People who died in the 1970s

889 notable people documented at Resting Places cemeteries died in the 1970s, according to Wikidata's death-date records. Listed by death year.

• Abraham Alikhanov (1904–1970), nuclear physicist, university teacher, inventor · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Abraham Maslow (1908–1970), university teacher, psychologist · buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery
• Adam Rapacki (1909–1970), foreign minister, diplomat, economist · buried at Powązki Military Cemetery
• Agustín Lara (1897–1970), film actor, trumpeter, songwriter · buried at Panteón de Dolores
• Alexander Kerensky (1881–1970), revolutionary, head of government, law firm · buried at Putney Vale Cemetery
• Alexandros Othonaios (1879–1970), politician, military personnel · buried at First Cemetery of Athens
• Alfred Newman (1900–1970), director, film score composer, bandleader · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Alfréd Rényi (1921–1970), university teacher, mathematician · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Andrejs Upīts (1877–1970), literary scholar, critic, prose writer · buried at Forest Cemetery, Riga
• Andrey Yeryomenko (1892–1970), military officer, colonel, politician · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Anita Louise (1915–1970), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Anna Louise Strong (1885–1970), activist, peace activist, trade unionist · buried at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
• Antonina Borissova (1903–1970), university teacher, botanist · buried at Serafimovskoe Cemetery
• Arnold Hugh Martin Jones (1904–1970), historian of classical antiquity, classical scholar, university teacher · buried at First Cemetery of Athens
• Artem Mikoyan (1905–1970), military flight engineer, aircraft pilot, inventor · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Barnett Newman (1905–1970), printmaker, painter, sculptor · buried at Montefiore Cemetery
• Billie Burke (1884–1970), film actor, television actor, radio personality · buried at Kensico Cemetery
• Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), Formula One driver, racing automobile driver, motorcycle racer · buried at Waikumete Cemetery
• Café Filho (1899–1970), journalist, politician, lawyer · buried at Cemitério de São João Batista
• Cathy O'Donnell (1923–1970), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Chaim-Moshe Shapira (1902–1970), politician · buried at Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
• Charles Ruggles (1886–1970), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• David O. McKay (1873–1970), prophet, teacher · buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery
• Earl Hooker (1929–1970), musician · buried at Restvale Cemetery
• Ed Begley (1901–1970), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery
• Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970), film actor, television actor, voice actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Emil Ábrányi (1882–1970), music educator, conductor, composer · buried at Fiume Road Graveyard
• Gaston Modot (1887–1970), film actor, actor, screenwriter · buried at Batignolles Cemetery
• Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888–1970), librettist, essayist, journalist · buried at Campo Verano
• Goodwin Knight (1896–1970), military officer, jurist, governor · buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park
• Grethe Weiser (1903–1970), cabaret performer, film actor, stage actor · buried at Friedhof Heerstraße
• Gypsy Rose Lee (1911–1970), film actor, television actor, novelist · buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Gyula Halasy (1891–1970), sport shooter, athlete · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Hassan Taqizadeh (1878–1970), diplomat, politician · buried at Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery
• Heino Eller (1887–1970), music educator, music teacher, violinist · buried at Metsakalmistu
• István Fekete (1900–1970), children's writer, writer, screenwriter · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970), rock guitarist, rock musician, vocalist · buried at Greenwood Memorial Park (Renton, Washington)
• Johannes Heinrich Schultz (1884–1970), psychotherapist, psychiatrist · buried at Friedhof Heerstraße
• Johannes Semper (1892–1970), linguist, translator, politician · buried at Metsakalmistu
• John Barbirolli (1899–1970), music educator, cellist, musician · buried at St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green
• John O'Hara (1905–1970), film screenwriter, prose writer, novelist · buried at Princeton Cemetery
• Johnny Hodges (1906–1970), jazz saxophonist, saxophonist, jazz musician · buried at Flushing Cemetery
• Konon Molody (1922–1970), spy · buried at Donskoye Cemetery
• Leah Goldberg (1911–1970), literary theorist, linguist, essayist · buried at Har HaMenuchot
• Leslie Groves (1896–1970), army officer, military engineer · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Lev Kassil (1905–1970), short story writer, children's writer, journalist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Lev Kuleshov (1899–1970), director, film director, inventor · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Lew Beck (1922–1970), basketball player · buried at River View Cemetery (Portland, Oregon)
• Lillian Board (1948–1970), middle-distance runner · buried at Putney Vale Cemetery
• Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970), prose writer, literary critic, university teacher · buried at Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium
• Malcolm Keen (1887–1970), television actor, film actor, stage actor · buried at Mortlake Crematorium
• Maria Yudina (1899–1970), classical pianist, music educator, pianist · buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
• Marjorie Rambeau (1889–1970), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Desert Memorial Park
• Michał Kalecki (1899–1970), university teacher, economist · buried at Powązki Military Cemetery
• Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov (1907–1970), prehistorian, archaeologist, anthropologist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Nathan Alterman (1910–1970), journalist, songwriter, translator · buried at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery
• Nikolai Erdman (1900–1970), playwright, poet, screenwriter · buried at Donskoye Cemetery
• Nikolai Shvernik (1888–1970), trade unionist, politician · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Orhan Kemal (1914–1970), poet, writer, screenwriter · buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
• Otis Spann (1930–1970), musician, pianist · buried at Burr Oak Cemetery
• Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883–1970), biochemist, physiologist, university teacher · buried at Dahlem Cemetery
• Patricia Ellis (1918–1970), film actor, singer, actor · buried at Elmwood Cemetery (Kansas City, Missouri)
• Paul Celan (1920–1970), essayist, literary editor, lyricist · buried at Cimetière parisien de Thiais
• Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (1925–1970), fighter pilot, astronaut · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Pawel Jasienica (1909–1970), prose writer, journalist, historian · buried at Powązki Cemetery
• Pedro Cea (1900–1970), association football coach, association football player · buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo
• Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1903–1970), dictator, military personnel · buried at La Recoleta Cemetery
• Polina Zhemchuzhina (1897–1970), cashier, politician · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (1895–1970) · buried at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
• Q433116 (1898–1970), politician, military personnel · buried at Montmartre Cemetery
• Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970), composer · buried at Ascension Parish Burial Ground
• Romaine Brooks (1874–1970), architectural drafter, sculptor, painter · buried at Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice
• Roman Ingarden (1893–1970), aesthetician, philosopher, university teacher · buried at Rakowicki Cemetery
• Roscoe Karns (1891–1970), television actor, actor · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Semyon Timoshenko (1895–1970), soldier, military officer, politician · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1887–1970), short story writer, novelist, poet · buried at Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
• Sukarno (1901–1970), art collector, politician · buried at Grave of Sukarno
• Théophanis Lamboukas (1936–1970), chansonnier, singer, actor · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Unica Zürn (1916–1970), painter, artist, poet · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Vano Muradeli (1908–1970), film score composer, composer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• William Beaudine (1892–1970), film actor, director, film producer · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• William H. Daniels (1901–1970), cinematographer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• William Hopper (1915–1970), television actor, film actor, stage actor · buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park
• Yusof bin Ishak (1910–1970), journalist, politician · buried at Kranji State Cemetery
• Zeki Velidi Togan (1890–1970), Turkologist, opinion journalist, university teacher · buried at Karacaahmet Cemetery
• Agnes Meyer Driscoll (1889–1971), cryptographer, cryptanalyst, mathematician · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Al Ferguson (1888–1971), film director, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Albin Stenroos (1889–1971), marathon runner, athletics competitor, long-distance runner · buried at Hietaniemi Cemetery
• Aleksandr Kurosh (1908–1971), university teacher, mathematician, teacher · buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
• Aleksandr Tvardovsky (1910–1971), short story writer, journalist, poet · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Amet-khan Sultan (1920–1971), aircraft pilot, test pilot, fighter pilot · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Andrey Andreyev (1895–1971), politician · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Ángel Médici (1897–1971), association football player, association football coach · buried at La Chacarita Cemetery
• Audie Murphy (1925–1971), non-fiction writer, film actor, television actor · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Bebe Daniels (1901–1971), film actor, television actor, art collector · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Bella Darvi (1928–1971), film actor, actor · buried at Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
• Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971), entomologist, biologist, chemist · buried at La Chacarita Cemetery
• Betty Bronson (1906–1971), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Billy Gilbert (1894–1971), film actor, film director, stage actor · buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery (Los Angeles)
• Bobby Jones (1902–1971), golfer, athlete, jurist · buried at Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta)
• Broncho Billy Anderson (1880–1971), film actor, film producer, film director · buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory
• Carl Blegen (1887–1971), classical philologist, anthropologist, archaeologist · buried at First Cemetery of Athens
• Carlos P. Garcia (1896–1971), diplomat, politician, lawyer · buried at Libingan ng mga Bayani
• Cliff Edwards (1895–1971), ukulelist, recording artist, dub actor · buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
• David Sarnoff (1891–1971), entrepreneur, engineer · buried at Kensico Cemetery
• Dean Acheson (1893–1971), diplomat, politician, lawyer · buried at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
• Dot Farley (1881–1971), film actor, stage actor, singer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Duane Allman (1946–1971), guitarist, musician, songwriter · buried at Rose Hill Cemetery (Macon, Georgia)
• Edith Tolkien (1889–1971), music educator, pianist · buried at Wolvercote Cemetery
