2000
editJanuary 2000
edit- January 1
- Betty Archdale, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1907)
- Arthur Lehning, Dutch author and historian (b. 1899)
- Stan Patrick, American basketball player (b. 1922)
- Gerda Paumgarten, Austrian skier (b. 1907)
- January 2
- Nat Adderley, American musician (b. 1931)
- Patrick O'Brian, English author (b. 1914)
- Maria de las Mercedes Orléans, Spanish royal (b. 1910)
- Ullin Place, English philosopher and psychologist (b. 1924)
- Ana María Martínez Sagi, Spanish poet and trade unionist (b. 1907)
- Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (b. 1920)
- January 3
- Gabriela Brimmer, Mexican author and activist (b. 1947)
- Henry H. Fowler, American politician (b. 1908)
- Viktor Kolotov, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1949)
- January 4
- Alfred Bohrmann, German astronomer (b. 1904)
- Diether Krebs, German actor and comedian (b. 1947)
- Edward H. Kruse, American politician (b. 1918)
- Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1909)
- January 5
- Turid Balke, Norwegian actress and playwright (b. 1921)
- Xie Bingying, Chinese author (b. 1906)
- Vera Dulova, Russian harpist (b. 1909)
- Goseki Kojima, Japanese manga artist (b. 1928)
- K. L. Shrimali, Indian politician (b. 1909)
- Bernhard Wicki, Austrian actor and film director (b. 1919)
- January 6
- Augusto Fraga, Portuguese film director (b. 1910)
- Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
- Edward Pain, Australian rower (b. 1925)
- Malvina Polo, American actress (b. 1903)
- Horst Seemann, German film director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
- Alexey Vyzmanavin, Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1960)
- January 7
- Gary Albright, American professional wrestler (b. 1963)
- Robert B. Crosby, American politician (b. 1911)
- Makhmud Esambayev, Russian actor and dancer (b. 1924)
- Dorian Shainin, American quality consultant and engineer (b. 1914)
- Rodica Simion, Romanian-American mathematician (b. 1955)
- Klaus Wennemann, German actor (b. 1940)
- January 8
- Karl Adamek, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
- Henry Eriksson, Swedish runner (b. 1920)
- Ray Huang, Chinese-American historian and philosopher (b. 1918)
- Hilary Smart, American sailor (b. 1925)
- Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian and show jumper (b. 1918)
- Warren H. Wagner, American botanist (b. 1920)
- January 9
- Marguerite Churchill, American actress (b. 1910)
- Poul Mejer, Danish footballer (b. 1931)
- Bruno Zevi, Italian architect and historian (b. 1918)
- January 10
- Arthur Batanides, American actor (b. 1923)
- John Newland, American film director and actor (b. 1917)
- Danguolė Rasalaitė, Lithuanian human trafficking victim (b. 1983)
- January 11
- Hilde Behrend, German-English economist (b. 1917)
- Helena Carter, American actress (b. 1923)
- Wilhelm Grewe, German diplomat (b. 1911)
- Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
- Solomon Mamaloni, Solomon Islands politician, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
- Ralph Purchase, American rower (b. 1916)
- Yuri Tishkov, Russian footballer (b. 1971)
- Pavao Žanić, Croatian bishop (b. 1918)
- January 12
- Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913)
- Ivan Filin, Russian sprinter (b. 1926)
- V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, Indian politician and author (b. 1920)
- Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
- Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau, American engineer (b. 1910)
- January 13
- Arturo Jiménez Borja, Peruvian physician and ethnologist (b. 1908)
- Herbert S. Gutowsky, American chemist (b. 1919)
- Antti Hyvärinen, Finnish ski jumper (b. 1932)
- John Ljunggren, Swedish race walker (b. 1919)
- Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo, South African politician (b. 1925)
- Susumu Ohno, Japanese-American geneticist and biologist (b. 1928)
- Enric Valor i Vives, Spanish linguist and author (b. 1911)
- January 14
- Meche Barba, American-Mexican actress (b. 1922)
- Pat Boyette, American comic book artist (b. 1923)
- Alphonse Boudard, French author and playwright (b. 1925)
- Giusi Raspani Dandolo, Italian actress (b. 1916)
- Hans-Joachim Kahler, German general (b. 1908)
- Alain Poiré, French film producer and screenwriter (b. 1917)
- Clifford Truesdell, American mathematician (b. 1919)
- January 15
- Yves Mariot, French footballer (b. 1948)
- Annie Palmen, Dutch singer (b. 1926)
- Željko Ražnatović, Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader (b. 1952)
- Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916)
- January 16
- Wolf Ackva, German actor (b. 1911)
- Gene Harris, American pianist (b. 1933)
- Robert Sastre, Beninese bishop (b. 1926)
- Chhean Vam, Cambodian politician (b. 1916)
- Robert R. Wilson, American physicist (b. 1914)
- January 17
- Vasile Cristea, Romanian bishop (b. 1906)
- Carl Forberg, American racing driver (b. 1911)
- Andrej Hieng, Slovenian author and playwright (b. 1925)
- Oleksandr Hushchyn, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1966)
- Ion Rațiu, Romanian politician (b. 1917)
- January 18
- Nancy Coleman, American actress (b. 1912)
- Frances Drake, American actress (b. 1912)
- Jester Hairston, American composer and actor (b. 1901)
- Francis Haskell, English historian (b. 1928)
- Arthur Nash, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
- Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect and activist (b. 1897)
- January 19
- Luigi Chinazzo, Italian wrestler (b. 1932)
- Bettino Craxi, Italian politician, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
- Anselmo Fernandez, Portuguese architect (b. 1918)
- Victoria Fromkin, American linguist (b. 1923)
- Frederick Herzberg, American psychologist (b. 1923)
- Rúhíyyih Khánum, American-Canadian religious leader (b. 1910)
- Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress (b. 1914)
- Alan North, American actor (b. 1920)
- G. Ledyard Stebbins, American botanist and geneticist (b. 1906)
- January 20
- Don Abney, American pianist (b. 1923)
- Chuck Courtney, American actor and stuntman (b. 1930)
- Slavko Janevski, Macedonian poet (b. 1920)
- Don Samuelson, American politician (b. 1913)
- Izabella Yurieva, Russian singer (b. 1899)
- January 21
- Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
- Saeb Salam, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1905)
- January 22
- Victor Cavallo, Italian actor and author (b. 1947)
- Craig Claiborne, American critic and journalist (b. 1920)
- Carlo Cossutta, Italian opera singer (b. 1932)
- Peter Gould, English-American geographer (b. 1932)
- Masao Harada, Japanese triple jumper (b. 1912)
- Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (b. 1916)
- Theodore H. Von Laue, German-American historian (b. 1916)
- Jean MacArthur, American philanthropist (b. 1898)
- January 23
- Stanislav Heller, Czech-German harpsichordist and musicologist (b. 1924)
- Marat Ospanov, Kazakh politician (b. 1949)
- January 24
- Baby Bell, Argentine-Mexican actress (b. 1943)
- Jeffrey Boam, American screenwriter (b. 1946)
- Carl Curtis, American politician (b. 1905)
- Bobby Duncum Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
- Helge Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1915)
- Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Belarusian fencer (b. 1938)
- January 25
- Herta Freitag, Austrian-American mathematician (b. 1908)
- Aleksander Illi, Estonian basketball player (b. 1912)
- P. Lankesh, Indian author (b. 1935)
- Leopoldo Trieste, Italian actor and film director (b. 1917)
- January 26
- Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
- Jean-Claude Izzo, French poet and playwright (b. 1945)
- A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (b. 1912)
- January 27
- Mae Faggs, American athlete (b. 1932)
- Matateu da Fonseca, Portuguese footballer (b. 1927)
- Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1930)
- Michel Lejeune, French linguist (b. 1907)
- Setsuo Nara, Japanese basketball player (b. 1936)
- Jerzy Potz, Polish ice hockey player (b. 1953)
- Cal Strong, American water polo player (b. 1907)
- January 28
- Ron Feiereisel, American basketball player and coach (b. 1931)
- Bertel Lauring, Danish actor (b. 1928)
- Gad Rausing, Swedish industrialist and archaeologist (b. 1922)
- January 29
- Heinz Flotho, German footballer (b. 1915)
- George McTurnan Kahin, American historian and political scientist (b. 1918)
- Herbert Schiller, American critic and sociologist (b. 1919)
- Hannes Schmidhauser, Swiss actor and footballer (b. 1926)
- January 30
- Martin Aldridge, English footballer (b. 1974)
- Sigvard Eklund, Swedish engineer (b. 1911)
- Karl-Friedrich Höcker, German war criminal (b. 1911)
- Steve Little, American boxer (b. 1965)
- Joseph Rothschild, German-American historian (b. 1931)
- Gerdy Troost, German architect (b. 1904)
- January 31
- Martin Benrath, German actor (b. 1926)
- Gil Kane, Latvian-American comic book artist (b. 1926)
- Ralph Manza, American actor (b. 1921)
- Jafar Salmasi, Iranian weightlifter (b. 1918)
- K. N. Singh, Indian actor (b. 1908)
February 2000
edit- February 1
- Pablito Calvo, Spanish actor (b. 1948)
- James Harrell, American actor (b. 1918)
- Erik Holmberg, Swedish astronomer and cosmologist (b. 1908)
- Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov, Chechen brigadier general (b. 1967)
- Anker Kihle, Norwegian footballer (b. 1917)
- Peter Levi, English poet and archaeologist (b. 1931)
- Henry Mann, Austrian-American mathematician and statistician (b. 1905)
- James V. Neel, American geneticist (b. 1915)
- Dick Rathmann, American racing driver (b. 1926)
- February 2
- Stanislau Konrad, Romanian footballer (b. 1913)
- Teruki Miyamoto, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1940)
- Francis Stuart, Irish author (b. 1902)
- February 3
- Bonnie Cashin, American fashion designer (b. 1908)
- Suliko Jgenti, Georgian playwright and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- Richard Kleindienst, American politician (b. 1923)
- Yuriy Lituyev, Russian hurdler (b. 1925)
- Pierre Plantard, French draughtsman (b. 1920)
- Alla Rakha, Indian tabla player (b. 1919)
- Gérard Rousset, French fencer (b. 1921)
- February 4
- Carl Albert, American politician (b. 1908)
- Joachim-Ernst Berendt, German journalist (b. 1922)
- Doris Coley, American musician (b. 1941)
- Ronald Robertson, American figure skater (b. 1937)
- Roy Stephenson, English footballer (b. 1932)
- February 5
- Claude Autant-Lara, French film director and politician (b. 1901)
- José García Hernández, Spanish politician (b. 1915)
- Todd Karns, American actor (b. 1921)
- George Koltanowski, Belgian-American chess player (b. 1903)
- Barbara Pentland, Canadian composer (b. 1912)
- G. E. M. de Ste.Croix, English historian (b. 1910)
- Hidetoki Takahashi, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1916)
- Göran Tunström, Swedish author (b. 1937)
- Gwendolyn Watts, English actress (b. 1937)
- February 6
- Sándor Balogh, Hungarian footballer (b. 1920)
- Gus Johnson, American politician (b. 1913)
- Klaus Wagner, German mathematician (b. 1910)
- Phil Walters, American racing driver (b. 1916)
- February 7
- Pavle Bulatović, Yugoslavian politician (b. 1948)
- Stewart Farrar, English screenwriter and author (b. 1916)
- Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947)
- Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (b. 1970)
- Big Pun, American rapper (b. 1971)
- Dave Peverett, English singer (b. 1943)
- Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Canadian scholar (b. 1916)
- Mildred Wiley, American athlete (b. 1901)
- February 8
- Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918)
- Carlos Cores, Argentine actor and film director (b. 1923)
- Sidney Hayers, Scottish film director (b. 1921)
- Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Romanian lawyer and politician, 49th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1902)
- Muboraksho Mirzoshoyev, Tajikistani musician (b. 1961)
- Elwin Schlebrowski, German footballer (b. 1925)
- February 9
- Yevgeni Nikolayevich Andreyev, Russian colonel (b. 1926)
- Steve Furness, American football player (b. 1950)
- Beau Jack, American boxer (b. 1921)
- Lenore Kight, American swimmer (b. 1911)
- Shobhna Samarth, Indian actress and film director (b. 1916)
- Buck Young, American actor (b. 1920)
- February 10
- Androniqi Zengo Antoniu, Albanian painter (b. 1913)
- Elvira Gascón, Spanish painter (b. 1911)
- Ji Pengfei, Chinese politician (b. 1910)
- Jim Varney, American actor (b. 1949)
- February 11
- Jacqueline Auriol, French aviator (b. 1917)
- Bernardo Capó, Spanish cyclist (b. 1919)
- Ruth Cardoso, Brazilian chess player (b. 1934)
- Dina Mangabeira, Brazilian poet and critic (b. 1923)
- Roger Vadim, French film director and producer (b. 1928)
- Bernardino Zapponi, Italian author and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- February 12
- Newt Arnold, American film director (b. 1922)
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American singer (b. 1929)
- Tom Landry, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
- August Meuleman, Belgian cyclist (b. 1906)
- Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (b. 1922)
- Oliver Swofford, English singer (b. 1945)
- February 13
- Elyakim Badian, Israeli politician (b. 1925)
- James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author (b. 1921)
- Olga Jensch-Jordan, German diver (b. 1913)
- Thelma Parr, American actress (b. 1906)
- February 14
- Tony Bettenhausen Jr., American racing driver (b. 1951)
- Tertius Bosch, South African cricketer (b. 1966)
- Antun Nalis, Croatian actor (b. 1911)
- Hava Volovich, Ukrainian author and actress (b. 1916)
- Walter Zinn, American physicist (b. 1906)
- February 15
- Valentina Kravchenko, Russian pilot (b. 1917)
- Vladimir Utkin, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1923)
- February 16
- Marceline Day, American actress (b. 1908)
- Mohamed Fawzi, Egyptian general and politician (b. 1915)
- Lila Kedrova, Russian-French actress (b. 1909)
- Louis-Georges Niels, Belgian bobsledder (b. 1919)
- February 17
- Iffat Al-Thunayan, Saudi Arabian royal (b. 1916)
- Selina Chönz, Swiss author (b. 1910)
- February 18
- Amanda Ledesma, Argentine actress and singer (b. 1911)
- Willy Maltaite, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1927)
- Nader Naderpour, Iranian poet (b. 1929)
- February 19
- Marin Goleminov, Bulgarian composer and musician (b. 1908)
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
- Djidingar Dono Ngardoum, Chadian politician, Prime Minister of Chad (b. 1928)
- February 20
- Jean Dotto, French cyclist (b. 1928)
- Jean-Pierre Grenier, French actor (b. 1914)
- Otello Martelli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1902)
- Ramon Mitra Jr., Filipino politician and diplomat (b. 1928)
- Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (b. 1937)
- February 21
- Olena Apanovych, Ukrainian historian (b. 1919)
- Violet Archer, Canadian composer and musician (b. 1913)
- Halina Auderska, Polish screenwriter and author (b. 1904)
- Constance Cummings-John, Sierra Leonean politician (b. 1918)
- Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Spanish basketball player and coach (b. 1933)
- Jilma Madera, Cuban sculptor (b. 1915)
- Kenneth Nichols, American major general (b. 1907)
- February 22
- John Kellogg, American actor (b. 1916)
- Arkady Khait, Russian author and comedian (b. 1938)
- Maurine Neuberger, American politician (b. 1907)
- February 23
- Nikolay Gulyayev, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1915)
- Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957)
- Stanley Matthews, English footballer (b. 1915)
- John Nevill, English aristocrat (b. 1914)
- Joseph V. Perry, American actor (b. 1931)
- Raphaël Pujazon, French athlete (b. 1918)
- February 24 – Boris Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1937)
- February 25
- Pyotr Breus, Russian water polo player (b. 1927)
- Doris Löve, Swedish botanist (b. 1918)
- Sishayi Nxumalo, Swazi politician, Prime Minister of Swaziland (b. 1936)
- Gilberto Vieira, Colombian politician (b. 1911)
- Dymytriy Yarema, Ukrainian patriarch (b. 1915)
- Aleksandar Živković, Croatian footballer (b. 1912)
- February 26
- Franz Fuchs, Austrian terrorist (b. 1949)
- Raosaheb Gogte, Indian lawyer and philanthropist (b. 1916)
- Giovanna Maria, Italian princess (b. 1907)
- Louisa Matthíasdóttir, Icelandic-American painter (b. 1917)
- René Pomeau, French scholar (b. 1917)
- February 27
- George Duning, American musician and film composer (b. 1908)
- James Stanley Hey, English physicist and astronomer (b. 1909)
- Jurij A. Treguboff, Russian author (b. 1913)
- February 28
- Kariel Gardosh, Israeli cartoonist (b. 1921)
- John N. Irwin II, American diplomat (b. 1913)
- Saúl Morales, Spanish cyclist (b. 1973)
- February 29
- Karen Hoff, Danish canoeist (b. 1921)
- Nikita Moiseyev, Russian mathematician (b. 1917)
- Komimasa Tanaka, Japanese author and translator (b. 1925)
March 2000
edit- March 1
- Vlastimir Peričić, Serbian composer (b. 1927)
- Sumie Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and playwright (b. 1908)
- Mark Yevtyukhin, Russian lieutenant colonel (b. 1964)
- March 2
- Audun Boysen, Norwegian runner (b. 1929)
- Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (b. 1963)
- March 3
- Virginia Grutter, Costa Rican author and poet (b. 1929)
- Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and mountaineer (b. 1904)
- March 4
- Hermann Brück, German-English astronomer (b. 1905)
- Geeta Mukherjee, Indian politician (b. 1924)
- Xie Xide, Chinese physicist (b. 1921)
- March 5
- Jon Barwise, American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1942)
- Lolo Ferrari, French actress and dancer (b. 1963)
- Roma Mitchell, Australian judge and politician (b. 1913)
- Daniel Yanofsky, Polish-Canadian chess grandmaster (b. 1925)
- Mikola Yermalovich, Belarusian author and historian (b. 1921)
- March 6
- Chris Balderstone, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1940)
- John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
- Mirko Grmek, Croatian-French historian and author (b. 1924)
- Abraham Waligo, Ugandan politician, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1928)
- March 7
- Charles Gray, English actor (b. 1928)
- W. D. Hamilton, English botanist (b. 1936)
- Robert Hart, English horticulturist (b. 1913)
- Pee Wee King, American songwriter (b. 1914)
- Aleksandr Klimenko, Ukrainian shot putter (b. 1970)
- Edward H. Levi, American politician (b. 1911)
- Hirokazu Ninomiya, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1917)
- Masami Yoshida, Japanese javelin thrower (b. 1958)
- March 8
- Joe Mullaney, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
- Vilho Ylönen, Finnish skier and sport shooter (b. 1918)
- March 9
- Artyom Borovik, Russian journalist (b. 1960)
- Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer (b. 1908)
- Lucrecia Covelo, Uruguayan entomologist (b. 1920)
- Pathanay Khan, Pakistani singer (b. 1926)
- Usha Kiran, Indian actress (b. 1929)
- Ivo Robić, Yugoslavian-Croatian singer (b. 1923)
- March 10
- Judith Barrett, American actress (b. 1909)
- Rafael Bash, Israeli politician (b. 1913)
- Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
- Nadir Gasimov, Azerbaijani painter (b. 1928)
- Ivan Hirst, English army officer and engineer (b. 1916)
- William Porter, American athlete (b. 1926)
- John Sladek, American author (b. 1937)
- March 11
- Helmut Berthold, German handball player (b. 1911)
- Kazimierz Brandys, Polish author (b. 1916)
- Pierre Ghestem, French bridge player and checkers player (b. 1922)
- HB Jassin, Indonesian critic (b. 1917)
- Edgar C. Polomé, Belgian-American philologist and scholar (b. 1920)
- Laureano López Rodó, Spanish politician and diplomat (b. 1920)
- Alfred Schwarzmann, German gymnast (b. 1912)
- March 12
- Aleksandar Nikolić, Serbian basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
- Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, Chinese bishop (b. 1901)
- Mack Robinson, American sprinter (b. 1914)
- March 13
- Rex Everhart, American actor and singer (b. 1920)
- Cab Kaye, English singer and pianist (b. 1921)
- Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam, Indian general (b. 1913)
- Carlo Tagnin, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- Malcolm Wilson, American politician (b. 1914)
- March 14
- Claude Jérôme, French singer (b. 1946)
- Anne Wibble, Swedish politician (b. 1943)
- March 15
- Jaime García Añoveros, Spanish politician (b. 1932)
- Tomio Hora, Japanese historian (b. 1906)
- Idris Abdul Wakil, Tanzanian politician, President of Zanzibar (b. 1925)
- March 16
- Morris B. Abram, American lawyer and activist (b. 1918)
- Herta Bothe, German war criminal (b. 1921)
- Thomas Ferebee, American colonel (b. 1918)
- Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian author (b. 1911)
- Stanley Ralph Ross, American author and actor (b. 1935)
- Michael Starr, Canadian politician (b. 1910)
- Phil Terranova, American boxer (b. 1919)
- March 17 – Edward F. Knipling, American entomologist (b. 1909)
- March 18
- Eberhard Bethge, German theologian and pastor (b. 1909)
- Glen Mervyn, Canadian rower (b. 1937)
- March 19
- Li Huanzhi, Chinese composer (b. 1919)
- Egon Jönsson, Swedish footballer and trainer (b. 1921)
- March 20
- Vivian Fine, American composer (b. 1913)
- Jean Howard, American actress (b. 1910)
- Gurban Khalilov, Azerbaijani politician (b. 1906)
- Ādolfs Skulte, Latvian composer (b. 1909)
- March 21
- Hocine Gacemi, Algerian footballer (b. 1974)
- Bai Shouyi, Chinese ethnologist and historian (b. 1909)
- March 22
- Mark Lombardi, American artist (b. 1951)
- Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- March 23
- Antony Padiyara, Indian archbishop and cardinal (b. 1921)
- Udham Singh, Indian field hockey player (b. 1928)
- March 24
- Albert Duncanson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
- Al Grey, American trombonist (b. 1925)
- March 25
- Paul Călinescu, Romanian film director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
- Jim Cash, American screenwriter (b. 1941)
- Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)
- Eduardo Rodríguez, Argentine footballer (b. 1918)
- March 26
- François Abraha, Ethiopian bishop (b. 1918)
- Alex Comfort, English scientist and physician (b. 1920)
- Werner Zeyer, German politician (b. 1929)
- March 27
- Ian Dury, English musician (b. 1942)
- Yrjö Lehtilä, Finnish shot putter (b. 1916)
- Spartak Makovsky, Kazakhstani pilot (b. 1920)
- Priya Rajvansh, Indian actress (b. 1936)
- March 28
- Kanti Abdurakhmanov, Chechen army officer (b. 1916)
- Semyon Babayevsky, Russian author (b. 1909)
- Christian Norberg-Schulz, Norwegian architect and author (b. 1926)
- Anthony Powell, English author (b. 1905)
- Yuri Tarasov, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1960)
- Adam Ulam, Polish-American historian (b. 1922)
- March 29
- Yevgeny Feofanov, Russian boxer (b. 1937)
- Hans Gustav Güterbock, German-American scholar (b. 1908)
- Shirley Palmer, American actress (b. 1908)
- Anna Sokolow, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)
- March 30
- Salvador Abascal, Mexican politician (b. 1910)
- Jamal al-Atassi, Syrian politician and author (b. 1922)
- George Batchelor, American mathematician (b. 1920)
- Hjalmar Bergström, Swedish skier (b. 1907)
- Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian diplomat and politician, President of Austria (b. 1915)
- Mihrimah Sultan, Turkish princess (b. 1923)
- March 31
- Gisèle Freund, German-French photojournalist (b. 1908)
- William Pokhlyobkin, Russian historian and author (b. 1923)
April 2000
edit- April 1
- Marija Atanassowa, Bulgarian pilot and politician (b. 1926)
- Graham Mann, English sailor (b. 1924)
- Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Scottish judge (b. 1924)
- April 2
- Zekeriya Aknazarov, Russian politician (b. 1924)
- Synnøve Anker Aurdal, Norwegian artist (b. 1908)
- Tommaso Buscetta, Italian mafia informant (b. 1928)
- Greta Gynt, Norwegian singer and actress (b. 1916)
- April 3
- Arne Aas, Norwegian actor (b. 1931)
- Dina Abramowicz, Lithuanian-American librarian (b. 1909)
- Milko Bobotsov, Bulgarian chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
- Jean Dominique, Haitian journalist and activist (b. 1930)
- Marta Hoepffner, German artist and photographer (b. 1912)
- Terence McKenna, American author and philosopher (b. 1946)
- April 4
- Antenor Lucas, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925)
- William Stokoe, American linguist (b. 1919)
- April 5
- Kanika Banerjee, Indian singer (b. 1924)
- Elisa Breton, French artist and author (b. 1906)
- Jonče Hristovski, Macedonian singer and composer (b. 1931)
- Vitaliy Hubarenko, Ukrainian composer (b. 1934)
- Heinrich Müller, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1909)
- Lee Petty, American racing driver (b. 1914)
- Irina Sebrova, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
- April 6
- Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician, President of Tunisia (b. 1903)
- Mohammad Ali Fardin, Iranian film director and actor (b. 1931)
- Bertram Forer, American psychologist (b. 1914)
- Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, Ecuadorian cardinal (b. 1912)
- April 7
- Bjarte Birkeland, Norwegian historian (b. 1920)
- Heinz Burt, German-English bassist and singer (b. 1942)
- Masayuki Minami, Japanese volleyball player (b. 1941)
- Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (b. 1921)
- Broery Pesulima, Indonesian singer and actor (b. 1942)
- Werner Rauh, German biologist and botanist (b. 1913)
- Greta Vaillant, French actress and author (b. 1942)
- April 8
- Ibrahim Ahmad, Iraqi-English author (b. 1914)
- Alfredo Alcala, Filipino comic book artist (b. 1925)
- František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1927)
- Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910)
- April 9 – Tony Cliff, English author and activist (b. 1917)
- April 10
- Rabah Bitat, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (b. 1925)
- Arnold Johnson, American actor (b. 1921)
- Peter Jones, English actor (b. 1920)
- Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
- Olappamanna Namboothirippad, Indian poet (b. 1923)
- Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)
- April 11
- André Deutsch, Hungarian-English publisher (b. 1917)
- Salvador Lazo Lazo, Filipino bishop (b. 1918)
- Olav Økern, Norwegian skier (b. 1911)
- Flaminio Piccoli, Italian politician (b. 1915)
- April 12
- Niaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1945)
- Ingemund Bengtsson, Swedish politician (b. 1919)
- David Crighton, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1942)
- Carmen Dillon, English art director and production designer (b. 1908)
- Max Hofmeister, Austrian footballer (b. 1913)
- Christopher Pettiet, American actor (b. 1976)
- April 13
- Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (b. 1916)
- Aivars Gipslis, Latvian chess grandmaster (b. 1937)
- April 14
- Ludwig Durek, Austrian footballer (b. 1921)
- Sebastián Fleitas, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1947)
- Phil Katz, American computer programmer (b. 1962)
- August R. Lindt, Swiss lawyer and diplomat (b. 1905)
- Wilf Mannion, English footballer (b. 1918)
- April 15
- Edward Gorey, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
- Irina Gubanova, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1940)
- April 16
- Domingo Federico, Argentine musician (b. 1916)
- Policarpo Paz García, Honduran politician, Prime Minister of Honduras (b. 1932)
- Putra Jamalullail, Malaysian royal (b. 1920)
- Ossi Kauppi, Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1929)
- Ann Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1959)
- Sherwood Washburn, American anthropologist (b. 1911)
- April 17
- Pyotr Glebov, Russian actor (b. 1915)
- Volodymyr Panteley, Ukrainian runner (b. 1945)
- April 18
- Isaac Berenblum, Israeli biochemist (b. 1903)
- Tony Frank, American actor (b. 1943)
- Martin Mailman, American composer (b. 1932)
- April 19
- Louis Applebaum, Canadian film composer (b. 1918)
- Kyung-Chik Han, South Korean pastor (b. 1902)
- Grigor Khanjyan, Armenian artist (b. 1926)
- Chang Kyou-chul, South Korean boxer (b. 1946)
- Krum Milev, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1915)
- Candace Newmaker, American child abuse victim (b. 1989)
- Sergey Zalygin, Russian author (b. 1913)
- April 20
- Philip Childs Keenan, American astronomer (b. 1908)
- Antra Liedskalniņa, Latvian actress (b. 1930)
- April 21
- Gunther Gerzso, Mexican painter (b. 1915)
- Susan Stephen, English actress (b. 1931)
- Nigar Sultana, Indian actress (b. 1932)
- April 22
- Arnt Eliassen, Norwegian meteorologist (b. 1915)
- Toon Hermans, Dutch comedian and singer (b. 1916)
- Taketani Mitsuo, Japanese theoretical physicist (b. 1911)
- Margaret Singana, South African musician (b. 1938)
- April 23
- Gustavo Mohme Llona, Peruvian engineer and politician (b. 1930)
- Shigeru Sugiura, Japanese manga artist (b. 1908)
- Al Zampa, American engineer (b. 1905)
- April 24
- Derek Allhusen, English equestrian (b. 1914)
- John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1934)
- Ulla Isaksson, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- George Volkoff, Russian-Canadian physicist and academic (b. 1914)
- April 25
- Niels Viggo Bentzon, Danish composer and pianist (b. 1919)
- Lucien Le Cam, French mathematician and statistician (b. 1924)
- Richard Carr, Indian field hockey player (b. 1911)
- Policarpo Paz García, Honduran military leader and politician, President of Honduras (b. 1932)
- Alla Larionova, Russian actress (b. 1931)
- David Merrick, American theatre producer (b. 1911)
- Franjo Rupnik, Croatian footballer (b. 1921)
- Rita Vittadini, Italian gymnast (b. 1914)
- April 26
- Gregory Gillespie, American painter (b. 1936)
- Len Smith, Australian rugby player (b. 1918)
- April 27
- C. R. Boxer, English historian (b. 1904)
- Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer and actress (b. 1954)
- April 28
- Kim Borg, German composer (b. 1919)
- Arthur Dake, American chess player (b. 1910)
- Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish physician and politician (b. 1925)
- Federico Brito Figueroa, Mexican historian and anthropologist (b. 1921)
- Penelope Fitzgerald, English author (b. 1916)
- Sergey Khristianovich, Russian scientist (b. 1908)
- April 29
- Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1906)
- Jonah Jones, American trumpeter (b. 1909)
- Antonio Buero Vallejo, Spanish playwright (b. 1916)
- Italo Zingarelli, Italian film producer (b. 1930)
- April 30
- Vasilis Georgiadis, Greek film director and actor (b. 1921)
- Poul Hartling, Danish diplomat and politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1914)
- Marjorie Noël, French singer (b. 1945)
- Richard Tsimba, Zimbabwean rugby player (b. 1965)
- Leon Vandaele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1933)
May 2000
edit- May 1
- Cláudio de Pinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
- Steve Reeves, American actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926)
- Nora Swinburne, English actress (b. 1902)
- Gérard Théberge, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1930)
- May 2
- Laurie C. Battle, American politician (b. 1912)
- Teri Thornton, American singer (b. 1934)
- May 3
- Lewis Allen, English film director (b. 1905)
- Richard Friederich Arens, German-American mathematician (b. 1919)
- Mamuka Kikaleishvili, Georgian actor (b. 1960)
- Yoshinao Nakada, Japanese composer (b. 1923)
- John O'Connor, American archbishop and cardinal (b. 1920)
- Shakuntala Paranjpye, Indian author and politician (b. 1906)
- Jon Vincent, American pornographic actor (b. 1962)
- May 4
- Aleksandr Akhiezer, Russian theoretical physicist (b. 1911)
- Hendrik Casimir, Dutch physicist (b. 1909)
- Humberto Donoso, Chilean footballer (b. 1938)
- Veronica Foster, Canadian cultural figure (b. 1922)
- May 5
- Edward Ashley-Cooper, Australian actor (b. 1906)
- Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
- Jan Firbas, Czech linguist (b. 1921)
- May 6
- Eleazar Jiménez, Cuban chess player (b. 1928)
- Les Moore, Saint Kitts and Nevis politician (b. 1939)
- Jean Tricart, French geomorphologist (b. 1920)
- John Clive Ward, English-Australian physicist (b. 1924)
- May 7
- Dov Bar-Nir, Belgian-Israeli politician (b. 1911)
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American actor (b. 1909)
- José Luis López de Lacalle, Spanish journalist and trade unionist (b. 1938)
- May 8
- May 9
- György Csordás, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1928)
- Arthur Davis, American animator (b. 1905)
- Todor Krastev, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1945)
- May 10
- Raymond Eddé, Lebanese politician (b. 1913)
- Kiyoshi Kuromiya, American activist (b. 1943)
- Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (b. 1954)
- Dick Sprang, American comic book artist (b. 1915)
- Craig Stevens, American actor (b. 1918)
- May 11
- David Bretherton, American film editor (b. 1924)
- Yevgeny Kungurtsev, Russian pilot (b. 1921)
- René Muñoz, Cuban actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
- Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (b. 1907)
- May 12
- Adelaida Avagyan, Armenian physician (b. 1924)
- Adam Petty, American racing driver (b. 1980)
- May 13
- Paul Bartel, American actor and film director (b. 1938)
- Olivier Greif, French composer (b. 1950)
- Akira Nozawa, Japanese footballer (b. 1914)
- Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1951)
- Cesare Valletti, Italian opera singer (b. 1922)
- May 14
- Urda Arneberg, Norwegian actress (b. 1929)
- Garrett Eckbo, American architect (b. 1910)
- Keizō Obuchi, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
- Karl Shapiro, American poet (b. 1913)
- May 15
- Alfred Kuchevsky, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
- Gösta Prüzelius, Swedish actor (b. 1922)
- May 16
- Frido Frey, American basketball player (b. 1921)
- Petter Hugsted, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1921)
- Andrzej Szczypiorski, Polish author and politician (b. 1928)
- May 17
- Donald Coggan, English archbishop (b. 1909)
- Hümeyra Hanımsultan, Turkish princess (b. 1917)
- Ellis Kohs, American composer and author (b. 1916)
- Elsie Lessa, Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1912)
- Angelina Stepanova, Russian actress (b. 1905)
- May 18 – Domingos da Guia, Brazilian footballer (b. 1912)
- May 19 – Lee Brewster, American drag queen and activist (b. 1943)
- May 20
- Adelaide Aglietta, Italian politician (b. 1940)
- Charles Antenen, Swiss footballer (b. 1929)
- Edward Bernds, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1905)
- Loyd Jowers, American restaurateur (b. 1926)
- Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1933)
- Roberto Meléndez, Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1912)
- Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flautist (b. 1922)
- Malik Sealy, American basketball player (b. 1970)
- May 21
- Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)
- John Gielgud, English actor (b. 1904)
- Mark R. Hughes, American businessman (b. 1956)
- Erich Mielke, German police officer (b. 1907)
- Zhao Puchu, Chinese religious leader and calligrapher (b. 1907)
- Mahmoud Zuabi, Syrian politician, Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1935)
- May 22
- Krzysztof Boruń, Polish physicist and journalist (b. 1923)
- Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej, Indian businessman (b. 1912)
- Bahadoor Kunjalu, Indian actor and comedian (b. 1930)
- José Rafael Molina Ureña, Dominican Republican politician, President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1921)
- May 23 – Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian royal (b. 1932)
- May 24
- Kurt Schork, American journalist (b. 1947)
- Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet (b. 1919)
- Oleg Yefremov, Russian actor and producer (b. 1927)
- May 25
- Nicholas Clay, English actor (b. 1946)
- Francis Lederer, French actor (b. 1899)
- May 26
- Shimson Kleuger, Polish holocaust survivor (b. 1925)
- William McCaughey, American sound engineer (b. 1929)
- Max Schellenberg, Swiss cyclist (b. 1927)
- Samuel A. Taylor, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- So Yamamura, Japanese actor and film director (b. 1910)
- May 27
- Inga Abel, German actress (b. 1946)
- Gonzalo Dampierre, Spanish royal (b. 1937)
- Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer and fighter pilot (b. 1912)
- Murray MacLehose, Scottish politician and diplomat (b. 1917)
- Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. 1921)
- May 28
- George Irving Bell, American physicist and biologist (b. 1926)
- Donald Davies, Welsh computer scientist (b. 1924)
- Vincentas Sladkevičius, Lithuanian cardinal (b. 1920)
- May 29 – Anthony Spinelli, American pornographic film director and actor (b. 1927)
- May 30
- Tex Beneke, American saxophonist and singer (b. 1914)
- Bob Casey Sr., American politician (b. 1932)
- Doris Hare, Welsh actress (b. 1905)
- Bill Thomas, American costume designer (b. 1921)
- May 31
- Erich Kähler, German mathematician (b. 1906)
- Petar Mladenov, Bulgarian diplomat and politician, President of Bulgaria (b. 1936)
- Nikolaos Oikonomides, Greek-Canadian byzantinist (b. 1934)
- Rodolfo Pini, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1926)
- Tito Puente, American musician (b. 1923)
- Joe Puma, American guitarist (b. 1937)
- Walter Sparrow, English actor (b. 1927)
- Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b. 1934)
June 2000
edit- June 1
- Edgar Z. Friedenberg, American-Canadian scholar (b. 1921)
- Eliasz Kuziemski, Polish actor (b. 1922)
- June 2
- Zamenga Batukezanga, Congolese author (b. 1933)
- Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist and politician (b. 1927)
- Martin Hanley, South African cricketer (b. 1918)
- Mikhail Schweitzer, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- Lepo Sumera, Estonian composer (b. 1950)
- Gerald James Whitrow, English mathematician and cosmologist (b. 1912)
- June 3
- Leonard Baskin, American sculptor (b. 1922)
- Nevena Kokanova, Bulgarian actress (b. 1938)
- Merton Miller, American economist and academic (b. 1923)
- William E. Simon, American politician and businessman (b. 1927)
- June 4
- Jeanne Hersch, Swiss philosopher (b. 1910)
- Takashi Kano, Japanese footballer (b. 1920)
- Cyril Offord, English mathematician (b. 1906)
- Hiroji Satoh, Japanese table tennis player (b. 1925)
- Paul Zoungrana, Burkinabé cardinal (b. 1917)
- June 5
- João Nogueira, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1941)
- Franco Rossi, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1919)
- June 6
- Frédéric Dard, French author (b. 1921)
- Houshang Golshiri, Iranian author and critic (b. 1938)
- Arnie Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1920)
- Håkan Lidman, Swedish hurdler (b. 1915)
- Maria Laura Mainetti, Italian religious sister (b. 1939)
- June 7
- Ido Cattaneo, Italian skier (b. 1905)
- Ljubiša Savić, Bosnian commander and politician (b. 1958)
- June 8
- Lucy Cranwell, New Zealand botanist (b. 1907)
- Norman A. Erbe, American politician (b. 1919)
- Kermit Roosevelt Jr., American intelligence officer (b. 1916)
- Teuvo Tulio, Finnish film director and actor (b. 1912)
- June 9
- John Abramovic, American basketball player (b. 1919)
- Shay Brennan, Irish footballer (b. 1937)
- Ernst Jandl, Austrian author and poet (b. 1925)
- Jacob Lawrence, American painter (b. 1917)
- Amédée Rolland, French cyclist (b. 1914)
- George Segal, American artist (b. 1924)
- Alfred Weidenmann, German film director and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- June 10
- Hafez al-Assad, Syrian politician and general, President of Syria (b. 1930)
- Rômulo Arantes, Brazilian swimmer (b. 1957)
- Haim Cohen-Meguri, Israeli politician (b. 1913)
- Jack Hoobin, Australian cyclist (b. 1927)
- William McMillan, American sport shooter (b. 1929)
- Frank Patterson, Irish opera singer (b. 1938)
- Brian Statham, English cricketer (b. 1930)
- June 11
- Lew Gallo, American actor and television producer (b. 1928)
- Karl-Heinz Holze, German footballer (b. 1930)
- Elizabeth Lawrence, American actress (b. 1922)
- Ruth Rubin, Canadian-American folklorist and singer (b. 1906)
- Claus Westermann, German scholar (b. 1909)
- June 12
- Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian author and actor (b. 1919)
- Carlo Lenci, Italian footballer (b. 1928)
- Bruno Martino, Italian composer and pianist (b. 1925)
- June 13
- Gustavo Albella, Argentine footballer (b. 1925)
- Mona Bruns, American actress (b. 1899)
- Robert Dienst, Austrian footballer (b. 1928)
- Yefim Gamburg, Russian animator (b. 1925)
- Ágnes Ságvári, Hungarian historian (b. 1928)
- June 14
- Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (b. 1911)
- Paul Griffin, American pianist (b. 1937)
- Robert Trent Jones, English-American golf course architect (b. 1906)
- Elsie Widdowson, English chemist and nutritionist (b. 1906)
- June 15
- Arkady Boytsov, Russian fighter pilot (b. 1923)
- Heinrich Fichtenau, Austrian medievalist (b. 1912)
- Grigori Gorin, Russian playwright (b. 1940)
- Jules Roy, Algerian-French author (b. 1907)
- Mîna Urgan, Turkish academic and translator (b. 1916)
- Alfred Vreven, Belgian politician (b. 1937)
- June 16
- Elvin A. Kabat, American microbiologist (b. 1914)
- Empress Nagako Japanese empress (b. 1903)
- Mike Silliman, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- June 17
- Bill Dodgin Jr., English footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- Juozas Jagelavičius, Lithuanian rower (b. 1939)
- Alex Moir, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1919)
- André Vacheresse, French basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
- June 18
- Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)
- Boris Vasilyev, Russian cyclist (b. 1937)
- June 19
- Mary Benson, South African activist and author (b. 1919)
- Tokuji Iida, Japanese baseball player (b. 1924)
- Noboru Takeshita, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1924)
- June 20 – Carlota O'Neill, Spanish author and journalist (b. 1905)
- June 21
- Ion Alecsandrescu, Romanian footballer (b. 1928)
- Ronny Coutteure, Belgian actor (b. 1951)
- Alan Hovhaness, American composer (b. 1911)
- Günther Sabetzki, German ice hockey executive (b. 1915)
- June 22
- Philippe Chatrier, French tennis player (b. 1926)
- Michel Droit, French author and journalist (b. 1923)
- Osamu Takizawa, Japanese actor (b. 1906)
- June 23
- Geng Biao, Chinese politician (b. 1909)
- Enrico Cuccia, Italian banker (b. 1907)
- Peter Dubovský, Slovakian footballer (b. 1972)
- Jerónimo Podestá, Argentine bishop (b. 1920)
- Jerome Richardson, American musician (b. 1920)
- June 24
- Vera Atkins, Romanian-English intelligence officer (b. 1908)
- Rodrigo Bueno, Argentine singer (b. 1973)
- Vintilă Cossini, Romanian footballer (b. 1913)
- Mike Todorovich, American basketball player and coach (b. 1923)
- David Tomlinson, English actor (b. 1917)
- June 25
- Nikolay Ozolin, Russian pole vaulter (b. 1906)
- Wilson Simonal, Brazilian singer (b. 1938)
- Pascal Themanlys, French-Israeli poet (b. 1909)
- Judith Wright, Australian poet and environmentalist (b. 1915)
- June 26
- Pier Carpi, Italian author and film director (b. 1940)
- Stig Engström, Swedish graphic designer (b. 1934)
- Corneliu Mănescu, Romanian diplomat (b. 1916)
- Arne Thomas Olsen, Norwegian actor and theatre director (b. 1909)
- Logan Ramsey, American actor (b. 1921)
- Avraham Yosef Shapira, Israeli politician (b. 1921)
- June 27
- Tove Jansson, Finnish author and artist (b. 1914)
- Gerhard Pfeiffer, German chess player (b. 1923)
- Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
- June 28
- Nils Poppe, Swedish actor and comedian (b. 1908)
- Józef Tischner, Polish priest and philosopher (b. 1931)
- June 29
- John Abineri, English actor (b. 1928)
- Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- Germaine Montero, French singer and actress (b. 1909)
- Rodney Nuckey, English racing driver (b. 1929)
- June 30
- Robert L. Manahan, American voice actor and sound engineer (b. 1956)
- Vahé Oshagan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1922)
- Layeq Sherali, Tajikistani poet and iranologist (b. 1941)
- Nikolai Yeremenko Sr., Belarusian actor (b. 1926)
July 2000
edit- July 1
- Ray Forster, New Zealand arachnologist and museum director (b. 1922)
- Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan, French philanthropist (b. 1906)
- Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920)
- Pierre Petit, French composer (b. 1922)
- Zeyyat Selimoğlu, Turkish author and translator (b. 1922)
- Amanda Varela, Argentine actress (b. 1911)
- July 2
- Mina Aoe, Japanese singer (b. 1941)
- Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcyclist (b. 1952)
- Georgi Tringov, Bulgarian chess grandmaster (b. 1937)
- July 3
- James Grogan, American figure skater (b. 1931)
- André Guinier, French physicist (b. 1911)
- Paul G. Hatfield, American politician (b. 1928)
- John Hejduk, American architect (b. 1929)
- Enric Miralles, Spanish architect (b. 1955)
- Harold Nicholas, American dancer (b. 1921)
- Kemal Sunal, Turkish actor (b. 1944)
- July 4
- Donald Blessing, American rower (b. 1905)
- Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Polish author and journalist (b. 1919)
- Allan Fakir, Pakistani singer (b. 1932)
- Halil Kaya, Turkish wrestler (b. 1920)
- Yuri Klinskikh, Russian musician (b. 1964)
- Marina Kroschina, Ukrainian tennis player (b. 1953)
- Vladimír Ráž, Czech actor (b. 1923)
- Shōji Ueda, Japanese photographer (b. 1913)
- July 5
- Edgar Cardoso, Portuguese engineer (b. 1913)
- Mehrangiz Manouchehrian, Iranian politician (b. 1906)
- Dorino Serafini, Italian racing driver (b. 1909)
- Jos Wohlfart, Luxembourgian politician (b. 1920)
- July 6
- Miervaldis Birze, Latvian author (b. 1921)
- Lazar Koliševski, Macedonian politician, President of Yugoslavia (b. 1914)
- Akira Miyazawa, Japanese saxophonist and clarinetist (b. 1927)
- Ľudovít Rajter, Slovakian-Hungarian composer and conductor (b. 1906)
- Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911)
- July 7
- Kenny Irwin Jr., American racing driver (b. 1969)
- Ursula Kuczynski, German activist and spy (b. 1907)
- William J. Randall, American politician (b. 1909)
- Johann Urbanek, Austrian footballer (b. 1910)
- July 8 – Fereidoun M. Esfandiary, Iranian-American philosopher (b. 1930)
- July 9
- Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
- Henri Gault, French journalist (b. 1929)
- Herbert Hunger, Austrian historian and scholar (b. 1914)
- July 10
- Gertrud Arndt, German photographer (b. 1903)
- Conrad McRae, American basketball player (b. 1971)
- Justin Pierce, English-American actor and skateboarder (b. 1975)
- Sarah Mary Taylor, American quiltmaker (b. 1916)
- July 11
- Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah, Indian politician (b. 1916)
- Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and author (b. 1913)
- Robert Runcie, English archbishop (b. 1921)
- July 12
- Al Butler, American basketball player (b. 1938)
- Tomislav Karađorđević, Yugoslavian royal (b. 1928)
- July 13
- A. D. Hope, Australian poet and author (b. 1907)
- Jan Karski, Polish resistance fighter (b. 1914)
- Indira Sant, Indian poet (b. 1914)
- July 14
- Pepo Boettiger, Chilean cartoonist (b. 1911)
- Meredith MacRae, American actress and singer (b. 1944)
- Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist and politician (b. 1901)
- July 15
- Juan Filloy, Argentine author (b. 1894)
- Leo Hoegh, American politician (b. 1906)
- John Pastore, American politician (b. 1907)
- Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer (b. 1925)
- Kalle Svensson, Swedish footballer (b. 1925)
- Paul Young, English singer (b. 1947)
- July 16
- Igor Domnikov, Russian journalist (b. 1959)
- György Petri, Hungarian poet (b. 1943)
- Barbosa Lima Sobrinho, Brazilian author and politician (b. 1897)
- Jean Vercoutter, French egyptologist (b. 1911)
- William Foote Whyte, American sociologist (b. 1914)
- July 17
- Pascale Audret, French actress (b. 1935)
- Zhao Lirong, Chinese singer and actress (b. 1928)
- Aligi Sassu, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
- July 18
- René Chocat, French basketball player (b. 1920)
- Roberto Contreras, American actor (b. 1928)
- Paul Coverdell, American politician (b. 1939)
- Enrique de Gandía, Argentine historian and author (b. 1906)
- Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Spanish architect (b. 1918)
- José Ángel Valente, Spanish poet (b. 1929)
- July 19
- James B. Clark, American film director and editor (b. 1908)
- Kamala Das Gupta, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1907)
- July 20
- Eladio Dieste, Uruguayan engineer and architect (b. 1917)
- Eyvind Earle, American artist (b. 1916)
- Joseph F. Enright, American submarine commander (b. 1910)
- Roberto Suárez Gómez, Bolivian drug lord (b. 1932)
- Robert Harvey, South African cricketer (b. 1911)
- Gregory Hill, American author (b. 1941)
- Béla Rajki, Hungarian swimming coach and water polo coach (b. 1909)
- Åke Senning, Swedish surgeon (b. 1915)
- July 21
- Vladimir Bagirov, Russian-Latvian chess grandmaster (b. 1936)
- Constanze Engelbrecht, German actress (b. 1950)
- Iain Hamilton, Scottish composer (b. 1922)
- Frank Miller, Canadian politician (b. 1927)
- Stanojlo Rajičić, Serbian composer and musicologist (b. 1910)
- Yoshio Watanabe, Japanese photographer (b. 1907)
- Hirofumi Yamashita, Japanese ichthyologist and environmentalist (b. 1934)
- July 22
- Eric Christmas, English actor (b. 1916)
- Teleco Fernandes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1913)
- Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist (b. 1920)
- Claude Sautet, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- July 23
- Basil Acres, English footballer (b. 1926)
- Johannes Dyba, German bishop (b. 1929)
- Ralph Evans, American sailor (b. 1924)
- Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (b. 1925)
- Oiva Lommi, Finnish rower (b. 1922)
- Yuki Ogura, Japanese painter (b. 1895)
- Kao Pao-shu, Chinese actress and film director (b. 1932)
- Mars Rafikov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1933)
- Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet and journalist (b. 1925)
- Novak Tomić, Serbian footballer (b. 1936)
- July 24
- Anatoli Firsov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1941)
- Pierre Hardy, French sport shooter (b. 1907)
- Oscar Shumsky, American violinist and conductor (b. 1917)
- George Wood, American actor (b. 1919)
- July 25
- Rudi Faßnacht, German football manager (b. 1934)
- Christian Marty, French pilot (b. 1946)
- Julia Pirotte, Polish photojournalist (b. 1908)
- July 26
- Dalkhan Khozhaev, Chechen historian and brigadier general (b. 1961)
- John Tukey, American mathematician (b. 1915)
- Don Weis, American film director (b. 1922)
- July 27
- Virginia Admiral, American painter (b. 1915)
- Val Dufour, American actor (b. 1927)
- Constance Stuart Larrabee, English photographer (b. 1914)
- Gordon Solie, American professional wrestling commentator (b. 1929)
- Zbigniew Żupnik, Polish painter (b. 1951)
- July 28
- Jaime Cardriche, American actor (b. 1968)
- Abraham Pais, American physicist (b. 1918)
- Chic Stone, American comic book artist (b. 1923)
- July 29
- Kobie Coetsee, South African politician (b. 1931)
- René Favaloro, Argentinian cardiologist (b. 1923)
- Åke Hodell, Swedish fighter pilot and poet (b. 1919)
- July 30
- Nan Leslie, American actress (b. 1926)
- Max Showalter, American actor and composer (b. 1917)
- July 31
- István Gulyás, Hungarian tennis player (b. 1931)
- Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1918)
- Lars Jansson, Finnish author and cartoonist (b. 1926)
- William Keepers Maxwell Jr., American editor and author (b. 1908)
- Thomas Wolff, American mathematician (b. 1954)
August 2000
edit- August 1
- Ali Sardar Jafri, Indian author (b. 1913)
- Louis-Henry Lemirre, French archer (b. 1929)
- Steve McCrory, American boxer (b. 1964)
- Benedetto Pola, Italian cyclist (b. 1915)
- Joseph Robert Sealy, English botanist (b. 1907)
- Galina Sergeyeva, Russian actress (b. 1914)
- Anatoly Zinevich, Russian-Armenian general lieutenant (b. 1932)
- August 2
- Patricia Moyes, English author (b. 1923)
- Simon Stefani, Albanian politician (b. 1929)
- August 3
- Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player (b. 1921)
- Mirian Tsalkalamanidze, Georgian wrestler (b. 1927)
- August 4
- John Joseph Graham, American bishop (b. 1913)
- Marcos G. McGrath, Panamanian-American archbishop (b. 1924)
- Michael Szwarc, English-American chemist (b. 1909)
- Halyna Zubchenko, Ukrainian painter (b. 1929)
- August 5
- Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (b. 1911)
- Alec Guinness, English actor (b. 1914)
- Emin Khachaturian, Armenian conductor and composer (b. 1930)
- Fish Markham, South African cricketer (b. 1924)
- Dudley Randall, American poet and publisher (b. 1914)
- August 6
- Robin Day, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1923)
- Michael Joseph Kaniecki, American bishop (b. 1935)
- Max Phipps, Australian actor (b. 1939)
- Raúl Sanguineti, Argentine chess grandmaster (b. 1933)
- Arthur Harold Stone, English mathematician (b. 1916)
- Joan Trimble, Irish composer and pianist (b. 1915)
- August 7
- Samuel Akpabot, Nigerian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1932)
- Stig Håkansson, Swedish sprinter and long jumper (b. 1918)
- Georges Matheron, French mathematician (b. 1930)
- Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, Finnish sprinter (b. 1951)
- Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, Scottish-American philanthropist (b. 1912)
- August 8
- Jess Barker, American actor (b. 1912)
- Luigi Bonos, Italian comedian and actor (b. 1910)
- Živorad Jevtić, Serbian footballer (b. 1943)
- S. Nijalingappa, Indian politician (b. 1902)
- Banja Tejan-Sie, Sierra Leonean politician (b. 1917)
- Harry D. Thiers, American mycologist (b. 1919)
- August 9
- John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist (b. 1920)
- Louis Nucéra, French author (b. 1928)
- Vitaliy Starukhin, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1949)
- Herb Thomas, American racing driver (b. 1923)
- Lewis Wilson, American actor (b. 1920)
- August 10
- Suzanne Danco, Belgian opera singer (b. 1911)
- Joan Marsh, American actress (b. 1913)
- Tibor Mezőfi, Hungarian basketball player (b. 1926)
- Gilbert Parkhouse, Welsh cricketer (b. 1925)
- Rita Trapanese, Italian figure skater (b. 1951)
- August 11
- Paidi Jairaj, Indian actor (b. 1909)
- Serge Lebovici, French psychiatrist (b. 1915)
- Talal Maddah, Saudi Arabian musician and composer (b. 1940)
- Usha Mehta, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1920)
- Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)
- Constantin Zureiq, Syrian historian and politician (b. 1909)
- August 12
- Eliyahu Ben-Elissar, Israeli politician and diplomat (b. 1932)
- Jean Carzou, French-Armenian artist (b. 1907)
- Loretta Young, American actress (b. 1913)
- August 13 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani singer (b. 1965)
- August 14
- Walter Benton, American saxophonist (b. 1930)
- Alain Fournier, French-Canadian computer scientist (b. 1943)
- Vera Nikolaevna Maslennikova, Russian mathematician (b. 1926)
- Cuan McCarthy, South African cricketer (b. 1929)
- Alfred Rieck, German rower (b. 1914)
- Bernice Giduz Schubert, American botanist (b. 1913)
- August 15
- T. A. Sarasvati Amma, Indian mathematician and scholar (b. 1918)
- Ulla Barding-Poulsen, Danish fencer (b. 1912)
- Ena Begović, Croatian actress (b. 1960)
- Vasilis Efraimidis, Greek journalist and politician (b. 1915)
- James Flynn, American fencer (b. 1907)
- Eduardo Luján Manera, Argentine footballer (b. 1944)
- Denis Marion, Belgian journalist (b. 1906)
- Edward Craven Walker, English inventor (b. 1918)
- Lancelot Ware, English barrister and biochemist (b. 1915)
- August 16
- Renu Saluja, Indian film editor (b. 1952)
- Thomas Ypsilantis, American physicist (b. 1928)
- August 17
- Erich Borchmeyer, German athlete (b. 1905)
- Franco Donatoni, Italian composer (b. 1927)
- Robert R. Gilruth, American aerospace engineer (b. 1913)
- Stephan Körner, Czech-English philosopher (b. 1913)
- Evert Nyberg, Swedish runner (b. 1925)
- Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen, German naval commander (b. 1913)
- August 18
- Claire Epstein, Israeli archaeologist (b. 1911)
- Maurice Evans, English footballer and manager (b. 1916)
- Ola Rotimi, Nigerian playwright and theatre director (b. 1938)
- August 19
- D. G. Champernowne, English economist and mathematician (b. 1912)
- Luce Fabbri, Italian author and publisher (b. 1908)
- Harry Oppenheimer, South African businessman (b. 1908)
- Lee Sholem, American film director (b. 1913)
- August 20
- Bunny Austin, English tennis player (b. 1906)
- Henri Theil, Dutch econometrician (b. 1924)
- August 21
- John Hayes, American film director (b. 1930)
- Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)
- Giuseppe Medici, Italian politician and economist (b. 1907)
- Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer (b. 1928)
- August 22
- Abulfaz Elchibey, Azerbaijani politician, President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)
- Toru Tanaka, American professional wrestler and actor (b. 1930)
- August 23
- Betty Blue, American model and actress (b. 1931)
- Patricia Jones, Canadian sprinter (b. 1930)
- Dindo Yogo, Congolese singer (b. 1955)
- August 24
- Andy Hug, Swiss karateka and kickboxer (b. 1964)
- Bob McPhail, Scottish footballer (b. 1905)
- Tatiana Riabouchinska, Russian-American ballerina (b. 1917)
- August 25
- Leo Barnhorst, American basketball player (b. 1924)
- Carl Barks, American cartoonist and screenwriter (b. 1901)
- Frederick C. Bock, American pilot (b. 1918)
- Jack Nitzsche, American musician and film composer (b. 1937)
- Valeriy Priyomykhov, Russian actor (b. 1943)
- Ginetta Sagan, Italian-American activist (b. 1925)
- Ivan Stambolić, Serbian politician (b. 1936)
- Amalia de la Vega, Uruguayan singer (b. 1919)
- August 26
- Bunny Austin, English tennis player (b. 1906)
- Odette Joyeux, French actress and playwright (b. 1914)
- Lynden Pindling, Bahamian politician, Prime Minister of the Bahamas (b. 1930)
- Wojciech Żukrowski, Polish author and poet (b. 1916)
- August 27 – Joseph Lloyd Hogan, American bishop (b. 1916)
- August 28
- Knut Holmqvist, Swedish sport shooter (b. 1918)
- Léa Roback, Canadian trade unionist (b. 1903)
- August 29
- Shelagh Fraser, English actress (b. 1920)
- Rose Hobart, American actress (b. 1906)
- Conrad Marca-Relli, American artist (b. 1913)
- Eugen Rupf, Swiss footballer (b. 1914)
- Marko Todorović, Serbian actor (b. 1929)
- Alessandra Melucco Vaccaro, Italian historian and archaeologist (b. 1940)
- August 30
- David Haskell, American actor and singer (b. 1948)
- Joseph H. Lewis, American film director (b. 1907)
- August 31
- Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (b. 1912)
- Joan Hartigan, Australian tennis player (b. 1912)
- Saunders King, American guitarist and singer (b. 1909)
- Patricia Owens, Canadian-American actress (b. 1925)
- Yisha'ayahu Schwager, Polish-Israeli footballer (b. 1946)
- John Alexander Simpson, American physicist (b. 1916)
- Euan Uglow, English painter (b. 1932)
September 2000
edit- September 1 – Barbara Brooke, English politician (b. 1908)
- September 2
- Vicente Asensi, Spanish footballer (b. 1919)
- Heinz Harmel, German nazi general (b. 1906)
- Jean Speegle Howard, American actress (b. 1927)
- Curt Siodmak, American author and screenwriter (b. 1902)
- September 3
- Asaf Abdrakhmanov, Russian naval officer (b. 1918)
- Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
- Clodomiro Cortoni, Argentine cyclist (b. 1923)
- Indriði G. Þorsteinsson, Icelandic author (b. 1926)
- September 4
- Augusto Vargas Alzamora, Peruvian cardinal and archbishop (b. 1922)
- David Brown, American musician (b. 1947)
- Jack Fjeldstad, Norwegian actor and stage producer (b. 1915)
- Mihály Mayer, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1933)
- Mohammed Mukri, Indian actor (b. 1922)
- Antonio Ruberti, Italian politician and engineer (b. 1927)
- Mary Shepard, English illustrator (b. 1909)
- September 5
- Carlo M. Cipolla, Italian historian (b. 1922)
- Roy Fredericks, Guyanese cricketer (b. 1942)
- George Musso, American football player (b. 1910)
- September 6
- Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general (b. 1918)
- Nino Ramishvili, Georgian dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)
- Jürgen Schütze, German cyclist (b. 1951)
- Aleksander Skiba, Polish volleyball player (b. 1945)
- Jiří Sovák, Czech actor (b. 1920)
- Roger Verey, Polish rower (b. 1912)
- September 7
- Genia Berger, Israeli artist (b. 1907)
- Eigil Nielsen, Danish footballer (b. 1918)
- Gian Luigi Polidoro, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- September 8
- Otto K. Lind, Danish general (b. 1920)
- August Lütke-Westhüs, German equestrian (b. 1926)
- Carlos Castillo Peraza, Mexican politician and journalist (b. 1947)
- Raul Roulien, Brazilian actor and singer (b. 1904)
- September 9
- Herbert Friedman, American engineer (b. 1916)
- Veerasamy Ringadoo, Mauritian politician, President of Mauritius (b. 1920)
- September 10
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani author and journalist (b. 1918)
- William Nierenberg, American physicist (b. 1919)
- September 11
- Joe Dale, English footballer (b. 1921)
- Ham Heung-chul, South Korean footballer and manager (b. 1930)
- Martin James Monti, American pilot (b. 1921)
- September 12
- Konrad Kujau, German illustrator and forger (b. 1938)
- Gary Olsen, English actor (b. 1957)
- Alfredo Pasotti, Italian cyclist (b. 1925)
- Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
- Václav Vojta, Czech-German physician (b. 1917)
- September 13
- Jānis Gilis, Latvian footballer and manager (b. 1943)
- Rolf Kauka, German-American cartoonist (b. 1931)
- Duane Swanson, American basketball player (b. 1913)
- Pedro Morales Torres, Chilean football manager (b. 1932)
- September 14
- Françoise Brauner, Austrian-French pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1911)
- George Christopher, Greek-American politician (b. 1907)
- Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish author and political activist (b. 1906)
- Igor Luzhkovsky, Russian swimmer (b. 1938)
- Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
- Hwang Sun-won, South Korean author and poet (b. 1915)
- September 15
- Dino Ferrari, Italian painter (b. 1914)
- David Flusser, Israeli historian and academic (b. 1917)
- Harmar Nicholls, English politician (b. 1912)
- September 16
- Alexandra Petrova, Russian model (b. 1980)
- David Shallon, Israeli conductor (b. 1950)
- Dharma Vira, Indian politician (b. 1906)
- September 17
- Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and film director (b. 1969)
- Dem Rădulescu, Romanian actor and academic (b. 1931)
- Bakht Singh, Indian evangelist (b. 1903)
- Paula Yates, Welsh television presenter (b. 1959)
- September 18 – Chen Yuefang, Chinese basketball player (b. 1963)
- September 19
- Joseph Epes Brown, American scholar (b. 1920)
- Ann Doran, American actress (b. 1911)
- Fulvio Mingozzi, Italian actor (b. 1925)
- Karl Robatsch, Austrian chess player and botanist (b. 1929)
- Gloria Talbott, American actress (b. 1931)
- September 20
- Jeanloup Sieff, French photographer (b. 1933)
- Stanislav Stratiev, Bulgarian playwright and screenwriter (b. 1941)
- Gherman Titov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- September 21
- Robert Wright Campbell, American screenwriter and author (b. 1927)
- John Egerton, English aristocrat (b. 1915)
- Bengt Hambraeus, Swedish-Canadian organist and composer (b. 1928)
- Iskandar Khatloni, Tajikistani journalist (b. 1954)
- Ognjen Petrović, Serbian footballer (b. 1948)
- Leonid Rogozov, Russian surgeon (b. 1934)
- Frederic Seaman, Indian field hockey player (b. 1906)
- September 22
- Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (b. 1924)
- Vincenzo Fagiolo, Italian cardinal (b. 1918)
- Dov Feigin, Israeli sculptor (b. 1907)
- Alexei Kostrikin, Russian mathematician (b. 1929)
- Saburō Sakai, Japanese fighter pilot (b. 1916)
- September 23
- Eiichi Kudo, Japanese film director (b. 1929)
- Václav Migas, Czech footballer (b. 1944)
- Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player (b. 1947)
- Carl Rowan, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1925)
- September 24
- Basil Bernstein, English sociologist (b. 1924)
- Jaan Eslon, Estonian-Swedish chess player (b. 1952)
- Marcel Lambert, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
- Jean Malléjac, French cyclist (b. 1929)
- Gabrielle Vincent, Belgian author (b. 1928)
- September 25
- Tokujiro Namikoshi, Japanese massage therapist (b. 1905)
- Heberto Padilla, Cuban poet (b. 1932)
- Tommy Reilly, Canadian-English harmonica player (b. 1919)
- Edy Schmid, Swiss handball player (b. 1911)
- R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (b. 1913)
- September 26
- Jaroslav Cháňa, Czech footballer (b. 1899)
- Paul Gouyon, French cardinal (b. 1910)
- Robert Lax, American poet (b. 1915)
- Aleksandras Lileikis, Lithuanian holocaust perpetrator (b. 1907)
- Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
- Baden Powell, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)
- Carl Sigman, American songwriter (b. 1909)
- September 27
- Isaac Oceja, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1915)
- Oh Yun-kyo, South Korean footballer (b. 1960)
- September 28
- Pote Sarasin, Thai diplomat and politician, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1905)
- Pierre Trudeau, Canadian politician, Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
- September 29
- Paola Levi-Montalcini, Italian painter (b. 1909)
- Vidoje Žarković, Montenegrin politician (b. 1927)
- September 30
- Grégorio Juan Esperón, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1912)
- Zoran Gopčević, Montenegrin water polo player (b. 1955)
- Erno Paasilinna, Finnish author and journalist (b. 1935)
- Mario Valota, Swiss fencer (b. 1918)
- Joseph Weber, American physicist (b. 1919)
- Howard Winstone, Welsh boxer (b. 1939)
October 2000
edit- October 1
- René Coicaud, French fencer (b. 1927)
- Rosie Douglas, Dominican politician, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1941)
- Reginald Kray, English gangster (b. 1933)
- Luciano Storero, Italian archbishop and diplomat (b. 1926)
- October 2
- Nikolai Fedorenko, Russian philologist and orientalist (b. 1912)
- Amadou Karim Gaye, Senegalese politician (b. 1913)
- Richard Liberty, American actor (b. 1932)
- Elek Schwartz, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1908)
- David Tonkin, Australian politician (b. 1929)
- October 3
- Reg Butcher, English footballer (b. 1916)
- Wojciech Has, Polish film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- Benjamin Orr, American singer (b. 1947)
- October 4
- Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Moroccan runner (b. 1929)
- Violeta Friedman, Romanian-Spanish activist and author (b. 1930)
- Tofig Guliyev, Azerbaijani composer and pianist (b. 1917)
- Masaji Iguro, Japanese ski jumper (b. 1913)
- Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician (b. 1914)
- Ludvík Ráža, Czech film director (b. 1929)
- Egano Righi-Lambertini, Italian cardinal (b. 1906)
- Michael Smith, English-Canadian chemist (b. 1932)
- October 5
- Leopold Barschandt, Austrian footballer (b. 1925)
- Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist (b. 1924)
- Ruth Ellis, American activist (b. 1899)
- Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
- Keith Roberts, English author (b. 1935)
- Cuco Sánchez, Mexican musician and actor (b. 1921)
- Annalena Tonelli, Italian activist (b. 1943)
- Sidney R. Yates, American politician (b. 1909)
- October 6
- William Bundy, American attorney and CIA analyst (b. 1917)
- José Cabanis, French author and historian (b. 1922)
- John T. Connor, American politician and businessman (b. 1914)
- Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1920)
- Pat Flowers, American pianist and singer (b. 1917)
- Bernardo González, Spanish cyclist (b. 1969)
- John Keller, American basketball player (b. 1926)
- Per-Olov Löwdin, Swedish physicist (b. 1916)
- K. Gunn McKay, American politician (b. 1925)
- October 7
- Peter Emil Becker, German neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1908)
- Leslie Kish, Hungarian-American statistician (b. 1910)
- Walter Krupinski, German fighter pilot and general (b. 1920)
- October 8
- Vsevolod Larionov, Russian actor (b. 1928)
- Jinzaburo Takagi, Japanese chemist (b. 1938)
- October 9
- Robert Frederick Bennett, American politician (b. 1927)
- David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945)
- Charles Hartshorne, American philosopher (b. 1897)
- Lajos Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b. 1947)
- Leonid Potapov, Russian ethnographer (b. 1905)
- Joseph T. Ryan, American archbishop (b. 1913)
- October 10
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)
- Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer (b. 1905)
- Emile Kuri, Mexican-American set decorator (b. 1907)
- Nikolai Lyashchenko, Russian general (b. 1910)
- Ambrogio Morelli, Italian cyclist (b. 1905)
- Bruce Palmer Jr., American general (b. 1913)
- Bruce Vento, American politician (b. 1940)
- October 11
- Donald Dewar, Scottish politician (b. 1937)
- Hiroshi Inose, Japanese engineer (b. 1927)
- Matija Ljubek, Croatian canoeist (b. 1953)
- Pietro Palazzini, Italian cardinal (b. 1912)
- October 12
- Bruno Koschmider, German entrepreneur (b. 1926)
- Justo Arosemena Lacayo, Colombian sculptor (b. 1929)
- Mary K. Meany, American politician (b. 1897)
- October 13
- Gus Hall, American labor leader and political figure (b. 1910)
- Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926)
- Britt Woodman, American trombonist (b. 1920)
- October 14
- Art Coulter, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1909)
- Abbas Gharabaghi, Iranian general (b. 1918)
- October 15
- Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist (b. 1912)
- Vincent Canby, American critic (b. 1924)
- Rodolfo Sonego, Italian screenwriter (b. 1921)
- October 16
- Mel Carnahan, American politician (b. 1934)
- Antonio Ferrandis, Spanish actor (b. 1921)
- David Golub, American pianist and composer (b. 1950)
- Tito Gómez, Cuban singer (b. 1920))
- Joaquín Gutiérrez, Costa Rican author (b. 1916)
- Rick Jason, American actor (b. 1923)
- October 17
- G. Arthur Cooper, American paleobiologist (b. 1902)
- Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian musician and poet (b. 1964)
- Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1924)
- António Teixeira, Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1930)
- Alfredo Travia, Italian footballer (b. 1924)
- October 18
- Inga Gill, Swedish actress (b. 1925)
- Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)
- Sidney Salkow, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (b. 1925)
- October 19
- Mahir Domi, Albanian linguist and academic (b. 1915)
- Kati Horna, Hungarian-Mexican photojournalist (b. 1912)
- Antonio Maspes, Italian cyclist (b. 1932)
- Leopoldo Savona, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Karl Stein, German mathematician (b. 1913)
- October 20
- Elisa Galvé, Argentine actress (b. 1922)
- Jenny Kastein, Dutch swimmer (b. 1913)
- October 21 – Dirk Jan Struik, Dutch-American mathematician and historian (b. 1894)
- October 22
- Anthony Chinn, Guyanese-English actor (b. 1930)
- Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura, French organist and composer (b. 1912)
- Jean-Luc Mandaba, Central African politician, Prime Minister of Central African Republic (b. 1943)
- October 23
- October 24
- Sitaram Kesri, Indian politician (b. 1919)
- Fereydoon Moshiri, Iranian poet (b. 1926)
- October 25
- Kamran Baghirov, Azerbaijani politician (b. 1933)
- Klaus Bargsten, German u-boat commander (b. 1911)
- Alberto Demiddi, Argentine rower (b. 1944)
- Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese submarine commander (b. 1909)
- Jeanne Lee, American singer and poet (b. 1939)
- October 26
- Muriel Evans, American actress (b. 1910)
- Laila Kinnunen, Finnish singer (b. 1939)
- Jesús Puente, Spanish actor (b. 1930)
- Mike Rawson, English runner (b. 1934)
- October 27
- Lída Baarová, Czech-Austrian actress (b. 1914)
- Walter Berry, Austrian opera singer (b. 1929)
- Stanislav Sventek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1930)
- October 28 – Edith Peters, American singer and actress (b. 1926)
- Georges Poujouly, French actor (b. 1940)
- October 29
- Elisabeth Epp, German actress (b. 1919)
- Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (b. 1912)
- Rolf Hädrich, German film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- October 30
- Steve Allen, American comedian and author (b. 1921)
- Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios, Mexican politician (b. 1927)
- Henri Pichette, French author and poet (b. 1924)
- October 31
- Ikram Antaki, Syrian-Mexican author (b. 1948)
- Ring Lardner Jr., American screenwriter (b. 1915)
- Samuel Pierce, American politician (b. 1922)
- Kazuki Watanabe, Japanese musician (b. 1981)
November 2000
edit- November 1
- George Armstrong, English footballer and manager (b. 1944)
- Kjell Holler, Norwegian economist and politician (b. 1925)
- Oleksandr Mantsevych, Ukrainian rower (b. 1960)
- Steven Runciman, English historian (b. 1903)
- November 2
- Robert Cormier, American author and journalist (b. 1925)
- Michael Herman, American-French mathematician (b. 1942)
- Eva Morris, English supercentenarian (b. 1885)
- Sue Ryder, English baroness (b. 1924)
- Simeon Simeonov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1946)
- November 3
- Leonardo Benvenuti, Italian screenwriter (b. 1923)
- Gábor Fodor, Hungarian-American chemist (b. 1915)
- Charles F. Hockett, American linguist (b. 1916)
- November 4
- Vernel Fournier, American drummer (b. 1928)
- Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924)
- John Reynolds, American physicist (b. 1923)
- Ian Sneddon, Scottish mathematician (b. 1919)
- November 5
- Etienne Aigner, Hungarian-American fashion designer (b. 1904)
- Dionisio Arce, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1927)
- David Brower, American environmentalist (b. 1912)
- Jimmie Davis, American singer (b. 1899)
- Amalia Hernández, Mexican choreographer (b. 1917)
- Frances Lee, American actress (b. 1906)
- Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician and activist (b. 1926)
- Roger Peyrefitte, French author and diplomat (b. 1907)
- Dave Sheppard, American weightlifter (b. 1931)
- Mary Sinclair, American actress (b. 1926)
- Per-Owe Trollsås, Swedish sprinter (b. 1933)
- November 6
- L. Sprague de Camp, American author (b. 1907)
- Stefaniya Stanyuta, Belarusian actress (b. 1905)
- November 7
- Hal Fowler, American poker player (b. 1927)
- Julius Hatry, German aircraft designer (b. 1906)
- Ingrid Margareta, Swedish-Danish royal (b. 1910)
- Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian politician (b. 1910)
- Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Japanese film director (b. 1911)
- Boris Zakhoder, Russian poet and translator (b. 1918)
- November 8
- Luc Dupanloup, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1945)
- Dick Morrissey, English musician and composer (b. 1940)
- Faris Odeh, Palestinian activist (b. 1985)
- Józef Pińkowski, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1929)
- Svetlana Kana Radević, Montenegrin architect (b. 1937)
- November 9
- Chiyonosuke Azuma, Japanese actor and dancer (b. 1926)
- Henri Baillot, French footballer (b. 1924)
- Avedis Donabedian, Lebanese physician (b. 1919)
- Eric Morley, English television presenter (b. 1918)
- Mel Walker, American high jumper (b. 1914)
- November 10
- Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer and professor, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
- Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
- November 11
- Rayford Barnes, American actor (b. 1920)
- James Morris Blaut, American anthropologist and geographer (b. 1927)
- Sandra Schmitt, German skier (b. 1981)
- November 12
- Halvar Björk, Swedish actor (b. 1928)
- Wim Cohen, Dutch mathematician (b. 1923)
- Eugene Antonio Marino, American archbishop (b. 1934)
- Franck Pourcel, French composer and conductor (b. 1913)
- Leah Rabin, Israeli political figure (b. 1925)
- November 13 – Menachem Ashkenazi, Israeli football referee (b. 1934)
- November 14
- Wiesław Gawłowski, Polish volleyball player (b. 1950)
- Pietro Rimoldi, Italian cyclist (b. 1911)
- November 15
- Edoardo Agnelli, American football executive (b. 1954)
- Václav Horák, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1912)
- Rinaldo Martino, Argentine footballer (b. 1921)
- Piero Pasinati, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
- Joseph R. Shoenfield, American logician (b. 1927)
- Jens Jørgen Thorsen, Danish artist (b. 1932)
- November 16
- Athanasius Bishara, Egyptian bishop (b. 1923)
- Joe Calleja, American rapper (b. 1974)
- Russ Conway, English pianist and composer (b. 1925)
- Josef Ertl, German politician (b. 1925)
- Ahmet Kaya, Turkish singer (b. 1957)
- DJ Screw, American disc jockey (b. 1971)
- Irmantas Stumbrys, Lithuanian footballer (b. 1972)
- November 17
- Louis Néel, French physicist and academic (b. 1904)
- Hans Scherenberg, German engineer (b. 1910)
- Bim Sherman, Jamaican musician (b. 1950)
- Aleksandar Zorić, Serbian cyclist (b. 1925)
- November 18
- Konstantin Krizhevsky, Russian footballer (b. 1926)
- Jaap van der Leck, Dutch football manager (b. 1911)
- Emin Sabitoglu, Azerbaijani composer (b. 1937)
- Ilya Starinov, Russian colonel (b. 1900)
- November 19
- George Cosmas Adyebo, Ugandan economist and politician, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1947)
- Robert Escarpit, French academic and author (b. 1918)
- Helmut Janz, German hurdler (b. 1934)
- November 20
- Nikolay Dollezhal, Russian engineer (b. 1899)
- Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, Russian animator (b. 1927)
- Mike Muuss, American computer programmer and author (b. 1958)
- Kalle Päätalo, Finnish author (b. 1919)
- Regina Podstanická, Slovakian astronomer (b. 1928)
- Ziya Samedi, Kazakhstani author (b. 1914)
- Barbara Sobotta, Polish sprinter (b. 1936)
- November 21
- Harald Leipnitz, German actor (b. 1926)
- Ernest Lluch, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1937)
- November 22
- Carlos Cardoso, Mozambican journalist (b. 1951)
- Jack Dyson, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1934)
- Doug Hepburn, Canadian weightlifter (b. 1926)
- Christian Marquand, French actor (b. 1927)
- Naresh Mehta, Indian author (b. 1922)
- Théodore Monod, French naturalist and explorer (b. 1902)
- Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (b. 1922)
- November 23
- Aljoscha Rompe, German singer (b. 1947)
- Grigori Tokaty, Russian rocket scientist and critic (b. 1909)
- Rayner Unwin, English publisher (b. 1925)
- Bernard Vorhaus, American film director (b. 1904)
- November 24
- Carla Capponi, Italian politician (b. 1918)
- Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, Afghan general and politician (b. 1946)
- November 25
- Mario Giacomelli, Italian photojournalist (b. 1925)
- Florizel Glasspole, Jamaican politician (b. 1909)
- Canito López, Spanish footballer (b. 1956)
- Gerd Vespermann, German actor (b. 1926)
- Montse Watkins, Spanish translator and author (b. 1955)
- November 26
- Ralph Bates, English author and journalist (b. 1899)
- Carlo Simi], Italian costume designer and production designer (b. 1924)
- Sebastiano Timpanaro, Italian philologist and author (b. 1923)
- November 27
- Anne Barton, American actor (b. 1924)
- Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (b. 1932)
- Elena Cernei, Romanian opera singer and musicologist (b. 1927)
- Willie Cunningham, Scottish footballer (b. 1925)
- Len Shackleton, English footballer (b. 1922)
- George Wells, American screenwriter and film producer (b. 1909)
- November 28
- Gregg Barton, American actor (b. 1912)
- Michael Cramer, German actor (b. 1930)
- Henry B. González, American politician (b. 1916)
- Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895)
- Bernard Lutic, French cinematographer (b. 1943)
- Heinrich Schmidt, German nazi physician (b. 1912)
- Vadim Shikarev, Kazakhstani archer (b. 1968)
- November 29
- Marvel Cooke]], American journalist and activist (b. 1903)
- Margaret Early, American actress (b. 1919)
- Lee Fogolin Sr., Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- Lou Groza, American football player (b. 1924)
- Ilmar Laaban, Estonian poet and publicist (b. 1921)
- November 30
- Poul Bjørndahl Astrup, Danish chemist (b. 1915)
- Olga Bogaevskaya, Russian painter (b. 1915)
- Vladimir Dedijer, Serbian politician and activist (b. 1914)
- Jānis Kalniņš, Latvian-Canadian composer (b. 1904)
- Ansumane Mané, Bissau-Guinean soldier (b. 1940)
- Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (b. 1915)
- Arthur Troop, English police officer (b. 1914)
December 2000
edit- December 1
- Moses Abramovitz, American economist (b. 1912)
- Jack Hemingway, American fisherman and conservationist (b. 1923)
- December 2
- Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935)
- Rosemarie Frankland, Welsh actress and model (b. 1943)
- Gisela Kahn Gresser, American chess player (b. 1906)
- Alfonso Barrantes Lingán, Peruvian politician (b. 1927)
- Pete Rodriguez, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1933)
- Kurt Schmid, Swiss rower (b. 1932)
- Daniel Singer, American journalist and author (b. 1926)
- Bibiano Zapirain, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1919)
- December 3
- Gwendolyn Brooks, American author (b. 1917)
- Hoyt Curtin, American composer and music producer (b. 1922)
- Peter Denton, Australian pole vaulter (b. 1926)
- Jun Fukuda, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- Hugh Edward Richardson, Scottish diplomat and tibetologist (b. 1905)
- Miklós Szabó, Hungarian runner (b. 1908)
- December 4
- Henck Arron, Surinamese politician, Prime Minister of Suriname (b. 1936)
- H. C. Artmann, Austrian poet and author (b. 1921)
- Colin Cowdrey, English cricketer (b. 1921)
- Puntillita Licea, Cuban singer (b. 1921)
- Miguel Caldés Luis, Cuban baseball player (b. 1970)
- December 5 – Rupert Charles Barneby, Welsh-American botanist (b. 1911)
- December 6
- Enrique Anderson Imbert, Argentine author and critic (b. 1910)
- Werner Klemperer, American actor and singer (b. 1920)
- Aziz Mian, Pakistani qawwal (b. 1942)
- Uma Sashi, Indian actress (b. 1915)
- Svetozar Vukmanović, Montenegrin politician (b. 1912)
- December 7
- Vlado Gotovac, Croatian poet and politician (b. 1930)
- Toby Low, English politician (b. 1914)
- December 8
- Gary Bergman, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
- Ann T. Bowling, American geneticist (b. 1943)
- Julian Dixon, American politician (b. 1934)
- Ionatana Ionatana, Tuvaluan politician, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1938)
- Charles Issawi, Egyptian-American economist and historian (b. 1916)
- Milić od Mačve, Serbian painter (b. 1934)
- Lionel Rogosin, American film director (b. 1924)
- December 9
- Marina Koshetz, Russian-American opera singer (b. 1912)
- Billie Yorke, English tennis player (b. 1910)
- December 10
- José Águas, Portuguese footballer (b. 1930)
- Paul Avery, American journalist (b. 1934)
- Peter Barrett, American sailor (b. 1935)
- Marius Jansen, American academic and historian (b. 1922)
- Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919)
- December 11
- Pauline Curley, American actress (b. 1903)
- Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician and diplomat (b. 1915)
- David Lewis, American actor (b. 1916)
- N. Richard Nash, American author and playwright (b. 1913)
- Johannes Virolainen, Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1914)
- René Wheeler, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- December 12
- Götz Friedrich, German oepra director (b. 1930)
- Knud W. Jensen, Danish art collector (b. 1916)
- Libertad Lamarque, Argentine-Mexican actress and singer (b. 1908)
- George Montgomery, American actor and painter (b. 1916)
- J. H. Patel, Indian politician (b. 1930)
- Ndabaningi Sithole, Zimbabwean militant and politician (b. 1920)
- December 13
- Pierre Demargne, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1903)
- Erhard Krack, German politician (b. 1931)
- Chen Zhen, Chinese-French artist (b. 1955)
- December 14
- Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Ukrainian cardinal (b. 1918)
- John Mahnken, American basketball player (b. 1922)
- Pavel Plotnikov, Russian pilot (b. 1920)
- Uldis Pūcītis, Latvian actor and film director (b. 1937)
- Yulian Rukavishnikov, Russian sculptor (b. 1922)
- December 15
- George Alcock, English astronomer (b. 1912)
- Zygmunt Wilhelm Birnbaum, Polish-American mathematician and statistician (b. 1903)
- Jozef Boons, Belgian cyclist (b. 1943)
- Haris Brkić, Yugoslavian basketball player (b. 1974)
- Inigo Gallo, Swiss comedian and actor (b. 1932)
- Jacques Goddet, French journalist (b. 1905)
- Robert H. Goetz, German-American surgeon (b. 1910)
- Chiang Peng-chien, Chinese politician (b. 1940)
- December 16
- Blue Demon, Mexican professional wrestler and actor (b. 1922)
- Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, German physicist (b. 1911)
- Victor Owusu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1923)
- Theo Saevecke, German war criminal (b. 1911)
- December 17
- Gérard Blain, French actor and film director (b. 1930)
- Harold Rhodes, American inventor (b. 1910)
- Erich Schmid, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1907)
- December 18
- Lajos Dunai, Hungarian footballer (b. 1942)
- Stan Fox, American racing driver (b. 1952)
- Kirsty MacColl, English singer (b. 1959)
- Nick Stewart, American actor (b. 1910)
- December 19
- Mahmud Baksi, Turkish author and journalist (b. 1944)
- György Györffy, Hungarian historian (b. 1917)
- Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer (b. 1910)
- John Lindsay, American politician (b. 1921)
- Son Sann, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1911)
- Pops Staples, American musician (b. 1914)
- December 20
- Damianos G. Karivalis, Greek patriarch (b. 1923)
- Syed Abdul Malik, Indian author (b. 1919)
- Alexander Ramsay, English aristocrat (b. 1919)
- December 21
- Rober Eryol, Turkish footballer (b. 1930)
- Alfred J. Gross, Canadian-American inventor and engineer (b. 1918)
- Florynce Kennedy, American lawyer and activist (b. 1916)
- John Lee, Australian actor (b. 1928)
- Stephen A. Mitchell, American psychologist (b. 1946)
- Oleg Troyanovsky, Russian diplomat (b. 1919)
- December 22
- Lianella Carell, Italian actress and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- Giuseppe Colnago, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1923)
- Herman Feshbach, American physicist (b. 1917)
- Vytautas Kulakauskas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1920)
- Stuart Lancaster, American actor (b. 1920)
- Gunārs Priede, Latvian playwright and architect (b. 1928)
- December 23
- Wilfred Arthur, Australian fighter pilot (b. 1919)
- Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924)
- Victor Borge, Danish-American actor and comedian (b. 1909)
- Aage Haugland, Danish opera singer (b. 1944)
- Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress (b. 1926)
- Louis Leprince-Ringuet, French physicist and engineer (b. 1901)
- December 24
- John Cooper, English automobile designer (b. 1923)
- Seo Jeong-ju, South Korean poet (b. 1915)
- Sadik Kaceli, Albanian painter (b. 1914)
- Nick Massi, American musician (b. 1927)
- Laurence Chisholm Young, English mathematician (b. 1905)
- December 25
- Décio Esteves, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- Joe Gilliam, American football player (b. 1950)
- Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1939)
- Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher (b. 1908)
- December 26
- Leo Gordon, American actor (b. 1922)
- Piotr Łuszcz, Polish rapper and record producer (b. 1978)
- Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
- December 27
- Walter Keane, American plagiarist (b. 1915)
- Jack McVea, American musician and bandleader (b. 1914)
- December 28 – Kushabhau Thakre, Indian politician (b. 1922)
- December 29
- Jacques Laurent, French author and journalist (b. 1919)
- Woodley Lewis, American football player (b. 1925)
- Christiane Ritter, Austrian author (b. 1897)
- December 30
- Tom Blohm, Norwegian footballer (b. 1920)
- Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909)
- Rudolf Schnyder, Swiss sport shooter (b. 1919)
- Walter Tomsen, American sport shooter (b. 1912)
- Isakas Vistaneckis, Lithuanian chess player (b. 1910)
- Bohdan Warchal, Slovakian violinist (b. 1930)
- December 31
- Tanaquil Le Clercq, French dancer (b. 1929)
- Alan Cranston, American politician and journalist (b. 1914)
- Louis-René des Forêts, French author (b. 1916)
- Wayne Glasgow, American basketball player (b. 1926)
- Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, Israeli rabbi (b. 1966)
- Kenneth Lee Pike, American linguist and anthropologist (b. 1912)
- Bekzat Sattarkhanov, Kazakhstani boxer (b. 1980)
2001
editJanuary 2001
edit- January 1
- Jalal Garyaghdi, Azerbaijani sculptor and painter (b. 1914)
- Gheorghe Popescu I, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1919)
- Fabijan Šovagović, Croatian actor and author (b. 1932)
- Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)
- January 2
- William P. Rogers, American politician and diplomat (b. 1913)
- Jimmy Zámbó, Hungarian singer (b. 1958)
- January 3
- Marty Glickman, American sportscaster (b. 1917)
- Sushila Nayyar, Indian physician and politician (b. 1914)
- January 4
- Alexandra Adler, Austrian neurologist (b. 1901)
- Les Brown, American musician and bandleader (b. 1912)
- Tadeusz Olechowski, Polish politician (b. 1926)
- Hilda Stevenson-Delhomme, Seychellois politician and physician (b. 1912)
- Ilma Grace Stone, Australian botanist (b. 1913)
- January 5
- G. E. M. Anscombe, English philosopher (b. 1919)
- Milan Hlavsa, Czech musician (b. 1951)
- Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942)
- James Phiri, Zambian footballer (b. 1968)
- January 6
- Nadezhda Grekova, Belarusian politician (b. 1910)
- Scott Marlowe, American actor (b. 1932)
- Pretaap Radhakishun, Surinamese politician, Prime Minister of Suriname (b. 1934)
- January 7
- James Carr, American singer (b. 1942)
- Ken Durrett, American basketball player (b. 1948)
- Charles Helou, Lebanese politician, President of Lebanon (b. 1913)
- Johan van der Keuken, Dutch documentarian and author (b. 1938)
- January 8
- Don Brodie, American actor (b. 1904)
- Alfred Neumann, German politician (b. 1909)
- Néstor Scotta, Argentine footballer (b. 1948)
- January 9
- Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian politician, Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1919)
- Peter Düttmann, German fighter pilot (b. 1923)
- Masako Hayashi, Japanese architect (b. 1928)
- January 10
- Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymin, Saudi Arabian scholar (b. 1929)
- Necati Cumalı, Turkish author and poet (b. 1921)
- John Ditlev-Simonsen, Norwegian sailor (b. 1898)
- Bryan Gregory, American guitarist (b. 1951)
- Jacques Marin, French actor (b. 1919)
- John G. Schmitz, American politician (b. 1930)
- Matthias Duan Yinming, Chinese bishop (b. 1908)
- January 11
- Vera Constantinovna, Russian princess (b. 1906)
- Gerald Glatzmayer, Austrian footballer (b. 1968)
- Oliver Gurney, English assyriologist and scholar (b. 1911)
- James Hill, American film producer (b. 1916)
- Louis Krages, German racing driver and businessman (b. 1949)
- Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914)
- Ignacy Machowski, Polish actor (b. 1920)
- Michael Williams, English actor (b. 1935)
- January 12
- Manuel Aznar Acedo, Spanish journalist and radio broadcaster (b. 1916)
- Gian Luigi Bonelli, Italian comic book writer and publisher (b. 1908)
- Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
- Bill Hewlett, American businessman (b. 1913)
- Vladimir Semichastny, Russian politician (b. 1924)
- Adhemar da Silva, Brazilian athlete (b. 1927)
- Kyra Vayne, Russian-English opera singer (b. 1916)
- January 13 – Amando de Ossorio, Spanish film director (b. 1918)
- January 14
- Luigi Broglio, Italian aerospace engineer (b. 1911)
- József Csermák, Hungarian hammer thrower (b. 1932)
- Burkhard Heim, German theoretical physicist (b. 1925)
- George McCabe, English footballer (b. 1922)
- Vic Wilson, English racing driver (b. 1931)
- January 15
- Alex Blignaut, South African racing driver (b. 1932)
- Leo Marks, English cryptographer (b. 1920)
- Margit Nagy-Sándor, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1921)
- Kaija Siren, Finnish architect (b. 1920)
- Riaz ud-Din, Pakistani field hockey player (b. 1942)
- January 16
- Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939)
- Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
- Ibrahim Shams, Egyptian weightlifter (b. 1917)
- Jules Vuillemin, French philosopher (b. 1920)
- Auberon Waugh, English journalist and author (b. 1939)
- January 17
- Gregory Corso, American poet (b. 1930)
- Tom Kilburn, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1921)
- Sergej Kraigher, Slovenian politician (b. 1914)
- Pepe Ortiz, Spanish footballer (b. 1931)
- Norris Turney, American flautist and saxophonist (b. 1921)
- Sigurd Vestad, Norwegian skier (b. 1907)
- January 18
- Morris Lapidus, Russian-American architect (b. 1902)
- Reg Prentice, English politician (b. 1923)
- Imre Sinkovits, Hungarian actor (b. 1928)
- Boris Stenin, Russian speed skater (b. 1935)
- Al Waxman, Canadian actor (b. 1935)
- January 19
- Ion Constantin Ciobanu, Moldovan author and politician (b. 1927)
- Alberto Gallardo, Peruvian footballer and manager (b. 1940)
- Gustave Thibon, French philosopher (b. 1903)
- January 20
- Rønnaug Alten, Norwegian actress (b. 1910)
- Eddie Donovan, American basketball coach (b. 1922)
- January 21
- Sandy Baron, American actor and comedian (b. 1936)
- Byron De La Beckwith, American white supremacist and murderer (b. 1920)
- Walt Miller, American basketball player (b. 1915)
- Nedžad Verlašević, Bosnian footballer and manager (b. 1955)
- January 22
- Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
- Tuomas Anhava, Finnish author (b. 1927)
- Shneior Lifson, Israeli physicist (b. 1914)
- January 23
- Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir, Libyan politician (b. 1939)
- Vladimir Belyayev, Russian footballer (b. 1933)
- Lou Levy, American pianist (b. 1928)
- Jack McDuff, American organist and bandleader (b. 1926)
- Moy Yat, Hong Kong martial artist and painter (b. 1938)
- January 24
- Ilze Graubiņa, Latvian pianist (b. 1941)
- Frans Pauwels, Dutch cyclist (b. 1918)
- Dick Whittinghill, American actor (b. 1913)
- January 25
- Aleksandr Chudakov, Russian physicist (b. 1921)
- Ashraf Fahmy, Egyptian film director (b. 1936)
- Vijaya Raje Scindia, Indian politician (b. 1919)
- Margaret Scriven, English tennis player (b. 1912)
- January 26
- Murray Edelman, American political scientist (b. 1919)
- Valentino Orsini, Italian film director (b. 1927)
- Fanula Papazoglu, Serbian scholar (b. 1917)
- January 27
- Pedro Carrasco, Spanish boxer (b. 1943)
- Marie-José Gabrielle, Italian queen (b. 1906)
- André Prévost, Canadian composer (b. 1934)
- Robert Alexander Rankin, Scottish mathematician (b. 1915)
- January 28
- Stephen Malcolm, Jamaican footballer (b. 1970)
- Ranko Marinković, Croatian author (b. 1913)
- Thikkodiyan Nair, Indian author and playwright (b. 1916)
- Ivan Prasko, Ukrainian-Australian eparch (b. 1914)
- January 29
- Lê Dung, Vietnamese opera singer (b. 1951)
- Pablo Hernán Gómez, Argentine footballer (b. 1977)
- Helen Lines, American astronomer (b. 1918)
- Ninian Smart, Scottish author (b. 1927)
- Max Weiler, Austrian painter (b. 1910)
- January 30
- Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (b. 1911)
- Edmund Fetting, Polish actor and singer (b. 1927)
- Johnnie Johnson, English pilot (b. 1915)
- Michel Marcel Navratil, French disaster survivor (b. 1908)
- Hartmut Reck, German actor (b. 1932)
- January 31
- Renaat Braem, Belgian architect (b, 1910)
- Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian-American author (b. 1923)
- Albin Nyamoya, Burundian politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1924)
- Heinz Starke, German politician (b. 1911)
February 2001
edit- February 1
- Rafael Lapesa, Spanish philologist and historian (b. 1908)
- John Pierrakos, American physician and psychiatrist (b. 1921)
- February 2
- June Lazenby Green, American judge (b. 1914)
- Freddy Wittop, Dutch-American costume designer (b. 1911)
- February 3
- Helmut Gude, German steeplechase runner (b. 1925)
- Frederick Lawton, English judge (b. 1911)
- Gerald Suster, English historian and author (b. 1951)
- February 4
- David Beattie, Australian-New Zealand judge (b. 1924)
- Alaksandar Dubko, Belarusian politician (b. 1938)
- Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, French pianist (b. 1925)
- Asbjørn Holm, Norwegian politician (b. 1921)
- J. J. Johnson, American trombonist (b. 1924)
- Raimo Kangro, Estonian composer (b. 1949)
- Alois Lipburger, Austrian ski jumper (b. 1956)
- Ernie McCoy, American racecar driver (b. 1921)
- Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer (b. 1928)
- Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer (b. 1922)
- February 5
- Mark Joseph Hurley, American bishop (b. 1919)
- Fernando Viola, Italian footballer (b. 1951)
- February 6
- Geoffrey Bibby, English-Danish archaeologist (b. 1917)
- Kojo Botsio, Ghanaian diplomat and politician (b. 1916)
- Stephen Halaiko, American boxer (b. 1908)
- Folke Lind, Swedish footballer (b. 1913)
- R. W. Southern, English historian (b. 1912)
- February 7
- Jean-Paul Beugnot, French basketball player and coach (b. 1931)
- Marianne Breslauer, German photojournalist (b. 1909)
- Dieter Dengler, German-American pilot (b. 1938)
- Dale Evans, American actress and singer (b. 1912)
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (b. 1906)
- King Moody, American actor (b. 1929)
- February 8
- Ivo Caprino, Norwegian film director and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- Giuseppe Casoria, Italian cardinal (b. 1908)
- Walter Generati, Italian cyclist (b. 1913)
- Chen Lifu, Chinese politician (b. 1900)
- Muboraksho Mirzoshoyev, Tajikistani singer and composer (b. 1961)
- R. J. Rushdoony, American philosopher and historian (b. 1916)
- February 9
- Jean Guillaume, Belgian author (b. 1918)
- Leonard Mandel, American physicist (b. 1927)
- Gunnar Seidenfaden, Danish diplomat and botanist (b. 1908)
- Herbert A. Simon, American economist (b. 1916)
- February 10
- Lewis Arquette, American actor (b. 1935)
- Abraham Beame, American politician (b. 1906)
- Helge Bengtsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1916)
- Niccolò Galli, Italian footballer (b. 1983)
- Mogubai Kurdikar, Indian singer (b. 1904)
- Buddy Tate, American musician (b. 1913)
- February 11
- José Luis Borbolla, Mexican footballer (b. 1920)
- Olle Håkansson, Norwegian footballer (b. 1927)
- Harald Mors, German military commander (b. 1910)
- Masao Ono, Japanese footballer (b. 1923)
- Judita Vaičiūnaitė, Lithuanian author (b. 1937)
- Maurice Zermatten, Swiss author (b. 1910)
- February 12
- Bhakti Barve, Indian actress (b. 1948)
- Tiberio Mitri, Italian boxer (b. 1926)
- Herbert Robbins, American mathematician and statistician (b. 1915)
- Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and film producer (b. 1912)
- February 13
- Ugo Fano, Italian-American physicist (b. 1912)
- Owen Torrey, American sailor (b. 1925)
- Manuela Wegener, German singer (b. 1943)
- February 14
- Domènec Balmanya, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1914)
- Guy Grosso, French actor and comedian (b. 1933)
- Richard Laymon, American author (b. 1947)
- Piero Umiliani, Italian film composer (b. 1926)
- Helmut Wielandt, German mathematician (b. 1910)
- February 15
- Burt Kennedy, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Ricardo Otxoa, Spanish cyclist (b. 1974)
- Folke K. Skoog, Swedish-American physiologist (b. 1908)
- February 16
- Howard W. Koch, American producer (b. 1916)
- William Masters, American gynecologist (b. 1915)
- Helen Vita, Swiss singer and actress (b. 1928)
- February 17
- Zvonimir Červenko, Croatian general (b. 1926)
- Matild Manukyan, Turkish businesswoman (b. 1916)
- Khalid Abdul Muhammad, American minister and activist (b. 1948)
- Richard Wurmbrand, Romanian-American priest (b. 1909)
- February 18
- Dale Earnhardt, American racing driver (b. 1951)
- Franso Hariri, Iraqi politician (b. 1937)
- Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- Panos Papadopulos, Greek actor (b. 1920)
- Balthasar de Rola, French painter (b. 1908)
- February 19
- Stanley Kramer, American film director (b. 1913)
- Guy Rodgers, American basketball player (b. 1935)
- Roland Stoltz, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1931)
- Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
- February 20
- Harry Boykoff, American basketball player (b. 1922)
- Irina Bugrimova, Russian lion tamer (b. 1910)
- Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. 1910)
- Indrajit Gupta, Indian politician (b. 1919)
- Nam Sung-yong, South Korean basketball player (b. 1912)
- February 21
- Ileana Espinel, Ecuadorian journalist and poet (b. 1933)
- Donella Meadows, American scientist (b. 1941)
- José Lebrún Moratinos, Venezuelan archbishop and cardinal (b. 1919)
- Philip Sandblom, Swedish sailor and academic (b. 1903)
- February 22
- John Fahey, American guitarist and composer (b. 1939)
- Evelyn Holt, German actress (b. 1908)
- Les Medley, English footballer (b. 1920)
- André Pieters, Belgian cyclist (b. 1922)
- February 23
- Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- Sergio Mantovani, Italian racing driver (b. 1929)
- February 24
- Claude Shannon, American mathematician (b. 1916)
- Mary Vieira, Brazilian sculptor (b. 1927)
- February 25
- A. R. Ammons, American poet (b. 1926)
- Édouard Artigas, French fencer (b. 1906)
- Don Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
- Jacques Nathan Garamond, French graphic designer (b. 1910)
- Norbert Glanzberg, Polish-French composer (b. 1910)
- Giovanni Grimaldi, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1917)
- Sigurd Raschèr, German-American saxophonist (b. 1907)
- L. R. Wright, Canadian author (b. 1939)
- February 26
- Dragoslav Avramović, Serbian economist (b. 1919)
- Leif Haugen, Norwegian skier (b. 1917)
- Jale İnan, Turkish archaeologist (b. 1914)
- Duke Nalon, American racing driver (b. 1913)
- Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan academic and historian (b. 1906)
- Yaakov Rechter, Israeli architect (b. 1924)
- February 27
- Milton Barnes, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1931)
- Ralf D. Bode, German-American cinematographer (b. 1941)
