List of people in Playboy 1970–1979

This list of people in Playboy 1970–79 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in Playboy magazine in the years 1970 through 1979. Note that not all of the people featured in the magazine are pictured in the nude.

Entries in blue indicate that the issue marks the original appearance of that year's Playmate of the Year (PMOY).

1970

Date	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
1-70	Jean Bell, Lorrie Menconi, Kathy MacDonald, Shay Knuth, Leslie Bianchini	Jill Taylor	Raquel Welch
2-70	Norma Bauer	Linda Forsythe	Panel on The Drug Revolution	Barbara Parkins & Bibi Andersson
3-70	Barbi Benton	Chris Koren	Ray Charles	Barbi Benton
4-70	Pamela Nystul	Barbara Hillary	Mary Calderone	Myra Van Heck
5-70	Phyllis Babila	Jennifer Liano	William F. Buckley, Jr.	Susanne Benton
6-70	Claudia Jennings	Elaine Morton	Tiny Tim	Claudia Jennings - Playmate of the Year (PMOY), Lola Falana
7-70	Janet Wolf	Carol Willis	Joan Baez	Cynthia Myers
8-70	Linda Donnelly	Sharon Clark	Paul R. Ehrlich	On the set of Myra Breckinridge (film) (Raquel Welch, et al.)
9-70	Jackie Ray	Debbie Ellison	Peter Fonda	Elke Sommer
10-70	Mary Collinson, Madeleine Collinson	Mary and Madeleine Collinson	William Kunstler	Lainie Kazan, Paula Prentiss
11-70	Crystal Smith	Avis Miller	Elliott Gould	Jane Birkin
12-70	Shay Knuth	Carol Imhof	Robert Graves	Paula Pritchett

1971

Date	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
1-71	Mary Collinson, Madeleine Collinson, Jennifer Liano, Sharon Clark, Debbie Ellison	Liv Lindeland	Mae West	Veruschka
2-71	unidentified model	Willy Rey	Tom Murton	Fran Jeffries
3-71	Peggy Smith	Cynthia Hall	Dick Cavett	Cherie Latimer
4-71	Simone Hammerstrand	Chris Cranston	Panel on Homosexuality	Lana Wood
5-71	Diane Davies	Janice Pennington	John Wayne	Sarah Kennedy - film called The Telephone Book
6-71	Sharon Clark	Lieko English	Albert Speer	Sharon Clark - PMOY
7-71	Kay Sutton York	Heather Van Every	John Cassavetes	Linda Evans, Natividad Abascal
8-71	Christy Miller	Cathy Rowland	George McGovern
9-71	Crystal Smith	Crystal Smith	Jules Feiffer
10-71	Darine Stern (first African-American woman on Playboy cover [1])	Claire Rambeau	Charles Evers	Marisa Berenson
11-71	Debbie Hanlon	Danielle de Vabre	Allen Klein
12-71	no model pictured	Karen Christy	Roman Polanski	Diamonds Are Forever (film): Jill St. John, Lana Wood, et al.

1972

Date	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
1-72	Willy Rey, Liv Lindeland, Crystal Smith, Claire Rambeau	Marilyn Cole	Germaine Greer
2-72	Barbara Carrera	P. J. Lansing	R. Buckminster Fuller	Angel Tompkins
3-72	no model pictured	Ellen Michaels	Saul Alinsky	Dominique Sanda
4-72	Rosie Holotik	Vicki Peters	Jack Nicholson	Tiffany Bolling
5-72	Barbi Benton	Deanna Baker	Howard Cosell	Valerie Perrine
6-72	Liv Lindeland	Debbie Davis	Jackie Stewart	Liv Lindeland - PMOY, Prime Cut: Angel Tompkins, et al.
7-72	no model pictured	Carol O'Neal	Anthony Herbert	Paula Pritchett & Paula Kelly
8-72	Carol Vitale	Linda Summers	Sam Peckinpah	Barbara Hershey
9-72	Sandra Jozefski	Susan Miller	Bernadette Devlin	Karen Philipp
10-72	Lynn Myers	Sharon Johansen	Meir Kahane
11-72	Pamela Rawlings	Lenna Sjööblom	Jack Anderson	Gwen Welles
12-72	unidentified model	Mercy Rooney	Yevgeny Yevtushenko	Victoria Principal

