1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1975th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 975th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1970s decade.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1940s  1950s  1960s  – 1970s –  1980s  1990s  2000s
Years: 1972 1973 197419751976 1977 1978

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Hélio Castroneves was born on May 10, 1975

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Susan Hayward
 
Faisal of Saudi Arabia

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Chiang Kai-shek
 
Josephine Baker
 
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

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Eisaku Satō

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Dmitri Shostakovich
 
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
 
Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
 
Éamon de Valera

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Francisco Franco

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Bernard Herrmann