1973 (people)


 * 8 January - Actor Dudley Foster died.
 * 9 January - Writer Sarah Grochala was born.
 * 18 January - Actor Ben Willbond was born.
 * 19 January - Actor Max Adrian died.
 * 29 January - Actor Henry Gilbert died.
 * 9 February - Actor Shaun Parkes was born.
 * 16 February - Director Colm McCarthy was born.
 * 17 April - Writer Cavan Scott was born.
 * 20 April - Actor Barbara Bruce died.
 * 21 April - Actor Mark Dexter was born.
 * 24 April - Actor Julie Cox was born.
 * 14 May - Actor Indira Varma was born.
 * 18 May - Film editor Oswald Hafenrichter died.
 * 1 June - Actor Adam Garcia was born.
 * 1 June - Actor Rene Zagger was born.
 * 18 June - Actor Roger Delgado died.
 * 25 June - Actor Sunetra Sarker was born.
 * 27 June - Actor Ian Boldsworth was born.
 * 29 June - Actor Daisy Beaumont was born.
 * 2 July - Actor Peter Kay was born.
 * 3 July - Actor Emma Cunniffe was born.
 * 4 July - Producer Marcus Wilson was born.
 * 15 July - Actor Rachel Pickup was born.
 * 17 July - 3D artist Jean-Claude Deguara was born.
 * 24 July - Writer Daniel O'Mahony was born.
 * 30 July - Actor Guy Middleton died.
 * 31 July - Actor Daniel Evans was born.
 * 1 August - Actor Steve John Shepherd was born.
 * 5 August - Actor Paul Kasey was born.
 * 5 August - Actor Ray Fearon was born.
 * 11 August - Actor Niky Wardley was born.
 * 11 September - Actor Rollo Gamble died.
 * 12 September - Actor Darren Morfitt was born.
 * 17 September - Writer Jonathan Morris was born.
 * 20 September - Actor Sandra Huggett was born.
 * 7 October - Actor Rad Kaim was born.
 * 17 November - Actor Kerry Godliman was born.
 * 21 November - Actor William Meredith was born.
 * 30 November - Actor Alex Macqueen was born.
 * Unknown - Actor Julia Dalkin was born.
 * Unknown - Writer Mark Magrs was born.