page_title: 1973
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 1973 / Deaths / December
caption_attribution_description: English: David Ben Gurion, Israel's Prime Minister and Defence Minister. January, 1959 עברית: ראש הממשלה דוד בן גוריון, מעיין במיסמכים תוך כדי עבודתו בלשכתו בתל אביב.
context_page_description: 1973 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1973rd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 973rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1970s decade.
context_section_description: December 1 – David Ben-Gurion, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
  December 2
  Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai, Pakistani nationalist and political leader (b. 1907)
  Giacomo Carboni, Italian general (b. 1889)
  Richard G. Colbert, American admiral (b. 1915)
  December 3
  Emile Christian, American musician (b. 1895)
  Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 47th President of Mexico, 1952-1958 (b. 1889)
  December 4
  Lauri Lehtinen, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1908)
  Michael O'Shea, American actor (b. 1906)
  December 5 – Sir Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, radar pioneer (b. 1892)
  December 12 – Atilio García, Argentine-born Uruguayan football player (b. 1914)
  December 13 – Giuseppe Beltrami, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1889)
  December 16
  Antoninho, Brazilian football player (b. 1921)
  Claro Abánades López, Spanish journalist, publisher, historian and activist (b. 1879)
  December 18 – Muzaffar Ahmed, Bengali politician (b. 1889)
  December 20
  Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th Prime Minister of Spain (assassinated) (b. 1904)
  Raffaele Cadorna, Jr., Italian general (b. 1889)
  Bobby Darin, American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, dancer, impressionist and TV presenter (b. 1936)
  December 22 – James Anderson, Australian tennis champion (b. 1894)
  December 23
  Joe Caldwell, American archaeologist (b. 1916)
  Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-born American astronomer (b. 1905)
  December 24
  Vittoria Crispo, Italian actress (b. 1900)
  Fritz Gause, German historian (b. 1893)
  December 25
  İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and statesman, 3-time Prime Minister of Turkey and 2nd President of Turkey, leader of the World War II (b. 1884)
  Adrian Scott, American screenwriter, one of the Hollywood Ten (b. 1912)
  Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (b. 1880)
  December 26
  William Haines, American actor (b. 1900)
  Harold B. Lee, American president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
  December 30 – Marcel-Bruno Gensoul, French admiral (b. 1880)
caption: David Ben-Gurion
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