1974 suicides

American poet (1928–1974)

British singer-songwriter

American television news reporter (1944–1974)

American actor (1916-1974)

Mexican politician (1902-1974)

German sprinter (1905-1974)

Soviet writer, screenwriter, film director (1937—1974)

United States Senator from California (1945–1959)

English musician (1937–1974)

American writer

American hijacker and would-be assassin of Richard Nixon

Belgian poet and graphic artist (1953-1974)

Hungarian astronomer (1906-1974)

British actress (1926-1974)

Brazilian theologian (1945–1974)

Mexican rural teacher, student leader and commander of Partido de los Pobres Armed Wing (1938-2022)

American actor (1915-1974)

Vijayasree was an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema in the 1970s. She acted in many movies opposite Prem Nazir and also worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films.

German biographer and Holocaust survivor (1912–1974)

American serial killer (1944–1974)

Czechoslovakian philosopher and writer (1897-1974)

American serial killer (1949-1974)

Swedish writer (1899-1974)

Indian mathematician

German flying ace (1910-1974)

British actress (1918-1974)

Southern Rhodesian WWII flying ace (1919–1974)

British actress (1935-1974)

Hungarian actor (1908–1974)

Hungarian actor (1913-1974)