Wilfred Burchett	Australian Journalist	September 27
Meyer Lansky	Russian Criminal	January 15
Merle Travis	American Musician	October 20
Maurice Bishop	Grenadian Politician	October 19
Mary Renault	English Novelist
Lynn Fontanne	American Actress	July 30
Luis Bunuel	Mexican Director	July 29
Lillian Gordy Carter	American Celebrity	October 30
Karen Carpenter	American Musician
Joan Miro	Spanish Artist	December 25
Jessica Savitch	American Journalist	October 23
James Van Der Zee	American Photographer	May 15
James E. Casey	American Businessman	June 6
Mignon McLaughlin	American Journalist	December 20
Muddy Waters	American Musician	April 30
Norma Shearer	American Actress	June 12
Turner Catledge	American Journalist
Tom McCall	American Politician	January 8
Thomas S. Gates, Jr.	American Public Servant	March 25
Tennessee Williams	American Dramatist	February 25
Scott Nearing	American Activist	August 24
Robert Aldrich	American Director	December 5
Rebecca West	Irish Author	March 15
Raymond Aron	French Philosopher	October 17
Ralph Richardson	British Actor	October 10
R. Buckminster Fuller	American Inventor	July 1
Paul de Man	Belgian Critic	December 21
Paul Bryant	American Coach	January 26
Jack Dempsey	American Athlete	May 31
Ira Gershwin	American Musician	August 17
Earl Hines	American Musician	April 22
Dennis Wilson	American Musician	December 28
David Niven	English Actor	July 29
Corrie Ten Boom	Dutch Celebrity	April 15
Billy Fury	British Musician	January 28
Bill Brandt	British Photographer	December 20
Beverley Nichols	English Writer	September 15
Bear Bryant	American Coach	January 26
Arthur Koestler	Hungarian Novelist	March 3
Arthur Godfrey	American Entertainer	March 16
Anthony Blunt	English Historian	March 26
Alden Nowlan	Canadian Poet	June 27
Eric Hoffer	American Writer	May 21
Eubie Blake	American Composer	February 12
Felix Bloch	Swiss Scientist	September 10
Howard Dietz	American Musician	July 30
Herman Kahn	American Scientist	July 7
Henry M. Jackson	American Politician	September 1
Harold Stephen Black	American Inventor	December 11
Haldan Keffer Hartline	American Scientist	March 17
Gloria Swanson	American Actress	April 4
Georges Bidault	French Politician	January 27
George Halas	American Coach	October 31
George Cukor	American Producer	January 24
George Balanchine	Russian Dancer	April 30
Gabrielle Roy	Canadian Author	July 13
Frank Reynolds	American Journalist	July 20
Albert Claude	Belgian Scientist	May 22