1965 deaths

Czechoslovak playwright, general, doctor and writer (1888–1965)

Japanese zen Buddhist monk (1880-1965)

American athletics competitor (1882-1965)

German-born American chess player

former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1882–1965)

Hungarian politician (1888-1965)

Italian tenor (1889-1965)

Bilingual South African poet and political dissident (1933–1965)

poet, critic, novelist, essayist (1914–1965)

French botanist (1879-1965)

British pianist (1890–1965)

athletics competitor (1890–1965)

Danish fencer (1888–1965)

British Labour politician (1888-1965)

Austrian-American high-energy physicist, molecular spectroscopist (1923-1965)

Canadian general (1888–1965)

English tennis and badminton player (1879-1965)

Norwegian explorer (1890–1965)

American artist (1883-1965)

former Iranian Prime Minister (1923-1965)

Danish holocaust perpetrator (1893–1965)

British swimmer and water polo player (1877–1965)

Norwegian businessman (1884–1965)

athletics competitor (1895–1965)

American diplomat, U.S. ambassador to Japan (1880-1965)

athlete (1906–1965)

American musician and band leader (1911-1965)

speed skater (1889–1965)

American actor (1913-1965)

Soviet film director (1892–1965)

Latvian military personnel and politician (1881-1965)

Italian gymnast (1887-1965)

American actor (1909–1965)

American swimmer, diver, Olympic silver medalist, former world record-holder

Croatian writer, poet, journalist and newspaper editor (1902-1965)

American actor (1889–1965)

Japanese general (1881–1965)

Soviet politician (1908-1965)

French historian and writer (1901–1965)

German prince (1891-1965)

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein

Swiss-American structural engineer (1879-1965)

Australian judge and politician (1894-1965)

German tennis player (1885-1965)

German racing driver (1917–1965)

Finland Swedish general (1890-1965)

Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues (1 June 1892 – 30 August 1965) was a Brazilian football midfielder and manager. He was also part of Brazil's squad for the 1919 South American Championship.

German neurologist (1878-1965)

Azerbaijani painter (1924-1965)

German SS and Police general and high ranking German Waffen-SS Army and Police Commander

American silent film and stage actress (1884-1965)

Canadian activist (1914-1965)

Canadian ice hockey defenceman (1894–1965)

American pedagogue (1871–1965)

Norwegian historian and politician (1873-1965)

athletics competitor (1884–1965)

American bassist (1926–1965)

actress (1913-1965)

Falkland Islands-born English field hockey player

Spanish footballer (1897-1965)