List of Famous people who died in 1974

Lieutenant General Djamin Ginting, was an Indonesian military officer and independence fighter from Tanah Karo. He was appointed a National Hero of Indonesia by President Joko Widodo on November 7, 2014.

General Sir Thomas Sheridan Riddell-Webster was Quartermaster-General to the Forces during the Second World War.

Robert Lee Moore was an American mathematician who taught for many years at the University of Texas. He is known for his work in general topology, for the Moore method of teaching university mathematics, and for his racist treatment of African-American mathematics students.

Lewis Martin was an American actor.

Benjamin Everett Jordan was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from North Carolina from 1958 to 1973.

Nurul Amin, referred to as the 'Patriot of Pakistan', was a prominent Pakistani leader, and a jurist who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan and as the first and only Vice President of Pakistan. He is noted as being the last Bengali leader of Pakistan. His term of 13 days as prime minister was the shortest served in pakistani parliamentary history.

John Godolphin Bennett was a British scientist, technologist, industrial research director, and author. He is best known for his books on psychology and spirituality, particularly on the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff. Bennett met Gurdjieff in Istanbul in October 1920 and later helped to co-ordinate the work of Gurdjieff in England after the guru had moved to Paris. He also was active in starting the British section of the Subud movement, and co-founded its British headquarters.