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1977 (MCMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1977 Gregorian calendar).
[edit] Events of 1977
[edit] January
[edit] February
- May 1 – The Taksim Square massacre in Istanbul results in 34 deaths, hundreds of injuries.
- May 3 – The HMS Invincible is launched at Barrow-in-Furness by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
- May 14 – The 1977 IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash in Lusaka, Zambia kills all 6 on board.
- May 14 – In Milan, Italy, during a far-left demonstration, a hooded person shoots at the police, killing a policeman, Antonio Custra. The scene is photographed and the picture [1] of the hooded man shooting in the middle of the street appears in many magazines around the world.
- May 17 – The Likud Party, led by Menachem Begin, wins the elections in Israel.
- May 17 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom commences her 1977 Silver Jubilee tour in Glasgow.
- May 23 – Scientists report using bacteria in a lab to make insulin.
- May 23 – Moluccan terrorists take over a school in Bovensmilde, northern Netherlands (105 hostages), and a passenger train on the Bovensmilde-Assen route nearby (90 hostages) at the same time. On June 11, Dutch Royal Marines storm the train; 6 terrorists and 2 hostages are killed.
- May 25 – Star Wars opens in cinemas and subsequently becomes the then-highest grossing film of all time.
- May 26 – George Willig climbs the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
- May 27 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom opens the new Air Terminal Building at Edinburgh Airport.
- May 27 – The 1977 Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 airplane crash in Cuba kills 69 people.
- May 28 – The Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky is engulfed in fire, killing 165 inside.
- May 29 – Indianapolis 500: A.J. Foyt becomes the first driver to win a (to date) record 4 times.
- June 5 – A coup takes place in the Seychelles.
- June 5 – The first Apple II computers go on sale.
- June 5 – The Portland Trail Blazers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 109–107 to win the NBA finals 4–2. Bill Walton is named series MVP.
- June 6–9 – Jubilee celebrations are held in the United Kingdom to celebrate 25 years of Elizabeth II's reign.
- June 7 – After campaigning by Anita Bryant and her anti-gay "Save Our Children" crusade, Miami-Dade County, Florida voters overwhelmingly vote to repeal the county's gay rights ordinance.
- June 10 – James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee (he is recaptured on June 13).
- June 15 – Spain has its first democratic elections, after 41 years under the Franco regime.
- June 16 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
- June 20 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that states are not required to spend Medicaid funds on elective abortions.
- June 20 – Anglia Television broadcasts the fake documentary Alternative 3, which enters into the conspiracy theory canon.
- June 25 – American Roy Sullivan is struck by lightning for the 7th time.
- June 26 – Elvis Presley performs his last-ever concert in Indianapolis, Indiana's Market Square Arena.
- June 26 – Some 200,000 protesters march through the streets of San Francisco, protesting Anita Bryant's anti-gay remarks and the murder of Robert Hillsborough.
- July 1 – CKO (a now-defunct Canadian all news radio network) begins broadcasting.
- July 5 – General Mohammed Zia ul-Haq overthrows Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- July 13 – The New York City blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours, resulting in looting and other disorder.
- July 15 – Anti-drug campaigner Donald Mackay disappears near Griffith, New South Wales (presumed murdered).
- July 19 to July 20 – Flooding in Johnstown, PA, caused by massive rainfall, kills over 75 people and causes billions in damage.
- July 22 – The purged Chinese Communist leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power 9 months after the "Gang of Four" was expelled from power in a coup d'état.
- July 24 – Led Zeppelin plays their last U.S. concert in Oakland, CA at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. A brawl erupts between Led Zeppelin's crew and promoter Bill Graham's staff, resulting in criminal assault charges for several of Led Zeppelin's entourage including drummer John Bonham.
- July 28 – The first oil through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System reaches Valdez, Alaska.
- July 30 – Left-wing German terrorists Susanne Albrecht[2], Brigitte Mohnhaupt[3] and a third person assassinate Jürgen Ponto[4], chairman of the Dresdner Bank in Oberursel, West Germany.
[edit] August
Aug.16
Elvis Presley dies. His funeral in Memphis attracts 75,000 fans.
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
- November 2 – The worst storm in Athens' modern history causes havoc across the Greek capital and kills 38 people.
- November 6 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia fails, killing 39.
- November 8 – Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.
- November 8 – San Francisco elects City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official of any large city in the U.S.
- November 9 – Gen. Hugo Banzer, president of the military government of Bolivia, announces that the constitutional democracy will be restored in 1978 instead of 1980 as previously provided.
