In the year 1974
575 Notable deaths
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Us tennis and badminton player (1886–1974).
Born December 20th, 1886 in Healdsburg.
Died December 5th, 1974 at 87 years old in Chestnut Hill. [ref]
Petar Lubarda
Montenegrin painter (1907-1974).
Born July 27th, 1907 in Ljubotinj. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1974 at 66 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Abdul Ghafoor Breshna
Afghan artist.
Born April 10th, 1907 in Kabul.
Died January 4th, 1974 at 66 years old in Kabul.
Charles Rosher
English cinematographer (1885–1974).
Born November 17th, 1885 in London.
Died November 15th, 1974 at 88 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Anders Lange
Norwegian politician (1904-1974).
Born September 5th, 1904 in Aker.
Died October 18th, 1974 at 70 years old in Bærum.
Andrea Checchi
Italian actor and painter (1916–1974).
Born October 21st, 1916 in Florence.
Died March 31st, 1974 at 57 years old in Rome (polyarteritis nodosa).
Hertta Kuusinen
Finnish politician (1904–1974).
Born February 14th, 1904 in Luhanka. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1974 at 70 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexican politician (1902-1974).
Born April 17th, 1902 in Mexico City.
Died May 13th, 1974 at 72 years old in Mexico City (gunshot wound).
Karl Earl Mundt
American politician (1900-1974).
Born June 3rd, 1900 in Humboldt.
Died August 16th, 1974 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C..
Tyree Glenn
American recording artist; trombonist (1912–1974).
Born November 23rd, 1912 in Corsicana.
Died May 18th, 1974 at 61 years old in Englewood (cancer).
Christian Fouchet
French politician (1911–1974).
Born November 17th, 1911 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1974 at 62 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Anjanibai Malpekar
Indian singer (1883-1974).
Born April 22nd, 1883 in Goa. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1974 at 91 years old in Mumbai.
Paul Jaray
Hungarian engineer (1889–1974).
Born March 11th, 1889 in Vienna.
Died September 22nd, 1974 at 85 years old in St. Gallen.
George W. Snedecor
American mathematician (1881–1974).
Born October 20th, 1881 in Memphis.
Died February 15th, 1974 at 92 years old in Amherst.
Leontine Sagan
Austrian-hungarian stage and film director.
Born February 13th, 1889 in Vienna, Budapest.
Died May 20th, 1974 at 85 years old in Pretoria.
Wilhelm Zander
Ss officer.
Born April 22nd, 1911 in Saarbrücken.
Died September 27th, 1974 at 63 years old in Munich.
Pyotr Anokhin
Soviet biologist/physiologist (1898–1974).
Born January 26th, 1898 in Volgograd.
Died March 5th, 1974 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Charlotte Bühler
German american psychologist (1893–1974).
Born December 20th, 1893 in Berlin.
Died February 3rd, 1974 at 80 years old in Stuttgart.
Kajirō Yamamoto
Japanese film director (1902–1974).
Born March 15th, 1902 in Tokyo.
Died September 28th, 1974 at 72 years old in Tokyo.
Lothar Mendes
German film director and screenwriter.
Born May 19th, 1894 in Berlin.
Died February 25th, 1974 at 79 years old in London (disease).
Lewis R. Foster
Screenwriter, director, producer, television composer (1898-1974).
Born August 5th, 1898 in Brookfield.
Died June 10th, 1974 at 75 years old in Tehachapi.
Melchior Wańkowicz
Polish politician (1892–1974).
Born January 10th, 1892 in Kaliužyca.
Died September 10th, 1974 at 82 years old in Warsaw.
Wolfgang Windgassen
German operatic tenor.
Born June 26th, 1914 in Annemasse. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1974 at 60 years old in Stuttgart (myocardial infarction). [ref]
P. Schuyler Miller
American novelist (1912–1974).
Born February 21st, 1912 in Troy.
Died October 13th, 1974 at 62 years old in Blennerhassett Island.
Aldo Palazzeschi
Italian novelist, poet and essayist (1885-1974).
Born February 2nd, 1885 in Florence.
Died August 17th, 1974 at 89 years old in Rome.
Deaths 276 to 300 of 575
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown