Famous People Who Died In 1973
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1973. This list includes people like Bruce Lee, Pablo Picasso, Lyndon B. Johnson, J. R. R. Tolkien, Alan Watts and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, philosophers, poets and military leaders who died in 1973. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
Bruce Lee27 November 1940, Chinese, American
Actor, Martial Artist
J. R. R. Tolkien03 January 1892, British
Writer, Poet
Pablo Picasso25 October 1881, Spanish
Painter
Lyndon B. Johnson27 August 1908, American
President of the U.S.A
Alan Watts06 January 1915, British, American
Philosopher, Writer & Speaker
Jim Croce10 January 1943, American
Singer, Musician
Dean Corll24 December 1939, American
Serial Killer
Pablo Neruda12 July 1904, Chilean
Chilean poet
Fulgencio Batista16 January 1901, Cuban
Former President of Cuba
David Ben-Gurion16 October 1886, Israeli
Salvador Allende26 June 1908, Chilean
Former President of Chile
Frank Costello26 January 1891, American
Crime Boss
Betty Grable18 December 1916, American
American actress
John Ford01 February 1894, American
Film Director & Producer
Veronica Lake12 November 1922, American
Actress
John Banner28 January 1910, American
Actor
W. H. Auden21 February 1907, British
Poet
Laurence Harvey01 October 1928, Lithuanian
Actor
Wally Cox06 December 1924, American
Actor
Ludwig von Mises29 September 1881, Austrian
Economist, Philosopher, Sociologist
Jeannette Rankin11 June 1880, American
First Woman Elected to U.S Congress
Allan Sherman30 November 1924, American
Writer
Abebe Bikila07 August 1932, Ethiopian
Olympic marathon champion
Anna Magnani07 March 1908, Italian
Actress
Pablo Casals29 December 1876, Spanish
Musician
Edward Steichen27 March 1879, American
Photographer
Mary Wigman13 November 1886, German
Dancer, Choreographer
Tarsila do Amaral01 September 1886, Brazilian
Artist
Ragnar Frisch03 March 1895, Norwegian
Economist
Selman Waksman22 July 1888, Ukrainian
Discoverer of Streptomycin
Robert Siodmak08 August 1900, German
Film Director
Beulah Louise Henry11 February 1887, American
Lady Edison
Karl Ziegler26 November 1898, German
Chemist
Walter Rudolf Hess17 March 1881, Swiss
Physiologist
J. Hans D. Jensen25 June 1907, German
Physicist
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Pearl Buck26 June 1892, American
American writer
Charles Greeley Abbot31 May 1872, American
Astrophysicist
Sir Noël Peirce Coward16 December 1899, British
Playwright
Bobby Darin14 May 1936, American
Singer, Actor, Jazz musician, Songwriter
Max Yasgur15 December 1919, American
Farmer
Gram Parsons05 November 1946, American
Singer, Singer-songwriter, Songwriter, Musician,
Neem Karoli BabaIndian
Erich von Manstein24 November 1887, German
Officer
Boston Strangler03 September 1931, American
Criminal
Albert DeSalvo03 September 1931, American
Murderer, Criminal
Pearl S. Buck26 June 1892, American
American writer
Lon Chaney Jr.10 February 1906, American
Actor
Eddie Rickenbacker08 October 1890, American
Aviator, Racecar driver, Military personnel
Sessue Hayakawa10 June 1889, Japanese
Actor, Novelist, Screenwriter, Film director
Marjorie Merriweather Post15 March 1887, American
Socialite
Leo Strauss20 September 1899, German, American
Politician, Political scientist, Philosopher,
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden1882 AD, Swedish
Crown prince
Walter Ulbricht30 June 1893, German
Politician
Gene Krupa15 January 1909, American
American drummer
Ferdinand Schörner12 June 1892, German
General
Emmy Göring24 March 1893, German
Stage actor, Film actor
Víctor Jara28 September 1932, Chilean
Teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter
Mirra Alfassa21 February 1878, French, Indian
Mystic, Writer
Elsa Schiaparelli10 September 1890, Italian
Fashion designer
İsmet İnönü24 September 1884, Turkish
President
Shiv Kumar Batalvi23 July 1936, Indian
Author, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Inga Arvad06 October 1913, Danish
journalist
Ivan Konev16 December 1897, Russian
officer
Max Horkheimer14 February 1895, German, American
Philosopher, Educationist, Sociologist, University
Jean-Pierre Melville20 October 1917, French
Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
Jeanne Coyne28 February 1923, American
Actor, Choreographer, Dancer, Stage actor
Murry Wilson02 July 1917, American
Musician, Pianist, Songwriter, Record producer,
Paavo Nurmi13 June 1897, Finnish
Long-distance runner, Marathon runner, Athletics
Roger Williamson02 February 1948, British
Formula One driver, Motorcycle racer
Semyon Budyonny25 April 1883, Russian
Military commander
Amílcar Cabral12 September 1924, Bissau-Guinean
Politician
Louis St. Laurent01 February 1882, Canadian
Politician, Lawyer, Diplomat
Robert Smithson02 January 1938
Sculptor, Artist
Otto Klemperer14 May 1885, German, Polish
Conductor
Jacques Maritain18 November 1882, French
Philosopher, Educationist, Writer
Ben Webster27 March 1909, American
Saxophonist, Composer, Jazz musician
Hans Kelsen11 October 1881, Austrian, American
Lawyer, Judge, Philosopher, Educationist,
Taha Hussein14 November 1889, Egyptian
linguist, historian, translator, writer, literary
Sam DeStefano13 September 1909, American
American loan shark
Alexander Vandegrift13 March 1887, American
Officer
Peter Aufschnaiter02 November 1899, Nepalese
Explorer, Cartographer, Geographer, Rock climber
Cecil Kellaway22 August 1890, British
Screenwriter, Stage actor, Film actor, Television
William Inge03 May 1913, American
American playwright
E. E. Evans-Pritchard21 September 1902, British
Anthropologist, University teacher, Sociologist
Arthur Freed09 September 1894, American
Film producer, Composer, Screenwriter, Actor,
Gabriel Marcel07 December 1889, French
Playwright, Philosopher, Writer, University
Arthur Calwell28 August 1896, Australian
Politician
Kid Ory25 December 1886, American
bandleader, conductor, jazz musician
Ingeborg Bachmann25 June 1926, Austrian
Poet, Writer, Journalist, Screenwriter,
Arthur Fadden13 April 1894, Australian
politician
Asger Jorn03 March 1914, Danish
Painter, Sculptor, Writer
Roger Hollis02 December 1905, British
Journalist
Frances Marion1888 AD, American
Screenwriter
Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll18 June 1903, British
Sidney Farber30 September 1903, American
University teacher
Howard H. Aiken08 March 1900, American
Physicist, Scientist, Inventor