Famous People Who Died In 1977
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1977. This list includes people like Elvis Presley, Charlie Chaplin, Anthony Eden, Joan Crawford, Freddie Prinze and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, philosophers, poets and novelists who died in 1977. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
Elvis Presley08 January 1935, American
Singer
Charlie Chaplin16 April 1889, British
Joan Crawford23 March 1905, American
Actress
Anthony Eden12 June 1897, British
Prime Minister of UK
Bing Crosby03 May 1903, American
American singer
Freddie Prinze22 June 1954, American
Actor
Maria Callas02 December 1923, Greek
One of the most famous opera singers of the 20th
Groucho Marx02 October 1890, American
Comedian
Vladimir Nabokov22 April 1899, Swiss, American, Russian
Novelist
Steve Biko18 December 1946, South African
Anti-apartheid Activist
Peter Finch28 September 1916, Australian
Actor
Diana Hyland25 January 1936, American
Actress
Danny Greene14 November 1933, American
Gangster
Howard Hawks30 May 1896, American
Director
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada01 September 1896, Indian
Founder of ISKCON
Alice Paul11 January 1885, American
Suffragist and Feminist
Patricia Haines03 February 1932, British
Actress
Cassie Gaines09 January 1948, American
Singer
Charles Alston28 November 1907, American
Painter, Sculptor, Artist, Muralist, Teacher
Archibald Hill26 September 1886, British
Physiologist
Anais Nin21 February 1903, American
Essayist
Paul Bernays17 October 1888, Swiss
Mathematician
Wernher Von Braun23 March 1912, German, Polish, American
Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian30 November 1889, British
Electrophysiologist
Matthew Adam Garber25 March 1956, British
Child Actor
Leopold Stokowski18 April 1882, British
Conductor
Ronnie Van Zant15 January 1948, American
Singer, Singer-songwriter, Musician, Composer,
Marc Bolan30 September 1947
Guitarist, Singer-songwriter, Singer
Maria Rasputin27 March 1898
Circus performer, Writer
Stephen Boyd04 July 1931, American, Northern Irish
Actor
Roberto Rossellini08 May 1906, Italian
Film director, Actor, Film producer, Playwright,
Fannie Lou Hamer06 October 1917, American
Civil Rights Activist, Philanthropist
Ethel Waters31 October 1896, American
Actor, Singer, Jazz musician, Stage actor
Tom Pryce11 June 1949, Welsh
Motorcycle racer, Racecar driver
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed13 May 1905, Indian
President, Politician
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Gummo Marx23 October 1892, American
Actor, Comedian, Inventor
Robert Nairac31 August 1948, British
Soldier
Lee Miller23 April 1907, American
War correspondent, Photographer, War photographer,
Paul Desmond25 November 1924, American
Composer, Saxophonist, Jazz musician
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk22 August 1887, German
Politician, Jurist, Diplomat, Economist
Friedrich Mandl09 February 1900, Austrian
entrepreneur
George de Mohrenschildt17 April 1911, American
Geologist
Clarice Lispector10 December 1920, Brazilian
Writer, Screenwriter, Translator, Journalist,
Andreas Baader06 May 1943, German
Activist
Ludwig Erhard04 February 1897, German
Economist, Politician, University teacher
Robert Lowell01 March 1917, American
Poet, Writer
Kurt Schuschnigg14 December 1897, Austrian, Italian
Politician
Erroll Garner15 June 1921, American
pianist, composer, jazz musician
Alexey Stakhanov03 January 1906
Miner
Uday Shankar08 December 1900, Indian
Choreographer, Dancer
Ali Shariati23 November 1933, Iranian
Politician, Writer, Essayist, Philosopher,
René Goscinny14 August 1926, French
Editor, Film director, Comics writer, Film
Eve Meyer13 December 1928, American
Actor, Film producer, Playboy Playmate, Model
Aleksandr Vasilevsky18 September 1895, Russian
Officer
Sumitranandan Pant20 May 1900, Indian
Writer, Poet
Terence Rattigan10 June 1911, British
Playwright, Screenwriter, Writer
Henry Tandey30 August 1891, British
Soldier
John Edensor Littlewood09 June 1885, British
Mathematician, University teacher
Alexander Bustamante24 February 1884, Jamaican
Politician
Ruth Graves Wakefield17 June 1903, American
Chef, Patent inventor, Teacher, Businessperson,
Ethel Roosevelt Derby13 August 1891, American
Nurse
Gudrun Ensslin15 August 1940, German
Teacher, Feminist
E. F. Schumacher16 August 1911, German, British
Economist, Philosopher, Statistician
Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten05 February 1927
Aviator
Jacques Prévert04 February 1900, French
Poet
Samael Aun Weor03 March 1917, Colombian
writer
Anthony Crosland29 August 1918, British
Politician
Michael Balcon19 May 1896, British
Film producer
Eduard Roschmann25 November 1908, Argentinian, Austrian
Torturer, Lawyer
Ernst Bloch08 July 1885, German
Writer, Philosopher, Journalist, University
H. A. Rey16 September 1898, American
Writer, Children's writer
Gary Gilmore1940 AD
Murderer, Criminal, Thief
Juan Velasco Alvarado16 June 1910, Peruvian
Politician, Officer
Jacques Tourneur12 November 1904, French
Film director, Film editor
Kamal Jumblatt06 December 1917, Lebanese
Politician
Naum Gabo05 August 1890
Sculptor, Architect, Painter, University teacher
Grethe Rask1930 AD, Danish
physician, surgeon
Angelo Muscat24 September 1930, Maltese
Actor
Loren Eiseley03 September 1907, American
Anthropologist, Philosopher, Poet
Dietrich von Hildebrand12 October 1889, German
Writer, Theologian, University teacher,
David K. E. Bruce12 February 1898, American
Lawyer, Diplomat, Politician
Robert Maynard Hutchins17 January 1899, American
Educationist, University teacher
Charles Nicoletti03 December 1916, American
William Herbert Sheldon19 November 1898, American
Psychologist, Numismatist
Wang Dulu1909 AD, Chinese
writer
Modibo Keïta04 June 1915, Malian
Prime Minister, President
Dougal Haston19 April 1940, British
Explorer
Henri Langlois13 November 1914, French
Civil servant, Archivist
Peter Carl Goldmark02 December 1906, Hungarian, American
Engineer, Physicist
Moufdi Zakaria12 June 1908, Algerian
Poet, Writer, Songwriter
Billy Coutu01 March 1892, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Jean Rostand30 October 1894, French
Philosopher, Biologist, Writer
Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov03 January 1906, Ukrainian
Miner
Hanns-Martin Schleyer01 May 1915, German
Lewis Blaine Hershey12 September 1893, American
Teacher
Hans Martin Sutermeister29 September 1907, Swiss
physician