1975 deaths

Chinese politician, military leader, and President of the ROC (1887–1975)

Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)

German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

Yugoslav novelist (1892–1975)

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974

Egyptian singer and actress (1904–1975)

Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)

American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual (1922–1975)

President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh

French poet and diplomat (1887–1975)

German physicist (1887–1975)

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian academic, philosopher and statesman who served as the Vice President of India from 1952 to 1962 and President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was the ambassador of India to the Soviet Union from 1949 to 1952. He was also the vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University from 1939 to 1948 and the vice-chancellor of Andhra University from 1931 to 1936. Radhakrishnan is considered one of the most influential and distinguished 20th century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, he held the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta from 1921 to 1932 and Spalding Chair of Eastern Religion and Ethics at University of Oxford from 1936 to 1952.

Aristotle Socrates Onassis was a Greek and Argentine business magnate. He amassed the world's largest privately owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men. He was married to Athina Mary Livanos, had a long-standing affair with opera singer Maria Callas, and in his final years was married to American former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975

Prime Minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972

British historian (1889–1975)

English physicist (1892–1975)

Irish statesman (1882–1975)

Russian intellectual and philosopher

American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

English author (1881–1975)

Spanish priest, writer and Catholic saint

American actress (1917–1975)

English chemist (1886-1975)

Austrian Waffen-SS officer (1908–1975)

American actor (1897–1975)

Soviet politician (1895–1975)

Estonian chess player and sportsperson (1916–1975)

British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author (1887–1975)

British racing driver (1929–1975)

Soviet actress and singer (1900–1975)

Czech politician (1904-1975)

American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer (1904–1975)

geneticist and evolutionary biologist (1900-1975)

American writer (1886-1975)

American composer and conductor (1911-1975)

President of Chad (1918–1975)

Italian painter, writer, politic and anti-fascist (1902-1975)

Prince Primate, Archbishop of Esztergom, cardinal, and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary

English actor (1908–1975)

Soviet aeroplanes designer

president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972

American screenwriter (1924–1975)

English sculptor (1903–1975)

American jazz saxophonist (1928–1975)

American director, actor (1896-1975)

48th Prime Minister of Romania (1955-1961)

British zoologist, statistician, science writer (1895–1975)

Brazilian politician (1910-1975)

British mathematician and physicist (1886-1975)

French politician (1905-1975)

French physicist (1909–1975)

Australian swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress and writer (1887–1975)

American science fiction and fantasy author (1921–1975)

Polish-American scientist

American painter (1889–1975)

Egyptian activist (1908–1975)

American religious leader (1897-1975)

Soviet poet