1973

Date	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
1-73	Linda Summers, Lenna Sjööblom, Marilyn Cole, Deanna Baker, Ellen Michaels	Miki Garcia	Carroll O'Connor
2-73	Jeanette Larson	Cyndi Wood	Milton Friedman	Maria Schneider
3-73	Mercy Rooney	Bonnie Large	Joe Frazier	Edy Williams
4-73	Lenna Sjööblom	Julie Woodson	Tennessee Williams	Linda Lovelace, Dayle Haddon
5-73	Bernie Becker	Anulka Dziubinska	Huey P. Newton	Barbara Leigh
6-73	Marilyn Cole	Ruthy Ross	Walter Cronkite	Marilyn Cole - PMOY
7-73	Karen Christy	Martha Smith	Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.	Jane Seymour, Tisa Farrow, Tina Cristiani
8-73	Cyndi Wood	Phyllis Coleman	David Halberstam	Heather Menzies
9-73	unidentified model	Geri Glass	Panel on New Sexual Life Styles	Victoria Principal, Lee Meredith
10-73	Sheila Ryan	Valerie Lane	Pete Rozelle	Sacheen Littlefeather
11-73	Anne Randall	Monica Tidwell	James Dickey	Ursula Andress
12-73	Bonita Lou Rossi	Christine Maddox	Bob Hope	Barbi Benton

1974

Date	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
1-74	no model pictured	Nancy Cameron	Hugh Hefner
2-74	Karen Christy	Francine Parks	Clint Eastwood	Alexandra Hay, Ratna Assan
3-74	Deborah Shelton	Pamela Zinszer	Groucho Marx	Simonetta Stefanelli, Charlotte Rampling
4-74	Carron June Sliger	Marlene Morrow	Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden	Marilyn Chambers
5-74	Marsha Kay	Marilyn Lange	Hank Aaron
6-74	Cyndi Wood	Sandy Johnson	Elmo Zumwalt	Cyndi Wood - PMOY
7-74	Christine Maddox	Carol Vitale	Barry Commoner	Isela Vega
8-74	Lynnda Kimball	Jeane Manson	Erich von Däniken	Claudia Lennear - Brown Sugar
9-74	Zoya	Kristine Hanson	Anthony Burgess	Oakland Raiderette Jane Lubeck
10-74	Suzann Sherry	Ester Cordet	Al Goldstein	Mary Charlotte Wilcox
11-74	Claudia Jennings	Bebe Buell	Hunter S. Thompson
12-74	Robyn Douglass	Janice Raymond	Robert Redford	Claudia Jennings

1975

Date	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
1-75	Ester Cordet, Marilyn Lange, Bebe Buell, Francine Parks, Nancy Cameron, Kristine Hanson	Lynnda Kimball	John Dean	Brigitte Bardot, Barbi Benton
2-75	Laura Misch	Laura Misch	Mel Brooks	Linda Lovelace
3-75	Eva Maria	Ingeborg Sørensen	Billie Jean King	Margot Kidder
4-75	Cyndi Wood	Victoria Cunningham	Dustin Hoffman	Valerie Perrine, Donyale Luna
5-75	Carol Christie	Bridgett Rollins	William E. Simon	Gwen Welles
6-75	Marilyn Lange	Azizi Johari	Joseph Heller	Marilyn Lange - PMOY
7-75	Lynn Schiller	Lynn Schiller	Francis Ford Coppola	Laura Blears Ching
8-75	Lillian Müller	Lillian Müller	Philip Agee	Kim Komar
9-75	Amy Arnold	Mesina Miller	Erica Jong
10-75	Agneta Eckemyr, Zoe Z.	Jill De Vries	Cher	Fiona Lewis
11-75	Patricia McClain	Janet Lupo	Muhammad Ali
12-75	Lillian Müller	Nancie Li Brandi	Jimmy Hoffa	Corinne Cléry in Story of O

1976

Date	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
1-76	Lynnda Kimball, Mesina Miller, Lillian Müller, Azizi Johari, Ingeborg Sorensen, Victoria Cunningham, Lynn Schiller, Laura Misch, Jill De Vries, Bridgett Rollins, Janet Lupo, Nancie Li Brandi	Daina House	Elton John	Models (including Marilyn Chambers) shot by Richard Fegley, and Playmate Review of 1975.
2-76	Jill De Vries	Laura Lyons	James Caan	Marisa Berenson
3-76	Victoria Cunningham	Ann Pennington	Norman Lear	Sylvia Kristel, Victoria Cunningham
4-76	Kristine DeBell	Denise Michele	Jerry Brown	Kristine DeBell, Ursula Andress
5-76	Nancy Cameron	Patricia McClain	Abbie Hoffman	Barbara Parkins, Suze Randall
6-76	Lillian Müller	Debra Peterson	Sara Jane Moore	Lillian Müller - PMOY
7-76	Cyndi Wood	Deborah Borkman	Karl Hess	Sarah Miles & Kris Kristofferson, Jayne Marie Mansfield
8-76	no model pictured	Linda Beatty	Robert Altman	Kristine DeBell "200 Motels, or how I spent my summer vacation" by Helmut Newton
9-76	no model pictured	Whitney Kaine	David Bowie	Elizabeth Ray, Fanne Fox
10-76	Whitney Kaine, Karen Hafter	Hope Olson	Roone Arledge	Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson
11-76	Patti McGuire	Patti McGuire	Jimmy Carter	Misty Rowe
12-76	Ann Pennington, Deborah Borkman	Karen Hafter	O.J. Simpson

