This article provides a list of famous people who died in 1972 .
- See also: Category: Deaths in 1972
January
- January 1 - Maurice Chevalier (83) - French pop singer and film actor .
- January 2 - Kirill Andreev (70) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- January 2 - Gerasim Polikanov (64) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- January 3 - Semyon Kalinovsky (65) - Russian violinist.
- January 3 - Ivan Sedin (65) - Soviet party and statesman.
- January 3 - Frans Mazerel (82) - Belgian artist.
- January 4 - Ivan Babanov (60) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- January 6 - Nikolai Volkov (64) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- January 6 - Dmitry Petrov (50) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- January 6 - Vladimir Shevchenko (67) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- January 8 - Janis Akkerman - Russian-American aircraft designer, public figure.
- January 8 - Fedor Shurpin (67) - Soviet painter.
- January 10 - Nikolai Khovrin (80) - one of the leaders of the Baltic Fleet sailors in the October Revolution of 1917.
- January 14 - Frederick IX (72) - King of Denmark from April 20, 1947 .
- January 15 - Alexander Shtepenko (67) - navigator of the 746th Aviation Regiment of the 3rd Aviation Division of Long-Range Aviation, major.
- January 18 - Dmitry Drychkin (69) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- January 19 - Sofya Akimova (84) - opera and chamber singer, teacher. Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR.
- January 23 - Alexey Glagolev (70) - archpriest, clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Righteous of the World.
- January 23 - Sergey Ryabov (50) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- January 24 - Victor Chergin (50) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- January 25 - Boris Alekseev (63) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- January 25 - Ashot Nalchan (67) - Soviet machine tool builder.
- January 25 - Jacob Sterpool (58) - Full Knight of the Order of Glory.
- January 26 - Vladimir Yurovsky (56) - Soviet composer. Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
- January 28 - Dino Buzzati (65) - Italian writer, journalist and artist.
- January 28 - Boris Zaitsev (90) - Russian writer and translator (emigrated in 1922 ).
- January 28 - Boris Yampolsky (59) - Russian Soviet writer.
- January 30 - Gerald Donaghy ( English Gerald Donaghy , 17) - one of the 14 dead during the events of Bloody Sunday .
- January 31 - Ernest Blank (77) - publicist, historian, writer.
- January 31 - Matvey Zakharov (73) - Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union, twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
February
- February 1 - Grigory Gordeev (80) - Soviet state and party leader, executive secretary of the Kazan Provincial Committee of the RCP (B) (1919-1920).
- February 1 - Karl Grunberg (80) - German writer and journalist.
- February 1 - Victor Dombrowski (58) - Russian Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist.
- February 2 - Yuri Korchemkin (56) - physicist, professor, teacher.
- February 2 - Nikolai Pevtsov (62) - Hero of Socialist Labor.
- February 4 - Nikolai Ivanov (47) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- February 6 - Boris Shpitalny (69) - Soviet weapons designer, Hero of Socialist Labor .
- February 9 - Nikolay Krylov (68) - Soviet military leader, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union.
- February 9 - Matvey Grubiyan (62) - Jewish Soviet poet. He wrote in Yiddish.
- February 10 - Ivan Butnikov - Russian conductor and music teacher.
- February 10 - Peter Kulbaka (69) - partisan of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- February 10 - Almukan Sembinov (47) - Full Knight of the Order of Glory.
- February 11 - Vasily Morozov (59) - Hero of the Soviet Union, lieutenant colonel, commander of the 1227th Infantry Regiment.
- February 16 - Leonid Vandysh (76) - Soviet state and party leader, executive secretary of the Murmansk Provincial Committee of the CPSU (B.) (1926-1927).
- February 16 - Peter Pastyrev (50) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- February 16 - Alexander Uklonsky (88) - mineralogist, geochemist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR.
- February 18 - Nikita Kaimanov ] (64) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- February 19 - Sergei Borzenko (62) - front-line correspondent of the 18th Army newspaper “The Banner of the Motherland” of the North Caucasus Front, Colonel.
