Died in 1974
- ️Wed Dec 17 2008
Died in 1974
LISTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Abbott | Actor | 2-Oct-1895 | 24-Apr-1974 | Half of Abbott and Costello |
| Rodolfo Acosta | Actor | 29-Jul-1920 | 7-Nov-1974 | Bandido |
| Winthrop W. Aldrich | Business | 2-Nov-1885 | 25-Feb-1974 | Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1934-53 |
| Barbara Jo Allen | Radio Personality | 2-Sep-1906 | 14-Sep-1974 | Vera Vague |
| Phog Allen | Basketball | 18-Nov-1885 | 16-Sep-1974 | KU Head Coach, 1919-56 |
| Dillon Anderson | Government | 14-Jul-1906 | 1974 | National Security Advisor, 1955-56 |
| Virginia Apgar | Doctor | 7-Jun-1909 | 7-Aug-1974 | Anesthesiologist, Apgar Score |
| Cliff Arquette | Actor | 28-Dec-1905 | 23-Sep-1974 | Charlie Weaver |
| Miguel Ángel Asturias | Author | 19-Oct-1899 | 9-Jun-1974 | Guatemalan protest writer |
| Olga Baclanova | Actor | 19-Aug-1896 | 6-Sep-1974 | The Docks of New York |
| H. E. Bates | Novelist | 16-May-1905 | 29-Jan-1974 | The Jacaranda Tree |
| Harry Beck | Designer | 4-Jun-1903 | 18-Sep-1974 | Designed the London Underground map |
| Jack Benny | Actor | 14-Feb-1894 | 26-Dec-1974 | The Jack Benny Show |
| Edna Best | Actor | 3-Mar-1900 | 18-Sep-1974 | The Man Who Knew Too Much |
| Alexander Bickel | Scholar | 17-Dec-1924 | 7-Nov-1974 | The Least Dangerous Branch |
| Patrick M. S. Blackett | Physicist | 18-Nov-1897 | 13-Jul-1974 | Cosmic radiation, continental drift |
| Edmund Blunden | Poet | 1-Nov-1896 | 20-Jan-1974 | Undertones of War |
| Charles E. Bohlen | Diplomat | 30-Aug-1904 | 31-Dec-1974 | US Ambassador to USSR, 1953-57 |
| Graham Bond | Musician | 28-Oct-1937 | 8-May-1974 | Influential blues keyboardist |
| Satyendra Nath Bose | Physicist | 1-Jan-1894 | 4-Feb-1974 | Bose-Einstein condensates |
| James J. Braddock | Boxing | 7-Jun-1905 | 29-Nov-1974 | Cinderella Man |
| Walter Brennan | Actor | 25-Jul-1894 | 21-Sep-1974 | Three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor |
| Harry Brittain | Journalist | 24-Dec-1873 | 9-Jul-1974 | Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society |
| Pamela Britton | Actor | 19-Mar-1923 | 17-Jun-1974 | Mrs. Brown on My Favorite Martian |
| Wallace R. Brode | Chemist | 12-Jun-1900 | 10-Aug-1974 | Absorption spectra of dyes |
| Clive Brook | Actor | 1-Jun-1887 | 17-Nov-1974 | Shanghai Express |
| Johnny Mack Brown | Actor | 1-Sep-1904 | 14-Nov-1974 | College All-American turned film star |
| Vannevar Bush | Scientist | 11-Mar-1890 | 30-Jun-1974 | Pre-internet visionary |
| Samuel Byck | Assassin | 30-Jan-1930 | 22-Feb-1974 | Unsuccessful Nixon assassin |
| Jefferson Caffery | Diplomat | 1-Dec-1886 | 13-Apr-1974 | US Ambassador to Egypt, France, Brazil, Cuba |
| Mama Cass | Singer | 19-Sep-1941 | 29-Jul-1974 | The Mamas and the Papas |
| James Chadwick | Physicist | 20-Oct-1891 | 24-Jul-1974 | Discovered the neutron |
| Christine Chubbuck | Journalist | 24-Aug-1944 | 15-Jul-1974 | Newscaster, suicided on live TV |
| Edward Condon | Physicist | 2-Mar-1902 | 26-Mar-1974 | Quantum Mechanics |
| Cyril Connolly | Critic | 10-Sep-1903 | 26-Nov-1974 | Enemies of Promise |
| Katharine Cornell | Actor | 16-Feb-1898 | 9-Jun-1974 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street |
| Clyde Cowan | Physicist | 6-Dec-1919 | 24-May-1974 | Co-Discover of the neutrino |
| Donald Crisp | Actor | 27-Jul-1880 | 25-May-1974 | Silent film actor, survived into talkies |
| Richard Crossman | Politician | 15-Dec-1907 | 5-Apr-1974 | Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68 |
| Robert Cutler | Government | 12-Jun-1895 | 8-May-1974 | 1950s National Security Advisor |
| Rodger P. Davies | Diplomat | 7-May-1921 | 19-Aug-1974 | US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974 |
