List of Famous people who died at 77

Elmer Dyer, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer, the first film cameraman to specialize in aerial photography.

Ivan Slezyuk was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop and hieromartyr.

Max Wilhelm Theiler was a Swiss classical philologist who specialized in ancient philosophy.

Karl Paul Gerhard Link was an American biochemist best known for his discovery of the anticoagulant warfarin.

Malvina Reynolds was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs "Little Boxes" and "What Have They Done to the Rain".

Carlo Biotti was an Italian judge, the President of the Court of Milan and a Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Cassation. His forced recusal from the case brought by the widow of Giuseppe Pinelli against the police commissioner Luigi Calabresi in 1971 became a cause célèbre.

Kadish Luz was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1955 and 1959 and Speaker of the Knesset from 1959 and 1969.

Elisa Lispector was a Brazilian novelist.