1973 deaths

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

Japanese actor (1889–1973)

British writer

American novelist and poet (1889–1973)

German conductor and composer (1885–1973)

American aviator, actor, director and producer (1893-1973)

Italian fashion designer and couturier (1890-1973)

54th President of Mexico

American photographer, artist and curator (1879-1973)

American actor (1906–1974)

Italian writer (1893-1973)

Uruguayan footballer (1900-1973)

German-born American film director (1900-1973)

British anthropologist (1902–1973)

Serbian war heroine (1890–1973)

Lithuanian-born British actor (1928-1973)

American singer-songwriter (1943–1973)

French mathematician (1878–1973)

American actor (1919–1973)

physicist (1892-1973)

American gospel musician (1915–1973)

French racing driver

Spiritual Leader, occultist and collaborator of Sri Aurobindo (1878–1973)

Soviet film director (1905-1973)

French screenwriter and film director (1900-1973)

American sculptor and conceptual artist (1938-1973)

American drummer, composer, and bandleader (1909-1973)

Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 187924 December 1973), commonly known as Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician. He was the organiser of the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam and is considered the architect of Dravidian politics, as well as a leading figure of left-wing politics in India.

German actress, art collector (1893-1973)

American playwright and novelist (1913–1973)

American mobster (1891–1973)

American jazz saxophonist (1909–1973)

Czech music educator and composer (1893-1973)

Swiss-American engineer and educator (1904-1973)

German philosopher (1897-1973)

Argentine footballer (1902-1973)

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1890–1973)

American and French sculptor (1891–1973)

Greek politician (1903-1973)

United States Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient

South African actor (1890–1973)

Danish artist (1914-1973)

Iraqi politician, academic and pan-Arab nationalist (1913–1973)

Italian composer of the 20th century (1882-1973)

American singer-songwriter

Spanish football coach (1919–1973)

Hungarian born American violinist (1892-1973)

United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient and Commandant of the Marine Corps (1887–1973)

third president of Lebanon (1902-1973)

German dancer, choreographer, and dance instructor (1886–1973)

Italian conductor and composer (1920-1973)

Soviet aeronautical engineer, helicopter designer (1902-1973)

Indian film and stage actor (1913-1973)

Brazilian painter (1886-1973)

Austrian mathematician (1893–1973)

Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater (1898–1973)

Belgian lawyer, economist, Catholic politician and statesman (1893-1973)

Finnish athletics competitor (1908–1973)

French politician (1910–1973)

American actor (1891–1973)