• Edmund Lowe (1890–1971), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery
• Fernandel (1903–1971), film actor, television actor, director · buried at Passy Cemetery
• Frank Wolff (1928–1971), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Protestant Cemetery, Rome
• František Hrubín (1910–1971), children's writer, editor, translator · buried at Vyšehrad Cemetery
• Friedebert Tuglas (1886–1971), literary scholar, literary historian, literary critic · buried at Metsakalmistu
• Fuad Abdurahmanov (1915–1971), sculptor, painter · buried at Alley of Honor
• Gaito Gazdanov (1903–1971), prose writer, literary critic, writer · buried at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
• Georg Lukács (1885–1971), philosopher of culture, literary scholar, literary historian · buried at Fiume Road Graveyard
• Georgy Babakin (1914–1971), military flight engineer, engineer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Georgy Dobrovolsky (1928–1971), aircraft pilot, astronaut · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971), translator, ambassador, poet · buried at First Cemetery of Athens
• Gladys Cooper (1888–1971), film actor, stage actor, theatre manager · buried at Hampstead Cemetery
• Glenda Farrell (1904–1971), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at West Point Cemetery
• Hank Mann (1887–1971), film actor, film director, comedian · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Harold Lloyd (1893–1971), film actor, director, film producer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Helene Weigel (1900–1971), Theaterintendant, film actor, theatre director · buried at Dorotheenstadt Cemetery
• Hugo Black (1886–1971), jurist, politician, military personnel · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Ignazio Giunti (1941–1971), Formula One driver, racing automobile driver, motorcycle racer · buried at Campo Verano
• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), librettist, pianist, conductor · buried at San Michele Cemetery, Venice
• Igor Tamm (1895–1971), theoretical physicist, university teacher, inventor · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Jacobo Árbenz (1913–1971), university teacher, politician, military personnel · buried at Guatemala City General Cemetery
• Jadwiga Smosarska (1898–1971), film actor, actor · buried at Powązki Cemetery
• Jay C. Flippen (1899–1971), film actor, television actor, radio personality · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• József Zakariás (1924–1971), association football player, association football coach · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Juhan Smuul (1922–1971), prose writer, journalist, playwright · buried at Metsakalmistu
• Leah Baird (1883–1971), film actor, film producer, stage actor · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Leo Burnett (1891–1971), advertising person, journalist, businessperson · buried at Rosehill Cemetery
• Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898–1971), jazz pianist, jazz musician, bandleader · buried at Lincoln Cemetery (Cook County)
• Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), recording artist, orchestra leader, jazz musician · buried at Flushing Cemetery
• Lucien Hubbard (1888–1971), film producer, film director, actor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Martha Vickers (1925–1971), film actor, television actor, model · buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
• Martin Benka (1888–1971), exlibrist, graphic artist, Esperantist · buried at National Cemetery in Martin
• Mathilde Kschessinska (1872–1971), ballet teacher, dancer, dance teacher · buried at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
• Mátyás Rákosi (1892–1971), politician · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Maude Fealy (1883–1971), film actor, actor, screenwriter · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Maurice Bowra (1898–1971), hellenist, classical philologist, philologist · buried at Holywell Cemetery
• Max Steiner (1888–1971), film score composer, musician, conductor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Michael Rennie (1909–1971), television actor, film actor, stage actor · buried at Harlow Hill Cemetery
• Mikhail Romm (1901–1971), film actor, film editor, opinion journalist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Mikhail Yangel (1911–1971), military flight engineer, engineer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Naoya Shiga (1883–1971), novelist, dramaturge, writer · buried at Aoyama Cemetery
• Nella Walker (1886–1971), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971), revolutionary, politician, military personnel · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Paul Pierre Lévy (1886–1971), university teacher, mathematician, engineer · buried at Montparnasse Cemetery
• Peretz Bernstein (1890–1971), activist, zionist, journalist · buried at Sanhedria Cemetery
• Phil Edwards (1907–1971), athletics competitor, physician · buried at Mount Royal Cemetery
• Philippe Hériat (1898–1971), novelist, playwright, writer · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Ralph Bunche (1904–1971), political scientist, diplomat · buried at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
• Raymond Hatton (1887–1971), film actor, actor · buried at Joshua Memorial Park
• Robert Lowery (1913–1971), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
• Roy O. Disney (1893–1971), film producer, banker, entrepreneur · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Rudolf Abel (1903–1971), radio technician, spy, intelligence agent · buried at Donskoye Cemetery
• Sabiha Sultan (1894–1971) · buried at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery
• Seán Lemass (1899–1971), politician · buried at Dean's Grange Cemetery
• Sergey Timofeyevich Konyonkov (1874–1971), sculptor, painter, artist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Sergo Zakariadze (1909–1971), film actor, drama teacher, theatre manager · buried at Mtatsminda Pantheon
• Stuart Holmes (1884–1971), film actor, sculptor, actor · buried at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery
• T. V. Soong (1891–1971), finance minister, head of government, banker · buried at Ferncliff Cemetery
• Thomas C. Hart (1877–1971), submariner, military officer, politician · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Thomas Gomez (1905–1971), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Tilla Durieux (1880–1971), film actor, art collector, stage actor · buried at Friedhof Heerstraße
• Ub Iwerks (1901–1971), film professional · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Viktor Patsayev (1933–1971), engineer, astronaut · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Vladislav Volkov (1935–1971), engineer, writer, astronaut · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Werner Peters (1918–1971), dub actor, film actor, voice actor · buried at Friedhof Heerstraße
• Wynton Kelly (1931–1971), recording artist, jazz musician, musician · buried at Long Island National Cemetery
• Akaki Khorava (1895–1972), film actor, theatre director, film director · buried at Mtatsminda Pantheon
• Aleksandr Razumny (1891–1972), film director, cinematographer, screenwriter · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Alfred Schmidt (1898–1972), sportsperson, weightlifter · buried at Rahumäe Cemetery
• Andrei Tupolev (1888–1972), military flight engineer, aircraft pilot, politician · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Berry Oakley (1948–1972), musician · buried at Rose Hill Cemetery (Macon, Georgia)
• Betty Blythe (1893–1972), television actor, film actor, stage actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Boris Livanov (1904–1972), theatre director, actor · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• C. W. Ceram (1915–1972), literary critic, literary editor, journalist · buried at Ohlsdorf Cemetery
• Carl Hayden (1877–1972), politician · buried at Double Butte Cemetery
• Carl W. Stalling (1891–1972), dub actor, film score composer, pianist · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Chen Yi (1901–1972), soldier, diplomat, politician · buried at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
• Claire Windsor (1892–1972), film actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Clyde McPhatter (1931–1972), guitarist, singer · buried at George Washington Memorial Park (Paramus, New Jersey)
• Deniz Gezmiş (1947–1972), political activist · buried at Karşıyaka Cemetery
• Dorothy Dalton (1893–1972), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
• Edgar G. Ulmer (1904–1972), director, visual artist, film producer · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Edward VIII (1894–1972), aristocrat, military personnel, monarch · buried at Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore
• Erwin Stresemann (1889–1972), zoological collector, scientific collector, historian of science · buried at Waldfriedhof Dahlem
• Ezra Pound (1885–1972), literary historian, autobiographer, literary critic · buried at San Michele Cemetery, Venice
• Ferde Grofé (1892–1972), jazz musician, radio personality, film score composer · buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Ferdinand Čatloš (1895–1972), military officer, politician · buried at National Cemetery in Martin
• Fernando Amorsolo (1892–1972), visual artist, painter · buried at Loyola Memorial Park
• Frank Tashlin (1913–1972), children's writer, director, film director · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Georgy Adamovich (1892–1972), linguist, literary critic, translator · buried at Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice
• Gia Scala (1934–1972), film actor, television actor, model · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Gyula Bóbis (1909–1972), amateur wrestler, politician · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Hana Mašková (1949–1972), figure skater, athlete · buried at Vyšehrad Cemetery
• Hans Scharoun (1893–1972), designer, university teacher, urban planner · buried at Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf
• Harold Rainsford Stark (1880–1972), military officer · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Ivan Yumashev (1895–1972), politician, military personnel · buried at Serafimovskoe Cemetery
• J. Edgar Hoover (1895–1972), police officer, jurist, military officer · buried at Congressional Cemetery
• Jackie Robinson (1919–1972), athletics competitor, baseball player, basketball coach · buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery
• Jerome Cowan (1897–1972), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Joe Gallo (1929–1972), criminal · buried at Green-Wood Cemetery
• Joseph Fielding Smith (1876–1972), hymnwriter, genealogist, prophet · buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery
• Józef Lange (1897–1972), sport cyclist · buried at Powązki Cemetery
• Jules Romains (1885–1972), playwright, poet, writer · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Konstantin Skryabin (1878–1972), helminthologist, parasitologist, biologist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Lance Reventlow (1936–1972), Formula One driver, racing driver · buried at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
• Lane Chandler (1899–1972), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Lee Beom-seok (1900–1972), resistance fighter, diplomat, politician · buried at Seoul National Cemetery
• Leonid Yengibarov (1935–1972), circus performer, boxer, film actor · buried at Vagankovo Cemetery
• Louella Parsons (1881–1972), film critic, radio personality, columnist · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Maria Göppert Mayer (1906–1972), nuclear physicist, university teacher, physicist · buried at El Camino Memorial Park
• Marianne Moore (1887–1972), essayist, literary critic, translator · buried at Evergreen Cemetery (Adams County, Pennsylvania)
• Marie Wilson (1916–1972), film actor, television actor, radio personality · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Matvei Zakharov (1898–1972), military officer, politician, writer · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Mieczysława Ćwiklińska (1879–1972), film actor, opera singer, actor · buried at Powązki Cemetery
