Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1974
564 Notable deaths
Karl Earl Mundt
American politician (1900-1974).
Born June 3rd, 1900 in Humboldt.
Died August 16th, 1974 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C..
Tyree Glenn
American recording artist; trombonist (1912–1974).
Born November 23rd, 1912 in Corsicana.
Died May 18th, 1974 at 61 years old in Englewood (cancer).
Christian Fouchet
French politician (1911–1974).
Born November 17th, 1911 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1974 at 62 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Paul Jaray
Hungarian engineer (1889–1974).
Born March 11th, 1889 in Vienna.
Died September 22nd, 1974 at 85 years old in St. Gallen.
George W. Snedecor
American mathematician (1881–1974).
Born October 20th, 1881 in Memphis.
Died February 15th, 1974 at 92 years old in Amherst.
Leontine Sagan
Austrian-hungarian stage and film director.
Born February 13th, 1889 in Vienna, Budapest.
Died May 20th, 1974 at 85 years old in Pretoria.
Wilhelm Zander
Ss officer.
Born April 22nd, 1911 in Saarbrücken.
Died September 27th, 1974 at 63 years old in Munich.
Pyotr Anokhin
Soviet biologist/physiologist (1898–1974).
Born January 26th, 1898 in Volgograd.
Died March 5th, 1974 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Charlotte Bühler
German american psychologist (1893–1974).
Born December 20th, 1893 in Berlin.
Died February 3rd, 1974 at 80 years old in Stuttgart.
Kajirō Yamamoto
Japanese film director (1902–1974).
Born March 15th, 1902 in Tokyo.
Died September 28th, 1974 at 72 years old in Tokyo.
Deaths 281 to 290 of 564
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi