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. 3 Hank D'Amico
Dec. 3 Enrico Olivetti
Dec. 3 Hanna Sobačko-Šostak
Dec. 5 Joseph Erlanger
American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic nobel prize laureate (b. 1874).
Dec. 5 Aldo Valori
Dec. 7 Henri Frotier de La Messelière
Dec. 9 Branch Rickey
Known for breaking the baseball color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson.
Dec. 9 Gioacchino Armano
Dec. 9 Franco Sartori
Dec. 10 Luigi Maiocco
Dec. 10 Henry Cowell
Dec. 16 W. Somerset Maugham
British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874).
Dec. 20 Pietro Fassi
Dec. 20 Antonio Cavalli
Dec. 21 Claude Champagne
Canadian composer and pianist of the violin (d. 1965).
Dec. 21 Kōdō Sawaki
Dec. 22 Richard Dimbleby
Renowned British broadcaster and journalist who was a key figure in BBC news during the mid-20th century.
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.
Dec. 24 Silvio Laurenti Rosa
Dec. 24 Manuel Gallego
Dec. 25 Paolo Vietti-Violi
Dec. 28 Guido Fiorini
Dec. 29 Frank Nugent
American screenwriter, journalist and film reviewer (b. 1908).
Dec. 29 Kōsaku Yamada
Japanese composer and conductor (b. 1886).
Dec. 29 Gordon Morgan Holmes
Dec. 30 Franz Roh