1973 deaths

character actor (1918–1973)

American criminal and convicted rapist (1931–1973)

Catholic cardinal and apostolic nuncio (1883–1973)

American basketball player (1932–1973)

Soviet actor (1901-1973)

Swedish amateur wrestler (1915–1973)

Austrian-Dutch chess player and writer

Uruguayan footballer (1891-1973)

American historian (1887-1973)

Japanese admiral (1890–1973)

American physician (1903-1973)

Soviet writer (1912–1973)

American supporting actor (1915-1973)

Uruguayan football striker

Egyptian footballer (1909-1973)

American musician (1945–1973)

British actor (1915-1973)

British suffragist (1881–1973)

Australian tennis player (1894–1973)

Dutch footballer (1878–1973)

British artist (1895-1973)

American actor (1899-1973)

German police chief (1874-1973)

Israeli novelist (1898-1973)

Chilean diplomat and athlete (1882-1973)

American screenwriter, TV producer and novelist, best known for his work on Star Trek (1924–1973)

Belgian cyclist (1888–1973)

Italian actor (1886-1973)

Argentine footballer (1900-1973)

Turkish novelist (1910–1973)

American ornithologist and museum curator (1887–1973)

Russian screenwriter, journalist and poet (1898-1973)

American actress and screenwriter (1888–1973)

German general (1887–1973)

Scottish Cardinal (1884-1973)

American pole vaulter

Catholic cardinal (1884–1973)

Swedish sprinter (1893–1973)

British athlete (1901–1973)

American actress (1893-1973)

Cuban botanist, taxonomist & phytopathologist (1900-1973)

Tunisian theologian, professor and rector of the University of Ez-Zitouna (1879-1973)

American psychologist & scholar (1906-1973)

Comic book writer-artist

Palestinian journalist, historian and politician (1891-1973)

Swedish writer (1908–1973)

Israeli historian and politician (1884-1973)

American tennis player (1894–1973)

Italian racing cyclist (1909–1973)

Canadian rower (1898-1973)

Canadian ice hockey player (1905–1973)

Argentine association football player (1904-1973)

Dutch footballer (1909-1973)

General of the Lithuanian Army (1890–1973)

aviation pioneer and United States Army officer (1899-1973)

fencer (1891–1973)

Chinese educator, esperantist and politician (1881-1973)

Afghan politician (1921-1973)

Turkish photographer (1881–1973)

American film actress (1915-1973)