In the year 1976
594 Notable deaths
Sándor Bortnyik
Hungarian artist (1893-1976).
Born July 3rd, 1893 in Târgu Mureș.
Died December 31st, 1976 at 83 years old in Budapest.
Pierre Jean Jouve
French novelist and poet (1887–1976).
Born October 11th, 1887 in Arras. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1976 at 88 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alexander Frumkin
Soviet chemist.
Born October 24th, 1895 in Chișinău.
Died May 27th, 1976 at 80 years old in Tula.
George Groves
Sound engineer (1901-1976).
Born December 13th, 1901 in St Helens.
Died September 4th, 1976 at 74 years old in North Hollywood.
Heinrich Schönfeld
Association footballer (1900–1976).
Born August 3rd, 1900 in Cluj-Napoca.
Died September 3rd, 1976 at 76 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Clara Horton
American actress (1904–1976).
Born July 29th, 1904 in Brooklyn.
Died December 4th, 1976 at 72 years old in Encino.
Alexandr Chvylja
Soviet actor (1905-1976).
Born July 15th, 1905 in Oleksandro-Shultyne.
Died October 14th, 1976 at 71 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Nikoloz Muskhelishvili
Georgian mathematician (1891-1976).
Born February 16th, 1891 in Tbilisi.
Died July 16th, 1976 at 85 years old in Tbilisi.
Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon
Royal hungarian army general (1884–1976).
Died June 21st, 1976 at 92 years old in Piliscsaba.
Max Tau
German writer.
Born January 19th, 1897 in Bytom.
Died March 13th, 1976 at 79 years old in Oslo.
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).
Hans Thirring
Austrian physicist (1888-1976).
Born March 23rd, 1888 in Vienna.
Died March 22nd, 1976 at 87 years old in Vienna.
Walter Janssen
German actor (1887–1976).
Born February 7th, 1887 in Krefeld.
Died January 1st, 1976 at 88 years old in Munich.
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).
Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala
Sri lankan academic (1900–1976).
Born May 8th, 1900 in Colombo.
Died December 1st, 1976 at 76 years old in Colombo.
Wilhelmina von Bremen
Athletics competitor (1909–1976).
Born August 13th, 1909 in San Francisco.
Died July 16th, 1976 at 66 years old in Alameda.
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]
Erich-Heinrich Clößner
German general and knight's cross recipient (1888–1976).
Born September 17th, 1888 in Giessen.
Died March 28th, 1976 at 87 years old in Constance.
Margherita Beloch Piazzolla
Italian mathematician (1879-1976).
Born July 12th, 1879 in Frascati.
Died September 28th, 1976 at 97 years old in Rome.
Kosta Tomašević
Serbian footballer (1923-1976).
Born July 25th, 1923 in Stari Banovci.
Died March 13th, 1976 at 52 years old in Belgrade.
Ermanno Aebi
Italian footballer (1892-1976).
Born November 22nd, 1892 in Milan. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1976 at 84 years old in Milan.
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).
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.
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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