- José García Nieto, Spanish poet and author (b. 1914)
- Jean-Louis Ricci, French racing driver (b. 1944)
- February 28
- Mario Ludovico Bergara, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1937)
- Stan Cullis, English footballer and manager (b. 1916)
- Charles Pozzi, French racing driver (b. 1909)
March 2001
edit- March 1
- John Painter, American army officer and supercentenarian (b. 1888)
- Hannie Termeulen, Dutch swimmer (b. 1929)
- Henry Wade, American lawyer (b. 1914)
- Colin Webster, Welsh footballer (b. 1932)
- March 2
- George F. D. Duff, Canadian mathematician (b. 1926)
- Louis Faurer, American photographer (b. 1916)
- Sándor Kopácsi, Hungarian-Canadian politician (b. 1922)
- William Stratton, American politician (b. 1914)
- March 3
- Roger Buchonnet, French cyclist (b. 1926)
- Maija Isola, Finnish textile designer (b. 1927)
- Gabriel Lisette, Chadian politician (b. 1919)
- Ruhi Sarıalp, Turkish triple jumper (b. 1924)
- Eugene Sledge, American corporal and author (b. 1923)
- March 4
- Gerardo Barbero, Argentine chess grandmaster (b. 1961)
- Jean René Bazaine, French artist (b. 1904)
- Glenn Hughes, American singer (b. 1950)
- Jean René Bazaine, French painter (b. 1904)
- Jim Rhodes, American politician (b. 1909)
- Harold Stassen, American politician (b. 1907)
- March 5
- Ian McHarg, Scottish architect and author (b. 1920)
- Frans De Mulder, Belgian cyclist (b. 1937)
- March 6
- Mário Covas, Brazilian politician (b. 1930)
- Luce d'Eramo, Italian author and critic (b. 1925)
- Inge Edler, Swedish cardiologist (b. 1911)
- Nane Germon, French actress (b. 1909)
- Balla Moussa Keïta, Malian actor and comedian (b. 1934)
- Ngọc Lan, Vietnamese singer (b. 1956)
- Jim Taylor, English footballer (b. 1917)
- Kim Walker, American actress (b. 1968)
- March 7
- Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
- Ebbe Nielsen, Danish entomologist (b. 1950)
- March 8
- Bent Hansen, Danish footballer (b. 1933)
- Bazaryn Shirendev. Mongolian historian and politician (b. 1912)
- Ninette de Valois, Irish-English dancer and choreographer (b. 1898)
- Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)
- March 9
- Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (b. 1912)
- Poldek Pfefferberg, Polish-American author and Holocaust survivor (b. 1913)
- Giancarlo Prete, Italian actor (b. 1943)
- Richard Stone, American composer (b. 1953)
- March 10
- Algodão de Azevedo, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1925)
- Fatmir Haxhiu, Albanian painter (b. 1927)
- Massimo Morsello, Italian fascist singer (b. 1958)
- Jorge Recalde, Argentine rally driver (b. 1951)
- Vladimir Voroshilov, Russian television presenter and producer (b. 1930)
- Michael Woodruff, English surgeon and scientist (b. 1911)
- March 11 – Finn Ferner, Norwegian sailor (b. 1920)
- March 12
- Morton Downey Jr., American television personality and actor (b. 1932)
- Alan Greene, American diver (b. 1911)
- Henry Lee Lucas, American serial killer (b. 1936)
- Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
- Sidney Dillon Ripley, American ornithologist and conservationist (b. 1913)
- March 13
- John A. Alonzo, American cinematographer (b. 1934)
- Encarnación Alzona, Filipino historian (b. 1895)
- Bill Bland, English communist (b. 1916)
- Jean Bretonnière, French actor and singer (b. 1924)
- Walter Dukes, American basketball player (b. 1930)
- Antonia Palacios, Venezuelan poet and author (b. 1904)
- Jutta Rüdiger, German nazi psychologist (b. 1910)
- March 14 – Ramon Barnils i Folguera, Catalan journalist (b. 1940)
- March 15
- Daniel Sénélar, French painter (b. 1925)
- Ann Sothern, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
- March 16
- Johannes Benzing, German linguist and diplomat (b. 1913)
- Norma MacMillan, Canadian voice actress (b. 1921)
- Isao Okawa, Japanese businessman (b. 1926)
- Maria von Tasnady, Hungarian singer and actress (b. 1911)
- Bob Wollek, French racing driver (b. 1943)
- March 17
- Michiyo Aratama, Japanese actress (b. 1930)
- Viktor Krivulin, Russian poet and author (b. 1944)
- Richard Steere, American fencer (b. 1909)
- Anthony Storr, English psychiatrist and author (b. 1920)
- Ralph Thomas, English film director (b. 1915)
- Zinaida Voronina, Russian gymnast (b. 1947)
- March 18
- Vasily Abaev, Russian linguist (b. 1900)
- John Ardoin, American critic (b. 1935)
- John Phillips, American singer (b. 1935)
- Dirk Polder, Dutch physicist (b. 1919)
- Gyula Tóth, Hungarian wrestler (b. 1927)
- March 19
- Gordon Brown, Scottish rugby player (b. 1947)
- Boris Gregorka, Slovenian gymnast (b. 1906)
- March 20
- Hidaya Sultan al-Salem, Kuwaiti journalist and author (b. 1936)
- Jay Cameron, American musician (b. 1928)
- Wim van der Kroft, Dutch canoeist (b. 1916)
- Frank Reynolds, English field hockey player (b. 1917)
- Ilie Verdeț, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1925)
- March 21
- Dora Alonso, Cuban journalist and author (b. 1910)
- Chung Ju-yung, South Korean entrepreneur (b. 1915)
- Luigi Pennacchio, Italian ski jumper (b. 1933)
- Basilea Schlink, German religious leader and author (b. 1904)
- Anthony Steel, English actor and singer (b. 1920)
- March 22
- Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
- Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish aviator (b. 1913)
- William Hanna, American animator (b. 1910)
- Rolf Birger Pedersen, Norwegian footballer and coach (b. 1939)
- Toby Wing, American actress and showgirl (b. 1915)
- March 23
- Sully Boyar, American actor (b. 1923)
- Louis Dudek, Canadian poet and academic (b. 1918)
- Margaret Ursula Jones, English archaeologist (b. 1916)
- David McTaggart, Canadian-Italian environmentalist (b. 1932)
- Karlis Ozols, Latvian-Australian chess player (b. 1912)
- March 24
- Birgit Åkesson, Swedish dancer and choreographer (b. 1908)
- N. G. L. Hammond, English historian and geographer (b. 1907)
- Tambi Larsen, Indian-American set designer (b. 1914)
- Kazuyoshi Oimatsu, Japanese figure skater (b. 1911)
- Karl Schönböck, Austrian actor (b. 1909)
- March 25 – Mattheus Pronk, Dutch cyclist (b. 1947)
- March 26
- Brenda Helser, American swimmer (b. 1924)
- Piotr Sobociński, Polish cinematographer (b. 1958)
- March 27
- Anthony Dexter, American actor (b. 1913)
- Boris Rauschenbach, Russian physicist (b. 1915)
- Tereza Štadler, Serbian chess grandmaster (b. 1936)
- March 28
- George Connor, American racing driver (b. 1906)
- Siegbert Hummel, German tibetologist and historian (b. 1908)
- Moe Koffman, Canadian saxophonist and flautist (b. 1928)
- Constantin von Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein prince and skier (b. 1911)
- Lillian Palmer, Canadian athlete (b. 1913)
- Vulo Radev, Bulgarian film director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- James Warren, American actor (b. 1913)
- March 29
- Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (b. 1899)
- John Lewis, American pianist (b. 1920)
- Koji Yamamoto, Japanese basketball player (b. 1952)
- March 30
- Cyrus H. Gordon, American scholar (b. 1908)
- George Mutch, Scottish footballer (b. 1912)
- March 31
- Edward Frederick Anderson, American botanist (b. 1932)
- Jean-Marc Bory, Swiss actor (b. 1934)
- Diego García, Spanish runner (b. 1961)
- Naum Meiman, Russian-Israeli mathematician (b. 1912)
- David Rocastle, English footballer (b. 1967)
- Clifford Shull, American physicist (b. 1915)
- Colette Thomas, French swimmer (b. 1929)
- Nakamura Utaemon VI, Japanese actor (b. 1917)
- Arthur Geoffrey Walker, English mathematician (b. 1909)
April 2001
edit- April 1
- Jean Anderson, English actress (b. 1907)
- Eugênio German, Brazilian chess player (b. 1930)
- Aleksandar Obradović, Serbian composer (b. 1927)
- Trịnh Công Sơn, Vietnamese musician and painter (b. 1939)
- Larry Tucker, American screenwriter (b. 1934)
- Jalil Zandi, Iranian fighter pilot (b. 1951)
- April 2 – Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
- April 3
- Butch Moore, Irish singer (b. 1938)
- Adela Reta, Uruguayan judge and politician (b. 1921)
- Pierre Szekely, Hungarian sculptor and architect (b. 1923)
- April 4
- Beryl Gilroy, Guyanese-English author (b. 1924)
- Shira Gorshman, Lithuanian-Israeli author (b. 1906)
- Ramón Mendoza, Spanish lawyer and businessman (b. 1927)
- Mitra Mitrović, Serbian politician and author (b. 1912)
- Liisi Oterma, Finnish astronomer (b. 1915)
- Ed Roth, American artist (b. 1932)
- April 5
- Sonya Hedenbratt, Swedish singer and actress (b. 1931)
- Jay Miller, American basketball player (b. 1943)
- Aldo Olivieri, Italian footballer (b. 1910)
- Malcolm Shepherd, English politician (b. 1918)
- Hernâni Silva, Portuguese footballer (b. 1931)
- Brother Theodore, German-American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
- April 6
- Villem Gross, Estonian author (b. 1922)
- Devi Lal, Indian politician (b. 1915)
- Yevgeny Malinin, Russian pianist (b. 1930)
- April 7
- David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)
- G. N. Ramachandran, Indian physicist (b. 1922)
- Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)
- April 8
- Frank Annunzio, American politician (b. 1915)
- Nello Lauredi, French cyclist (b. 1924)
- Elsie Locke, New Zealand author and historian (b. 1912)
- Reuven Ramaty, Hungarian-American astronomer (b. 1937)
- Bob Sohl, American swimmer (b. 1928)
- Marguerite Viby, Danish actress (b. 1909)
- April 9
- Graziella Sciutti, Italian opera singer (b. 1927)
- Willie Stargell, American baseball player (b. 1940)
- Hsieh Tung-min, Chinese politician (b. 1908)
- April 10
- Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, French film director (b. 1936)
- Nora Eddington, American actress and socialite (b. 1924)
- Viktor Grebennikov, Russian scientist and entomologist (b. 1927)
- Nyree Dawn Porter, New Zealand-English actress (b. 1936)
- Richard Evans Schultes, American biologist (b. 1915)
- April 11
- Sandy Bull, American musician and composer (b. 1941)
- Ilya Gershevitch, Swiss-English iranologist (b. 1914)
- Kamal Ranadive, Indian biologist (b. 1917)
- Harry Secombe, Welsh comedian and actor (b. 1921)
- April 12
- Harvey Ball, American artist (b. 1921)
- Alberto Erede, Italian conductor (b. 1909)
- Ljiljana Krstić, Serbian actress (b. 1919)
- Mahmoud Tounsi, Tunisian author and painter (b. 1944)
- April 13
- Jimmy Logan, Scottish comedian and actor (b. 1928)
- Ken Weston, English sound engineer (b. 1947)
- April 14
- Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (b. 1939)
- Haruo Minami, Japanese singer (b. 1923)
- Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese film director (b. 1927)
- April 15
- Olga Lengyel, Hungarian Holocaust survivor (b. 1908)
- Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (b. 1951)
- Bo Roberson, American athlete and football player (b. 1935)
- Werner Ziegler, German lieutenant (b. 1916)
- April 16
- Emanuele Clarizio, Italian archbishop and diplomat (b. 1911)
- Giacomo Gentilomo, Italian film director and painter (b. 1909)
- Horace Gwynne, Canadian boxer (b. 1912)
- Alfred Horn, American mathematician (b. 1918)
- Paul Kuroda, Japanese-American chemist (b. 1917)
- Peter Maag, Swiss conductor (b. 1919)
- Robert Osterloh, American actor (b. 1918)
- Michael Ritchie, American film director (b. 1938)
- Alec Stock, English footballer and manager (b. 1917)
- April 17
- Merton E. Davies, American astronomer (b. 1917)
- Alfred M. Moen, American inventor (b. 1916)
- Leonid Alfonsovich Ostrovski, Latvian-Ukrainian footballer (b. 1936)
- Danica Seleskovitch, French interpreter and academic (b. 1921)
- April 18 – Khursheed Bano, Pakistani actress and singer (b. 1914)
- April 19
- André du Bouchet, French poet (b. 1924)
- Kurt Ott, Swiss cyclist (b. 1912)
- Edith Picht-Axenfeld, German pianist (b. 1914)
- Egor Popov, Russian-American engineer (b. 1913)
- Hal Haig Prieste, Armenian-American athlete (b. 1896)
- April 20
- Steven Blaisse, Dutch rower (b. 1940)
- Cino Cinelli, Italian cyclist (b. 1916)
- David Gilbarg, American mathematician (b. 1918)
- Irène Joachim, French opera singer (b. 1913)
- Maria Karnilova, American dancer and actress (b. 1920)
- Vaʻai Kolone, Samoan politician, Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1911)
- Maurice Lauré, French politician (b. 1917)
- Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)
- Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1923)
- April 21
- Jack Haley Jr., American television director and producer (b. 1933)
- Ulla Poulsen, Danish ballerina and actress (b. 1905)
- April 22
- John F. Allen, Canadian-Scottish physicist (b. 1908)
- Fadil Hoxha, Kosovan politician (b. 1916)
- Habis Majali, Jordanian soldier (b. 1914)
- Heiko Oberman, Dutch historian and theologian (b. 1930)
- Wesley C. Salmon, American philosopher (b. 1925)
- Robert Starer, Austrian-American pianist and composer (b. 1924)
- April 23
- Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower (b. 1911)
- David M. Walker, American astronaut (b. 1944)
- April 24
- Hilda Cameron, Canadian athlete (b. 1912)
- Al Hibbler, American singer (b. 1915)
- Josef Peters, German racing driver (b. 1914)
- Leon Sullivan, American minister and activist (b. 1922)
- Paul Thieme, German indologist (b. 1905)
- Johnny Valentine, American professional wrestler (b. 1928)
- Li Yuqin, Chinese royal (b. 1928)
- April 25
- Michele Alboreto, Italian racing driver (b. 1956)
- Viktor Bannikov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1938)
- Majda Potokar, Slovenian actress (b. 1930)
- April 26
- Guy Butler, South African poet and playwright (b. 1918)
- Ruth Hellberg, German actress (b. 1906)
- Sverre Walter Rostoft, Norwegian businessman and politician (b. 1912)
- Rudolf Trenkel, German pilot (b. 1918)
- April 27
- Jack Murdock, American actor (b. 1922)
- Piero Regnoli, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- April 28
- Ken Hughes, English film director and producer (b. 1922)
- Marie Jahoda, Austrian-English psychologist (b. 1907)
- Evelyn Künneke, German actress and singer (b. 1921)
- April 29
- Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1920)
- Fritz Hartnagel, German lawyer and soldier (b. 1917)
- Rita Hunter, English opera singer (b. 1933)
- Andy Phillip, American basketball player (b. 1922)
- April 30 – Andreas Kupfer, German footballer (b. 1914)
May 2001
edit- May 1 – Happy Hairston, American basketball player (b. 1942)
- May 2
- Poul Dalsager, Danish politician (b. 1929)
- Georges Dard, French footballer (b. 1918)
- Vlasta Foltová, Czech gymnast (b. 1913)
- Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961)
- Klement Steinmetz, Austrian footballer (b. 1915)
- May 3
- Rosemary Antonia, German princess (b. 1904)
- Billy Higgins, American drummer (b. 1936)
- Rolf Jahn, German footballer (b. 1927)
- May 4
- Leman Altınçekiç, Turkish pilot (b. 1932)
- Anne Anastasi, American psychologist (b. 1908)
- Vaska Ilieva, Macedonian singer (b. 1923)
- Arne Sucksdorff, Swedish film director (b. 1917)
- May 5
- Boozoo Chavis, American musician (b. 1930)
- Morris Graves, American painter (b. 1910)
- Bill Homeier, American racing driver (b. 1918)
- Aleksandr Petrov, Russian basketball player (b. 1939)
- May 6
- René Bondoux, French fencer (b. 1905)
- Zoltán Nemere, Hungarian fencer (b. 1942)
- Hans Rampf, German ice hockey player (b. 1931)
- May 7
- Malati Bedekar, Indian author (b. 1905)
- Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (b. 1912)
- Joseph Greenberg, American linguist (b. 1915)
- Margaretha Krook, Swedish actress (b. 1925)
- Boris Ryzhy, Russian poet and geologist (b. 1974)
- Simon Slåttvik, Norwegian skier (b. 1917)
- Al Tucker, American basketball player (b. 1943)
- May 8
- Piero Natoli, Italian actor and film director (b. 1947)
- Luis Rijo, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1927)
- May 9
- Marie Cardinal, French author (b. 1929)
- Nikos Sampson, Cypriot politician, President of Cyprus (b. 1935)
- Werner Schuster, German physician and politician (b. 1939)
- William T. Stearn, English botanist (b. 1911)
- Kauko Wahlsten, Finnish rower (b. 1923)
- May 10
- Turi Ferro, Italian actor (b. 1921)
- Deborah Walley, American actress (b. 1941)
- May 11
- Douglas Adams, English author (b. 1952)
- Guy Carlton, American weightlifter (b. 1954)
- Wolfgang Winkler, German luger (b. 1940)
- May 12
- Perry Como, American singer (b. 1912)
- Paul Morgan, English engineer (b. 1948)
- Waldyr Pereira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1928)
- Fritz Pfenninger, Swiss cyclist (b. 1934)
- Simon Raven, English author and playwright (b. 1927)
- Alexei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1925)
- May 13
- Sergey Afanasyev, Russian engineer (b. 1918)
- Eddra Gale, American actress (b. 1921)
- Salvador Garmendia, Venezuelan author (b. 1928)
- Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (b. 1939)
- R. K. Narayan, Indian author (b. 1906)
- Ralph Tabakin, American actor (b. 1921)
- May 14
- Paul Bénichou, French-Algerian author and critic (b. 1908)
- Mauro Bolognini, Italian director (b. 1922)
- Armando Nannuzzi, Italian cinematographer (b. 1925)
- Ettore Puricelli, Uruguayan-Italian footballer (b. 1916)
- May 15
- Jean-Philippe Lauer, French architect and egyptologist (b. 1902)
- Bobby Murdoch, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)
- Georgy Shakhnazarov, Russian-Armenian politician and political scientist (b. 1924)
- May 16
- Antonio Flores, Mexican footballer (b. 1923)
- Prince Ital Joe, Jamaican-American singer (b. 1963)
- Brian Pendleton, English guitarist (b. 1944)
- Witold Stachurski, Polish boxer (b. 1947)
- May 17
- Ikuma Dan, Japanese composer (b. 1924)
- Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (b. 1928)
- Frank G. Slaughter, American author and physician (b. 1908)
- May 18
- Maurice Noble, American animator (b. 1911)
- Seán Mac Stíofáin, English-Irish IRA chief (b. 1928)
- May 19
- Aleksey Maresyev, Russian pilot (b. 1916)
- Hans Mayer, German scholar (b. 1907)
- Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
- Bob Tinning, Australian rower (b. 1925)
- May 20
- Renato Carosone, Italian musician (b. 1920)
- Jean Champion, French actor (b. 1917)
- Carlos Lara, Argentine-Mexican footballer (b. 1934)
- May 21
- Mahmoud Al-Zoubi, Syrian politician, Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1935)
- Tad Szulc, Polish-American journalist and author (b. 1926)
- May 22
- Lorez Alexandria, American singer (b. 1929)
- Katharine Bartlett, American anthropologist (b. 1907)
- Jenő Fock, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1916)
- Jean Hougron, French author (b. 1923)
- Whitman Mayo, American actor (b. 1930)
- Jack Watling, English actor (b. 1923)
- May 23
- Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Palestinian academic (b. 1929)
- Jean Champion, French actor (b. 1917)
- Walter Eytan, Israeli diplomat (b. 1910)
- Leamon King, American sprinter (b. 1936)
- Alessandro Natta, Italian politician (b. 1918)
- Jamileh Sheykhi, Iranian actress (b. 1930)
- Harry Townes, American actor and minister (b. 1914)
- Arseny Vorozheykin, Russian pilot (b. 1912)
- May 24
- Patricia Robertson, American astronaut (b. 1963)
- Javier Urruticoechea, Spanish footballer (b. 1952)
- May 25
- Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (b. 1928)
- Arturo Maly, Argentine actor (b. 1939)
- Malcom McLean, American businessman (b. 1913)
- Harold Ridley, English ophthalmologist (b. 1906)
- May 26
- Vittorio Brambilla, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
- Roman Codreanu, Romanian wrestler (b. 1952)
- Anne Haney, American actress (b. 1934)
- Dea Trier Mørch, Danish artist and author (b. 1941)
- May 27
- Ramon Bieri, American actor (b. 1929)
- Agda Rössel, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1910)
- Robert H. Scanlan, American engineer (b. 1914)
- Nikolai Yeremenko Jr., Belarusian-Russian actor (b. 1949)
- May 28
- Tony Ashton, English musician and composer (b. 1946)
- Francis Bebey, Cameroonian author and composer (b. 1929)
- Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian scientist and pathologist (b. 1921)
- Rockets Redglare, American actor and comedian (b. 1949)
- Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. 1946)
- May 29
- Vytautas Sakalauskas, Lithuanian politician (b. 1933)
- Hédi Temessy, Hungarian actress (b. 1925)
- May 30
- Terry Gathercole, Australian swimmer (b. 1935)
- Adrian Hastings, English priest and historian (b. 1929)
- Nikolai Korndorf, Russian-Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1947)
- Renée Schuurman, South African tennis player (b. 1939)
- May 31
- Arlene Francis, American actress and television personality (b. 1907)
- George Hamilton, Scottish footballer (b. 1917)
- Faisal Husseini, Palestinian politician (b. 1940)
- Li Kwoh-ting, Taiwanese economist and politician (b. 1910)
June 2001
edit- June 1
- Nkosi Johnson, South African activist (b. 1989)
- Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
- Aiswarya Shah, Nepalese queen (b. 1949)
- Birendra Shah, Nepalese king (b. 1944)
- Dhirendra Shah, Nepalese prince (b. 1950)
- Nirajan Shah, Nepalese prince (b. 1978)
- Shruti Shah, Nepalese princess (b. 1976)
- Abe Silverstein, American aerospace engineer (b. 1908)
- Jusuf Vrioni, Albanian athlete and diplomat (b. 1916)
- June 2
- Imogene Coca, American actress (b. 1908)
- Joey Maxim, American boxer (b. 1922)
- Adolf Thiel, Austrian-German rocket scientist (b. 1915)
- June 3
- Humayun Abdulali, Indian ornithologist and biologist (b. 1914)
- Otto Hemele, Czech footballer (b. 1926)
- Andrea Prader, Swiss scientist and physician (b. 1919)
- Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (b. 1915)
- Friedl Rinder, German chess player (b. 1905)
- June 4
- Simone Benmussa, Algerian-French author and theatre director (b. 1932)
- John Hartford, American musician and composer (b. 1937)
- Lu Jiaxi, Chinese chemist (b. 1915)
- Darshan Ranganathan, Indian chemist (b. 1941)
- Dipendra Shah, Nepalese king (b. 1971)
- Horst Tüller, German cyclist (b. 1931)
- June 5
- Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish physician and historian (b. 1908)
- L. Fletcher Prouty, American colonel (b. 1917)
- June 6
- Alfonso Brescia, Italian film director (b. 1930)
- José Manuel Castañón, Spanish author (b. 1920)
- Douglas Lilburn, New Zealand composer (b. 1915)
- Ami Priyono, Indonesian film director and actor (b. 1939)
- Suzanne Schiffman, French screenwriter and film director (b. 1929)
- Lyubov Sokolova, Russian actress (b. 1921)
- June 7
- Franco Balducci, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (b. 1907)
- Carole Fredericks, American singer (b. 1952)
- Ken Green, English footballer (b. 1924)
- Charles Templeton, Canadian evangelist (b. 1915)
- June 8
- Hedwig Bollhagen, German ceramicist (b. 1907)
- Elisa Branco, Brazilian militant and activist (b. 1912)
- Lucien Lauk, French cyclist (b. 1911)
- Alex de Renzy, American pornographic director and producer (b. 1935)
- Nathaniel Rochester, American computer scientist (b. 1919)
- Don Roper, English footballer (b. 1922)
- June 9
- Ronnie Allen, English footballer and manager (b. 1929)
- Malcolm Cooper, English sport shooter (b. 1947)
- Richard T. Hanna, American politician (b. 1914)
- Savva Kulish, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1936)
- Yaltah Menuhin, American-English pianist and poet (b. 1921)
- Branko Pleša, Serbian actor and theatre director (b. 1926)
- June 10
- Joyce King, Australian sprinter (b. 1920)
- Jochen Liedtke, German computer scientist (b. 1953)
- Mike Mentzer, American bodybuilder and businessman (b. 1951)
- Leila Pahlavi, Iranian princess (b. 1970)
- Aleksandr Zuyev, Russian pilot (b. 1961)
- June 11
- Lincoln Constance, American botanist (b. 1909)
- Pierre Eyt, French cardinal (b. 1934)
- Cecilio Valverde Mazuelas, Spanish politician (b. 1927)
- Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (b. 1968)
- Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (b. 1923)
- Milan Pantić, Serbian journalist (b. 1954)
- June 12
- Carl-Axel Acking, Swedish architect (b. 1910)
- Peggy Cartwright, American actress (b. 1912)
- W. D. Davies, Welsh minister and theologian (b. 1911)
- Viktor Hamburger, German-American embryologist (b. 1900)
- Paula Wiesinger, Italian skier and mountaineer (b. 1907)
- June 13
- Luise Krüger, German athlete (b. 1915)
- Makanda Ken McIntyre, American musician and composer (b. 1931)
- June 14
- Oleg Fedoseyev, Russian athlete (b. 1936)
- Miroslav Marcovich, Serbian-American philologist (b. 1919)
- June 15
- Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909)
- Mikhail Gluzsky, Russian actor (b. 1918)
- Leif Kayser, Danish composer and organist (b. 1919)
- Jay Moriarity, American surfer (b. 1978)
- June 16
- Marta Hillers, German journalist and author (b. 1911)
- Altburg Olga, German royal (b. 1903)
- Sava Vuković, Serbian bishop (b. 1930)
- June 17
- Diana Bellamy, American actress (b. 1943)
- Christine Niederberger Betton, French archaeologist (b. 1933)
- Donald J. Cram, American chemist (b. 1919)
- Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (b. 1925)
- June 18
- René Dumont, French agronomist and sociologist (b. 1904)
- Davorin Popović, Bosnian singer (b. 1946)
- Paolo Emilio Taviani, Italian politician and economist (b. 1912)
- June 19
- Sargis Baghdasaryan, Armenian sculptor (b. 1923)
- Lindsay L. Cooper, Scottish musician (b. 1940)
- Jerry Cornes, English runner (b. 1910)
- Ludwig Hörmann, German cyclist (b. 1918)
- Romualdo Moro, Uruguayan-Chilean footballer (b. 1929)
- June 20
- Ernest Bour, French conductor (b. 1913)
- Geoff Brown, Australian tennis player (b. 1924)
- Bert Kramer, American actor (b. 1934)
- Zygmunt Pawlas, Polish fencer (b. 1930)
- June 21
- John Lee Hooker, American musician (b. 1917)
- Soad Hosny, Egyptian actress (b. 1942)
- Károly Janza, Hungarian military officer (b. 1914)
- François Lesure, French librarian and musicologist (b. 1923)
- K. V. Mahadevan, Indian composer and singer (b. 1918)
- Carroll O'Connor, American actor (b. 1924)
- Vernon Sewell, English film director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
- June 22
- Luis Carniglia, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1917)
- Lika Yanko, Bulgarian painter (b. 1928)
- June 23
- Corinne Calvet, French actress (b. 1925)
- Panteley Dimitrov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1940)
- June 24
- Ivan Babak, Ukrainian pilot (b. 1919)
- Muhammad Bashir, Pakistani wrestler (b. 1935)
- Milton Santos, Brazilian geographer (b. 1926)
- June 25
- Miloslav Charouzd, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1928)
- Hans Dürst, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1921)
- Hasan Gemici, Turkish wrestler (b. 1927)
- Kurt Hoffmann, German film director (b. 1910)
- George Senesky, American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
- June 26
- William Bryant, American actor (b. 1924)
- Gina Cigna, Italian-French opera singer (b. 1900)
- Hans Löhrl, German ornithologist and ethologist (b. 1911)
- Lalla Romano, Italian author and poet (b. 1906)
- Annika Tammela, Estonian footballer (b. 1979)
- June 27
- Darrell Huff, American statistician and author (b. 1913)
- Tove Jansson, Finnish author and illustrator (b. 1914)
- Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925)
- Chico O'Farrill, Cuban composer and conductor (b. 1921)
- Joan Sims, English actress (b. 1930)
- June 28 – Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902)
- June 29
- Mary Barnes, English painter and author (b. 1923)
- Maurice Estève, French painter (b. 1904)
- Maximos V Hakim, Egyptian patriarch (b. 1908)
- Silvio Oddi, Italian cardinal (b. 1910)
- June 30
- Chet Atkins, American guitarist and record producer (b. 1924)
- Giancarlo Brusati, Italian fencer (b. 1910)
- Joe Fagan, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- Joe Henderson, American saxophonist (b. 1937)
- Hans Trippel, German automobile designer (b. 1908)
July 2001
edit- July 1
- Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist (b. 1922)
- Hélène de Beauvoir, French painter (b. 1910)
- Carlo Bo, Italian poet and politician (b. 1911)
- Halina Czerny-Stefańska, Polish pianist (b. 1922)
- Tony Leswick, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1923)
- July 2
- Jack Gwillim, English actor (b. 1909)
- Israel Shahak, Israeli chemist and activist (b. 1933)
- July 3
- Delia Derbyshire, English musician and composer (b. 1937)
- Billy Liddell, Scottish footballer (b. 1922)
- Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (b. 1931)
- Johnny Russell, American singer and comedian (b. 1940)
- Paolo Silveri, Italian opera singer (b. 1913)
- Ivan Slamnig, Croatian poet and author (b. 1930)
- July 4
- Omar Ali Juma, Tanzanian politician (b. 1941)
- Anne Yeats, Irish painter and costume designer (b. 1919)
- July 5
- A. D. Flowers, American special effects artist (b. 1917)
- Ernie K-Doe, American singer (b. 1933)
- Hannelore Kohl, German political figure (b. 1933)
- July 6
- Derek Freeman, New Zealand anthropologist (b. 1916)
- Enrique Mateos, Spanish footballer (b. 1934)
- July 7
- Molly Lamont, South African-English actress (b. 1910)
- Fred Neil, American singer (b. 1936)
- Toni Pagot, Italian cartoonist and animator (b. 1921)
- Viktor Yakushev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1937)
- July 8
- Ernst Baier, German figure skater (b. 1905)
- Christl Haas, Austrian skier (b. 1943)
- William Kuhlemeier, American gymnast (b. 1908)
- Jia Lanpo, Chinese palaeoanthropologist (b. 1908)
- Irma Seikkula, Finnish actress (b. 1914)
- July 9
- Jorge Novak, Argentine bishop (b. 1928)
- Arie van Vliet, Dutch cyclist (b. 1916)
- July 10
- Vyacheslav Bezukladnikov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1968)
- Humayun Rashid Choudhury, Bangladeshi diplomat and politician (b. 1928)
- Giulio Gerardi, Italian skier (b. 1912)
- Álvaro Magaña, El Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)
- July 11
- Herman Brood, Dutch musician (b. 1946)
- Joseph Crockett, American sport shooter (b. 1905)
- Cândida Branca Flor, Portuguese singer (b. 1949)
- Qateel Shifai, Pakistani poet (b. 1919)
- Marco Zanuso, Italian architect (b. 1916)
- July 12
- Vlado Dapčević, Montenegrin military officer and dissident (b. 1917)
- Mirvarid Dilbazi, Azerbaijani poet (b. 1912)
- Juan Nepomuceno Guerra, Mexican drug lord (b. 1915)
- Ron Kroon, Dutch swimmer (b. 1942)
- Paul Magloire, Haitian politician, President of Haiti (b. 1907)
- Johnny Wright, English boxer (b. 1929)
- July 13
- César López Fretes, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1923)
- Miguel Gila, Spanish comedian and actor (b. 1919)
- Åse-Marie Nesse, Norwegian philologist and translator (b. 1934)
- Eleanor Summerfield, English actress (b. 1921)
- Juan José Timón, Uruguayan cyclist (b. 1937)
- Mohamed Zafzaf, Moroccan author and poet (b. 1945)
- July 14
- John Lax, American ice hockey player (b. 1911)
- Agustín Navarro, Spanish film director (b. 1926)
- July 15
- Anthony Ian Berkeley, Trinidadian-American rapper (b. 1964)
- Ted Berman, American animator and film director (b. 1919)
- Marina Știrbei, Romanian pilot (b. 1912)
- Rudi Valenta, Austrian cyclist (b. 1921)
- July 16
- Maurice De Bevere, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)
- Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler (b. 1961)
- Christina Miller, Scottish chemist (b. 1899)
- Beate Uhse-Rotermund, German pilot and entrepreneur (b. 1919)
- July 17
- Timur Apakidze, Georgian-Russian major general (b. 1954)
- Sara Ashurbeyli, Azerbaijani historian and orientalist (b. 1906)
- Abel Carlevaro, Uruguayan composer (b. 1916)
- Yehiel De-Nur, Polish-Israeli author (b. 1909)
- Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)
- Wilhelm Simetsreiter, German footballer (b. 1915)
- July 18
- Mimi Fariña, American singer (b. 1945)
- Roy Gilchrist, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1934)
- Alexandre Jany, French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1929)
- Fabio Taglioni, Italian engineer (b. 1920)
- July 19
- Judy Clay, American singer (b. 1938)
- Charles King, English cyclist (b. 1911)
- July 20
- Eva Busch, German-French singer (b. 1909)
- Thomas Fantl, German film director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- Milt Gabler, American record producer (b. 1911)
- July 21
- Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i, Saudi Arabian scholar (b. 1933)
- Steve Barton, American actor and singer (b. 1964)
- Krste Crvenkovski, Macedonian politician (b. 1921)
- Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor (b. 1928)
- July 22
- Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian gymnast (b. 1921)
- Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
- July 23 – Eudora Welty, American author (b. 1909)
- July 24
- Nathan Isgur, American-Canadian theoretical physicist (b. 1947)
- Hiroshi Tsuburaya, Japanese actor (b. 1964)
- July 25
- Jenner Armour, Dominican politician (b. 1932)
- Phoolan Devi, Indian bandit and politician (b. 1963)
- Carmen Portinho, Brazilian engineer (b. 1903)
- July 26
- Henry Coston, French journalist and nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
- Josef Klaus, Austrian politician (b. 1910)
- Rudolf Nussgruber, Austrian film director (b. 1918)
- Giorgi Sanaia, Georgian journalist (b. 1975)
- Giuseppe Sensi, Italian cardinal (b. 1907)
- Peter von Zahn, German author and filmmaker (b. 1913)
- July 27
- Piet Bromberg, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1917)
- Harold Land, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
- Rhonda Sing, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1961)
- Leon Wilkeson, American bassist (b. 1952)
- July 28
- Tadeusz Adamski, Polish field hockey player (b. 1922)
- Joan Finney, American politician (b. 1925)
- Ahmed Sofa, Bangladeshi author (b. 1943)
- Futaro Yamada, Japanese author (b. 1922)
- July 29
- Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
- Wau Holland, German hacker (b. 1951)
- Alex Nicol, American actor and film director (b. 1916)
- July 30
- Bill Schelter, American mathematician (b. 1947)
- Anton Schwarzkopf, German engineer (b. 1924)
- Irina Zaritskaya, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1939)
- July 31
- Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926)
- Pelageya Danilova, Russian gymnast (b. 1918)
- Friedrich Franz, German royal (b. 1910)
- Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese politician, President of Portugal (b. 1914)
- Satur Grech, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1914)
August 2001
edit- August 1
- Zuzana Chalupová, Serbian painter (b. 1925)
- Jay Chamberlain, American racing driver (b. 1925)
- Dwight Eddleman, American basketball player (b. 1922)
- Begum Aizaz Rasul, Indian politician (b. 1909)
- Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)
- Karol Szenajch, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1907)
- Eduardo Toba, Spanish football manager (b. 1923)
- August 2 – Valerie Davies, Welsh swimmer (b. 1912)
- August 3
- Louis Chevalier, French historian (b. 1911)
- Christopher Hewett, English actor and theatre director (b. 1921)
- Hans Holt, Austrian actor (b. 1909)
- Henriette Bie Lorentzen, Norwegian journalist and activist (b. 1911)
- Jeanne Loriod, French musician (b. 1928)
- Frank Pakenham, English politician (b. 1905)
- Mario Perazzolo, Italian footballer (b. 1911)
- Stefan Rachoń, Polish violinist (b. 1906)
- Lars Johan Werle, Swedish composer (b. 1926)
- August 4 – Lorenzo Music, American voice actor and television producer (b. 1937)
- August 5
- Vyacheslav Adamczyk, Belarusian journalist and author (b. 1933)
- Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
- Iskra Babich, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
- Mykhailo Bilyi, Ukrainian politician (b. 1922)
- Aaron Flahavan, English footballer (b. 1975)
- Bahne Rabe, German rower (b. 1963)
- August 6
- Larry Adler, American musician (b. 1914)
- Jorge Amado, Brazilian author (b. 1912)
- Robert Dunham, American actor (b. 1931)
- Vasili Kuznetsov, Russian decathlete (b. 1932))
- Dương Văn Minh, Vietnamese politician, President of Vietnam (b. 1916)
- Wilhelm Mohnke, German general (b. 1911)
- Nils Svärd, Swedish skier (b. 1908)
- Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)
- August 7 – Algirdas Lauritėnas, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1932)
- August 8
- Jean Dorst, French ornithologist (b. 1924)
- Jean-Louis Flandrin, French historian (b. 1931)
- George Mann, English cricketer (b. 1917)
- Maureen Reagan, American activist (b. 1941)
- Paul Vaessen, English footballer (b. 1961)
- August 9 – Jacky Boxberger, French athelte (b. 1949)
- August 10
- Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
- Elsa Cavelti, Swiss opera singer (b. 1907)
- Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, Indian painter (b. 1924)
- Gianfranco Miglio, Italian political scientist and politician (b. 1918)
- Dietrich Peltz, German pilot (b. 1914)
- Stanislav Rostotsky, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- August 11
- Carlos Hank González, Spanish politician and businessman (b. 1927)
- Isidoro Malmierca Peoli, Cuban politician (b. 1930)
- August 12
- Pierre Klossowski, French author and translator (b. 1905)
- Walter Walker, English general (b. 1912)
- August 13
- Manuel Alvar, Spanish linguist and historian (b. 1923)
- John C. Elliott, American politician (b. 1919)
- Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (b. 1947)
- August 14
- Jackie Jenkins, American actor (b. 1937)
- Pavel Schmidt, Slovakian rower (b. 1930)
- August 15
- Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
- Peter Mazur, Austrian-Swiss physicist (b. 1922)
- Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist (b. 1919)
- August 16
- Dave Barry, American actor and comedian (b. 1918)
- Fred Glover, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1928)
- Anna Mani, Indian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1918)
- Sizwe Motaung, South African footballer (b. 1970)
- Klaus Wagner, German equestrian (b. 1922)
- August 17 – Flip Phillips, American musician (b. 1915)
- August 18
- Philip B. Crosby, American businessman and author (b. 1926)
- Jack Elliott, American composer and conductor (b. 1927)
- Hillel Kook, Lithuanian-American activist and politician (b. 1915)
- August 19
- Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
- Pericle Luigi Giovannetti, Swiss painter (b. 1916)
- Sylvia Millecam, Dutch actress and comedian (b. 1956)
- Les Sealey, English footballer (b. 1957)
- Willy Vannitsen, Belgian cyclist (b. 1935)
- Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (b. 1933)
- August 20
- Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (b. 1915)
- Akın Kuloğlu, Georgian-Turkish boxer (b. 1972)
- Walter Reed, American actor (b. 1916)
- Eliezer Shostak, Israeli politician (b. 1911)
- Kim Stanley, American actress (b. 1925)
- August 21
- Pál Engel, Hungarian historian (b. 1938)
- Juan Antonio Villacañas, Spanish poet and author (b. 1922)
- August 22
- Johnny Anderson, Scottish footballer (b. 1929)
- Tatyana Averina, Russian speed skater (b. 1950)
- Mauro Bicicli, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- Bernard Heuvelmans, Belgian-French scientist (b. 1916)
- Bobby Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1929)
- Spiro Koleka, Albanian politician (b. 1908)
- Jean Séphériadès, French rower (b. 1922)
- August 23
- Kathleen Freeman, American actress (b. 1919)
- Herbert Haag, Swiss theologian and scholar (b. 1915)
- Peter Maas, American journalist and author (b. 1929)
- August 24
- Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
- Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist and pianist (b. 1917)
- Hank Sauer, American baseball player (b. 1917)
- August 25
- Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979)
- Madge Adam, English astronomer (b. 1912)
- Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
- John Chambers, American makeup artist (b. 1922)
- Diana Golden, American skier (b. 1963)
- Philippe Léotard, French actor and singer (b. 1940)
- Ginzō Matsuo, Japanese voice actor (b. 1951)
- John L. Nelson, American musician (b. 1916)
- Asit Sen, Indian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Ken Tyrrell, English racing driver (b. 1924)
- August 26 – Marita Petersen, Faroese politician, Prime Minister of Faroe Islands (b. 1940)
- August 27
- Michael Dertouzos, Greek academic and computer scientist (b. 1936)
- Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian politician (b. 1938)
- Juan Lechín Oquendo, Bolivian politician (b. 1914)
- Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Austrian pianist (b. 1909)
- Huang Wanli, Chinese hydrologist (b. 1911)
- August 28
- Phil Cade, American racing driver (b. 1916)
- Käthe Grasegger, German skier (b. 1917)
- Juan Muñoz, Spanish sculptor (b. 1953)
- Serhiy Perkhun, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1977)
- Ernst Stettler, Swiss cyclist (b. 1921)
- August 29
- Victor Jörgensen, Danish boxer (b. 1924)
- Manubhai Pancholi, Indian author and politician (b. 1914)
- Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor and film director (b. 1926)
- August 30
- Juan Acuña, Spanish footballer (b. 1923)
- Julie Bishop, American actress (b. 1914)
- A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician, President of Bangladesh (b. 1915)
- Alicia D'Amico, Argentine photographer (b. 1933)
- Govan Mbeki - South African politician (b. 1910)
- Liisa Salmi, Finnish speed skater (b. 1914)
- Agus Wirahadikusumah, Indonesian military officer (b. 1951)
- August 31 – Julio Elícegui, Spanish footballer (b. 1910)
September 2001
edit- September 1
- Daniel C. Drucker, American engineer (b. 1918)
- Bobby Evans, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- Ruthild Hahne, German sculptor (b. 1910)
- Budimir Metalnikov, Russian screenwriter and film director (b. 1925)
- September 2
- Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon (b. 1922)
- Troy Donahue, American actor (b. 1936)
- Jay Migliori, American saxophonist (b. 1930)
- September 3
- Ferruccio Amendola, Italian actor (b. 1930)
- Pauline Kael, American film critic (b. 1919)
- Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (b. 1973)
- September 4
- Maria Alfero, Italian sprinter (b. 1922)
- Sándor Simó, Hungarian film director and producer (b. 1934)
- September 5
- Chantal Chaudé de Silans, French chess player (b. 1919)
- Tamara Smirnova, Russian astronomer (b. 1935)
- September 6 – Van Rensselaer Potter, American biochemist (b. 1911)
- September 7
- Barno Itzhakova, Tajikistani musician (b. 1927)
- Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and producer (b. 1930)
- Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1921)
- September 8 – Govind Sawant, Indian field hockey player (b. 1935)
- September 9
- Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan military commander (b. 1953)
- Shinji Sōmai, Japanese film director (b. 1948)
- September 10
- Yevhen Drahunov, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1964)
- Alexey Suetin, Russian chess grandmaster and author (b. 1926)
- September 11
- Turghun Almas, Chinese historian and poet (b. 1924)
- David Angell, American television producer (b. 1946)
- Garnet Bailey, Canadian hockey player and scout (b. 1948)
- Todd Beamer, American passenger (b. 1968)
- Berry Berenson, American photographer (b. 1948)
- Carolyn Beug, American music video director (b. 1952)
- Bill Biggart, American photojournalist (b. 1947)
- Mark Bingham, American businessman (b. 1970)
- Charles Burlingame, American pilot (b. 1949)
- Kevin Cosgrove, American insurance executive (b. 1955)
- Welles Crowther, American businessman (b. 1977)
- Melissa Doi, American businesswoman (b. 1969)
- Aurelio Genghini, Italian runner (b. 1907)
- Keith A. Glascoe, American actor and firefighter (b. 1962)
- Nezam Hafiz, Guyanese-American cricketer (b. 1969)
- Charles Edward Jones, American astronaut (b. 1952)
- Mychal Judge, American friar and priest (b. 1933)
- Daniel Lewin, American-Israeli mathematician and entrepreneur (b. 1970)
- John Ogonowski, American pilot and activist (b. 1951)
- Barbara Olson, American television commentator (b. 1955)
- John P. O'Neill, American counterterrorism expert (b. 1952)
- Betty Ong, American flight attendant (b. 1956)
- Dominick Pezzulo, American police officer (b. 1965)
- Rick Rescorla, American army officer and security specialist (b. 1939)
- Madeline Amy Sweeney, American flight attendant (b. 1965)
- September 12
- Carmen Rico Godoy, Spanish author and journalist (b. 1939)
- Joseph Bruno Slowinski, American herpetologist (b. 1962)
- Victor Wong, Chinese-American actor (b. 1927)
- September 13
- Jaroslav Drobný, Czech tennis player and ice hockey player (b. 1921)
- Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1916)
- Fayga Ostrower, Polish-Brazilian artist (b. 1920)
- Charles Régnier, German actor (b. 1914)
- Alex Scott, Scottish footballer (b. 1936)
- September 14
- Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (b. 1931)
- Francisco Urcuyo, Nicaraguan politician (b. 1915)
- September 15
- Herbert Burdenski, German footballer and coach (b. 1922)
- Fred de Cordova, American television director and producer (b. 1910)
- Arne Pedersen, Danish cyclist (b. 1917)
- Eliezer Preminger, Israeli politician (b. 1920)
- Robert Louis Whelan, American bishop (b. 1912)
- September 16
- Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (b. 1918)
- François Bédarida, French historian (b. 1926)
- Neptali Gonzales, Filipino politician (b. 1923)
- Donald Hume, American rower (b. 1915)
- Leonid Osyka, Ukrainian film director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- September 17
- Hizgil Avshalumov, Russian author and poet (b. 1913)
- Samuel Epstein, Canadian-American geochemist (b. 1919)
- David Kipiani, Georgian footballer and manager (b. 1951)
- Delia Turina, Egyptian-Spanish dancer (b. 1936)
- September 18
- Busaba Athisthan, Thai singer (b. 1967)
- Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television personality (b. 1927)
- Sandy Saddler, American boxer (b. 1926)
- Barry Shepherd, Australian cricketer (b. 1937)
- September 19
- Nina Roscher, American chemist and activist (b. 1938)
- Bill Stafford, American baseball player (b. 1938)
- Cirilo R. Zayas, Paraguayan composer and author (b. 1929)
- September 20
- Billy Harris, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)
- Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1914)
- Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler, German journalist and television host (b. 1918)
- September 21 – David S. Dennison Jr., American politician (b. 1918)
- September 22
- Fikret Kızılok, Turkish musician (b. 1946)
- Anatoly Perov, Russian boxer (b. 1926)
- Isaac Stern, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1920)
- September 23
- Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
- Henryk Tomaszewski, Polish mime (b. 1919)
- September 24
- Hilde Holger, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1905)
- Peter Shore, English politician (b. 1924)
- September 25
- Robert W. Floyd, American computer scientist (b. 1936)
- Herbert Klein, German swimmer (b. 1923)
- Lani O'Grady, American actress (b. 1954)
- September 26 – Helia Bravo Hollis, Mexican botanist (b. 1901)
- September 27
- Herman Berlinski, German-American composer and musician (b. 1910)
- Helen Cherry, English actress (b. 1915)
- Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1920)
- Philip Rosenthal, German industrialist and politician (b. 1916)
- September 28
- Isao Inokuma, Japanese judoka (b. 1938)
- Ejner Johansson, Danish historian (b. 1922)
- Irene von Meyendorff, German-English actress (b. 1916)
- September 29
- Gloria Foster, American actress (b. 1933)
- Gellu Naum, Romanian poet and author (b. 1915)
- Risto Orko, Finnish film producer and director (b. 1899)
- Christian Robini, French cyclist (b. 1946)
- Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese politician (b. 1923)
- September 30
- Consuelo Araújo, Colombian politician (b. 1940)
- Luis Barboo, Spanish actor (b. 1927)
- Anatoli Bogdanov, Russian sport shooter (b. 1931)
- Gerhard Ebeling, German theologian (b. 1912)
- Jenny Jugo, Austrian actress (b. 1904)
- John C. Lilly, American physician and neuroscientist (b. 1915)
- Giovanni Macchia, Italian critic and author (b. 1912)
- Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician (b. 1945)
October 2001
edit- October 1
- Lee Cronbach, American psychologist (b. 1916)
- Gregory Hemingway, American physician (b. 1931)
- October 2
- Manny Albam, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1922)
- Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)
- Oldřich Lajsek, Czech painter (b. 1925)
- Fernando Mendes, Portuguese cyclist (b. 1946)
- October 3 – Alessandro Fersen, Polish-Italian actor (b. 1911)
- October 4
- Blaise Alexander, American racing driver (b. 1976)
- John Collins, American guitarist (b. 1913)
- Antonín Máša, Czech film director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
- October 5
- Jonas Bauža, Lithuanian-Armenian footballer (b. 1942)
- Peter Burge, Australian cricketer (b. 1932)
- Jan Lenica, Polish graphic designer and cartoonist (b. 1928)
- Mike Mansfield, American politician and diplomat (b. 1903)
- Emilie Schindler, German humanitarian (b. 1907)
- Kamejiro Senaga, Japanese journalist and politician (b. 1907)
- Zoltán Székely, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1903)
- October 6 – Axel Düberg, Swedish actor (b. 1927)
- October 7
- Chris Adams, English professional wrestler (b. 1955)
- Herbert Block, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
- Alfred Fyodorov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- Alf Gover, English cricketer (b. 1908)
- Stewart Imlach, Scottish footballer (b. 1932)
- Reg Matthews, English footballer (b. 1933)
- October 8
- Mongo Beti, Cameroonian author (b. 1932)
- Kenneth L. Hale, American linguist (b. 1934)
- Dmitry Polyansky, Russian politician (b. 1917)
- Angelo Varetto, Italian cyclist (b. 1910)
- October 9
- Roberto Campos, Brazilian economist and politician (b. 1917)
- Vladimir Danilevich, Russian animator (b. 1924)
- Dagmar Egnor, American actress and model (b. 1921)
- Herbert Ross, American film director and choreographer (b. 1927)
- Károly Simonyi, Hungarian physicist and author (b. 1916)
- October 10
- Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer (b. 1911)
- Cal Gardner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
- Evgeni Kharadze. Georgian astronomer and politician (b. 1907)
- Vasily Mishin, Russian rocket scientist and engineer (b. 1917)
- Luis Antonio García Navarro, Spanish conductor (b. 1941)
- Samuel Ndhlovu, Zambian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
- Anna Amelia Obermeyer, South African botanist (b. 1907)
- October 11
- Krzysztof Chamiec, Polish actor (b. 1930)
- Nada Mamula, Serbian singer (b. 1927)
- Beni Montresor, Italian artist (b. 1926)
- October 12
- Ruth Goetz, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- Quintin Hogg, English politician (b. 1907)
- John Talbot Robinson, South African paleontologist (b. 1923)
- Branko Stinčić, Croatian footballer (b. 1922)
- Witold Szalonek, Polish composer (b. 1927)
- Otis Young, American actor (b. 1932)
- October 13
- Jean Daninos, French automobile designer (b. 1906)
- Fritz Fromm, German handball player (b. 1913)
- Maksim Łužanin, Belarusian author and poet (b. 1909)
- David Neil MacKenzie, English linguist (b. 1926)
- Mwanza Mukombo, Congolese footballer (b. 1945)
- Olga Oleinik, Russian mathematician (b. 1925)
- October 14
- Vernon Harrison, English photographer and parapsychologist (b. 1912)
- Davis Lewis, American philosopher (b. 1941)
- October 15
- Chang Hsueh-liang, Chinese warlord (b. 1901)
- Ralph Levy, American television director and producer (b. 1920)
- Robert Rutledge, American sound engineer (b. 1948)
- Janet Shaw, American actress (b. 1919)
- Bent Tomtum, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1949)
- October 16
- Gotthold Gloger, German author and painter (b. 1924)
- Etta Jones, American singer (b. 1928)
- Yuri Ozerov, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- October 17
- Frank Anscombe, English statistician (b. 1918)
- Jay Livingston, American composer (b. 1915)
- Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete (b. 1922)
- Gyula Szilágyi, Hungarian footballer (b. 1923)
- Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli general and politician (b. 1926)
- October 18
- János Kulka, Hungarian conductor and composer (b. 1929)
- Ray Lovejoy, English film editor b. 1939)
- October 19
- Woody Dumart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
- Digna Ochoa, Mexican lawyer (b. 1964)
- October 20
- Philippe Agostini, French cinematographer and film director (b. 1910)
- Nebojša Popović, Serbian basketball player and coach (b. 1923)
- October 21
- François Fiedler, Czech-French painter (b. 1921)
- David Lowell Rich, American film director and producer (b. 1920)
- October 22
- Roger Coggio, French actor and film director (b. 1934)
- Ernest Hilgard, American psychologist (b. 1904)
- Samuel Khachikian, Iranian film director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- Bertie Mee, English football player and coach (b. 1918)
- Georgy Vitsin, Russian actor (b. 1917)
- Diana Van der Vlis, Canadian-American actress (b. 1935)
- October 23
- Ken Aston, English football referee (b. 1915)
- Josh Kirby, English artist (b. 1928)
- Ismat T. Kittani, Iraqi politician (b. 1929)
- Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and historian (b. 1917)
- October 24
- Eugenio Granell, Spanish painter (b. 1912)
- Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German architect (b. 1937)
- Jaromil Jireš, Czech film director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
- Seishiro Shimatani, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1938)
- Stephen Wurm, Hungarian-Australian linguist (b. 1922)
- October 25
- Marvin Harris, American anthropologist (b. 1927)
- Yoritsune Matsudaira, Japanese composer (b. 1907)
- René Philombé, Cameroonian author and journalist (b. 1930)
- October 26
- Maragatham Chandrasekar, Indian politician (b. 1917)
- Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Iranian royal (b. 1932)
- Abdul Haq, Afghan commander (b. 1958)
- Eugene Jackson, American actor (b. 1916)
- Elizabeth Jennings, English poet (b. 1926)
- Gerald Solomon, American politician (b. 1930)
- October 27 – Sophie Tatischeff, French film editor and director (b. 1946)
- October 28
- Fulvio Balatti, Italian rower (b. 1938)
- Richard Halsey Best, American lieutenant commander (b. 1910)
- October 29
- Grigory Chukhray, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- Milorad B. Protić, Serbian astronomer (b. 1911)
- October 30
- Carlitos Filho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1921)
- Marga Legal, German actress (b. 1908)
- October 31
- Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (b. 1970)
- Braj Kumar Nehru, Indian diplomat (b. 1909)
- Richard Martin Stern, American author (b. 1915)
November 2001
edit- November 1
- Juan Bosch, Dominican politician, President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1909)
- Medea de Novara, Liechtenstein-Mexican actress (b. 1905)
- John Romanides, Greek theologian and priest (b. 1927)
- November 2
- Mona Fandey, Malaysian singer and murderer (b. 1956)
- Elazar Shach, Lithuanian-Israeli rabbi (b. 1899)
- November 3
- Thomas Brasch, German author and poet (b. 1945)
- Lucio Colletti, Italian philosopher (b. 1924)
- Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-English historian (b. 1909)
- Frederick Heyliger, American army officer (b. 1916)
- Pradeep Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1925)
- Lucia Raniera, German princess (b. 1908)
- Mariano Navarro Rubio, Spanish politician (b. 1913)
- Viveka Seldahl, Swedish actress (b. 1944)
- Ward Wood, American actor (b. 1924)
- November 4 – Edward Boland, American politician (b. 1911)
- November 5
- Gholam Reza Azhari, Iranian politician, Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1912)
- Milton William Cooper, American author and conspiracy theorist (b. 1943)
- Barry Horne, English activist (b. 1952)
- Eldaniz Zeynalov, Azerbaijani actor (b. 1937)
- November 6
- Don Lavoie, American economist (b. 1951)
- Anthony Shaffer, English author and playwright (b. 1926)
- November 7
- Delia Garcés, Argentine actress (b. 1919)
- Sachiko Hidari, Japanese actress (b. 1930)
- Geoffrey Jenkins, South African journalist and author (b. 1920)
- François Philippe, French footballer (b. 1930)
- November 8
- Paolo Bertoli, Italian cardinal (b. 1908)
- Albrecht Fröhlich, German-English mathematician (b. 1916)
- Konrāds Kalējs, Latvian soldier (b. 1913)
- Peter Laslett, English historian (b. 1915)
- Radmila Savićević, Serbian actress (b. 1926)
- November 9
- Nancye Wynne Bolton, Australian tennis player (b. 1916)
- Giovanni Leone, Italian politician, Prime Minister and President of Italy (b. 1908)
- Édouard Marcelle, French rower (b. 1909)
- November 10
- Theys Eluay, West Papuan community leader (b. 1937)
- Ken Kesey, American author (b. 1935)
- November 11
- John R. Foley, American politician (b. 1917)
- Johanne Sutton, French journalist (b. 1966)
- November 12
- Albert Hague, German-American composer and actor (b. 1920)
- Tony Miles, English chess grandmaster (b. 1955)
- Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, American guru (b. 1927)
- Radovan Vlajković, Serbian politician (b. 1922)
- November 13
- Karuna Banerjee, Indian actress (b. 1919)
- Panama Francis, American drummer (b. 1918)
- Marius Flothuis, Dutch composer and musicologist (b. 1914)
- Babik Reinhardt, French guitarist (b. 1944)
- Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter (b. 1915)
- November 14
- Charlotte Coleman, English actress (b. 1968)
- Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer and coach (b. 1922)
- Mieczysław Waśkowski, Polish actor and film director (b. 1929)
- November 15
- Edwin H. Colbert, American palaeontologist and author (b. 1905)
- Satoru Kobayashi, Japanese film director (b. 1930)
- Jan Rabie, South African author (b. 1920)
- Alberto Ullastres, Spanish politician (b. 1914)
- November 16
- Francisco Malabo Beosá, Equatoguinean royal (b. 1896)
- Rosemary Brown, English composer and medium (b. 1916)
- Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (b. 1930)
- November 17
- Michael Karoli, German musician and composer (b. 1948)
- Harrison A. Williams, American politician (b. 1919)
- November 18
- Seyed Khalil Alinezhad, Iranian musician (b. 1958)
- Ela Peroci, Slovenian author (b. 1922)
- Renato Righetto, Brazilian basketball referee (b. 1921)
- November 19
- Baghdasar Arzoumanian, Armenian architect (b. 1916)
- Myriam Ben, Algerian activist and author (b. 1928)
- Maria Grazia Cutuli, Italian journalist (b. 1962)
- Bagrat Ulubabyan, Armenian author and historian (b. 1925)
- November 20
- James Broad, American boxer (b. 1958)
- Borko Temelkovski, Macedonian politician (b. 1919)
- November 21
- Salahuddin Al-Haj, Malaysian king (b. 1926)
- Ralph Burns, American pianist and composer (b. 1922)
- Ravindra Kaushik, Indian spy (b. 1952)
- Seydou Keïta, Malian photographer (b. 1921)
- Gardner McKay, American actor (b. 1932)
- November 22
- Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman (b. 1918)
- Norman Granz, American music producer (b. 1918)
- Luis Santaló, Spanish mathematician (b. 1911)
- November 23
- Vendramino Bariviera, Italian cyclist (b. 1937)
- Kiyoshi Inoue, Japanese academic and historian (b. 1913)
- Youssef Mohamed, Egyptian basketball player (b. 1927)
- Krishnananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher (b. 1922)
- O. C. Smith, American singer (b. 1932)
- Gerhard Stoltenberg, German politician (b. 1928)
- Mary Whitehouse, English activist (b. 1910)
- November 24
- Sophie Glücksburg, Greek-Danish princess (b. 1914)
- Donald McPherson, Canadian figure skater (b. 1945)
- Melanie Thornton, American singer (b. 1967)
- November 25
- Alan Bray, English historian and activist (b. 1948)
- David Gascoyne, English poet (b. 1916)
- Gohar Shahi, Pakistani spiritual leader (b. 1941)
- Erna Steuri, Swiss skier (b. 1917)
- November 26
- Mathias Clemens, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1915)
- Regine Hildebrandt, German biologist and politician (b. 1941)
- Lajos Kada, Hungarian prelate (b. 1924)
- Joe Modise, South African politician (b. 1929)
- Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish author and musician (b. 1943)
- Grete von Zieritz, Austrian-German pianist and composer (b. 1899)
- November 27
- Marguerite Nicolas, French athlete (b. 1916)
- Joe Hin Tjio, Indonesian-American cytogeneticist (b. 1919)
- November 28
- Gunnar Hellström, Swedish actor and film director (b. 1928)
- Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy, Russian-Ukrainian engineer (b. 1909)
- Igor Stechkin, Russian weapons designer (b. 1922)
- November 29
- Viktor Astafyev, Russian author (b. 1924)
- Usman Awang, Malaysian poet and playwright (b. 1929)
- Budd Boetticher, American film director (b. 1916)
- George Harrison, English musician (b. 1943)
- John Knowles, American author (b. 1926)
- John Mitchum, American actor (b. 1919)
- Helvio Soto, Chilean film director (b. 1930)
- Erwin Thaler, Austrian bobsledder (b. 1930)
- Eva Sandberg Xiao, German-Chinese photographer (b. 1911)
- November 30
- Kikutaro Baba, Japanese malacologist (b. 1905)
- Annibale Brasola, Italian cyclist (b. 1925)
- Francisco Calvet, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
- Lawrence Coughlin, American politician (b. 1929)
- Ernst Hufschmid, Swiss footballer (b. 1913)
- František Majdloch, Czech boxer (b. 1929)
December 2001
edit- December 1
- Danilo Donati, Italian costume designer and production designer (b. 1926)
- Ellis R. Dungan, American film director (b. 1909)
- Pavel Sadyrin, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
- December 2
- John W. Collins, American chess player and author (b. 1912)
- Bruce Halford, English racing driver (b. 1931)
- Raisa Mamentyeva, Russian basketball player (b. 1927)
- Dmitri Voskoboynikov, Russian volleyball player (b. 1941)
- Willie Woodburn, Scottish footballer (b. 1919)
- December 3
- Juan José Arreola, Mexican author and academic (b. 1918)
- Marike de Klerk, South African political figure, First Lady of South Africa (b. 1937)
- Grady Martin, American guitarist (b. 1929)
- Gerhart M. Riegner, German philosopher (b. 1911)
- Harry Winter, German-Austrian singer (b. 1914)
- December 4 – Silvio Clementelli, Italian film producer (b. 1926)
- December 5
- Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor (b. 1948)
- Franco Rasetti, Italian physicist (b. 1901)
- Bill Roberts, English sprinter (b. 1912)
- Dharam Singh, Indian field hockey player (b. 1919)
- December 6 – Hans Münch, German physician (b. 1911)
- December 7
- Peter Elias, American information theorist (b. 1923)
- Subrata Mitra, Indian cinematographer (b. 1930)
- Pauline Moore, American actress (b. 1914)
- Maria Francesca Romana, Italian royal (b. 1914)
- December 8
- Agha Shahid Ali, Indian-American poet (b. 1949)
- Mirza Delibašić, Bosnian basketball player (b. 1954)
- Maurice Gross, French linguist and scholar (b. 1934)
- Betty Holberton, American computer scientist (b. 1917)
- Miroslav Vlach, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1935)
- December 9
- Michael Carver, English army officer (b. 1915)
- Lisa Welander, Swedish neurologist (b. 1909)
- December 10
- Mikhail Budyko, Russian climatologist (b. 1920)
- Knut Fægri, Norwegian botanist and palaeoecologist (b. 1909)
- Julen Guimón, Spanish judge and politician (b. 1931)
- Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1911)
- Vernon Richards, English author and newspaper editor (b. 1915)
- Heinz Rögner, German conductor (b. 1929)
- December 11
- Mainza Chona, Zambian politician and diplomat (b. 1930)
- Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, Indian indologist and scholar (b. 1909)
- Teguh Karya, Indonesian film director (b. 1937)
- Clark Mills, American boatbuilder (b. 1915)
- John Wilkinson Taylor, American educator (b. 1906)
- December 12
- Friedel Apelt, German activist and politician (b. 1902)
- Josef Bican, Czech-Austrian footballer (b. 1913)
- Ardito Desio, Italian explorer (b. 1897)
- Armando Theodoro Hunziker, Argentine botanist (b. 1919)
- György Kőszegi, Hungarian weightlifter (b. 1950)
- Giuseppe Prisco, Italian lawyer and businessman (b. 1921)
- Jean Richard, French actor and comedian (b. 1921)
- Roger Scotti, French footballer (b. 1925)
- December 13
- Larry Costello, American basketball player (b. 1931)
- Beatrice Macola, Italian actress (b. 1965)
- Vidadi Narimanbekov, Azerbaijani painter (b. 1926)
- Chuck Schuldiner, American singer and guitarist (b. 1967)
- Dušan Slobodník, Slovakian translator and politician (b. 1927)
- Rufus Thomas, American singer (b. 1917)
- December 14
- Conte Candoli, American trumpeter (b. 1927)
- Alfred Byrd Graf, German-American botanist (b. 1901)
- W. G. Sebald, German author and academic (b. 1944)
- December 15
- Russ Haas, American professional wrestler (b. 1974)
- José O'Callaghan Martínez, Spanish priest and scholar (b. 1922)
- Rufus Thomas, American singer (b. 1917)
- December 16
- Stuart Adamson, Scottish singer and guitarist (b. 1958)
- Roy Brocksmith, American actor (b. 1945)
- Vilmoș Gheorghe, Romanian biathlete (b. 1941)
- Stefan Heym, German author (b. 1913)
- Martin Isaksson, Finnish politician and diplomat (b. 1921)
- Carwood Lipton, American army officer (b. 1920)
- Villy Sørensen, Danish author and philosopher (b. 1929)
- December 17
- Mohammad al-Shirazi, Iraqi-Iranian activist (b. 1928)
- Nelson Chelle, Uruguayan basketball player (b. 1931)
- Martha Mödl, German opera singer (b. 1912)
- Frédéric de Pasquale, French actor (b. 1931)
- Aleksandr Volodin, Russian playwright and screenwriter (b. 1919)
- December 18
- Gilbert Bécaud, French singer and composer (b. 1927)
- Dan DeCarlo, American comic book artist (b. 1919)
- Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (b. 1963)
- Marcel Mule, French saxophonist (b. 1901)
- Wale Ogunyemi, Nigerian playwright and actor (b. 1939)
- Tolomush Okeyev, Kyrgyzstani film director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
- Fyodor Shutkov, Russian sailor (b. 1924)
- December 19
- Wang Ruowang, Chinese author (b. 1918)
- Julia Sánchez, Peruvian sprinter (b. 1930)
- Hans Warren, Dutch author (b. 1921)
- Arkie Whiteley, Australian actress (b. 1964)
- December 20
- Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (b. 1912)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese politician, President of Senegal (b. 1906)
- Joan Wheeler, American actress (b. 1913)
- December 21
- Alice Ceresa, Swiss author (b. 1923)
- Jacques Mauclair, French actor (b. 1919)
- Thomas Sebeok, Hungarian-American semiotician and linguist (b. 1920)
- Leonid Smirnov, Russian politician (b. 1916)
- December 22
- Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish musician and composer (b. 1957)
- Angèle Durand, Belgian singer and actress (b. 1925)
- Lance Fuller, American actor (b. 1928)
- Jovan Gojković, Serbian footballer (b. 1975)
- Shidzue Katō, Japanese feminist and politician (b. 1897)
- Jacques Mayol, French diver (b. 1927)
- Gene Taylor, American double bassist (b. 1929)
- December 23
- Mark Clinton, Irish politician (b. 1915)
- Bola Ige, Nigerian politician (b. 1930)
- Jan Kott, Polish critic and activist (b. 1914)
- Dimitri Obolensky, Russian-English historian (b. 1914)
- Donald C. Spencer, American mathematician (b. 1912)
- Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch politician and economist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1918)
- December 24
- Robert Leckie, American author (b. 1920)
- Harvey Martin, American football player (b. 1950)
- December 25 – Alfred A. Tomatis, French otolaryngologist and inventor (b. 1920)
- December 26
- Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)
- Paul Landres, American film director and editor (b. 1912)
- George Rochester, English physicist (b. 1908)
- December 27
- Robert Fowler, South African cyclist (b. 1931)
- Ian Hamilton, English critic and author (b. 1938)
- Boris Rybakov, Russian historian (b. 1908)
- Helen Rodríguez Trías, American pediatrician and activist (b. 1929)
- December 28
- Kim Gu-yong, South Korean poet and calligrapher (b. 1922)
- Arne Larsson, Swedish medical figure (b. 1915)
- Arne Rettedal, Norwegian engineer and politician (b. 1926)
- December 29
- Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)
- Cássia Eller, Brazilian singer and musician (b. 1962)
- Florian Fricke, German musician (b. 1944)
- György Kepes, Hungarian-American painter and photographer (b. 1906)
- Anatoly Kubatsky, Russian actor (b. 1908)
- Clinton D. McKinnon, American journalist and politician (b. 1906)
- Josef Věntus, Czech rower (b. 1931)
- December 30
- Vladislav Čáp, Czech figure skater (b. 1926)
- Chaim Kreiswirth, Israeli rabbi (b. 1918)
- Samuel Mockbee, American architect (b. 1944)
- Ray Patterson, American animator (b. 1911)
- Sheila Sherlock, English physician (b. 1918)
- Ralph Sutton, American pianist (b. 1922)
- December 31
- Louis-René des Forêts, French author (b. 1918)
- John Grigg, English author and historian (b. 1924)
- Eileen Heckart, American actress (b. 1919)
- Paul Hubschmid, Swiss actor (b. 1917)
- Harshad Mehta, Indian stockbroker and fraudster (b. 1954)
- Araquem de Melo, Brazilian footballer (b. 1944)
- T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan, Indian author and translator (b. 1923)
- David Swift, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1919)
- Guido di Tella, Argentine politician and diplomat (b. 1931)
2002
editJanuary 2002
edit- January 1
- Mohand Arav Bessaoud, Algerian author and activist (b. 1924)
- Jack C. Haldeman II, American biologist and author (b. 1941)
- Hellmuth Marx, Austrian sculptor (b. 1915)
- Bonnie Mealing, American swimmer (b. 1912)
- Carol Ohmart, American actress and model (b. 1927)
- Julia Phillips, American film producer (b. 1944)
- Astrid Sampe, Swedish textile designer (b. 1909)
- Meg Wyllie, American actress (b. 1917)
- January 2
- Armi Aavikko, Finnish beauty queen and singer (b. 1958)
- Rui Campos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
- Charlie Mitten, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- Bibi Osterwald, American actress (b. 1920)
- January 3
- Satish Dhawan, Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer (b. 1920)
- Juan García Esquivel, Mexican bandleader and film composer (b. 1918)
- Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (b. 1923)
- January 4
- Georg Ericson, Swedish footballer and coach (b. 1919)
- Ada Falcón, Argentine dancer and singer (b. 1905)
- Grace Mera Molisa, Ni-Vanuatu politician and poet (b. 1946)
- Hilda Stevenson-Delhomme, Seychellois politician (b. 1912)
- January 5
- Valentin Chernikov, Armenian-Russian fencer (b. 1937)
- Roger Gyselinck, Belgian cyclist (b. 1910)
- Astrid Henning-Jensen, Danish film director and screenwriter (b. 1914)
- Vadim Shefner, Russian poet and author (b. 1914)
- January 6
- Per-Arne Berglund, Swedish javelin thrower (b. 1927)
- Sanya Dharmasakti, Thai judge and politician, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1907)
- Mario Nascimbene, Italian film composer (b. 1913)
- John W. Reynolds Jr., American judge and politician (b. 1921)
- Fred Taylor, American basketball coach (b. 1924)
- Marian Wenzel, American-English artist and historian (b. 1932)
- January 7
- Geoffrey Crossley, English racing driver (b. 1921)
- René Étiemble, French author and scholar (b. 1909)
- Björn Landström, Finnish artist and author (b. 1917)
- Avery Schreiber, American actor and comedian (b. 1935)
- Lev Zaykov, Russian politician (b. 1923)
- January 8
- M. S. Bartlett, English statistician (b. 1910)
- David McWilliams, American musician (b. 1945)
- Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist (b. 1916)
- Dave Thomas, American businessman (b. 1932)
- Viggo Widerøe, Norwegian pilot and entrepreneur (b. 1904)
- January 9
- Mush March, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1908)
- Bill McCutcheon, American actor (b. 1924)
- January 10
- John Buscema, American comic book artist (b. 1927)
- Günther Ortmann, German handball player (b. 1916)
- January 11
- Peggy Antonio, Australian cricketer (b. 1917)
- Christer Strömholm, Swedish photographer (b. 1918)
- Henri Verneuil, French playwright and film director (b. 1920)
- January 12
- John Berger, Swedish skier (b. 1909)
- Ernest Pintoff, American film director (b. 1931)
- Cyrus Vance, American politician (b. 1917)
- January 13
- Richard Bolt, American physicist (b. 1911)
- Christian von Bülow, Danish sailor (b. 1917)
- Ted Demme, American film director (b. 1963)
- Susanne Erichsen, German beauty queen and model (b. 1925)
- Paul Fannin, American politician (b. 1907)
- Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman (b. 1897)
- Antonije Isaković, Serbian author and academic (b. 1923)
- Pierre Joubert, French illustrator (b. 1910)
- Valeri Nikitin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1939)
- José María Sánchez-Silva, Spanish author (b. 1911)
- January 14
- Edith Bouvier Beale, American socialite and model (b. 1917)
- Cele Goldsmith Lalli, American magazine editor (b. 1933)
- Antonio Sbardella, Italian footballer and referee (b. 1925)
- Michael Young, English sociologist and politician (b. 1915)
- January 15
- Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician (b. 1923)
- Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (b. 1913)
- Jean Dockx, Belgian footballer (b. 1941)
- Miguel Flores, Chilean footballer (b. 1920)
- Tomislav Kaloperović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- Vithabai Bhau Mang Narayangaonkar, Indian dancer and singer (b. 1935)
- Michel Poniatowski, French politician (b. 1922)
- January 16
- Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
- Jean Elleinstein, French historian (b. 1927)
- Milutin Kukanjac, Serbian colonel general (b. 1935)
- Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928)
- Ron Taylor, American actor (b. 1952)
- Michael Walford, English athlete (b. 1915)
- January 17
- Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and poet (b. 1916)
- Queenie Leonard, English actress (b. 1905)
- Eddie Meduza, Swedish composer and musician (b. 1948)
- Héctor Tosar, Uruguayan pianist and composer (b. 1923)
- January 18
- Jovdat Hajiyev, Azerbaijani composer (b. 1917)
- Alex Hannum, American basketball player and coach (b. 1923)
- Yasmeen Ismail, Pakistani actress and theatre director (b. 1950)
- January 19
- Jeff Astle, English footballer (b. 1942)
- Martti Miettunen, Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1907)
- Edvaldo Neto, Brazilian footballer (b. 1934)
- January 20
- Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (b. 1963)
- John Jackson, American musician (b. 1924)
- Ivan Karabyts, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1945)
- January 21
- Max Angst, Swiss bobsledder (b. 1921)
- Jorma Karhunen, Finnish pilot and author (b. 1913)
- Peggy Lee, American singer and actress (b. 1921)
- John Arthur Love, American politician (b. 1916)
- Adolfo Marsillach, Spanish actor (b. 1928)
- January 22
- Sheldon Allman, American-Canadian singer and actor (b. 1924)
- Kenneth Armitage, English sculptor (b. 1916)
- Peter Bardens, English keyboardist (b. 1945)
- Guido Bernardi, Italian cyclist (b. 1921)
- Salomon Tandeng Muna, Cameroonian politician (b. 1912)
- Jack Shea, American speed skater (b. 1910)
- A. H. Weiler, American author and film critic (b. 1908)
- January 23
- Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (b. 1930)
- Domingo Drummond, Honduran footballer (b. 1957)
- Igor Kipnis, German-American musician and conductor (b. 1930)
- Robert Nozick, American philosopher (b. 1938)
- Pier Giorgio Perotto, Italian engineer and inventor (b. 1930)
- Gerhard Prokop, German footballer and manager (b. 1939)
- Juan Edmundo Vecchi, Argentine priest (b. 1931)
- January 24
- Stuart Burge, English film director and producer (b. 1918)
- Elie Hobeika, Lebanese militia commander (b. 1956)
- Kurt Schaffenberger, German-American comic book artist (b. 1920)
- Gregorio Walerstein, Mexican film producer and screenwriter (b. 1913)
- January 25 – Winston Place, English cricketer (b. 1914)
- January 26 – Francisco Cabañas, Mexican boxer (b. 1912)
- January 27
- Yelena Gorchakova, Russian javelin thrower (b. 1933)
- Wafa Idris, Palestinian suicide bomber (b. 1975)
- John James, English racing driver (b. 1914)
- Franz Meyers, German politician (b. 1908)
- January 28
- Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
- Hennie Keetelaar, Dutch water polo player (b. 1927)
- Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author (b. 1907)
- January 29
- Stephen Wayne Anderson, American contract killer (b. 1953)
- Sarla Grewal, Indian politician (b. 1927)
- R. M. Hare, English philosopher (b. 1919)
- Stratford Johns, South African-English actor (b. 1925)
- Night Train Lane, American football player (b. 1928)
- Berto Pisano, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1928)
- Harold Russell, American actor (b. 1914)
- January 30
- Carlo Karges, German musician (b. 1951)
- Inge Morath, Austrian photographer (b. 1923)
- Louis Salica, American boxer (b. 1912)
- January 31
- Ernest Butler, English footballer (b. 1919)
- Gabby Gabreski, Polish-American pilot (b. 1919)
- Henry Kloss, American engineer and entrepreneur (b. 1929)
- Predrag Vranicki, Croatian philosopher (b. 1922)
February 2002
edit- February 1
- Aykut Barka, Turkish scientist (b. 1951)
- Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (b. 1925)
- Irish McCalla, American actress (b. 1928)
- Daniel Pearl, American journalist (b. 1963)
- Pierre Vago, French architect (b. 1910)
- February 2
- Paul Baloff, American singer (b. 1960)
- Ed Jucker, American basketball coach (b. 1916)
- Poncke Princen, Dutch resistance fighter and activist (b. 1925)
- Ani Pachen, Tibetan freedom fighter and activist (b. 1933)
- Oscar Reutersvärd, Swedish artist (b. 1915)
- February 3
- Rudolf Fleischmann, German nuclear physicist (b. 1903)
- Raymond Gérôme, Belgian-French actor (b. 1920)
- Mel McGaha, American basketball player and baseball manager (b. 1926)
- Hans Paetsch, German actor (b. 1909)
- Julien Rassam, French actor (b. 1968)
- February 4
- Agatha Barbara, Maltese politician, President of Malta (b. 1923)
- Sigvard Bernadotte, Swedish prince (b. 1907)
- George Nader, American actor (b. 1921)
- Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer (b. 1905)
- Eve Titus, American author (b. 1922)
- February 5 – Angela du Maurier, English author and actress (b. 1904)
- February 6
- Grietje de Jongh, Dutch sprinter (b. 1924)
- Wendell Marshall, American double bassist (b. 1920)
- Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist (b. 1914)
- Guy Stockwell, American actor (b. 1933)
- February 7
- Elisa Bridges, American model (b. 1973)
- Jack Fairman, English racing driver (b. 1913)
- Jerrold Katz, American philosopher and linguist (b. 1932)
- Tony Pond, English rally driver (b. 1945)
- February 8
- Elisabeth Mann Borgese, German-Canadian environmentalist and political scientist (b. 1918)
- Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean politician, President of Singapore (b. 1936)
- Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930)
- Esther Afua Ocloo, Ghanaian businesswoman (b. 1919)
- Grigory Okhay, Russian pilot (b. 1917)
- Eldon Rudd, American politician (b. 1920)
- Thomaz Soares da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1921)
- February 9
- Princess Margaret, English princess (b. 1930)
- Judson Pratt, American actor (b. 1916)
- Vesta M. Roy, American politician (b. 1925)
- February 10
- Jack Henry Abbott, American author (b. 1944)
- John Erickson, English historian (b. 1929)
- Ramón Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord (b. 1964)
- Traudl Junge, German secretary (b. 1920)
- Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora, Spanish politician and author (b. 1924)
- Abe Most, American musician (b. 1920)
- Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi, Indian scholar and historian (b. 1948)
- Dave Van Ronk, American singer (b. 1936)
- Vernon A. Walters, American politician (b. 1917)
- February 11 – Barry Foster, English actor (b. 1931)
- February 12
- John Eriksen, Danish footballer (b. 1957)
- Ide Oumarou, Nigerien diplomat (b. 1937)
- José Travassos, Portuguese footballer (b. 1926)
- February 13
- Theresa Bernstein, Polish-American painter and author (b. 1890)
- Ramón Grosso, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1943)
- Carlos Aboim Inglez, Portuguese politician (b. 1930)
- Waylon Jennings, American singer (b. 1937)
- Manfred Kuschmann, German runner (b. 1950)
- Edmar Mednis, Latvian-American chess grandmaster and author (b. 1937)
- February 14
- Domènec Balmanya, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1914)
- J. Desmond Clark, English archaeologist (b. 1916)
- Norman Davidson, American biologist (b. 1916)
- Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, French resistance fighter (b. 1920)
- Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- A. J. Kardar, Pakistani film director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- Grover Krantz, American anthropologist and cryptozoologist (b. 1931)
- Mick Tucker, English drummer (b. 1947)
- Günter Wand, German conductor and composer (b. 1912)
- February 15
- Lucille Lund, American actress (b. 1913)
- Ke Pauk, Cambodian politician (b. 1934)
- Howard K. Smith, American journalist and news anchor (b. 1914)
- Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
- February 16
- John W. Gardner, American politician (b. 1912)
- Peter Voulkos, American ceramist (b. 1924)
- Walter Winterbottom, English footballer and manager (b. 1913)
- February 17 – Alexander Carter, French cardinal (b. 1909)
- February 18
- Giustino Durano, Italian actor (b. 1923)
- Lev Kulidzhanov, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- Jack Lambert, American actor (b. 1920)
- Byrne Piven, American actor (b. 1929)
- February 19
- Sal Bartolo, American boxer (b. 1917)
- Arthur Eisenmenger, German graphic designer (b. 1914)
- Virginia Hamilton, American author (b. 1936)
- Lila De Nobili, Italian stage designer and costume designer (b. 1916)
- Sylvia Rivera, American activist (b. 1951)
- Arne Selmosson, Swedish footballer (b. 1931)
- February 20
- Laura duPont, American tennis player (b. 1949)
- Branko Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- Fredric Steinkamp, American film editor (b. 1928)
- February 21
- A. L. Barker, English author (b. 1918)
- Harold Furth, Austrian-American physicist (b. 1930)
- John Thaw, English actor (b. 1942)
- Georges Vedel, French lawyer (b. 1910)
- February 22
- Paddy Ambrose, Irish footballer (b. 1928)
- Maria Corti, Italian philologist and critic (b. 1915)
- Raymond Firth, New Zealand ethnologist (b. 1901)
- Chuck Jones, American animator (b. 1912)
- Jonas Savimbi, Angolan revolutionary and politician (b. 1934)
- Barbara Valentin, Austrian actress (b. 1940)
- February 23
- Franz Elbern, German footballer (b. 1910)
- Bernd Hartstein, German sport shooter (b. 1947)
- Ryszard Przybysz, Polish handball player (b. 1950)
- February 24
- Martin Esslin, Hungarian-English radio producer (b. 1918)
- Leo Ornstein, American composer and pianist (b. 1895)
- Mel Stewart, American actor and television director (b. 1929)
- Robert Strausz-Hupé, Austrian-American diplomat (b. 1903)
- February 25 – Afaq Hussain, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1939)
- February 26
- Greg Losey, American pentathlete (b. 1950)
- Helen Megaw, Irish crystallographer (b. 1907)
- Oskar Sala, German physicist and composer (b. 1910)
- Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919)
- Tony Young, American actor (b. 1937)
- February 27 – Spike Milligan, English-Irish actor and comedian (b. 1918)
- February 28
- Ehsan Jafri, Indian politician (b. 1929)
- Mary Stuart, American actress (b. 1926)
- Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (b. 1920)
March 2002
edit- March 1
- Georges Beaucourt, French footballer (b. 1912)
- C. Farris Bryant, American politician (b. 1914)
- Hocine Soltani, Algerian boxer (b. 1972)
- John Wieners, American poet (b. 1934)
- March 2
- Léon Caurla, French sprinter (b. 1926)
- Friedrich Gorenstein, Ukrainian author and screenwriter (b. 1932)
- Jason Mayélé, Congolese footballer (b. 1976)
- Thomas Owen, Belgian author (b. 1910)
- Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet (b. 1915)
- March 3
- Henry Nathaniel Andrews, American paleobiologist (b. 1910)
- G. M. C. Balayogi, Indian politician (b. 1951)
- Nelson Estupiñán Bass, Ecuadorian author and poet (b. 1912)
- Harlan Howard, American songwriter (b. 1927)
- Roy Porter, English historian (b. 1946)
- March 4
- Ryō Hanmura, Japanese author (b. 1933)
- Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (b. 1913)
- Margarete Neumann, German author and poet (b. 1917)
- Prunella Ransome, English actress (b. 1943)
- Velibor Vasović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
- March 5
- Howard Cannon, American politician (b. 1912)
- Stanisław Jankowski, Polish resistance fighter (b. 1911)
- March 6
- Chuck Chapman, Canadian basketball player (b. 1911)
- Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
- David Jenkins, Welsh librarian (b. 1912)
- Ugnė Karvelis, Lithuanian author and translator (b. 1935)
- March 7
- Daaf Drok, Dutch footballer (b. 1914)
- Jansug Kakhidze, Georgian musician and composer (b. 1935)
- Mati Klarwein, French painter (b. 1932)
- Franziska Rochat-Moser, Swiss runner (b. 1966)
- March 8
- Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Beninese politician (b. 1917)
- George F. Carrier, American mathematician (b. 1918)
- Winnie Markus, Czech-German actress (b. 1921)
- Cassandra Rios, Brazilian author (b. 1932)
- March 9
- Denise Bosc, French actress (b. 1916)
- Leonard Gershe, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Normand Lockwood, American composer (b. 1906)
- Carlos Casares Mouriño, Spanish author (b. 1941)
- Mohammad Paziraei, Azerbaijani-Iranian wrestler (b. 1929)
- Oleg Trubachyov, Russian linguist (b. 1930)
- Irene Worth, American actress (b. 1916)
- March 10
- Elguja Amashukeli, Georgian sculptor and painter (b. 1928)
- Irán Eory, Iranian-Mexican actress (b. 1939)
- Erik Lönnroth, Swedish historian (b. 1910)
- Shirley Scott, American organist (b. 1934)
- Howard Thompson, American journalist and film critic (b. 1919)
- March 11
- Marion Dönhoff, German journalist and publisher (b. 1909)
- Rudolf Hell, German inventor and engineer (b. 1901)
- Franjo Kuharić, Croatian cardinal (b. 1919)
- K. S. Lal, Indian historian (b. 1920)
- Albert Ritserveldt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1915)
- James Tobin, American economist (b. 1918)
- March 12
- Louis-Marie Billé, French cardinal (b. 1938)
- Peter Blau, American sociologist (b. 1918)
- Abdul Kadir, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1944)
- Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician, President of Cyprus (b. 1932)
- Vitaly Peskov, Russian cartoonist (b. 1944)
- Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
- March 13
- Ivano Blason, Italian footballer (b. 1923)
- Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
- Nasir Hussain, Indian screenwriter and film director (b. 1926)
- Jacques Jansen, French singer (b. 1913)
- Bayliss Levrett, American racecar driver (b. 1914)
- Ri Tu-ik, North Korean politician (b. 1921)
- Hubert Wagner, Polish volleyball player and coach (b. 1941)
- March 14 – Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (b. 1930)
- March 15
- Werner Unger, German footballer (b. 1931)
- Pat Weaver, American television executive (b. 1908)
- March 16
- Carmelo Bene, Italian actor and film director (b. 1937)
- Isaías Duarte Cancino, Colombian archbishop (b. 1939)
- Salah-Hassan Hanifes, Israeli politician (b. 1913)
- Umar Kayam, Indonesian sociologist and author (b. 1932)
- Danilo Stojković, Serbian actor (b. 1934)
- March 17
- Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general (b. 1917)
- Georges Gorse, French politician and diplomat (b. 1915)
- Christian Graf von Krockow, German author and political scientist (b. 1927)
- Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. 1911)
- Vasil Mitkov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1943)
- Luise Rinser, German author (b. 1911)
- William Witney, American film director (b. 1915)
- March 18
- Rodolfo Falzoni, Italian cyclist (b. 1925)
- Denis Forest, Canadian actor (b. 1960)
- Mario Gariazzo, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1930)
- R. A. Lafferty, American author (b. 1914)
- Van Leo, Armenian-Egyptian photographer (b. 1921)
- Gösta Winbergh, Swedish opera singer (b. 1943)
- March 19
- Marco Biagi, Italian judge (b. 1950)
- Kurt Czekalla, German sport shooter (b. 1930)
- John Patton, American pianist and organist (b. 1935)
- Erkki Salmenhaara, Finnish composer and musicologist (b. 1941)
- March 20
- Giulio Alfieri, Italian automobile designer (b. 1924)
- Samuel Warren Carey, Australian geologist (b. 1911)
- George Macovescu, Romanian author and politician (b. 1913)
- Aleksei Yeskov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1946)
- March 21
- James F. Blake, American bus driver (b. 1912)
- Thomas Flanagan, American author (b. 1923)
- Kumari Radha, Indian author and poet (b. 1936)
- Boris Sichkin, Russian actor and dancer (b. 1922)
- Herman Talmadge, American politician (b. 1913)
- March 22
- Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss conductor and violinist (b. 1917)
- Jaroslav Cejp, Czech footballer (b. 1924)
- Kingsford Dibela, Papua New Guinean politician (b. 1932)
- Marcel Hansenne, French runner (b. 1917)
- M. V. Vasudeva Rao, Indian actor (b. 1920)
- March 23
- Enzo Barboni, Italian cinematographer and film director (b. 1922)
- John Biby, American sailor (b. 1912)
- Eileen Farrell, American opera singer (b. 1920)
- Piara Singh Gill, Indian nuclear physicist (b. 1911)
- Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)
- Marcel Kint, Belgian cyclist (b. 1914)
- Neal E. Miller, American psychologist (b. 1909)
- Leif Wager, Finnish actor (b. 1922)
- March 24
- Dorothy DeLay, American violin instructor (b. 1917)
- César Milstein, Argentine biochemist (b. 1927)
- Erik Møller, Danish architect (b. 1909)
- Bob Said, American racing driver (b. 1932)
- March 25
- William Alexander Stewart, American linguist (b. 1930)
- Hilde Zimmermann, Austrian resistance fighter (b. 1920)
- March 26
- Randy Castillo, American drummer (b. 1950)
- Gerald Hylkema, Dutch footballer (b. 1946)
- Eugen Meier, Swiss footballer (b. 1930)
- Taisto Sinisalo, Finnish politician (b. 1926)
- March 27
- Milton Berle, American actor and comedian (b. 1908)
- Giorgi Melikishvili, Georgian historian (b. 1918)
- Dudley Moore, English actor and comedian (b. 1935)
- Tadeusz Rut, Polish hammer thrower (b. 1931)
- Sture Stork, Swedish sailor (b. 1930)
- Lotte Ulbricht, German politician (b. 1903)
- Billy Wilder, Austrian-American film director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
- Alicia Cañas Zañartu, Chilean politician (b. 1901)
- March 28
- Klaus Croissant, German spy and activist (b. 1931)
- Tikka Khan, Pakistani general (b. 1915)
- Albert Whitford, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1905)
- March 29
- Henning Bahs, Danish screenwriter (b. 1928)
- Eberhard Mehl, German fencer (b. 1935)
- March 30
- Anand Bakshi, Indian poet (b. 1930)
- Yara Bernette, Brazilian pianist (b. 1920)
- Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, English queen (b. 1900)
- Jean Pictet, Swiss lawyer and scholar (b. 1914)
- Bjørn Spydevold, Norwegian footballer (b. 1918)
- March 31
- Lucio San Pedro, Filipino composer (b. 1913)
- Wolfgang Stolper, Austrian-American economist (b. 1912)
April 2002
edit- April 1
- Tonino Cervi, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (b. 1905)
- Kees Mijnders, Dutch footballer (b. 1912)
- K. V. Narayanaswamy, Indian musician (b. 1923)
- April 2
- Levi Celerio, Filipino composer (b. 1910)
- Jack Kruschen, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
- John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910)
- Henry Slesar, American author and playwright (b. 1927)
- Shigeo Sugimoto, Japanese footballer (b. 1926)
- Robert Lawson Vaught, American mathematician (b. 1926)
- April 3
- Heinz Drache, German actor (b. 1923)
- Fad Gadget, English musician (b. 1956)
- Roy Huggins, American author and television writer (b. 1914)
- Ernst Stojaspal, Austrian footballer (b. 1925)
- April 4
- Leo Laakso, Finnish ski jumper (b. 1918)
- Mujahidul Islam Qasmi, Indian scholar (b. 1936)
- April 5
- Herbert Cahn, German archaeologist (b. 1915)
- Layne Staley, American singer (b. 1967)
- Ben Warley, American basketball player (b. 1936)
- Kim Won-gyun, North Korean composer and politician (b. 1917)
- April 6
- Silvia Derbez, Mexican actress (b. 1932)
- Petru Dumitriu, Romanian-French author (b. 1924)
- Oliver Eggimann, Swiss footballer (b. 1919)
- Børge Gissel, Danish cyclist (b. 1915)
- Kevin Kelley, American drummer (b. 1943)
- Nobu McCarthy, Canadian actress (b. 1934)
- Judith Wood, American actress (b. 1906)
- April 7
- John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)
- Bobby Astyr, American pornographic actor (b. 1937)
- Georges Van Coningsloo, Belgian cyclist (b. 1940)
- Tom Rendall, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)
- Conny Vandenbos, Dutch singer (b. 1937)
- April 8
- Nigel Bagnall, English field marshal (b. 1927)
- María Félix, Mexican actress and singer (b. 1914)
- Saeed Hanaei, Iranian serial killer (b. 1962)
- Giacomo Mancini, Italian politician (b. 1916)
- Josef Svoboda, Czech artist (b. 1920)
- Laurel Rose Willson, American author and imposter (b. 1941)
- April 9
- Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (b. 1926)
- Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891)
- April 10
- Haim Cohn, Israeli judge and politician (b. 1911)
- Ed Fleming, American basketball player (b. 1933)
- Géza Hofi, Hungarian actor and comedian (b. 1936)
- Yuji Hyakutake, Japanese astronomer (b. 1950)
- April 11 – Branko Bauer, Croatian film director (b. 1921)
- April 12
- Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, Indian politician (b. 1914)
- George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and scholar (b. 1908)
- April 13
- Alex Baroni, Italian singer (b. 1966)
- Ivan Desny, Swiss actor (b. 1922)
- Oreste Piccioni, Italian-American physicist (b. 1915)
- Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racing driver (b. 1928)
- April 14
- Buck Baker, American racecar driver (b. 1919)
- Mark Ermler, Russian conductor (b. 1932)
- April 15
- Irina Grekova, Russian author and mathematician (b. 1907)
- Damon Knight, American author and editor (b. 1922)
- Byron White, American judge and football player (b. 1917)
- April 16
- Ramiro de León Carpio, Guatemalan politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1942)
- Sándor Gáspár, Hungarian politician (b. 1917)
- Franz Krienbühl, Swiss speed skater (b. 1929)
- Marcel Stern, Swiss sailor (b. 1922)
- Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946)
- April 17 – Srul Irving Glick, Canadian composer and radio producer (b. 1934)
- April 18
- Thor Heyerdahl, American basketball player (b. 1914)
- Wayne Hightower, American basketball player (b. 1940)
- Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)
- April 19
- Jean-Pierre Destrumelle, French footballer (b. 1941)
- Reginald Rose, American screenwriter (b. 1920)
- April 20
- A. M. Azahari, Brunei politician (b. 1928)
- Vlastimil Brodský, Czech actor (b. 1920)
- Sarvepalli Gopal, Indian historian (b. 1923)
- Pierre Rapsat, Belgian singer (b. 1948)
- April 21
- Verné Lesche, Finnish speed skater (b. 1917)
- Graham McVilly, Australian cyclist (b. 1948)
- Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi, Afghan politician (b. 1920)
- April 22
- Albrecht Becker, German production designer and actor (b. 1906)
- Soja Jovanović, Serbian film director (b. 1922)
- Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress (b. 1949)
- Victor Weisskopf, Austrian-American theoretical physicist (b. 1908)
- April 23
- Sam Francis, American football player and shot putter (b. 1913)
- Tibor Simon, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1965)
- April 24
- Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908)
- Nadezhda Zhurkina, Russian radio operator and machine gunner (b. 1920)
- April 25
- Michael Bryant, English actor (b. 1928)
- Indra Devi, Russian yoga instructor (b. 1899)
- Lisa Lopes, American musician (b. 1971)
- Athanasios Papoulis, Greek-American engineer and mathematician (b. 1921)
- April 26
- Vincenzo Caianiello, Italian judge (b. 1932)
- Mikhail Ptashuk, Belarusian film director and screenwriter (b. 1943)
- Tore Svensson, Swedish footballer (b. 1927)
- April 27
- Guila Bustabo, American violinist (b. 1916)
- George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)
- Ruth Handler, American inventor (b. 1916)
- Arthur Owen, English racing driver (b. 1915)
- Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dutch-Swiss art collector (b. 1921)
- Felix Villars, Swiss-American physicist (b. 1921)
- April 28
- Robert M. Gagné, American psychologist (b. 1916)
- Alexander Lebed, Russian military officer and politician (b. 1950)
- Edgardo Prátola, Argentine footballer (b. 1969)
- Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (b. 1916)
- John Wilkinson, American sound mixer (b. 1920)
- Gordon Willey, American archaeologist (b. 1913)
- April 29
- Bob Akin, American businessman and racing driver (b. 1936)
- Sune Andersson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- Ihar Hermianchuk, Belarusian journalist and activist (b. 1961)
- Lor Tok, Thai comedian and actor (b. 1914)
- April 30 – Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German museum director (b. 1928)
May 2002
edit- May 1
- Ade Bethune, Belgian-American artist (b. 1914)
- Tom Sutton, American comic book artist (b. 1937)
- May 2
- Rosa García Ascot, Spanish composer and pianist (b. 1902)
- Peter Thomas Bauer, Hungarian-English economist (b. 1915)
- Devika Devadoss, Indian actress (b. 1943)
- Sihung Lung, Taiwanese actor (b. 1930)
- Izet Sarajlić, Bosnian historian and poet (b. 1930)
- Richard Stücklen, German politician (b. 1916)
- W. T. Tutte, English-Canadian codebreaker and mathematician (b. 1917)
- May 3
- Barbara Castle, English politician (b. 1910)
- Jesús Díaz, Cuban author (b. 1941)
- Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Somali politician, President and Prime Minister of Somaliland (b. 1928)
- Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor and composer (b. 1928)
- Mariana Yampolsky, Mexican-American photographer (b. 1925)
- May 4
- Ernesto Díaz, Colombian footballer (b. 1952)
- Stanisław Niwiński, Polish actor (b. 1932)
- Elizabeth Russell, American actress (b. 1916)
- Gerónimo Saccardi, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1949)
- May 5
- Edmondo Amati, Italian film producer (b. 1920)
- Hugo Banzer, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (b. 1926)
- Fritz Heine, German politician (b. 1904)
- Andrei Rostotsky, Russian actor and stunt performer (b. 1957)
- Clarence Seignoret, Dominican politician, President of Dominica (b. 1919)
- George Sidney, American film director and producer (b. 1916)
- Čestmír Vycpálek, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- Louis C. Wyman, American politician (b. 1917)
- May 6
- Murray Adaskin, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1906)
- Otis Blackwell, American songwriter and musician (b. 1931)
- Harry George Drickamer, American engineer (b. 1918)
- Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (b. 1948)
- Shanta Gandhi, Indian theatre director and playwright (b. 1917)
- Saleh Selim, Egyptian footballer (b. 1930)
- May 7
- Durga Bhagwat, Indian scholar and author (b. 1910)
- Robert Kanigher, American comic book writer (b. 1915)
- Masakatsu Miyamoto, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1938)
- Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer and critic (b. 1912)
- May 8
- Sylvester Barrett, Irish politician (b. 1926)
- Tilly Lauenstein, German actress (b. 1916)
- Boyce McDaniel, American nuclear physicist (b. 1917)
- May 9 – Leon Stein, American composer (b. 1910)
- May 10
- Kaifi Azmi, Indian poet (b. 1919)
- Gabriele Mucchi, Italian painter (b. 1899)
- David Riesman, American sociologist (b. 1909)
- Yves Robert, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- May 11
- Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mobster (b. 1905)
- Bill Peet, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)
- Abida Sultan, Pakistani princess (b. 1913)
- Nika Turbina, Russian poet (b. 1974)
- May 12 – Richard Chorley, English geographer (b. 1927)
- May 13
- Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
- Morihiro Saito, Japanese aikidoka (b. 1928)
- Kanitha Wichiencharoen, Thai lawyer and activist (b. 1922)
- May 14
- José Lutzenberger, Brazilian agronomist and environmentalist (b. 1926)
- Ray Stricklyn, American actor (b. 1928)
- May 15
- Kofoworola Ademola, Nigerian educator (b. 1913)
- Tatiana Okunevskaya, Russian actress (b. 1914)
- May 16
- Big Dick Dudley, American professional wrestler (b. 1968)
- Salcia Landmann, Polish-Swiss author (b. 1911)
- May 17
- Dave Berg, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
- James Chichester-Clark, Northern Irish politician, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1923)
- László Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- John de Lancie, American oboist (b. 1921)
- Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish musician and composer (b. 1939)
- Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (b. 1940)
- May 18
- Sergio Andreoli, Italian footballer (b. 1922)
- Song Hye-rim, North Korean actress (b. 1937)
- Egidio Premiani, Italian basketball player (b. 1909)
- Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Austrian violinist (b. 1915)
- Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (b. 1962)
- May 19
- John Gorton, Australian politician, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
- Walter Lord, American historian and author (b. 1917)
- Otar Lordkipanidze, Georgian archaeologist (b. 1930)
- Bryant Tuckerman, American mathematician (b. 1915)
- May 20
- Renzo Barbera, Italian businessman (b. 1920)
- Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (b. 1941)
- Jihad Ahmed Jibril, Palestinian politician (b. 1961)
- Sándor Kónya, Hungarian opera singer (b. 1923)
- May 21
- Joe Cobb, American actor (b. 1916)
- Roberto Drummond, Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1933)
- Andrzej Herder, Polish actor (b. 1937)
- Wladimiro Panizza, Italian cyclist (b. 1945)
- Roy Paul, Welsh footballer (b. 1920)
- Niki de Saint Phalle, French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1930)
- May 22
- Fritz Hippler, German film director and nazi propagandist (b. 1909)
- Ruth Williams Khama, Botswanan political figure, First Lady of Botswana (b. 1923)
- Alexandru Todea, Romanian cardinal (b. 1912)
- May 23
- Umberto Bindi, Italian singer (b. 1932)
- Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912)
- Dorothy Spencer, American film editor (b. 1909)
- May 24
- Joseph Bau, Polish-Israeli artist and philosopher (b. 1920)
