In the year 1976
594 Notable deaths
Salomon Smolianoff
Jewish painter and counterfeiter and holocaust survivor involved in operation bernhard.
Born March 26th, 1897 in Poltava, Kremenchuk. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1976 at 79 years old in Porto Alegre.
Paul Douglas
American politician and economist (1892–1976).
Born March 26th, 1892 in Salem.
Died September 24th, 1976 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (stroke).
Fritz Rasp
German actor (1891–1976).
Born May 13th, 1891 in Bayreuth.
Died November 30th, 1976 at 85 years old in Gräfelfing.
Mary Nash
American actress (1884-1976).
Born August 15th, 1884 in Troy.
Died December 3rd, 1976 at 92 years old in Brentwood (disease).
Pál Turán
Hungarian mathematician (1910–1976).
Born August 18th, 1910 in Budapest.
Died September 27th, 1976 at 66 years old in Budapest (leukemia).
Géza Anda
Swiss pianist and conductor of hungarian birth (1921-1976).
Born November 19th, 1921 in Budapest. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1976 at 54 years old in Zurich (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Gerhard Engel
German general and knight's cross recipients (1906-1976).
Born April 13th, 1906 in Guben.
Died December 9th, 1976 at 70 years old in Munich.
Wilhelm Marschall
German admiral (1886–1976).
Born September 30th, 1886 in Augsburg.
Died March 20th, 1976 at 89 years old in Mölln.
George Ostrogorsky
Russian byzantinist (1902-1976).
Born January 19th, 1902 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 24th, 1976 at 74 years old in Belgrade.
Nikolay Nosov
Soviet writer (1908–1976).
Born November 23rd, 1908 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1976 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Friedrich Schulz
German general (1897–1976).
Born October 15th, 1897 in Czerwieńsk.
Died November 30th, 1976 at 79 years old in Freudenstadt.
Hermann Jónasson
Politician (1896-1976).
Born December 25th, 1896 in Skagafjörður.
Died January 22nd, 1976 at 79 years old in Reykjavík.
Henrik Dam
Danish biochemist and physiologist (1895-1976).
Born February 21st, 1895 in Copenhagen.
Died April 17th, 1976 at 81 years old in Copenhagen.
Nora Ricci
Italian actress (1924-1976).
Born July 19th, 1924 in Viareggio.
Died April 16th, 1976 at 51 years old in Rome.
Boris Iofan
Soviet architect (1891–1976).
Born April 28th, 1891 in Odesa.
Died March 11th, 1976 at 84 years old in Barvikha.
Richard Hughes
British writer (1900–1976).
Born April 19th, 1900 in Weybridge.
Died April 28th, 1976 at 76 years old in Talsarnau.
Bertha Lutz
Brazilian scientist (1894-1976).
Born August 2nd, 1894 in São Paulo.
Died September 16th, 1976 at 82 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
María Corda
Hungarian actress (1898-1976).
Died February 15th, 1976 at 77 years old in Thônex. [ref]
Zofia Stryjeńska
Painter; illustrator; graphic designer; scenic designer (1891–1976).
Born May 13th, 1891 in Kraków.
Died February 28th, 1976 at 84 years old in Geneva.
Charles Reznikoff
American jewish objectivist poet (1894-1976).
Born August 31st, 1894 in Brooklyn.
Died January 22nd, 1976 at 81 years old in Manhattan.
Vasily Shulgin
Russian lawyer (1878–1976).
Born January 13th, 1878 in Kyiv.
Died February 15th, 1976 at 98 years old in Vladimir.
Albert Dieudonné
French actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist (1889–1976).
Born November 26th, 1889 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1976 at 86 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Abaz Kupi
Albanian military officer, anti-communist politician and founder of the legaility movement (1892-1976).
Born August 6th, 1892 in Krujë.
Died January 17th, 1976 at 83 years old in New York City.
Ivan Yakubovsky
Soviet military commander, marshal of the soviet union (1912-1976).
Born January 7th, 1912 in Zajcava.
Died November 30th, 1976 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Ray Nance
American jazz musician (1913–1976).
Born December 10th, 1913 in Chicago.
Died January 28th, 1976 at 62 years old in New York City.
Deaths 251 to 275 of 594
Death is a distant rumor to the young. Andrew A. Rooney