List of Famous people who died at 73

Heinz Winbeck was a German composer, conductor and academic teacher. He is known for five large-scale symphonies, which he programmatically subtitled, such as "Tu Solus" and "De Profundis". As a composition teacher in Würzburg, he shaped a generation of students.

Victor Ivanovich Sheymov was a Russian computer security expert, author and patent holder of computer security innovations. A former intelligence official with the rank of major in the Soviet KGB, Sheymov defected to the United States in May 1980, choosing to come out of hiding a decade later.

Lore Lorentz was a German Kabarett artist and standup comedian.

Helge Sivertsen was a Norwegian school administrator and elected official. He was best known as a champion discus thrower in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Joan Pau Verdier was a French singer born in Périgueux, Dordogne, who performed in both Occitan and French. He was one of the main figures of Nòva chançon musical renewal wave during the 1970s.

Brian Kelly was an American actor widely known for his role as Porter Ricks, the widowed father of two sons on the NBC television series Flipper.

Gerardo Vera Perales was a Spanish costume and set designer, opera director, actor, and film and theatre director.

Julius Ansco Bruinier was a musician in the Berlin Jazz / Dance music band, known as the Weintraub's Syncopators. During the 1920s he played the trumpet in the band, but the only instrument in which he had received formal training was the 'cello, and on occasion he played fluently any one of a range of other instruments. He was an engineer by profession.

Liu Changchun was a Chinese sprinter. Liu was the first athlete to represent China in competition at an Olympic Games. He was the sole competitor from the Republic of China at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles; four years later he again represented the Republic of China at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Later in life, he was also an athletics coach, a physical education teacher, and a sports administrator.

Hasan Celal Güzel was a Turkish journalist and politician. He was Minister of Education, Youth and Sport (1987–1989). He was leader of the Rebirth Party in the 1990s, a party he co-founded in 1992. He has been a columnist for Radikal and Vatan.