- February 21 - George Adamovich (79) - poet - acmeist and literary critic, translator.
- February 21 - Elizaveta Alekseeva (70) - Soviet actress, People's Artist of the USSR.
- February 21 - Semyon Levin (67) - Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- February 21 - Bronislava Nizhinsky (81) - ballerina and choreographer of Polish descent, the younger sister of the outstanding dancer Vaclav Nizhinsky.
- February 22 - Ivan Naborsky (58) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- February 23 - Pavel Muzhitsky (69) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- February 24 - Fedor Kustov (67) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- February 25 - Andrey Eroshkin - lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- February 25 - Hugo Steingauz (85) - Polish scientist , one of the founders of the Lviv School of Mathematics .
- February 26 - Khasan Ivanov - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- February 26 - Yosef Sapir (70) - Israeli politician, deputy of the Knesset from the party General Zionists.
- February 29 - Alexey Zhiltsov (77) - Soviet actor, people's artist of the USSR.
March
- March 1 - Leonil Estrin (63) - Russian film director.
- March 2 - Tatyana Lukashevich (66) - Soviet film director (“ Foundling ” and other films).
- March 4 - Vyacheslav Leshchev (66) - Soviet actor and sound engineer
- March 8 - Peter Alekseev (79) - Soviet politician, chairman of the Main Court of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1926-1927).
- March 8 - Afanasy Shemenkov (76) - Soviet military leader, lieutenant general. Hero of the Soviet Union.
- March 9 - Boris Bychevsky (69) - Lieutenant General of the USSR Engineering Troops, author of memoirs about the Great Patriotic War.
- March 9 - Arsen Mekokishvili (59) - Soviet freestyle wrestler, Olympic champion, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
- March 9 - Vladimir Khvostov (66) - Soviet historian, specialist in the history of the New Time and international relations.
- March 10 - Alexander Gunzburg (65) - Soviet cameraman and director.
- March 11 - Mikhail Mochalov (51) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- March 12 - Vasily Fesenkov (83) - Soviet astronomer, one of the founders of astrophysics, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
- March 14 - Gianjacomo Feltrinelli (45) - Italian publisher and left-wing politician, head of the Partisan Action Group organization; known for publishing Boris Pasternak’s novel Doctor Zhivago in Italy; died.
- March 15 - Sergey Ivashurov (57) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- March 15 - Alexander Laktionov, Soviet artist, painter.
- March 16 - Evgeny Bandurenko (53) - Ukrainian Soviet poet, satirist, comedian.
- March 16 - Ivan Trukhin (62) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- March 18 - Vasily Vasilko (78) - Soviet Ukrainian actor and director, People's Artist of the USSR.
- March 20 - Anatoly Redin (54) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- March 22 - Arvid Skurbe (83) - military RIA, Latvian pilot.
- March 23 - Zubair Saydulaev - Hero of Socialist Labor.
- March 24 - Elmar Keats (58) - Estonian artist.
- March 24 - Arkady Tolbuzin (51) - Soviet theater and film actor, screenwriter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
- March 25 - Ivan Gorchilin (63) - cinematographer, director of feature and documentary films at the im. Gorky.
- March 25 - Alexander Shulgin (61) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- March 27 - Maurits Escher (73) - Dutch graphic artist .
- March 28 - Alexander Bozhenko (56) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- March 28 - Vladimir Romanov (48) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- March 28 - Reuben Fraerman (80) - Soviet children's writer, author of the novel "The Wild Dog Dingo, or the Story of First Love" ( 1939 ).
- March 29 - Hilarion (Ogienko) (90) - Ukrainian scientist, political and church figure.
- March 29 - Alexey Nemkov (52) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
April
- April 2 - Mikhail Silantiev (64) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- April 3 - Bogdan Kirakosyan (59) - Honored Architect of the Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- April 4 - Yosef Breslavi (76) - one of the first geographers and local historians of Eretz Yisrael.
