List of Famous people who died at 73

Luis Álvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro, commonly known as LAOR, was a Brazilian businessman of the real estate industry. He was president of Santos FC from 2009 to 2014.

Joan Molina was a Spanish film and television actor, best known for his roles on L'Alqueria Blanca, in which he portrayed the mayor, and Doctor Mateo.

Ronald D. Bonham was an American professional basketball player. He won two NBA championships with the Boston Celtics and a college national title at the University of Cincinnati.

Ruedi Walter or Rudolf Walter, was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions.

Absattar Baghysbaiuly Derbisali was a Kazakh Grand Mufti. He served as mufti from June 24, 2000 to February 18, 2013.

Jon Michelet was a Norwegian novelist. He had experience in various lines of work, including sailor and dock worker and references to these experiences can be found in his writing. His writing spans several genres such as crime novels, newspaper columns, sports journalism and children's books.

Fatma Boussaha was a Tunisian Mezwed singer.

Berkant Akgürgen was a Turkish singer.

Yves Dassonville was a French civil servant and statistician. He served as the High Commissioner of New Caledonia from 25 October 2007, succeeding Michel Mathieu, who resigned following a disagreement with then Minister of Overseas France Christian Estrosi over general strikes and social problems in the territory, until 2010.

Bertil Mårtensson was a Swedish author of science fiction, crime fiction and fantasy and also an academic philosopher. He was assistant professor at Umeå University, where he was also chair of the department from 1988–93, and at Lund University.