| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Gamal Abdel-Nasser |
Head of State |
15-Jan-1918 |
28-Sep-1970 |
President of Egypt, 1956-70 |
| Shmuel Agnon |
Author |
17-Jul-1888 |
17-Feb-1970 |
'Tmol Shilshom |
| George V. Allen |
Diplomat |
3-Nov-1903 |
11-Jul-1970 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48 |
| Claud Allister |
Actor |
3-Oct-1888 |
26-Jul-1970 |
The Reluctant Dragon |
| Albert Ayler |
Jazz Musician |
13-Jul-1936 |
5-Nov-1970 |
Far-out sax blower |
| John Barbirolli |
Conductor |
2-Dec-1899 |
29-Jul-1970 |
Conductor at The Hallé, 1943-70 |
| Robert Barrat |
Actor |
10-Jul-1889 |
7-Jan-1970 |
The Kennel Murder Case |
| William Beaudine |
Film Director |
15-Jan-1892 |
18-Mar-1970 |
Billy the Kid versus Dracula |
| Ed Begley, Sr. |
Actor |
25-Mar-1901 |
28-Apr-1970 |
Juror #10 in 12 Angry Men |
| Mari Blanchard |
Actor |
13-Apr-1927 |
10-May-1970 |
She-Devil |
| Louise Bogan |
Poet |
11-Aug-1897 |
4-Feb-1970 |
The New Yorker poetry critic |
| Homer T. Bone |
Politician |
25-Jan-1883 |
11-Mar-1970 |
US Senator from Washington, 1933-44 |
| Max Born |
Physicist |
11-Dec-1882 |
5-Jan-1970 |
Pioneer of quantum mechanics |
| Bourvil |
Actor |
27-Jul-1917 |
23-Sep-1970 |
La Grande Vadrouille |
| Vera Brittain |
Author |
29-Dec-1893 |
29-Mar-1970 |
Testament of Youth |
| Heinrich Bruening |
Head of State |
26-Nov-1885 |
30-Mar-1970 |
Chancellor of Germany, 1930-32 |
| Billie Burke |
Actor |
7-Aug-1885 |
14-May-1970 |
Glinda, the Good Witch of the North |
| Lázaro Cárdenas |
Head of State |
21-May-1895 |
19-Oct-1970 |
President of Mexico, 1934-40 |
| Rudolf Carnap |
Philosopher |
18-May-1891 |
14-Sep-1970 |
The Logical Syntax of Language |
| John Paddy Carstairs |
Film Director |
11-May-1910 |
12-Dec-1970 |
The Saint in London |
| Paul Celan |
Poet |
23-Nov-1920 |
20-Apr-1970 |
Todesfuge |
| Sydney Chapman |
Mathematician |
29-Jan-1888 |
16-Jun-1970 |
Geomagnetism |
| Alec Clunes |
Actor |
17-May-1912 |
13-Mar-1970 |
Classical theatre actor, stage manager |
| Carolyn Craig |
Actor |
27-Oct-1934 |
12-Dec-1970 |
House on Haunted Hill |
| Richard Cardinal Cushing |
Religion |
24-Aug-1895 |
2-Nov-1970 |
Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 1944-70 |
| Édouard Daladier |
Head of State |
18-Jun-1884 |
10-Oct-1970 |
Three-time Prime Minister of France |
| Frank Dalby Davison |
Author |
23-Jun-1893 |
24-May-1970 |
Dusty |
| Marie Dionne |
Victim |
28-May-1934 |
27-Feb-1970 |
Canadian quintuplets put on display |
| Patricia Ellis |
Actor |
20-May-1916 |
26-Mar-1970 |
Picture Snatcher |
| Frances Farmer |
Actor |
19-Sep-1913 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Hollywood actress, institutionalized |
| George Finch |
Chemist |
4-Aug-1888 |
22-Nov-1970 |
Oxygen for mountain climbing |
| E. M. Forster |
Author |
1-Jan-1879 |
7-Jun-1970 |
