April1964

Famous People Who Died in April 1964

Apr 1 Božidar Kunc, Croatian composer, dies at 60

Douglas MacArthur

Apr 5 Douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84

Douglas MacArthur — US WWII General Douglas MacArthur

Apr 14 Herb McGirr, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (played in NZ's 1st Test series; 2 Tests, 1 x 50; Wellington), dies at 72
Apr 14 Earle Hodgins, American fast-talking film and television character actor (Guestward Ho!), dies at 70

Rachel Carson

Apr 14 Rachel Carson, American marine biologist, conservationist and author (Silent Spring), dies at 56

Rachel Carson — Marine Biologist and Writer Rachel Carson

Apr 14 Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and physicist (fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics), dies at 87
Apr 18 Albe Vidaković, Croatian composer, dies at 49
Apr 18 Ben Hecht, American playwright (Child of the Century), dies at 71
Apr 19 Cyril Merry, Trinidadian cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies at 53
Apr 20 Eddie Dyer, American baseball player, dies at 64
Apr 24 Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist (Nobel Prize 1939 in Physiology or Medicine - first commercially available antibiotic and marketed under the brand name Prontosil), dies at 68
Apr 26 Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81
Apr 26 Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93
Apr 27 Georg Britting, German poet, dies at 73
Apr 28 Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector & museum director, dies at 75
Apr 29 Albert Saverys, Flemish painter, dies at 77

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