List of Famous people who died in 1976

Joseph Mielziner was an American theatrical scenic, and lighting designer born in Paris, France. He was described as "the most successful set designer of the Golden era of Broadway", and worked on both stage plays and musicals.

Lou Scheper-Berkenkamp née Hermine Luise Berkenkamp was a German painter, colour designer, the avant-garde author of children's books, fairy-tale illustrator and costume designer.

Werner Julius March was a German architect, son of Otto March (1845-1913), and brother of Walter March, both also well-known German architects. Otto March designed Germany's 1916 Olympic stadium. Werner March was born in Charlottenburg and died in Berlin.

Rear Admiral Keith McNeil Campbell-Walter CB was a senior Royal Navy officer.

John Mitchell Lounsbery was an American animator who worked for Walt Disney Productions. He is best known as one of Disney's Nine Old Men, of which he was the shortest lived as well as the first to die.

Tuure Valdemar Lehén was a prominent Finnish communist and later Finnish-Soviet politician as well as a philosopher, journalist and historian.