1976 deaths

American blues guitarist and singer (1911-1976)

German actor (1891–1976)

Austrian footballer (1905-1976)

American actress (1928-1976)

Soviet film director (1894–1976)

German architect (1894–1976)

Moroccan monarch

Italian footballer (1937-1976)

American actress (1891–1976)

American criminal (1913–1975)

American artist (1899–1976)

Thai prince (1891–1976)

Belgian visual artist (1924-1976)

Bolivian footballer (1910–1976)

Yashpal Singh (3 December 1903 – 26 December 1976) was a Hindi-language writer, political commentator, a socialist and an essayist. He wrote in a range of genres, including essays, novels and short stories, as well as a play, two travel books and an autobiography. He won the Hindi-language Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Meri Teri Uski Baat in 1976 and was also a recipient of the Padma Bhushan.

American mathematician and historian (1906–1976)

Belgian film and stage actor (1912-1976)

Hungarian actress (1898-1976)

Naval officer (1889–1976)

German footballer (1907-1976)

Japanese electrical engineer (1886–1976)

British actor (1916–1976)

Austrian footballer (1911-1976)

Serbian footballer (1923-1976)

Italian chess player (1905-1976)

German actress and singer (1899–1976)

Russian lawyer (1878–1976)

racing cyclist (1900–1976)

Israeli politician (1904–1976)

German handball player (1914–1976)

Nicaraguan revolutionary (1936-1976)

Chilean footballer (1896-1976)

mathematician and biochemical theorist (1894–1976)

French writer (1888–1976)

Japanese Olympic swimmer

boxer (1900–1976)

Spanish football player/manager (1909-1976)

American politician and economist (1892–1976)

Hungarian actor

Prime Minister of Libya (1892-1976)

Australian tennis player (1904–1976)

Bolivian footballer (1912-1976)

racing cyclist (1900–1976)

Brazilian entomologist (1897-1976)

Israeli scientist and engineer (1886-1976)

Danish footballer (1887-1976)

German racecar driver (1906-1976)

Italian association footballer (1906–1976)

Ukrainian-born French pianist (1896-1976)

American actress (1924–1976)

Mexican writer (1887-1976)

Italian writer (1900–1976)

co-founder and general-secretary of the Polisario (1948-1976)

Scottish actor (1900–1976)

actor (1917-1976)

ski jumper (1901–1976)

Austrian writer (1897–1976)

Canoe racer (1913–1976)

racecar driver (1909-1976)

Soviet Jewish pianist (1913-1976)