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In the year 1974
498 Notable deaths
Gerhard Lamprecht
Film director, screenwriter (1897-1974).
Born October 6th, 1897 in Berlin. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1974 at 76 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Wifredo Ricart
Spanish engineer.
Born May 15th, 1897 in Barcelona.
Died August 19th, 1974 at 77 years old in Barcelona.
Else Alfelt
Danish artist (1910-1974).
Born September 16th, 1910 in Copenhagen.
Died August 9th, 1974 at 63 years old in Rigshospitalet.
Michael Avi-Yonah
Israeli archaeologist and historian (1904-1974).
Born September 26th, 1904 in Lviv. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1974 at 69 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Erik Charell
Actor.
Born April 9th, 1895 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1974 at 79 years old in Munich. [ref]
Margaret Morse Nice
American ornithologist.
Born December 6th, 1883 in Amherst.
Died June 26th, 1974 at 90 years old in Chicago.
Karl Sesta
Austrian footballer (1906-1974).
Born March 18th, 1906 in Vienna.
Died July 12th, 1974 at 68 years old in Hainburg an der Donau.
Carlo Pisacane
Italian actor (1889-1974).
Born February 2nd, 1889 in Naples.
Died June 9th, 1974 at 85 years old in Rome.
Sigurður Nordal
Icelandic writer and diplomat (1886-1974).
Born September 14th, 1886 in Eyjólfsstaðir.
Died September 21st, 1974 at 88 years old
John Cooper
British athlete (1940-1974).
Born December 18th, 1940 in Herefordshire.
Died March 3rd, 1974 at 33 years old in Paris.
Deaths 341 to 350 of 498
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