List of Famous people who died at 75

Jacques Chessex was a Swiss author and painter.

Paul Henry Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth was a British diplomat. He served with distinction in HM Diplomatic Service and in retirement held the following appointments: Director, Grindlays Bank, 1969–79, United Kingdom Provident Institution, 1969–79 and Registrar, Order of St Michael and St George, 1966–79.

Eduardo Nascimento was an Angolan singer, best known for his participation on behalf of Portugal in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest.

Arty McGlynn was an Irish guitarist born in Omagh, County Tyrone. In addition to his solo work, he collaborated with different notable groups such as Patrick Street, Planxty, Four Men and a Dog, De Dannan and the Van Morrison Band. He played guitar on the critically acclaimed 1989 Van Morrison album, Avalon Sunset. He also played duo performances and recordings with uilleann piper Liam O'Flynn, and his wife, fiddle player Nollaig Casey.

Madge Winifred Ryan was an Australian actress, known for her stage and film roles in the United Kingdom, including London stage productions of Entertaining Mr Sloane (1964), Philadelphia, Here I Come (1967), and Medea (1993). She also starred in the Broadway production of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1958).

Troels Kløvedal was a Danish author, long-distance sailor and lecturer based in Ebeltoft, Denmark. He and his family is known for their circumnavigation of earth in the steel galleass Nordkaperen, which he and two friends bought in 1967.

Harrison Richard Young was an American character actor.

Jean Gagnon was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé, Quebec, Canada.

Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (Jawi: سلطان صلاح الدين عبدالعزيز شاه الحاج إبن المرحوم سلطان حسام الدين عالم شاه الحاج) was the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and eighth Sultan of Selangor.