The 1970s

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John Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first director of the Federa…

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1972

Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (born 1898)

Sir Kenneth Hamilton Bailey was a senior Australian public servant and lawyer, best known for his time as Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department between 1946 and 1964.

Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (born 1898)

1972

Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (born 1883)

Emil William Breitkreutz was an American middle-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the Olympic 800 meters final in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.

Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (born 1883)

1972

Bruce Cabot, American actor (born 1904)

Bruce Cabot was an American film actor, best remembered as Jack Driscoll in King Kong (1933) and for his roles in films such as The Last of the Mohicans (1936), Fritz Lang's Fury (…

Bruce Cabot, American actor (born 1904)

1972

Father Chrysanthus, Dutch arachnologist (born 1905)

Wilhelmus Egbertus Antonius Janssen, better known as Father Chrysanthus OFMCap, was a Dutch priest and biology teacher. He was known for his studies in arachnology. Initially he wa…

Father Chrysanthus, Dutch arachnologist (born 1905)

1972

Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)

Edward Calvin Kendall was an American biochemist. In 1950, Kendall was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with Swiss chemist Tadeusz Reichstein and Mayo Clini…

Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)

1972

Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indian Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (born 1880)

Pandurang Vaman Kane was an Indian academic, historian, lawyer, Indologist, and Sanskrit scholar. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 1963.

Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indian Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (born 1880)

1972

Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist (born 1921)

Beatrice Helen Worsley, better known as "Trixie" Worsely, was a Canadian computer scientist, the first woman in the country to work in that profession. She received her Ph.D. from …

Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist (born 1921)

1972

Dan Blocker, American actor (born 1928)

Bobby Dan Davis Blocker was an American television actor and Korean War veteran, who played Hoss Cartwright in the NBC Western television series Bonanza.

Dan Blocker, American actor (born 1928)

1972

Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (born 1904)

Cecil Day-Lewis, often written as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death. He also wrote mystery stories under the p…

Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (born 1904)

1972

Margaret Rutherford, English actress (born 1892)

Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford was an English actress of stage, films and television.

Margaret Rutherford, English actress (born 1892)

1972

Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (born 1894)

Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in Decemb…

Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (born 1894)

1972

Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (born 1902)

Morris Berg was an American professional baseball catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. He …

Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (born 1902)

1972

Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (born 1878)

Stepan Prokopovich Timoshenko, later known as Stephen Timoshenko, was a Ukrainian and later an American engineer and academician.

Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (born 1878)

1972

Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (born 1940)

Gilberto Parlotti was an Italian professional motorcycle racer competing in the FIM World Championship between 1969 and 1972. He competed for the Benelli, Derbi, Morbidelli and Tom…

Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (born 1940)

1972

Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar, Indian writer and documentary filmmaker (born 1909)

Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar (1909–1972) was an Indian writer and documentary film maker. He is most well known as the author of an eight-volume biography of Mahatma Gandhi, titled Mah…

Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar, Indian writer and documentary filmmaker (born 1909)

1972

Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)

Georg von Békésy was a Hungarian-American biophysicist.

Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)

1972

Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (born 1891)

Stephanie Julianne von Hohenlohe was an Austrian princess by her marriage to the diplomat Prince Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, a member of the noble Hoh…

Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (born 1891)

1972

Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (born 1925)

Dündar Taşer was a Turkish soldier and politician who was a leading figure in Turkish nationalism.

Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (born 1925)

1972

Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (born 1890)

Jan Matulka was a Czech-American modern artist originally from Bohemia. Matulka's style ranged from Abstract expressionism to landscapes, sometimes in the same day. He has directly…

Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (born 1890)

1972

Edmund Wilson, American critic, essayist, and editor (born 1895)

Edmund Wilson Jr. was an American writer, literary critic, and journalist. He is widely regarded as one of the most important literary critics of the 20th century. Wilson began his…

Edmund Wilson, American critic, essayist, and editor (born 1895)

1972

Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…

Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. was an American religious leader and writer who served as the tenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1970 until his death…

Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…

1972

Athenagoras I of Constantinople (born 1886)

Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I, born Aristocles Matthaiou Spyrou, was the 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from November 1948, until his death in July 1972, serving…

Athenagoras I of Constantinople (born 1886)

1972

Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian writer and politician (born 1936)

Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani was a prominent Palestinian author and militant, considered to be a leading novelist of his generation and one of the Arab world's leading Palestinian writer…

Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian writer and politician (born 1936)