The year 1965 saw a total number of 25 people winning the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award. The award is presented by the Government of India for recognising the extraordinary talents in different fields and also to acknowledge their achievements. The award is considered to be the third highest civilian award given in India, just after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan. The Government of India has been presenting the award since the year 1954 on a regular basis and several people have been honoured with this award, so far.
An elaborated list of the 1965 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:
| Name | Field | State  | Country |
| Air Chief P.Chandra Lal | Civil Service | Punjab | India |
| Air Mar. Ramaswamy Rajaram | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Ca A. Putwardhan Dhundirao | Public Affairs | Maharashtra | India |
| Bhalchandra Sabaji Dikshit | Medicine | Maharashtra | India |
| Jayant Vishnu Narlikar | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra | India |
| Jogesh Chandra Banerjee | Medicine | West Bengal | India |
| Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan | Science & Engineering | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Narasing Narayan Godbole | Literature & Education | Maharashtra | India |
| Triguna Sen | Literature & Education | West Bengal | India |
| Joginder Singh Dhillon | Civil Service | Punjab | India |
| O.P. Dunn | Civil Service | Maharashtra | India |
| Harbaksh Singh | Civil Service | Delhi | India |
| Kashmir Singh Katoch | Civil Service | Punjab | India |
| Mohan Singh Kohli | Sports | Delhi | India |
| Shiv Sharma Malik | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Mohammad Mujeeb | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| Akbar Ali Khan | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Brindaban Lal Verma | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Krishnaswami Balasubramanai Iyer | Public Affairs | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Manikya Lal Varma | Social Work | Rajasthan | India |
| Nawang Gombu | Sports | West Bengal | India |
| Santu Javharmal Shahaney | Civil Service | West Bengal | India |
| Satyajit Ray | Arts | West Bengal | India |
| Shantanu Lakshman Kirloskar | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra | India |
| Sonam Gyatso | Sports | Sikkim | India |
