Year (''' MCMLXXVI ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
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- July 2 - North Vietnam and South Vietnam unite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam - a Communist country.
- rules that the Death Penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment.
- July 3 - The great Heat Wave in the United Kingdom , which is currently suffering from Drought conditions, reaches its peak.
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- July 4 - The Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP) leads 50,000 marchers in Philadelphia to demand a "Bicentennial Without Colonies" and independence for Puerto Rico .
- July 4 - i airborne commandos free 103 hostages being held by Palestinian hijackers of an Air France plane at Uganda 's Entebbe Airport; 1 Israeli and several Ugandan soldiers are killed in the raid.
- July 6 - The first class of women is inducted at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD .
- July 7 - German left-wing terrorists Monika Berberich, Gabriella Rollnick, Juliane Plambeck and Inge Viett escape from the Lehrter Straße maximum security prison in West Berlin .
- July 10 - Three British and 1 American Mercenaries are shot by firing squad in Angola .
- July 10 - An Explosion In Seveso , Italy , kills a large number of people.
- July 15 - Jimmy Carter is nominated for U.S. President at the Democratic National Convention in New York City .
- July 16 - July 20 - Albert Spaggiari and his gang break into the vault of the Societe Generale Bank in Nice , France .
- July 17 - The 1976 Summer Olympics begin in Montreal , Quebec , Canada .
- July 17 - East Timor is declared the 27th province of Indonesia .
- July 19 - Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
- lander successfully lands on Mars .
- July 21 - A bomb kills Christopher Ewart-Biggs , British ambassador to the Irish Republic.
- July 26 - In Los Angeles , Ronald Reagan announces his choice of liberal U.S. Senator Richard Schweiker as his vice presidential running mate, in an effort to woo moderate Republican delegates away from President Gerald Ford .
- July 27 - The United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with Uganda .
- July 28 - The Tangshan Earthquake flattens Tangshan , China , killing 242,769 people, and injuring 164,851.
- July 29 - In New York City , the " Son Of Sam " pulls a gun from a paper bag, killing 1 and seriously wounding another, in the first of a series of attacks that terrorize the city for the next year.
- July 30 - In Santiago, Chile , Cruzeiro from Brazil beats River Plate from Argentina and are the Copa Libertadores De América champions.
- July 31 - NASA releases the famous Face On Mars photo, taken by Viking 1 .
- July 31 - The Big Thompson River in northern Colorado floods, destroying more than 400 cars and houses.
- August 1 - The Caribbean nation of Trinidad And Tobago becomes a Republic , replacing Elizabeth II Of The United Kingdom with an elected president as their Head Of State .
- August 1 - Racing Champion Niki Lauda suffers serious burns in the German Grand Prix.
- August 2 - A gunman murders Andrea Wilborn and Stan Farr and injures Priscilla Davis and Gus Gavrel in an incident at Priscilla's mansion at Mockingbird Lane in Fort Worth , Texas . T. Cullen Davis , Priscilla's husband and one of the richest men in Texas, is tried and found innocent for Andrea's murder, involvement in a plot to kill several people (including Priscilla and a judge), and a wrongful death lawsuit. Cullen goes broke afterwards.
- August 4 - The first recognized outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease kills 29 at the American Legion convention in Philadelphia .
- August 5 - The Great Clock of Westminster (or Big Ben ) suffers internal damage and stops running for over 9 months.
- August 6 - Former UK Postmaster General John Stonehouse is sentenced to 7 years' jail for fraud, theft and forgery.
- enters into orbit around Mars .
- August 14 - Ten thousand Protestant and Catholic women demonstrate for peace in Northern Ireland .
- August 14 - The Senegal ese Political Party '' PAI-Rénovation '' is legally recognized. PAI-Rénovation thus becomes the third legal party in the country.
- August 18 - In North Korea at Panmunjom, two United States soldiers are killed while trying to chop down part of a tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone which had obscured their view.
- August 19 - U.S. President Gerald Ford edges out challenger Ronald Reagan to win the Republican Party presidential nomination in Kansas City .
- August 24 - In Uruguay , the army captures Marcelo Gelman and his pregnant wife. Marcelo is later killed and his wife (and unborn child) disappear.
- August 25 - Resignation of Jacques Chirac as Prime Minister Of France ; he is succeeded by Raymond Barre .
- August 26
- --- First known outbreak of Ebola virus in Yambuku , Zaire .