- November 19 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
- November 19 – TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes at Madeira Airport, Funchal, Portugal, killing 131 and leaving 33 survivors.
- November 22 – British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
- November 22 – TCP/IP test succeeds connecting 3 ARPANET nodes (of 111), in what eventually becomes the Internet protocol.[2]
- November 27 – The Rankin/Bass animated film The Hobbit premiers on NBC in the United States
[edit] December
- December 1 – The Lockheed's top-secret stealth aircraft project, designated Have Blue, precursor to the U.S. F-117A Nighthawk, makes its first flight.
- December 1- The Nickelodeon Television Channel, a children's cartoon channel, launches as The Pinwheel Network.
- December 4 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor.
- December 4 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjung Kupang, Johor, Malaysia, killing all 100 passengers and crew on board.
- December 13 – A DC-3 charter plane carrying the University of Evansville basketball team to Nashville, Tenn., crashes in rain and dense fog about 90 seconds after takeoff from Evansville Dress Regional Airport. Twenty-nine people die in the crash, including 14 members of the team and head coach Bob Watson.
[edit] Undated
[edit] Ongoing
[edit] Births
[edit] January–February
- January 2 – Gavin Mahon, English footballer
- January 2 – Ales Pisa, Czech ice hockey player
- January 3 – Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
- January 3 – A. J. Burnett, American baseball player
- January 4 – Tim Wheeler, Irish Musician
- January 7 – Michelle Behennah, British model
- January 7 – John Gidding, American actor and architect
- January 7 – Dustin Diamond, American actor
- January 8 – Amber Benson, American actress
- January 11 – Nadia Turner, American singer
- January 11 – Anni Friesinger, German speed skater
- January 13 – Orlando Bloom, British actor
- January 18 – Curtis Cregan, American actor
- January 18 – Richard Archer, British singer (Hard-Fi)
- January 20 – Melody, Belgian singer
- January 21 – Jerry Trainor, American actor
- January 22 – Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
- January 23 – Kamal Heer, Punjabi Singer and Musician
- January 25 – The-Dream, African-American singer
- January 26 – Vince Carter, American basketball player
- January 28 – Lyle Overbay, American baseball player
- January 28 – Daunte Culpepper, American football player
- January 28 – Joey Fatone, American musician
- January 31 – Mark Dutiaume, Canadian hockey player
- February 2 – Gavin DeGraw, American musician
- February 2 – Shakira, Colombian musician
- February 2 – Jessica Wahls, German pop singer
- February 3 – Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican musician
- February 5 – Ben Ainslie, British sailor
- February 5 – Ahmad Merritt, American football player
- February 7 – Paul Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
- February 8 – Bridgette Kerkove, American actress
- February 8 – Yucef Merhi, Venezuelan artist
- February 8 – Barry Hall, Australian rules footballer
- February 11 – Randy Moss, American football player
- February 11 – Mike Shinoda, American rock musician (Linkin Park)
- February 16 – Ian Clarke, Irish computer scientist
- February 18 – Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwriter
- February 19 – Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer
- February 20 – Stephon Marbury, American basketball player
- February 20 – Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer and model
- February 21 – Kevin Rose, American television host
- February 23 – Kristina Šmigun, Estonian skier
- February 24 – Floyd Mayweather Jr., boxing champion
- February 24 – Jason Akermanis, Australian rules footballer
- February 27 – Ji Sung, South Korean actor
[edit] March–April
- March 1 – Rens Blom, Dutch athlete
- March 2 – Chris Martin, British rock musician (Coldplay)
- March 2 – Heather McComb, American actress
- March 3 – Ronan Keating, Irish singer (Boyzone)
- March 4 – Ana Guevara, Mexican track and field athlete
- March 4 – Daniel Klewer, German footballer
- March 4 – Jason Marsalis, American jazz musician
- March 4 – Russell Taylor, British cartoonist
- March 5 – Wally Szczerbiak, Spanish-born basketball player
- March 6 – Francisco Javier Fernandez, Spanish race walker
- March 6 – Santino Marella, American wrestler
- March 6 – Keith O'Neill, Irish-born rugby impersonator
- March 7 – Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby player
- March 7 – Mitja Zastrow, German-born swimmer
- March 8 – James Van Der Beek, American actor
- March 10 – Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
- March 10 – Bree Turner, American dancer and actress
- March 10 – Colin Murray, British radio disc jockey
- March 10 – Matt Rubano, American rock bassist (Taking Back Sunday)
- March 11 – Becky Hammon, American basketball player
- March 11 – Jason Greeley, Canadian singer
- March 15 – Joe Hahn, American rock DJ (Linkin Park)
- March 15 – Norifumi Yamamoto, Japanese mixed martial artist
