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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Greeley Abbot
Astronomer
31-May-1872 17-Dec-1973 Solar energy
Conrad Aiken
Poet
5-Aug-1889 17-Aug-1973 Earth Triumphant
Howard Aiken
Physicist
8-Mar-1900 14-Mar-1973 Designer of early computers
Marc Allégret
Film Director
22-Dec-1900 4-Nov-1973 Entrée des Artistes
Salvador Allende
Head of State
26-Jul-1908 11-Sep-1973 Chilean President, deposed by Pinochet
Kenneth Allsop
Critic
29-Jan-1920 23-May-1973 London Evening News book critic
Leona Anderson
Actor
3-Apr-1885 25-Dec-1973 House on Haunted Hill
Margaret Anderson
Author
24-Nov-1886 18-Oct-1973 Founder of the Little Review
Robert Armstrong
Actor
20-Nov-1890 20-Apr-1973 King Kong
W. H. Auden
Poet
21-Feb-1907 29-Sep-1973 The Age of Anxiety
John Banner
Actor
28-Jan-1910 28-Jan-1973 Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes
Lex Barker
Actor
8-May-1919 11-May-1973 The tenth to play Tarzan
Fulgencio Batista
Head of State
16-Jan-1901 6-Aug-1973 Overthrown by Fidel Castro
David Ben-Gurion
Head of State
16-Oct-1886 1-Dec-1973 First Prime Minister of Israel
Sidney Blackmer
Actor
13-Jul-1895 5-Oct-1973 Played Theodore Roosevelt 12 times
Arna Bontemps
Novelist
13-Oct-1902 4-Jun-1973 God Sends Sunday
Veda Ann Borg
Actor
11-Jan-1915 16-Aug-1973 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Elizabeth Bowen
Author
7-Jun-1899 22-Feb-1973 The Heat of the Day
Ira S. Bowen
Astronomer
21-Dec-1898 6-Feb-1973 Debunked nebulium
Jane Bowles
Novelist
22-Feb-1917 4-May-1973 Two Serious Ladies
Joe E. Brown
Actor
28-Jul-1892 6-Jul-1973 Some Like It Hot
Prentiss M. Brown
Politician
18-Jun-1889 19-Dec-1973 US Senator from Michigan, 1936-43
Pearl S. Buck
Author
26-Jun-1892 6-Mar-1973 The Good Earth
Wally Butts
Football
7-Feb-1905 17-Dec-1973 UGA Head Coach, 1939-60
Leonard Carmichael
Educator
9-Nov-1898 16-Sep-1973 Smithsonian Chief, 1953-64
Alan Carney
Actor
22-Dec-1909 2-May-1973 Comedy duo, Brown & Carney
Pablo Casals
Cellist
29-Dec-1876 22-Oct-1973 Spanish cellist and conductor
Peggie Castle
Actor
22-Dec-1927 11-Aug-1973 Lily Merrill on Lawman
Lon Chaney, Jr.
