1973 deaths

Mexican singer and songwriter (1926–1973)

Austrian painter (1887-1973)

actress (1915-1973)

Italian athlete (1893-1973)

American actress (1908/1911–1973)

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

disputed claimant to extreme longevity record (1805–1973)

Dutch footballer (1904-1973)

American actor (1895-1973)

Peruvian footballer (1901–1973)

Uruguayan footballer (1928-1973)

Czechoslovak canoeist and speed canoeist (1908–1973)

Soviet chess player (1934-1973)

Swedish swimmer (1901-1973)

American ice hockey player (1897–1973)

Russian mathematician (1901-1973)

American novelist, playwright (1917–1973)

American sculptor (1876–1973)

Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor (1929–1973)

Brazilian physician, writer and activist against world hunger (1908–1973)

athletics competitor (1904–1973)

Finnish motorcycle racer (1945-1973)

Soviet spy (1895–1973)

Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal (1908–1973)

Russian Soviet actress (1898–1973)

American actor (1899–1973)

American actress who specialized in playing the "other woman" in B-movies (1927-1973)

German politician (1905-1973)

Governor of Arkansas (1912-1973)

Czech footballer (1908-1973)

Ottoman noble (1895–1973)

Finnish general (1897–1973)

Mexican actor (1907–1973)

American actor and singer (1934–1973)

American actor (1889–1973)

American actor (1924-1973)

American business woman and inventor (1887-1973)

Belgian footballer (1914-1973)

French actor (1892-1973)

athletics competitor (1898–1973)

Second Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Finnish writer (1944-1973)

racecar driver (1903–1973)

conductor and composer from Poland (1900-1973)

American politician (1891–1973)

actress (1902–1973)

French writer (1885–1973)

German diplomat and Righteous Among the Nations (1904-1973)

French politician (1889–1973)

French footballer (1909–1973)

American actor, film writer, director (1886-1973)

Italian general (1884–1973)

Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1874-1973)

Czech academic, physicist, arctic explorer, professor, publicist, translator, writer, university educator and science writer (1898–1973)

Russian writer (1898–1973)

Italian racing driver (1926-1973)

Polish-Soviet general (1902－1973)

fencer (1885–1973)

American businesswoman (1887–1973)

American actress (1923-1973)