1977 deaths

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. was an English comic actor, filmmaker, film editor and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from his childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both accolade and controversy.

Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. Presley's energetic and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, brought both great success and initial controversy.

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. was an American singer and actor. One of the first multimedia stars, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. Crosby was a leader in record sales, network radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He was one of the first global cultural icons. Crosby made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs.

German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)

Ukrainian pianist, composer, and musicologist (1898-1977)

American actress (1908–1977)

British soldier, diplomat and politician (1897–1977)

American comedian (1890–1977)

American-Greek operatic soprano (1923–1977)

Chancellor of West Germany (1963–1966)

French-born American author (1903–1977)

South African anti-apartheid activist (1946–1977)

French poet and screenwriter (1900-1977)

Indian spiritual teacher and founder of the ISKCON

Italian film director (1906–1977)

English physiologist and biophysicist (1886-1977)

English electrophysiologist (1889-1977)

German philosopher (1885–1977)

Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977)

politician, fifth President of India (1905-1977)

French comic book artist and author (1926-1977)

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1895-1977)

Archbishop primate, primate & 1st President of Cyprus (1913–1977)

American film director, producer and screenwriter (1896–1977)

British-Australian actor (1916–1977)

Iranian writer, scholar of Islam, and political activist(1933-1977)

Japanese association football player (1915-1977)

Chancellor of Austria (1897-1977)

German nobleman, jurist, and senior Nazi government official (1887–1977)

Malian politician and President of Mali (1915-1977)

American suffragist, feminist, and activist (1885–1977)

Italian judge

American photographer and photojournalist (1907–1977)

French film director, screenwriter and producer (1907–1977)

Soviet aircraft engineer and aeroplanes designer (1894–1977)

Soviet miner, namesake of Stakhanovite movement (1906-1977)

German writer and playwright (1896-1977)

British-born American conductor (1882–1977)

American pilot shot down flying a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union (1929-1977)

German far-left militant leader (1943–1977)

Soviet psychologist (1902–1977)

Wife of Winston Churchill and life peer (1885–1977)

President of Peru (1910-1977)

French writer (1894–1977)

British economist (1911–1977)

English guitarist and singer (1947–1977)

French politician and jurist, temporary Prime Minister of France (1884-1977)

Swiss physician writer (1907-1977)

President of Congo-Brazzaville from 1969 to 1977

Northern Irish actor (1931–1977)

American poet (1917–1977)

American actor (1915-1977)

Austrian economist (1902–1977)

German far-left militant (1940–1977)

Egyptian singer and actor (1929–1977)

American author (1921–1977)

English mathematician (1885–1977)

American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress (1896-1977)

American jazz musician (1924-1977)