- Susie Garrett, American actress and singer (b. 1929)
- Xi Zhongxun, Chinese revolutionary (b. 1913)
- May 25
- Pat Coombs, English actress (b. 1926)
- Bart de Graaff, Dutch television presenter and comedian (b. 1967)
- Zoran Janković, Serbian water polo player (b. 1940)
- Michel Jobert, French politician (b. 1921)
- May 26 – Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
- May 27
- Aleksey Prokhorov, Russian pilot (b. 1922)
- Vitaly Solomin, Russian actor and film director (b. 1941)
- May 28
- Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (b. 1905)
- Jürgen Werner, German footballer (b. 1935)
- Rostislav Yurenev, Russian film critic (b. 1912)
- May 29 – Gunnar Jarring, Swedish diplomat and turkologist (b. 1907)
- May 30
- John B. Keane, Irish playwright and author (b. 1928)
- Walter Laird, English dancer (b. 1920)
- Sándor Mátrai, Hungarian footballer (b. 1932)
- May 31
- Jeremy Bray, English politician (b. 1930)
- Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (b. 1929)
June 2002
edit- June 1
- Michael Alexander, English diplomat (b. 1936)
- Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
- Joseph Nanven Garba, Nigerian general and diplomat (b. 1943)
- James Gathers, American sprinter (b. 1930)
- Tibor Scitovsky, Hungarian-American economist (b. 1910)
- June 2
- Boyd Bennett, American singer (b. 1924)
- Hugo van Lawick, Dutch filmmaker and photographer (b. 1937)
- Konrad Wirnhier, German sport shooter (b. 1937)
- June 3
- Charles Antrobus, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines politician (b. 1933)
- Lew Wasserman, American talent agent and studio executive (b. 1913)
- Sam Whipple, American actor (b. 1960)
- June 4 – Fernando Belaúnde, Peruvian politician, President of Peru (b. 1912)
- June 5
- Curtis Amy, American saxophonist (b. 1929)
- Carmelo Bernaola, Spanish composer and clarinetist (b. 1929)
- Gaston Geens, Belgian politician (b. 1931)
- Dee Dee Ramone, American musician (b. 1951)
- June 6
- Peter Cowan, Australian author (b. 1914)
- Robbin Crosby, American guitarist (b. 1959)
- Shanta Shelke, Indian poet (b. 1922)
- June 7
- Lilian Baels, English-Belgian princess (b. 1916)
- Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (b. 1915)
- Rodney Hilton, English historian (b. 1916)
- B. D. Jatti, Indian politician (b. 1912)
- James Luisi, American basketball player and actor (b. 1928)
- June 8
- Antonio Oppes, Italian equestrian (b. 1916)
- Lino Tonti, Italian motorcycle engineer (b. 1920)
- June 9
- Elena Burke, Cuban singer (b. 1928)
- Peter Mokaba, South African politician (b. 1959)
- Alexander Molodchy, Ukrainian pilot (b. 1920)
- Aleksandr Vlasov, Russian politician (b. 1932)
- June 10
- Louis Carré, Belgian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
- John Gotti, American mobster (b. 1940)
- Maury Travis, American serial killer (b. 1965)
- John Wansbrough, American historian (b. 1928)
- June 11
- Regīna Ezera, Latvian author (b. 1930)
- Bertrand Goldschmidt, French chemist (b. 1912)
- Jürgen Kraft, German cyclist (b. 1951)
- Robert Roswell Palmer, American historian (b. 1909)
- June 12
- Bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922)
- José Serra Gil, Spanish cyclist (b. 1923)
- June 13
- Ante Mladinić, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
- Yevgeni Nosov, Russian author (b. 1925)
- Ralph Shapey, American composer and conductor (b. 1921)
- June 14
- Veikko Asikainen, Finnish footballer (b. 1918)
- Albert Band, French-American film director and producer (b. 1924)
- Rino Benedetti, Italian cyclist (b. 1928)
- José Bonilla, Venezuelan boxer (b. 1967)
- Jacques Briard, French archaeologist (b. 1933)
- Lily Carlstedt, Danish javelin thrower (b. 1926)
- June Jordan, American poet and author (b. 1936)
- June 15
- Said Belqola, Moroccan football referee (b. 1956)
- Mutal Burhonov, Uzbekistani composer (b. 1916)
- Choi Hong-hi, South Korean general and martial artist (b. 1918)
- Hideo Murota, Japanese actor (b. 1937)
- June 16 – Barbara Goalen, English model (b. 1921)
- June 17
- J. Carter Brown, American historian and art curator (b. 1934)
- Willie Davenport, American runner (b. 1943)
- Dobri Dzhurov, Bulgarian general and politician (b. 1916)
- Francisco Escudero, Spanish composer (b. 1912)
- Zora Kolínska, Slovakian actress and singer (b. 1941)
- Yuri Korneev, Russian basketball player (b. 1937)
- Antony C. Sutton, English-American author and economist (b. 1925)
- Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)
- June 18
- Nancy Addison, American actress (b. 1946)
- Naseem Banu, Indian actress (b. 1916)
- Jack Buck, American sportscaster (b. 1924)
- Nilima Ibrahim, Bangladeshi scholar and author (b. 1921)
- David García Ilundáin, Spanish chess grandmaster (b. 1971)
- Walter Villa, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1943)
- June 19
- Margaret Johnston, Australian actress (b. 1914)
- Fleming Valdemar, Danish prince (b. 1922)
- June 20
- Heinz Bigler, Swiss footballer (b. 1925)
- Erwin Chargaff, Hungarian-American biochemist (b. 1905)
- Timothy Findley, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1930)
- Roger Lévêque, French cyclist (b. 1920)
- Irene MacDonald, Canadian athlete (b. 1931)
- Tinus Osendarp, Dutch sprinter (b. 1916)
- Enrique Regüeiferos, Cuban boxer (b. 1948)
- Stanisław Trepczyński, Polish diplomat (b. 1924)
- June 21
- Matt Dennis, American singer and pianist (b. 1914)
- Berl Senofsky, American violinist (b. 1926)
- June 22
- Chang Cheh, Hong Kong film director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- Conrad Hansen, German pianist (b. 1906)
- Eppie Lederer, American columnist (b. 1918)
- Mohammad Mohammadi-Malayeri, Iranian historian and linguist (b. 1911)
- Helen Nielsen, American author and television writer (b. 1918)
- Yoshio Okada, Japanese footballer (b. 1926)
- Raoul Rémy, French footballer (b. 1919)
- Cho Yoon-ok, South Korean footballer and manager (b. 1940)
- June 23
- Lionel Bernstein, South African activist (b. 1920)
- Carlo Savina, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1919)
- Alice Stewart, English physician and epidemiologist (b. 1906)
- June 24
- Pedro Alcázar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
- Robert Dorfman, American economist (b. 1916)
- Miles Fitzalan-Howard, English general and duke (b. 1915)
- Frank Ripploh, German actor and film director (b. 1949)
- Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
- June 25
- Turhan Baytop, Turkish botanist and pharmacist (b. 1920)
- Derrek Dickey, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1951)
- June 26
- Barbara Adams, English egyptologist (b. 1945)
- Humaira Begum, Afghan royal (b. 1918)
- Jay Berwanger, American football player and referee (b. 1914)
- Dolores Gray, American actress and singer (b. 1924)
- Martti Ketelä, Finnish pentathlete (b. 1944)
- Turgut Özatay, Turkish actor (b. 1926)
- Dermot Walsh, Irish actor (b. 1924)
- Philip Whalen, American poet and priest (b. 1923)
- June 27
- Qu Bo, Chinese author (b. 1923)
- John Entwistle, English bassist (b. 1944)
- Russ Freeman, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
- Georgi Sokolov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1942)
- June 28
- Anatoly Akimov, Russian water polo player (b. 1947)
- Cherubino Staldi, Italian chess player (b. 1911)
- June 29
- Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
- Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)
- Alfred Dregger, German politician (b. 1920)
- François Périer, French actor (b. 1919)
- June 30
- Claude Berge, French mathematician (b. 1926)
- Josef Buršík, Czech resistance fighter and general (b. 1911)
- Nikolay Haytov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1919)
- Roberto Villa, Italian actor (b. 1915)
- Chico Xavier, Brazilian philanthropist and medium (b. 1910)
July 2002
edit- July 1
- Mikhail Krug, Russian singer (b. 1962)
- K. Venkatalakshamma, Indian dancer (b. 1906)
- July 2
- Earle Brown, American composer (b. 1926)
- Ray Brown, American musician (b. 1926)
- July 3 – Michel Henry, French philosopher and author (b. 1922)
- July 4
- Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general (b. 1912)
- Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian theorist (b. 1951)
- Kenneth Ross MacKenzie, American physicist (b. 1912)
- Sten Samuelson, Swedish architect (b. 1926)
- Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (b. 1915)
- July 5
- Paul Claudon, French film producer and actor (b. 1919)
- Antonio Domenicali, Italian cyclist (b. 1936)
- Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)
- Zdzisław Mrożewski, Polish actress (b. 1909)
- Wallace Wilkinson, American politician (b. 1941)
- Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1918)
- July 6
- Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932)
- John Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930)
- Cheikh El Hasnaoui, Algerian singer (b. 1910)
- Kenneth Koch, American poet and playwright (b. 1925)
- Haji Abdul Qadeer, Afghan politician (b. 1951)
- Pietro Valpreda, Italian anarchist and poet (b. 1933)
- July 7 – Ray Wood, English footballer (b. 1931)
- July 8
- Patativa do Assaré, Brazilian poet and composer (b. 1909)
- Ward Kimball, American animator (b. 1914)
- July 9
- Cesare Benedetti, Italian footballer (b. 1920)
- Antoine-Roger Bolamba, Congolese journalist and politician (b. 1913)
- Bruno Freindlich, Russian actor (b. 1909)
- Daniel Lesur, French organist and composer (b. 1908)
- Dave Sorenson, American basketball player (b. 1948)
- Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
- July 10
- Mario Cordero, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1930)
- Albertin Disseaux, Belgian cyclist (b. 1914)
- Walter McCrone, American chemist (b. 1916)
- Mariya Smirnova, Russian pilot (b. 1920)
- July 11
- Bernardas Brazdžionis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1907)
- Rosco Gordon, American singer and pianist (b. 1928)
- Sun Li, Chinese author (b. 1913)
- July 12
- Mary Carew, American sprinter (b. 1913)
- Edward Lee Howard, American CIA agent (b. 1951)
- Guglielmo Pesenti, Italian cyclist (b. 1933)
- Josefina de la Torre, Spanish poet and author (b. 1907)
- July 13
- Yousuf Karsh, Canadian photographer (b. 1908)
- Benny Peled, Israeli air force commander (b. 1928)
- Herbert Vesely, Austrian film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- July 14
- Igor Ansoff, Russian-American mathematician (b. 1918)
- David Asseo, Turkish rabbi (b. 1914)
- Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican politician, President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1906)
- Nabakanta Barua, Indian author and poet (b. 1926)
- Carlos Fariñas, Cuban composer (b. 1934)
- Fritz Glatz, Austrian racing driver (b. 1943)
- Cosetta Greco, Italian actor (b. 1930)
- Fayge Ilanit, Israeli activist and politician (b. 1909)
- Dick Ploog, Australian cyclist (b. 1936)
- July 15
- György Fehér, Hungarian film director and screenwriter (b. 1939)
- Barbara Randolph, American singer and actress (b. 1942)
- July 16
- John Cocke, American computer scientist (b. 1925)
- Aleksandr Kolchinsky, Ukrainian wrestler (b. 1955)
- Floyd James Thompson, American colonel (b. 1933)
- July 17
- Harry W. Gerstad, American film editor (b. 1909)
- Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova, Russian volleyball player (b. 1943)
- Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat (b. 1911)
- Ubiratan Pereira Maciel, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1944)
- George Rickey, American sculptor (b. 1907)
- André Simonyi, Hungarian-French footballer (b. 1914)
- July 18
- Howard Ensign Evans, American entomologist (b. 1919)
- Qiu Huizuo, Chinese lieutenant general (b. 1914)
- Györgyi Marvalics-Székely, Hungarian fencer (b. 1924)
- Owsei Temkin, Russian-American historian (b. 1902)
- July 19
- Alexander Ginzburg, Russian journalist and poet (b. 1936)
- Alan Lomax, American ethnomusicologist and musician (b. 1915)
- Vladimir Vasyutin, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1952)
- July 20 – Pedro Alberto, Spanish footballer (b. 1969)
- July 21
- Gus Dudgeon, English record producer (b. 1942)
- Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian artist and author (b. 1908)
- July 22
- Joyce Cooper, English swimmer (b. 1909)
- Giuseppe Corradi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- Viktor Mineyev, Russian pentathlete (b. 1937)
- Fernando Schwalb, Peruvian politician, Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1916)
- Salah Shehade, Palestinian politician (b. 1953)
- July 23
- Gunnar Andreassen, Norwegian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
- Alberto Castillo, Argentine singer and actor (b. 1914)
- Olof Lagercrantz, Swedish author and critic (b. 1911)
- Hermann Lindemann, German footballer and manager (b. 1910)
- Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (b. 1920)
- Katya Paskaleva, Bulgarian actress (b. 1945)
- William Luther Pierce, American white supremacist and author (b. 1933)
- Chaim Potok, American author and rabbi (b. 1929)
- Idrees Sulieman, American trumpeter (b. 1923)
- July 24
- Maurice Denham, English actor (b. 1909)
- Mustafa Mansour, Egyptian footballer (b. 1914)
- July 25
- Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (b. 1917)
- Frank Connell, American cyclist (b. 1909)
- Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, German cardinal (b. 1926)
- Rudi Dornbusch, German-American economist (b. 1942)
- July 26
- Tony Anholt, English actor (b. 1941)
- Buddy Baker, American film composer (b. 1918)
- André Roosenburg, Dutch footballer (b. 1923)
- July 27
- Anatoli Bashashkin, Russian footballer (b. 1924)
- Hristo Fotev, Bulgarian poet (b. 1934)
- Krishan Kant, Indian politician (b. 1927)
- July 28
- Anatol Fejgin, Polish activist (b. 1909)
- Archer Martin, English chemist (b. 1910)
- Don Pease, American politician (b. 1931)
- Gerhard Wessel, German intelligence officer (b. 1913)
- July 29
- Renato Pirocchi, Italian racing driver (b. 1933)
- Phil Smith, American basketball player (b. 1952)
- July 30
- Steven Lysak, American canoeist (b. 1912)
- Atef Salem, Egyptian film director (b. 1927)
- Reginald Schroeter, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
- July 31
- Boris Alexandrov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1955)
- Pauline Chan Bo-Lin, Hong Kong actress (b. 1973)
- Slávka Budínová, Czech actress (b. 1924)
August 2002
edit- August 1
- Bill Bruce, American long jumper (b. 1923)
- Peter Carter, Australian tennis player (b. 1964)
- Sumiko Hidaka, Japanese actress (b. 1923)
- August 2
- Ilona Kolonits, Hungarian film director and correspondent (b. 1922)
- Magda László, Hungarian opera singer (b. 1912)
- August 3
- Peter Miles, American actor (b. 1938)
- Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress (b. 1922)
- August 4
- Millard Lang, American soccer player and lacrosse player (b. 1912)
- Mike Payne, American baseball player (b. 1961)
- August 5
- Francisco Coloane, Chilean author (b. 1910)
- Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982)
- Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (b. 1916)
- Franco Lucentini, Italian author and journalist (b. 1920)
- Darrell Porter, American baseball player (b. 1952)
- August 6
- Jim Crawford, Scottish racing driver (b. 1948)
- Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1930)
- Jean Sauvagnargues, French politician and diplomat (b. 1915)
- August 7 – Dominick Browne, Irish-English peer (b. 1901)
- August 8
- Reiner Geye, German footballer (b. 1949)
- Mikhail Perlman, Russian gymnast (b. 1923)
- Charles Poletti, American politician (b. 1903)
- Ronnie Stephenson, English drummer (b. 1937)
- August 9
- Ruud van Feggelen, Dutch water polo player and coach (b. 1924)
- Meredith Gardner, American linguist and codebreaker (b. 1912)
- Bertold Hummel, German composer (b. 1925)
- Peter Matz, American musician and composer (b. 1928)
- Paul Samson, English guitarist (b. 1953)
- August 10
- Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1926)
- Eugene Odum, American biologist (b. 1913)
- René Queyroux, French fencer (b. 1927)
- Doris Wishman, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- August 11
- Nancy Chaffee, American tennis player (b. 1929)
- Jiří Kolář, Czech poet and author (b. 1914)
- Hermann Pálsson, Icelandic scholar and translator (b. 1921)
- August 12
- Knud Lundberg, Danish athlete (b. 1920)
- Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (b. 1916)
- Victor Teleucă, Romanian author and poet (b. 1933)
- August 13 – Al Vande Weghe, American swimmer (b. 1916)
- August 14
- Peter R. Hunt, English film director and editor (b. 1925)
- Larry Rivers, American artist (b. 1923)
- Dave Williams, American singer (b. 1972)
- August 15
- Heinz Bauer, German mathematician (b. 1928)
- Alberto Bertuccelli, Italian footballer (b. 1924)
- Jesse Brown, American soldier and politician (b. 1944)
- Edgardo Madinabeytia, Argentine footballer (b. 1932)
- Haim Yosef Zadok, Israeli judge and politician (b. 1913)
- August 16
- Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
- Martin Deutsch, Austrian-American physicist (b. 1917)
- Paul M. G. Lévy, Belgian journalist (b. 1910)
- August 17
- Edward Dziewoński, Polish actor and theatre director (b. 1916)
- Valentin Pluchek, Russian theatre director (b. 1909)
- August 18
- Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev, Chechen politician (b. 1969)
- Bertil Ericsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1908)
- Ričardas Gavelis, Lithuanian author and journalist (b. 1950)
- Dean Riesner, American screenwriter (b. 1918)
- August 19
- Antonio Barrios, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1910)
- Eduardo Chillida, Spanish sculptor (b. 1924)
- Swami Satchidananda Saraswati, Indian yoga guru (b. 1914)
- August 20 – Wesley Bennett, American basketball player (b. 1913)
- August 21
- Oscar Plattner, Swiss cyclist (b. 1922)
- Mohamed Tarabulsi, Lebanese weightlifter (b. 1950)
- August 22
- Mikayil Abdullayev, Azerbaijani painter (b. 1921)
- Jim McFadden, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- August 23
- Stafford Beer, English theorist and author (b. 1926)
- Dennis Fimple, American actor (b. 1940)
- Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (b. 1922)
- August 24
- Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Dutch astronomer (b. 1920)
- Wilhelm Meise, German ornithologist (b. 1901)
- August 25
- Per Anger, Swedish diplomat (b. 1913)
- Dorothy Hewett, Australian playwright and poet (b. 1923)
- Karolina Lanckorońska, Polish resistance fighter and philanthropist (b. 1898)
- Július Pántik, Slovakian actor (b. 1922)
- August 26
- Thomas Gordon, American psychologist (b. 1918)
- Georg Werner, Swedish swimmer (b. 1904)
- August 27
- Bob McKinlay, Scottish footballer (b. 1932)
- Crew Stoneley, English sprinter (b. 1911)
- Jane Tilden, Austrian actress (b. 1910)
- August 28
- Else Petersen, Danish actress (b. 1910)
- Rudolf Schnackenburg, German priest and scholar (b. 1914)
- August 29
- Lance Macklin, English racing driver (b. 1919)
- Vladimir Romashkin, Russian folklorist and musician (b. 1951)
- Anatoliy Yulin, Belarusian hurdler (b. 1929)
- August 30
- Mariya Bayda, Russian medic (b. 1922)
- Andy Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1932)
- Zaid ibn Shaker, Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1934)
- J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)
- Horst Wendlandt, German film producer (b. 1922)
- August 31
- Lionel Hampton, American musician (b. 1908)
- Martin Kamen, Canadian-American chemist (b. 1913)
- Joe McCluskey, American steeplechase runner (b. 1911)
- Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer (b. 1944)
- George Porter, English chemist (b. 1920)
- Bunji Sakita, Japanese-American theoretical physicist (b. 1930)
- Samson Samsonov, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Japanese bishop (b. 1932)
September 2002
edit- September 1
- Georges Glaeser, French mathematician (b. 1918)
- B. V. Karanth, Indian film composer and director (b. 1929)
- September 2 – F.X. Toole, American author and boxer (b. 1930)
- September 3
- Dirk ter Haar, Dutch physicist (b. 1919)
- Mufidah Abdul Rahman, Egyptian lawyer (b. 1914)
- Ted Ross, American actor (b. 1934)
- W. Clement Stone, American businessman and author (b. 1902)
- Len Wilkinson, English cricketer (b. 1916)
- September 4
- Jerome Biffle, American long jumper (b. 1928)
- Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist (b. 1904)
- September 5
- Cliff Gorman, American actor (b. 1936)
- Jackie Kelk, American actor and comedian (b. 1923)
- David Todd Wilkinson, American cosmologist (b. 1935)
- September 6
- Michael Argyle, English psychologist (b. 1925)
- Philip LaBatte, American ice hockey player (b. 1911)
- Martin Matsbo, Swedish skier (b. 1911)
- Janet Young, English politician (b. 1926)
- September 7
- Gabriel Camps, French archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1927)
- Katrin Cartlidge, English actress (b. 1961)
- Eugenio Coșeriu, Romanian-German linguist (b. 1921)
- Michael Elphick, English actor (b. 1946)
- Cyrinda Foxe, American actress and model (b. 1952)
- Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
- Uziel Gal, Israeli gun designer (b. 1923)
- Alexej Pludek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1923)
- Aykut Yiğit, Turkish footballer (b. 1959)
- September 8
- Dieter Aschenborn, Namibian painter (b. 1915)
- Georges-André Chevallaz, Swiss historian and politician (b. 1915)
- Lucas Moreira Neves, Brazilian cardinal bishop (b. 1925)
- Henri Rol-Tanguy, French resistance fighter (b. 1908)
- Marco Siffredi, French snowboarder and mountaineer (b. 1979)
- September 9
- Geoffrey Dummer, English engineer (b. 1909)
- José Luis Massera, Uruguayan mathematician (b. 1915)
- September 10
- Augusto Lamo Castillo, Spanish football referee (b. 1938)
- Žarana Papić, Serbian anthropologist and theorist (b. 1949)
- September 11
- Roberto Vidal Bolaño, Spanish playwright and actor (b. 1950)
- Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922)
- Howard Levi, American mathematician (b. 1916)
- Howard T. Odum, American ecologist (b. 1924)
- Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933)
- September 12
- Lloyd Biggle Jr., American musician and author (b. 1923)
- Mitsuo Ikeda, Japanese wrestler (b. 1935)
- September 13
- Alexander Kazantsev, Russian author and ufologist (b. 1906)
- George Stanley, Canadian historian and author (b. 1907)
- September 14
- Jim Barnes, American basketball player (b. 1941)
- LaWanda Page, American actress and comedian (b. 1920)
- Geoffrey Picard, American rower (b. 1943)
- Lolita Torres, Argentine actress and singer (b. 1930)
- Paul Williams, American saxophonist (b. 1915)
- September 15
- Roberto Cavanagh, Argentine polo player (b. 1914)
- Jenny Maakal, South African swimmer (b. 1913)
- Jean Rousset, Swiss critic (b. 1910)
- September 16
- James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
- Karl Huber, Swiss politician (b. 1915)
- Jiří Javorský, Czech tennis player (b. 1932)
- Nguyễn Văn Thuận, Vietnamese cardinal (b. 1928)
- September 17
- George Hill, American figure skater (b. 1907)
- Dodo Marmarosa, American pianist and composer (b. 1925)
- José Iborra, Spanish footballer (b. 1908)
- Govind Perumal, Indian field hockey player (b. 1925)
- Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa, Brazilian footballer (b. 1934)
- September 18
- Hazel Brooks, American actor (b. 1924)
- Andreas Burnier, Dutch author (b. 1931)
- Stefán Hörður Grímsson, Icelandic poet (b. 1919)
- Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (b. 1942)
- Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
- Herbert Schmidt, German rower (b. 1914)
- Margita Stefanović, Serbian musician (b. 1959)
- September 19
- Etta Zuber Falconer, American mathematician (b. 1933)
- Robert Guéï, Ivorian politician, President of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
- Ian Hutchinson, English footballer (b. 1948)
- Francisco Lojacono, Italian-Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- Priya Tendulkar, Indian actress and activist (b. 1954)
- Tatyana Velikanova, Russian mathematician (b. 1932)
- September 20
- Sergei Bodrov Jr., Russian actor (b. 1971)
- Necdet Kent, Turkish diplomat (b. 1911)
- Joan Littlewood, English theatre director (b. 1914)
- Bob Wallace, American computer scientist (b. 1949)
- September 21
- Nils Bohlin, Swedish engineer (b. 1920)
- Angelo Buono Jr., American serial killer (b. 1934)
- Robert L. Forward, American physicist and author (b. 1932)
- September 22
- Harry Glancy, American swimmer (b. 1904)
- Jan de Hartog, Dutch playwright and author (b. 1914)
- Julio Pérez, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1926)
- Marga Petersen, German sprinter (b. 1919)
- Anel Sudakevich, Russian actress (b. 1906)
- September 23
- Ruby Daniel, Indian-Israeli translator (b. 1912)
- Eduard Gufeld, Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1936)
- John Baptist Wu, Hong Kong cardinal (b. 1925)
- September 24
- Sergio Bergonzelli, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- Leon Hart, American football player (b. 1928)
- Tim Rose, American singer (b. 1940)
- Mike Webster, American football player (b. 1952)
- September 25
- Jacques Borel, French author (b. 1925)
- Arnold Ross, American mathematician (b. 1906)
- Naeem Siddiqui, Pakistani scholar and politician (b. 1916)
- September 26
- Enzo Andronico, Italian actor (b. 1924)
- Marem Arapkhanova, Russian educator (b. 1963)
- Eleonore Bjartveit, Norwegian politician (b. 1924)
- Ricardo Calvo, Spanish chess player and historian (b. 1943)
- Henry Larsen, Danish rower (b. 1916)
- Zerach Warhaftig, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1906)
- September 27
- Lidia Chmielnicka-Żmuda, Polish volleyball player (b. 1939)
- Charles Henri Ford, American poet and author (b. 1908)
- David Granger, American bobsledder (b. 1903)
- Attila Keresztes, Hungarian fencer (b. 1928)
- September 28
- Whitney Blake, American actress (b. 1926)
- Philippe Jacquin, French anthropologist (b. 1928)
- Patsy Mink, American politician (b. 1927)
- September 29
- Zvi Kolitz, Lithuanian-Italian author and producer (b. 1912)
- Mickey Newbury, American songwriter (b. 1940)
- Giuliana Tesoro, Italian-American chemist (b. 1921)
- September 30
- Luis Brezzo, Uruguayan politician (b. 1939)
- Göran Kropp, Swedish explorer and mountaineer (b. 1966)
- Ellis Larkins, American pianist (b. 1923)
- Miloš Macourek, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1926)
- Germana Malabarba, Italian gymnast (b. 1913)
- Meinhard Michael Moser, Austrian mycologist (b. 1924)
- Ewart Oakeshott, English illustrator and historian (b. 1916)
- Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss politician, President of Switzerland (b. 1913)
- William Samuel Verplanck Jr., American psychologist (b. 1916)
October 2002
edit- October 1
- Walter Annenberg, American publisher and diplomat (b. 1908)
- Ilie Ceaușescu, Romanian general and politician (b. 1926)
- Elsa Nyholm, Swedish botanist (b. 1911)
- October 2
- Norman O. Brown, American scholar and author (b. 1913)
- Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American scientist (b. 1911)
- William Logan, American cyclist (b. 1914)
- Tiberiu Olah, Romanian-Hungarian composer and musicologist (b. 1928)
- Alexander Sinclair, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
- October 3
- Felix Kracht, German engineer (b. 1912)
- Bruce Paltrow, American television director and producer (b. 1943)
- October 4
- Alphonse Chapanis, American industrial designer (b. 1917)
- André Delvaux, Belgian film director (b. 1926)
- Hans Holmér, Swedish civil servant and author (b. 1930)
- Buddy Lester, American actor and comedian (b. 1915)
- Ahmad Mahmoud, Iranian author (b. 1931)
- October 5
- Magda B. Arnold, Czech-American psychologist (b. 1903)
- Virginia Cox Balmaceda, Chilean journalist and author (b. 1905)
- Ron Horn, American basketball player (b. 1938)
- Mia Slavenska, Croatian-American ballerina (b. 1916)
- Jay R. Smith, American actor (b. 1915)
- October 6
- Claus von Amsberg, Dutch prince (b. 1926)
- Ben Eastman, American runner (b. 1911)
- Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- Nick Whitehead, Welsh sprinter (b. 1933)
- Juan Yustrich, Argentine footballer (b. 1909)
- October 7
- Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer and poet (b. 1942)
- Cor Kint, Dutch swimmer (b. 1920)
- Domenico Paolella, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1915)
- October 8 – Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)
- October 9
- Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (b. 1931)
- Charles Guggenheim, American film director (b. 1924)
- Anwar Hussain, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1920)
- Oleksandr Liashko, Ukrainian politician (b. 1915)
- Carlo Lievore, Italian javelin thrower (b. 1937)
- Bruno O'Ya, Estonian-Polish actor (b. 1933)
- Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (b. 1956)
- October 10
- Mario de las Casas, Peruvian footballer (b. 1905)
- Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
- Zara Nelsova, Canadian-American cellist (b. 1918)
- Erling Sørensen, Norwegian footballer and manager (b. 1920)
- October 11
- Fritz Halmen, Romanian handball player (b. 1912)
- Dina Pathak, Indian actress and theatre director (b. 1922)
- Emilio García Riera, Mexican actor and author (b. 1931)
- Stanley Wagner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1908)
- Rusty Wailes, American rower (b. 1936)
- October 12
- Viktor Asmaev, Russian equestrian (b. 1947)
- Ray Conniff, American bandleader (b. 1916)
- Carolina Fadic, Chilean actress and television presenter (b. 1974)
- Audrey Mestre, French diver (b. 1974)
- Nozomi Momoi, Japanese pornographic actress (b. 1978)
- Sidney W. Pink, American film producer (b. 1916)
- William R. Sears, American engineer (b. 1913)
- Fatima Shah, Pakistani physician (b. 1914)
- October 13
- Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (b. 1936)
- Keene Curtis, American actor (b. 1923)
- Ila Mitra, Indian activist and politician (b. 1925)
- Dennis Patrick, American actor (b. 1918)
- Garfield Todd, New Zealand-Zimbabwean politician, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia (b. 1908)
- October 14
- Bill Green, American politician (b. 1929)
- Keizo Hino, Japanese author (b. 1929)
- Timothy Reuter, German-English historian (b. 1947)
- Norbert Schultze, German film composer (b. 1911)
- Arturo Silvestri, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- October 15 – Jack Lee, English film director (b. 1913)
- October 16 – Per Bak, Danish theoretical physicist (b. 1948)
- October 17
- Derek Bell, Northern Irish musician (b. 1935)
- Chuck Domanico, American bassist (b. 1944)
- Yitzhak Peretz, Israeli politician (b. 1936)
- Henri Renaud, French pianist and record producer (b. 1925)
- Aileen Riggin, American swimmer and diver (b. 1906)
- Fred Scolari, American basketball player (b. 1922)
- October 18
- Kam Fong Chun, American police officer and actor (b. 1918)
- Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (b. 1945)
- Miroslav Vymazal, Czech cyclist (b. 1952)
- October 19
- Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Mexican photographer (b. 1902)
- Peter Bergmann, German-American physicist (b. 1915)
- Mehli Mehta, Indian conductor and violinist (b. 1908)
- Hans Jürgen Press, German illustrator and author (b. 1926)
- Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Russian cosmonaut and physicist (b. 1932)
- Héctor Trujillo, Dominican general and politician, President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1908)
- October 20
- Bernard Fresson, French actor (b. 1931)
- Mel Harder, American baseball player and coach (b. 1909)
- John Meredyth Lucas, American television writer and director (b. 1919)
- Bernhard Neumann, English-Australian mathematician (b. 1909)
- October 21
- Charles Bertin, Belgian poet (b. 1919)
- Bernardino Elizarán, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1925)
- Manfred Ewald, German sports administrator (b. 1926)
- Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer (b. 1909)
- George Hall, Canadian actor (b. 1916)
- Kemal Kurt, Turkish-German author and translator (b. 1947)
- Kaisa Parviainen, Finnish athlete (b. 1914)
- Harbhajan Singh, Indian poet and critic (b. 1920)
- October 22 – Geraldine de Nagy-Appony, Albanian royal (b. 1915)
- October 23
- Adolph Green, American songwriter and playwright (b. 1914)
- Richard Helms, American politician and diplomat (b. 1913)
- Marianne Hoppe, German actress (b. 1909)
- Nathan Juran, Romanian-American art director and film director (b. 1907)
- Elizabeth Longford, English historian (b. 1906)
- János Nyíri, Hungarian theatre director and author (b. 1932)
- October 24
- Winton M. Blount, American politician (b. 1921)
- Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (b. 1969)
- Harry Hay, American activist (b. 1912)
- Charmian May, English actress (b. 1937)
- Peggy Moran, American actress (b. 1918)
- Scott Plank, American actor (b. 1958)
- Lotte Tarp, Danish actress (b. 1945)
- October 25
- Micheline Cheirel, French actress (b. 1917)
- Herbert Duffus, Jamaican judge and politician (b. 1908)
- Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930)
- Kōki Ishii, Japanese politician (b. 1940)
- Guy Mazzoni, French physician and chess player (b. 1929)
- Ian Russell, English peer and author (b. 1917)
- René Thom, French mathematician (b. 1923)
- Paul Wellstone, American politician (b. 1944)
- October 26 – Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)
- October 27
- Andre DeToth, Hungarian-American film director (b. 1913)
- Tom Dowd, American sound engineer (b. 1925)
- Michel Macquet, French javelin thrower and handball player (b. 1932)
- Maurice J. Murphy Jr., American politician (b. 1927)
- Walter Volle, German rower (b. 1913)
- October 28
- Margaret Booth, American film editor (b. 1898)
- Lawrence Dobkin, American television director and actor (b. 1919)
- Erling Persson, Swedish businessman (b. 1917)
- Annada Shankar Ray, Indian poet and author (b. 1904)
- October 29
- Marina Berti, Italian actress (b. 1924)
- Marion Carpenter, American photographer (b. 1920)
- Glenn McQueen, Canadian animator (b. 1960)
- Taj Sehrai, Pakistani author and archaeologist (b. 1921)
- Dragan Malešević Tapi, Serbian painter (b. 1949)
- October 30
- Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Rudolf Brucci, Croatian composer (b. 1917)
- Aliki Diplarakou, Greek beauty queen (b. 1912)
- Jam Master Jay, American musician (b. 1965)
- Lee H. Katzin, American film director (b. 1935)
- Raymond Savignac, French artist (b. 1907)
- October 31
- Yuri Ahronovitch, Russian-Israeli conductor (b. 1932)
- Anton Malloth, Italian-German war criminal (b. 1912)
- Lionel Poilâne, French banker and entrepreneur (b. 1945)
- Nikolay Ivanovich Rodin, Russian colonel (b. 1923)
- Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek poliician, President of Greece (b. 1903)
- Raf Vallone, Italian actor and journalist (b. 1916)
November 2002
edit- November 1
- Ekrem Akurgal, Turkish archaeologist (b. 1911)
- Yisrael Amir, Israeli commander (b. 1902)
- Lester Morgan, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1976)
- November 2
- Paul Gordon, American basketball player (b. 1927)
- Lo Lieh, Indonesian-Hong Kong actor and martial artist (b. 1939)
- Tonio Selwart, German actor (b. 1896)
- Charles Sheffield, English-American author and physicist (b. 1935)
- November 3
- Ulrika Babiaková, Slovakian astronomer (b. 1976)
- Lonnie Donegan, English singer (b. 1931)
- Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914)
- Torsten Lindqvist, Swedish pentathlete (b. 1925)
- November 4
- Juan Araujo, Spanish footballer (b. 1920)
- Antonio Margheriti, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- November 5
- Ansley J. Coale, American demographer (b. 1917)
- Billy Guy, American singer (b. 1936)
- Arthur Winfree, American biologist (b. 1942)
- November 6
- Alfonso Martínez Domínguez, Mexican politician (b. 1922)
- Folke Frölén, Swedish equestrian (b. 1908)
- Michel Majerus, Luxembourgian artist (b. 1967)
- Joaquín Navarro, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
- Sid Sackson, American board game designer (b. 1920)
- Gianluca Signorini, Italian footballer (b. 1960)
- Joginder Singh, Indian field hockey player (b. 1939)
- November 7
- Rudolf Augstein, German journalist and politician (b. 1923)
- Peg Phillips, American actress (b. 1918)
- Tino Sabbadini, French cyclist (b. 1928)
- November 8
- Jaun Elia, Indian poet and philosopher (b. 1931)
- Franjo Kukuljević, Croatian tennis player (b. 1909)
- Rudolf Noelte, German television director (b. 1921)
- Zoé Oldenbourg, Russian-French historian and author (b. 1916)
- Ke Zhao, Chinese mathematician (b. 1910)
- November 9
- Adrian Aeschbacher, Swiss pianist (b. 1912)
- Jan Hulsker, Dutch historian (b. 1907)
- Merlin Santana, American actor (b. 1976)
- Eusebio Tejera, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1922)
- November 10
- Michel Boisrond, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- Franco Fantasia, Italian actor and stuntman (b. 1924)
- Émile Ollivier, Haitian-Canadian author (b. 1940)
- Gert Westphal, German-Swiss actor (b. 1920)
- November 11
- Frances Ames, South African neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1920)
- Pietro Giudici, Italian cyclist (b. 1921)
- Esther Raziel-Naor, Israeli politician (b. 1911)
- November 12
- Wally Barron, American politician (b. 1911)
- Raoul Diagne, French footballer (b. 1910)
- Károly Doncsecz, Hungarian potter (b. 1918)
- Lester Holtzman, American judge and politician (b. 1913)
- John Westbergh, Swedish skier (b. 1915)
- November 13
- Roland Hanna, American pianist and composer (b. 1932)
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Italian-Uruguayan footballer (b. 1925)
- November 14
- Eddie Bracken, American actor (b. 1915)
- René Meléndez, Chilean footballer (b. 1928)
- Gedong Bagus Oka, Indonesian philosopher (b. 1921)
- November 15
- André Clot, French historian and author (b. 1909)
- Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (b. 1912)
- November 16
- Sima Milovanov, Serbian footballer (b. 1923)
- Frank Smithies, Scottish mathematician (b. 1912)
- November 17 – Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat and politician (b. 1915)
- November 18
- Bolot Beyshenaliyev, Kyrgyzstani actor (b. 1937)
- James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)
- Kim Gallagher, American runner (b. 1964)
- Francesco De Martino, Italian judge and politician (b. 1907)
- Pasquale Vivolo, Italian footballer (b. 1928)
- Juliusz Wyrzykowski, Polish actor (b. 1946)
- November 19
- Vito Ciancimino, Italian politician (b. 1924)
- George Fullerton, South African cricketer (b. 1922)
- Jean-Claude Renard, French poet (b. 1922)
- Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1923)
- November 20
- Kakhi Asatiani, Georgian footballer and manager (b. 1947)
- Niddy Impekoven, German dancer (b. 1904)
- November 21
- Buddy Kaye, American songwriter (b. 1918)
- Norihito, Japanese prince (b. 1954)
- Johnny Perry, American strongman and professional wrestler (b. 1972)
- November 22
- Parley Baer, American actor (b. 1914)
- Joan Barclay, American actress (b. 1914)
- Beatriz de Borbón y Battenberg, Spanish royal (b. 1909)
- Rafał Gan-Ganowicz, Polish soldier and activist (b. 1932)
- Adele Jergens, American actress (b. 1917)
- Arne Mellnäs, Swedish composer (b. 1933)
- C. S. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
- Azra Quraishi, Pakistani botanist (b. 1945)
- November 23
- Erna Bogen-Bogáti, Hungarian fencer (b. 1906)
- Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)
- November 24
- Mikhail Devyataev, Russian fighter pilot (b. 1917)
- Richard Lazarus, American psychologist (b. 1922)
- John Rawls, American philosopher (b. 1921)
- November 25
- Charles E. Chamberlain, American politician (b. 1917)
- Karel Reisz, Czech-English film director (b. 1926)
- Eugene V. Rostow, American scholar and politician (b. 1913)
- November 26
- Ruzha Delcheva, Bulgarian actress (b. 1915)
- Polo Montañez, Cuban singer (b. 1955)
- November 27
- Billie Bird, American actress (b. 1908)
- Stanley Black, English bandleader and composer (b. 1913)
- Laurence J. Burton, American politician (b. 1926)
- Eduardo Fernández, Peruvian footballer (b. 1923)
- Edwin L. Mechem, American politician and judge (b. 1912)
- Wolfgang Preiss, German actor (b. 1910)
- Robert W. Straub, American politician (b. 1920)
- November 28 ‐ Melih Cevdet Anday, Turkish poet (b. 1915)
- November 29
- Daniel Gélin, French actor (b. 1921)
- Saburō Ienaga, Japanese historian (b. 1913)
- John Justin, English actor (b. 1917)
- November 30
- Alan Ashman, English footballer (b. 1928)
- Tim Woods, American professional wrestler (b. 1934)
December 2002
edit- December 1
- Edward L. Beach Jr., American submarine officer and author (b. 1918)
- C. Chapin Cutler, American engineer (b. 1914)
- Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
- December 2
- Elizabeth B. Andrews, American politician (b. 1911)
- Achille Castiglioni, Italian industrial designer (b. 1918)
- Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and theologian (b. 1926)
- Boris Ivanov, Russian actor (b. 1920)
- György Marx, Hungarian physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1927)
- Arno Peters, German historian (b. 1916)
- Vjenceslav Richter, Croatian architect (b. 1917)
- Edgar Scherick, American television executive and producer (b. 1924)
- Mehmet Emin Toprak, Turkish actor (b. 1974)
- Mal Waldron, American pianist and composer (b. 1925)
- Fay Gillis Wells, American pilot and journalist (b. 1908)
- December 3
- Hariharananda Giri, Indian yoga instructor (b. 1907)
- Klaus Löwitsch, German actor (b. 1936)
- Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970)
- December 4
- Hemmo Silvennoinen, Finnish ski jumper (b. 1932)
- Noémia de Sousa, Mozambican poet (b. 1926)
- December 5
- Roone Arledge, American television executive and producer (b. 1931)
- Bob Berg, American saxophonist (b. 1951)
- Geoff Coombes, American soccer player (b. 1919)
- Ne Win, Burmese dictator, President and Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1910)
- December 6
- Jerzy Adamski, Polish boxer (b. 1937)
- Philip Berrigan, American activist and priest (b. 1923)
- Antonino Caponnetto, Italian judge (b. 1920)
- Arthur Newell Strahler, American geographer (b. 1918)
- December 7
- R. Orin Cornett, American physicist (b. 1913)
- John R. Dellenback, American politician (b. 1918)
- December 8
- Bobby Joe Hill, American basketball player (b. 1943)
- Melvin Lax, American physicist (b. 1922)
- December 9
- Shigeru Chiba, Japanese baseball player (b. 1919)
- Mary Hansen, Australian-English guitarist and singer (b. 1966)
- Stan Rice, American poet and artist (b. 1942)
- December 10
- Átila Iório, Brazilian actor (b. 1921)
- Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1945)
- Gregorio López, Mexican author and poet (b. 1897)
- Ian MacNaughton, Scottish television producer and actor (b. 1925)
- Hady Pfeiffer, Austrian-German skier (b. 1906)
- Julie Schmitt, German gymnast (b. 1913)
- December 11
- Luis Ciges, Spanish actor (b. 1921)
- Arthur Metcalfe, English cyclist (b. 1938)
- Nanabhoy Palkhivala, Indian judge and economist (b. 1920)
- December 12
- Nikolai Amosov, Ukrainian surgeon and inventor (b. 1913)
- Dee Brown, American author and historian (b. 1908)
- Brad Dexter, American actor and film producer (b. 1917)
- December 13
- Ronald Barnes, Brazilian tennis player (b. 1941)
- Jurgis Kunčinas, Lithuanian poet and author (b. 1947)
- Zal Yanovsky, Canadian musician (b. 1944)
- December 14
- Salman Raduyev, Chechen field commander (b. 1967)
- Enrique Tarigo, Uruguayan politician (b. 1927)
- December 15 – Jan Mikołajczak, Polish rower (b. 1907)
- December 16 – Licínio Rangel, Brazilian bishop (b. 1936)
- December 17
- Luis Castro, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1921)
- Colin Clark, English author and film director (b. 1932)
- Mahmoud Fayad, Egyptian boxer (b. 1925)
- Muhammad Hamidullah, Indian scholar and author (b. 1908)
- Aideu Handique, Indian actress (b. 1920)
- Frederick Knott, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- Hank Luisetti, American basketball player (b. 1916)
- Aleksei Pogorelov, Ukrainian mathematician (b. 1919)
- Boris Tokarev, Russian sprinter (b. 1927)
- December 18
- André Frey, French footballer (b. 1919)
- Necip Hablemitoğlu, Turkish historian and journalist (b. 1954)
- Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
- Edward Norris, American actor (b. 1911)
- Wayne Owens, American politician (b. 1937)
- December 19
- Will Hoy, English racing driver (b. 1952)
- Kote Makharadze, Georgian actor and sports commentator (b. 1926)
- Hrant Matevosyan, Armenian author and screenwriter (b. 1935)
- Arthur Rowley, English footballer (b. 1926)
- Aleksandar Sarievski, Macedonian singer (b. 1922)
- George Weller, American author and playwright (b. 1907)
- December 20
- Grote Reber, American astronomer (b. 1911)
- Fritz Røed, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1928)
- December 21
- Jeu van Bun, Dutch footballer (b. 1918)
- José Hierro, Spanish poet (b. 1922)
- Namjilyn Norovbanzad, Mongolian singer (b. 1931)
- Giò Pomodoro, Italian sculptor (b. 1930)
- December 22
- Enriqueta González Baz, Mexican mathematician (b. 1915)
- Susan Fleming, American actress (b. 1908)
- Sanaa Gamil, Egyptian actress (b. 1930)
- Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese politician, Prime Minister of Guyana (b. 1929)
- Wilhelm Kment, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1914)
- Srboljub Krivokuća, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
- Joe Strummer, English singer (b. 1952)
- Kenneth Tobey, American actor (b. 1917)
- Mihai Țurcaș, Romanian canoeist (b. 1942)
- Gabrielle Wittkop, French author and translator (b. 1920)
- December 23 – Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author (b. 1920)
- December 24
- Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1920)
- Miguel Busquets, Chilean footballer (b. 1920)
- Luciano Chailly, Italian composer (b. 1920)
- Erroll Fraser, British Virgin Islands speed skater (b. 1950)
- Tita Merello, Argentine actress and singer (b. 1904)
- José Luis Molinuevo, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1917)
- Richie Regan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
- December 25
- Gabriel Almond, American political scientist (b. 1911)
- Íñigo Cavero, Spanish politician (b. 1929)
- Paul Gauthier, French theologian (b. 1914)
- December 26
- Louis Laurie, American boxer (b. 1917)
- Åke Lindström, Swedish actor and film director (b. 1928)
- Heinz Raack, German field hockey player (b. 1917)
- Herb Ritts, American photographer (b. 1952)
- Leonid Vysheslavsky, Ukrainian poet (b. 1914)
- December 27
- George Roy Hill, American film director (b. 1921)
- Olli Lounasmaa, Finnish academic and physicist (b. 1930)
- Pratima Barua Pandey, Indian singer and royal (b. 1934)
- Ruth Svedberg, Swedish athlete (b. 1903)
- December 28
- Begoña Aretxaga, Spanish anthropologist (b. 1960)
- Manfred Gnädinger, German hermit and sculptor (b. 1936)
- Koreyoshi Kurahara, Japanese screenwriter and film director (b. 1927)
- Tigran Nagdalian, Armenian journalist (b. 1966)
- Fadia Orloff, Egyptian princess (b. 1943)
- Albert Stubbins, English footballer (b. 1919)
- December 29
- Don Clarke, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1933)
- Július Satinský, Slovakian actor and comedian (b. 1941)
- Robert Wierinckx, Belgian cyclist (b. 1915)
- December 30
- Mary Brian, American actress (b. 1906)
- Wang Fanxi, Chinese trotskyist (b. 1907)
- Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist (b. 1910)
- Mary Wesley, English author (b. 1912)
- December 31
- Aat Breur-Hibma, Dutch painter (b. 1913)
- Kazimierz Dejmek, Polish actor and politician (b. 1924)
- D. J. Enright, English academic and poet (b. 1920)
- Hanni Ossott, Venezuelan poet and translator (b. 1946)
- Desmond Tester, English actor and television presenter (b. 1919)
- Flaviano Vicentini, Italian cyclist (b. 1942)
2003
editJanuary 2003
edit- January 1
- Royce D. Applegate, American actor (b. 1939)
- Joe Foss, American politician and soldier (b. 1915)
- Giorgio Gaber, Italian singer (b. 1939)
- Milan Janić, Serbian canoeist (b. 1957)
- Elena Lacková, Slovakian author and playwright (b. 1921)
- Joel Antônio Martins, Brazilian footballer (b. 1931)
- A. K. Salim, American composer (b. 1922)
- January 2
- Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer (b. 1923)
- Peter Harris, English footballer (b. 1925)
- Leroy Warriner, American racing driver (b. 1919)
- January 3
- José María Gironella, Spanish author (b. 1917)
- Flóra Kádár, Hungarian actress (b. 1928)
- Eddy Marnay, French songwriter (b. 1920)
- N. P. Mohammed, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- Halima Nosirova, Uzbekistani singer (b. 1913)
- Peter Sutermeister, Swiss lawyer and author (b. 1916)
- Monique Wittig, French author and philosopher (b. 1935)
- January 4
- Raoul Bortoletto, Italian footballer (b. 1925)
- Conrad Hall, American cinematographer (b. 1926)
- January 5
- Doreen Carwithen, English film composer (b. 1922)
- Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (b. 1918)
- Roy Jenkins, Welsh politician (b. 1920)
- Félix Loustau, Argentine footballer (b. 1922)
- Daphne Oram, English composer (b. 1925)
- January 6
- Olle Bexell, Swedish decathlete (b. 1909)
- Gerald Cash, Bahamian politician (b. 1917)
- Paula Pöhlsen, German gymnast (b. 1913)
- Kari Skjønsberg, Norwegian academic and author (b. 1926)
- Mamie Till, American activist (b. 1921)
- Harry Woolf, American historian (b. 1923)
- January 7 – Sebastian von Hoerner, German astrophysicist (b. 1919)
- January 8
- Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (b. 1925)
- Angelo Romani, Italian swimmer (b. 1934)
- January 9
- Kurt Andersen, German general (b. 1898)
- Ignace Heinrich, French decathlete (b. 1925)
- Qamar Jalalabadi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1917)
- January 10
- Júlio Botelho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1929)
- C. Douglas Dillon, American diplomat and politician (b. 1909)
- Ensio Siilasvuo, Finnish general (b. 1922)
- Denis Zanette, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
- January 11
- Mickey Finn, English drummer (b. 1947)
- Anthony Havelock-Allan, English film producer and screenwriter (b. 1904)
- Virginia Kidd, American literary agent and author (b. 1921)
- Bob Maertens, Belgian footballer (b. 1930)
- Arne Månsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1925)
- Maurice Pialat, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- Jože Pučnik, Slovenian sociologist and politician (b. 1932)
- William Russo, American composer (b. 1928)
- January 12
- Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. 1912)
- Jack Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1930)
- Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and politician, President of Argentina (b. 1926)
- Maurice Gibb, English musician (b. 1949)
- W. M. Gorman, Irish economist and academic (b. 1923)
- Valentyn Kravchuk, Ukrainian rower (b. 1944)
- Alan Nunn May, English physicist and spy (b. 1911)
- Paul Pender, American boxer (b. 1930)
- January 13
- Norman Panama, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1914)
- Koloman Sokol, Slovakian painter (b. 1902)
- January 14
- Mirza Babayev, Azerbaijani actor and singer (b. 1913)
- Vahé Katcha, French-Armenian author and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- January 15
- Robert John Braidwood, American archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1907)
- Shimon Garidi, Israeli politician (b. 1912)
- Jeannette Campbell, French-Argentine swimmer (b. 1916)
- Doris Fisher, American songwriter (b. 1915)
- Ernesto Foldats, Latvian-Venezuelan botanist (b. 1925)
- Vivi-Anne Hultén, Swedish figure skater (b. 1911)
- January 16
- Shōtarō Akiyama, Japanese photographer (b. 1920)
- Henryk Czyż, Polish musician and conductor (b. 1923)
- Hans Pietsch, German go player (b. 1968)
- January 17
- Bernice Claire, American singer and actress (b. 1906)
- Richard Crenna, American actor (b. 1926)
- Alfredo Hernández, Mexican footballer (b. 1935)
- January 18
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet (b. 1907)
- Gavin Lyall, English author (b. 1932)
- The Sheik, American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
- January 19
- Milton Flores, Honduran footballer (b. 1974)
- Françoise Giroud, French journalist and politician (b. 1916)
- Kurt Krüger, German footballer (b. 1920)
- January 20
- Eldar Azimzade, Azerbaijani football referee (b. 1934)
- Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson, Icelandic ski jumper (b. 1930)
- Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (b. 1903)
- Gusztáv Juhász, Romanian footballer and coach (b. 1911)
- Craig Kelly, American snowboarder (b. 1966)
- Dan King, American basketball player (b. 1931)
- Abraham Klein, American theoretical physicist (b. 1927)
- Edith Lefel, French singer (b. 1963)
- Paskal Sotirovski, Macedonian astrophysicist (b. 1927)
- Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
- Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player and pool player (b. 1947)
- January 21
- Paul Kuusberg, Estonian author (b. 1916)
- Antonio Domínguez Ortiz, Spanish historian (b. 1909)
- Tommy Wood, English motorcycle racer (b. 1912)
- January 22
- Marvin Bower, American management consultant (b. 1903)
- Werner Dissel, German actor and resistance fighter (b. 1912)
- Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist (b. 1921)
- Lonny Kellner, German actress and singer (b. 1930)
- Ernst Kitzinger, German-American historian (b. 1912)
- Jean-François Zevaco, French-Moroccan architect (b. 1916)
- January 23
- Nell Carter, American actress (b. 1948)
- Johnny Mauro, American racing driver (b. 1910)
- January 24
- Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1921)
- Lucien Blackwell, American politician (b. 1931)
- Henri Krasucki, Polish-French trade unionist and politician (b. 1924)
- Mauro dos Santos, Brazilian rapper (b. 1973)
- Cy Touff, American trumpeter (b. 1927)
- January 25
- Carlos Walter Galán Barry, Argentine bishop (b. 1925)
- Cliff Norton, American actor (b. 1918)
- Sheldon Reynolds, American television producer (b. 1923)
- Robert Rockwell, American actor (b. 1920)
- January 26
- John Browning, American pianist (b. 1933)
- Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (b. 1942)
- Jeffrey K. Hadden, American sociologist (b. 1937)
- Don Lurio, American-Italian dancer and choreographer (b. 1929)
- Jim McConnon, English cricketer (b. 1922)
- Vladimir Mulyavin, Belarusian-Russian musician (b. 1941)
- Annemarie Schimmel, German orientalist (b. 1922)
- Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (b. 1914)
- George Younger, Scottish politician (b. 1931)
- January 27
- Louis Archambault, Canadian sculptor and ceramicist (b. 1915)
- Henryk Jabłoński, Polish politician (b. 1909)
- January 28
- Miloš Milutinović, Serbian footballer (b. 1933)
- Emília Rotter, Hungarian figure skater (b. 1906)
- January 29
- Ihsan Abbas, Palestinian scholar (b. 1920)
- Pandari Bai, Indian actress (b. 1931)
- Silvio Confortola, Italian skier (b. 1910)
- Natalia Dudinskaya, Russian ballerina (b. 1912)
- Anthony Eisley, American actor (b. 1925)
- Leslie Fiedler, American critic (b. 1917)
- Harold Kelley, American psychologist (b. 1921)
- Frank Moss, American politician (b. 1911)
- Yevgeniya Sidorova, Russian skier (b. 1930)
- Carmelo Torres, Venezuelan matador (b. 1927)
- Lee Yoo-hyung, South Korean-Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1911)
- January 30
- Mary Ellis, American actress and singer (b. 1897)
- Paul-André Meyer, French mathematician (b. 1934)
- January 31 – Werenfried van Straaten, Dutch priest and activist (b. 1913)
February 2003
edit- February 1
- Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut (b. 1959)
- David M. Brown, American astronaut (b. 1956)
- Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American astronaut (b. 1962)
- Laurel Clark, American astronaut (b. 1961)
- Rick Husband, American astronaut (b. 1957)
- Bodil Kjer, Danish actress (b. 1917)
- Richard Lyng, American politician (b. 1918)
- William C. McCool, American astronaut (b. 1961)
- Ilan Ramon, Israeli astronaut (b. 1954)
- Mongo Santamaría, Cuban drummer and bandleader (b. 1917)
- February 2
- Randy Chin, Jamaican record producer (b. 1937)
- József Gál, Hungarian wrestler (b. 1918)
- Lou Harrison, American composer (b. 1917)
- Emilia Hazelip, Spanish organic gardener (b. 1937)
- Jack Lauterwasser, English cyclist (b. 1904)
- Marcello Truzzi, American sociologist (b. 1935)
- Eizo Yuguchi, Japanese footballer (b. 1945)
- February 3
- Fulgencio Berdugo, Colombian footballer (b. 1918)
- Natascha Artin Brunswick, German-American mathematician and photographer (b. 1909)
- Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (b. 1962)
- Venanzo Crocetti, Italian sculptor (b. 1913)
- Nataliya Medvedeva, Russian singer and poet (b. 1958)
- João César Monteiro, Portuguese film director and actor (b. 1939)
- Peter Schat, Dutch composer (b. 1935)
- February 4
- Benyoucef Benkhedda, Algerian politician (b. 1920)
- Jean Brossel, French physicist (b. 1918)
- Pierre Carteus, Belgian footballer (b. 1943)
- Jerome Hines, American opera singer (b. 1921)
- André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
- Jaroslav Šajtar, Czech chess grandmaster (b. 1921)
- February 5
- Manfred von Brauchitsch, German racing driver (b. 1905)
- René Cardona Jr., Mexican film director and actor (b. 1939)
- Micky Fenton, English footballer (b. 1913)
- Antonina Shuranova, Russian actress (b. 1936)
- February 6
- José Craveirinha, Mozambican journalist and author (b. 1922)
- Robert St. John, American author (b. 1902)
- February 7
- Luigi Ferrando, Italian cyclist (b. 1911)
- Augusto Monterroso, Honduran author (b. 1921)
- Malcolm Roberts, English singer (b. 1944)
- Lidia Selikhova, Russian speed skater (b. 1922)
- Fred Zeller, French painter and activist (b. 1912)
- February 8
- William Louis Culberson, American lichenologist (b. 1929)
- John Charles Cutler, American surgeon (b. 1915)
- Alice Treff, German actress (b. 1906)
- Konrad Weichert, German sailor (b. 1934)
- February 9
- Herma Bauma, Austrian javelin thrower and handball player (b. 1915)
- Ruby Braff, American trumpeter and cornetist (b. 1927)
- Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician (b. 1926)
- Vera Ralston, Czech-American figure skater and actress (b. 1919)
- February 10
- Alfred Aston, French footballer (b. 1912)
- Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer (b. 1910)
- Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
- José Lewgoy, Brazilian actor (b. 1920)
- Robert Rush Miller, American ichthyologist (b. 1916)
- Walter Thomas James Morgan, English biochemist (b. 1900)
- Max Pécas, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- Jan Veselý, Czech cyclist (b. 1923)
- Ron Ziegler, American politician (b. 1939)
- February 11
- Joy Garrett, American actress (b. 1945)
- Daniel Toscan du Plantier, French film producer (b. 1941)
- February 12
- Michel Graillier, French pianist (b. 1946)
- Devendra Satyarthi, Indian author (b. 1908)
- Kemmons Wilson, American businessman (b. 1913)
- February 13
- Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1921)
- Joe Connelly, American television writer and producer (b. 1917)
- Kid Gavilán, Cuban boxer (b. 1926)
- Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (b. 1932)
- Stacy Keach Sr., American actor (b. 1914)
- Walt Whitman Rostow, American economist (b. 1916)
- February 14
- Dolly, Scottish cloned animal (b. 1996)
- Gunnar Johansson Swedish footballer (b. 1924)
- Paul E. Meehl, American psychologist (b. 1920)
- Grigory Mkrtychan, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
- February 15
- Miroslav Horníček, Czech actor (b. 1918)
- Vlastimil Koubek, Czech-American architect (b. 1927)
- Fritz Pollard Jr., American hurdler (b. 1915)
- Francisque Ravony, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar (b. 1942)
- Joaquín Solano, Mexican equestrian (b. 1913)
- February 16
- Jim Gordon, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
- Aleksandar Tišma, Serbian author (b. 1924)
- February 17 – Julian Bigelow, American computer scientist (b. 1913)
- February 18 – Isser Harel, Israeli spymaster (b. 1912)
- February 19
- Washington Beltrán, Uruguayan politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1914)
- Buck Divecha, Indian cricketer (b. 1927)
- James Hardy, American surgeon (b. 1918)
- Johnny Paycheck, American singer (b. 1938)
- February 20
- Esther Arditi, Italian-Israeli medic (b. 1937)
- Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and author (b. 1907)
- Orville Freeman, American politician (b. 1918)
- Jerzy Passendorfer, Polish film director (b. 1923)
- February 21
- Virginia Biddle, American showgirl (b. 1910)
- John E. Fryer, American psychiatrist and activist (b. 1937)
- Karel Kosík, Czech philosopher (b. 1926)
- Nelly Mazloum, Egpytian-Greek dancer and actress (b. 1929)
- Julie Mitchum, American actress (b. 1914)
- Nora Ney, Polish actress (b. 1906)
- Kevin O'Shea, American basketball player (b. 1925)
- Eddie Thomson, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1947)
- February 22
- Kurt Gscheidle, German politician (b. 1924)
- Donald Haldeman, American sport shooter (b. 1947)
- Jean-Pierre Miquel, French actor (b. 1937)
- Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (b. 1913)
- February 23
- Arne Andersson, Swedish footballer (b. 1921)
- Shlomo Argov, Israeli diplomat (b. 1929)
- Howie Epstein, American bassist (b. 1955)
- Christopher Hill, English historian and academic (b. 1912)
- Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (b. 1910)
- Hasanagha Turabov, Azerbaijani actor (b. 1938)
- Titos Vandis, Greek actor (b. 1917)
- February 24
- Susan Johnson, American actress (b. 1927)
- Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b. 1951)
- Güven Önüt, Turkish footballer (b. 1940)
- Walter Scharf, American film composer (b. 1910)
- Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
- Antoni Torres, Spanish footballer (b. 1943)
- February 25
- Alexander Kemurdzhian, Armenian scientist (b. 1921)
- John Lecky, Canadian rower (b. 1940)
- Tom O'Higgins, Irish politician (b. 1916)
- René Römer, Dutch sociologist and academic (b. 1929)
- February 26
- Akira Fujiwara, Japanese historian (b. 1922)
- Christian Goethals, Belgian racing driver (b. 1928)
- Jaime Ramírez, Chilean footballer (b. 1931)
- February 27
- Johnny Carpenter, American actor and stuntman (b. 1914)
- John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1923)
- Wolfgang Larrazábal, Venezuelan naval officer and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1911)
- Peter Petroff, Bulgarian-American inventor (b. 1919)
- Fred Rogers, American television personality (b. 1928)
- February 28
- Albert Batteux, French footballer and manager (b. 1919)
- Göte Blomqvist, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1928)
- Chris Brasher, English athlete (b. 1928)
- Jacob E. Davis, American politician (b. 1905)
- Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek actor and film director (b. 1921)
- Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran military officer and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1917)
- Yō Inoue, Japanese voice actress (b. 1946)
March 2003
edit- March 1
- Nadine Conner, American opera singer (b. 1907)
- Franjo Glaser, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
- Judith Gutiérrez, Ecuadorian painter (b. 1927)
- Roger Needham, English computer scientist (b. 1935)
- Viktoria-Luise Solms-Baruth, German princess (b. 1921)
- March 2
- Roger Albertsen, English footballer (b. 1957)
- Hank Ballard, American singer (b. 1927)
- Zakir Mammadov, Azerbaijani philosopher (b. 1936)
- Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931)
- March 3
- Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933)
- Dick Garrard, Australian wrestler (b. 1911)
- Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (b. 1904)
- March 4
- Fedora Barbieri, Italian opera singer (b. 1920)
- Michel Block, French-Belgian pianist (b. 1937)
- Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian politician (b. 1926)
- Sébastien Japrisot, French author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- Lin Lanying, Chinese engineer and politician (b. 1918)
- Oliver Payne Pearson, American zoologist and ecologist (b. 1915)
- March 5 – Dzhabrail Yamadayev, Chechen commander (b. 1970)
- March 6
- Linton Garner, American pianist (b. 1915)
- Ernst B. Haas, German-American political scientist (b. 1924)
- Reis Malile, Albanian politician (b. 1924)
- Alice Martineau, English singer (b. 1972)
- Luděk Pachman, Czech-German chess grandmaster (b. 1924)
- March 7
- Mehmed Alagić, Bosnian general (b. 1947)
- Monica Hughes, English-Canadian author (b. 1925)
- March 8
- Adam Faith, English singer and actor (b. 1940)
- Eduard Izotov, Russian actor (b. 1936)
- Elliott Jaques, Canadian psychoanalyst (b. 1917)
- Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)
- March 9
- Stan Brakhage, American film director (b. 1933)
- Žarko Dolinar, Croatian-Swiss biologist and table tennis player (b. 1920)
- Dzidra Ritenberga, Latvian actress and film director (b. 1928)
- José Manuel Blecua Teijeiro, Spanish philologist (b. 1913)
- March 10
- Víctor Alba, Spanish politician (b. 1916)
- Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician, President of Nauru (b. 1946)
- Geoffrey Kirk, English scholar (b. 1921)
- Marina Ladynina, Russian actress (b. 1908)
- Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer (b. 1950)
- Fritz Spengler, German handball player (b. 1908)
- Naftali Temu, Kenyan runner (b. 1945)
- Ottorino Volonterio, Swiss racing driver (b. 1917)
- March 11
- Ivar Hansen, Danish politician (b. 1938)
- Ludwig Streicher, Austrian double bassist (b. 1920)
- March 12
- Zoran Đinđić, Serbian politician, Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
- Alys Faiz, Pakistani poet and activist (b. 1915)
- Howard Fast, American author (b. 1914)
- Andrey Kivilev, Kazakhstani cyclist (b. 1973)
- Slava Stetsko, Ukrainian politician (b. 1920)
- Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948)
- March 13
- Ingo Buding, German tennis player (b. 1942)
- Abas Ermenji, Albanian politician and historian (b. 1913)
- Roberto Murolo, Italian musician (b. 1912)
- Gus Yatron, American politician (b. 1927)
- March 14
- Jack Goldstein, Canadian-American painter (b. 1945)
- Jean-Luc Lagardère, French businessman (b. 1928)
- Ivan Rassimov, Italian actor (b. 1938)
- March 15
- Yevgeny Belyayev, Russian skier (b. 1954)
- Thora Hird, English actress (b. 1911)
- March 16
- Lawrence H. Aller, American astronomer (b. 1913)
- Rachel Corrie, American activist (b. 1979)
- Ronald Ferguson, English polo manager (b. 1931)
- Lothar Koch, German oboist (b. 1935)
- Lars Passgård, Swedish actor and theatre director (b. 1941)
- Teemu Raimoranta, Finnish guitarist (b. 1977)
- March 17
- Herbert Aptheker, American historian and activist (b. 1915)
- Bill Carlisle, American singer (b. 1908)
- March 18
- József Balla, Hungarian wrestler (b. 1955)
- Karl Gorath, German concentration camp survivor (b. 1912)
- Bruno Heim, Swiss diplomat (b. 1911)
- Karl Kling, German racing driver (b. 1910)
- Viktor Kratasyuk, Georgian canoeist (b. 1949)
- Adam Osborne, English-American engineer (b. 1939)
- March 19 – Rick Zumwalt, American arm wrestler and actor (b. 1951)
- March 20 – Yevsei Vainrub, Russian colonel (b. 1909)
- March 21
- Frederic L. Holmes, American historian (b. 1932)
- Umar Wirahadikusumah, Indonesian politician and general (b. 1924)
- March 22
- Fernando Carcupino, Italian painter and cartoonist (b. 1922)
- Milton George Henschel, American religious figure (b. 1920)
- Terry Lloyd, English journalist (b. 1952)
- Ali Akbar Navis, Indonesian poet and author (b. 1924)
- March 23
- Hideyo Amamoto, Japanese actor (b. 1926)
- Newton Canegal, Brazilian footballer (b. 1917)
- Violet Cliff, English skater (b. 1916)
- Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Polish athlete (b. 1929)
- March 24
- Jan-Just Bos, Dutch rower and botanist (b. 1939)
- David Gilbert-Smith, Scottish rugby player (b. 1931)
- Hans Hermann Groër, Austrian archbishop (b. 1919)
- Viktor Fyodorovich Karpukhin, Russian major general (b. 1947)
- Yevgeny Klevtsov, Russian cyclist (b. 1929)
- Philip Yordan, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
- March 25 – Masato Furuoya, Japanese actor (b. 1957)
- March 26
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American politician (b. 1927)
- Tauese Sunia, American Samoan politician (b. 1941)
- José Tamayo, Spanish theatre director (b. 1920)
- Nino Vingelli, Italian actor (b. 1912)
- March 27
- Edwin Carr, New Zealand composer (b. 1926)
- Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor (b. 1927)
- Dušan Spasojević, Serbian gangster (b. 1968)
- Paul Zindel, American playwright and author (b. 1936)
- March 28
- Kadri Aytaç, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- Robert Craddock, American soccer player (b. 1923)
- Ludwig Elsbett, German engineer and inventor (b. 1913)
- Aleksey Kuznetsov, Russian skier (b. 1929)
- March 29
- Keinosuke Enoeda, Japanese martial artist (b. 1935)
- Kurt Gimmi, Swiss footballer (b. 1936)
- Tadao Horie, Japanese footballer (b. 1913)
- Kerim Kerimov, Russian engineer (b. 1917)
- Vladimir Pikalov, Russian general (b. 1924)
- Carlo Urbani, Italian physician and microbiologist (b. 1956)
- March 30
- Bruno Boni, Italian rower (b. 1915)
- Michael Jeter, American actor (b. 1952)
- Valentin Pavlov, Russian politician, Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (b. 1937)
- Teno Roncalio, American politician (b. 1916)
- Patricia Vinnicombe, South African archaeologist (b. 1932)
- March 31
- Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician (b. 1907)
- Anne Gwynne, American actress (b. 1918)
- Semyon Lipkin, Russian author and poet (b. 1911)
- Tommy Seebach, Danish singer (b. 1949)
- Eduardo Úrculo, Spanish artist (b. 1938)
- Fermín Vélez, Spanish racing driver (b. 1959)
April 2003
edit- April 1
- Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor (b. 1956)
- Marcel Ernzer, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1926)
- Jean-Yves Escoffier, French screenwriter (b. 1950)
- Sven Holmberg, Swedish actor (b. 1918)
- Mutsuhiro Watanabe, Japanese soldier and war criminal (b. 1918)
- April 2
- Kaveh Golestan, Iranian photojournalist and artist (b. 1950)
- Terenci Moix, Spanish author (b. 1942)
- György Révész, Hungarian screenwriter and film director (b. 1927)
- Edwin Starr, American singer (b. 1942)
- Sékou Touré, Ivorian footballer (b. 1934)
- Michael Wayne, American film producer (b. 1934)
- April 3 – Arthur Guyton, American physiologist (b. 1919)
- April 4
- Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
- Izzat Ghazzawi, Palestinian author (b. 1951)
- Paul Ray Smith, American soldier (b. 1969)
- April 5
- Keizo Morishita, Japanese painter (b. 1944)
- Federico Pizarro, Argentine footballer (b. 1927)
- April 6
- Anita Borg, American computer scientist (b. 1949)
- Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian archbishop (b. 1912)
- Aleksandr Fatyushin, Russian actor (b. 1951)
- Susan French, American actress (b. 1912)
- Nicole Loraux, French historian (b. 1943)
- Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (b. 1927)
- Ole Paus, Norwegian major general and diplomat (b. 1910)
- April 7
- David Greene, English director (b. 1921)
- Jutta Hipp, German-American pianist and composer (b. 1925)
- Maurice Kouandété, Beninese military officer and politician (b. 1932)
- April 8
- Kathie Browne, American actress (b. 1930)
- Patrick Fani Chakaipa, Zimbabwean archbishop (b. 1932)
- José Couso, Spanish cameraman (b. 1965)
- Charles Douglass, Mexican-American sound engineer (b. 1910)
- Dee Gibson, American basketball player (b. 1923)
- Maki Ishii, Japanese composer (b. 1936)
- Franz Rosenthal, German-American scholar (b. 1914)
- Bing Russell, American actor (b. 1926)
- April 9
- Jorge Oteiza, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1908)
- Vera Zorina, Norwegian ballerina and actress (b. 1917)
- April 10
- Eva Boyd, American singer (b. 1943)
- Chumy Chúmez, Spanish cartoonist (b. 1927)
- Aubrey Jones, Welsh politician (b. 1911)
- Franco Valle, Italian boxer (b. 1940)
- April 11
- Vasyl Barka, Ukrainian-American poet (b. 1908)
- Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and engineer (b. 1900)
- Lucy Saroyan, American actress and photographer (b. 1946)
- April 12
- Charles Janeway, American immunologist (b. 1943)
- Zdeněk Jirotka, Czech author (b. 1911)
- Sydney Lassick, American actor (b. 1922)
- Štefan Matlák, Slovakian footballer (b. 1934)
- April 13
- Majid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian royal (b. 1938)
- Tadej Štrbulović, Serbian religious elder (b. 1914)
- April 14
- Pierre Blondiaux, French rower (b. 1922)
- Lyubov Mala, Ukrainian therapist (b. 1919)
- Addie McPhail, American actress (b. 1905)
- April 15
- Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (b. 1941)
- Vasily Petrov, Ukrainian army officer (b. 1922)
- April 16
- Jack Donohue, American-Canadian basketball coach (b. 1931)
- Isao Iwabuchi, Japanese footballer (b. 1933)
- Graham Jarvis, Canadian-American actor (b. 1930)
- April 17
- Mario Sandoval Alarcón, Guatemalan politician (b. 1923)
- Robert Atkins, American cardiologist (b. 1930)
- Jean-Pierre Dogliani, French footballer (b. 1942)
- John Paul Getty Jr., English philanthropist (b. 1932)
- Earl King, American musician (b. 1934)
- Koji Kondo, Japanese footballer (b. 1972)
- Jozef Schell, Belgian biologist (b. 1935)
- Sergei Yushenkov, Russian politician (b. 1950)
- April 18
- Rudolf Brunnenmeier, German footballer (b. 1941)
- Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (b. 1923)
- Toni Hagen, Swiss geologist (b. 1917)
- Emil Loteanu, Romanian-Russian film director (b. 1936)
- Diego Ronchini, Italian cyclist (b. 1935)
- Nguyễn Đình Thi, Vietnamese author and composer (b. 1924)
- Juan Bautista Villalba, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1924)
- April 19
- Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Pakistani spiritual leader (b. 1928)
- Aurelio Sabattani, Italian cardinal (b. 1912)
- April 20
- Teddy Edwards, American saxophonist (b. 1924)
- Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
- Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist (b. 1911)
- Henri Lemaître, Belgian diplomat (b. 1921)
- Richard Proenneke, American naturalist (b. 1916)
- April 21
- Alexander Lobanov, Russian artist (b. 1924)
- Nina Simone, American singer (b. 1933)
- April 22
- Felice Bryant, American singer (b. 1925)
- Balwant Gargi, Indian playwright and author (b. 1916)
- Martha Griffiths, American judge and politician (b. 1912)
- Andrea King, American actress (b. 1919)
- Mike Larrabee, American sprinter (b. 1933)
- Yuriy Voynov, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1931)
- Maria Wine, Swedish-Danish poet and author (b. 1912)
- April 23
- Jim Browne, American basketball player (b. 1930)
- Guy Mountfort, English executive and ornithologist (b. 1905)
- Austin Wright, American author and critic (b. 1922)
- April 24 – Gino Orlando, Brazilian footballer (b. 1929)
- April 25
- Viktor Bushuev, Russian weightlifter (b. 1933)
- Lynn Chadwick, English sculptor (b. 1914)
- Jaime Silva Gómez, Colombian footballer (b. 1935)
- Ted Joans, American poet and trumpeter (b. 1928)
- Samson Kitur, Kenyan sprinter (b. 1966)
- André Perraudin, Swiss archbishop (b. 1914)
- April 26
- Bernhard Baier, German water polo player (b. 1912)
- Peter Stone, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1930)
- April 27
- Peter M. Bowers, American journalist (b. 1918)
- Paul Chauchard, French physician and author (b. 1912)
- Piet Roozenburg, Dutch draughts player (b. 1924)
- Elaine Anderson Steinbeck, American actress (b. 1914)
- Dorothee Sölle, German theologian (b. 1929)
- Juha Tiainen, Finnish hammer thrower (b. 1955)
- April 28
- Carmelo Morales Erostarbe, Spanish cyclist (b. 1930)
- Ciccio Ingrassia, Italian actor and comedian (b. 1922)
- André Muhirwa, Burundian politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1920)
- April 29 – Janko Bobetko, Croatian general (b. 1919)
- April 30
- Ferdinand P. Beer, French engineer (b. 1915)
- Possum Bourne, New Zealand rally driver (b. 1956)
- Aureliano Chaves, Brazilian politician (b. 1929)
- Chris Crowe, English footballer (b. 1939)
- Vasile Deheleanu, Romanian footballer (b. 1910)
- Lionel Wilson, American voice actor (b. 1924)
May 2003
edit- May 1
- Miss Elizabeth, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1960)
- Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
- Stephen Kelen, Hungarian-Australian table tennis player (b. 1912)
- Paul Moore Jr., American bishop (b. 1919)
- May 2
- Konstantin Buteyko, Russian physician (b. 1923)
- Mohammed Dib, Algerian author (b. 1920)
- Blaga Dimitrova, Bulgarian poet and politician (b. 1922)
- James Miller, Welsh filmmaker (b. 1968)
- May 3
- Jozef Feranec, Slovakian bishop (b. 1910)
- Suzy Parker, American model and actress (b. 1932)
- May 4
- Skunder Boghossian, Ethiopian-Armenian painter (b. 1937)
- Sesto Bruscantini, Italian opera singer (b. 1919)
- Velleda Cesari, Italian fencer (b. 1920)
- May 5
- Graziela Barroso, Brazilian botanist (b. 1912)
- Sultan Rakhmanov, Ukrainian weightlifter (b. 1950)
- Walter Sisulu, South African activist (b. 1912)
- May 6
- Steve Atkinson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
- Oleksandr Bilash, Ukrainian composer (b. 1931)
- Tito García, Spanish actor (b. 1931)
- Stanislav Kolář, Czech table tennis player (b. 1912)
- May 7
- Johan Andersen, Danish canoeist (b. 1920)
- Velta Ruke-Dravina, Latvian-Swedish linguist (b. 1917)
- May 8
- Quentin Dean, American actress (b. 1944)
- Elvira Pagã, Brazilian actress (b. 1920)
- May 9
- Hans Engnestangen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1908)
- Antonio Ibáñez Freire, Spanish politician (b. 1913)
- Jack Gelber, American playwright (b. 1932)
- Russell B. Long, American politician (b. 1918)
- May 10
- José Castro, Spanish footballer (b. 1933)
- Oleh Halkin, Russian cyclist (b. 1965)
- Leonard Michaels, American author (b. 1933)
- Milan Vukcevich, Serbian-American chemist (b. 1937)
- May 11 – Noel Redding, English musician (b. 1945)
- May 12 – Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-American diplomat (b. 1933)
- May 13
- John Savage, Canadian politician (b. 1932)
- Byron Wolford, American rodeo cowboy and poker player (b. 1930)
- May 14
- Tranquilo Cappozzo, Argentine rower (b. 1918)
- Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player (b. 1940)
- Otto Edelmann, Austrian opera singer (b. 1917)
- Al Fleming, American basketball player (b. 1954)
- Ingvar Lars Helle, Norwegian politician (b. 1933)
- Wendy Hiller, English actress (b. 1912)
- Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian engineer (b. 1950)
- Dante Quinterno, Argentine comic book artist (b. 1909)
- Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919)
- May 15
- June Carter Cash, American singer (b. 1929)
- Pedro Chappé, Cuban basketball player (b. 1945)
- Constantin Dăscălescu, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1923)
- Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (b. 1924)
- May 16
- Mark McCormack, American attorney (b. 1930)
- Bogdan Śliwa, Polish chess player (b. 1922)
- May 17
- Edith Carlmar, Norwegian actress and film director (b. 1911)
- Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish nurse (b. 1922)
- May 18 – Barb Tarbox, Canadian activist (b. 1961)
- May 19
- Johanna Budwig, German biochemist and author (b. 1908)
- Paul Hagen, Danish actor (b. 1920)
- Aleksandr Miroshnichenko, Kazakhstani boxer (b. 1964)
- May 20 – Eddie Little, American author (b. 1954)
- May 21
- Yaroslav Golovanov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1932)
- Felice Orlandi, Italian-American actor (b. 1925)
- Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine racing driver (b. 1928)
- Frank D. White, American politician (b. 1933)
- May 22 – Big DS, American rapper (b. 1971)
- May 23
- Ray Parry, English footballer (b. 1936)
- Michael Pössinger, German bobsledder and soldier (b. 1919)
- Jean Yanne, French actor and film director (b. 1933)
- May 24
- François Boyer, French screenwriter (b. 1920)
- Rachel Kempson, English actress (b. 1910)
- Arne Skouen, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1913)
- May 25
- Richard A. Gardner, American psychiatrist (b. 1931)
- Jeremy Ward, American sound engineer (b. 1976)
- Sloan Wilson, American author (b. 1920)
- May 26
- Melitta Brunner, Austrian figure skater (b. 1907)
- Gerald Hawkins, English-American astronomer and author (b. 1928)
- Kathleen Winsor, American author (b. 1919)
- May 27
- Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lankan architect (b. 1919)
- Luciano Berio, Italian composer (b. 1925)
- Stellan Nilsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1922)
- May 28
- Oleg Makarov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1933)
- Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist (b. 1917)
- Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912)
- May 29
- Savita Ambedkar, Indian physician and activist (b. 1909)
- Trevor Ford, Welsh footballer (b. 1923)
- Anthony Frederick, American basketball player (b. 1964)
- Pierre Restany, French critic and philosopher (b. 1930)
- May 30
- Zagir Ismagilov, Russian composer (b. 1916)
- Minoru Mochizuki, Japanese martial artist (b. 1907)
- Mickie Most, English record producer (b. 1938)
- Günter Pfitzmann, German actor (b. 1924)
- John Roberts, English historian (b. 1928)
- Silvester Sabolčki, Croatian footballer (b. 1979)
- May 31
- Nicolas Barone, French cyclist (b. 1931)
- Anil Biswas, Indian director and composer (b. 1914)
- Francesco Colasuonno, Italian cardinal and diplomat (b. 1925)
- Helena Dąbrowska, Polish actress (b. 1923)
- Li Lin, Chinese physicist (b. 1923)
June 2003
edit- June 1
- Yevgeny Matveyev, Russian actor and film director (b. 1922)
- Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg, German diplomat (b. 1910)
- June 2
- Freddie Blassie, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1918)
- Dick Cusack, American actor (b. 1925)
- Siegfried Freytag, German fighter pilot (b. 1919)
- June 3
- Petre Mshvenieradze, Georgian water polo player (b. 1929)
- Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor (b. 1907)
- June 4
- Serafín Rojo, Spanish cartoonist and painter (b. 1925)
- Nurul Amin Talukdar, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1946)
- June 5
- Jürgen Möllemann, German politician (b. 1945)
- Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
- Meir Vilner, Israeli politician (b. 1918)
- June 6
- Adalbert Boros, Romanian bishop (b. 1908)
- Ken Grimwood, American author (b. 1944)
- Dave Rowberry, English pianist (b. 1940)
- Hilda Sour, Chilean actress (b. 1915)
- June 7
- Richard William George Dennis, English mycologist and botanist (b. 1910)
- Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy, Egyptian army officer (b. 1921)
- Trevor Goddard, English actor (b. 1962)
- Georges Pichard, French comic book artist (b. 1920)
- Selahattin Ülkümen, Turkish diplomat (b. 1914)
- June 8 – Herschel Burke Gilbert, American film composer (b. 1918)
- June 9
- Kató Lomb, Hungarian interpreter and translator (b. 1909)
- Angelo Palmas, Italian diplomat (b. 1914)
- German Sveshnikov, Russian fencer (b. 1937)
- June 10
- Livio Dante Porta, Argentine engineer (b. 1922)
- Donald Regan, American politician (b. 1918)
- Carlos Roca, Spanish field hockey player (b. 1958)
- Bernard Williams, English philosopher (b. 1929)
- June 11
- David Brinkley, American news anchor (b. 1920)
- Ilona Madary, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1916)
- Virgil Mărdărescu, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- William Marshall, American actor and opera singer (b. 1924)
- June 12 – Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)
- June 13
- Harold Ashby, American saxophonist (b. 1925)
- Hein ten Hoff, German boxer (b. 1919)
- Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani philosopher and politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1916)
- Guy Lux, French game show host and television producer (b. 1919)
- Silvio Pedroni, Italian cyclist (b. 1918)
- Robin Russell, English peer (b. 1940)
- Tor Stokke, Norwegian actor (b. 1928)
- June 14
- Nikolai Figurovsky, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- Jimmy Knepper, American trombonist (b. 1927)
- Arne Larsson, Swedish runner (b. 1922)
- Edward F. Moore, American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1925)
- Günther Schack, German fighter pilot (b. 1917)
- June 15
- Enrico Baj, Italian artist (b. 1924)
- Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor (b. 1911)
- Kaiser Matanzima, South African politician (b. 1915)
- Alberto Pigaiani, Italian weightlifter (b. 1928)
- Philip Stone, English actor (b. 1924)
- June 16
- Carlos Rivas, American actor (b. 1925)
- Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish philosopher (b. 1916)
- June 17
- Elsa Grave, Swedish author and poet (b. 1918)
- Paul Hirst, English sociologist (b. 1946)
- June 18
- Guy Bara, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)
- Larry Doby, American baseball player (b. 1923)
- June 19
- Peanuts Hucko, American musician (b. 1918)
- Laura Sadler, English actress (b. 1980)
- Belding Hibbard Scribner, American physician (b. 1921)
- June 20
- I. Bernard Cohen, American historian and scholar (b. 1914)
- Fielder Cook, American director (b. 1923)
- André Grillon, French footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- June 21
- George Axelrod, American screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Magnus von Braun, German engineer and rocket scientist (b. 1919)
- Piet Dankert, Dutch politician (b. 1934)
- Jules Marchal, Belgian diplomat and historian (b. 1924)
- Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1934)
- Leon Uris, American author (b. 1924)
- June 22
- Sergio Bruni, Italian singer (b. 1921)
- Vasil Bykaŭ, Belarusian author (b. 1924)
- Gladys Heldman, American tennis player and publisher (b. 1922)
- June 23
- Sven Fahlman, Swedish fencer (b. 1914)
- Alexander Sidelnikov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1950)
- June 24
- Wataru Kubo, Japanese politician (b. 1929)
- Barbara Weeks, American actress (b. 1913)
- June 25
- Johnny Dauwe, Belgian cyclist (b. 1966)
- Lester Maddox, American politician (b. 1915)
- June 26
- Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1975)
- Isaac Schapera, South African-English anthropologist (b. 1905)
- Denis Thatcher, English businessman (b. 1915)
- Strom Thurmond, American politician (b. 1902)
- June 27
- Carl Bernadotte, Swedish prince (b. 1911)
- Walter Hugo Khouri, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- David Newman, American screenwriter (b. 1937)
- Giuseppe Pontiggia, Italian author and critic (b. 1934)
- June 28
- Vytautas Budriūnas, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1908)
- Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch runner (b. 1923)
- June 29
- Semion Braude, Ukrainian physicist and astronomer (b. 1911)
- Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
- Mordechai Hod, Israeli commander (b. 1926)
- June 30
- Noor Alam, Pakistani field hockey (b. 1929)
- Buddy Hackett, American actor (b. 1924)
- Robert McCloskey, American author (b. 1914)
- Joseph P. Overton, American philosopher (b. 1960)
- Constance Smith, Irish actress (b. 1929)
July 2003
edit- July 1
- Berta Ambrož, Yugoslavian-Slovenian singer (b. 1944)
- John Bissell Carroll, American psychologist (b. 1916)
- Chicho Sánchez Ferlosio, Spanish singer (b. 1940)
- Herbie Mann, American flutist (b. 1930)
- Khieu Ponnary, Cambodian political figure (b. 1920)
- Nǃxau ǂToma, Namibian actor (b. 1944)
- July 2
- Briggs Cunningham, American entrepreneur (b. 1907)
- Franklin Farrell, American ice hockey player (b. 1908)
- Najeeb Halaby, American businessman and aviator (b. 1915)
- Erkki Mallenius, Finnish boxer (b. 1928)
- July 3
- Sat-Okh, Polish resistance fighter (b. 1925)
- Hedy Schlunegger, Swiss skier (b. 1923)
- Yuri Shchekochikhin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1950)
- July 4
- André Claveau, French singer (b. 1911)
- Tyler McVey, American actor (b. 1912)
- Armin Mohler, Swiss-German politician and journalist (b. 1920)
- Tomris Uyar, Turkish author and translator (b. 1941)
- Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)
- July 5
- Zhang Aiping, Chinese military leader (b. 1910)
- Prodan Gardzhev, Bulgarian wrestler (b. 1936)
- Isabelle Jeanne, French countess (b. 1911)
- Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- Yoshio Sakurauchi, Japanese politician (b. 1912)
- Bebu Silvetti, Argentine-Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1944)
- July 6
- Mikhail Antonevich, Russian footballer and coach (b. 1912)
- Skip Battin, American musician (b. 1934)
- Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b. 1908)
- Antal Kotász, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
- Kathleen Raine, English poet and critic (b. 1908)
- Ignacio Velasco, Venezuelan archbishop (b. 1929)
- July 7
- Valentin Bibik, Ukrainian composer (b. 1940)
- Raphael I Bidawid, Iraqi patriarch and scholar (b. 1922)
- Izhak Graziani, Israeli conductor (b. 1924)
- Charles P. Kindleberger, American historian and author (b. 1910)
- Fred G. Pollard, American politician (b. 1918)
- Tomiko Suzuki, Japanese voice actress (b. 1956)
- July 8
- Duncan Clark, Scottish hammer thrower (b. 1915)
- Lewis A. Coser, German-American sociologist (b. 1913)
- Etsuko Inada, Japanese figure skater (b. 1924)
- Subhash Mukhopadyay, Indian poet (b. 1919)
- Dmitri Sukhorukov, Russian general (b. 1922)
- July 9 – Eberhard Blum, German civil servant (b. 1919)
- July 10
- Winston Graham, English author (b. 1908)
- Hartley Shawcross, English politician (b. 1902)
- Manuel Vasques, Portuguese footballer (b. 1926)
- July 11
- Stepan Chervonenko, Russian diplomat (b. 1915)
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, English politician (b. 1916)
- Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian photographer (b. 1948)
- John Roach, American archbishop (b. 1921)
- Bhisham Sahni, Indian author and playwright (b. 1915)
- Ken Whyld, English chess author (b. 1926)
- Teddy Yip, Indonesian-Dutch businessman (b. 1907)
- July 12
- Benny Carter, American saxophonist (b. 1907)
- Evgeny Torchinov, Russian sinologist (b. 1956)
- Ellis Paul Torrance, American psychologist (b. 1915)
- July 13 – Compay Segundo, Cuban guitarist and singer (b. 1907)
- July 14
- Leela Chitnis, Indian actress (b. 1909)
- Jiří Dolana, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1937)
- Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian author (b. 1926)
- Rubén Marino Navarro, Argentine footballer (b. 1933)
- July 15
- Roberto Bolaño, Chilean-Spanish author and poet (b. 1953)
- Alfred Preissler, German footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- Elisabeth Welch, American singer and actress (b. 1904)
- July 16
- Alida van den Bos, Dutch gymnast (b. 1902)
- Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (b. 1925)
- Carol Shields, American-Canadian author (b. 1935)
- Reetika Vazirani, Indian-American poet (b. 1962)
- July 17
- Manuel Franklin da Costa, Angolan archbishop (b. 1921)
- Erland Herkenrath, Swiss handball player (b. 1912)
- David Kelly, Welsh scientist (b. 1944)
- Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1913)
- Abdullah Yaqta, Afghan politician, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (b. 1914)
- Walter Zapp, German inventor (b. 1905)
- July 18
- Marc Camoletti, French playwright (b. 1923)
- Norman Rasmussen, American physicist (b. 1927)
- July 19
- Bill Bright, American evangelist (b. 1921)
- Pierre Graber, Swiss politician (b. 1908)
- Jude Milhon, American computer scientist (b. 1939)
- July 20
- Lauri Aus, Estonian cyclist (b. 1970)
- Nicolas Freeling, English author (b. 1927)
- Juli Gonzalvo, Spanish footballer (b. 1917)
- July 21
- John Davies, New Zealand runner (b. 1938)
- Carol Grace, American actress (b. 1924)
- July 22
- Qusay Hussein, Iraqi politician (b. 1965)
- Uday Hussein, Iraqi politician (b. 1964)
- Lee Knorek, American basketball player (b. 1921)
- Norman Lewis, English journalist and author (b. 1908)
- Dhimitër Shuteriqi, Albanian scholar and historian (b. 1915)
- Serge Silberman, French film producer (b. 1917)
- July 23
- Sheila Bromley, American actress (b. 1911)
- Jean-Claude Pressac, French pharmacist (b. 1944)
- Yvonne Sanson, Greek-Italian actress (b. 1925)
- July 24
- Iya Arepina, Russian actress (b. 1930)
- Henri Attal, French actor (b. 1936)
- Ella Campbell, New Zealand botanist (b. 1910)
- Kurt Pahlen, Austrian conductor and musicologist (b. 1907)
- July 25
- Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (b. 1912)
- Erik Brann, American guitarist (b. 1950)
- John Schlesinger, English film director (b. 1926)
- July 26
- Jürgen Brandt, German general (b. 1922)
- Robert Favart, French actor (b. 1911)
- Hilde Levi, German-Danish physicist (b. 1909)
- Harold C. Schonberg, American critic and journalist (b. 1915)
- July 27
- Vance Hartke, American politician (b. 1919)
- Bob Hope, English-American comedian and actor (b. 1903)
- Jean Nguza Karl-i-Bond, Congolese politician (b. 1938)
- Viktor Lysenko, Russian footballer (b. 1947)
- Alfredo Eduardo Barreto de Freitas Noronha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1918)
- Emmanuel Pelaez, Filipino politician (b. 1915)
- July 28 – Aaron Bell, American double bassist (b. 1921)
- July 29
- Sabahudin Bilalović, Bosnian basketball player (b. 1960)
- Luther Henderson, American composer (b. 1919)
- Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
- Johnny Walker, Indian actor (b. 1926)
- July 30
- Ewa Krzyżewska, Polish actress (b. 1939)
- Alicia Lourteig, Argentine-French botanist (b. 1913)
- Sam Phillips, American record producer (b. 1923)
- Carlos Lemos Simmonds, Colombian politician (b. 1933)
- July 31
- John Aston Sr., English footballer (b. 1921)
- Frederick Coffin, American actor and singer (b. 1943)
- Guido Crepax, Italian cartoonist (b. 1933)
- João Ferreira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
- Patricia Goldman-Rakic, American neuroscientist (b. 1937)
- Torbjørn Ruste, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1929)
August 2003
edit- August 1
- August 2
- Don Estelle, English actor (b. 1933)
- Vladimir Golovanov, Russian weightlifter (b. 1938)
- Paulinho Nogueira, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1929)
- Peter Safar, Austrian-American anesthesiologist (b. 1924)
- Willem Wilmink, Dutch poet and author (b. 1936)
- Lesley Woods, American actress (b. 1910)
- August 3 – Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean politician, President of Sierra Leone (b. 1937)
- August 4
- Anthony Bloom, Russian monk (b. 1914)
- Pål Arne Fagernes, Norwegian javelin thrower (b. 1974)
- Chung Mong-hun, South Korean businessman (b. 1948)
- Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist (b. 1916)
- James Welch, American author and poet (b. 1940)
- August 5
- Tite Curet Alonso, Puerto Rican composer (b. 1926)
- Maurice Mollin, Belgian cyclist (b. 1924)
- Manuel Mur Oti, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
- August 6
- Julius Baker, American flutist (b. 1915)
- Robin Banerjee, Indian environmentalist (b. 1908)
- Roberto Marinho, Brazilian businessman (b. 1904)
- Grover Mitchell, American trombonist (b. 1930)
- August 7
- Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni, Italian automobile designer (b. 1916)
- Pierre Vilar, French historian (b. 1906)
- Rajko Žižić, Yugoslavian basketball player (b. 1955)
- August 8
- Martha Chase, American geneticist (b. 1927)
- Lilli Gyldenkilde, Danish politician (b. 1936)
- Bhupen Khakhar, Indian artist (b. 1934)
- Antonis Samarakis, Greek author (b. 1919)
- Edna Skinner, American actress (b. 1921)
- Falaba Issa Traoré, Malian author and comedian (b. 1930)
- August 9
- Ali Bakar, Malaysian footballer (b. 1947)
- Jimmy Davis, English footballer (b. 1982)
- Ray Harford, English footballer (b. 1945)
- Gregory Hines, American actor and dancer (b. 1946)
- Lesley Manyathela, South African footballer (b. 1981)
- Trevor Smith, English footballer (b. 1936)
- Herbie Steward, American saxophonist (b. 1926)
- August 10
- Jacques Deray, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- Aïcha Fofana, Malian translator and author (b. 1957)
- Bill Perkins, American saxophonist and flutist (b. 1924)
- Cedric Price, English architect (b. 1934)
- August 11
- Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923)
- Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
- Diana Mitford, English author (b. 1910)
- Joseph Ventaja, French boxer (b. 1930)
- August 12
- Christian Boussus, French tennis player (b. 1908)
- William Randolph Douglas, Barbadian judge (b. 1921)
- Håkon Kyllingmark, Norwegian military officer and politician (b. 1915)
- Walter J. Ong, American priest and historian (b. 1912)
- Étienne Rolland, French basketball player (b. 1912)
- August 13
- Lothar Emmerich, German footballer and manager (b. 1941)
- Kazım Kartal, Turkish actor (b. 1936)
- Bhabendra Nath Saikia, Indian author and film director (b. 1932)
- August 14
- Moshe Carmel, Israeli politician (b. 1911)
- Lev Kerbel, Russian sculptor (b. 1917)
- Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
- August 15
- Halife Altay, Kazakhstani author and anthropologist (b. 1917)
- Enric Llaudet, Spanish businessman (b. 1916)
- August 16
- Idi Amin, Ugandan military officer and politician, President of Uganda (b. 1925)
- Haroldo de Campos, Brazilian poet (b. 1929)
- August 17 – Mazen Dana, Palestinian journalist (b. 1962)
- August 18 – Álvaro Gaxiola, Mexican diver (b. 1937)
- August 19
- Jean-Sélim Kanaan, Italian-French diplomat (b. 1970)
- Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
- Line Monty, Algerian singer (b. 1926)
- Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
- August 20
- Ian MacDonald, English critic and author (b. 1948)
- Nermin Neftçi, Turkish politician (b. 1924)
- Andrew Ray, English actor (b. 1939)
- August 21
- Natalia Dudinskaya, Russian ballerina (b. 1912)
- Alberto González, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1922)
- Wesley Willis, American singer and artist (b. 1963)
- August 22
- Imperio Argentina, Argentine singer and actress (b. 1906)
- Jindřich Polák, Czech film director (b. 1925)
- August 23
- Bobby Bonds, American baseball player (b. 1946)
- Maurice Buret, French equestrian and military officer (b. 1909)
- August 24
- Phuntsho Choden, Bhutanese royal (b. 1911)
- John Jacob Rhodes, American politician (b. 1916)
- Amina Rizk, Egyptian actress (b. 1910)
- Wilfred Thesiger, English military officer and explorer (b. 1910)
- August 25
- Jiří Horák, Czech politician (b. 1924)
- Mikhail Yemtsev, Russian author (b. 1930)
- August 26
- Wayne Andre, American trombonist (b. 1931)
- Wilma Burgess, American singer (b. 1939)
- Clive Charles, English footballer (b. 1951)
- Hasan Mammadov, Azerbaijani actor (b. 1938)
- August 27
- Marc Honegger, French musicologist (b. 1926)
- Pierre Poujade, French politician (b. 1920)
- Nikolai Todorov, Bulgarian historian (b. 1921)
- August 28
- William Cochran, Scottish physicist (b. 1922)
- Peter Hacks, German playwright and author (b. 1928)
- Philipp-Ernst Lippe, German prince (b. 1928)
- James Patrick Shannon, American bishop (b. 1921)
- August 29
- Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi scholar (b. 1939)
- Horace W. Babcock, American astronomer (b. 1912)
- Michel Constantin, French actor (b. 1924)
- Aad de Jong, Dutch footballer (b. 1921)
- Nguyễn Xuân Oánh, Vietnamese economist and politician (b. 1921)
- Bruno Sutkus, Lithuanian-German sniper (b. 1924)
- Corrado Ursi, Italian archbishop and cardinal (b. 1908)
- Vladimír Vašíček, Czech painter (b. 1919)
- August 30
- Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)
- Donald Davidson, American philosopher (b. 1917)
- August 31
- Jelena de Belder-Kovačič, Slovenian-Belgian botanist (b. 1925)
- Pasquale Buonocore, Italian water polo player (b. 1916)
- Pierre Cahuzac, French footballer (b. 1927)
- Pavel Tigrid, Czech author and politician (b. 1917)
September 2003
edit- September 1
- Rand Brooks, American actor (b. 1918)
- Albert Frey, German SS officer (b. 1913)
- Oleksandr Skotsen, Ukrainian-Canadian footballer (b. 1918)
- Jack Smight, American film director (b. 1925)
- Ramón Serrano Suñer, Spanish politician (b. 1901)
- September 2 – Ptolemy Reid, Guyanese politician, Prime Minister of Guyana (b. 1918)
- September 3
- Alan Dugan, American poet (b. 1923)
- Rudolf Leiding, German automobile designer and executive (b. 1914)
- Andrzej Nartowski, Polish basketball player (b. 1931)
- Ayako Takeda, Japanese princess (b. 1913)
- September 4
- Sion Segre Amar, Italian author (b. 1910)
- Ben Aris, English actor (b. 1937)
- Béla H. Bánáthy, Hungarian-American linguist (b. 1919)
- Pyotr Bazanov, Russian fighter pilot (b. 1923)
- Lola Bobesco, Belgian violinist (b. 1921)
- Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
- September 5
- Yūji Aoki, Japanese manga artist (b. 1954)
- Kir Bulychev, Russian author (b. 1934)
- Miloš Minić, Serbian politician (b. 1914)
- James Rachels, American philosopher (b. 1941)
- September 6
- Charles E. Bennett, American politician (b. 1910)
- Marshall Caifano, Italian-American mobster (b. 1911)
- Jules Engel, American animator and film director (b. 1909)
- Ari Guðmundsson, Icelandic swimmer and ski jumper (b. 1927)
- Harold Jones, English footballer (b. 1933)
- Maurice Michael Otunga, Kenyan archbishop and cardinal (b. 1923)
- Louise Platt, American actress (b. 1915)
- 'Mamohato Bereng Seeiso, Lethoso royal (b. 1941)
- September 7
- Great Antonio, Croatian-Canadian strongman and professional wrestler (b. 1925)
- Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountaineer (b. 1969)
- Warren Zevon, American singer (b. 1947)
- September 8
- Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (b. 1986)
- Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer (b. 1927)
- Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (b. 1902)
- September 9
- Joaquim Homs, Spanish composer (b. 1906)
- Larry Hovis, American actor (b. 1936)
- Aleksandr Moiseyev, Russian basketball player (b. 1927)
- Edward Teller, Hungarian-American theoretical physicist (b. 1908)
- Marthe Vogt, German neuroscientist (b. 1903)
- September 10 – Boris Meissner, German social scientist (b. 1915)
- September 11
- Ben Bril, Dutch boxer (b. 1912)
- Nicholas DiOrio, American soccer player (b. 1921)
- Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (b. 1957)
- John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948)
- September 12 – Johnny Cash, American singer (b. 1932)
- September 13
- Vítor Damas, Portuguese footballer (b. 1947)
- Reza Beyk Imanverdi, Iranian actor (b. 1936)
- Kaino Lempinen, Finnish gymnast (b. 1921)
- Arthur Rowe, English shot putter (b. 1936)
- September 14
