Famous people and celebrities who died in December 1965

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in December 1965. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

Dec. 5 Joseph Erlanger
MED - American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic nobel prize laureate (b. 1874)
Dec. 6 Alberto Vaccari
Italian jesuit/old testament scholar dies at the age of 90.
Dec. 9 Branch Rickey
Known for breaking the baseball color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson.
Dec. 10 Henry (Dixon) Cowell
American pianist/composer (aeolianharp), passes away at the age of 68.
Dec. 14 Hermann Sandby
Composer dies at 84
Dec. 16 W. Somerset Maugham
British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)
Dec. 17 Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa
Italian composer/tenor rondine dies at the age of 76.
Dec. 20 Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt
German anthropologist dies at the age of 73.
Dec. 21 Claude Champagne
Canadian composer and pianist of the violin (d. 1965).
Dec. 22 Richard Dimbleby
Renowned British broadcaster and journalist who was a key figure in BBC news during the mid-20th century.
Dec. 22 Al Ritz
Actor (gorilla hi ya chum), died at 62
Dec. 24 William M. Branham
Influential American Pentecostal minister and theologian who was a significant figure in the mid-20th century religious revival movement.
Dec. 24 John Black
American astrologer and a teacher at the church of light. on 8/31/1945, he joined afa.
Dec. 26 Anthonie Donker
Dutch literary [professor n donkersloot] dies at the age of 63.
Dec. 27 Edgar Ende
German painter (born 1901).
Dec. 29 Frank Nugent
American screenwriter, journalist and film reviewer (b. 1908)
Dec. 29 Kōsaku Yamada
Japanese composer and conductor (b. 1886)