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In the year 1975
560 Notable deaths
Robert Stolz
Austrian conductor and composer (1880-1975).
Born August 25th, 1880 in Graz. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1975 at 94 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Duke Reid
Jamaican record producer and dj.
Born July 21st, 1915 in Portland Parish.
Died January 1st, 1975 at 59 years old [ref]
Siraj Sikder
Bangladeshi activist (1944–1975).
Born October 27th, 1944 in Bhedarganj Upazila.
Died January 2nd, 1975 at 30 years old in Savar.
W. V. D. Hodge
British mathematician.
Born June 17th, 1903 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1975 at 72 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Vladimir Herzog
Brazilian journalist.
Born June 27th, 1937 in Osijek. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1975 at 38 years old in São Paulo. [ref]
Hugo Bergmann
Israeli philosopher born in austria-hungary (1883-1975).
Born December 25th, 1883 in Prague.
Died June 18th, 1975 at 91 years old in Jerusalem.
Lennart Skoglund
Swedish association football player (1929-1975).
Born December 24th, 1929 in Stockholm.
Died July 8th, 1975 at 45 years old in Stockholm.
Theo Osterkamp
German flying ace (1892–1975).
Born April 15th, 1892 in Düren.
Died January 2nd, 1975 at 82 years old in Baden-Baden.
Rudolf Rahn
German diplomat.
Born March 16th, 1900 in Ulm.
Died January 7th, 1975 at 74 years old in Düsseldorf, West Germany.
Princess Feodora of Denmark
Danish princess.
Born July 3rd, 1910 in Denmark.
Died March 17th, 1975 at 64 years old in Bückeburg.
Per Wahlöö
Swedish writer (1926-1975).
Born August 5th, 1926 in Gothenburg. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1975 at 48 years old in Malmö (cancer). [ref]
Ivan Maisky
Soviet diplomat (1884-1975).
Born January 19th, 1884 in Kirillov. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1975 at 91 years old in Moscow.
Pierre Fresnay
French stage and film actor (1897-1975).
Born April 4th, 1897 in 5th arrondissement of Paris.
Died January 9th, 1975 at 77 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Therese Giehse
German actress (1898–1975).
Born March 6th, 1898 in Munich.
Died March 3rd, 1975 at 76 years old in Munich.
William David Coolidge
American physicist (1873–1975).
Born October 23rd, 1873 in Hudson.
Died February 3rd, 1975 at 101 years old in Schenectady.
José María Guido
President of argentina.
Born August 29th, 1910 in Buenos Aires.
Died June 13th, 1975 at 64 years old in Buenos Aires.
Joseph Bech
Prime minister of luxembourg (1887-1975).
Born February 17th, 1887 in Diekirch.
Died March 8th, 1975 at 88 years old in Luxembourg.
Doria Shafik
Egyptian activist (1908–1975).
Born December 14th, 1908 in Tanta.
Died September 20th, 1975 at 66 years old in Cairo.
Beqir Balluku
Albanian politician (1917-1975).
Born February 14th, 1917 in Tirana.
Died November 5th, 1975 at 58 years old in Tirana (gunshot wound).
Long Boret
Cambodian politician (1933–1975).
Born January 3rd, 1933 in Chbar Ampéou.
Died April 17th, 1975 at 42 years old in Phnom Penh (extra-judicial killing).
Chivu Stoica
Prime minister of romania (1908-1975).
Born August 8th, 1908 in Smeeni.
Died February 18th, 1975 at 66 years old in Bucharest (ballistic trauma).
Charlotte Whitton
Canadian politician (1896-1975).
Born March 8th, 1896 in Renfrew.
Died January 25th, 1975 at 78 years old
Eric Lenneberg
German american linguist and neurologist (1921–1975).
Born September 19th, 1921 in Düsseldorf.
Died May 31st, 1975 at 53 years old in White Plains. [ref]
Goparaju Ramachandra Rao
Indian activist (1902-1975).
Born November 15th, 1902 in Chhatrapur.
Died July 26th, 1975 at 72 years old in Vijayawada.
Mikhail Alekseyevich Yegorov
Soldier who raised flag on reichstag, hero of the soviet union.
Born May 5th, 1923 in Rudnyansky District, Smolensk Oblast.
Died June 20th, 1975 at 52 years old in Demidovsky District (traffic collision).
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid