Aged 63
Famous people who died at 63
192 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 63, including Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rembrandt and Cicero. Here are the 100 best known.
- Franklin Delano RooseveltPresident of the United States from 1933 to 1945 · 1882–1945
- RembrandtDutch painter and printmaker · 1606–1669
- CiceroRoman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher · 107–43 BC
- Alfred NobelSwedish chemist and inventor · 1833–1896
- Antonio VivaldiItalian composer and violinist · 1678–1741
- Robin WilliamsAmerican actor and comedian · 1951–2014
- Johannes BrahmsGerman composer · 1833–1897
- Ulysses S. GrantPresident of the United States from 1869 to 1877 · 1822–1885
- Audrey HepburnBritish actress · 1929–1993
- Guglielmo MarconiItalian inventor and radio pioneer · 1874–1937
- Trajan13th Roman Emperor · AD 53–117
- ClaudiusFourth Roman emperor · 10 BC–AD 54
- Edwin HubbleAmerican astronomer · 1889–1953
- Maria Theresa of AustriaRuler of the Habsburg Dominions · 1717–1780
- Peter AbelardFrench scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician · c. 1079–1142
- Robert E. LeeConfederate States general · 1807–1870
- Nikolai Ivanovich LobachevskyRussian mathematician · 1792–1856
- Ebrahim RaisiPresident of Iran from 2021 to 2024 · 1960–2024
- Gustav KirchhoffGerman physicist · 1824–1887
- JosephusRoman–Jewish historian and military leader · c. AD 37–100
- William RamsayScottish chemist · 1852–1916
- Ferdinand II of AragonKing of Aragon, Sicily, Naples, and Valencia · 1452–1516
- Francisco PizarroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire · 1478–1541
- Emil von BehringGerman physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin · 1854–1917
- Hideki TojoJapanese general and politician · 1884–1948
- BedeAnglo-Saxon monk, writer and saint · c. AD 672–735
- Carlo CollodiItalian writer · 1826–1890
- Louis DaguerreFrench scientist, artist and photographer · 1787–1851
- James BaldwinAmerican writer · 1924–1987
- Henry Morton StanleyBritish journalist and explorer · 1841–1904
- Hussein I of JordanKing of Jordan from 1952 to 1999 · 1935–1999
- Philipp MelanchthonGerman reformer · 1497–1560
- Donna SummerAmerican singer · 1948–2012
- Raj KapoorIndian actor and filmmaker · 1924–1988
- Murad IThird Ottoman sultan · 1326–1389
- SimpliciusPope · c. AD 420–483
- Jaafar Al-SadiqMuslim scholar and Imam · c. AD 702–765
- Stephen I of Hungary11th-century king of Hungary and saint · c. 975–1038
- William HoldenAmerican actor · 1918–1981
- Wilt ChamberlainAmerican basketball player · 1936–1999
- Antonio MachadoSpanish poet and essayist · 1875–1939
- François FénelonFrench archbishop, theologian and writer · 1651–1715
- Benjamin ConstantFrench-Swiss politician, writer on politics and religion · 1767–1830
- Ion AntonescuPrime minister of Romania during World War II; self-proclaimed "Leader" of the Romanian state between 1940–1944, executed for war crimes · 1882–1946
- Benjamin BrittenEnglish composer, conductor, and pianist · 1913–1976
- MauriceByzantine Emperor · c. AD 539–602
- Mikhail Saltykov-ShchedrinRussian writer, journalist, plawright and satirist · 1826–1889
- Sylvester IIIPope · c. 1000–1063
- Lee MarvinAmerican actor · 1924–1987
- Murad V ↗33th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1840–1904
- Charles Laughton ↗British-American actor · 1899–1962
- Clothar I ↗King of Franks · c. AD 498–561
- Hans Fischer ↗German chemist · 1881–1945
- Robert Peary ↗Explorer from the United States · 1856–1920
- Alexander Ostrovsky ↗Russian playwright · 1823–1886
- Yahya Khan ↗Former Pakistani president · 1917–1980
- Andreas Brehme ↗German association football player · 1960–2024
- Joseph of Anchieta ↗Spanish Jesuit missionary · 1534–1597
- Robert Nozick ↗American political philosopher · 1938–2002
- Pierre Gassendi ↗French philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, priest, and scientist · 1592–1655
- Phocas ↗Emperor of Byzantine Empire · c. AD 547–610
- Arthur Honegger ↗Swiss composer · 1892–1955
- Makarios III ↗Archbishop primate, primate & 1st President of Cyprus · 1913–1977
- Mongkut ↗King of Siam from 1851 to 1868 · 1804–1868
- Alfred Deakin ↗Australian politician · 1856–1919
- Lisa del Giocondo ↗Subject of the Mona Lisa · 1479–1542
- Mary Todd Lincoln ↗First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865 · 1818–1882
- Bolesław Bierut ↗Polish politician and leader of Poland · 1892–1956
- Konstantin Simonov ↗Soviet writer, poet, playwright and wartime correspondent · 1915–1979
- Lin Biao ↗Chinese Communist military commander and politician · 1907–1971
- Arnold Bennett ↗English writer · 1867–1931
- Clemens Brentano ↗German poet and novelist · 1778–1842
- Georgy Lvov ↗Russian statesman and the first post-imperial prime minister of Russia · 1861–1925
- Henry Wilson ↗Vice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875 · 1812–1875
- James Mill ↗Scottish historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher · 1773–1836
- Joe Alaskey ↗American actor · 1952–2016
- Lewis H. Morgan ↗American anthropologist · 1818–1881
- Jean-Claude Duvalier ↗President of the Republic of Haiti · 1951–2014
- Louis Malle ↗French film director, screenwriter, and producer · 1932–1995
- Akiko Yosano ↗Japanese tanka poet · 1878–1942
- Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle ↗Swiss botanist · 1778–1841
- John II Casimir Vasa ↗King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1648–1668; · 1609–1672
- Patrick Henry ↗American Founding Father, orator and politician · 1736–1799
- Robert Mayer ↗German physicist · 1814–1878
- Shōkō Asahara ↗Founder of the Japanese new religious group Aum Shinrikyo · 1955–2018
- Antiochus I Soter ↗Ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 281 to 261 BC · c. 324–261 BC
- Béla IV of Hungary ↗King of Hungary · 1206–1270
- Denis I of Portugal ↗King of Portugal · 1261–1325
- George Tupou V of Tonga ↗King of Tonga · 1948–2012
- Georgy Chicherin ↗Marxist revolutionary and Soviet politician · 1872–1936
- Isaac Singer ↗American businessman; inventor of the Singer sewing machine · 1811–1875
- Talal I of Jordan ↗King of Jordan from 1951 to 1952 · 1909–1972
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov ↗Azerbaijani composer · 1885–1948
- David O. Selznick ↗American film producer · 1902–1965
- Masakatsu Miyamoto ↗Japanese association football player and manager · 1938–2002
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej ↗47th Prime Minister of Romania · 1901–1965
- Gregory Palamas ↗14th century Byzantine Greek cleric and theologian · c. 1296–1359
- Jean Buridan ↗Medieval philosopher · c. 1295–1358
- Mithridates I of Parthia ↗King of Parthian Empire from 165 to 132 BC · c. 195–132 BC
- Julia Margaret Cameron ↗British photographer · 1815–1879
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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