List of Famous people who died in 1974

Gustave Joseph Viseur was a Belgian/French accordionist.

Jean Levy, known as Jean Ferry, was a French writer and follower of the 'pataphysical tradition'.

Sir Raymond Edward Priestley was an English geologist and early Antarctic explorer. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, where he helped found The Raymond Priestley Centre on the shores of Coniston Water in the Lake District National Park.

Walter Lippmann was an American writer, reporter and political commentator famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War, coining the term "stereotype" in the modern psychological meaning, as well as critiquing media and democracy in his newspaper column and several books, most notably his 1922 book Public Opinion.

Fosco Giachetti was an Italian actor.

Martha Vinot was a French actress whose film career began in the early years of silent film and lasted until the early 1920s.

Ali Khan Mansur was a Prime Minister of Iran.