Celebrity Deaths in 1970
120 notable figures died in 1970. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Frank Vincent Brach
1890 – 1970 · Business Magnates -
George M. Humphrey
1890 – 1970 -
Heenan Elliott
1892 – 1970 · Actors -
Ichiro Ishikawa
1886 – 1970 -
James Edwards
1918 – 1970 · Actors -
Lawren Harris
1885 – 1970 · Artists and Architects -
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Pancho Cossío
1894 – 1970 · Artists and Architects -
Robert Harriot Barrat
1889 – 1970 · Actors -
Robert Mantle Rattenbury
1902 – 1970 -
Teddy Burns Goulet
1897 – 1970 · Actors -
William Thomas Piper, Sr
1881 – 1970 · Business Magnates -
Max Born
1882 – 1970 · Scientists and Inventors Jan 5 -
Robert Barrat
1889 – 1970 · Actors Jan 7 -
Pavel I. Belyayev
1925 – 1970 · Scientists and Inventors Jan 10 -
Betty Ross Clarke
1892 – 1970 · Actresses Jan 24 -
Abraham Washington “Abe” Attell
1884 – 1970 · Sports Figures Feb 2 -
Bertrand Russell
1872 – 1970 · Politicians Feb 2 -
David Frisch
1902 – 1970 Feb 2 -
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1888 – 1970 · Authors and Writers Feb 2 -
Tatzumbie DuPea
1849 – 1970 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Jay Eaton
1899 – 1970 · Actors Feb 5 -
Edward Selzer
1893 – 1970 · Movie/TV Producer Feb 22 -
Vera Brittain
1893 – 1970 · Authors and Writers Mar 3 -
William “One-Shot” Beaudine
1892 – 1970 · Entertainers Mar 3 -
Peter Godfrey
1899 – 1970 · Actors, Director Mar 4 -
William Hopper
1915 – 1970 · Actors Mar 6 -
Alec Clunes
1912 – 1970 · Actors Mar 13 -
Tammi Terrell
1945 – 1970 · Singer Mar 16 -
William Beaudine
1892 – 1970 · Actors, Director, Film Director Mar 18 -
Del Lord
1894 – 1970 · Film Director Mar 23 -
Patricia Ellis
1916 – 1970 · Actresses, Singer Mar 26 -
Semyon Timoshenko
1895 – 1970 · Politicians Mar 31 -
Cathy O’Donnell
1923 – 1970 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Ed Begley, Sr
1901 – 1970 · Actors Apr 4 -
Max Bozyk
1899 – 1970 · Actors Apr 4 -
Paul Celan
1920 – 1970 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
William “1st Baron Strathalmond” Fraser
1888 – 1970 Apr 4 -
David Mountbatten
1919 – 1970 · Relatives Of Notable Apr 14 -
Anita Louise
1915 – 1970 · Actresses Apr 25 -
Gypsy Rose Lee
1911 – 1970 · Entertainers, Sex Goddess Apr 26 -
Inger Stevens
1934 – 1970 · Actresses Apr 30 -
Charles E. Fredericks
1918 – 1970 · Actors May 5 -
Kenneth L. Kling
1895 – 1970 · Artists and Architects May 5 -
Martin Branner
1888 – 1970 · Artists and Architects May 5 -
Nigel Balchin
1908 – 1970 · Authors and Writers May 5 -
Nydia Westman
1902 – 1970 · Actresses May 5 -
Johnny Hodges
1907 – 1970 · Musicians and Composers May 11 -
Billie Burke
1884 – 1970 · Actresses May 14 -
Delia Akeley
1869 – 1970 · Explorers and Adventurers May 22 -
Arkle
1957 – 1970 · Animals, Athletes, Sports Figures May 31 -
Terry Sawchuk
1929 – 1970 · Hockey May 31 -
Hjalmar Schacht
1877 – 1970 · Politicians Jun 3 -
Sonny Tufts
1911 – 1970 · Actors, Singer Jun 4 -
Frank Charles Laubach
1884 – 1970 Jun 6 -
Geraldine Wall
1912 – 1970 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Mitzi Hajos
1889 – 1970 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Prudencia Grifell
1876 – 1970 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Alexander Kerensky
1881 – 1970 · Authors and Writers, Politicians Jun 11 -
Sukarno
1901 – 1970 · Politicians Jun 21 -
Marjorie Rambeau
1889 – 1970 · Actresses Jul 6 -
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Matthew James Boylen
1907 – 1970 · Business Magnates Jul 7 -
Robb Hansell Sagendorph
1900 – 1970 · Business Magnates Jul 7 -
Sigrid Holmquist
1899 – 1970 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Roger Edens
1905 – 1970 · Musicians and Composers Jul 13 -
Preston Foster
1900 – 1970 · Actors, Singer Jul 14 -
Juano Hernandez
1896 – 1970 · Actors Jul 17 -
Leith Stevens
1909 – 1970 · Musicians and Composers Jul 23 -
Beatrice Roberts
1905 – 1970 · Actresses Jul 24 -
Claud Allister
1888 – 1970 · Actors, Celebrities Jul 26 -
António de Oliveira Salazar
1889 – 1970 · Authors and Writers, Politicians Jul 27 -
Frances Farmer
1913 – 1970 · Actresses Aug 1 -
Otto Hardwick
1904 – 1970 · Musicians and Composers Aug 5 -
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Alfred Warner Hair, Sr.