- April 4 - Eugene Gross (74) - Soviet experimental physicist.
- April 7 - Ivan Grosul (52) - major of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- April 7 - Ephraim II (75) - Bishop of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.
- April 7 - Theodosius Korzhenevich (72) - Soviet military leader, lieutenant general.
- April 7 - Nikolai Korolev (65) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- April 9 - Alexander Shilkov (56) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- April 12 - Shmuel Shapiro (59) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, full holder of the Order of Glory.
- April 13 - Boris Kurchatov (66) - Soviet radiochemist.
- April 16 - Yasunari Kawabata (72) - an outstanding Japanese writer , officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters ( 1960 ), Nobel Prize in Literature ( 1968 ).
- April 17 - Alexey Gerovsky (88) - Carpathian public and political figure, lawyer, publicist, writer.
- April 17 - Kaisar Kashieva (78) - Azerbaijani artist. The first Azerbaijani educated artist.
- April 18 - Tsakhai Makayev - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- April 19 - Timofey Lomtev (65) - linguist, doctor of philological sciences.
- April 19 - Alexander Pen (66) - Israeli poet.
- April 20 - Arkady Bogorodsky (48) - Honored Test Pilot of the USSR.
- April 21 - Daniil Dyaditsyn - captain of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- April 25 - George Sanders (65) - British actor , winner of the Oscar for " Best Supporting Actor " ( 1950 ); suicide.
- April 27 - Stepan Fedorenko (64) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- April 27 - Ivan Tsyurupa (66) - Soviet bridge builder, Hero of Socialist Labor.
- April 29 - Vasily Polovinkin (48) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- April 29 - Peter Sidorov - Hero of the Soviet Union.
May
- May 2 - John Edgar Hoover (77) - American statesman, director ( 1924 - 1972 ) of the Bureau of Investigation, which he renamed the FBI .
- May 2 - Dmitry Kara-Dmitriev (84) - Russian Soviet theater, film and stage actor.
- May 4 - Methi Aliyev (64) - Soviet and Azerbaijani physicist.
- May 5 - Martiros Sarian (92) - Armenian Soviet landscape painter, graphic artist and theater artist .
- May 6 - Victor Dragunsky (58) - Soviet actor and prosaic writer , author of popular stories for children.
- May 6 - Vasily Eroshenko (64) - commander of a number of ships of the Black Sea Fleet.
- May 8 - Nikolai Romanov (65) - Soviet Uzbek scientist, mathematician, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences.
- May 9 - Irina Wulf (65) - Soviet actress.
- May 9 - Mikhail Kononov (66) - lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- May 9 - Alexey Petrov (61) - Soviet mathematician and theoretical physicist.
- May 9 - Alexander Rybakov (53) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- May 9 - Fedor Shuneev (65) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- May 9 - Nikolai Yakovlev (73) - Soviet military leader, Marshal of artillery.
- May 12 - Arkady Plastov (79) - Soviet painter.
- May 14 - Romas Kalantha (19) - dissident. He became known after the act of self-immolation.
- May 14 - Alexander Korneychuk (67) - Ukrainian Soviet writer and politician, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences ( 1943 ).
- May 15 - Nikolai Alekseev (98) - Russian revolutionary.
- May 17 - Alexander Prigara (60) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- May 18 - Sagalbai Zhanbaev (68) - Soviet politician, 1st secretary of the Kzyl-Orda Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan (1954).
- May 18 - Andrey Morozov (70) - Soviet artist.
- May 18 - Victor Chistyakov (28) - Soviet actor and parodist.
- May 19 - Mikhail Kolchanov (48) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- May 24 - Alexander Trynin (59) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- May 25 - Vsevolod Savich (87) - Russian and Soviet lichenologist, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR.
- May 28 - Edward VIII (77) - King of Great Britain and Ireland , Emperor of India in January - December 1936 .
- May 29 - Stepan Timoshenko (93) - Russian scientist in the field of mechanics.
