Famous people and celebrities who died in September 1967

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in September 1967. 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

• Sept. 1 Ilse Koch

  Notorious Nazi concentration camp guard known as the 'Witch of Buchenwald', infamous for her sadistic cruelty towards prisoners during World War II. She was convicted of war crimes and committed suicide in prison.

• Sept. 1 Siegfried Sassoon

  English soldier and writer (b. 1886)

• Sept. 1 Ilja Ehrenburg

  Writer dies at 76

• Sept. 3 Francis Ouimet

  American golfer and businessman(born1893)

• Sept. 3 David Cohen

  At 84, historian/chief (jewish council), is killed

• Sept. 9 Helen Flint

  Actress (sea devils), is killed after being struck by a car at 69

• Sept. 11 Tadeusz Zylinski

  Polish textilist and technician (born in 1904)

• Sept. 13 Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden

  Yemeni-saudi arabian businessman, founded saudi binladin group (b. 1903)

• Sept. 13 Robert George

  English air marshal and politician, 24th governor of south australia (b. 1896)

• Sept. 13 Leonard Lord

  English businessman (d. 1967)

• Sept. 13 Russell L Rogers

  Usaf / astronaut (x-20), dies in explosion at 38

• Sept. 14 Mohammed Abdul Hakim Amer

  At 47, an egyptian vice-pm commits suicide

• Sept. 15 Eva McKenzie

  Sister of ida mae/actress (virtuous husband), died at 78

• Sept. 18 Sir John Douglas Cockcroft

  Nobel Prize laureate for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles

• Sept. 18 John Cockcroft

  PHY - English physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1897)

• Sept. 19 Zinaida Serebriakova

  Ukrainian-french painter (d. 1967).

• Sept. 19 Martin Block

  Television announcer, chesterfield supper club, dies at 64

• Sept. 20 Henri Mulet

  Composer dies at 88

• Sept. 23 Stanislaus Zbyszko

  Polish wrestler and strongman (d. 1967).

• Sept. 24 Orville Caldwell

  At 71, the death of the deputy major (la-1940).

• Sept. 24 Robert H van Gulik

  Diplomat/writer (judge tie).

• Sept. 27 Felix Yusupov

  Russian prince participated in grigori rasputin's murder (born 1887).

• Sept. 29 Carson McCullers

  Carson McCullers was a significant Southern Gothic novelist and writer who explored themes of loneliness, alienation, and human complexity in her groundbreaking works. She is best known for her debut novel 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter', published when she was just 23 years old. Her writing profoundly influenced 20th-century American literature.

• Sept. 29 Ludwig Donath

  Actor (torn curtain sirocco), succumbs to leukemia at the age of 67