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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Homer M. Adkins
Politician
15-Oct-1890 26-Feb-1964 Governor of Arkansas, 1941-45
Emilio Aguinaldo
Head of State
22-Mar-1869 6-Feb-1964 1st President of the Philippines
Frank Albertson
Actor
2-Feb-1909 29-Feb-1964 American character actor
Gracie Allen
Actor
26-Jul-1895 27-Aug-1964 Say goodnight Gracie
Morris Ankrum
Actor
27-Aug-1896 2-Sep-1964 Invaders from Mars
Nancy Astor
Politician
19-May-1879 2-May-1964 First woman in the House of Commons
Clarence G. Badger
Film Director
9-Jun-1880 17-Jun-1964 It
Paul A. Baran
Economist
8-Dec-1910 26-Mar-1964 Marxist economist
Edgar Barrier
Actor
4-Mar-1907 20-Jun-1964 Macbeth
Ary Barroso
Musician
7-Nov-1903 9-Feb-1964 Songwriter composed Aquarela do Brasil
Lord Beaverbrook
Business
25-May-1879 9-Jun-1964 Media mogul, UK cabinet minister
Brendan Behan
Playwright
9-Feb-1923 20-Mar-1964 The Hostage
William Bendix
Actor
14-Jan-1906 14-Dec-1964 The Life of Riley
A. Bruce Bielaski
Government
1884 Feb-1964 FBI Director 1912-19
Alfred Blalock
Doctor
5-Apr-1899 15-Sep-1964 "Blue baby" operation
Samuel Blanc
Inventor
13-Feb-1883 20-Dec-1964 Founder of Roto-Rooter
Marc Blitzstein
Composer
2-Mar-1905 22-Jan-1964 The Cradle Will Rock
J. Armand Bombardier
Business
16-Apr-1907 18-Feb-1964 Founder of Bombardier
El Brendel
Actor
25-Mar-1890 9-Apr-1964 Former vaudevillian, Wings
Nacio Herb Brown
Songwriter
22-Feb-1896 28-Sep-1964 Singin' in the Rain
Howard Homan Buffett
Business
13-Aug-1903 30-Apr-1964 Congressman, father of Warren Buffett
Johnny Burke
Songwriter
3-Oct-1908 25-Feb-1964 Swinging on a Star
Johnny Burnette
Musician
25-Mar-1934 14-Aug-1964 Rockabilly instigator
Harold H. Burton
Judge
22-Jun-1888 28-Oct-1964 US Supreme Court Justice, 1945-58
Georgia Caine
Actor
30-Oct-1876 4-Apr-1964 Broadway musical actress
Guy Stewart Callendar
Scientist
9-Feb-1898 3-Oct-1964 Callendar Effect
Clarence Cannon
Politician
11-Apr-1879 12-May-1964 Congressman from Missouri, 1923-64
Eddie Cantor
Singer
31-Jan-1892 10-Oct-1964 Banjo Eyes
Rachel Carson
Scientist
27-May-1907 14-Apr-1964 Mother of the environmental movement
Paul Cavanagh
Actor
8-Dec-1888 15-Mar-1964 The Scarlet Claw
Checkers
Socialite
1952 1964 Namesake of 1952 Nixon speech
Frank Conroy
Actor
14-Oct-1890 24-Feb-1964 The Ox-Bow Incident
Sam Cooke
Singer
22-Jan-1931 11-Dec-1964 Soul and R&B singer
Stuart Davis
Painter
7-Dec-1894 24-Jun-1964 American cubist painter
Alphonse Dochez
Doctor
21-Apr-1882 30-Jun-1964 Scarlet fever, pneumonia, common cold
George Docking
Politician
23-Feb-1904 20-Jan-1964 Governor of Kansas, 1957-61
Jimmie Dodd
Talk Show Host
28-Mar-1910 10-Nov-1964 Winsome Mickey Mouse Club host
Eric Dolphy
Jazz Musician
20-Jun-1928 29-Jun-1964 Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist
Gerhard Domagk
Scientist
30-Oct-1895 24-Apr-1964 Sulfa drugs for strep, stapf infections
John Emery
Actor
20-May-1905 16-Nov-1964 Rocketship X-M
Clair Engle
Politician
21-Sep-1911 30-Jul-1964 US Senator from California, 1959-64
Hans von Euler-Chelpin
Chemist
15-Feb-1873 7-Nov-1964 Enzymes of sugar fermentation
Ian Fleming
Novelist
28-May-1908 12-Aug-1964 Author of the James Bond series
Joel West Flood
Judge
2-Aug-1894 27-Apr-1964 Virginia Congressman, Judge
John T. Flynn
Journalist
25-Oct-1882 13-Apr-1964 The Roosevelt Myth
James Franck
Physicist
26-Aug-1882 21-May-1964 Franck-Hertz experiment
Gerald Gardner
Religion
13-Jun-1884 12-Feb-1964 Founder of Modern Wicca
Kitty Genovese
Victim
7-Jul-1935 13-Mar-1964 Allegedly killed by collective apathy
J. B. S. Haldane
Biologist
5-Nov-1892 1-Dec-1964 Haldane's principle
Vera Hall
Singer
1902 1964 Troubled So Hard
Carol Haney
Dancer
24-Dec-1924 10-May-1964 The Pajama Game
Cedric Hardwicke
Actor
19-Feb-1893 6-Aug-1964 Suspicion
Veit Harlan
Film Director
22-Sep-1899 13-Apr-1964 Jud Süss
Ben Hecht
Screenwriter
28-Feb-1894 18-Apr-1964 The Front Page
