| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Alvar Aalto |
Architect |
3-Feb-1898 |
11-May-1976 |
Finnish modernist architect, furniture designer |
| Josef Albers |
Artist |
19-Mar-1888 |
25-Mar-1976 |
Homage to the Square |
| Warner Anderson |
Actor |
10-Mar-1911 |
26-Aug-1976 |
Matthew Swain on Peyton Place |
| Richard Arlen |
Actor |
1-Sep-1898 |
28-Mar-1976 |
Island of Lost Souls |
| Angela Baddeley |
Actor |
4-Jul-1904 |
22-Feb-1976 |
Upstairs, Downstairs |
| Stanley Baker |
Actor |
8-Feb-1927 |
28-Jun-1976 |
Knights of the Round Table |
| Florence Ballard |
Singer |
30-Jun-1943 |
22-Feb-1976 |
The Supremes |
| Jürgen Bartsch |
Criminal |
6-Nov-1946 |
28-Apr-1976 |
Teenaged homosexual serial killer |
| Alan Baxter |
Actor |
19-Nov-1908 |
7-May-1976 |
Saboteur |
| Busby Berkeley |
Film Director |
29-Nov-1895 |
14-Mar-1976 |
Strike Up the Band |
| Ellis O. Briggs |
Diplomat |
1-Dec-1899 |
Jun-1976 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1952-55 |
| Benjamin Britten |
Composer |
22-Nov-1913 |
4-Dec-1976 |
Billy Budd |
| Gordon Browning |
Politician |
22-Nov-1889 |
23-May-1976 |
Twice Governor of Tennessee |
| Vera C. Bushfield |
Politician |
9-Aug-1889 |
16-Apr-1976 |
US Senator from South Dakota, 1948 |
| Katharine Byron |
Politician |
25-Oct-1903 |
28-Dec-1976 |
Congresswoman from Maryland, 1941-43 |
| Alexander Calder |
Sculptor |
22-Jul-1898 |
11-Nov-1976 |
Creator of the mobile as art form |
| Godfrey Cambridge |
Actor |
26-Feb-1933 |
29-Nov-1976 |
Cotton Comes to Harlem |
| Max Carey |
Baseball |
11-Jan-1890 |
30-May-1976 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. |
Business |
8-Jan-1888 |
1976 |
President of DuPont, 1940-48 |
| Jack Cassidy |
Actor |
5-Mar-1927 |
12-Dec-1976 |
The Eiger Sanction |
| René Cassin |
Government |
5-Oct-1887 |
20-Feb-1976 |
Legal scholar, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Agatha Christie |
Novelist |
15-Sep-1890 |
12-Jan-1976 |
Mystery novelist |
| David L. Clarke |
Archaeologist |
3-Nov-1937 |
27-Jun-1976 |
Analytical Archaeology |
| Lee J. Cobb |
Actor |
8-Dec-1911 |
11-Feb-1976 |
The Left Hand of God |
| Earle Combs |
Baseball |
14-May-1899 |
21-Jul-1976 |
The Kentucky Colonel, MLB Hall of Famer |
| Crash Corrigan |
Actor |
14-Feb-1902 |
10-Aug-1976 |
Undersea Kingdom |
| Richard J. Daley |
Politician |
15-May-1902 |
20-Dec-1976 |
Mayor of Chicago, 1955-76 |
| Henrik Dam |
Scientist |
21-Feb-1895 |
Apr-1976 |
Discovered Vitamin K |
| Frankie Darro |
Actor |
22-Dec-1917 |
25-Dec-1976 |
The Phantom Empire |
| Rupert Davies |
Actor |
22-May-1916 |
22-Nov-1976 |
Inspector Maigret |
| Patrick Dennis |
Novelist |
18-May-1921 |
6-Nov-1976 |
Auntie Mame |
| Paul H. Douglas |
Politician |
26-Mar-1892 |
24-Sep-1976 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1949-67 |
| Alexander Eckstein |
Economist |
9-Dec-1915 |
4-Dec-1976 |
Sinologist, China's Economic Revolution |
| Zhou Enlai |
Head of State |
5-Mar-1898 |
8-Jan-1976 |
Mao's right-hand man |
| Max Ernst |
Painter |
2-Apr-1891 |
1-Apr-1976 |
The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child |
| Edith Evans |
Actor |
8-Feb-1888 |
14-Oct-1976 |
The Whisperers |
| Red Faber |
Baseball |
6-Sep-1888 |
25-Sep-1976 |
Chicago White Sox spitballer, Hall-of-Famer |