Howards End |
| Preston Foster |
Actor |
24-Aug-1900 |
14-Jul-1970 |
My Friend Flicka |
| Jack R. Gage |
Politician |
13-Jan-1899 |
14-Mar-1970 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1961-63 |
| Erle Stanley Gardner |
Novelist |
17-Jul-1889 |
11-Mar-1970 |
Creator of Perry Mason |
| Charles de Gaulle |
Head of State |
22-Nov-1890 |
9-Nov-1970 |
President of France, 1958-69 |
| Rube Goldberg |
Cartoonist |
4-Jul-1883 |
7-Dec-1970 |
Designer of impossible contraptions |
| Fernand Gravey |
Actor |
25-Dec-1905 |
2-Nov-1970 |
The King and the Chorus Girl |
| Leslie R. Groves |
Military |
17-Aug-1896 |
13-Jul-1970 |
Director of the Manhattan Project |
| John Gunther |
Journalist |
30-Aug-1901 |
29-May-1970 |
Inside Europe |
| Jimmy Hanley |
Actor |
22-Oct-1918 |
13-Jan-1970 |
Jim's Inn |
| Basil Liddell Hart |
Military |
31-Oct-1895 |
29-Jan-1970 |
Military strategist |
| Ray Henderson |
Songwriter |
1-Dec-1896 |
31-Dec-1970 |
The Best Things in Life Are Free |
| Jimi Hendrix |
Guitarist |
27-Nov-1942 |
18-Sep-1970 |
Purple Haze |
| Louis Henyey |
Astronomer |
3-Feb-1910 |
18-Feb-1970 |
Henyey method |
| John J. Hickey |
Politician |
22-Aug-1911 |
22-Sep-1970 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1959-61 |
| Edgar W. Hiestand |
Politician |
3-Dec-1888 |
19-Aug-1970 |
Congressman from California, 1953-63 |
| Johnny Hines |
Actor |
25-Jul-1895 |
24-Oct-1970 |
Silent film comedian |
| Johnny Hodges |
Jazz Musician |
25-Jul-1907 |
11-May-1970 |
Jazz alto saxophonist |
| Richard Hofstadter |
Historian |
6-Aug-1916 |
24-Oct-1970 |
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life |
| William Hopper |
Actor |
26-Jan-1915 |
6-Mar-1970 |
Paul Drake on Perry Mason |
| Edward Everett Horton |
Actor |
18-Mar-1886 |
29-Sep-1970 |
Prolific 1930s comedic actor |
| Baby Huey |
Musician |
1946 |
28-Oct-1970 |
Hard Times |
| George M. Humphrey |
Government |
8-Mar-1890 |
20-Jan-1970 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57 |
| Janis Joplin |
Singer |
19-Jan-1943 |
4-Oct-1970 |
Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart) |
| Roscoe Karns |
Actor |
7-Sep-1891 |
6-Feb-1970 |
It Happened One Night |
| Alexander Kerensky |
Government |
22-Apr-1881 |
11-Jun-1970 |
Head of pre-Bolshevik Russian government |
| Frances Parkinson Keyes |
Novelist |
21-Jul-1885 |
3-Jul-1970 |
All That Glitters |
| Goodwin Knight |
Politician |
9-Dec-1896 |
22-May-1970 |
Governor of California, 1953-59 |
| Fritz Kortner |
Actor |
12-May-1892 |
22-Jul-1970 |
Pandora's Box |
| Simon Kovar |
Musician |
22-May-1890 |
17-Jan-1970 |
Preeminent Basoon player and teacher |
| Julius Albert Krug |
Government |
23-Nov-1907 |
26-Mar-1970 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49 |
| Joseph Wood Krutch |
Naturalist |
25-Nov-1893 |
22-May-1970 |
The Modern Temper |