- --- Prince Bernhard Of Lippe-Biesterfeld , husband of Queen Juliana Of The Netherlands , resigns from various posts over a scandal involving alleged corruption in connection with business dealings with the Lockheed corporation.
- spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars , taking the first close-up color photos of the planet's surface.
- air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate , on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan , and requests Political Asylum from the United States .
- September 6 - Frank Sinatra brings Jerry Lewis 's former partner Dean Martin onstage, unannounced, at the 1976 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon in Las Vegas, Nevada , reuniting the comedy team for the first (and only) time in over 20 years.
- September 6 - first appearance of '' Motley's Crew '', American comic strip by Ben Templeton and Tom Forman
- September 9 - Chairman Mao Zedong , of the People's Republic Of China , dies.
- September 10 - A British Airways Trident and a Yugoslav DC-9 collide near Zagreb , Yugoslavia (now Croatia ), killing all 176 aboard.
- September 10 - Osamu Tezuka begins serialising '' MW '', a Manga inspired by the 1974 Kakuei Tanaka government scandal.
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- October 6 - Cubana Flight 455 crashes due to a bomb placed by Anti-Fidel Castro Terrorists , after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados . All 73 people on board are killed. {Link without Title}
- October 6 - Massacre Of Students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok , Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
- October 7 - In San Francisco , during his second televised debate with Jimmy Carter , U.S. President Gerald Ford stumbles when he declares that "there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe" (there was at the time).
- October 10 - Taiwan Governor Hsieh Tung-ming is injured by a letter bomb from a pro-independence activist.
- October 12 - The People's Republic Of China announces that Hua Guofeng is the successor to Mao Tse-tung , as Chairman of the Communist Party Of China .
- had a poverty rate of 33 percent in 1974 (up from 29 percent in 1970), the highest of all major racial-ethnic groups in the country (not including Puerto Rico , a U.S. territory).
- October 15 - Schools in Eagle Point, OR close due to rejection of budget by voters prompting taxpayer creation of B.E.L.T. (Better Education for Less Taxes) Committee.
- October 19 - The Copyright Act Of 1976 extends Copyright duration for an additional 20 years in the United States.
- October 19 - The Battle Of Aishiya is fought in Lebanon .
- October 19 - The Chimpanzee (''Pan troglodytes'') is placed on the list of endangered species.
- October 20 - The Mississippi River ferry MV George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing from Destrehan, LA to Luling, LA , killing 78 passengers and crew.
- October 22 - Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh , the fifth President Of Ireland , resigns after being publicly insulted by the Minister for Defense.
- October 25 - Clarence Norris, the last known survivor of the Scottsboro Boys , is pardoned.
- December 1 - Angola joins the United Nations .
- December 1 - The Sex Pistols achieve public notoriety as they unleash several 4-letter words live on Bill Grundy 's TV show.
- December 3 - Bob Marley and his manager Don Taylor are shot in an assassination attempt, at 56 Hope Road in Kingston , Jamaica . Marley is shot twice, but Taylor takes most of the bullets; both survive.
- December 3 - Patrick Hillery is elected unopposed as the sixth President Of Ireland .
- of the Bronx, E. de la Garza and Henry B. Gonzalez of Texas, Edward R. Roybal of California, and the nonvoting Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico , Baltasar Corrada Del Rio .
- December 15 - Samoa joins the United Nations .
- December 20 - Richard J. Daley , Mayor Of Chicago for 21 years, dies.
- December 23 - A new volcano, Murara , erupts in eastern Zaire .
