List of Famous people who died in 1964
André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien
André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, PSS was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Dean of the Roman Rota in the Roman Curia from 1944 to 1958, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.
Francisco Canaro
Francisco Canaro was a Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader.
Cedric Hardwicke
Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke was an English stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly 50 years. His theatre work included notable performances in productions of the plays of Shakespeare and Shaw, and his film work included leading roles in a number of adapted literary classics.
Carlo Chiarlo
Carlo Chiarlo was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as nuncio to several countries, mostly Latin American, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.
Edgar Dugdale
Edgar Trevelyan Stratford Dugdale was a translator, completing the first English translation of Mein Kampf. He gained the rank of captain in the Leicestershire Yeomanry and held the office of Justice of the Peace.
Andreas Krogh
Andreas Jens Krogh was a Norwegian figure skater. He won the silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Edgeworth Beresford David
Edgeworth Beresford David, was a colonial administrator. He was appointed as a cadet in the Colonial Office in 1930 and later became the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1955 - 1957 and the last Chief Secretary of Singapore from 1958 to 1959. David was the Administrator of Hong Kong for a short time after Sir Alexander Grantham left Hong Kong and Sir Robert Brown Black was named Governor in late 1957.
Rickard Sandler
Rickard Johannes Sandler was a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He served as Minister without Portfolio in the Swedish government from 10 March 1920 to 30 June 1920, Minister for Finance from 1 July 1920 to 27 October 1920, Minister without Portfolio from 13 October 1921 to 19 April 1923, Minister for Trade from 14 October 1924 to 24 January 1925, Prime Minister from 24 January 1925 to 7 June 1926, and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 24 September 1932 to 19 June 1936 and again from 28 September 1936 to 13 December 1939. Sandler is the only Swedish Social Democratic Prime Minister who did not also hold the post of party chairman. He is also the second-youngest Prime Minister of Sweden, aged 41 when he took office.
Jean Fautrier
Jean Fautrier was a French painter, illustrator, printmaker, and sculptor. He was one of the most important practitioners of Tachisme.
Enrique Molina Garmendia
Enrique Molina Garmendia was a Chilean educator and philosopher who promoted and aided in the development of the decentralization of education in Chile. His greatest achievement was founding the Universidad de Concepción, the third oldest university in Chile and the first to be located outside the capital Santiago. Garmienda is considered the most distinguished pedagogue of his time, as well as one of the most influential Chilean philosophers.