List of Famous people who died in 1977

Jacob Marschak was an American economist.

Helen Gibson was an American film actress, vaudeville performer, radio performer, film producer, trick rider, and rodeo performer; and is considered to be the first American professional stunt woman.

Harold E. Stine was an American film and television cinematographer best known for films including The Incredible Mr. Limpet and The Poseidon Adventure for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography.

Aviad Yafeh was an Israeli diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1972 and 1977.

Henri David Gagnebin was a Belgian-born Swiss composer.

Bernard Masson was a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1974 Tour de France.

Robert Schatten was an American mathematician.

Emmanuel Charles Mast was a major general who participated in the liberation of North Africa in 1942 and was Resident General of France in Tunisia between 1943 and 1947.

James Mallahan Cain was an American author and journalist. Cain vehemently opposed labeling, but he is usually associated with the hardboiled school of American crime fiction and is seen as one of the creators of the roman noir. His crime novels The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), Serenade (1937), Mildred Pierce (1941) and Double Indemnity (1944) became well known movies.