List of Famous people who died at 73

Kōzō Masuda is a deceased Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan. He is a former Meijin who was known for playing very creative shogi. For instance, top player Yoshiharu Habu considered Masuda's playing style to be 30 years ahead of its time and the origin of the modern way to play shogi.　

Isao Hosoe was a Japanese engineer and designer.

Estela Molly was an Argentine actress.

Khairy Shalaby was an Egyptian novelist and writer. He wrote some 70 books, including twenty novels, critical studies, historical tales, plays and short story collections. Khairy is widely regarded as having written novels “of the Egyptian street.”

Ken Narita was a Japanese vocalist who primarily sang anison, or anime theme songs. He was most known for being the singer of the theme songs "For Who's Sake" of the 1979 anime Cyborg 009 and "Oh, Denshi Sentai Denziman" of the 1980 Super Sentai series, Denshi Sentai Denziman. He released Super Best! For Whom?: Ken Narita History , a compilation of his works.

Iris von Roten-Meyer was a Swiss journalist, writer, feminist, jurist and a lawyer.

Refik Veseli was an Albanian photographer and formerly a co-founder of the Albanian Institute of Monuments. He was decorated along with his family by the state of Israel as Righteous Among the Nations for saving Jews during the Second World War.

David King was a British writer, designer and historian of graphic design who, in the course of his research, assembled one of the largest collections of Soviet graphics and photographs. From this collection, he created a series of revelatory books unfolding the history of the Russian Revolution, and its associated art and propaganda. King developed a special interest in Leon Trotsky and the subsequent doctoring of revolutionary photos and records. Part of King's collection is housed on the fourth floor of Tate Modern, London.

Bernard Guignedoux was a French professional football player and manager. He was known for being the first goal-scorer in Paris Saint-Germain's history.

Valeriu Lazarov or Valerio Lazarov was a Romanian-born television producer and director of Spanish Channel, Telecinco between 1985–1994.