List of Famous people who died at 74

Raymundo Sánchez y Capetillo, known as Raymundo Capetillo, was a Mexican theater, film, television and radio actor. He was also an economist by profession and an English teacher.

Ivan Koloff was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known for once holding the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship. He was known as "The Russian Bear".

Vladimir Alexeyevich Tolokonnikov was a Soviet, Russian and Kazakh film and theater actor, Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR. He was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship.

James Buckley Stringer Davis, generally known as Stringer Davis, was an English character actor on the stage and in films, and a British army officer who served in both world wars. He was married to actress Margaret Rutherford.

Claude Berri was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor.

James Joseph Dresnok was an American defector to North Korea, one of six U.S. soldiers to defect after the Korean War.

Jacqueline Pearce was a British film and television actress. She was best known for her portrayal of the vampish villain Servalan in the British science fiction TV series Blake's 7, a performance which served as "a sexual awakening for a generation of sci-fi fans." Pearce possessed "considerable depth and emotional range" which "was not often exploited". In 2012, she published a memoir, "From Byfleet to the Bush".

Antonio Abad Lugo Machín was a Spanish-Cuban singer and musician. His version of El Manisero, recorded in New York, 1930, with Don Azpiazú's orchestra, was the first million record seller for a Cuban artist. Although this was labelled a rhumba, it was in reality a son pregón, namely, a song based on a street-seller's cry.

Paul Esser was a German stage and television actor and voice actor. He is remembered for playing the lead role in the Sender Freies Berlin version of the detective series Tatort. Esser was born in Geldern-Kapellen and died in Tenerife.

Claude Nougaro was a French songwriter and singer.