List of Famous people who died in 1970

Victor Henry Wallenberg was a Swedish sports shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he was part of the Swedish team which finished fourth in the team clay pigeons event. In the individual trap competition he finished 34th. Son of banker André Oscar Wallenberg.

Walter Sandfield Medlicott was an English first-class cricketer.

Richard Joseph Neutra was a Jewish Austrian-American architect. Living and building for the majority of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered among the most prominent and important modernist architects.

David Michael Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven,, styled Viscount Alderney before 1921 and Earl of Medina between 1921 and 1938, was the son of The 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven and Countess Nadejda de Torby.

Halvard Manthey Lange was a Norwegian politician and diplomat, who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1946-1963 and again from 1963-1965. He was also the longest serving Foreign Minister to date, having served a total of 19 years.

Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick was an American professional basketball player, mostly known for playing with the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 1930s. He is commonly regarded as the best center of his era, overshadowed in his later years only by Tarzan Cooper. After ending his playing career in 1937, Lapchick became head coach at St. John's University, a position he held until 1947, when he took over the New York Knicks in the NBA. Lapchick coached the Knicks until 1957, leading them to three consecutive NBA Finals appearances (1951–53). He returned to St. John's, coaching them until 1965.