• Miguel Gustavo (1922–1972), radio personality, journalist, lyricist · buried at Caju Cemetery
• Mitchell Leisen (1898–1972), director, production designer, film producer · buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory
• Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972), novelist, salonnière, playwright · buried at Passy Cemetery
• Nikolay Ivanovich Krylov (1903–1972), memoirist, military officer, politician · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Norah Lange (1905–1972), novelist, poet, writer · buried at La Recoleta Cemetery
• Oleksandr Korniichuk (1905–1972), literary critic, journalist, dramaturge · buried at Baikove Cemetery
• Oscar Levant (1906–1972), jazz musician, film actor, radio personality · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Padraic Colum (1881–1972), children's writer, university teacher, playwright · buried at St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton
• Paolo Giobbe (1880–1972), Catholic bishop, Catholic priest · buried at Campo Verano
• Pierre Brasseur (1905–1972), film actor, director, stage actor · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Prince William of Gloucester (1941–1972), aircraft pilot, diplomat · buried at Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore
• Q559297 (1889–1972), exlibrist, wood engraver, draftsperson · buried at Campo Santo, Ghent
• René Mayer (1895–1972), businessperson, politician · buried at Montparnasse Cemetery
• Reverend Gary Davis (1896–1972), blues musician, banjoist, street artist · buried at Rockville Cemetery
• Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez (1890–1972), diplomat, politician, lawyer · buried at Central Cemetery of Bogotá
• Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1919–1972), film actor, television actor, voice actor · buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory
• Rudolf Friml (1879–1972), film score composer, songwriter, pianist · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Said bin Taimur Al Said (1910–1972), politician · buried at Brookwood Cemetery
• Semyon Kirsanov (1906–1972), translator of Adam Mickiewicz, journalist, translator · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Sidney Franklin (1893–1972), film screenwriter, producer, film actor · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Sidney Lanfield (1898–1972), film director, screenwriter · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Solomon Lefschetz (1884–1972), topologist, university teacher, mathematician · buried at Princeton Cemetery
• Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972), university teacher, composer · buried at Green River Cemetery
• Stephen Timoshenko (1878–1972), autobiographer, university teacher, physicist · buried at Alta Mesa Memorial Park
• Suat Derviş (1905–1972), women's rights activist, political activist, novelist · buried at Feriköy Cemetery
• Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1883–1972), diplomat, politician, physician · buried at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery
• Thomas Cassin Kinkaid (1888–1972), military officer · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914–1972), politician, lawyer · buried at Congressional Cemetery
• Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972), pianist, conductor, composer · buried at Karşıyaka Cemetery
• Vasily Fesenkov (1889–1972), astronomer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Vera Inber (1890–1972), short story writer, prose writer, journalist · buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
• Victor Milner (1893–1972), cinematographer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Viktor Barna (1911–1972), table tennis player, athlete, writer · buried at Kozma Street Cemetery
• Viktor Dragunsky (1913–1972), children's writer, journalist, poet · buried at Vagankovo Cemetery
• Walter Lang (1896–1972), director, film director, cinematographer · buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Walter Winchell (1897–1972), radio personality, journalist, television presenter · buried at Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery
• Wesley Ruggles (1889–1972), manufacturer, director, film producer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• William Boyd (1895–1972), film actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Albert Paris Gütersloh (1887–1973), tapestry artist, draftsperson, theatre designer · buried at Vienna Central Cemetery
• Aleksandr Bezymensky (1898–1973), journalist, poet, writer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Aleksandr Kurynov (1934–1973), weightlifter · buried at Arskoe Cemetery
• Aleksandr Ponomarev (1918–1973), association football player, association football coach · buried at Vagankovo Cemetery
• Aleksandr Ptushko (1900–1973), designer, director, film director · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Alexander Gorbatov (1891–1973), military officer, politician · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Alexander Mosolov (1900–1973), pianist, composer · buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
• Alexander Vandegrift (1887–1973), military commander, military officer · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Alina Szapocznikow (1926–1973), draftsperson, graphic artist, sculptor · buried at Montmartre Cemetery
• Alla Tarasova (1898–1973), drama teacher, pedagogue, politician · buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
• Allan Lane (1909–1973), television actor, film actor, film producer · buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Andrei Abrikosov (1906–1973), actor · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876–1973), sculptor, artist · buried at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
• Arthur Fadden (1894–1973), accountant, politician · buried at Mount Thompson Crematorium
• Arthur Freed (1894–1973), producer, song plugger, film producer · buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
• Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895–1973), biochemist, agronomist, university teacher · buried at Hietaniemi Cemetery
• Avraham Shlonsky (1900–1973), literary editor, translator, poet · buried at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery
• Betty Grable (1916–1973), coverperson, film actor, television actor · buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Bruce Lee (1940–1973), martial artist, film actor, television actor · buried at Lake View Cemetery (Seattle)
• Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973), prose writer, politician, engineer · buried at Protestant Cemetery, Rome
• Carlos Menditeguy (1914–1973), polo player, Formula One driver, racing automobile driver · buried at La Recoleta Cemetery
• Carmine Gallone (1885–1973), director, film producer, film director · buried at Campo Verano
• Cecil Kellaway (1890–1973), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Charles Daniels (1885–1973), swimmer · buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo, New York)
• Clara Ward (1924–1973), gospel singer, gospel musician, music arranger · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Clas Thunberg (1893–1973), speed skater · buried at Hietaniemi Cemetery
• Cleo Moore (1924–1973), film actor, model, actor · buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Conrad Aiken (1889–1973), prose writer, essayist, novelist · buried at Bonaventure Cemetery
• Constance Talmadge (1898–1973), film actor, film producer, actor · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Crane Wilbur (1886–1973), film actor, director, film director · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám (1875–1973), politician, lawyer · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Dickinson W. Richards (1895–1973), internist, physiologist, researcher · buried at East Cemetery (Litchfield, Connecticut)
• Douglas Kennedy (1915–1973), television actor, film actor, actor · buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
• Eddie Rickenbacker (1890–1973), racing automobile driver, fighter pilot, national hero · buried at Green Lawn Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio)
• Eve Miller (1923–1973), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Frank Costello (1891–1973), criminal · buried at St. Michael's Cemetery (Queens)
• Frank Jack Fletcher (1885–1973), military officer · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Glenn Strange (1899–1973), film actor, television actor, rancher · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Haim Hazaz (1898–1973), writer · buried at Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
• Harold Hotelling (1895–1973), university teacher, political economist, statistician · buried at Old Chapel Hill Cemetery
• Henri Büsser (1872–1973), music educator, musicologist, opera director · buried at Montmartre Cemetery
• Henry Darger (1892–1973), diarist, draftsperson, science fiction writer · buried at All Saints Cemetery (Des Plaines, Illinois)
• Hilda Geiringer (1893–1973), statistician, university teacher, mathematician · buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery
• Irene Ryan (1902–1973), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery (Santa Monica, California)
• Ivan Konev (1897–1973), military officer, marshal, politician · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Ivan Petrovsky (1901–1973), university teacher, mathematician, politician · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• J. Carrol Naish (1896–1973), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles)
• J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), essayist, philologist, linguist · buried at Wolvercote Cemetery
• Jean-Pierre Melville (1917–1973), film actor, film editor, director · buried at Cimetière parisien de Pantin
• Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973), peace activist, feminist, women's rights activist · buried at Missoula Cemetery
• Joe E. Brown (1891–1973), baseball player, film actor, television actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• John Ford (1894–1973), film screenwriter, producer, film actor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Karel Ančerl (1908–1973), music educator, violinist, musician · buried at Vyšehrad Cemetery
• Katina Paxinou (1900–1973), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at First Cemetery of Athens
• Kid Ory (1886–1973), jazz musician, banjoist, bandleader · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Laurence Harvey (1928–1973), film actor, director, film director · buried at Santa Barbara Cemetery
• Leonid Stein (1934–1973), chess player · buried at Baikove Cemetery
• Lev Artsimovich (1909–1973), university teacher, inventor, physicist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Lidia Ruslanova (1900–1973), singer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973), philosopher, university teacher, economist · buried at Ferncliff Cemetery
• Marc Allégret (1900–1973), film director, photographer, screenwriter · buried at Cimetière des Gonards
• Marian Kukiel (1885–1973), historian, military officer, politician · buried at St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green
• Mary Carr (1874–1973), film actor, actor · buried at Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles)
• Maurice Dekobra (1883–1973), novelist, film director, journalist · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Maurice René Fréchet (1878–1973), statistician, university teacher, Esperantist · buried at Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
• Michael O'Shea (1906–1973), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Valley Oaks Memorial Park
• Mikhail Isakovsky (1900–1973), opinion journalist, literary critic, lyricist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Mikhail Kalatozov (1903–1973), director, film director, filmmaker · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Minna Gombell (1892–1973), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Loudon Park Cemetery
