Died in 1976
- ️Wed Dec 17 2008
Died in 1976
LISTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvar Aalto | Architect | 3-Feb-1898 | 11-May-1976 | Finnish modernist architect, furniture designer |
| Josef Albers | Artist | 19-Mar-1888 | 25-Mar-1976 | Homage to the Square |
| Warner Anderson | Actor | 10-Mar-1911 | 26-Aug-1976 | Matthew Swain on Peyton Place |
| Richard Arlen | Actor | 1-Sep-1898 | 28-Mar-1976 | Island of Lost Souls |
| Angela Baddeley | Actor | 4-Jul-1904 | 22-Feb-1976 | Upstairs, Downstairs |
| Stanley Baker | Actor | 8-Feb-1927 | 28-Jun-1976 | Knights of the Round Table |
| Florence Ballard | Singer | 30-Jun-1943 | 22-Feb-1976 | The Supremes |
| Jürgen Bartsch | Criminal | 6-Nov-1946 | 28-Apr-1976 | Teenaged homosexual serial killer |
| Alan Baxter | Actor | 19-Nov-1908 | 7-May-1976 | Saboteur |
| Busby Berkeley | Film Director | 29-Nov-1895 | 14-Mar-1976 | Strike Up the Band |
| Ellis O. Briggs | Diplomat | 1-Dec-1899 | Jun-1976 | US Ambassador to South Korea, 1952-55 |
| Benjamin Britten | Composer | 22-Nov-1913 | 4-Dec-1976 | Billy Budd |
| Gordon Browning | Politician | 22-Nov-1889 | 23-May-1976 | Twice Governor of Tennessee |
| Vera C. Bushfield | Politician | 9-Aug-1889 | 16-Apr-1976 | US Senator from South Dakota, 1948 |
| Katharine Byron | Politician | 25-Oct-1903 | 28-Dec-1976 | Congresswoman from Maryland, 1941-43 |
| Alexander Calder | Sculptor | 22-Jul-1898 | 11-Nov-1976 | Creator of the mobile as art form |
| Godfrey Cambridge | Actor | 26-Feb-1933 | 29-Nov-1976 | Cotton Comes to Harlem |
| Max Carey | Baseball | 11-Jan-1890 | 30-May-1976 | MLB Hall of Famer |
| Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. | Business | 8-Jan-1888 | 1976 | President of DuPont, 1940-48 |
| Jack Cassidy | Actor | 5-Mar-1927 | 12-Dec-1976 | The Eiger Sanction |
| René Cassin | Government | 5-Oct-1887 | 20-Feb-1976 | Legal scholar, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Agatha Christie | Novelist | 15-Sep-1890 | 12-Jan-1976 | Mystery novelist |
| David L. Clarke | Archaeologist | 3-Nov-1937 | 27-Jun-1976 | Analytical Archaeology |
| Lee J. Cobb | Actor | 8-Dec-1911 | 11-Feb-1976 | The Left Hand of God |
| Earle Combs | Baseball | 14-May-1899 | 21-Jul-1976 | The Kentucky Colonel, MLB Hall of Famer |
| Crash Corrigan | Actor | 14-Feb-1902 | 10-Aug-1976 | Undersea Kingdom |
| Richard J. Daley | Politician | 15-May-1902 | 20-Dec-1976 | Mayor of Chicago, 1955-76 |
| Henrik Dam | Scientist | 21-Feb-1895 | Apr-1976 | Discovered Vitamin K |
| Frankie Darro | Actor | 22-Dec-1917 | 25-Dec-1976 | The Phantom Empire |
| Rupert Davies | Actor | 22-May-1916 | 22-Nov-1976 | Inspector Maigret |
| Patrick Dennis | Novelist | 18-May-1921 | 6-Nov-1976 | Auntie Mame |
| Paul H. Douglas | Politician | 26-Mar-1892 | 24-Sep-1976 | US Senator from Illinois, 1949-67 |
| Alexander Eckstein | Economist | 9-Dec-1915 | 4-Dec-1976 | Sinologist, China's Economic Revolution |
| Zhou Enlai | Head of State | 5-Mar-1898 | 8-Jan-1976 | Mao's right-hand man |
| Max Ernst | Painter | 2-Apr-1891 | 1-Apr-1976 | The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child |
