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In the year 1974
619 Notable deaths
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.
Edmund Cobb
American actor (1892-1974).
Born June 23rd, 1892 in Albuquerque.
Died August 15th, 1974 at 82 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Anita Brenner
Mexican writer (1905–1974).
Born August 13th, 1905 in Aguascalientes City.
Died December 1st, 1974 at 69 years old in Ojuelos de Jalisco (traffic collision).
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.
Giorgio de Santillana
American historian and philosopher.
Died June 8th, 1974 at 72 years old in Beverly.
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 (1894-1974).
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 May 29th, 1885 in Florence.
Died August 17th, 1974 at 89 years old in Rome.
Raymond Priestley
English geologist, british army officer and military historian (1886–1974).
Born July 20th, 1886 in Tewkesbury.
Died June 24th, 1974 at 87 years old in Cheltenham.
José Maria Alkmin
Vice-president of brazil (1901-1974).
Born June 11th, 1901 in Bocaiúva.
Died April 22nd, 1974 at 72 years old in Belo Horizonte.
Silvio Moser
Racecar driver (1941-1974).
Born April 24th, 1941 in Zurich.
Died May 26th, 1974 at 33 years old in Locarno.
Júlio César de Mello e Souza
Brazilian mathematician (1895–1974).
Born May 6th, 1895 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died June 18th, 1974 at 79 years old in Recife.
Chihiro Iwasaki
Japanese illustrator (1918-1974).
Born December 15th, 1918 in Takefu.
Died August 8th, 1974 at 55 years old in Tokyo.
Kostas Varnalis
Greek poet (1884–1974).
Born February 14th, 1884 in Burgas. [ref]
Died December 16th, 1974 at 90 years old in Athens. [ref]
Mikhail Tikhonravov
Soviet spaceflight scientist.
Born July 29th, 1900 in Vladimir.
Died March 4th, 1974 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Salvador Novo
Mexican poet (1904–1974).
Born July 30th, 1904 in Mexico City.
Died January 13th, 1974 at 69 years old in Mexico City.
Léon Rosenfeld
Belgian physicist (1904-1974).
Born August 14th, 1904.
Died March 23rd, 1974 at 69 years old in Copenhagen.
Mamerto Urriolagoitía
President of bolivia (1895–1974).
Born December 5th, 1895 in Sucre.
Died June 4th, 1974 at 78 years old in Sucre.
Yury Annenkov
Russian artist and writer (1889-1974).
Born August 4th, 1889 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1974 at 84 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
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