List of Famous people who died at 73

Oscar Eramus Lanford III was an American mathematician working on mathematical physics and dynamical systems theory.

Sir Denis William Brogan, was a Scottish author and historian.

Nour-Eddine Saïl was a Moroccan media executive, educator, film critic, and writer. For four decades he played a central role in encouraging Moroccan cinema. Nour-Eddine Saïl was born in Tangiers in 1947, (disputed) he obtained higher diplomas in philosophy and had critical contributions in the field of cinema, before working in Moroccan television, and then moved to the French channel Canal Plus.

Nam June Paik was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "electronic super highway" to describe the future of telecommunications.

Martín Almagro Basch was a Spanish archaeologist, historian, and writer. He fought in the Spanish civil war. He was an archaeology specialist, ranging from rock art to classic archaeology. He was a professor of early human history at the University of Madrid and Barcelona, and was Director of the Museo Arqueológico Nacional "MAN" de Madrid between 1968-1981. He directed the first Spanish archeological expedition in Egypt. His contribution in the transfer and rescue of several Egyptians temples was grateful by the Arab Republic with the concession of the Debod temple, actually in Madrid.

Frank Doubleday was an American actor whose most notable roles are as film villains.