Actor
10-Feb-1906 12-Jul-1973 The Wolf Man
Mary Ellen Chase
Scholar
24-Feb-1887 28-Jul-1973 Silas Crockett
Bull Connor
Government
11-Jul-1897 10-Mar-1973 Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner
Melville Cooper
Actor
15-Oct-1896 31-Mar-1973 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Arturo de Córdova
Actor
8-May-1907 3-Nov-1973 El
Ted de Corsia
Actor
29-Sep-1905 11-Apr-1973 The Enforcer
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Head of State
30-Dec-1890 3-Dec-1973 President of Mexico, 1952-58
Noel Coward
Playwright
16-Dec-1899 26-Mar-1973 Design for Living
Wally Cox
Actor
6-Dec-1924 15-Feb-1973 Mr. Peepers
Norma Crane
Actor
10-Nov-1928 28-Sep-1973 Fiddler on the Roof
Jim Croce
Singer/Songwriter
10-Jan-1943 20-Sep-1973 Time in a Bottle
Bobby Darin
Singer
14-May-1936 20-Dec-1973 Mack the Knife
Christopher Del Sesto
Politician
10-Mar-1907 23-Dec-1973 Governor of Rhode Island, 1959-61
Albert DeSalvo
Criminal
3-Sep-1931 25-Nov-1973 Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler
Claire Dodd
Actor
29-Dec-1908 23-Nov-1973 Footlight Parade
E. C. Dodds
Scientist
13-Oct-1899 16-Dec-1973 Diethylstilbestrol
Michael Dunn
Actor
20-Oct-1934 30-Aug-1973 Dr. Miguelito Loveless
Turk Edwards
Football
28-Sep-1907 12-Jan-1973 NFL Hall of Fame Tackle
Edward Evans-Pritchard
Anthropologist
21-Sep-1902 11-Sep-1973 Theories of Primitive Religion
Arthur Fadden
Head of State
13-Apr-1895 21-Apr-1973 Prime Minister of Australia, 1941
Myrna Fahey
Actor
12-Mar-1933 6-May-1973 Kay Banks on Father of the Bride
Betty Field
Actor
8-Feb-1913 13-Sep-1973 Picnic
John Ford
Film Director
1-Feb-1894 31-Aug-1973 How Green Was My Valley
Maurice Fréchet
Mathematician
2-Sep-1878 4-Jun-1973 Fréchet differential
Arthur Freed
Film/TV Producer
9-Sep-1894 12-Apr-1973 MGM producer, big budget musicals
Frankie Frisch
Baseball
9-Sep-1898 12-Mar-1973 2880 hits with .316 batting average
Ragnar Frisch
Economist
3-Mar-1895 31-Jan-1973 Econometrics pioneer
Alfred C. Fuller
Business
13-Jan-1885 4-Dec-1973 Founder of Fuller Brush Company
Amy Jacques Garvey
Activist
31-Dec-1885 25-Jul-1973 Pan-African black nationalist
John H. Gibbon, Jr.
Doctor
29-Sep-1903 5-Feb-1973 Open-heart surgery
Guy M. Gillette
Politician
3-Feb-1879 3-Mar-1973 US Senator from Iowa, 1949-55
Minna Gombell
Actor
28-May-1892 14-Apr-1973 Block-Heads
Betty Grable
Actor
18-Dec-1916 2-Jul-1973 The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs
Walter Greaza
Actor
1-Jan-1897 1-Jun-1973 The Chief on Treasury Men in Action
Henry Green
Novelist
29-Oct-1905 13-Dec-1973 Loving
Gustaf VI Adolf
Royalty
11-Nov-1882 15-Sep-1973 King of Sweden, 1950-73
William Haines
Actor
2-Jan-1900 26-Dec-1973 Hollywood's first openly gay leading man
Laurens Hammond
Inventor
11-Jan-1895 3-Jul-1973 Hammond Organ
Paul Hartman
Actor
1-Mar-1904 2-Oct-1973 Emmett Clark on Mayberry R.F.D.
Laurence Harvey
Actor
1-Oct-1928 25-Nov-1973 Manchurian Candidate
Jack Hawkins
Actor
14-Sep-1910 18-Jul-1973 Land of the Pharaohs
Sessue Hayakawa
Actor
10-Jun-1889 23-Nov-1973 The Bridge on the River Kwai
Walter Hess
