1977 deaths

Russian author of Jewish ancestry

(1889-1977) World Chief Guide

American novelist, short story writer, journalist (1892–1977)

American writer (1906–1977)

Zózimo Alves Calazans, best known as Zózimo (19 June 1932 – 21 July 1977) was a Brazilian footballer whose career as a defender and midfielder lasted from 1948 to 1967.

Swedish physicist

Russian-American sculptor (1890–1977)

First woman state governor in the U.S.

Italian footballer (1904-1977)

American singer (1948–1977)

Welsh racing driver

expressionist modernist poet, author, and diplomat from Austria-Hungary

French film director (1904–1977)

Queen Consort of Jordan (1972-1977)

Czech essayist and philosopher (1907-1977)

Chinese painter (1895-1977)

American actress (1923–1977)

American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (1914–1977)

Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1902-1977)

daughter of Louis II, Prince of Monaco; mother of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1898-1977)

Swedish princess (1899–1977)

American writer (1906–1977)

Soviet chess player (1919–1977)

American jazz pianist and composer (1921–1977)

Russian mathematician (1907-1977)

Latvian composer (1902–1977)

Belgian politician (1900-1977)

sentenced to death in France

Brazilian racing driver (1944-1977)

Lebanese politician (1917-1977)

Canadian-American bandleader

Hungarian writer (1894–1977)

British playwright, screenwriter (1911-1977)

Japanese admiral

American civil rights activist (1917–1977)

German manager and president of industry association, former SS officer and Nazi party member; kidnapped by terrorist group RAF in 1977 to force release of imprisoned terrorists, subsequently murdered

Paraguayan football striker (1915-1977)

Jamaican politician and labour leader (1884–1977)

Hungarian mathematician (1905-1977)

Duke of Parma (1889–1977)

German Holocaust perpetrator (1904–1977)

Soviet military commander (1905–1977)

actor (1892-1977)

American musician (1935-1977)

American mathematician (1892–1977)

Japanese actress and film director

English racing driver (1931-1977)

American science fiction writer (1904–1977)

Swiss mathematician (1888–1977)

Italian footballer (1948-1977)

president of Cuba (1903-1977)

Dutch politician (1894–1977)

Romanian footballer (1911–1977)

French film archivist (1914-1977)

Ethiopian military leader and head of state (1921-1977)

racecar driver

American screenwriter, film director, producer and playwright (1897-1977)

cohabitant of Pablo Picasso (1909–1977)

boxer (1926-1977)

Colombian writer (1917–1977)