List of Famous people who died at 75

Samīħ al-Qāsim al Kaissy(Arabic: سميح القاسم‎; Hebrew: סמיח אל קאסם‎; 1939 – August 19, 2014) was a Palestinian poet whose work is well known throughout the Arab world. Son of a Druze family, he was born in Transjordan and lived in Israel throughout his childhood and adult life. His poetry is influenced by two primary periods of his life: before and after the Six-Day War - until 1967 he was mainly influenced by Arab nationalism; in 1967 he joined the Israeli Communist political party, Rakah, and later activated in the closely related Front for Democracy and Equality "Hadash".

Klaus Havenstein, was a German actor, cabaret artist, dubbing artist and television presenter.

Esko Elstelä was a Finnish screenwriter and film director. His 1964 film Onnelliset leikit was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.

Walter Hochmuth was a German politician in the Weimar Republic (KPD), resistance fighter during the Nazi regime and a diplomat of East Germany.

Catherine MacPhail was a Scottish-born author. Although she had had other jobs, she always wanted to be a writer but she didn't think she would be suited to it. Her first published work was a sort of "twist-in-the-tale" story in Titbits, followed by a story in the Sunday Post. After she had won a romantic story competition in Woman's Weekly, she decided to concentrate on romantic novels, but after writing two, she decided that it wasn't right for her. In addition to writing books for children around their teens, she also wrote for adults, she is the author of the BBC Radio 2 series, My Mammy And Me.

Ultiminio Ramos Zaqueira was a Cuban-born Mexican boxer who was better known as Sugar Ramos. Ramos fought out of Mexico where he was adopted as a national hero. He was a World Featherweight champion and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Gwenn-Aël Bolloré was a French soldier, businessman, author, and publisher.

Valentyn Grigoryevich Mankin was a Soviet/Ukrainian sailor from Kiev, three times Olympic champion for the USSR team.

Marshal of Armoured Troops Mikhail Yefimovich Katukov served as a commander of armored troops in the Red Army during and following World War II. He is viewed as one of the most talented Soviet armor commanders. His most notable command during the German-Soviet War was that of 1st Guards Tank Army, which he commanded during the Battle of Kursk (1943), the Proskurov-Chernovtsy Operation (1944), the Lvov-Sandomierz Operation (1944), the Vistula Oder Operation (1945), and the Battle of Berlin (1945). He also commanded 1st Guards Tank Brigade during the Battle of Moscow (1941), and 3rd Mechanised Corps during Operation Mars (1942).

Derek David Bourgeois was an English composer.