Scientist
17-Mar-1881 12-Aug-1973 Brain mapping, neurophysiological methods
J. C. Higginbotham
Jazz Musician
11-May-1906 26-May-1973 Jazz trombonist
Fay Holden
Actor
26-Sep-1893 23-Jun-1973 Played Andy Hardy's mother
Tim Holt
Actor
5-Feb-1918 15-Feb-1973 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
William Inge
Playwright
3-May-1913 10-Jun-1973 Come Back, Little Sheba
Ismet Inonu
Head of State
25-Sep-1884 25-Dec-1973 President, Prime Minister of Turkey
Ursula Jeans
Actor
5-May-1906 21-Apr-1973 The Dam Busters
J. Hans D. Jensen
Physicist
25-Jun-1907 11-Feb-1973 Shell nuclear model
Lyndon B. Johnson
Head of State
27-Aug-1908 22-Jan-1973 36th US President, 1963-69
Howard P. Jones
Diplomat
2-Jan-1899 Sep-1973 US Ambassador to Indonesia, 1958-65
Cecil Kellaway
Actor
22-Aug-1893 28-Feb-1973 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Walt Kelly
Cartoonist
25-Aug-1913 18-Oct-1973 Creator of Pogo
Douglas Kennedy
Actor
14-Sep-1915 10-Aug-1973 Steve Donovan, Western Marshal
István Kertész
Conductor
28-Aug-1929 16-Apr-1973 Hungarian operatic conductor
Otto Klemperer
Conductor
14-May-1885 6-Jul-1973 Prominent German conductor
Paul Kletzki
Conductor
21-Mar-1900 5-Mar-1973 Director, Bern Symphony, 1964-67
Gene Krupa
Drummer
15-Jan-1909 16-Oct-1973 Pioneering drummer
Veronica Lake
Actor
14-Nov-1922 7-Jul-1973 Sullivan's Travels
Allan Lane
Actor
22-Sep-1909 27-Oct-1973 Voice of Mister Ed
Frank Leahy
Football
27-Aug-1908 21-Jun-1973 Longtime Notre Dame Head Coach
Bruce Lee
Actor
27-Nov-1940 20-Jul-1973 Enter the Dragon
Lila Lee
Actor
25-Jul-1901 13-Nov-1973 Male and Female
Ranald MacDougall
Screenwriter
10-Mar-1915 12-Dec-1973 We're No Angels
Jack MacGowran
Actor
13-Oct-1918 30-Jan-1973 The Fearless Vampire Killers
George Macready
Actor
29-Aug-1908 2-Jul-1973 Paths of Glory
Bruno Maderna
Composer
21-Apr-1920 13-Nov-1973 Avant-garde composer
Anna Magnani
Actor
7-Mar-1908 26-Sep-1973 The Rose Tattoo
Gian Francesco Malipiero
Composer
18-Mar-1882 1-Aug-1973 Rispetti e Strambotti
Gabriel Marcel
Philosopher
7-Dec-1889 8-Oct-1973 French existential philosopher
Jacques Maritain
Philosopher
18-Nov-1882 28-Apr-1973 Interpreter of St. Thomas
Ken Maynard
Actor
21-Jul-1895 23-Mar-1973 Flashy cowboy idol
Ron McKernan
Musician
8-Sep-1945 8-Mar-1973 Keyboards for Grateful Dead
Lauritz Melchior
Singer
20-Mar-1890 18-Mar-1973 Wagnerian operatic tenor
Eve Miller
Actor
8-Aug-1923 17-Aug-1973 The Big Trees
William O. Mills
Politician
12-Aug-1924 24-May-1973 Congressman, committed suicide
Nancy Mitford
Novelist
28-Nov-1904 30-Jan-1973 The Pursuit of Love
Vilhelm Moberg
Novelist
20-Aug-1898 8-Aug-1973 The Emigrants
Vaughn Monroe
Singer
7-Oct-1911 21-May-1973 Racing with the Moon
Cleo Moore
Actor
31-Oct-1928 25-Oct-1973 1950s sex symbol
Mantan Moreland
Actor
3-Sep-1902 28-Sep-1973 Birmingham Brown
J. Carrol Naish
Actor
21-Jan-1896 24-Jan-1973 Sahara
Greasy Neale
Football
5-Nov-1891 2-Nov-1973 NFL Hall of Fame Coach
John G. Neihardt
Poet
8-Jan-1881 3-Nov-1973 A Cycle of the West
Pablo Neruda
Poet
12-Jul-1904 23-Sep-1973 Residencia en la Tierra
Cleo A. Noel, Jr.
