1975
Martin St
Martin St. Louis is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). An undrafted pl…
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The 1970s
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1975
Hugh Dancy, English actor and model
Hugh Michael Horace Dancy is an English actor who rose to prominence for his role as the title character in the television film adaptation of David Copperfield (2000) as well as fo…
Hugh Dancy, English actor and model
1975
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (born 1888)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian academic, philosopher and statesman who served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and President of India from 1962 to 1967. He …
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (born 1888)
1975
Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist and academic (born 1899)
Percy Lavon Julian was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. Julian was the first person to synthesize the natural pr…
Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist and academic (born 1899)
1975
Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (born 1897)
Moe Howard was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the leader and straight man of The Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures, short fil…
Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (born 1897)
1975
József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (born 1892)
József Mindszenty was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973. According to…
József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (born 1892)
1975
Avery Brundage, American businessman and art collector (born 1887)
Avery Brundage was the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee, serving from 1952 to 1972, the only American and first non-European to attain that position. Brundage…
Avery Brundage, American businessman and art collector (born 1887)
1975
Marguerite Perey, French physicist (born 1909)
Marguerite Catherine Perey was a French physicist and a student of Marie Curie. In 1939, Perey discovered the element francium by purifying samples of lanthanum that contained acti…
Marguerite Perey, French physicist (born 1909)
1975
Bob Wills, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1905)
James Robert Wills was an American musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western…
Bob Wills, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1905)
1975
Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (born 1908)
Leroy Anderson was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Willi…
Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (born 1908)
1975
Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (born 1903)
Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, He…
Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (born 1903)
1975
Lefty Grove, American baseball player (born 1900)
Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was an American professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Base…
Lefty Grove, American baseball player (born 1900)
1975
Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (born 1894)
Loretta Mary Aiken, known by her stage name Jackie "Moms" Mabley, was an American stand-up comedian and actress. Mabley began her career on the theater stage in the 1920s and becam…
Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (born 1894)
1975
Ezzard Charles, American boxer (born 1921)
Ezzard Mack Charles, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1959. Known as "the Cincinnati Cobra", Charles was respected for his slick defense and precision, …
Ezzard Charles, American boxer (born 1921)
1975
Steve Prefontaine, American runner (born 1951)
Steve Roland Prefontaine was an American long-distance runner who set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters from a period of 1973 to 1975. He competed in t…
Steve Prefontaine, American runner (born 1951)
1975
Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (born 1908)
Tatsuo Shimabuku was an Okinawan, Japanese martial artist. He is the founder of Isshin-ryū style of karate.
Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (born 1908)
1975
Michel Simon, Swiss-born French actor (born 1895)
Michel Simon was a Swiss actor of German origin active primarily in France. He appeared in many notable French films, including La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932),…
Michel Simon, Swiss-born French actor (born 1895)
1975
Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (born 1906)
Oswald George Nelson was an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and bandleader. He originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, a radio and television series wit…
Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (born 1906)
1975
James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (born 1893)
James Phinney Baxter III was an American historian, educator, and academic, who won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Scientists Against Time (1946). He was also the…
James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (born 1893)
1975
Hugo Bergmann, German-Israeli philosopher and author (born 1883)
Hugo Bergmann was an Israeli philosopher, born in Prague.
Hugo Bergmann, German-Israeli philosopher and author (born 1883)
1975
Sam Giancana, American mob boss (born 1908)
Salvatore "Mooney" Giancana was an American mobster who was boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966.
Sam Giancana, American mob boss (born 1908)
1975
Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, Haitian anthropologist (born 1898)
Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain was the first woman Haitian anthropologist. Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain was a student of Bronisław Malinowski who worked in 1949 with Alfred Métraux, and part…
Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, Haitian anthropologist (born 1898)
1975
Eisaku Satō, Japanese and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (born 1901)
Eisaku Satō was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. He was the third longest-serving and longest-uninterrupted–serving Japanese prime mi…
Eisaku Satō, Japanese and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (born 1901)
1975
The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing
Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 a…
The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing