1973 deaths

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).

Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Johnson was vice president under John F. Kennedy from 1961 until Kennedy's assassination in 1963, when he assumed the presidency. Before becoming vice president, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress, representing Texas as a member of the Democratic Party.

Chilean poet and politician (1904–1973)

Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from his experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist, and Taoist philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought. With a career spanning Hong Kong and the United States, Lee is regarded as the first global Chinese film star and one of the most influential martial artists in the history of cinema. Known for his roles in five feature-length martial arts films, he is credited with helping to popularize martial arts films in the 1970s and promoting Hong Kong action cinema.

American writer (1892–1973)

Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1948–1953, 1955–1963) - (born1886–1973)

28th president of Chile (1908–1973)

British-American poet (1907–1973)

American film director (1894–1973)

President of Cuba, 1940–1944; dictator, 1952-1959 (1901-1973)

2nd President of the Republic of Turkey (1884–1973)

Austrian-American economist (1881–1973)

German nuclear physicist (1907–1973)

German communist politician and dictator (1893–1973)

Italian actress (1908-1973)

Norwegian economist (1895–1973)

American scientist, biochemist, microbiologist who discovered Streptomycin and many antibiotics

Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897-1973)

German field marshal (1887-1973)

Finnish chemist and professor (1895–1973)

German philosopher and sociologist (1895–1973)

King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist

Spanish cellist, conductor and composer (1876–1973)

German chemist (1898–1973)

Ethiopian double Olympic marathon champion

Soviet military commander (1897-1973)

Netherlands-born American astronomer (1905–1973)

French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist (1889-1973)

Malaysian singer, actor and film director (1929–1973)

Soviet marshal (1883-1973)

Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist (1932-1973)

Austrian poet and author (1926–1973)

Swiss physiologist (1881-1973)

Romanian-American actor (1893-1973)

English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer (1899–1973)

American actress (1922–1973)

American journalist, author, film director and screenwriter (1888-1973)

Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean politician (1924-1973)

Austrian lawyer (1881–1973)

British American author and lecturer (1915–1973)

French philosopher (1882–1973)

History of Political Philosophy scholar (1899-1973)

Egyptian writer and literary critic (1889–1973)

Greek actress (1900-1973)

American astrophysicist and the 5th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1872–1973)

American congresswoman for Montana (1880-1973)

American actress and pin-up girl (1916–1973)

Russian-Soviet singer (1900-1973)

Spanish admiral and politician

American singer and actor (1936–1973)

pioneer in computing, original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer (1900-1973)

12th Prime Minister of Canada (1882-1973)

Scottish educator and theorist (1883-1973)

Anglo-Irish novelist and diarist (1899–1973)

French convict and author (1906-1973)

French filmmaker and actor (1917–1973)

German field marshal (1892–1973)

American actor (1909-1973)

Australian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (1894-1973)