List of Famous people who died at 74

David Joseph Bohm was an American scientist who has been described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century and who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind.

Junus Effendi Habibie also known as Fanny Habibie was an Indonesian diplomat and younger brother of the third Indonesian President, B. J. Habibie.

Lothar Baumgarten was a German conceptual artist, based in New York and Berlin. His work includes installation and film.

Karl Münchinger was a German conductor of European classical music. He helped to revive the now-ubiquitous Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel, through recording it with his Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in 1960. Münchinger is also noted for restoring baroque traditions to the interpretation of Bach's oeuvre, his greatest musical love: moderate-sized forces, judicious ornamentation, and rhythmic sprightliness, though not on "period instruments".

Aureliano Chaves was a Brazilian politician.

Gilbert Edmund Kaplan was an American businessman and financial publisher. He was also an aficionado of the music of Gustav Mahler, and an amateur conductor of Mahler's Symphony No. 2.

Turgut Özatay was a Turkish film actor. He appeared in 225 films between 1952 and 1998. He starred in the film The Broken Pots, which was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.

Robert Anton Wilson was an American author, futurist and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized by Discordianism as a Pope and saint, Wilson helped publicize the group through his writings and interviews.

Jacques De Decker was a Belgian writer and author.

Tharwat Abaza was an Egyptian journalist and novelist. His best-known novel, A Man Escaping from Time, was turned into an Egyptian television series in the late 1960s. He died at the age of 74.