• Nikolai Nikitin (1907–1973), civil engineer, inventor, engineer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Nikolay Kamov (1902–1973), military flight engineer, engineer, scientist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Norma Crane (1928–1973), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• P. Ramlee (1929–1973), director, film director, musician · buried at Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery
• Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro (1883–1973) · buried at Cimetière du Grand Jas
• Q380426 (1891–1973), draftsperson, visual artist, painter · buried at Har HaMenuchot
• Rafael Franco (1896–1973), politician · buried at Recoleta Cemetery, Asuncion
• Robert Armstrong (1890–1973), film actor, actor · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Roger Delgado (1918–1973), television actor, film actor, stage actor · buried at Mortlake Cemetery
• Roland Dorgelès (1885–1973), novelist, journalist, writer · buried at Saint-Vincent Cemetery
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (1945–1973), percussionist, singer · buried at Alta Mesa Memorial Park
• Rosemary Theby (1892–1973), film actor, actor · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Salvador Allende (1908–1973), surgeon, President of Chile, politician · buried at Santiago General Cemetery
• Semyon Budyonny (1883–1973), soldier, military officer, politician · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Sergei Tumansky (1901–1973), aerospace engineer, university teacher, scientist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973), gospel singer, jazz guitarist, guitarist · buried at Northwood Cemetery
• Soong Ai-ling (1889–1973), politician · buried at Ferncliff Cemetery
• Stanislav Poplavsky (1902–1973), military officer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Théo Lefèvre (1914–1973), politician, lawyer, teacher · buried at Campo Santo, Ghent
• Víctor Jara (1932–1973), recording artist, social activist, librettist · buried at Santiago General Cemetery
• Viktor de Kowa (1904–1973), film actor, director, film producer · buried at Friedhof Heerstraße
• Vsevolod Kochetov (1912–1973), prose writer, journalist, editing staff · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Walt Kelly (1913–1973), character animator, comics writer, journalist · buried at Cemetery of the Evergreens
• Walter Audisio (1909–1973), partisan, politician · buried at Campo Verano
• William Haines (1900–1973), interior architect, film actor, designer · buried at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery (Santa Monica, California)
• Willy Fritsch (1901–1973), film actor, dancer, character actor · buried at Ohlsdorf Cemetery
• Abraham Robinson (1918–1974), university teacher, mathematician, engineer · buried at Har HaMenuchot
• Albert Parker (1885–1974), film producer, film director, actor · buried at Putney Vale Cemetery
• Alessandro Momo (1956–1974), actor · buried at Campo Verano
• Alexander P. de Seversky (1894–1974), aerospace engineer, military theorist, military flight engineer · buried at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
• Alfred Keller (1882–1974), Generaloberst, military officer, military personnel · buried at Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf
• Anatole Litvak (1902–1974), film actor, director, film producer · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• André Jolivet (1905–1974), musicologist, university teacher, musician · buried at Montmartre Cemetery
• Anne Sexton (1928–1974), librettist, children's writer, poet · buried at Forest Hills Cemetery
• Antanas Sniečkus (1903–1974), politician · buried at Antakalnis Cemetery
• Béla Illés (1895–1974), journalist, writer · buried at Fiume Road Graveyard
• Betty Compson (1897–1974), film actor, film producer, Ziegfeld girl · buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery
• Carl Andrew Spaatz (1891–1974), aircraft pilot, military officer · buried at United States Air Force Academy Cemetery
• Carroll Nye (1901–1974), film actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Cass Elliot (1941–1974), recording artist, film actor, television actor · buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park
• Charles E. Bohlen (1904–1974), diplomat, ambassador · buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery
• Christian Fouchet (1911–1974), diplomat, politician · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Clive Brook (1887–1974), film actor, film producer, director · buried at Hampstead Cemetery
• Clyde Cowan (1919–1974), university teacher, physicist · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Creighton Abrams (1914–1974), military officer · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• David Oistrakh (1908–1974), music educator, university teacher, violinist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Donald Crisp (1882–1974), producer, film screenwriter, film actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Douglass Dumbrille (1889–1974), film actor · buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
• Duke Ellington (1899–1974), orchestra leader, jazz musician, jazz arranger · buried at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
• Earl Warren (1891–1974), prosecutor, jurist, governor · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Ed Sullivan (1901–1974), presenter, journalist, television presenter · buried at Ferncliff Cemetery
• Eduardo Santos (1888–1974), journalist, diplomat, jurist · buried at Central Cemetery of Bogotá
• Egon Wellesz (1885–1974), Byzantinist, musicologist, music teacher · buried at Vienna Central Cemetery
• Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (1888–1974), university teacher, chemist, economist · buried at Rakowicki Cemetery
• Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1883–1974), politician, military personnel · buried at Cemitério de São João Batista
• Frank Wilcox (1907–1974), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery
• Franz Jonas (1899–1974), book printer, typesetter, Esperantist · buried at Vienna Central Cemetery
• Gene Ammons (1925–1974), recording artist, saxophonist, jazz musician · buried at Lincoln Cemetery (Cook County)
• Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974), military officer, politician · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Glenn Morris (1912–1974), American football player, film actor, athletics competitor · buried at Skylawn Memorial Park (San Mateo, California)
• Guy Simonds (1903–1974), military officer · buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
• Hertta Kuusinen (1904–1974), journalist, politician, writer · buried at Hietaniemi Cemetery
• Hilary Minc (1905–1974), economist, politician · buried at Powązki Military Cemetery
• Ilona Massey (1910–1974), television actor, film actor, opera singer · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Ivan Susloparov (1897–1974), diplomat, military personnel · buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
• Jack Benny (1894–1974), vaudeville performer, film actor, television actor · buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
• Jacob Bronowski (1908–1974), humanist, philosopher, television presenter · buried at Highgate Cemetery
• Jan Żabiński (1897–1974), ethologist, agricultural engineer, physiologist · buried at Powązki Cemetery
• Johnny Mack Brown (1904–1974), American football player, film actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Konstantin Melnikov (1890–1974), painter, architect · buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
• Kostas Varnalis (1884–1974), prose writer, essayist, literary critic · buried at First Cemetery of Athens
• Lajos Zilahy (1891–1974), novelist, opinion journalist, film director · buried at Fiume Road Graveyard
• Leon Shamroy (1901–1974), cinematographer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Lev Knipper (1898–1974), spy, intelligence officer, composer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Lev Oborin (1907–1974), music educator, university teacher, editor · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Lewis Strauss (1896–1974), naval officer, banker, admiral · buried at Salem Fields Cemetery
• Lily Kronberger (1890–1974), figure skater · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916–1974), sniper, historian, military personnel · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• María de la O Lejárraga (1874–1974), feminist, translator, playwright · buried at La Chacarita Cemetery
• Maria Ossowska (1896–1974), philosopher, sociologist · buried at Powązki Military Cemetery
• Melchior Wańkowicz (1892–1974), opinion journalist, publisher, journalist · buried at Powązki Cemetery
• Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974), journalist, poet lawyer, translator · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900–1974), military flight engineer, engineer, scientist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Mikheil Chiaureli (1894–1974), theatre director, scenographer, sculptor · buried at Mtatsminda Pantheon
• Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (1904–1974), translator, politician, military personnel · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Otto Kruger (1885–1974), television actor, film actor, stage actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Pamela Britton (1923–1974), film actor, television actor, singer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Patrick Blackett (1897–1974), nuclear physicist, university teacher, physicist · buried at Kensal Green Cemetery
• Pauline Carton (1884–1974), film actor, stage actor, singer · buried at Cimetière parisien de Thiais
• Peng Dehuai (1898–1974), communist, general field marshal, soldier · buried at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
• Peter Revson (1939–1974), Formula One driver, racing automobile driver, motorcycle racer · buried at Ferncliff Cemetery
• Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974), art collector, aristocrat, military officer · buried at Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore
• Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886–1974), art collector, aristocrat, painter · buried at Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore
• Q334147 (1898–1974), mountaineer, philosopher, painter · buried at Campo Verano
• Q449704 (1887–1974), film actor, opera singer, stage actor · buried at Kensico Cemetery
• Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912–1974), draughts player, chess player · buried at Arskoe Cemetery
• Reed Hadley (1911–1974), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Robert Ellis (1892–1974), film actor, film director, actor · buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Robert Ludvigovich Bartini (1897–1974), military flight engineer, aircraft pilot, physicist · buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
• Rodolfo Acosta (1920–1974), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Rosario Castellanos (1924–1974), journalist, university teacher, playwright · buried at Panteón de Dolores
• Samuel Goldwyn (1879–1974), film producer, writer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Sergey Lebedev (1902–1974), university teacher, electrotechnician, inventor · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Sergey Urusevsky (1908–1974), film director, operator, camera operator · buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
• Soltan Hajibeyov (1919–1974), music educator, pedagogue, pianist · buried at Alley of Honor
• Tim Horton (1930–1974), ice hockey player · buried at York Cemetery, Toronto
• Vasily Shukshin (1929–1974), prose writer, film actor, director · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Virginia Apgar (1909–1974), pediatrician, university teacher, anesthesiologist · buried at Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey)
• Vittorio De Sica (1901–1974), film actor, director, film producer · buried at Campo Verano
• Walter Brennan (1894–1974), film actor, television actor, character actor · buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery
• Wang Ming (1904–1974), politician · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Wiktor Biegański (1891–1974), film actor, film producer, film director · buried at Powązki Cemetery