| Percy Faith |
Musician |
7-Apr-1908 |
9-Feb-1976 |
Easy listening arranger and composer |
| James A. Farley |
Government |
30-May-1888 |
9-Jun-1976 |
US Postmaster General, 1933-40 |
| Marion B. Folsom |
Business |
23-Nov-1893 |
27-Sep-1976 |
HEW Secretary, 1955-58 |
| Paul Ford |
Actor |
2-Nov-1901 |
12-Apr-1976 |
The Phil Silvers Show |
| Norman Foster |
Film Director |
13-Dec-1900 |
7-Jul-1976 |
Journey Into Fear |
| Joe Fulks |
Basketball |
26-Oct-1921 |
21-Mar-1976 |
Scored 63 points in a 1949 NBA game |
| Jean Gabin |
Actor |
17-May-1904 |
15-Nov-1976 |
The Lower Depths |
| Carlo Gambino |
Criminal |
24-Aug-1902 |
15-Oct-1976 |
Don of the Gambino Crime family |
| J. Paul Getty, Sr. |
Business |
15-Dec-1892 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Founder of Getty Oil Company |
| Vic Ghezzi |
Golf |
19-Oct-1910 |
30-May-1976 |
Winner, 1941 PGA Championship |
| Arnold Gingrich |
Journalist |
5-Dec-1903 |
9-Jul-1976 |
Founder of Esquire magazine |
| Michael Goodliffe |
Actor |
1-Oct-1914 |
20-Mar-1976 |
A Night to Remember |
| Kermit Gordon |
Economist |
1916 |
1976 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-62 |
| Bobby Hackett |
Jazz Musician |
31-Jan-1915 |
7-Jun-1976 |
Played with Glenn Miller, Jackie Gleason |
| Billy Halop |
Actor |
11-Feb-1920 |
9-Nov-1976 |
Dead End Kid |
| Martin Heidegger |
Philosopher |
26-Sep-1889 |
26-May-1976 |
Being and Time |
| Gustav Heinemann |
Head of State |
23-Jul-1899 |
7-Jul-1976 |
President of Germany, 1969-74 |
| Werner Heisenberg |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1901 |
1-Feb-1976 |
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle |
| Walter Hieber |
Chemist |
18-Dec-1895 |
29-Nov-1976 |
Metal carbonyl chemistry |
| Robert D. Holmes |
Politician |
11-May-1909 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Governor of Oregon, 1957-59 |
| Howard Hughes |
Business |
24-Sep-1905 |
5-Apr-1976 |
Insane billionaire |
| Richard Hughes |
Author |
19-Apr-1900 |
28-Aug-1976 |
A High Wind in Jamaica |
| Frieda Inescort |
Actor |
29-Jun-1901 |
26-Feb-1976 |
A Place in the Sun |
| Sid James |
Actor |
8-May-1913 |
26-Apr-1976 |
Carry on... |
| Eyvind Johnson |
Author |
29-Jul-1900 |
25-Aug-1976 |
Rain at Dawn |
| Anissa Jones |
Actor |
11-Mar-1958 |
28-Aug-1976 |
Buffy on Family Affair |
| Otto Kerner |
Politician |
15-Aug-1908 |
9-May-1976 |
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68 |
| Freddie King |
Guitarist |
3-Sep-1934 |
28-Dec-1976 |
Blues guitarist, The Texas Cannonball |
| Fuzzy Knight |
Actor |
9-May-1901 |
23-Feb-1976 |
American character actor |
| Walter J. Kohler, Jr. |
Politician |
4-Apr-1904 |
21-Mar-1976 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1951-57 |
| Jim Konstanty |
Baseball |
2-Mar-1917 |
11-Jun-1976 |
National League 1950 MVP |
| Paul Kossoff |
Guitarist |
14-Sep-1950 |
19-Mar-1976 |
Free |
| Juscelino Kubitschek |
Head of State |
12-Sep-1902 |
22-Aug-1976 |
President of Brazil, founder of Brasilia |
| Kathryn Kuhlman |
Religion |
9-May-1907 |
20-Feb-1976 |
Faith healer, I Believe In Miracles |
| Fritz Lang |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1890 |
2-Aug-1976 |
Metropolis |
| Munro Leaf |
Author |
4-Dec-1905 |
21-Dec-1976 |
The Story of Ferdinand |
| Charles Lederer |