- Donald O. Clifton, American psychologist (b. 1924)
- Garrett Hardin, American ecologist (b. 1915)
- John Serry Sr., American accordionist (b. 1915)
- Karl Sutter, German pole vaulter (b. 1914)
- Kurt Heinrich Wolff, German-American sociologist (b. 1912)
- September 15
- Jack Brymer, English clarinetist (b. 1915)
- Juan Gazsó, Serbian-Argentine basketball player (b. 1922)
- Josef Hiršal, Czech author and poet (b. 1920)
- Sergio Ortega, Chilean composer and pianist (b. 1938)
- September 16 – Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
- September 17
- Yitzhak Artzi, Israeli politician (b. 1920)
- Ljubica Marić, Serbian composer (b. 1909)
- Raymond Milton, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1912)
- September 18
- Jean Dieuzaide, French photographer (b. 1921)
- Emil Fackenheim, German philosopher and rabbi (b. 1916)
- Richard A. Howard, American botanist (b. 1917)
- Sergey Smirnov, Russian shot putter (b. 1960)
- September 19
- Anatoly Bogatyrev, Belarusian composer (b. 1913)
- Slim Dusty, Australian singer (b. 1927)
- Kenneth E. Hagin, American preacher (b. 1917)
- September 20
- Tom Busby, Canadian actor (b. 1936)
- Lorenzo Calonga, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1929)
- Gordon Mitchell, American actor (b. 1923)
- Gareth Williams, Welsh politician (b. 1941)
- September 21 – Amédée Domenech, French rugby player (b. 1933)
- September 22
- Arturo Ardao, Uruguayan philosopher and historian (b. 1912)
- Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932)
- Wolfgang Peters, German footballer (b. 1929)
- September 23
- Simcha Dinitz, Israeli politician (b. 1929)
- Donald Nicol, English byzantinist (b. 1923)
- Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and scientist (b. 1937)
- September 24
- Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)
- Jean Pélégri, French author and academic (b. 1920)
- Derek Prince, English scholar and author (b. 1915)
- Edward Said, Palestinian scholar (b. 1935)
- September 25
- Birgit Jürgenssen, Austrian photographer and painter (b. 1949)
- Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist (b. 1918)
- George Plimpton, American journalist and actor (b. 1927)
- Josef Wagner, Swiss cyclist (b. 1916)
- September 26
- Olle Anderberg, Swedish wrestler (b. 1919)
- Władysław Kozaczuk, Polish colonel and historian (b. 1923)
- Shawn Lane, American musician (b. 1963)
- Robert Palmer, American singer (b. 1949)
- September 27
- Fay Helm, American actress (b. 1909)
- Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, Pakistani politician (b. 1916)
- Jean Lucas, French racing driver (b. 1917)
- Donald O'Connor, American actor and dancer (b. 1925)
- Wendy Wyland, American diver (b. 1964)
- Masahiro Yoshimura, Japanese swimmer (b. 1936)
- September 28
- Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (b. 1927)
- Cork Hubbert, American actor (b. 1952)
- Elia Kazan, Greek-American film director and screenwriter (b. 1909)
- Marshall Rosenbluth, American physicist (b. 1927)
- Vadym Sosnykhin, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1942)
- September 29 – Andrei Folbert, Romanian basketball player (b. 1931)
- September 30 – Robert Kardashian, American attorney (b. 1944)
October 2003
edit- October 1
- Chubby Jackson, American musician (b. 1918)
- Zbigniew Lengren, Polish cartoonist (b. 1919)
- Julie Parrish, American actress (b. 1940)
- October 2
- John Thomas Dunlop, American politician (b. 1914)
- Otto Günsche, German SS officer (b. 1917)
- Gunther Philipp, Austrian actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)
- October 3
- Tish Daija, Albanain composer (b. 1926)
- Gustav Sjöberg, Swedish footballer (b. 1913)
- Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
- William Steig, American cartoonist and author (b. 1907)
- October 4
- Sid McMath, American soldier and politician (b. 1912)
- Fred Tuttle, American soldier and political figure (b. 1919)
- October 5
- Wil van Beveren, Dutch sprinter (b. 1911)
- Neil Postman, American critic and author (b. 1931)
- Éric Rochat, French film producer (b. 1936)
- Dan Snyder, American ice hockey player (b. 1978)
- Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist and filmmaker (b. 1957)
- František Velecký, Slovakian actor (b. 1934)
- October 6
- Joe Baker, English footballer (b. 1940)
- Armando Crispino, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- William Herrmann, American gymnast (b. 1912)
- October 7
- Arthur Berger, American composer and critic (b. 1912)
- Eleanor Lambert, American publicist (b. 1903)
- Viktor Leonov, Russian naval officer (b. 1916)
- Norodom Narindrapong, Cambodian prince (b. 1954)
- October 8 – Petter Thomassen, Norwegian politician (b. 1941)
- October 9
- Adolphe Deledda, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1919)
- Carl Fontana, American trombonist (b. 1928)
- Ruth Hall, American actress (b. 1910)
- Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American academic (b. 1926)
- October 10
- Igor Borisov, Russian rower (b. 1924)
- Viola Burnham, Guyanese politician (b. 1930)
- Eila Hiltunen, Finnish sculptor (b. 1922)
- Victoria Horne, American actress (b. 1911)
- Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)
- October 11 – Sadateru Arikawa, Japanese martial artist (b. 1930)
- October 12
- Ruth Halbsguth, German swimmer (b. 1916)
- Bill Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931)
- October 13 – Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist (b. 1918)
- October 14
- Fqih Basri, Moroccan activist (b. 1927)
- Ned Breathitt, American politician (b. 1924)
- Moktar Ould Daddah, Mauritanian politician, President of Mauritania (b. 1924)
- Miloš Sádlo, Czech cellist (b. 1912)
- Knud Leif Thomsen, Danish film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- October 15
- Benny Lévy, Egyptian-French philosopher and activist (b. 1945)
- Antonín Liška, Czech bishop (b. 1924)
- October 16
- Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1915)
- László Papp, Hungarian boxer (b. 1926)
- Carl Urbano, American animator (b. 1910)
- October 17 – Janice Rule, American actress (b. 1931)
- October 18
- Rodolfo Freude, Argentine politician (b. 1922)
- Attila Kotányi, Hungarian poet and philosopher (b. 1924)
- David Lodge, English actor (b. 1921)
- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish author and journalist (b. 1939)
- Preston Smith, American politician (b. 1912)
- October 19
- Jaime Allende, Spanish field hockey player (b. 1924)
- Road Warrior Hawk, American professional wrestler (b. 1957)
- Alija Izetbegović, Bosnian politician (b. 1925)
- Nello Pagani, Italian racing driver (b. 1911)
- Guy Rolfe, English actor (b. 1911)
- Georgi Vladimov, Ukrainian author (b. 1931)
- October 20
- Ernie Calverley, American basketball player (b. 1924)
- Miodrag Petrović Čkalja, Serbian actor (b. 1924)
- Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1920)
- Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican industrialist and politician (b. 1904)
- Donald G. Jackson, American film director (b. 1943)
- October 21
- Fred Berry, American actor (b. 1951)
- Tomáš Pospíchal, Czech footballer (b. 1936)
- Elliott Smith, American singer (b. 1969)
- October 22
- Ron Collier, Canadian trombonist (b. 1930)
- Willem Meijer, Dutch botanist (b. 1923)
- October 23
- Vlasta Depetrisová, Czech table tennis player (b. 1920)
- Kevin Magee, American basketball player (b. 1959)
- Soong Mei-ling, Chinese political figure, First Lady of China (b. 1898)
- Hiroshi Yoshimura, Japanese musician and composer (b. 1940)
- October 24
- Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier (b. 1925)
- Joanna Lee, American screenwriter and actress (b. 1931)
- October 25
- Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
- Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist and politician (b. 1920)
- Milada Blekastad, Norwegian historian (b. 1917)
- Richard Leibler, American mathematician and cryptoanalyst (b. 1914)
- Mario Vitale, Italian actor (b. 1923)
- October 26
- Viguen Derderian, Iranian singer (b. 1929)
- Leonid Filatov, Russian actor (b. 1946)
- Hans-Joachim Jabs, German fighter pilot (b. 1917)
- Elem Klimov, Russian film director (b. 1933)
- Roberto García Morillo, Argentine composer and musicologist (b. 1911)
- Heinz Piontek, German author (b. 1925)
- Jürgen Simon, German cyclist (b. 1938)
- October 27
- John William Atkinson, American psychologist (b. 1923)
- Hank Beenders, Dutch-American basketball player (b. 1916)
- Johnny Boyd, American racecar driver (b. 1926)
- Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b. 1937)
- Walter Washington, American politician (b. 1915)
- October 28
- Marie Maynard Daly, American biochemist (b. 1921)
- Pier Angelo Conti Manzini, Italian rower (b. 1946)
- Joseph Abou Murad, Lebanese footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- Joan Perucho, Spanish author and poet (b. 1920)
- Alexander Raichev, Bulgarian composer (b. 1922)
- October 29
- Hal Clement, American author (b. 1922)
- Gerrie Deijkers, Dutch footballer (b. 1946)
- October 30
- Franco Bonisolli, Italian opera singer (b. 1938)
- Franco Corelli, Italian opera singer (b. 1921)
- Abel Ehrlich, Israeli composer (b. 1915)
- Aidyn Guseinov, Azerbaijani chess grandmaster (b. 1957)
- Börje Leander, Swedish footballer (b. 1918)
- Steve O'Rourke, English music manager and racing driver (b. 1940)
- Richard Taylor, American philosopher (b. 1919)
- October 31
- Antonio Medina García, Spanish chess player (b. 1919)
- Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian musician (b. 1908)
- José Juncosa, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- Richard Neustadt, American political scientist (b. 1919)
- Karel Paulus, Czech volleyball player (b. 1933)
November 2003
edit- November 1
- W. Brian Harland, English geologist (b. 1917)
- Kent Kennan, American composer and author (b. 1913)
- Henryk Machalica, Polish actor (b. 1930)
- Libero Marchini, Italian footballer (b. 1914)
- Daishiro Yoshimura, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1947)
- November 2
- Xela Arias, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1962)
- Mariya Shkarletova, Ukrainian field medic (b. 1925)
- Cliff Young, Australian runner and farmer (b. 1922)
- November 3
- Derk Bodde, American sinologist (b. 1909)
- Yuri Falin, Russian footballer (b. 1937)
- Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (b. 1923)
- November 4
- Charles Causley, English poet (b. 1917)
- Rachel de Queiroz, Brazilian author (b. 1910)
- Philip Slone, American soccer player (b. 1907)
- Richard Wollheim, English philosopher (b. 1923)
- November 5
- Dorothy Fay, American actress (b. 1915)
- Bobby Hatfield, American singer (b. 1940)
- Zaim Muzaferija, Bosnian actor and poet (b. 1923)
- November 6
- Crash Holly, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
- Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (b. 1919)
- Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962)
- November 7 – Donald Griffin, American zoologist (b. 1915)
- November 8
- Bob Grant, English actor and comedian (b. 1932)
- Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur, Somali politician (b. 1931)
- November 9
- Art Carney, American actor (b. 1918)
- Bruce Alexander Cook, American journalist and author (b. 1932)
- Pushpalata Das, Indian activist and social worker (b. 1915)
- Gordon Onslow Ford, Englosh-American painter (b. 1912)
- Mario Merz, Italian artist (b. 1925)
- November 10
- Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean politician, President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936)
- Morten Lange, Danish mycologist and politician (b. 1919)
- Vasilije Šijaković, Montenegrin footballer (b. 1929)
- November 11
- Heinz von Allmen, Swiss skier (b. 1913)
- Andrei Bolibrukh, Russian mathematician (b. 1950)
- Robert Brown, English actor (b. 1921)
- Rut Hillarp, Swedish poet and author (b. 1914)
- Paul Janssen, Belgian physician (b. 1926)
- Czesław Marchewczyk, Polish ice hockey player (b. 1912)
- Dan Netzell, Swedish ski jumper (b. 1913)
- Miquel Martí i Pol, Spanish poet (b. 1929)
- November 12
- Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
- Cameron Duncan, New Zealand filmmaker (b. 1986)
- Kay E. Kuter, American actor (b. 1925)
- Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)
- Tony Thompson, American drummer (b. 1954)
- November 13
- Nobuo Okishio, Japanese economist (b. 1927)
- Kellie Waymire, American actress 9b. 1967)
- November 14 – Gene Anthony Ray, American actor and dancer (b. 1962)
- November 15
- Mohamed Choukri, Moroccan author (b. 1935)
- David Holt, American actor and songwriter (b. 1927)
- Vyacheslav Lampeyev, Russian field hockey player (b. 1952)
- Ray Lewis, Canadian sprinter (b. 1910)
- Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer (b. 1912)
- Dorothy Loudon, American actress (b. 1925)
- November 16 – Augustine Hornyak, Serbian-English bishop (b. 1919)
- November 17
- Arthur Conley, American singer (b. 1946)
- Don Gibson, American singer (b. 1928)
- November 18
- Vivian Bonnell, Antiguan actress (b. 1924)
- Bob Carmichael, Australian tennis player (b. 1940)
- Michael Kamen, American film composer (b. 1948)
- November 19
- Života Panić, Yugoslavian military officer (b. 1933)
- Michele Prisco, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)
- Greg Ridley, English bassist (b. 1941)
- Hans Tabor, Danish diplomat and politician (b. 1922)
- November 20
- Robert Addie, English actor (b. 1960)
- Pedro Adigue, Filipino boxer (b. 1943)
- David Dacko, Central African politician, President and Prime Minister of Central Africa (b. 1930)
- Eugene Kleiner, Austrian-American engineer (b. 1923)
- Antonina Polozhy, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1917)
- Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920)
- Kerem Yılmazer, Turkish actor and singer (b. 1945)
- November 21
- Pekka Kuvaja, Finnish skier (b. 1921)
- Emil Pažický, Slovakian footballer (b. 1927)
- Armand Putzeys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1916)
- November 22 – Mario Beccaria, Italian politician (b. 1920)
- November 23
- Nick Carter, New Zealand cyclist (b. 1924)
- Patrick Jansen, Indian field hockey player (b. 1920)
- Murasoli Maran, Indian politician (b. 1934)
- Mary Queeny, Lebanese actress and film producer (b. 1913)
- Margaret Singer, American psychologist (b. 1921)
- November 24
- Lu'ay al-Atassi, Syrian army commander and politician, President of Syria (b. 1926)
- Reiko Dan, Japanese actress (b. 1935)
- Hugh Kenner, Canadian scholar and critic (b. 1923)
- Michael Small, American film composer (b. 1939)
- Warren Spahn, American baseball player (b. 1921)
- Tun Tun, Indian singer and actress (b. 1923)
- November 25
- Bernard Cohn, American anthropologist (b. 1928)
- Jacques François, French actor (b. 1920)
- November 26
- Andrea Bonomi, Italian footballer (b. 1923)
- Sadegh Khalkhali, Iranian judge (b. 1926)
- Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1977)
- Lise Thomsen, Danish actress (b. 1914)
- Stefan Wul, French author and dentist (b. 1922)
- November 27
- Kurt von Fischer, Swiss musicologist and pianist (b. 1913)
- Will Quadflieg, German actor (b. 1914)
- Riccardo Malipiero, Italian composer and pianist (b. 1914)
- November 28 – Terry Lester, American actor (b. 1950)
- November 29
- Norman Burton, American actor (b. 1923)
- Tony Canadeo, American football player (b. 1919)
- Jesse Carver, English footballer (b. 1911)
- Donald O'Brien, Irish actor (b. 1930)
- Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
- November 30
- Earl Bellamy, American director (b. 1917)
- Barber Conable, American politician (b. 1922)
- Jesus Correia, Portuguese footballer and roller hockey player (b. 1924)
- Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1905)
- Adolphe Gesché, Belgian priest and theologian (b. 1928)
- Hans Kuschke, German rower (b. 1914)
December 2003
edit- December 1
- Hamza Alvi, Pakistani-English sociologist (b. 1921)
- Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder and skier (b. 1928)
- Carl Schenkel, Swiss film director (b. 1948)
- December 2
- Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian actress (b. 1923)
- Alan Davidson, English diplomat and author (b. 1924)
- Ignaz Kiechle, German politician (b. 1930)
- Fernando Di Leo, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
- December 3
- Dulce Chacón, Spanish poet and author (b. 1954)
- Ellen Drew, American actress (b. 1914)
- Sita Ram Goel, Indian activist and historian (b. 1921)
- David Hemmings, English actor and film director (b. 1941)
- December 4
- Mario Bò, Italian footballer (b. 1912)
- Dezső Lemhényi, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1917)
- Louis Prahm, Danish field hockey player (b. 1912)
- December 5
- Felix Kaspar, Austrian figure skater (b. 1915)
- Jack Keller, American poker player (b. 1942)
- José Manuel Pesudo, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1936)
- Gregorio García Segura, Spanish film composer (b. 1929)
- December 6
- Haddis Alemayehu, Ethiopian author and politician (b. 1910)
- Hans Hotter, German opera singer (b. 1909)
- José María Jiménez, Spanish cyclist (b. 1971)
- Yasuo Kuwahara, Japanese mandolin player and composer (b. 1946)
- Barry Long, Australian spiritual teacher (b. 1926)
- Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
- December 7
- Begum Abida Ahmed, Indian political figure, First Lady of India (b. 1923)
- Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian (b. 1913)
- Joe Skeen, American politician (b. 1927)
- December 8
- Nelson Bobb, American basketball player (b. 1924)
- Robert Detweiler, American rower (b. 1930)
- Rubén González, Cuban pianist (b. 1919)
- December 9
- Blackie Ko, Taiwanese actor and film director (b. 1953)
- Thomas M. Rees, American politician (b. 1925)
- Paul Simon, American politician (b. 1928)
- December 10
- Sean McClory, Irish actor (b. 1924)
- Bill Morey, American actor (b. 1919)
- December 11
- Shah Ahmad Noorani, Pakistani scholar and politician (b. 1926)
- Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian author (b. 1927)
- Paulos Tzadua, Ethiopian cardinal (b. 1921)
- December 12
- Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijani politician, President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923)
- Marcello Giombini, Italian film composer (b. 1928)
- Rudolf Krause, German footballer and coach (b. 1927)
- Fadwa Tuqan, Palestinian poet (b. 1917)
- December 13
- Māris Čaklais, Latvian poet and author (b. 1940)
- Luis González y González, Mexican historian (b. 1925)
- David Perlov, Brazilian-Israeli filmmaker (b. 1930)
- William Roth, American politician (b. 1921)
- December 14
- Jeanne Crain, American actress (b. 1928)
- Blas Ople, Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1927)
- François Rauber, French pianist and composer (b. 1933)
- Frank Sheeran, American trade unionist and mobster (b. 1920)
- December 15
- Jack Gregory, English sprinter (b. 1923)
- Göthe Hedlund, Swedish speed skater (b. 1918)
- Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1947)
- December 16
- Madlyn Rhue, American actress (b. 1935)
- Veikko Sinisalo, Finnish actor (b. 1926)
- Gary Stewart, American singer (b. 1944)
- December 17
- Ed Devereaux, Australian actor (b. 1925)
- Otto Graham, American football player (b. 1921)
- Mary Ann Jackson, American actress (b. 1923)
- David Smith, English cricketer (b. 1934)
- Alan Tilvern, English actor (b. 1918)
- Karol Zachar, Slovakian actor and film director (b. 1918)
- December 18
- Charles Berlitz, American linguist (b. 1913)
- Ergilio Hato, Curaçao footballer (b. 1926)
- Branko Horvat, Croatian economist and politician (b. 1928)
- Susan Travers, English army nurse (b. 1909)
- Richard Wahlstrom, American rower (b. 1931)
- December 19
- Hope Lange, American actress (b. 1933)
- Heinz Marquardt, German fighter pilot (b. 1922)
- Les Tremayne, English actor (b. 1913)
- December 20
- Grigore Grigoriu, Moldovan actor (b. 1941)
- Edgar Vaalgamaa, Latvian pastor and ethnologist (b. 1912)
- December 21
- Yan Frid, Russian screenwriter and film director (b. 1908)
- M. J. Gopalan, Indian cricketer and field hockey player (b. 1909)
- G. V. Iyer, Indian film director and actor (b. 1917)
- Hans Koller, Austrian saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1921)
- December 22
- Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928)
- Rose Hill, English actress and opera singer (b. 1914)
- Chandu Sarwate, Indian cricketer (b. 1920)
- December 23
- Kriangsak Chamanan, Thai politician, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1917)
- Mark Semenovich Pinsker, Russian mathematician (b. 1925)
- December 24 – Herman Keiser, American golfer (b. 1914)
- December 25 – Ulf Isaksson, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1954)
- December 26
- Gale Bishop, American basketball player (b. 1922)
- Chauncy Harris, American geologist (b. 1914)
- Clifton McNeely, American basketball player and coach (b. 1919)
- Ivan Ivanovich Petrov, Russian opera singer (b. 1920)
- Yoshio Shirai, Japanese boxer (b. 1923)
- Milan Vasić, Serbian historian (b. 1928)
- December 27
- Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934)
- Enric Bernat, Spanish businessman (b. 1923)
- Ingeborg Cook, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1915)
- Gerhard Doerfer, German philologist (b. 1920)
- K. S. Narasimhaswamy, Indian poet (b. 1915)
- Ying Ruocheng, Chinese actor and politician (b. 1929)
- December 28
- Harald Feller, Swiss diplomat (b. 1913)
- Guy Héraud, French politician (b. 1920)
- Helen Kleeb, American actress (b. 1907)
- Johannes Schmitt, German sprinter (b. 1943)
- December 29
- Michael Courtney, Irish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1945)
- Earl Hindman, American actor (b. 1942)
- Don Lawrence, English comic book writer and artist (b. 1928)
- Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and television personality (b. 1928)
- Jaime de Piniés, Spanish diplomat (b. 1917)
- Michel Zanoli, Dutch cyclist (b. 1968)
- December 30
- Vladimir Bogomolov, Russian author (b. 1924)
- John Gregory Dunne, American author and screenwriter (b. 1932)
- Nora Heysen, Australian artist (b. 1911)
- Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1963)
- Patricia Roc, English actress (b. 1915)
- Hukwe Zawose, Tanzanian musician (b. 1935)
- December 31
- Sophie Daumier, French actress (b. 1934)
- Arthur R. von Hippel, German-American scientist and physicist (b. 1898)
- Béla Kárpáti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
- Paula Raymond, American actress (b. 24)
2004
editJanuary 2004
edit- January 1
- Charlie Elliott, English cricketer (b. 1912)
- Mikko Juva, Finnish archbishop and historian (b. 1918)
- January 2
- Lynn Cartwright, American actress (b. 1927)
- Mihai Ivăncescu, Romanian footballer (b. 1942)
- Maria Clara Lobregat, Filipino politician (b. 1921)
- Kamal El Sheikh, Egyptian film director (b. 1919)
- January 3
- Pierre Flamion, French footballer and manager (b. 1924)
- Beatrice Winde, American actress (b. 1924)
- January 4
- Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924)
- Ignacio Bergara, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1940)
- Brian Gibson, English film director (b. 1944)
- Refik Memišević, Serbian wrestler (b. 1956)
- Helena Růžičková, Czech actress (b. 1936)
- John Toland, American historian and author (b. 1912)
- Gábor Török, Hungarian footballer (b. 1936)
- January 5
- Charles Dumas, American high jumper (b. 1937)
- John Guerin, American drummer (b. 1939)
- Tug McGraw, American baseball player (b. 1944)
- Kiharu Nakamura, Japanese author and geisha (b. 1913)
- January 6
- Pierre Charles, Dominican politician, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
- Sumita Devi, Bangladeshi actress (b. 1936)
- John Evans, English footballer (b. 1929)
- Nicolas Mosar, Luxembourgian politician and diplomat (b. 1927)
- Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921)
- January 7
- Shalva Apkhazava, Georgian footballer (b. 1980)
- Piotr Kowalski, Polish artist and architect (b. 1927)
- Jaap Kraaier, Dutch canoeist (b. 1913)
- Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem, Belgian bishop (b. 1916)
- Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress and film director (b. 1926)
- Mario Zatelli, French footballer and manager (b. 1912)
- January 8
- Delfín Benítez Cáceres, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1910)
- Tom Kindness, American politician (b. 1929)
- January 9
- Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909)
- Lyndon Brook, English actor (b. 1926)
- Harriet Creighton, American botanist and geneticist (b. 1909)
- Yinka Dare, Nigerian basketball player (b. 1972)
- Nissim Ezekiel, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1924)
- Rainer Hildebrandt, German resistance fighter and historian (b. 1914)
- January 10
- Kira Friederike, German princess (b. 1943)
- Dora del Hoyo, Spanish religious figure (b. 1914)
- Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934)
- January 11
- Spalding Gray, American actor and author (b. 1941)
- Bernard Mayeur, French basketball player (b. 1938)
- Asrul Sani, Indonesian author and poet (b. 1926)
- January 12
- Petter Jakob Bjerve, Norwegian economist and politician (b. 1913)
- Ramakrishna Hegde, Indian politician (b. 1926)
- Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1922)
- Randy VanWarmer, American singer and guitarist (b. 1955)
- January 13
- Tom Hurndall, English activist (b. 1981)
- Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian businessman (b. 1937)
- Joan Reventós, Spanish politician (b. 1927)
- Harold Shipman, American serial killer (b. 1946)
- January 14
- Terje Bakken, Norwegian singer (b. 1978)
- Catherine Craig, American actress (b. 1915)
- Uta Hagen, German-American actress (b. 1919)
- Joaquín Nin-Culmell, Cuban-Spanish composer (b. 1908)
- Ron O'Neal, American actor (b. 1937)
- Eduard Sibiryakov, Russian volleyball player (b. 1941)
- Eric Sturgess, South African tennis player (b. 1920)
- January 15
- André Barrais, French basketball player (b. 1920)
- Stoycho Vassilev Breskovski, Bulgarian paleontologist (b. 1934)
- Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author (b. 1908)
- Johnny Cronshey, English speed skater (b. 1926)
- Antoni Czortek, Polish boxer (b. 1915)
- Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949)
- Delia Scala, Italian ballerina and actress (b. 1929)
- January 16
- Slavomír Bartoň, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1926)
- Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
- January 17
- Walter Auffenberg, American biologist (b. 1928)
- Czesław Niemen, Polish singer (b. 1939)
- Ray Stark, American film producer (b. 1915)
- Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931)
- January 18 – Hook Dillon, American basketball player (b. 1924)
- January 19
- David Hookes, Australian cricketer (b. 1955)
- Miroslav Pavlović, Serbian footballer (b. 1942)
- January 20
- Alan Brown, English racing driver (b. 1919)
- Olivier Guichard, French politician (b. 1920)
- Guinn Smith, American pole vaulter (b. 1920)
- January 21
- Italia Coppola, American songwriter and actress (b. 1912)
- Luis Cuenca, Spanish actor (b. 1921)
- Jim Henry, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
- Juan Zambudio Velasco, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
- January 22
- Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Welsh author (b. 1924)
- Erwin Friedlander, American physicist (b. 1925)
- Ticky Holgado, French actor (b. 1944)
- Billy May, American film composer (b. 1916)
- Ann Miller, American actress (b. 1923)
- Chea Vichea, Cambodian trade unionist and activist (b. 1960)
- January 23
- Bob Keeshan, American television producer and actor (b. 1927)
- Irena Malkiewicz, Polish actress (b. 1911)
- Vasili Mitrokhin, Russian-English spy (b. 1922)
- Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (b. 1920)
- Lennart Strand, Swedish runner (b. 1921)
- January 24
- Anita W. Addison, American television director (b. 1952)
- Tomio Aoki, Japanese actor (b. 1923)
- Gyula Kristó, Hungarian historian (b. 1939)
- Ahmed Mihoubi, Algerian-French footballer (b. 1924)
- Abdul Rahman Munif, Saudi Arabian author (b. 1933)
- Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1913)
- Arthur Terry, English philologist and translator (b. 1927)
- Jack Tunney, Canadian professional wrestling promoter (b. 1935)
- January 25
- Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b. 1918)
- Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
- Vadakkke Koottala Narayanankutty Nair, Indian author (b. 1929)
- Dmitry Oskin, Russian pilot (b. 1919)
- Ivan Ryzhov, Russian actor (b. 1913)
- Zurab Sakandelidze, Georgian basketball player (b. 1945)
- January 26 – Magne Skodvin, Norwegian historian (b. 1915)
- January 27
- Salvador Laurel, Filipino politician (b. 1928)
- Jack Paar, American television host (b. 1918)
- January 28
- José Miguel Agrelot, Puerto Rican comedian (b. 1927)
- Dino Dines, English keyboardist (b. 1944)
- Elroy Hirsch, American football player and executive (b. 1923)
- Yukihiko Ikeda, Japanese politician (b. 1937)
- Eeva Joenpelto, Finnish author (b. 1921)
- André Van Lysebeth, Belgian yoga instructor (b. 1919)
- Joe Viterelli, American actor (b. 1937)
- January 29
- O. W. Fischer, Austrian actor (b. 1915)
- Janet Frame, New Zealand author (b. 1924)
- M. M. Kaye, English author (b. 1908)
- Guusje Nederhorst, Dutch actress and singer (b. 1969)
- Louie Nunn, American politician (b. 1924)
- Stojan Puc, Slovenian chess grandmaster (b. 1921)
- James Saunders, English playwright (b. 1925)
- Helge Seip, Norwegian politician (b. 1919)
- January 30
- Malachi Favors, American bassist (b. 1927)
- José Álvaro Morais, Portuguese film director (b. 1943)
- Fuad Rouhani, Iranian diplomat and translator (b. 1907)
- January 31
- Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (b. 1913)
- V. G. Jog, Indian violinist (b. 1922)
- Suraiya Sheikh, Indian actress and singer (b. 1929)
February 2004
edit- February 1
- Ewald Cebula, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1917)
- Buzz Gardner, American trumpeter (b. 1930)
- Valeri Gassy, Ukrainian handball player (b. 1949)
- Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- A. A. K. Niazi, Pakistani general (b. 1915)
- Bob Stokoe, English footballer and manager (b. 1930)
- Dino Verde, Italian author and playwright (b. 1922)
- February 2
- Kaúlza de Arriaga, Portuguese general and politician (b. 1915)
- Alan Bullock, English historian (b. 1914)
- Henry Cockburn, English footballer (b. 1921)
- Michio Hikitsuchi, Japanese aikidoka (b. 1923)
- Róbert Zimonyi, Hungarian-American rower (b. 1918)
- February 3
- Keve Hjelm, Swedish actor and film director (b. 1922)
- Jason Raize, American actor and singer (b. 1975)
- Fiep Westendorp, Dutch illustrator (b. 1916)
- Warren Zimmermann, American diplomat (b. 1934)
- February 4
- Valentina Borok, Ukrainian mathematician (b. 1931)
- Stevo Crvenkovski, Macedonian diplomat (b. 1947)
- Hilda Hilst, Brazilian poet and author (b. 1930)
- Michael P. Moran, American actor and playwright (b. 1944)
- Malika Pukhraj, Pakistani singer (b. 1912)
- Karlheinz Senghas, German botanist (b. 1928)
- February 5
- Sven Agge, Swedish biathlete (b. 1925)
- John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
- Zang Kejia, Chinese poet (b. 1905)
- Claude Lemaire, French entomologist (b. 1921)
- Thomas Hinman Moorer, American admiral (b. 1912)
- Frances Partridge, English author (b. 1900)
- Nuto Revelli, Italian author (b. 1919)
- Heinrich Rombach, German philosopher (b. 1923)
- February 6
- Jovan Cokić, Serbian footballer (b. 1927)
- John Meyrick, English rower and agriculturalist (b. 1926)
- Humphry Osmond, English psychiatrist (b. 1917)
- February 7
- Safia Farhat, Tunisian artist (b. 1924)
- Mikheil Korkia, Georgian basketball player (b. 1948)
- Raija Siekkinen, Finnish author (b. 1953)
- February 8
- Walter Freud, Austrian-English engineer (b. 1921)
- Nicholas Goldschmidt, Canadian conductor (b. 1908)
- Kristian Henriksen, Norwegian footballer and manager (b. 1911)
- Cem Karaca, Turkish musician (b. 1945)
- Wayne Eyer Manning, American horticulturalist and botanist (b. 1899)
- Julius Schwartz, American comic book editor (b. 1915)
- February 9
- Julio Baylón, Peruvian footballer (b. 1950)
- Robert F. Colesberry, American film producer (b. 1946)
- Opilio Rossi, American-Italian cardinal (b. 1910)
- Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925)
- February 10
- Nils Aas, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1933)
- Paul Ilyinsky, American politician (b. 1928)
- John Sundberg, Swedish sport shooter (b. 1920)
- February 11
- Vera Broido, Russian-German author (b. 1907)
- Tadeusz Dembończyk, Polish weightlifter (b. 1955)
- Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and spy (b. 1930)
- Jozef Lenárt, Slovakian politician, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1923)
- Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (b. 1925)
- Albeiro Usuriaga, Colombian footballer (b. 1966)
- February 12 – Věra Suchánková, Czech skater (b. 1932)
- February 13
- Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (b. 1934)
- Denis Hurley, South African archbishop (b. 1915)
- Sarah Jacobson, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1971)
- François Tavenas, Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1942)
- February 14
- Yang Chengwu, Chinese general (b. 1914)
- Elois Jenssen, American costume designer (b. 1922)
- Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
- Walter Perkins, American drummer (b. 1932)
- February 15
- Hasse Ekman, Swedish film director and actor (b. 1915)
- Jens Evensen, Norwegian judge and politician (b. 1917)
- Hermann Hogeback, German pilot (b. 1914)
- Jan Miner, American actress (b. 1917)
- Isarco Ravaioli, Italian actor (b. 1933)
- Luigi Taramazzo, Italian racing driver (b. 1932)
- Friedrich Waller, Swiss bobsledder (b. 1920)
- February 16
- Martin Kneser, German mathematician (b. 1928)
- Miloslav Šimek, Czech comedian (b. 1940)
- Doris Troy, American singer (b. 1937)
- February 17
- Gaston Godel, Swiss racewalker (b. 1914)
- José López Portillo, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (b. 1920)
- February 18
- Vasily Buzunov, Russian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1928)
- Jean Rouch, French film director and anthropologist (b. 1917)
- February 19 – Renata Vanni, Italian-American actress (b. 1909)
- February 20
- Minouche Barelli, French singer (b. 1947)
- Sigfrido Fontanelli, Italian cyclist (b. 1947)
- February 21
- Sergey Averintsev, Russian scholar (b. 1937)
- John Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1931)
- Bart Howard, American composer and songwriter (b. 1915)
- Svava Jakobsdóttir, Icelandic author and politician (b. 1930)
- Dan Kiley, American architect (b. 1912)
- Guido Molinari, Canadian painter (b. 1933)
- Custódio Pinto, Portuguese footballer (b. 1942)
- Irina Press, Russian athlete (b. 1939)
- Khoo Teck Puat, Singaporean banker and hotelier (b. 1917)
- Lyudmila Shishova, Russian fencer (b. 1940)
- Stig Svensson, Swedish footballer (b. 1914)
- February 22 – Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)
- February 23
- Vijay Anand, Indian film director and producer (b. 1934)
- Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (b. 1945)
- Neil Ardley, English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
- Sikander Bakht, Indian politician (b. 1918)
- Don Cornell, American singer (b. 1919)
- Douglas Scott Falconer, Scottish geneticist (b. 1913)
- Samuel Edward Konkin III, American philosopher (b. 1947)
- February 24
- Albert Axelrod, American fencer (b. 1921)
- Sheila Darcy, American actress (b. 1914)
- John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
- Alvino Rey, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1908)
- February 25
- Jack Flavell, English cricketer (b. 1929)
- Jacques Georges, French football administrator (b. 1916)
- Yuri Ozerov, Russian basketball player (b. 1928)
- Nagi Reddi, Indian film producer and director (b. 1912)
- Ahmed Sefrioui, Moroccan author (b. 1915)
- Bagrat Shinkuba, Georgian author and poet (b. 1917)
- February 26
- Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (b. 1920)
- Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish equestrian and general (b. 1905)
- Paolo Moffa, Italian film producer and director (b. 1915)
- Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, President of Macedonia (b. 1956)
- Ralph E. Winters, Canadian-American film editor (b. 1909)
- February 27 – Paul Sweezy, American economist (b. 1910)
- February 28
- Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian (b. 1914)
- Ruslan Gelayev, Chechen commander (b. 1964)
- Angie Turner King, American chemist and mathematician (b. 1905)
- Stanislaus Lo Kuang, Taiwanese bishop (b. 1911)
- Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (b. 1921)
- February 29
- Oleksandr Beresch, Ukrainian gymnast (b. 1977)
- Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1923)
- Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde, Comorian politician, President and Prime Minister of the Comoros (b. 1933)
- Danny Ortiz, Guatemalan footballer (b. 1976)
- Harold Bernard St. John, Barbadian politician, Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1931)
March 2004
edit- March 1
- Augusto da Costa, Brazilian footballer (b. 1920)
- Gilbert Plass, Canadian physicist (b. 1920)
- Nina Sazonova, Russian actress (b. 1917)
- March 2 – Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
- March 3
- Cecily Adams, American casting director and actress (b. 1958)
- Susan Moller Okin, New Zealand-American philosopher and author (b. 1946)
- Muniswamy Rajgopal, Indian field hockey player (b. 1926)
- Anna Sadurska, Polish archaeologist (b. 1924)
- March 4
- Fernando Lázaro Carreter, Spanish linguist and journalist (b. 1923)
- Walter Gómez, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1927)
- John McGeoch, Scottish musician (b. 1955)
- Claude Nougaro, French singer (b. 1929)
- George Pake, American physicist (b. 1924)
- March 5
- Thorkild Bjørnvig, Danish author and poet (b. 1918)
- Walt Gorney, Austrian-American actor (b. 1912)
- Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador (b. 1919)
- Mike O'Callaghan, American politician (b. 1929)
- Masanori Tokita, Japanese footballer (b. 1925)
- March 6
- Eugene T. Booth, American physicist (b. 1912)
- Frances Dee, American actress (b. 1909)
- Hercules Hernandez, American professional wrestler (b. 1956)
- March 7
- Bengt Fahlqvist, Swedish wrestler (b. 1922)
- Jack Holden, English runner (b. 1907)
- Román Arrieta Villalobos, Costa Rican archbishop (b. 1924)
- Alfred Walter, Austrian conductor (b. 1929)
- Paul Winfield, American actor (b. 1939)
- March 8
- Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar, Indian physicist (b. 1930)
- Keith Hopkins, English historian and sociologist (b. 1934)
- Alfons Lütke-Westhues, German equestrian (b. 1930)
- Frank Mooney, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1921)
- Robert Pastorelli, American actor (b. 1954)
- Ehrenfried Patzel, Czech-German footballer (b. 1914)
- Siddharth Ray, Indian actor (b. 1963)
- March 9
- John Mayer, Indian composer (b. 1930)
- Albert Mol, Dutch author (b. 1917)
- Denise Restout, French-American musician (b. 1915)
- March 10
- Olle Adolphson, Swedish author and singer (b. 1934)
- Boryslav Brondukov, Ukrainian actor (b. 1938)
- Wilhelm von Homburg, German boxer and actor (b. 1940)
- Robert D. Orr, American politician and diplomat (b. 1917)
- David Shoenberg, English physicist (b. 1911)
- Nasiba Zeynalova, Azerbaijani actress (b. 1916)
- March 11
- Philip Arthur Fisher, American investor (b. 1907)
- Aleksey Mazurenko, Russian major general (b. 1917)
- March 12
- Finn Carling, Norwegian author and playwright (b. 1925)
- Yvonne Cernota, German bobsledder (b. 1979)
- Cid Corman, American poet and translator (b. 1924)
- Karel Kachyňa, Czech film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- Olavo Martins de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1927)
- Milton Resnick, American painter (b. 1917)
- Sylvi Saimo, Finnish canoeist and politician (b. 1914)
- Valentina Zhuravlyova, Russian author (b. 1933)
- March 13
- Guttorm Berge, Norwegian skier (b. 1929)
- Vilayat Khan, Indian musician (b. 1928)
- Franz König, Austrian cardinal (b. 1905)
- Dullah Omar, South African activist and politician (b. 1934)
- March 14
- René Laloux, French animator and film director (b. 1929)
- Jurijs Rubenis, Latvian politician (b. 1925)
- March 15
- Václav Kozák, Czech rower (b. 1937)
- Philippe Lemaire, French actor (b. 1927)
- Alfred Mansfeld, Israeli architect (b. 1912)
- Bill Pickering, New Zealand-American rocket scientist (b. 1910)
- John Pople, English chemist (b. 1925)
- March 16
- Jeannie Ebner, Austrian author (b. 1918)
- Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi, Iranian wrestler (b. 1943)
- Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
- March 17 – Monique Laederach, Swiss author and translator (b. 1938)
- March 18
- Wallace Davenport, American trumpeter (b. 1925)
- Richard Marner, Russian-English actor (b. 1921)
- Abdujalil Samadov, Tajikistani politician, Prime Minister of Tajikistan (b. 1949)
- Erna Spoorenberg, Dutch opera singer (b. 1925)
- March 19
- Bert Barlow, English footballer (b. 1916)
- Ingemar Haraldsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1928)
- Zygmunt Kubiak, Polish author and translator (b. 1929)
- Magool Omar, Somali singer (b. 1948)
- Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (b. 1911)
- Chris Timms, New Zealand sailor (b. 1947)
- March 20
- Chosuke Ikariya, Japanese comedian and actor (b. 1931)
- Joakim Segedi, Serbian-Croatian bishop (b. 1904)
- Juliana Wilhelmina, Dutch queen (b. 1909)
- March 21
- Johnny Bristol, American musician (b. 1939)
- C. West Churchman, American philosopher (b. 1913)
- Seitumer Emin, Russian author and poet (b. 1921)
- Matt Gribble, American swimmer (b. 1962)
- Nurnaningsih, Indonesian actress (b. 1925)
- Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballerina (b. 1924)
- John C. West, American politician (b. 1922)
- March 22
- Mirko Braun, Croatian footballer (b. 1942)
- Germán Gómez, Spanish footballer (b. 1914)
- René R. Khawam, Syrian translator (b. 1917)
- Slobodan Kovačević, Bosnian musician (b. 1946)
- Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer (b. 1943)
- V. M. Tarkunde, Indian lawyer and activist (b. 1909)
- Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian politician (b. 1937)
- March 23
- L. S. Stavrianos, Canadian historian and author (b. 1913)
- Chen Zhongwei, Chinese surgeon (b. 1929)
- March 24
- Henryk Dampc, Polish boxer (b. 1935)
- Michael Garrison, American musician (b. 1956)
- Richard Leech, Irish actor (b. 1922)
- March 25 – Robert Arden, English actor (b. 1922)
- March 26
- Takeshi Kamo, Japanese footballer (b. 1915)
- Fred Karlin, American film composer (b. 1936)
- Stelvio Massi, Italian film director (b. 1929)
- Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
- March 27
- Miriam Lichtheim, Turkish-Israeli egyptologist (b. 1914)
- Christopher Longuet-Higgins, English scholar (b. 1923)
- Robert Merle, French author (b. 1908)
- John Sack, American journalist (b. 1930)
- Larry Trask, American-English linguist (b. 1944)
- March 28
- Albert Brülls, German footballer (b. 1937)
- Erich Hauser, German sculptor (b. 1930)
- Walter B. Miller, American anthropologist (b. 1920)
- Ljubiša Spajić, Serbian footballer (b. 1926)
- Peter Ustinov, English actor (b. 1921)
- March 29
- Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-English SOE agent (b. 1905)
- Denny Dent, American painter (b. 1948)
- Charles Grenzbach, American sound engineer (b. 1923)
- Simone Renant, French actress (b. 1911)
- March 30
- Salvatore Burruni, Italian boxer (b. 1933)
- Alistair Cooke, English-American journalist and television personality (b. 1908)
- Erick Friedman, American violinist (b. 1939)
- Michael King, New Zealand historian and author (b. 1945)
- András Toma, Hungarian soldier (b. 1925)
- Willy Tröger, German footballer (b. 1928)
- Timi Yuro, American singer (b. 1940)
- March 31
- René Gruau, Italian illustrator (b. 1909)
- Hedi Lang, Swiss politician (b. 1931)
- Ivan Kostov Nikolov, Bulgarian geologist (b. 1913)
- John Paul, English politician (b. 1916)
- Vincenzo Savio, Italian bishop (b. 1944)
- Haim Zafrani, Moroccan-French scholar (b. 1922)
April 2004
edit- April 1
- Paul Atkinson, English guitarist (b. 1946)
- Aaron Bank, American colonel (b. 1902)
- Enrique Grau, Colombian artist (b. 1920)
- Giannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)
- Mykola Rudenko, Ukrainian poet and author (b. 1920)
- Jacques Seiler, French actor (b. 1928)
- Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1945)
- Gurcharan Singh Tohra, Indian politician (b. 1924)
- April 2
- John Argyris, Greek computer scientist (b. 1913)
- Lynne Karen Deutsch, American astrophysicist (b. 1956)
- Chaïbia Talal, Moroccan painter (b. 1929)
- John Taras, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
- Guillaume Marie van Zuylen, Belgian bishop (b. 1910)
- April 3
- Gabriela Antunes, Angolan author (b. 1937)
- Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (b. 1942)
- April 4
- Gito Baloi, Mozambican musician (b. 1964)
- Nikita Bogoslovsky, Russian composer (b. 1913)
- Pierre de Chevigné, French politician (b. 1909)
- Danuta Czech, Polish historian (b. 1922)
- Pierre Koenig, American architect (b. 1925)
- Boris Levitan, Ukrainian-American mathematician (b. 1914)
- Bogdan Norčič, Slovenian ski jumper (b. 1953)
- Briek Schotte, Belgian cyclist (b. 1919)
- Alwyn Williams, Welsh geologist (b. 1921)
- Ron Williams, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- Austin Willis, Canadian actor (b. 1917)
- April 5
- Fernand Goyvaerts, Belgian footballer (b. 1938)
- Ralph Landau, American engineer and entrepreneur (b. 1916)
- Pompeo Posar, Italian-American photographer (b. 1921)
- Sławomir Rawicz, Polish lieutenant (b. 1915)
- Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936)
- April 6
- Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (b. 1926)
- Matazō Kayama, Japanese painter (b. 1927)
- Alexander Lerner, Russian scientist (b. 1913)
- April 7
- Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
- Wolfgang Mattheuer, German painter and sculptor (b. 1927)
- Marian McCargo, American actress and tennis player (b. 1932)
- Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian dancer and guru (b. 1926)
- April 8
- Shafic Abboud, Lebanese painter (b. 1926)
- Kalevi Kärkinen, Finnish ski jumper (b. 1934)
- Hans Guido Mutke, German pilot (b. 1921)
- April 9
- Harry Babbitt, American singer (b. 1913)
- Sein Lwin, Burmese politician, President of Burma (b. 1924)
- Donna Michelle, American model and actress (b. 1945)
- Julius Sang, Kenyan athlete (b. 1948)
- Hannelore Valencak, Austrian physicist and author (b. 1929)
- Jiří Weiss, Czech film director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
- April 10
- Bertil Göransson, Swedish rower (b. 1919)
- Jacek Kaczmarski, Polish singer (b. 1957)
- Marita Napier, South African opera singer (b. 1939)
- Roland Rainer, Austrian architect (b. 1910)
- Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman (b. 1933)
- Odd Wang Sørensen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1922)
- April 11
- Paul Hamburger, Austrian-English pianist (b. 1920)
- Mamadou Aliou Keïta, Guinean footballer (b. 1952)
- April 12
- Juanito Valderrama, Spanish singer (b. 1916)
- George W. Whitehead, American mathematician (b. 1918)
- April 13
- Csaba Horváth, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1930)
- Eduarda Maino, Italian artist (b. 1930)
- Aarne Saarinen, Finnish politician (b. 1913)
- April 14
- Erik Kuld Jensen, Danish footballer (b. 1925)
- Talaat Khanlarov, Azerbaijani architect and academic (b. 1927)
- April 15
- Karol Dejna, Polish linguist (b. 1911)
- María Denis, Argentine-Italian actress (b. 1916)
- Phyllis Dillon, Jamaican singer (b. 1944)
- Hans Gmür, Swiss-German theatre director and composer (b. 1927)
- Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese manga artist (b. 1934)
- April 16
- Elwood Cooke, American tennis player (b. 1913)
- Nour El-Dali, Egyptian footballer (b. 1928)
- Carlos Castaño Gil, Colombian rebel (b. 1965)
- Jan Szczepański, Polish sociologist and politician (b. 1913)
- April 17
- Bruce Boa, Canadian-English actor (b. 1930)
- Geraint Howells, Welsh politician (b. 1925)
- Fana Kochovska, Macedonian politician (b. 1927)
- Jim Ligon, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- K. S. Sowmya, Indian actress (b. 1972)
- April 18
- Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, President of Fiji (b. 1920)
- Frances Rafferty, American actress (b. 1922)
- April 19
- George Hardwick, English footballer and manager (b. 1920)
- Volodymyr Kaplychnyi, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1944)
- Philip Locke, English actor (b. 1928)
- Frank B. Morrison, American politician (b. 1905)
- Ronnie Simpson, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1930)
- John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (b. 1920)
- April 20
- Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician (b. 1956)
- Komal Kothari, Indian artist and singer (b. 1929)
- April 21
- Eduard Asadov, Russian poet and author (b. 1923)
- Karl Hass, German spy and war criminal (b. 1912)
- Sunčana Škrinjarić, Croatian author and poet (b. 1931)
- April 22
- Franco Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1929)
- Art Devlin, American ski jumper (b. 1922)
- Jason Dunham, American corporal (b. 1981)
- Sami Hadawi, Palestinian scholar and author (b. 1904)
- Pat Tillman, American football player and corporal (b. 1976)
- April 23
- Manuel Alcalde, Spanish racewalker (b. 1956)
- Marie-Émile Boismard, French scholar (b. 1916)
- Saúl Ongaro, Argentine footballer (b. 1916)
- April 24
- José Giovanni, French-Swiss author and film director (b. 1923)
- Estée Lauder, American businesswoman (b. 1908)
- Willie Watson, English cricketer (b. 1920)
- April 25
- Alphonzo E. Bell Jr., American politician (b. 1914)
- Thom Gunn, English poet (b. 1926)
- Eddie Hopkinson, English footballer (b. 1935)
- Shota Kveliashvili, Georgian sport shooter (b. 1938)
- Carl Melles, Austrian conductor (b. 1926)
- Hiroshi Mitsuzuka, Japanese politician (b. 1927)
- Albert Paulsen, Ecuadorian-American actor (b. 1925)
- Claude Williams, American musician (b. 1908)
- April 26
- Kurt Dossin, German handball player (b. 1913)
- Rangel Gerovski, Bulgarian wrestler (b. 1959)
- Robert Clark Jones, American physicist (b. 1916)
- Hubert Selby Jr., American author (b. 1928)
- Hasse Thomsén, Swedish boxer (b. 1942)
- April 27
- Gleason Archer Jr., American scholar and theologian (b. 1916)
- Alejandro Ulloa, Spanish actor (b. 1910)
- Roy Walford, American scientist (b. 1924)
- April 28
- Jean Devaivre, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- Alex Randolph, American game designer (b. 1922)
- April 29
- Gaetano Badalamenti, Italian mobster (b. 1923)
- Daniel Bernard, French diplomat (b. 1941)
- Aleksandr Bovin, Russian journalist and political scientist (b. 1930)
- Filippo Cavalli, Italian footballer (b. 1921)
- Nick Joaquin, Filipino journalist and author (b. 1917)
- Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
- April 30
- Joseph Cullman, American businessman (b. 1912)
- Frederick R. Karl, American author (b. 1927)
- Georges Lagrange, French author and translator (b. 1928)
- Evelyn Mase, South African nurse (b. 1922)
- Boris Pergamenschikow, Russian-German cellist (b. 1948)
- Kazimierz Plater, Polish chess player (b. 1915)
- Adolph Verschueren, Belgian cyclist (b. 1922)
May 2004
edit- May 1
- Ejler Bille, Danish artist (b. 1910)
- Vladimir Chernyshyov, Russian volleyball player (b. 1951)
- Felix Haug, Swiss musician (b. 1952)
- Lojze Kovačič, Slovenian author (b. 1928)
- Jean-Jacques Laffont, French economist (b. 1947)
- John Howland Rowe, American archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1918)
- May 2
- Duncan Carse, English explorer and actor (b. 1913)
- Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (b. 1919)
- Paul Guimard, French author (b. 1921)
- Allan Lindberg, Swedish pole vaulter (b. 1918)
- Hyam Maccoby, English scholar and playwright (b. 1924)
- May 3
- Anthony Ainley, English actor (b. 1932)
- Andrew Cavendish, English politician (b. 1920)
- Ken Downing, English racing driver (b. 1917)
- Torsten Hägerstrand, Swedish geographer (b. 1916)
- James Mace, American historian (b. 1952)
- Lygia Pape, Brazilian artist (b. 1927)
- May 4
- Coxsone Dodd, Jamaican record producer (b. 1932)
- Hugh Gillin, American actor (b. 1925)
- Boris Petrovsky, Russian surgeon and politician (b. 1908)
- Jean-Pierre Vigier, French theoretical physicist (b. 1920)
- May 5
- Thea Beckman, Dutch author (b. 1923)
- Kate Mundt, Danish actress (b. 1930)
- Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer (b. 1959)
- František Sláma, Czech cellist (b. 1923)
- May 6
- Virginia Capers, American actress (b. 1925)
- Kjell Hallbing, Norwegian author (b. 1934)
- Philip Kapleau, American buddhist (b. 1912)
- Barney Kessel, American guitarist (b. 1923)
- May 7
- Nick Berg, American businessman (b. 1978)
- William J. Knight, American astronaut and politician (b. 1929)
- Chil Rajchman, Polish-Uruguayan author and holocaust survivor (b. 1914)
- May 8
- António Champalimaud, Portuguese banker (b. 1918)
- Valentin Yezhov, Russian screenwriter and playwright (b. 1921)
- May 9
- Tommy Farrell, American actor and comedian (b. 1921)
- Brenda Fassie, South African singer (b. 1964)
- Akhmad Kadyrov, Russian politician (b. 1951)
- Alan King, American actor and comedian (b. 1927)
- Anatoli Georgievich Vitushkin, Russian mathematician (b. 1931)
- Percy M. Young, English musicologist (b. 1912)
- May 10
- Orvar Bergmark, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1930)
- Dennis Wilshaw, English footballer (b. 1926)
- May 11
- Danny McLennan, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1925)
- Abdul Reza Pahlavi, Iranian royal (b. 1924)
- Ku Sang, South Korean poet (b. 1919)
- Alf Valentine, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1930)
- John Whitehead, American singer (b. 1948)
- George Zongolopoulos, Greek sculptor and painter (b. 1903)
- May 12
- Álvaro Cardoso, Portuguese footballer (b. 1914)
- Alexander Skutch, American historian and author (b. 1904)
- May 13
- Kjell Bækkelund, Norwegian pianist (b. 1930)
- Magnar Estenstad, Norwegian skier (b. 1924)
- Muhammad Nawaz, Pakistani javelin thrower (b. 1924)
- Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza, Italian politician (b. 1920)
- May 14
- Shatiel Abramov, Russian lieutenant colonel (b. 1918)
- Rudi Arndt, German politician (b. 1927)
- Günter Gaus, German journalist and diplomat (b. 1929)
- Jesús Gil, Spanish politician (b. 1933)
- Anna Lee, English-American actress (b. 1913)
- Eugene Mallove, American scientist and author (b. 1947)
- May 15
- Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar (b. 1942)
- Jack Bradbury, American animator and comic book artist (b. 1914)
- Marius Constant, Romanian-French composer and conductor (b. 1925)
- Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Spanish actor (b. 1912)
- Tatsuya Mihashi, Japanese actor (b. 1923)
- Clint Warwick, English bassist (b. 1940)
- May 16
- Riccardo Brengola, Italian violinist (b. 1917)
- Kevin Michael Britt, American bishop (b. 1944)
- Kamala Markandaya, Indian-English author and journalist (b. 1924)
- Marika Rökk, German-Austrian dancer and singer (b. 1913)
- May 17
- Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, South African scientist (b. 1907)
- Gunnar Graps, Estonian musician (b. 1951)
- Jørgen Nash, Danish artist and author (b. 1920)
- Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920)
- Cathy Rosier, French model and actress (b. 1945)
- Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician (b. 1943)
- Vladislav Terzyul, Ukrainian mountaineer (b. 1953)
- May 18
- Çetin Alp, Turkish singer (b. 1947)
- Arnold Beckman, American chemist and inventor (b. 1900)
- Heinrich Isser, Austrian bobsledder and luger (b. 1928)
- Elvin Jones, American drummer (b. 1927)
- Lincoln Kilpatrick, American actor (b. 1932)
- Hyacinthe Thiandoum, Senegalese cardinal (b. 1921)
- May 19
- Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (b. 1907)
- Haruhiko Kindaichi, Japanese linguist and scholar (b. 1913)
- E. K. Nayanar, Indian politician (b. 1919)
- Carl Raddatz, German actor (b. 1912)
- Elvio Romero, Paraguayan poet (b. 1926)
- May 20 – June Cochran, American model and beauty queen (b. 1943)
- May 21
- Jean-Pierre Blanc, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1942)
- Toshikazu Kase, Japanese diplomat (b. 1903)
- May 22
- Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960)
- Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)
- May 23
- Ramon Margalef, Spanish biologist and ecologist (b. 1919)
- Trudy Marshall, American actress and model (b. 1920)
- Maxime Rodinson, French historian and sociologist (b. 1915)
- May 24 – Maria Josep Colomer i Luque, Spanish pilot (b. 1913)
- May 25
- Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
- David Dellinger, American activist (b. 1915)
- Antonia Ivanova, Bulgarian chess grandmaster (b. 1930)
- May 26 – Donald Hamish Cameron, Scottish soldier and landowner (b. 1910)
- May 27
- Umberto Agnelli, Italian politician (b. 1934)
- Patience Cleveland, American actress (b. 1931)
- Ladislav Hecht, Czech-American tennis player (b. 1909)
- Mikhail Postnikov, Russian mathematician (b. 1927)
- Ronald Smith, English pianist (b. 1922)
- Werner Tübke, German painter (b. 1929)
- May 28
- Michael Alison, English politician (b. 1926)
- Vittore Branca, Italian philologist and academic (b. 1913)
- Bohuslav Chňoupek, Czech politician and journalist (b. 1925)
- Jerzy Klempel, Polish handball player (b. 1953)
- Irene Manning, American actress and model (b. 1912)
- May 29
- Archibald Cox, American lawyer (b. 1912)
- Magne Havnå, Norwegian boxer (b. 1963)
- Gérard de Sède, French author (b. 1921)
- Ivica Šerfezi, Croatian singer (b. 1935)
- May 30
- Nizamuddin Shamzai, Pakistani scholar (b. 1952)
- Ed Stanczak, American basketball player (b. 1921)
- Klavdiya Tochonova, Russian shot putter (b. 1921)
- May 31
- Robert Quine, American actress (b. 1942)
- Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1941)
June 2004
edit- June 1
- Randi Brænne, Norwegian actress (b. 1911)
- James Dudley, American baseball player and professional wrestling manager (b. 1910)
- Michał Gryziński, Polish physicist (b. 1930)
- Charles Kelman, American ophthalmologist and musician (b. 1930)
- William Manchester, American author and historian (b. 1922)
- June 2
- Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (b. 1929)
- Shrikant Jichkar, Indian politician (b. 1954)
- Ki-baik Lee, South Korean poet (b. 1924)
- Dom Moraes, Indian author and poet (b. 1938)
- Tini Wagner, Dutch swimmer (b. 1919)
- June 3
- Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, Swedish silversmith and jeweler (b. 1927)
- Thomas Forsberg, Swedish musician (b. 1966)
- Harold Goodwin, English actor (b. 1917)
- Britta Holmberg, Swedish actress (b. 1921)
- Frances Shand Kydd, English viscountess (b. 1936)
- Jonathan Kramer, American composer and theorist (b. 1942)
- Sulamith Messerer, Russian ballerina and choreographer (b. 1908)
- June 4
- Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, Ethiopian general and politician, President of Ethiopia (b. 1935)
- Marvin Heemeyer, American welder and criminal (b. 1951)
- Steve Lacy, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1934)
- Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (b. 1921)
- Anthony Steffen, Italian-Brazilian actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- June 5
- Johnny Bent, American ice hockey player (b. 1908)
- Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
- Fernando Manzaneque, Spanish cyclist (b. 1934)
- Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, President of the United States (b. 1911)
- June 6
- Judy Campbell, English actress (b. 1916)
- Munavvar Rzayeva, Azerbaijani sculptor (b. 1929)
- June 7
- Roman Aftanazy, Polish historian (b. 1914)
- Joseph L. Doob, American mathematician (b. 1910)
- Roger Matton, Canadian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1929)
- June 8
- Leopoldo Zea Aguilar, Mexican philosopher (b. 1912)
- David Mervyn Blow, English biophysicist (b. 1931)
- Per Carleson, Swedish colonel and fencer (b. 1917)
- Fosco Maraini, Italian photographer and anthropologist (b. 1912)
- June 9
- Rosey Brown, American football player (b. 1932)
- António de Sousa Franco, Portuguese economist and politician (b. 1942)
- Husein Mutahar, Indonesian diplomat (b. 1916)
- Alistair Taylor, English personal assistant (b. 1935)
- Barbara Whiting, American actress and singer (b. 1931)
- Brian Williamson, Jamaican activist (b. 1945)
- June 10
- Antoine Argoud, French army officer (b. 1914)
- Ray Charles, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
- Chico Faria, Portuguese footballer (b. 1949)
- José Farías, Argentine footballer (b. 1937)
- Odette Laure, French actress and singer (b. 1917)
- Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904)
- June 11
- Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss-German prince (b. 1946)
- Mario Jeckle, German computer scientist (b. 1974)
- Michel Roche, French equestrian (b. 1939)
- June 12
- Rina Ben-Menahem, Israeli author (b. 1935)
- Geoffrey Thompson, English businessman (b. 1936)
- June 13
- Dorothy Lavinia Brown, American surgeon and politician (b. 1914)
- Stuart Hampshire, English philosopher and critic (b. 1914)
- Jennifer Nitsch, German actress (b. 1966)
- June 14
- Ubaldo Calabresi, Italian bishop (b. 1925)
- Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1900)
- Noriaki Yuasa, Japanese film director (b. 1933)
- June 15 – Rolf Wüthrich, Swiss footballer (b. 1938)
- June 16
- Herman Goldstine, American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1913)
- Nadine Isaacs, Jamaican architect (b. 1942)
- Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai politician, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911)
- June 17
- Todor Dinov, Bulgarian animator and film director (b. 1919)
- Jacek Kuroń, Polish politician (b. 1934)
- Sara Lidman, Swedish author (b. 1923)
- Seymour Robbie, American television director (b. 1919)
- June 18
- Boris Batanov, Russian footballer (b. 1934)
- Doris Dowling, American actress (b. 1923)
- George Buck Flower, American actor (b. 1937)
- Elwood Zimmerman, American-Australian entomologist (b. 1912)
- June 19
- Nikolai Girenko, Russian ethnologist and activist (b. 1940)
- Charly Grosskost, French cyclist (b. 1944)
- Esther Nirina, Malagasy poet (b. 1932)
- Óscar Ribas, Angolan author (b. 1909)
- Jadwiga Rutkowska, Polish volleyball player (b. 1934)
- Alfredo Torero, Peruvian anthropologist and linguist (b. 1930)
- June 20
- Jim Bacon, Australian politician (b. 1950)
- Robert R. Blake, American businessman (b. 1918)
- Hanns Cibulka, German poet (b. 1920)
- June 21
- Leonel Brizola, Brazilian politician (b. 1922)
- Eila Kivikk'aho, Finnish poet (b. 1921)
- June 22
- Bob Bemer, American computer scientist (b. 1920)
- Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist (b. 1920)
- Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990)
- Kim Sun-il, South Korean interpreter and missionary (b. 1970)
- Anna Zawadzka, Polish author (b. 1919)
- June 23
- Rifaat El-Fanagily, Egyptian footballer (b. 1936)
- Elbert Luther Little, American botanist (b. 1907)
- June 24 – Leonard Stein, American musicologist and pianist (b. 1916)
- June 25
- Karol Kennedy, American skater (b. 1932)
- Bruno De Zordo, Italian ski jumper (b. 1941)
- June 26
- Muriel Angelus, English actress (b. 1912)
- Ott Arder, Estonian poet and author (b. 1950)
- William H. Avery, American engineer (b. 1912)
- Nguyễn Văn Hinh, Vietnamese lieutenant general (b. 1915)
- Yash Johar, Indian film producer (b. 1929)
- Tjaarke Maas, Dutch painter (b. 1974)
- Naomi Shemer, Israeli musician (b. 1930)
- June 27
- Petar Gračanin, Serbian politician (b. 1923)
- Jean Graczyk, French cyclist (b. 1933)
- Boris Holban, Russian-Romanian activist (b. 1908)
- George Patton IV, American major general (b. 1923)
- Fausto Romitelli, Italian composer (b. 1963)
- June 28
- Anthony Buckeridge, English author (b. 1912)
- Georges de Caunes, French broadcaster and journalist (b. 1919)
- Alexander Spirkin, Russian philosopher and psychologist (b. 1918)
- June 29
- Mohammad Ranjbar, Iranian footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- Stipe Šuvar, Croatian politician and sociologist (b. 1936)
- June 30
- Chris Alcaide, American actor (b. 1923)
- Vivica Bandler, Finnish-Swedish theatre director and agronomist (b. 1917)
- Jacques Rossi, Polish-French author (b. 1909)
- Stive Vermaut, Belgian cyclist (b. 1975)
July 2004
edit- July 1
- Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924)
- Ettore Cella, Swiss actor and film director (b. 1913)
- Karin Evans, South African-German actress (b. 1907)
- Mohinder Lal, Indian field hockey player (b. 1936)
- Richard May, English judge (b. 1938)
- Jasper Ridley, English author (b. 1920)
- Jacques Ruffié, French hematologist and geneticist (b. 1921)
- Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer and conductor (b. 1909)
- July 2
- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1919)
- Jeillo Edwards, Sierra Leonean-English actress (b. 1942)
- Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and author (b. 1922)
- John Cullen Murphy, American cartoonist (b. 1919)
- July 3
- John Barron, English actor (b. 1920)
- Lionel Van Brabant, Belgian cyclist (b. 1926)
- Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1929)
- Toma Sik, Hungarian-Israeli activist (b. 1939)
- Subandrio, Indonesian politician (b. 1914)
- July 4
- Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor and violinist (b. 1920)
- Christian Rapp, Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1928)
- July 5
- Hugh Shearer, Jamaican politician, Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)
- Rodger Ward, American pilot and racecar driver (b. 1921)
- July 6
- Eric Douglas, American actor and comedian (b. 1958)
- Walter Frentz, German cinematographer and propagandist (b. 1907)
- Thomas Klestil, Austrian diplomat and politician, President of Austria (b. 1932)
- Pavel Lisitsian, Russian opera singer (b. 1911)
- Samir Naqqash, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright (b. 1938)
- Jimmie F. Skaggs, American actor (b. 1944)
- Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)
- July 7
- Jaroslav Huleš, Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1974)
- Günther Josten, German pilot (b. 1921)
- Vlado Kristl, Croatian-German animator and film director (b. 1923)
- Samuel Mitja Rapoport, German biochemist (b. 1912)
- July 8
- Paula Danziger, American author (b. 1944)
- Ernst R. G. Eckert, Austrian-American engineer (b. 1904)
- Sven Thunman, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- July 9
- Paul Klebnikov, American journalist and historian (b. 1963)
- Rudy LaRusso, American basketball player (b. 1937)
- Jean Lefebvre, French actor (b. 1919)
- Carlo Di Palma, Italian cinematographer (b. 1925)
- Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
- July 10
- Inge Meysel, German actress (b. 1910)
- Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1930)
- July 11
- Lothar Baier, German author and publisher (b. 1942)
- Van Deren Coke, American photographer and scholar (b. 1921)
- Dorothy Hart, American actress (b. 1922)
- Frances Hyland, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
- Haije Kramer, Dutch chess grandmaster (b. 1917)
- Laurance Rockefeller, American businessman (b. 1910)
- Renée Saint-Cyr, French actress (b. 1904)
- Edkhyam Tenishev, Russian linguist (b. 1921)
- Walter Wager, American author (b. 1924)
- July 12
- Jeff Morris, American actor (b. 1934)
- James Quinn, American sprinter (b. 1906)
- Emma Yefimova, Russian fencer (b. 1931)
- July 13
- Arthur Kane, American bassist (b. 1949)
- Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930)
- Michio Morishima, Japanese economist (b. 1923)
- Roger Quenolle, French footballer (b. 1925)
- Karel Zich, Czech musician (b. 1949)
- July 14
- Nelly Borgeaud, French actress (b. 1931)
- Germano de Figueiredo, Portuguese footballer (b. 1932)
- Tadeusz Sołtyk, Polish aircraft designer (b. 1909)
- July 15
- Saeed Anwar, Pakistani field hockey player (b. 1943)
- Banoo Jehangir Coyaji, Indian physician and activist (b. 1917)
- František Schmucker, Czech footballer (b. 1940)
- Yoko Watanabe, Japanese opera singer (b. 1953)
- Sunao Yoshida, Japanese author (b. 1969)
- July 16
- Vladimir Brukhti, Azerbaijani footballer (b. 1945)
- George Busbee, American politician (b. 1927)
- Fazal Haq Khaliqyar, Afghan politician (b. 1934)
- Bella Lewitzky, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1916)
- Malik Maharramov, Azerbaijani colonel (b. 1920)
- Kōji Nakano, Japanese author and translator (b. 1925)
- Charles Sweeney, American pilot (b. 1919)
- July 17
- Susan Cullen-Ward, Australian-Albanian royal (b. 1941)
- Grzegorz Cziura, Polish weightlifter (b. 1952)
- Jeanette Dolson, Canadian sprinter (b. 1918)
- Lucien Leduc, French footballer and manager (b. 1918)
- Pat Roach, English professional wrestler and actor (b. 1937)
- Robert E. Smylie, American politician (b. 1914
- July 18
- Anne Gorsuch Burford, American politician (b. 1942)
- André Castelot, Belgian-French author and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- Georgine Darcy, American actress (b. 1930)
- Paul Foot, English journalist and political campaigner (b. 1937)
- John D. Kraus, American physicist (b. 1910)
- Richard Ney, American actor and author (b. 1916)
- Émile Peynaud, French oenologist (b. 1912)
- July 19
- Carvalho Leite, Brazilian footballer (b. 1912)
- Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
- Irvin Yeaworth, German-American film director (b. 1926)
- July 20
- Antonio Gades, Spanish dancer and choreographer (b. 1936)
- Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian footballer and manager (b. 1965)
- James Williams, American pianist (b. 1951)
- July 21
- Jerry Goldsmith, American film composer (b. 1929)
- Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist (b. 1918)
- July 22
- Frank Cumiskey, American gymnast (b. 1912)
- Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (b. 1933)
- Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist (b. 1922)
- Joan Morgan, English actress and screenwriter (b. 1905)
- Bertie Peacock, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1928)
- Konstantin Stepankov, Ukrainian actor (b. 1928)
- Ronald Sukenick, American author and theorist (b. 1932)
- July 23
- Mehmood Ali, Indian actor (b. 1932)
- Rogelio Domínguez, Argentine footballer (b. 1931)
- Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist and composer (b. 1925)
- Piero Piccioni, Italian film composer (b. 1921)
- Serge Reggiani, Italian-French actor and singer (b. 1922)
- July 24
- Jagan Nath Azad, Indian poet and author (b. 1918)
- Bob Azzam, Egyptian-Lebanese singer (b. 1925)
- Claude Ballif, French composer (b. 1924)
- Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball coach (b. 1931)
- János Harmatta, Hungarian linguist (b. 1917)
- Lauri Kalima, Finnish athlete (b. 1916)
- Wim Verstappen, Dutch film director and producer (b. 1937)
- July 25
- Fred Ramdat Misier, Surinamese politician, President of Suriname (b. 1926)
- Masami Shimojō, Japanese actor (b. 1915)
- July 26
- George Charles, Saint Lucian politician (b. 1916)
- Alexandr Hackenschmied, Czech-American film director and cinematographer (b. 1907)
- Bogusław Sochnacki, Polish actor (b. 1930)
- July 27 – Bob Tisdall, Irish hurdler (b. 1907)
- July 28
- Jackson Beck, American voice actor (b. 1912)
- Francis Crick, English biologist and biophysicist (b. 1916)
- Sam Edwards, American actor (b. 1915)
- Eugene Roche, American actor (b. 1928)
- Tiziano Terzani, Italian journalist and author (b. 1938)
- July 29
- Walter Feit, Austrian-American mathematician (b. 1930)
- Nafisa Joseph, Indian model and video jockey (b. 1978)
- Jazep Jucho, Belarusian lawyer and historian (b. 1921)
- Abdul Rahman bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince and football executive (b. 1946)
- Wee Tian Siak, Chinese-Singaporean basketball player (b. 1921)
- July 30
- Ali Abbasi, Pakistani-Scottish television presenter (b. 1961)
- Ellen Auerbach, German-American photographer (b. 1906)
- Jan Hanuš, Czech composer (b. 1915)
- Nela Martínez, Ecuadorian politician and activist (b. 1912)
- Hirendranath Mukherjee, Indian politician (b. 1907)
- Wolfgang Ullmann, German journalist and politician (b. 1929)
- György Vizvári, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1928)
- July 31
- Laura Betti, Italian actress (b. 1927)
- Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917)
- Absamat Masaliyev, Kyrgyzstani politician (b. 1933)
- Allu Ramalingaiah, Indian actor and comedian (b. 1922)
- Líber Seregni, Uruguayan military officer and politician (b. 1916)
August 2004
edit- August 1
- Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (b. 1913)
- Madeleine Robinson, French actress (b. 1917)
- August 2
- Ernesto Cortázar II, Mexican composer and pianist (b. 1940)
- François Craenhals, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1926)
- Heinrich Mark, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1911)
- José Omar Pastoriza, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1942)
- Arturo Tolentino, Filipino politician and diplomat (b. 1910)
- August 3
- Maggie Borg, Maltese activist (b. 1952)
- Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (b. 1908)
- Geraldine Peroni, American film editor (b. 1953)
- August 4
- Robert Yewdall Jennings, English judge (b. 1913)
- Mary Sherman Morgan, American scientist (b. 1921)
- Hossein Panahi, Iranian actor and poet (b. 1956)
- Fumio Watanabe, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
- August 5 – André Wogenscky, French architect (b. 1916)
- August 6
- Ennio Antonelli, Italian actor and boxer (b. 1927)
- Joseph-Marie Lo Duca, Italian-French historian and journalist (b. 1905)
- Rick James, American singer (b. 1948)
- August 7
- Red Adair, American firefighter (b. 1915)
- Maria Esperanza de Bianchini, Venezuelan mystic (b. 1928)
- Ismael Rodríguez, Mexican film director (b. 1917)
- August 8
- Henrique Abranches, Angolan author and anthropologist (b. 1932)
- Leon Golub, American painter (b. 1922)
- Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (b. 1907)
- August 9
- Liisi Beckmann, Finnish artist (b. 1924)
- Sergei Botschkov, Russian ski jumper (b. 1949)
- Robert Lecourt, French politician and judge (b. 1908)
- Tony Mottola, American guitarist (b. 1918)
- David Raksin, American film composer (b. 1912)
- Saul Rosenzweig, American psychologist (b. 1907)
- René Taton, French author and historian (b. 1915)
- August 10 – James Stillman Rockefeller, American rower and philanthropist (b. 1902)
- August 11
- Bjarne Andersson, Swedish skier (b. 1940)
- Wolfgang Mommsen, German historian (b. 1930)
- August 12
- Humayun Azad, Bangladeshi poet and author (b. 1947)
- Godfrey Hounsfield, English engineer and biophysicist (b. 1919)
- Sebastián Ontoria, Spanish footballer (b. 1920)
- George Yardley, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- August 13
- Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912)
- Bent Krog, Danish footballer (b. 1935)
- Josef Paul Kleihues, German architect (b. 1933)
- Donald Meltzer, American psychoanalyst (b. 1922)
- Peter Woodthorpe, English actor (b. 1931)
- Ko Yong-hui, North Korean political figure (b. 1952)
- August 14
- David Brown, American rower (b. 1928)
- William D. Ford, American politician (b. 1927)
- Neal Fredericks, American cinematographer (b. 1969)
- Czesław Miłosz, Polish-American poet and author (b. 1911)
- August 15
- Maarouf al-Dawalibi, Syrian politician, Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1909)
- Semiha Berksoy, Turkish opera singer and painter (b. 1910)
- Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist (b. 1916)
- Charles Eaton, American actor (b. 1910)
- Marian Kozłowski, Polish journalist and basketball administrator (b. 1927)
- Armando Lambruschini, Argentine admiral (b. 1924)
- Min Thu Wun, Burmese author and politician (b. 1909)
- August 16
- Babken Arakelyan, Armenian historian and archaeologist (b. 1912)
- Mildred Davenport, American actress (b. 1921)
- Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
- Jikki Krishnaveni, Indian singer (b. 1935)
- Carl Mydans, American photographer (b. 1907)
- Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)
- August 17
- Thea Astley, Australian author (b. 1925)
- Marosa di Giorgio, Uruguayan poet and author (b. 1932)
- Shizuo Kakutani, Japanese-American mathematician (b. 1911)
- Gérard Souzay, French opera singer (b. 1918)
- Armando Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer (b. 1964)
- August 18
- Elmer Bernstein, American film composer (b. 1922)
- Hiram Fong, American politician (b. 1906)
- Hugh Manning, English actor (b. 1920)
- August 19 – Günter Rexrodt, German politician (b. 1941)
- August 20
- María Antonieta Pons, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (b. 1922)
- Moshe Shamir, Israeli author and playwright (b. 1921)
- August 21 – Sachidananda Routray, Indian poet and author (b. 1916)
- August 22
- Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1960)
- Haralambie Ivanov, Romanian footballer (b. 1941)
- Daniel Petrie, Canadian film director (b. 1920)
- Ota Šik, Czech economist and politician (b. 1919)
- August 23
- Yerik Asanbayev, Kazakhstani politician (b. 1936)
- Carl Fredrik Meinander, Finnish archaeologist (b. 1916)
- Francesco Minerva, Italian bishop (b. 1904)
- August 24
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist (b. 1926)
- Carlos Lacoste, Argentine admiral and politician, President of Argentina (b. 1929)
- Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, Colombian painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
- August 25
- Karen Dior, American actress and singer (b. 1967)
- Marcelo González Martín, Spanish cardinal (b. 1918)
- Carl Szokoll, Austrian resistance fighter and film producer (b. 1915)
- August 26 – Laura Branigan, American singer (b. 1952)
- August 27 – Gottlieb Göller, German footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- August 28 – Silvana Jachino, Italian actress (b. 1916)
- August 29
- Nilo Acuña, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1943)
- Ivan Lacković Croata, Croatian painter (b. 1932)
- Nikolai Getman, Ukrainian artist (b. 1917)
- René Ménil, French author and painter (b. 1907)
- L. B. Moerdani, Indonesian general and politician (b. 1932)
- Suehiro Tanemura, Japanese translator and critic (b. 1933)
- Vladimir Velebit, Serbian politician and diplomat (b. 1907)
- Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
- August 30
- Derek Johnson, English sprinter (b. 1933)
- Mario Levrero, Uruguayan author (b. 1940)
- Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (b. 1906)
- August 31 – Carl Wayne, English singer (b. 1943)
September 2004
edit- September 1
- Esmat Baboli, Iranian singer and actress (b. 1925)
- Hripsime Djanpoladjian, Armenian archaeologist (b. 1918)
- Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader (b. 1915)
- September 2
- Bob O. Evans, American computer scientist (b. 1927)
- Joan Oró, Spanish biochemist (b. 1923)
- September 3
- Archer Blood, American diplomat and academic (b. 1923)
- André Stil, French author (b. 1921)
- September 4
- George Baird, American runner (b. 1907)
- Samira Bellil, French activist (b. 1972)
- Walter Campbell, Australian judge and politician (b. [[19
- Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
- Serge Marquand, French actor (b. 1930)
- September 5 – Alessio Perilli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1983)
- September 6 – Antonio Corpora, Tunisian-Italian painter (b. 1909)
- September 7
- Ashfaq Ahmed, Pakistani author and playwright (b. 1925)
- Lev Burchalkin, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
- Kirk Fordice, American politician (b. 1934)
- Beyers Naudé, South African theologian and activist (b. 1915)
- Gong Qiuxia, Chinese actress and singer (b. 1918)
- Munir Said Thalib, Indonesian activist (b. 1965)
- September 8
- John F. Bolt, American pilot (b. 1921)
- Francis Burt, American judge (b. 1918)
- Matías Prats Cañete, Spanish journalist (b. 1913)
- Richard Butler, American white supremacist (b. 1918)
- Raymond Marcellin, French politician (b. 1914)
- Bror Mellberg, Swedish footballer (b. 1923)
- Tsutomu Mizukami, Japanese author (b. 1919)
- Dan Spătaru, Romanian singer (b. 1939)
- Manuel María Fernández Teixeiro, Spanish poet and academic (b. 1929)
- Frank Thomas, American animator (b. 1912)
- James Westphal, American scientist and astronomer (b. 1930)
- September 9
- Luis Advis, Chilean philosopher and composer (b. 1935)
- Ernie Ball, American entrepreneur and musician (b. 1930)
- Aleksei Barkalov, Ukrainian water polo player (b. 1946)
- Caitlin Clarke, American actress (b. 1952)
- Donald Johansson, Swedish skier (b. 1913)
- September 10
- Brock Adams, American politician (b. 1927)
- Ali Azayku, Moroccan poet and historian (b. 1942)
- September 11
- Juraj Beneš, Slovakian composer (b. 1940)
- Aaron Director, Russian-American economist and academic (b. 1901)
- Fred Ebb, American songwriter (b. 1928)
- Margaret Kelly, Irish dancer (b. 1910)
- Petros Papapetrou, Greek patriarch (b. 1949)
- Ruth Symons, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1913)
- September 12
- Max Abramovitz, American architect (b. 1908)
- Ahmed Dini Ahmed, Djiboutian politician, Prime Minister of Djibouti (b. 1932)
- Kenny Buttrey, American drummer (b. 1945)
- Ray Alexander Simons, South African politician and activist (b. 1913)
- Jack Turner, American racing driver (b. 1920)
- Dr. Wagner, Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1936)
- September 13 – Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist (b. 1925)
- September 14
- Alejandro Barrera, Peruvian actor (b. 1921)
- Fernando Campos, Chilean footballer (b. 1923)
- Rota Onorio, I-Kiribati politician (b. 1919)
- Giuni Russo, Italian singer (b. 1951)
- John Seymour, English author (b. 1914)
- Ove Sprogøe, Danish actor (b. 1919)
- September 15
- Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (b. 1948)
- Daouda Malam Wanké, Nigerien military officer and politician, President of Niger (b. 1946)
- September 16
- Virginia Hamilton Adair, American poet (b. 1913)
- Izora Armstead, American singer (b. 1942)
- Ramón Gabilondo, Spanish footballer (b. 1913)
- Livio Maitan, Italian sociologist and journalist (b. 1923)
- Dolly Rathebe, South African musician and actor (b. 1928)
- September 17 – Galina Rumiantseva, Russian painter (b. 1927)
- September 18
- Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian (b. 1929)
- Kyohei Fujita, Japanese artist (b. 1921)
- Russ Meyer, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Klara Rumyanova, Russian actress (b. 1929)
- September 19
- Eddie Adams, American photojournalist (b. 1933)
- Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-American civil servant (b. 1919)
- Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931)
- Annabella Incontrera, Italian actress (b. 1943)
- Damayanti Joshi, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1928)
- Robert Lawrence, American film editor (b. 1913)
- Ruth D. Lechuga, Austrian-Mexican physician and art collector (b. 1920)
- Ryhor Reles, Belarusian author (b. 1913)
- September 20
- Brian Clough, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- Yang Huanyi, Chinese linguist and author (b. 1909)
- László Lachos, Hungarian footballer (b. 1933)
- Nordin ben Salah, Dutch boxer (b. 1972)
- September 21 – David Pall, Canadian-American chemist (b. 1914)
- September 22
- Edward Larrabee Barnes, American architect (b. 1915)
- Winston Cenac, Saint Lucian politician, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (b. 1925)
- Big Boss Man, American professional wrestler (b. 1963)
- Štěpánka Mertová, Czech discus thrower (b. 1930)
- Yekaterina Parlyuk, Russian runner (b. 1935)
- Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (b. 1927)
- September 23
- Bryce DeWitt, American theoretical physicist (b. 1923)
- Roy Drusky, American singer (b. 1930)
- André Hazes, Dutch singer (b. 1951)
- Nigel Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1917)
- Bülent Oran, Turkish screenwriter and actor (b. 1924)
- Lucille Dixon Robertson, American double bassist (b. 1923)
- Dido Sotiriou, Greek author and journalist (b. 1909)
- September 24
- Tim Choate, American actor (b. 1954)
- Raja Ramanna, Indian physicist (b. 1925)
- Françoise Sagan, French playwright and author (b. 1935)
- September 25
- Ma Chengyuan, Chinese archaeologist (b. 1927)
- Michael Davies, English author (b. 1936)
- Nigel Davies, English historian and anthropologist (b. 1920)
- Alain Glavieux, French engineer and theorist (b. 1949)
- Arun Kolatkar, Indian poet (b. 1932)
- Giorgio Moser, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- Örjan Ouchterlony, Swedish bacteriologist and immunologist (b. 1914)
- September 26
- Einar Førde, Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1943)
- Natiq Hashim, Iraqi footballer (b. 1960)
- September 27
- Shobha Gurtu, Indian singer (b. 1925)
- Pieter Jan Leeuwerink, Dutch volleyball player (b. 1962)
- John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
- Vittorio Sentimenti, Italian footballer (b. 1918)
- Tsai Wan-lin, Taiwanese businessman (b. 1924)
- September 28
- Thea Altaras, Croatian-German architect (b. 1924)
- Mulk Raj Anand, Indian author (b. 1905)
- Christl Cranz, German ski racer (b. 1914)
- Werner Goldberg, German soldier (b. 1919)
- J. H. van Lint, Dutch mathematician (b. 1932)
- Viktor Rozov, Russian playwright and screenwriter (b. 1913)
- September 29
- Balamani Amma, Indian poet (b. 1909)
- FannyAnn Eddy, Sierra Leonean activist (b. 1974)
- Christer Pettersson, Swedish criminal (b. 1947)
- Richard Sainct, French motorcycle racer (b. 1970)
- Thure von Uexküll, German scholar (b. 1908)
- Heinz Wallberg, German conductor (b. 1923)
- September 30
- Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor and politician (b. 1936)
- Jacques Levy, American songwriter and theatre director (b. 1935)
- Mildred McDaniel, American athlete (b. 1933)
- Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1925)
- Michael Relph, English film producer and art director (b. 1915)
October 2004
edit- October 1
- Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
- Frank Kendall Everest Jr., American brigadier general and pilot (b. 1920)
- Ron Hayes, American actor and activist (b. 1929)
- Gennadi Lushchikov, Russian sport shooter (b. 1948)
- Bruce Palmer, Canadian bassist (b. 1946)
- Aleksandr Rogov, Russian canoeist (b. 1956)
- October 2 – Shaul Amor, Israeli politician (b. 1940)
- October 3
- Jacques Benveniste, French immunologist (b. 1935)
- Donald Wills Douglas Jr., American sailor and businessman (b. 1917)
- Matthäus Hetzenauer, Austrian sniper (b. 1924)
- Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
- Jerzy Ustupski, Polish rower (b. 1911)
- October 4
- Helmut Bantz, German gymnast (b. 1921)
- Rodolfo Celletti, Italian musicologist and critic (b. 1917)
- Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927)
- Michael Grant, English classicist and author (b. 1914)
- Emīlija Gudriniece, Latvian chemist (b. 1920)
- Nilamani Routray, Indian politician (b. 1920)
- October 5
- Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian and actor (b. 1921)
- Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English biophysicist (b. 1916)
- October 6
- Eugen Horniak, Slovakian basketball player (b. 1926)
- Johnny Kelley, American runner (b. 1907)
- Harbhajan Singh Khalsa, Indian-American entrepreneur and yoga guru (b. 1929)
- Frederica de Laguna, American ethnologist and anthropologist (b. 1906)
- Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Bissau-Guinean general (b. 1947)
- Clem Tholet, Rhodesian singer (b. 1948)
- October 7
- Wolfgang Grzyb, German footballer (b. 1940)
- Oscar Heisserer, French footballer (b. 1914)
- Miki Matsubara, Japanese singer and composer (b. 1959)
- Jacques Noël, French fencer (b. 1920)
- Július Toček, Slovakian rower (b. 1939)
- October 8
- Irina Demick, French actress (b. 1936)
- Jean Robin, French footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- October 9
- Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher (b. 1930)
- Maxime Faget, Belizean-American engineer (b. 1921)
- Bryan R. Wilson, English sociologist and author (b. 1926)
- October 10
- Josef Argauer, Austrian football manager (b. 1910)
- Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963)
- David G. Chandler, English historian (b. 1934)
- Gérard Pierre-Charles, Haitian politician (b. 1935)
- Christopher Reeve, American actor (b. 1952)
- Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (b. 1915)
- October 11
- Bobby Cook, American basketball player (b. 1923)
- Peter Kerr, English politician (b. 1922)
- Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)
- Fernando Sabino, Brazilian author and journalist (b. 1923)
- October 12 – Lawrence E. Roberts, American pilot (b. 1922)
- October 13
- Martha Boto, Argentine artist (b. 1925)
- Erik Bye, Norwegian-American journalist (b. 1926)
- Nirupa Roy, Indian actress (b. 1931)
- Bernice Rubens, Welsh author (b. 1923)
- António Augusto dos Santos, Portuguese general (b. 1929)
- Ivor Wood, English-French animator (b. 1932)
- Tetsu Yano, Japanese author and translator (b. 1923)
- October 14
- Peter Adelaar, Dutch judoka (b. 1947)
- Juan Francisco Fresno, Chilean cardinal (b. 1914)
- Conrad Russell, English historian and politician (b. 1937)
- Ivan Shamiakin, Belarusian author (b. 1921)
- Dattopant Thengadi, Indian politician (b. 1920)
- October 15 – Per Højholt, Danish poet (b. 1928)
- October 16
- Susana Campos, Argentine actress (b. 1934)
- Don Carlson, American basketball player (b. 1919)
- Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician (b. 1925)
- October 17
- Ray Boone, American baseball player (b. 1923)
- Wu Faxian, Chinese revolutionary and lieutenant general (b. 1915)
- Julius Harris, American actor (b. 1923)
- Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer and composer (b. 1952)
- Franco Prosperi, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- Andreas Sassen, German footballer (b. 1968)
- October 18
- Richie Lemos, American boxer (b. 1920)
- Elizabeth Nicholls, American-Canadian paleontologist (b. 1946)
- Pakize Tarzi, Syrian-Turkish physician (b. 1910)
- Viktor Zubarev, Kazakhstani footballer (b. 1973)
- October 19
- Antoine Abel, Seychellois poet and author (b. 1934)
- Anita Bitri, Albanian singer (b. 1968)
- Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist (b. 1920)
- Sang Lee, South Korean-American billiards player (b. 1954)
- Elizabeth McClintock, American botanist (b. 1912)
- Paul Nitze, American politician (b. 1907)
- Lewis Urry, Canadian engineer and inventor (b. 1927)
- October 20
- Veronika Cherkasova, Belarusian journalist (b. 1959)
- Anthony Hecht, American poet (b. 1923)
- Ildo Lobo, Cape Verdean singer (b. 1953)
- October 21
- Sharifa Alkhateeb, American author (b. 1946)
- Neil Campbell, American scientist (b. 1946)
- Jean Dondelinger, Luxembourgian diplomat (b. 1931)
- Everett Rogers, American theorist and sociologist (b. 1931)
- October 22
- Louis Bouyer, French priest (b. 1913)
- Jean Mathonet, Belgian footballer (b. 1925)
- October 23
- Galeazzo Dondi, Italian basketball player (b. 1915)
- Robert Merrill, American opera singer and actor (b. 1917)
- Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (b. 1919)
- October 24
- James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (b. 1920)
- Isao Imai, Japanese theoretical physicist (b. 1914)
- Dario Di Palma, Italian cinematographer (b. 1932)
- Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (b. 1941)
- October 25
- Thomas Kanza, Congolese diplomat (b. 1933)
- John Peel, English disc jockey (b. 1939)
- October 26
- Robin Kenyatta, American saxophonist (b. 1942)
- Patricia Knight, American actress (b. 1915)
- Ricardo Odnoposoff, Argentine-Austrian violinist (b. 1914)
- October 27
- Claude Helffer, French pianist (b. 1922)
- Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter (b. 1942)
- Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
- October 28
- Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki, Saudi Arabian scholar (b. 1944)
- Maria Fiore, Italian actress (b. 1935)
- Rosalind Hicks, English estate guardian (b. 1919)
- Jimmy McLarnin, Irish boxer (b. 1907)
- Gil Mellé, American artist and film composer (b. 1931)
- Ted Taylor, American theoretical physicist (b. 1925)
- Charles F. Wheeler, American cinematographer (b. 1915)
- October 29
- Natalya Baranskaya, Russian author (b. 1908)
- Jacinto João, Portuguese footballer (b. 1944)
- Shosei Koda, Japanese hostage (b. 1979)
- Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (b. 1923)
- Vaughn Meader, American comedian (b. 1936)
- Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, English princess (b. 1901)
- Pierre Thibaud, French trumpeter (b. 1929)
- October 30 – Peggy Ryan, American actress (b. 1924)
- October 31
- Mari Aldon, Lithuanian-American actress (b. 1925)
- Valentin Nikolayev, Russian wrestler (b. 1924)
- Kim Sang-ok, South Korean poet (b. 1920)
November 2004
edit- November 1
- Jean Jacques Dozy, Dutch geologist (b. 1908)
- Mac Dre, American rapper (b. 1970)
- Mark Ledford, American trumpeter and singer (b. 1960)
- November 2
- Theo Van Gogh, Dutch film director (b. 1957)
- Gustaaf Joos, Belgian cardinal (b. 1923)
- Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (b. 1951)
- Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Emirati politician, President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918)
- November 3
- Eilert Dahl, Norwegian skier (b. 1919)
- Maria Popesco, Romanian-Swiss socialite and murderer (b. 1919)
- Sergei Zholtok, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1972)
- November 4
- Michael Gross, Israeli artist (b. 1920)
- Robert Heaton, English drummer (b. 1961)
- Gordon Ingram, American inventor and entrepreneur (b. 1924)
- Yasutomi Nishizuka, Japanese biochemist (b. 1932)
- November 5 – Donald Jones, American-Dutch actor and singer (b. 1932)
- November 6
- Serge Adda, Tunisian-French television executive (b. 1948)
- Pete Jolly, American musician (b. 1932)
- Marion Shilling, American actress (b. 1910)
- Johnny Warren, Australian footballer and manager (b. 1943)
- November 7
- Howard Keel, American actor (b. 1919)
- Nelly Meden, Argentine actress (b. 1928)
- November 8
- Bruno Bettinelli, Italian composer (b. 1913)
- Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (b. 1929)
- Lennox Miller, Jamaican runner (b. 1946)
- Melba Phillips, American physicist (b. 1907)
- November 9
- Iris Chang, American journalist and author (b. 1968)
- Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (b. 1947)
- Ed Kemmer, American actor (b. 1921)
- Stieg Larsson, Swedish author (b. 1954)
- Eiji Morioka, Japanese boxer (b. 1946)
- November 10 – Şeref Görkey, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1913)
- November 11
- Yasser Arafat, Palestinian politician (b. 1929)
- Richard Dembo, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1948)
- November 12
- Lucia Berlin, American author (b. 1936)
- Jacques Dynam, French actor (b. 1923)
- Usko Meriläinen, Finnish composer (b. 1930)
- Stanisław Skalski, Polish fighter pilot (b. 1915)
- Michael J. Smith, English cricketer (b. 1942)
- November 13
- John Balance, English musician (b. 1962)
- Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (b. 1968)
- Ellen Fairclough, Canadian politician (b. 1905)
- Harry Lampert, American comic book artist (b. 1916)
- Carlo Rustichelli, Italian film composer (b. 1916)
- Don Sharpe, English sound editor (b. 1929)
- Errol Thompson, Jamaican record producer and sound engineer (b. 1948)
- Keith Weller, English footballer (b. 1946)
- November 14
- Michel Colombier, French composer and conductor (b. 1939)
- Jackie DiNorscio, American mobster (b. 1940)
- Harald Kråkenes, Norwegian rower (b. 1926)
- Veena Kumari, Indian actress (b. 1926)
- Ernst Tiburzy, German soldier (b. 1911)
- Helmut Zahn, German chemist (b. 1916)
- November 15
- Elmer L. Andersen, American politician (b. 1909)
- Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, Iranian physician and author (b. 1930)
- November 16
- Yves Berger, French author (b. 1931)
- Massimo Freccia, Italian-American conductor (b. 1906)
- Richard Frey, Austrian-Chinese physician and politician (b. 1920)
- Charles Fuller, English footballer (b. 1919)
- Ken Hannam, Australian-English television director (b. 1929)
- November 17
- George Curtis, English footballer and manager (b. 1919)
- Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (b. 1970)
- Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1941)
- November 18
- Juan Carlos Aramburu, Argentine archbishop (b. 1912)
- Robert Bacher, American physicist (b. 1905)
- Cy Coleman, American composer and pianist (b. 1929)
- Haruyo Ichikawa, Japanese actress and singer (b. 1913)
- Sergei Kovalenko, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1947)
- George Scholes, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
- November 19
- Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor (b. 1914)
- Helmut Griem, German actor and theatre director (b. 1932)
- Martin Malia, American historian (b. 1924)
- Terry Melcher, American record producer and singer (b. 1942)
- Manuel Zapata Olivella, Colombian physician and anthropologist (b. 1920)
- John Vane, English pharmacologist (b. 1927)
- Trooper Washington, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- November 20
- Celso Furtado, Brazilian economist (b. 1920)
- Judith Haspel, Austrian swimmer (b. 1918)
- Ancel Keys, American physiologist (b. 1904)
- Stepan Naumenko, Russian pilot (b. 1920)
- Dénes Pócsik, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1940)
- Hiltgunt Zassenhaus, German philologist (b. 1916)
- November 21 – Georges Morel, French rower (b. 1938)
- November 22
- Leo Dee, American artist (b. 1931)
- Arthur Hopcraft, English screenwriter (b. 1932)
- November 23
- Rafael Eitan, Israeli general and politician (b. 1929)
- Lars-Magnus Lindgren, Swedish film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Joseph J. Sisco, American diplomat (b. 1919)
- November 24
- Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian author (b. 1920)
- Joseph Hansen, American author and poet (b. 1923)
- James Wong Jim, Hong Kong singer and actor (b. 1941)
- Taiji Kase, Japanese karateka (b. 1929)
- Janet Kear, English ornithologist (b. 1933)
- Maggi Kvestad, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1921)
- November 25
- Eduards Berklavs, Latvian politician (b. 1914)
- Sheila Cussons, South African poet (b. 1922)
- November 26
- Abdul-Qadir al-Arna'ut, Albanian scholar (b. 1928)
- Bill Alley, Australian-English cricketer (b. 1919)
- Philippe de Broca, French film director (b. 1933)
- Bernard Pariset, French judoka (b. 1929)
- Hans Schaffner, Swiss politician (b. 1908)
- November 27
- Gunder Hägg, Swedish runner (b. 1918)
- Velimir Valenta, Croatian rower (b. 1929)
- November 28
- Leroy F. Aarons, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
- Sergio Castelletti, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
- Cris Huerta, Portuguese actor (b. 1935)
- Lucas Molina, Argentine footballer (b. 1984)
- Hans Christian Nielsen, Norwegian cyclist (b. 1916)
- November 29
- John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)
- Kim Chunsu, South Korean poet (b. 1922)
- Ugo Ferrante, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1945)
- November 30
- Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1920)
- Bill Brown, Scottish footballer (b. 1931)
- Seungsahn Haengwon, South Korean buddhist (b. 1927)
- Robert Howe, Australian tennis player (b. 1925)
- Alexei Khvostenko, Russian poet and singer (b. 1940)
December 2004
edit- December 1
- Fathi Arafat, Palestinian physician (b. 1933)
- Mammad Araz, Azerbaijani poet (b. 1933)
- Bernhard Lippe-Biesterfeld, Dutch prince (b. 1911)
- Abdul Shakoor Rashad, Afghan poet and historian (b. 1921)
- December 2
- Larry Buchanan, American film director and producer (b. 1923)
- Kevin Coyne, English musician (b. 1944)
- Elizabeth Azcona Cranwell, Argentine poet and author (b. 1933)
- Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. 1921)
- Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (b. 1910)
- Leonid Telyatnikov, Ukrainian firefighter (b. 1951)
- December 3
- Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese-American mathematician and poet (b. 1911)
- Robert Dhéry, French comedian and actor (b. 1921)
- Gerald FitzGerald, Irish nobleman (b. 1914)
- June Maston, Australian sprinter (b. 1928)
- Maria Perschy, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
- Helmut Rix, German linguist (b. 1926)
- Marek Stachowski, Polish composer (b. 1936)
- December 4
- Mahmut Atalay, Turkish wrestler (b. 1934)
- Kevin William Barden, Irish archbishop (b. 1908)
- Willem Duyn, Dutch singer and actor (b. 1937)
- Carl Esmond, Austrian-American actress (b. 1902)
- Elena Souliotis, Greek opera singer (b. 1943)
- Svend Wad, Danish boxer (b. 1928)
- Ron Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1953)
- December 5
- Seymour Ginsburg, American computer scientist (b. 1927)
- Cristiano Júnior, Brazilian footballer (b. 1979)
- Hicham Zerouali, Moroccan footballer (b. 1977)
- December 6
- Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- Manzanita Heredia, Spanish singer and guitarist (b. 1956)
- Enrique Salinas, Mexican businessman (b. 1952)
- Christine Wodetzky, German actress (b. 1940)
- December 7
- Pacita Abad, Filipino painter (b. 1946)
- Jay Van Andel, American businessman (b. 1924)
- Frederick Fennell, American conductor (b. 1914)
- María Rosa Gallo, Argentine actress (b. 1925)
- Julije Knifer, Croatian painter (b. 1924)
- Zuzana Navarová, Czech singer (b. 1959)
- December 8
- Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist (b. 1966)
- Johnny Lockett, English motorcycle racer (b. 1915)
- Jackson Mac Low, American poet and performance artist (b. 1922)
- Noel Mills, New Zealand rower (b. 1944)
- Hasan Sayidov, Azerbaijani politician (b. 1932)
- December 9
- Paul Edwards, Austrian-American philosopher (b. 1923)
- Lea De Mae, Czech diver and pornographic actress (b. 1976)
- Sergey Voychenko, Belarusian artist (b. 1955)
- December 10
- Khoren Abrahamyan, Armenian actor (b. 1930)
- Bruno Arcari, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1915)
- Norman Borrett, English athlete (b. 1917)
- Radner Muratov, Russian actor (b. 1928)
- Gary Webb, American journalist (b. 1955)
- December 11
- José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentine footballer (b. 1961)
- Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner (b. 1917)
- M. S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (b. 1916)
- December 12
- Joseph Beyrle, American soldier (b. 1923)
- Frits Helmuth, Danish actor (b. 1931)
- George Hunter, South African boxer (b. 1927)