• Yekaterina Furtseva (1910–1974), politician · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Yekaterina Ryabova (1921–1974), aircraft pilot · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich (1908–1974), sculptor, university teacher, pedagogue · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Yury Annenkov (1889–1974), theatre designer, opinion journalist, designer · buried at Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
• Zalman Shazar (1889–1974), journalist, politician, poet · buried at Mount Herzl
• Al Lettieri (1928–1975), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at St. John Cemetery (Queens)
• Aleksandr Vishnevsky (1906–1975), cardiac surgeon, military physician, anesthetist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Alexander Golovanov (1904–1975), soldier, politician, military personnel · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov (1895–1975), geochemist, university teacher, chemist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Ali Sastroamidjojo (1903–1975), head of government, politician · buried at Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery
• Anatoli Blagonravov (1894–1975), physicist, scientist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Aníbal Troilo (1914–1975), bandoneonist, accordionist, bandleader · buried at La Chacarita Cemetery
• Anthony McAuliffe (1898–1975), soldier · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Arthur Bliss (1891–1975), choreographer, film score composer, musician · buried at Old Mortlake Burial Ground
• Avery Brundage (1887–1975), modern pentathlete, athletics competitor, art collector · buried at Rosehill Cemetery
• Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975), film score composer, conductor, composer · buried at Beth David Cemetery
• Billy West (1892–1975), film actor, film director, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Boris Babochkin (1904–1975), film actor, opinion journalist, director · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Boris Blacher (1903–1975), composition teacher, musicologist, librettist · buried at Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf
• Burton K. Wheeler (1882–1975), autobiographer, stenographer, peace activist · buried at Rock Creek Cemetery
• Casey Stengel (1890–1975), baseball player, baseball manager, baseball coach · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Charles Reidpath (1889–1975), athletics competitor, sprinter, athlete · buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo, New York)
• Clyde Tolson (1900–1975), detective officer, police officer, civil servant · buried at Congressional Cemetery
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), classical composer, music educator, librettist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Dong Biwu (1886–1975), politician · buried at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
• Éamon de Valera (1882–1975), head of government, diplomat, mathematician · buried at Glasnevin Cemetery
• Elene Akhvlediani (1898–1975), painter · buried at Didube Pantheon
• Emilio Lussu (1890–1975), soldier, politician, writer · buried at Protestant Cemetery, Rome
• Ernst Alexanderson (1878–1975), electrical engineer, inventor, electrician · buried at Vale Cemetery and Vale Park
• Erzsébet Schaár (1908–1975), visual artist, sculptor, architect · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Evelyn Brent (1899–1975), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery
• Ezzard Charles (1921–1975), boxer · buried at Burr Oak Cemetery
• Fritz Wotruba (1907–1975), draftsperson, visual artist, university teacher · buried at Vienna Central Cemetery
• Georg Ots (1920–1975), swimmer, opera singer, military personnel · buried at Metsakalmistu
• George Marshall (1891–1975), trade unionist, film actor, television actor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• George R. Price (1922–1975), evolutionary biologist, geneticist, journalist · buried at St Pancras and Islington Cemetery
• George Stevens (1904–1975), producer, trade unionist, soldier · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Gertrude Olmstead (1897–1975), film actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887–1975), university teacher, physicist · buried at Ohlsdorf Cemetery
• Gustav von Wangenheim (1895–1975), film actor, film director, director · buried at Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
• Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1900–1975), civil engineer, politician, engineer · buried at Central Cemetery of Bogotá
• Hans Swarowsky (1899–1975), editor, musician, translator · buried at Vienna Central Cemetery
• Hugo Bergmann (1883–1975), philologist, philosopher, university teacher · buried at Sanhedria Cemetery
• Ima Hogg (1882–1975), philanthropist, art collector · buried at Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, Texas)
• Ivan Maisky (1884–1975), opinion journalist, historian, diplomat · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Jacques Duclos (1896–1975), trade unionist, resistance fighter, politician · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• James Blish (1921–1975), science fiction writer, novelist, literary critic · buried at Holywell Cemetery
• John A. Burns (1909–1975), politician · buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
• José María Guido (1910–1975), politician, lawyer · buried at La Recoleta Cemetery
• Kang Sheng (1898–1975), politician · buried at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
• Kazimierz Moczarski (1907–1975), autobiographer, biographer, journalist · buried at Powązki Military Cemetery
• Kenneth Keating (1900–1975), member of parliament, diplomat, jurist · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1891–1975), diplomat, translator, poet · buried at Didube Pantheon
• Larry Fine (1902–1975), boxer, film actor, television actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• László Németh (1901–1975), prose writer, literary critic, opinion journalist · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Latife Uşşakî (1898–1975), jurist, politician · buried at Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery
• Lefty Frizzell (1928–1975), singer-songwriter, musician, singer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
• Leslie White (1900–1975), anthropologist, university teacher · buried at Forest Hill Cemetery (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
• Lionel Trilling (1905–1975), novelist, literary critic, university teacher · buried at Ferncliff Cemetery
• Lyubov Orlova (1902–1975), film actor, dancer, pianist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Margarita Fischer (1886–1975), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Marjorie Main (1890–1975), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Mary Philips (1901–1975), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Max Lorenz (1901–1975), opera singer · buried at Vienna Central Cemetery
• May Sutton (1886–1975), tennis player · buried at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery (Santa Monica, California)
• Mikhail Bakhtin (1895–1975), art theorist, philologist, literary scholar · buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
• Minta Durfee (1889–1975), film actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Moe Howard (1897–1975), film actor, television actor, voice actor · buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
• Nihal Atsız (1905–1975), textologist, opinion journalist, lecturer · buried at Karacaahmet Cemetery
• Nikolai Bulganin (1895–1975), functionary, banker, military officer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Noble Sissle (1889–1975), jazz singer, jazz musician, violinist · buried at Long Island National Cemetery
• Ozzie Nelson (1906–1975), film director, bandleader, musician · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Paul Keres (1916–1975), sportsperson, non-fiction writer, chess player · buried at Metsakalmistu
• Paval Sukhi (1895–1975), military flight engineer, design engineer, inventor · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Pierre Fresnay (1897–1975), television writer, film actor, director · buried at Neuilly-sur-Seine Old Communal Cemetery
• Pyotr Novikov (1901–1975), mathematician · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Rachel Katznelson-Shazar (1885–1975), activist, zionist, essayist · buried at Mount Herzl
• Richard Conte (1910–1975), film actor, television actor, film director · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Robert Robinson (1886–1975), chemist · buried at Kensal Green Cemetery
• Robert Stolz (1880–1975), film score composer, conductor, composer · buried at Vienna Central Cemetery
• Rowland V. Lee (1891–1975), manufacturer, film actor, director · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Sam Giancana (1908–1975), gangster · buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery (Hillside, Illinois)
• Şefika Gaspıralı (1886–1975), activist, feminist, journalist · buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
• Shirley Ross (1913–1975), jazz musician, musical theatre actor, film actor · buried at Alta Mesa Memorial Park
• T-Bone Walker (1910–1975), recording artist, blues musician, street artist · buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Valeri Popenchenko (1937–1975), boxer · buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
• Vladimir Kuts (1927–1975), track and field coach, athletics competitor, long-distance runner · buried at Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery
• William David Coolidge (1873–1975), university teacher, electrical engineer, chemist · buried at Vale Cemetery and Vale Park
• William Lundigan (1914–1975), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Abdul Razak Hussein (1922–1976), politician, lawyer · buried at Makam Pahlawan
• Abram Room (1894–1976), theatre director, director, film director · buried at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
• Aleksandr Novikov (1900–1976), military officer, politician · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Alexandros Panagoulis (1939–1976), politician, engineer, poet · buried at First Cemetery of Athens
• Alfons Rebane (1908–1976), military officer, partisan, colonel · buried at Metsakalmistu
• Alvar Aalto (1898–1976), designer, urban planner, architect · buried at Hietaniemi Cemetery
• Andrei Fajt (1903–1976), poet, actor · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Andrei Grechko (1903–1976), soldier, military officer, politician · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Boris Iofan (1891–1976), architect · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Busby Berkeley (1895–1976), director, theatre director, choreographer · buried at Desert Memorial Park
• Carlo Gambino (1902–1976), godfather, criminal · buried at St. John Cemetery (Queens)
• Cathy Downs (1924–1976), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery (Santa Monica, California)
• Clara Horton (1904–1976), film actor, actor · buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park
• David Elazar (1925–1976), musician, military officer, military personnel · buried at Mount Herzl
• Eileen Gray (1878–1976), designer, architect · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Franciszek Szymczyk (1892–1976), sport cyclist, engineer · buried at Powązki Cemetery
• Freddie King (1934–1976), guitarist, singer-songwriter, singer · buried at Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery
• Fritz Lang (1890–1976), film screenwriter, producer, film actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Fuzzy Knight (1901–1976), film actor, television actor, songwriter · buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
• George Whipple (1878–1976), pathologist, physician · buried at Mount Hope Cemetery (Rochester)
• Gregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976), cellist, music educator, musician · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Hector Pieterson (1963–1976), activist · buried at Avalon Cemetery
• Howard Hughes (1905–1976), Flieger, military flight engineer, film producer · buried at Glenwood Cemetery (Houston, Texas)
