1976 deaths

Swedish-American physicist and electrical engineer (1889–1976)

Soviet military commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1912-1976)

Hungarian-American film producer (1873–1976)

Russian Byzantinist (1902-1976)

Nigerian politician and general (1938–1976)

British actress (1922–1976)

physician, writer of Esperanto literature (1891–1976)

American blues guitarist and singer (1934–1976)

American lyricist, songwriter, singer and record executive (1909–1976)

Irish architect and designer (1878-1976)

Kazakhstani poet (1931–1976)

German academic (1904-1976)

British archaeologist (1890-1976)

younger son of Christian X of Denmark and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Japanese Naval officer (1902-1976)

American guitarist (1951–1976)

North Korean vice-marshal and politician (1900－1976)

German biologist (1913–1976)

Rwandan politician, 1st and former President of Rwanda (1924-1976)

American film director and musical choreographer (1895-1976)

Brazilian scientist (1894-1976)

American mobster (1902–1976)

German general (1894-1976)

Soviet military commander (1905-1976)

Indian Bengali filmmaker and script writer (1925–1976)

Greek politician and poet (1939-1976)

Austrian-American sociologist

3rd Taoiseach from 1948 to 1951, and 1954 to 1957

American opera singer and actress (1898-1976)

Danish politician (1910-1976)

Canadian neurosurgeon, college football player and coach (1891–1976)

American blues musician and songwriter (1925–1976)

Soviet marshal of aviation

Ukraine-born American cellist

Chilean economist and diplomat (1932-1976)

61th Bolivian president (1920-1976)

Hungarian mathematician (1910–1976)

Italian footballer (1905-1976)

British artist (1879-1976)

Cuban writer, poet (1910–1976)

Swiss pianist and conductor of Hungarian birth (1921-1976)

Austrian figure skater and swimmer (1909–1976)

Palestinian activist (1910–1976)

Chinese-American film director and cinematographer (1899–1976)

President of Colombia (1891-1976)

Danish poet and author (1917–1976)

German artist (1888–1976)

Ukrainian women's rights activist, politician and writer (1892-1976)

Soviet writer (1908–1976)

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1900-1976)

American singer (1943–1976)

(1910–1976)

German tennis player (1909–1976)

American writer and journalist (1897-1976)

American photographer (1883-1976)

Soviet architect (1891–1976)

Swedish author, artist, composer and singer (1890–1976)

German conductor (1910–1976)

politician (1896-1976)

Belgian athlete (1954–1976)