- Syed Mir Qasim, Indian politician (b. 1921)
- Pavlo Vasylyk, Ukrainian bishop (b. 1926)
- December 13
- Tom Turesson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1942)
- David Wheeler, English computer scientist (b. 1927)
- December 14
- Candice Daly, American actress (b. 1966)
- Alexey Korneyev, Russian footballer (b. 1939)
- Anselmo López, Spanish basketball coach and administrator (b. 1910)
- Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and film director (b. 1939)
- Agostino Straulino, Italian sailor (b. 1914)
- Carsten Peter Thiede, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1952)
- December 15
- Chiang Fang-liang, Russian-Taiwanese political figure (b. 1916)
- Sidonie Goossens, English harpist (b. 1899)
- Lucien Musset, French historian (b. 1922)
- December 16
- Laxmikant Berde, Indian actor (b. 1954)
- Stefano Madia, Italian actor (b. 1954)
- Agnes Martin, American painter (b. 1912)
- Mahmoud Messadi, Tunisian author and politician (b. 1911)
- Freddie Perren, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1943)
- Hans-Rudolf Rösing, German u-boat commander (b. 1905)
- December 17
- Andreu Bosch, Spanish footballer (b. 1931)
- Safia Chamia, Lebanese-Tunisian singer and actress (b. 1932)
- Dick Heckstall-Smith, English saxophonist (b. 1934)
- Agnes Mary Mansour, American nun (b. 1931)
- Dietrich Schwanitz, German author and scholar (b. 1940)
- Tom Wesselmann, American artist (b. 1931)
- December 18
- Freddy Chaves, Belgian footballer (b. 1918)
- Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (b. 1915)
- Peter Palitzsch, German theatre director (b. 1918)
- Anthony Sampson, English author and journalist (b. 1926)
- Kikuko Tokugawa, Japanese princess (b. 1911)
- December 19
- Warren Ajax, American basketball player (b. 1921)
- Herbert C. Brown, American chemist (b. 1912)
- Geraldo Lapenda, Brazilian philologist (b. 1925)
- Gheorghe Tătaru, Romanian footballer (b. 1948)
- Renata Tebaldi, Italian opera singer (b. 1922)
- December 20 – Son Seals, American guitarist and singer (b. 1942)
- December 21
- Jerzy Bechka, Czech historian and academic (b. 1915)
- Lennart Bernadotte, Swedish prince (b. 1909)
- Richard Hamilton, American actor (b. 1920)
- Arild Nyquist, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1937)
- December 22 – Mario Curletto, Italian fencer (b. 1935)
- December 23 – P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1921)
- Anne Truitt, American sculptor (b. 1921)
- December 24
- Per Fossum, Norwegian skier (b. 1910)
- Johnny Oates, American baseball player and coach (b. 1946)
- Elwira Seroczyńska, Polish speed skater (b. 1931)
- Lauri Silvennoinen, Finnish skier (b. 1916)
- December 25
- Nripen Chakraborty, Indian politician (b. 1905)
- Edmund Muskie, American politician (b. 1914)
- Donald Pederson, American engineer (b. 1925)
- Eddie Spicer, English footballer (b. 1922)
- Gennady Strekalov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1940)
- Lev Weinstein, Russian sport shooter (b. 1916)
- Howie Williams, American basketball player (b. 1927)
- December 26
- Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian diplomat (b. 1945)
- Poom Jensen, Thai prince (b. 1983)
- Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (b. 1928)
- Frank Pantridge, Northern Irish physician and cardiologist (b. 1916)
- Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish singer and broadcaster (b. 1962)
- Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish musician (b. 1974)
- Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961)
- December 27
- Eneko Arieta, Spanish footballer (b. 1933)
- Eros Beraldo, Italian footballer (b. 1929)
- Ferenc Bessenyei, Hungarian actor and singer (b. 1919)
- Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930)
- Heorhiy Kirpa, Ukrainian businessman and politician (b. 1946)
- Kenneth Rosén, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1951)
- December 28
- Jacques Dupuis, Belgian priest and theologian (b. 1923)
- Jerry Orbach, American actor (b. 1935)
- Susan Sontag, American author and philosopher (b. 1933)
- Tzvi Tzur, Israeli army officer (b. 1923)
- December 29
- Julius Axelrod, American biochemist (b. 1912)
- William Boyett, American actor (b. 1927)
- Eugenio Garin, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1909)
- Larry McNeill, American basketball player (b. 1951)
- December 30
- Saad Al-Dosari, Saudi Arabian footballer (b. 1977)
- Masao Kato, Japanese go player (b. 1947)
- Alberto Méndez, Spanish author (b. 1941)
- Artie Shaw, American musician (b. 1910)
- December 31
- Gérard Debreu, French-American economist and mathematician (b. 1921)
- Balkrishan Singh, Indian field hockey player (b. 1933)
2005
editJanuary 2005
edit- January 1
- Shirley Chisholm, American politician (b. 1924)
- Hugh Davies, English composer (b. 1943)
- Eugene J. Martin, American artist (b. 1938)
- Bob Matsui, American politician (b. 1941)
- Dmitry Nelyubin, Russian cyclist (b. 1971)
- Asher Peres, Israeli physicist (b. 1934)
- Willem Scholten, Dutch politician (b. 1927)
- Samuel Smith, American chemist (b. 1927)
- Ngo Van, Vietnamese revolutionary (b. 1913)
- January 2
- Arnold Denker, American chess grandmaster and author (b. 1914)
- Kelly Freas, American artist (b. 1922)
- Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist (b. 1911)
- Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (b. 1921)
- Luis Prais, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1925)
- Charles Paul Wilp, German graphic designer and artist (b. 1932)
- John Ziman, English-New Zealand physicist (b. 1925)
- January 3
- Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat (b. 1936)
- Will Eisner, American comic book artist and writer (b. 1917)
- Misael Escuti, Chilean footballer (b. 1926)
- Claude Meillassoux, French anthropologist (b. 1925)
- László Vadász, Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1948)
- Kay Williamson, English linguist (b. 1935)
- January 4
- Humphrey Carpenter, English author (b. 1946)
- Guy Davenport, American author and translator (b. 1927)
- Frank Harary, American mathematician (b. 1921)
- Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian (b. 1919)
- Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
- Jorge Eduardo Wright, Argentine mycologist (b. 1922)
- January 5
- René Le Hénaff, French film editor and director (b. 1901)
- Martín Acosta y Lara, Uruguayan basketball player (b. 1925)
- Danny Sugerman, American music manager (b. 1954)
- January 6
- Vern Barberis, Australian weightlifter (b. 1928)
- Eileen Desmond, Irish politician (b. 1932)
- Sergio Fubini, Italian theoretical physicist (b. 1928)
- Makgatho Mandela, South African lawyer (b. 1950)
- Weli Muhadow, Turkmenistan composer (b. 1916)
- Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
- Louis Robichaud, Canadian politician (b. 1925)
- Boris Shtokolov, Russian singer (b. 1930)
- Ali Shukriu, Kosovan politician (b. 1919)
- January 7
- Pierre Daninos, French author (b. 1913)
- Rosemary Kennedy, American debutante (b. 1918)
- Aleksandr Prokhorov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1946)
- January 8
- Badja Djola, American actor (b. 1948)
- Jaime Emma, Argentine chess player and journalist (b. 1938)
- Tage Fahlborg, Swedish canoeist (b. 1912)
- Jacqueline Joubert, French television announcer (b. 1921)
- Suvad Katana, Bosnian footballer (b. 1969)
- Friedrich Kuhn, German bobsledder (b. 1919)
- Song Renqiong, Chinese general (b. 1909)
- Michel Thomas, Russian-American linguist (b. 1914)
- January 9
- Koji Hashimoto, Japanese film director and producer (b. 1936)
- Antonín Klimek, Czech historian (b. 1937)
- January 10
- Joséphine-Charlotte Astrid, Belgian princess (b. 1927)
- Georget Bernier, French author (b. 1929)
- Margherita Carosio, Italian opera singer (b. 1908)
- Wasyly Fedak, Ukrainian-Canadian archbishop (b. 1909)
- James Forman, American activist (b. 1928)
- Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish skier (b. 1932)
- Helmut Losch, German weightlifter (b. 1947)
- Jan Pieter Schotte, Belgian cardinal (b. 1928)
- Inna Tumanyan, Russian film director (b. 1929)
- January 11
- Maria Albuleț, Romanian chess grandmaster (b. 1932)
- Spencer Dryden, American drummer (b. 1938)
- Jimmy Griffin, American singer (b. 1943)
- Miriam Hyde, Australian composer and pianist (b. 1913)
- Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1957)
- Jerzy Pawłowski, Polish fencer and intelligence officer (b. 1932)
- Alessandro Ruspoli, Italian aristocrat and actor (b. 1924)
- Thelma White, American actress (b. 1910)
- January 12
- Domiciano Cavém, Portuguese footballer (b. 1932)
- Kenneth Farmer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1912)
- Laila Fawzi, Egyptian actress and model (b. 1923)
- Manfred Fuhrmann, German philologist (b. 1925)
- Herbert Goldstein, American physicist and author (b. 1922)
- Tullio Gonnelli, Italian sprinter (b. 1912)
- Bernard Meadows, English sculptor (b. 1915)
- Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
- Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-American cartoonist (b. 1914)
- January 13
- Volodymyr Fink, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1958)
- Nell Rankin, American opera singer (b. 1924)
- Rocky Roberts, American-Italian singer (b. 1940)
- January 14
- Ward Beysen, Belgian politician (b. 1941)
- Ofelia Guilmáin, Spanish-Mexican actress (b. 1921)
- Charlotte MacLeod, Canadian-American author (b. 1922)
- Carl Möhner, Austrian actor (b. 1921)
- Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
- Jesús Rafael Soto, Venezuelan artist (b. 1923)
- Takeshi Suzuki, Japanese academic (b. 1932)
- January 15
- Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish opera singer (b. 1923)
- Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)
- Elizabeth Janeway, American author and critic (b. 1913)
- Werner Lesser, German ski jumper (b. 1932)
- Ruth Warrick, American actress (b. 1916)
- January 16
- H. Bentley Glass, American geneticist and columnist (b. 1906)
- Agustín González, Spanish actor (b. 1930)
- Jerzy Pławczyk, Polish decathlete (b. 1911)
- Gudrun Wegner, German swimmer (b. 1955)
- January 17
- Anatoly Kartashov, Russian water polo player (b. 1937)
- Virginia Mayo, American actress (b. 1920)
- Albert Schatz, American microbiologist (b. 1920)
- Bezerra da Silva, Brazilian musician (b. 1927)
- George P. L. Walker, Northern Irish geologist (b. 1926)
- Hansjoachim Walther, German politician and mathematician (b. 1939)
- Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician (b. 1919)
- January 18 – Robert Moch, American rower (b. 1914)
- January 19
- Lamont Bentley, American actor (b. 1973)
- Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (b. 1976)
- Joop Odenthal, Dutch footballer and baseball player (b. 1924)
- Volodymyr Savchenko, Ukrainian author and engineer (b. 1933)
- January 20
- Parveen Babi, Indian actress and model (b. 1954)
- Wolfgang Becker, German film director and editor (b. 1910)
- Per Borten, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
- Christel Justen, German swimmer (b. 1957)
- Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist and soldier (b. 1914)
- Miriam Rothschild, English scientist (b. 1908)
- January 21
- Ole Due, Danish judge (b. 1931)
- Henry Källgren, Swedish footballer (b. 1931)
- Kaljo Raid, Estonian composer and cellist (b. 1921)
- Steve Susskind, American actor (b. 1942)
- Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (b. 1907)
- January 22
- William Deakin, English historian (b. 1913)
- Jean Kérisel, French engineer and egyptologist (b. 1908)
- Patsy Rowlands, English actress (b. 1931)
- Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1916)
- Rose Mary Woods, American secretary (b. 1917)
- January 23
- Morys Bruce, English politician (b. 1919)
- Johnny Carson, American television host and comedian (b. 1925)
- January 24
- June Bronhill, Australian opera singer (b. 1929)
- Else Krüger, German secretary (b. 1915)
- January 25
- Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)
- Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet (b. 1907)
- Ray Peterson, American singer (b. 1935)
- Joop Rohner, Dutch water polo player (b. 1927)
- Max Velthuijs, Dutch painter and author (b. 1923)
- Netti Witziers-Timmer, Dutch runner (b. 1923)
- January 26
- Jackie Henderson, Scottish footballer (b. 1932)
- Josie MacAvin, Irish set decorator and art director (b. 1919)
- January 27 – Aurélie Nemours, French painter (b. 1910)
- January 28
- Artūras Barysas, Lithuanian actor and singer (b. 1954)
- Daniel Branca, Argentine comic book artist (b. 1951)
- Jim Capaldi, English singer and drummer (b. 1944)
- Lucien Carr, American journalist (b. 1925)
- Karen Lancaume, French pornographic actress (b. 1973)
- Paul A. Partain, American actor (b. 1946)
- Jacques Villeret, French actor (b. 1951)
- January 29
- Ron Feinberg, American actor (b. 1932)
- Eric Griffiths, English guitarist (b. 1940)
- Jean Hengen, Luxembourgian archbishop (b. 1912)
- Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author and film director (b. 1924)
- Žika Mitrović, Serbian film director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- Joan Tompkins, American actress (b. 1915)
- January 30
- Martyn Bennett, Canadian-Scottish musician (b. 1971)
- Maurice Desimpelaere, Belgian cyclist (b. 1920)
- January 31
- Jack Collins, American actor (b. 1918)
- Franz-Joseph Schulze, German general (b. 1918)
February 2005
edit- February 1
- Werner Arnold, Swiss cyclist (b. 1930)
- Anderl Heckmair, German mountaineer (b. 1906)
- Franco Mannino, Italian film composer and pianist (b. 1924)
- John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1932)
- February 2
- Birgitte Federspiel, Danish actress (b. 1925)
- Svein Kvia, Norwegian footballer (b. 1947)
- Goffredo Lombardo, Italian film producer (b. 1920)
- Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
- Yvonne Sherman, American figure skater (b. 1930)
- Jerzy Wojnar, Polish luger and pilot (b. 1930)
- E. M. Wright, English mathematician (b. 1906)
- February 3
- Corrado Bafile, Italian cardinal (b. 1903)
- Raymond Laurent, Belgian herpetologist (b. 1917)
- Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist (b. 1904)
- Mirmuhsin Mirsaidov, Uzbekistani poet (b. 1921)
- Zurab Zhvania, Georgian politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)
- February 4
- Ossie Davis, American actor (b. 1917)
- Alfio Fontana, Italian footballer (b. 1932)
- Elia Frosio, Italian cyclist (b. 1913)
- Danas Pozniakas, Lithuanian boxer (b. 1939)
- February 5
- Bob Brannum, American basketball player (b. 1925)
- Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Togolese politician, President of Togo (b. 1935)
- Veikko Helle, Finnish politician (b. 1911)
- Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1921)
- February 6
- Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (b. 1930)
- Elbert N. Carvel, American politician (b. 1910)
- Adu Celso, Brazilian motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
- Hubert Curien, French physicist and politician (b. 1924)
- Merle Kilgore, American singer (b. 1934)
- February 7
- Atli Dam, Faroese politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1932)
- Leonid Gissen, Russian rower (b. 1931)
- John Patterson, American television director (b. 1940)
- Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)
- Zdravko Velimirović, Serbian film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- February 8
- Gildo Arena, Italian water polo player and swimmer (b. 1921)
- Germund Dahlquist, Swedish mathematician (b. 1925)
- Helmut Eder, Austrian composer (b. 1916)
- Keith Knudsen, American drummer and singer (b. 1948)
- Gaston Rahier, Belgian motorcross racer (b. 1947)
- Jimmy Smith, American musician (b. 1925)
- Javier Tusell, Spanish historian and author (b. 1945)
- February 9
- Tyrone Davis, American singer (b. 1937)
- Robert Kearns, American engineer and inventor (b. 1927)
- Richard Lupino, American actor (b. 1929)
- Sylvia Raphael, South African-Israeli spy (b. 1937)
- Josef Rasselnberg, German footballer (b. 1912)
- February 10
- Humbert Balsan, French film producer (b. 1954)
- D. Allan Bromley, Canadian-American physicist (b. 1926)
- Jean Cayrol, French poet and publisher (b. 1911)
- Pierre Chevalier, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1915)
- Ben Jones, Grenadian politician, Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1924)
- Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1915)
- Frederick W. Mote, American sinologist (b. 1922)
- February 11
- Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944)
- Mary Jackson, American mathematician and aerospace engineer (b. 1921)
- Vladimir Kotelnikov, Russian scientist (b. 1908)
- Dénes Kovács, Hungarian violinist (b. 1930)
- Míla Myslíková, Czech actress (b. 1933)
- February 12
- Brian Kelly, American actor (b. 1931)
- James McClure, American table tennis player (b. 1916)
- Marinus van der Goes van Naters, Dutch politician (b. 1900)
- Sammi Smith, American singer (b. 1943)
- Dorothy Stang, American-Brazilian nun (b. 1931)
- Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan swimmer (b. 1964)
- February 13
- Harry Baird, Guyanese-English actor (b. 1931)
- Sixten Ehrling, Swedish conductor and pianist (b. 1918)
- Lúcia dos Santos, Portuguese nun (b. 1907)
- Maurice Trintignant, French racing driver (b. 1907)
- February 14
- Ron Burgess, Welsh footballer (b. 1917)
- Thabet El-Batal, Egyptian footballer (b. 1953)
- Rafic Hariri, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1944)
- Pauli Toivonen, Finnish rally driver (b. 1929)
- Henry Wolf, Austrian-American graphic designer and photographer (b. 1925)
- Toshio Yodoi, Japanese sculptor (b. 1911)
- February 15
- Pierre Bachelet, French singer (b. 1944)
- Samuel T. Francis, American columnist and author (b. 1947)
- Dudu Geva, Israeli cartoonist (b. 1950)
- Ray Minshull, English footballer (b. 1920)
- Yury Morozov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1934)
- February 16
- Michael Aikman, Australian rower (b. 1933)
- Jean Bastia, Costa Rican film director and screenwriter (b. 1919)
- Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr., Swedish army officer and equestrian (b. 1916)
- Nicole DeHuff, American actor (b. 1975)
- Bill Potts, American pianist (b. 1928)
- Narriman Sadek, Egyptian queen (b. 1933)
- Marcello Viotti, Swiss conductor (b. 1954)
- February 17
- Jens Martin Knudsen, Danish astrophysicist (b. 1930)
- Miodrag Nikolić, Serbian basketball player and coach (b. 1938)
- Dan O'Herlihy, Irish-American actor (b. 1919)
- Omar Sívori, Argentine-Italian footballer (b. 1935)
- February 18
- Bonar Bain, Canadian actor (b. 1923)
- Marian Kamil Dziewanowski, Polish-American historian (b. 1913)
- Attilio Giovannini, Italian footballer (b. 1924)
- Harald Szeemann, Swiss art curator and historian (b. 1933)
- February 19
- Kihachi Okamoto, Japanese film director (b. 1924)
- Miao Tien, Chinese actor (b. 1925)
- February 20
- Jacques Ploncard d'Assac, French author and journalist (b. 1910)
- Sandra Dee, American actress and singer (b. 1942)
- Doug Farquhar, Scottish-American footballer (b. 1921)
- Josef Holeček, Czech canoeist (b. 1921)
- Dalene Matthee, South African author (b. 1938)
- Raymond Mhlaba, South African activist and politician (b. 1920)
- John Raitt, American actor and singer (b. 1917)
- Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (b. 1942)
- Tina Wiseman, American actress (b. 1965)
- Jimmy Young, American boxer (b. 1948)
- February 21
- Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter and photographer (b. 1929)
- Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban author (b. 1929)
- Maarten van Severen, Belgian furniture designer and architect (b. 1956)
- Ernest Vandiver, American politician (b. 1918)
- February 22
- Leo Brewer, American chemist (b. 1919)
- Lee Eun-ju, South Korean actress (b. 1980)
- Luigi Giussani, Italian priest and theologian (b. 1922)
- Renzo Imbeni, Italian politician (b. 1944)
- Josette Rey-Debove, French lexicographer and semiologist (b. 1929)
- Mario Ricci, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
- Simone Simon, French actress (b. 1911)
- February 23 – José Cruxent, Spanish-Venezuelan archaeologist (b. 1911)
- February 24
- Thadée Cisowski, Polish-French footballer (b. 1927)
- Goldie Hill, American singer (b. 1933)
- Coşkun Kırca, Turkish diplomat and politician (b. 1927)
- András Kozák, Hungarian actor (b. 1943)
- Galina Kreft, German actor (b. 1950)
- Hugh Nibley, American scholar and religious apologist (b. 1910)
- Glanmor Williams, Welsh historian (b. 1920)
- Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, German politician (b. 1922)
- February 25
- Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist (b. 1921)
- Norberto Napolitano, Argentine musician (b. 1950)
- Atef Sedky, Egyptian politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1930)
- Noboru Sugimura, Japanese television writer and video game writer (b. 1948)
- February 26
- Henry Grunwald, Austrian-American journalist and diplomat (b. 1922)
- Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (b. 1943)
- Pierre Trabaud, French actor (b. 1922)
- February 27 – Franco Bracardi, Italian actor and composer (b. 1937)
- February 28
- Evgeny Alekseev, Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1919)
- Chris Curtis, English drummer and singer (b. 1941)
- Giovanni Invernizzi, Italian footballer (b. 1931)
- Mario Luzi, Italian poet (b. 1914)
- Édouard Stern, French banker (b. 1954)
March 2005
edit- March 1
- Henry Johannessen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1923)
- Brian Luckhurst, English cricketer (b. 1939)
- Peter Malkin, Polish-Israeli spy (b. 1927)
- Holger Nurmela, Swedish athlete (b. 1920)
- Jiří Trnka, Czech footballer (b. 1926)
- March 2
- Djamel Amrani, Algerian author (b. 1935)
- Martin Denny, American pianist and composer (b. 1911)
- Elmar Huseynov, Azerbaijani journalist (b. 1967)
- Mario Moreno, Chilean footballer (b. 1935)
- Corrado Pani, Italian actor (b. 1936)
- March 3
- Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1928)
- Guylaine St-Onge, Canadian actress (b. 1965)
- March 4
- Mihai Brediceanu, Romanian composer and conductor (b. 1920)
- Nicola Calipari, Italian major general (b. 1953)
- Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian politician (b. 1951)
- Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-Belarusian translator (b. 1934)
- March 5
- Charlotte Blindheim, Norwegian archaeologist (b. 1917)
- Sergiu Comissiona, Romanian-American conductor and violinist (b. 1928)
- Morris Engel, American photographer and cinematographer (b. 1918)
- Viktor Kapitonov, Russian cyclist (b. 1933)
- David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (b. 1929)
- Ernie de Vos, Dutch-Canadian racing driver (b. 1941)
- March 6
- Hans Bethe, German-American theoretical physicist (b. 1906)
- Hans von der Groeben, German diplomat and journalist (b. 1907)
- Sadako Kurihara, Japanese poet (b. 1913)
- Gladys Marín, Chilean activist and politician (b. 1938)
- Tommy Vance, English radio personality (b. 1940)
- Teresa Wright, American actress (b. 1918)
- March 7
- Walter Arendt, German politician (b. 1925)
- John Box, English production designer (b. 1920)
- José Gottardi Cristelli, Uruguayan archbishop (b. 1923)
- Debra Hill, American film producer and screenwriter (b. 1950)
- Philip Lamantia, American poet (b. 1927)
- March 8
- Larry Bunker, American musician (b. 1928)
- Peter Keetman, German photographer (b. 1916)
- César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (b. 1924)
- Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen politician (b. 1951)
- Brigitte Mira, German actress (b. 1910)
- March 9
- Glenn Davis, American football player (b. 1924)
- Sheila Gish, English actress (b. 1942)
- William Murray, American author (b. 1926)
- István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (b. 1924)
- Jeanette Schmid, American whistler (b. 1924)
- March 10
- Dave Allen, Irish comedian (b. 1936)
- Ery Bos, German dancer and actress (b. 1908)
- Danny Joe Brown, American singer (b. 1951)
- Jacqueline Pierreux, French actress (b. 1923)
- Shahla Zia, Pakistani lawyer and activist (b. 1947)
- March 11
- Aurelio Fierro, Italian actor and singer (b. 1923)
- Karen Wynn Fonstad, American cartographer and academic (b. 1945)
- March 12
- Aleksandar Atanacković, Serbian footballer (b. 1920)
- Norbert Callens, Belgian cyclist (b. 1924)
- Amir Drori, Israeli general (b. 1937)
- March 13
- Lyn Collins, American singer (b. 1948)
- Shawqi Daif, Egyptian critic and historian (b. 1910)
- Jason Evers, American actor (b. 1922)
- Yoshihisa Taira, Japanese-French composer (b. 1937)
- Zouhair Yahyaoui, Tunisian blogger (b. 1967)
- March 14
- Simon Webb, English chess grandmaster (b. 1949)
- Akira Yoshizawa, Japanese origami artist (b. 1911)
- March 15
- Don Durant, American actor and singer (b. 1932)
- Jean-Pierre Genet, French cyclist (b. 1940)
- Konrad Hesse, German judge (b. 1919)
- Loe de Jong, Dutch historian (b. 1914)
- Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player and coach (b. 1923)
- Miklós Kretzoi, Hungarian geologist and paleontologist (b. 1907)
- Bill McGarry, English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- Shoji Nishio, Japanese aikidoka (b. 1927)
- Bert Pronk, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)
- Judith Scott, American sculptor (b. 1943)
- March 16
- Arciso Artesiani, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1922)
- Timofei Dokschitzer, Russian trumpeter (b. 1921)
- Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect (b. 1914)
- Anthony George, American actor (b. 1921)
- Gaioz Jejelava, Georgian footballer (b. 1914)
- Chris van der Klaauw, Dutch politician and diplomat (b. 1924)
- William Lehman, American politician (b. 1913)
- March 17
- Renzo Alverà, Italian bobsledder (b. 1933)
- Gary Bertini, Israeli musician and conductor (b. 1927)
- Sverre Holm, Norwegian actor (b. 1931)
- George F. Kennan, American diplomat and historian (b. 1904)
- Norm Mager, American basketball player (b. 1926)
- Andre Norton, American author (b. 1912)
- Herman P. Schwan, German-American engineer and biophysicist (b. 1915)
- Czesław Słania, Polish-Swedish engraver (b. 1921)
- László Fejes Tóth, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1915)
- March 18 – Maria Rosseels, American author (b. 1916)
- March 19 – John DeLorean, American automobile designer (b. 1925)
- March 20
- Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish film director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- Walter Reuter, German-Mexican photojournalist (b. 1906)
- March 21
- Vekoslav Grmič, Slovenian bishop and theologian (b. 1923)
- Barney Martin, American actor (b. 1923)
- Stanley Sadie, English musicologist (b. 1930)
- Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
- March 22
- Gemini Ganesan, Indian actor (b. 1920)
- Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Spanish antipope (b. 1946)
- Antonio Millán-Puelles, Spanish philosopher (b. 1921)
- Rod Price, English guitarist (b. 1947)
- Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
- March 23 – David Kossoff, English actor (b. 1919)
- March 24
- Gilles Aillaud, French painter and set decorator (b. 1928)
- Mare Kandre, Swedish author (b. 1962)
- Shelley Mann, American swimmer (b. 1937)
- Mercedes Pardo, Venezuelan painter (b. 1921)
- March 25
- Wilbur Howard Duncan, American botanist (b. 1910)
- Paul Henning, American television producer and writer (b. 1911)
- Biörn Ivemark, Swedish pediatrician and pathologist (b. 1925)
- March 26
- Melihate Ajeti, Kosovan actress (b. 1935)
- Einar Bragi, Icelandic poet and publisher (b. 1921)
- James Callaghan, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
- Paul Hester, Australian drummer (b. 1959)
- Klara Luchko, Ukrainian-Russian actress (b. 1925)
- Ahiam Shoshany, French-Israeli sculptor (b. 1916)
- March 27
- Wilfred Gordon Bigelow, Canadian surgeon (b. 1913)
- Antonio Téllez Solà, Spanish anarchist and journalist (b. 1921)
- Rigo Tovar, Mexican musician (b. 1946)
- Ahmed Zaki, Egyptian actor (b. 1949)
- March 28
- Said Dimayev, Chechen composer (b. 1939)
- Pál Losonczi, Hungarian politician (b. 1919)
- Moura Lympany, English pianist (b. 1916)
- March 29
- Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (b. 1937)
- Howell Heflin, American politician (b. 1921)
- Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet (b. 1919)
- March 30
- Robert Creeley, American poet and author (b. 1926)
- Emil Dimitrov, Bulgarian singer and composer (b. 1940)
- Alan Dundes, American folklorist (b. 1934)
- Felicitas Goodman, Hungarian-American linguist and anthropologist (b. 1914)
- Gulkhar Hasanova, Azerbaijani opera singer (b. 1918)
- Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (b. 1968)
- Fred Korematsu, American activist (b. 1919)
- Derrick Plourde, American drummer (b. 1971)
- O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and cartoonist (b. 1931)
- March 31 – Charles Palmer, English cricketer (b. 1919)
April 2005
edit- April 1
- Álvaro Alsogaray, Argentine politician and diplomat (b. 1913)
- Harald Juhnke, German actor and singer (b. 1929)
- Jack Keller, American songwriter and composer (b. 1936)
- Thomas Kling, German poet (b. 1957)
- Jacques Rabemananjara, Malagasy politician and poet (b. 1913)
- Robert Coldwell Wood, American political scientist (b. 1923)
- April 2
- Nasri Maalouf, Lebanese politician (b. 1911)
- Philémon De Meersman, Belgian cyclist (b. 1914)
- Dragoljub Minić, Serbian chess grandmaster (b. 1937)
- John Paul II, Polish pope (b. 1920)
- April 3
- Aleksy Antkiewicz, Polish boxer (b. 1923)
- Blanchette Brunoy, French actress (b. 1915)
- Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (b. 1933)
- Kader Firoud, Algerian-French footballer and manager (b. 1919)
- April 4 – Edmund Roßmann, German fighter pilot (b. 1918)
- April 5
- Manuel Ballester, Spanish chemist (b. 1919)
- Saul Bellow, Canadian-American author (b. 1915)
- Robert Borg, American equestrian (b. 1913)
- Dale Messick, American cartoonist (b. 1906)
- Chung Nam-sik, South Korean footballer (b. 1917)
- Jacques Poitrenaud, French film director and actor (b. 1922)
- Roy Rea, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1934)
- Debralee Scott, American actress (b. 1953)
- April 6
- Frank Conroy, American author (b. 1936)
- Károly Ecser, Hungarian weightlifter (b. 1931)
- Rainier Grimaldi, Monegasque prince (b. 1923)
- Gerard Peters, Dutch cyclist (b. 1920)
- April 7
- Cliff Allison, English racing driver (b. 1932)
- Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (b. 1922)
- Max von der Grün, German author (b. 1926)
- Haji Khanmammadov, Azerbaijani composer (b. 1918)
- Givi Nodia, Georgian footballer (b. 1948)
- P. D. Orton, English mycologist (b. 1916)
- Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwean author (b. 1964)
- April 8
- Kálmán Ferenczfalvi, Hungarian humanitarian (b. 1921)
- Maurice Lafont, French footballer (b. 1927)
- Yoshitarō Nomura, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1919)
- Douglas Northcott, English mathematician (b. 1916)
- Onna White, Canadian choreographer (b. 1922)
- April 9
- César Civita, American-Argentine publisher (b. 1905)
- Andrea Dworkin, American author and activist (b. 1946)
- April 10
- Norbert Brainin, Austrian-English violinist (b. 1923)
- Horacio Casarín, Mexican footballer and manager (b. 1918)
- Demetrios Koukouzis, Greek-American archbishop (b. 1911)
- Wally Tax, Dutch singer (b. 1948)
- Chen Yifei, Chinese painter and film director (b. 1946)
- April 11
- John Bennett, English actor (b. 1928)
- John Brosnan, Australian-English author (b. 1947)
- André François, Hungarian-French cartoonist (b. 1915)
- Maurice Hilleman, American microbiologist (b. 1919)
- Lucien Laurent, French footballer (b. 1907)
- Doug Peden, Canadian basketball player (b. 1916)
- April 12
- Florin Abelès, French physicist (b. 1922)
- Rodolfo Gonzales, American boxer and poet (b. 1928)
- Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter (b. 1941)
- Georgi Pachedzhiev, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1916)
- Nelly Uchendu, Nigerian singer and composer (b. 1950)
- April 13
- Johnnie Johnson, American pianist (b. 1924)
- Nikola Ljubičić, Serbian politician, President of Serbia (b. 1916)
- Yury Ponomaryov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1932)
- Henry Proctor, American rower (b. 1929)
- Philippe Volter, Belgian actor (b. 1959)
- April 14
- Chet Aubuchon, American basketball player (b. 1916)
- Benny Bailey, American trumpeter (b. 1925)
- Saunders Mac Lane, American mathematician (b. 1909)
- Richard Popkin, American philosopher and academic (b. 1923)
- April 15
- Peter Cargill, Jamaican footballer (b. 1964)
- Art Cross, American racecar driver (b. 1918)
- Joakim Herbut, Macedonian bishop (b. 1928)
- Carlos Muñoz, Spanish actor (b. 1919)
- Margaretta Scott, American actress (b. 1912)
- April 16
- Herm Gilliam, American basketball player (b. 1946)
- Volker Vogeler, German film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- Kay Walsh, English actress (b. 1911)
- April 17
- Hans Gruijters, Dutch politician (b. 1931)
- István Ilku, Hungarian footballer (b. 1933)
- April 18
- Bassel Fleihan, Lebanese politician and economist (b. 1963)
- Norberto Höfling, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1924)
- Norman D. Newell, American geologist (b. 1909)
- April 19
- George P. Cosmatos, Greek-Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
- Ruth Hussey, American actress (b. 1911)
- Stan Levey, American drummer (b. 1926)
- László Nagy, Hungarian skater (b. 1927)
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish double bassist (b. 1946)
- Erkki Penttilä, Finnish wrestler (b. 1932)
- April 20
- Inday Ba, Swedish-English actress (b. 1972)
- Dragoslav Marković, Serbian politician, President of Serbia (b. 1920)
- Fumio Niwa, Japanese author (b. 1904)
- Giulio Saraudi, Italian boxer (b. 1938)
- April 21
- Giordano Abbondati, Italian figure skater (b. 1948)
- Zhang Chunqiao, Chinese theorist (b. 1917)
- Gwynfor Evans, Welsh politician (b. 1912)
- Bill Kaysing, American conspiracy theorist and author (b. 1922)
- Feroze Khan, Indian field hockey player (b. 1904)
- William Kruskal, American mathematician and statistician (b. 1919)
- April 22
- Robert Fitzgerald, American speed skater (b. 1923)
- Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
- John Marshall, American anthropologist and filmmaker (b. 1932)
- Philip Morrison, American physicist (b. 1915)
- Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish artist (b. 1924)
- Rodolfo Emilio Giuseppe Pichi-Sermolli, Italian botanist (b. 1912)
- Barys Rahula, Belarusian activist (b. 1920)
- Leonid Shamkovich, Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1923)
- April 23
- Robert Farnon, Canadian-English film composer and conductor (b. 1917)
- Andre Gunder Frank, German-American anthropologist and historian (b. 1929)
- John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)
- Romano Scarpa, Italian comic book artist and writer (b. 1927)
- Jimmy Woode, American bassist (b. 1926)
- April 24
- Francis Bay, Belgian conductor (b. 1914)
- Ezer Weizman, Israeli politician, President of Israel (b. 1924)
- Fei Xiaotong, Chinese anthropologist and sociologist (b. 1910)
- April 25
- Allah Yar Ansari, Pakistani politician (b. 1943)
- Shankaran Kutty, Indian swami (b. 1908)
- John Love, Rhodesian racing driver (b. 1924)
- April 26
- Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919)
- Hasil Adkins, American singer (b. 1937)
- Elisabeth Domitien, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1925)
- Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan author and journalist (b. 1917)
- Josef Nesvadba, Czech author (b. 1926)
- Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (b. 1926)
- April 27
- Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1909)
- Marian Sawa, Polish composer (b. 1937)
- April 28
- Chris Candido, American professional wrestler (b. 1972)
- Odysseas Dimitriadis, Georgian conductor (b. 1908)
- Percy Heath, American bassist (b. 1923)
- April 29
- William J. Bell, American television writer and producer (b. 1927)
- Leonid Khachiyan, Russian-American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1952)
- Pentti Laaksonen, Finnish basketball player (b. 1929)
- Mariana Levy, American actress and singer (b. 1966)
- April 30
- Sylve Bengtsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1930)
- Lourens Muller, South African politician (b. 1917)
- Niklaus Stump, Swiss skier (b. 1920)
May 2005
edit- May 1 – Harry Warburton, Swiss bobsledder (b. 1921)
- May 2
- Renée Faure, French actress (b. 1918)
- Robert Hunter, Canadian journalist and environmentalist (b. 1941)
- Theo Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (b. 1914)
- Jack Nichols, American activist (b. 1938)
- Börje Nyberg, Swedish actor and film director (b. 1920)
- Georg Renatus Solta, Austrian linguist (b. 1915)
- Raisa Struchkova, Russian dancer (b. 1925)
- Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean diplomat and politician, President of Singapore (b. 1915)
- May 3
- Jagjit Singh Aurora, Indian lieutenant general (b. 1916)
- Pierre Moerlen, French drummer (b. 1952)
- Willi Steffen, Swiss footballer (b. 1925)
- May 4
- David Hackworth, American colonel and journalist (b. 1930)
- Joyce Lambert, English botanist and ecologist (b. 1916)
- Oral Roberts, American televangelist (b. 1918)
- Luis Taruc, Filipino politician (b. 1913)
- May 5
- Elisabeth Fraser, American actress (b. 1920)
- Magdolna Nyári-Kovács, Hungarian fencer (b. 1921)
- May 6
- Georgy Baevsky, Russian fighter pilot (b. 1921)
- Luis Caballero, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1962)
- Rafael Díaz-Balart, Cuban politician (b. 1926)
- Joe Grant, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1908)
- May 7
- Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (b. 1971)
- Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
- Hacı Mehmet Zorlu, Turkish businessman (b. 1919)
- May 8
- Wolfgang Blochwitz, German footballer (b. 1941)
- Jean Carrière, French author (b. 1928)
- Nasrat Parsa, Afghan singer (b. 1968)
- Gianpietro Zappa, Swiss footballer (b. 1955)
- May 9
- Ang Kiukok, Filipino painter (b. 1931)
- Tiny Wharton, Scottish football referee (b. 1927)
- May 10 – David Wayne, American singer (b. 1958)
- May 11 – Axel Östrand, Swedish ski jumper (b. 1909)
- May 12
- Alf Arrowsmith, English footballer (b. 1942)
- Sara Gadimova, Azerbaijani singer (b. 1922)
- Ömer Kavur, Turkish film director and producer (b. 1944)
- Martin Lings, English author and philosopher (b. 1909)
- Ladislau Șimon, Romanian wrestler (b. 1951)
- Monica Zetterlund, Swedish singer and actress (b. 1937)
- May 13
- Eddie Barclay, French music producer (b. 1921)
- George Dantzig, American mathematician (b. 1914)
- Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish boxer (b. 1923)
- Raymond Redheffer, American mathematician (b. 1921)
- Miroslav Šutej, Croatian painter (b. 1936)
- Adriano Zamboni, Italian cyclist (b. 1933)
- May 14
- Ivan Dochev, Bulgarian politician (b. 1906)
- Jimmy Martin, American musician (b. 1927)
- May 15
- Natalya Gundareva, Russian actress (b. 1948)
- Aulis Kallakorpi, Finnish ski jumper (b. 1929)
- May 16
- Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915)
- June Lang, American actress (b. 1917)
- Ismail Yusupov, Kazakhstani politician (b. 1914)
- May 17
- Keiiti Aki, Japanese-American geophysicist (b. 1930)
- Luc-Peter Crombé, Belgian painter (b. 1920)
- Piero Dorazio, Italian painter (b. 1927)
- Frank Gorshin, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
- Vladimir Stogov, Russian weightlifter (b. 1930)
- May 18
- Gergely Pongrátz, Hungarian freedom fighter and politician (b. 1932)
- Whayne Wilson, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1975)
- Stella Zázvorková, Czech actress (b. 1922)
- May 19
- John Arthur, South African boxer (b. 1929)
- Henry Corden, American actor (b. 1920)
- Batya Gur, Israeli author (b. 1947)
- Victor Wouk, American scientist (b. 1919)
- May 20
- J. D. Cannon, American actor (b. 1922)
- Marian Foik, Polish sprinter (b. 1933)
- Joseph Levis, American fencer (b. 1905)
- Paul Ricœur, French philosopher (b. 1913)
- Lujo Tončić-Sorinj, Austrian diplomat and politician (b. 1915)
- Richard Q. Twiss, English astronomer (b. 1920)
- May 21
- Stephen Elliott, American actor (b. 1918)
- Bedford Jezzard, English footballer (b. 1927)
- Howard Morris, American actor (b. 1919)
- May 22
- Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (b. 1914)
- Bertha Harris, American author (b. 1937)
- Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)
- May 23
- Sígfrid Gràcia, Spanish footballer (b. 1932)
- Ernst Jakob Henne, German motorcycle racer and racecar driver (b. 1904)
- Tetsuya Ishida, Japanese painter (b. 1973)
- May 24 – Carl Amery, German author and environmentalist (b. 1922)
- May 25
- Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (b. 1929)
- Graham Kennedy, Australian comedian and television personality (b. 1934)
- Ruth Laredo, American pianist (b. 1937)
- Ismail Merchant, Indian film producer (b. 1936)
- Zoran Mušič, Slovenian painter (b. 1909)
- May 26
- Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906)
- Israel Epstein, Polish-Chinese journalist and author (b. 1915)
- Sangoulé Lamizana, Burkinabé military officer and politician, President of Upper Volta (b. 1916)
- Krzysztof Nowak, Polish footballer (b. 1975)
- Radius Prawiro, Indonesian economist and politician (b. 1928)
- May 27
- Abuzar Aydamirov, Russian-Chechen author and poet (b. 1933)
- Max Lundgren, Swedish author (b. 1937)
- Geneviève Termier, French paleontologist (b. 1917)
- May 28
- Rosette Batarda Fernandes, Portuguese botanist (b. 1916)
- Avner Shaki, Israeli politician (b. 1926)
- May 29
- Oscar Brown, American singer and playwright (b. 1926)
- Gé van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1923)
- María de los Ángeles Alvariño González, Spanish biologist and oceanographer (b. 1916)
- Hamilton Naki, South African surgeon (b. 1926)
- Svatopluk Pluskal, Czech footballer (b. 1930)
- George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)
- Luciano Rossi, Italian actor (b. 1934)
- May 30
- Takanohana Kenshi, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1950)
- Jan Knappert, Dutch linguist (b. 1927)
- Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1927)
- May 31
- Archil Gomiashvili, Georgian actor (b. 1926)
- Grisélidis Réal, Swiss sex worker and author (b. 1929)
- Windland Smith Rice, American photographer (b. 1970)
June 2005
edit- June 1
- Mariana Dimitrova, Bulgarian actress (b. 1954)
- George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
- Vladimir Savon, Ukrainian chess grandmaster (b. 1940)
- June 2
- José António, Portuguese footballer (b. 1957)
- Isabel Aretz, Argentine-Venezuelan ethnomusicologist and composer (b. 1909)
- Vittorio Duse, Italian actor (b. 1916)
- Lucio España, Colombian footballer (b. 1971)
- Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian skier (b. 1930)
- Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist (b. 1960)
- Mike Marshall, French-American actor (b. 1944)
- Melita Norwood, English spy (b. 1912)
- Andrea Pangrazio, Italian bishop (b. 1909)
- Pastor Vega, Cuban film director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- June 3
- Leon Askin, Austrian actor (b. 1907)
- Michael Billington, English actor (b. 1941)
- Néstor Errea, Argentine footballer (b. 1939)
- June 4
- Giancarlo De Carlo, Italian architect (b. 1919)
- André Chavet, French basketball player (b. 1930)
- Chloe Jones, American pornographic actress (b. 1975)
- Leo Klier, American basketball player (b. 1923)
- Jean O'Leary, American activist (b. 1948)
- Yin Shun, Chinese monk (b. 1906)
- Karl Steinbuch, German computer scientist (b. 1917)
- June 5
- Pepita Carpeña, Spanish trade unionist and author (b. 1919)
- George Isaak, Polish-Australian physicist (b. 1933)
- Wee Chong Jin, Malaysian-Singaporean judge (b. 1917)
- Natalya Meklin, Russian pilot (b. 1922)
- Susi Nicoletti, German-Austrian actress and ballerina (b. 1918)
- Lothar Warneke, German film director and actor (b. 1936)
- June 6
- Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931)
- Dana Elcar, American actor (b. 1927)
- Siegfried Palm, German cellist (b. 1927)
- Mario Ventimiglia, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- June 7
- Edward A. McCarthy, American archbishop (b. 1918)
- Felipe Garín Ortiz de Taranco, Spanish author and academic (b. 1908)
- June 8
- Ed Bishop, American-English actor (b. 1932)
- Arthur Dunkel, Portuguese-Swiss politician (b. 1932)
- Servílio de Jesus Filho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1939)
- Inna Ulyanova, Russian actress (b. 1934)
- June 9
- James Clements, American ornithologist and author (b. 1927)
- Richard Eberhart, American poet (b. 1904)
- Erik Jørgensen, Danish runner (b. 1920)
- Trude Marlen, Austrian actress (b. 1912)
- June 10
- Michèle Auclair, French violinist (b. 1924)
- Pere Esteve, Spanish politician (b. 1942)
- J. James Exon, American politician (b. 1921)
- Yumiko Kurahashi, Japanese author (b. 1935)
- Mohammad Hashem Zamani, Afghan poet (b. 1928)
- June 11
- Francesco Albanese, Italian opera singer (b. 1912)
- Anne-Marie Alonzo, Canadian playwright and poet (b. 1951)
- José Beyaert, French cyclist (b. 1925)
- Audrey Brown, Indian-English sprinter (b. 1913)
- Robert Clarke, American actor (b. 1920)
- Ghena Dimitrova, Bulgarian opera singer (b. 1941)
- Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general and politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1921)
- Lon McCallister, American actor (b. 1923)
- Ron Randell, Australian-American actor (b. 1918)
- Juan José Saer, Argentine author (b. 1937)
- June 12
- Emmanuelle Arsan, Thai-French author (b. 1932)
- Makobo Modjadji, South African rain queen (b. 1978)
- Scott Young, Canadian journalist (b. 1918)
- June 13
- Jonathan Adams, English actor (b. 1931)
- Eugénio de Andrade, Portuguese poet (b. 1923)
- Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese politician (b. 1913)
- David Diamond, American composer (b. 1915)
- Jesús Moncada, Spanish author and translator (b. 1941)
- Lane Smith, American actor (b. 1936)
- June 14
- N. J. Crisp, English television writer and author (b. 1923)
- Georges Dransart, French canoeist (b. 1924)
- Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)
- Mimi Parent, Canadian artist (b. 1924)
- June 15
- Rodrigo Asturias, Guatemalan politician (b. 1939)
- Roman Babowal, Belgian poet and translator (b. 1950)
- Reuven Dafni, Croatian-Israeli army officer (b. 1913)
- Suzanne Flon, French actress (b. 1918)
- Alessio Galletti, Italian cyclist (b. 1968)
- Valeria Moriconi, Italian actress (b. 1931)
- Dan Tsalka, Israeli author (b. 1936)
- June 16
- Corino Andrade, Portuguese neurologist (b. 1906)
- Alex McAvoy, Scottish actor (b. 1928)
- June 17
- Billy Bauer, American guitarist (b. 1915)
- Nanna Ditzel, Danish furniture designer (b. 1923)
- Susanna Javicoli, Italian actress (b. 1954)
- Andrew Justice, English rower (b. 1951)
- Tetyana Yablonska, Ukrainian painter (b. 1917)
- June 18
- Syed Mushtaq Ali, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1914)
- Basil Kirchin, English drummer and composer (b. 1927)
- Tatsuo Matsumura, Japanese actor (b. 1914)
- J. J. Pickle, American politician (b. 1913)
- Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, Indian physicist (b. 1923)
- Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)
- June 19
- Zdravko Ježić, Croatian water polo player and chemist (b. 1931)
- Aleksei Kiselyov, Russian boxer (b. 1938)
- Totta Näslund, Swedish musician (b. 1945)
- June 20
- Larry Collins, American author (b. 1929)
- Beatriz de la Fuente, Mexican historian (b. 1929)
- Charles David Keeling, American scientist (b. 1920)
- Jack Kilby, American engineer (b. 1923)
- June 21
- George Hawi, Lebanese politician (b. 1938)
- Günter Kubisch, German footballer (b. 1939)
- Guillermo Suárez Mason, Argentine general and criminal (b. 1924)
- Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal (b. 1928)
- Louis H. Wilson Jr., American general (b. 1920)
- June 22 – Max Roqueta, French author (b. 1908)
- June 23
- Nikolay Afanasevsky, Russian diplomat (b. 1940)
- Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet and critic (b. 1925)
- Jean-Baptiste Gourion, French monk and bishop (b. 1934)
- Hanna Kvanmo, Norwegian politician (b. 1926)
- June 24
- Béla Rerrich, Hungarian fencer (b. 1917)
- Paul Winchell, American actor (b. 1922)
- June 25
- John Fiedler, American actor (b. 1925)
- Salim Halali, Algerian singer (b. 1920)
- Jiří Kodet, Czech actor (b. 1937)
- Kâzım Koyuncu, Turkish singer and activist (b. 1972)
- June 26
- Filip Adwent, Polish politician (b. 1955)
- Roland Ducke, Czech-German footballer (b. 1934)
- Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (b. 1938)
- Eknath Solkar, Indian cricketer (b. 1948)
- Joop Stoffelen, Dutch footballer (b. 1921)
- Grete Sultan, German-American pianist (b. 1906)
- June 27
- Shelby Foote, American author and historian (b. 1916)
- Domino Harvey, English-American bounty hunter (b. 1972)
- George Lilanga, Tanzanian painter and sculptor (b. 1934)
- John T. Walton, American businessman (b. 1946)
- June 28
- Yumika Hayashi, Japanese pornographic actress (b. 1970)
- Brenda Howard, American activist (b. 1946)
- Arthur Maimane, South African journalist and author (b. 1932)
- Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant (b. 1976)
- Gyula Petrikovics, Hungarian canoeist (b. 1943)
- June 29
- Ruslan Abdulgani, Indonesian politician and diplomat (b. 1914)
- Janaki Amma, Indian judge (b. 1920)
- Tony D'Amario, French actor (b. 1960)
- Marc Freiberger, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- Bruce Malmuth, American film director and actor (b. 1934)
- June 30
- Clancy Eccles, Jamaican singer (b. 1940)
- Christopher Fry, English poet and playwright (b. 1907)
- Éva Novák-Gerard, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1930)
- Qi Gong, Chinese artist (b. 1912)
- Alexei Sultanov, Russian-American pianist (b. 1969)
July 2005
edit- July 1
- Renaldo Benson, American singer (b. 1936)
- Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1923)
- Fernando de Diego, Spanish journalist and linguist (b. 1919)
- Ivan Kolev, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
- Luther Vandross, American singer (b. 1951)
- July 2
- Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
- Norm Prescott, American film producer (b. 1927)
- July 3
- Muhammad Ashfaq, Pakistani field hockey player (b. 1946)
- Siv Ericks, Swedish actress (b. 1918)
- Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (b. 1914)
- Pierre Michelot, French double bassist (b. 1928)
- Gaylord Nelson, American politician (b. 1916)
- Hedy West, American singer (b. 1938)
- Harrison Young, American actor (b. 1930)
- July 4
- Chris Bunch, American author and television writer (b. 1943)
- Bryan Coleman, English actor (b. 1911)
- Per Gedda, Swedish sailor (b. 1914)
- June Haver, American actress (b. 1926)
- Marga López, Argentine-Mexican actress (b. 1924)
- July 5
- Leo Breiman, American statistician (b. 1928)
- Shirley Goodman, American singer (b. 1936)
- Baloo Gupte, Indian cricketer (b. 1934)
- James Stockdale, American vice admiral (b. 1923)
- July 6
- Bruno Augenstein, German-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1923)
- L. Patrick Gray, American FBI director (b. 1916)
- Evan Hunter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- Huang Kun, Chinese physicist and academic (b. 1919)
- Claude Simon, French author (b. 1913)
- July 7
- John Abthorpe, English footballer (b. 1933)
- Henri Betti, French composer and pianist (b. 1917)
- Gunnar Fredrik Hellesen, Norwegian politician (b. 1913)
- July 8
- Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (b. 1911)
- Gevorg Jahukyan, Armenian linguist and philologist (b. 1920)
- July 9
- Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
- Kevin Hagen, American actor (b. 1928)
- Lu Wenfu, Chinese author (b. 1927)
- July 10
- Richard Eastham, American actor and singer (b. 1916)
- Serge Lancen, French composer and pianist (b. 1922)
- Frank Moores, Canadian politician (b. 1933)
- A. J. Quinnell, English author (b. 1940)
- July 11
- Piero Cappuccilli, Italian opera singer (b. 1926)
- Gretchen Franklin, English actress (b. 1911)
- Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1965)
- Jesús Iglesias, Argentine racing driver (b. 1922)
- Boag Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1921)
- Frances Langford, American singer and actress (b. 1913)
- Renate Rössing, German photographer (b. 1929)
- Avabai Bomanji Wadia, Sri Lankan-Indian social worker and author (b. 1913)
- July 12
- Willi Heinrich, German author (b. 1920)
- Axel Strøbye, Danish actor (b. 1928)
- July 13 – Robert Abelson, American psychologist and political scientist (b. 1928)
- July 14
- Mark Carlisle, English politician (b. 1929)
- Tilly Fleischer, German athlete (b. 1911)
- Joe Harnell, American composer and musician (b. 1924)
- Jacques Roche, Haitian journalist and newspaper editor (b. 1961)
- Cicely Saunders, English nurse and activist (b. 1918)
- July 15 – Anders Hagen, Norwegian archaeologist (b. 1921)
- July 16
- Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (b. 1920)
- Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer (b. 1920)
- Yi Ku, Japanese-South Korean prince (b. 1931)
- Maurizio Lucidi, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
- John Ostrom, American paleontologist (b. 1928)
- K. V. Subbanna, Indian author (b. 1932)
- Dieter Wellershoff, German admiral (b. 1933)
- July 17
- Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (b. 1927)
- Isabella Bashmakova, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1921)
- Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (b. 1913)
- Hans Hansen, Norwegian rower (b. 1915)
- Edward Heath, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
- Tommy Johnson, Swedish actor (b. 1931)
- Gavin Lambert, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- Spartak Mishulin, Russian actor (b. 1926)
- Magdalena Mouján, Argentine mathematician (b. 1926)
- I. G. Patel, Indian economist and politician (b. 1924)
- Maria Vierdag, Dutch swimmer (b. 1905)
- July 18
- Amy Gillett, Australian cyclist and rower (b. 1976)
- Jim Parker, American football player (b. 1934)
- William Westmoreland, American general (b. 1914)
- July 19
- Jim Aparo, American comic book artist (b. 1932)
- Alain Bombard, French biologist and politician (b. 1924)
- Edward Bunker, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- Lucien Lazaridès, French cyclist (b. 1922)
- July 20
- James Doohan, Canadian actor (b. 1920)
- Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1926)
- Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- July 21
- Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and voice actor (b. 1941)
- Bruce Bolt, Australian-American seismologist (b. 1930)
- Andrzej Grubba, Polish table tennis player (b. 1958)
- Lord Alfred Hayes, English-American professional wrestler and commentator (b. 1928)
- Tamara Lund, Finnish opera singer (b. 1941)
- Ian Robertson, Scottish judge (b. 1912)
- Vlady Kibalchich Rusakov, Russian-Mexican painter (b. 1920)
- July 22
- Dragoš Kalajić, Serbian painter and philosopher (b. 1943)
- Hinako Sugiura, Japanese author (b. 1958)
- George D. Wallace, American actor (b. 1917)
- July 23 – Ted Greene, American guitarist (b. 1946)
- July 24
- Richard Doll, English physician and epidemiologist (b. 1912)
- Pavel Dostál, Czech politician (b. 1943)
- Vardan Kushnir, Russian email spammer (b. 1969)
- Francis Ona, Papua New Guinean rebel leader (b. 1953)
- July 25
- Eddie Crook Jr., American boxer (b. 1929)
- Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist (b. 1928)
- Ford Rainey, American actor (b. 1908)
- July 26
- Betty Astell, English actress (b. 1912)
- Mario David, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1934)
- Alexander Golitzen, Russian-American production designer (b. 1908)
- Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (b. 1925)
- John Michael Montias, French-American economist and historian (b. 1928)
- Thierry Jean-Pierre, French judge and politician (b. 1955)
- July 27
- Pierre Broué, French historian (b. 1926)
- Al Held, American painter (b. 1928)
- Dom Um Romão, Brazilian drummer (b. 1925)
- Marten Toonder, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1912)
- Robert Wright, American songwriter and composer (b. 1914)
- July 28
- Jacques Lacarrière, French ice hockey player (b. 1906)
- Jair da Rosa Pinto, Brazilian footballer (b. 1921)
- July 29
- Pat McCormick, American actor and television writer (b. 1927)
- Al McKibbon, American double bassist (b. 1919)
- July 30
- John Garang, Sudanese politician (b. 1945)
- Lucky Thompson, American saxophonist (b. 1924)
- August De Winter, Belgian politician (b. 1925)
- July 31
- Wim Duisenberg, Dutch politician and economist (b. 1935)
- Léopold Gernaey, Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
- Mantle Hood, American ethnomusicologist (b. 1918)
- Lauri Nevalainen, Finnish rower (b. 1927)
August 2005
edit- August 1
- Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
- Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1921)
- August 2
- Sandro Bolchi, Italian film director and actor (b. 1924)
- Jay Hammond, American politician (b. 1922)
- Rudolf Tajcnár, Slovakian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
- August 3
- Luis Barbero, Spanish actor (b. 1916)
- Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and activist (b. 1921)
- Zainab al Ghazali, Egyptian activist (b. 1917)
- August 4
- Ileen Getz, American actress (b. 1961)
- Anatoly Larkin, Russian theoretical physicist (b. 1932)
- Little Milton, American singer and guitarist (b. 1934)
- Eden Natan-Zada, Israeli soldier (b. 1986)
- August 5
- Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (b. 1936)
- Fritze Carstensen, Danish swimmer (b. 1925)
- Bertie Hill, English equestrian (b. 1927)
- Raymond Klibansky, German-Canadian historian (b. 1905)
- Roy Scott, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1917)
- August 6
- Nikolay Abramov, Russian footballer (b. 1950)
- Vizma Belševica, Latvian poet and author (b. 1931)
- Emir Chalbash, Ukrainian pilot (b. 1918)
- Robin Cook, Scottish politician (b. 1946)
- Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer (b. 1927)
- Louis Gauthier, French cyclist (b. 1916)
- Carlo Little, English drummer (b. 1938)
- August 7
- Leni Alexander, German-Chilean composer (b. 1924)
- Mikhail Evdokimov, Russian actor and politician (b. 1957)
- Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist (b. 1938)
- Li Lili, Chinese actress and singer (b. 1915)
- Noel Nicola, Cuban singer (b. 1946)
- August 8
- Ahmed Deedat, South African preacher and author (b. 1918)
- Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922)
- John H. Johnson, American businessman and publisher (b. 1918)
- Matthew McGrory, American actor (b. 1973)
- Paul Le Person, French actor (b. 1931)
- Nikolai Puchkov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1930)
- Monica Sjöö, Swedish-English painter and author (b. 1938)
- Ilse Werner, Dutch-American actress and singer (b. 1921)
- August 9
- Colette Besson, French sprinter (b. 1946)
- Dorris Bowdon, American actress (b. 1914)
- Marco Cavagna, Italian astronomer (b. 1958)
- Philip J. Klass, American journalist and ufologist (b. 1919)
- August 10 – Jaroslav Koutecký, Czech chemist (b. 1922)
- August 11
- James Booth, English actor (b. 1927)
- Manfred Korfmann, German archaeologist (b. 1942)
- Francisco Lesmes, Spanish footballer (b. 1924)
- August 12
- Francy Boland, Belgian composer and pianist (b. 1929)
- Teruo Ishii, Japanese film director (b. 1924)
- Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1932)
- Ákos Rózmann, Hungarian-Swedish composer and organist (b. 1939)
- August 13
- Miguel Arraes, Brazilian politician (b. 1916)
- Wladimiro Calarese, Italian fencer (b. 1930)
- Arnold Cooke, English composer (b. 1906)
- David Lange, New Zealand politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
- Dieter Puppe, German mathematician (b. 1930)
- August 14
- Stephen C. Apostolof, Belgian-American film director and producer (b. 1928)
- Jan Berg, Norwegian footballer (b. 1943)
- Billy More, Italian drag queen and singer (b. 1965)
- Sheila Piercey Summers, South African tennis player (b. 1919)
- August 15
- Fetislyam Abilov, Russian colonel (b. 1915)
- Laura Carli, Italian actress (b. 1906)
- Anatoly Demitkov, Russian canoeist (b. 1926)
- James Dougherty, American police officer (b. 1921)
- Thomas Zhao Fengwu, Chinese bishop (b. 1920)
- Herta Ware, American actress (b. 1917)
- August 16
- Karl-Erik Andersson, Swedish footballer (b. 1927)
- Vassar Clements, American fiddler (b. 1928)
- Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1923)
- Alexander Gomelsky, Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
- Milorad Pavić, Serbian footballer (b. 1921)
- Joe Ranft, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1960)
- Eva Renzi, German actress (b. 1944)
- Roger Schütz, Swiss religious leader (b. 1915)
- August 17 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist (b. 1934)
- August 18
- Andrónico Luksic Abaroa, Chilean businessman (b. 1926)
- Viktor Kudynskyi, Ukrainian athlete (b. 1942)
- Elza Radziņa, Latvian actress (b. 1917)
- August 19
- Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Lithuanian economist (b. 1927)
- Faimalaga Luka, Tuvaluan politician, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1940)
- Abraham Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (b. 1918)
- Mo Mowlam, English politician (b. 1949)
- Oscar Muller, Argentine footballer (b. 1957)
- Mel Welles, American actor (b. 1924)
- August 20
- Miljenko Kovačić, Croatian footballer (b. 1973)
- Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer (b. 1970)
- August 21
- Mary Bowerman, American botanist (b. 1908)
- Zbigniew Dłubak, Polish painter and photographer (b. 1921)
- Antoine de Ligne, Belgian prince (b. 1925)
- Robert Moog, American engineer and inventor (b. 1934)
- Lev Naumov, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1925)
- Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936)
- Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925)
- Horst Tappe, German-Swiss photographer (b. 1938)
- Li Wei, Chinese actor (b. 1919)
- August 22
- Luc Ferrari, French composer (b. 1929)
- Richard Kelly, American politician (b. 1924)
- Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (b. 1914)
- James McMillin, American rower (b. 1914)
- Mati Unt, Estonian author and theatre director (b. 1944)
- August 23 – Brock Peters, American actor (b. 1927)
- August 24
- Liu Baiyu, Chinese author (b. 1916)
- Ambrogio Fogar, Italian explorer (b. 1941)
- Jerzy Plebański, Polish theoretical physicist (b. 1928)
- August 25
- Lora Aborn, American composer (b. 1907)
- Reyhan Angelova, Bulgarian singer (b. 1986)
- Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician (b. 1917)
- Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)
- Xie Shiguang, Chinese bishop (b. 1917)
- August 26
- Wolfgang Bauer, Austrian playwright and author (b. 1941)
- Denis D'Amour, Canadian guitarist (b. 1959)
- August 27
- Ruben Gunawan, Indonesian chess grandmaster (b. 1968)
- Lois Gunden, American humanitarian (b. 1915)
- Theunis van Schalkwyk, South African boxer (b. 1929)
- August 28
- Hans Clarin, German actor (b. 1929)
- Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914)
- Ragnar Graeffe, French sprinter (b. 1929)
- Curt Lincoln, Swedish-Finnish racing driver (b. 1918)
- Esther Szekeres, Hungarian-Australian mathematician (b, 1910)
- George Szekeres, Hungarian-Australian mathematician (b. 1911)
- August 29
- Nikolai Sergeevich Bakhvalov, Russian mathematician (b. 1934)
- Murray Barnson Emeneau, Canadian-American linguist (b. 1904)
- Nurcholish Madjid, Indonesian academic (b. 1939)
- Jude Wanniski, American journalist and political commentator (b. 1936)
- August 30
- Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch supercentenarian (b. 1890)
- Fu Biao, Chinese actor (b. 1963)
- Teófilo Cruz, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1942)
- Jakup Mato, Albanian publicist (b. 1934)
- August 31
- Eladia Blázquez, Argentine singer and composer (b. 1931)
- Stéphane Bruey, French footballer (b. 1932)
- Jaan Kiivit Jr., Estonian archbishop (b. 1940)
- Joseph Rotblat, Polish physicist (b. 1908)
- H. W. F. Saggs, English classicist and orientalist (b. 1920)
- Michael Sheard, Scottish actor (b. 1938)
- Nina Ulyanenko, Russian pilot (b. 1923)
- Stefania Woytowicz, Polish opera singer (b. 1922)
September 2005
edit- September 1
- R. L. Burnside, American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
- Antoni Clavé, Spanish-French artist and costume designer (b. 1913)
- Jacob A. Marinsky, American chemist (b. 1918)
- September 2
- Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935)
- Thure Lindgren, Swedish ski jumper (b. 1921)
- September 3
- Robert W. Funk, American scholar (b. 1926)
- William Rehnquist, American judge (b. 1924)
- Ekkehard Schall, German actor (b. 1930)
- Fernando Távora, Portuguese architect (b. 1923)
- September 4
- Kenneth R. Andrews, American academic (b. 1916)
- Lloyd Avery II, American actor and murderer (b. 1969)
- September 5
- Walther Heissig, Austrian mongolist (b. 1913)
- Dhan Singh Thapa, Indian lieutenant colonel (b. 1928)
- September 6 – Eugenia Charles, Dominican politician, Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1919)
- September 7
- Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (b. 1933)
- Finnbogi Ísakson, Faroese journalist and politician (b. 1943)
- Arnold Keyserling, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1922)
- Nicolino Locche, Argentine boxer (b. 1939)
- Edoardo Mulargia, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- Stephanie Windisch-Graetz, Austrian princess (b. 1909)
- September 8
- Noel Cantwell, Irish footballer (b. 1932)
- Milena Hübschmannová, Romanian academic (b. 1933)
- Hans Keiter, German handball player (b. 1910)
- September 9
- Giuliano Bonfante, Italian linguist (b. 1904)
- Ibrahim Kanapacki, Belarusian religious leader (b. 1949)
- Prokop Murra, Albanian politician (b. 1921)
- André Pousse, French actor (b. 1919)
- Xiong Xianghui, Chinese spy and diplomat (b. 1919)
- September 10
- Hermann Bondi, Austrian-English mathematician and cosmologist (b. 1919)
- Clarence Brown, American singer (b. 1924)
- Lea Nikel, Israeli painter (b. 1918)
- September 11
- Al Casey, American guitarist (b. 1915)
- Abdallah Ibrahim, Moroccan politician (b. 1918)
- Steve de Shazer, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1940)
- Henryk Tomaszewski, Polish poster artist (b. 1914)
- September 12
- Serge Lang, French-American mathematician (b. 1927)
- Fritz Schilgen, German athlete (b. 1906)
- Erich Schöppner, German boxer (b. 1932)
- John Slade, American field hockey player (b. 1908)
- September 13
- Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician, President of Colombia (b. 1916)
- Hong Deok-young, South Korean footballer and manager (b. 1926)
- Toni Fritsch, Austrian footballer (b. 1945)
- Fiorella Ghilardotti, Italian politician (b. 1946)
- Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, German composer and musicologist (b. 1915)
- September 14
- Pavel Taran, Russian pilot (b. 1916)
- Vladimir Volkoff, French author (b. 1932)
- Mary Julia Wade, Australian paleontologist (b. 1928)
- Robert Wise, American film director (b. 1914)
- September 15
- Lennart Ekdahl, Swedish sailor (b. 1912)
- Guy Green, English film director and cinematographer (b. 1913)
- Jeronimas Kačinskas, Lithuanian-American composer (b. 1907)
- Sidney Luft, American film producer (b. 1915)
- Franko Luin, Swedish graphic designer (b. 1941)
- Agim Murati, Albanian footballer (b. 1953)
- September 16
- Arkadiusz Gołaś, Polish volleyball player (b. 1981)
- Gordon Gould, American physicist (b. 1920)
- Harold Q. Masur, American author (b. 1909)
- Constance Moore, American actress and singer (b. 1920)
- September 17
- Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter (b. 1937)
- Thorstein Kråkenes, Norwegian rower (b. 1924)
- Jacques Lacarrière, French author (b. 1925)
- Manuel Losada, Spanish footballer (b. 1924)
- Alfred Reed, American composer (b. 1921)
- September 18
- Marta Bohn-Meyer, American pilot (b. 1957)
- Michael Park, American rally driver (b. 1966)
- Yegor Yakovlev, Russian journalist (b. 1930)
- September 19
- John Bromfield, American actor (b. 1922)
- Willie Hutch, American singer (b. 1944)
- Isao Nakauchi, Japanese businessman (b. 1922)
- September 20
- Matest M. Agrest, Russian-American mathematician (b. 1915)
- Charles L. Harness, American author (b. 1915)
- Tobias Schneebaum, American artist and anthropologist (b. 1922)
- Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian nazi hunter (b. 1908)
- September 21
- Ramón Martín Huerta, Mexican politician (b. 1957)
- Mustai Karim, Russian poet and author (b. 1919)
- Félix Javier Pérez, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1971)
- Preben Philipsen, Danish film producer (b. 1910)
- Joseph Smagorinsky, American meteorologist (b. 1924)
- Molly Yard, American activist (b. 1912)
- September 22
- Annemarie Heinrich, German-Argentine photographer (b. 1912)
- Leavander Johnson, American boxer (b. 1969)
- Javier Yubero, Spanish footballer (b. 1972)
- September 23
- Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist and militant (b. 1933)
- Ada Zevin, Moldovan painter (b. 1918)
- September 24
- Tommy Bond, American actor (b. 1926)
- Theodore L. Thomas, American engineer and attorney (b. 1920)
- André Testut, French-Monegasque racing driver (b. 1926)
- September 25
- Don Adams, American actor (b. 1923)
- George Archer, American golfer (b. 1939)
- Georges Arvanitas, French pianist (b. 1931)
- Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-American psychologist (b. 1917)
- Leland Clark, American biochemist (b. 1918)
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Indian critic and academic (b. 1912)
- Steve Marcus, American saxophonist (b. 1939)
- Yuri Moiseyev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1940)
- M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1936)
- Friedrich Peter, Austrian politician (b. 1921)
- September 26
- Helen Cresswell, English television writer and author (b. 1934)
- Henrik Flöjt, Finnish biathlete (b. 1952)
- Izuo Hayashi, Japanese physicist (b. 1922)
- September 27
- Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Dutch film director (b. 1957)
- Karl Decker, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (b. 1929)
- Jerry Juhl, American screenwriter (b. 1938)
- John McCabe, American scholar and author (b. 1920)
- Roger Tréville, French actor (b. 1902)
- September 28
- Pol Bury, Belgian sculptor (b. 1922)
- Enric Gensana, Spanish footballer (b. 1936)
- Constance Baker Motley, American politician and judge (b. 1921)
- Ihor Rybak, Ukrainian weightlifter (b. 1938)
- Leo Sternbach, Polish-American chemist (b. 1908)
- September 29
- Patrick Caulfield, English painter (b. 1936)
- Robert Dorgebray, French cyclist (b. 1915)
- Vladimir Lantsberg, Russian poet and bard (b. 1948)
- Yuri Sapega, Belarusian volleyball player and coach (b. 1965)
- Gennady Sarafanov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1942)
- Mogens Schou, Danish psychiatrist (b. 1918)
- Ivar Karl Ugi, Estonian-German chemist (b. 1930)
- September 30 – Sergei Starostin, Russian linguist and philologist (b. 1953)
October 2005
edit- October 1
- Román Torán Albero, Spanish chess player (b. 1931)
- Herbert Huber, German botanist (b. 1931)
- Renzo Nostini, Italian fencer (b. 1914)
- Paul Pena, American singer and guitarist (b. 1950)
- October 2
- Hamilton Camp, English-American actor and singer (b. 1934)
- Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (b. 1918)
- August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)
- October 3
- Ronnie Barker, English actor and comedian (b. 1929)
- Alastair G. W. Cameron, Canadian-American astrophysicist (b. 1925)
- Alexander Chudakov, Russian philologist and author (b. 1938)
- Mario Encarnación, Dominican baseball player (b. 1975)
- Sara Levi-Tanai, Israeli choreographer and songwriter (b. 1910)
- Franco Scoglio, Italian football manager (b. 1941)
- Jeff Young, Welsh rugby player (b. 1942)
- October 4
- Mike Gibbins, Welsh drummer (b. 1949)
- Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (b. 1924)
- Vakhtang Jordania, Georgian-American composer (b. 1943)
- Ronald Rivlin, English-American physicist and mathematician (b. 1915)
- André Waterkeyn, Belgian engineer (b. 1917)
- October 5
- Shirley Ellis, American singer (b. 1929)
- George S. Hammond, American chemist (b. 1921)
- Leopold Horner, German chemist (b. 1911)
- October 6
- Warren Benson, American composer (b. 1924)
- Harry Bugin, American actor (b. 1929)
- Ray Bumatai, American comedian and actor (b. 1952)
- Ettore Cunial, Italian archbishop (b. 1905)
- Horst Floth, German bobsledder (b. 1934)
- October 7 – Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (b. 1949)
- October 8
- Harry Pitt, English mathematician (b. 1914)
- Micaela Portilla, Spanish anthropologist (b. 1922)
- Anatoliy Shapiro, Ukrainian-American soldier (b. 1913)
- Mustapha Skandrani, Algerian pianist (b. 1920)
- October 9
- Sergio Cervato, Italian footballer (b. 1929)
- Louis Nye, American actor (b. 1913)
- October 10
- Wayne C. Booth, American critic (b. 1921)
- Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet and author (b. 1925)
- Tomislav Krizmanić, Croatian boxer (b. 1929)
- Roland Kuhn, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1912)
- Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, President and Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1925)
- October 11
- Sergio Citti, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- Oscar Hold, English footballer and manager (b. 1918)
- Arthur Seldon, English economist (b. 1916)
- Edward Szczepanik, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915)
- Cor Veldhoen, Dutch footballer (b. 1939)
- October 12
- Zhang Bairen, Chinese bishop (b. 1915)
- Robert Sidney Foster, English governor (b. 1913)
- Ghazi Kanaan, Syrian politician (b. 1942)
- Franco Manfroi, Italian skier (b. 1939)
- C. Delores Tucker, American politician and activist (b. 1927)
- October 13
- Mustapha Bettache, Moroccan footballer (b. 1931)
- István Eörsi, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1931)
- Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights figure (b. 1942)
- Louis Polonia, French footballer (b. 1935)
- Wayne Weiler, American racecar driver (b. 1934)
- Marian Zieliński, Polish weightlifter (b. 1929)
- October 14
- Edmund Bacon, American architect (b. 1910)
- Winifred Curtis, English-Australian botanist and author (b. 1905)
- Oleg Lundstrem, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1916)
- Elda Pucci, Italian politician (b. 1928)
- October 15
- Giuseppe Caprio, Italian cardinal (b. 1914)
- Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
- Earl Gardner, American basketball player (b. 1923)
- Ramón Gaya, Spanish painter and author (b. 1910)
- Rik Van Nutter, American actor (b. 1929)
- Mildred Shay, American actress (b. 1911)
- Raymond Tuckey, English tennis player (b. 1910)
- Matti Wuori, Finnish politician (b. 1931)
- October 16
- Ursula Howells, English actress (b. 1922)
- John Larch, American actor (b. 1914)
- Eugene Gordon Lee, American actor (b. 1933)
- José María Medina, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1921)
- Barrington Moore Jr., American sociologist (b. 1913)
- Børge Mortensen, Danish cyclist (b. 1921)
- October 17 – Ba Jin, Chinese author (b. 1904)
- October 18
- Carlos Gomes, Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- Johnny Haynes, English footballer (b. 1934)
- John Hollis, English actor (b. 1927)
- Alexander Yakovlev, Russian politician (b. 1923)
- October 19
- Wolf Rilla, German-English film director (b. 1920)
- Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (b. 1925)
- Nguyễn Văn Toàn, Vietnamese general (b. 1932)
- October 20
- Dan Anca, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1947)
- Jean-Michel Folon, Belgian artist (b. 1934)
- Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (b. 1934)
- Endon Mahmood, Malaysian political figure (b. 1940)
- Besim Sahatçiu, Kosovan film director (b. 1935)
- Dane Zajc, Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1929)
- October 21
- Robert Badham, American politician (b. 1929)
- Marshall Clagett, American historian (b. 1916)
- Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (b. 1989)
- October 22
- Tony Adams, Irish film producer (b. 1953)
- David Clapham, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1931)
- Armand Fernandez, French-American artist (b. 1928)
- Franky Gee, American-German singer (b. 1962)
- October 23
- William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948)
- Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean politician (b. 1931)
- John Muth, American economist (b. 1930)
- Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian political figure, First Lady of Nigeria (b. 1945)
- October 24
- Howie Carl, American basketball player (b. 1938)
- José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (b. 1927)
- Jun Negami, Japanese actor (b. 1923)
- Rosa Parks, American activist (b. 1913)
- Edward R. Roybal, American politician (b. 1916)
- October 25
- Zarina Baloch, Pakistani singer and composer (b. 1934)
- Martti Huhtala, Finnish skier (b. 1918)
- Wellington Mara, American baseball executive (b. 1916)
- Nirmal Verma, Indian author (b. 1929)
- October 26
- Jany Holt, Romanian-French actress (b. 1909)
- Margarita Nazarova, Russian actress (b. 1926)
- Keith Parkinson, American artist (b. 1958)
- María Luisa Robledo, Spanish actress (b. 1912)
- George Swindin, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
- Rong Yiren, Chinese politician (b. 1916)
- October 27
- Jozef Bomba, Slovakian footballer (b. 1939)
- Georges Guingouin, French resistance fighter (b. 1913)
- Kurt Jarasinski, German equestrian (b. 1938)
- Grady Webster, American botanist (b. 1927)
- October 28
- Boris Goykhman, Russian water polo player (b. 1919)
- Raymond Hains, French artist (b. 1926)
- Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942)
- Alberto Ormaetxea, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1939)
- Tahsin Özgüç, Turkish archaeologist (b. 1916)
- Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer (b. 1922)
- Richard Smalley, American chemist (b. 1943)
- Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor (b. 1929)
- October 29
- Fernando Alegría, Chilean-American poet and author (b. 1918)
- Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (b. 1924)
- Valery Kokov, Russian politician (b. 1941)
- Barbara Pittman, American singer (b. 1938)
- Sergey Savelyev, Russian skier (b. 1948)
- Elsa Skjerven, Norwegian politician (b. 1919)
- October 30
- Gordon A. Craig, Scottish-American historian (b. 1913)
- Tetsuo Hamuro, Japanese swimmer (b. 1917)
- Al López, American baseball player and coach (b. 1908)
- Antonio Sánchez Valdés, Spanish footballer (b. 1914)
- October 31
- Hal Anger, American biophysicist (b. 1920)
- William O. Baker, American scientist (b. 1915)
- Porayathu Leela, Indian singer (b. 1934)
- Amrita Pritam, Indian author and poet (b. 1919)
November 2005
edit- November 1
- Skitch Henderson, American pianist and conductor (b. 1918)
- Carl Mortensen, Norwegian sailor (b. 1919)
- Michael Piller, American television writer and producer (b. 1948)
- Gladys Tantaquidgeon, American medicine woman and anthropologist (b. 1899)
- November 2
- Rutherford Aris, English-American engineer and mathematician (b. 1929)
- Jean Carson, American actress (b. 1923)
- Lajos Szentgáli, Hungarian runner (b. 1932)
- Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1919)
- November 3
- Kent Andersson, Swedish playwright and actor (b. 1933)
- Hrvoje Bartolović, Croatian chess player (b. 1932)
- Aenne Burda, German publisher (b. 1909)
- R. C. Gorman, American artist (b. 1931)
- Ted Hargreaves, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1943)
- Ted Harris, American mathematician (b. 1919)
- Geoffrey Keen, English actor (b. 1916)
- Otto Latsis, Russian journalist (b. 1934)
- Paul Roazen, American political scientist (b. 1936)
- November 4
- Nadia Anjuman, Afghan poet (b. 1980)
- Bohumil Gregor,
- Sheree North, American actress (b. 1932)
- Graham Payn, South African-English actor and singer (b. 1918)
- Hiro Takahashi, Japanese singer (b. 1964)
- November 5
- Peter Brunt, English historian and academic (b. 1917)
- John Fowles, English author (b. 1926)
- Link Wray, American guitarist (b. 1929)
- November 6
- Ignacio Burgoa, Mexican lawyer (b. 1918)
- Minako Honda, Japanese singer (b. 1967)
- Dick Hutcherson, American racecar driver (b. 1931)
- Aatos Lehtonen, Finnish footballer (b. 1914)
- Francesco De Masi, Italian conductor and film composer (b. 1930)
- Theodore Puck, American geneticist (b. 1916)
- Gavril Stoyanov, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
- November 7
- Mikhail Gasparov, Russian philologist and translator (b. 1935)
- Nobuhiko Hasegawa, Japanese table tennis player (b. 1947)
- Harry Thompson, English television producer and author (b. 1960)
- Nikolay Trofimov, Russian actor (b. 1920)
- November 8
- Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan, Armenian artist (b. 1922)
- Nataliia Chmutina, Ukrainian architect and academic (b. 1912)
- Carola Höhn, German actress (b. 1910)
- November 9
- K. R. Narayanan, Indian politician, President of India (b. 1921)
- Marceau Somerlinck, French footballer (b. 1922)
- November 10
- Fernando Bujones, American dancer (b. 1955)
- Gardner Read, American composer (b. 1913)
- Roland Schütt, Swedish author (b. 1913)
- November 11
- Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American film producer and director (b. 1930)
- Keith Andes, American actor (b. 1920)
- Patrick Anson, English photographer (b. 1939)
- Maurits Coppieters, Belgian politician (b. 1920)
- Peter Drucker, Austrian-American theorist (b. 1909)
- Miguel Gallardo, Spanish singer (b. 1950)
- Zamanbek Nurkadilov, Kazahkstani politician (b. 1944)
- November 12
- Madhu Dandavate, Indian physicist and politician (b. 1924)
- Sergei Ryakhovsky, Russian serial killer (b. 1962)
- Dragutin Sahović, Serbian chess grandmaster (b. 1940)
- Joe Wade, English footballer (b. 1921)
- November 13
- Vine Deloria Jr., American author and theologian (b. 1933)
- Eddie Guerrero, American professional wrestler (b. 1967)
- Timur Kacharava, Russian activist (b. 1985)
- Kazimierz Lipień, Polish wrestler (b. 1949)
- David Pingree, American mathematician and historian (b. 1933)
- November 14
- Erich Schanko, German footballer (b. 1919)
- Jenő Takács, Hungarian composer and pianist (b. 1902)
- November 15
- Roy Brooks, American drummer (b. 1938)
- Hanne Haller, German singer (b. 1950)
- Agenore Incrocci, Italian screenwriter (b. 1919)
- Agapito Sánchez, Dominican boxer (b. 1970)
- November 16
- Marina Denikina, Russian-French author and journalist (b. 1919)
- Ralph Edwards, American television personality (b. 1913)
- Richard Moore, American sailor (b. 1910)
- Paul Noel, American basketball player (b. 1924)
- Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist (b. 1906)
- Donald Watson, English activist (b. 1910)
- November 17
- Igor Ivanov, Russian-Canadian chess grandmaster and pianist (b. 1947)
- Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (b. 1942)
- Gennaro Verolino, Italian bishop and diplomat (b. 1906)
- November 18
- Armen Abaghian, Russian-Armenian scientist (b. 1933)
- Gérard Crombac, Swiss journalist and author (b. 1929)
- Hussein el-Shafei, Egyptian politician (b. 1918)
- Laura Hidalgo, Argentine actress (b. 1927)
- Harold J. Stone, American actor (b. 1913)
- Lee Yoon-hyung, South Korean heiress (b. 1979)
- November 19
- Artine Artinian, French scholar (b. 1907)
- Bob Enevoldsen, American saxophonist and trombonist (b. 1920)
- Erik Balling, Danish film director (b. 1924)
- Karen Ter-Martirosian, Russian theoretical physicist (b. 1922)
- November 20
- Muhammad Said al-Attar, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1927)
- Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet and author (b. 1931)
- Nora Denney, American actress (b. 1927)
- James King, American opera singer (b. 1925)
- Chris Whitley, American singer and guitarist (b. 1960)
- November 21 – Albert H. Bosch, American judge and politician (b. 1908)
- November 22 – Frank Gatski, American football player (b. 1921)
- November 23
- Isabel de Castro, Portuguese actress (b. 1931)
- Constance Cummings, American-English actress (b. 1910)
- Nate Hawthorne, American basketball player (b. 1951)
- Beverly Tyler, American actress (b. 1927)
- November 24
- Jamuna Barua, Indian actress (b. 1919)
- Pat Morita, American actor (b. 1932)
- Harry Thürk, German author (b. 1927)
- John Vlissides, American software engineer (b. 1961)
- November 25
- Alfredo Angeli, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- Ivan Antić, Serbian architect and academic (b. 1923)
- Andria Apakidze, Georgian archaeologist and historian (b. 1914)
- George Best, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1946)
- Élisabeth Boselli, French pilot (b. 1914)
- Richard Burns, English rally driver (b. 1971)
- Polina Gelman, Russian lieutenant colonel (b. 1919)
- Pierre Seel, French holocaust survivor and author (b. 1923)
- November 26
- Takanori Arisawa, Japanese composer (b. 1951)
- Mark Craney, American drummer (b. 1952)
- Ingálvur av Reyni, Faroese painter (b. 1920)
- David Tabor, English physicist (b. 1913)
- November 27
- Jocelyn Brando, American actress (b. 1919)
- William S. Hatcher, American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1935)
- Joe Jones, American singer (b. 1926)
- Franz Schönhuber, German journalist and politician (b. 1923)
- November 28
- Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer (b. 1917)
- Marc Lawrence, American actor (b. 1910)
- Tony Meehan, English drummer (b. 1943)
- Card Walker, American businessman (b. 1916)
- November 29
- Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958)
- David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
- Deon van der Walt, South African opera singer (b. 1958)
- November 30
- Viggo Jensen, Danish footballer (b. 1921)
- Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer (b. 1939)
- Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)
December 2005
edit- December 1
- Gust Avrakotos, American CIA agent (b. 1938)
- Mary Hayley Bell, English actress and author (b. 1911)
- Jack Colvin, American actor (b. 1934)
- Dai-Keong Lee, American composer (b. 1915)
- Eddie Schroeder, American speed skater (b. 1911)
- December 2
- Nikolay Artemov, Russian physiologist (b. 1908)
- Malik Joyeux, French surfer (b. 1980)
- Jaime Morón, Colombian footballer (b. 1950)
- Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, Iraqi politician, Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1938)
- December 3
- Frederick Ashworth, American vice admiral (b. 1912)
- John Ganzoni, English politician (b. 1932)
- Kåre Kristiansen, Norwegian politician (b. 1920)
- Lupe Madera, Mexican boxer (b. 1952)
- Atsuko Tanaka, Japanese artist (b. 1932)
- December 4
- Débora Arango, Colombian artist (b. 1907)
- Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
- Gloria Lasso, Spanish singer (b. 1922)
- December 5
- Liu Binyan, Chinese author and journalist (b. 1925)
- Ursula Buckel, German opera singer (b. 1926)
- Milo Dor, Hungarian-Austrian author and translator (b. 1923)
- Juan María Lekuona, Spanish poet (b. 1927)
- Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (b. 1905)
- Vladimir Toporov, Russian philologist (b. 1928)
- December 6
- Charly Gaul, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1932)
- Paul Halla, Austrian footballer (b. 1931)
- Devan Nair, Singaporean politician, President of Singapore (b. 1923)
- Jerzy Pajączkowski-Dydyński, Polish soldier (b. 1894)
- Danny Williams, South African-English singer (b. 1942)
- William P. Yarborough, American lieutenant general (b. 1912)
- December 7
- Adrian Biddle, English cinematographer (b. 1952)
- Carroll A. Campbell Jr., American politician (b. 1940)
- Eddy Verstraeten, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
- December 8
- Rose Heilbron, English judge (b. 1914)
- Donald Martino, American composer (b. 1931)
- Leo Scheffczyk, German cardinal and theologian (b. 1920)
- Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor (b. 1915)
- December 9
- Mike Botts, American drummer (b. 1944)
- Rudolf Meidner, Swedish economist (b. 1914)
- Eunice Norton, American pianist (b. 1908)
- György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (b. 1912)
- Robert Sheckley, American author (b. 1928)
- Boris Taslitzky, French painter (b. 1911)
- December 10
- Evgenii Feinberg, Russian physicist (b. 1912)
- Mary Jackson, American actress (b. 1910)
- Eugene McCarthy, American politician (b. 1916)
- Richard Pryor, American comedian and actor (b. 1940)
- December 11
- Maria Kaniewska, Polish actress and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- Anatoly Kartashov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1932)
- Hayim Tadmor, Israeli historian (b. 1923)
- December 12
- Eric D'Arcy, Australian archbishop (b. 1924)
- Jon de Cortina, Spanish-Salvadoran priest and engineer (b. 1934)
- David Pritchard, English chess player (b. 1919)
- Ramanand Sagar, Indian film director (b. 1917)
- Annette Stroyberg, Danish actress (b. 1936)
- Juraj Szikora, Slovakian footballer (b. 1947)
- Gyula Trebitsch, Hungarian-German film producer (b. 1914)
- Gebran Tueni, Lebanese politician and publisher (b. 1957)
- December 13
- Majid Musisi, Ugandan footballer (b. 1967)
- Stanley Williams, American gangster and murderer (b. 1953)
- December 14
- Erhard Ahmann, German footballer and manager (b. 1941)
- Ruth Amiran, Israeli archaeologist (b. 1914)
- Gordon Duncan, Scottish bagpiper (b. 1964)
- Gery Scott, English singer (b. 1923)
- Rodney Whitaker, American author (b. 1931)
- December 15
- James Ingo Freed, German-American architect (b. 1930)
- Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Italian playwright and film director (b. 1921)
- Heinrich Gross, Austrian psychiatrist (b. 1915)
- Jiřina Hauková, Czech poet and translator (b. 1919)
- Julián Marías, Spanish philosopher (b. 1914)
- Akira Ohgi, Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1935)
- Enrico Paoli, Italian chess grandmaster (b. 1908)
- William Proxmire, American politician (b. 1915)
- December 16
- Anthony Barber, English politician (b. 1920)
- Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921)
- Helmut H. Schaefer, German mathematician (b. 1925)
- John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
- December 17
- Jack Anderson, American columnist (b. 1922)
- Mustafa Ertan, Turkish footballer (b. 1926)
- Jacques Fouroux, French rugby player and coach (b. 1947)
- Yeleazar Meletinsky, Russian scholar (b. 1918)
- Sverre Stenersen, Norwegian skier (b. 1926)
- Ward Williams, American basketball player (b. 1923)
- December 18
- Béla Berger, Hungarian-American chess player (b. 1931)
- Keith Duckworth, English automobile engineer (b. 1933)
- Doris Fisher, English politician (b. 1919)
- Rómulo García, Argentine archbishop (b. 1927)
- Belita Jepson-Turner, English figure skater and actress (b. 1923)
- Dmitry Okhotsimsky, Russian aerospace engineer (b. 1921)
- P. M. Sayeed, Indian politician (b. 1941)
- Eduard Shafransky, Russian guitarist and composer (b. 1937)
- Raisa Surnachevskaya, Russian fighter pilot (b. 1922)
- December 19
- Yū Fujiki, Japanese actor (b. 1931)
- Vincent Gigante, American mobster (b. 1928)
- Julio Iglesias Sr., Spanish gynecologist (b. 1915)
- December 20
- Alfredo Arango, Colombian footballer (b. 1945)
- Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1923)
- Louis Biesbrouck, Dutch footballer (b. 1921)
- Argentina Brunetti, Argentine-American actress (b. 1907)
- Genrikh Fedosov, Russian footballer (b. 1932)
- Lavinia Gianoni, Italian gymnast (b. 1911)
- William W. Howells, American anthropologist (b. 1908)
- Óscar López, Colombian footballer (b. 1939)
- Yuri Nyrkov, Russian footballer (b. 1924)
- December 21 – Myron Healey, American actor (b. 1923)
- December 22
- T. Cooper Evans, American politician (b. 1924)
- Aurora Miranda, Brazilian singer and actress (b. 1915)
- December 23
- Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1914)
- Emmett Leith, American engineer (b. 1927)
- Khalida Safarova, Azerbaijani painter (b. 1926)
- Kay Stammers, English tennis player (b. 1914)
- Yao Wenyuan, Chinese critic and politician (b. 1931)
- December 24
- P. Bhanumathi, Indian actress and singer (b. 1925)
- Wang Daohan, Chinese politician (b. 1915)
- George Gerbner, Hungarian-American sociologist (b. 1919)
- Georg Johannesen, Norwegian author (b. 1931)
- Constance Keene, American pianist (b. 1921)
- December 25
- Felice Andreasi, Italian actor (b. 1928)
- Derek Bailey, English guitarist (b. 1930)
- Birgit Nilsson, Swedish opera singer (b. 1918)
- Charles W. Socarides, American psychiatrist (b. 1922)
- December 26
- Mikuláš Athanasov, Czech wrestler (b. 1930)
- John Cooke, American rower (b. 1937)
- Guy Delorme, French actor (b. 1929)
- Ted Ditchburn, English footballer (b. 1921)
- John H. Herz, American scholar (b. 1908)
- Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (b. 1937)
- Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1939)
- Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
- Erich Topp, German submarine commander (b. 1914)
- December 27 – Giancarlo Primo, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1924)
- December 28
- Patrick Cranshaw, American actor (b. 1919)
- Tage Ekfeldt, Swedish sprinter (b. 1926)
- Marco Guglielmi, Italian actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- Stevo Žigon, Serbian actor (b. 1926)
- December 29 – Young-Oak Kim, American colonel (b. 1919)
- December 30
- Jimmy Adams, English footballer (b. 1937)
- Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer (b. 1940)
- Candy Barr, American stripper (b. 1935)
- Rona Jaffe, American author (b. 1931)
- December 31
- Sanora Babb, American poet and author (b. 1907)
- José María Sánchez Lage, Argentine footballer (b. 1931)
- Aleksandr Silayev, Russian canoeist (b. 1928)
- Askold Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (b. 1929)
- Phillip Whitehead, English politician (b. 1937)
2006
editJanuary 2006
edit- January 1
- Mapita Cortés, Puerto Rican actress (b. 1939)
- Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen, South African botanist (b. 1912)
- Harry Magdoff, American economist (b. 1913)
- Charles O. Porter, American politician (b. 1919)
- Hanif Ramay, Pakistani politician (b. 1930)
- Zlata Tkach, Moldovan composer (b. 1928)
- Angelo Vicardi, Italian gymnast (b. 1936)
- January 2
- Bill Barron, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1917)
- Henk de Looper, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1912)
- Osa Massen, Danish actress (b. 1914)
- Klemens Mielczarek, Polish actor (b. 1920)
- Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino judge (b. 1913)
- John Wojtowicz, American bank robber (b .1945)
- Lidia Wysocka, Polish actress (b. 1916)
- January 3
- Giuseppe Busso, Italian automobile designer (b. 1913)
- Zoltan Farmati, Romanian footballer (b. 1924)
- Urbano Lazzaro, Italian resistance fighter (b. 1924)
- Bill Skate, Papua New Guinean politician, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1953)
- January 4
- Sophie Heathcote, Australian actress (b. 1972)
- Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet (b. 1912)
- Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emirati emir (b. 1943)
- Lourdes Van-Dúnem, Angolan singer (b. 1935)
- Nel van Vliet, Dutch swimmer (b. 1926)
- January 5
- Heinz Arendt, German swimmer (b. 1917)
- Otto von Bülow, German commander (b. 1911)
- Keizo Miura, Japanese skier (b. 1904)
- Merlyn Rees, Welsh politician (b. 1920)
- Mark Roberts, American actor (b. 1921)
- Ilse Rodenberg, German actress (b. 1906)
- Alex St. Clair, American musician (b. 1941)
- Bianca Wallin, Swedish painter (b. 1909)
- January 6
- Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar, Brazilian soldier (b. 1947)
- Ilse Losa, German-Portuguese author and translator (b. 1913)
- Józef Milik, Polish scholar (b. 1922)
- Comandanta Ramona, Mexican rebel leader and activist (b. 1959)
- Lou Rawls, American singer (b. 1933)
- Hugh Thompson Jr., American army major (b. 1943)
- Stanley R. Tupper, American politician (b. 1921)
- Gábor Zavadszky, Hungarian footballer (b. 1974)
- January 7
- Gudrun Corvinus, German-Indian geologist and paleontologist (b. 1932)
- Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912)
- Alf McMichael, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1927)
- January 8
- George William Axel, German prince (b. 1915)
- Tony Banks, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1942)
- Elson Becerra, Colombian footballer (b. 1978)
- Yuri Boukoff, Bulgarian-French pianist (b. 1923)
- George William Hanover, German prince (b. 1915)
- Frances Margaret Leighton, South African botanist (b. 1909)
- Mimmo Rotella, Italian artist (b. 1918)
- Garrafa Sánchez, Argentine footballer (b. 1974)
- January 9
- Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
- Elliot Forbes, American conductor and musicologist (b. 1917)
- Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor (b. 1937)
- January 10
- Dave Brown, American football player (b. 1953)
- Sidney Frank, American businessman (b. 1919)
- Mae Giraci, American actress (b. 1910)
- Imrich Stacho, Slovakian footballer (b. 1931)
- January 11
- Eric Namesnik, American swimmer (b. 1970)
- Mark Spoon, German disc jockey (b. 1966)
- January 12
- Hilda Ellis Davidson, English folklorist (b. 1914)
- Takehiro Honda, Japanese pianist and bandleader (b. 1945)
- Roland Hüttenrauch, German physicist and activist (b. 1928)
- Faisal bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini prince (b. 1991)
- Günther Landgraf, German physicist (b. 1928)
- Anne Meacham, American actress (b. 1925)
- René de Naurois, French priest (b. 1906)
- Peter Rösch, Swiss footballer (b. 1930)
- January 13
- Raúl Anguiano, Mexican painter (b. 1915)
- Richard Dalitz, Australian physicist (b. 1925)
- Justine Johnston, American actress (b. 1921)
- Mary Kenner, American inventor (b. 1912)
- László Piros, Hungarian politician (b. 1917)
- Marc Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
- Joan Root, Kenyan conservationist (b. 1936)
- January 14
- Henri Colpi, French film editor and director (b. 1921)
- Lisa Gelius, German athlete (b. 1909)
- Grete Jalk, Danish furniture designer (b. 1920)
- Günther Möhring, German chess player (b. 1936)
- Heinrich Severloh, German soldier and author (b. 1923)
- Bob Weinstock, American record producer (b. 1928)
- Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920)
- January 15
- Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti emir (b. 1926)
- Philip Grierson, English historian (b. 1910)
- George Worth, Hungarian-American fencer (b. 1915)
- January 16
- Tateos Agekian, Russian astrophysicist (b. 1913)
- Sonia Ebling, Brazilian sculptor (b. 1918)
- Santha Kumari, Indian musician and actress (b. 1920)
- Jan Mark, English author (b. 1943)
- January 17
- Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930)
- Rossend Marsol Clua, Andorran journalist and author (b. 1922)
- January 18
- Derek Reid, English mycologist (b. 1927)
- Anton Rupert, South African businessman (b. 1916)
- Stjepan Steiner, Croatian cardiologist (b. 1915)
- Jan Twardowski, Polish poet and priest (b. 1915)
- Östen Warnerbring, Swedish singer (b. 1934)
- January 19
- Gábor Agárdy, Hungarian actor (b. 1922)
- Thomas Christian David, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1925)
- Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928)
- Claude Herbulot, French entomologist (b. 1908)
- Wilson Pickett, American singer (b. 1941)
- Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1921)
- Franz Seitz Jr., German film producer and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- Carola Stern, German journalist and author (b. 1925)
- January 20
- Andrei Iordan, Kyrgyzstani politician (b. 1934)
- Dave Lepard, Swedish singer (b. 1980)
- Einar Hole Moxnes, Norwegian politician (b. 1921)
- Pio Taofinuʻu, Samoan cardinal (b. 1923)
- January 21
- John James Cowperthwaite, English civil servant (b. 1915)
- Jean-Marie Goasmat, French cyclist (b. 1913)
- Robert Knudson, American sound engineer (b. 1925)
- Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovan politician, President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
- January 22
- Alec Coxon, English cricketer (b. 1916)
- Sherman Ferguson, American drummer (b. 1944)
- Aydın Güven Gürkan, Turkish academic and politician (b. 1941)
- Rick van der Linden, Dutch composer and keyboardist (b. 1946)
- William Rubin, American scholar (b. 1927)
- January 23
- Tara Devi, Nepalese singer (b. 1946)
- Savino Guglielmetti, Italian gymnast (b. 1911)
- Samuel W. Koster, American general (b. 1919)
- Joseph M. Newman, American film director (b. 1909)
- Dion Ørnvold, Danish footballer (b. 1921)
- Virginia D. Smith, American politician (b. 1911)
- January 24
- Irakli Charkviani, Georgian musician and poet (b. 1961)
- Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
- Peter Ladefoged, English linguist and phonetician (b. 1925)
- Carlos Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1965)
- Fayard Nicholas, American choreographer and actor (b. 1940)
- Chris Penn, American actor (b. 1965)
- Nicholas Shackleton, English geologist and paleoclimatologist (b. 1937)
- January 25
- Robin Coombs, English immunologist (b. 1921)
- Luther Green, American basketball player (b. 1946)
- Sudharmono, Indonesian politician and military officer (b. 1927)
- January 26
- Len Carlson, Canadian voice actor (b. 1937)
- Abdul Wali Khan, Indian-Pakistani politician (b. 1917)
- January 27
- Jure Bilić, Croatian politician (b. 1922)
- Chris Heunis, South African politician (b. 1927)
- Yitzhak Kaduri, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi (b. 1898)
- Phyllis Mudford King, English tennis player (b. 1905)
- Carol Lambrino, Romanian prince (b. 1920)
- Johannes Rau, German politician (b. 1931)
- Sauli Rytky, Finnish skier (b. 1918)
- Paul Valentine, American actor (b. 1919)
- January 28
- Yitzhak Kaduri, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi (b. 1898)
- Henry McGee, English actor (b. 1929)
- Lau Mulder, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1927)
- Helmut W. Schulz, German engineer (b. 1912)
- Duško Trifunović, Bosnian author and poet (b. 1933)
- January 29
- Stew Albert, American activist (b. 1939)
- Nam June Paik, South Korean-American artist (b. 1932)
- George Psychoundakis, Greek resistance fighter (b. 1920)
- January 30
- Arnold Graffi, German oncologist (b. 1910)
- Coretta Scott King, American activist (b. 1927)
- Otto Lang, German film producer and skier (b. 1908)
- Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright (b. 1950)
- January 31
- Ruairí Brugha, Irish politician (b. 1917)
- George Koval, American-Russian spy (b. 1913)
