List of Famous people who died in 1975

Robert Bassler was an American film and television producer.

Krista Nell (1946–1975) was an Austrian film actress.

John Field Simms Jr. was an American politician and lawyer from the state of New Mexico who served as the 16th Governor of New Mexico.

Francisco Borja da Costa was an East Timorese poet and the writer of "Pátria", the national anthem of East Timor.

Timothy Charles Buckley III was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer. His music and style changed considerably through the years. Buckley began his career based in folk music, but his subsequent albums experimented with jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, the avant-garde, and an evolving voice-as-instrument sound. He died at the age of 28 from a heroin and morphine overdose, leaving behind sons Taylor and Jeff.

James Lamont Gillespie pen name Haven Gillespie, was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of "You Go to My Head", "Honey", "By the Sycamore Tree", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", "Right or Wrong," "Beautiful Love", "Drifting and Dreaming", and "Louisiana Fairy Tale", each song in collaboration with other people such as Beasley Smith, Ervin R. Schmidt, Richard A. Whiting, Wayne King, and Loyal Curtis. He also wrote the seasonal standard "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town".

Franz Friedrich Nicklisch was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1931 and 1975. He is buried at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf next to his brother Hans Nicklisch.

Donald Bruce Gillies was a Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who worked in the fields of computer design, game theory, and minicomputer programming environments.

Jacques Hilling was a French film actor. He appeared in 95 films between 1949 and 1975.