- May 31 - Victor Streltsov (62) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
June
- June 1 - Rustam Ismailov (63) - President of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1967-1970, doctor of technical sciences, academician of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, honored scientist of the Azerbaijan SSR.
- June 4 - Konstantin Shakhovskoy (66) - Holy Martyr of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- June 4 - Clarence Wetzel (73), American politician, member .
- June 6 - Varvara Adrianova-Peretts (84) - literary scholar in the field of research of ancient Russian satire, folklore, poetry, religious traditions.
- June 8 - Anisim Astashkin (58) - Full Knight of the Order of Glory.
- June 8 - Alexander Bykov (51) - Full Knight of the Order of Glory.
- June 8 - Alfred Fiderkevich - activist of the labor movement.
- June 10 - Nikolai Ermolenko (72) - Belarusian Soviet chemist, honored worker of science of the BSSR, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR.
- June 10 - Prokofiy Kornienko - foreman of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- June 10 - Milford, Edward (77) - Australian Major General.
- June 10 - Grigory Stupak (50) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- June 11 - Stepan Anisov (62) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- June 11 - Evgeny Babich (51) - Soviet hockey player, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
- June 12 - Shraga Goren - Israeli politician, deputy of the Knesset of the 1st convocation.
- June 12 - Ilya Pruss (68) - Soviet military leader, major general of engineering troops.
- June 13 - Gyorgy von Bekeszy (73) - American physicist , biophysicist and physiologist , author of works on biophysics and physiology of hearing.
- June 16 - Alexander Lyudvichenko (47) - Red Army Worker and Peasant Red Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- June 16 - Alexander Rozhkov (56) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- June 17 - Ivan Skokov (48) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- June 18 - Anatoly Gutman (50) - participant in the Great Patriotic War, platoon commander of the 529th regiment of the 163rd Infantry Division (38th Army, Voronezh Front), senior lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- June 19 - Ivan Simakov (52) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, full holder of the Order of Glory.
- June 20 - Nikolai Starshinov (57) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- June 23 - Grigory Tikunov (56) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- June 23 - Akaki Khorava (77) - Georgian Soviet actor and teacher. People's Artist of the USSR.
- June 23 - Petr Yurchenko (71) - Soviet, Ukrainian architect and architectural critic, candidate of architecture.
- June 24 - Semyon Kalabalin (68) - one of the most famous pupils, then an associate and continuer of the work of Anton Makarenko .
- June 28 - Mikhail Gerashchenko (65) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- June 29 - Nikolai Mikhailov (75) - Soviet military leader, major general of tank troops.
- June 30 - Ashot Ioannisyan (85) - Armenian revolutionary and Soviet politician, historian.
- June 30 - Vasily Klyuyev (49) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- June 30 - Yuri Linnik (57) - Soviet mathematician in the field of probability theory, number theory, statistics.
July
- July 2 - Pavel Golovachev (55) - Soviet ace pilot, participant in the Great Patriotic War, twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
- July 2 - Ivan Kabanov (74) - Soviet politician, Minister of Foreign Trade of the USSR (1953-1958).
- July 3 - Vadim Sinyavsky (65) - Soviet journalist, radio commentator, founder of the Soviet school of sports radio reporting .
- July 11 - Fedor Plotnikov (63) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- July 13 - Ivan Dvorzhetsky (69) - Hero of Socialist Labor.
- July 13 - Pankraty (Kashperuk) - Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Volyn and Rivne.
- July 14 - Olavi Virta (57) - Finnish singer, composer and film actor, one of the most famous tango and jazz performers in Finland.
- July 14 - Luka Mereshko (57) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- July 14 - Joseph Pavlenko (50) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- July 15 - Ivan Anikanov (60) - Soviet state and party leader, secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Moldova.
- July 15 - Mikhail Beloskursky (69) - Soviet military leader, major general.
- July 15 - Alexey Polevoy (51) - Soviet actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
- July 16 - Anatoly Merzlov (18) - machine operator of the state farm named after Chapaev Mikhailovsky district of the Ryazan region. He died during the rescue of crops and agricultural machinery.
