List of Famous people who died in 1977

Piet Zwart was a Dutch photographer, typographer, and industrial designer.

Werner Eggerath was an East German author and communist politician. He was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and its first secretary in Thuringia from 21 April 1946 to 1947, already having held that position in the Communist Party of Germany before its merger with the SPD, to create, in April 1946, the SED. After having been Minister of the Interior of Thuringia since May 1947, he became its Minister-President on 9 October 1947, which he stayed until 23 July 1952 when the state was abolished. Eggerath also served as Ambassador to Romania from 1954 to 1957 and as the State Secretary for Church Affairs.

Rudolf Stahlecker was a German geologist and biology teacher.

Trude Berliner was a German actress. She was one of many Jewish actors and actresses that were forced to flee Europe when the Nazis came to power in 1933.

Erik Chitty, was an English stage, film and television actor.

Richard Dutoit Carlson was an American actor, television and film director, and screenwriter.

Vince Barnett was an American film actor. He appeared on stage originally before appearing in more than 400 films between 1930 and 1975.

William "Sonny" Criss was an American jazz musician.

John Edensor Littlewood was a British mathematician. He worked on topics relating to analysis, number theory, and differential equations, and had a lengthy collaboration with G. H. Hardy and Mary Cartwright.

Julien Delbecque was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the 1925 Tour of Flanders and the 1926 Paris–Roubaix.