Screenwriter |
31-Dec-1911 |
5-Mar-1976 |
His Girl Friday |
| Lotte Lehmann |
Singer |
27-Feb-1888 |
26-Aug-1976 |
German-American operatic soprano |
| Margaret Leighton |
Actor |
26-Feb-1922 |
13-Jan-1976 |
The Go-Between |
| Charles P. Light, Jr. |
Attorney |
1902 |
1976 |
Prominent Washington attorney, law professor |
| Jerry Litton |
Politician |
12-May-1937 |
3-Aug-1976 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1973-76 |
| Roger Livesey |
Actor |
25-Jun-1906 |
4-Feb-1976 |
The League of Gentlemen |
| Trofim Lysenko |
Scientist |
29-Sep-1898 |
20-Nov-1976 |
Dazzled Stalin with false genetic theory |
| Torbert H. Macdonald |
Politician |
6-Jun-1917 |
21-May-1976 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1955-76 |
| Colin MacInnes |
Novelist |
20-Aug-1914 |
22-Apr-1976 |
Absolute Beginners |
| Ted Mack |
TV Personality |
12-Feb-1904 |
12-Jul-1976 |
Original Amateur Hour |
| André Malraux |
Novelist |
3-Nov-1901 |
23-Nov-1976 |
La Condition Humaine |
| Mao |
Head of State |
26-Dec-1893 |
9-Sep-1976 |
Great Leap Forward! |
| Jean Martinon |
Conductor |
10-Jan-1910 |
1-Mar-1976 |
Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1963-68 |
| James McAuley |
Poet |
12-Oct-1917 |
15-Oct-1976 |
Australian poet, Ern Malley hoaxer |
| Mary Margaret McBride |
Radio Personality |
16-Nov-1899 |
7-Apr-1976 |
Daytime radio talk show host |
| Robert McClintock |
Diplomat |
30-Aug-1909 |
1976 |
US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1970-75 |
| Ruth McDevitt |
Actor |
13-Sep-1895 |
27-May-1976 |
Pistols 'n' Petticoats |
| Ben McKelway |
Journalist |
2-Oct-1895 |
1976 |
Editor, The Washington Star |
| Francis E. Meloy, Jr. |
Diplomat |
28-Mar-1917 |
16-Jun-1976 |
US Ambassador to Lebanon, assassinated |
| Johnny Mercer |
Songwriter |
18-Nov-1909 |
25-Jun-1976 |
Accentuate the Positive |
| Livingston T. Merchant |
Diplomat |
23-Nov-1903 |
15-May-1976 |
Twice US Ambassador to Canada |
| Jo Mielziner |
Designer |
19-Mar-1901 |
15-Mar-1976 |
Broadway stage designer |
| Sal Mineo |
Actor |
10-Jan-1939 |
12-Feb-1976 |
Dies in Rebel Without A Cause |
| Rudolph Minkowski |
Astronomer |
28-May-1895 |
4-Jan-1976 |
Galaxies in collision |
| Ernesto Miranda |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1941 |
31-Jan-1976 |
Miranda v. Arizona |
| Jacques Monod |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1910 |
31-May-1976 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Bernard Montgomery |
Military |
17-Nov-1887 |
24-Mar-1976 |
Won Battle of El Alamein during WWII |
| Samuel Eliot Morison |
Historian |
9-Jul-1887 |
15-May-1976 |
Rear Admiral and naval historian |
| Frederick H. Mueller |
Government |
22-Nov-1893 |
31-Aug-1976 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1959-61 |
| Mary Nash |
Actor |
15-Aug-1884 |
3-Dec-1976 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Ernie Nevers |
Football |
11-Jun-1902 |
3-May-1976 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Barbara Nichols |
Actor |
30-Dec-1929 |
5-Oct-1976 |
Sweet Smell of Success |
| Phil Ochs |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Dec-1940 |
9-Apr-1976 |
50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong |
| Lars Onsager |
Chemist |
27-Nov-1903 |
5-Oct-1976 |
