List of people in Playboy 1970–1979

This list of people in Playboy 1970–1979 is a catalog of women and men who appeared in Playboy magazine in the years 1970 through 1979.

Not all of these persons featured in the magazine were 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

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

1971

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

1972

Month	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
January	Willy Rey, Liv Lindeland, Crystal Smith, Claire Rambeau	Marilyn Cole	Germaine Greer
February	Barbara Carrera	P. J. Lansing	R. Buckminster Fuller	Angel Tompkins
March	no model pictured	Ellen Michaels	Saul Alinsky	Dominique Sanda
April	Rosie Holotik	Vicki Peters	Jack Nicholson	Tiffany Bolling
May	Barbi Benton	Deanna Baker	Howard Cosell	Valerie Perrine
June	Liv Lindeland	Debbie Davis	Jackie Stewart	Liv Lindeland – PMOY, Prime Cut: Angel Tompkins, et al.
July	no model pictured	Carol O'Neal	Anthony Herbert	Paula Pritchett & Paula Kelly
August	Carol Vitale	Linda Summers	Sam Peckinpah	Barbara Hershey
September	Sandra Jozefski	Susan Miller	Bernadette Devlin	Karen Philipp
October	Lynn Myers	Sharon Johansen	Meir Kahane
November	Pamela Rawlings	Lenna Sjööblom	Jack Anderson	Gwen Welles
December	unidentified model	Mercy Rooney	Yevgeny Yevtushenko	Victoria Principal

1973

Month	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
January	Linda Summers, Lenna Sjööblom, Marilyn Cole, Deanna Baker, Ellen Michaels	Miki Garcia	Carroll O'Connor
February	Jeanette Larson	Cyndi Wood	Milton Friedman	Maria Schneider
March	Mercy Rooney	Bonnie Large	Joe Frazier	Edy Williams
April	Lenna Sjööblom	Julie Woodson	Tennessee Williams	Linda Lovelace, Dayle Haddon
May	Bernie Becker	Anulka Dziubinska	Huey P. Newton	Barbara Leigh
June	Marilyn Cole	Ruthy Ross	Walter Cronkite	Marilyn Cole – PMOY
July	Karen Christy	Martha Smith	Kurt Vonnegut Jr.	Jane Seymour, Tisa Farrow, Tina Cristiani
August	Cyndi Wood	Phyllis Coleman	David Halberstam	Heather Menzies[2]
September	unidentified model	Geri Glass	Panel on New Sexual Life Styles	Victoria Principal, Lee Meredith
October	Sheila Ryan	Valerie Lane	Pete Rozelle	Sacheen Littlefeather
November	Anne Randall	Monica Tidwell	James Dickey	Ursula Andress
December	Bonita Lou Rossi	Christine Maddox	Bob Hope	Barbi Benton

1974

Month	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
January	no model pictured	Nancy Cameron	Hugh Hefner
February	Karen Christy	Francine Parks	Clint Eastwood	Alexandra Hay, Ratna Assan
March	Deborah Shelton	Pamela Zinszer	Groucho Marx	Simonetta Stefanelli, Charlotte Rampling
April	Carron June Sliger	Marlène Mourreau	Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden	Marilyn Chambers
May	Marsha Kay	Marilyn Lange	Hank Aaron
June	Cyndi Wood	Sandy Johnson	Elmo Zumwalt	Cyndi Wood – PMOY
July	Christine Maddox	Carol Vitale	Barry Commoner	Isela Vega
August	Lynnda Kimball	Jeane Manson	Erich von Däniken	Claudia Lennear – Brown Sugar
September	Zoya	Kristine Hanson	Anthony Burgess	Oakland Raiderette Jane Lübeck
October	Suzann Sherry	Ester Cordet	Al Goldstein	Mary Charlotte Wilcox
November	Claudia Jennings	Bebe Buell	Hunter S. Thompson
December	Robyn Douglass	Janice Raymond	Robert Redford	Claudia Jennings

1975

Month	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
January	Ester Cordet, Marilyn Lange, Bebe Buell, Francine Parks, Nancy Cameron, Kristine Hanson	Lynnda Kimball	John Dean	Brigitte Bardot, Barbi Benton
February	Laura Misch	Laura Misch	Mel Brooks	Linda Lovelace
March	Eva Maria	Ingeborg Sørensen	Billie Jean King	Margot Kidder
April	Cyndi Wood	Victoria Cunningham	Dustin Hoffman	Valerie Perrine, Donyale Luna
May	Carol Christie	Bridgett Rollins	William E. Simon	Gwen Welles
June	Marilyn Lange	Azizi Johari	Joseph Heller	Marilyn Lange – PMOY
July	Lynn Schiller	Lynn Schiller	Francis Ford Coppola	Laura Blears Ching
August	Lillian Müller	Lillian Müller	Philip Agee	Kim Komar
September	Amy Arnold	Mesina Miller	Erica Jong
October	Agneta Eckemyr, Zoe Z.	Jill De Vries	Cher	Fiona Lewis
November	Patricia McClain	Janet Lupo	Muhammad Ali
December	Lillian Müller	Nancie Li Brandi	Jimmy Hoffa	Corinne Cléry in Story of O

