1973 deaths

American actor (1919-1973)

French politician (1910–1973)

American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1897–1973)

German Wehrmacht general (1879–1973)

American lyricist and Hollywood film producer (1894-1973)

Turkish poet (1894–1973)

Israeli military officer (1899-1973)

Polish sculptor (1926-1973)

American statistician and econometrician (1895-1973)

Scottish racing driver

American physicist and astronomer (1898–1973)

American serial killer (1939–1973)

Norwegian-Swedish journalist (1886-1973)

American actress (1913/1916–1973)

American jazz trombonist (1886–1973)

Ukrainian historian

American actor (1896-1973)

Belgian politician (1914-1973)

Romanian engineer

Spanish footballer (1907-1973)

American actor, interior designer (1900–1973)

Danish opera singer (1890-1973)

British racing driver (1948–1973)

President of Costa Rica (1891-1973)

prominent screen actress of the silent film era (1901-1973)

Austrian weightlifter (1906-1973)

Swedish footballer and manager (1905-1973)

Tuvan politician (1901-1973)

American inventor (1895–1973)

Japanese writer (1896–1973)

American cartoonist (1913-1973)

Sri Lankan politician (1911–1973)

Turkish Marxist–Leninist revolutionary (1949-1973)

Soviet film director (1906–1973)

author, artist (1892-1973)

French aviation pioneer (1880–1973)

American paleontologist (1894-1973)

British long-distance runner

Chilean footballer (1902-1973)

Romanian writer (1886-1973)

racecar driver (1914-1973)

British ornithologist and biologist (1910-1973)

Soviet general (1891–1973)

German writer (1933–1973)

French banker and Esperanto author (1894–1973)

athletics competitor

American musician (1944–1973)

Soviet aeronautical engineer, aircraft engine designer, scientist (1901-1973)

Czech conductor, composer and director conductor of Czech Philharmonic (1908–1973)

Hungarian film actor (1904-1973)

French alpine skier (1937-1973)

wife of H. H. Kung (1889-1973)

Hungarian actress (1904-1973)

disputed claimant to extreme longevity record (1805–1973)

Ukrainian nationalist writer, publisher, journalist and political thinker (1883–1973)

Austrian painter (1887-1973)

South African painter and printmaker (1886-1973)

German politician (1898-1973)

French writer (1885–1973)

Romanian mathematician, computer pioneer (1906–1973)