- Moira Shearer, Scottish ballerina and actress (b. 1926)
February 2006
edit- February 1
- Ronald B. Cameron, American politician (b. 1927)
- Luis Alberto Costales, Ecuadorian poet and philosopher (b. 1926)
- René Gardien, French footballer (b. 1928)
- Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr., American politician (b. 1919)
- Jean-Philippe Maitre, Swiss politician (b. 1949)
- February 2
- Lo Hartog van Banda, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1916)
- Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1928)
- Luis Ortiz González, Spanish politician (b. 1932)
- Fran Hosken, Austrian-American furniture designer and activist (b. 1920)
- February 3
- Marquard Bohm, German actor (b. 1941)
- Walerian Borowczyk, Polish film director (b. 1923)
- Jean Byron, American actress (b. 1925)
- Ivan Choma, Ukrainian bishop (b. 1923)
- Ernie Clements, English cyclist (b. 1922)
- Herbert Fischer, German diplomat (b. 1914)
- Lou Jones, American runner (b. 1932)
- Vath Koreshi, Albanian author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
- Reinhart Koselleck, German historian (b. 1923)
- Al Lewis, American actor (b. 1923)
- Romano Mussolini, Italian pianist and painter (b. 1927)
- February 4
- Jenő Dalnoki, Hungarian footballer (b. 1932)
- Friedrich Engel, German war criminal (b. 1909)
- Betty Friedan, American author and activist (b. 1921)
- February 5
- Franklin Cover, American actor (b. 1928)
- Andrea Santoro, Italian priest (b. 1945)
- Shigeto Tsuru, Japanese politician and economist (b. 1912)
- February 6
- Sergei Dotsenko, Uzbekistani footballer and manager (b. 1947)
- Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, American actor (b. 1925)
- Stella Ross-Craig, English illustrator (b. 1906)
- Esther Sandoval, Puerto Rican actress (b. 1928)
- Karin Struck, German author (b. 1947)
- Kōji Totani, Japanese voice actor (b. 1948)
- February 7
- Shujauddin Butt, Pakistani cricketer and lieutenant colonel (b. 1930)
- Ibrahim Kodra, Albanian poet (b. 1918)
- Jack Montrose, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
- Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Turkish princess (b. 1914)
- Alberto Terry, Peruvian footballer (b. 1929)
- February 8
- Larry Black, American sprinter (b. 1951)
- Mauritz Brännström, Swedish skier (b. 1918)
- Elton Dean, English saxophonist (b. 1945)
- Michael Gilbert, English author (b. 1912)
- Ron Greenwood, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- Akira Ifukube, Japanese film composer (b. 1914)
- Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy, French sculptor (b. 1920)
- Gigi Parrish, American actress (b. 1912)
- Kuljeet Randhawa, Indian model and actress (b. 1976)
- February 9
- Dai Ailian, Chinese dancer (b. 1916)
- Phil Brown, American actor (b. 1916)
- Ibolya Csák, Hungarian high jumper (b. 1915)
- Florence Ezekiel, Indian actress (b. 1932)
- Gilles Kahn, French computer scientist (b. 1946)
- Freddie Laker, English entrepreneur (b. 1922)
- Jorma Vaihela, Finnish footballer (b. 1925)
- February 10
- Fernando Brobró, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1934)
- Dionis Bubani, French author and playwright (b. 1926)
- J Dilla, American record producer and rapper (b. 1974)
- Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian physician and activist (b. 1940)
- Norman Shumway, American surgeon (b. 1923)
- Juan Soriano, Mexican artist (b. 1920)
- André Strappe, French footballer (b. 1928)
- February 11
- Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- Peggy Cripps, English author (b. 1921)
- Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (b. 1940)
- Elly Jannes, Swedish author and journalist (b. 1907)
- Reinhold Rau, German historian (b. 1932)
- Harry Schein, Austrian-Swedish engineer (b. 1924)
- February 12 – Kharis Yunichev, Russian swimmer (b. 1931)
- February 13
- Andreas Katsulas, American actor (b. 1946)
- Altynbek Sarsenbayuly, Kazakhstani politician (b. 1962)
- P. F. Strawson, English philosopher (b. 1919)
- Joseph Ujlaki, Hungarian-French footballer (b. 1929)
- Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist (b. 1937)
- February 14
- Valery Boldin, Russian politician (b. 1935)
- Steve Bracey, American basketball player (b. 1950)
- Darry Cowl, French actor (b. 1925)
- Shoshana Damari, Yemeni-Israeli singer (b. 1923)
- Lynden David Hall, English singer (b. 1974)
- Putte Wickman, Swedish clarinetist (b. 1924)
- February 15
- Barbara Guest, American poet (b. 1920)
- Anna Marly, Russian-French singer (b. 1917)
- Christian de la Mazière, French journalist (b. 1922)
- Andrey Petrov, Russian composer (b. 1930)
- Sun Yun-suan, Chinese engineer and politician (b. 1913)
- Josip Vrhovec, Croatian politician (b. 1926)
- February 16
- Paul Avrich, American historian (b. 1931)
- Benno Besson, Swiss actor (b. 1922)
- Erna Flegel, German nurse (b. 1911)
- Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach (b. 1925)
- Gennadiy Tsygankov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1947)
- February 17
- Ray Barretto, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1929)
- Sybille Bedford, German-English author (b. 1911)
- Paul Carr, American actor (b. 1934)
- Harold Hunter, American skateboarder (b. 1974)
- Noriko Ibaragi, Japanese poet (b. 1926)
- Jorge Mendonça, Brazilian footballer (b. 1954)
- Yevgeny Samoylov, Russian actor (b. 1912)
- February 18
- Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa, Sudanese politician, Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1919)
- Richard Bright, American actor (b. 1937)
- Laurel Hester, American police officer and activist (b. 1956)
- Ratmir Kholmov, Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1925)
- Charles Leonard, American pentathlete and major general (b. 1913)
- Alexander Ramati, Polish author and film director (b. 1921)
- February 19
- Godtfred Holmvang, Norwegian decathlete and skier (b. 1917)
- Wi Kuki Kaa, New Zealand actor (b. 1938)
- Sari Szasz, Romanian table tennis player (b. 1922)
- February 20
- Luca Coscioni, Italian economist and politician (b. 1967)
- Ion Drîmbă, Romanian fencer (b. 1942)
- Lou Gish, English actress (b. 1967)
- Joan M. Hussey, English scholar and historian (b. 1907)
- Paul Marcinkus, American archbishop (b. 1922)
- Fang Zhaoling, Chinese painter (b. 1914)
- February 21
- Pierre Amandry, French hellenist (b. 1912)
- Gennadiy Aygi, Russian poet and translator (b. 1934)
- Theodore Draper, American historian (b. 1912)
- Mirko Marjanović, Serbian politician, Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1937)
- Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (b. 1921)
- Stefan Terlezki, Ukrainian-Welsh politician (b. 1927)
- Pavel Zhiburtovich, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
- February 22
- Atwar Bahjat, Iraqi journalist (b. 1976)
- Anthony Burger, American pianist and singer (b. 1961)
- Hilde Domin, German poet (b. 1909)
- Suzanne Jovet-Ast, French botanist (b. 1914)
- Suzan Kahramaner, Turkish mathematician (b. 1913)
- S. Rajaratnam, Singaporean politician (b. 1915)
- Bill Tung, Hong Kong actor and sports commentator (b. 1933)
- Richard Wawro, Scottish artist (b. 1952)
- February 23
- Said Mohamed Djohar, Comorian politician, President of the Comoros (b. 1919)
- Luna Leopold, American geomorphologist and hydrologist (b. 1915)
- Antonio Rodotà, Italian space administrator (b. 1935)
- Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
- February 24
- Octavia E. Butler, American author (b. 1947)
- Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924)
- Alf Marholm, German actor (b. 1918)
- Andrew Sherratt, English archaeologist (b. 1946)
- Anita Snellman, Finnish painter (b. 1924)
- Denis Twitchett, English sinologist and scholar (b. 1925)
- Dennis Weaver, American actor (b. 1924)
- February 25
- Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, Ethiopian poet and author (b. 1936)
- Thomas Koppel, Danish composer and musician (b. 1944)
- Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
- Henry M. Morris, American creationist (b. 1918)
- February 26
- John Kizirian, American colonel (b. 1928)
- Naum Z. Shor, Ukrainian mathematician (b. 1937)
- Hans Singer, German-English economist (b. 1910)
- Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922)
- Ilya Zimin, Russian journalist (b. 1972)
- February 27
- Ferenc Bene, Hungarian footballer (b. 1944)
- Clarence Max Fowler, American physicist (b. 1918)
- Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)
- Thérèse Sita-Bella, Cameroonian film director (b. 1933)
- February 28
- Jan Brøgger, Norwegian anthropologist and psychologist (b. 1936)
- Owen Chamberlain, American physicist (b. 1920)
- Ron Cyrus, American politician (b. 1935)
- Alexander Shalimov, Ukrainian surgeon (b. 1918)
- Arno Wallaard, Dutch cyclist (b. 1979)
March 2006
edit- March 1
- Raissa L. Berg, Russian geneticist and biologist (b. 1913)
- Harry Browne, American political figure (b. 1933)
- Eugen Ewig, German historian (b. 1913)
- Alexander Fol, Bulgarian historian (b. 1933)
- Reidar Liaklev, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1917)
- Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)
- Peter Sykes, Australian film director (b. 1939)
- Jenny Tamburi, Italian actress (b. 1952)
- Zuhdi Labib Terzi, Palestinian diplomat (b. 1924)
- March 2
- Leopold Gratz, Austrian politician (b. 1929)
- Philippe Muray, French author (b. 1945)
- Gilles Quispel, Dutch theologian and historian (b. 1916)
- Jack Wild, English actor (b. 1952)
- March 3
- Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet and musician (b. 1923)
- Else Fisher, Swedish dancer and choreographer (b. 1918)
- Charlie Hodge, American guitarist (b. 1934)
- Henrique Teixeira de Sousa, Cape Verdean-Portuguese physician and author (b. 1919)
- Richard Vander Veen, American politician (b. 1922)
- March 4
- Roman Ogaza, Polish footballer (b. 1952)
- Edgar Valter, Estonian artist (b. 1929)
- March 5
- Milan Babić, Croatian footballer (b. 1956)
- Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel, French psychoanalyst (b. 1928)
- Richard Kuklinski, American hitman (b. 1935)
- John Joseph Paul, American bishop (b. 1918)
- Denise Soriano-Boucherit, French violinist (b. 1916)
- Donato Squicciarini, Italian archbishop (b. 1927)
- March 6
- Anne Braden, American activist (b. 1924)
- Gunnar Halvorsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1945)
- Iser Kuperman, Russian checkers player (b. 1922)
- Hrachya Melikyan, Armenian composer (b. 1947)
- Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (b. 1960)
- Dana Reeve, American actress and activist (b. 1961)
- Simon Ungers, German architect and artist (b. 1957)
- Arthur Wahl, American chemist (b. 1917)
- Ruth Weiss, Austrian-Chinese journalist (b. 1908)
- March 7
- Gordon Parks, American photographer and film director (b. 1912)
- Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer (b. 1939)
- March 8
- Teresa Ciepły, Polish sprinter and hurdler (b. 1937)
- Giordano Cottur, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
- Jorge Eduardo Eielson, Peruvian artist and author (b. 1924)
- Rhoda Williams, American actress (b. 1930)
- March 9
- Hanka Bielicka, Polish singer and actress (b. 1915)
- Erik Elmsäter, Swedish athlete (b. 1919)
- Péter Halász, Hungarian actor (b. 1943)
- Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian computer programmer (b. 1957)
- Anna Moffo, American opera singer (b. 1932)
- John Profumo, English politician (b. 1915)
- Harry Seidler, Austrian-Australian architect (b. 1923)
- Laura Stoica, Romanian singer (b. 1967)
- March 10
- Alberto Migré, Argentine screenwriter and television producer (b. 1931)
- Ronald H. Nash, American philosopher (b. 1936)
- Jan Wiktor Wiśniewski, Polish footballer (b. 1922)
- March 11
- Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
- Slobodan Milošević, Serbian politician, President of Serbia (b. 1941)
- Jesús Rollán, Spanish water polo player (b. 1968)
- March 12
- Jurij Brězan, German author (b. 1916)
- Jonatan Johansson, Swedish snowboarder (b. 1980)
- March 13
- Robert C. Baker, American inventor (b. 1921)
- Roy Clarke, Welsh footballer (b. 1925)
- Bato Govedarica, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)
- Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925)
- March 14
- Nat Frankel, American basketball player (b. 1913)
- Lennart Meri, Estonian politician, President of Estonia (b. 1929)
- March 15
- Galina Burkatskaya, Ukrainian activist (b. 1916)
- Jacques Legras, French actor (b. 1924)
- George Mackey, American mathematician (b. 1916)
- Bob Maud, South African racing driver (b. 1946)
- Georgios Rallis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)
- Ali Tajvidi, Iranian musician and composer (b. 1919)
- March 16
- Jonathan Delisle, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1977)
- Miguel Espinós, Spanish cyclist (b. 1947)
- David Feintuch, American author (b. 1944)
- Paul Flaherty, American computer scientist (b. 1964)
- Tam Kong Pak, Chinese-Hong Kong footballer (b. 1911)
- March 17
- Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (b. 1913)
- Pyotr Gnido, Ukrainian pilot (b. 1919)
- Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (b. 1913)
- G. William Miller, American economist and politician (b. 1925)
- Romeo Panciroli, Italian archbishop and diplomat (b. 1923)
- Gun Röring, Swedish gymnast (b. 1930)
- March 18 – Anatoliy Puzach, Ukrainian footballer and coach (b. 1941)
- March 19
- Radu Aldulescu, Romanian-Italian cellist (b. 1922)
- Muhammad Ali, Pakistani actor (b. 1931)
- Anselmo Colzani, Italian opera singer (b. 1918)
- Ernesto Duchini, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1910)
- Robin Hodder, Australian field hockey player (b. 1937)
- Channing Pollock, American magician and actor (b. 1926)
- March 20
- Gene Scott, American tennis player (b. 1937)
- P. R. Wallace, Canadian theoretical physicist (b. 1915)
- March 21 – Margaret Ewing, Scottish politician (b. 1945)
- March 22
- Ria Beckers, Dutch politician (b. 1938)
- Pierre Clostermann, French fighter pilot (b. 1921)
- Britt Lomond, American actor and television producer (b. 1925)
- Stig Wennerström, Swedish colonel and spy (b. 1906))
- March 23
- Sarah Caldwell, American conductor (b. 1924)
- Desmond Doss, American corporal (b. 1919)
- Eloy de la Iglesia, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1944)
- Antonina Ivanova, Russian shot putter (b. 1932)
- Pío Leyva, Cuban singer and author (b. 1917)
- Feodora Schenk, Austrian athlete (b. 1920)
- Cindy Walker, American songwriter (b. 1918)
- Elizabeth A. Wood, American crystallographer and geologist (b. 1912)
- March 24
- J. Glenn Beall Jr., American politician (b. 1927)
- Te-Tzu Chang, Chinese scientist (b. 1927)
- Jaroslava Moserová, Czech politician and translator (b. 1930)
- Carl J. Seiberlich, American rear admiral (b. 1921)
- March 25
- Johan Bontekoe, Dutch swimmer (b. 1943)
- Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
- Richard Fleischer, American film director (b. 1916)
- Danilo Lazović, Serbian actor (b. 1951)
- Buck Owens, American singer (b. 1929)
- Nilmaris Santini, Puerto Rican judoka (b. 1959)
- March 26
- Angelo d'Arrigo, Italian pilot (b. 1961)
- Paul Dana, American racing driver (b. 1975)
- Kristoffer Lepsøe, Norwegian rower (b. 1922)
- Ole Madsen, Danish footballer (b. 1934)
- Nikki Sudden, English musician (b. 1956)
- March 27
- Werner Camichel, Swiss bobsledder (b. 1945)
- Dan Curtis, American television director (b. 1927)
- Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet (b. 1925)
- Stanisław Lem, Polish author (b. 1921)
- Rudolf Vrba, Slovakian-Canadian pharmacologist (b. 1924)
- Peter Wells, Australian guitarist (b. 1946)
- Neil Williams, English cricketer (b. 1962)
- March 28
- Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo, Brazilian cyclist (b. 1966)
- Carlos Cat, Uruguayan engineer and politician (b. 1930)
- Bansi Lal, Indian activist and politician (b. 1927)
- Charles Schepens, Belgian-American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
- Caspar Weinberger, American politician (b. 1917)
- March 29
- Don Alias, American drummer (b. 1939)
- Salvador Elizondo, Mexican author and film producer (b. 1932)
- Werner Wolf Glaser, German-Swedish composer and conductor (b. 1910)
- Jean Mabire, French journalist and author (b. 1927)
- Gretchen Rau, American set decorator and art director (b. 1939)
- Bob Veith, American racecar driver (b. 1924)
- March 30
- Manohar Shyam Joshi, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- John McGahern, Irish author (b. 1934)
- March 31
- George L. Brown, American politician (b. 1926)
- Olive McKean, American swimmer (b. 1915)
- Jackie McLean, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
- Lilly Wust, German housewife (b. 1913)
April 2006
edit- April 1
- Gary Dineen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1943)
- Oleg Morozov, Russian footballer (b. 1937)
- Neeta Sen, Indian musician (b. 1935)
- Ai Takano, Japanese singer (b. 1951)
- In Tam, Cambodian politician (b. 1916)
- Wilfred Waters, English cyclist (b. 1923)
- April 2
- Muhammad al-Maghut, Syrian author and poet (b. 1934)
- Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, German countess (b. 1913)
- April 3
- Thomas J. Abercrombie, American photographer (b. 1930)
- Al Harker, American soccer player (b. 1910)
- Genzō Murakami, Japanese author (b. 1910)
- April 4
- Géza Balkay, Hungarian actor (b. 1952)
- Mary Boyce, Indian-English scholar (b. 1920)
- Eckhard Dagge, German boxer (b. 1948)
- Denis Donaldson, Northern Irish spy (b. 1950)
- Gary Gray, American actor (b. 1936)
- Kabir Stori, Afghan-German poet and author (b. 1942)
- Jürgen Thorwald, German author and journalist (b. [[1915]})
- Robert Zimmermann, Swiss cyclist (b. 1912)
- April 5
- Alain de Boissieu, French general (b. 1915)
- Allan Kaprow, American painter (b. 1927)
- Pasquale Macchi, Italian archbishop (b. 1923)
- Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1940)
- Yevgeny Seredin, Russian swimmer (b. 1958)
- April 6
- Francis L. Kellogg, American diplomat (b. 1917)
- Leslie Norris, Welsh poet and author (b. 1921)
- April 7
- Gamar Almaszadeh, Azerbaijani ballerina (b. 1915)
- Roger Arnaldez, French scholar (b. 1911)
- Adamas Golodets, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- Vojislav Melić, Serbian footballer (b. 1940)
- Yadgar Nasriddinova, Uzbekistani engineer and politician (b. 1920)
- April 8
- Sven Axbom, Swedish footballer (b. 1926)
- Jerome Levine, American mathematician (b. 1937)
- Henry Lewy, German-American sound engineer and record producer (b. 1926)
- Gerard Reve, Dutch author (b. 1923)
- Valentine Telegdi, Hungarian-American physicist (b. 1922)
- April 9
- Robin Orr, Scottish organist and composer (b. 1909)
- Georges Rawiri, Gabonese politician and diplomat (b. 1932)
- Hermann Schild, German politician (b. 1913)
- Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish film director (b. 1924)
- April 10
- Claude Esteban, French poet (b. 1935)
- Stephen Strimpell, American actor (b. 1934)
- April 11
- June Pointer, American singer (b. 1953)
- Proof, American rapper (b. 1973)
- Majda Sepe, Slovenian singer (b. 1937)
- Shin Sang-ok, South Korean film producer and director (b. 1926)
- Sergey Tereshchenkov, Russian cyclist (b. 1938)
- April 12
- Gerhard Borrmann, German physicist (b. 1908)
- William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman and activist (b. 1924)
- Kazuo Kuroki, Japanese film director (b. 1930)
- José Manuel Martín, Spanish actor (b. 1924)
- Christiane Maybach, German actress (b. 1932)
- Shekhar Mehta, Kenyan rally driver (b. 1945)
- Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)
- Albert Ernest Radford, American botanist (b. 1918)
- Dr. Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (b. 1929)
- April 13
- Anders Ejnar Andersen, Danish politician (b. 1912)
- Muriel Spark, Scottish author and poet (b. 1918)
- April 14
- Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovan politician (b. 1936)
- Luis Bordón, Paraguayan composer and harpist (b. 1926)
- Miguel Reale, Brazilian jurist and philosopher (b. 1910)
- April 15
- Raúl Corrales Forno, Cuban photographer (b. 1925)
- Pavel Koutecký, Czech film director (b. 1956)
- April 16
- Philippe Castelli, French actor (b. 1926)
- Morton Freedgood, American author (b. 1913)
- Daniel Schaefer, American politician (b. 1936)
- Georges Stuber, Swiss footballer (b. 1925)
- April 17
- Jean Bernard, French physician (b. 1907)
- Price Brookfield, American basketball player and baseball player (b. 1920)
- Aleksandr Dolgushin, Russian water polo player (b. 1946)
- Henderson Forsythe, American actor (b. 1917)
- Arthur Hertzberg, Polish-American rabbi and scholar (b. 1921)
- Peter Pospíšil, Slovakian handball player (b. 1944)
- April 18
- Han Chang-wha, South Korean footballer (b. 1922)
- Henri Duparc, Ivorian film director (b. 1941)
- Maurice de Gandillac, French philosopher (b. 1906)
- Ken Jones, Welsh sprinter and rugby player (b. 1921)
- John Lyall, English footballer and manager (b. 1940)
- Eivind Skabo, Norwegian canoeist (b. 1916)
- Joseph Vissers, Belgian boxer (b. 1928)
- April 19
- Albert Scott Crossfield, American naval officer and pilot (b. 1921)
- Jo de Haan, Dutch cyclist (b. 1936)
- Ellen Kuzwayo, South African activist and politician (b. 1914)
- April 20
- Kathleen Antonelli, Irish-American computer programmer (b. 1921)
- Paul Cohn, German-English mathematician (b. 1924)
- Wolfgang Unzicker, German chess grandmaster (b. 1925)
- Miguel Zacarías, Mexican film director and screenwriter (b. 1905)
- April 21 – Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- April 22
- Henriette Avram, American computer programmer (b. 1919)
- Enriqueta Harris, English historian (b. 1910)
- Tip Marugg, Dutch-Curaçaoan author and poet (b. 1923)
- Vittorio De Sisti, Libyan-Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
- Martín Zapata, Colombian footballer (b. 1970)
- April 23
- Abdul Ghafar Baba, Malaysian politician (b. 1925)
- Susan Browning, American actress (b. 1941)
- William P. Gottlieb, American photographer (b. 1917)
- David Peckinpah, American television writer and producer (b. 1951)
- Rosario Silayan-Bailon, Filipino beauty queen and actress (b. 1959)
- Tue Bjørn Thomsen, Danish boxer (b. 1972)
- Isaac Witkin, South African-American sculptor (b. 1936)
- April 24
- Erik Bergman, Finnish composer (b. 1911)
- Peter Ellis, English television director (b. 1948)
- László Jeney, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1923)
- Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940)
- Bonnie Owens, American singer (b. 1929)
- Moshe Teitelbaum, Hungarian-American rebbe (b. 1914)
- April 25 – Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist and author (b. 1916)
- April 26
- Yuval Ne'eman, Israeli theoretical physicist (b. 1925)
- Agustí Chalaux i de Subirà, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1911)
- April 27
- Wacław Latocha, Polish cyclist (b. 1936)
- Gösta Sandberg, Swedish athlete (b. 1932)
- Julia Thorne, American author (b. 1944)
- Alexander Trowbridge, American politician (b. 1929)
- April 28
- Wally Hayward, South African runner (b. 1908)
- Jan Koetsier, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1911)
- Ben-Zion Orgad, Israeli composer (b. 1926)
- April 29
- Bjørn Aamodt, Norwegian poet (b. 1944)
- John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat (b. 1908)
- Siegfried Joksch, Austrian footballer (b. 1917)
- Shankar Lakshman, Indian field hockey player (b. 1933)
- Yoichi Numata, Japanese actor (b. 1924)
- Robert Plutchik, American psychologist (b. 1927)
- Alvin S. White, American pilot and engineer (b. 1918)
- April 30
- Elio Bartolini, Italian author and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Jean-François Revel, French philosopher and journalist (b. 1924)
- Gabino Rey, Spanish painter (b. 1928)
- Corinne Rey-Bellet, Swiss skier (b. 1972)
- Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress (b. 1934)
- Paul Spiegel, German politician (b. 1937)
- Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author (b. 1925)
May 2006
edit- May 1
- Jay Presson Allen, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1922)
- Big Hawk, American rapper (b. 1969)
- Betsy Jones-Moreland, American actress (b. 1930)
- Rauno Lehtinen, Finnish conductor and composer (b. 1932)
- Ion Gavrilă Ogoranu, Romanian fascist (b. 1923)
- Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Argentine archbishop and cardinal (b. 1919)
- May 2
- Galaktion Alpaidze, Russian lieutenant general (b. 1916)
- Luigi Griffanti, Italian footballer (b. 1917)
- Mario Inchausti, Cuban footballer (b. 1915)
- Mario Ortiz, Chilean footballer (b. 1936)
- May 3
- Karel Appel, Dutch pianist and sculptor (b. 1921)
- Fernando O. Assunção, Uruguayan historian and anthropologist (b. 1931)
- Siegfried Fink, German drummer and composer (b. 1928)
- Boris Kuznetsov, Russian boxer (b. 1947)
- Franco Lavoratori, Italian water polo player (b. 1941)
- Oleg Lupanov, Russian mathematician (b. 1932)
- Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
- Earl Woods, American lieutenant colonel (b. 1932)
- May 4 – Alejandra Boero, Argentine actress (b. 1918)
- May 5
- Naushad Ali, Indian musician (b. 1919)
- Atıf Yılmaz, Turkish film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- May 6
- Lillian Asplund, American secretary and Titanic survivor (b. 1906)
- Konstantin Beskov, Russian footballer and coach 9b. 1920)
- Shigeru Kayano, Japanese activist (b. 1926)
- Grant McLennan, Australian singer (b. 1958)
- Tikkavarapu Pattabhirama Reddy, Indian screenwriter (b. 1919)
- May 7
- Alfréd Jindra, Czech caoneist (b. 1930)
- Banri Namikawa, Japanese photographer (b. 1931)
- Stella Sigcau, South African politician (b. 1937)
- Machiko Soga, Japanese actress (b. 1938)
- May 8
- Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer (b. 1938)
- Gregorio Rojo, Spanish runner (b. 1920)
- May 9
- Jerzy Ficowski, Polish poet and author (b. 1924)
- Pietro Garinei, Italian playwright (b. 1919)
- Édouard Jaguer, French poet and critic (b. 1924)
- David Tsimakuridze, Georgian wrestler (b. 1925)
- May 10
- Soraya Cuevas, Colombian-American musician (b. 1969)
- Val Guest, English film director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
- John Hicks, American pianist and composer (b. 1941)
- Rolandas Pavilionis, Lithuanian philosopher and politician (b. 1944)
- A. M. Rosenthal, American journalist (b. 1922)
- Rosemarie Said Zahlan, Palestinian-American historian and author (b. 1937)
- Alexander Zinoviev, Russian philosopher (b. 1922)
- May 11
- Yossi Banai, Israeli singer and actor (b. 1932)
- Byron Morrow, American actor (b. 1911)
- Michael O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1936)
- Floyd Patterson, American boxer (b. 1935)
- Ferdinando Tacconi, Italian cartoonist (b. 1922)
- Frankie Thomas, American actor and author (b. 1921)
- May 12
- Miguel Fisac, Spanish architect (b. 1913)
- Valentina Kovpan, Ukrainian archer (b. 1950)
- Hussein Maziq, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1918)
- Arthur Porges, American author (b. 1915)
- Bunkichi Sawada, Japanese pole vaulter (b. 1920)
- May 13
- Umberto Colombo, Italian engineer (b. 1927)
- Hemlata Gupta, Indian physician (b. 1943)
- Jaroslav Pelikan, American scholar (b. 1923)
- Eugenio Santoro, Italian-Swiss artist (b. 1920)
- Östen Sjöstrand, Swedish poet and author (b. 1925)
- Peter Viereck, American poet and historian (b. 1916)
- May 14
- Jackie Botten, South African cricketer (b. 1938)
- Yuri Denisyuk, Russian physicist (b. 1927)
- Stanley Kunitz, American poet (b. 1905)
- Paul Marco, American actor (b. 1927)
- Robert Bruce Merrifield, American biochemist (b. 1921)
- May 15
- Joyce Ballantyne, American painter (b. 1918)
- Chic Hecht, American politician (b. 1928)
- Cheikha Rimitti, Algerian singer (b. 1923)
- David Sharp, English mountaineer (b. 1972)
- May 16
- Tomas Olsson, Swedish explorer and skier (b. 1976)
- Takahiro Tamura, Japanese actor (b. 1928)
- May 17 – Mieczysław Nowak, Polish weightlifter (b. 1936)
- May 18
- Irving Meretsky, Canadian basketball player (b. 1912)
- Michael O'Riordan, Irish politician (b. 1917)
- Gilbert Sorrentino, American author and poet (b. 1929)
- May 19
- Yitzhak Ben-Aharon, Israeli politician (b. 1906)
- Freddie Garrity, English singer (b. 1936)
- Henri Meert, Belgian footballer (b. 1920)
- May 20
- Anna Ciepielewska, Polish actress (b. 1936)
- Afsar Javanshirov, Azerbaijani composer (b. 1930)
- Zoe Rae, American actress (b. 1910)
- Jean-Louis de Rambures, French journalist and author (b. 1930)
- May 21
- Katherine Dunham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1909)
- Ferenc Szabadváry, Hungarian chemist and historian (b. 1923)
- Inger Louise Valle, Norwegian politician (b. 1921)
- Billy Walker, American singer (b. 1929)
- May 22
- Balduin Baas, German actor (b. 1922)
- Hamza El Din, Egyptian composer (b. 1929)
- Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician (b. 1945)
- Lilia Prado, Mexican actress (b. 1928)
- Eero Salonen, Finnish basketball player (b. 1932)
- Kōichirō Tomita, Japanese astronomer (b. 1925)
- May 23
- Philippe Amaury, French businessman (b. 1940)
- Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (b. 1921)
- Frits Bernard, Dutch psychologist (b. 1920)
- Milan Damjanović, Serbian footballer (b. 1943)
- Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer and coach (b. 1921)
- Werner Jacob, German organist and composer (b. 1938)
- May 24
- Albert Adu Boahen, Ghanaian academic and politician (b. 1932)
- Henry Bumstead, American art director and production designer (b. 1915)
- Fritz Klein, Austrian-American psychiatrist and sexologist (b. 1932)
- Anderson Mazoka, Zambian politician (b. 1943)
- Claude Piéplu, French actor (b. 1923)
- Heinz Stettler, Swiss bobsledder (b. 1952)
- May 25
- Anton Cerer, Slovenian-American swimmer (b. 1916)
- Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer (b. 1941)
- Lars Gyllensten, Swedish author and physician (b. 1921)
- Aída Luz, Argentine actress (b. 1917)
- Grigory Verichev, Russian judoka (b. 1957)
- Mari Yonehara, Japanese translator and author (b. 1950)
- Otto Zykan, Austrian composer and pianist (b. 1935)
- May 26
- Johann von Kielmansegg, German general (b. 1906)
- Alan Kotok, American computer scientist (b. 1941)
- Édouard Michelin, French businessman (b. 1963)
- Ramón Quián, Cuban singer and bandleader (b. 1922)
- Anita Roberts, American biologist (b. 1942)
- Ted Schroeder, American tennis player (b. 1921)
- Raymond Triboulet, French politician (b. 1906)
- May 27
- Dieter Acker, German composer (b. 1940)
- David Butler, Scottish screenwriter (b. 1927)
- Fernando Romeo Lucas García, Guatemalan politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1924)
- Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939)
- Michael Riffaterre, French critic (b. 1924)
- Alex Toth, American comic book artist and animator (b. 1928)
- May 28
- Fermín Chávez, Argentine historian and poet (b. 1924)
- Avigdor Dagan, Czech-Israeli author and playwright (b. 1912)
- Ivan Ivanov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1942)
- Umberto Masetti, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1926)
- Masumi Okada, Japanese actor (b. 1935)
- Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1920)
- Andrzej Skrzydlewski, Polish wrestler (b. 1946)
- May 29
- Omeljan Pritsak, Ukrainian-American academic and historian (b. 1919)
- Johnny Servoz-Gavin, French motorcycle racer (b. 1942)
- Edwin Zbonek, Austrian film director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- May 30
- Slim Aarons, American photographer (b. 1916)
- Boštjan Hladnik, Slovenian film director (b. 1929)
- Shōhei Imamura, Japanese film director (b. 1926)
- Robert Sterling, American actor (b. 1917)
- May 31
- Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (b. 1933)
- Raymond Davis Jr., American chemist and physicist (b. 1914)
- Zézé Rodriguez, Brazilian footballer (b. 1942)
- Boris Rösner, Czech actor (b. 1951)
- Urairat Soimee, Thai activist (b. 1968)
June 2006
edit- June 1
- Radu Bălescu, Romanian-Belgian scientist (b. 1932)
- Shokichi Iyanaga, Japanese mathematician (b. 1906)
- Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1946)
- Toni Seelos, Austrian skier (b. 1911)
- June 2
- Vyacheslav Klykov, Russian sculptor (b. 1939)
- Leon Pownall, Welsh-Canadian actor (b. 1943)
- Vince Welnick, American keyboardist (b. 1951)
- June 3
- Johnny Grande, American pianist (b. 1930)
- Zako Heskiya, Bulgarian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Hans Hirzel, German resistance fighter (b. 1924)
- Doug Serrurier, South African racing driver (b. 1920)
- June 4 – Fulvia Mammi, Italian actress (b. 1927)
- June 5
- Eliana Navarro, Chilean poet (b. 1920)
- Huda Sultan, Egyptian actress and singer (b. 1925)
- June 6
- Werner Döring, German theoretical physicist (b. 1911)
- Tibor Fábián, Hungarian footballer (b. 1946)
- Arnold Newman, American photographer (b. 1918)
- Billy Preston, American musician (b. 1946)
- Hilton Ruiz, American pianist (b. 1952)
- Camille Sandorfy, Hungarian-Canadian chemist (b. 1920)
- June 7
- Herbert Buhtz, German rower (b. 1911)
- Terrence McCann, American wrestler (b. 1934)
- Ingo Preminger, Austrian-American film producer (b. 1911)
- Louis B. Sohn, Austrian-American scholar (b. 1914)
- John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1963)
- June 8
- Robert Donner, American actor (b. 1931)
- Mykola Kolessa, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
- Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk (b. 1919)
- Celia Baudot de Moschini, Argentine chess player (b. 1910)
- Bjørn Wiinblad, Danish artist (b. 1919)
- June 9
- Kinga Choszcz, Polish explorer and author (b. 1973)
- Drafi Deutscher, German singer (b. 1946)
- Orson K. Miller Jr., American mycologist (b. 1930)
- Vinko Rosić, Croatian water polo player (b. 1941)
- Enzo Siciliano, Italian author and playwright (b. 1934)
- June 10
- Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi, Yemeni politician (b. 1934)
- Hubertus Czernin, Austrian journalist (b. 1956)
- Wulff-Dieter Heintz, German astronomer (b. 1930)
- Otto Grieg Tidemand, Norwegian politician (b. 1921)
- Zvi Zimmerman, Israeli politician and diplomat (b. 1913)
- June 11
- James Ax, American mathematician (b. 1937)
- Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand athlete (b. 1944)
- Rolande Falcinelli, French organist and composer (b. 1920)
- Suzanne Morrow Francis, Canadian figure skater (b. 1930)
- Bruce Shand, English army officer (b. 1917)
- June 12
- Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player and fighter pilot (b. 1915)
- Chakufwa Chihana, Malawian activist (b. 1939)
- György Ligeti, Hungarian-Austrian composer (b. 1923)
- José Leite Lopes, Brazilian theoretical physicist (b. 1918)
- James Stephen Sullivan, American bishop (b. 1929)
- Kenneth Thomson, Canadian-English businessman (b. 1923)
- June 13
- Freddie Gorman, American musician and record producer (b. 1939)
- Leonard Gray, American basketball player (b. 1951)
- Charles Haughey, Irish politician (b. 1925)
- Hiroyuki Iwaki, Japanese conductor and drummer (b. 1932)
- Dennis Shepherd, South African boxer (b. 1926)
- June 14
- Roland Alexander, American musician (b. 1935)
- Monty Berman, English cinematographer and film producer (b. 1913)
- Surinder Kaur, Indian singer (b. 1929)
- Radomir Kovačević, Serbian judoka (b. 1954)
- Jean Roba, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1930)
- Knut Wigert, Norwegian actor (b. 1916)
- June 15
- Betty Curtis, Italian singer (b. 1936)
- Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian (b. 1922)
- Carlos Tovar, Peruvian footballer (b. 1914)
- June 16
- Barbara Epstein, American editor (b. 1928)
- Yahya Hammuda, Palestinian politician (b. 1908)
- Daphne Osborne, English botanist (b. 1930)
- Vlasta Průchová, Czech singer (b. 1926)
- Igor Śmiałowski, Polish actor (b. 1917)
- June 17
- Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)
- Arthur Franz, American actor (b. 1920)
- David Kugultinov, Russian poet (b. 1922)
- Mikhail Lapshin, Russian politician (b. 1934)
- James H. McClure, South African-English author and journalist (b. 1939)
- Joaquim Miranda, Portuguese economist and politician (b. 1950)
- June 18
- Hubert Cornfield, Turkish-American film director (b. 1929)
- Gică Petrescu, Romanian composer (b. 1915)
- Vincent Sherman, American film director and actor (b. 1906)
- June 19 – István Sarlós, Hungarian politician (b. 1921)
- June 20
- Bill Daniel, American politician and actor (b. 1915)
- Raymond Daudel, French chemist (b. 1920)
- Markus Fierz, Swiss physicist (b. 1912)
- Walter Mantegazza, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1952)
- June 21
- Jacques Lanzmann, French journalist and author (b. 1927)
- Jared C. Monti, American sergeant (b. 1975)
- Nazzareno Natale, Italian actor (b. 1938)
- June 22
- Asun Balzola, Spanish illustrator (b. 1942)
- Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Italian architect (b. 1918)
- Manohar Rai Sardesai, Indian poet and author (b. 1925)
- Edwin Young, American diver (b. 1947)
- June 23
- Martin Adler, Swedish journalist (b. 1958)
- Luke Graham, American professional wrestler (b. 1940)
- Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricketer (b. 1939)
- Aaron Spelling, American television producer (b. 1923)
- June 24
- Børre Falkum-Hansen, Norwegian sailor (b. 1919)
- Heinz-Günther Lehmann, German swimmer (b. 1923)
- Ric Weiland, American computer programmer (b. 1953)
- June 25
- Kenneth Griffith, Welsh actor (b. 1921)
- Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician (b. 1917)
- Arif Mardin, Turkish-American music producer (b. 1932)
- Rolf Olinger, Swiss skier (b. 1924)
- Jaap Penraat, Dutch resistance fighter (b. 1918)
- June 26
- Johnny Jenkins, American guitarist (b. 1939)
- Kan'ichi Kuroda, Japanese philosopher (b. 1927)
- Frederick Mayer, German scientist and philosopher (b. 1921)
- Tommy Wonder, Dutch magician (b. 1953)
- June 27
- Tamás Fejér, Hungarian film director (b. 1920)
- Marta Mata, Spanish politician (b. 1926)
- Eduard Schweizer, Swiss theologian (b. 1913)
- June 28
- Jim Baen, American author (b. 1943)
- Boban Janković, Serbian basketball player (b. 1963)
- Theodore Levitt, German-American economist (b. 1925)
- Samir Qotb, Egyptian footballer (b. 1938)
- Lennie Weinrib, American voice actor (b. 1935)
- June 29
- Fabián Bielinsky, Argentine film director (b. 1959)
- Joseph Edamaruku, Indian journalist (b. 1934)
- Joyce Hatto, English pianist (b. 1928)
- Tadao Onishi, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1943)
- Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director (b. 1919)
- Marco Terragni, Italian entrepreneur (b. 1930)
- June 30
- Robert Gernhardt, German author and painter (b. 1937)
- Ross Tompkins, American pianist (b. 1938)
July 2006
edit- July 1
- Ryutaro Hashimoto, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
- Louis Jacobs, English author and theologian (b. 1920)
- Cho Nam-chul, South Korean go player (b. 1923)
- Philip Rieff, American sociologist and critic (b. 1922)
- Fred Trueman, English cricketer (b. 1931)
- July 2
- Balázs Horváth, Hungarian politician (b. 1942)
- René Letelier, Chilean chess player (b. 1915)
- Herty Lewites, Nicaraguan politician (b. 1939)
- Jan Murray, American comedian and actor (b. 1916)
- Tihomir Ognjanov, Serbian footballer (b. 1927)
- François Stahly, German-French sculptor (b. 1911)
- July 3
- José Pedro Díaz, Uruguayan author (b. 1921)
- Dick Dickey, American basketball player (b. 1926)
- Gerhard Fischer, German diplomat (b. 1921)
- Arthur Haggerty, American actor (b. 1931)
- Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (b. 1950)
- Lars Korvald, Norwegian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1916)
- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, American opera singer (b. 1954)
- July 4
- Jean-François d'Orgeix, French equestrian (b. 1921)
- Norbert Kerckhove, Belgian cyclist (b. 1932)
- Andrey Krasko, Russian actor (b. 1957)
- July 5
- Gert Fredriksson, Swedish canoeist (b. 1919)
- Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet (b. 1924)
- Kenneth Lay, American businessman and fraudster (b. 1942)
- Don Lusher, English trombonist (b. 1923)
- Carlos Pérez, Spanish footballer (b. 1971)
- Juan Pablo Rebella, Uruguayan film director (b. 1974)
- Amzie Strickland, American actress (b. 1919)
- Hugh Stubbins, American architect (b. 1912)
- July 6 – Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1925)
- July 7
- Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911)
- Syd Barrett, English singer (b. 1946)
- Rudi Carrell, Dutch entertainer (b. 1934)
- Elias Hrawi, Lebanese politician, President of Lebanon (b. 1926)
- Dina Kaminskaya, Russian-American activist (b. 1919)
- John Money, New Zealand psychologist and sexologist (b. 1921)
- Reizō Nomoto, Japanese voice actor (b. 1930)
- Eric Schopler, German-American psychologist (b. 1927)
- Govindappa Venkataswamy, Indian ophthalmologist (b. 1918)
- July 8
- George Albee, American psychologist (b. 1921)
- June Allyson, American actress (b. 1917)
- Pjetër Arbnori, Albanian political prisoner (b. 1935)
- Ana María Campoy, Colombian-Argentine actress (b. 1925)
- Catherine Leroy, French-American photojournalist (b. 1944)
- Raja Rao, Indian-American author (b. 1908)
- Tor Torkildsen, Norwegian sailor and author (b. 1932)
- Dorothy Uhnak, American author (b. 1930)
- July 9
- Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, Uruguayan racing driver (b. 1922)
- Ireneusz Paliński, Polish weightlifter (b. 1932)
- Anne Palmer, Australian cricketer (b. 1915)
- Milan Williams, American keyboardist (b. 1948)
- July 10
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi, Pakistani poet and journalist (b. 1916)
- Ruth Schönthal, German-American pianist (b. 1924)
- Fred Wander, Austrian author and holocaust survivor (b. 1917)
- July 11
- Sosthène Fernandez, Cambodian general (b. 1923)
- Barnard Hughes, American actor (b. 1915)
- Fortunato Libanori, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1934)
- Karen Mayo-Chandler, English actress and model (b. 1958)
- Bill Miller, American pianist (b. 1915)
- Rasim Ojagov, Azerbaijani film director (b. 1933)
- Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (b. 1959)
- John Spencer, English snooker player (b. 1935)
- Philippe Takla, Lebanese politician (b. 1915)
- July 12
- Ehud Goldwasser, Israeli soldier (b. 1975)
- Kurt Kreuger, German-American actor (b. 1916)
- Hubert Lampo, Belgian author (b. 1920)
- Diego Marabelli, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
- Endre Misteth, Hungarian engineer (b. 1912)
- Loredana Nusciak, Italian actress (b. 1942)
- Eldad Regev, Israeli soldier (b. 1980)
- July 13
- Red Buttons, American actor and comedian (b. 1919)
- Dragomir Felba, Serbian actor (b. 1921)
- Gaston de Gerlache, Belgian explorer (b. 1919)
- Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, Spanish archbishop and cardinal (b. 1916)
- Stanislao Nievo, Italian author and journalist (b. 1928)
- Tomasz Zaliwski, Polish actor (b. 1929)
- July 14
- Osborne Colson, Canadian figure skater (b. 1916)
- Carrie Nye, American actress (b. 1936)
- Aleksander Wojtkiewicz, Polish chess grandmaster (b. 1963)
- July 15
- Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian-American archaeologist (b. 1942)
- Kazuo Shinohara, Japanese architect (b. 1925)
- Andrew Sudduth, American rower (b. 1961)
- July 16
- Mariam Aslamazyan, Russian painter (b. 1907)
- Alexander Goldstein, Estonian-Israeli author (b. 1957)
- Gabriel Ogando, Argentine footballer (b. 1921)
- Bob Orton, American professional wrestler (b. 1929)
- Gramoz Pashko, Albanian economist and politician (b. 1955)
- Ossi Reichert, German skier (b. 1925)
- Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, American politician (b. 1948)
- July 17
- Asad Ghanma, Jordanian brigadier general (b. 1930)
- Sergius Golowin, Swiss author (b. 1930)
- Sam Myers, American musician (b. 1936)
- Mickey Spillane, American author (b. 1918)
- July 18 – Raul Cortez, Brazilian actor (b. 1932)
- July 19
- Naum Shtarkman, Russian pianist (b. 1927)
- Jack Warden, American actor (b. 1920)
- George Wetherill, American astrophysicist (b. 1925)
- July 20
- Charles Bettelheim, French economist and historian (b. 1913)
- Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (b. 1917)
- Ted Grant, South African trotskyist (b. 1913)
- Gérard Oury, French actor and film director (b. 1919)
- July 21
- Mako, Japanese-American actor (b. 1933)
- Bob Mark, Australian tennis player (b. 1937)
- Ta Mok, Cambodian military leader (b. 1924)
- J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (b. 1984)
- L. M. Narducci, Italian-American physicist (b. 1942)
- Alexander Petrenko, Russian basketball player (b. 1976)
- Bert Slater, Scottish footballer (b. 1936)
- July 22
- Gustavo Alatriste, Mexican-American actor and film director (b. 1922)
- Heather Bratton, American model (b. 1987)
- Donald Reid Cabral, Dominican politician, President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1923)
- Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Italian-Brazilian actor (b. 1934)
- Ans Koning, Dutch javelin thrower (b. 1923)
- Thomas J. Manton, American politician (b. 1932)
- Dika Newlin, American composer and musician (b. 1923)
- Herbert Walther, German physicist (b. 1935)
- July 23
- Charles E. Brady Jr., American astronaut (b. 1951)
- Franz Josef Gottlieb, Austrian film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- John Mack, American oboist (b. 1927)
- Rudolf Teschner, German chess grandmaster and author (b. 1922)
- July 24
- Janka Bryl, Belarusian author (b. 1917)
- Heinrich Hollreiser, German conductor (b. 1913)
- Nino Quevedo, Spanish screenwriter and film director (b. 1929)
- July 25
- Lalka Berberova, Bulgarian rower (b. 1965_
- Carl Brashear, American naval sailor (b. 1931)
- Lise Delamare, French actress (b. 1913)
- Ezra Fleischer, Romanian-Israeli poet and philologist (b. 1928)
- Karin Hübner, German actress (b. 1936)
- Dewi Zephaniah Phillips, Welsh philosopher (b. 1934)
- Ian Russell, English journalist and peer (b. 1917)
- Horst von Schroeter, German commander (b. 1919)
- Kalervo Toivonen, Finnish javelin thrower (b. 1913)
- July 26
- Robert Abdesselam, French tennis player (b. 1920)
- Louise Bennett-Coverley, Jamaican poet and folklorist (b. 1919)
- Floyd Dixon, American pianist and singer (b. 1929)
- Rolf Arthur Hansen, Norwegian politician (b. 1920)
- Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg, Russian-German aristocrat (b. 1915)
- Vojtech Zamarovský, Slovakian author (b. 1919)
- July 27
- Owen J. Baggett, American soldier (b. 1920)
- Alexandru Șafran, Romanian-Swiss rabbi (b. 1910)
- Johnny Weissmuller Jr., American actor (b. 1940)
- July 28
- Patrick Allen, English actor (b. 1927)
- Rut Brandt, Norwegian-German author (b. 1920)
- Volodymyr Dakhno, Ukrainian animator and film director (b. 1932)
- David Gemmell, English author (b. 1948)
- Phulrenu Guha, Indian activist and politician (b. 1912)
- Boris Marshak, Russian archaeologist (b. 1933)
- July 29
- Shiv Dayal Batish, Indian-American singer (b. 1914)
- Guido Daccò, Italian racing driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1947)
- Jean Baker Miller, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1927)
- Pierre Vidal-Naquet, French historian (b. 1930)
- July 30
- Duygu Asena, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1946)
- Murray Bookchin, American philosopher (b. 1921)
- Michel Dorfman, Ukrainian-Israeli rabbi (b. 1913)
- Bobby Doyle, American musician (b. 1939)
- Gerson Gu-Konu, Togolese activist and politician (b. 1932)
- Akbar Mohammadi, Iranian activist (b. 1969)
- Zdravko Rajkov, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- Ferenc Zenthe, Hungarian actor (b. 1920)
- July 31
- Vladimír Bouzek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- Mario Faustinelli, Italian comic book artist (b. 1924)
- Fred Kilgour, American librarian (b. 1914)
- Pascal Miézan, Ivorian footballer (b. 1959)
- Akira Yoshimura, Japanese author (b. 1927)
August 2006
edit- August 1
- Vincent Dole, American physician (b. 1913)
- Arlene Raven, American historian and author (b. 1944)
- Johannes Willebrands, Dutch archbishop and cardinal (b. 1909)
- Iris Marion Young, American philosopher (b. 1949)
- August 2
- Holger Börner, German politician (b. 1931)
- Gabriel Montalvo Higuera, Colombian archbishop and diplomat (b. 1930)
- Eva Koppel, Danish architect (b. 1916)
- Luisel Ramos, Uruguayan model (b. 1984)
- Ferenc Szusza, Hungarian footballer (b. 1923)
- August 3
- Warren Barker, American composer and conductor (b. 1923)
- Rosendo Hernández, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- Arthur Lee, American singer (b. 1945)
- Kenneth Richmond, English wrestler (b. 1926)
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-English opera singer (b. 1915)
- Francisco Javier Toledo, Honduran footballer (b. 1959)
- August 4
- John Locke, American keyboardist (b. 1943)
- Mike Monty, American actor (b. 1936)
- Nandini Satpathy, Indian politician and author (b. 1931)
- August 5
- Susan Butcher, American dog musher (b. 1954)
- Adrienne Clostre, French composer (b. 1921)
- Aron Gurevich, Russian historian (b. 1924)
- Hugo Schiltz, Belgian politician (b. 1927)
- Daniel Schmid, Swiss director (b. 1941)
- Ed Thrasher, American art director and photographer (b. 1932)
- August 6
- Esther Victoria Abraham, Indian model and actress (b. 1916)
- Gintaras Beresnevičius, Lithuanian historian (b. 1961)
- Jim Pomeroy, American motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
- Hirotaka Suzuoki, Japanese voice actor (b. 1950)
- August 7 – Lois January, American actress (b. 1913)
- August 8
- John Anderson, English footballer (b. 1921)
- Gustavo Arcos, Cuban revolutionary (b. 1926)
- Jean-Claude Darouy, French rower (b. 1944)
- Duke Jordan, American pianist (b. 1922)
- Nadiya Svitlychna, Ukrainian activist (b. 1930)
- August 9
- James Van Allen, American space scientist (b. 1914)
- Jenny Gröllmann, German actress (b. 1947)
- Melissa Hayden, Canadian ballerina (b. 1923)
- Sayid Abdulloh Nuri, Tajikistani politician (b. 1947)
- August 10 – Genevieve Grotjan Feinstein, American mathematician and cryptanalyst (b. 1913)
- August 11
- Mike Douglas, American singer (b. 1920)
- Mohammad Haleem, Pakistani judge (b. 1925)
- Mazisi Kunene, South African poet (b. 1930)
- August 12
- Smilja Mučibabić, Bosnian biologist (b. 1912)
- Georgi Raykov, Bulgarian wrestler (b. 1953)
- Gianni Solaro, Italian actor (b. 1926)
- Åke Stenqvist, Swedish athlete (b. 1914)
- August 13
- Vladimir Govorov, Russian general (b. 1924)
- Al Hostak, American boxer (b. 1916)
- Tony Jay, English-American actor (b. 1933)
- Anatoly Lagetko, Ukrainian boxer (b. 1936)
- Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (b. 1975)
- Payao Poontarat, Thai boxer (b. 1956)
- August 14
- Johnny Duncan, American singer (b. 1938)
- Adriaan de Groot, Dutch chess player and psychologist (b. 1914)
- Bruno Kirby, American actor (b. 1949)
- Rubén Marcos, Chilean footballer (b. 1942)
- August 15
- Tetsuhiko Asai, Japanese martial artist (b. 1935)
- Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand Maori queen (b. 1931)
- Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (b. 1932)
- August 16
- Umberto Baldini, Italian historian (b. 1921)
- Alexander L. George, American political scientist (b. 1920)
- Tullio Rochlitzer, Croatian-Italian basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
- Julien Schepens, Belgian cyclist (b. 1935)
- Szymon Srebrnik, German holocaust survivor (b. 1930)
- Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan army officer and politician, President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
- Alan Vint, American actor (b. 1944)
- August 17
- Vernon Ingram, German-American biologist (b. 1924)
- Arturo Maffei, Italian long jumper and footballer (b. 1909)
- Ivica Pajer, Croatian actor (b. 1934)
- Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929)
- Bernard Rapp, French film director and news anchor (b. 1945)
- August 18 – Nikolai Shin, Uzbekistani painter (b. 1928)
- August 19
- Saraswathi Gora, Indian activist (b. 1912)
- Joseph Hill, American singer (b. 1949)
- Jarkko Laine, Finnish poet and author (b. 1947)
- Óscar Míguez, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1927)
- Mervyn Wood, Australian rower (b. 1917)
- August 20
- Claude Blanchard, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1932)
- Renate Brausewetter, Spanish-German actress (b. 1905)
- Dmitri Z. Garbuzov, Russian-American physicist (b. 1940)
- Jacob Mincer, Polish-American economist (b. 1922)
- Giuseppe Moccia, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- Bill Parry, English mathematician (b. 1934)
- Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (b. 1911)
- August 21
- Klaus Höhne, German actor (b. 1927)
- Bismillah Khan, Indian musician (b. 1916)
- Jon Lilletun, Norwegian politician (b. 1945)
- Martin Löb, German mathematician (b. 1921)
- William Norris, American businessman (b. 1911)
- S. Yizhar, Israeli author and politician (b. 1916)
- August 22
- José Parodi, Paraguayan footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- Simeon Anthony Pereira, Pakistani archbishop (b. 1927)
- August 23
- Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga, Spanish bishop (b. 1911)
- Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1928)
- Ayyappa Paniker, Indian poet and critic (b. 1930)
- Wasim Raja, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1952)
- Raymond Harold Sawkins, English author (b. 1923)
- Walter Steffens, German gymnast (b. 1908)
- Marie Tharp, American geologist (b. 1920)
- Ed Warren, American paranormal investigator (b. 1926)
- Park Yeonghan, South Korean author (b. 1947)
- August 24
- Ervin Acél, Romanian conductor (b. 1935)
- Herbert Hupka, German journalist and politician (b. 1915)
- Cesare Magarotto, Italian educator (b. 1917)
- Cristian Nemescu, Romanian film director (b. 1979)
- Viktor Pavlov, Russian actor (b. 1940)
- Rocco Petrone, American aerospace engineer (b. 1926)
- Léopold Simoneau, Canadian opera singer (b. 1916)
- James Tenney, American composer (b. 1934)
- John Weinzweig, Canadian composer (b. 1913)
- August 25
- John Blankenstein, Dutch football referee and activist (b. 1949)
- Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian politician, President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918)
- Teimuraz Kakulia, Georgian tennis player (b. 1947)
- Silva Kaputikyan, Armenian poet and activist (b. 1919)
- Vijay Mehra, Indian cricketer (b. 1938)
- Kiril Rakarov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1932)
- Ann Richards, Australian actress (b. 1917)
- Joseph Stefano, American screenwriter (b. 1922)
- August 26
- Rainer Barzel, German politician (b. 1924)
- Akbar Bugti, Pakistani tribal leader (b. 1927)
- Yevhen Kucherevskyi, Ukrainian footballer and coach (b. 1941)
- Ulrich de Maizière, German general (b. 1912)
- Marie-Dominique Philippe, Dominican philosopher and theologian (b. 1912)
- Vladimir Tretchikoff, Russian-South African painter (b. 1913)
- Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer (b. 1926)
- August 27
- Luciano Mendes de Almeida, Brazilian archbishop (b. 1930)
- María Capovilla, Ecuadorian supercentenarian (b. 1889)
- Tee Corinne, American photographer and author (b. 1943)
- Jon Dough, American pornographic actor (b. 1962)
- Juan Ignacio Larrea Holguín, Argentine-Ecuadorian archbishop (b. 1927)
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (b. 1969)
- Vida Yeboah, Ghanaian politician (b. 1944)
- August 28
- Ed Benedict, American animator (b. 1912)
- Pip Pyle, English drummer (b. 1950)
- William F. Quinn, American politician (b. 1919)
- Melvin Schwartz, American physicist (b. 1932)
- August 29
- Kent Andersson, Swedish motorcycle racer (b. 1942)
- William Gibson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- Gerald Green, American author (b. 1922)
- Youenn Gwernig, French-American poet and singer (b. 1925)
- Benjamin Rawitz-Castel, Israeli pianist (b. 1946)
- Jumpin' Gene Simmons, American singer (b. 1937)
- August 30
- Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (b. 1916)
- Igor Kio, Russian magician (b. 1944)
- Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author (b. 1911)
- George Mara, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman (b. 1921)
- August 31
- Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)
- K. Sri Dhammananda, Sri Lankan monk and scholar (b. 1919)
- Guy Gabaldon, American soldier (b. 1926)
- Ingvar Gärd, Swedish footballer (b. 1921)
- Bill Kennedy, American basketball player (b. 1938)
- Mike Magill, American racing driver (b. 1920)
September 2006
edit- September 1
- Severino Compagnoni, Italian skier (b. 1914)
- Nellie Connally, American political figure (b. 1919)
- György Faludy, Hungarian-Canadian poet and author (b. 1910)
- Rashid Maidin, Malaysian politician (b. 1917)
- September 2
- Karl Engel, Swiss pianist (b. 1923)
- Bob Mathias, American decathlete and politician (b. 1930)
- Willi Ninja, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
- Otakar Nožíř, Czech footballer (b. 1917)
- Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1926)
- Dewey Redman, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
- Andy Tonkovich, American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
- September 3
- Françoise Claustre, French archaeologist (b. 1937)
- Jacqueline Doyen, French actress (b. 1930)
- Eva Knardahl, Norwegian pianist (b. 1927)
- September 4
- Rémy Belvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (b. 1966)
- Ingrid Bjoner, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1927)
- John Conte, American actor (b. 1915)
- Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (b. 1942)
- Bernard Galler, American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1928)
- Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television personality (b. 1962)
- Colin Thiele, Australian author (b. 1920)
- Gerhard Thyben, German fighter pilot (b. 1922)
- Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American opera singer (b. 1918)
- September 5
- Ole Bjørnmose, Danish footballer (b. 1944)
- Gösta Löfgren, Swedish footballer (b. 1923)
- Ignacio Macaya, Spanish field hockey player (b. 1933)
- Hilary Mason, American actress (b. 1917)
- September 6
- Herbert Bloch, German-American historian (b. 1911)
- Agha Shahi, Pakistani diplomat and politician (b. 1920)
- September 7
- Ozell Jones, American basketball player (b. 1960)
- Robert Earl Jones, American actor (b. 1910)
- Cornelius O'Leary, Irish historian and political scientist (b. 1927)
- September 8
- Peter Brock, Australian racing driver (b. 1945)
- Thomas Lee Judge, American politician (b. 1934)
- Georgy Kechaari, Azerbaijani author (b. 1930)
- Frank Middlemass, English actor (b. 1919)
- Holly One, Italian pornographic actor (b. 1965)
- September 9
- Luisella Beghi, Italian actress (b. 1922)
- Héctor Blondet, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1947)
- Gérard Brach, French screenwriter (b. 1927)
- Clair Burgener, American politician (b. 1921)
- Émilie Mondor, Canadian runner (b. 1981)
- Herbert Rudley, American actor (b. 1910)
- Arkady Volsky, Russian politician (b. 1932)
- September 10
- Masao Abe, Japanese philosopher and scholar (b. 1915)
- Patty Berg, American golfer (b. 1918)
- Arne Hoel, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1927)
- Daniel Wayne Smith, American actor (b. 1986)
- Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Tongan king (b. 1918)
- September 11
- William Auld, English-Scottish poet and author (b. 1924)
- Pat Corley, American actor (b. 1930)
- Solange Fernex, French activist and politician (b. 1934)
- Joachim Fest, German historian and journalist (b. 1926)
- Pierre George, French geographer (b. 1909)
- Joseph Hayes, American author and playwright (b. 1918)
- Kwan Hoi-san, Hong Kong actor (b. 1925)
- September 12 – Edna Staebler, Canadian author and journalist (b. 1906)
- September 13
- Rogelio Julio Frigerio, Argentine economist and politician (b. 1914)
- Shokichi Natsui, Japanese judoka (b. 1925)
- Ann Richards, American politician (b. 1933)
- September 14
- Silviu Brucan, Romanian politician (b. 1916)
- José Antonio Nieves Conde, Spanish film director (b. 1911)
- Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1926)
- Andrey Kozlov, Russian banker (b. 1965)
- Johnny Sekka, Senegalese-Gambian actor (b. 1934)
- Virginia Vale, American actress (b. 1920)
- September 15
- Vasif Adigozalov, Azerbaijani composer (b. 1935)
- Brunon Bendig, Polish boxer (b. 1938)
- Vic Diaz, Filipino actor (b. 1932)
- Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)
- Charles L. Grant, American author (b. 1942)
- Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (b. 1987)
- September 16
- Sten Andersson, Swedish politician (b. 1923)
- Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
- Fouad el-Mohandes, Egyptian actor (b. 1924)
- George Estman, South African cyclist (b. 1922)
- Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player (b. 1924)
- Xavier Valls, Spanish painter (b. 1923)
- September 17
- Hans Berglund, Swedish canoeist (b. 1918)
- Al Casey, American guitarist (b. 1936)
- José Gallego, Spanish footballer (b. 1923)
- Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (b. 1924)
- Aleksei Loktev, Russian actor (b. 1939)
- Leonella Sgorbati, Italian nun (b. 1940)
- Kazuyuki Sogabe, Japanese voice actor (b. 1948)
- Henri Thellin, Belgian footballer (b. 1931)
- Nicolas Vogel, French actor and comedian (b. 1925)
- September 18
- Manson Benedict, American engineer (b. 1907)
- Edward J. King, American politician (b. 1925)
- Nilton Pereira Mendes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1976)
- Boris Snetkov, Russian general (b. 1925)
- Heinrich Trettner, German general (b. 1907)
- September 19
- Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
- John L. Finley, American pilot and astronaut (b. 1935)
- Danny Flores, American saxophonist (b. 1929)
- Vico Magistretti, Italian architect (b. 1920)
- Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)
- September 20
- Phạm Xuân Ẩn, Vietnamese journalist (b. 1927)
- Laszlo Bellak, Hungarian-American table tennis player (b. 1911)
- Povl Ole Fanger, Danish engineer (b. 1934)
- Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932)
- Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer (b. 1922)
- Dean Wooldridge, American aerospace engineer (b. 1913)
- September 21
- Ella Holm Bull, Norwegian educator and author (b. 1929)
- Boz Burrell, English musician (b. 1946)
- Margaret Ekpo, Nigerian activist (b. 1914)
- Alan Fletcher, Kenyan-English graphic designer (b. 1931)
- Alfred Mann, American musicologist (b. 1917)
- Charles Rees, English chemist (b. 1927)
- September 22
- Edward Albert, American actor (b. 1951)
- Gordon George Avery, Australian athlete (b. 1925)
- Enrique Gorriarán Merlo, Argentine guerrilla (b. 1941)
- Tommy Olivencia, Puerto Rican bandleader (b. 1938)
- Harry Spear, American actor (b. 1921)
- September 23
- Malcolm Arnold, English film composer (b. 1921)
- Etta Baker, American guitarist (b. 1913)
- Carlton Ogawa, Canadian rower (b. 1934)
- Aladár Pege, Hungarian musician (b. 1939)
- Tim Rooney, American actor (b. 1947)
- September 24
- Joel Broyhill, American politician (b. 1919)
- Luckner Cambronne, Haitian politician (b. 1930)
- Lloyd Gaston, Canadian-Swiss theologian and scholar (b. 1929)
- Sally Gray, English actress (b. 1915)
- Adolphe Hug, Swiss footballer (b. 1923)
- Dimitar Inkiow, Bulgarian author (b. 1932)
- Padmini Ramachandran, Indian actress (b. 1932)
- Thomas Stewart, American opera singer (b. 1928)
- Tetsurō Tamba, Japanese actor (b. 1922)
- Henry Townsend, American musician (b. 1909)
- September 25
- Safia Amajan, Afghan activist (b. 1941)
- Petre M. Andreevski, Macedonian poet and author (b. 1934)
- Jeff Cooper, American soldier and weapons expert (b. 1920)
- Maureen Daly, Irish-American author (b. 1921)
- John M. Ford, American author (b. 1957)
- Paola Kaufmann, Argentine author and biologist (b. 1969)
- Sofia Muratova, Russian gymnast (b. 1929)
- Rostislav Ustinov, Russian hierarch (b. 1910)
- September 26
- Giuseppe Bennati, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American broadcaster (b. 1916)
- Mihály Fülöp, Hungarian fencer (b. 1936)
- Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912)
- Linda Ojastu, Estonian sprinter (b. 1936)
- Mikhail Ponomaryov, Kazakhstani pilot (b. 1920)
- September 27
- Bruni Löbel, German actress (b. 1920)
- Luisa Elena Contreras Mattera, Venezuelan pilot (b. 1922)
- September 28 – Viktor Kalabis, Czech composer and musicologist (b. 1923)
- September 29
- Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)
- Michel Demuth, French author and translator (b. 1939)
- Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
- Billy Mauch, American actor (b. 1921)
- Michael A. Monsoor, American navy seal (b. 1981)
- Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian archbishop and cardinal (b. 1912)
- September 30
- André Schwarz-Bart, French author (b. 1928)
- András Sütő, Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1927)
October 2006
edit- October 1
- Frank Beyer, German film director (b. 1932)
- Luki Botha, South African racing driver (b. 1930)
- Alan Caillou, English-American author and actor (b. 1914)
- Luigi Malabrocca, Italian cyclist (b. 1920)
- Atanas Mihaylov, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1949)
- Renato Polselli, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- André Viger, Canadian athlete (b. 1952)
- October 2
- Marta Fernandez Miranda de Batista, Cuban political figure, First Lady of Cuba (b. 1923)
- Frances Bergen, American actress (b. 1922)
- Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
- Anselmo Citterio, Italian cyclist (b. 1927)
- Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)
- Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, Irish politician (b. 1918)
- Francesco Grosso, Italian footballer (b. 1921)
- Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1916)
- October 3
- John Crank, English physicist (b. 1916)
- Peter Norman, Australian athlete (b. 1942)
- Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1936)
- October 4
- Gunnar Åkerlund, Swedish canoeist (b. 1923)
- Hajibaba Baghirov, Azerbaijani actor (b. 1932)
- Tom Bell, English actor (b. 1933)
- František Fajtl, Czech fighter pilot (b. 1912)
- Traian Ionescu, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
- Oskar Pastior, Romanian-German poet and translator (b. 1927)
- Riccardo Pazzaglia, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1926)
- Don Thompson, English racewalker (b. 1933)
- October 5
- Miroslav Brozović, Bosnian footballer (b. 1917)
- Cleveland Buckner, American basketball player (b. 1938)
- Friedrich Karl Flick, German-Austrian businessman (b. 1927)
- George King, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
- Speedy Long, American politician (b. 1928)
- Antonio Peña, Mexican professional wrestling promoter (b. 1951)
- Gilbert F. White, American geographer (b. 1911)
- October 6
- Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (b. 1930)
- Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero, Northern Mariana Islands politician (b. 1935)
- Claude Luter, French clarinetist (b. 1923)
- Eduardo Mignogna, Argentine film director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- Valentin Muratov, Russian gymnast (b. 1928)
- Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
- Timo Sarpaneva, Finnish industrial designer (b. 1926)
- Heinz Sielmann, German zoologist (b. 1917)
- Necla Sultan, Turkish-Egyptian princess (b. 1926)
- Wilson Tucker, American author (b. 1914)
- October 7 – Anna Politkovskaya, American-Russian journalist and author (b. 1958)
- October 8 – Pavol Hnilica, Slovakian bishop (b. 1921)
- October 9
- Sedat Alp, Turkish archaeologist and historian (b. 1913)
- Jacqueline Dufresnoy, French actress and singer (b. 1931)
- Marek Grechuta, Polish singer and composer (b. 1945)
- Paul Hunter, English snooker player (b. 1978)
- Ray Noorda, American businessman (b. 1924)
- Mario Moya Palencia, Mexican politician (b. 1933)
- Kanshi Ram, Indian politician (b. 1934)
- Mikhail Shultz, Russian chemist (b. 1919)
- October 10
- P. C. Devassia, Indian scholar and poet (b. 1906)
- Stoyan Ormandzhiev, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1920)
- Saraswati Rane, Indian singer (b. 1913)
- October 11
- Azat Abbasov, Tatar opera singer (b. 1925)
- Cory Lidle, American baseball player (b. 1972)
- Jacques Sternberg, Belgian-French author (b. 1923)
- October 12
- Carlo Acutis, English-Italian computer programmer (b. 1991)
- Eugène Martin, French racing driver (b. 1915)
- Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian film director (b. 1919)
- October 13
- Luigi Bosco, Italian footballer (b. 1922)
- Wang Guangmei, Chinese politician (b. 1921)
- Dino Monduzzi, Italian cardinal (b. 1922)
- October 14
- Jared Anderson, American musician (b. 1974)
- Chun Wei Cheung, Dutch rower (b. 1972)
- Freddy Fender, American musician (b. 1937)
- Klaas Runia, Dutch theologian (b. 1926)
- Lalsangzuali Sailo, Indian author and singer (b. 1949)
- Gerry Studds, American politician (b. 1937)
- October 15
- Eddie Blay, Ghanaian boxer (b. 1937)
- William Bright, American linguist (b. 1928)
- Varduhi Vardanyan, Armenian singer (b. 1976)
- October 16
- Niall Andrews, Irish politician (b. 1937)
- Garry Bauman, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1940)
- Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian politician, President of Peru (b. 1936)
- Gheorghe Váczi, Romanian footballer (b. 1922)
- Ondina Valla, Italian athlete (b. 1916)
- October 17
- Daniel Emilfork, Chilean-French actor (b. 1924)
- Andrea Parodi, Italian singer (b. 1955)
- Marcia Tucker, American historian and critic (b. 1940)
- October 18
- Marc Hodler, Swiss lawyer and whistleblower (b. 1918)
- Július Korostelev, Slovakian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
- Achille Millo, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- Mario Francesco Pompedda, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)
- Snooky Pryor, American harmonica player (b. 1921)
- Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and comedian (b. 1911)
- José Quiroga Suárez, Spanish politician (b. 1920)
- Alvin M. Weinberg, American physicist (b. 1915)
- October 19
- Ralph Harris, English economist (b. 1924)
- Phyllis Kirk, American actress (b. 1927)
- Srividya, Indian actress (b. 1953)
- October 20
- Paul C. Fisher, American inventor and politician (b. 1913)
- Maxi Herber, German figure skater (b. 1920)
- Kaarlo Tuominen, Finnish runner (b. 1908)
- Arnold Viiding, Estonian-Australian athlete (b. 1911)
- Jane Wyatt, American actress (b. 1910)
- October 21
- Paul Biegel, Dutch author (b. 1925)
- Arthur Peacocke, English theologian and biochemist (b. 1924)
- Milton Selzer, Americana actor (b. 1918)
- Sandy West, American drummer and singer (b. 1959)
- October 22
- Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
- Anatoly Konstantinov, Russian pilot (b. 1923)
- Choi Kyu-hah, South Korean politician, President of South Korea (b. 1919)
- October 23
- Jane Elizabeth Hodgson, American obstetrician and gynecologist (b. 1915)
- Eugène N'Jo Léa, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1931)
- Lebo Mathosa, South African singer (b. 1977)
- Egon Piechaczek, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- October 24
- Dharampal, Indian historian (b. 1922)
- Bruno Lauzi, Italian singer and poet (b. 1937)
- Robert Rosenberg, American-Israeli author and journalist (b. 1951)
- W. Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and academic (b. 1909)
- October 25 – Emilio Vedova, Italian painter (b. 1919)
- October 26
- Ralph R. Harding, American politician (b. 1929)
- Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director (b. 1924)
- Nobuo Kojima, Japanese author (b. 1915)
- Segundo Villadóniga, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1915)
- October 27
- Albrecht von Goertz, German industrial designer (b. 1914)
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani politician, President of Pakistan (b. 1915)
- Brad Will, American activist and journalist (b. 1970)
- October 28
- Red Auerbach, American basketball coach (b. 1917)
- Tina Aumont, American-French actress (b. 1946)
- Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (b. 1954)
- Henry Fok, Hong Kong businessman (b. 1923)
- October 29
- Ahmad Hardi, Indian poet (b. 1922)
- Runer Jonsson, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1916)
- Nigel Kneale, English screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Muhammadu Maccido, Nigerian sultan (b. 1928)
- Reiko Mutō, Japanese actress (b. 1935)
- Silas Simmons, American baseball player (b. 1895)
- Friedel Stern, German-Israeli cartoonist (b. 1917)
- October 30
- Keita Fanta, Senegalese judoka (b. 1981)
- Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (b. 1926)
- Jens Christian Hauge, Norwegian resistance fighter and politician (b. 1915)
- Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright (b. 1914)
- Aud Schønemann, Norwegian actress (b. 1922)
- October 31
- P. W. Botha, South African politician, Prime Minister and President of South Africa (b. 1916)
- Baymirza Hayit, Uzbekistani-German historian (b. 1917)
- Lale Sokolov, Slovakian-Australian businessman and holocaust survivor (b. 1916)
November 2006
edit- November 1
- Bettye Ackerman, American actress (b. 1924)
- Leon Henkin, American logician (b. 1921)
- Henk van Lijnschooten, Dutch composer (b. 1928)
- Adrienne Shelly, American actress and film director (b. 1966)
- Frits Smol, Dutch water polo player (b. 1924)
- William Styron, American author (b. 1925)
- Hilda van Stockum, Dutch-English author and artist (b. 1908)
- Silvio Varviso, Swiss conductor (b. 1924)
- November 2
- Adrien Douady, French mathematician (b. 1935)
- Peter Holt, English historian (b. 1918)
- Matt Leanderson, American rower (b. 1931)
- Ivan Mozer, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- Leonard Schrader, American screenwriter (b. 1943)
- Gyula Tóth, Hungarian runner (b. 1936)
- Milly Vitale, Italian actress (b. 1933)
- November 3
- Bernard Frank, French journalist and author (b. 1929)
- Valentin Galochkin, Ukrainian-Russian sculptor (b. 1928)
- Fereydoon Hoveyda, Syrian-Iranian diplomat (b. 1924)
- Paul Mauriat, French conductor (b. 1925)
- Malachi Ritscher, American musician and activist (b. 1954)
- Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-Uruguayan footballer (b. 1937)
- November 4
- Brebis Bleaney, English physicist (b. 1915)
- Nelson S. Bond, American author (b. 1908)
- Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1911)
- Sergi López, Spanish footballer (b. 1967)
- Josi Meier, Swiss politician (b. 1926)
- November 5
- Bülent Ecevit, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1925)
- Óscar González, Uruguayan racing driver (b. 1923)
- Pietro Rava, Italian Footballer and manager (b. 1916)
- Ham Richardson, American tennis player (b. 1933)
- Bobby Shearer, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- Aleksey Voropayev, Russian gymnast (b. 1973)
- Igor Zaseda, Ukrainian swimmer and author (b. 1932)
- November 6
- Walter Hauck, German war criminal (b. 1918)
- Federico López, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)
- Miguel Aceves Mejía, Mexican actor and composer (b. 1915)
- Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish ski racer (b. 1950)
- November 7
- Aram Asatryan, Armenian singer (b. 1953)
- Paul Baltes, German psychologist (b. 1939)
- Leo Linkovesi, Finnish speed skater (b. 1947)
- Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician (b. 1924)
- Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (b. 1926)
- November 8
- Lyudmila Buldakova, Russian volleyball player (b. 1938)
- Franck Langolff, French composer and guitarist (b. 1948)
- György Litván, Hungarian historian and politician (b. 1929)
- Basil Poledouris, American film composer (b. 1945)
- Annette Rogers, American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1913)
- Ernst Sejersted Selmer, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1920)
- November 9
- Isabelle Bassong, Cameroonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1937)
- Ed Bradley, American journalist (b. 1941)
- Ingrid Hartmann, German canoeist (b. 1930)
- Marian Marsh, Trinidadian-American actress (b. 1913)
- Mikhail Semyonov, Russian basketball player (b. 1933)
- Ellen Willis, American author and journalist (b. 1941)
- Markus Wolf, German spymaster (b. 1923)
- November 10
- Vera Aceva, Macedonian communist (b. 1919)
- Diana Coupland, English actress (b. 1928)
- Maurice Floquet, French soldier and supercentenarian (b. 1894)
- Gerald Levert, American singer (b. 1966)
- Hans-Peter Minetti, German actor (b. 1926)
- Jack Palance, American actor (b. 1919)
- Nadarajah Raviraj, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1962)
- Igor Sergeyev, Russian military officer and politician (b. 1938)
- Jack Williamson, American author (b. 1908)
- November 11
- Anicée Alvina, French actress (b. 1953)
- Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (b. 1974)
- Esther Lederberg, American biochemist (b. 1922)
- Priscilla Moran, American actress (b. 1917)
- Ronnie Stevens, English actor (b. 1925)
- November 12
- Joe Cooke, American basketball player (b. 1948)
- Alphonse Halimi, French boxer (b. 1932)
- Jabu Khanyile, South African musician (b. 1957)
- René Libeer, French boxer (b. 1934)
- Harvey Manning, American conservationist and author (b. 1925)
- Mario Merola, Italian singer and actor (b. 1934)
- Custódio Alvim Pereira, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1915)
- Adam Schaff, Polish philosopher (b. 1913)
- November 13
- Ogtay Aghayev, Azerbaijani singer (b. 1934)
- Pyotr Ulyanov, Russian mathematician (b. 1928)
- November 14
- Gustave Choquet, French mathematician (b. 1915)
- John Hallam, Northern Irish actor (b. 1941)
- Ferdinand Marschall, Austrian football referee (b. 1924)
- Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, French journalist and author (b. 1929)
- Kazimierz Rymut, Polish linguist (b. 1935)
- November 15
- Ken Ishikawa, Japanese manga artist (b. 1948)
- Ivan Marković, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
- Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (b. 1985)
- David K. Wyatt, American historian and author (b. 1937)
- November 16
- Milton Friedman, American economist (b. 1912)
- Gary Graver, American cinematographer and film director (b. 1938)
- Geoff Griffin, South African cricketer (b. 1939)
- Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist and political scientist (b. 1930)
- Eustace Lycett, English special effects artist (b. 1914)
- November 17
- Ruth Brown, American singer (b. 1928)
- Peter Kapschutschenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor (b. 1915)
- Tony Pithey, Rhodesian cricketer (b. 1938)
- Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- Sulejman Rebac, Bosnian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
- Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (b. 1924)
- Vadim Zagladin, Russian politician (b. 1927)
- November 18 – Wolf Leslau, Polish linguist and scholar (b. 1906)
- November 19
- Francis Girod, French film director and actor (b. 1944)
- Idy Hegnauer, Swiss nurse and activist (b. 1909)
- Jeremy Slate, American actor (b. 1926)
- November 20
- Robert Altman, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- Paul Bach-y-Rita, American neuroscientist (b. 1934)
- Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician (b. 1949)
- Donald Hamilton, American author (b. 1916)
- Kevin McClory, Irish film producer and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- Hong Xuezhi, Chinese general (b. 1913)
- November 21
- Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Dijiboutian politician, President of Djibouti (b. 1916)
- Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese politician (b. 1972)
- Robert Lockwood Jr., American guitarist (b. 1915)
- Bernard Rimland, American psychologist (b. 1928)
- Eliezer Waldenberg, Israeli rabbi (b. 1915)
- November 22 – Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (b. 1917)
- November 23
- Jesús Blancornelas, Mexican journalist (b. 1936)
- Betty Comden, American songwriter and actress (b. 1917)
- Paul Géroudet, Swiss ornithologist (b. 1917)
- Kenjiro Haitani, Japanese author (b. 1934)
- Alexander Litvinenko, Russian-English spy (b. 1962)
- Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. 1930)
- Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919)
- Willie Pep, American boxer (b. 1922)
- D. Yoganand, Indian film director (b. 1922)
- November 24
- Walter Booker, American musician (b. 1933)
- William Diehl, American author and photojournalist (b. 1924)
- Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer (b. 1950)
- Fritz Schwab, Swiss racewalker (b. 1919)
- Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1928)
- November 25
- Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (b. 1931)
- Galina Burdina, Russian pilot (b. 1919)
- Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer (b. 1979)
- November 26
- Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b. 1943)
- Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (b. 1975)
- Graham Roope, English cricketer (b. 1946)
- Javier de la Torre, Mexican footballer (b. 1923)
- G. Varalakshmi, Indian actress (b. 1926)
- Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Portuguese poet and painter (b. 1923)
- November 27
- Bertil Antonsson, Swedish wrestler (b. 1921)
- Don Butterfield, American tuba player (b. 1923)
- Bebe Moore Campbell, American author and journalist (b. 1950)
- November 28
- Max Merkel, Austrian footballer (b. 1918)
- Lyubov Polishchuk, Russian actress (b. 1949)
- Primo Volpi, Italian cyclist (b. 1916)
- November 29
- Gary Alcorn, American basketball player (b. 1936)
- Rosalie Bradford, American record holder (b. 1943)
- Allen Carr, English author (b. 1934)
- Leonard Freed, American photojournalist (b. 1929)
- Akio Jissoji, Japanese film director (b. 1937)
- Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska, Polish chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
- Leon Niemczyk, Polish actor (b. 1923)
- Victoria Quirino-Gonzalez, Filipino political figure, First Lady of the Philippines (b. 1931)
- Hanumant Singh, Indian cricketer (b. 1939)
- Ragnhild Sundby, Norwegian zoologist (b. 1922)
- November 30
- Rafael Buenaventura, Filipino banker (b. 1938)
- Shirley Walker, American film composer (b. 1945)
December 2006
edit- December 1
- Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
- Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Indian scholar and author (b. 1942)
- Ali Khan Samsudin, Malaysian herpetologist (b. 1958)
- Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1937)
- December 2
- Bob Berry, English cricketer (b. 1926)
- Dikran Tahta, English mathematician (b. 1928)
- Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947)
- Aaldert Wapstra, Dutch physicist (b. 1922)
- December 3 – Ferenc Machos, Hungarian footballer (b. 1932)
- December 4
- Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkinabé historian and politician (b. 1922)
- Rodney Needham, English anthropologist (b. 1923)
- Harcharan Singh, Indian playwright and author (b. 1914)
- Len Sutton, American racing driver (b. 1925)
- Andy Williams, American actor (b. 1922)
- December 5
- Yuri Baulin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1933)
- David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess grandmaster (b. 1924)
- Michael Gilden, American actor (b. 1962)
- Gernot Jurtin, Austrian footballer (b. 1962)
- Yury Zuev, Russian-Kazakhstani sinologist (b. 1932)
- December 6
- Han Ahmedow, Turkmen politician, Prime Minister of Turkmenistan (b. 1936)
- Hugo Cores, Uruguayan activist (b. 1937)
- Mavis Pugh, English actress (b. 1914)
- Robert Rosenblum, American historian and art curator (b. 1927)
- December 7
- Lyuben Berov, Bulgarian economist (b. 1925)
- Kevin Berry, Australian swimmer (b. 1945)
- Anton Bolinder, Swedish high jumper (b. 1915)
- Moses Hardy, American soldier and supercentenarian (b. 1894)
- Kim Hyung-chil, South Korean equestrian (b. 1959)
- Jeane Kirkpatrick, American diplomat and political scientist (b. 1926)
- Jay McShann, American pianist and singer (b. 1916)
- December 8
- Erni Arneson, Danish actress (b. 1917)
- Francesco Rosetta, Italian footballer (b. 1922)
- Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915)
- December 9
- Georgia Gibbs, American singer (b. 1918)
- Andrei Lomakin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1964)
- Martin Nodell, American comic book artist (b. 1915)
- Russell Wade, American actor (b. 1917)
- December 10
- Madan Lal Mehta, Indian theoretical physicist (b. 1932)
- Salvatore Pappalardo, Italian archbishop and cardinal (b. 1918)
- Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, President of Chile (b. 1915)
- December 11
- Elizabeth Bolden, American supercentenarian (b. 1890)
- Jiří Hanke, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1924)
- Binoy Majumdar, Indian poet (b. 1934)
- Elisabeth Müller, Swiss actress (b. 1926)
- Stephen Warshall, American computer scientist (b. 1935)
- December 12
- Paul Arizin, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- Peter Boyle, American actor (b. 1935)
- Cor van der Hart, Dutch footballer (b. 1928)
- Raymond P. Shafer, American politician (b. 1917)
- Alan Shugart, American engineer and businessman (b. 1930)
- December 13
- Eileen Caddy, American spiritual teacher and author (b. 1917)
- Richard Carlson, American author and psychotherapist (b. 1961)
- Lamar Hunt, American businessman (b. 1932)
- Homesick James, American guitarist (b. 1910)
- Keith Larsen, American actor (b. 1924)
- Frederick Norris, English runner (b. 1921)
- Loyola de Palacio, Spanish politician (b. 1950)
- Mario Ravagnan, Italian fencer (b. 1930)
- December 14
- Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1938)
- Zhang Dingfa, Chinese politician (b. 1943)
- Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American businessman and songwriter (b. 1923)
- Mike Evans, American actor (b. 1949)
- Robert Long, Dutch singer and television presenter (b. 1943)
- Otmar Mácha, Czech composer (b. 1922)
- Severino Dias de Oliveira, Brazilian musician (b. 1930)
- December 15
- Federico Crescentini, Sammarinese footballer (b. 1982)
- Raymond Lucas, French cyclist (b. 1918)
- Clay Regazzoni, Swiss racing driver (b. 1939)
- Matt Zunic, American basketball player and coach (b. 1919)
- December 16
- Don Jardine, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1940)
- Eugene Lazowski, Polish physician (b. 1913)
- Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (b. 1922)
- Stanford J. Shaw, American historian (b. 1930)
- December 17
- Farrokh Ghaffari, Iranian film director (b. 1922)
- Kyōko Kishida, Japanese actress (b. 1930)
- Esko Nikkari, Finnish actor (b. 1938)
- Dick O'Keefe, American basketball player (b. 1923)
- Timmie Rogers, American comedian and singer (b. 1915)
- December 18
- Joseph Barbera, American animator (b. 1911)
- Ruth Bernhard, German-American photographer (b. 1905)
- Salvador Botella, Spanish cyclist (b. 1929)
- Mavor Moore, Canadian author and actor (b. 1919)
- Virpi Niemelä, Finnish-Argentine astronomer (b. 1936)
- Mollie Orshansky, American economist and statistician (b. 1915)
- Daniel Pinkham, American composer (b. 1923)
- Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author (b. 19230
- December 19
- Rogério Oliveira da Costa, Brazilian-Macedonian footballer (b. 1976)
- Maj-Britt Nilsson, Swedish actress (b. 1924)
- Danuta Rinn, Polish singer and actress (b. 1936)
- Yuri Zhdanov, Russian chemist (b. 1919)
- December 20
- Yukio Aoshima, Japanese politician (b. 1932)
- Elkan Blout, American biochemist (b. 1919)
- Piergiorgio Welby, Italian poet and painter (b. 1945)
- December 21
- Lois Hall, American actress (b. 1926)
- Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen politician, President of Turkmenistan (b. 1940)
- Philippa Pearce, English author (b. 1920)
- Sydney Wooderson, English runner (b. 1914)
- December 22
- Eino Jutikkala, Finnish historian (b. 1907)
- Ervin Lázár, Hungarian author (b. 1936)
- Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960)
- Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)
- Nikolay Yakovenko, Russian wrestler (b. 1941)
- December 23
- Hanns Alexander, German-English nazi hunter (b. 1917)
- Mariano Artigas, Spanish physicist and philosopher (b. 1938)
- Charlie Drake, English comedian and actor (b. 1925)
- Peter Grubb, English zoologist (b. 1942)
- Bo Mya, Burmese political figure (b. 1927)
- Robert Stafford, American politician (b. 1913)
- December 24
- João de Barro, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
- Gino D'Antonio, Italian cartoonist (b. 1922)
- Mirko Sandić, Serbian water polo player (b. 1942)
- Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian musician and composer (b. 1961)
- Frank Stanton, American businessman (b. 1908)
- December 25
- James Brown, American singer (b. 1933)
- Hiroaki Hidaka, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
- Sven Lindberg, Swedish actor and film director (b. 1918)
- December 26
- Manuel Quintas de Almeida, São Tomé and Príncipe lieutenant (b. 1957)
- Gerald Ford, American politician, President of the United States (b. 1913)
- Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier and orienteer (b. 1951)
- Martin David Kruskal, American mathematician and physicist (b. 1925)
- December 27
- Pierre Delanoë, French songwriter (b. 1918)
- Boris Gudz, Russian soldier and politician (b. 1902)
- Peter L. Hammer, Romanian-American mathematician (b. 1936)
- December 28
- Kōmei Abe, Japanese composer (b. 1911)
- Nicola Granieri, Italian fencer (b. 1942)
- Mandy Mitchell-Innes, English cricketer (b. 1914)
- Gershon Shaked, Israeli scholar and critic (b. 1929)
- Aroldo Tieri, Italian actor (b. 1917)
- December 29
- Johnny Gibson, American runner (b. 1905)
- Blagoje Vidinić, Macedonian footballer and manager (b. 1934)
- December 30
- Frank Campanella, American actor (b. 1919)
- Hans Hermannstädter, Romanian handball player (b. 1918)
- Saddam Hussein, Iraqi politician, President of Iraq (b. 1937)
- Chandralekha Patel, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1928)
- Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
- December 31
- Ya'akov Hodorov, Israeli footballer (b. 1927)
- Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist (b. 1922)
- Leni Lohmar, German swimmer (b. 1914)
- Pande Petrovski, Macedonian general (b. 1943)
- Liese Prokop, Austrian athlete and politician (b. 1941)
2007
editJanuary 2007
edit- January 1
- Thierry Bacconnier, French footballer (b. 1963)
- A. I. Bezzerides, Turkish-American author and screenwriter (b. 1908)
- Werner Hollweg, German opera singer (b. 1936)
- Ernie Koy, American baseball player (b. 1909)
- Tillie Olsen, American author (b. 1912)
- Del Reeves, American singer (b. 1932)
- Darrent Williams, American football player (b. 1982)
- January 2
- Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian (b. 1941)
- Sergio Jiménez, Mexican actor (b. 1937)
- Mauno Jokipii, Finnish historian (b. 1924)
- Teddy Kollek, Austrian-Israeli politician (b. 1911)
- Paek Nam-sun, North Korean politician (b. 1929)
- Dan Shaver, American racing driver (b. 1950)
- Robert C. Solomon, American philosopher (b. 1942)
- Seka Severin de Tudja, Croatian-Venezuelan ceramist (b. 1923)
- Milán Václavík, Slovakian colonel and politician (b. 1928)
- Vadim Zakharchenko, Russian actor (b. 1929)
- January 3
- János Fürst, Hungarian-French conductor and violinist (b. 1935)
- William Verity Jr., American politician (b. 1918)
- Michael Yeats, Irish barrister and politician (b. 1921)
- January 4
- Carles Fontserè, Spanish poster artist (b. 1916)
- Christopher Greenbury, American film editor (b. 1951)
- Helen Hill, American film director (b. 1970)
- Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
- Jan Schröder, Dutch cyclist (b. 1941)
- Marais Viljoen, South African politician (b. 1915)
- Osman Waqialla, Sudanese painter (b. 1925)
- January 5
- Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese inventor (b. 1910)
- Kang Chang-gi, South Korean footballer (b. 1927)
- Allan Pred, American geographer (b. 1936)
- Francis Sullivan, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1917)
- January 6
- Juan Manuel Alejándrez, Mexican footballer (b. 1944)
- Yvon Durelle, Canadian boxer (b. 1929)
- Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Congolese archbishop and cardinal (b. 1930)
- Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American musician and special effects technician (b. 1934)
- Georg Tressler, Austrian-German actor and film director (b. 1917)
- January 7
- Gunnel Ahlin, Swedish author (b. 1918)
- Bobby Hamilton, American racing driver (b. 1957)
- Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic-Scottish journalist and television presenter (b. 1929)
- Ernesto Martínez, Cuban volleyball player (b. 1951)
- Olli-Matti Multamäki, Finnish army commander (b. 1948)
- Nevenka Urbanova, Serbian actress (b. 1909)
- Joseph Meng Ziwen, Chinese bishop (b. 1903)
- January 8
- Jane Bolin, American judge (b. 1908)
- Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress (b. 1922)
- Arthur Cockfield, English politician (b. 1916)
- Ken Cranston, English cricketer (b. 1917)
- David Ervine, Northern Irish politician (b. 1953)
- José Quaglio, Italian actor (b. 1926)
- Irma St. Paule, Ukrainian-American actress (b. 1926)
- Iwao Takamoto, American animator (b. 1925)
- January 9
- Ion Dincă, Romanian politician and general (b. 1928)
- Guðmundur Guðmundsson, Icelandic skier (b. 1920)
- Yelena Petushkova, Russian equestrian (b. 1940)
- Pierre Pierlot, French oboist (b. 1921)
- Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
- Jean-Pierre Vernant, French historian and anthropologist (b. 1914)
- January 10
- Insoo Kim Berg, South Korean-American psychotherapist (b. 1934)
- Elena Georgieva, Bulgarian linguist (b. 1930)
- Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
- Bradford Washburn, American explorer and cartographer (b. 1910)
- January 11
- Solveig Dommartin, French actress (b. 1961)
- Douglas Harding, English philosopher and author (b. 1909)
- Kéba Mbaye, Senegalese judge (b. 1924)
- Donald Edward Osterbrock, American astronomer (b. 1924)
- Robert Anton Wilson, American author and conspiracy researcher (b. 1932)
- January 12
- Alice Coltrane, American musician (b. 1937)
- Jürg Federspiel, Swiss author (b. 1931)
- Stephen Gilbert, Scottish painter (b. 1910)
- Larry Stewart, American philanthropist (b. 1948)
- January 13
- Michael Brecker, American musician (b. 1949)
- Boris Bugayev, Russian pilot and politician (b. 1923)
- Henri-Jean Martin, French historian (b. 1924)
- Augustin Diamacoune Senghor, Senegalese priest (b. 1928)
- Cho Tat-wah, Hong Kong actor (b. 1915)
- January 14
- Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
- John Hawkins, Canadian composer (b. 1944)
- Barbara Kelly, Canadian-English actress (b. 1923)
- Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek art director and set designer (b. 1934)
- January 15
- Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi judge (b. 1945)
- Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician (b. 1951)
- James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist and inventor (b. 1915)
- Ardeshir Hosseinpour, Iranian scientist (b. 1962)
- Nabi Khazri, Azerbaijani poet and playwright (b. 1924)
- Richard Musgrave, German-American economist (b. 1910)
- Lale Oraloğlu, Turkish actress and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- Manfred Rulffs, German rower (b. 1935)
- Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908)
- January 16
- Ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935)
- Margaret Durrell, English author (b. 1919)
- Rudolf August Oetker, German entrepreneur (b. 1916)
- Benny Parsons, American racecar driver (b. 1941)
- René Riffaud, French soldier (b. 1898)
- Peter Ronson, Icelandic-American athlete and actor (b. 1934)
- Yuri Stern, Russian-Israeli politician and journalist (b. 1949)
- Gisela Uhlen, German actress (b. 1919)
- David Vanole, American soccer player and coach (b. 1963)
- January 17
- Alice Auma, Ugandan rebel leader (b. 1956)
- Kurt Baldinger, Swiss linguist and philologist (b. 1919)
- Art Buchwald, American author (b. 1925)
- Rodrigo Flores, Chilean chess player (b. 1913)
- Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician (b. 1951)
- Göran Waxberg, Swedish decathlete (b. 1919)
- January 18
- Cyril Baselios, Indian archbishop (b. 1935)
- Alexander Satz, Russian pianist (b. 1941)
- January 19
- Asger Aaboe, Danish mathematician and historian (b. 1922)
- Bam Bam Bigelow, American professional wrestler (b. 1961)
- Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1938)
- Gerhard Bronner, Austrian composer and musician (b. 1922)
- Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist (b. 1954)
- Denny Doherty, Canadian musician (b. 1940)
- January 20
- Esmond Edwards, American photographer and record producer (b. 1927)
- Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer (b. 1969)
- Anatol Rapoport, Ukrainian-American psychologist (b. 1911)
- Alfredo Ripstein, Mexican film producer (b. 1916)
- George Smathers, American politician (b. 1913)
- January 21
- Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
- Lee Hye-ryeon, South Korean singer and actress (b. 1981)
- Peer Raben, German film composer (b. 1940)
- Sebastian Shaumyan, Georgian-American linguist (b. 1916)
- January 22
- Toulo de Graffenried, Swiss racing driver (b. 1914)
- Ramón Marsal, Spanish footballer (b. 1934)
- Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, Rwandan clergyman and criminal (b. 1924)
- Carlos Olivier, Venezuelan actor (b. 1952)
- Abbé Pierre, French priest (b. 1912)
- Liz Renay, American author and actress (b. 1926)
- Ngô Quang Trưởng, Vietnamese lieutenant general (b. 1929)
- January 23
- Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian academic and politician (b. 1928)
- Marie-Rose Armesto, Spanish-Belgian journalist (b. 1960)
- E. Howard Hunt, American intelligence officer (b. 1918)
- Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1932)
- Amos Meller, Israeli composer and conductor (b. 1938)
- Leopoldo Pirelli, Italian businessman (b. 1925)
- Aharon Uzan, Israeli politician (b. 1924)
- January 24
- Denes Agay, Hungarian-American composer (b. 1911)
- İsmail Cem, Turkish politician and journalist (b. 1940)
- Jean-François Deniau, French politician and diplomat (b. 1928)
- Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
- Wolfgang Iser, German scholar (b. 1926)
- Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian politician (b. 1956)
- A. H. de Oliveira Marques, Portuguese historian (b. 1933)
- David Morris, Welsh politician (b. 1930)
- Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican soldier (b. 1891)
- January 25
- Majid Khadduri, Iraqi-American academic (b. 1909)
- Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, Norwegian-American physiologist (b. 1915)
- January 26
- Jean Ichbiah, French computer scientist (b. 1940)
- Emanuele Luzzati, Italian painter and production designer (b. 1921)
- Glen Tetley, American dancer (b. 1926)
- Hans Wegner, Danish furniture designer (b. 1914)
- Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
- January 27
- Tige Andrews, American actor (b. 1920)
- Marcheline Bertrand, American actress and humanitarian (b. 1950)
- Paul Channon, English politician (b. 1935)
- Yang Chuan-kwang, Taiwanese decathlete (b. 1933)
- Claudio Guillén, Spanish author and scholar (b. 1924)
- Kamleshwar, Indian author (b. 1932)
- Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, French philosopher (b. 1940)
- Herbert Reinecker, German author and screenwriter (b. 1914)
- January 28
- Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, Hungarian-American psychiatrist (b. 1920)
- Carlo Clerici, Italian cyclist (b. 1929)
- Robert Drinan, American priest and politician (b. 1920)
- Beatrice Hsu, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978)
- Teala Loring, American actress (b. 1922)
- O. P. Nayyar, Indian film composer (b. 1926)
- Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (b. 1963)
- Karel Svoboda, Czech composer (b. 1938)
- Emma Tillman, American supercentenarian (b. 1892)
- January 29
- Edward Robert Harrison, English astronomer (b. 1919)
- Robert Meier, German soldier (b. 1897)
- January 30
- Koibla Djimasta, Chadian politician (b. 1950)
- Griffith Jones, English actor (b. 1909)
- Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor (b. 1934)
- Alvar Rantalahti, Finnish skier (b. 1913)
- Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
- January 31
- Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (b. 1950)
- Lee Bergere, American actor (b. 1918)
- Molly Ivins, American columnist (b. 1944)
- Arben Minga, Albanian footballer (b. 1959)
- Adelaide Tambo, South African activist (b. 1929)
February 2007
edit- February 1
- Delfí Abella, Spanish psychiatrist (b. 1925)
- Ahmad Abu Laban, Egyptian-Danish religious leader (b. 1946)
- Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian composer and librettist (b. 1911)
- Antonio María Javierre Ortas, Spanish cardinal (b. 1921)
- George Robotham, American stuntman and actor (b. 1921)
- February 2
- Vijay Arora, Indian actor (b. 1944)
- Billy Henderson, American singer (b. 1939)
- Oh Kyu-won, South Korean author (b. 1941)
- Ovidio Lari, Italian bishop (b. 1919)
- Gisèle Pascal, French actress (b. 1921)
- Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
- Michel Roux, French actor (b. 1929)
- Eric Von Schmidt, American singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
- Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)
- February 3
- Tina DeRosa, American author (b. 1944)
- Don Feld, American costume designer (b. 1934)
- Robert Gigi, French cartoonist (b. 1926)
- Pedro Knight, Cuban musician (b. 1921)
- February 4
- José Bauer, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
- Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (b. 1959)
- Orlando Lagos, Chilean photographer (b. 1913)
- Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934)
- Jules Olitski, American painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
- Alfred Worm, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1945)
- February 5
- Olivier Costa de Beauregard, French physicist (b. 1911)
- Ray Corley, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- Charles Grimes, American rower (b. 1935)
- Leo T. McCarthy, American politician (b. 1930)
- February 6
- Wolfgang Bartels, German skier (b. 1940)
- Gérard Herter, German actor (b. 1920)
- Lee Hoffman, American magazine editor and author (b. 1932)
- Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
- Flavio Ortega, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1944)
- Kadri Roshi, Albanian actor (b. 1924)
- Harry Webster, English automobile engineer (b. 1917)
- Willye White, American athlete (b. 1939)
- February 7
- Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist (b. 1927)
- Fred Mustard Stewart, American author (b. 1932)
- February 8
