Died in 1977

Wernher von Braun German Scientist June 16
Maria Callas American Musician September 16
Marc Bolan Musician September 16
Ludwig Erhard German Politician May 5
Loren Eiseley American Scientist July 9
Lewis B. Hershey American Soldier May 20
Leopold Stokowski English Musician September 13
Joan Crawford American Actress May 10
Jean Rostand French Scientist September 4
James M. Cain American Novelist October 27
Jacques Prevert French Poet April 11
Marston Morse American Mathematician June 22
Nunnally Johnson American Director March 25
Paul Desmond American Musician May 30
Vladimir Nabokov American Novelist July 2
Tom C. Clark American Politician June 13
Terence Rattigan British Dramatist November 30
Steven Biko South African Activist September 12
Roberto Rossellini Italian Director June 3
Robert Paul Smith American Writer January 30
Robert M. Hutchins American Educator May 17
Robert Lowell American Poet September 12
Richard Carlson American Author November 21
Peter Finch English Actor January 14
Howard Hawks American Director December 26
Henry Williamson English Author August 13
Charlie Chaplin English Actor December 25
Charles Wilson British Public Servant April 12
Carroll Quigley American Writer January 3
Carl Zuckmayer German Playwright January 18
Cal Hubbard American Athlete October 17
Bing Crosby American Musician October 14
Bill Vaughan American Journalist February 25
Anthony Eden English Politician January 14
Anthony Crosland British Politician February 19
Anais Nin American Author January 14
Daniel Mainwaring American Novelist January 31
E. F. Schumacher English Economist September 4
Edward Dahlberg American Novelist February 27
Groucho Marx American Comedian August 19
Goddard Lieberson American Businessman May 29
George Kenney American Soldier August 9
Gary Gilmore American Criminal January 17
Freddie Prinze American Comedian January 29
Fannie Lou Hamer American Activist March 14
Fairfax Cone American Businessman
Ethel Waters American Musician September 1
Erroll Garner American Musician January 21
Elvis Presley American Musician August 16
Alice Paul American Activist July 9