List of Famous people who died in 1995
Moturi Satyanarayana
Satyanarayana Moturi was an Indian independence activist alongside Mohandas Gandhi until 1947 and then a member of the Constituent Assembly of India which drafted the Indian Constitution. He was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha until 1966. He was instrumental in making Hindi an official language in the Indian Constitution, while tolerating the other major Indian languages. He devoted his later life to helping spread Hindi in South India.
Alan Maley
Alan Maley was a British visual effects artist as well as a matte painter.
Yves Congar
Yves Marie-Joseph Congar was a French Dominican friar, priest, and theologian. He is perhaps best known for his influence at the Second Vatican Council and for reviving theological interest in the Holy Spirit for the life of individuals and of the church. He was created a cardinal of the Catholic Church in 1994.
Sicco Mansholt
Sicco Leendert Mansholt was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and farmer who served as the President of the European Commission from 1 March 1972 until 5 January 1973.
Susan Fleetwood
Susan Maureen Fleetwood was a British stage, film, and television actress, best known as a performer in classical theatre. She received popular attention in the television series Chandler & Co and The Buddha of Suburbia.
Neil Paterson
James Edmund Neil Paterson was a Scottish writer of novels, short stories and screenplays. He won the 1959 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Room at the Top. Before his success as a writer, he worked in journalism and had a brief career as an amateur footballer, playing for Buckie Thistle, Leith Athletic and Dundee United in the Scottish Football League.
Louis Meyer
Louis Meyer was an American Hall of Fame race car driver who was the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500.
Jochen Thomas
Bruno Visentini
Bruno Visentini was an Italian politician, senator, minister, lecturer and industrialist.
John Lighton Synge
John Lighton Synge was an Irish mathematician and physicist, whose seven decade career included significant periods in Ireland, Canada, and the USA. He was a prolific author and influential mentor, and is credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.