| Billy De Wolfe | Actor | 18-Feb-1907 | 5-Mar-1974 | The Doris Day Show |
| Dizzy Dean | Baseball | 16-Jan-1910 | 17-Jul-1974 | MVP in 1934, won two World Series |
| Donald DeFreeze | Criminal | 16-Nov-1943 | 17-May-1974 | Symbionese Liberation Army |
| Olivier Despax | Singer | 28-Feb-1939 | 10-Apr-1974 | Les Gamblers |
| Lewis W. Douglas | Politician | 2-Jul-1894 | 7-Mar-1974 | US Ambassador to the UK, 1947-50 |
| Nick Drake | Singer/Songwriter | 19-Jun-1948 | 25-Nov-1974 | Pink Moon |
| Douglass Dumbrille | Actor | 13-Oct-1889 | 2-Apr-1974 | The Three Musketeers |
| Duke Ellington | Jazz Musician | 29-Apr-1899 | 24-May-1974 | It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing |
| Dorothy Fields | Songwriter | 15-Jul-1905 | 28-Mar-1974 | On the Sunny Side of the Street |
| Joe Flynn | Actor | 8-Nov-1924 | 19-Jul-1974 | Capt. Binghamton on McHale's Navy |
| Charles M. La Follette | Politician | 27-Feb-1898 | 27-Jun-1974 | Congressman from Indiana, 1943-47 |
| Mary Forbes | Actor | 30-Dec-1879 | 22-Jul-1974 | Character actress |
| John C. Garand | Inventor | 1-Jan-1888 | 16-Feb-1974 | M-1 semiautomatic rifle |
| Dan Gerber | Business | 6-May-1898 | 16-Mar-1974 | Baby food magnate |
| Samuel Goldwyn | Film/TV Producer | 17-Aug-1882 | 31-Jan-1974 | Put the G in MGM |
| Walter Greenwood | Novelist | 17-Dec-1903 | 13-Sep-1974 | Love on the Dole |
| Ernest Gruening | Politician | 6-Feb-1887 | 26-Jun-1974 | US Senator from Alaska, 1959-69 |
| Reed Hadley | Actor | 1-Jan-1911 | 11-Dec-1974 | Radio star of Red Ryder |
| Thomas J. Herbert | Politician | 28-Oct-1894 | 26-Oct-1974 | Governor of Ohio, 1947-49 |
| Luther H. Hodges | Politician | 9-Mar-1898 | 6-Oct-1974 | Governor of North Carolina, 1954-61 |
| Harry Hooper | Baseball | 24-Aug-1887 | 18-Dec-1974 | MLB Hall of Famer |
| H. L. Hunt | Business | 17-Feb-1889 | 29-Nov-1974 | Founder of Hunt Oil |
| Chet Huntley | Journalist | 10-Dec-1911 | 20-Mar-1974 | The Huntley-Brinkley Report |
| Sol Hurok | Theatre Producer | 9-Apr-1888 | 5-Mar-1974 | American impresario |
| Allen Jenkins | Actor | 9-Apr-1900 | 20-Jul-1974 | American character actor |
| Arline Judge | Actor | 21-Feb-1912 | 7-Feb-1974 | B-Movie actress, collector of husbands |
| Louis Kahn | Architect | 20-Feb-1901 | 17-Mar-1974 | Prominent architect |
| Rodd Keith | Musician | 30-Jan-1937 | 15-Dec-1974 | Legendary Song-Poem Composer |
| George Kelly | Playwright | 16-Jan-1887 | 18-Jun-1974 | Craig's Wife |
| Ayub Khan | Head of State | 14-May-1907 | 19-Apr-1974 | President of Pakistan, 1958-69 |
| Norman Kirk | Head of State | 6-Jan-1923 | 31-Aug-1974 | Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972-74 |
| William F. Knowland | Politician | 26-Jun-1908 | 23-Feb-1974 | US Senator, committed suicide |
| Josef Krips | Conductor | 8-Apr-1902 | 13-Oct-1974 | Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63 |
| Otto Kruger | Actor | 6-Sep-1885 | 6-Sep-1974 | Saboteur |
| Pär Lagerkvist | Author | 23-May-1891 | 11-Jul-1974 | Barabbas |
| Imre Lakatos | Philosopher | 9-Nov-1922 | 2-Feb-1974 | Philosopher of Science and Mathematics |
| Rosemary Lane | Actor | 4-Apr-1914 | 25-Nov-1974 | Four Daughters |
| Charles Lindbergh | Aviator | 4-Feb-1902 | 26-Aug-1974 | Transatlantic soloist |
| Walter Lippmann | Journalist | 23-Sep-1889 | 14-Dec-1974 | Today and Tomorrow |
| Anatole Litvak | Film Director | 10-May-1902 | 15-Dec-1974 | Anastasia |
| Richard Long | Actor | 17-Dec-1927 | 21-Dec-1974 | Jarrod Barkley on The Big Valley |
| Ilona Massey | Actor | 16-Jun-1910 | 20-Aug-1974 | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man |
| Theodore R. McKeldin | Politician | 20-Nov-1900 | 10-Aug-1974 | Governor of Maryland, 1951-59 |
