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In the year 1975
544 Notable deaths
Walter Felsenstein
Austrian theatre director.
Born May 30th, 1901 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1975 at 74 years old in East Berlin. [ref]
Robert Neumann
Austrian writer (1897-1975).
Born May 22nd, 1897 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1975 at 77 years old in Munich. [ref]
Max Ackermann
German artist (1887-1975).
Born October 5th, 1887 in Berlin.
Died November 14th, 1975 at 88 years old in Bad Liebenzell.
C. S. Wright
Canadian explorer (1887-1975).
Born April 7th, 1887 in Toronto.
Died November 1st, 1975 at 88 years old in Salt Spring Island.
Willy Böckl
Austrian figure skater (1893–1975).
Born January 27th, 1893 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
Died April 22nd, 1975 at 82 years old in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
Amanda Labarca
Chilean diplomat, educator, writer, and feminist (1886-1975).
Born December 5th, 1886 in Santiago.
Died January 2nd, 1975 at 88 years old in Santiago.
Aleksandr Vishnevsky
Soviet surgeon (1906-1975).
Born May 24th, 1906 in Kazan. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1975 at 69 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Joseph Guillemot
Athletics competitor (1899–1975).
Born October 1st, 1899 in Le Dorat.
Died March 9th, 1975 at 75 years old in Oradour-Saint-Genest (lung cancer).
Pavlo Virsky
Ukrainian choreographer (1905-1975).
Born February 25th, 1905 in Odesa.
Died July 5th, 1975 at 70 years old in Feofaniya Clinical Hospital.
Serge Elisséeff
French academic (1889–1975).
Born January 13th, 1889 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1975 at 86 years old in Clichy. [ref]
Deaths 391 to 400 of 544
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