Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1970

Antanas Impulevičius-Impulėnas was an officer of the Lithuanian Army, reaching the rank of major in 1937, and later a Nazi collaborator. After the occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, he was arrested by NKVD. He was freed during the Uprising of June 1941. Impulevičius joined the Lithuanian Schutzmannschaft and commanded the 12th Police Battalion. His unit was sent to Belarus where it participated in mass executions of the Jews, particularly in Minsk and Kletsk. He also joined the short-lived Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force. In 1944, he moved to Germany, in 1949 he relocated to the United States. In 1962, Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR sentenced him to death in absentia. After the trial, United States dismissed Soviet request to extradite him.

John E. Huettner was an American sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Pedro Eugenio Aramburu fue un militar y político argentino, que ejerció como dictador desde 1955 hasta 1958, luego del golpe de Estado autodenominado Revolución Libertadora. En 1962 fundó Unión del Pueblo Argentino (UDELPA), partido que sostuvo su candidatura presidencial en las elecciones de 1963, en la que resultó ser el tercer candidato más votado. En 1970 fue víctima de secuestro y homicidio por parte de Montoneros, tras lo que la organización denominó un «juicio revolucionario».

Fritz Wiedemann was a German soldier and Nazi Party activist. He was for a time the personal adjutant to Adolf Hitler, having served with him in World War I.

Nadezhda Vladimirovna Kurchenko was a Soviet flight attendant who tried to prevent the hijacking of Aeroflot Flight 244. Having warned the crew, Kurchenko sought to block the entrance to the cockpit, which at the time was not normally locked. She was killed in a struggle with one of the hijackers.

Lev Abrámovich Kassil, o simplemente Kassil, destacado escritor judío-ruso de literatura infantil y juvenil, nació en Pokróvskaya Slobodá del Óblast de Saratov.

Pierre Laporte was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician. He was Deputy Premier of the province of Quebec when he was kidnapped by members of the group Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) terrorist group during the October Crisis. When the FLQ's demands were refused, they executed him. Laporte's body was found in the trunk of Paul Rose's car, one of the kidnappers.

Andréi Ivánovich Yeriómenko fue un destacado líder militar soviético durante y después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Mariscal de la Unión Soviética (1955), Héroe de la Unión Soviética (1944), Héroe de Checoslovaquia (1970), candidato a miembro del Comité Central del PCUS (1956-1970).

Friedrich Pollock fue un sociólogo, economista y filósofo alemán de origen judío adscrito a la Escuela de Fráncfort y cofundador del Instituto de Investigación Social.

Orhan Kemal is the pen name of Turkish novelist Mehmet Raşit Öğütçü. He is known for his realist novels that describe the life of the poor in Turkey.