• Howlin' Wolf (1910–1976), blues musician, street artist, guitarist · buried at Oakridge Cemetery
• Ivan Yakubovsky (1912–1976), memoirist, soldier, military officer · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Jacques Monod (1910–1976), molecular biologist, French resistance fighter, geneticist · buried at Cimetière du Grand Jas
• James Flavin (1906–1976), television actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• James Wong Howe (1899–1976), director, film director, camera operator · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Jean Servais (1912–1976), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Passy Cemetery
• Jesse Fuller (1896–1976), blues musician, recording artist, street artist · buried at Evergreen Cemetery (Oakland, California)
• Jimmy Reed (1925–1976), blues musician, recording artist, guitarist · buried at Lincoln Cemetery (Cook County)
• John A. Costello (1891–1976), barrister, politician · buried at Dean's Grange Cemetery
• Jonathan Netanyahu (1946–1976), soldier, paratrooper, military officer · buried at Mount Herzl
• Juan d'Arienzo (1900–1976), violinist, bandleader, musician · buried at La Chacarita Cemetery
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976), exlibrist, carpets designer, lithographer · buried at Waldfriedhof Dahlem
• Kathryn Kuhlman (1907–1976), preacher · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Keith Relf (1943–1976), rock musician, singer-songwriter, singer · buried at Richmond Cemetery
• L. S. Lowry (1887–1976), printmaker, visual artist, graphic artist · buried at Southern Cemetery, Manchester
• Lars Onsager (1903–1976), theoretical physicist, university teacher, chemist · buried at Grove Street Cemetery
• Lee J. Cobb (1911–1976), film actor, television actor, director · buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park
• Léonide Moguy (1898–1976), film editor, director, film director · buried at Passy Cemetery
• Lily Pons (1898–1976), film actor, opera singer, actor · buried at Cimetière du Grand Jas
• Lotte Lehmann (1888–1976), music educator, opera singer, director · buried at Vienna Central Cemetery
• Man Ray (1890–1976), collagist, assemblage artist, lithographer · buried at Montparnasse Cemetery
• Marcel Broodthaers (1924–1976), object artist, conceptual artist, video artist · buried at Ixelles Cemetery
• Maria Svolou (1892–1976), women's rights activist, social activist, politician · buried at First Cemetery of Athens
• Maxie Rosenbloom (1904–1976), boxer, film actor, television actor · buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
• Mickey Cohen (1913–1976), boxer, criminal · buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
• Mikhail Gurevich (1893–1976), military flight engineer, aircraft pilot, inventor · buried at Serafimovskoe Cemetery
• Mikhail Katukov (1900–1976), soldier, military officer, marshal · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Miriam Cooper (1891–1976), film actor, actor · buried at New Cathedral Cemetery
• Nam Il (1915–1976), military officer · buried at Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery
• Nikolay Nosov (1908–1976), science fiction writer, children's writer, director · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Nikoloz Muskhelishvili (1891–1976), university teacher, mathematician, physicist · buried at Mtatsminda Pantheon
• Norman Foster (1903–1976), film actor, director, film producer · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Oscar Bonavena (1942–1976), boxer · buried at La Chacarita Cemetery
• Otto Tief (1889–1976), border guardsman, jurist, politician · buried at Metsakalmistu
• Paul Robeson (1898–1976), musicologist, American football player, activist · buried at Ferncliff Cemetery
• Paul Russo (1914–1976), Formula One driver, racing automobile driver, engineer · buried at Crown Hill Cemetery
• Percy Faith (1908–1976), film score composer, bandleader, musician · buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
• Pierre Jean Jouve (1887–1976), essayist, literary critic, critic · buried at Montparnasse Cemetery
• Princess Fathia Fuad of Egypt (1930–1976), politician · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Pyotr Koshevoy (1905–1976), military officer, politician, writer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Ray Corrigan (1902–1976), film actor, actor · buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Ray Teal (1902–1976), saxophonist, film actor, television actor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Richard Arlen (1898–1976), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Richard J. Daley (1902–1976), politician · buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Alsip, Illinois)
• Rina Morelli (1908–1976), voice actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Campo Verano
• Rosalind Russell (1907–1976), film actor, television actor, model · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Ruth McDevitt (1895–1976), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Sal Mineo (1939–1976), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, New York)
• Sándor Bortnyik (1893–1976), theatre designer, graphic artist, pedagogue · buried at Fiume Road Graveyard
• Serafima Birman (1890–1976), director, theatre director, film director · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Sergei Shtemenko (1907–1976), military personnel · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Stanley Baker (1928–1976), film actor, television actor, film producer · buried at Putney Vale Cemetery
• Tadeusz Friedrich (1903–1976), fencer · buried at Rakowicki Cemetery
• Trofim Lysenko (1898–1976), agricultural biologist, geneticist, botanist · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Veikko Huhtanen (1919–1976), artistic gymnast · buried at Hietaniemi Cemetery
• Victor Varconi (1891–1976), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles)
• Vince Guaraldi (1928–1976), recording artist, jazz musician, film score composer · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)
• Walter Piston (1894–1976), musicologist, choreographer, violinist · buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery
• William Redfield (1927–1976), television actor, film actor, stage actor · buried at Long Island National Cemetery
• Yakov Zak (1913–1976), pedagogue, pianist, composer · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Yevgeny Zavoisky (1907–1976), nuclear physicist, physicist · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Zhu De (1886–1976), politician · buried at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
• Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895–1977), military officer · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Alexander Galich (1918–1977), chansonnier, human rights defender, guitarist · buried at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
• Alexander Rodimtsev (1905–1977), military officer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977), music theorist, musicologist, university teacher · buried at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery
• Alexander Volkov (1891–1977), children's writer, school teacher, university teacher · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Alexey Gribov (1902–1977), film actor, drama teacher, pedagogue · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Alfred Lunt (1892–1977), film actor, television actor, theatre director · buried at Forest Home Cemetery
• Allison Hayes (1930–1977), beauty pageant contestant, film actor, television actor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Américo Tesoriere (1899–1977), association football player, association football coach · buried at La Chacarita Cemetery
• Bing Crosby (1903–1977), television personality, baseball player, producer · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Bryan Foy (1896–1977), film screenwriter, producer, film producer · buried at Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles)
• Carlos Prío Socarrás (1903–1977), politician, lawyer · buried at Caballero Rivero Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum
• Carter DeHaven (1886–1977), film actor, television actor, film producer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Delmer Daves (1904–1977), manufacturer, director, film producer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Dennis Wheatley (1897–1977), science fiction writer, writer, screenwriter · buried at Brookwood Cemetery
• Dorothy Davenport (1895–1977), film actor, director, film producer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1905–1977), actor, film actor, dancer · buried at Evergreen Cemetery (Los Angeles)
• Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977), prose writer, essayist, novelist · buried at Santa Barbara Cemetery
• Erroll Garner (1921–1977), recording artist, jazz musician, musician · buried at Homewood Cemetery
• Ethel Waters (1896–1977), jazz musician, film actor, stage actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Francis Gary Powers (1929–1977), spy, aircraft pilot · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Freddie Prinze (1954–1977), television actor, film actor, screenwriter · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Gersh Budker (1918–1977), nuclear physicist, university teacher, inventor · buried at Yuzhnoye Cemetery (Novosibirsk)
• Gertrude Astor (1887–1977), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Groucho Marx (1890–1977), game show host, film actor, television actor · buried at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery
• Gummo Marx (1893–1977), vaudeville performer, stage actor, talent agent · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Gustav Krklec (1899–1977), essayist, translator, poet · buried at Mirogoj Cemetery
• Gustave Gilbert (1911–1977), opinion journalist, university teacher, psychologist · buried at Cedar Park Cemetery, New Jersey
• Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906–1977), military officer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Hamida Djandoubi (1949–1977), torturer, agricultural worker, rapist · buried at Cimetière Saint-Pierre (Marseille)
• Helen Ferguson (1900–1977), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Henri Langlois (1914–1977), archivist, civil servant · buried at Montparnasse Cemetery
• Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907–1977), director, film producer, film director · buried at Montmartre Cemetery
• Ilia Vekua (1907–1977), university teacher, mathematician, politician · buried at Mtatsminda Pantheon
• Ivan Fedyuninsky (1900–1977), military officer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Ivan Ivanovich Artobolevski (1905–1977), physicist, author, engineer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Jean Hagen (1923–1977), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory
• Joan Crawford (1905–1977), film actor, television actor, dancer · buried at Ferncliff Cemetery
• Johann Nepomuk David (1895–1977), music educator, university teacher, conductor · buried at Vienna Central Cemetery
• John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), science fiction writer, novelist, journalist · buried at Springwood Cemetery
• József Várszegi (1910–1977), javelin thrower, athletics competitor, athlete · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Konstantin Fedin (1892–1977), journalist, poet, politician · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977), organist, conductor, composer · buried at East Finchley Cemetery
• Levko Revutsky (1889–1977), music educator, film score composer, pedagogue · buried at Baikove Cemetery
• Lūcija Garūta (1902–1977), music educator, musician, pianist · buried at Forest Cemetery, Riga
• Luigi Traglia (1895–1977), Catholic bishop, Catholic priest · buried at Campo Verano
• Luis César Amadori (1902–1977), director, film director, painter · buried at La Recoleta Cemetery
• Margit Kovács (1902–1977), ceramicist, sculptor · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Maria Rasputin (1898–1977), circus performer, writer · buried at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery
• Marjorie Gateson (1891–1977), television actor, film actor, stage actor · buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Queens)
