List of Famous people who died in 1964

Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan was a British soldier, author, and amateur anthropologist. His books include The Hero, A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama and Monmouthshire Houses, with Cyril Fox.

Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. She wrote two novels and thirty-two short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries.

Stuart Nathaniel Lake was a writer who focused on the American Old West.

Morris Ankrum was an American radio, television, and film character actor.

Dame Juliet Evangeline, Lady Rhys-Williams, was a British writer and a Liberal Party politician who later joined the Conservative Party.

Sándor Prokopp was a Hungarian sport shooter who competed for Hungary at the 1908, 1912 and the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Alexander Shamil'evich Melik-Pashayev, PAU, was a Soviet-Armenian conductor. He made numerous highly regarded recordings with Melodiya in the 1940s and 1950s including memorable versions of Boris Godunov and The Queen of Spades.