- March 15 – Adrian Burnside, Australian baseball player
- March 16 – Ben Kenney, American rock bassist (Incubus)
- March 16 – Alyson Kiperman, American actress
- March 18 – Zdeno Chara, Czechoslovakian (now Slovakia) hockey player
- March 23 – Sammy Morris, American football player
- March 24 – Darren Lockyer, Australian rugby league player
- March 27 – Vitor Meira, Brazilian race car driver
- March 27 – Roger Velasco, American actor
- April 1 – Vitor Belfort, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- April 4 – Stephen Mulhern, British musician, TV presenter
- April 9 – Gerard Way, American rock singer (My Chemical Romance)
- April 12 – Tobias Angerer, German cross-country skier
- April 14 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress
- April 14 – Chandra Levy, American federal government intern (d. 2001)
- April 15 – Dejan Milojevic, Serbian basketball player
- April 16 – Fredrik Ljungberg, Swedish footballer
- April 21 – Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater
- April 23 – Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman
- April 23 – Andruw Jones, Antillean baseball player
- April 23 – John Cena, American professional wrestler, actor and singer
- April 24 – Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican baseball player
- April 24 – Siarhiej Bałachonaŭ, Belarusian writer
- April 26 – Jason Earles, American actor
- April 26 – Tom Welling, American actor
[edit] May–June
- May 3 – Ben Olsen, American footballer
- May 4 – Emily Perkins, Canadian actress
- May 5 – Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress
- May 8 – Joe Bonamassa, American musician
- May 8 – Pepe Sánchez, Argentine basketball player
- May 9 – Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress
- May 10 – Nick Heidfeld, German race car driver
- May 10 – Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian (The Chaser)
- May 11 – Victor Matfield, South African rugby player
- May 11 – Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
- May 11 – Megahn Perry, American actress
- May 12 – Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player
- May 12 – Rebecca Herbst, American actress
- May 13 – Samantha Morton, British actress
- May 14 – Roy Halladay, American baseball player
- May 14 – Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress
- May 17 – Kandi Burruss, African-American R&B singer
- May 19 – Brandon Inge, American baseball player
- May 19 – Kelly Sheridan, Canadian Voice Actress
- May 20 – Matt Czuchry, American actor
- May 21 – Jamie Rickers, British television presenter
- May 23 – Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
- May 24 – Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thai tennis player
- May 26 – Misaki Ito, Japanese actress
- May 26 – Luca Toni, Italian footballer
- May 27 – Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
- May 27 – Tommie van der Leegte, Dutch soccer player
- May 28 – Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host
- May 30 – Rachael Stirling, British actress
- May 31 – Phil Devey, Canadian baseball player
- May 31 – Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
- May 31 – Debbie King, British television presenter
- May 31 – Scott Klopfenstein, American musician
- May 31 – Greg Leeb, Canadian ice hockey player
- May 31 – Joachim Olsen, Danish athlete
- May 31 – Eric Christian Olsen, American actor
- May 31 – Joel Ross, British disc jockey
- May 31 – June Sarpong, British television presenter
- May 31 – Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer
- May 31 – Petr Tenkrát, Czech ice hockey player
- June 1 – Danielle Harris, American actress
- June 2 – Zachary Quinto, American actor
- June 4 – Jordan Bratman, American celebrity
- June 5 – Nourhanne, Lebanese singer
- June 7 – Marcin Baszczyński, Polish footballer
- June 8 – Kanye West, African-American rapper and record producer
- June 9 – Roopa Mishra, Indian civil servant
- June 9 – Peja Stojakovic, Serbian basketball player
- June 10 – Adam Darski, Polish musician (aka Nergal, Holocausto)
- June 11 – Shane Meier, Canadian actor
- June 11 – Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer
- June 13 – Selwyn Ward, American actor
- June 14 – Chris McAlister, American football player
- June 16 – Kerry Wood, American baseball player
- June 19 – Peter Warrick, American football player
- June 20 – Aaron Moule, Australian rugby league player
- June 21 – Jochen Hecht, German ice hockey player
- June 23 – Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter
- June 23 – Antoine Winfield, American football player
- June 27 – Raúl, Spanish footballer
- June 27 – Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer
- June 28 – Mark Stoermer, American rock guitarist (The Killers)
- June 28 – Harun Tekin, Turkish rock vocalist and guitarist (Mor ve Ötesi)
[edit] July–August
- July 1 – Jarome Iginla, Canadian hockey player
- July 1 – Liv Tyler, American actress
- July 2 – Ricardo Medina, Jr., American actor
- July 7 – Felix Vasquez, American housing authority worker and hero
- July 8 – Milo Ventimiglia, American actor