1976

Month	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
January	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.
February	Jill De Vries	Laura Lyons	James Caan	Marisa Berenson
March	Victoria Cunningham	Ann Pennington	Norman Lear	Sylvia Kristel, Victoria Cunningham
April	Kristine DeBell	Denise Michele	Jerry Brown	Kristine DeBell, Ursula Andress
May	Nancy Cameron	Patricia McClain	Abbie Hoffman	Barbara Parkins, Suze Randall
June	Lillian Müller	Debra Peterson	Sara Jane Moore	Lillian Müller – PMOY
July	Cyndi Wood	Deborah Borkman	Karl Hess	Sarah Miles & Kris Kristofferson, Jayne Marie Mansfield
August	no model pictured	Linda Beatty	Robert Altman	Kristine DeBell "200 Motels, or how I spent my summer vacation" by Helmut Newton
September	no model pictured	Whitney Kaine	David Bowie	Elizabeth Ray, Fanne Fox
October	Whitney Kaine, Karen Hafter	Hope Olson	Roone Arledge	Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson
November	Patti McGuire	Patti McGuire	Jimmy Carter	Misty Rowe
December	Ann Pennington, Deborah Borkman	Karen Hafter	O. J. Simpson

1977

Month	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
January	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
February	Lena Kansbod	Star Stowe	Keith Stroup
March	Susan Kiger	Nicki Thomas	Daniel Patrick Moynihan
April	Lisa Sohm	Lisa Sohm	Gary Gilmore	Jennifer Edl
May	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
June	Patti McGuire	Virve Reid	Robert Blake	Patti McGuire – PMOY, Barbara Bach
July	Pamela Serpe	Sondra Theodore	Andrew Young	Barbara Carrera
August	Karen Christy	Julia Lyndon	Henry Winkler	Patti McGuire, Hope Olson, Cindy Russell, Karen Hafter
September	Denise Michele, Hope Olson, Lisa Sohm	Debra Jo Fondren	James Earl Ray	Jeane Manson
October	Barbra Streisand	Kristine Winder	Barbra Streisand
November	Susan Kiger	Rita Lee	Henry Kyemba
December	Sondra Theodore	Ashley Cox	John Denver

1978

Month	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
January	Rita Lee	Debra Jensen	Jean-Paul Sartre
February	Hope Olson	Janis Schmitt	Don Meredith
March	Debra Jensen	Christina Smith	Bob Dylan
April	Susan Kiger, Patty Kiger	Pamela Jean Bryant	David Frost
May	Debra Peterson	Kathryn Morrison	Anita Bryant	Anita Russell
June	Debra Jo Fondren	Gail Stanton	George Burns	Debra Jo Fondren – PMOY,
July	Pamela Sue Martin[3]	Karen Morton	William Colby	Pamela Sue Martin, Susan Jensen (aka Constance Money)
August	Nicki Thomas	Vicki Witt	Ted Turner	Nina Blackwood
September	Sue Paul	Rosanne Katon	Sylvester Stallone	Simone Boisseree, Girls of the PAC-10
October	Dolly Parton	Marcy Hanson	Dolly Parton	Denise Creedon
November	Monique St. Pierre	Monique St. Pierre	Geraldo Rivera
December	Farrah Fawcett	Janet Quist	John Travolta	NFL Cheerleaders, Farrah Fawcett, Bessie Love (Vargas illustration)

1979

Month	Cover model	Centerfold model	Interview subject	Pictorials
January	no model pictured	Candy Loving	Marlon Brando
February	Candace Collins	Lee Ann Michelle	Neil Simon	Lexi Vogel, Girls of Las Vegas
March	Debra Jensen	Denise McConnell	Ted Patrick	Denise Crosby
April	Rita Lee	Missy Cleveland	Malcolm Forbes	Debra Jo Fondren
May	Cheryle Larsen	Michele Drake	Wendy Carlos
June	Monique St. Pierre	Louann Fernald	Dennis Kucinich	Monique St. Pierre – PMOY, Valerie Perrine, Maia Danziger
July	Denise Gauthier	Dorothy Mays	Joseph Wambaugh	Patti McGuire, Moonraker : New Perils for 007
August	Candy Loving	Dorothy Stratten	Edward Teller	Candy Loving, Nastassja Kinski
September	Vicki McCarty	Vicki McCarty	Pete Rose	Women of the Ivy League, Claudia Jennings
October	Burt Reynolds, Gig Gangel	Ursula Buchfellner	Burt Reynolds	"Apocalypse Finally", featuring Cynthia Wood, Linda (Beatty) Carpenter and Colleen Camp from the movie Apocalypse Now
November	Phyllis McCreary	Sylvie Garant	William Masters and Virginia Johnson	Linda Brooks, Colleen Donovan
December	Raquel Welch	Candace Collins	Al Pacino	Raquel Welch

References

"The Most Controversial Magazine Covers of All Time". Web Designer Depot. September 22, 2009.
Bergan, Ronald (December 29, 2017). "Heather Menzies obituary". The Guardian.
Buitrago, Katie (February 4, 2010). "What Sort of Woman Reads Playboy?"". Chicago Reader. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

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[1] "The Most Controversial Magazine Covers of All Time". Web Designer Depot. September 22, 2009.

[2] Bergan, Ronald (December 29, 2017). "Heather Menzies obituary". The Guardian.

[3] Buitrago, Katie (February 4, 2010). "What Sort of Woman Reads Playboy?"". Chicago Reader. Retrieved March 17, 2022.