Famous People Who Died In 1970
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.
Jimi Hendrix27 November 1942, American
Singer & Musician
Janis Joplin19 January 1943, American
Singer
Charles de Gaulle22 November 1890, French
Former President of France
Bertrand Russell18 May 1872, British, Welsh
Philosopher
Gamal Abdel Nasser15 January 1918, Egyptian
Political Leader of Egypt
Sonny Liston08 May 1932, American
Professional Boxer
Yukio Mishima14 January 1925, Japanese
Playwright
Abraham Maslow01 April 1908, American
Mark Rothko25 September 1903, American
Painter
Inger Stevens18 October 1934, American
Actress
Vince Lombardi11 June 1913, American
American football player
Napoleon Hill26 October 1883, American
Writer of personal-success literature
E. M. Forster01 January 1879, British
Writer
Alexander Kerensky22 April 1881, Russian
Political Leader
Erich Maria Remarque22 June 1898, German
Novelist
Rube Goldberg04 July 1883, American
Cartoonist
Max Born11 December 1882, German
Physicist
Olivier Messiaen10 December 1908, French
Composer, organist
Leonarda Cianciulli18 April 1894, Italian
Serial Killer
Otto Heinrich Warburg08 October 1883, German
Physiologist & Physician
C.V. Raman07 November 1888, Indian
Physicist
Ferruccio Busoni01 April 1866, German, Italian
Composer
Ernest Bloch24 July 1880, Swiss
Composer
Giuseppe Ungaretti08 February 1888, Italian
Poet, Essayist
Ammon Hennacy24 July 1893, American
Christian Anarchist, Social Activist
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky17 June 1882, American
Composer
Alfred Newman17 March 1901, American
American composer
Aleksandr Scriabin06 January 1872, Russian
Russian Symbolist Composer
C. V. Raman07 November 1888, Indian
Physicist, University teacher
Sukarno06 June 1901, Indonesian
Politician
Tammi Terrell29 April 1945, American
Singer, Songwriter, Musician
António de Oliveira Salazar28 April 1889, Portuguese
Economist, Politician, Educationist, University
Frances Farmer19 September 1913, American
American actress
Bruce McLaren30 August 1937, New Zealander
Motorcycle racer, Racecar driver
James B. Donovan26 February 1916, American
Lawyer
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Lázaro Cárdenas21 May 1895, Mexican
Mexican statesman
Vera Brittain29 December 1893, British
Nurse, Writer, Poet, Novelist, Feminist, Pacifist,
Peter II of Yugoslavia06 September 1923, Yugoslav, Serbian
King
Hjalmar Schacht22 January 1877, German, Danish
Economist, Banker, Politician
Terry Sawchuk28 December 1929, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Jochen Rindt18 April 1942, Austrian
Gladys Aylward24 February 1902, British
Missionary
John Dos Passos14 January 1896, American
American novelist
Barnett Newman29 January 1905, American
Painter, Sculptor, Visual artist, Architect
Erle Stanley Gardner17 July 1889
writer, lawyer, novelist, poet lawyer
Leslie Groves17 August 1896, American
Engineer
Semyon Timoshenko18 February 1895, Russian, Ukrainian
Military commander
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim06 August 1891, British
politician, officer
Vladimir Propp29 April 1895, Russian
anthropologist, linguist, writer, university
Eva Hesse11 January 1936, German
Sculptor, Painter
A. A. Allen27 March 1911, American
Abraham Zapruder15 May 1905, American
Tailor
Richard Neutra08 April 1892, Austrian, American
Architect
Caresse Crosby20 April 1891, American
Publisher, Writer, Socialite, Poet, Memoirist,
Paul Celan23 November 1920, French, Ukrainian
Poet
Rudolf Carnap18 May 1891, German, American
Analytic philosopher, Esperantist, Philosopher of
B. H. Liddell Hart31 October 1895, British
Journalist, Military historian, Historian, Writer
Fritz Perls08 July 1893, German
Psychologist, Psychiatrist
Percy Spencer09 July 1894, American
engineer, inventor
Richard Hofstadter06 August 1916, American
Historian, Political scientist, Writer, University
Agustín Lara30 October 1897, Mexican
Composer, Singer, Actor, Songwriter
Albert Ayler13 July 1936, American
Saxophonist, Composer, Jazz musician
Masakatsu Morita25 July 1945, Japanese
Lawren Harris23 October 1885, Canadian
Painter
Johnny Hodges25 July 1906, American
Saxophonist, jazz musician
Pierre Laporte25 February 1921, Canadian
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Laura Knight04 August 1877, British
Painter, Autobiographer
François Mauriac11 October 1885, French
Writer, Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Playwright,
Bourvil27 July 1917, French
Actor
Romaine Brooks01 May 1874, Italian, American
Painter, Sculptor
Italo Gariboldi20 April 1879, Italian
Politician, Officer
Nelly Sachs10 December 1891, German, Swedish
Poet, Playwright, Writer
Amado V. Hernandez13 September 1903, Filipino
Journalist, Trade unionist
Soledad Miranda09 July 1943, Spanish, Portuguese
Actor, Singer
Alice Hamilton27 February 1869, American
Toxicologist, Pathologist, University teacher,
Eiji Tsuburaya07 July 1901, Japanese
cinematographer, television producer, film
George Szell07 June 1897, Hungarian, American
Conductor, Pianist, Composer, University teacher
Alfonso Bialetti1888 AD, Italian
inventor, entrepreneur, engineer
Fritz Bayerlein14 January 1899, German
Soldier, Military personnel
Erich Heckel31 July 1883, German
Painter, University teacher, Graphic artist
Jean Giono30 March 1895, French
Writer, Screenwriter, Novelist
Ludolf von Alvensleben17 March 1901, Argentinian, German
Politician, Farmer
Anna Louise Strong24 November 1885, American
Writer, Journalist, Activist, Trade unionist
Theophanis Lamboukas26 January 1936, French
Actor, Singer
Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding24 April 1882, British
Francis Peyton Rous05 October 1879, American
Virologist
John Scopes1900 AD
Educator
Arthur Adamov23 August 1908, French
Playwright
Basil Liddell Hart31 October 1895, French, British
Soldier
Robert Staughton Lynd26 September 1892, American
Sociologist
Mustafa Zaidi16 October 1930, Pakistani
Poet
Ralph Washington Sockman01 October 1889, American
Radio personality
Alan Wilson04 July 1943, American
singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist
Albert Wolff19 January 1884, Dutch
conductor, Choir director, Composer, Pianist
Napolean Hill26 October 1883, American
Vincent Thomas Lombardi11 June 1913