List of Famous people who died in 1975

Valentina Vasilyevna Serova was a Soviet film and theatre actress born in Ukraine. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1946). Winner of the Stalin Prize of the second degree (1947).

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the third son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College, to which he remained devoted all his life. After leaving school he was employed by a bank but disliked the work and turned to writing in his spare time. His early novels were mostly school stories, but he later switched to comic fiction, creating several regular characters who became familiar to the public over the years. They include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and Mr Mulliner, with tall tales on subjects ranging from bibulous bishops to megalomaniac movie moguls.

Eisaku Satō was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. He is the third-longest serving Prime Minister, and has been the second longest uninterrupted service as Prime Minister in Japanese history.

Sir George Paget Thomson, FRS was an English physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognized for his discovery of the wave properties of the electron by electron diffraction.

Alfredo Lettieri was an American actor and screenwriter. During his career, he acted with some of Hollywood's biggest screen stars, including Steve McQueen in The Getaway, Charles Bronson in Mr. Majestyk, John Wayne in McQ, Richard Harris in The Deadly Trackers, Michael Caine and Mickey Rooney in Pulp, and Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in The Godfather. In most of those roles, he was cast as a villain and was sometimes credited as Anthony Lettieri.

Henry Calvin was an American actor known for his role as the Spanish soldier Sergeant Demetrio Lopez Garcia on Walt Disney's live-action television series Zorro (1957–1959).

Lilian Augusta Fontaine was an English actress and mother of Academy Award-winning actresses Dame Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine.

Éamon de Valera was a prominent statesman and political leader in 20th-century Ireland, serving several terms as head of government and head of state, with a prominent role introducing the Constitution of Ireland.

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla was the 19th President of Colombia from June 1953 to May 1957. An Army General, he mounted a successful coup d'état against the incumbent President, Laureano Gómez Castro, imposing martial law and establishing a dictatorship in Colombia.

Ruth Stephan was a German film and stage actress. She appeared with Heinz Erhardt in the 'Willi' series of films.