List of Famous people who died in 1965

John Waters was an American film director, second unit director and, initially, an assistant director. His career began in the early days of silent film and culminated in two consecutive Academy Award nominations in the newly instituted category of Best Assistant Director. The second nomination, for MGM's Viva Villa!, won him an Oscar statuette at the 7th Academy Awards on February 27, 1935.

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Edward Joicey, 3rd Baron Joicey (1881–1966), known as the Hon. Hugh Joicey until 1940, was a British Army officer, businessman and peer.

Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, from 1934 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, was the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein and Head of the House of Oldenburg from 21 January 1934 until his death on 10 February 1965.

Banarsi Prasad Jhunjhunwala was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was also a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.

Jagat Narain Lal was a freedom fighter who played an influential role in the making of modern Bihar. As a member of the Indian National Congress and of the Constituent Assembly, he was a significant contributor to the debates and issues that chartered the course of the Indian independence. Apart from being one of the foremost leaders of the Congress in Bihar, his association with the All India Hindu Mahasabha makes him a very important figure of India’s nationalist history.

P. S. Nataraja Pillai was an Indian politician, freedom fighter and Member of Parliament during the 3rd Lok Sabha elections held in 1962. He served as the Adviser to the Travancore government at Delhi in 1948 and finance minister of the Travancore-Cochin state from 1954 to 1955.

Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough was a scholar in the history of religion. He is specifically noted for his study of the influence of Greek culture on Judaism, what some call Hellenistic Judaism.