• Matthew Garber (1956–1977), film actor · buried at East Finchley Cemetery
• Nancy Tyson Burbidge (1912–1977), herbarium curator, scientific collector, conservationist · buried at Woden Cemetery
• Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977), manufacturer, producer, librettist · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Oğuz Atay (1934–1977), civil engineer, university teacher, playwright · buried at Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery
• Oskar Morgenstern (1902–1977), university teacher, political economist, economist · buried at Princeton Cemetery
• Pan Yuliang (1895–1977), graphic artist, painter, artist · buried at Montparnasse Cemetery
• Pascual Pérez (1926–1977), boxer · buried at La Chacarita Cemetery
• Peter Finch (1916–1977), film actor, film director, stage actor · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Ralph Hills (1902–1977), athletics competitor, physician · buried at Missoula Cemetery
• Raymond Bernard (1891–1977), director, film director, screenwriter · buried at Montmartre Cemetery
• Ricardo Cortez (1900–1977), film actor, stockbroker, film director · buried at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
• Richard Brauer (1901–1977), university teacher, mathematician · buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery
• Richard Carlson (1912–1977), film actor, television actor, director · buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery
• Robert McKimson (1910–1977), director, film director, animator · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Robert Middleton (1911–1977), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at United Jewish Cemetery
• Roberto Rossellini (1906–1977), film screenwriter, racing automobile driver, director · buried at Campo Verano
• Rózsa Péter (1905–1977), university teacher, mathematician, scientist · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Scott Bradley (1891–1977), film score composer, musician, pianist · buried at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
• Sebastian Cabot (1918–1977), film actor, television actor, voice actor · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Sergei Kruglov (1907–1977), politician · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Sergei Lemeshev (1902–1977), opera director, music educator, director · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Sergey Ilyushin (1894–1977), military flight engineer, aircraft pilot, university teacher · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Stephen Boyd (1931–1977), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
• Terence Rattigan (1911–1977), cricketer, playwright, writer · buried at Kensal Green Cemetery
• Thomas Campbell Clark (1899–1977), jurist, politician, lawyer · buried at Restland Memorial Park
• Tibor Déry (1894–1977), essayist, journalist, translator · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Vince Barnett (1902–1977), stage actor, actor · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Vladimir Tributs (1900–1977), naval officer, historian, politician · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Voldemar Panso (1920–1977), screenwriter, theatre director, pedagogue · buried at Metsakalmistu
• William Castle (1914–1977), film screenwriter, producer, film actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Wilmer Allison (1904–1977), tennis player, military officer · buried at Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, Texas)
• Yuri Zavadsky (1894–1977), director, theatre director, drama teacher · buried at Vagankovo Cemetery
• Yvonne Printemps (1894–1977), film actor, dancer, theatre director · buried at Neuilly-sur-Seine Old Communal Cemetery
• Adolf Berman (1906–1978), politician · buried at Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery
• Albert Kivikas (1898–1978), journalist, writer · buried at Metsakalmistu
• Alexander Kipnis (1891–1978), opera singer, musician, singer · buried at Willowbrook Cemetery
• Alfred Braun (1888–1978), broadcasting director, film actor, director · buried at Friedhof Heerstraße
• Alma Thomas (1891–1978), art educator, draftsperson, painter · buried at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Suitland, Maryland)
• Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978), revolutionary, party organizer, statesperson · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Ann Shoemaker (1891–1978), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Kensico Cemetery
• Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), classical composer, cellist, music educator · buried at Komitas Pantheon
• Arnold Hauser (1892–1978), cultural sociologist, philosopher, sociologist · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Astrid Allwyn (1905–1978), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• August Sabbe (1909–1978), resistance fighter, partisan · buried at Raadi cemetery
• Blossom Rock (1895–1978), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Bob Crane (1928–1978), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Bruce Geller (1930–1978), manufacturer, film producer, film director · buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park
• Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), musicologist, classical composer, choreographer · buried at Panteón de Dolores
• Charles Boyer (1899–1978), film actor, television actor, film producer · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Charles Eames (1907–1978), designer, director, film director · buried at Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)
• Charles Herbert Best (1899–1978), physiologist, biochemist, physician · buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
• Chill Wills (1902–1978), poker player, film actor, stage actor · buried at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery
• Claude Dauphin (1903–1978), film actor · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Dan Dailey (1915–1978), film actor, television actor, dancer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Edgar Bergen (1903–1978), ventriloquist, film actor, radio personality · buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Edward Lindberg (1886–1978), athletics competitor, baseball player · buried at Pacific View Memorial Park
• Federico Chávez (1881–1978), diplomat, politician, judge · buried at Recoleta Cemetery, Asuncion
• George Moscone (1929–1978), politician · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)
• Golda Meir (1898–1978), librarian, politician, teacher · buried at Mount Herzl
• György Csányi (1922–1978), sprinter · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Harold Barron (1894–1978), athletics competitor · buried at Willamette National Cemetery
• Harry Winston (1896–1978), shopkeeper, jewelry designer, jeweler · buried at Salem Fields Cemetery
• Helena Kagan (1889–1978), activist, physician · buried at Har HaMenuchot
• Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978), trade unionist, pharmacist, politician · buried at Lakewood Cemetery
• Ieva Simonaitytė (1897–1978), writer · buried at Antakalnis Cemetery
• Ilka Chase (1900–1978), film actor, novelist, television actor · buried at Westchester Hills Cemetery
• Ivan Kavaleridze (1887–1978), film screenwriter, director, film director · buried at Baikove Cemetery
• Ivan Tyulenev (1892–1978), soldier, politician, military personnel · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Jack Oakie (1903–1978), film actor, television actor, comedian · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Jack Warner (1892–1978), manufacturer, film producer, business executive · buried at Home of Peace Cemetery (Los Angeles)
• James Bryant Conant (1893–1978), university teacher, chemist, diplomat · buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery
• Jan Parandowski (1895–1978), classical philologist, translator, writer · buried at Powązki Cemetery
• Jean Acker (1893–1978), film actor, actor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Jean Améry (1912–1978), opinion journalist, philosopher, resistance fighter · buried at Vienna Central Cemetery
• Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1895–1978), linguist, professor · buried at Rakowicki Cemetery
• Joseph Colombo (1923–1978), gangster · buried at St. John Cemetery (Queens)
• Josette Day (1914–1978), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• József Bozsik (1925–1978), association football player, association football coach, politician · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Karl Lennart Oesch (1892–1978), military officer, politician · buried at Hietaniemi Cemetery
• Károly Levitzky (1885–1978), rower, athlete · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Kathleen Lockhart (1894–1978), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Kurt Gödel (1906–1978), university teacher, mathematician, physicist · buried at Princeton Cemetery
• László Nagy (1925–1978), translator, poet, writer · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Lee Garmes (1898–1978), film producer, film director, cinematographer · buried at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery
• Leo Ryan (1925–1978), military officer, politician, teacher · buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery
• Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978), philosopher of law, philosopher, writer · buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery
• Louis Prima (1910–1978), trumpeter, jazz musician, musician · buried at Metairie Cemetery
• Lucius D. Clay (1897–1978), military officer, military personnel, politician · buried at West Point Cemetery
• Luo Ruiqing (1906–1978), military commander, revolutionary, politician · buried at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
• Maja Berezowska (1893–1978), theatre designer, caricaturist, scenographer · buried at Powązki Military Cemetery
• Mária Mednyánszky (1901–1978), table tennis player, coach · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Marie-Louise Damien (1889–1978), film actor, singer · buried at Cimetière parisien de Pantin
• Mark Robson (1913–1978), film editor, director, film producer · buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park
• Maybelle Carter (1909–1978), recording artist, country musician, banjoist · buried at Hendersonville Memory Gardens
• Mladen Ramljak (1945–1978), association football player · buried at Mirogoj Cemetery
• Mstislav Keldysh (1911–1978), university teacher, mathematician, physicist · buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis
• Nagamichi Kuroda (1889–1978), scientific collector, mammalogist, ornithologist · buried at Aoyama Cemetery
• Nazli Sabri (1894–1978), queen consort · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Nikodim (1929–1978), priest · buried at Nikolskoe Cemetery
• O. E. Hasse (1903–1978), film actor, television actor, director · buried at Waldfriedhof Dahlem
• Petro Panch (1891–1978), prose writer, short story writer, writer · buried at Baikove Cemetery
• Philip Ahn (1905–1978), film actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (1896–1978), military personnel · buried at Protestant Cemetery, Rome
• Q960196 (1906–1978), director, war photographer, opinion journalist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Queenie Smith (1898–1978), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Ralph Berzsenyi (1909–1978), sport shooter · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Ralph Metcalfe (1910–1978), athletics competitor, sprinter, politician · buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Alsip, Illinois)
• Ramón Mercader (1913–1978), communist, assassin, spy · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Raúl Alberto Lastiri (1916–1978), politician · buried at La Chacarita Cemetery
• Robert Menzies (1894–1978), preface author, diplomat, politician · buried at Melbourne General Cemetery
• Roger Caillois (1913–1978), philosopher, literary critic, sociologist · buried at Montparnasse Cemetery
• Russell Metty (1906–1978), cinematographer · buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery
• Sally Eilers (1908–1978), film actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Sandy Denny (1947–1978), recording artist, songwriter, musician · buried at Putney Vale Cemetery
