1969 deaths

Chinese warlord, politician, and general (1890–1969)

Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1939 to 1969 and the first President of Uganda in 1962

American actor and producer (1926–1969)

Portuguese anthropologist

Soviet actor and singer (1911–1969)

President of Sudan from 1965 to 1969

Polish composer and violinist (1909–1969)

Czech animator, illustrator, painter, director, scriptwriter, scenographer, sculptor and university educator (1912-1969)

Togolese President (1913-1969)

German geographer (1893–1969)

Belgian cyclist (1888–1969)

Canadian athletics competitor (1904–1969)

Indian film writer and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1909-1969)

British psychologist and academic (1886–1969)

African-American activist (1948-1969)

Swiss conductor (1883–1969)

Bulgarian politician and general (1882-1969)

Italian discus thrower (1917–1969)

Russian artist (1899-1969)

German pianist (1884–1969)

Serbian basketball player (1938–1969)

marshal of the People's Republic of China (1896–1969)

Italian-born American mobster(1897-1969)

Croatian war criminal; Ustaše official who headed the system of concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during much of World War II (1913-1969)

Japanese filmmaker (1905–1969)

Hungarian-French composer (1905–1969)

German aerospace engineer and inventor (1884–1969)

American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter (1902–1969)

Yugoslav politician (1893-1969)

Soviet general (1902-1969)

racecar driver (1928-1969)

Uruguayan footballer (1899-1969)

American geologist (1906–1969)

President of Honduras

Belgian racing driver (1934-1969)

Finnish athletics competitor (1907-1969)

writer, thinker, and social and political critic (1923-1969)

British army officer (1896-1969)

Norwegian speed skater (1904-1969)

French historian (1886–1969)

English political theorist, author, publisher and civil servant (1880-1969)

Brazilian politician, writer, and guerrilla fighter (1911–1969)

British athlete

Prime Minister of South Korea (1893-1969)

American writer (1883-1969)

German general (1889–1969)

French poet (1881–1969)

American songwriter (1910–1969)

American politician (1896–1969)

German explorer (1873-1969)

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder (1880-1969)

American painter, graphic designer and photographer of Lithuanian descent (1898–1969)

American jazz double bassist (1935–1969)

Indian field hockey player

boxer (1892–1969)

Italian footballer (1916-1969)

President of Bolivia (1893-1969)

Romanian neuropsychiatrist, endocrinologist and politician (1874-1969)

Catalan actress

Film actress, Film writer (1890-1969)