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In the year 1975
560 Notable deaths
Michel Simon
Swiss french language actor (1895-1975).
Born April 9th, 1895 in Geneva. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1975 at 80 years old in Bry-sur-Marne (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Murray Leinster
Novelist, short story writer.
Born June 16th, 1896 in Norfolk. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1975 at 78 years old in Gloucester County. [ref]
Kenneth Keating
American politician and diplomat (1900-1975).
Died May 5th, 1975 at 74 years old in New York City.
Detlev Bronk
Scientist.
Born August 13th, 1897 in New York City.
Died November 17th, 1975 at 78 years old in New York City.
Lyubov Orlova
Soviet actress and singer (1900–1975).
Born February 11th, 1902 in Zvenigorod.
Died January 26th, 1975 at 72 years old in Moscow (pancreatic cancer).
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
British mathematician and physicist (1886-1975).
Born March 7th, 1886 in London, St John's Wood.
Died June 27th, 1975 at 89 years old in Cambridge (cerebral hemorrhage).
Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis
Greek architect (1914-1975).
Born May 27th, 1914 in Asenovgrad.
Died June 28th, 1975 at 61 years old in Athens (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Don Barclay
American actor and artist (1892–1975).
Born December 26th, 1892 in Ashland.
Died October 16th, 1975 at 82 years old in Palm Springs.
Franz Josef Huber
German ss general (1902–1975).
Born January 22nd, 1902 in Munich.
Died January 30th, 1975 at 73 years old in Munich.
Coke R. Stevenson
American politician (1888-1975).
Born March 20th, 1888 in Mason County.
Died June 28th, 1975 at 87 years old in San Angelo.
Christopher Strachey
British computer scientist (1916–1975).
Born November 16th, 1916 in Hampstead.
Died May 18th, 1975 at 58 years old in Oxford.
John A. Burns
Second governor of the state of hawaii (1909–1975).
Born March 30th, 1909 in Fort Assinniboine.
Died April 5th, 1975 at 66 years old in Honolulu (cancer).
George Marshall
American actor, screenwriter, and film director (1891–1975).
Born December 29th, 1891 in Chicago.
Died February 17th, 1975 at 83 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Mascha Kaléko
German poet (1907-1975).
Born June 7th, 1912 in Chrzanów. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1975 at 62 years old in Zürich (stomach cancer). [ref]
Philip Dorn
Dutch actor (1901-1975).
Born September 30th, 1901 in Scheveningen.
Died May 9th, 1975 at 73 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Hardie Albright
American actor (1903–1975).
Born December 16th, 1903 in Charleroi.
Died December 7th, 1975 at 71 years old in Mission Viejo (heart failure).
Vicente Feola
Brazilian football manager (1909–1975).
Born November 20th, 1909 in São Paulo.
Died November 6th, 1975 at 65 years old in São Paulo.
Arthur Bliss
English composer and conductor (1891–1975).
Born August 2nd, 1891 in Barnes, London.
Died March 28th, 1975 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Muhammad Mansur Ali
Prime minister of bangladesh in 1975.
Born January 16th, 1919 in Sirajganj District.
Died November 3rd, 1975 at 56 years old in Dhaka.
Mohamed Meziane
Spanish - moroccan general.
Born February 1st, 1897 in Beni Ansar.
Died May 1st, 1975 at 78 years old in Madrid.
Roque Dalton Garcia
Salvadoran journalist and poet (1935-1975).
Born May 14th, 1935 in San Salvador. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1975 at 39 years old in Quezaltepeque. [ref]
Conrad Hal Waddington
British biologist (1905–1975).
Born November 8th, 1905 in Evesham.
Died September 26th, 1975 at 69 years old in Edinburgh.
August Dvorak
American scientist.
Born May 5th, 1894 in Glencoe.
Died October 10th, 1975 at 81 years old
Plínio Salgado
Brazilian politician (1895-1975).
Born January 22nd, 1895 in São Bento do Sapucaí.
Died December 8th, 1975 at 80 years old in São Paulo.
Shigeyoshi Inoue
Admiral in the imperial japanese navy during world war ii.
Born December 9th, 1889 in Sendai.
Died December 15th, 1975 at 86 years old in Yokosuka.
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