Died in 1973

Winthrop Rockefeller American Politician February 22
Pablo Casals Spanish Musician October 22
Paavo Nurmi Finnish Athlete October 2
Noel Coward English Playwright March 26
Nancy Mitford English Author June 30
Mary Wigman German Dancer
Mary Ellen Chase American Educator July 28
Margaret Anderson American Editor October 18
Lyndon B. Johnson American President January 22
Ludwig von Mises Austrian Economist October 10
Leo Strauss German Philosopher October 18
Laurence Harvey Lithuanian Actor November 25
John Banner Austrian Actor January 28
Jim Croce American Musician September 20
Jeannette Rankin American Politician May 18
Pablo Neruda Chilean Writer September 23
Pablo Picasso Spanish Artist April 8
Paul Dudley White American Scientist October 31
William Plomer
Walter Ulbricht German Politician August 1
Walter Rudolf Hess Swiss Scientist August 12
Walt Kelly American Cartoonist October 18
W. H. Auden English Poet September 29
Veronica Lake American Actress July 7
Vaughn Monroe American Musician May 21
Stanley Smith Stevens American Psychologist January 18
Sessue Hayakawa Japanese Actor November 23
Robert Smithson American Artist July 20
Robert Ryan American Actor July 11
Ralph Thomas Walker American Architect
Pearl S. Buck American Novelist March 6
Paul Williams August 17
Jeanette Rankin American Politician May 18
Jacques Maritain French Philosopher April 28
David Ben-Gurion Israeli Statesman December 1
Crane Wilbur American Writer October 18
Conrad Aiken American Author August 17
Catherine Drinker Bowen American Writer November 1
Bruce Lee American Actor July 20
Bobby Darin American Musician December 20
Betty Grable American Actress July 3
Ben Webster American Musician September 20
Arthur Freed American Producer April 12
Arthur Calwell Australian Politician July 8
Arna Bontemps American Poet June 4
Anna Magnani Italian Actress September 26
Allan Sherman American Musician November 20
Alan Watts English Philosopher November 16
E. Stanley Jones American Theologian
Earl Browder American Activist June 27
Eddie Condon American Musician August 4
Jacques Lipchitz Polish Sculptor May 16
J. R. R. Tolkien English Novelist September 2
Howard Aiken American Scientist March 14
Henry Green English Novelist December 13
George Sisler American Athlete March 26
Gene Krupa American Musician October 16
Gabriel Marcel French Philosopher October 8
Frank Leahy American Coach
Frances Marion American Writer May 12
Elsa Schiaparelli Italian Designer November 13
Elizabeth Bowen Irish Novelist February 22
Edward Steichen American Photographer March 25
Edward G. Robinson Romanian Actor January 26
Eddie Rickenbacker American Aviator July 27
Abebe Bikila Ethiopian Athlete October 25