In the year 1970
594 Notable deaths
Dora Boothby
English badminton and tennis player (1881–1970).
Born August 2nd, 1881 in Finchley.
Died February 22nd, 1970 at 88 years old in Hammersmith. [ref]
Walter McGrail
American actor (1888-1970).
Born October 19th, 1888 in Brooklyn.
Died March 19th, 1970 at 81 years old in San Francisco.
Badiozzaman Forouzanfar
Iranian scholar of persian literature and culture (1904–1970).
Born July 12th, 1904 in Boshruyeh.
Died May 6th, 1970 at 65 years old in Tehran.
Ernst Sagebiel
German architect (1892–1970).
Born October 2nd, 1892 in Brunswick. [ref]
Died March 5th, 1970 at 77 years old in Starnberg.
Panagiotis Pipinelis
Greek politician (1899–1970).
Born March 21st, 1899 in Piraeus.
Died July 19th, 1970 at 71 years old in Athens (myocardial infarction).
Edmond Michelet
French resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor and politician (1899-1970).
Born October 8th, 1899 in 19th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1970 at 71 years old in Brive-la-Gaillarde (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Adam Rapacki
Polish politician (1909-1970).
Born December 24th, 1909 in Lviv. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1970 at 60 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Xie Xuehong
Taiwanese communist leader (1901–1970).
Born October 17th, 1901.
Died November 5th, 1970 at 69 years old in Beijing (lung cancer).
Camille Bombois
French painter (1883-1970).
Born February 3rd, 1883 in Venarey-les-Laumes. [ref]
Died June 11th, 1970 at 87 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Shaken Ajmanov
Film director (1914–1970).
Born February 15th, 1914 in Bayanaul, Pavlodar Province.
Died December 23rd, 1970 at 56 years old in Moscow (struck by vehicle).
Muhammad al-Fadl ibn Ashur
Tunisian theologian, writer, syndicalist, patriot and intellectual (1909-1970).
Born October 16th, 1909 in La Marsa.
Died April 20th, 1970 at 60 years old
Halvard Lange
Norwegian politician (1902-1970).
Born September 16th, 1902 in Christiania.
Died May 19th, 1970 at 67 years old in Oslo.
Josep Carner
Spanish poet (1884-1970).
Born February 9th, 1884 in Barcelona.
Died June 4th, 1970 at 86 years old in Brussels.
Alla Horska
Soviet painter, ukrainian dissident (1929-1970).
Born September 18th, 1929 in Yalta.
Died November 28th, 1970 at 41 years old in Vasylkiv. [ref]
Trajko Rajković
Yugoslav basketball player (1937–1970).
Born December 7th, 1937 in Leskovac.
Died May 27th, 1970 at 32 years old in Ljubljana.
Gabriel Guevrekian
Armenian-iranian architect.
Born November 21st, 1892 in Constantinople. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1970 at 77 years old in Antibes.
Carl de Vogt
German actor (1885–1970).
Born September 14th, 1885 in Cologne.
Died February 16th, 1970 at 84 years old in West Berlin.
Marcel Minnaert
Belgian-dutch astronomer (1893–1970).
Born February 12th, 1893 in Bruges.
Died October 26th, 1970 at 77 years old in Utrecht.
William King Gregory
U.s. zoologist (1876–1970).
Born May 19th, 1876 in New York City.
Died December 29th, 1970 at 94 years old in Woodstock.
Don Finlay
British athlete and raf officer.
Born May 27th, 1909 in Christchurch.
Died April 19th, 1970 at 60 years old in Great Missenden.
Paul Evdokimov
French philosopher and theologian.
Born August 15th, 1901 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 16th, 1970 at 69 years old in Meudon.
Sharda Mehta
Gujarati writer, social worker and educationist (1882-1970).
Born June 26th, 1882 in Ahmedabad.
Died November 13th, 1970 at 88 years old in Vallabh Vidyanagar.
Zalman Aran
Israeli politician (1899-1970).
Born March 1st, 1899 in Donetsk. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1970 at 71 years old in Israel.
Lev Kassil
Soviet writer (1905–1970).
Born July 10th, 1905 in Engels.
Died June 21st, 1970 at 64 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Marc Boegner
Minister of the french protestant church.
Born February 21st, 1881 in Épinal. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1970 at 89 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Deaths 376 to 400 of 594
I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Brontë