- Michel Cournot, French journalist and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- Anna Nicole Smith, American model and television personality (b. 1967)
- Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American psychiatrist (b. 1918)
- February 9
- Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
- Alejandro Finisterre, Spanish inventor (b. 1919)
- Benedict Kiely, Irish author and broadcaster (b. 1919)
- Kostas Paskalis, Greek opera singer (b. 1929)
- Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
- Bruno Ruffo, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1920)
- Erik Schumann, German actor (b. 1925)
- February 10 – Jeong Da-bin, South Korean actress (b. 1980)
- February 11
- Jorge Antonio, Argentine businessman (b. 1917)
- Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author and journalist (b. 1927)
- Karl-Heinz Hopp, German rower (b. 1936)
- Jules Maenen, Dutch cyclist (b. 1932)
- February 12
- Georg Buschner, German footballer and manager (b. 1925)
- Peter Ellenshaw, English-American special effects technician and painter (b. 1913)
- Gëzim Erebara, Albanian film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- Paolo Pileri, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1944)
- Shang Fa Yang, Taiwanese-American biologist (b. 1932)
- February 13
- Alicia Bruzzo, Argentine actress (b. 1945)
- Jay Haley, American psychologist (b. 1923)
- Elizabeth Jolley, English-Australian author (b. 1923)
- Bruce M. Metzger, American scholar and translator (b. 1914)
- Charlie Norwood, American politician (b. 1941)
- Eliana Ramos, Uruguayan model (b. 1988)
- Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
- February 14
- Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator (b. 1943)
- Salomon Morel, Polish-Israeli war criminal (b. 1919)
- Richard S. Prather, American author (b. 1921)
- Emmett Williams, American poet and artist (b. 25)
- February 15
- Robert Adler, Austrian-American inventor (b. 1913)
- Walker Edmiston, American actor (b. 1926)
- Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
- Igor Feld, Russian pole vaulter (b. 1941)
- Mordkhe Schaechter, Romanian-American linguist (b. 1927)
- February 16
- Giovanni Carminucci, Italian gymnast (b. 1939)
- Josef Klíma, Czech basketball player (b. 1911)
- Jakov Lind, Austrian-English author (b. 1927)
- Francis E. Low, American theoretical physicist (b. 1921)
- Lilli Promet, Estonian author (b. 1922)
- Alfonso Silva, Spanish footballer (b. 1926)
- February 17
- Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
- Jean Duvignaud, French author and sociologist (b. 1921)
- Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian author (b. 1961)
- Mary Kaye, American guitarist (b. 1924)
- Maurice Papon, French government official (b. 1910)
- February 18
- Danny Finn, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- Barbara Gittings, American activist (b. 1932)
- Félix Lévitan, French journalist (b. 1911)
- Galina Pugachenkova, Uzbekistani archaeologist and historian (b. 1915)
- Juan Vicéns, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1934)
- February 19
- Janet Blair, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
- Obdulio Diano, Argentine footballer (b. 1919)
- Celia Franca, English-Canadian dancer (b. 1921)
- February 20
- Ulla Akselson, Swedish actress (b. 1924)
- F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (b. 1930)
- Amos Mariani, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1931)
- Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish painter (b. 1913)
- Richard Tom, Chinese-American weightlifter (b. 1920)
- Zareh Yaldizciyan, Turkish poet (b. 1924)
- February 21
- Ignatius Antony II Hayyek, Syrian patriarch (b. 1910)
- Arawa Kimura, Japanese footballer (b. 1931)
- Barry Stevens, American basketball player (b. 1963)
- February 22
- Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author (b. 1918)
- Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954)
- Fons Rademakers, Dutch actor and film director (b. 1920)
- Ian Wallace, English drummer (b. 1946)
- February 23
- Heinz Berggruen, German art dealer (b. 1914)
- Jock Dodds, Scottish footballer (b. 1915)
- John Ritchie, English footballer (b. 1941)
- Pascal Yoadimnadji, Chadian politician, Prime Minister of Chad (b. 1950)
- February 24
- Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906)
- Édouard Bonnefous, French politician (b. 1907)
- Mordechai Breuer, German-Israeli rabbi (b. 1921)
- Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (b. 1932)
- Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
- February 25
- William Anderson, American naval officer and politician (b. 1921)
- P. Bhaskaran, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1924)
- César Keiser, Swiss actor and comedian (b. 1925)
- Chen Peixun, Chinese composer (b. 1921)
- February 26 – Angelo Arcidiacono, Italian fencer (b. 1955)
- February 27
- Saka Acquaye, Ghanaian musician and playwright (b. 1923)
- Fred Basolo, American chemist (b. 1920)
- Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, German army officer (b. 1914)
- Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1924)
- February 28
- Leigh Eddings, American author (b. 1937)
- Charles Forte, Italian-Scottish hotelier (b. 1908)
- Alexander King, Scottish scientist (b. 1909)
- Turo Pajala, Finnish actor (b. 1955)
- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and political commentator (b. 1917)
- Billy Thorpe, English-Australian singer (b. 1946)
- Marie-Adélaïde Wilhelmine, Princess of Luxembourg (b. 1924)
March 2007
edit- March 1
- Manuel Bento, Portuguese footballer (b. 1948)
- Otto Brandenburg, Danish singer and actor (b. 1934)
- Joel Brodsky, American photographer (b. 1939)
- Colette Brosset, French actress (b. 1922)
- Eddie Firestone, American actor (b. 1920)
- Sydney Gun-Munro, Vincentian politician (b. 1916)
- March 2
- Thomas S. Kleppe, American politician (b. 1919)
- Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
- Henri Troyat, Russian-French author and historian (b. 1911)
- March 3
- Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (b. 1920)
- Peter Gorski, German film director (b. 1921)
- Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (b. 1925)
- Jozef Schils, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
- Oleksiy Vakulenko, Ukrainian wrestler (b. 1981)
- March 4
- Thomas Eagleton, American politician (b. 1929)
- Richard Joseph, English composer and musician (b. 1953)
- Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish composer and guitarist (b. 1943)
- March 5
- Yvan Delporte, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1928)
- Ivo Lorscheiter, Brazilian bishop (b. 1927)
- Ivan Supek, Croatian physicist and philosopher (b. 1915)
- March 6
- Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1929)
- Allen Coage, American professional wrestler (b. 1943)
- Ernest Gallo, American businessman (b. 1909)
- Pierre Moinot, French author (b. 1920)
- Nils R. Müller, Norwegian film director (b. 1921)
- March 7
- Shane Cross, Australian skateboarder (b. 1986)
- Frigyes Hidas, Hungarian composer (b. 1928)
- Andy Sidaris, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- March 8
- John Inman, English actor (b. 1935)
- Herman Nicolaas Ridderbos, German theologian and scholar (b. 1909)
- March 9
- Rosy Afsari, Bangladeshi actress (b. 1946)
- Brad Delp, American singer (b. 1951)
- Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
- Gerardo Melo Mourão, Brazilian poet and politician (b. 1917)
- March 10
- Francis Clark Howell, American anthropologist (b. 1925)
- Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)
- Rolf Kalmuczak, German author (b. 1938)
- Ernie Ladd, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)
- Manuela Margarido, Portuguese poet (b. 1925)
- Alfred Olek, Polish footballer (b. 1940)
- March 11
- René Duhamel, French rower (b. 1935)
- René Hüssy, Swiss footballer and manager (b. 1928)
- Betty Hutton, American actress (b. 1921)
- Georg Zundel, German chemist (b. 1931)
- March 12
- Lydia T. Black, American anthropologist (b. 1925)
- Arnold Drake, American comic book writer (b. 1924)
- Preah Maha Ghosananda, Cambodian monk (b. 1913)
- Antonio Ortiz Mena, Mexican politician and economist (b. 1907)
- March 13
- Ana Casares, Polish-Argentine actress (b. 1930)
- Wolfgang Falck, German pilot (b. 1910)
- Herbert Fux, Austrian actor and politician (b. 1927)
- Catherine Ivanovna, Russian princess (b. 1915)
- John McHardy Sinclair, Scottish-English scholar (b. 1933)
- Arnold Skaaland, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1925)
- Nicole Stéphane, French actress and film producer (b. 1923)
- March 14
- Lucie Aubrac, French resistance fighter (b. 1912)
- Roger Beaufrand, French cyclist (b. 1908)
- Sa'dun Hammadi, Iraqi politician, Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1930)
- Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943)
- Zygmunt Kęstowicz, Polish actor (b. 1921)
- March 15
- Sally Clark, English solicitor (b. 1964)
- Charles Harrelson, American hitman (b. 1938)
- Simona Kossak, Polish biologist and ecologist (b. 1943)
- Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and sports administrator (b. 1926)
- Jack Metcalf, American politician (b. 1927)
- Stuart Rosenberg, American film director (b. 1927)
- Jean Talairach, French psychiatrist and neurosurgeon (b. 1911)
- Dirk Wayenberg, Belgian cyclist (b. 1955)
- March 16
- Georges Bordonove, French author (b. 1920)
- Pedro Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- Arthur Marshall, English engineer (b. 1903)
- Jean Le Moal, French painter (b. 1909)
- Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
- March 17
- John Backus, American computer scientist (b. 1924)
- Jim Cronin, English zookeeper (b. 1951)
- Freddie Francis, English cinematographer and film director (b. 1917)
- Eiji Funakoshi, Japanese actor (b. 1923)
- Ernst Haefliger, Swiss opera singer (b. 1919)
- Iver Jåks, Norwegian artist (b. 1932)
- Tanya Reinhart, Israeli linguist (b. 1943)
- March 18
- Jim Fung, Hong Kong-Australian martial artist (b. 1944)
- Trude Sojka, Czech-Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1909)
- Bob Woolmer, English cricketer and coach (b. 1948)
- March 19
- Cleofé Calderón, Argentine agrostologist (b. 1929)
- Giampaolo Calanchini, Italian fencer (b. 1937)
- Calvert DeForest, American actor and comedian (b. 1921)
- Robert Dickson, Canadian poet and translator (b. 1944)
- Luther Ingram, American singer (b. 1937)
- Luigi Romersa, Italian journalist and author (b. 1917)
- Shimon Tzabar, Israeli artist and author (b. 1926)
- March 20
- Albert Baez, Mexican-American physicist (b. 1912)
- Frank Baird, American basketball player (b. 1912)
- Rita Joe, Canadian poet (b. 1932)
- Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi politician (b. 1938)
- John P. Ryan, American actor (b. 1936)
- Donato Zampini, Italian cyclist (b. 1926)
- March 21
- Sam Angel, American poker player (b. 1920)
- Sven O. Høiby, Norwegian journalist (b. 1936)
- March 22
- Nisar Bazmi, Pakistani composer (b. 1924)
- Oriol de Bolòs, Spanish botanist (b. 1924)
- Parduman Singh Brar, Indian athlete (b. 1927)
- U. G. Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
- Elbert Tuganov, Estonian animator and film director (b. 1922)
- Eugen Walaschek, Swiss footballer (b. 1917)
- March 23
- Johannes Aagaard, Danish theologian and evangelist (b. 1928)
- Mao Anqing, Chinese translator (b. 1924)
- Paul Cohen, American mathematician (b. 1934)
- Damian McDonald, Australian cyclist (b. 1972)
- March 24
- Gennadi Bortnikov, Russian actor (b. 1939)
- Sulejman Pitarka, Albanian actor (b. 1924)
- March 25
- Andranik Margaryan, Armenian politician, Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1951)
- Lynn Merrick, American actress (b. 1919)
- Mikhail Mikhin, Russian pilot (b. 1923)
- Tamara Nosova, Russian actress (b. 1925)
- Marshall Rogers, American comic book artist (b. 1950)
- March 26
- Beniamino Andreatta, Italian economist and politician (b. 1928)
- Kembo Uba Kembo, Congolese footballer (b. 1947)
- Mikhail Kolesnikov, Russian politician (b. 1939)
- Azmi Nassar, Palestinian footballer and manager (b. 1957)
- Heinz Schiller, Swiss racing driver (b. 1930)
- Mikhail Ulyanov, Russian actor (b. 1927)
- March 27
- Nancy Adams, New Zealand illustrator and botanist (b. 1926)
- Hans Hedberg, Swedish sculptor (b. 1917)
- Paul Lauterbur, American chemist (b. 1929)
- Faustino Oramas, Cuban singer and guitarist (b. 1911)
- Joe Sentieri, Italian singer and actor (b. 1925)
- Hitoshi Ueki, Japanese actor and comedian (b. 1926)
- John Ward, English-Welsh archbishop (b. 1929)
- Charlotte Winters, American yeoman (b. 1897)
- March 28
- Jean Giraud, French mathematician (b. 1936)
- Vladem Lázaro Ruiz Quevedo, Brazilian footballer (b. 1935)
- Tony Scott, American clarinetist (b. 1921)
- March 29
- Regin Dahl, Faroese poet and composer (b. 1918)
- André Damseaux, Belgian politician (b. 1937)
- Margarete Hannsmann, German poet and author (b. 1921)
- Juan Joya, Peruvian footballer (b. 1934)
- Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian-American actor (b. 1934)
- Tosiwo Nakayama, Micronesian politician, President of Micronesia (b. 1931)
- Leslie Waller, American author (b. 1923)
- March 30
- Arif Abd ar-Razzaq, Iraqi politician, Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1921)
- Stanley Beckford, Jamaican singer (b. 1942)
- Fay Coyle, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1933)
- Michael Dibdin, English author (b. 1947)
- Riccardo Francovich, Italian archaeologist (b. 1946)
- Ilias Kelesidis, Greek cyclist (b. 1953)
- Alfredo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer (b. 1944)
- Chrisye Rahadi, Indonesian singer and songwriter (b. 1949)
- March 31
- Phil Cordell, English musician (b. 1947)
- Farman Salmanov, Russian geologist (b. 1931)
- Paul Watzlawick, Austrian-American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1921)
April 2007
edit- April 1
- Laurie Baker, English architect (b. 1917)
- Danny Barcelona, American drummer (b. 1929)
- Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan author (b. 1926)
- Hans Filbinger, German jurist and politician (b. 1913)
- Wanda Makuch-Korulska, Polish neurologist (b. 1919)
- Bob McMillen, American runner (b. 1928)
- Hannah Nydahl, Danish buddhist (b. 1946)
- George Sewell. English actor (b. 1924)
- April 2
- Satymkul Dzhumanazarov, Kyrgyzstani athlete (b. 1951)
- Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer (b. 1910)
- Tsuguo Hongo, Japanese mycologist (b. 1923)
- Yoshinori Imaizumi, Japanese zoologist (b. 1914)
- Bozhin Laskov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1922)
- Žarko Petrović, Serbian volleyball player (b. 1964)
- Tadjou Salou, Togolese footballer (b. 1974)
- Livio Vacchini, Swiss architect (b. 1933)
- April 3
- Marion Eames, Welsh author (b. 1921)
- Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, English racing driver (b. 1915)
- Burt Topper, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- Nina Wang, Hong Kong businesswoman (b. 1937)
- Simon Zimny, French footballer (b. 1927)
- April 4
- Matt Aitch, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1939)
- Terry Fell, American musician (b. 1921)
- John Flynn, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
- Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist (b. 1935)
- Edward Mallory, American actor (b. 1930)
- Werner Maser, German historian and journalist (b. 1922)
- April 5
- Boris Durov, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
- Maria Gripe, Swedish author (b. 1923)
- Thomas Stoltz Harvey, American pathologist (b. 1912)
- Leela Majumdar, Indian author (b. 1908)
- Mark St. John, American guitarist (b. 1956)
- Poornachandra Tejaswi, Indian author (b. 1938)
- April 6
- Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (b. 1916)
- Colin Graham, English-American director (b. 1931)
- George C. Jenkins, American production designer (b. 1908)
- April 7
- Mariano Gonzalvo, Spanish footballer (b. 1922)
- Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
- Victoriano Leguizamón, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1922)
- Brian Miller, English footballer (b. 1937)
- Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)
- April 8
- Asad Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani singer (b. 1955)
- Sol LeWitt, American artist (b. 1928)
- Christiane Nielsen, German actress (b. 1936)
- April 9
- Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and poet (b. 1930)
- Wilhelm-Karl Detloff, German prince (b. 1922)
- Bernard Enginger, French author (b. 1923)
- Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer (b. 1907)
- Dumitru Pârvulescu, Romanian wrestler (b. 1933)
- April 10
- Walter Hendl, American conductor and composer (b. 1917)
- Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian scientist (b. 1910)
- Ida Ørskov, Danish physician and bacteriologist (b. 1922)
- Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)
- April 11
- Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (b. 1922)
- Loïc Leferme, French diver (b. 1970)
- Ronald Speirs, American soldier (b. 1920)
- Kurt Vonnegut, American author and playwright (b. 1922)
- April 12 – Pierre Probst, French cartoonist (b. 1913)
- April 13
- Matthias Hinze, German actor (b. 1969)
- Hans Koning, Dutch author (b. 1921)
- Steve Malovic, American-Israeli basketball player (b. 1956)
- Marion Yorck von Wartenburg, German resistance fighter and activist (b. 1904)
- April 14
- Ladislav Adamec, Czech politician, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1926)
- Don Ho, American musician (b. 1930)
- Jim Jontz, American politician (b. 1951)
- Reino Poutanen, Finnish rower (b. 1928)
- René Rémond, French historian and political scientist (b. 1918)
- Frank Westheimer, American chemist (b. 1912)
- April 15
- Lhendup Dorji, Bhutanese politician, Prime Minister of Bhutan (b. 1935)
- Alex Homberger, Swiss rower (b. 1912)
- Maria Antonietta Macciocchi, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1922)
- Brant Parker, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
- Justine Saunders, Australian actress (b. 1953)
- April 16
- Christo Christov, Bulgarian film director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- Robert Desbats, French cyclist (b. 1922)
- Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962)
- Kevin Granata, American engineer (b. 1961)
- Bolesław Kolasa, Polish ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915)
- Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American scientist (b. 1930)
- G. V. Loganathan, Indian-American engineer (b. 1954)
- Giuseppe Ruzzolini, Italian cinematographer (b. 1930)
- April 17
- Nair Bello, Brazilian actress and comedian (b. 1931)
- Kitty Carlisle, American singer and actress (b. 1910)
- Steven Derounian, American politician (b. 1918)
- Raymond Kaelbel, French footballer (b. 1932)
- Irène Pétry, Belgian politician (b. 1922)
- April 18
- Michal Benedikovič, Slovakian footballer (b. 1923)
- Iccho Itoh, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
- Andrej Kvašňák, Slovakian footballer (b. 1936)
- Harry Miller, American basketball player (b. 1923)
- John T. Parsons, American inventor (b. 1913)
- Pavel Vasilyevich Sergeyev, Russian pharmacologist (b. 1931)
- April 19
- Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (b. 1932)
- Dermot Chichester, English soldier and politician (b. 1916)
- H. Richard Crane, American physicist (b. 1907)
- Bohdan Paczyński, Polish astronomer (b. 1940)
- Helen Walton, American philanthropist (b. 1919)
- April 20
- Yehuda Meir Abramowicz, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1914)
- Fred Fish, American computer programmer (b. 1952)
- Andrew Hill, American pianist and composer (b. 1931)
- Jan Kociniak, Polish actor (b. 1937)
- Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
- April 21
- Stanisław Dragan, Polish boxer (b. 1941)
- Parry O'Brien, American shot putter (b. 1932)
- Ilmar Talve, Estonian author and ethnologist (b. 1919)
- April 22
- Tome Arsovski, Macedonian playwright (b. 1928)
- Edward Kofler, Polish-Swiss mathematician (b. 1911)
- Juanita Millender-McDonald, American politician (b. 1938)
- Conchita Montenegro, Spanish actress and singer (b. 1911)
- Anne Pitoniak, American actress (b. 1922)
- April 23
- Paul Erdman, American economist and banker (b. 1932)
- David Halberstam, American journalist and historian (b. 1934)
- Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, President of Russia (b. 1931)
- April 24
- Warren Avis, American entrepreneur (b. 1915)
- Rasim Babayev, Azerbaijani painter (b. 1927)
- Roy Jenson, Canadian-American football player and actor (b. 1927)
- József Madaras, Hungarian actor (b. 1937)
- April 25
- Alan Ball Jr., English footballer (b. 1945)
- Barbara Blida, Polish politician (b. 1949)
- Carmen Costa, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1920)
- Eva González, Spanish author (b. 1918)
- Les Jackson, English cricketer (b. 1921)
- Arthur Milton, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1928)
- Bobby Pickett, American singer (b. 1938)
- José Watanabe, Peruvian poet (b. 1946)
- April 26
- Ümit Haluk Bayülken, Turkish diplomat and politician (b. 1921)
- Wilbur Norman Christiansen, Australian astronomer (b. 1913)
- Florea Dumitrache, Romanian footballer (b. 1948)
- Shin Hyun-hwak, South Korean politician, Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1920)
- Jack Valenti, American film executive (b. 1921)
- April 27
- Svatopluk Beneš, Czech actor (b. 1918)
- Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
- Karel Dillen, Belgian politician and holocaust denier (b. 1925)
- Raymond Guégan, French cyclist (b. 1921)
- Kirill Lavrov, Russian actor (b. 1925)
- Jean Morlet, French geophysicist (b. 1931)
- Günter Thorhauer, German footballer (b. 1931)
- April 28
- Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- Horst Dohlus, German politician (b. 1925)
- Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)
- Hala Shawkat, Syrian actress (b. 1930)
- David Turnbull, American chemist (b. 1915)
- Debora Vaarandi, Estonian author (b. 1916)
- Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)
- April 29
- Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978)
- Joseph Nérette, Haitian judge and politician, President of Haiti (b. 1924)
- Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor and singer (b. 1921)
- Ivica Račan, Croatian politician, Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944)
- Zhang Taofang, Chinese sniper (b. 1931)
- Oleksandr Zayets, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1962)
- April 30
- Tom Cartwright, English cricketer (b. 1935)
- Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
- Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)
- Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1926)
- Zola Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
- André Valardy, Belgian actor (b. 1938)
May 2007
edit- May 1
- Claude Antoine Dacosta, Congolese politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1931)
- Fermín Trueba, Spanish cyclist (b. 1914)
- May 2
- Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani, Afghan politician, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (b. 1952)
- Juan Valdivieso, Peruvian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
- May 3
- Alemdar Karamanov, Russian-Ukrainian composer (b. 1934)
- Nikita Romanov, English-American prince and historian (b. 1923)
- Wally Schirra, American astronaut (b. 1923)
- May 4
- Sujata Nahar, Indian author (b. 1925)
- Noël Milarew Odingar, Chadian military officer and politician (b. 1932)
- José Antonio Roca, Mexican footballer and manager (b. 1928)
- May 5
- Roy Ambler, English footballer (b. 1937)
- Theodore Maiman, American physicist (b. 1927)
- Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1942)
- Mario Tanassi, Italian politician (b. 1916)
- Gusti Wolf, Austrian actress (b. 1912)
- May 6
- Alvin Batiste, American clarinetist (b. 1932)
- Carey Bell, American musician (b. 1936)
- Lesley Blanch, English author and historian (b. 1904)
- Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian politician (b. 1938)
- Tatiana Vladimirovna Egorova, Russian botanist (b. 1930)
- Tamás Gábor, Hungarian fencer (b. 1932)
- Curtis Harrington, American film director (b. 1926)
- Đorđe Novković, Croatian songwriter (b. 1943)
- Stevan Raičković, Serbian poet and author (b. 1928)
- May 7
- Isabella Blow, English magazine editor (b. 1958)
- Shirl Conway, American actress (b. 1916)
- Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)
- Tomasi Kulimoetoke II, Wallisian king (b. 1918)
- Raffi Lavie, Israeli painter (b. 1937)
- Emma Lehmer, Russian-American mathematician (b. 1906)
- Octavian Paler, Romanian author and politician (b. 1926)
- Nicholas Worth, American actor (b. 1937)
- May 8
- Mark Burns, English actor (b. 1936)
- Velma Dunn, American diver (b. 1918)
- Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1923)
- May 9
- Alfred D. Chandler Jr., American historian (b. 1918)
- Gino Pariani, American soccer player (b. 1928)
- János Steinmetz, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1947)
- Carla White, American singer (b. 1951)
- May 10 – Paulino Bernabe Sr., Spanish luthier (b. 1932)
- May 11
- Edith Kellman, American astronomer (b. 1911)
- Valentin Pshenitsyn, Russian biathlete (b. 1936)
- Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan politician (b. 1913)
- May 12
- Malika al-Fassi, Moroccan author (b. 1919
- José Barros, Colombian musician (b. 1915)
- Teddy Infuhr, American actor (b. 1936)
- Kai Johansen, Danish footballer (b. 1940)
- Edy Vásquez, Honduran footballer (b. 1983)
- May 13
- Kate Webb, New Zealand-Australian journalist (b. 1943)
- Chen Xiaoxu, Chinese actress (b. 1965)
- May 14
- Kosei Nishihira, Japanese martial artist (b. 1942)
- Jean Saubert, American ski jumper (b. 1942)
- May 15
- Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (b. 1933)
- Yolanda King, American actress and activist (b. 1955)
- Angus McBride, English illustrator (b. 1931)
- May 16
- Mary Douglas, English anthropologist (b. 1921)
- Gohar Gasparyan, Armenian opera singer (b. 1924)
- Tatyana Lavrova, Russian actress (b. 1938)
- Terry Ryan, American author (b. 1946)
- May 17
- Lloyd Alexander, American author (b. 1924)
- Petro Balabuyev, Ukrainian aircraft designer (b. 1931)
- Eugen Weber, Romanian-American historian (b. 1925)
- May 18
- Alan Bannister, English cyclist (b. 1922)
- Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist (b. 1932)
- Albert Goldstein, Croatian author and poet (b. 1943)
- Mika Špiljak, Croatian politician (b. 1916)
- Yoyoy Villame, Filipino singer and politician (b. 1932)
- May 19
- Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer (b. 1940)
- William Ferguson, South African racing driver (b. 1940)
- Jack Findlay, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1935)
- Eva Forest, Spanish activist and author (b. 1928)
- Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, Greek-English scholar (b. 1945)
- Hans Wollschläger, German author and translator (b. 1935)
- Carl Wright, American dancer and actor (b. 1932)
- May 20
- Creu Casas, Spanish biologist and botanist (b. 1913)
- Baruch Kimmerling, Israeli sociologist and scholar (b. 1939)
- Valentina Leontyeva, Russian news anchor (b. 1923)
- Stanley Miller, American chemist and biologist (b. 1930)
- Guram Sharadze, Georgian philologist and historian (b. 1940)
- Oswald Tschirtner, Austrian artist (b. 1920)
- Ben Weisman, American composer (b. 1921)
- May 21
- Bruno Mattei, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- Alexander Roshal, Russian chess player and journalist (b. 1936)
- May 22
- Erik Gaardhøje, Danish footballer (b. 1938)
- Jef Planckaert, Belgian cyclist (b. 1934)
- Art Stevens, American animator and film director (b. 1915)
- May 23
- Kei Kumai, Japanese film director (b. 1930)
- Tron Øgrim, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1947)
- May 24
- Hans Bjørnstad, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1928)
- Buddy Childers, American trumpeter and composer (b. 1926)
- Philip Mayer Kaiser, American diplomat (b. 1913)
- Minako Oba, Japanese author and critic (b. 1930)
- David Renton, English politician (b. 1908)
- Aleksei Konstantinovich Zagulyaev, Russian entomologist (b. 1924)
- May 25
- Laurie Bartram, American actress and ballerina (b. 1958)
- Oscar Basso, Argentine footballer (b. 1922)
- Pi Chun-deuk, South Korean poet and scholar (b. 1910)
- Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer (b. 1922)
- Uładzimir Katkoŭski, Belarusian blogger (b. 1976)
- Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (b. 1931)
- Leonora Ruffo, Italian actress (b. 1935)
- Bartholomew Ulufa'alu, Solomon Islands politician, Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1950)
- Sun Yuanliang, Chinese general (b. 1904)
- May 26
- James Beck, American historian (b. 1930)
- Hasan Eren, Turkish etymologist and linguist (b. 1919)
- George Greeley, American pianist and conductor (b. 1917)
- Marek Krejčí, Slovakian footballer (b. 1980)
- May 27
- Ron Archer, Australian cricketer (b. 1933)
- Jack Kerr, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)
- Wiley Mayne, American politician (b. 1917)
- Howard Porter, American basketball player (b. 1948)
- Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. 1967)
- Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (b. 1932)
- Ed Yost, American inventor (b. 1919)
- May 28
- Barbara Cox Anthony, American businesswoman (b. 1922)
- Tatyana Gonobobleva, Russian volleyball player (b. 1948)
- Jörg Immendorff, German painter and sculptor (b. 1945)
- Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
- Parren Mitchell, American politician (b. 1922)
- Eduard Pons Prades, Spanish historian (b. 1920)
- May 29
- Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)
- Donald Johanos, American conductor (b. 1928)
- M. J. Seaton, English mathematician (b. 1923)
- May 30
- Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor (b. 1933)
- Emmanuel Hostache, French bobsledder (b. 1975)
- William Morris Meredith Jr., American poet (b. 1919)
- Yevgeni Mishakov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1941)
- Cacho Tirao, Argentine guitarist (b. 1941)
- May 31
- Fathia Nkrumah, Egyptian-Ghanaian political figure, First Lady of Ghana (b. 1932)
- Ivan Stepanenko, Ukrainian pilot (b. 1920)
June 2007
edit- June 1
- Jan Beneš, Czech author and translator (b. 1936)
- Charles Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1949)
- June 2
- Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1949)
- Wolfgang Hilbig, German author and poet (b. 1941)
- Huang Ju, Chinese politician (b. 1938)
- June 3 – Iván Darvas, Hungarian actor (b. 1925)
- June 4
- Bill France Jr., American racing executive (b. 1933)
- Alain Le Ray, French general (b. 1910)
- Craig L. Thomas, American politician (b. 1933)
- June 5 – Povel Ramel, Swedish musician (b. 1922)
- June 6
- Benito Alazraki, Mexican film director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- James Halliday, English weightlifter (b. 1918)
- Enrique Fuentes Quintana, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1924)
- Zakia Zaki, Afghan journalist (b. 1972)
- June 7 – Michael Hamburger, German-English poet and translator (b. 1924)
- June 8
- Aden Adde, Somalian politician, President of Somalia (b. 1908)
- Fenny Heemskerk, Dutch chess player (b. 1919)
- Nellie Lutcher, American singer (b. 1912)
- Beverly Michaels, American actress (b. 1927)
- Adrian Pintea, Romanian actor (b. 1954)
- Richard Rorty, American philosopher (b. 1931)
- June 9
- Rudolf Arnheim, German-American author and theorist (b. 1904)
- Alma Beltran, Mexican-American actress (b. 1919)
- Ousmane Sembène, Senegalese film director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- Elias Wen, Chinese-American priest (b. 1896)
- June 10
- Charley Harper, American artist (b. 1922)
- Parviz Varjavand, Iranian archaeologist and politician (b. 1934)
- June 11
- Paulinho de Almeida, Brazilian footballer (b. 1932)
- Hanny Michaelis, Dutch poet (b. 1922)
- Mala Powers, American actress (b. 1931)
- June 12
- Donald D. Clancy, American politician (b. 1921)
- Wally Herbert, English explorer (b. 1934)
- Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies, French bishop (b. 1914)
- Dolors Vives Rodon, Spanish pilot (b. 1909)
- Guy de Rothschild, French banker (b. 1909)
- Jo Giæver Tenfjord, Norwegian librarian and author (b. 1918)
- June 13
- Walid Eido, Lebanese politician (b. 1942)
- Ramchandra Gandhi, Indian philosopher (b. 1937)
- Oskar Morawetz, Canadian composer (b. 1917)
- Claude Netter, French fencer (b. 1924)
- Néstor Rossi, Argentine footballer (b. 1925)
- June 14
- Ruth Graham, American author (b. 1920)
- Robin Olds, American fighter pilot (b. 1922)
- Jacques Simonet, Belgian politician (b. 1963)
- Alex Thomson, English cinematographer (b. 1929)
- Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and diplomat (b. 1918)
- June 15
- Giuseppe Alberigo, Italian historian (b. 1926)
- Richard Bell, Canadian musician (b. 1946)
- Hugo Corro, Argentine boxer (b. 1953)
- Kees Krijgh Sr., Dutch footballer (b. 1921)
- Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
- Jānis Pīnups, Latvian soldier (b. 1925)
- June 16
- Norman Hackerman, American chemist (b. 1912)
- Ri In-mo, North Korean political prisoner (b. 1917)
- Mohammad Fazel Lankarani, Iranian religious leader (b. 1931)
- Washington Poyet, Uruguayan basketball player (b. 1939)
- June 17
- Angelo Felici, Italian cardinal (b. 1919)
- Gianfranco Ferré, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
- José Abílio Osório Soares, Indonesian politician (b. 1947)
- June 18
- Bill Barber. American musician (b. 1920)
- Vilma Espín, Cuban revolutionary and engineer (b. 1930)
- Kenneth Franklin, American astronomer (b. 1923)
- Bernard Manning, English comedian (b. 1930)
- June 19
- Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1919)
- Victorio Cieslinskas, Lithuanian-Uruguayan basketball player (b. 1922)
- El Fary, Spanish singer and actor (b. 1927)
- Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (b. 1932)
- Gejza Šimanský, Slovakian footballer (b. 1924)
- Klausjürgen Wussow, German actor (b. 1929)
- June 20
- Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet (b. 1923)
- Jerry Fleishman, American basketball player (b. 1922)
- Anita Guha, Indian actress (b. 1932)
- June 21
- Georg Danzer, Austrian singer (b. 1946)
- Carlos Romero, American skater and actor (b. 1927)
- Gerrit Voges, Dutch footballer (b. 1932)
- June 22
- Bernd Becher, German artist (b. 1931)
- Nancy Benoit, American professional wrestling valet and model (b. 1964)
- Luciano Fabro, Italian sculptor (b. 1936)
- Lenar Gilmullin, Russian footballer (b. 1985)
- William L. Hungate, American politician (b. 1922)
- Guy Vander Jagt, American politician (b. 1931)
- Dorothea Orem, American theorist (b. 1914)
- Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
- June 23
- Rod Beck, American baseball player (b. 1968)
- Alfio Caltabiano, Italian actor (b. 1932)
- Brevard Childs, American scholar (b. 1923)
- Hans Sennholz, German-American economist and author (b. 1922)
- Nguyễn Chánh Thi, Vietnamese general (b. 1923)
- June 24
- Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1967)
- Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1938)
- Léon Jeck, Belgian footballer (b. 1947)
- Armand Maloumian, French prisoner and author (b. 1928)
- Natasja Saad, Danish musician (b. 1974)
- Hans Sturm, German footballer (b. 1935)
- June 25
- Alida Bosshardt, Dutch salvationist (b. 1913)
- Eftekhar Dadehbala, Iranian singer (b. 1946)
- Michel Lotito, French performance artist (b. 1950)
- Meho Puzić, Bosnian singer (b. 1937)
- Nina Vyroubova, Russian-French ballerina (b. 1921)
- June 26
- Liz Claiborne, American fashion designer (b. 1929)
- Jupp Derwall, German footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- Lucien Hervé, Hungarian photographer (b. 1910)
- Luigi Meneghello, Italian author and scholar (b. 1922)
- June 27
- Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1978)
- Milan Antolković, Croatian footballer (b. 1915)
- Ramiz Delalić, Bosnian warlord (b. 1963)
- Ashraf Marwan, Egyptian businessman and spy (b. 1944)
- Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (b. 1905)
- Bruno Tolentino, Brazilian poet (b. 1940)
- June 28
- Leo Burmester, American actor (b. 1945)
- Eugene B. Fluckey, American admiral (b. 1913)
- Makoto Kumada, Japanese chemist (b. 1936)
- Sterling E. Lanier, American author (b. 1927)
- Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
- June 29
- Frank W. Burke, American politician (b. 1920)
- Edward L. Dreyer, American historian (b. 1940)
- Fred Saberhagen, American author (b. 1930)
- Alojzij Šuštar, Slovenian archbishop (b. 1920)
- Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
- June 30
- Gottfried von Bismarck, German aristocrat and socialite (b. 1962)
- Heinrich Boller, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1921)
- José Orúe, Spanish footballer (b. 1931)
- Will Schaefer, American composer (b. 1928)
July 2007
edit- July 1
- Fyodor Druzhinin, Russian violist and composer (b. 1932)
- Robert McBride, American composer (b. 1911)
- Colleen McCrory, Canadian environmentalist (b. 1949)
- Joseph Mertens, Belgian archaeologist (b. 1921)
- July 2
- Max Douy, French art director (b. 1913)
- Giuseppe Forti, Italian astronomer (b. 1939)
- Git Gay, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1921)
- Vojislav Nikčević, Montenegrin linguist (b. 1935)
- Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (b. 1940)
- Luigi Scarabello, Italian footballer (b. 1916)
- Beverly Sills, American opera singer (b. 1929)
- Jimmy Walker, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- Hy Zaret, American songwriter and composer (b. 1907)
- July 3
- Felix Gerritzen, German footballer (b. 1927)
- Claude Pompidou, French philanthropist (b. 1912)
- Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
- Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (b. 1915)
- July 4
- Barış Akarsu, Turkish singer (b. 1979)
- Eleanor Stewart, American actress (b. 1913)
- July 5
- Marko Babić, Croatian colonel (b. 1965)
- Régine Crespin, French opera singer (b. 1927)
- Odile Crick, English artist (b. 1920)
- Mikhaik Kovalyov, Belarusian politician (b. 1925)
- Kerwin Mathews, American actor (b. 1926)
- George Melly, English singer (b. 1926)
- July 6
- Georg Stoltze, German cyclist (b. 1931)
- Marguerite Vogt, German-American virologist (b. 1913)
- Eileen Wearne, Australian sprinter (b. 1912)
- Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (b. 1939)
- July 7
- Gladys Elizabeth Baker, American mycologist (b. 1908)
- Anne McLaren, English geneticist and biologist (b. 1927)
- Donald Michie, English computer scientist (b. 1923)
- John Szarkowski, American photographer and museum curator (b. 1925)
- July 8
- Jindřich Feld, Czech composer (b. 1925)
- Chandra Shekhar, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1927)
- Carlos Adriano de Jesus Soares, Brazilian footballer (b. 1984)
- Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter (b. 1929)
- Gertrud Vasegaard, Danish ceramist (b. 1913)
- July 9
- Esteban Areta, Spanish footballer (b. 1932)
- André Chouraqui, Algerian-Israeli author and politician (b. 1917)
- Natalia Karp, Polish pianist (b. 1911)
- Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
- Muhsin Mahdi, Iraqi-American scholar (b. 1926)
- Viktor Maryenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
- July 10
- Abdul Rashid Ghazi, Pakistani cleric (b. 1964)
- Paulette Libermann, French mathematician (b. 1919)
- Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese politician (b. 1944)
- July 11
- Arif Butt, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1944)
- Bill Flynn, South African actor and comedian (b. 1948)
- Richard Franklin, Australian film director (b. 1948)
- Ove Grahn, Swedish footballer (b. 1943)
- Lady Bird Johnson, American political figure, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
- Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian politician, President of Colombia (b. 1913)
- Larry Staverman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1936)
- July 12
- Blaga Aleksova, Macedonian archaeologist (b. 1922)
- Robert Burås, Norwegian guitarist (b. 1975)
- Saeed Chmagh, Iraqi photojournalist (b. 1967)
- José Iglesias Fernández, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1926)
- Namir Noor-Eldeen, Iraqi photographer (b. 1984)
- July 13
- Paul Faure, French archaeologist (b. 1916)
- Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer (b. 1928)
- Sardana Oyunskaya, Russian folklorist and critic (b. 1934)
- Frank Robert, Norwegian singer and actor (b. 1918)
- Ilja Zeljenka, Slovakian composer (b. 1932)
- July 14
- John Ferguson Sr., Canadian ice hockey player and executive (b. 1938)
- Bernard Pagel, English astrophysicist (b. 1930)
- July 15
- Tsang Tsou Choi, Hong Kong artist (b. 1921)
- Kelly Johnson, English guitarist and singer (b. 1958)
- Kieron Moore, Irish actor (b. 1924)
- Schelto Patijn, Dutch politician (b. 1936)
- July 16
- Enrico Accatino, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
- Mikhail Kononov, Russian actor (b. 1940)
- Dmitri Prigov, Russian author and artist (b. 1940)
- Alan Shepherd, English motorcycle racer (b. 1935)
- July 17
- Márcio Rogério de Andrade, Brazilian footballer (b. 1971)
- Veljko Bakašun, Croatian water polo player (b. 1920)
- François Bruhat, French mathematician (b. 1929)
- Teresa Stich-Randall, American opera singer (b. 1927)
- July 18
- Wayne A. Downing, American general (b. 1940)
- Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel, German pilot and politician (b. 1921)
- Jerry Hadley, American opera singer (b. 1952)
- John Kronus, American professional wrestler (b. 1969)
- Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908)
- Karl Seebach, German mathematician (b. 1912)
- July 19
- Laura Devon, American actress and singer (b. 1931)
- Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1944)
- Hayao Kawai, Japanese psychologist (b. 1928)
- July 20
- Antônio Carlos Magalhães, Brazilian politician (b. 1927)
- Tammy Faye Messner, American televangelist (b. 1942)
- Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist (b. 1918)
- July 21
- Don Arden, English music manager (b. 1926)
- Gilbert Bozon, French swimmer (b. 1935)
- René Deceja, Uruguayan cyclist (b. 1934)
- Jesús de Polanco, Spanish businessman (b. 1929)
- Sherwin Wine, American rabbi (b. 1928)
- July 22
- Quido Adamec, Czech ice hockey referee (b. 1924)
- Carmelo Camet, Argentine fencer (b. 1904)
- László Kovács, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1933)
- André Milongo, Congolese politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1935)
- Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)
- Jean Stablinski, French cyclist (b. 1932)
- Alexander Tatarsky, Russian animator and film director (b. 1950)
- July 23
- Franco Cuomo, Italian journalist and author (b. 1938)
- Thomas Davis, Cook Islands politician, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1917)
- Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist (b. 1918)
- Tor Kamata, American-Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1937)
- Daniel E. Koshland Jr., American biochemist (b. 1920)
- Raimundo Lezama, Spanish footballer (b. 1922)
- Benjamin Libet, American scientist (b. 1916)
- Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (b. 1914)
- George Tabori, Hungarian author and theatre director (b. 1914)
- July 24
- Giorgio Anglesio, Italian fencer (b. 1922)
- Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913)
- Chaney Kley, American actor (b. 1972)
- Nicola Zaccaria, Greek opera singer (b. 1923)
- July 25
- Danny Bergara, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1942)
- Bernd Jakubowski, German footballer (b. 1952)
- Lidiya Smirnova, Russian actress (b. 1915)
- July 26
- Lars Forssell, Swedish author (b. 1928)
- Violeta Manushi, Albanian actress (b. 1926)
- Senetta Yoseftal, Israeli politician (b. 1912)
- July 27
- Gabriel Cisneros, Spanish politician (b. 1940)
- James Oyebola, Nigerian-English boxer (b. 1961)
- Sofia Simmonds, American biochemist (b. 1917)
- William J. Tuttle, American makeup artist (b. 1912)
- July 28
- Kazi Lhendup Dorjee, Indian politician (b. 1904)
- Karl Gotch, Belgian-American professional wrestler (b. 1924)
- Isidore Isou, French poet and film critic (b. 1925)
- Bảo Long, Vietnamese royal (b. 1936)
- July 29
- July 30
- Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (b. 1912)
- Teoctist Arăpaşu, Romanian patriarch (b. 1915)
- Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director and screenwriter (b. 1918)
- Ali Meshkini, Iranian cleric and politician (b. 1921)
- Louis Moyse, French flautist and composer (b. 1912)
- Makoto Oda, Japanese author and activist (b. 1932)
- Bill Walsh, American football coach (b. 1931)
- July 31
- Giuseppe Baldo, Italian footballer (b. 1914)
- Martin Bristow, English rower and physician (b. 1913)
- Norman Cohn, English academic and historian (b. 1915)
- Per Brinch Hansen, Danish-American computer scientist (b. 1938)
- Terry Winter Owens, American composer (b. 1941)
- R. D. Wingfield, English author (b. 1928)
August 2007
edit- August 1
- Yū Aku, Japanese songwriter and poet (b. 1937)
- Ryan Cox, South African cyclist (b. 1979)
- Veikko Karvonen, Finnish runner (b. 1926)
- Winfred P. Lehmann, American linguist (b. 1916)
- Tommy Makem, Irish musician (b. 1932)
- Igor Plekhanov, Russian speedway rider (b. 1933)
- August 2
- Carmen Cerdeira, Spanish politician (b. 1958)
- Peter Eriksson, Swedish neuroscientist (b. 1959)
- Holden Roberto, Angolan politician (b. 1923)
- Paulino Angelino de Souza, Brazilian footballer (b. 1953)
- August 3
- James Callahan, American actor (b. 1930)
- John Gardner, English author (b. 1926)
- Colin Kapp, English author (b. 1928)
- Peter Thorup, Danish musician (b. 1948)
- August 4
- Lee Hazlewood, American singer and record producer (b. 1929)
- Raul Hilberg, Austrian-American political scientist and historian (b. 1926)
- August 5
- Henri Amouroux, French historian and journalist (b. 1920)
- Faraj Said Bin Ghanem, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1937)
- Oliver Hill, American attorney (b. 1907)
- Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926)
- Amos Manor, Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1918)
- Vladimir Orel, Turkish linguist and etymologist (b. 1952)
- Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor (b. 1943)
- August 6
- Heinz Barth, German war criminal (b. 1920)
- Teizo Matsumura, Japanese composer and poet (b. 1929)
- Miklós Páncsics, Hungarian footballer (b. 1944)
- Paul Rutherford, American trombonist (b. 1940)
- Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1917)
- August 7
- Ernesto Alonso, Mexican film producer and actor (b. 1917)
- Hal Fishman, American news anchor (b. 1931)
- Bjørn Aage Ibsen, Danish anesthetist (b. 1915)
- August 8
- Bertha Crowther, English hurdler (b. 1921)
- Richard Dahl, Swedish high jumper (b. 1933)
- Joybubbles, American phone phreak (b. 1949)
- Melville Shavelson, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1917)
- Alexander Tollmann, Austrian geologist (b. 1928)
- Vitalija Tuomaitė, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1964)
- Julius Wess, Austrian theoretical physicist (b. 1934)
- August 9
- Joe O'Donnell, American photojournalist (b. 1922)
- Ulrich Plenzdorf, German author (b. 1934)
- Rudolf Thanner, German ice hockey player (b. 1944)
- August 10
- James E. Faust, American religious leader (b. 1920)
- Irene Morgan, American activist (b. 1917)
- Jean Rédélé, French automobile engineer (b. 1922)
- Tony Wilson, English broadcaster (b. 1950)
- August 11
- Franz Antel, Austrian film director (b. 1913)
- Maurice Boitel, French painter (b. 1919)
- Richard Compton, American television director and actor (b. 1938)
- Michael Frede, German philosopher (b. 1940)
- Herb Pomeroy, American trumpeter (b. 1930)
- Madilu System, Congolese singer (b. 1952)
- Lluís Maria Xirinacs, Spanish politician and author (b. 1932)
- August 12
- Ralph Asher Alpher, American cosmologist (b. 1921)
- Ronald N. Bracewell, Australian-American physicist and astronomer (b. 1921)
- Merv Griffin, American television personality and producer (b. 1925)
- Elizabeth Murray, American painter (b. 1940)
- Mike Wieringo, Italian-American comic book artist (b. 1963)
- August 13
- Brian Adams, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
- Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1902)
- Hans Ferdinand Linskens, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1921)
- Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player (b. 1917)
- August 14
- John Biffen, English politician (b. 1930)
- Lal Singh Dil, Indian poet (b. 1943)
- Nela Eržišnik, Croatian actress (b. 1922)
- Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
- Bill Lomas, English motorcycle racer (b. 1928)
- Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1940)
- Eduardo Noriega, Mexican actor (b. 1916)
- Alice Schwarz-Gardos, Austrian-Israeli journalist and author (b. 1916)
- Tarkeshwari Sinha, Indonesian politician and activist (b. 1926)
- Kihei Tomioka, Japanese cyclist (b. 1932)
- Sayoko Yamaguchi, Japanese model and actress (b. 1949)
- August 15 – John Gofman, American scientist (b. 1918)
- August 16
- Jeroen Boere, Dutch footballer (b. 1967)
- Clive Exton, English screenwriter (b. 1930)
- Gerard Louis Frey, American bishop (b. 1914)
- Vito Pallavicini, Italian songwriter (b. 1924)
- Max Roach, American drummer and composer (b. 1924)
- August 17
- Bill Deedes, English politician (b. 1913)
- Maxine Feldman, American singer and comedian (b. 1945)
- Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
- Eduard Isabekyan, Armenian painter (b. 1914)
- Victor Klee, American mathematician (b. 1925)
- Dashrath Manjhi, Indian labourer (b. 1934)
- August 18
- Michael Deaver, American politician (b. 1938)
- Magdalen Nabb, English author (b. 1947)
- Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1944)
- August 19
- Daniel Brewster, American politician (b. 1923)
- Etab, Saudi Arabian singer (b. 1947)
- August 20
- Leif Hamre, Norwegian military officer and author (b. 1914)
- Leona Helmsley, American businessman (b. 1920)
- August 21
- Caroline Aigle, French pilot (b. 1974)
- Rose Bampton, American opera singer (b. 1907)
- Siobhan Dowd, English author (b. 1960)
- Qurratulain Hyder, Indian author (b. 1927)
- Menyhért Lakatos, Hungarian author (b. 1926)
- Hana Ponická, Slovakian author (b. 1922)
- August 22
- Hans Bänninger, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1924)
- Jacek Chmielnik, Polish actor (b. 1953)
- Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
- Grace Paley, American author and poet (b. 1922)
- August 23
- Faruk Begolli, Kosovan actor (b. 1944)
- Robert Symonds, American actor (b. 1926)
- Bruno Trentin, Italian politician (b. 1926)
- Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian (b. 1933)
- August 24
- Abdul Rahman Arif, Iraqi politician, President of Iraq (b. 1916)
- Hansjörg Felmy, German actor (b. 1931)
- Sarah Grilo, Argentine painter (b. 1917)
- Aaron Russo, American film producer (b. 1943)
- August 25
- Raymond Barre, French politician and economist (b. 1924)
- Richard Cook, English journalist and magazine editor (b. 1957)
- Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (b. 1918)
- Elizabeth Inglis, English actress (b. 1913)
- Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
- Štefan Žáry, Slovakian poet (b. 1918)
- August 26
- Jerry Andrus, American magician (b. 1918)
- Roy McLean, South African cricketer (b. 1930)
- Edward Seidensticker, American scholar and historian (b. 1921)
- Jaman Lal Sharma, Indian field hockey player (b. 1932)
- Gaston Thorn, Luxembourgian politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1928)
- August 27
- Driss Basri, Moroccan politician (b. 1938)
- Galina Dzhugashvili, Russian translator (b. 1938)
- Burkhard Gantenbein, Swiss handball player (b. 1912)
- Marcos Grigorian, Armenian-American artist (b. 1925)
- Richard T. Heffron, American actor (b. 1930)
- Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1931)
- Hans Ruesch, Swiss racing driver and author (b. 1913)
- Gad Yaacobi, Israeli politician (b. 1935)
- August 28
- Maria Tore Barbina, Italian poet and translator (b. 1940)
- Arthur Jones, American inventor (b. 1926)
- Hilly Kristal, American businessman (b. 1931)
- Paul MacCready, American aerospace engineer (b. 1925)
- Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984)
- Darryl Sly, American ice hockey player (b. 1939)
- Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1932)
- Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress (b. 1929)
- August 29
- Richard Jewell, American security guard and police officer (b. 1962)
- Vladimir Lobanov, Russian speed skater (b. 1953)
- Pierre Messmer, French politician (b. 1916)
- Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (b. 1978)
- Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur (b. 1920)
- Max Weber, German racewalker (b. 1922)
- August 30
- János Börzsei, Hungarian footballer (b. 1921)
- Michael Jackson, English author (b. 1942)
- Helmut Krebs, German opera singer (b. 1913)
- K. P. H. Notoprojo, Indonesian musician (b. 1909)
- Igor Novikov, Russian pentathlete (b. 1929)
- Roef Ragas, Dutch actor (b. 1965)
- Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1913)
- José Luis de Vilallonga, Spanish aristocrat and actor (b. 1920)
- August 31
- Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)
- Willie Cunningham, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1930)
September 2007
edit- September 1
- Witold Leszczyński, Polish film director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- Juma Santos, American drummer (b. 1948)
- Viliam Schrojf, Slovakian footballer (b. 1931)
- September 2
- Rajae Belmlih, Moroccan-Emirati singer (b. 1962)
- Detlef Franke, German egyptologist (b. 1952)
- Safet Isović, Bosnian singer (b. 1936)
- Marcia Mae Jones, American actress (b. 1924)
- Vlastislav Mareček, Czech football manager (b. 1966)
- Nando Matola, Mozambican footballer (b. 1982)
- September 3
- Atilio Cremaschi, Chilean footballer (b. 1923)
- Gustavo Eberto, Argentine footballer (b. 1983)
- Steve Fossett, American businessman and pilot (b. 1944)
- Gift Leremi, South African footballer (b. 1984)
- Sven Lundquist, Swedish sport shooter (b. 1920)
- Janis Martin, American singer (b. 1940)
- Jacques Pelletier, French politician (b. 1929)
- Woody Sauldsberry, American basketball player (b. 1934)
- Mária Szepes, Hungarian author (b. 1908)
- September 4
- John Scott, Scottish politician (b. 1923)
- Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese army officer and businessman (b. 1911)
- September 5
- Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican author (b. 1932)
- Paul Gillmor, American politician (b. 1939)
- Thomas Hansen, Norwegian musician (b. 1976)
- Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek film director and screenwriter (b. 1939)
- Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert, German pilot (b. 1919)
- Charlotte Zucker, American actress (b. 1921)
- September 6
- Lee Ae-jung, South Korean actress (b. 1987)
- Martin Čech, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1976)
- Eva Crane, English beekeeper and author (b. 1912)
- Wolfgang Franke, German sinologist (b. 1912)
- Madeleine L'Engle, American author (b. 1918)
- Luciano Pavarotti, Italian opera singer (b. 1935)
- Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor (b. 1918)
- Byron Stevenson, Welsh footballer (b. 1956)
- September 7
- John Compton, Saint Lucian politician, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (b. 1925)
- John Crook, English classicist (b. 1921)
- Norman Deeley, English footballer (b. 1933)
- Doris Metaxa, French tennis player (b. 1911)
- Simon Tchobang, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1951)
- Mark Weil, Uzbekistani theatre director (b. 1952)
- September 8
- Nicholas Bethell, English politician (b. 1938)
- Juan Daniel Cardellino, Uruguayan football referee (b. 1942)
- September 9
- Angie Brooks, Liberian politician (b. 1928)
- Han Dingxiang, Chinese bishop (b. 1937)
- Luigi Dossena, Italian archbishop and diplomat (b. 1925)
- Laurence Iché, French author (b. 1921)
- Vasyl Kuk, Ukrainian politician (b. 1913)
- Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- Zoran Tadić, Croatian film director and critic (b. 1941)
- Hughie Thomasson, American musician (b. 1952)
- September 10
- Loretta King Hadler, American actress (b. 1917)
- Joe Rantz, American rower (b. 1914)
- Anita Roddick, English entrepreneur (b. 1942)
- Jane Wyman, American actress (b. 1917)
- September 11
- Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer (b. 1946)
- Gene Savoy, American explorer and author (b. 1927)
- Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (b. 1932)
- September 12
- Dusty Anderson, American actress and model (b. 1918)
- Bobby Byrd, American singer (b. 1934)
- Konrad Oberhuber, Austrian-American art curator (b. 1935)
- September 13
- Gaetano Arfé, Italian politician and historian (b. 1925)
- Joachim Hansen, German actor (b. 1930)
- Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, Iraqi sheikh (b. 1972)
- September 14
- Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (b. 1933)
- Emilio Ruiz del Río, Spanish set decorator and visual effects artist (b. 1923)
- Benny Vansteelant, Belgian duathlete (b. 1976)
- September 15
- Sabira Kumushaliyeva, Kyrgyzstani actress (b. 1917)
- Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (b. 1968)
- Jeremy Moore, English major general (b. 1928)
- Peicho Peev, Bulgarian chess player (b. 1940)
- Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist and composer (b. 1928)
- Elbey Rzaguliyev, Azerbaijani artist and theatre director (b. 1926)
- Brett Somers, American actress (b. 1924)
- September 16
- Jean Balissat, Swiss composer (b. 1936)
- Robert Jordan, American author (b. 1948)
- Rolf Köhler, German singer (b. 1951)
- Cal Rampton, American politician (b. 1913)
- September 17
- Miguel Ramón Izquierdo, Spanish politician (b. 1919)
- Maurice King, American basketball player (b. 1934)
- Charlotte Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1955)
- September 18
- Benyamin Yosef Bria, Indonesian bishop (b. 1956)
- Josef Vinklář, Czech actor (b. 1930)
- September 19
- Antoine Ghanem, Lebanese politician (b. 1943)
- Jack Mulhern, American ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- Mike Osborne, English saxophonist and pianist (b. 1941)
- Vlatko Pavletić, Croatian politician, President of Croatia (b. 1930)
- Ján Režňák, Slovakian fighter pilot (b. 1919)
- September 20
- Franco Fanti, Italian cyclist (b. 1924)
- Kaljo Kiisk, Estonian actor and politician (b. 1925)
- Christian de La Malène, French politician (b. 1920)
- September 21
- Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian skier and steeplechase runner (b. 1929)
- Alice Ghostley, American actress (b. 1926)
- Ian Gilmour, English politician (b. 1926)
- Jürgen Roland, German film director (b. 1925)
- Petar Stambolić, Serbian politician, President of Yugoslavia (b. 1912)
- September 22
- Nílton Coelho da Costa, Brazilian footballer (b. 1928)
- Marcel Marceau, French actor and mime (b. 1923)
- Andrei Monin, Russian physicist (b. 1921)
- ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, Iranian religious leader (b. 1911)
- September 23 – Väinö Kirstinä, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1936)
- September 24
- Kurt Julius Goldstein], German journalist (b. 1914)
- André Gorz, Austrian-French philosopher and journalist (b. 1923)
- Pief Panofsky, German-American physicist (b. 1919)
- Edmur Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
- September 25
- Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician (b. 1919)
- Karl Berg, German footballer (b. 1921)
- Hans Colberg, Danish footballer (b. 1921)
- István Gaál, Hungarian film director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- Jana Krishnamurthi, Indian politician (b. 1928)
- Nobuo Matsunaga, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- September 26
- Roberto Dias, Brazilian footballer (b. 1943)
- Erich Habitzl, Austrian footballer (b. 1923)
- Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, Dutch author and pilot (b. 1917)
- September 27
- René Binggeli, Swiss cyclist (b. 1941)
- Nenad Bogdanović, Serbian politician (b. 1954)
- Kenji Nagai, Japanese journalist (b. 1957)
- Bill Perry, South African-English footballer (b. 1930)
- Darcy Robinson, Canadian-Italian ice hockey player (b. 1981)
- Avraham Shapira, Israeli rabbi (b. 1914)
- September 28
- René Desmaison, French mountaineer (b. 1930)
- Charles B. Griffith, American screenwriter and actor (b. 1930)
- Helen Horton, American actress (b. 1923)
- Adam Kozłowiecki, Polish-Zambian archbishop (b. 1911)
- Peter Kuiper, German actor (b. 1929)
- Sylvain Marcaillou, French cyclist (b. 1911)
- Derek Shackleton, English cricketer (b. 1924)
- September 29
- Yıldırım Aktuna, Turkish psychiatrist and politician (b. 1930)
- Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
- Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (b. 1920)
- Gyula Zsivótzky, Hungarian hammer thrower (b. 1937)
- September 30
- Solhi al-Wadi], Iraqi-Syrian musician (b. 1934)
- Andrea Dotti, Italian psychiatrist (b. 1938)
- Esko Elstelä, Finnish screenwriter and film director (b. 1931)
- Len Graham, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1925)
- Milan Jelić, Bosnian politician (b. 1956)
- Henri Paternóster, Belgian fencer (b. 1908)
- Oswald Mathias Ungers, German architect (b. 1926)
October 2007
edit- October 1
- Marianne Fritz, Austrian author (b. 1948)
- Ronnie Hazlehurst, English composer and conductor (b. 1928)
- Al Oerter, American athlete (b. 1936)
- Tetsuo Okamoto, Brazilian swimmer (b. 1932)
- October 2
- Katherine Brandram, Greek princes (b. 1913)
- Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
- Šime Đodan, Croatian politician (b. 1927)
- George Grizzard, American actor (b. 1928)
- Kōichi Kitamura, Japanese voice actor (b. 1931)
- Vincent Otti, Ugandan rebel (b. 1946)
- October 3
- Swaraj Prakash Gupta, Indian archaeologist (b. 1931)
- Pablo Palazuelo, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1915)
- Antoni Ribas, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
- Tony Ryan, Irish businessman (b. 1936)
- Rogelio Salmona, French-Colombian architect (b. 1929)
- Manfred Sommer, Spanish comic book artist (b. 1933)
- Giuseppe Valdengo, Italian opera singer (b. 1914)
- October 4 – Deno Geanakoplos, American historian (b. 1916)
- October 5
- Alexandra Boulat, French photographer (b. 1962)
- Walter Kempowski, German author (b. 1929)
- Władysław Kopaliński, Polish lexicographer (b. 1907)
- Vladimir Kuzin, Russian skier (b. 1930)
- Edwyn Owen, American ice hockey player (b. 1936)
- Matilde Salvador i Segarra, Spanish composer and painter (b. 1918)
- Jack Wilson, American pianist (b. 1936)
- October 6
- Robert W. Bussard, American physicist (b. 1928)
- Jo Ann Davis, American politician (b. 1950)
- Ubaidul Haq, Bangladeshi scholar and author (b. 1928)
- Terence Wilmot Hutchison, English economist and historian (b. 1912)
- Laza Ristovski, Serbian singer (b. 1956)
- Laxmi Mall Singhvi, Indian judge and diplomat (b. 1931)
- October 7
- Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975)
- Stéphane Maurice Bongho-Nouarra, Congolese politician (b. 1937)
- George E. Sangmeister, American politician (b. 1931)
- Jiřina Steimarová, Czech actress (b. 1916)
- Lilis Suryani, Indonesian singer (b. 1948)
- October 8
- Constantine Andreou, Brazilian-Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)
- Jean-François Van Der Motte, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
- Francis Schewetta, French athlete (b. 1919)
- October 9
- Naziha al-Dulaimi, Iraqi activist and politician (b. 1923)
- Toto Sudarto Bachtiar, Indonesian poet and translator (b. 1929)
- Carol Bruce, American actress (b. 1919)
- Fausto Correia, Portuguese politician (b. 1951)
- Lucien Deiss, French priest and composer (b. 1921)
- Kurt Schwaen, German composer (b. 1909)
- October 10
- S. R. Bommai, Indian politician (b. 1924)
- Vladimir Soshalsky, Russian actor (b. 1929)
- Mehmed Uzun, Turkish author (b. 1953)
- October 11
- Sri Chinmoy, Indian philosopher (b. 1931)
- John H. Edwards, English geneticist (b. 1928)
- Rauni Mollberg, Finnish film director (b. 1929)
- Juca Pereira, Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1929)
- Roy Rosenzweig, American historian (b. 1950)
- October 12
- Paulo Autran, Brazilian actor (b. 1922)
- Lonny Chapman, American actor (b. 1920)
- Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (b. 1934)
- Soe Win, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Myanmar (b. 1948)
- October 13
- Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929)
- Art Harris, American basketball player (b. 1947)
- Andrée de Jongh, Belgian resistance fighter (b. 1916)
- Alec Kessler, American basketball player (b. 1967)
- Marion Michael, German actress and singer (b. 1940)
- October 14
- André Maréchal, French physicist (b. 1916)
- Big Moe, American rapper (b. 1974)
- Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (b. 1925)
- Frances Rich, American sculptor and actress (b. 1910)
- Sigrid Valdis, American actress (b. 1935)
- October 15
- Yevhen Buslovych, Ukrainian wrestler (b. 1972)
- Édouard Levé, French author and artist (b. 1965)
- Bobby Mauch, American actor (b. 1921)
- Vito Taccone, Italian cyclist (b. 1940)
- October 16
- Alexey Ivakhnenko, Ukrainian mathematician (b. 1913)
- Ignacy Jeż, Polish bishop (b. 1914)
- Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b. 1921)
- Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Venezuelan cardinal (b. 1922)
- André Neury, Swiss footballer (b. 1921)
- Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer (b. 1981)
- Barbara West, English disaster survivor (b. 1911)
- October 17
- Joey Bishop, American entertainer (b. 1918)
- Teresa Brewer, American singer (b. 1931)
- Michael Elliott, English chemist (b. 1924)
- Teuku Jacob, Indonesian paleoanthropologist (b. 1929)
- Harry Kleiner, Russian-American screenwriter (b. 1916)
- Maria Kwaśniewska, Polish javelin thrower (b. 1913)
- Oleksandr Pogoryelov, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1952)
- Rüdiger von Wechmar, German diplomat (b. 1923)
- Robert A. Young, American politician (b. 1923)
- October 18
- William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat (b. 1925)
- Lucky Dube, South African musician (b. 1964)
- October 19
- Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1917)
- Barbara Sheldon, American actress (b. 1912)
- Jan Wolkers, Dutch author and artist (b. 1925)
- October 20
- Juan Antonio Cebrián, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1965)
- Max McGee, American football player (b. 1932)
- Helend Peep, Estonian actor and singer (b. 1910)
- Josep Pintat-Solans, Andorran politician, Prime Minister of Andorra (b. 1925)
- Paul Raven, English bassist (b. 1961)
- October 21
- François Chamoux, French archaeologist (b. 1915)
- Margit Csillik, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1914)
- Ernst Ehrlich, Swiss philosopher (b. 1921)
- R. B. Kitaj, American artist (b. 1932)
- Ileana Sonnabend, Romanian-American art dealer (b. 1914)
- October 22
- Sargon Boulus, Iraqi poet and journalist (b. 1944)
- Ève Curie, French author (b. 1904)
- John M. Greene, American theoretical physicist and mathematician (b. 1928)
- October 23
- Pär Bengtsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1922)
- David George Kendall, English statistician and mathematician (b. 1918)
- Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-Chinese businessman (b. 1918)
- Ursula Vaughan Williams, English poet and author (b. 1911)
- October 24
- Jules Bigot, French footballer (b. 1915)
- Petr Eben, Czech composer (b. 1929)
- Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstani journalist (b. 1981)
- Stefan Witkowski, Polish chess player (b. 1931)
- October 25
- Dinesh Nandini Dalmia, Indian poet and author (b. 1928)
- Puntsagiin Jasrai, Mongolian politician, Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1933)
- Fred Kirkham, Australian rower and judge (b. 1937)
- October 26
- Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (b. 1947)
- Johannes Eckhoff, Norwegian actor (b. 1919)
- Aleksandr Feklisov, Russian spy (b. 1914)
- Edgardo González, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1936)
- Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist (b. 1918)
- Bernard L. Kowalski, American television director (b. 1929)
- Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
- Hans Stern, Brazilian jeweler (b. 1922)
- October 27
- Satyen Kappu, Indian actor (b. 1931)
- Moira Lister, South African-English actress (b. 1923)
- Waltraud Nowarra, German chess player (b. 1940)
- Leslie Orgel, English chemist (b. 1927)
- Henk Vredeling, Dutch politician (b. 1924)
- October 28
- Evelyn Hamann, German actress (b. 1942)
- Ma Hong, Chinese economist (b. 1920)
- Jimmy Makulis, Greek singer (b. 1935)
- Ann Bonfoey Taylor, American pilot and fashion designer (b. 1910)
- Porter Wagoner, American singer (b. 1927)
- Bao Zunxin, Chinese historian (b. 1937)
- October 29
- Christian d'Oriola, French fencer (b. 1928)
- Jarmila Loukotková, Czech author (b. 1923)
- Frane Matošić, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1918)
- Thomas Meskill, American judge and politician (b. 1928)
- David Morris, English painter and actor (b. 1924)
- Senkichi Taniguchi, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- October 30
- Qeysar Aminpour, Iranian poet (b. 1959)
- Robert Goulet, American singer and actor (b. 1933)
- Peter Hoagland, American politician (b. 1941)
- Larry Lee, American musician (b. 1943)
- Srđan Mrkušić, Serbian footballer (b. 1915)
- John Woodruff, American runner (b. 1915)
- October 31
- Modest Cuixart, Spanish painter (b. 1925)
- Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player (b. 1951)
- Erdal İnönü, Turkish theoretical physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1926)
November 2007
edit- November 1
- Irv Bemoras, American basketball player (b. 1930)
- Sonny Bupp, American actor (b. 1928)
- Vitaly Smirnov, Belarusian diplomat (b. 1930)
- Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot (b. 1915)
- November 2
- Oreste Benzi, Italian priest (b. 1925)
- Henry Cele, South African actor (b. 1941)
- Charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (b. 1978)
- Don Freeland, American racecar driver (b. 1925)
- Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (b. 1906)
- The Fabulous Moolah, American professional wrestler (b. 1923)
- Witold Kiełtyka, Polish musician (b. 1984)
- Reay Tannahill, English historian and author (b. 1929)
- S. P. Thamilselvan, Sri Lankan rebel (b. 1967)
- November 3
- Suzanne Bachelard, French philosopher and academic (b. 1919)
- Aleksandr Dedyushko, Russian actor (b. 1962)
- Rafael Ghazaryan, Armenian physicist and academic (b. 1924)
- Harry Haft, Polish-American boxer (b. 1925)
- Martin Meehan, Irish republican (b. 1945)
- Maurice Couve de Murville, French-English archbishop (b. 1929)
- Serge Rousseau, French actor (b. 1930)
- Ryan Shay, American runner (b. 1979)
- November 4
- Daniel Amit, Israeli physicist (b. 1938)
- Edward Bartels, American basketball player (b. 1925)
- Massimo Consoli, Italian activist and author (b. 1945)
- Cyprian Ekwensi, Nigerian author (b. 1921)
- Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist (b. 1926)
- Gunnar Samuelsson, Swedish skier (b. 1927)
- Peter Viertel, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- November 5
- Andrea Aureli, Italian actor (b. 1923)
- Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- Paul Norris, American comic book artist (b. 1914)
- November 6
- Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)
- Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Afghan politician (b. 1959)
- Juhan Peegel, Estonian journalist and linguist (b. 1919)
- Hank Thompson, American singer (b. 1925)
- November 7
- Earl Dodge, American politician (b. 1932)
- Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch, German-American geneticist (b. 1907)
- Petr Haničinec, Czech actor (b. 1930)
- Alejandra Meyer, Mexican actress (b. 1937)
- November 8
- Rogier van Aerde, Dutch author and journalist (b. 1917)
- Stephen Fumio Hamao, Japanese cardinal (b. 1930)
- Bobby Harrop, English footballer (b. 1936)
- Zohra Begum Kazi, Bangladeshi physician (b. 1912)
- David G. P. Taylor, English businessman and politician (b. 1933)
- Chad Varah, English priest and activist (b. 1911)
- November 9
- Luis Herrera Campins, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1925)
- Helen Schifano, American gymnast (b. 1922)
- November 10
- Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)
- Augustus Hawkins, American politician (b. 1907)
- Norman Mailer, American author (b. 1923)
- Edith Mill, Austrian actress (b. 1925)
- John H. Noble, American author (b. 1923)
- November 11
- Anders Hald, Danish statistician (b. 1913)
- Yukio Hayashida, Japanese politician (b. 1915)
- Delbert Mann, American film director (b. 1920)
- Tadahiro Sekimoto, Japanese engineer (b. 1926)
- November 12
- Ferdinando Baldi, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
- K. C. Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
- Ira Levin, American author and playwright (b. 1929)
- Janlavyn Narantsatsralt, Mongolian politician, Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1957)
- Peter Steiner, Swiss singer (b. 1917)
- November 13
- Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (b. 1960)
- Harold J. Berman, American scholar (b. 1918)
- John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935)
- Xavier Léon-Dufour, French scholar and theologian (b. 1912)
- Robert Taylor, American sprinter (b. 1948)
- Peter Zinner, Austrian-American film editor (b. 1919)
- November 14
- Silvio Bedini, American historian (b. 1917)
- Michael Blodgett, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1939)
- Władysław Szuszkiewicz, Polish canoeist (b. 1938)
- November 15
- Domokos Kosáry, Hungarian historian and author (b. 1913)
- Nikolay Solovyov, Russian wrestler (b. 1931)
- November 16
- Goderdzi Chokheli, Georgian author and film director (b. 1954)
- Javier Escalza, Spanish footballer (b. 1952)
- Gene H. Golub, American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1932)
- Pierre Granier-Deferre, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- Grethe Kausland, Norwegian singer and actress (b. 1947)
- Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and actor (b. 1946)
- Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
- November 17
- Oleg Gazenko, Russian scientist and lieutenant general (b. 1918)
- Robert Evander McNair, American politician (b. 1923)
- Raghunandan Swarup Pathak, Indian judge (b. 1924)
- Vernon Scannell, English poet and author (b. 1922)
- November 18
- Sidney Coleman, American theoretical physicist (b. 1937)
- Joseph T. Gregory, American paleontologist (b. 1914)
- Ellen Preis, German-Austrian fencer (b. 1912)
- November 19
- André Bettencourt, French politician (b. 1919)
- Kevin DuBrow, American singer (b. 1955)
- Hamazan Gizatullin, Russian colonel (b. 1921)
- Wiera Gran, Polish singer and actress (b. 1916)
- Michel Kervaire, French mathematician (b. 1927)
- Ken Leek, Welsh footballer (b. 1935)
- Oleg Litvinenko, Kazakhstani footballer (b. 1973)
- Jazep Sažyč, Belarusian politician and military commander (b. 1917)
- Magda Szabó, Hungarian author (b. 1917)
- Dick Wilson, American actor (b. 1916)
- November 20
- Ona Baliukonė, Lithuanian poet and painter (b. 1948)
- Ian Smith, Rhodesian politician, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919)
- November 21
- Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor and playwright (b. 1921)
- Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (b. 1928)
- Richard Leigh, American-English author (b. 1943)
- Dmitry Monakov, Ukrainian sport shooter (b. 1963)
- Herbert Saffir, American engineer (b. 1917)
- November 22
- Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer and choreographer (b. 1927)
- Vladimir Kazantsev, Russian runner (b. 1923)
- Verity Lambert, English television producer (b. 1935)
- Reg Park, English bodybuilder and actor (b. 1928)
- November 23
- Vladas Douksas, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1933)
- Maximiliano Garafulic, Chilean basketball player (b. 1938)
- Joe Kennedy, American baseball player (b. 1979)
- Vladimir Kryuchkov, Russian bureaucrat (b. 1924)
- Ichiji Otani, Japanese footballer (b. 1912)
- Óscar Sánchez, Bolivian footballer (b. 1971)
- November 24
- Antonio Lamer, Canadian judge (b. 1933)
- William A. O'Neill, American politician (b. 1930)
- Leokadia Serafinowicz, Polish puppeteer (b. 1915)
- November 25
- Agnethe Davidsen, Greenlandic judge (b. 1947)
- Ha Geun-chan, South Korean author (b. 1931)
- Neil Hope, Canadian actor (b. 1972)
- Peter Lipton, American philosopher (b. 1954)
- November 26
- Marit Allen, English costume designer (b. 1941)
- Manuel Badenes, Spanish footballer (b. 1928)
- Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (b. 1922)
- November 27
- Robert Cade, American physician and inventor (b. 1927)
- Svein Johannessen, Norwegian chess player (b. 1937)
- Cecil Payne, American musician (b. 1922)
- Jane Rule, American-Canadian author (b. 1931)
- Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983)
- Bill Willis, American football player (b. 1921)
- November 28
- Jeanne Bates, American actress (b. 1918)
- Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (b. 1907)
- Fred Chichin, French musician (b. 1954)
- Donyo Donev, Bulgarian animator and film director (b. 1929)
- Bob Simpson, Canadian football player (b. 1930)
- Günther Ullerich, German field hockey player (b. 1928)
- Gudrun Wagner, German festival organizer (b. 1944)
- November 29
- Velikton Barannikov, Russian boxer (b. 1938)
- Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
- Danièle Gégauff, French actress (b. 1939)
- Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)
- David Slepian, American mathematician (b. 1923)
- Roger Smith, American businessman (b. 1925)
- November 30
- J. L. Ackrill, English philosopher (b. 1921)
- Engin Arık, Turkish physicist (b. 1948)
- Seymour Benzer, American physicist and biologist (b. 1921)
- Pauli Janhonen, Finnish sport shooter (b. 1914)
- Evel Knievel, American stuntman (b. 1938)
- Adriano Lombardi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1945)
- François-Xavier Ortoli, French politician (b. 1925)
December 2007
edit- December 1
- June Almeida, Scottish virologist (b. 1930)
- Angelo Conterno, Italian cyclist (b. 1925)
- Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet (b. 1915)
- Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (b. 1929)
- Anton Rodgers, English actor (b. 1933)
- December 2
- Nelly Beltrán, Argentine actress (b. 1925)
- Eleonora Rossi Drago, Italian actress (b. 1925)
- Elizabeth Hardwick, American author and critic (b. 1916)
- Vincenzo Lombardo, Italian sprinter (b. 1932)
- David Shannon Morse, American businessman (b. 1943)
- Les Shannon, English footballer and manager (b. 1926)
- Thomas F. Torrance, Scottish theologian (b. 1913)
- December 3
- Jaime Fuster, Puerto Rican politician and judge (b. 1941)
- Francesco Scafarelli, Italian chess player (b. 1933)
- Heloneida Studart, Brazilian author and playwright (b. 1932)
- December 4
- Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1933)
- Boško Antić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1944)
- Chad Butler, American rapper and record producer (b. 1973)
- Zara Dolukhanova, Russian opera singer (b. 1918)
- Norval Morrisseau, Canadian artist (b. 1932)
- P. N. Oak, Indian author and revisionist (b. 1917)
- Chip Reese, American poker player (b. 1951)
- December 5
- Joe Brooks, American actor (b. 1923)
- Foekje Dillema, Dutch athlete (b. 1926)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (b. 1928)
- John Winter, Australian athlete (b. 1924)
- December 6
- Badawi Abdel Fattah, Egyptian footballer (b. 1935)
- Katy French, Irish model (b. 1983)
- András Szőllősy, Hungarian composer (b. 1921)
- December 7 – Fuad Hassan, Indonesian politician (b. 1929)
- December 8 – Harold Leavitt, American psychologist (b. 1922)
- December 9
- István Borzsák, Hungarian scholar (b. 1914)
- Henri Debehogne, Belgian astronomer (b. 1928)
- Apichet Kittikorncharoen, Thai singer (b. 1982)
- Jim Langley, English footballer (b. 1929)
- Kurt Schmied, Austrian footballer (b. 1926)
- Thore Skogman, Swedish singer (b. 1931)
- Rafael Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1981)
- December 10
- Valery Korolenkov, Russian footballer (b. 1939)
- Kineo Kuwabara, Japanese magazine editor and photographer (b. 1913)
- Ashleigh Aston Moore, American-Canadian actress (b. 1981)
- December 11
- Zeenat Begum, Pakistani singer (b. 1931)
- Carl Ludwig d'Aviano, Austrian royal (b. 1918)
- Nicholas Kao Se Tseien, Chinese-Hong Kong priest (b. 1897)
- December 12
- François al-Hajj, Lebanese major general (b. 1953)
- Bernard Eastlund, American physicist (b. 1938)
- Josep Guinovart, Spanish painter (b. 1927)
- Alfons Maria Stickler, Austrian cardinal (b. 1910)
- Ike Turner, American musician (b. 1931)
- Yuli Vorontsov, Russian diplomat (b. 1929)
- December 13
- Philippe Clay, French mime and actor (b. 1927)
- Gaetano Michetti, Italian bishop (b. 1922)
- Alain Payet, French film director (b. 1947)
- Floyd Westerman, American actor and activist (b. 1936)
- Akiva Yaglom, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1921)
- December 14
- Gene Fitzgerald, Irish politician (b. 1932)
- Frank Morgan, American saxophonist (b. 1933)
- Jan Švéda, Czech rower (b. 1931)
- December 15
- John Berg, American actor (b. 1949)
- Jean Bottéro, French historian (b. 1914)
- Julia Carson, American politician (b. 1938)
- Ryan Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist (b. 1974)
- Matjaž Klopčič, Slovenian film director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
- Caetano N'Tchama, Bissau-Guinean politician, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1955)
- Giuseppe Rinaldi, Italian actor (b. 1919)
- December 16
- Dan Fogelberg, American singer (b. 1951)
- Harald Genzmer, German composer (b. 1909)
- Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter (b. 1926)
- Ivan Nemet, Croatian-Swiss chess grandmaster (b. 1943)
- Serge Vinçon, French politician (b. 1949)
- December 17
- December 18
- Hans Billian, German film director and screenwriter (b. 1918)
- John Güttke, Swedish biathlete (b. 1931)
- Samuel Karlin, American mathematician (b. 1924)
- December 19 – Frank Capra Jr., American film producer (b. 1934)
- December 20
- Jeanne Carmen, American actress and model (b. 1930)
- Peer Hultberg, Danish author and psychoanalyst (b. 1935)
- Fida Mohammad Khan, Pakistani economist and politician (b. 1919)
- Lydia Mendoza, American musician (b. 1916)
- Tokuzō Tanaka, Japanese film director (b. 1920)
- December 21
- Teji Bachchan, Indian activist (b. 1914)
- Hans Imhoff, German chocolatier (b. 1922)
- Mikhail Linnik, Ukrainian army officer (b. 1916)
- Saadia Marciano, Israeli politician and activist (b. 1950)
- Norton Nascimento, Brazilian actor (b. 1962)
- December 22
- Christoforos Aristodimou, Cypriot archbishop (b. 1927)
- Ferdinand Fabra, German football manager (b. 1906)
- Julien Gracq, French author (b. 1910)
- Xhanfise Keko, Albanian film director (b. 1928)
- Lucien Teisseire, French cyclist (b. 1919)
- December 23
- Evelyn Gandy, American politician (b. 1920)
- William Francis Ganong Jr., American physiologist (b. 1924)
- Michael Kidd, American choreographer (b. 1915)
- Aloísio Lorscheider, Brazilian cardinal (b. 1924)
- Hans Mild, Swedish athlete (b. 1934)
- Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1925)
- Frank Swaelen, Belgian politician (b. 1930)
- December 24 – Andreas Matzbacher, Austrian cyclist (b. 1982)
- December 25
- John Hayes, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1927)
- Eugene Helimski, Russian linguist (b. 1950)
- Pat Kirkwood, English actress and singer (b. 1921)
- Hans Otte, German composer and pianist (b. 1926)
- G. P. Sippy, Indian film producer and director (b. 1914)
- December 26
- Raúl Bernao, Argentine footballer (b. 1941)
- Joe Dolan, Irish singer (b. 1939)
- Paul D. MacLean, American physician and neuroscientist (b. 1913)
- Nina Menshikova, Russian actress (b. 1928)
- Stu Nahan, American sportscaster (b. 1926)
- István Sándorfi, Hungarian-French painter (b. 1948)
- December 27
- Ben Bamfuchile, Zambian footballer and manager (b. 1960)
- Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1953)
- Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director and politician (b. 1922)
- Jaan Kross, Estonian author (b. 1920)
- December 28
- Sun Daolin, Chinese actor and film director (b. 1921)
- Jiří Pauer, Czech composer (b. 1919)
- Shanta Rao, Indian dancer (b. 1930)
- Boris Stepanov, Russian boxer (b. 1930)
- Tab Thacker, American wrestler and actor (b. 1962)
- December 29
- Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician (b. 1933)
- Viktor Fomin, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1929)
- Sergey Kvochkin, Kazakhstani footballer and manager (b. 1938)
- Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
- Kjell Rodian, Danish cyclist (b. 1942)
- Shu Uemura, Japanese makeup artist (b. 1928)
- December 30
- Bert Bolin, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1925)
- Kinkri Devi, Indian environmentalist (b. 1925)
- Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze, Nigerian philosopher (b. 1963)
- Laila Kaland, Norwegian politician (b. 1939)
- December 31
- Alberto Alonso, Cuban dancer and choreographer (b. 1917)
- Roy Amara, American futurologist (b. 1925)
- Michael Goldberg, American painter (b. 1924)
- Markku Peltola, Finnish actor and musician (b. 1956)
- Muhammad Osman Said, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1922)
- Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect (b. 1917)
2008
editJanuary 2008
edit- January 1
- Salvatore Bonanno, American mobster (b. 1932)
- Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian politician (b. 1919)
- Harald Deilmann, German architect (b. 1920)
- Irena Górska-Damięcka, Polish actress (b. 1910)
- Erich Kästner, German soldier (b. 1900)
- T. Maheswaran, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1966)
- Lucas Sang, Kenyan athlete (b. 1961)
- Oleg Tolmachev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
- January 2
- Henri Andrieux, French cyclist (b. 1931)
- Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician (b. 1926)
- George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish author and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- Günter Schubert, German actor (b. 1938)
- Galyani Vadhana, Thai princess (b. 1923)
- Robert Weber, American astronomer (b. 1926)
- January 3
- Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (b. 1953)
- Edelmiro Arévalo, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1929)
- Henri Chopin, French poet and musician (b. 1922)
- Natasha Collins, English actress and model (b. 1976)
- Werner Dollinger, German politician and economist (b. 1918)
- Milt Dunnell, Canadian journalist (b. 1905)
- Lisandro Otero, Cuban author and journalist (b. 1932)
- Nikolay Puzanov, Russian biathlete (b. 1938)
- Jana Rabasová, Czech gymnast (b. 1933)
- Oskar Saier, German archbishop (b. 1932)
- Jimmy Stewart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1931)
- Choi Yo-sam, South Korean boxer (b. 1972)
- January 4
- Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan, Russian footballer (b. 1940)
- Bjørn Odmar Andersen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1943)
- Stig Claesson, Swedish author and artist (b. 1928)
- Mort Garson, Canadian composer and musician (b. 1924)
- Marianne Kiefer, German actress (b. 1928)
- Romeiro Neto, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
- January 5
- John Ashley, Canadian ice hockey referee (b. 1930)
- Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas, Italian politician (b. 1919)
- Raymond Forni, French politician (b. 1941)
- Kevin Hannan, American ethnolinguist (b. 1954)
- Louis Hon, French footballer (b. 1924)
- Edward Kłosiński, Polish cinematographer (b. 1943)
- Luiz Pacheco, Portuguese author (b. 1925)
- Irene Reid, American singer (b. 1930)
- January 6
- Alekos Michaelides, Cypriot politician (b. 1933)
- Ken Nelson, American record producer (b. 1911)
- P. K. Sethi, Indian surgeon (b. 1927)
- January 7
- Philip Agee, American spy and author (b. 1935)
- Njoo Kiem Bie, Indonesian badminton player (b. 1927)
- John Braspennincx, Dutch cyclist (b. 1914)
- Maryvonne Dupureur, French runner (b. 1937)
- Detlef Kraus, German pianist (b. 1919)
- Hans Monderman, Dutch engineer (b. 1945)
- Alwyn Schlebusch, South African politician (b. 1917)
- January 8
- Lluís Coll, Spanish footballer (b. 1937)
- D. M. Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1953)
- Moshe Levi, Israeli military commander (b. 1936)
- Cissie Stewart, Scottish swimmer (b. 1911)
- January 9
- Paul Aimson, English footballer (b. 1943)
- Jorge Anaya, Argentine commander (b. 1926)
- Charles Fehrenbach, French astronomer (b. 1914)
- Johnny Grant, American radio personality and television producer (b. 1923)
- Darius Nggawa, Indonesian bishop (b. 1929)
- Peter O'Donnell, Australian sailor (b. 1939)
- Tim Willoughby, Australian rower (b. 1954)
- January 10
- Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
- Abdelaziz Gorgi, Tunisian painter (b. 1928)
- Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican author and politician (b. 1906)
- Zhang Lichang, Chinese politician (b. 1939)
- Mikhail Minin, Russian soldier (b. 1922)
- Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress and television personality (b. 1922)
- Rina Zaripova, Russian journalist and translator (b. 1941)
- January 11
- José Bello, Spanish author (b. 1904)
- Pete Candoli, American trumpeter (b. 1923)
- Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer (b. 1919)
- January 12
- Olive Jean Dunn, American mathematician and statistician (b. 1915)
- Ángel González Muñiz, Spanish poet (b. 1925)
- Stanisław Wycech, Polish soldier (b. 1902)
- January 13
- Hermann Blazejezak, German sprinter (b. 1912)
- Sergej Larin, Lithuanian opera singer (b. 1956)
- Seyran Osipov, Armenian-Russian footballer (b. 1961)
- Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)
- January 14
- Kaj Christiansen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- Judah Folkman, American medical scientist (b. 1933)
- Vincenz Liechtenstein, Austrian politician (b. 1950)
- Tommy Limby, Swedish skier (b. 1947)
- Bjørn Paulson, Norwegian high jumper and judge (b. 1923)
- Arachana Sharma, Indian botanist (b. 1932)
- Milton Wolff, American soldier (b. 1915)
- January 15
- Roger Anger, French architect (b. 1923)
- Mick Atkin, English footballer (b. 1948)
- Robert V. Bruce, American historian (b. 1923)
- Eduardo Hontiveros, Filipino composer and musician (b. 1923)
- John D. Lawson, English physicist (b. 1923)
- Jason MacIntyre, Scottish cyclist (b. 1973)
- Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982)
- Artyom Sergeyev, Russian major general (b. 1921)
- January 16
- Jorge de Bagration, Spanish racing driver and royal (b. 1944)
- Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali, Bangladeshi scholar and poet (b. 1913)
- Nikola Kljusev, Macedonian politician, Prime Minister of Macedonia (b. 1927)
- Pierre Lambert, French politician (b. 1920)
- Fadil Paçrami, Albanian politician and author (b. 1922)
- Elias Zoghby, Egyptian archbishop (b. 1912)
- January 17
- Mofida Ahmed, Indian politician (b. 1921)
- Carlos Dolto, French singer (b. 1943)
- Bobby Fischer, American chess grandmaster (b. 1943)
- Edward D. Hoch, American author (b. 1930)
- Ernie Holmes, American football player (b. 1948)
- Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1923)
- Madeleine Milhaud, French actress (b. 1902)
- Jinzō Toriumi, Japanese screenwriter (b. 1929)
- January 18
- Lois Nettleton, American actress (b. 1927)
- Ugo Pirro, Italian screenwriter and author (b. 1920)
- January 19
- Astrid Løken, Norwegian entomologist and resistance fighter (b. 1911)
- Andy Palacio, Belizean musician (b. 1960)
- Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b. 1937)
- Eugene Sawyer, American politician (b. 1934)
- John Stewart, American songwriter and singer (b. 1939)
- Trevor Taylor, Jamaican-German singer (b. 1958)
- January 20
- Louis de Cazenave, French soldier and supercentenarian (b. 1897)
- Tālivaldis Ķeniņš, Latvian-Canadian composer (b. 1919)
- Haj Ghorban Soleimani, Iranian musician (b. 1920)
- Duilio Loi, Italian boxer (b. 1929)
- Walter Santesso, Italian actor (b. 1931)
- January 21
- Lorenzo Bettini, Italian footballer (b. 1931)
- Billy Elliott, English footballer (b. 1925)
- Lutfiyar Imanov, Azerbaijani opera singer (b. 1928)
- Marie Smith Jones, Native American speaker (b. 1918)
- Jiří Sequens, Czech film director (b. 1922)
- January 22
- Helge Hansen, Danish cyclist (b. 1925)
- Heath Ledger, Australian actor (b. 1979)
- Ștefan Niculescu, Romanian composer (b. 1927)
- Anders Olofsson, Swedish racing driver (b. 1952)
- Claude Piron, Swiss linguist and psychologist (b. 1931)
- Cao Văn Viên, Vietnamese general (b. 1921)
- January 23 – Stein Rønning, Norwegian karateka (b. 1965)
- January 24
- Johannes Heggland, Norwegian author (b. 1919)
- Usha Narayanan, Indian political figure, First Lady of India (b. 1922)
- January 25
- Christopher Allport, American actor (b. 1947)
- Zvonimir Črnko, Croatian actor (b. 1936)
- Ralph Dupas, American boxer (b. 1935)
- Aziz Sedky, Egyptian politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1920)
- Gary Wiggins, Australian cyclist (b. 1952)
- January 26
- Christian Brando, American actor and murderer (b. 1958)
- Celestino Celio, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
- Igor Dmitriev, Russian actor (b. 1927)
- George Habash, Palestinian politician (b. 1926)
- Islam Rzayev, Azerbaijani singer (b. 1934)
- January 27
- Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader (b. 1910)
- Bengt Lindskog, Swedish footballer (b. 1933)
- Irene Stegun, American mathematician (b. 1919)
- Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, German politician (b. 1927)
- Suharto, Indonesian politician, President of Indonesia (b. 1921)
- January 28
- Tapio Hämäläinen, Finnish actor (b. 1922)
- Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (b. 1925)
- Christodoulos Paraskevaidis, Greek archbishop (b. 1939)
- Eleuterio Santos, Spanish footballer (b. 1940)
- Marie Takvam, Norwegian poet and author (b. 1926
- January 29
- Bharat Gopy, Indian actor and film director (b. 1937)
- Friedrich Kemnade, German admiral (b. 1911)
- Philippe Khorsand, French actor (b. 1948)
- Marcelle Lentz-Cornette, Luxembourgian politician (b. 1927)
- Margaret Truman, American singer and author (b. 1924)
- Paco Vidarte, Spanish philosopher and author (b. 1970)
- Mugabe Were, Kenyan politician (b. 1968)
- January 30
- Claude Faraldo, French film director and actor (b. 1936)
- Fernando Higueras, Spanish architect (b. 1930)
- Erik Otto Larsen, Danish author (b. 1931)
- Marcial Maciel, Mexican priest (b. 1920)
- Bill Saragih, Indonesian musician (b. 1933)
- January 31
- Veronika Bayer, German actress (b. 1940)
- František Čapek, Czech canoeist (b. 1914)
- Eva Heller, German author (b. 1948)
- Sergio Noja Noseda, Italian scholar (b. 1931)
- Volodia Teitelboim, Chilean politician (b. 1916)
February 2008
edit- February 1
- Russi Karanjia, Indian journalist (b. 1912)
- Shell Kepler, American actress (b. 1958)
- Fabio Maniscalco, Italian archaeologist (b. 1965)
- Katoucha Niane, Guinean model (b. 1960)
- February 2
- Ahmad Bourghani, Iranian politician (b. 1960)
- Earl Butz, American politician (b. 1909)
- Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist (b. 1925)
- Barry Morse, English-Canadian actor (b. 1918)
- February 3 – Charles Fernley Fawcett, American adventurer and actor (b. 1915)
- February 4
- Sheldon Brown, American bicycle mechanic (b. 1944)
- Tata Güines, Cuban drummer and bandleader (b. 1930)
- Stefan Meller, Polish diplomat and academic (b. 1942)
- Bertha Moss, Argentine-Mexican actress (b. 1919)
- Nikolay Popov, Russian engineer (b. 1931)
- Peter Thomas, Welsh politician (b. 1920)
- February 5
- Zoran Antonijević, Serbian footballer (b. 1945)
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1918)
- February 6
- John Alvin, American movie poster artist (b. 1948)
- Charles Borck, Filipino basketball player (b. 1917)
- Vincenzo D'Angelo, Italian water polo player (b. 1951)
- Dieter Noll, German author (b. 1927)
- Kalpana Rai, Indian actress (b. 1950)
- Tony Rolt, English racing driver (b. 1918)
- February 7
- Hugo Bagnulo, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1915)
- Alberto Bustamante Belaunde, Peruvian politician, Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1950)
- Andrew Bertie, English grandmaster (b. 1929)
- Hoàng Minh Chính, Vietnamese politician (b. 1922)
- Tamara Desni, German-English actress (b. 1913)
- Benny Neyman, Dutch singer (b. 1951)
- Guy Severin, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1926)
- Erik Zürcher, Dutch sinologist (b. 1928)
- February 8
- Eva Dahlbeck, Swedish actress (b. 1920)
- Dieter Gieseler, German cyclist (b. 1941)
- Robert Jastrow, American astronomer and physicist (b. 1925)
- Stephen Kipkorir, Kenyan runner (b. 1970)
- Swaran Lata, Pakistani actress (b. 1924)
- Phyllis A. Whitney, Japanese-American author (b. 1903)
- February 9
- Baba Amte, Indian activist (b. 1914)
- Walter Bitterlich, Austrian forester (b. 1908)
- Frans Brands, Belgian cyclist (b. 1940)
- Robert DoQui, American actor (b. 1934)
- Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter and poet (b. 1931)
- Guy Tchingoma, Gabonese footballer (b. 1986)
- Georgy Yegorov, Russian admiral (b. 1918)
- February 10
- John Abbotts, English footballer (b. 1924)
- Steve Gerber, American comic book writer (b. 1947)
- Ron Leavitt, American television writer and producer (b. 1947)
- Emilio Mendogni, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1932)
- Inga Nielsen, Danish opera singer (b. 1946)
- Tiberiy Popovich, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1930)
- Roy Scheider, American actor (b. 1932)
- Ramón Daumal Serra, Spanish bishop (b. 1912)
- February 11
- Emilio Carballido, Mexican author (b. 1925)
- Cesare Gallea, Italian footballer (b. 1917)
- Frank Piasecki, American engineer (b. 1919)
- Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American politician (b. 1928)
- Alfredo Reinado, East Timorese rebel (b. 1967)
- Alexander Samarskii, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
- Patsy O'Connell Sherman, American chemist and inventor (b. 1930)
- Boris Schreiber, French author (b. 1923)
- Anatoly Tarabrin, Russian rower (b. 1935)
- Carolina Tronconi, Italian gymnast (b. 1913)
- February 12
- Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (b. 1907)
- Arpenik Charents, Armenian author and critic (b. 1932)
- Boris Chirikov, Russian physicist (b. 1928)
- Anatoly Gribkov, Russian general (b. 1919)
- David Groh, American actor (b. 1939)
- Monica Morell, Swiss singer (b. 1953)
- Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese militant (b. 1962)
- Badri Patarkatsishvili, Georgian businessman and politician (b. 1955)
- Jean Prouff, French footballer (b. 1919)
- February 13
- Michele Greco, Italian mobster (b. 1924)
- Kon Ichikawa, Japanese film director (b. 1915)
- Assane N'Diaye, Senegalese footballer (b. 1974)
- Vuk Obradović, Serbian general and politician (b. 1947)
- Henri Salvador, French singer (b. 1917)
- February 14
- Gene Allen, American musician (b. 1928)
- Perry Lopez, American actor (b. 1929)
- Padoh Mahn Sha Lah Phan, Burmese rebel (b. 1943)
- February 15
- Ashley Callie, South African actress (b. 1976)
- Manorama Daniels, Indian actress (b. 1926)
- Marcel Hendrickx, Belgian cyclist (b. 1925)
- Mikhail Solomentsev, Russian politician (b. 1913)
- Inge Thun, Norwegian footballer and bandy player (b. 1945)
- February 16
- Ági Donáth, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1918)
- Oreste Grossi, Italian rower (b. 1912)
- Brendan Hughes, Irish republican (b. 1948)
- Boris Khmelnitsky, Russian actor (b. 1940)
- Vittorio Lucarelli, Italian fencer (b. 1928)
- Georg Nöbeling, German mathematician (b. 1907)
- Mary Ann Shaffer, American author (b. 1934)
- February 17
- Sheila Bhatia, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1916)
- Aysel Gürel, Turkish songwriter and actress (b. 1929)
- Manna Talukder, Bangladeshi actor and film producer (b. 1964)
- February 18
- Henrique de Curitiba, Brazilian composer (b. 1934)
- Alain Robbe-Grillet, French author and film director (b. 1922)
- February 19
- Lionel Bender, American linguist (b. 1934)
- Natalia Bessmertnova, Russian ballerina (b. 1941)
- Sudarshan Faakir, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1934)
- David Hildyard, English sound engineer (b. 1916)
- Yegor Letov, Russian singer (b. 1964)
- Teo Macero, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1925)
- Emily Perry, English actress and dancer (b. 1907)
- Lydia Shum, Hong Kong comedian and actress (b. 1945)
- David Watkin, English cinematographer (b. 1925)
- February 20
- Aleksandra Biryukova, Russian politician (b. 1929)
- Osvaldo Civirani, Italian photographer and film producer (b. 1917)
- Hao Ran, Chinese author (b. 1932)
- Allen Strange, American composer (b. 1943)
- Helmut Sturm, German painter (b. 1932)
- February 21
- Paul-Louis Carrière, French bishop (b. 1908)
- Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
- Gail Jefferson, American sociologist (b. 1938)
- Evan Mecham, American politician (b. 1924)
- Robin Moore, American author (b. 1925)
- Emmanuel Sanon, Haitian footballer (b. 1951)
- Sufi Abu Taleb, Egyptian politician, President of Egypt (b. 1925)
- Sanggyai Yexe, Chinese politician (b. 1917)
- February 22
- Hugo Assmann, Brazilian theologian (b. 1933)
- Rubens de Falco, Brazilian actor (b. 1931)
- Nunzio Gallo, Italian singer (b. 1928)
- Joe Gibbs, Jamaican record producer (b. 1942)
- Stephen Marlowe, American author (b. 1928)
- February 23
- Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian politician, Prime Minister and President of Slovenia (b. 1950)
- Josep Palau i Fabre, Spanish poet and author (b. 1917)
- Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver (b. 1917)
- Hubert Lilliefors, American statistician (b. 1928)
- February 24
- Larry Norman, American musician (b. 1947)
- Günther Rücker, German author and playwright (b. 1924)
- Pearl Witherington, French-English spy (b. 1914)
- February 25
- Roger Foulon, Belgian author (b. 1923)
- Static Major, American musician (b. 1974)
- Vladimir Troshin, Russian actor and singer (b. 1926)
- February 26
- Tyronne Fernando, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1941)
- Robert Kraichnan, American theoretical physicist (b. 1928)
- Buddy Miles, American drummer and singer (b. 1947)
- Dan Shomron, Israeli general (b. 1937)
- Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (b. 1925)
- February 27
- Mira Alečković, Serbian poet (b. 1924)
