List of Famous people who are 73

Walter Ferreri, originally from Buddusò in Sardinia, is an astronomer at the Italian Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, science writer and discoverer of minor planets.

Wolfgang Nešković is a German politician, former judge at the German Federal Court of Justice and an independent member of the German Federal Parliament, representing Cottbus – Spree-Neiße. He was a representative of the party The Left, and prior to that, Bündnis '90/Die Grünen as well as the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Eviatar Zerubavel is professor of sociology at Rutgers University, a specialist in the sociology of cognition and everyday life, including topics such as time, boundaries, and categorization.

John Michael Glyn Etheridge is an English jazz fusion guitarist known for his eclecticism and broad range of associations in jazz, classical, and contemporary music. He is best known for his work with Soft Machine from 1975 to 1978, 1984 and 2004 to present.

Pekka Antero Vasala is a retired Finnish middle-distance athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.