- January 2 - Cletidus Hunt , American football player
- January 2 - Paz Vega , Spanish actress
- January 3 - Seema Bowri , British actress
- January 4 - Shiro Amano , Japanese Manga artist/writer
- January 6 - Danny Pintauro , American actor
- January 6 - Johnny Yong Bosch , American actor
- January 7 - Éric Gagné , Canadian Major League Baseball player
- January 7 - Alfonso Soriano , Dominican Major League Baseball player
- January 8 - Jenny Lewis , American actress and musician ( Rilo Kiley )
- January 17 - Lisi Harrison , Canadian author
- January 19 - Marsha Thomason , British actress
- January 20 - Gretha Smit , Dutch speed skater
- January 20 - Kirsty Gallacher , TV presenter
- January 21 - Emma Bunton , English musician ( Spice Girls )
- January 22 - Mikko Luoma , Finnish ice hockey player
- January 23 - Angelica Lee , Taiwanese actress and singer
- January 27 - Ruby Lin , Taiwanese actress and singer
- January 28 - Mark Madsen , American basketball player
- January 28 - Lee Ingleby , British actor
- January 29 - Tracy Lynn Cruz , American actress
- January 30 - Andy Milonakis , Internet and MTV star
- January 31 - Buddy Rice , American race car driver
- February 2 - James Hickman , British swimmer
- February 4 - Cam'ron , American rapper
- February 5 - Abhishek Bachchan , Indian actor
- February 5 - Tony Jaa , Thai martial art film actor/choreographer/director
- February 6 - Colin Teo , Singaporean D1 Professional Grand Prix drifter
- February 8 - Abi Titmuss , British TV presenter and model
- February 9 - Vladimir Guerrero , Dominican Major League Baseball player
- February 10 - Lance Berkman , baseball player
- February 12 - Silvia Saint , Czech actress
- February 12 - Jenni Falconer , British TV presenter
- February 12 - Artur Schmal , Dutch Type Designer
- February 13 - Martin Sastre , Uruguayan artist
- February 15 - Brandon Boyd , American musician ( Incubus )
- February 16 - Kyo , Japanese musician ( Dir En Grey )
- February 20 - Ed Graham , British drummer ( The Darkness )
- February 23 - Jeff O'Neill , Canadian hockey player
- February 25 - Rashida Jones , American actress, writer, model, and musician
- February 26 - John Tartaglia , Broadway performer and "Muppeteer"
- February 28 - Ali Larter , American actress, and model
- February 29 - Ja Rule , American rapper
- March 4 - Hiram Bocachica , Puerto Rican baseball player
- March 4 - Sean Covel , American film producer
- March 4 - Scott Sturgeon (Stza Crack), American musician ( Choking Victim and Leftover Crack )
- March 4 - Thierry Renaer , Belgian field hockey player
- March 4 - Vic Wunderle , American archer
- March 5 - Sarunas Jasikevicius , Lithuanian basketball player
- March 8 - Freddie Prinze Jr. , American actor
- March 13 - Danny Masterson , American actor
- March 19 - Rachel Blanchard , Canadian actress
- March 19 - Alessandro Nesta , Italian football player
- March 20 - Chester Bennington , American musician ( Linkin Park )
- March 22 - Teun De Nooijer , Dutch field hockey player
- March 22 - Reese Witherspoon , American actress
- March 22 - Kellie Shanygne Williams , American actress
- March 22 - Wayne Turner , American professional basketball player
- March 23 - Keri Russell , American actress
- March 24 - Aaron Brooks , American football player
- March 24 - Peyton Manning , American football player
- March 26 - Amy Smart , American actress
- March 27 - Carl Ng , Hong Kong/British actor and model
- March 30 - Ty Conklin , American ice hockey player
- April 3 - Drew Shirley , American guitarist ( Switchfoot )
- April 6 - Candace Cameron , American actress
- April 9 - Kris Radlinski , English rugby league player
- April 13 - Jonathan Brandis , American actor (d. 2003 )
- April 13 - Yoo Ji-tae , South Korean actor
- April 15 - Steve Williams , British rower
- April 15 - Jason Bonsignore , Canadian ice hockey player
- April 16 - Shu Qi , Taiwanese actress and singer
- April 18 - Melissa Joan Hart , American actress
- April 20 - Joey Lawrence , American actor
- April 22 - Michał Żewłakow , Polish footballer
- April 23 - Darren Huckerby , English footballer
- April 25 - Tim Duncan , West Indian basketball player
- April 25 - Rainer Schüttler , German tennis player
