1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1976th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 976th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1970s decade.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1940s  1950s  1960s  – 1970s –  1980s  1990s  2000s
Years: 1973 1974 197519761977 1978 1979

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Zhou Enlai
 
Agatha Christie
 
Paul Robeson

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Werner Heisenberg
 
Sal Mineo

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Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
 
Bernard Montgomery

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Zhu De
 
Gustav Heinemann

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Fritz Lang
 
Kazi Nazrul Islam

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Mao Zedong

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Rosalind Russell

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Benjamin Britten
 
João Goulart

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