List of Famous people who died at 73

Frances Lear was an American activist, magazine publisher, editor and writer.

Johanna Langefeld was a German female guard and supervisor at three Nazi concentration camps: Lichtenburg, Ravensbrück, and Auschwitz.

Leslie Hulme, known professionally as Ken Barrie, was an English voice actor and singer best known for singing the theme tune of the BBC television programmes Hi-de-Hi!, Postman Pat and Charlie Chalk; He also narrated the latter two. He was also known for providing the voices of several of the series' characters.

Mieko Hirota was a Japanese popular singer. Her nickname was Mico.

Vladimir Leonidovich Gulyaev was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema.

Dorothy Mae Stang was an American-born, Brazilian member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She was murdered in Anapu, a city in the state of Pará, in the Amazon Basin of Brazil. Stang had been outspoken in her efforts on behalf of the poor and the environment and had previously received death threats from loggers and landowners. Her cause for canonization as a martyr and model of sanctity is underway within the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

Walter Gerhard Martin Sommer was an SS Hauptscharführer who served as a guard at the concentration camps of Dachau and Buchenwald. Sommer, known as the "Hangman of Buchenwald" was considered a depraved sadist who reportedly ordered two Austrian priests, Otto Neururer and Mathias Spannlang, to be crucified upside-down.

Denis Tillinac was a French writer and journalist.

Haydar Baş was a Turkish politician and businessman.

Aldir Blanc Mendes was a Brazilian author of crônicas and lyricist. He co-composed many songs with singer-songwriter João Bosco, guitarist Guinga, and others.