• Semyon Krivoshein (1899–1978), memoirist · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Stanisław Dygat (1914–1978), dramaturge, translator, playwright · buried at Powązki Cemetery
• Tamara Karsavina (1885–1978), autobiographer, music educator, dancer · buried at Hampstead Cemetery
• Terry Kath (1946–1978), guitarist, musician, singer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Theo Lingen (1903–1978), film actor, director, film director · buried at Vienna Central Cemetery
• Vera Maretskaya (1906–1978), actor · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev (1902–1978), military flight engineer, university teacher, military officer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Vladislav Dvorzhetsky (1939–1978), film actor · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Wendy Barrie (1912–1978), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Kensico Cemetery
• Abdi İpekçi (1929–1979), radio personality, journalist, human rights defender · buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
• Adolph Dubs (1920–1979), diplomat, politician · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• Agop Dilâçar (1895–1979), Turkologist, journalist, university teacher · buried at Şişli Armenian Cemetery
• Aksel Berg (1893–1979), submariner, military officer, physicist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Aleksei N. Leontiev (1903–1979), non-fiction writer, philosopher, academic · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Amedeo Nazzari (1907–1979), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Campo Verano
• Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919–1979), head of government, diplomat, politician · buried at Behesht-e Zahra
• Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929–1979), radio editor, journalist, writer · buried at Highgate Cemetery
• Antun Augustinčić (1900–1979), university teacher, sculptor, political commissar · buried at Mirogoj Cemetery
• Barbara Hutton (1912–1979), socialite · buried at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
• Ben Lyon (1901–1979), actor, film actor, television actor · buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Billy Bletcher (1894–1979), film actor, television actor, voice actor · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Bruno Apitz (1900–1979), communist, resistance fighter, editing staff · buried at Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
• Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908–1979), film producer, entrepreneur, businessperson · buried at Home of Peace Cemetery (Los Angeles)
• Carmine Galante (1910–1979), drug trafficker, gangster · buried at St. John Cemetery (Queens)
• Catherine Hessling (1900–1979), film actor, model, art model · buried at Cimetière parisien de Thiais
• Celal Atik (1917–1979), amateur wrestler · buried at Cebeci Asri Cemetery
• Celia Adler (1889–1979), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery (New York City)
• Charles Coughlin (1891–1979), radio personality, journalist, preacher · buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Southfield, Michigan)
• Consuelo de Saint Exupéry (1901–1979), journalist, sculptor, painter · buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979), director, film producer, film director · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Dave Fleischer (1894–1979), film producer, film director, animator · buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park
• David Butler (1894–1979), film actor, director, film producer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Dennis Gabor (1900–1979), holographer, university teacher, inventor · buried at Putney Vale Cemetery
• Dick Foran (1910–1979), film actor, television actor, singer · buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery
• Dimitri Tiomkin (1894–1979), film producer, music arranger, film score composer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Dolores Costello (1903–1979), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles)
• Doris Kenyon (1897–1979), film actor, television actor, singer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Edgar Buchanan (1903–1979), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Elemér Somfay (1898–1979), modern pentathlete, athletics competitor · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979), essayist, librettist, university teacher · buried at Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts)
• Emmaline Henry (1928–1979), film actor, television actor, stage actor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893–1979), draftsperson, film editor, director · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Evald Ilyenkov (1924–1979), philosopher, psychologist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894–1979), politician · buried at Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
• Georgy Beriev (1903–1979), military flight engineer, aircraft pilot, inventor · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Géza Kádas (1926–1979), swimmer · buried at Fiume Road Graveyard
• Giovanni De Prà (1900–1979), athlete, association football player · buried at Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno
• Grant Green (1935–1979), recording artist, jazz musician, jazz guitarist · buried at Greenwood Cemetery (Hillsdale, Missouri)
• Harry Meyen (1924–1979), director, film actor, theatre designer · buried at Ohlsdorf Cemetery
• Heinz Erhardt (1909–1979), cabaret performer, librettist, film actor · buried at Ohlsdorf Cemetery
• Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979), political theorist, philosopher, sociologist · buried at Dorotheenstadt Cemetery
• István Örkény (1912–1979), chemical engineer, dramaturge, playwright · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery
• Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893–1979), music theorist, composer · buried at Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
• Jack Haley (1897–1979), film actor, stage actor, musician · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• Jacob L. Devers (1887–1979), basketball coach, soldier · buried at Arlington National Cemetery
• James Thomas Farrell (1904–1979), novelist, literary critic, writer · buried at Calvary Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois)
• Jean Seberg (1938–1979), film actor, film director, actor · buried at Montparnasse Cemetery
• Jean Stafford (1915–1979), short story writer, novelist, writer · buried at Green River Cemetery
• Jim Hutton (1934–1979), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Joan Blondell (1906–1979), beauty pageant contestant, film actor, model · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• John Carroll (1906–1979), film actor, actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• John F. Seitz (1892–1979), cinematographer, inventor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City, California)
• John Glascock (1951–1979), guitarist, musician, singer · buried at Mill Hill Cemetery
• John Wayne (1907–1979), film screenwriter, producer, American football player · buried at Pacific View Memorial Park
• John Wright (1909–1979), Catholic bishop, Catholic priest · buried at Holyhood Cemetery
• Jon Hall (1915–1979), film actor, television actor, film producer · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Josef Kotin (1908–1979), politician, engineer · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Joseph Kessel (1898–1979), novelist, opinion journalist, aircraft pilot · buried at Montparnasse Cemetery
• Juana de Ibarbourou (1892–1979), poet, writer · buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo
• Larisa Shepitko (1938–1979), director, film director, screenwriter · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Laurie Bird (1953–1979), stage actor, film actor, photographer · buried at Flushing Cemetery
• Lazar Lagin (1903–1979), science fiction writer, children's writer, poet · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Leonid Bykov (1928–1979), director, film director, screenwriter · buried at Baikove Cemetery
• Lesley Selander (1900–1979), director, film director, television director · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Lev Arnshtam (1905–1979), director, film director, audio engineer · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• Ludwig Renn (1889–1979), resistance fighter, Esperantist, police officer · buried at Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
• Mahmoud Taleghani (1911–1979), akhoond, theologian, politician · buried at Behesht-e Zahra
• Marcel Jouhandeau (1888–1979), writer · buried at Montmartre Cemetery
• Marcel L'Herbier (1888–1979), film producer, director, film director · buried at Montparnasse Cemetery
• Marjorie Lee Browne (1914–1979), mathematician · buried at Beechwood Cemetery (Durham, North Carolina)
• Mary Pickford (1892–1979), film screenwriter, producer, film actor · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Mika Waltari (1908–1979), novelist, journalist, translator · buried at Hietaniemi Cemetery
• Mikhail Khozin (1896–1979), military officer · buried at Vagankovo Cemetery
• Minnie Riperton (1947–1979), recording artist, musician, singer-songwriter · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Muhsin Ertuğrul (1892–1979), director, theatre director, film director · buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
• Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979), woman conductor, music educator, music theorist · buried at Montmartre Cemetery
• Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979), philanthropist, art collector, politician · buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
• Nematollah Nassiri (1910–1979), diplomat, minister, politician · buried at Behesht-e Zahra
• Nikolai Tikhonov (1896–1979), translator, politician, poet · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Nino Rota (1911–1979), lecturer, film score composer, musician · buried at Campo Verano
• Park Chung-hee (1917–1979), army officer, politician · buried at Seoul National Cemetery
• Paul Dessau (1894–1979), musicologist, university teacher, film score composer · buried at Dorotheenstadt Cemetery
• Paul Meurisse (1912–1979), film actor, stage actor, actor · buried at Neuilly-sur-Seine Old Communal Cemetery
• Pyotr Pospelov (1898–1979), propagandist, historian, economist · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Q230958 (1911–1979), film actor, actor, screenwriter · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale, California)
• Q551607 (1915–1979), opinion journalist, jurist, politician · buried at Powązki Cemetery
• Ray Ventura (1908–1979), jazz musician, bandleader, musician · buried at Batignolles Cemetery
• Robert Burns Woodward (1917–1979), university teacher, chemist · buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery
• Robert Florey (1900–1979), director, film producer, film director · buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
• Roman Ghirshman (1895–1979), explorer, anthropologist, archaeologist · buried at Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
• Shirley Mason (1900–1979), film actor, actor · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Stan Kenton (1911–1979), recording artist, music educator, jazz musician · buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
• Van McCoy (1940–1979), digital piano, bandleader, songwriter · buried at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Suitland, Maryland)
• Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979), patron of the arts, essayist, critic · buried at La Recoleta Cemetery
• Vsevolod Bobrov (1922–1979), bandy player, ice hockey player, ice hockey coach · buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery
• William Gargan (1905–1979), film actor, television actor, actor · buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (San Diego)
• Yelena Kuzmina (1909–1979), film actor, actor · buried at Novodevichy Cemetery
• Yuri Krylov (1930–1979), ice hockey player · buried at Vagankovo Cemetery
• Zoltán Várkonyi (1912–1979), film actor, theatrologist, director · buried at Farkasréti Cemetery