List of Famous people who died at 74

Sobolev, Vladimir Stepanovich was a Russian geologist, working in mineralogy, petrology and theory of metamorphism. He was born in Lugansk, and died in Moscow. Sobolev predicted deposits of diamonds in Eastern Siberia.

Gösta Johan Harwey Bredefeldt was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 61 films and television shows between 1961 and 2009. He starred in the 1974 film A Handful of Love, which was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.

Gordon E. Sawyer was sound director at Samuel Goldwyn Productions. He won 3 Oscars for Best Sound and was nominated a further 13 times.

Joseph Antonio Charles Lamer, was a Canadian lawyer, jurist and the 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Gulnazar Keldi was a Tajikistani poet from Dardar and editor of the publication Adabiyet va sanat. Keldi wrote the lyrics of Surudi Milli, the national anthem of Tajikistan.

Samir Salameh was a Palestinian-French visual artist.

Ronald Brooks Kitaj was an American artist with Jewish roots who spent much of his life in England.