* 1891 – George Adamski, Polish-American author and ufologist ( d. 1965 )

* 1965 – Dennis Lehane, American author

Bjørn Lomborg (; born 6 January 1965 ) is a Danish author, academic, and environmental writer.

* 1881 – Eleanor Farjeon, English author ( d. 1965 )

* 1965 – Jim Bob Duggar, American real estate agent, author, and politician

* 1965 – Erwin Mortier, Belgian author

* 1965 – Frédéric Beigbeder, French author and critic

* 1965 – Jeff Ross, American comedian, actor, author, and director

* January 25 – William Somerset Maugham, English author ( d. 1965 )

Howard Spring ( 10 February 1889-3 May 1965 ) was a Welsh author and journalist.

Before his execution, Keitel published Mein Leben: Pflichterfüllung bis zum Untergang: Hitlers Feldmarschall und Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht in Selbstzeugnissen, otherwise known in English as In the Service of the Reich, and was later re-edited as The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Keitel by Walter Görlitz from a translation by David Irving as the author in 1965.

* Stanko Premrl ( 1880 – 1965 ), composer, author of the music for the Slovenian National Anthem.

* Deborah S. Kearney ( born 1965 ), American scientist and author

He was also the author of the first English taekwondo syllabus book, Taekwon-Do, published by Daeha Publication Company in 1965.

* W. Somerset Maugham ( 1874 – 1965 ), English author

Thomas Bertram Costain ( May 8, 1885-October 8, 1965 ) was a Canadian journalist who became a best-selling author of historical novels at the age of 57.

Then-New York City mayor, Robert F. Wagner, Jr., commissioned Frederick Pittera, a producer of international fairs and exhibitions, and author of the history of International Fairs & Exhibitions for the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Compton's Encyclopedia, to prepare the first feasibility studies for the 1964 / 1965 New York World's Fair.

The murders, arrests and convictions of Hickock and Smith were the basis for author Truman Capote's acclaimed book, In Cold Blood, which was serialized in The New Yorker magazine in 1965 and first published in book form in 1966.

Pender is the posthumous author of The General to his Lady: The Civil War letters of William Dorsey Pender to Fanny Pender, published in 1965.

Also, Mike Millard, author of " Jihad in Paradise: Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia " and " Leaving Japan: Observations on the Dysfunctional U. S .- Japan Relationship ," was a 1965 graduate of Illinois Valley High School.

* Jess Walter ( born 1965 ), American author

Michael Saul Dell ( born February 23, 1965 ) is an American business magnate and author.

Julian had a brief relationship with Patricia Neal's daughter Tessa Dahl ( Stanley Holloway had appeared with Neal in the 1965 film In Harm's Way ), which produced a daughter, the model and author Sophie Dahl.

* Bostock story from author of Cool of the Evening: The 1965 Minnesota Twins

* December 14-Shirley Jackson, author ( died 1965 )

* 1965 – Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer

* 1965 – James Tupper, Canadian actor

In 1965, she appeared as herself in the Hollywood production Dear Brigitte ( 1965 ) starring James Stewart, one of the few American films in which she appeared.

* 1969 – Capital punishment in the United Kingdom: Home Secretary James Callaghan's motion to make permanent the Murder ( Abolition of Death Penalty ) Act 1965, which had temporarily suspended capital punishment in England, Wales and Scotland for murder ( but not for all crimes ) for a period of five years.

Hawks then returned to his childhood passion for car races with Red Line 7000 in 1965. the film starred a young James Caan in his first leading role.

* 1965 – James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor

* 1898 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer ( d. 1965 )

Following his role in Mephisto, Brandauer appeared in his first English-speaking role in playing Maximillian Largo in Never Say Never Again ( 1983 ), a remake of the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball.

* 1892 – James Collip, Canadian biochemist, co-discoverer of insulin ( d. 1965 )

Much spy fiction was adapted as spy films in the 1960s, ranging from the fantastical James Bond series to the realistic The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ( 1965 ), and the hybrid The Quiller Memorandum ( 1966 ).

James Baldwin ’ s collection Going to Meet the Man ( 1965 ) told stories of African-American life.

Like Mississippi John Hurt, he was welcomed into the music scene of the 1960s and played at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964, the New York Folk Festival in July 1965, and the October 1967 European tour of the American Folk Festival along with Skip James and Bukka White.

James J. Reeb, a minister at All Souls Church, Unitarian, in Washington, D. C. and a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was clubbed in Selma, Alabama on March 8, 1965, and died two days later of massive head trauma.

( Richard Lester, 1965 ) and played leads in All The Way Up ( James MacTaggart, 1970 ), The Chain ( Jack Gold, 1984 ), The Dunera Boys ( Ben Lewin, 1985 ) and Foreign Body ( Ronald Neame, 1986 ).

A film adaptation starring Michael Caine was released in 1965 and produced by the James Bond co-producer Harry Saltzman, assisted by several prominent members of the Bond production family.

The RF SQUID was invented in 1965 by Robert Jaklevic, John J. Lambe, Arnold Silver, and James Edward Zimmerman at Ford.

* James Dixon Murray ( 1887 – 1965 ), British Labour Party MP 1942 – 1955

Modèles des Caractères de l ’ Imprimerie, including James Mosley ’ s introduction, Eugrammia Press, London 1965.

* Philippe Buonarroti, translated by James Bronterre O ' Brien, Babeuf's Conspiracy for Equality, Hetherington ( 1836-first English edition ); Kelly ( 1965 ) hardcover, 454 pages ( original text on books. google. com )

Aspartame was discovered in 1965 by James M. Schlatter at the G. D. Searle company ( later purchased by Monsanto ).

* 1965 — James Gunn and Bruce Peterson use observations of the relatively low absorption of the blue component of the Lyman-alpha line from 3C9 to strongly constrain the density and ionization state of the intergalactic medium

James also claimed that Allen was to blame for the collapse of the 1965 Philadelphia Phillies because of a fight with Frank Thomas.

The original Budget briefcase was first used by William Ewart Gladstone in 1860 and continued in use until 1965 when James Callaghan was the first Chancellor to break with tradition when he used a newer box.

* James Reeb, civil rights activist, murdered in Selma, Alabama, 1965.