List of Famous people who died at 75

Tommy Breen was an Irish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for, among others, Belfast Celtic, Manchester United, Linfield and Shamrock Rovers. Breen was a dual international and played for both Ireland teams: the IFA XI and the FAI XI.

Péter Marót was a Hungarian fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual sabre and a bronze in the team event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Paul Francis Patrick Whelan was an Australian politician, who served as the New South Wales Minister for Police between 1995 and 2001.

Georges Franju was a French filmmaker. He was born in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine.

Hermann Strasburger was a German ancient historian. He was the son of the internist Julius Strasburger and grandson of the botanist Eduard Strasburger.

Mikhail Lvovich Matusovsky was a Soviet poet, a winner of the USSR State Prize (1977).

Serge Thion was a French sociologist. A former researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research, he was dismissed from his position at the center for Holocaust denial activities.