List of Famous people who died at 70

Christian Broda was an Austrian lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Austria. He served as Minister of Justice of Austria from 1960 to 1966 in the third cabinet of Julius Raab, and again as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Bruno Kreisky from 1970 to 1983. He was awarded the European Human Rights Prize of the Council of Europe in 1986.

Arswendo Atmowiloto was an Indonesian journalist and writer. Considered one of Indonesia's most productive writers, he began his literary career in the 1970s and entered journalism in the 1980s. Following a controversial publication in 1990, he was imprisoned for subversion until 1993, though he continued his literary and journalistic work during and after his sentence.

William Allen Alsop, was a British architect and Professor of Architecture at University for the Creative Arts's Canterbury School of Architecture.

James Carl Inkanish, Jr., known professionally as Jimmy Carl Black, was a drummer and vocalist for The Mothers of Invention.

Mansour Al-Mansour, was a Kuwaiti actor.

Marián Varga was a Slovak musician, composer and organist.

Joachim Gerhard Vobbe was a bishop of the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany.

Gennady Vasilevich Kolbin was the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR from December 16, 1986 to June 22, 1989.

Widad Hamdi was an Egyptian actress. She starred in over 600 films during her lifetime, and almost all roles except few she was granted the role of servant or maid.

Pierre Lumbi Okongo was a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.