List of Famous people who died in 1970

Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik was a Soviet politician who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 19 March 1946 until 15 March 1953. Though the titular Soviet head of state, Shvernik had less power than Joseph Stalin as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.

Frank Alvin Silvera was a Jamaican-born American character actor and theatrical director.

Jacob Walcher was a German communist politician and trade unionist.

Adolf Jakob Wiklund was a Swedish biathlon competitor who won two world titles in 1958, individual and with a team. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and finished 19th.

Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay was an Indian Bengali-language writer. He was also actively involved with Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. His most famous creation is the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi.

Del Moore was a comedian, a television and movie actor, and a radio announcer.

Erle Stanley Gardner was an American lawyer and author. He is best known for the Perry Mason series of detective stories, but he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces and also a series of nonfiction books, mostly narrations of his travels through Baja California and other regions in Mexico.

Heinz Woester (1901–1970) was a Swiss film and television actor.

Emil Ruder (1914–1970) was a Swiss typographer and graphic designer, who with Armin Hofmann joined the faculty of the Schule für Gestaltung Basel.