Celebrity Deaths in 1977
134 notable figures died in 1977. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Bernard “Toots” Shor
1903 – 1977 · Business Magnates Jan 1 -
Hans Alsér
1942 – 1977 · Sports Figures Jan 1 -
Lucille Pinson Shippee
1900 – 1977 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Ralph Taylor Graves
1900 – 1977 · Actors Jan 1 -
Yvonne Wignolle Printemps
1895 – 1977 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Erroll Garner
1923 – 1977 · Musicians and Composers Jan 2 -
Anthony Eden
1897 – 1977 · Politicians Jan 14 -
Peter Finch
1916 – 1977 · Actors, Celebrities, Film Director Jan 14 -
Gary Gilmore
1940 – 1977 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 17 -
Yvonne Printemps
1894 – 1977 · Actresses, Singer Jan 18 -
Margaret Hayes
1916 – 1977 · Actresses Jan 26 -
Burt Mustin
1884 – 1977 · Actors Jan 28 -
Freddie Prinze
1954 – 1977 · Actors, Comedian Jan 29 -
Daniel Mainwaring
1902 – 1977 · Authors and Writers Jan 31 -
Eddie Lincoln “Rochester” Anderson
1905 – 1977 · Actors Feb 2 -
John Dickson Carr
1906 – 1977 · Authors and Writers Feb 2 -
Pauline Starke
1901 – 1977 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Shannon Day
1896 – 1977 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
1905 – 1977 · Politicians Feb 11 -
Helen Brach
1911 – 1977 · Victims of crime and disaster Feb 17 -
Andy Devine
1905 – 1977 · Actors Feb 18 -
Muriel Landers
1921 – 1977 · Actresses Feb 19 -
Edith Barrett
1907 – 1977 · Actresses Feb 22 -
Allison Hayes
1930 – 1977 · Actresses Feb 27 -
Eddie Lincoln Anderson
1905 – 1977 · Actors Feb 28 -
Abdel Halim Hafez
1929 – 1977 · Actors Mar 3 -
Carlo Battisti
1882 – 1977 · Actors Mar 3 -
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Eve Turner “Eve” Meyer
1928 – 1977 · Actresses Mar 3 -
George Eldredge
1898 – 1977 · Actors Mar 3 -
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Theora Alton Hamblett
1895 – 1977 · Artists and Architects Mar 3 -
Tom Pryce
1949 – 1977 · Race Car Driver Mar 5 -
Henry Hull
1890 – 1977 · Actors Mar 8 -
Helen Ferguson
1901 – 1977 · Actresses Mar 14 -
Carlos Pace
1944 – 1977 · Race Car Driver Mar 18 -
Stoney Cooper
1918 – 1977 · Country Music Mar 22 -
Nunnally Johnson
1897 – 1977 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Mar 25 -
Diana Hyland
1936 – 1977 · Actresses Mar 27 -
Eve Meyer
1928 – 1977 · Actresses, Model, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Mar 27 -
Lynn Castile
1897 – 1977 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Philip K. Wrigley
1894 – 1977 · Business Magnates Apr 4 -
Stan Smrke
1928 – 1977 · Native Americans Apr 4 -
Wilmer Lawson Allison, Jr
1904 – 1977 · Sports Figures Apr 4 -
Jim Thompson
1906 – 1977 · Authors and Writers Apr 7 -
Stefania Turkevych-Lukiianovych
1898 – 1977 · Celebrities, Musicians and Composers Apr 8 -
Jacques Prévert
1900 – 1977 · Actors, Artists and Architects, Celebrities Apr 11 -
Gummo Marx
1892 – 1977 · Actors Apr 21 -
Stanley Adams
1915 – 1977 · Actors Apr 27 -
Ricardo Cortez
1900 – 1977 · Actors Apr 28 -
Barry Ashbee
1939 – 1977 · Sports Figures May 5 -
Lillian Kemble-Cooper
1892 – 1977 · Actresses May 5 -
Ludwig Erhard
1897 – 1977 · Politicians May 5 -
Richard Bissell
1913 – 1977 · Authors and Writers May 5 -
Rose Allen
1885 – 1977 · Actresses May 5 -
Joan Crawford
1904 – 1977 · Actresses, Celebrities May 10 -
Rulon Allred
1906 – 1977 · Victims of crime and disaster May 10 -
William Castle
1914 – 1977 · Actors, Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer May 31 -
Mabel Todd
1907 – 1977 · Actresses Jun 2 -
Stephen Boyd
1931 – 1977 · Actors Jun 2 -
Archibald Hill
1886 – 1977 · Politicians Jun 3 -
Roberto Rossellini
1906 – 1977 · Director Jun 3 -
Abner Biberman
1909 – 1977 · Actors Jun 6 -
Harold Marston Morse
1892 – 1977 Jun 6 -
Matthew Garber
1956 – 1977 · Actors Jun 6 -
Tom Campbell Clark
1899 – 1977 · Politicians, US Supreme Court Justices Jun 13 -
Alan Reed
1907 – 1977 · Actors Jun 14 -
Robert Middleton
1911 – 1977 · Actors Jun 14 -
Wernher von Braun
1912 – 1977 · Scientists and Inventors Jun 16 -
Geraldine Brooks
1925 – 1977 · Actresses Jun 19 -
