List of Famous people who died at 73

Gregorio "Goyo" Benito Rubio was a Spanish footballer who played as a central defender. He spent most of his 16-year professional career with Real Madrid.

Ilse Sonja Totzke (1913-1987) was a German musician who had studied in Würzburg where she made a number of Jewish friends. After the Nuremberg Laws were enacted in 1935, she was reported to the Gestapo for associating with Jews but it was not until 1941 that she was warned not to continue these relationships. In late 1942, she nevertheless began a friendship with Ruth Basinski, a Jew, with whom she attempted to flee to Switzerland the following February. They reached the border but the Swiss guards handed them over to the Germans. Basinski was sent to the Auschwitz Concentration Camp while Totzke was returned to Würtzburg. After insisting on maintaining relationships with her Jewish friends, she was sent to the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp in May 1943. A gifted flautist, Basinski became a member of the Auschwitz orchestra. Totzke survived until she was liberated in April 1945. Totzke was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations in March 1995.

Günter Wienhold was a German footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He died on 21 September 2021, at the age of 73.

Wilhelm Werner Müller was a German businessman and politician. He served as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 1998 to 2002. He then became CEO of RAG AG from 2003, of which Evonik was derived in 2007. His management of a reduction in Germany's dependence on coal in a socially responsible way won him the Manager of the Year award in Germany in 2008. He was chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bahn.

Karen Anita Pendleton was an original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer on the ABC television series from 1955–1959. She was one of only nine Mouseketeers who were on the show during its entire original run.

Bobby Howard Byrd was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, bandleader, talent scout, record producer, and musician, who played an integral and important part in the development of soul and funk music in association with James Brown.

Mohamed Boudiaf, also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian political leader and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberation Front (FLN) that led the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962). Boudiaf was exiled soon after Algerian independence, and did not go back to Algeria for 27 years. He returned in 1992 to accept a prominent position from the military dictatorship, and was assassinated four months later.

André Fernand Brahic was a French astrophysicist. He is known for his discovery (1984) of the rings of Neptune.

Julian Valentine "Julie" Wera was an American professional baseball third baseman who played for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball during the 1927 and 1929 seasons.

Fabian Ludwig Georg Adolf Kurt von Schlabrendorff was a German jurist, soldier, and member of the resistance against Adolf Hitler.