List of Famous people who died at 70

Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE was a British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor.

João Gilberto Noll was a Brazilian writer, born in Porto Alegre, in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomey or Chelomei was a Soviet mechanics scientist, aviation and missile engineer. He invented the first Soviet pulse jet engine and was responsible for the development of the world's first anti-ship cruise missiles and ICBM complexes like the UR-100, UR-200, UR-500 and UR-700.

József Kasza was an ethnic Hungarian politician, economist and banker in Serbia.

Sven Olaf Bjarte Høiby was the father of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway. After his daughter married the Crown Prince, he became a national celebrity due to a number of articles in the yellow press, especially Se og Hør.

Angelo Rizzoli (1943–2013) was an Italian film producer and publisher. He was son of Andrea Rizzoli, president of the RCS MediaGroup publishing house, and grandson of Angelo Rizzoli who founded the Italian publishing group Rizzoli Libri, later becoming RCS MediaGroup.