| Darius Milhaud | Composer | 4-Sep-1892 | 22-Jun-1974 | The Creation of the World |
| Agnes Moorehead | Actor | 6-Dec-1900 | 30-Apr-1974 | Endora on Bewitched |
| Wayne Morse | Politician | 20-Oct-1900 | 22-Jul-1974 | US Senator from Oregon, 1945-69 |
| Johnston Murray | Politician | 21-Jul-1902 | 16-Apr-1974 | Governor of Oklahoma, 1951-55 |
| Edwin G. Nourse | Economist | 20-May-1883 | 7-Apr-1974 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-49 |
| John Lord O'Brian | Government | 14-Oct-1874 | 1974 | Prominent antitrust lawyer |
| Kate O'Brien | Novelist | 3-Dec-1897 | 13-Aug-1974 | The Land of Spices |
| Marcel Pagnol | Screenwriter | 28-Feb-1895 | 18-Apr-1974 | Jean de Florette |
| Harry Partch | Composer | 24-Jun-1901 | 3-Sep-1974 | Hobo composer, built his own instruments |
| Juan Peron | Head of State | 8-Oct-1895 | 1-Jul-1974 | Twice President of Argentina |
| Edward Platt | Actor | 14-Feb-1916 | 19-Mar-1974 | Chief on Get Smart |
| Georges Pompidou | Head of State | 5-Jul-1911 | 2-Apr-1974 | President of France, 1969-74 |
| Olive Higgins Prouty | Novelist | 10-Jan-1882 | 24-Mar-1974 | Stella Dallas |
| Leyla Qasim | Activist | 1952 | 5-Dec-1974 | Kurdish martyr |
| John Crowe Ransom | Poet | 30-Apr-1888 | 4-Jul-1974 | God Without Thunder |
| Ernest Raymond | Novelist | 31-Dec-1888 | 14-May-1974 | Tell England |
| Florence Rice | Actor | 14-Feb-1911 | 23-Feb-1974 | At the Circus |
| Sam Rice | Baseball | 20-Feb-1890 | 13-Oct-1974 | Washington Senators Hall-of-Famer |
| James O. Richardson | Military | 18-Sep-1878 | 2-May-1974 | US Admiral |
| Tex Ritter | Country Musician | 12-Jan-1905 | 2-Jan-1974 | You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often |
| Edward G. Robinson, Jr. | Relative | 19-Mar-1933 | 26-Feb-1974 | Edward G. Robinson's troubled son |
| Harry Ruby | Songwriter | 27-Jan-1895 | 23-Feb-1974 | Who's Sorry Now? |
| Oskar Schindler | Activist | 28-Apr-1908 | 9-Oct-1974 | Saved over 1000 from Nazis |
| Fred A. Seaton | Politician | 11-Dec-1909 | 16-Jan-1974 | US Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61 |
| Anne Sexton | Poet | 9-Nov-1928 | 4-Oct-1974 | Live or Die |
| Zalman Shazar | Head of State | 6-Oct-1889 | 5-Oct-1974 | President of Israel, 1963-73 |
| Denny Shute | Golf | 25-Oct-1904 | 13-May-1974 | Winner of 3 Majors |
| Vittorio De Sica | Film Director | 7-Jul-1902 | 13-Nov-1974 | Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow |
| Karen Silkwood | Victim | 19-Feb-1946 | 13-Nov-1974 | Nuclear whistleblower |
| Carl A. Spaatz | Military | 28-Jun-1891 | 14-Jul-1974 | USAF Chief of Staff, 1947-48 |
| Ed Sullivan | TV Personality | 28-Sep-1902 | 13-Oct-1974 | The Ed Sullivan Show |
| Jacqueline Susann | Novelist | 20-Aug-1918 | 21-Sep-1974 | Valley of the Dolls |
| Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. | Scientist | 19-Nov-1915 | 9-Mar-1974 | Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP) |
| Frank Sutton | Actor | 23-Oct-1923 | 28-Jun-1974 | Sgt. Vince Carter on Gomer Pyle |
| U Thant | Diplomat | 22-Jan-1909 | 25-Nov-1974 | UN Secretary General, 1961-71 |
| Amy Vanderbilt | Columnist | 22-Jul-1908 | 27-Dec-1974 | Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette |
| Baldur von Schirach | Government | 9-Mar-1907 | 8-Aug-1974 | Hitler-Jugend, Gauleiter of Vienna |
| Earl Warren | Judge | 19-Mar-1891 | 9-Jul-1974 | US Chief Justice, 1953-69 |
| Arthur K. Watson | Business | 23-Apr-1919 | 26-Jul-1974 | Past President of IBM World Corp. |
| Michael Whalen | Actor | 30-Jun-1902 | 14-Apr-1974 | Wee Willie Winkie |
| Georgi Zhukov | Military | 1-Dec-1896 | 18-Jun-1974 | Soviet commander during WWII |
| Fritz Zwicky | Astronomer | 14-Feb-1898 | 8-Feb-1974 | Astrophysicist at CalTech |
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