List of Famous people who died in 1967
Otto Erich Deutsch
Otto Erich Deutsch was an Austrian musicologist. He is known for compiling the first comprehensive catalogue of Franz Schubert's compositions, first published in 1951 in English, with a revised edition published in 1978 in German. It is from this catalogue that the D numbers used to identify Schubert's works derive.
Anton Walbrook
Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom under the name Anton Walbrook. A popular performer in Austria and pre-war Germany, he left in 1936 out of concerns for his own safety and established a career in British cinema. Walbrook is perhaps best known for his roles in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and The Red Shoes.
Victor Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux
Victor Henry Peter Brougham, 4th Baron Brougham and Vaux was a British peer and politician.
Violet Needham
Amy Violet Needham was the author of 19 popular children's books.
Wayne Chatfield-Taylor
Wayne Chatfield-Taylor was Under Secretary of Commerce and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton
William George Hervey Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton, was a British peer and soldier.
Walter Varney
Walter Thomas Varney was an American aviation pioneer who founded forerunners of two major U.S. airlines, United Airlines and Continental Airlines, which combined under United Continental Holdings long after his death. Varney was also one of the most prominent airmail contractors of the early 20th century.
George Salter
George Salter, born Georg Salter, was an originally German, and from 1940 onwards US-American book cover designer. He revolutionized cover design for books. He claimed worldwide fame for his design for Alfred Döblins Berlin Alexanderplatz.
Wolfgang Zeller
Wolfgang Zeller was a German composer noted for his complex film music.
H.J. Muller
Hermann Joseph Muller was an American geneticist, educator, and Nobel laureate best known for his work on the physiological and genetic effects of radiation (mutagenesis), as well as his outspoken political beliefs. Muller frequently warned of long-term dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear war and nuclear testing, which resulted in greater public scrutiny of these practices.