List of Famous people who died at 70

Kisso Kawamuro was a pioneering Japanese racing cyclist. His name is also rendered "Kiso".

Harold Pedro Joseph "Bunnie" Phillips, was a British Army officer, holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Coldstream Guards.

Jean-Claude Pertuzé was a French comic book artist, illustrator, and writer.

Francis Hammel was a French politician.

August Everding was a German opera director and administrator.

Leo Rudolf Raubal Jr. was an Austrian nephew of Adolf Hitler who served in the German Luftwaffe during World War II.

Count Christian of Rosenborg was a member of the Danish royal family. Born Prince Christian of Denmark, he was high in the line of succession until the constitution was changed in 1953 to allow females to inherit the crown, placing his branch of the dynasty behind that of his cousin Margrethe and her two younger sisters. He later gave up his princely rank and his rights to the throne in order to marry a commoner.

Rafael de la Sierra González was a Spanish politician for the Regionalist Party of Cantabria. A member of the Parliament of Cantabria, he served as the parliamentary president from 1999 to 2003. He was Minister of the Presidency and Justice of Cantabria from 2015 until resigning in April 2019 due to illness.

Abdullah Al-Baradouni (1929–1999) was a Yemeni writer and poet. He had published 12 poetry books as well as six other books on such topics as politics, folklore, and literature. He is considered Yemen's most famous poet.

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan was a statesman and activist who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1966 to 1977, during which he reoriented the agency's focus beyond Europe and prepared it for an explosion of complex refugee issues. He was also a proponent of greater collaboration between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and UN agencies. The Prince's interest in ecological issues led him to establish the Bellerive Foundation in the late 1970s, and he was a knowledgeable and respected collector of Islamic art.