- July 8 – Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
- July 10 – Schapelle Corby, Australian convicted drug smuggler
- July 11 – Edward Moss, American impersonator
- July 12 – Peter Schaefer, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 12 – Airin Older, American musician
- July 12 – Brock Lesnar, American professional wrestler
- July 14 – Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
- July 15 – Ray Toro, American rock guitarist (My Chemical Romance)
- July 16 – Bryan Budd, British soldier (VC recipient) (d. 2006)
- July 18 – David Straitjacket, English stunt performer
- July 18 – Alfian bin Sa'at, Singaporean writer, poet and playwright
- July 19 – Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 21 – Paul Casey, English golfer
- July 24 – Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian football player
- July 26 – Rebecca St James, Australian-born Christian musician
- July 27 – Martha Anne Madison, American actress
- July 28 – Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player
- July 30 – Jaime Pressly, American actress
- July 30 – Ian Watkins, American rock lead singer (Lostprophets)
- July 31 – Tim Couch, American football player
- August 2 – Dave Farrel, American musician
- August 2 – Edward Furlong, American actor
- August 3 – Angela Beesley, British Internet entrepreneur
- August 3 – Tom Brady, American football player
- August 7 – Twins Samantha Ronson and Charlotte Ronson, British DJ and designer
- August 9 – Chamique Holdsclaw, American basketball player
- August 10 – Danny Griffin, Irish footballer
- August 12 – Plaxico Burress, African-American football player
- August 13 – Michael Klim, Australian swimmer
- August 15 – Nicole Paggi, American actress
- August 15 – Martin Biron, Canadian hockey player
- August 15 – Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
- August 15 – Anthony Rocca, Australian rules footballer
- August 16 – Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer/actor
- August 17 – Thierry Henry, French footballer
- August 17 – Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer
- August 18 – Lukas Bauer, Czech cross-country skier
- August 20 – Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby player
- August 20 – Manuel Contepomi, Argentine rugby player
- August 20 – Henning Stensrud, Norwegian ski jumper
- August 24 – Per Gade, Danish footballer
- August 24 – Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer
- August 24 – Jonathan Togo, American actor
- August 26 – Morris Peterson, American basketball player
- August 27 – Deco, Portuguese footballer
- August 30 – Shaun Alexander, American football player
- August 30 – Jens Ludwig, German guitarist
- August 30 – Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer
- August 31 – Jeff Hardy, American professional wrestler
- August 31 – Craig Nicholls, Australian rocker and songwriter
[edit] September–October
- September 1 – Aaron Schobel, American football player
- September 1 – Aamir Ali, Indian television actor
- September 1 – Chris Cain, American rock bassist (We Are Scientists)
- September 2 – Frédéric Kanouté, Mali soccer player
- September 2 – Elitsa Todorova, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
- September 4 – Lucie Silvas, English singer
- September 6 – Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer
- September 11 – Ludacris, African-American rapper
- September 13 – Fiona Apple, American musician
- September 15 – Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
- September 18 – Kieran West, British Olympic oarsman
- September 18 – Sara Haines, Online Correspondent, NBC News TODAY Show
- September 19 – Ioana Maria Lupascu, Romanian pianist
- September 20 – Namie Amuro, Japanese singer
- September 21 – Hank Fraley, American football player
- September 22 – Paul Sculthorpe, English rugby league player
- September 23 – Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player
- September 23 – Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (murdered) (d. 2008)
- September 24 – Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, American football player
- September 27 – Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower
- September 28 – Se Ri Pak, South Korean golfer
- September 28 – Ivana Bozilovic, Serbian model and actress
- September 30 – Maia Brewton, American actress
- September 30 – Roy Carroll, Irish footballer
- October 1 – Owen Biddle, rock bass guitarist (The Roots)
- October 6 – Danny Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
- October 7 – Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress
- October 9 – Hicham Chami, Moroccan financier and musician
- October 11 – Claudia Palacios, Colombian journalist and newsreader
- October 12 – Bode Miller, American skier
- October 13 – Paul Pierce, American basketball player
- October 13 – Quincy Carter, American Football Player
- October 14 – Adam Pengilly, Bristish skeleton racer
- October 14 – Bianca Beauchamp, Canadian latex model
- October 14 – Kelly Schumacher, Canadian basketball player
- October 16 – John Mayer, American musician
