List of Famous people who died at 70

Rudolf Heinz Pose was a German nuclear physicist.

Ted R. Smith (1906–1976) was an American aircraft designer. He worked for the Douglas Aircraft Company, Aero Design and Engineering Company, and Rockwell Standard Corporation. In 40 years, his designs included the Douglas A-26 Invader, and the first all metal small twin engine business aircraft for Aero Commander, a company that he helped to start. The Aero Commander line included one of the first twin engined business jets, the Jet Commander. In the 1960s, he designed and manufactured the Aerostar line, under his own name. The Aerostar was later built by Piper Aircraft, as the Piper Aerostar.

Kurt Edler was a German politician. A member of the Green Alternative List, he served in the Hamburg Parliament from 1985 to 1986 and again from 1993 to 1997. He died in December 2021, at the age of 71.