List of Famous people who died in 1977

Wilton Burton "Jerry" Persons served as the White House Chief of Staff to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from October 7, 1958 until January 20, 1961.

Luigi Freddi was an Italian journalist and politician, principally notable for being the first vice seсretary of the Fasci italiani all'estero, and later one of those most responsible for Italian political cinema in the second half of the 1930s and the start of the 1940s.

Carlo Battisti was an Italian linguist and actor, famed for his starring role in Vittorio De Sica's Umberto D..

Marjorie Augusta Gateson was an American stage and film actress.

Benjamin Travis Laney, Jr., was an American businessman who served as the 33rd governor of Arkansas from 1945 to 1949.

Giuseppe Dessì was an Italian novelist, short-story writer and playwright from Sardinia. His novel Paese d'ombre won the 1972 Strega Prize and was translated into English as The Forests of Norbio.

Tatsuo Yoshida was a Japanese cartoonist, writer, mangaka and anime pioneer who founded the anime studio Tatsunoko Productions.

Adriano Zanaga was an Italian racing cyclist. He won stage 4 of the 1924 Giro d'Italia. In 1922 and 1925 he won Milano–Torino.