| Edith Evans | Actor | 8-Feb-1888 | 14-Oct-1976 | The Whisperers |
| Red Faber | Baseball | 6-Sep-1888 | 25-Sep-1976 | Chicago White Sox spitballer, Hall-of-Famer |
| Percy Faith | Musician | 7-Apr-1908 | 9-Feb-1976 | Easy listening arranger and composer |
| James A. Farley | Government | 30-May-1888 | 9-Jun-1976 | US Postmaster General, 1933-40 |
| Marion B. Folsom | Business | 23-Nov-1893 | 27-Sep-1976 | HEW Secretary, 1955-58 |
| Paul Ford | Actor | 2-Nov-1901 | 12-Apr-1976 | The Phil Silvers Show |
| Norman Foster | Film Director | 13-Dec-1900 | 7-Jul-1976 | Journey Into Fear |
| Joe Fulks | Basketball | 26-Oct-1921 | 21-Mar-1976 | Scored 63 points in a 1949 NBA game |
| Jean Gabin | Actor | 17-May-1904 | 15-Nov-1976 | The Lower Depths |
| Carlo Gambino | Criminal | 24-Aug-1902 | 15-Oct-1976 | Don of the Gambino Crime family |
| J. Paul Getty, Sr. | Business | 15-Dec-1892 | 6-Jun-1976 | Founder of Getty Oil Company |
| Vic Ghezzi | Golf | 19-Oct-1910 | 30-May-1976 | Winner, 1941 PGA Championship |
| Arnold Gingrich | Journalist | 5-Dec-1903 | 9-Jul-1976 | Founder of Esquire magazine |
| Michael Goodliffe | Actor | 1-Oct-1914 | 20-Mar-1976 | A Night to Remember |
| Kermit Gordon | Economist | 1916 | 1976 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-62 |
| Bobby Hackett | Jazz Musician | 31-Jan-1915 | 7-Jun-1976 | Played with Glenn Miller, Jackie Gleason |
| Billy Halop | Actor | 11-Feb-1920 | 9-Nov-1976 | Dead End Kid |
| Martin Heidegger | Philosopher | 26-Sep-1889 | 26-May-1976 | Being and Time |
| Gustav Heinemann | Head of State | 23-Jul-1899 | 7-Jul-1976 | President of Germany, 1969-74 |
| Werner Heisenberg | Physicist | 5-Dec-1901 | 1-Feb-1976 | Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle |
| Walter Hieber | Chemist | 18-Dec-1895 | 29-Nov-1976 | Metal carbonyl chemistry |
| Robert D. Holmes | Politician | 11-May-1909 | 6-Jun-1976 | Governor of Oregon, 1957-59 |
| Howard Hughes | Business | 24-Sep-1905 | 5-Apr-1976 | Insane billionaire |
| Richard Hughes | Author | 19-Apr-1900 | 28-Aug-1976 | A High Wind in Jamaica |
| Frieda Inescort | Actor | 29-Jun-1901 | 26-Feb-1976 | A Place in the Sun |
| Sid James | Actor | 8-May-1913 | 26-Apr-1976 | Carry on... |
| Eyvind Johnson | Author | 29-Jul-1900 | 25-Aug-1976 | Rain at Dawn |
| Anissa Jones | Actor | 11-Mar-1958 | 28-Aug-1976 | Buffy on Family Affair |
| Otto Kerner | Politician | 15-Aug-1908 | 9-May-1976 | Governor of Illinois, 1961-68 |
| Freddie King | Guitarist | 3-Sep-1934 | 28-Dec-1976 | Blues guitarist, The Texas Cannonball |
| Fuzzy Knight | Actor | 9-May-1901 | 23-Feb-1976 | American character actor |
| Walter J. Kohler, Jr. | Politician | 4-Apr-1904 | 21-Mar-1976 | Governor of Wisconsin, 1951-57 |
| Jim Konstanty | Baseball | 2-Mar-1917 | 11-Jun-1976 | National League 1950 MVP |
| Paul Kossoff | Guitarist | 14-Sep-1950 | 19-Mar-1976 | Free |
| Juscelino Kubitschek | Head of State | 12-Sep-1902 | 22-Aug-1976 | President of Brazil, founder of Brasilia |
| Kathryn Kuhlman | Religion | 9-May-1907 | 20-Feb-1976 | Faith healer, I Believe In Miracles |
| Fritz Lang | Film Director | 5-Dec-1890 | 2-Aug-1976 | Metropolis |
