Celebrity Deaths in 1976

96 notable figures died in 1976. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Agatha Christie

  1890 – 1976 · Authors and Writers Jan 1
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  George Calliga

  1897 – 1976 · Actors Jan 1
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  Kevin Coughlin

  1945 – 1976 · Actors Jan 1
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  Marcel Broodthaers

  1924 – 1976 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Zhou Enlai

  1898 – 1976 · Politicians Jan 8
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  Margaret Leighton

  1922 – 1976 · Actresses Jan 13
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  Friedrich Hollaender

  1896 – 1976 · Musicians and Composers Jan 18
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  Ray Nance

  1913 – 1976 · Musicians and Composers Jan 28
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  Alice Allyn

  1929 – 1976 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Alice Maison

  1900 – 1976 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Angela Baddeley

  1904 – 1976 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Dallas McDonald Burnette

  1900 – 1976 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Lee J. Cobb

  1911 – 1976 · Actors Feb 2
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  Milton Harry Biow

  1892 – 1976 · Business Magnates Feb 2
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  Paul Gilbert

  1918 – 1976 · Actors Feb 2
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  Romaine Callender

  1883 – 1976 · Actors Feb 2
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  Roger Livesey

  1906 – 1976 · Actors Feb 4
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  Lee Cobb

  1911 – 1976 · Actors Feb 11
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  Sal Mineo

  1939 – 1976 · Actors, Victims of crime and disaster Feb 12
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  Lily Pons

  1898 – 1976 · Singer Feb 13
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  Jacques Carlu

  1890 – 1976 · Artists and Architects Mar 3
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  Josef Albers

  1888 – 1976 · Artists and Architects Mar 3
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  Richard Arlen

  1898 – 1976 · Actors Mar 3
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  Larry Thor

  1916 – 1976 · Actors, Radio Performers Mar 16
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  Luchino Visconti

  1906 – 1976 · Director Mar 17
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  Michael Goodliffe

  1914 – 1976 · Actors Mar 20
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  Bernard Montgomery

  1887 – 1976 · Politicians Mar 24
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  Hank Edward “Coon” Ciesla

  1934 – 1976 · Native Americans Apr 4
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  Maudie Merrie Prickett

  1914 – 1976 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Max Ernst

  1891 – 1976 · Artists and Architects Apr 4
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  Miriam Cooper

  1891 – 1976 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Howard Hughes

  1905 – 1976 · Celebrities, Film Director, Scientists and Inventors Apr 5
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  Denise Pelletier

  1923 – 1976 · Actresses May 5
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  Ruth McDevitt

  1895 – 1976 · Actresses May 5
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  Sheree Winton

  1935 – 1976 · Actresses May 5
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  Alvar Aalto

  1898 – 1976 · Artists and Architects May 11
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  Martin Heidegger

  1889 – 1976 · Authors and Writers May 26
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  Martha Beall Mitchell

  1918 – 1976 · Relatives Of Notable May 31
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  Adolph Zukor

  1873 – 1976 · Business Magnates Jun 6
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  Alan “Boomie” DeWitt

  1921 – 1976 · Actors Jun 6
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  Bernice Morgan Bryant

  1906 – 1976 · Authors and Writers Jun 6
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  Charles Ross “C. R.” Anthony

  1884 – 1976 · Business Magnates Jun 6
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  Fofó Aragón Bermúdez

  1925 – 1976 · Entertainers Jun 6
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  J. Paul Getty

  1892 – 1976 · Business Magnates, Celebrities Jun 6
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  Sybil Thorndike

  1882 – 1976 · Actresses Jun 9
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  Stanley Baker

  1928 – 1976 · Actors, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Jun 28
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  Frances Howard Goldwyn

  1903 – 1976 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Gustav Heinemann

  1899 – 1976 · Politicians Jul 7
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  Rina Morelli

  1908 – 1976 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Mike Pratt

  1931 – 1976 · Actors, Musicians and Composers Jul 10
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  Fritz Lang

  1890 – 1976 · Actors, Celebrities, Film Director Aug 2
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  Alonzo Wright

  1898 – 1976 · Native Americans Aug 8
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  Martin Burton

  1904 – 1976 · Actors Aug 8
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  Steve Benton

  1896 – 1976 · Actors Aug 8
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  Ángel Garasa

  1905 – 1976 · Actors Aug 8
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  Ray Corrigan

  1902 – 1976 · Actors Aug 10
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  Juscelino Kubitschek

  1902 – 1976 · Politicians Aug 22
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  Eyvind Johnson

  1900 – 1976 · Celebrities, Film Director Aug 25
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  Warner Anderson

  1911 – 1976 · Actors Aug 26
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  Anissa Jones

  1958 – 1976 · Actresses Aug 28
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  Emmanuel Berl

  1892 – 1976 · Authors and Writers Sep 9
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  James Warner Bellah

  1899 – 1976 · Authors and Writers Sep 9
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  Laudas Joseph “Duke” Dukowski

  1900 – 1976 · Native Americans Sep 9
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  Mao Zedong

  1893 – 1976 · Politicians Sep 9
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  Dalton Trumbo

  1905 – 1976 · Authors and Writers, Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Sep 10
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  Paul Dehn

  1912 – 1976 · Authors and Writers Sep 30
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  Barbara Nichols

  1929 – 1976 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Edith Mary Evans

  1888 – 1976 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Edward Burra

  1905 – 1976 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Gen Troy Houston Middleton

  1889 – 1976 Oct 10
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  Gloria Hope

  1899 – 1976 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Mabel Julienne Scott

  1892 – 1976 · Actresses Oct 10
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  Roy E. Aitken

  1882 – 1976 · Entertainers Oct 10
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  Linda Watkins

  1908 – 1976 · Actresses Oct 31
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  Gottfried von Cramm

  1909 – 1976 · Athletes Nov 8
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  Billy Halop

  1920 – 1976 · Actors Nov 9
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  Alexander Calder

  1898 – 1976 · Artists and Architects Nov 11
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  Benjamin Fletcher Wright

  1900 – 1976 · Educators Nov 11
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  Oscar Beregi, Jr

  1918 – 1976 · Actors Nov 11
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  Saax Bradbury

  1943 – 1976 · Actors Nov 11
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  Zena Virginia Keefe

  1896 – 1976 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Man Ray

  1890 – 1976 · Actors, Celebrities, Film Director Nov 18
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  Rupert Davies

  1916 – 1976 · Actors Nov 22
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  André Malraux

  1901 – 1976 · Celebrities, Film Director, Politicians Nov 23
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  Rosalind Russell

  1907 – 1976 · Actresses Nov 28
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  Godfrey Cambridge

  1933 – 1976 · Actors, Comedian Nov 29
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  Judith Lowry

  1890 – 1976 · Actresses Nov 29
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  Mary Nash

  1884 – 1976 · Actresses Dec 3
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  Benjamin Britten

  1913 – 1976 · Celebrities, Politicians Dec 4
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  Cathy Downs

  1924 – 1976 · Actresses Dec 8
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  Clara Horton

  1904 – 1976 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Frances Raeburn

  1924 – 1976 · Actresses Dec 12
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  George De Normand

  1903 – 1976 · Actors Dec 12
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  Jack Cassidy

  1927 – 1976 · Actors Dec 12
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  Frankie Darro

  1917 – 1976 · Actors Dec 25
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  Irving Lerner

  1909 – 1976 · Director, Film Director Dec 25