- July 19 - Heinrich Skuja (79) - Russian Latvian and Swedish botanist, algologist. Doctor of Biological Sciences.
- July 21 - Shakir Gatiatullin (55) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- July 21 - David Yanover (67) - actor of Soviet cinema, actor, organizer of film production.
- July 25 - Peter Gretsky (68) - Colonel of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- July 25 - Leonid Yengibarov (37) - Soviet circus artist , clown - mime .
- July 27 - Richard Kudenhove-Kalergi (77) - Austrian philosopher, writer, politician.
- July 29 - Grigory Borisenko (70) - Colonel of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- July 30 - Eustratius (Podolsky) - Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop of Sumy and Akhtyrsky.
- July 31 - Alfons Gorbach (73) - Federal Chancellor of Austria (1961-1964)
- July 31 - Antanas Salis (70) - Lithuanian linguist, founder of experimental phonetics in Lithuania.
August
- August 5 - Mikhail Lysenko (65) - Soviet sculptor, people's artist of the USSR.
- August 7 - Peter Konev - lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- August 7 - Joey Lansing (43) - American film actress, fashion model and singer; breast cancer [1]
- August 7 - Alexander Less (62) - writer, journalist, photojournalist and polar explorer.
- August 7 - Christian Hansen (87) - German military leader. Artillery General.
- August 8 - Anatoly Dyakonov (65) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- August 10 - Jacob Breus (61) - Major of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, participant in the Soviet-Finnish and World War II, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- August 14 - Alexander Leipunsky (68) - experimental physicist, academician of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences.
- August 14 - Boris Terentyev (69) - Soviet actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
- August 15 - Nikolai Konyshev (55) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- August 16 - Pierre Brasser (66) - French actor, father of actor Claude Brasser .
- August 17 - Alexander Vampilov - Soviet playwright; drowned the day before the 35th anniversary.
- August 17 - Nikolai Kulikov (51) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- August 20 - Yefim Dorosh (63) - Russian Soviet writer, author of essays on village life.
- August 21 - Nikolai Perfiliev (50) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- August 21 - Shamsutdin Rafikov (67) - Full Knight of the Order of Glory.
- August 23 - Balis Dvarionas (68) - Lithuanian composer , conductor , pianist , music teacher, people's artist of the USSR ( 1954 ).
- August 23 - Arthur Russell - British athlete, champion of the 1908 Summer Olympics.
- August 25 - Tamaz Meliava (42) - Georgian screenwriter and film director.
- August 25 - Andrey Toporkov (56) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- August 26 - Mikhail Morozenko (60) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- August 27 - George Zotin (68) - Soviet military leader.
- August 29 - Lale Andersen (67) - German singer
September
- September 2 - Ivan Yumashev (76) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- September 3 - Roman Grigoriev (60) - Soviet documentary film director.
- September 3 - Nina Manucharyan (87) - Armenian Soviet actress, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR.
- September 5 - Viktor Ivchenko (59) - Soviet film director, screenwriter.
- September 5 - Ivan Koshelev - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- September 6 - Theodor Zalkalns (95) - the first Latvian, Russian and Soviet sculptor.
- September 6 - Mark Slavin (18) - Soviet, then an Israeli athlete, killed during a terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
- September 6 - Konstantin Shevchenko (57) - full holder of the Order of Glory.
- September 8 - Semyon Vasiliev (58) - full holder of the Order of Glory.
- September 8 - Fedor Sklyarov (61) - Soviet chess player, candidate for master.
- September 9 - Timofey Makarenko (70) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- September 10 - Evel Belyavin (52) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- September 12 - Victor Izmadinov (52) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- September 14 - Viktor Mikhailovich Kolpakov (68) - Soviet actor.
- September 16 - Ivan Nikitin (80) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- September 17 - Akim Tamirov (72) - American actor of Armenian descent.
- September 18 - Veniamin Tuchinsky - Jewish literary critic.