| Joe Lapchick |
Basketball |
12-Apr-1900 |
10-Aug-1970 |
Original Celtic, later NY Knicks Coach |
| Norm Larsen |
Inventor |
1923 |
Dec-1970 |
WD-40 |
| Gypsy Rose Lee |
Dancer |
9-Feb-1911 |
26-Apr-1970 |
Terpsichorean ecdysiast |
| Oscar Lewis |
Anthropologist |
25-Dec-1914 |
16-Dec-1970 |
Culture of Poverty |
| Sonny Liston |
Boxing |
8-May-1932 |
30-Dec-1970 |
World Heavyweight Champion 1962-64 |
| Vince Lombardi |
Football |
11-Jun-1913 |
3-Sep-1970 |
Winning isn't everything, It's the only thing |
| Anita Louise |
Actor |
9-Jan-1915 |
25-Apr-1970 |
The Little Princess |
| Robert Morrison MacIver |
Sociologist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Jun-1970 |
The Web of Government |
| Iain Macleod |
Politician |
11-Nov-1913 |
20-Jul-1970 |
UK Colonial Secretary, 1959-61 |
| Abraham Maslow |
Psychologist |
1-Apr-1908 |
8-Jun-1970 |
Hierarchy of Needs |
| François Mauriac |
Novelist |
11-Oct-1885 |
1-Sep-1970 |
Le Noeud de Vipères |
| David O. McKay |
Religion |
8-Sep-1873 |
18-Jan-1970 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1951-70 |
| Leslie A. Miller |
Politician |
29-Jan-1886 |
29-Sep-1970 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1933-39 |
| Marcel Minnaert |
Astronomer |
12-Feb-1893 |
26-Oct-1970 |
Solar spectrophotometry |
| Yukio Mishima |
Author |
14-Jan-1925 |
25-Nov-1970 |
The Sea of Fertility |
| Gaston Modot |
Actor |
30-Dec-1887 |
24-Feb-1970 |
Age of Gold |
| Chester Morris |
Actor |
16-Feb-1901 |
11-Sep-1970 |
Boston Blackie |
| Jules Munshin |
Actor |
22-Feb-1915 |
19-Feb-1970 |
On the Town |
| Conrad Nagel |
Actor |
16-Mar-1897 |
24-Feb-1970 |
The Thirteenth Chair |
| Barnett Newman |
Painter |
29-Jan-1905 |
4-Jul-1970 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Cathy O'Donnell |
Actor |
6-Jul-1923 |
11-Apr-1970 |
They Live by Night |
| John O'Hara |
Author |
31-Jan-1905 |
11-Apr-1970 |
Appointment in Samarra |
| Charles Olson |
Poet |
27-Dec-1910 |
10-Jan-1970 |
The Maximus Poems |
| John Dos Passos |
Author |
14-Jan-1896 |
28-Sep-1970 |
U.S.A. Trilogy |
| Brian Piccolo |
Football |
31-Oct-1943 |
16-Jun-1970 |
Bears FB, subject of Brians Song |
| Joe Pyne |
TV Personality |
22-Dec-1925 |
23-Mar-1970 |
Father of attack TV |
| Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1888 |
21-Nov-1970 |
Discovered the Raman Effect |
| Marjorie Rambeau |
Actor |
15-Jul-1889 |
6-Jul-1970 |
The Primrose Path |
| Erich Maria Remarque |
Novelist |
22-Jun-1898 |
25-Sep-1970 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Walter Reuther |
Labor Leader |
1-Sep-1907 |
9-May-1970 |
UAW and CIO labor leader |
| L. Mendel Rivers |
Politician |
28-Sep-1905 |
28-Dec-1970 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1941-70 |
| Mark Rothko |
Painter |
25-Sep-1903 |
25-Feb-1970 |
Painter of fuzzy rectangles |
| Peyton Rous |
