List of Famous people who died in 1970

Shmuel Yosef Agnon was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon. In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.

Agustín Muñoz Grandes was a Spanish general, and politician, vice-president of the Spanish Government and minister with Francisco Franco several times; also known as the commander of the Blue Division between 1941 and 1942.

Ida Kerkovius (1879–1970) was a Baltic German painter and weaver from Latvia.

Unica Zürn was a German author and artist. Zürn is remembered for her works of anagram poetry and automatic drawing and for her photographic collaborations with Hans Bellmer. An exhibition of Bellmer and Zürn's work took place at the Ubu Gallery in New York City in the spring of 2012.

Rudolf Carnap was a German-language philosopher who was active in Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. He was a major member of the Vienna Circle and an advocate of logical positivism. He is considered "one of the giants among twentieth-century philosophers."

Clifton Luther Jackson was an American stride pianist.

Archduchess Hedwig of Austria was the second daughter of Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria and his wife, Marie Valerie of Austria. She was a granddaughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria.

Edmond Michelet was a French politician. He is the father of the writer Claude Michelet.

Mahmoud Zulfikar was an Egyptian film director and actor. He directed 40 films between 1947 and 1968. His 1964 film Soft Hands was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.

Albert Ayler was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer.