List of Famous people who died in 1970

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt CBE was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, an innovator and champion player of contract bridge, and a member of the Vanderbilt family.

Constance Edwina Lewis,, also known as Shelagh, was an English socialite and peeress.

Sir Thomas Edgar Halsey, 3rd Baronet DSO was an English cricketer, naval officer (1916–1946), and Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

Nina Ricci was an Italian-born French fashion designer.

Jesse Monroe Donaldson was the first United States Postmaster General to have started his career as a letter carrier.

Edward James Begley Sr. was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) and appeared in such classics as 12 Angry Men (1957) and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Matthew Harrison Brady in a television adaptation of Inherit the Wind. He is the father of actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr.

Charles-Philippe d'Orléans, who bore the courtesy title of Duke of Nemours, was born on April 4, 1905 in Neuilly-sur-Seine and died in the same town on March 10, 1970. He was a member of the House of Orléans, descended from Louis-Philippe's second son, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours.