Rethinking the Angolan Crisis and the Portuguese Revolution, 1974 – 1976, Itinerario: European Journal of Overseas History, 26 / 2, 2000, pp. 22 – 44

* 1974 – Camilla Dallerup, British-Danish dancer, teacher, and model

* 1974 – Érica García, Argentinian-American composer, singer, and actress ( Fool's Gold )

* 1974 – Robert Kovač, Croatian footballer

* 1974 – Jeff Tymoschuk, Canadian composer

* 1974 – Gina Yashere, English comedian

* 1974 – Belinda Emmett, Australian actor ( d. 2006 )

* 1974 – Roman Hamrlík, Czech hockey player

* 1974 – Marley Shelton, American actor

* 1974 – Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer

* 1974 – Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer

* 1974 – José Vidro, Puerto Rican baseball player

* 1974 – Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer

* 1974 – Ever Carradine, American actress

* 1974 – Bobby Petta, Dutch footballer

* 1974 – Luis Vizcaíno, Dominican baseball player

* 1974 – Alvin Williams, American basketball player

* 1974 – As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office.

* 1974 – Derek Fisher, American basketball player

* 1974 – Stephen Fung, Hong Kong actor and director

* 1974 – Matt Morris, American baseball player

* 1974 – Kirill Reznik, American politician

* 1974 – Nicola Stapleton, English actress

* 1974 – Sam Endicott, American singer-songwriter and director ( The Bravery )

** Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director ( d. 1974 )

Anatole Litvak ( Анатоль Литвак ) ( May 10, 1902 – December 15, 1974 ) was a Ukrainian-born filmmaker who wrote, directed, and produced films in various countries and languages.

Anatole Litvak died in 1974 in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine.

* 1908 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist ( d. 1974 )

He first met Sonia Szurma ( who was of Czech and Ukrainian parentage ) on 14 February 1967 ; they married on 10 August 1974.

Vegreville's pysanka, the largest Ukrainian Easter egg in the world, was created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1974 and to celebrate Vegreville's ethnic heritage.

Sukhomlynsky is the author of the 1969 book I Give my Heart to the Children (, ), for which he was awarded the State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR in 1974.

Nataliya Burdeyna (, born January 30, 1974 ) is a Ukrainian archer.

In 1974, he married Vera Lee-Chin, a Ukrainian Canadian that he had met at University.

* Vadym Zayats ( born 1974 ), Ukrainian football player

Lev Alburt won the Ukrainian Chess Championship three times, from 1972 to 1974.

In April 1974 along with two of his other comrades he was convicted by the court of Lenin Raion in Kiev ( toady the court of Pechersk Raion ) under the article 102 Criminal Code of Ukrainian SSR ( beating up a minor ).

Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov (, born on 3 June 1974 in Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast ) is a retired Ukrainian football forward turned midfielder, currently assistant coach at Dynamo Kyiv reserves team.

* 1899 – Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter, and author ( d. 1974 )

* Harry Ruby ( 1895 – 1974 ), American songwriter and screenwriter

Two of Grace Kelly's uncles were prominent in the arts ; her father's eldest brother, Walter C. Kelly ( 1873 – 1939 ), was a vaudeville star whose nationally known act The Virginia Judge was filmed as a 1930 MGM short and a 1935 Paramount feature, and another older brother, George Kelly ( 1887 – 1974 ), estranged from the family due to his homosexuality, became renowned in the 1920s as a dramatist, screenwriter and director with a hit comedy-drama, The Show Off in 1924 – 25, and was awarded the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his next play, Craig's Wife.

* Lothar Mendes ( 1894 – 1974 ), German screenwriter and film director

Emil Erich Kästner () ( 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974 ) was a German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known for his humorous, socially astute poetry and children's literature.

* Aaron Seltzer ( born 1974 ), with Jason Friedberg, screenwriter and director of parody films

* Gennady Shpalikov ( 1937 – 1974 ), poet, screenwriter

Harry Ruby ( January 27, 1895 – February 23, 1974 ) was a Jewish American songwriter ( composer ) and screenwriter.

* Brian Ash — screenwriter / producer ( resided in Co-op City from 1974 to 1993 )

His other son, Tracy Keenan Wynn, is a screenwriter whose credits include The Longest Yard and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman ( both 1974 ).

* Elizabeth Allen ( director ) ( born 1974 ), American film director, screenwriter and instructor

Melchior Lengyel ( January 12, 1880 – October 23, 1974 ) was a Hungarian writer, dramatist, and film screenwriter.

One of Froug's students, actor and screenwriter Dan O ' Bannon, included a reference to Froug in the 1974 film Dark Star.

* Dan O ' Bannon is a screenwriter who worked with Carpenter on Dark Star ( 1974 ).

* Harry Ruby ( 1895 – 1974 ), screenwriter, songwriter and composer

Farhan Akhtar ( born 9 January 1974 ) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, playback singer, lyricist and television host, who works primarily in Bollywood.

Jerry Harvey ( October 28, 1949 – April 9, 1988 ) was an American screenwriter and film programmer, best known for his work on Z Channel, a pioneering cable station in Los Angeles from 1974 to 1989.

On September 11, 2006, in council chambers at city hall and on behalf of the City of London, Aziz presented Academy Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Haggis with his painting Celestial City, completed in 1974.

Sigvard Viggo " Sigge " Eklund ( born 21 April 1974 ) is a Swedish novelist, TV producer and screenwriter.