| Munro Leaf | Author | 4-Dec-1905 | 21-Dec-1976 | The Story of Ferdinand |
| Charles Lederer | Screenwriter | 31-Dec-1911 | 5-Mar-1976 | His Girl Friday |
| Lotte Lehmann | Singer | 27-Feb-1888 | 26-Aug-1976 | German-American operatic soprano |
| Margaret Leighton | Actor | 26-Feb-1922 | 13-Jan-1976 | The Go-Between |
| Charles P. Light, Jr. | Attorney | 1902 | 1976 | Prominent Washington attorney, law professor |
| Jerry Litton | Politician | 12-May-1937 | 3-Aug-1976 | Congressman from Missouri, 1973-76 |
| Roger Livesey | Actor | 25-Jun-1906 | 4-Feb-1976 | The League of Gentlemen |
| Trofim Lysenko | Scientist | 29-Sep-1898 | 20-Nov-1976 | Dazzled Stalin with false genetic theory |
| Torbert H. Macdonald | Politician | 6-Jun-1917 | 21-May-1976 | Congressman from Massachusetts, 1955-76 |
| Colin MacInnes | Novelist | 20-Aug-1914 | 22-Apr-1976 | Absolute Beginners |
| Ted Mack | TV Personality | 12-Feb-1904 | 12-Jul-1976 | Original Amateur Hour |
| André Malraux | Novelist | 3-Nov-1901 | 23-Nov-1976 | La Condition Humaine |
| Mao | Head of State | 26-Dec-1893 | 9-Sep-1976 | Great Leap Forward! |
| Jean Martinon | Conductor | 10-Jan-1910 | 1-Mar-1976 | Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1963-68 |
| James McAuley | Poet | 12-Oct-1917 | 15-Oct-1976 | Australian poet, Ern Malley hoaxer |
| Mary Margaret McBride | Radio Personality | 16-Nov-1899 | 7-Apr-1976 | Daytime radio talk show host |
| Robert McClintock | Diplomat | 30-Aug-1909 | 1976 | US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1970-75 |
| Ruth McDevitt | Actor | 13-Sep-1895 | 27-May-1976 | Pistols 'n' Petticoats |
| Ben McKelway | Journalist | 2-Oct-1895 | 1976 | Editor, The Washington Star |
| Francis E. Meloy, Jr. | Diplomat | 28-Mar-1917 | 16-Jun-1976 | US Ambassador to Lebanon, assassinated |
| Johnny Mercer | Songwriter | 18-Nov-1909 | 25-Jun-1976 | Accentuate the Positive |
| Livingston T. Merchant | Diplomat | 23-Nov-1903 | 15-May-1976 | Twice US Ambassador to Canada |
| Jo Mielziner | Designer | 19-Mar-1901 | 15-Mar-1976 | Broadway stage designer |
| Sal Mineo | Actor | 10-Jan-1939 | 12-Feb-1976 | Dies in Rebel Without A Cause |
| Rudolph Minkowski | Astronomer | 28-May-1895 | 4-Jan-1976 | Galaxies in collision |
| Ernesto Miranda | Criminal | 9-Mar-1941 | 31-Jan-1976 | Miranda v. Arizona |
| Jacques Monod | Scientist | 9-Feb-1910 | 31-May-1976 | Operon theory of genetic control |
| Bernard Montgomery | Military | 17-Nov-1887 | 24-Mar-1976 | Won Battle of El Alamein during WWII |
| Samuel Eliot Morison | Historian | 9-Jul-1887 | 15-May-1976 | Rear Admiral and naval historian |
| Frederick H. Mueller | Government | 22-Nov-1893 | 31-Aug-1976 | US Commerce Secretary, 1959-61 |
| Mary Nash | Actor | 15-Aug-1884 | 3-Dec-1976 | The Philadelphia Story |
| Ernie Nevers | Football | 11-Jun-1902 | 3-May-1976 | NFL Hall of Famer |
| Barbara Nichols | Actor | 30-Dec-1929 | 5-Oct-1976 | Sweet Smell of Success |
| Phil Ochs | Singer/Songwriter | 19-Dec-1940 | 9-Apr-1976 | 50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong |
| Lars Onsager | Chemist | 27-Nov-1903 | 5-Oct-1976 | Fourth Law of Thermodynamics |