- October 18 – Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand footballer
- October 18 – Paul Stalteri, Canadian footballer
- October 20 – Stewart Petrie Scottish Actor
- October 22 – Elizabeth Kucinich, American wife of Dennis Kucinich
- October 25 – Birgit Prinz, German footballer
- October 26 – Jon Heder, American actor
- October 26 – Louis Crayton, Swiss/Liberian footballer
- October 27 – Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer
- October 28 – Jonas Rasmussen, Danish badminton player
- October 29 – Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor
- October 30 – Charmian Faulkner, missing Australian toddler
[edit] November–December
- November 1 – Alistair Griffin, British singer and songwriter
- November 2 – John Pickard, British actor
- November 2 – Randy Harrison, American actor
- November 3 – Aria Giovanni, American model and actress
- November 4 – Larry Bigbie, American baseball player
- November 5 – Brittney Skye, American actress
- November 6 – Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress
- November 6 – Dusan Kecman, Serbian basketball player
- November 10 – Brittany Murphy, American actress
- November 10 – Nina Mercedez, American pornographic actress
- November 13 – Chanel Cole, New Zealand-born singer
- November 13 – Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
- November 14 – Obie Trice, African-American rapper
- November 15 – Sean Murray, American actor
- November 16 – Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater
- November 16 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress
- November 17 – Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer
- November 18 – Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player
- November 19 – Kerri Strug, American gymnast
- November 19 – Kristian Ayre, Canadian Actor
- November 20 – Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer
- November 21 – Jonas Jennings, American football player
- November 22 – Michael Preston, English footballer
- November 24 – Colin Hanks, American actor
- November 26 – Ivan Basso, Italian cyclist
- November 27 – Mika Tan, Asian-American adult film actress
- November 28 – DeMya Walker, American basketball player
- December 3 – Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper
- December 3 – Troy Evans, American football player
- December 6 – Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer
- December 7 – Dominic Howard , English drummer
- December 7 – Fernando Vargas, American boxer
- December 7 – Luke Donald, English golfer
- December 8 – Sébastien Chabal, French rugby union player
- December 8 – Ryan Newman, American race car driver
- December 10 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
- December 11 – Peter Stringer, Irish rugby union player
- December 12 – Dahm triplets, American models
- December 12 – Adam Saitiev, Chechen wrestler and Olympic gold medalist
- December 13 – Ahmed al-Nami, Saudi Arabian hijacker
- December 14 – KaDee Strickland, American actress
- December 14 – Jamie Peacock, English rugby league player
- December 16 – Kevin Gillespie, American comic book artist
- December 16 – Anu Nieminen, Finnish badminton player
- December 20 – Sonja Aldén, Swedish pop singer
- December 23 – Alge Crumpler, American football player
- December 25 – Uhm Ji-won, South Korean actress
- December 27 – Jacqueline Pillon, Canadian actress
- December 27 – Sam Talbot, American chef
- December 29 – Laveranues Coles, American football player
- December 29 – Katherine Moennig, American actress
- December 30 – Laila Ali, African-American boxer
- December 30 – Scott Lucas, Australian rules footballer
- December 30 – Kenyon Martin, American basketball player
- December 30 – Sasa Ilic, Serbian football player
- December 31 – Donald Trump, Jr., Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization
[edit] Unknown
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January–March
- January 2 – Errol Garner, American musician (b. 1921)
- January 3 – Carroll Quigley, American historian, polymath, and theorist of the evolution of civilizations (b. 1910)
- January 14 – Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
- January 14 – Peter Finch, English-born actor (b. 1916)
- January 14 – Anaïs Nin, French author (b. 1903)
- January 17 – Gary Gilmore, American murderer (executed) (b. 1940)
- January 18 – Džemal Bijedić, Yugoslavian Prime Minister (b. 1917)
- January 19 – Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (b. 1895)
- January 21 – Sandro Penna, Italian poet (b. 1906)
- January 23 – Toots Shor, New York restaurateur (b. 1903)
- January 29 – Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (b. 1902)
- January 29 – Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (Chico and the Man) (b. 1954)
- February 4 – Brett Halliday, American writer (b. 1904)
- February 11 – Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902)
- February 16 – Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905)
- February 19 – Anthony Crosland, British author and politician (b. 1918)
- February 27 – Allison Hayes, American actress (b. 1930)
