List of Famous people who died in 1973

Michael Dunn was an American actor and singer. He inspired a number of actors significantly smaller and shorter than most people, including Zelda Rubinstein, Eric the Actor, Mark Povinelli, and Ricardo Gil.

Mahmud Ahmad Taymur was a fiction writer.

Gustaf VI Adolf was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death. The eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden, he had been Crown Prince for the preceding nearly 43 years in the reign of his father. Shortly before his death, he approved the constitutional changes which removed the Swedish monarchy's last nominal political powers. He was a lifelong amateur archeologist particularly interested in Ancient Italian cultures.

Jesús Monzón Reparaz was a Spanish lawyer and communist politician. During World War II (1939–45) he helped organize Spanish members of the resistance to the Germans in France. In 1944 he organized a failed attempt to invade Francoist Spain. He was disavowed by the communist leadership in 1947 and spent many years in Spanish prisons.

Katina Paxinou was a Greek film and stage actress.

Sun Fo or Sun Ke, courtesy name Zhesheng (哲生), was a high-ranking official in the government of the Republic of China. He was the son of Sun Yat-sen, the founder of the Republic of China, and his first wife Lu Muzhen.

Christine Lavant was an Austrian poet and novelist.

Mikhail Vasil'evich Isakovsky was a Russian poet.

George Peabody Macready Jr. was an American stage, film, and television actor often cast in roles as polished villains.

Field Marshal Phin Choonhavan was a Thai military leader and Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand. Phin was a leader of several coups against the government, most notably the 1947 coup. During the Second World War, he commanded the Phayap Army's 3rd Division before being made military governor of the Shan States, which Thailand had occupied during the Burma Campaign.