List of Famous people who died in 1965

Winston Churchill

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
First Name Winston
Last Name Churchill
Born on November 30, 1874
Died on January 24, 1965 (aged 90)
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, was a British statesman, army officer, and writer. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, Churchill was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies. Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, as leader from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.

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Malcolm X

Malcolm Little
First Name Malcolm
Last Name X
Born on May 19, 1925
Died on February 21, 1965 (aged 39)
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Malcolm X was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement. He is best known for his time spent as a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam.

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Eli Cohen

First Name Eli
Born on December 6, 1924
Died on May 18, 1965 (aged 40)
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Eliyahu Ben-Shaul Cohen, commonly known as Eli Cohen, was an Israeli spy. He is best known for his espionage work in 1961–65 in Syria, where he developed close relationships with the Syrian political and military hierarchy, and became the chief adviser to the Minister of Defense.

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Nat King Cole

Nathaniel Adams Coles
First Name Nat
Last Name Cole
Born on March 17, 1919
Died on February 15, 1965 (aged 45)
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer and jazz pianist. He recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole also acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was the first African-American man to host an American television series. He was the father of singer-songwriter Natalie Cole (1950–2015).

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Stan Laurel

Arthur Stanley Jefferson
First Name Stan
Last Name Laurel
Born on June 16, 1890
Died on February 23, 1965 (aged 74)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Stan Laurel was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was part of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles.

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Princess Mary, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom

First Name Princess
Last Name Kingdom
Died on March 28, 1965

Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, was a member of the British royal family. She was the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, and was also the aunt of the current British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. In the First World War, she performed charity work in support of servicemen and their families. She was given the title of Princess Royal in 1932. During the Second World War, she was Controller Commandant of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Mary and her husband, the 6th Earl of Harewood, had two sons, George, 7th Earl of Harewood and The Honourable Gerald Lascelles.

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Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Jean Dandridge
First Name Dorothy
Last Name Dandridge
Born on November 9, 1922
Died on September 8, 1965 (aged 42)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Dorothy Jean Dandridge was an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is one of the earliest African-American film stars to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, which was for her performance in Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of The Wonder Children, later The Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films, usually in uncredited roles.

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Shirley Jackson

First Name Shirley
Last Name Jackson
Born on December 14, 1916
Died on August 8, 1965 (aged 48)

Shirley Hardie Jackson was an American writer, known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Over the duration of her writing career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two memoirs, and more than 200 short stories.

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Viola Desmond

First Name Viola
Last Name Desmond
Born on July 6, 1914
Died on February 7, 1965 (aged 50)

Viola Irene Desmond was a Canadian civil rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946 she challenged racial segregation at a cinema in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre. For this, she was convicted of a minor tax violation for the one-cent tax difference between the seat she had paid for and the seat she used, which was more expensive. Desmond's case is one of the most publicized incidents of racial discrimination in Canadian history and helped start the modern civil rights movement in Canada.

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Judy Holliday

First Name Judy
Born on June 21, 1921
Died on June 7, 1965 (aged 43)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Judy Holliday was an American actress, comedienne and singer.

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