List of Famous people who died in 1969

Otto Stern was a German-American physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. He was the second most nominated person for a Nobel Prize with 82 nominations in the years 1925–1945, ultimately winning in 1943.

Herbert Charles Hoover was an engineer, businessman, and politician. He served as United States Under Secretary of State from 1954 to 1957. He was the eldest son of President Herbert Hoover.

Emrys Daniel Hughes was a Welsh Labour politician, journalist and author. He was Labour MP for South Ayrshire in Scotland from 1946 to 1969. Among his many published books was a biography of his father-in-law, Keir Hardie.

Barton MacLane was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. Although he appeared in many classic films from the 1930s through the 1960s, he became best-known for his role as General Martin Peterson on the 1960s NBC television comedy series I Dream of Jeannie, with Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman.

Maude Mary Ball, was an Irish artist working in both paintings and sculpture.

Hubert Beaumont Phipps was a Virginia publisher and editor as well as a breeder of thoroughbred horses and purebred cattle. He was a member of the prominent Phipps family who made a fortune in steel as partners with Andrew Carnegie in the steel-making business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams was a British actor and dramatist of Welsh descent.

Keisuke Fujie was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Fujie’s wife was the daughter of Prime Minister Kantarō Suzuki.

Antonio Sparbaro, known professionally as Tony Sbarbaro or Tony Spargo was an American jazz drummer associated with New Orleans jazz. He was the drummer of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band for over 50 years.