- September 20 - Yevgeny Kataev (58) - Soviet politician, 1 chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Komi ASSR (1963-1972).
- September 21 - Henri Monterlan - French writer.
- September 22 - Boris Livanov (68) - Russian Soviet actor and director , People's Artist of the USSR ( 1948 ).
- September 24 - Adrian Fokker (85) - Dutch physicist .
- September 25 - Claudia Elanskaya (74) - Soviet actress, People's Artist of the USSR.
- September 25 - Nikolai Turchenko (51) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- September 26 - Timothy Obukhov (55) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- September 27 - Nikolai Poteyev (53) - Soviet officer, tanker, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- September 28 - Mikhail Gonda (43) - a famous metallurgist, Hero of Socialist Labor.
- September 29 - Andrey Kiprianov (76) - a famous Soviet chemist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.
- September 30 - Avedikt Mazlumov (75) - Soviet biologist, sugar beet breeder.
October
- October 4 - Vladimir Samsonov (55) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- October 5 - Ivan Efremov (64) - Russian Soviet writer, science fiction writer , scientist, paleontologist , creator of taphonomy .
- October 5 - Zvi Zellman - Jewish poet, wrote in Yiddish and Hebrew.
- October 7 - Vasily Azarov (58) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- October 7 - Franz Kucherov (65) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- October 7 - Anatoly Marenich (67) - Soviet operetta artist.
- October 8 - Mikhail Slonimsky (75) - Russian Soviet writer.
- October 9 - Voldemar Skaistlauks (80) - officer of the Russian, Soviet, Latvian and Nazi army.
- October 10 - Stepan Davidenko (60) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- October 11 - Vasily Pustovoit (86) - head of the department of selection and seed production and the sunflower breeding laboratory of the All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Oilseeds.
- October 12 - Polina Kaganova (61) - Soviet poetess, author of children's, lyrical and poems on military subjects.
- October 14 - Polykarp Kakabadze (67) - Soviet actor.
- October 17 - Andrei Vasilevsky (77) - Georgian Soviet playwright.
- October 17 - Boris Tikhonov (50) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- October 18 - Pavel Zubenko (51) - senior lieutenant of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- October 18 - Kirill Chernov (65) - Soviet military leader, major general of artillery. Hero of the Soviet Union.
- October 19 - Elena Visyulina (74) - Ukrainian Soviet botanist.
- October 19 - Fatma Mukhtarova (79) - opera singer.
- October 21 - Hakob Markosyan (68) - Soviet physiologist, director of the Research Institute of Physiology of Children and Adolescents of the USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences.
- October 21 - Ivan Yumashev (77) - naval leader, commander of the Black Sea, Pacific Fleets, naval minister, admiral, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- October 24 - George Khnkoyan - Soviet director and cameraman.
- October 25 - Athanasius Chernyak (73) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- October 26 - Igor Sikorsky (83) - American scientist - aircraft designer of Russian origin.
- October 28 - Allaberdy Agaliev - participant in the Great Patriotic War, shooter of the 267th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 89th Guards Rifle Division of the 5th Shock Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- October 29 - Vasily Shishigin (54) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
November
- November 2 - Alexander Beck (69) - Russian writer, prose writer.
- November 4 - Pyotr Shafranov (71) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- November 5 - Yakov Kotelnikov (50) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- November 5 - Anton Shmygelsky (71) - Ukrainian Soviet poet and writer.
- November 7 - Dmitry Zherebilov (52) - foreman of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- November 7 - Ivan Peskov (50) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- November 8 - Olga Pyzhova (78) - Soviet theater and film actress, teacher, director.
- November 10 - Olga Zhizneva (73) - Soviet actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
- November 10 - Nikolai Rubtsov (47) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- November 11 - Vera Inber (82) - Russian Soviet poet and prose writer.
- November 12 - Afanasy Korobeinikov - senior sergeant of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- November 12 - Evgeny Fokin (63) - Soviet football player, football coach, Honored Master of Sports .
