Aged 65
Famous people who died at 65
245 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 65, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Walt Disney and Genghis Khan. Here are the 100 best known.
- Johann Sebastian BachGerman composer · 1685–1750
- Walt DisneyAmerican animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company · 1901–1966
- Genghis KhanFounder and first khan of the Mongol Empire · 1162–1227
- Francis BaconEnglish philosopher and statesman · 1561–1626
- Jacques CartierBreton maritime explorer of North America · 1492–1557
- David HumeScottish philosopher, economist, and historian · 1711–1776
- Constantine the GreatRoman emperor from 306 to 337 and first to convert to Christianity · AD 272–337
- Lewis CarrollBritish author and scholar · 1832–1898
- John MiltonEnglish poet and civil servant · 1608–1674
- Saint PeterApostle of Jesus Christ · c. 1 BC–AD 65
- Giacomo PucciniItalian opera composer · 1858–1924
- TacitusRoman historian and senator · c. AD 55–120
- Zachary TaylorPresident of the United States from 1849 to 1850 · 1784–1850
- Hector BerliozFrench composer and conductor · 1803–1869
- John Paul IPope of the Catholic Church in 1978 · 1912–1978
- Salvador Allende28th president of Chile (1908–1973 · 1908–1973
- Eugène DelacroixFrench painter · 1798–1863
- John GalsworthyEnglish novelist and playwright · 1867–1933
- Sinclair LewisAmerican writer and playwright · 1885–1951
- PericlesAthenian statesman, orator and general · c. 494–429 BC
- Jean Le Rond d'AlembertFrench mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist · 1717–1783
- Wernher von BraunGerman and later American aerospace engineer and space architect · 1912–1977
- Eugene O'NeillAmerican playwright · 1888–1953
- Theodor W. AdornoGerman philosopher, sociologist and theorist · 1903–1969
- Georg Simon OhmGerman physicist and mathematician · 1789–1854
- Maria Göppert MayerGerman-born American theoretical physicist · 1906–1972
- PlotinusHellenistic Platonist philosopher and founder of Neoplatonism · c. AD 205–270
- Miles DavisAmerican jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer · 1926–1991
- Isabelle de CharrièreDutch French-language writer and composer · 1740–1805
- Zeno of EleaGreek philosopher · c. 490–425 BC
- Zaha HadidIraqi British architect, designer and painter · 1950–2016
- Fritz HaberGerman chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize · 1868–1934
- VitruviusRoman architect and engineer · c. 80–15 BC
- Septimius SeverusRoman emperor from 193 to 211 · c. AD 146–211
- Frank HerbertAmerican writer · 1920–1986
- Caspar David FriedrichGerman Romantic landscape painter · 1774–1840
- Ben JonsonEnglish playwright, poet, and actor · 1572–1637
- U ThantUN Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971 · 1909–1974
- Paul AllenAmerican businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft · 1953–2018
- Val KilmerAmerican actor · 1959–2025
- Turgut Özal8th President of the Republic of Turkey · 1927–1993
- Baron d'HolbachGerman-born French philosopher · 1723–1789
- Benedict VPope · c. AD 900–965
- Francisco de ZurbaránSpanish painter · 1598–1664
- Mehmed VI36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1861–1926
- ThemistoclesAthenian politician and general · c. 524–459 BC
- Ole RømerDanish astronomer · 1644–1710
- Ibn TaymiyyahIslamic scholar, jurist and philosopher · 1263–1328
- John IIPope · c. AD 470–535
- Leo IVPope of the Catholic Church · c. AD 790–855
- Hero of AlexandriaAncient Greek mathematician and engineer · c. AD 10–75
- Charles FourierFrench utopian socialist and philosopher · 1772–1837
- Johannes Hans Daniel JensenGerman nuclear physicist · 1907–1973
- John James AudubonFrench-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter · 1785–1851
- Richard GriffithsBritish actor · 1947–2013
- SiriciusPope · c. AD 334–399
- Ammianus Marcellinus4th-century Roman historian and soldier · c. AD 330–395
- Clement of AlexandriaChristian theologian · c. AD 150–215
- Gottlieb DaimlerGerman engineer and industrialist · 1834–1900
- Henry III of EnglandKing of England from 1216 to 1272 · 1207–1272
- Anna MagnaniItalian actress · 1908–1973
- Boniface IVPope · c. AD 550–615
- Carl BoschGerman chemical engineer · 1874–1940
- Matthew ArnoldBritish poet and cultural critic · 1822–1888
- Mikhail KutuzovField Marshal of the Russian Empire · 1747–1813
- Cecil Frank PowellBritish physicist · 1903–1969
- Heinz GuderianGerman general · 1888–1954
- Maximinus ThraxRoman Emperor · c. AD 173–238
- Michael EndeGerman writer · 1929–1995
- Yul BrynnerRussian-born American actor · 1920–1985
- Ivan III of MoscowGrand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1462 to 1505 · 1440–1505
- Marsilio FicinoItalian philosopher and Catholic priest · 1433–1499
- Sigismund III VasaKing of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599 · 1566–1632
- Bob SagetAmerican stand-up comedian · 1956–2022
- Martin IVHead of the Catholic Church from 1281 to 1285 · 1220–1285
- Procopius6th-century historian · c. AD 500–565
- Cao CaoChinese warlord and statesman · c. AD 155–220
- Wilkie CollinsBritish writer · 1824–1889
- Justin Martyr2nd century CE Christian apologist and martyr · c. AD 100–165
- Bonar LawPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923 · 1858–1923
- Friedrich SchleiermacherGerman theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar · 1768–1834
- Bettino Craxi ↗Italian politician · 1934–2000
- Empress Matilda ↗Holy Roman Empress (1114–1125); claimant to the English throne · 1102–1167
- Frederick William IV of Prussia ↗King of Prussia · 1795–1861
- Eugène Viollet-le-Duc ↗French architect · 1814–1879
- George Grosz ↗German artist · 1893–1959
- Jean-Baptiste Say ↗French economist and businessman · 1767–1832
- Luis de Góngora ↗Spanish Baroque lyric poet · 1561–1627
- Klaus Kinski ↗German actor · 1926–1991
- Marcian ↗Eastern Roman (Byzantine) emperor · c. AD 392–457
- Morgan Tsvangirai ↗Former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe · 1952–2018
- Qu Yuan ↗Chinese poet and politician · c. 343–278 BC
- Zog I of Albania ↗Albanian prime minister, president and king (1895-1961) · 1895–1961
- Eddie Van Halen ↗Dutch-American rock guitarist · 1955–2020
- Hippolytus ↗Christian theologian and saint · c. AD 170–235
- Adlai Stevenson II ↗American politician and diplomat (1900–1965); 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 · 1900–1965
- Deodoro da Fonseca ↗President of Brazil · 1827–1892
- Emil Jannings ↗German actor · 1884–1950
- Gherman Titov ↗Soviet cosmonaut · 1935–2000
- Jamsetji Tata ↗Indian industrialist, founder of the Tata Group · 1839–1904
"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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