Sylvia Ashley
1904 – 1977 · Model, Socialite Jun 29 -
Arsenio Pastor Erico
1915 – 1977 · Soccer Jul 7 -
Carter DeHaven
1886 – 1977 · Actors Jul 7 -
John Robert Powers
1892 – 1977 · Business Magnates Jul 7 -
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Leighton Brill
1893 – 1977 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
Alice Paul
1885 – 1977 · Social Reformers, Suffragists Jul 9 -
Makarios III
1913 – 1977 · Politicians Aug 3 -
Edgar Douglas Adrian
1889 – 1977 · Politicians Aug 4 -
Ernst Bloch
1885 – 1977 · Educators Aug 4 -
Elizabeth Flournoy
1886 – 1977 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Vince Barnett
1902 – 1977 · Actors Aug 10 -
Elvis Presley
1935 – 1977 · Actors, Entertainers Aug 16 -
Delmer Daves
1904 – 1977 · Director, Film Director, Movie/TV Producer, Producer Aug 17 -
Groucho Marx
1890 – 1977 · Actors, Celebrities, Comedian Aug 19 -
Peter Dyneley
1921 – 1977 · Actors Aug 19 -
Danny Lockin
1943 – 1977 · Actors, Victims of crime and disaster Aug 21 -
Willis Bouchey
1907 – 1977 · Actors Aug 26 -
Jean Hagen
1923 – 1977 · Actresses Aug 29 -
Ethel Waters
1896 – 1977 · Actresses Sep 1 -
Claudia Dell
1909 – 1977 · Actresses Sep 9 -
George Beban, Jr
1914 – 1977 · Actors Sep 9 -
Glen Gordon
1914 – 1977 · Actors Sep 9 -
Leonard Carey
1887 – 1977 · Actors Sep 9 -
Mona Darkfeather
1883 – 1977 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Paloma “Blackie” Efrom
1912 – 1977 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Ruth Mix Hill
1912 – 1977 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Sandra Mozarovsky
1958 – 1977 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Stephen Dunne
1918 – 1977 · Actors Sep 9 -
William Sutherland Beckett
1921 – 1977 · Artists and Architects Sep 9 -
Steve Biko
1946 – 1977 · Politicians Sep 12 -
Leopold Stokowski
1882 – 1977 · Musicians and Composers Sep 13 -
Maria Meneghini Callas
1923 – 1977 · Actresses, Celebrities Sep 16 -
Robert McKimson
1910 – 1977 · Artists and Architects Sep 29 -
Danny Greene
1933 – 1977 · Gangster Oct 6 -
Ruth Elder
1902 – 1977 · Actresses Oct 9 - Photo 1892 – 1977 · Authors and Writers Oct 10
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Anton Hulman, Jr
1901 – 1977 Oct 10 -
Jackie Condon
1918 – 1977 · Actors Oct 10 -
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Nikolai Petrovich Glushchenko
1901 – 1977 · Artists and Architects Oct 10 -
Dorothy Davenport
1895 – 1977 · Actresses Oct 12 -
Bing Crosby
1903 – 1977 · Athletes, Baseball, Business Magnates, Celebrities, Comedian Oct 14 -
Michael Balcon
1896 – 1977 · Movie/TV Producer, Producer Oct 17 -
James Cain
1892 – 1977 · Authors and Writers Oct 27 -
Ted Hinton
1904 – 1977 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Oct 27 -
Joan Tetzel
1921 – 1977 · Actresses Oct 31 -
Gertrude Astor
1887 – 1977 · Actresses Nov 9 -
Betty Balfour
1903 – 1977 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Florence Vidor
1895 – 1977 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Milos Crnjanski
1893 – 1977 · Authors and Writers Nov 11 -
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Rene Goscinny
1926 – 1977 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
Victor c Francen
1888 – 1977 · Actors Nov 11 -
Yale Thomas Boss
1899 – 1977 · Actors Nov 11 -
Victor Francen
1888 – 1977 · Actors Nov 18 -
Michael Hutchence
1960 – 1977 · Singer Nov 22 -
Richard Carlson
1912 – 1977 · Actors, Director, Film Director, TV Director Nov 25 -
Terence Rattigan
1911 – 1977 · Authors and Writers Nov 30 -
Leila Hyams
1905 – 1977 · Actresses Dec 4 -
Heloise Bowles Cruse
1919 – 1977 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
Jacques Auger
1901 – 1977 · Actors Dec 12 -
Russell Birdwell
1903 – 1977 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
Cyril Ritchard
1898 – 1977 · Actors Dec 18 -
Jacques Tourneur
1904 – 1977 · Film Director Dec 19 -
Charlie Chaplin
1889 – 1977 · Actors Dec 25 -
Howard Hawks
1896 – 1977 · Actors, Celebrities, Film Director Dec 26 -
Charlotte Greenwood
1890 – 1977 · Actresses Dec 28 -
Nora Marlowe
1915 – 1977 · Actresses Dec 31