- April 26 - Emily Booth , English actress and TV presenter
- April 26 - Jose Pasillas , drummer of the American alternative rock band Incubus
- April 29 - Jay Orpin - Swedish composer and record producer
- May 1 - Darius McCrary , American actor
- May 3 - Beto , Portuguese footballer
- May 4 - Jason Michaels , baseball player
- May 8 - Martha Wainwright , Canadian American folk-pop singer
- May 10 - Udo Mechels , Belgian singer
- May 14 - Martine McCutcheon , British actress and singer
- May 15 - Tyler Walker , baseball player
- May 15 - Jacek Krzynówek , Polish footballer
- May 15 - Ryan Leaf , former NFL quarterback
- May 17 - Wang Lee Hom , American born Taiwanese singer/songwriter
- May 19 - Kevin Garnett , American basketball player
- May 20 - Ramón Hernández , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- May 22 - Chris Brazzell , Canadian football league player and ex NFL player
- May 25 - Miguel Tejada , Dominican Major League Baseball player
- May 25 - Cillian Murphy , Irish actor
- May 26 - Justin Pierre , American musician ( Motion City Soundtrack )
- May 31 - Colin Farrell , Irish actor
- June 1 - Angela Perez Baraquio , Miss America 2001
- June 4 - Reggie Rolle , American actor
- June 8 - Lindsay Davenport , American tennis player
- June 10 - Freddy Garcia , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- June 13 - Jason 'J' Brown , English musician ( 5ive )
- June 13 - Kym Marsh , Former member of the pop group Hear'Say & actress in Coronation Street
- June 14 - Alan Carr , comedian in The Friday Night Project
- June 13 - Lindsay Archer , American Fantasy Artist
- June 13 - Lisa Riley , Former Emmerdale actress and TV presenter
- June 15 - Dryden Mitchell , member of the band Alien Ant Farm
- June 15 - Gary Lightbody , frontman of the rock band Snow Patrol
- June 20 - Juliano Haus Belletti , Brazilian footballer
- June 21 - Mike Einziger , guitarist of the American alternative rock band Incubus
- June 23 - Brandon Stokley , American football player
- June 23 - Emmanuelle Vaugier , Canadian actress
- June 23 - Patrick Vieira , French football player
- June 24 - Louisa Leaman , author
- July 1 - Justin Lo , Hong Kong singer and actor
- July 1 - Patrick Kluivert , Dutch footballer
- July 1 - Ruud Van Nistelrooy , Dutch footballer
- July 1 - Lina Rafn , Danish singer
- July 2 - Krisztián Lisztes , Hungarian footballer
- July 2 - Paul Meany , American singer/keyboardist/keytarist of band Mute Math
- July 3 - Andrea Barber , American actress
- July 4 - Daijiro Kato , Japanese motorcycle racer
- July 5 - Bizarre , American rapper
- July 5 - Marina Dias , Brazilian supermodel
- July 5 - Mike DeWolf , member of the band Taproot
- July 5 - Nuno Gomes , Portuguese footballer
- July 7 - Elijah Blue Allman , Deadsy frontman and son of Cher and Greg Allman
- July 8 - Ellen MacArthur , English yachtswoman
- July 9 - Shelton Benjamin , American professional wrestler
- July 9 - Fred Savage , American actor
- July 11 - Eduardo Nájera , Mexican basketball player
- July 13 - Al Santos , American actor/model
- July 17 - Marcos Senna , Brazilian footballer
- July 20 - Andrew Stockdale , singer/guitarist for Wolfmother
- July 20 - Alex Yoong , Malaysian race car driver
- July 23 - Judit Polgar , Hungarian chess player
- July 23 - Jonathan Gallant , bassist for the Canadian rock band Billy Talent
- July 24 - Nate Bump , American baseball player
- July 25 - Timur Mucuraev , Chechen bard
- July 25 - Stéphane Rideau , French actor
- July 31 - Annie Parisse , American actress
- August 3 - Troy Glaus , American baseball player
- August 6 - Melissa George , Australian actress
- August 8 - JC Chasez , American singer
- August 9 - Jessica Capshaw , American actress
- August 9 - Rhona Mitra , English actress
- August 11 - Ben Gibbard , American musician
- August 12 - Mikko Lindström , guitarist for Finnish rock band HIM
- August 12 - Antoine Walker , American basketball player
- August 12 - Wednesday 13 (Joseph Poole), lead singer of the Murderdolls and FDQ
- August 13 - Roddy Woomble , Scottish musician
- August 14 - Alex Albrecht , American television personality
- August 15 - Boudewijn Zenden , Dutch football player
- August 18 - Alex Katunich , original bassist for the band Incubus
