List of Famous people who died in 1976

John Twist was an American screenwriter whose career spanned four decades.

Gustave Danneels was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He is known for bronze medals in the 1934 and the 1935 UCI Road World Championships and his victories in Paris–Tours. When winning the 1936 edition of Paris-Tours Danneels was awarded the Ruban Jaune for recording the fastest time in a professional race.

Francis Dominic Murnaghan was an Irish mathematician, former head of the mathematics department at Johns Hopkins University. His name is attached to developments in group theory and mathematics applied to continuum mechanics.

William DeHart Hubbard was a track and field athlete who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event: the running long jump at the 1924 Paris Summer games.

Max Butting was a German composer.

Sir Ernest Daryl Lindsay was an Australian artist and member of the creative Lindsay family.

Lode Craeybeckx served as mayor of Antwerp, Belgium from 1947 until his death in 1976, becoming the longest-serving mayor of the city in its history.

Bruno William VeSota was an American character actor, director and producer who, between 1945 and 1974, appeared in hundreds of television episodes and over 50 feature films. He is remembered for prominent supporting roles in 15 Roger Corman films as well as for having directed three low-budget features: Female Jungle (1956), The Brain Eaters and Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962).

Irving Lerner was an American filmmaker.