In the year 1976
594 Notable deaths
Camilo Ponce Enríquez
President of ecuador (1956 - 1960).
Born January 31st, 1912 in Quito.
Died September 13th, 1976 at 64 years old in Quito (myocardial infarction).
Alexander Frumkin
Soviet chemist.
Born October 24th, 1895 in Chișinău.
Died May 27th, 1976 at 80 years old in Tula.
Sally Salminen
Finnish writer (1906–1976).
Born April 25th, 1906 in Vårdö.
Died July 18th, 1976 at 70 years old in Copenhagen.
Sevgi Soysal
Turkish writer (1936–1976).
Born September 30th, 1936 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1976 at 40 years old in Istanbul (breast cancer).
Max Tau
German writer.
Born January 19th, 1897 in Bytom.
Died March 13th, 1976 at 79 years old in Oslo.
Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon
Royal hungarian army general (1884–1976).
Died June 21st, 1976 at 92 years old in Piliscsaba.
Nikoloz Muskhelishvili
Georgian mathematician (1891-1976).
Born February 16th, 1891 in Tbilisi.
Died July 16th, 1976 at 85 years old in Tbilisi.
Alexandr Chvylja
Soviet actor (1905-1976).
Born July 15th, 1905 in Oleksandro-Shultyne.
Died October 14th, 1976 at 71 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Robert Lord
Screenwriter, film producer (1900-1976).
Born May 1st, 1900 in Chicago.
Died April 5th, 1976 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Walter Janssen
German actor (1887–1976).
Born February 7th, 1887 in Krefeld.
Died January 1st, 1976 at 88 years old in Munich.
Hans Thirring
Austrian physicist (1888-1976).
Born March 23rd, 1888 in Vienna.
Died March 22nd, 1976 at 87 years old in Vienna.
Oskar Brüsewitz
German protestant priest (1929–1976) in the former gdr.
Born May 30th, 1929 in Lithuania.
Died August 22nd, 1976 at 47 years old in Halle (Saale) (self-immolation).
Franco Restivo
Italian politician (1911-1976).
Born May 25th, 1911 in Palermo.
Died April 17th, 1976 at 64 years old in Francavilla di Sicilia.
John Henry Hayes
Argentine footballer.
Born January 20th, 1891 in Rosario. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1976 at 85 years old in Granadero Baigorria. [ref]
Ermanno Aebi
Italian footballer (1892-1976).
Born November 22nd, 1892 in Milan. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1976 at 84 years old in Milan.
Kosta Tomašević
Serbian footballer (1923-1976).
Born July 25th, 1923 in Stari Banovci.
Died March 13th, 1976 at 52 years old in Belgrade.
Dorothy Devore
American actress (1899–1976).
Born June 22nd, 1899 in Fort Worth.
Died September 10th, 1976 at 77 years old in Woodland Hills (disease).
Wilhelmina von Bremen
Athletics competitor (1909–1976).
Born August 13th, 1909 in San Francisco.
Died July 16th, 1976 at 66 years old in Alameda.
Emmanuel Berl
French writer and historian (1892–1976).
Born August 2nd, 1892 in Le Vésinet.
Died September 22nd, 1976 at 84 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir
Punjabi poet and politician (1899-1976).
Born January 15th, 1899.
Died January 18th, 1976 at 77 years old in Delhi.
Václav Čtvrtek
Czech poet and writer (1911–1976).
Born April 4th, 1911 in Prague. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1976 at 65 years old in Prague. [ref]
Anton Eduard van Arkel
Dutch chemist (1893-1976).
Born November 19th, 1893 in 's-Gravenzande.
Died March 14th, 1976 at 82 years old in Leiden.
Edgar Moon
Australian tennis player (1904–1976).
Born December 3rd, 1904 in Forest Hill.
Died May 26th, 1976 at 71 years old in Brisbane.
Toni Ulmen
German racecar driver (1906-1976).
Born January 25th, 1906 in Düsseldorf.
Died November 4th, 1976 at 70 years old in Düsseldorf.
Serafima Birman
Russian actor and theatre director (1890-1976).
Born August 10th, 1890 in Chișinău.
Died May 11th, 1976 at 85 years old in Moscow.
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Do not fear death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light. But, if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity. Laughing Bull