- August 19 - Michael M. Wartella , American underground cartoonist
- August 25 - Jensen Atwood , American actor
- August 27 - Carlos Moyà , Spanish tennis player
- August 27 - Mark Webber , Australian race car driver
- August 27 - Sarah Chalke , Canadian actress
- August 31 - Woody Jordan , American Political Scientist
- September 1 - Jada Fire , American pornographic actress
- September 3 - Jevon Kearse , American football player
- September 5 - Carice Van Houten , Dutch actress
- September 6 - Naomie Harris , British actress
- September 7 - Stevie Case , American video game celebrity
- September 8 - Abi Titmuss , British TV presenter and model
- September 8 - Sjeng Schalken , Dutch tennis player
- September 10 - Gustavo Kuerten , Brazilian tennis player
- September 12 - Maciej Żurawski , Polish footballer
- September 16 - Tina Barrett , English singer ( S Club 7 )
- September 19 - Isha Koppikar , Indian actress
- September 20 - Yui Horie , Japanese Seiyu (voice actress)
- September 22 - Ronaldo , Brazilian footballer
- September 24 - Stephanie McMahon-Levesque , wrestling promoter
- September 25 - Chauncey Billups , American basketball player
- September 26 - Michael Ballack , German footballer
- September 27 - Francesco Totti , Italian footballer
- September 28 - Fedor Emelianenko , Ukrainian Mixed Martial Arts fighter
- September 29 - Andriy Shevchenko , Ukrainian footballer
- October 1 - Blu Cantrell , American singer
- October 1 - Dora Venter , Hungarian pornographic actress
- October 4 - Alicia Silverstone , American actress
- October 6 - Barbie Hsu , Taiwanese actress and singer
- October 7 - Taylor Hicks , American singer
- October 7 - Gilberto Silva , Brazilian football player
- October 7 - Possibly Rachel McAdams , Canadian actress
- October 10 - Bob Burnquist , Brazilian skateboarder
- October 15 - Yoon Son-ha , South Korean actress
- October 19 - Joy Bryant , American actress
- October 19 - Dan Smith , Canadian ice hockey player
- October 19 - Michael Young , baseball player
- October 21 - Jeremy Miller , child star ( Growing Pains )
- October 22 - Jon Foreman , American singer/guitarist ( Switchfoot )
- October 23 - Cat Deeley , British TV presenter
- October 23 - Ryan Reynolds , Canadian actor
- October 25 - Steve Jones , Northern Irish footballer
- October 26 - Miikka Kiprusoff , Finnish hockey player ( Calgary Flames )
- October 29 - Stephen Craigan , Northern Irish footballer
- November 1 - Matt Chapman , creator of Homestar Runner
- December 4 - Amie Comeaux , American country music singer (d. 1997 )
- November 5 - Sean Brown , Canadian ice hockey player
- November 6 - Pat Tillman , American football player (d. 2004 )
- November 6 - Catherine Clark , Canadian journalist (also daughter of former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark )
- November 7 - Mark Philippoussis , Australian tennis player
- November 11 - Mike Leon Grosch , German singer and finalist of Deutschland Sucht Den Superstar 3
- November 12 - Mirosław Szymkowiak , Polish footballer
- November 19 - Jun Shibata , Japanese singer and songwriter
- November 20 - Laura Harris , Canadian actress
- November 20 - Dominique Dawes , U.S. Olympic gymnast
- November 21 - Daniel Whiston , British ice skater
- November 22 - Ville Valo , Finnish singer for the band HIM
- November 24 - Chen Lu , Chinese figure skater
- November 24 - Christian Laflamme , Canadian ice hockey player
- November 27 - Jaleel White , American actor
- November 29 - Anna Faris , American actress
- November 29 - Ehren McGhehey , American actor
- December 1 - Matthew Shepard , American murder victim (d. 1998 )
- December 7 - Georges Laraque , Canadian ice hockey player
- December 7 - David A. Smith , biodiesel promoter
- December 8 - Dominic Monaghan , English actor
- December 12 - Dan Hawkins , British guitarist ( The Darkness )
- December 13 - Tom Delonge , American musician ( Blink-182 )
- December 13 - Radosław Sobolewski , Polish footballer
- December 14 - Leland Chapman , Bounty Hunter ((Dog The Bounty Hunter))
- December 15 - Baichung Bhutia , Indian footballer
- December 17 - Takeo Spikes , American football player
- December 18 - Koyuki , Japanese actress and model
