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

* 1888 – Hans Richter, Swiss painter, filmmaker, and graphic artist ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Candace Cameron Bure, American actress

* 1976 – James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, and actor

* 1976 – Chris Hoke, American football player

* 1976 – Georg Hólm, Icelandic bassist ( Sigur Rós )

* 1976 – Markku Lappalainen, American bass player ( Hoobastank )

* 1976 – Hirotada Ototake, Japanese writer

* 1898 – Lily Pons, American soprano ( d. 1976 )

* 1911 – Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer of the Suez Canal ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Brad Miller, American basketball player

* 1976 – Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter, and musician ( The Dresden Dolls and Evelyn Evelyn )

* 1890 – Man Ray, American photographer and artist ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress

* 1976 – Milano Collection A. T., Japanese wrestler

* 1976 – Carlos Moyà, Spanish tennis player

* 1976 – Mark Webber, Australian race car driver

* 1976 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.

* 1893 – Wright Patman, American politician ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress

* 1976 – Melissa George, Australian actress

* 1976 – Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

* 1976 – Jessica Capshaw, American actress

* 1976 – Aled Jones, Welsh radio host and producer

Classical music was even adapted for disco, notably Walter Murphy's " A Fifth of Beethoven " ( 1976, based on the first movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony ) and " Flight 76 " ( 1976, based on Rimsky-Korsakov's " Flight of the Bumblebee "), and Louis Clark's Hooked On Classics series of albums and singles.

Also noteworthy are Cheryl Lynn's " Got to Be Real " ( 1978 ), Evelyn " Champagne " King's " Shame " ( 1978 ), Cher's " Take Me Home " ( 1979 ), Sister Sledge's " We Are Family " ( 1979 ), Geraldine Hunt's " Can't Fake the Feeling " ( 1980 ), and Walter Murphy's various attempts to bring classical music to the mainstream, most notably his hit " A Fifth of Beethoven " ( 1976 ).

In 1976, American DJ, editor, and producer Walter Gibbons remixed " Ten Percent " by Double Exposure, one of the earliest commercially released 12 ″ singles ( aka " maxi-single ").

In 1976, Walter Fiers at the University of Ghent ( Belgium ) was the first to establish the complete nucleotide sequence of a viral RNA-genome ( bacteriophage MS2 ).

* Walter Binaghi ( Argentina ) ( 1957 – 1976 )

* 1886 – Walter H. Schottky, German physicist ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Walter H. Schottky, German physicist ( b. 1886 )

On 12 September 1976 a Montoneros car bomb destroyed a bus carrying police officers in Rosario, killing nine policemen and a married couple: 56-year-old Oscar Walter Ledesma and 42-year-old Irene Ángela Dib.

* 1976 – Walter Piston, American composer ( b. 1894 )

* 1976 – Walter Warlimont, German General WWII ( b. 1894 )

Walter Kerr's article in the New York Times on the original 1976 production said " But no amount of performing, or of incidental charm, can salvage " Pacific Overtures.

In 1976, Walter Fiers and his team determined the first complete nucleotide sequence of an RNA virus genome, that of bacteriophage MS2.

It gained him mainstream recognition: on the day of the machine's unveiling, Walter Cronkite used the machine to give his signature soundoff, " And that's the way it is, January 13, 1976.

* December 3 – Walter Stuart Diehl, American naval officer and aeronautical engineer ( d. 1976 )

* January 20 – Walter Piston, American composer ( d. 1976 )

* July 23 – Walter H. Schottky, German physicist ( d. 1976 )

Walter Frederick " Fritz " Mondale ( born January 5, 1928 ) is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States ( 1977 – 1981 ) under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator from Minnesota ( 1964 – 1976 ).

Walter Matthau ( October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000 ) was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon, as well as his role as Coach Buttermaker in the 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears.

The county has been consistently Democrat in Presidential voting since 1976 and was among the counties to be carried by Walter Mondale in 1984.

* Walter Lapeyre ( born 1976 ), pistol shooter

Gustav Walter Heinemann, ( 23 July 1899 – 7 July 1976 ) was a German politician.

The Walter Butler Homestead was listed in 1976.

) He became governor when Anderson resigned in 1976 to take the United States Senate seat vacated by Walter Mondale, who had been elected Vice President of the United States.