Fourth Law of Thermodynamics |
| Wright Patman |
Politician |
6-Aug-1893 |
7-Mar-1976 |
Congressman from Texas, 1929-76 |
| Gregor Piatigorsky |
Cellist |
17-Apr-1903 |
6-Aug-1976 |
Russian-American cello virtuoso |
| Walter Piston |
Composer |
20-Jan-1894 |
12-Nov-1976 |
Symphony No. 3 |
| Lily Pons |
Singer |
12-Apr-1898 |
13-Feb-1976 |
French-American coloratura soprano |
| Irving Price |
Business |
21-Sep-1884 |
23-Nov-1976 |
Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys |
| Maudie Prickett |
Actor |
25-Oct-1914 |
14-Apr-1976 |
Rosie on Hazel |
| Raymond Queneau |
Novelist |
21-Feb-1903 |
25-Oct-1976 |
Zazie dans le métro |
| Monroe Rathbone |
Business |
1-Mar-1900 |
2-Aug-1976 |
Formed Exxon |
| Man Ray |
Photographer |
27-Aug-1890 |
18-Nov-1976 |
Dadaist photographer |
| Carol Reed |
Film Director |
30-Dec-1906 |
25-Apr-1976 |
Oliver! |
| Jimmy Reed |
Singer |
6-Sep-1925 |
29-Aug-1976 |
Blues singer/guitarist, Big Boss Man |
| Paul Robeson |
Singer |
9-Apr-1898 |
23-Jan-1976 |
20th Century renaissance man |
| Rosalind Russell |
Actor |
4-Jun-1907 |
28-Nov-1976 |
Auntie Mame |
| Leopold Ruzicka |
Chemist |
13-Sep-1887 |
26-Sep-1976 |
Terpenes and hormones |
| Walter Schottky |
Physicist |
23-Jul-1886 |
4-Mar-1976 |
Solid-state physics and electronics |
| Alastair Sim |
Actor |
9-Oct-1900 |
19-Aug-1976 |
Scrooge in A Christmas Carol |
| M. B. Skaggs |
Business |
5-Apr-1888 |
8-May-1976 |
Founder of Safeway |
| H. Allen Smith |
Author |
19-Dec-1907 |
24-Feb-1976 |
Low Man on a Totem Pole |
| Nels H. Smith |
Politician |
27-Aug-1884 |
5-Jul-1976 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1939-43 |
| Harry Snyder |
Business |
9-Sep-1913 |
14-Dec-1976 |
Co-Founder of In-N-Out Burger |
| Ray Teal |
Actor |
12-Jan-1902 |
2-Apr-1976 |
Sheriff Roy Coffee on Bonanza |
| Sybil Thorndike |
Actor |
24-Oct-1882 |
9-Jun-1976 |
English stage actress |
| Bill Todman |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Jul-1916 |
29-Jul-1976 |
Goodson-Todman Productions |
| Andrew Tombes |
Actor |
29-Jun-1885 |
17-Mar-1976 |
Doubting Thomas |
| Dalton Trumbo |
Author |
9-Dec-1905 |
10-Sep-1976 |
Johnny Got His Gun |
| Paul Turan |
Mathematician |
28-Aug-1910 |
26-Sep-1976 |
Hungarian mathematician |
| Victor Varconi |
Actor |
31-Mar-1891 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Hungarian-American character actor |
| Luchino Visconti |
Film Director |
2-Nov-1906 |
17-Mar-1976 |
La Terra Trema |
| Murvyn Vye |
Actor |
15-Jul-1913 |
17-Aug-1976 |
Pickup on South Street |
| Ned Washington |
Songwriter |
15-Aug-1901 |
20-Dec-1976 |
When You Wish Upon a Star |
| Mortimer Wheeler |
Archaeologist |
10-Sep-1890 |
22-Jul-1976 |
Archaeology from the Earth |
| George H. Whipple |
Scientist |
28-Aug-1878 |
2-Feb-1976 |
Bile, hemoglobin, and the liver |
| Roy Williams |
Talk Show Host |
30-Jul-1907 |
7-Nov-1976 |
Portly Mickey Mouse Club host |
| Howlin' Wolf |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jun-1910 |
10-Jan-1976 |
Blues guitarist |
| John Orr Young |
Business |
25-Jun-1886 |
1-May-1976 |
Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam |
| Solomon Zeitlin |
Historian |
1886 |
1976 |
Dead Sea Scrolls debunker |
| Adolph Zukor |
Business |
7-Jan-1873 |
10-Jun-1976 |
Founder of Paramount Pictures |
