1977
Diana Bolocco, Chilean model and journalist;
Diana Catalina Bolocco Fonck is a Chilean journalist, known as sister of Cecilia Bolocco, Miss Universe 1987.
Diana Bolocco, Chilean model and journalist;
The 1970s
Explore 2973 historical events from 1970–1979.
1977
Manu Ginóbili, Argentinian basketball player
Emanuel David "Manu" Ginóbili is an Argentine former professional basketball player. During a 23-year professional career, Ginóbili played in Argentina, in Italy, and in the NBA; h…
Manu Ginóbili, Argentinian basketball player
1977
Misty May-Treanor, American volleyball player and coach
Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor is an American retired professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the second most successful female beach voll…
Misty May-Treanor, American volleyball player and coach
1977
Jaime Pressly, American actress
Jaime Elizabeth Pressly is an American actress and model. Known for her role as Joy Turner on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl (2005–2009), she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstan…
Jaime Pressly, American actress
1977
Bootsy Thornton, American basketball player
Marvis Linwood "Bootsy" Thornton III is an American former professional basketball player.
Bootsy Thornton, American basketball player
1977
Ian Watkins, Welsh former Lostprophets singer-songwriter and convicted child sex offender (died 2025)
Ian David Karslake Watkins was a Welsh singer, songwriter, and convicted child sex offender. He was the lead singer and frontman of the rock band Lostprophets from 1997 to 2012. Wa…
Ian Watkins, Welsh former Lostprophets singer-songwriter and convicted child sex offender (died 2025)
1977
William Conway, Irish cardinal (born 1913)
William John Conway was an Irish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1963 until his death, and was elevated to …
William Conway, Irish cardinal (born 1913)
1977
Gummo Marx, American vaudevillian and talent agent (born 1892)
Milton "Gummo" Marx was an American vaudeville performer, theatrical agent and businessman. He was the fourth-born of the five Marx Brothers. Born in Manhattan, he worked with his …
Gummo Marx, American vaudevillian and talent agent (born 1892)
1977
Ricardo Cortez, American actor (born 1900)
Ricardo Cortez was an American actor and film director. He was also credited as Jack Crane early in his acting career.
Ricardo Cortez, American actor (born 1900)
1977
Sepp Herberger, German footballer and coach (born 1897)
Josef "Sepp" Herberger was a German football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the West Germany national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup final, a…
Sepp Herberger, German footballer and coach (born 1897)
1977
Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (born 1922)
Nicholas Magallanes was a Mexican-born American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet. Along with Francisco Moncion, Maria Tallchief, and Tanaquil Le Cler…
Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (born 1922)
1977
James Jones, American novelist (born 1921)
James Ramon Jones was an American novelist renowned for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. He won the 1952 National Book Award for his debut novel, From Here to Et…
James Jones, American novelist (born 1921)
1977
Mickey Spillane, American mobster (born 1934)
Michael J. Spillane was an Irish-American mobster who controlled Hell's Kitchen in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. Spillane, the so-called “Gentleman Gangster", was a marked contr…
Mickey Spillane, American mobster (born 1934)
1977
Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (born 1915)
Stanley Adams was an American actor and screenwriter. He appeared in several films, including Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Lilies of the Field (1963). On television, he is pro…
Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (born 1915)
1977
Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1897)
Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard was a German politician and economist who served as the second chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. Affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union…
Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1897)
1977
Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
Joan Crawford was an American actress. She began her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion-picture contr…
Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
1977
Charles E
Charles Emery Rosendahl was a highly decorated vice admiral in the United States Navy, and an advocate of lighter-than-air flight.
Charles E
1977
Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (born 1915)
Modibo Keïta was a Malian politician who served as the first President of Mali from 1960 to 1968. He espoused a form of African socialism. He was deposed in a coup d'état in 1968 b…
Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (born 1915)
1977
Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (born 1904)
Yevgenia Solomonovna Ginzburg was a Soviet writer who served an 18-year sentence in the Kolyma Gulag. Her given name is often Latinized to Eugenia.
Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (born 1904)
1977
Ba Maw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (born 1893)
Ba Maw, known honorifically as Dr. Ba Maw, was a Burmese lawyer and politician, active during the interwar period and Second World War. He was the first Burma Premier (1937–1939) a…
Ba Maw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (born 1893)
1977
William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)
William Castle was an American filmmaker and actor. He was best known as a director of horror and thriller B-movies in the 1950s and '60s, for which he devised innovative and disti…
William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)
1977
Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (born 1952)
Albert Bittlmayer was a German footballer who made a combined total of 142 league appearances for 1. FC Nürnberg and Tennis Borussia Berlin until he died of cancer at the age of 24…
Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (born 1952)
1977
Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish-born American actor (born 1931)
William Millar, better known by his stage name Stephen Boyd, was an actor from Northern Ireland. He emerged as a leading man during the late 1950s with his role as the villainous M…
Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish-born American actor (born 1931)
1977
Archibald Hill, English physiologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)
Archibald Vivian Hill, better known to friends and colleagues as A. V. Hill, was a British physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations…
Archibald Hill, English physiologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)