1918 – 1970 · Artists and Architects Aug 8 -
Beniamino Benevento Bufano
1890 – 1970 · Artists and Architects Aug 8 -
Mickey Daniels
1914 – 1970 · Actors Aug 8 -
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Neville Blond
1896 – 1970 · Business Magnates Aug 8 -
Steve Darrell
1904 – 1970 · Actors Aug 8 -
Dan Mitrione
1920 – 1970 · Victims of crime and disaster Aug 10 -
Soledad Miranda
1943 – 1970 · Actresses Aug 18 -
Mary Clare Absalom
1892 – 1970 · Actresses Aug 29 -
William H. Abendroth
1895 – 1970 · Military Figures Sep 3 -
Geraldine Hall
1905 – 1970 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Jimi Hendrix
1942 – 1970 · Artists and Architects, Musicians and Composers Sep 18 -
Bourvil
1917 – 1970 · Celebrities, Comedian, Singer Sep 23 -
Edna Gellhorn
1878 – 1970 · Social Reformers, Suffragists Sep 25 -
Gamal Abdel Nasser
1918 – 1970 · Politicians Sep 28 -
Edward Everett Horton
1886 – 1970 · Actors Sep 29 -
Janis Joplin
1943 – 1970 · Rock & Roll, Singer Oct 4 -
Carl W Ackerman
1890 – 1970 · Authors and Writers, Educators Oct 9 -
Carl William Ackerman
1890 – 1970 · Educators Oct 10 -
Dorothy Vernon
1875 – 1970 · Actresses Oct 10 -
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Harry Clifton Byrd
1889 – 1970 Oct 10 -
Henry Garcia
1903 – 1970 · Actors Oct 10 -
Jean De Briac
1891 – 1970 · Actors Oct 10 -
Luchy Soto
1919 – 1970 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Virginia B. Bronson Leiber
1885 – 1970 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Édouard Daladier
1884 – 1970 · Politicians Oct 10 -
Lázaro Cárdenas
1895 – 1970 · Politicians Oct 19 -
Ted Lewis
1893 – 1970 · Boxers Oct 20 -
Ernest Haller
1896 – 1970 · Producer Oct 21 -
John Scopes
1900 – 1970 · Educators Oct 21 -
Aubrey Bodine
1906 – 1970 · American journalist, Artists and Architects, Photographer Oct 28 -
Peter II of Yugoslavia
1923 – 1970 · Royalty Nov 3 -
Agustín Lara
1897 – 1970 · Musicians and Composers Nov 6 -
Charles de Gaulle
1890 – 1970 · Politicians, President Nov 9 -
Fay Babcock
1895 – 1970 · Entertainers Nov 11 -
Hertha Feiler
1916 – 1970 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Louis Rich
1896 – 1970 · Business Magnates Nov 11 -
Napoleon Hill
1883 – 1970 Nov 11 -
Spencer Dewey Adams
1898 – 1970 · Baseball, Sports Figures Nov 11 -
Naunton Wayne
1901 – 1970 · Actors Nov 17 -
Ivy Andrews
1907 – 1970 · Sports Figures Nov 24 -
Louise Glaum
1888 – 1970 · Actresses Nov 25 -
Yukio Mishima
1925 – 1970 · Actors, Celebrities, Film Director, Model Nov 25 -
Carolyn Craig
1934 – 1970 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Romaine Brooks
1874 – 1970 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
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Rube Goldberg
1883 – 1970 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Willa Pearl Curtis
1896 – 1970 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Charlie Ruggles
1886 – 1970 · Actors Dec 23 -
Sonny Liston
1932 – 1970 · Boxers Dec 30