List of Famous people who died at 63

Leonid Vasilyevich Markov was born in the village Alekseevskoe . In the years 1931-1934 he played children's roles in the Saratov Drama Theater, where his father - actor Vasily Demyanovich Markov.

Jan Hendriks was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films on screen and TV between 1950 and 1985. In 1952 he won the German Film Award as Best Male Newcomer. Between 1977–1985 he co-starred in the TV-crime-serial The Old Fox. He died in Berlin, Germany, aged 63.

Elizabeth Taylor was an English novelist and short-story writer. Kingsley Amis described her as "one of the best English novelists born in this century". Antonia Fraser called her "one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century", while Hilary Mantel said she was "deft, accomplished and somewhat underrated".

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945).

José Antonio Julio Onésimo Sánchez Ferlosio, better known as Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio, was a Spanish singer-songwriter, and the author of numerous songs performed by other artists, such as Rolando Alarcón, Joan Baez, Soledad Bravo, Víctor Jara, Quilapayún and Joaquín Sabina.

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a Soviet and German composer. Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic Symphony No. 1 (1969–1972) and his first concerto grosso (1977). In the 1980s, Schnittke's music began to become more widely known abroad with the publication of his second (1980) and third (1983) string quartets and the String Trio (1985); the ballet Peer Gynt (1985–1987); the third (1981), fourth (1984), and fifth (1988) symphonies; and the viola concerto (1985) and first cello concerto (1985–1986). As his health deteriorated, Schnittke's music started to abandon much of the extroversion of his polystylism and retreated into a more withdrawn, bleak style.

Gregg Rudloff was an American re-recording mixer. He won three Academy Awards for Best Sound and was nominated for four more in the same category. He worked on 150 films from 1983 onwards. His father, Tex Rudloff, was a sound engineer who was nominated for an Academy Award in 1978. On January 6, 2019, Rudloff died at the age of 63 from a reported suicide.

Wolf Rüdiger Hess was a German architect, the only son of Rudolf Hess and Ilse Hess.

Mahmud Esad Coşan was a Turkish academic author, preacher, professor of Islam and Naqshbandi leader.

Frank Villard was a French film actor. He was born François Drouineau in Saint-Jean-d'Angély.