Famous People Who Died In 1970
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Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1970. This list includes people like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Charles de Gaulle, Bertrand Russell, Gamal Abdel Nasser and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, journalists and novelists who died in 1970. This list includes people from United States, Germany, France & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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Jimi Hendrix(One of the Most Influential Electric Guitarists & the Greatest Instrumentalist in the History of Rock Music)
Birthdate: November 27, 1942
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Died: September 18
2
Janis Joplin(American Singer Known for Her Powerful Mezzo-Soprano Vocals)
Birthdate: January 19, 1943
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Port Arthur, Texas, United States
Died: October 4
3
Charles de Gaulle(Former French President & Army Officer Who Led 'Free France' against Nazi Germany in World War II)
Birthdate: November 22, 1890
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lille, France
Died: November 9
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
Birthdate: May 18, 1872
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trellech, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died: February 2
Birthdate: May 8, 1932
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sand Slough, Arkansas, United States
Died: December 30
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Vince Lombardi(One of the Greatest Coaches and Leaders in the History of All American Sports)
Birthdate: June 11, 1913
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: September 3
7
Abraham Maslow(American Psychologist Who was Known for Creating Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs)
Birthdate: April 1, 1908
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: June 8
8
Tammi Terrell
(Known as a star singer for Motown Records during the 1960s, notably for a series of duets with singer Marvin Gaye)
Birthdate: April 29, 1945
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 16
9
E. M. Forster(English Author Known for His Novels: ‘A Room with a View’, ‘Howards End’ and ‘A Passage to India’)
Birthdate: January 1, 1879
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Marylebone, London, United Kingdom
Died: June 7
10
Gypsy Rose Lee
(One of the First Burlesque Artists to Imbue a Striptease With Grace and Style)
Birthdate: January 8, 1911
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Died: April 26
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Bruce McLaren
(New Zealand Formula One Driver, Engineer & Inventor)
Birthdate: August 30, 1937
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Died: June 2
12
Mark Rothko(American Painter Known or His Abstract Expressionism and Color Field Paintings)
Birthdate: September 25, 1903
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Daugavpils, Latvia
Died: February 25
Birthdate: November 7, 1888
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tiruchirappalli, Madras Province
Died: November 21
Birthdate: June 6, 1901
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Surabaya, Indonesia
Died: June 21
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Inger Stevens(Swedish-American Actress Best Known for Her TV Series ‘The Farmer's Daughter’)
Birthdate: October 18, 1934
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: April 30
Birthdate: August 7, 1884
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died: May 14
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
Birthdate: January 26, 1915
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Died: March 6
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Birthdate: July 4, 1883
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: San Francisco, U.S.
Died: December 7
Birthdate: October 26, 1883
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pound, Virginia
Died: November 8
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Max Born(German Physicist Who Won Nobel Prize for His Contribution to Quantum Mechanics)
Birthdate: December 11, 1882
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wrocław, Poland
Died: January 5
21
Frances Farmer
(American actress)
Birthdate: September 19, 1913
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Died: August 1
22
Brian Piccolo
(American football player)
Birthdate: October 31, 1943
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: June 16
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: June 22, 1898
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Osnabrück, Germany
Died: September 25
Birthdate: March 25, 1901
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died: April 28
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Alexander Kerensky(Minister-President of the Russian Republic (September 1917 - November 1917))
Birthdate: May 4, 1881
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ulyanovsk, Russia
Died: June 11
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Yukio Mishima(One of the Most Important Japanese Authors of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: January 14, 1925
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Yotsuya, Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 25
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
Birthdate: December 29, 1893
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, England
Died: March 29
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Sam Sheppard
(American Neurosurgeon Who Was Exonerated in 1966, Having Been Convicted of the 1954 Murder of His Pregnant Wife)
Birthdate: December 29, 1923
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: April 6
29
Peter II of Yugoslavia
(Last King of Yugoslavia)
Birthdate: September 6, 1923
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belgrade
Died: November 3
Birthdate: May 21, 1895
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Jiquilpan, Mexico
Died: October 19
31
Jochen Rindt
(German-Born Austrian Racer Who Became the First Posthumous F-1 Champion)
Birthdate: April 18, 1942
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mainz, Germany
Died: September 5
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Erle Stanley Gardner
(writer, lawyer, novelist, poet lawyer)
Birthdate: July 17, 1889
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Malden
Died: March 11
33
Otto Heinrich Warburg(German Physiologist, Medical Doctor and Winner of the 1931 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
Birthdate: October 8, 1883
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Died: August 1
Birthdate: March 17, 1900
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Died: February 17
Birthdate: January 22, 1877
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tinglev, Denmark
Died: June 3
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Leslie Groves(United States Army Officer in Charge of the Construction of 'The Pentagon' and Director of 'The Manhattan Project')
Birthdate: August 17, 1896
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Albany, New York, United States
Died: July 13
37
Barnett Newman
(Painter, Sculptor, Visual artist, Architect)
Birthdate: January 29, 1905
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: July 4
38
Paul Celan
(One of the Most Important and Influential German-Language Poets of the Post-Second World War Era)
Birthdate: November 23, 1920
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Died: April 20
39
Alan Wilson
(singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist)
Birthdate: July 4, 1943
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Boston
Died: September 3
40
Eva Hesse
(Former Sculptor known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics)
Birthdate: January 11, 1936
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: May 29
41
Richard Hofstadter
(Historian, Political scientist, Writer, University teacher)
Birthdate: August 6, 1916
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Buffalo
Died: October 24
42
Agustín Lara
(Composer, Singer, Actor, Songwriter)
Birthdate: October 30, 1897
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tlatlauquitepec Municipality
Died: November 6
Birthdate: May 15, 1905
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kovel
Died: August 30
Birthdate: August 3, 1900
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paducah, Kentucky, United States
Died: October 21
45
Albert Ayler
(Saxophonist, Composer)
Birthdate: July 13, 1936
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: November 25
Birthdate: February 15, 1896
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: April 27
47
Amado V. Hernandez
(Filipino Revolutionary, Labor Leader, and Writer)
Birthdate: September 13, 1903
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hagonoy
Died: March 24
48
Władysław Anders
(General in the Polish Army)
Birthdate: August 11, 1892
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Błonie, Poland
Died: May 12
49
Vladimir Propp
(Folklorist)
Birthdate: April 29, 1895
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: August 22
50
Maurice Stokes
(Basketball Player)
Birthdate: June 17, 1933
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rankin, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 6
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
