List of Famous people who died at 74

Hiroshi Inagaki was a Japanese filmmaker best remembered for the Academy Award-winning Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, which was released in 1954.

Christiane Maybach (1932–2006) was a German film and television actress. She became known as "Berlin's Marilyn Monroe" due to work in films from the 1950s to the 1970s. She continued to act in television roles until shortly before her death in 2006.

Idris Abdul Wakil was the President of Zanzibar from 24 October 1985 to 25 October 1990.

John Patrick Cardinal Cody was an American bishop and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A native of St. Louis, he served as Bishop of Kansas City–Saint Joseph (1956–1961), Archbishop of New Orleans (1964–1965), and Archbishop of Chicago (1965–1982). He was named a cardinal in 1967.

Michael Andreas Mellinger was a German actor in film, television, theatre and radio. He was best known for his appearances on the West End and supporting role in the film Goldfinger (1964).

Mahdi Ahmed al-Hafez was Minister of Planning in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003 and in the Iraqi Interim Government. A Shia Muslim, al-Hafez was the Iraqi representative to the United Nations from 1978 to 1980; afterwards, he headed the Arab Economic Research Association in Cairo. He is associated with the Iraqi Independent Democrats.

Alfred Hayes was a British-born screenwriter, television writer, novelist, and poet, who worked in Italy and the United States. His well-known poem about "Joe Hill" was set to music by Earl Robinson, and performed by Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and many other artists.

Irwin Elliott Zucker was an American television and film composer, conductor, music arranger, and television producer.