1974 deaths

President of France from 1969 to 1974

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974)

Guatemalan writer and diplomat (1899–1974)

English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 1932

Swedish writer (1891–1974)

president of Argentina (1946–55, 1973–74)

American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist (1902–1974)

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

UN Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971

Indian Bengali physicist and polymath (1894–1974)

Italian film director (1901-1974)

German industrialist and Holocaust rescuer (1908–1974)

British physicist (1897-1974)

German children's writer (1899–1974)

President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969

novelist, playwright and filmmaker from France (1895-1974)

Italian philosopher and esotericist (1898-1974)

Soviet sniper (1916–1974)

Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science (1922-1974)

Swiss astronomer who posited dark matter (1898–1974)

French writer (1899-1974)

American journalist and political commentator (1889–1974)

American actor (1894–1974)

Palestinian Arab nationalist (1897–1974)

German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1907-1974)

Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and film director (1929-1974)

Polish-American film producer (1882–1974)

Soviet violinist (1908-1974)

American obstetrical anesthesiologist (1909-1974)

American electrical engineer and science administrator (1890–1974)

American pharmacologist (1915–1974)

American singer (1941–1974)

American poet (1928–1974)

Mexican painter and muralist (1908–1974)

British singer-songwriter

American television host (1901-1974)

seventh President of Austria (1899–1974)

American actress (1900–1974)

Estonian-American architect (1901–1974)

French composer (1892–1974)

Mexican writer (1925-1974)

Chinese military leader, Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1898–1974)

American actor, producer and comedian (1897–1974)

English film actor and film director (1882–1974)

American comedic entertainer (1894–1974)

3rd President of Israel (1963–1973)

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1953 to 1969 (1891–1974)

president of Brazil from 1946 to 1951

German businessman (1898–1974)

Italian screenwriter, director, actor (1914–1974)

German politician, former member of the Nazi Party, rival of Adolf Hitler and founder of the Black Front (1888-1974)

British soldier (1900–1974), Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947

American comic strip and comic book writer (1914-1974)

Polish-born British mathematician (1908–1974)

4th President of Ireland (1905-1974)

Soviet admiral (1904–1974)

American composer, music theorist, creator of musical instruments

American actress (1897–1974)

Russian physicist (1898-1974)

Ukrainian-American filmmaker (1902–1974)