1963 in the Soviet Union

The following lists events that happened during 1963 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Incumbents

16 June - Valentina Tereshkova, aboard Vostok 6, is the first woman in space{{Cite web |last=Siegel |first=Ethan |title=The First Woman In Space Turns 80, And You Probably Never Heard Of Her |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/03/06/the-first-woman-in-space-turns-80-and-you-probably-never-heard-of-her/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

18 December - Ghanian students protest in Red Square during the 1963 Moscow protest

4 February - Sergei Pugachev, Russian businessman and politician
12 April - Anton Siluanov, Russian economist and current Minister of Finance
13 April - Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion
21 December - Dmitry Rogozin, Russian politician, co-founder of the far-right party Rodina,{{Cite web |date=2008-09-24 |title=Russia Profile - Dmitry Rogozin |url=http://www.russiaprofile.org/resources/whoiswho/alphabet/r/Rogozin |access-date=2024-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924151644/http://www.russiaprofile.org/resources/whoiswho/alphabet/r/Rogozin |archive-date=2008-09-24 }} and Senator of the Russian Occupied Zaporozhye Oblast{{Cite web |title=Structure |url=http://council.gov.ru/en/structure/persons/1665/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation |language=en}}

30 March - Alexander Gauk, Soviet conductor and composer (b. 1893)
16 May - Oleg Penkovsky, British Spy and GRU colonel{{Cite web |title=Lt. Col. Oleg Penkovsky: Western Spy in Soviet GRU {{!}} CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov) |url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/collection/lt-col-oleg-penkovsky-western-spy-soviet-gru |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=www.cia.gov}} (b. 1919)