Diplomat
6-Aug-1918 2-Mar-1973 US Ambassador to Sudan, 1972-73
Michael O'Shea
Actor
17-Mar-1906 4-Dec-1973 It's a Great Life
Kid Ory
Jazz Musician
25-Dec-1886 23-Jan-1973 Trombonist, Ory's Creole Jazz Band
Gram Parsons
Musician
5-Nov-1946 19-Sep-1973 Flying Burrito Brothers
Katina Paxinou
Actor
17-Dec-1900 22-Feb-1973 For Whom the Bell Tolls
Irna Phillips
Film/TV Producer
1-Jul-1901 23-Dec-1973 Queen of soap operas
Pablo Picasso
Painter
25-Oct-1881 8-Apr-1973 Abstract painter and sculptor
Dennis Price
Actor
23-Jun-1915 6-Oct-1973 The World of Wooster
Arthur W. Radford
Military
27-Feb-1896 17-Aug-1973 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953-57
Philip Rahv
Critic
10-Mar-1908 22-Dec-1973 Co-Founder, Partisan Review
Carl Benton Reid
Actor
14-Aug-1893 16-Mar-1973 The Little Foxes
Dickinson W. Richards
Scientist
30-Oct-1895 23-Feb-1973 Cardiac catheterization
Kane Richmond
Actor
23-Dec-1906 22-Mar-1973 American character actor
Eddie Rickenbacker
Aviator
8-Oct-1890 23-Jul-1973 Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI
Edward G. Robinson
Actor
12-Dec-1893 26-Jan-1973 Key Largo
Winthrop Rockefeller
Business
1-May-1912 22-Feb-1973 Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71
Samuel I. Rosenman
Government
13-Feb-1896 24-Jun-1973 White House Counsel, 1943-46
Irene Ryan
Actor
17-Oct-1902 26-Apr-1973 Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies
Robert Ryan
Actor
11-Nov-1909 11-Jul-1973 Billy Budd
Robert Siodmak
Film Director
8-Aug-1900 10-Mar-1973 The Killers
George Sisler
Baseball
24-Mar-1893 26-Mar-1973 Batted .420 in 1921
Willie "The Lion" Smith
Jazz Musician
25-Nov-1897 18-Apr-1973 Stride pianist, Finger Buster
Simon E. Sobeloff
Judge
3-Dec-1894 11-Jul-1973 4th US Court of Appeals, 1956-70
Sidney Souers
Government
30-Mar-1892 14-Jan-1973 CIA Director, 1946
Louis St. Laurent
Head of State
1-Feb-1882 25-Jul-1973 Prime Minister of Canada, 1948-57
Edward Steichen
Photographer
27-Mar-1879 25-Mar-1973 Photo-Secessionist
Glenn Strange
Actor
16-Aug-1899 20-Sep-1973 Frankenstein's Monster
Leo Strauss
Philosopher
20-Sep-1899 18-Oct-1973 Patron saint of Neoconservatism
A. Edward Sutherland
Film Director
5-Jan-1895 31-Dec-1973 The Flying Deuces
J. R. R. Tolkien
Author
3-Jan-1892 2-Sep-1973 Lord of the Rings
Ernest Truex
Actor
19-Sep-1889 26-Jun-1973 His Girl Friday
Roy J. Turner
Politician
6-Nov-1894 11-Jun-1973 Governor of Oklahoma, 1947-51
Walter Ulbricht
Head of State
30-Jun-1893 1-Aug-1973 East German leader, 1960-73
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Military
13-Mar-1887 8-May-1973 18th USMC Commandant, 1944-48
Urban J. Vehr
Religion
30-May-1891 19-Sep-1973 Archbishop of Denver, 1941-67
Artturi Virtanen
Chemist
15-Jan-1895 11-Nov-1973 AIV method of fodder preservation
Erich von Manstein
Military
24-Nov-1887 10-Jun-1973 Nazi general
Ludwig von Mises
Economist
29-Sep-1881 10-Oct-1973 Libertarian Economist
Selman A. Waksman
Scientist
22-Jul-1888 16-Aug-1973 Streptomycin and other antibiotics
Fuller Warren
Politician
3-Oct-1905 23-Sep-1973 Governor of Florida, 1949-53
Robert Watson-Watt
Physicist
13-Apr-1892 5-Dec-1973 Radar
Alan Watts
Philosopher
6-Jan-1915 16-Nov-1973 Zen beat counterculture sage
Charles E. Whittaker
Judge
22-Feb-1901 26-Nov-1973 US Supreme Court Justice, 1957-62
Paul Williams
Singer
2-Jul-1939 17-Aug-1973 The Temptations
Chic Young
Cartoonist
9-Jan-1901 14-Mar-1973 Creator of Blondie
Karl Ziegler
Chemist
26-Nov-1898 12-Aug-1973 Researcher in plastics


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