973 deaths

Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973

thumb|320px|Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim presents an aged emperor Otto the Great with her Gesta Oddonis, under the eyes of Abbess Gerberga II, Abbess of Gandersheim|Gerberga. 1501 [[woodcut by Albrecht Dürer.]]

German bishop and saint (890–973)

Margrave of the Billung March fropm 936 to 973

Count in Breisgau; possible progenitor of the House of Habsburg

Duke of Swabia from 954 to 973

Later Zhou emperor

German writer

Count of Hainaut (920-973)

Kyunyŏ (or Kyunyeo, ; 923–973) was a Korean Buddhist monk and poet. He came from the Hwangju Byeon clan and his hometown was Hwangju. Among his works are the first extant collection of poetry in Korean, Songs of the Ten Vows Samantabhara, which can be found in The Life of Kuehne (c. 1075).

lower Lotharingian count

Irish king

Iraqi poet

Bishop of Wells; Archbishop of Canterbury

Hanbali jurist

Jawdhar (, before 909March 973), surnamed al-Ustadh (), was a eunuch slave who served the Fatimid caliphs al-Qa'im, al-Mansur, and al-Mu'izz as chamberlain and de facto chief minister until his death. He was an extremely powerful figure in the Fatimid court, and was ranked immediately after the caliph and his designated heir. The accession of al-Mansur was probably due to Jawdhar's machinations, and he was placed in charge of keeping the new caliph's relatives under house arrest. He enjoyed close relations with the Kalbid emirs of Sicily, which enabled him to engage in profitable commerce with