- December 25 - Tuomas Holopainen , keyboardist and main songwriter in the Finnish metal band Nightwish
- December 27 - Fernando Pisani , Canadian ice hockey player
- December 29 - Katherine Moennig , American actress
- December 29 - Jason-Shane Scott , American actor
- January 8 - Zhou Enlai , Premier Of The People's Republic Of China (b. 1898 )
- January 10 - Howlin' Wolf , American musician (b. 1910 )
- January 12 - Agatha Christie , English writer (b. 1890 )
- January 23 - Paul Robeson , American actor, singer, writer, and activist (b. 1898 )
- January 26 - João Branco Núncio , Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901 )
- January 29 - James Edmonson, a.k.a. Professor Backwards , vaudevillian and comedian (b. 1910 )
- January 30 - Mance Lipscomb , American singer (b. 1895 )
- February 1 - Werner Heisenberg , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901 )
- February 1 - George Whipple , American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1878 )
- February 2 - Zlatyu Boyadzhiev , Bulgarian painter (b. 1903 )
- February 6 - Vince Guaraldi , American musician (b. 1928 )
- February 9 - Percy Faith , Canadian-born musician and composer (b. 1908 )
- February 11 - Lee J Cobb , American actor (b. 1911 )
- February 11 - Alexander Lippisch , German aerodynamicist (b. 1894 )
- February 11 - Charlie Naughton , Scottish actor (b. 1886 )
- February 12 - Sal Mineo , American actor (b. 1939 )
- February 13 - Lily Pons , American soprano (b. 1898 )
- February 20 - René Cassin , French judge, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1887 )
- February 20 - Kathryn Kuhlman , American evangelist and faith healer (b. 1907 )
- February 22 - Florence Ballard , American singer ( The Supremes ) (b. 1943 )
- April 1 - Max Ernst , German artist (b. 1891 )
- April 4 - Harry Nyquist , American Information Theory pioneer (b. 1889 )
- April 5 - Howard Hughes , American aviation pioneer, film director, and eccentric (b. 1905 )
- April 9 - Dagmar Nordstrom , American composer, pianist, one of The Nordstrom Sisters (b. 1903 )
- April 9 - Phil Ochs , American folk singer and political activist (b. 1940 )
- April 18 - Henrik Dam , Dutch biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1895 )
- April 26 - Sid James , South African actor (b. 1913 )
- May 1 - T.R.M. Howard , civil rights leader and surgeon (b. 1908 )
- May 9 - Jens Bjørneboe , Norwegian author (b. 1920 )
- May 9 - Ulrike Meinhof , German terrorist (b. 1934 )
- May 11 - Alvar Aalto , Finnish architect (b. 1898 )
- May 14 - Keith Relf , British musician ( The Yardbirds ) (b. 1943 )
- May 26 - Martin Heidegger , German philosopher (b. 1889 )
- May 27 - Hilde Hildebrand , German actress (b. 1897 )
- May 28 - Steffan Danielsen , Faroese painter (b. 1922 )
- May 31 - Jacques Monod , French biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1910 )
- July 1 - Zhang Mintian , General Secretary Of The Communist Party Of China (b. 1900 )
- July 4 - Antoni Słonimski , Polish poet and writer (b. 1895 )
- July 6 - Zhu De , China Red Army Commander-in-Chief. (b. 1886 )
- July 13 - Joachim Peiper , German military leader (b. 1915 )
- August 2 - Cecilia (singer) , Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1948 )
- August 3 - Valery Sablin , Soviet mutineer, executed
- August 6 - Gregor Piatigorsky , Russian cellist (b. 1903 )
- August 22 - Juscelino Kubitschek , President Of Brazil (b. 1902 )
- August 25 - Eyvind Johnson , Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900 )
- August 26 - Lotte Lehmann , German soprano (b. 1888 )
- August 27 - Mukesh , Indian singer (b. 1923 )
- October 5 - Lars Onsager , Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903 )
- October 6 - Gilbert Ryle , British philosopher (b. 1900 )
- October 14 - Edith Evans , British actress (b. 1888 )
- October 15 - Carlo Gambino , American gangster (b. 1902 )
- October 11 - Alfredo Bracchi , Italian author (b. 1897 )
- October 25 - Raymond Queneau , French poet and novelist (b. 1903 )
- November 11 - Alexander Calder , American sculptor (b. 1898 )
- November 12 - Walter Piston , American composer (b. 1894 )
- November 28 - Rosalind Russell , Tony-Award winning and Oscar -nominated actress (b. 1907 )
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