* 1973 – Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.

* 1973 – The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.

* 1973 – Donnie Edwards, American football player

* 1973 – Randall Godfrey, American football player

* 1973 – Joe Machine, English artist, poet and writer

* 1973 – Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress and model

* 1973 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer

* 1973 – J. Scott Campbell, American writer and illustrator

* 1973 – Claudia Jordan, American model

* 1973 – Christina Moore, American actress

* 1973 – Antonio Osuna, Mexican baseball player

* 1973 – Watergate Scandal: U. S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aides H. R.

* 1948 – Alexander Onassis, American Greek socialite, son of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis ( d. 1973 )

* 1973 – Jeff Timmons, American singer and producer ( 98 Degrees )

* 1973 – Kinna McInroe, American actress

* 1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, American politician, 36th President of the United States ( d. 1973 )

* 1973 – Jazz, American wrestler

* 1973 – Cory Bowles, Canadian actor and choreographer

* 1973 – Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer

* 1973 – Dietmar Hamann, German footballer

* 1973 – Burak Kut, Turkish singer-songwriter

* 1973 – Johan Norberg, Swedish author

* 1973 – Vera Farmiga, American actress

* 1973 – Monica Goodling, American lawyer

* 1973 – Max Kellerman, American sportscaster

8½ inspired among others: Mickey One ( Arthur Penn, 1965 ), Alex in Wonderland ( Paul Mazursky, 1970 ), Beware of a Holy Whore ( Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1971 ), Day for Night ( François Truffaut, 1973 ), All That Jazz ( Bob Fosse, 1979 ), Stardust Memories ( Woody Allen, 1980 ), Sogni d ' oro ( Nanni Moretti, 1981 ), Parad Planet ( Vadim Abdrashitov, 1984 ), La Pelicula del rey ( Carlos Sorin, 1986 ), Living in Oblivion ( Tom DiCillo, 1995 ), 8½ Women ( Peter Greenaway, 1999 ), Falling Down ( Joel Schumacher, 1993 ), along with the successful Broadway musical, Nine ( Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit, 1982 ).

* 10, 000 Ways to Die Book about Spaghetti Westerns made between 1963 and 1973, released under a Creative Commons license by its author Alex Cox.

* Wayman, Alex ( 1973 ).

* Alex Sánchez ( boxer ) ( born 1973 )

The Wizard of Odds was an American game show hosted by Alex Trebek that aired on NBC from July 16, 1973 to June 28, 1974 in which people from the studio audience vied in a number of rounds, primarily games revolving around statistical questions.

* Mad Ducks and Bears ( about Detroit Lions linemen Alex Karras and John Gordy, 1973 )

In the 1973 made-for-TV film Genesis II, which introduced the character and was intended as a pilot for a potential series, Hunt was played by Alex Cord.

After an enthusiastic response from the audience, the show moved uptown to the Bayview Playhouse in Leaside after its scheduled run at the Royal Alex ended and ran until August 1973, setting what was then a record run of 488 performances.

In his 1973 autobiography Busby described himself as being as football mad as any other boy in Bellshill citing in particular the impression made on him by Alex James and Hughie Gallacher.

Spencer won the event both times it was held beating Alex Higgins 8 – 2 ( in the semi-final ) and John Pulman 8 – 7 ( in the final ) to win the 1973 event and beating Cliff Thorburn 9 – 7 ( in the semi-finals ) and Ray Reardon 10 – 9 ( in the final ) to win the 1974 event.

Alexei Vyacheslavovich " Alex " Kovalev (, ; born February 24, 1973 ) is a Russian professional ice hockey player who most recently played for Atlant Moscow Oblast of the Kontinental Hockey League.

fr: Alex Gonzalez ( baseball, 1973 )

Alexander Melchor Pacheco Lara ( born July 19, 1973 in Caracas, Venezuela ), better known as Alex Pacheco, is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played for the Montreal Expos ().

They have two sons: Philipp ( born 1971 ) and Alex ( born 1973 ).

* Alex Gonzalez ( shortstop, born 1973 ) ( born 1973 ), former Major League Baseball player

* Next ( The Sensational Alex Harvey Band album ), 1973

Alex " El Nene " Sánchez ( born June 5, 1973 ) is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer.

* Alex Agnew ( born 1973 ), Belgian stand-up comedian

Alex Dimitriades ( born 28 December 1973 ) is a Greek Australian film and television actor.

Alexandrea " Alex " Borstein ( born February 15, 1973 ) is an American actress, voice actress, writer and comedian.

The other storm was Hurricane Ellen in the 1973 Atlantic hurricane season ; Alex was the stronger of the two.

Genesis II, 1973, involved Alex Cord as Dylan Hunt, a scientist who after waking up from suspended animation, finds himself in a primitive society.

It also easily beat Alex Trebek's American debut program, The Wizard of Odds, which NBC began in July 1973.