figure with Black people and Muslims worldwide for his pursuit of racial justice.

French-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher (1875-1965)

English playwright and author (1874–1965)

President of South Korea from 1948 to 1960

English physicist (1892–1965)

German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian (1878–1965)

American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)

American politician (1888–1965); Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945

German chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1881–1965)

King of Egypt 1936 to 1952

British-American actor (1890–1965)

American politician and diplomat (1900–1965); 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 (1900–1965)

American actress (1905–1965)

American actress, comedian and singer (1921-1965)

2nd Prime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955

American doctor (1874-1965)

American photojournalist (1895-1965)

Swiss chemist (1899-1965)

American physician (1896-1965)

German-American theologian and philosopher

American film producer (1902–1965)

American broadcast journalist (1908–1965)

47th Prime Minister of Romania (1952-1955)

Prime Minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964

Japanese author (1886–1965)

Polish writer (1889–1965)

American actress and singer (1922–1965)

Japanese writer (1894–1965)

Israeli spy (1924–1965)

American writer (1916-1965)

American businessman (1870-1965)

French composer (1883-1965)

French general (1867–1965)

Queen consort of Sweden (1950-1965)

American actress (1923–1965)

American mathematician (1897–1965)

Member of the House of Windsor

English children's writer

Austrian politician, President of Austria 1957–1965 (1890–1965)

Polish-American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist

Italian statistician (1884–1965)

British army officer and diplomat, 1st Secretary General of NATO (1887-1965)

Queen of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934 (1876–1965)

British physicist (1905-1965)

Albanian politician (1882-1965)

American singer and actress (1903-1965)

American actress (1878–1965)

Russian-Jewish-Italian dissident writer, social activist, politician, editor

Workers-rights advocate and United States Secretary of Labor 1933–1945

Austrian politician, minister, chancellor (1902–1965)

Polish-Russian stop-motion animator

Soviet film director, screenwriter (1902-1965)

Spanish dancer, actress and courtesan in France (1868-1965)

African-American playwright and author (1930-1965)

Argentine footballer (1907-1965)

Iraqi politician and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Iraq (1892-1965)

Monarch of Tonga (1918-1965)