List of Famous people who died in 1969

Harry Benham was an American silent film actor.

Aleksandras Stulginskis [ɐlʲɛkˈsɐ̂ˑndrɐs stʊlʲˈɡʲɪ̂nʲsʲkʲɪs] (listen) was the second President of Lithuania (1920–1926). Stulginskis was also acting President of Lithuania for a few hours later in 1926, following a military coup that was led by his predecessor, President Antanas Smetona, and which had brought down Stulginskis's successor, Kazys Grinius. The coup returned Smetona to office after Stulginskis's brief formal assumption of the Presidency.

Ivar Eugen Ballangrud was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in speed skating. As the only triple gold medalist at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the most successful athlete there.

John Loader Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby,, was a British civil servant and diplomat who was a key figure in Anglo-Irish relations during the Second World War.

Lola Braccini, born Camilla Cariddi was an Italian film, television and stage actress.

Maria Caserini was an Italian stage and film actress, as well as a pioneer of filmmaking during the early 20th-century. She often starred in adaptations of stage and film productions for the works of William Shakespeare.

Mario Berlinguer was an Italian lawyer and politician. He descended from a noble Sardinian family of Catalan origins. As many of his ancestors, he belonged to the Italian Freemasonry and was Great Master of the regular lodge of Sassari, affiliated to the Grand Orient of Italy.

Serge Poliakoff was a Russian-born French modernist painter belonging to the 'New' Ecole de Paris (Tachisme).

Alfred Daniel Williams King Sr. was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist. He was the younger brother of Martin Luther King Jr.