1964: The Year in People

What happened in 1964

1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1964th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 964th year of the 2nd millennium, the 64th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1960s decade.

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Died in 1964

• Douglas MacArthur1880–1964 · American general
• Alan Ladd1913–1964 · American actor
• Alvin York1887–1964 · American soldier
• Cedric Hardwicke1893–1964 · English actor
• Brendan Behan1923–1964 · Irish poet and writer
• Eddie Cantor1892–1964 · American comedian and actor
• Alma Mahler1879–1964 · Austrian composer
• Andrew Goodman (activist)1943–1964 · American civil rights activist and murder victim
• Alfred Blalock1899–1964 · American surgeon
• Carl Van Vechten1880–1964 · American writer and photographer
• Ben Hecht1894–1964 · American writer, director, and producer
• Anna Vyrubova1884–1964 · Russian Empire lady-in-waiting