* 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

* 1973 – Luboš Motl, Czech physicist

* 1973 – Alexander Radčenko, Czech handball player

* 1973 – Lenka Kotková, Czech astronomer

* 1973 – Eva Herzigova, Czech model

* 1911 – Václav Renč, Czech poet ( d. 1973 )

* November 28 – Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist and translator ( d. 1973 )

Notable students include Charles Brasch ( 1909 – 1973 ) at Waitaki 1923 – 1926, a poet and patron of artists ; Douglas Lilburn ( 1915 – 2001 ), " the elder statesman of New Zealand music "; James Bertram ( 1910 – 1993 ), writer and academic ; Denis Blundell, a future Governor-General of New Zealand ; and Ian Milner ( 1911 – 1991 ), the Rector's son, a Czech and English scholar falsely accused of spying for Communism.

Comet Kohoutek, formally designated C / 1973 E1, 1973 XII, and 1973f, was first sighted on 7 March 1973 by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek.

Terminal B was opened in 1973 and has 11 gates ( B01 – B11 ) used mainly for domestic and EU-flights by Air Berlin and SkyTeam and Oneworld members ( British Airways, KLM, Finnair, Iberia, Air France, and Czech Airlines ).

He was raised by his mother, a schoolteacher named Júlia Kubitschek ( 1873 – 1973 ), of Czech ( by grandfather ) and Roma ( gypsy ) descent.

Karel Ančerl ( 11 April 1908 – 3 July 1973 ), was a Czech conductor, known for his performances of contemporary music and for his interpretations of music by Czech composers.

* Patrik Berger ( born 1973 ), Czech football ( soccer ) player

Jan Koller () ( born 30 March 1973 ) is a former Czech footballer.

Vladimír Šmicer (, born 24 May 1973 in Děčín ) is a former Czech football midfielder and forward player.

Eva Herzigová ( born 10 March 1973 ) is a Czech model and actress.

* Karel Ančerl ( 1908 – 1973 ), conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Alois Hába ( 21 June 189318 November 1973 ) was a Czech composer, musical theorist and teacher.

Patrik Berger (; born 10 November 1973 in Prague ) is a retired Czech footballer.

* Magdalena Kožená ( born 1973 ), Czech singer

Tomáš Galásek ( born 15 January 1973 in Frýdek-Místek ) is a former Czech football player.

Vratislav Lokvenc () ( born 27 September 1973 in Náchod ) is a former Czech football striker who last played for FC Ingolstadt 04.