1977

Date	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
1-77	Daina House, Laura Lyons, Ann Pennington, Denise Michele, Patricia McClain, Debra Peterson, Lillian Müller, Deborah Borkman, Linda Beatty, Whitney Kaine, Hope Olson, Patti McGuire, Karen Hafter	Susan Kiger	Alex Haley	Barbara Leigh
2-77	Lena Kansbod	Star Stowe	Keith Stroup
3-77	Susan Kiger	Nicki Thomas	Pat Moynihan
4-77	Lisa Sohm	Lisa Sohm	Gary Gilmore	Jennifer Edl
5-77	Lillian Müller	Sheila Mullen	Cast and writers of Saturday Night Live: Dan Aykroyd, Anne Beatts, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Al Franken, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Michael O'Donoghue, Gilda Radner, Rosie Shuster & Alan Zweibel	Kellie Everts, Patti D'Arbanville
6-77	Patti McGuire	Virve Reid	Robert Blake	Patti McGuire - PMOY, Barbara Bach
7-77	Pamela Serpe	Sondra Theodore	Andrew Young	Barbara Carrera
8-77	Karen Christy	Julia Lyndon	Henry Winkler	Patti McGuire, Hope Olson, Cindy Russell, Karen Hafter
9-77	Denise Michele, Hope Olson, Lisa Sohm	Debra Jo Fondren	James Earl Ray	Jean Manson
10-77	Barbra Streisand	Kristine Winder	Barbra Streisand
11-77	Susan Kiger	Rita Lee	Henry Kyemba
12-77	Sondra Theodore	Ashley Cox	John Denver

1978

Date	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
1-78	Rita Lee	Debra Jensen	Excerpts from Alex Haley's Playboy interviews with Miles Davis (1962), Malcolm X (1963), Cassius Clay (1964), Martin Luther King Jr. (1965) & George Lincoln Rockwell (1966)
2-78	Hope Olson	Janis Schmitt	Don Meredith
3-78	Debra Jensen	Christina Smith	Bob Dylan
4-78	Susan Kiger, Patty Kiger	Pamela Jean Bryant	David Frost
5-78	Debra Peterson	Kathryn Morrison	Anita Bryant	Anita Russell
6-78	Debra Jo Fondren	Gail Stanton	George Burns	Debra Jo Fondren - PMOY,
7-78	Pamela Sue Martin	Karen Morton	William Colby	Pamela Sue Martin, Susan Jensen (aka Constance Money), Kellie Everts
8-78	Nicki Thomas	Vicki Witt	Ted Turner	Nina Blackwood
9-78	Sue Paul	Rosanne Katon	Sylvester Stallone	Simone Boisseree, Girls of the PAC-10
10-78	Dolly Parton	Marcy Hanson	Dolly Parton	Denise Creedon
11-78	Monique St. Pierre	Monique St. Pierre	Geraldo Rivera
12-78	Farrah Fawcett	Janet Quist	John Travolta	NFL Cheerleaders, Farrah Fawcett

1979

Date	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
1-79	no model pictured	Candy Loving	Marlon Brando
2-79	Candace Collins	Lee Ann Michelle	Neil Simon	Lexi Vogel
3-79	Debra Jensen	Denise McConnell	Ted Patrick	Denise Crosby
4-79	Rita Lee	Missy Cleveland	Malcolm Forbes	Debra Jo Fondren
5-79	Cheryle Larsen	Michele Drake	Wendy Carlos
6-79	Monique St. Pierre	Louann Fernald	Dennis Kucinich	Monique St. Pierre - PMOY, Valerie Perrine, Maia Danziger
7-79	Denise Gauthier	Dorothy Mays	Joseph Wambaugh	Patti McGuire, "Moonraker (film)": New Perils for 007
8-79	Candy Loving	Dorothy Stratten	Edward Teller	Candy Loving, Nastassia Kinski
9-79	Vicki McCarty	Vicki McCarty	Pete Rose	Women of the Ivy League, Claudia Jennings
10-79	Burt Reynolds, Gig Gangel	Ursula Buchfellner	Burt Reynolds	"Apocalypse Finally", featuring Cynthia Wood, Linda (Beatty) Carpenter and Colleen Camp from the movie Apocalypse Now
11-79	Phyllis McCreary	Sylvie Garant	William Masters and Virginia Johnson	Linda Brooks, Colleen Donovan
12-79	Raquel Welch	Candace Collins	Al Pacino	Raquel Welch

See also

• List of people in Playboy 1953–1959
• List of people in Playboy 1960–1969
• List of people in Playboy 1980–1989
• List of people in Playboy 1990–1999
• List of people in Playboy 2000–2009
• List of people in Playboy 2010–2020

External links

• Playmates of the 1970s

References

1. "The Most Controversial Magazine Covers of All Time".