List of Famous people who died in 1965

Leopoldine Konstantin

Leopoldine Eugenie Amelie Konstantin
First Name Leopoldine
Born on March 12, 1886
Died on December 14, 1965 (aged 79)

Leopoldine Konstantin was an Austrian actress. She took acting lessons with Alexander Strakosch, whom she married shortly afterwards, and made her debut in the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1907. She played in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening (1907), Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1907), A Winter's Tale (1908), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1910).

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Frederick John Kiesler

First Name Frederick
Last Name Kiesler
Born on September 22, 1890
Died on December 27, 1965 (aged 75)

Frederick John Kiesler was an Austrian-American architect, theoretician, theater designer, artist and sculptor.

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Tom Kennedy

First Name Tom
Last Name Kennedy
Born on July 15, 1885
Died on October 6, 1965 (aged 80)

Tom Kennedy was an American actor known for his roles in Hollywood comedies from the silent days, with such producers as Mack Sennett and Hal Roach, mainly supporting lead comedians such as the Marx Brothers, W. C. Fields, Mabel Normand, Shemp Howard, Laurel and Hardy, and the Three Stooges. Kennedy also played dramatic roles as a supporting actor.

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Frank Wisner

First Name Frank
Last Name Wisner
Born on June 23, 1909
Died on October 29, 1965 (aged 56)

Frank Gardiner Wisner was one of the founding officers of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and played a major role in CIA operations throughout the 1950s.

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Otto Groth

First Name Otto
Last Name Groth
Born on July 2, 1875
Died on November 15, 1965 (aged 90)
Born in France, Grand Est
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Hans-Heinrich Wurmbach

First Name Hans-Heinrich
Born on May 12, 1891
Died on December 16, 1965 (aged 74)
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Forrest Taylor

First Name Forrest
Last Name Taylor
Born on December 29, 1883
Died on February 19, 1965 (aged 81)

Edwin Forrest Taylor was an American character actor whose artistic career spanned six different decades, from silents through talkies to the advent of color films.

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Edward Elmer Smith

First Name Edward
Last Name Smith
Born on May 2, 1890
Died on August 31, 1965 (aged 75)

Edward Elmer Smith, publishing as E. E. Smith, Ph.D. and later as E. E. "Doc" Smith, was an American food engineer and science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera.

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George Simpson

First Name George
Last Name Simpson
Born on September 2, 1878
Died on January 1, 1965 (aged 86)

Sir George Clarke Simpson KCB CBE FRS HFRSE was a British meteorologist. He was President of the Royal Meteorological Society 1940/41.

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Françoise Spira

Françoise Annette Henriette Luce Spira
First Name Françoise
Last Name Spira
Born on December 7, 1928
Died on January 4, 1965 (aged 36)
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