- November 14 - Peter Wanqing (54) - major of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- November 14 - Alexei Leonov (70) - Soviet military leader, marshal of the communications forces.
- November 17 - Thomas Kinkade (84) - American admiral during the Second World War.
- November 17 - Alexander Yaroslavtsev (63) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- November 18 - Fedor Roslyakov (54) - Soviet radio sportsman.
- November 18 - Andrey Stuchenko (68) - Soviet military leader, army general.
- November 19 - Semyon Zadionchenko (74) - Soviet politician, 1st secretary of the Kemerovo Regional Committee of the CPSU (B.) (1943-1946).
- November 20 - Boris Malkin (64) - Belarusian Soviet theater artist, graphic artist.
- November 21 - Alexander Kiryanov (52) - Full Knight of the Order of Glory.
- November 22 - Vasily Alexandrovsky (73) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- November 22 - Mikhail Nagorny (54) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- November 23 - Nikolai Bogdanov (65) - Soviet state and party leader, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Directorate for the Moscow Region (1948-1952), lieutenant general.
- November 24 - Sergey Pestich (58) - Soviet historian, historiographer.
- November 25 - Alexander Razumny (81) - film director, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
- November 27 - Yaroslav Smelyakov (59) - Russian Soviet poet , critic , translator .
- November 30 - Kirill Zaklep (66) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- November 30 - Benjamin Idelson (61) - a famous Israeli architect.
- November 30 - Valentin Kovalev (58) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
December
- December 1 - Ip Man - master of Chinese martial arts, representative of the Wing Chun style.
- December 2 - Ettore Bastico (96) - Italian military and statesman, Marshal of Italy.
- December 4 - Nikolay Aladov (81) - Belarusian Soviet composer, teacher. People's Artist of the Belarusian SSR
- December 4 - Kadish Luz (77) - Israeli politician.
- December 5 - Andrey Golovko (75) - Soviet Ukrainian writer.
- December 6 - Ivan Lapenkov (60) - captain of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- December 6 - Sergey Lykhin (58) - participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- December 6 - Alexander Palladin (87) - biochemist, President of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.
- December 9 - Ezra Maryamov - Russian writer, literary critic, playwright, screenwriter.
- December 10 - Semyon Kirsanov (66) - Russian Soviet poet ; throat cancer.
- December 11 - Ivan Kharlanov (64) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- December 13 - Leslie Hartley (76) - English writer.
- December 15 - Vasily Avramenko (59) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- December 15 - Alexander Ovyosnov (59) - Soviet botanist, doctor of biological sciences.
- December 16 - Fedor Spakhov (50) - Hero of the Soviet Union.
- December 18 - Isaac Kaufman - Soviet book scholar.
- December 23 - Nikolai Galibin (53) - Hero of the Soviet Union
- December 23 - Andrey Tupolev (84) - Soviet aircraft designer , “pioneer” of Soviet aircraft construction.
- December 24 - Sergey Tyurikov (62) - Hero of the Soviet Union
- December 26 - Sonya Green (89) - American writer and publisher.
- December 26 - Sergey Laptev (66) - Hero of the Soviet Union
- December 26 - Harry Truman (88) - 33rd President of the United States .
- December 26 - Alexander Sizov (59) - Chairman of the Leningrad City Executive Committee, Hero of Socialist Labor.
- December 28 - Vadim Beroev (35) - Soviet theater and film actor , grandfather of actor Yegor Beroev .
- December 29 - Ben Zion Goldberg (78) - Jewish journalist and writer. He wrote in English and Yiddish.
- December 30 - Alexander Matveev (57) - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- December 30 - Swatopluck T. (72) - Czech prose writer, children's writer, artist.
- December 31 - Andrei Belozersky (67) - an outstanding Soviet biologist, biochemist, one of the founders of molecular biology in the USSR.
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- Vasily Polezhaev - Soviet economic leader, engineer , metro builder (born in 1909 ).
Notes
See also
- List of deceased in 1971
- List of deceased in 1973