List of Famous people who died in 1960

Josephus Calasanz Fließer

First Name Josephus
Born on July 28, 1896
Died on June 12, 1960 (aged 63)

Josephus Calasanz Fließer was an Austrian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz. He was ordained in 1919. He was appointed bishop in 1946. He died in 1960.

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Hermann Burte

First Name Hermann
Last Name Burte
Born on February 15, 1879
Died on March 21, 1960 (aged 81)
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Jules Freund

First Name Jules
Last Name Freund
Born on June 24, 1890
Died on April 22, 1960 (aged 69)
Born in Hungary

Jules Freund was a Hungarian born American immunologist, most famous for the Freund's adjuvant.

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Julius Rühm

First Name Julius
Last Name Rühm
Born on May 20, 1882
Died on April 24, 1960 (aged 77)
Born in Germany, Bavaria
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Julius von Gierke

Julius Karl Otto Gierke
First Name Julius
Last Name Gierke
Born on March 5, 1875
Died on August 2, 1960 (aged 85)
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Jimmy Bryan

First Name Jimmy
Born on January 28, 1926
Died on June 19, 1960 (aged 34)

James Ernest Bryan was an American racecar driver who won the 1958 Indianapolis 500. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Bryan died as a result of injuries sustained in a champ car race at Langhorne Speedway.

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Johnny Thomson

First Name Johnny
Born on April 9, 1922
Died on September 24, 1960 (aged 38)

John A. Thomson was an American racecar driver. Thomson was nicknamed "the Flying Scot." He won several championships in midgets and sprint cars before competing in Championship Car racing. He won the pole position for the 1959 Indianapolis 500.

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Arthur Benjamin

First Name Arthur
Last Name Benjamin
Died on April 10, 1960

Arthur Leslie Benjamin was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of Jamaican Rumba (1938) and of the Storm Clouds Cantata, featured in both versions of the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man who Knew Too Much (1934), (1956).

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Norodom Suramarit

First Name Norodom
Born on March 6, 1896
Died on April 3, 1960 (aged 64)

Norodom Suramarit was King of Cambodia from 3 March 1955 until his death in 1960. He was the father of King Norodom Sihanouk and the grandfather of Cambodia's current king, Norodom Sihamoni. Suramarit was born in Phnom Penh to Prince Norodom Sutharot. When his grandfather King Norodom died in 1904, Norodom's brother Sisowath took the throne. King Sisowath died in 1927 and was succeeded by his son Monivong.

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Benjamin Bradshaw

First Name Benjamin
Last Name Bradshaw
Born on August 15, 1879
Died on April 19, 1960 (aged 80)

Benjamin Joseph Bradshaw was an American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in featherweight category.

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