Scientist |
5-Oct-1879 |
16-Feb-1970 |
Blood banks and carcinogenic viruses |
| Charles Ruggles |
Actor |
8-Feb-1886 |
23-Dec-1970 |
Bringing Up Baby |
| Bertrand Russell |
Mathematician |
18-May-1872 |
2-Feb-1970 |
Mathematician, atheist, and social critic |
| Nelly Sachs |
Poet |
10-Dec-1891 |
12-May-1970 |
O the Chimneys |
| António de Oliveira Salazar |
Head of State |
28-Apr-1889 |
27-Jul-1970 |
Ruler of Portugal, 1932-68 |
| Ruben Salazar |
Journalist |
3-Mar-1928 |
29-Aug-1970 |
L.A. Times reporter killed on the job |
| Terry Sawchuk |
Hockey |
28-Dec-1929 |
31-May-1970 |
Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer |
| Hjalmar Schacht |
Government |
22-Jan-1877 |
3-Jun-1970 |
Reich Minister of Economics |
| John T. Scopes |
Educator |
3-Aug-1900 |
21-Oct-1970 |
Defendant in the Scopes Monkey Trial |
| Blanche Stuart Scott |
Aviator |
8-Apr-1885 |
12-Jan-1970 |
Auto and air daredevil |
| Albert Sharpe |
Actor |
15-Apr-1885 |
13-Feb-1970 |
Darby O'Gill and the Little People |
| Clark Shaughnessy |
Football |
6-Mar-1892 |
15-May-1970 |
Invented football T-Formation |
| Herb Shriner |
Actor |
29-May-1918 |
23-Apr-1970 |
Two for the Money |
| Jesse Shwayder |
Business |
26-Mar-1882 |
24-Jul-1970 |
Founder of Samsonite Corporation |
| Frank Silvera |
Actor |
24-Jul-1914 |
11-Jun-1970 |
Killer's Kiss |
| Merriman Smith |
Journalist |
10-Feb-1913 |
13-Apr-1970 |
UPI correspondent, reported Kennedy's death |
| Percy Spencer |
Scientist |
19-Jul-1894 |
8-Sep-1970 |
Invented the microwave oven |
| Thomas B. Stanley |
Politician |
16-Jul-1890 |
10-Jul-1970 |
Governor of Virginia, 1954-58 |
| Inger Stevens |
Actor |
18-Oct-1934 |
30-Apr-1970 |
The Farmer's Daughter |
| Sukarno |
Head of State |
6-Jun-1901 |
21-Jun-1970 |
President of Indonesia, 1945-67 |
| George Szell |
Conductor |
7-Jun-1897 |
30-Jul-1970 |
Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70 |
| Tammi Terrell |
Singer |
29-Apr-1945 |
16-Mar-1970 |
Singing partner with Marvin Gaye |
| Charles L. Terry, Jr. |
Politician |
17-Sep-1900 |
6-Feb-1970 |
Governor of Delaware, 1965-69 |
| J. Parnell Thomas |
Government |
16-Jan-1895 |
19-Nov-1970 |
HUAC chairman, took the Fifth |
| Sonny Tufts |
Actor |
16-Jul-1911 |
4-Jun-1970 |
Cat-Women of the Moon |
| Otto Warburg |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1883 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Effect of oxygen on cancer |
| Naunton Wayne |
Actor |
22-Jun-1901 |
17-Nov-1970 |
Obsession |
| Nydia Westman |
Actor |
19-Feb-1902 |
23-May-1970 |
Mrs. Featherstone on Going My Way |
| Patrick Wymark |
Actor |
11-Jul-1920 |
20-Oct-1970 |
Where Eagles Dare |
| Anzia Yezierska |
Novelist |
c. 1880 |
21-Nov-1970 |
Bread Givers |
| Abraham Zapruder |
Cinematographer |
15-May-1905 |
30-Aug-1970 |
Documented JFK's assassination on film |