1973 Deaths
- Auden, W. H. (29 September)
- Banner, John (28 January)
- Ben-Gurion, David (1 December)
- Ford, John (31 August)
- Grable, Betty (2 July)
- Johnson, Lyndon (22 January)
- Lee, Bruce (20 July)
- Neruda, Pablo (23 September)
- Picasso, Pablo (8 April)
- Ryan, Irene (26 April)
- Tolkien, J.R.R. (2 September)