- February 28 – Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, African-American actor (The Jack Benny Show) (b. 1905)
- March 3 - Percy Marmont, stage & screen actor (b. 1883)
- March 4 – Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (b. 1951)
- March 5 – Tom Pryce, British Formula race car driver (b. 1949)
- March 10 – E. Power Biggs, British-born American organist (b. 1906)
- March 11 – Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1893)
- March 16 – Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (b. 1917)
- March 18 – Marien Ngouabi, President of The Republic of the Congo (assassinated) (b. 1938)
- March 22 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (b. 1904)
- March 26 – Madeleine Dring, British composer and actress (b. 1923)
- March 29 – Charles Nicoletti, American gangster (b. 1916)
- March 30 – Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1929)
[edit] April–June
- April 12 – Philip K. Wrigley, American chewing gum manufacturer and Major League Baseball executive (b. 1894)
- April 17 – William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (b. 1913)
- April 20 – Sepp Herberger, German soccer coach (b. 1897)
- April 21 – Gummo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1892)
- May 5 – Ludwig Erhard, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
- May 5 – Sam Lanin, American 1920s bandleader (b. 1891)
- May 9 – James Jones, American writer (b. 1921)
- May 10 – Joan Crawford, American actress (b. 1905)
- June 2 – Stephen Boyd, American film actor (Fantastic Voyage) (b. 1931)
- June 3 – Archibald Vivian Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
- June 16 – Wernher von Braun, German-born American rocket scientist (b. 1912)
- June 19 – Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English Chief Girl Guide (b. 1889)
- June 19 – Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (b. 1933)
[edit] July–September
- July 2 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born writer (Lolita) (b. 1899)
- July 9 – Alice Paul, American women's rights activist (b. 1885)
- July 13 – Carl Gustav von Rosen, Swedish pilot (b. 1909)
- July 15 – Konstantin Fedin, Russian writer (b. 1892)
- July 23 – Arsenio Erico, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1915)
- August 3 – Makarios III, Cypriot Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (b. 1913)
- August 4 – Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
- August 14 – Ron Haydock, American actor, writer, and musician (b. 1940)
- August 14 – Alexander Luria, Soviet neuropsychologist (b. 1902)
- August 16 – Elvis Presley, American singer and actor (b. 1935)
- August 19 – Groucho Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1890)
- August 31 – Rick Vallin, Russian-American actor (b. 1919)
- September 1 – Ethel Waters, African-American singer (b. 1896)
- September 4 – E.F. Schumacher, British economist (b. 1911)
- September 6 – John Edensor Littlewood, British mathematician (b. 1885)
- September 8 – Zero Mostel, American film and stage actor (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) (b. 1915)
- September 12 – Steve Biko, South African activist (b. 1946)
- September 13 – Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882)
- September 16 – Marc Bolan, English musician (b. 1947)
- September 16 – Maria Callas, American-born soprano (b. 1923)
[edit] October–December
- October 8 – Joe Greenstein, Polish-born American strongman (b. 1893)
- October 8 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer, composer, & lyricist (b. 1902)
- October 10 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (b. 1930)
- October 14 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (b. 1903)
- October 20 – Three members of the American southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd (killed in a plane crash):
- October 20 – Cassie Gaines (b. 1948)
- October 20 – Steve Gaines (b. 1949)
- October 20 – Ronnie Van Zant (b. 1948)
- October 27 – Tony Hulman, American businessman and racetrack owner (b. 1901)
- November 5 – René Goscinny, French comic book writer (b. 1926)
- November 8 – Bucky Harris, American baseball player (b. 1896)
- November 11 – Greta Keller, Austrian-born singer and actress (b. 1903)
- November 11 – Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist & political activist (b. 1950)
- November 14 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian leader of the Hare Krishna movement
- November 14 – Ferdinand Heim, German general, branded the "Scapegoat of Stalingrad" (b. 1897)
- November 15 – Princess Charlotte of Monaco (b. 1898)
- November 25 – Tommy Prince, Canadian war hero (b. 1915)
- December 5 – Roland Kirk, American jazz musician (b. 1936)
- December 13 – Sir Charles Petrie, British historian (b. 1895)
- December 15 – Wilfred Kitching, 7th (British) General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)
- December 19 – Jacques Tourneur, French director (b. 1904)
- December 24 – Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (b. 1917)
- December 25 – Charlie Chaplin, English-born comedian (b. 1889)
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