Felisberto Hernández
Author
20-Oct-1902 13-Jan-1964 Nadie encendía las lámparas
Victor Francis Hess
Physicist
24-Jun-1883 17-Dec-1964 Proved cosmic origin of radiation
Arthur Hohl
Actor
21-May-1889 10-Mar-1964 Character actor
Herbert Hoover
Head of State
10-Aug-1874 20-Oct-1964 31st US President, 1929-33
Percy Kilbride
Actor
16-Jul-1888 11-Dec-1964 Pa Kettle
Alan Ladd
Actor
3-Sep-1913 29-Jan-1964 Shane
Nella Larsen
Novelist
13-Apr-1891 30-Mar-1964 Quicksand
Peter Lorre
Actor
26-Jun-1904 23-Mar-1964 The Maltese Falcon
Douglas MacArthur
Military
26-Jan-1880 5-Apr-1964 General of the Army
Jeannette Marks
Poet
16-Aug-1875 1964 The Merry Merry Cuckoo
Harpo Marx
Actor
23-Nov-1888 28-Sep-1964 Silent harp-playing Marx Brother
Rudolph Maté
Cinematographer
21-Jan-1898 27-Oct-1964 When Worlds Collide
Earle B. Mayfield
Politician
12-Apr-1881 23-Jun-1964 US Senator from Texas, 1923-29
Norman Z. McLeod
Film Director
20-Sep-1898 27-Jan-1964 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
James M. Mead
Politician
27-Dec-1885 15-Mar-1964 US Senator from New York, 1938-47
Grace Metalious
Novelist
8-Sep-1924 25-Feb-1964 Peyton Place
James P. Mitchell
Government
12-Nov-1900 19-Oct-1964 US Secretary of Labor, 1953-61
Pierre Monteux
Conductor
4-Apr-1875 1-Jul-1964 Music Director, SF Symphony, 1935-52
Ida Moore
Actor
1-Mar-1882 26-Sep-1964 American character actress
DeLesseps S. Morrison
Politician
18-Jan-1912 22-May-1964 Mayor of New Orleans, 1946-61
Jawaharlal Nehru
Head of State
14-Nov-1889 27-May-1964 First Prime Minister of India
Sam Newfield
Film Director
6-Dec-1899 10-Nov-1964 I Accuse My Parents
Sean O'Casey
Playwright
30-Mar-1880 18-Sep-1964 Juno and the Paycock
Flannery O'Connor
Author
25-Mar-1925 3-Aug-1964 A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Steve Owen
Football
21-Apr-1898 17-May-1964 NY Giants Head Coach, 1930-53
Paul
Royalty
14-Dec-1901 6-Mar-1964 King of Greece, 1947-64
Vail Pittman
Politician
17-Sep-1880 29-Jan-1964 Governor of Nevada, 1945-51
Karl Polanyi
Scholar
25-Oct-1886 23-Apr-1964 The Great Transformation
Cole Porter
Composer
9-Jun-1891 15-Oct-1964 I've Got You Under My Skin
Roscoe Pound
Judge
27-Oct-1870 1-Jul-1964 Sociological jurisprudence
E. J. Pratt
Poet
4-Feb-1883 26-Apr-1964 Newfoundland Verse
Julius Raab
Head of State
29-Nov-1891 8-Jan-1964 Chancellor of Austria, 1953-61
Jim Reeves
Country Musician
20-Aug-1923 31-Jul-1964 He'll Have to Go
Addison Richards
Actor
20-Oct-1887 22-Mar-1964 American character actor
Art Ross
Hockey
13-Jan-1886 5-Aug-1964 Longtime Bruins GM and Head Coach
Joseph Schildkraut
Actor
22-Mar-1896 21-Jan-1964 The Life of Emile Zola
Frederick Hanley Seares
Astronomer
17-May-1873 20-Jul-1964 Astronomer at Mt. Wilson Observatory
Walter Seifert
Criminal
11-Jun-1922 12-Jun-1964 Cologne flamethrower massacre
Lewis Seiler
Film Director
30-Sep-1890 8-Jan-1964 Guadalcanal Diary
William A. Seiter
Film Director
10-Jun-1890 26-Jul-1964 Allegheny Uprising
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Author
16-Sep-1888 3-Jun-1964 The Loveliness and Wretchedness of Human Life
Edith Sitwell
Poet
7-Sep-1887 9-Dec-1964 Façade
Adolphus Staton
Military
28-Aug-1879 4-Jun-1964 US Navy admiral
Leo Szilard
Physicist
11-Feb-1898 30-May-1964 Nuclear chain reaction
Jack Teagarden
Jazz Musician
20-Aug-1905 15-Jan-1964 Virtuoso trombonist and jazz bandleader
Carl Van Vechten
Novelist
17-Jun-1880 21-Dec-1964 Patron of the Harlem Renaissance
Robert Warwick
Actor
9-Oct-1878 6-Jun-1964 Alias Jimmy Valentine
T. H. White
Author
29-May-1906 17-Jan-1964 The Once and Future King
Norbert Wiener
Mathematician
26-Nov-1894 18-Mar-1964 Cybernetics
Fred M. Wilcox
Film Director
22-Dec-1907 23-Sep-1964 Forbidden Planet
Diana Wynyard
Actor
16-Jan-1906 13-May-1964 Gaslight
Alvin York
Military
13-Dec-1887 2-Sep-1964 Highly decorated WWI veteran
Morton Dauwen Zabel
Educator
10-Aug-1901 28-Apr-1964 Craft and Character


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