| Wright Patman | Politician | 6-Aug-1893 | 7-Mar-1976 | Congressman from Texas, 1929-76 |
| Gregor Piatigorsky | Cellist | 17-Apr-1903 | 6-Aug-1976 | Russian-American cello virtuoso |
| Walter Piston | Composer | 20-Jan-1894 | 12-Nov-1976 | Symphony No. 3 |
| Lily Pons | Singer | 12-Apr-1898 | 13-Feb-1976 | French-American coloratura soprano |
| Irving Price | Business | 21-Sep-1884 | 23-Nov-1976 | Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys |
| Maudie Prickett | Actor | 25-Oct-1914 | 14-Apr-1976 | Rosie on Hazel |
| Raymond Queneau | Novelist | 21-Feb-1903 | 25-Oct-1976 | Zazie dans le métro |
| Monroe Rathbone | Business | 1-Mar-1900 | 2-Aug-1976 | Formed Exxon |
| Man Ray | Photographer | 27-Aug-1890 | 18-Nov-1976 | Dadaist photographer |
| Carol Reed | Film Director | 30-Dec-1906 | 25-Apr-1976 | Oliver! |
| Jimmy Reed | Singer | 6-Sep-1925 | 29-Aug-1976 | Blues singer/guitarist, Big Boss Man |
| Paul Robeson | Singer | 9-Apr-1898 | 23-Jan-1976 | 20th Century renaissance man |
| Rosalind Russell | Actor | 4-Jun-1907 | 28-Nov-1976 | Auntie Mame |
| Leopold Ruzicka | Chemist | 13-Sep-1887 | 26-Sep-1976 | Terpenes and hormones |
| Walter Schottky | Physicist | 23-Jul-1886 | 4-Mar-1976 | Solid-state physics and electronics |
| Alastair Sim | Actor | 9-Oct-1900 | 19-Aug-1976 | Scrooge in A Christmas Carol |
| M. B. Skaggs | Business | 5-Apr-1888 | 8-May-1976 | Founder of Safeway |
| H. Allen Smith | Author | 19-Dec-1907 | 24-Feb-1976 | Low Man on a Totem Pole |
| Nels H. Smith | Politician | 27-Aug-1884 | 5-Jul-1976 | Governor of Wyoming, 1939-43 |
| Harry Snyder | Business | 9-Sep-1913 | 14-Dec-1976 | Co-Founder of In-N-Out Burger |
| Ray Teal | Actor | 12-Jan-1902 | 2-Apr-1976 | Sheriff Roy Coffee on Bonanza |
| Sybil Thorndike | Actor | 24-Oct-1882 | 9-Jun-1976 | English stage actress |
| Bill Todman | Film/TV Producer | 31-Jul-1916 | 29-Jul-1976 | Goodson-Todman Productions |
| Andrew Tombes | Actor | 29-Jun-1885 | 17-Mar-1976 | Doubting Thomas |
| Dalton Trumbo | Author | 9-Dec-1905 | 10-Sep-1976 | Johnny Got His Gun |
| Paul Turan | Mathematician | 28-Aug-1910 | 26-Sep-1976 | Hungarian mathematician |
| Victor Varconi | Actor | 31-Mar-1891 | 6-Jun-1976 | Hungarian-American character actor |
| Luchino Visconti | Film Director | 2-Nov-1906 | 17-Mar-1976 | La Terra Trema |
| Murvyn Vye | Actor | 15-Jul-1913 | 17-Aug-1976 | Pickup on South Street |
| Ned Washington | Songwriter | 15-Aug-1901 | 20-Dec-1976 | When You Wish Upon a Star |
| Mortimer Wheeler | Archaeologist | 10-Sep-1890 | 22-Jul-1976 | Archaeology from the Earth |
| George H. Whipple | Scientist | 28-Aug-1878 | 2-Feb-1976 | Bile, hemoglobin, and the liver |
| Roy Williams | Talk Show Host | 30-Jul-1907 | 7-Nov-1976 | Portly Mickey Mouse Club host |
| Howlin' Wolf | Singer/Songwriter | 10-Jun-1910 | 10-Jan-1976 | Blues guitarist |
| John Orr Young | Business | 25-Jun-1886 | 1-May-1976 | Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam |
| Solomon Zeitlin | Historian | 1886 | 1976 | Dead Sea Scrolls debunker |
| Adolph Zukor | Business | 7-Jan-1873 | 10-Jun-1976 | Founder of Paramount Pictures |
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