- William F. Buckley Jr., American author and political commentator (b. 1925)
- Enrico Candiani, Italian footballer (b. 1918)
- Boyd Coddington, American motorcycle designer and television personality (b. 1944)
- Ivan Rebroff, German singer (b. 1931)
- Barbara Seaman, American author and activist (b. 1935)
- February 28
- Aharon Amir, Israeli poet and translator (b. 1923)
- Michel Bataille, French author and architect (b. 1926)
- John Bliss, American actor (b. 1930)
- Gérard Calvet, French abbot (b. 1927)
- Alain Gottvallès, French swimmer (b. 1942)
- Ove Guldberg, Danish politician (b. 1918)
- Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer (b. 1904)
- Erik Ortvad, Danish painter (b. 1917)
- Val Plumwood, Australian philosopher and activist (b. 1939)
- Mike Smith, English singer (b. 1943)
- February 29
- Vitaly Fedorchuk, Russian intelligence officer and politician (b. 1918)
- Ralph Hansch, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
- Janet Kagan, American author (b. 1946)
March 2008
edit- March 1
- Dov Freiberg, Polish-Israeli author and holocaust survivor (b. 1927)
- Raúl Reyes, Colombian guerrilla (b. 1948)
- Andrey Tissin, Russian canoeist (b. 1975)
- March 2
- Sofiko Chiaureli, Georgian actress (b. 1937)
- Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966)
- Paul Raymond, American magazine publisher and businessman (b. 1925)
- Frederick Seitz, American physicist (b. 1911)
- March 3
- Bertil Albertsson, Swedish runner (b. 1921)
- Héctor Calegaris, Argentine sailor (b. 1915)
- Maria Gabriela Llansol, Portuguese author and translator (b. 1931)
- Malcolm McKenna, American paleontologist and author (b. 1930)
- Norm O'Neill, Australian cricketer (b. 1937)
- Annemarie Renger, German politician (b. 1919)
- Norman Smith, English singer and record producer (b. 1923)
- Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian opera singer (b. 1921)
- March 4
- Erwin Ballabio, Swiss footballer (b. 1918)
- Gary Gygax, American author and game designer (b. 1938)
- Elena Nathanael, Greek actress (b. 1947)
- Leonard Rosenman, American film composer (b. 1924)
- Óscar Gómez Sánchez, Peruvian footballer (b. 1934)
- Semka Sokolović-Bertok, Croatian actress (b. 1935)
- George Walter, Antiguan politician (b. 1928)
- March 5
- Elfriede Kaun, German high jumper (b. 1914)
- Nader Khalili, Iranian-American architect (b. 1936)
- Ronald Pierce, American sound engineer (b. 1909)
- Hajibey Sultanov, Azerbaijani astronomer (b. 1921)
- Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist (b. 1923)
- Ihor Yemchuk, Ukrainian rower (b. 1930)
- March 6
- Lili Boniche, Algerian-French singer (b. 1921)
- Peter Poreku Dery, Ghanaian cardinal (b. 1918)
- Marcel Dupont, Belgian cyclist (b. 1917)
- Gustaw Holoubek, Polish actor and politician (b. 1923)
- Stanislav Konopásek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1923)
- March 7
- Isaías Carrasco, Spanish politician (b. 1964)
- Leonardo Costagliola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- David Gale, American mathematician and economist (b. 1921)
- Lipke Holthuis, Dutch carcinologist (b. 1921)
- Francis Pym, Welsh-English politician (b. 1922)
- Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, Spanish royal (b. 1936)
- Toshiko Ueda, Japanese manga artist (b. 1917)
- Howard Wing, Chinese cyclist (b. 1916)
- March 8 – Al Bandari bint Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian royal (b. 1928)
- March 9
- Samy Elmaghribi, Moroccan singer (b. 1922)
- Florent Jodoin, Canadian cyclist (b. 1922)
- March 10
- Lee Ho-seong, South Korean baseball player (b. 1967)
- Ana Kalandadze, Georgian poet (b. 1924)
- Radovan Lukavský, Czech actor (b. 1919)
- Kenan Pars, Turkish-Armenian actor (b. 1920)
- March 11
- Hans A. Engelhard, German judge (b. 1934)
- Howard Gobioff, American computer scientist (b. 1971)
- Akemi Negishi, Japanese actress (b. 1934)
- Phyllis Spira, South African ballerina (b. 1943)
- Dave Stevens, American comic book artist and writer (b. 1955)
- March 12
- Menchu Gal, Spanish painter (b. 1919)
- Erwin Geschonneck, German actor (b. 1906)
- Alun Hoddinott, Welsh composer (b. 1929)
- Lee Kwan, Chinese actor (b. 1930)
- Howard Metzenbaum, American politician (b. 1917)
- Ovidiu Iuliu Moldovan, Romanian actor (b. 1942)
- Károly Németh, Hungarian politician (b. 1922)
- Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French soldier (b. 1897)
- March 13
- Taslim Arif, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1954)
- Iosif Boyarsky, Russian animator (b. 1917)
- March 14
- Chiara Lubich, Italian activist (b. 1920)
- Ingvald Ulveseth, Norwegian politician (b. 1924)
- March 15
- Mikey Dread, Jamaican singer (b. 1954)
- Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer (b. 1951)
- G. David Low, American astronaut (b. 1956)
- Alfredo Núñez, Chilean footballer (b. 1960)
- Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
- Sarla Thukral, Indian pilot (b. 1914)
- March 16
- Anura Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1949)
- Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (b. 1912)
- Ola Brunkert, Swedish drummer (b. 1946)
- Ivan Dixon, American actor (b. 1931)
- Bernard Rahis, French footballer (b. 1933)
- Laurus Škurla, Czech-American hierarch (b. 1928)
- March 17
- Claude Farell, Austrian actress (b. 1918)
- Claus Luthe, German automobile designer (b. 1932)
- March 18
- Hazel Barnes, American philosopher and author (b. 1915)
- Andrew Britton, English-American author (b. 1981)
- Jay Thomas Evans, American wrestler (b. 1931)
- Philip Jones Griffiths, Welsh photojournalist (b. 1936)
- Anthony Minghella, English film director and screenwriter (b. 1954)
- Maral Rahmanzadeh, Azerbaijani graphic artist (b. 1916)
- Justin Wright, American animator (b. 1981)
- March 19
- Arthur C. Clarke, English author and futurist (b. 1917)
- Hugo Claus, Belgian author (b. 1929)
- Hemalatha Lavanam, Indian social reformer and author (b. 1932)
- Paul Scofield, English actor (b. 1922)
- Chantal Sébire, French teacher and activist (b. 1955)
- Raghuvaran Velayutham, Indian actor (b. 1958)
- March 20
- Sobhan Babu, Indian actor (b. 1937)
- Ferdinand di Borbone, Italian royal (b. 1926)
- John Willem Gran, Norwegian bishop (b. 1920)
- Varazdat Harutyunyan, Armenian academic and architect (b. 1909)
- Tom Kelly, American basketball player (b. 1924)
- Carlos Galvão de Melo, Portuguese military officer (b. 1921)
- Brian Wilde, English actor (b. 1927)
- March 21
- Gadzhi Abashilov, Russian journalist (b. 1950)
- Anna Alchuk, Russian poet and artist (b. 1955)
- Antonio Bertrán, Spanish cyclist (b. 1933)
- Patti Bown, American pianist and composer (b. 1931)
- Tamás Bujkó, Hungarian judoka (b. 1959)
- Denis Cosgrove, English geographer (b. 1948)
- Klaus Dinger, German musician (b. 1946)
- Gabriel París Gordillo, Colombian politician, President of Colombia (b. 1910)
- Shusha Guppy, Iranian author and singer (b. 1935)
- Sofia Ionescu, Romanian neurosurgeon (b. 1920)
- Raymond Leblanc, Belgian comic book publisher (b. 1915)
- March 22
- Adolfo Suárez Rivera, Mexican cardinal (b. 1927)
- Cachao Valdés, Cuban bassist and composer (b. 1918)
- March 23
- Hugo Correa, Chilean journalist and author (b. 1926)
- Maryam Farman Farmaian, Iranian activist (b. 1914)
- Valentino Fois, Italian cyclist (b. 1973)
- Vaino Vahing, Estonian author and psychiatrist (b. 1948)
- March 24
- Neil Aspinall, Welsh record producer (b. 1942)
- Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter and author (b. 1926)
- Boris Dvornik, Croatian actor (b. 1939)
- Dina Sassoli, Italian actress (b. 1920)
- Richard Widmark, American actor (b. 1914)
- March 25
- Ben Carnevale, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
- Sergey Kramarenko, Russian footballer (b. 1946)
- Abby Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1927)
- Georgy Skhirtladze, Georgian wrestler (b. 1932)
- March 26
- Hekuran Isai, Albanian politician (b. 1933)
- Manuel Marulanda, Colombian guerrilla (b. 1930)
- Freidoune Sahebjam, Iranian-French journalist and author (b. 1933)
- Aleksandr Tenyagin, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- Erwin Wickert, German diplomat (b. 1915)
- March 27 – Jean-Marie Balestre, French sports executive (b. 1921)
- March 28 – Kunio Lemari, Marshallese politician, President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1942)
- March 29
- Raul Calvet, Brazilian footballer (b. 1939)
- Angus Fairhurst, English artist (b. 1966)
- Allan Ganley, American drummer (b. 1931)
- Rajko Mitić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- March 30
- Marie-Françoise Audollent, French actress (b. 1943)
- David Leslie, Scottish racing driver (b. 1953)
- David D. Newsom, American diplomat (b. 1918)
- Dith Pran, Cambodian-American photojournalist (b. 1942)
- Aage Vestøl, Norwegian chess player (b. 1922)
- March 31
- Pippa Bacca, Turkish artist (b. 1974)
- Nikolai Baibakov, Russian politician and economist (b. 1911)
- Jules Dassin, American film director (b. 1911)
- William Louis Dickinson, American politician (b. 1925)
- Halszka Osmólska, Polish paleontologist (b. 1930)
April 2008
edit- April 1
- Mosko Alkalai, Israeli actor (b. 1931)
- Péter Baczakó, Hungarian weightlifter (b. 1951)
- Sabin Bălașa, Romanian painter (b. 1932)
- Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow, Canadian mycologist (b. 1923)
- Jim Finney, English football referee (b. 1924)
- Floyd Simmons, American athlete and actor (b. 1923)
- Grace Thorpe, American activist (b. 1921)
- April 2
- Norberto Collado Abreu, Cuban naval officer (b. 1921)
- Emil Müller, Swiss mycologist (b. 1920)
- Yakup Satar, Crimean-Turkish soldier (b. 1898)
- Mona Seilitz, Swedish actress (b. 1943)
- April 3
- Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)
- Karl-Heinz Henrichs, German cyclist (b. 1942)
- Ivan Korade, Croatian general (b. 1963)
- Robert Tomasulo, American computer scientist (b. 1934)
- Tatyana Veinberga, Latvian volleyball player (b. 1943)
- April 4
- Valentina Lituyeva, Russian long jumper (b. 1930)
- Michael White, American psychotherapist (b. 1948)
- Wu Xueqian, Chinese politician and diplomat (b. 1921)
- April 5
- Alex Grasshoff, American film director (b. 1928)
- Charlton Heston, American actor (b. 1923)
- April 6
- Jacques Berthier, French actor (b. 1916)
- Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1953)
- Jeu Sprengers, Dutch football executive (b. 1938)
- April 7
- Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese author and journalist (b. 1915)
- Frank Little, Australian bishop (b. 1925)
- Servais-Théodore Pinckaers, Belgian-Swiss theologian and priest (b. 1925)
- Mark Speight, English television presenter (b. 1965)
- Andrei Tolubeyev, Russian actor (b. 1945)
- Phil Urso, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1925)
- April 8
- Sharan Rani Backliwal, Indian musician and scholar (b. 1929)
- Tim Beaumont, English politician (b. 1928)
- Cedella Booker, Jamaican singer (b. 1926)
- Graham Higman, English mathematician (b. 1917)
- Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. 1943)
- Kunio Ogawa, Japanese author (b. 1927)
- Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Russian actress (b. 1930)
- Kazuo Shiraga, Japanese painter (b. 1924)
- Jacqueline Voltaire, English-Mexican actress (b. 1948)
- Kees Wijdekop, Dutch canoeist (b. 1914)
- April 9
- Diego Catalán, Spanish philologist (b. 1928)
- Burt Glinn, American photographer (b. 1925)
- Bengt Johansson, Swedish wrestler (b. 1926)
- Mamadou Keïta, Malian footballer and manager (b. 1947)
- Daniela Klemenschits, Austrian tennis player (b. 1982)
- Jacques Morel, French actor (b. 1922)
- April 10
- Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (b. 1919)
- Peter Dubovský, Slovakian bishop (b. 1921)
- Shomu Mukherjee, Indian screenwriter and film director (b. 1943)
- April 11 – Claude Abbes, French footballer (b. 1927)
- April 12
- Cecilia Colledge, English figure skater (b. 1920)
- Dieter Eppler, German actor (b. 1927)
- Anuradha Ghandy, Indian author and revolutionary (b. 1954)
- Patrick Hillery, Irish politician, President of Ireland (b. 1923)
- April 13
- Ignazio Fabra, Italian wrestler (b. 1930)
- Gianluigi Savoldi, Italian footballer (b. 1949)
- John Archibald Wheeler, American theoretical physicist (b. 1911)
- April 14
- Ollie Johnston, American animator (b. 1912)
- Silvano Moro, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- Marisa Sannia, Italian singer (b. 1947)
- June Travis, American actress (b. 1914)
- April 15
- Imre Antal, Hungarian pianist and television presenter (b. 1935)
- David Cass, American economist (b. 1937)
- Sean Costello, American musician (b. 1979)
- Hazel Court, English actress (b. 1926)
- Brian Davison, English drummer (b. 1942)
- Hendrik S. Houthakker, American economist (b. 1924)
- Fernand Jaccard, Swiss footballer and manager (b. 1907)
- Benoît Lamy, Belgian film director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
- Madeline Lee, American actress and activist (b. 1923)
- Krister Stendahl, Swedish theologian and scholar (b. 1921)
- April 16
- René Dereuddre, French footballer (b. 1930)
- Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917)
- Johannes Runnenburg, Dutch mathematician (b. 1932)
- Fadel Shana'a, Palestinian journalist (b. 1984)
- April 17
- Edna Andrade, American painter (b. 1917)
- Aimé Césaire, French poet and politician (b. 1913)
- Gwyneth Dunwoody, English politician (b. 1930)
- Danny Federici, American musician (b. 1950)
- Rosario Sánchez Mora, Spanish soldier (b. 1919)
- Viktor Nosov, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1940)
- Viktor Pryazhnikov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1933)
- Mikhail Tanich, Russian poet and songwriter (b. 1923)
- April 18
- Refat Appazov, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1920)
- Erminio Favalli, Italian footballer (b. 1944)
- Kay Linaker, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1913)
- Joy Page, American actress (b. 1924)
- April 19
- Constant Vanden Stock, Belgian football executive (b. 1914)
- Germaine Tillion, French ethnologist (b. 1907)
- Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian cardinal (b. 1935)
- April 20
- Bebe Barron, American composer (b. 1925)
- Gazanfer Bilge, Turkish wrestler (b. 1924)
- Ksente Bogoev, Macedonian economist and politician (b. 1919)
- Adelir Antônio de Carli, Brazilian priest and activist (b. 1967)
- Ottavio Cogliati, Italian cyclist (b. 1939)
- Monica Lovinescu, Romanian author (b. 1923)
- Angèle Manteau, Belgian publisher (b. 1911)
- Tariq Niazi, Pakistani field hockey player (b. 1940)
- April 21 – Al Wilson, American singer (b. 1939)
- April 22
- Paul Davis, American singer (b. 1948)
- Dora Ratjen, German high jumper (b. 1918)
- Ričardas Tamulis, Lithuanian boxer (b. 1938)
- April 23
- Abdellatief Abouheif, Egyptian swimmer (b. 1929)
- Jean-Daniel Cadinot, French photographer and film director (b. 1944)
- April 24
- Tristram Cary, English-Australian composer (b. 1925)
- Jimmy Giuffre, American musician and composer (b. 1921)
- Trilochan Singh, Indian field hockey player (b. 1923)
- April 25
- Enrico Donati, Italian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1909)
- Milan Kangrga, Croatian philosopher (b. 1923)
- Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpeter (b. 1921)
- April 26
- Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer (b. 1913)
- Yossi Harel, Israeli spy (b. 1918)
- Anzar Shah Kashmiri, Indian scholar (b. 1927)
- Árpád Orbán, Hungarian footballer (b. 1938)
- Carmen Scarpitta, American-Italian actress (b. 1933)
- April 27
- Michael Saaristo, Finnish arachnologist (b. 1938)
- Marios Tokas, Cypriot-Greek composer (b. 1954)
- April 28
- Heinz Drossel, German lieutenant (b. 1916)
- József Mikó, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1920)
- Eudy Simelane, South African footballer (b. 1977)
- Diana Barnato Walker, English aviator (b. 1918)
- April 29
- Jadesola Akande, Nigerian lawyer and academic (b. 1940)
- Gordon Bradley, English-American footballer (b. 1933)
- Chuck Daigh, American racing driver (b. 1923)
- Julie Ege, Norwegian actress and model (b. 1943)
- Willi Egger, Austrian skier and ski jumper (b. 1932)
- Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and author (b. 1906)
- Mary Golda Ross, American engineer (b. 1908)
- Charles Tilly, American sociologist and political scientist (b. 1929)
- Eta Tyrmand, Belarusian composer (b. 1917)
- Micky Waller, English drummer (b. 1941)
- Bo Yang, Taiwanese poet and historian (b. 1920)
- April 30 – Juancho Evertsz, Dutch politician (b. 1923)
May 2008
edit- May 1
- Paulo Amaral, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1923)
- Bernard Archard, English actor (b. 1916)
- Philipp von Boeselager, German army officer (b. 1917)
- Nirmala Deshpande, Indian activist (b. 1929)
- Anthony Mamo, Maltese politician, President of Malta (b. 1909)
- Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American businesswoman (b. 1956)
- Murray H. Protter, American mathematician (b. 1918)
- Hong Sung-won, South Korean author (b. 1937)
- J. J. Voskuil, Dutch author (b. 1926)
- May 2
- Sergio Lauricella, Italian composer (b. 1921)
- Ilyas Malayev, Uzbekistani musician and poet (b. 1936)
- Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1935)
- Derek Pugh, English sprinter (b. 1926)
- May 3
- Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1926)
- Ted Key, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
- Hanon Reznikov, American actor and theatre director (b. 1950)
- Morgan Sparks, American engineer (b. 1915)
- May 4
- Fred Baur, American chemist and inventor (b. 1918)
- Alvin Colt, American costume designer (b. 1916)
- Claude Couinaud, French surgeon (b. 1922)
- Jaime Gómez, Mexican footballer (b. 1929)
- Fred Haines, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1936)
- Kishan Maharaj, Indian musician (b. 1923)
- Colin Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian (b. 1929)
- Mohamed Salem, Algerian footballer (b. 1940)
- May 5
- Hugh Bradner, American physicist and inventor (b. 1915)
- Pak Kyongni, South Korean author (b. 1926)
- Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1917)
- Jerry Wallace, American singer (b. 1928)
- Witold Woyda, Polish fencer (b. 1939)
- May 6
- Franz Jackson, American musician (b. 1912)
- Alla Masevich, Russian astronomer (b. 1918)
- May 7
- Edith Fanta, Brazilian marine biologist (b. 1943)
- Gernot Zippe, Austrian-German engineer (b. 1917)
- May 8
- Eddy Arnold, American singer (b. 1918)
- Aryeh Dvoretzky, Ukrainian-Israeli mathematician (b. 1916)
- Jacques Favre, French footballer (b. 1921)
- Heinz Felfe, German spy (b. 1918)
- Dorothy Green, American actress (b. 1920)
- Larry Levine, American sound engineer (b. 1928)
- Jef Van Der Linden, Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
- Luigi Malerba, Italian author (b. 1927)
- Alexey Skvortsov, Russian botanist (b. 1920)
- François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (b. 1982)
- May 9
- Shmuel Katz, Israeli politician and author (b. 1914)
- Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist (b. 1940)
- Ronald Parise, American astronaut (b. 1951)
- Pascal Sevran, French television presenter and author (b. 1945)
- May 10
- Leyla Gencer, Turkish opera singer (b. 1928)
- Håkan Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1949)
- Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (b. 1990)
- Eusebio Ríos, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- Paul Wild, English-Australian astronomer and physicist (b. 1923)
- May 11
- Bruno Neves, Portuguese cyclist (b. 1981)
- John Rutsey, Canadian musician (b. 1952)
- May 12
- Oakley Hall, American author (b. 1920)
- Finn Haunstoft, Danish canoeist (b. 1928)
- Robert Hundar, Italian actor (b. 1935)
- Lidiya Masterkova, Russian-French painter (b. 1927)
- Robert Rauschenberg, American artist (b. 1925)
- Irena Sendler, Polish humanitarian (b. 1910)
- May 13
- Jill Adams, English actress and model (b. 1930)
- Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti emir (b. 1930)
- Dolores Alexander, American activist and author (b. 1931)
- Bernardin Gantin, Beninese cardinal (b. 1922)
- John Phillip Law, American actor (b. 1937)
- Harlan Marbley, American boxer (b. 1943)
- Anatoly Nedbaylo, Ukrainian pilot (b. 1923)
- Colea Răutu, Romanian actor (b. 1912)
- Italo Terzoli, Italian author and playwright (b. 1924)
- May 14
- Choi Aei-young, South Korean basketball player (b. 1959)
- Arthur Burks, American mathematician (b. 1915)
- John Forbes-Robertson, English actor (b. 1928)
- Yuri Rytkheu, Russian author (b. 1930)
- May 15
- Henry Austin, Indian politician and diplomat (b. 1920)
- Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
- Alexander Courage, American composer and orchestrator (b. 1919)
- Walt Dickerson, American vibraphonist (b. 1928)
- Yuri Ilyich Druzhnikov, Russian author and journalist (b. 1933)
- Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1960)
- Will Elder, American cartoonist (b. 1921)
- Bob Florence, American composer (b. 1932)
- Ottar Grønvik, Norwegian philologist and runologist (b. 1916)
- Hanna Hertelendy, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1919)
- Ahmed Huber, Swiss-German journalist and holocaust denier (b. 1927)
- Youssef Idilbi, Dutch actor (b. 1976)
- Abul Khair Kashfi, Pakistani author and critic (b. 1932)
- Willis Lamb, American physicist (b. 1913)
- Luisa Della Noce, Italian actress (b. 1923)
- May 16
- Robert Mondavi, American winemaker (b. 1913)
- Igor Polyakov, Russian rower (b. 1912)
- May 17
- Lionel Van Deerlin, American journalist and politician (b. 1914)
- Zélia Gattai, Brazilian photographer and author (b. 1916)
- Wilfrid Mellers, English critic and musicologist (b. 1914)
- Roberto García-Calvo Montiel, Spanish judge (b. 1942)
- May 18
- Jonathan James, American hacker (b. 1983)
- Joseph Pevney, American film director (b. 1911)
- May 19
- Charles Brenner, American psychoanalyst (b. 1913)
- Rimma Kazakova, Russian poet (b. 1932)
- Ryszard Kulesza, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright (b. 1928)
- May 20
- Viktor Bortsov, Russian actor (b. 1934)
- Khiuaz Dospanova, Kazakhstani pilot (b. 1922)
- Jürgen Ehlers, German physicist (b. 1929)
- Gert Haucke, German actor (b. 1929)
- Harald Hein, German fencer (b. 1950)
- Hamilton Jordan, American politician (b. 1944)
- Daniel Komissarov, Russian iranologist (b. 1907)
- Ali Sadikin, Indonesian politician (b. 1928)
- S. K. Trimurti, Indonesian journalist and politician (b. 1912)
- May 21
- Bert André, Dutch actor (b. 1941)
- Michelle Meldrum, American guitarist (b. 1968)
- Hisao Yamada, Japanese computer scientist (b. 1930)
- May 22
- Robert Asprin, American author (b. 1946)
- Hana Maria Pravda, Czech-English actress (b. 1916)
- Boris Tropaneț, Moldovan footballer and manager (b. 1964)
- Herbert Wilson, Welsh physicist (b. 1929)
- May 23
- Cornell Capa, Hungarian-American photographer (b. 1918)
- Roberto Freire, Brazilian psychiatrist and author (b. 1927)
- Dritan Hoxha, Albanian businessman (b. 1968)
- Heinz Kwiatkowski, German footballer (b. 1926)
- Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (b. 1967)
- Jefferson Peres, Brazilian politician (b. 1932)
- Utah Phillips, American singer and activist (b. 1935)
- Bhargavi Rao, Indian author (b. 1944)
- May 24
- Tano Cimarosa, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- Rob Knox, English actor (b. 1989)
- Dick Martin, American comedian and actor (b. 1922)
- Jimmy McGriff, American organist (b. 1936)
- Jens Rosing, Greenlandic artist and author (b. 1925)
- May 25
- Geremi González, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1975)
- Bukhuti Gurgenidze, Georgian chess grandmaster (b. 1933)
- Ítalo Argentino Lúder, Argentine politician (b. 1916)
- Mitch Mullany, American comedian and actor (b. 1968)
- J. R. Simplot, American businessman (b. 1909)
- Ernst Stuhlinger, German-American rocket scientist (b. 1913)
- May 26
- Earle Hagen, American composer (b. 1919)
- Yuriy Konovalov, Azerbaijani sprinter (b. 1929)
- Sydney Pollack, American actor and film director (b. 1934)
- Daniel Van Ryckeghem, Belgian cyclist (b. 1945)
- Koloa Talake, Tuvaluan politician, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1934)
- May 27 – Franz Künstler, German soldier (b. 1900)
- May 28
- Gladys Castelvecchi, Uruguayan poet (b. 1922)
- Beryl Cook, English painter (b. 1926)
- Sven Davidson, Swedish tennis player (b. 1928)
- May 29
- Paula Gunn Allen, American poet and author (b. 1939)
- Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
- Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (b. 1927)
- Horacio Neumann, Argentine footballer (b. 1946)
- May 30
- B. L. Burtt, English botanist and taxonomist (b. 1913)
- Harlan Cleveland, American diplomat (b. 1918)
- Gilbert Hunt, American mathematician and tennis player (b. 1916)
- William Eldridge Odom, American lieutenant general (b. 1932)
- José Benito Ríos, Chilean footballer (b. 1935)
- Boris Shakhlin, Ukrainian gymnast (b. 1932)
- May 31
- Carlos Alhinho, Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1949)
- John Ambler, English businessman (b. 1924)
- Per-Erik Larsson, Swedish skier (b. 1929)
- Eugene G. Munroe, Canadian entomologist (b. 1919)
June 2008
edit- June 1
- Mohammed Ridha al-Shirazi, Iraqi-Iranian scholar (b. 1959)
- Anne d'Harnoncourt, American art curator and historian (b. 1943)
- Brian Doyle, Australian rower (b. 1930)
- Lyn Fullston, Australian cricketer and netball player (b. 1956)
- Maurizio Galli, Italian bishop (b. 1932)
- Alton Kelley, American artist (b. 1940)
- Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1931)
- Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936)
- Qian Xiuling, Chinese-Belgian scientist (b. 1912)
- June 2
- Bo Diddley, American musician (b. 1928)
- Nodar Dzhordzhikiya, Russian basketball player (b. 1921)
- Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (b. 1909)
- Mel Ferrer, American actor (b. 1917)
- Ken Naganuma, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1930)
- June 3 – Grigory Romanov, Russian politician (b. 1923)
- June 4
- Ivan Herasymov, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1921)
- Agata Mróz-Olszewska, Polish volleyball player (b. 1982)
- Bengt Westerlund, Swedish astronomer (b. 1921)
- June 5
- Achiel Bruneel, Belgian cyclist (b. 1918)
- Jameson Mbilini Dlamini, Swazi politician, Prime Minister of Swaziland (b. 1932)
- Nader Ebrahimi, Iranian author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
- Eugenio Montejo, Venezuelan poet and author (b. 1938)
- June 6
- Saeko Himuro, Japanese author (b. 1957)
- Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian author and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- Lucy Joan Slater, English mathematician (b. 1922)
- Victor Wégria, Belgian footballer (b. 1936)
- Francisco José Ynduráin, Spanish theoretical physicist (b. 1940)
- June 7
- Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (b. 1952)
- Joseph Kabui, Papua New Guinean politician (b. 1954)
- Mustafa Khalil, Egyptian politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1920)
- Jim McKay, American sportscaster (b. 1921)
- Dino Risi, Italian film director (b. 1916)
- Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (b. 1968)
- Erick Wujcik, American game designer (b. 1951)
- June 8
- Šaban Bajramović, Serbian musician (b. 1936)
- Florența Crăciunescu, Romanian athlete (b. 1955)
- Peter Rühmkorf, German author (b. 1929)
- June 9
- Karen Asrian, Armenian chess grandmaster (b. 1980)
- Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author (b. 1931)
- Nan Hoover, Dutch-American artist (b. 1931)
- Josef Minsch, Swiss skier (b. 1941)
- Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian author and historian (b. 1919)
- June 10
- Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani author (b. 1928)
- Lyuben Dilov, Bulgarian author (b. 1927)
- John Rauch, American football player and coach (b. 1927)
- June 11
- Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1939)
- Jean Desailly, French actor (b. 1920)
- Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
- Adam Ledwoń, Polish footballer (b. 1974)
- June 12
- Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1951)
- Dan Kuykendall, American politician (b. 1924)
- Gunther Stent, German-American biologist (b. 1924)
- Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer (b. 1932)
- June 13
- Wilfred von Oven, German journalist and civil servant (b. 1912)
- Branka Raunig, Bosnian archaeologist and prehistorian (b. 1935)
- Tim Russert, American journalist and news anchor (b. 1950)
- June 14
- Jacob Breuer, German-Israeli judge (b. 1916)
- Yurii Mitropolskiy, Ukrainian mathematician (b. 1917)
- Luciano Pigozzi, Italian actor (b. 1927)
- Rafael del Pino, Spanish businessman (b. 1920)
- Emilio Óscar Rabasa, Mexican politician and diplomat (b. 1925)
- Jamelão dos Santos, Brazilian singer (b. 1913)
- Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (b. 1964)
- June 15
- Ken Murray, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- Stan Winston, American visual effects artist (b. 1946)
- June 16
- Alexandra Berková, Czech author (b. 1949)
- Tom Compernolle, Belgian runner (b. 1975)
- Wera Frydtberg, German actress (b. 1926)
- Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian author (b. 1921)
- Ingvar Svahn, Swedish footballer (b. 1938)
- June 17
- Henry Beckman, Canadian actor (b. 1921)
- Henry Chadwick, English academic and theologian (b. 1920)
- Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (b. 1922)
- Davey Lee, American actor (b. 1924)
- Henryk Mandelbaum, Polish Holocaust survivor (b. 1922)
- June 18
- Jean Delannoy, French film director (b. 1908)
- Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actress and singer (b. 1984)
- Tasha Tudor, American illustrator and author (b. 1915)
- June 19
- Horst Brünner, German politician (b. 1929)
- Noni Jabavu, South African author and journalist (b. 1919)
- Bennie Swain, American basketball player (b. 1933)
- June 20
- Antonio Bibalo, Italian-Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1922)
- Jean-Pierre Thystère Tchicaya, Congolese politician (b. 1936)
- June 21
- Abdulah Gegić, Serbian football manager (b. 1924)
- Kermit Love, American puppeteer (b. 1916)
- June 22
- Natalia Bekhtereva, Russian neuroscientist and psychologist (b. 1924)
- George Carlin, American comedian and actor (b. 1937)
- Albert Cossery, Egyptian-French author (b. 1913)
- Dody Goodman, American actress (b. 1914)
- Klaus Michael Grüber, German theatre director and actor (b. 1941)
- Ron Stitfall, Welsh footballer (b. 1925)
- Fyodor Uglov, Russian physician (b. 1904)
- June 23
- Arthur Chung, Guyanese politician, President of Guyana (b. 1918)
- Marian Glinka, Polish actor and bodybuilder (b. 1943)
- Fabrizia Ramondino, Italian author (b. 1936)
- Vlado Taneski, Macedonian journalist and serial killer (b. 1952)
- June 24
- Pinkas Braun, Swiss actor (b. 1923)
- Ruth Cardoso, Brazilian anthropologist and political figure, First Lady of Brazil (b. 1930)
- Shao Hua, Chinese photographer and major general (b. 1938)
- Leonid Hurwicz, American economist and mathematician (b. 1917)
- Viktor Kuzkin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1940)
- Gerhard Ringel, German mathematician (b. 1919)
- Józef Szajna, Polish set designer (b. 1922)
- Noriaki Tsuchimoto, Japanese film director (b. 1928)
- Lev Voronin, Russian politician (b. 1928)
- June 25
- G. M. Banatwala, Indian politician (b. 1933)
- Gerard Batliner, Liechtenstein politician, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (b. 1928)
- Grethe Meyer, Danish architect (b. 1918)
- Lyall Watson, South African botanist and zoologist (b. 1939)
- June 26
- Lilyan Chauvin, French-American actress (b. 1925)
- Asbjørn Haugstvedt, Norwegian politician (b. 1926)
- June 27
- John Bonetti, American poker player (b. 1928)
- Peter Dickson, Australian rower (b. 1945)
- Tilo Frey, Swiss politician (b. 1923)
- Sasha Gabor, Hungarian-Norwegian pornographic actor and film director (b. 1945)
- Kalevi Heinänen, Finnish basketball player (b. 1927)
- Raymond Lefèvre, French conductor (b. 1929)
- Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (b. 1914)
- Leonard Pennario, American pianist and composer (b. 1924)
- Lenka Reinerová, Czech author (b. 1916)
- Roberto Sosa, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1935)
- Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
- June 28
- Irina Baronova, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1919)
- Douglas Bennett, Canadian canoeist (b. 1918)
- Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b. 1987)
- Nicolae Linca, Romanian boxer (b. 1929)
- Ronnie Mathews, American pianist (b. 1935)
- Stig Olin, Swedish actor (b. 1920)
- Robert Seamans, American scientist (b. 1918)
- Gregory Yong, Singaporean archbishop (b. 1925)
- June 29
- William R. Bennett Jr., American physicist (b. 1930)
- Hans Caninenberg, German actor (b. 1913)
- Don S. Davis, American actor (b. 1942)
- June 30
- Rose Dieng-Kuntz, Senegalese computer scientist (b. 1956)
- Annemarie Lorentzen, Norwegian politician (b. 1921)
- Ángel Tavira, Mexican musician (b. 1924)
July 2008
edit- July 1
- Mel Galley, English guitarist and singer (b. 1948)
- Mogens Glistrup, Danish politician (b. 1926)
- Klavdiya Kuzmina, Russian scientist (b. 1923)
- Dejan Medaković, Serbian historian and author (b. 1922)
- Susanne Miller, Bulgarian-German activist and historian (b. 1915)
- Adele Palmer, American costume designer (b. 1915)
- July 2
- Omar Caetano, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1938)
- Simone Ortega, Spanish author (b. 1919)
- Natasha Shneider, Russian-American musician and actress (b. 1956)
- Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress (b. 1929)
- July 3
- Larry Harmon, American clown (b. 1925)
- Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor and comedian (b. 1939)
- July 4
- Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (b. 1940)
- Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)
- Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)
- Agneta Prytz, Swedish actress (b. 1916)
- Janwillem van de Wetering, German author (b. 1931)
- July 5
- Hasan Doğan, Turkish football executive (b. 1956)
- René Harris, Nauruan politician, President of Nauru (b. 1947)
- Nobuko Nakahara, Japanese architect (b. 1929)
- Frigyes Puja, Hungarian politician (b. 1921)
- Thích Huyền Quang, Vietnamese monk (b. 1919)
- July 6
- Bobby Durham, American drummer (b. 1937)
- Nonna Mordyukova, Russian actress (b. 1925)
- Mando Ramos, Mexican-American boxer (b. 1948)
- July 7
- Bruce Conner, American artist (b. 1933)
- Dorian Leigh, American model (b. 1917)
- Vasile Vasilache, Moldovan author (b. 1926)
- Giovanni Viola, Italian footballer (b. 1926)
- July 8
- David Ausubel, American psychologist (b. 1918)
- Wieńczysław Gliński, Polish actor (b. 1921)
- John Templeton, American-English businessman and banker (b. 1912)
- July 9
- Charles H. Joffe, American film producer (b. 1929)
- Helmut Kentler, German psychologist and sexologist (b. 1928)
- July 10
- Rocky Aoki, Japanese-American restaurateur (b. 1938)
- Bernard Cahier, French photojournalist (b. 1927)
- Jakob Ejersbo, Danish journalist and author (b. 1968)
- Ayub Ommaya, Pakistani neurosurgeon (b. 1930)
- Yoji Totsuka, Japanese physicist (b. 1942)
- July 11
- Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and inventor (b. 1908)
- Breno Mello, Brazilian actor (b. 1931)
- Anatoly Pristavkin, Russian author (b. 1931)
- Margot Taulé, Dominican architect and engineer (b. 1920)
- July 12
- Reinhard Fabisch, German footballer and manager (b. 1950)
- Vili Kazasyan, Bulgarian musician and composer (b. 1934)
- Tony Snow, American political commentator (b. 1955)
- July 13
- Bronisław Geremek, Polish historian and politician (b. 1932)
- Andrés Mitrovic, Chilean basketball player (b. 1921)
- Rudolf Nafziger, German footballer (b. 1945)
- July 14
- Y. V. Chandrachud, Indian judge (b. 1920)
- Henki Kolstad, Norwegian actor (b. 1915)
- Teta Lando, Angolan musician (b. 1948)
- Susumu Ōno, Japanese linguist (b. 1919)
- Riek Schagen, Dutch actress (b. 1913)
- July 15
- György Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist (b. 1972)
- Yuri Mikhaylov, Russian speed skater (b. 1930)
- Gionata Mingozzi, Italian footballer (b. 1984)
- Gennadi Volnov, Russian basketball player (b. 1939)
- July 16
- Tosia Malamud, Ukrainian-Mexican sculptor (b. 1923)
- Jo Stafford, American singer (b. 1917)
- July 17
- Piero Aggradi, Italian footballer (b. 1934)
- Willi Birkelbach, German politician (b. 1913)
- Larry Haines, American actor (b. 1918)
- George Niven, Scottish footballer (b. 1929)
- Beatrice Ohanessian, Iraqi-American pianist (b. 1927)
- July 18
- Jean M. Bennett, American physicist (b. 1930)
- Édouard Fachleitner, French cyclist (b. 1921)
- Tauno Marttinen, Finnish composer (b. 1912)
- Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (b. 1944)
- Wojciech Skalmowski, Polish scholar (b. 1933)
- July 19
- Olga Blinder, Paraguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1921)
- Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (b. 1931)
- Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedian (b. 1907)
- Ann Lambton, English historian (b. 1912)
- July 20
- Michael Maschler, Israeli mathematician (b. 1927)
- Dinko Šakić, Croatian concentration camp commander (b. 1921)
- Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1934)
- July 21
- El Kazovsky, Russian-Hungarian painter (b. 1948)
- Aboutaleb Talebi, Iranian wrestler (b. 1945)
- Muhlis Tayfur, Turkish wrestler (b. 1922)
- María Vaner, Argentine actress (b. 1935)
- Adil Zulfikarpašić, Bosnian businessman (b. 1921)
- July 22
- Marcello Baldi, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
- Joe Beck, American guitarist (b. 1945)
- Greg Burson, American voice actor (b. 1949)
- Estelle Getty, American actress (b. 1923)
- Victor A. McKusick, American geneticist (b. 1921)
- Almaz Monasypov, Russian composer (b. 1925)
- July 23
- Giovanni Cornacchia, Italian hurdler (b. 1939)
- Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician (b. 1924)
- Ahmet Hadžipašić, Bosnian politician, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1952)
- July 24 – Norman Dello Joio, American composer (b. 1913)
- July 25
- Hiram Bullock, American guitarist (b. 1955)
- Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
- Tracy Hall, American chemist (b. 1919)
- Enzo Moser, Italian cyclist (b. 1940)
- Randy Pausch, American author and computer scientist (b. 1960)
- Mikhail Pugovkin, Russian actor (b. 1923)
- July 26
- Nadir Abdurrahmanov, Azerbaijani painter (b. 1925)
- Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini, Italian fencer (b. 1936
- July 27
- Raymonde Allain, French model and actress (b. 1912)
- Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director (b. 1926)
- Jean-Jacques de Felice, French lawyer and activist (b. 1928)
- Russell Johnston, Scottish politician (b. 1932)
- Marisa Merlini, Italian actress (b. 1923)
- Werner Rosenbaum, German field hockey player (b. 1927)
- Horst Stein, German conductor (b. 1928)
- July 28
- Milcho Goranov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1928)
- Wendo Kolosoy, Congolese musician (b. 1925)
- Margaret Ringenberg, American pilot (b. 1921)
- Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer (b. 1977)
- July 29
- Bruce Edwards Ivins, American microbiologist and vaccinologist (b. 1946)
- Mate Parlov, Croatian boxer (b. 1948)
- July 30
- Anne Armstrong, American diplomat and politician (b. 1927)
- Zlata Bartl, Bosnian scientist (b. 1920)
- July 31
- Blagoje Bratić, Bosnian-Canadian footballer and manager (b. 1946)
- Yi Chong-jun, South Korean author (b. 1939)
- Hirosi Ismael, Micronesian politician (b. 1936)
- Élisabeth Lutz, French mathematician (b. 1914)
- Lee Young, American drummer and singer (b. 1914)
August 2008
edit- August 1
- Carlos Aponte, Colombian footballer (b. 1939)
- Pauline Baynes, English illustrator (b. 1922)
- Ashok Mankad, Indian cricketer (b. 1946)
- Leopoldo Alas Mínguez, Spanish author and poet (b. 1962)
- Guido Santin, Italian rower (b. 1911)
- Muhammad Suleiman, Syrian general (b. 1959)
- Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian politician (b. 1916)
- Butch White, English cricketer (b. 1935)
- August 2
- Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese manga artist (b. 1935)
- Gino Birindelli, Italian admiral (b. 1911)
- Affonso Évora, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1918)
- Helga Gitmark, Norwegian politician (b. 1929)
- Mohamed Kamal Ismail, Egyptian architect (b. 1908)
- Eberhard Rebling, German pianist and musicologist (b. 1911)
- Gianni De Rosa, Italian footballer (b. 1956)
- August 3
- Anton Allemann, Swiss footballer (b. 1936)
- Jeffrey S. Medkeff, American astronomer and author (b. 1968)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian author (b. 1918)
- August 4
- Craig Jones, American motorcycle racer (b. 1985)
- Eri Kawai, Japanese singer (b. 1965)
- Nicola Rescigno, American-Italian conductor (b. 1916)
- Johnny Thio, Belgian footballer (b. 1944)
- August 5
- Neil Bartlett, English chemist (b. 1932)
- Raúl Conti, Argentine footballer (b. 1928)
- Sergio Maciel, Argentine footballer (b. 1965)
- Eva Pflug, German actress (b. 1929)
- August 6
- Joe Brazil, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
- Jud Taylor, American actor and television director (b. 1932)
- August 7
- Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent and film producer (b. 1931)
- Simon Gray, English playwright and author (b. 1936)
- Ralph Klein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1931)
- Leon De Lathouwer, Belgian cyclist (b. 1929)
- Andrea Pininfarina, Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1957)
- August 8
- Antonio Gava, Italian politician (b. 1930)
- Joseph Gelineau, French priest and composer (b. 1920)
- Fernand Meyssonnier, French executioner (b. 1931)
- Orville Moody, American golfer (b. 1933)
- August 9
- Giorgi Antsukhelidze, Georgian soldier (b. 1984)
- Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet (b. 1941)
- Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (b. 1957)
- Yodrak Salakjai, Thai singer and actor (b. 1956)
- August 10
- Leroy Chang, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1936)
- Isaac Hayes, American singer and actor (b. 1942)
- Alexander Slobodyanik, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1941)
- František Tikal, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1933)
- August 11
- John S. Bull, American astronaut (b. 1934)
- George Furth, American author and actor (b. 1932)
- Dursun Karataş, Turkish revolutionary (b. 1952)
- Anatoly Khrapaty, Kazakhstani weightlifter (b. 1962)
- Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician (b. 1929)
- Rhoshii Wells, American boxer (b. 1976)
- August 12
- Michael Baxandall, Welsh-English historian (b. 1933)
- Orlando Fals Borda, Colombian sociologist (b. 1925)
- Vilma Jamnická, Czech actress and astrologer (b. 1906)
- Boris Kulayev, Russian wrestler (b. 1929)
- Francis Lacassin, French journalist (b. 1931)
- Stan Storimans, Dutch photojournalist (b. 1969)
- August 13
- Sandy Allen, American record holder (b. 1955)
- Henri Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1904)
- Gaston Dron, French cyclist (b. 1924)
- Bill Gwatney, American politician (b. 1959)
- Dino Toso, Italian-Dutch engineer (b. 1969)
- August 14
- Seiji Aochi, Japanese ski jumper (b. 1942)
- Lita Roza, English singer (b. 1926)
- August 15
- Thor Pedersen, Norwegian rower (b. 1924)
- Tomislav Pinter, Croatian cinematographer (b. 1926)
- Vic Toweel, South African boxer (b. 1928)
- Jerry Wexler, American music producer (b. 1917)
- August 16
- Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer (b. 1914)
- Roberta Collins, American actress (b. 1944)
- Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath, Tahitian archbishop (b. 1924)
- Ronnie Drew, Irish singer (b. 1934)
- Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese microbiologist (b. 1913)
- Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, Filipino composer and pianist (b. 1918)
- Elena Leușteanu, Romanian gymnast (b. 1935)
- Fanny Mikey, Argentine-Colombian actress (b. 1930)
- Johnny Moore, Jamaican trumpeter (b. 1938)
- Alfred Rainer, Austrian skier (b. 1987)
- Anna Świderkówna, Polish historian and author (b. 1925)
- August 17 – Franco Sensi, Italian businessman (b. 1926)
- August 18
- Henry Djanik, French actor (b. 1926)
- Manny Farber, American painter and film critic (b. 1917)
- August 19
- Leo Abse, Welsh politician (b. 1917)
- Julius Carry, American actor (b. 1952)
- Binyamin Gibli, Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1919)
- Egon Jux, German architect (b. 1927)
- Algimantas Masiulis, Lithuanian actor (b. 1931)
- LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist (b. 1961)
- Mikhail Mukasei, Russian spy (b. 1907)
- Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician, President of Zambia (b. 1948)
- Diane Webber, American model and actress (b. 1932)
- August 20
- Mario Bertok, Croatian chess player (b. 1929)
- Hua Guofeng, Chinese politician (b. 1921)
- Larry Hennessy, American basketball player (b. 1929)
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American politician (b. 1949)
- Sergey Mergelyan, Armenian mathematician (b. 1928)
- Gene Upshaw, American football player (b. 1945)
- August 21
- Fred Crane, American actor (b. 1918)
- Lee Eon, South Korean actor and model (b. 1981)
- Jerry Finn, American record producer (b. 1969)
- Buddy Harman, American musician (b. 1928)
- Wolfgang Vogel, German lawyer (b. 1925)
- August 22
- Jeff MacKay, American actor (b. 1948)
- Robert Pintenat, French footballer (b. 1948)
- Erik Thommesen, Danish sculptor (b. 1916)
- August 23
- Jimmy Cleveland, American trombonist (b. 1926)
- Doris Gibson, Peruvian journalist and magazine publisher (b. 1910)
- Yuri Nosenko, Ukrainian-American spy (b. 1927)
- Arthur Tyler, American bobsledder (b. 1915)
- Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist (b. 1915)
- August 24
- Joe Ashley, English footballer (b. 1931)
- Josef Marx, German footballer (b. 1934)
- Tad Mosel, American playwright (b. 1922)
- Peter Sutton, English sound engineer (b. 1943)
- Wei Wei, Chinese poet and author (b. 1920)
- August 25
- Marpessa Dawn, American-French actress (b. 1934)
- Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)
- Ahmad Faraz, Pakistani poet (b. 1931)
- Vassili Nesterenko, Belarusian physicist (b. 1934)
- Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Finnish composer (b. 1944)
- Randa Chahal Sabag, Lebanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1953)
- Josef Tal, Israeli composer (b. 1925)
- Mario Tortul, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- August 26
- Moisés Matias de Andrade, Brazilian footballer (b. 1948)
- Pierre Colas, German anthropologist and archaeologist (b. 1976)
- Michal Dočolomanský, Slovakian actor and singer (b. 1942)
- Mohamed Khedis, Algerian footballer (b. 1952)
- Roza Lallemand, South Korean-French chess player (b. 1961)
- August 27
- Nuritdin Mukhitdinov, Uzbekistani politician 9b. 1917)
- Masayoshi Nagata, Japanese mathematician (b. 1927)
- Abie Nathan, Israeli humanitarian and activist (b. 1927)
- Mark Priestley, Australian actor (b. 1976)
- August 28
- İlhan Berk, Turkish wrestler (b. 1918)
- Sigurbjörn Einarsson, Icelandic bishop (b. 1911)
- Phil Hill, American racing driver (b. 1927)
- Alain Levent, French cinematographer and film director (b. 1934)
- August 29
- Jayshree Gadkar, Indian actress (b. 1942)
- Geoffrey Perkins, English comedian (b. 1953)
- Heinz Wewers, German footballer (b. 1927)
- August 30
- K. K. Birla, Indian politician (b. 1918)
- Tommy Bolt, American golfer (b. 1916)
- Guy David, French footballer and manager (b. 1947)
- Killer Kowalski, Canadian-American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
- August 31
- Ragnhild Mikkelsen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1931)
- Albert Sing, German footballer and manager (b. 1917)
- Magomed Yevloyev, Russian journalist (b. 1971)
September 2008
edit- September 1
- Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (b. 1914)
- Carl Kaufmann, German runner (b. 1936)
- Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (b. 1940)
- Michael Pate, Australian actor and author (b. 1920)
- Jerry Reed, American actor and singer (b. 1937)
- Oded Schramm, Israeli-American mathematician (b. 1961)
- September 2
- Abdullah al-Harari, Ethiopian-Lebanese scholar (b. 1906)
- Andreas Zeier Cappelen, Norwegian jurist and politician (b. 1915)
- Arne Domnérus, Swedish saxophonist (b. 1924)
- Joey Giardello, American boxer (b. 1930)
- Bill Melendez, Mexican-American animator and voice actor (b. 1916)
- September 3
- Françoise Demulder, French photographer (b. 1947)
- Pierre Van Dormael, Belgian guitarist and composer (b. 1952)
- Selma Dritz, American physician and epidemiologist (b. 1917)
- Michael Martin Hammer, American engineer and author (b. 1948)
- Yasuo Mizui, Japanese sculptor 9b. 1925)
- Joan Segarra, Spanish footballer (b. 1927)
- May Shin, Burmese actress and singer (b. 1917)
- Géo Voumard, Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1920)
- September 4
- Dan Bar-On, Israeli psychologist (b. 1938)
- Abdul Samad Ismail, Malaysian journalist and author (b. 1924)
- Erik Nielsen, Canadian politician (b. 1924)
- September 5
- Thubten Jigme Norbu, Tibetan lama (b. 1922)
- Lucian Pye, Chinese-American political scientist and sinologist (b. 1921)
- Luis Santibáñez, Chilean football manager (b. 1936)
- September 6
- Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala, Egyptian politician (b. 1930)
- Aril Edvardsen, Norwegian preacher and missionary (b. 1938)
- Antonio Innocenti, Italian cardinal (b. 1915)
- Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910)
- Riza Sapunxhiu, Kosovan politician (b. 1925)
- Bill Shorthouse, English footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- September 7
- Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian actor (b. 1931)
- Christian Dudek, German drummer (b. 1965)
- Dino Dvornik, Croatian singer and actor (b. 1964)
- Don Haskins, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
- Gregory Mcdonald, American author (b. 1937)
- Nagi Noda, Japanese artist and art director (b. 1973)
- September 8
- Ahn Jae-hwan, South Korean actor (b. 1972)
- Hjördis Schymberg, Swedish opera singer (b. 1909)
- Evan Tanner, American mixed marital artist (b. 1971)
- Hector Zazou, French composer and record producer (b. 1948)
- September 9
- Jacob Lekgetho, South African footballer (b. 1974)
- Warith Deen Mohammed, American religious leader and theologian (b. 1933)
- Bheki Mseleku, South African musician (b. 1955)
- Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Laotian politician, President of Laos (b. 1910)
- September 10
- Vernon Handley, English conductor (b. 1930)
- Yuri Osipyan, Russian-Armenian physicist (b. 1931)
- Yuri Pokalchuk, Ukrainian author and translator (b. 1941)
- September 11 – Klaus Johann Jacobs, German-Swiss businessman (b. 1936)
- September 12
- Camila Ashland, American actress (b. 1911)
- Simon Hantaï, Hungarian-French painter (b. 1922)
- Tomislav Ladan, Croatian author and critic (b. 1932)
- David Foster Wallace, American author (b. 1962)
- September 13
- Peter Camejo, Venezuelan-American author and politician (b. 1939)
- Rubén Héctor Sosa, Argentine footballer (b. 1936)
- Olin Stephens, American yacht designer (b. 1908)
- September 14
- Ștefan Iordache, Romanian actor (b. 1941)
- Georgi Kitov, Bulgarian archaeologist (b. 1943)
- Ralph Russell, English scholar (b. 1918)
- Gennady Troshev, Russian military officer (b. 1947)
- September 15
- Marion Dewar, Canadian politician (b. 1928)
- Gangadhar Gopal Gadgil, Indian author and academic (b. 1923)
- Jean-Jacques Guissart, French rower (b. 1927)
- Richard Wright, English keyboardist (b. 1943)
- September 16
- Avraham Biran, Israeli archaeologist (b. 1909)
- Andrei Volkonsky, Russian composer (b. 1933)
- Norman Whitfield, American songwriter (b. 1940)
- Anatol Zhabotinsky, Russian biophysicist (b. 1938)
- September 17
- James Crumley, American author (b. 1939)
- Inga Fischer-Hjalmars, Swedish physicist and chemist (b. 1918)
- Fausto Gardini, Italian tennis player (b. 1930)
- José María Cirarda Lachiondo, Spanish bishop (b. 1917)
- September 18
- Ekaterina Andreeva, Uzbekistani arachnologist (b. 1941)
- Ernest L. Eliel, German-American chemist (b. 1921)
- Mauricio Kagel, Argentine composer (b. 1931)
- Humberto Solás, Cuban film director (b. 1941)
- Florestano Vancini, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- September 19
- Ernie Andres, American football player (b. 1918)
- Marcel Dierkens, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1925)
- François Hinard, French historian (b. 1941)
- Jun Ichikawa, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1948)
- David Jones, English theatre director (b. 1934)
- Earl Palmer, American drummer (b. 1924)
- September 20
- Corrado Balducci, Italian theologian (b. 1923)
- Nazmi Bari, Turkish tennis player (b. 1929)
- Wilfrid Dixon, American mathematician and statistician (b. 1915)
- Willi Heidel, German handball player (b. 1916)
- Prabha Khaitan, Indian author and poet (b. 1942)
- Július Strnisko, Slovakian wrestler (b. 1958)
- Ivo Žďárek, Czech diplomat (b. 1960)
- September 21
- Brian Pippard, English physicist (b. 1920)
- Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, Sri Lankan politician, Prime Minister and President of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)
- September 22
- Thomas Dörflein, German zookeeper (b. 1963)
- Michael Feodorovich, French royal and film director (b. 1924)
- Kirsten Holst, Danish author (b. 1936)
- September 23
- Esther Figueiredo Ferraz, Brazilian politician (b. 1916)
- Rudolf Illovszky, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- Pedro Masó, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- Sonja Savić, Serbian actress (b. 1961)
- September 24
- Bengt Anderberg, Swedish author and poet (b. 1920)
- Manuel Camacho, Mexican footballer (b. 1929)
- Irene Dailey, American actress (b. 1920)
- Uno Laht, Estonian poet (b. 1924)
- Cherry Smith, American singer (b. 1943)
- Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (b. 1918)
- Vice Vukov, Croatian singer and politician (b. 1936)
- Ruslan Yamadayev, Chechen military leader and politician (b. 1961)
- September 25
- Glenn Andrews, American politician (b. 1909)
- Wynne Bradburn, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1938)
- Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, President of Nauru (b. 1932)
- Nino Kirov, Bulgarian chess grandmaster (b. 1945)
- Michel Modo, French actor and comedian (b. 1937)
- Horațiu Rădulescu, Romanian-French composer (b. 1942)
- September 26
- Joli Jászai, Hungarian actress (b. 1907)
- Géza Kalocsay, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
- Marc Moulin, Belgian musician and journalist (b. 1942)
- Paul Newman, American actor (b. 1925)
- Rita Fernández Queimadelos, Spanish architect (b. 1911)
- Cirio H. Santiago, Filipino film producer and director (b. 1936)
- September 27
- Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (b. 1934)
- Mario Maya, Spanish dancer (b. 1937)
- Henri Pachard, American pornographic film director (b. 1939)
- Olaf Poulsen, Norwegian skating executive (b. 1920)
- September 28
- Abdelkrim al-Khatib, Moroccan surgeon and politician (b. 1921)
- Andrzej Badeński, Polish sprinter (b. 1943)
- Malalai Kakar, Afghan policewoman (b. 1967)
- Anatoly Karatsuba, Russian mathematician (b. 1937)
- Athos Tanzini, Italian fencer (b. 1913)
- September 29
- Louis Guss, American actor (b. 1918)
- Salahuddin Owaisi, Indian politician (b. 1931)
- Luis de Souza, Peruvian footballer (b. 1908)
- September 30
- Bernhard Caesar Einstein, German-American engineer (b. 1930)
- J. B. Jeyaretnam, Singaporean politician (b. 1926)
- Christa Reinig, German poet and author (b. 1926)
October 2008
edit- October 1
- Robert Arthur, American actor (b. 1925)
- Robert Couturier, French sculptor (b. 1905)
- J. Don Ferguson, American actor (b. 1933)
- Gotzon Garate Goihartzun, Spanish author and linguist (b. 1934)
- Daphney Hlomuka, South African actress (b. 1949)
- Detlef Lewe, German canoeist (b. 1939)
- Boris Yefimov, Russian cartoonist (b. 1900)
- October 2 – Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress (b. 1968)
- October 3
- Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1926)
- Francesco Imberti, Italian footballer (b. 1912)
- Johnny Jackson, Mexican-American record producer (b. 1969)
- Aurel Stroe, Romanian composer and philosopher (b. 1932)
- George Thomson, English politician and journalist (b. 1921)
- October 4
- Harry Bath, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1924)
- Fred Degazon, Dominican politician, President of Dominica (b. 1913)
- Johnny Saxton, American boxer (b. 1930)
- October 5
- Pushkar Bhan, Indian actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- Kim Chan, Chinese-American actor (b. 1917)
- Leopoldo Elia, Italian politician (b. 1925)
- Servando González, Mexican film director (b. 1923)
- Walter Haummer, Austrian footballer (b. 1928)
- Josef Korčák, Czech politician (b. 1921)
- Thomas Megahy, English politician (b. 1929)
- Ken Ogata, Japanese actor (b. 1937)
- Hans Richter, German actor (b. 1919)
- Miha Valič, Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1978)
- October 6
- Paavo Haavikko, Finnish poet (b. 1931)
- Miroslav Koranda, Czech rower (b. 1934)
- Nadia Nerina, South African dancer (b. 1927)
- October 7
- Ivar Mathisen, Norwegian canoeist (b. 1920)
- George Emil Palade, Romanian biologist (b. 1912)
- Adam Śmigielski, Polish bishop (b. 1933)
- October 8
- Francisco Avanzi, Brazilian footballer (b. 1949)
- John Bannerman, Scottish historian (b. 1932)
- Engin Çeber, Turkish activist (b. 1979)
- Marcel Chevalier, French executioner (b. 1921)
- Gidget Gein, American bassist (b. 1969)
- Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (b. 1918)
- October 9 – Milan Kymlicka, Czech-Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1936)
- October 10
- Rohini Bhate, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1924)
- Alton Ellis, Jamaican singer (b. 1938)
- Aslam Khattak, Pakistani politician and diplomat (b. 1908)
- Gerald Leeman, American wrestler (b. 1922)
- Armin D. Lehmann, German courier and activist (b. 1928)
- Simon Mol, Cameroonian-Polish journalist and author (b. 1973)
- Javad Nurbakhsh, Indian spiritual leader and psychiatrist (b. 1926)
- Jiřina Petrovická, Czech actress (b. 1923)
- Alexey Prokurorov, Russian skier (b. 1964)
- October 11
- Vija Artmane, Latvian actress (b. [[1929])
- William Claxton, American photographer and author (b. 1927)
- Mehrangiz Dowlatshahi, Iranian activist and politician (b. 1919)
- Anatolii Goldberg, Ukrainian-Israeli mathematician (b. 1930)
- Jörg Haider, Austrian politician (b. 1950)
- Neal Hefti, American composer and trumpeter (b. 1922)
- Badar Munir, Pakistani actor (b. 1940)
- Allan Spear, American politician (b. 1937)
- Gil Stratton, American sportscaster (b. 1922)
- October 12
- October 13
- Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1989)
- Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (b. 1971)
- Paul Rogers, American politician (b. 1921)
- Frank Rosenthal, American sports bettor (b. 1929)
- Eduardus Sangsun, Indonesian bishop (b. 1943)
- Françoise Seigner, French actress (b. 1928)
- Antonio José González Zumárraga, Ecuadorian cardinal (b. 1925)
- October 14
- Barrington J. Bayley, English author (b. 1937)
- Pat Moss, English rally driver (b. 1934)
- Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1926)
- Péter Várkonyi, Hungarian politician (b. 1931)
- October 15
- Edie Adams, American actress and singer (b. 1927)
- Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish poet (b. 1914)
- Nathan Davis, American actor (b. 1917)
- Suzzanna van Osch, Indonesian actress (b. 1942)
- Edwin Turney, American businessman (b. 1929)
- Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese entrepreneur (b. 1917)
- October 16
- David Lee, Canadian sound engineer (b. 1938)
- Dagmar Normet, Estonian author and translator (b. 1921)
- October 17
- Ludwig von Bayern, German prince (b. 1913)
- David A. Freedman, Canadian-American statistician (b. 1938)
- Andrew M. Gleason, American mathematician (b. 1921)
- Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist (b. 1955)
- Levi Stubbs, American singer (b. 1936)
- Ángel Uribe, Peruvian footballer (b. 1943)
- Nick Weatherspoon, American basketball player (b. 1950)
- Ben Weider, American businessman (b. 1923)
- October 18
- Tormod Haugen, Norwegian author and translator (b. 1945)
- Xie Jin, Chinese film director (b. 1923)
- Dave McKenna, American pianist (b. 1930)
- Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (b. 1942)
- October 19
- Richard Blackwell, American critic and journalist (b. 1922)
- Marilyn Ferguson, American author (b. 1938)
- Rudy Ray Moore, American comedian and actor (b. 1927)
- Gianni Raimondi, Italian opera singer (b. 1923)
- Doreen Wilber, American archer (b. 1930)
- October 20
- Sœur Emmanuelle, Belgian-born French nun (b. 1908)
- Vittorio Foa, Italian politician (b. 1910)
- Sirvart Kalpakyan Karamanuk, Armenian composer and pianist (b. 1912)
- Pierre Sancan, French composer and pianist (b. 1916)
- C. V. Sridhar, Indian screenwriter and film director (b. 1933)
- Krzysztof Zaleski, Polish theatre director and actor (b. 1948)
- October 21
- Sonja Bernadotte, German-Swedish countess (b. 1944)
- Alex Close, Belgian cyclist (b. 1921)
- October 22
- Robert Adlard, English field hockey player (b. 1915)
- Annick Gendron, French painter (b. 1939)
- Jan Hijzelendoorn, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
- Paritosh Sen, Indian artist (b. 1918)
- October 23
- Osvaldo Castellan, Italian cyclist (b. 1951)
- Oszkár Csuvik, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1925)
- Ivo Pukanić, Croatian journalist (b. 1961)
- F. W. Walbank, English scholar (b. 1909)
- October 24
- Johanna Braun, German author (b. 1929)
- Xiao Ke, Chinese general (b. 1907)
- Merl Saunders, American keyboardist (b. 1934)
- Helmut Zilk, Austrian journalist and politician (b. 1927)
- October 25
- Gerard Damiano, American film director (b. 1928)
- Amos E. Joel Jr., American engineer (b. 1918)
- Federico Luzzi, Italian tennis player (b. 1980)
- Muslim Magomayev, Azerbaijani singer (b. 1942)
- Ian McColl, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- Anne Pressly, American news anchor (b. 1982)
- Estelle Reiner, American actress and singer (b. 1914)
- Tahereh Saffarzadeh, Iranian poet (b. 1936)
- October 26
- Juan Ayra, Cuban footballer (b. 1911)
- Delfino Borroni, Italian soldier (b. 1898)
- Gábor Delneky, Hungarian fencer (b. 1932)
- Tony Hillerman, American author (b. 1925)
- Mikael Imru, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1929)
- Pablo Montes, Cuban sprinter (b. 1945)
- Michele Piccirillo, Italian priest and scholar (b. 1944)
- G. William Skinner, American anthropologist and scholar (b. 1925)
- October 27
- Heinz Krügel, German footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- Es'kia Mphahlele, South African author (b. 1919)
- Bernard W. Rogers, American general (b. 1921)
- Louis Secco, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- October 28
- Buck Adams, American pornographic actor and film director (b. 1955)
- Dina Cocea, Romanian actor (b. 1912)
- Chitra Dewi, Indonesian actress (b. 1930)
- Alexander Lowen, American physician and psychotherapist (b. 1910)
- Paul Pesthy, American pentathlete and fencer (b. 1938)
- Pak Song-chol, North Korean politician (b. 1913)
- Kung Te-cheng, Chinese-Taiwanese politician (b. 1920)
- October 29
- William Addison, American chess player (b. 1933)
- Cor Brom, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- William Wharton, American author (b. 1925)
- October 30
- Valentin Bubukin, Russian footballer (b. 1933)
- Ivo Perišin, Croatian economist and politician (b. 1925)
- Regina Schöpf, Austrian skier (b. 1935)
- October 31
- Jonathan Bates, English sound editor (b. 1939)
- Studs Terkel, American author and political commentator (b. 1912)
November 2008
edit- November 1
- Herbertus Bikker, Dutch war criminal (b. 1915)
- Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer (b. 1938)
- Dermot Curtis, Irish footballer (b. 1932)
- Nathaniel Mayer, American singer (b. 1944)
- Jacques Piccard, Swiss explorer and engineer (b. 1922)
- Yma Sumac, Peruvian opera singer (b. 1923)
- November 2
- Joseph Alliluyev, Russian cardiologist (b. 1945)
- Ahmed al-Mirghani, Sudanese politician, President of Sudan (b. 1942)
- Madelyn Dunham, American banker (b. 1922)
- Peter Leibing, German photographer (b. 1941)
- Jacques Lunis, French athlete (b. 1923)
- Elijah Mudenda, Zambian politician, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1927)
- November 3
- Alan Ford, American swimmer (b. 1923)
- Jean Fournet, French conductor (b. 1913)
- Lalit Mohan Sharma, Indian judge (b. 1928)
- November 4
- Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Russian politician (b. 1912)
- Lennart Bergelin, Swedish tennis player (b. 1925)
- Michael Crichton, American author and producer (b. 1942)
- Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (b. 1920)
- Byron Lee, Jamaican musician and record producer (b. 1935)
- Juan Camilo Mouriño, Mexican politician (b. 1971)
- Ángel Paz, Honduran footballer (b. 1950)
- November 5
- Juan Blanco, Cuban composer (b. 1919)
- Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian film director (b. 1914)
- Fernando Cuéllar, Peruvian footballer (b. 1945)
- Sofron Dmyterko, Ukrainian bishop (b. 1917)
- Michael Higgins, American actor (b. 1920)
- John Leonard, American critic (b. 1939)
- Katsumi Nomizu, Japanese-American mathematician (b. 1924)
- November 6
- Mahmoud Haroon, Pakistani politician (b. 1920)
- Michael Hinz, German actor (b. 1939)
- Larry James, American athlete (b. 1947)
- Adil Mansuri, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1936)
- November 7
- Helmut Heinhold, German rower (b. 1927)
- Hidetaka Nishiyama, Japanese karateka (b. 1928)
- Irmgard Praetz, German long jumper (b. 1920)
- Jody Reynolds, American singer (b. 1932)
- Lyle Williams, American politician (b. 1942)
- November 8
- Régis Genaux, Belgian footballer (b. 1973)
- Joe Hyams, American columnist and author (b. 1923)
- Mieczysław Rakowski, Polish politician (b. 1926)
- November 9
- Anton Huiskes, Dutch speed skater (b. 1928)
- Miriam Makeba, South African singer and activist (b. 1932)
- Stanisław Różewicz, Polish film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- Ljerko Spiller, Croatian-Argentine violinist (b. 1908)
- November 10
- Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician (b. 1915)
- George Ratkovicz, American basketball player (b. 1922)
- Arthur Shawcross, American serial killer (b. 1945)
- Dorothy Vaughan, American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1910)
- Wannes Van de Velde, Belgian singer (b. 1937)
- Li Ximing, Chinese politician (b. 1926)
- November 11
- Alessandro Maggiolini, Italian bishop (b. 1931)
- María Elena Marqués, Mexican actress and singer (b. 1926)
- Gebhard Poltera, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1923)
- Arthur A. Ross, American screenwriter (b. 1920)
- Kanhaiyalal Sethia, Indian poet (b. 1919)
- November 12
- Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (b. 1946)
- Serge Nigg, French composer (b. 1924)
- Bobby Thomas, American cyclist (b. 1912)
- November 13
- Marcello Fondato, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1924)
- Martin Lindauer, German ethnologist and zoologist (b. 1918)
- Bill Miller, American pole vaulter (b. 1912)
- Paco Ignacio Taibo I, Spanish-Mexican author and journalist (b. 1924)
- November 14
- Irving Gertz, American film composer (b. 1915)
- Tsvetanka Khristova, Bulgarian athlete (b. 1962)
- Peter Khoy Saukam, Cambodian politician (b. 1915)
- Norbert Schmelzer, Dutch politician and diplomat (b. 1921)
- November 15
- Fons Bastijns, Belgian footballer (b. 1947)
- Glen Brand, American wrestler (b. 1923)
- Christel Goltz, German opera singer (b. 1912)
- Grace Hartigan, American painter (b. 1922)
- Ivan Southall, Australian author (b. 1921)
- November 16
- Jan Krugier, Polish-Swiss art dealer (b. 1928)
- Tony Reedus, American drummer (b. 1949)
- Reg Varney, American actor (b. 1916)
- November 17
- Peter Aldis, English footballer (b. 1927)
- Denise Bindschedler-Robert, Swiss lawyer (b. 1920)
- Irving Brecher, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
- Ennio de Concini, Italian screenwriter (b. 1923)
- George Stephen Morrison, American rear admiral (b. 1919)
- Pete Newell, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
- Guy Peellaert, Belgian artist (b. 1934)
- Wiktor Poliszczuk, Ukrainian-Canadian politologist (b. 1925)
- November 18
- Luigi Batzella, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- Manuel Castro Ruiz, Mexican cardinal (b. 1918)
- Şakir Selim, Ukrainian poet and translator (b. 1942)
- November 19
- Carole Caldwell Graebner, American tennis player (b. 1943)
- John Michael Hayes, American screenwriter (b. 1919)
- November 20
- Raffaele Andreassi, Italian film director (b. 1924)
- Boris Fyodorov, Russian economist and politician (b. 1958)
- Bob Jeter, American football player (b. 1937)
- Jan Machulski, Polish theatre director and actor (b. 1928)
- Svetlana Pletnyova, Russian archaeologist and historian (b. 1926)
- June Vincent, American actress (b. 1920)
- November 21
- Jules Aarons, American physicist (b. 1921)
- Giacomo Bozzano, Italian boxer (b. 1933)
- November 22
- MC Breed, American rapper (b. 1971)
- Theodor Ghițescu, Romanian chess grandmaster (b. 1934)
- Ibrahim Nasir, Maldivian politician, President of the Maldives (b. 1926)
- November 23
- Richard Hickox, English conductor (b. 1948)
- Jean Markale, French author and poet (b. 1928)
- Sultan Sosnaliyev, Abkhazian army officer and politician (b. 1942)
- November 24
- Bep Guidolin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
- Ryōhei Hirose, Japanese composer (b. 1930)
- Michael Lee, English drummer (b. 1969)
- John R. Stallings, American mathematician (b. 1935)
- Peter Thangaraj, Indian footballer and army officer (b. 1935)
- Matilde Ucelay, Spanish architect (b. 1912)
- Cecil H. Underwood, American politician (b. 1922)
- November 25
- Beno Eckmann, Swiss mathematician (b. 1917)
- Christian Fechner, German film producer and screenwriter (b. 1944)
- Vilko Filač, Slovenian cinematographer (b. 1950)
- William Gibson, American playwright and author (b. 1914)
- Jānis Kļaviņš, Latvian chess player (b. 1933)
- Fanny Rabel, Polish-Mexican painter (b. 1922)
- Antanas Vaičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1926)
- November 26
- Gavriel Holtzberg, Israeli rabbi (b. 1979)
- Hemant Karkare, Indian police officer (b. 1954)
- Edna Parker, American supercentenarian (b. 1893)
- Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Austrian-American astrophysicist (b. 1924)
- De'Angelo Wilson, American actor (b. 1979)
- November 27
- Adi Da, American-Fijian artist (b. 1939)
- John L. Holland, American psychologist (b. 1919)
- Tukaram Omble, Indian police officer (b. 1954)
- Pekka Pohjola, Finnish musician and composer (b. 1952)
- Lenke Rothman, Hungarian-Swedish artist (b. 1929)
- Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1931)
- November 28
- Gajender Singh Bisht, Indian army officer (b. 1972)
- Raja Perempuan Budriah, Malaysian queen (b. 1924)
- Bill Finnegan, American film producer (b. 1928)
- German Skurygin, Russian racewalker (b. 1963)
- Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian army officer (b. 1977)
- Helena Wolińska-Brus, Polish military prosecutor (b. 1919)
- November 29
- Sten Rudholm, Swedish jurist (b. 1918)
- Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918)
- Georgi Vyun, Russian footballer and coach (b. 1944)
- Robert Wade, New Zealand-English chess player (b. 1921)
- November 30
- Béatrix Beck, Belgian-French author (b. 1914)
- Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer (b. 1958)
- Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1943)
- Miroslav Sláma, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1917)
December 2008
edit- December 1
- Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
- Betty Goodwin, Canadian painter (b. 1923)
- Siegfried Knappe, German army officer (b. 1917)
- Mikel Laboa, Spanish singer (b. 1934)
- Lav Mantula, Yugoslavian footballer (b. 1928)
- Aurel Vernescu, Romanian canoeist (b. 1939)
- December 2
- Carlos Abascal, Mexican politician (b. 1949)
- Frank Crean, Australian politician (b. 1916)
- Renato de Grandis, Italian composer and musicologist (b. 1927)
- J. B. Gunn, English physicist (b. 1928)
- Odetta Holmes, American singer (b. 1930)
- Henry Molaison, American medical figure (b. 1926)
- Guy Poitevin, French footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- Edward S. Rogers Jr., Canadian businessman (b. 1933)
- December 3
- Don McKenzie, American swimmer (b. 1947)
- Oliver Selfridge, English-American computer scientist (b. 1926)
- Robert Zajonc, Polish-American psychologist (b. 1923)
- December 4
- Forrest J Ackerman, American editor and author (b. 1916)
- Richard Van Allan, American opera singer (b. 1935)
- Essam Baheeg, Egyptian footballer (b. 1931)
- Joseph M. Baumgarten, Austrian-American scholar (b. 1928)
- Wolf von Engelhardt, German geologist (b. 1910)
- Haruna Ilerika, Nigerian footballer (b. 1949)
- December 5
- George Brecht, American artist and composer (b. 1926)
- Nina Foch, Dutch-born American actress (b. 1924)
- Beverly Garland, American actress (b. 1926)
- Paris Herouni, Armenian physicist (b. 1933)
- Shūichi Katō, Japanese critic and author (b. 1919)
- Anca Parghel, Romanian singer and composer (b. 1957)
- Alexy Ridiger, Russian patriarch (b. 1928)
- December 6
- Sunny von Bülow, American heiress (b. 1932)
- Mikel de Epalza, Spanish academic (b. 1938)
- Dino Formaggio, Italian philosopher and critic (b. 1914)
- Finn Henriksen, Danish film director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- Piotr Janowski, Polish violinist (b. 1951)
- Gérard Lauzier, French cartoonist and film director (b. 1932)
- Albert Poli, Italian-French footballer (b. 1945)
- Ivan Semedi, Ukrainian bishop (b. 1921)
- December 7
- Jimmy Gourley, American guitarist (b. 1926)
- Kerryn McCann, Australian runner (b. 1967)
- Marlyn Meltzer, American mathematician and computer programmer (b. 1922)
- December 8
- Manzoor Hussain Atif, Pakistani field hockey player and administrator (b. 1928)
- Frank K. Edmondson, American astronomer (b. 1912)
- Xavier Perrot, Swiss racing driver (b. 1932)
- Robert Prosky, American actor (b. 1930)
- Hillary Waugh, American author (b. 1920)
- December 9
- Mark Diesen, American chess player (b. 1957)
- Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1972)
- Albert Eloy, French footballer (b. 1927)
- James Fergason, American inventor (b. 1934)
- Yury Glazkov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1939)
- Dražan Jerković, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1936)
- José María Larrauri Lafuente, Spanish bishop (b. 1918)
- Begum Para, Indian actress (b. 1926)
- Karl Ferdinand Werner, German historian (b. 1924)
- December 10 – Henning Christiansen, Danish composer (b. 1932)
- December 11
- Ali Alatas, Indonesian diplomat (b. 1932)
- Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (b. 1960)
- Mary Brück, Irish-Scottish astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1925)
- Angeliki Laiou, Greek-American byzantinist and politician (b. 1941)
- Bettie Page, American model and actress (b. 1923)
- Giovanni de Riu, Italian racing driver (b. 1925)
- Franca Stagi, Italian architect and artist (b. 1937)
- December 12
- Örn Clausen, Icelandic decathlete (b. 1928)
- Avery Dulles, American cardinal (b. 1918)
- Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American physician (b. 1923)
- Sigitas Geda, Lithuanian poet (b. 1943)
- Jan Grzebski, Polish railroad worker (b. 1942)
- Van Johnson, American actor (b. 1916)
- Erwin Kreyszig, German-Canadian mathematician (b. 1922)
- Prince Lasha, American saxophonist (b. 1929)
- Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot politician, President of Cyprus (b. 1934)
- Maksym Pashayev, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1988)
- December 13
- Christine Carère, French actress (b. 1930)
- John Drake, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1959)
- Horst Tappert, German actor (b. 1923)
- December 14
- Isidore Dyen, American linguist (b. 1913)
- Henri G. Hers, Belgian physiologist and biochemist (b. 1923)
- David L. Hill, American physicist (b. 1919)
- Aleš Höffer, Czech hurdler (b. 1962)
- Ricardo Infante, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1924)
- December 15
- Solomon Babalola, Nigerian academic and poet (b. 1926)
- Valentin Berlinsky, Russian cellist (b. 1925)
- Carlo Caracciolo, Italian newspaper publisher (b. 1925)
- León Febres Cordero, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador (b. 1931)
- Davey Graham, English guitarist (b. 1940)
- Wanda Koczeska, Polish actress (b. 1937)
- Anne-Cath. Vestly, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
- December 16
- Sam Bottoms, American actor (b. 1955)
- Harold Gramatges, Cuban composer and pianist (b. 1918)
- Nikola Karaklajić, Serbian chess player (b. 1926)
- Manol Manolov, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
- Norberto Raffo, Argentine footballer (b. 1939)
- December 17
- Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (b. 1914)
- Freddy Breck, German singer and composer (b. 1942)
- Francisco Casavella, Spanish author (b. 1963)
- Paul Greco, American actor (b. 1955)
- December 18
- Nahla Hussain al-Shaly, Iraqi activist (b. 1972)
- Majel Barrett, American actress (b. 1932)
- John Costelloe, American actor (b. 1961)
- Jack Douglas, English actor (b. 1927)
- Mark Felt, American FBI agent (b. 1913)
- Robert Jonquet, French footballer (b. 1925)
- Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish politician and author (b. 1917)
- Ivan Rabuzin, Croatian artist (b. 1921)
- Keng Vannsak, Cambodian scholar and philosopher (b. 1925)
- December 19
- James Bevel, American minister and civil rights leader (b. 1936)
- Carol Chomsky, American linguist (b. 1930)
- Bernard Crick, English theorist (b. 1929)
- Sam Tingle, English-Zimbabwean racing driver (b. 1921)
- December 20
- Friedrich Beck, German physicist (b. 1927)
- Joseph Conombo, Burkinabé politician, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (b. 1917)
- Olga Lepeshinskaya, Russian ballerina (b. 1916)
- Hugo Mann, German businessman (b. 1913)
- Adrian Mitchell, English poet and author (b. 1932)
- Robert Mulligan, American film director (b. 1925)
- Albin Planinc, Slovenian chess grandmaster (b. 1944)
- Igor Troubetzkoy, French aristocrat and racing driver (b. 1912)
- December 21
- Christopher Hibbert, English historian and author (b. 1924)
- Dale Wasserman, American playwright (b. 1914)
- December 22
- Rosa Branca, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1940)
- Lansana Conté, Guinean politician, President of Guinea (b. 1934)
- Norm Cook, American basketball player (b. 1955)
- Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer (b. 1919)
- Alfred Lücker, German field hockey player (b. 1931)
- December 23
- Narciso Bernardo, Filipino basketball player and coach (b. 1937)
- Héctor Thomas, Venezuelan decathlete (b. 1938)
- December 24
- Ian Ballinger, New Zealand sport shooter (b. 1925)
- Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist (b. 1927)
- Ai Iijima, Japanese media personality and author (b. 1972)
- Harold Pinter, English playwright (b. 1930)
- December 25
- Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
- Ann Savage, American actress (b. 1921)
- Václav Švejcar, Czech painter (b. 1962)
- December 26
- Jean-Marc Ela, Cameroonian sociologist and theologian (b. 1936)
- Jaroslav Fikejz, Czech athlete (b. 1927)
- Eberhard Kneisl, Austrian skier (b. 1916)
- December 27
- Delaney Bramlett, American singer (b. 1939)
- Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer (b. 1917)
- Robert Graham, Mexican-American sculptor (b. 1938)
- Preben Isaksson, Danish cyclist (b. 1943)
- Tuanku Ja’afar, Malaysian king (b. 1922)
- Sheoo Mewalal, Indian footballer (b. 1926)
- Alfred Pfaff, German footballer (b. 1926)
- Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, Colombian bishop (b. 1925)
- Xi Zezong, Chinese astronomer and historian (b. 1927)
- December 28
- Vincent Ford, Jamaican songwriter (b. 1940)
- Michael Levey, English historian (b. 1927)
- December 29
- Manjit Bawa, Indian painter (b. 1941)
- Kees van Dijk, Dutch politician (b. 1931)
- Anatoliy Golitsyn, Russian intelligence officer and author (b. 1926)
- Freddie Hubbard, American trumpeter (b. 1938)
- Victor H. Krulak, American lieutenant general (b. 1913)
- Ted Lapidus, French fashion designer (b. 1929)
- Ada Neretniece, Latvian film director (b. 1924)
- December 30
- Richard Genelle, American actor (b. 1961)
- Zezé Gouveia, Brazilian footballer (b. 1957)
- Bernie Hamilton, American actor (b. 1928)
- Roy Saari, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1945)
- December 31
- Premjit Lall, Indian tennis player (b. 1940)
- Brad Sullivan, American actor (b. 1931)
- Donald E. Westlake, American author (b. 1933)
2009
editJanuary 2009
edit- January 1
- Claiborne Pell, American politician (b. 1918)
- Gert Petersen, Danish journalist and politician (b. 1927)
- Edmund Purdom, English actor (b. 1924)
- Nizar Rayan, Palestinian politician (b. 1959)
- Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian author (b. 1924)
- Helen Suzman, South African activist and politician (b. 1917)
- January 2
- Dnyaneshwar Agashe, Indian cricketer and businessman (b. 1942)
- Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (b. 1935)
- John DeFrancis, American linguist and sinologist (b. 1911)
- Steven Gilborn, American actor (b. 1936)
- Valentina Giovagnini, Italian singer (b. 1980)
- Ian Greaves, English footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- Anatoly Gurevich, Ukrainian intelligence officer (b. 1913)
- Ryuzo Hiraki, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla II, Emirati royal (b. 1932)
- József Sákovics, Hungarian fencer (b. 1927)
- Ingrid Gärde Widemar, Swedish politician (b. 1912)
- Olgierd Zienkiewicz, English academic and mathematician (b. 1921)
- January 3
- Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer (b. 1931)
- Betty Freeman, American philanthropist and photographer (b. 1921)
- Luca Gelfi, Italian cyclist (b. 1966)
- Pat Hingle, American actor (b. 1924)
- Olga San Juan, American actress and dancer (b. 1927)
- Alan Walters, English economist (b. 1926)
- Li Zuopeng, Chinese general (b. 1914)
- January 4
- Anatoly Andriyashev, Russian ichthyologist (b. 1910)
- Lei Clijsters, Belgian footballer (b. 1956)
- Ivan Gubijan, Yugoslavian hammer thrower (b. 1923)
- Gert Jonke, Austrian poet and playwright (b. 1946)
- Vladimir Repyev, Russian handball player (b. 1956)
- Giselle Salandy, Trinidadian boxer (b. 1987)
- Ermina Zaenah, Indonesian actress and film producer (b. 1927)
- January 5
- Griffin Bell, American judge and politician (b. 1918)
- Harry Kinnard, American lieutenant general (b. 1915)
- Adolf Merckle, German entrepreneur (b. 1934)
- María Cristina Vilanova, Guatemalan political figure, First Lady of Guatemala (b. 1915)
- January 6
- Ron Asheton, English guitarist (b. 1948)
- Maria Dimitriadi, Greek singer (b. 1950)
- Cheryl Holdridge, American actress (b. 1944)
- Ghulam Mohammad Shah, Indian politician (b. 1920)
- John Street, English snooker referee (b. 1932)
- Charlie Thomson, Scottish footballer (b. 1930)
- January 7
- Puck Oversloot, Dutch swimmer (b. 1914)
- Anália de Victória Pereira, Angolan politician (b. 1941)
- Ray Dennis Steckler, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1938)
- January 8
- Alberto Eliani, Italian politician (b. 1922)
- Don Galloway, American actor (b. 1937)
- Gaston Lenôtre, French chef (b. 1920)
- Irène Mélikoff, Russian-French turkologist (b. 1917)
- Richard John Neuhaus, Canadian-American priest and theologian (b. 1936)
- Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1958)
- January 9
- Dave Dee, English singer (b. 1941)
- Robert Étienne, French historian (b. 1921)
- Tom Van Flandern, American astronomer and author (b. 1940)
- René Herms, German runner (b. 1982)
- T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (b. 1915)
- Marthe Ekemeyong Moumié, Cameroonian author and activist (b. 1931)
- Gunnar Nielsen, Swedish actor (b. 1919)
- Kaarle Ojanen, Finnish chess player (b. 1918)
- Ljubica Sokić, Serbian painter (b. 1914)
- January 10
- Coosje van Bruggen, Dutch-American sculptor and historian (b. 1942)
- Georges Cravenne, French film producer and agent (b. 1914)
- Rob Gauntlett, English adventurer (b. 1987)
- Franco Levi, Italian engineer (b. 1910)
- Liliana Lozano, Colombian actress and beauty queen (b. 1978)
- Joaquín Murillo, Spanish footballer (b. 1932)
- Pauli Salonen, Finnish skier (b. 1916)
- Bill Stone, English soldier (b. 1900)
- Sidney Wood, American tennis player (b. 1911)
- Elżbieta Zawacka, Polish freedon fighter (b. 1909)
- January 11
- Antonio Durán, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1924)
- Shigeo Fukuda, Japanese sculptor (b. 1932)
- Epeli Hauʻofa, Fijian author and anthropologist (b. 1939)
- Pio Laghi, Italian cardinal (b. 1922)
- Wally Olds, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)
- Else Pappenheim, Austrian-American neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1911)
- Milan Rúfus, Slovakian poet and author (b. 1928)
- Isidoor De Ryck, Belgian cyclist (b. 1926)
- Manveen Sandhu, Indian activist (b. 1962)
- Li Sizhong, Chinese ichthyologist (b. 1921)
- Olle Wänlund, Swedish cyclist (b. 1923)
- January 12
- Claude Berri, French film director (b. 1934)
- Albino Cardoso, Brazilian footballer (b. 1924)
- Russ Conway, Canadian-American actor (b. 1913)
- Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912)
- Kick Stokhuyzen, Dutch politician (b. 1930)
- Susanne Wenger, Austrian-Nigerian artist and priestess (b. 1915)
- Thierry Van Werveke, Luxembourgian actor (b. 1958)
- January 13
- Hortense Calisher, American author (b. 1911)
- Tommy Casey, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1930)
- Umar Israilov, Russian bodyguard (b. 1982)
- Evelyne Kraft, Swiss actress and businesswoman (b. 1951)
- Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor (b. 1928)
- James B. Pearson, American politician (b. 1920)
- Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and musician (b. 1925)
- W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (b. 1926)
- Folke Sundquist, Swedish actor (b. 1925)
- Nancy Bird Walton, Australian pilot (b. 1915)
- January 14
- Dušan Džamonja, Serbian sculptor (b. 1928)
- Wil Huygen, Dutch author (b. 1922)
- Tomi Jalo, Finnish footballer (b. 1958)
- Jan Kaplický, Czech architect (b. 1937)
- Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican-American actor (b. 1920)
- Angela Morley, English composer and conductor (b. 1924)
- Leo Rwabwogo, Ugandan boxer (b. 1949)
- Gennadiy Shatkov, Russian boxer (b. 1932)
- John Sveinsson, Norwegian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- January 15
- Irina Baldina, Russian painter (b. 1922)
- Ismael Cabral, Brazilian footballer (b. 1938)
- Maurice Chappaz, Swiss poet (b. 1916)
- Olivier Clément, French theologian (b. 1921)
- Veronika Dudarova, Russian conductor (b. 1916)
- Said Seyam, Palestinian politician (b. 1959)
- Tapan Sinha, Indian film director (b. 1924)
- January 16
- Aad Bak, Dutch footballer (b. 1926)
- Claudio Milar, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1974)
- John Mortimer, English barrister and author (b. 1923)
- Andrew Wyeth, American painter (b. 1917)
- January 17
- Tomislav Crnković, Croatian footballer (b. 1929)
- Susanna Foster, American actress (b. 1924)
- Gary Hill, American basketball player (b. 1941)
- Trine Michelsen, Danish model and actress (b. 1966)
- Alexander Moroz, Ukrainian chess grandmaster (b. 1961)
- Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, English financier (b. 1916)
- Kamil Zvelebil, Czech scholar (b. 1927)
- January 18
- Kathleen Byron, English actor (b. 1921)
- Bob May, American actor (b. 1939)
- Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian politician (b. 1950)
- Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer (b. 1913)
- Grigore Vieru, Moldovan poet (b. 1935)
- January 19
- Anastasia Baburova, Ukrainian journalist (b. 1983)
- Hans-Joachim Bohlmann, German art vandal (b. 1937)
- John Davies, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
- Victor Dolipschi, Romanian wrestler (b. 1950)
- Stanislav Markelov, Russian lawyer (b. 1974)
- Viking Palm, Swedish wrestler (b. 1923)
- José Torres, Puerto Rican boxer (b. 1936)
- Joop Wille, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
- January 20
- Ramón de Algeciras, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1938)
- Johnny Dixon, English footballer (b. 1923)
- Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920)
- Dante Lavelli, American football player (b. 1923)
- David Newman, American saxophonist (b. 1933)
- Zvonko Petričević, Croatian basketball player and architect (b. 1940)
- Dina Vierny, Czech-French model (b. 1919)
- January 21
- Jaime Belmonte, Mexican footballer (b. 1934)
- Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (b. 1933)
- Vic Crowe, Welsh footballer (b. 1932)
- Astrid Folstad, Norwegian actress (b. 1932)
- Jean Jadot, Belgian bishop and diplomat (b. 1909)
- Charles W. Juels, American astronomer (b. 1944)
- Finn Kobberø, Danish badminton player (b. 1936)
- Peter Persidis, Austrian footballer (b. 1947)
- Charles H. Schneer, American film producer (b. 1920)
- January 22
- Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1905)
- Bob Doyle, Irish activist (b. 1916)
- Clément Pinault, French footballer (b. 1985)
- Darrell Sandeen, American actor (b. 1930)
- Liang Yusheng, Chinese author (b. 1924)
- Mikhail Zaitsev, Russian general (b. 1923)
- January 23
- Ilija Arnautović, Serbian architect (b. 1924)
- George Perle, American composer (b. 1915)
- Héctor Rossetto, Argentine chess grandmaster (b. 1922)
- Robert W. Scott, American politician (b. 1929)
- Hisayuki Toriumi, Japanese animator (b. 1941)
- January 24
- Gérard Blanc, French musician and actor (b. 1947)
- Fernando Cornejo, Chilean footballer (b. 1969)
- Mariana Bridi Costa, Brazilian footballer (b. 1988)
- Leonard Gaskin, American bassist (b. 1920)
- Marie Glory, French actress (b. 1905)
- Diane Holland, English actress (b. 1930)
- Karl Koller, Austrian footballer (b. 1929)
- Göran Schildt, Finnish author and historian (b. 1917)
- Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe, American bishop (b. 1915)
- Bernard C. Webber, American warrant officer (b. 1928)
- January 25
- Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician, Prime Minister of Senegal (b. 1910)
- Eleanor F. Helin, Japanese astronomer (b. 1932)
- Kim Manners, American television producer and director (b. 1951)
- January 26
- Thomas Amlong, American rower (b. 1935)
- Ahmad Hasan Dani, Pakistani archaeologist and historian (b. 1920)
- Donald Jackson, Canadian archer (b. 1932)
- Ivan Jensen, Danish footballer (b. 1922)
- Muhammad Rashid, Pakistani field hockey player (b. 1941)
- Avraham Ravitz, Israeli politician (b. 1934)
- Hussain Ali Yousafi, Pakistani politician (b. 1958)
- January 27
- Evgenia Antipova, Russian painter (b. 1917)
- Koji Kakizawa, Japanese politician (b. 1933)
- Michael Majerus, English geneticist (b. 1954)
- Yolanda Morazzo, Cape Verdean author and poet (b. 1927)
- Holmfrid Olsson, Swedish biathlete (b. 1943)
- Aubrey Powell, Welsh footballer (b. 1918)
- Mino Reitano, Italian singer and actor (b. 1944)
- John Updike, American author (b. 1932)
- R. Venkataraman, Indian politician, President of India (b. 1910)
- Klaus Wiese, German musician (b. 1942)
- January 28
- Robert S. Barton, American engineer (b. 1925)
- Glenn Davis, American hurdler (b. 1934)
- Louk Hulsman, Dutch criminologist and scholar (b. 1923)
- Oswald Karch, German racing driver (b. 1917)
- Gyula Pálóczi, Hungarian athlete (b. 1962)
- Thangam Philip, Indian nutritionist (b. 1921)
- Billy Powell, American keyboardist (b. 1952)
- Angel Wainaina, Kenyan actress (b. 1983)
- Wendell Wyatt, American politician (b. 1917)
- January 29
- René Berger, Swiss author and philosopher (b. 1915)
- Hank Crawford, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
- Bill Frindall, English cricketer and statistician (b. 1939)
- Karl Gass, German documentarian (b. 1917)
- Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)
- Moreno Martini, Italian hurdler (b. 1935)
- John Martyn, English singer and guitarist (b. 1948)
- Sjur Refsdal, Norwegian astrophysicist (b. 1935)
- Roy Saunders, English footballer (b. 1930)
- Heinrich Steiner, German painter (b. 1911)
- François Villiers, French film director (b. 1920)
- January 30
- Hans Beck, German inventor (b. 1930)
- Mike Francis, Italian singer and composer (b. 1961)
- H. Guy Hunt, American politician (b. 1933)
- Safar Iranpak, Iranian footballer (b. 1946)
- Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (b. 1932)
- Sune Jonsson, Swedish photographer (b. 1930)
- Krystyna Kobylańska, Polish musicologist (b. 1925)
- Teddy Mayer, American entrepreneur (b. 1935)
- Rudolf Trümpy, Swiss geologist (b. 1921)
- January 31
- Lino Aldani, Italian author (b. 1926)
- Pieter Van den Bosch, Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
- Harry Hill, English cyclist (b. 1916)
- Erland von Koch, Swedish composer (b. 1910)
- Dewey Martin, American drummer (b. 1940)
- Cheyur Nageshwaran, Indian actor (b. 1933)
- Joan Bastardas i Parera, Spanish scholar (b. 1919)
February 2009
edit- February 1
- Lukas Foss, American composer and conductor (b. 1922)
- Jim McWithey, American racing driver (b. 1927)
- Kauko Nyström, Finnish pole vaulter (b. 1933)
- Fernanda Villeli, Mexican author and activist (b. 1921)
- February 2
- Paul Birch, English footballer (b. 1962)
- Ralph Kaplowitz, American basketball player (b. 1919)
- Jean Martin, French actress (b. 1922)
- Ezzat Negahban, Iranian archaeologist (b. 1926)
- Louis Proost, Belgian cyclist (b. 1935)
- Sunny Skylar, American composer and singer (b. 1913)
- Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Japanese baseball player (b. 1932)
- February 3
- Juan Alves, Argentine cyclist (b. 1939)
- Adilson Nascimento, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1951)
- Max Neuhaus, American musician and composer (b. 1939)
- Sheng-yen, Chinese monk (b. 1931)
- Vladimer Ugrekhelidze, Georgian basketball player (b. 1939)
- Pavlo Zahrebelnyi, Ukrainian author (b. 1931)
- February 4
- Christophe Dupouey, French cyclist (b. 1968)
- Arnljot Eggen, Norwegian journalist (b. 1923)
- Lux Interior, American singer (b. 1946)
- Cipriano Calderón Polo, Spanish priest and journalist (b. 1927)
- February 5
- Sigurd Andersson, Swedish skier (b. 1926)
- Franco Andreoli, Swiss footballer (b. 1915)
- Albert Barillé, French television producer and writer (b. 1920)
- Anne-Marie Blanc, Swiss actress (b. 1919)
- Julia García-Valdecasas, Spanish politician (b. 1944)
- A. Rupert Hall, English historian (b. 1920)
- Frederiek Nolf, Belgian cyclist (b. 1987)
- Dana Vávrová, Czech-German actress and film director (b. 1967)
- Noah Weinberg, American-Israeli rabbi (b. 1930)
- February 6
- Philip Carey, American actor (b. 1925)
- George Karpati, Canadian neurologist (b. 1934)
- Shirley Jean Rickert, American actress (b. 1926)
- James Whitmore, American actor (b. 1921)
- February 7
- Jack Cover, American inventor (b. 1920)
- Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
- Reg Evans, English-Australian actor (b. 1928)
- Joe Haverty, Irish footballer (b. 1936)
- Betty Jameson, American golfer (b. 1919)
- Jacques Lancelot, French clarinettist (b. 1920)
- Pierre Molinéris, French cyclist (b. 1920)
- Jorge Reyes, Mexican musician (b. 1952)
- February 8
- Marian Cozma, Romanian handball player (b. 1982)
- Humberto Fernandes, Portuguese footballer (b. 1940)
- February 9
- Robert Anderson, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1917)
- Molly Bee, American singer (b. 1939)
- Kazys Bradūnas, Lithuanian poet (b. 1917)
- Eluana Englaro, Italian right-to-die advocate (b. 1970)
- Orlando López, Cuban bassist and composer (b. 1933)
- February 10
- Jan Błoński, Polish historian and critic (b. 1931)
- Philippe Kourouma, Guinean bishop (b. 1932)
- Jeremy Lusk, American motocross racer (b. 1984)
- February 11
- Estelle Bennett, American singer (b. 1941)
- Shyamala Gopalan, Indian-American scientist (b. 1938)
- Herbert Herden, German police officer (b. 1915)
- Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician and inventor (b. 1911)
- February 12
- Hermann Becht, German opera singer (b. 1939)
- Giacomo Bulgarelli, Italian footballer (b. 1940)
- Alison Des Forges, American historian and activist (b. 1942)
- Lis Hartel, Danish equestrian (b. 1921)
- Hugh Leonard, Irish playwright (b. 1926)
- Mat Mathews, Dutch accordionist (b. 1924)
- Domenica Niehoff, German prostitute and activist (b. 1945)
- Claude Nollier, French actress (b. 1919)
- February 13
- Gianna Maria Canale, Italian actress (b. 1927)
- Jean Laroyenne, French fencer (b. 1930)
- Edward Upward, English author (b. 1903)
- Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, Azerbaijani poet (b. 1925)
- February 14
- Andrzej Ancuta, Polish cinematographer (b. 1919)
- Louie Bellson, American drummer (b. 1924)
- Cor Braasem, Dutch water polo player (b. 1923)
- Luís Andrés Edo, Spanish militant and historian (b. 1925)
- February 15
- Joe Cuba, American drummer (b. 1931)
- Đorđe Milovanović, Serbian footballer (b. 1956)
- Kazuhiko Nishijima, Japanese physicist (b. 1926)
- February 16
- Pyotr Abrasimov, Russian diplomat and politician (b. 1912)
- Dorothy Bridges, American actress and poet (b. 1915)
- Konrad Dannenberg, German-American rocket scientist (b. 1912)
- Desiré Ecaré, Ivorian film director (b. 1939)
- Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, South Korean cardinal (b. 1922)
- February 17
- Conchita Cintrón, Chilean-Peruvian bullfighter (b. 1922)
- Edhi Handoko, Indonesian chess grandmaster (b. 1960)
- Hisae Imai, Japanese photographer (b. 1931)
- Victor Kiernan, English historian (b. 1913)
- Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931)
- Mike Whitmarsh, American volleyball player and basketball player (b. 1962)
- February 18
- Susanne von Almassy, Austrian actress (b. 1916)
- Viking Björk, Swedish surgeon (b. 1918)
- Andrew Tsien Chih-ch'un, Taiwanese bishop (b. 1926)
- Snooks Eaglin, American guitarist and singer (b. 1937)
- John Kanzius, American inventor and engineer (b. 1944)
- Franz Marischka, Austrian screenwriter and actor (b. 1918)
- Tayeb Salih, Sudanese author (b. 1929)
- Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (b. 1982)
- February 19
- Pierre Barbotin, French cyclist (b. 1926)
- Kelly Groucutt, English musician (b. 1945)
- Armen Hakhnazarian, Iranian-German architect (b. 1941)
- Edmund Hlawka, Austrian mathematician (b. 1916)
- Berndt Lindfors, Finnish gymnast (b. 1932)
- Takashi Tanoue, Japanese wrestler (b. 1947)
- Miika Tenkula, Finnish musician (b. 1974)
- Thomas Welsh, American bishop (b. 1921)
- February 20
- Marcella Althaus-Reid, Argentine-Scottish theologian (b. 1952)
- Amita Malik, Indian critic (b. 1921)
- Christopher Nolan, Irish poet and author (b. 1965)
- Robert Quarry, American actor (b. 1925)
- Fats Sadi, Belgian musician and composer (b. 1927)
- Shraga Weil, Israeli painter (b. 1918)
- February 21
- Michel Clouscard, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1928)
- Fannie Kauffman, Canadian-Mexican actress (b. 1924)
- André Langevin, Canadian author and journalist (b. 1927)
- Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Russian-Israeli mathematician (b. 1929)
- Wilton G. S. Sankawulo, Liberian politician and author (b. 1937)
- Zef Simoni, Albanian bishop (b. 1928)
- February 22
- Candido Cannavò, Italian journalist (b. 1930)
- Turgut Cansever, Turkish architect (b. 1921)
- Günter Kochan, German composer (b. 1930)
- Carmelina Sánchez-Cutillas i Martínez del Romero, Spanish historian and author (b. 1921)
- Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, Vietnamese cardinal (b. 1919)
- Howard Zieff, American film director (b. 1927)
- February 23
- Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect (b. 1924)
- Marie Boas Hall, American historian (b. 1919)
- August Kiuru, Finnish skier (b. 1922)
- Tuulikki Pietilä, American-Finnish artist (b. 1917)
- Franciszek Starowieyski, Polish artist (b. 1930)
- Scott Symons, Canadian author (b. 1933)
- February 24
- Svatopluk Havelka, Czech composer (b. 1925)
- Pearl Lang, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1921)
- February 25
- Ian Carr, Scottish musician and composer (b. 1933)
- Philip José Farmer, American author (b. 1918)
- Ira Malaniuk, Austrian opera singer (b. 1919)
- Max Théret, French businessman (b. 1913)
- Carl-Alexander von Volborth, German-American artist (b. 1919)
- February 26
- Ruth Drexel, German actress (b. 1930)
- Robert Jasper Grootveld, Dutch artist (b. 1932)
- Johnny Kerr, American basketball player and coach (b. 1932)
- Norm Van Lier, American basketball player and broadcaster (b. 1947)
- Wendy Richard, English actress (b. 1943)
- February 27
- John Alvin, American actor (b. 1917)
- Manea Mănescu, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1916)
- Alastair McCorquodale, Scottish athlete and cricketer (b. 1925)
- John Wrench, American mathematician (b. 1911)
- February 28
- Viktors Bertholds, Latvian linguist (b. 1921)
- Margaret Burvill, Australian sprinter (b. 1941)
- Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (b. 1918)
- Miguel Serrano, Chilean diplomat and author (b. 1917)
March 2009
edit- March 1
- Ken Henry, American speed skater (b. 1929)
- Takashi Ishimoto, Japanese swimmer (b. 1935)
- Paolo Maffei, Italian astrophysicist (b. 1926)
- Pepe Rubianes, Spanish actor and theatre director (b. 1947)
- Batista Tagme Na Waie, Bissau-Guinean army officer (b. 1949)
- March 2
- Halit Balamir, Turkish wrestler (b. 1922
- Ernst Benda, German scholar and politician (b. 1925)
- Chris Finnegan, English boxer (b. 1944)
- Anatoliy Klimanov, Ukrainian boxer (b. 1949)
- Alexandre Léontieff, French politician (b. 1948)
- Jacob T. Schwartz, American mathematician (b. 1930)
- Carlos Sosa, Argentine footballer (b. 1919)
- João Bernardo Vieira, Guinea-Bissauan politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
- March 3
- Sydney Chaplin, American actor (b. 1926)
- Sebastian Faisst, German handball player (b. 1988)
- Flemming Flindt, Danish choreographer (b. 1936)
- Viktor Gjika, Albanian film director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
- Johanna König, German actress (b. 1921)
- Åke Lindman, Finnish film director and actor (b. 1928)
- March 4
- Bruno Étienne, French sociologist (b. 1937)
- Horton Foote, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- Salwa Al Katrib, Lebanese singer and actress (b. 1953)
- Patricia De Martelaere, Belgian philosopher (b. 1957)
- George McAfee, American football player (b. 1918)
- Vasili Postnov, Tajikistani-Russian footballer (b. 1962)
- Salvatore Samperi, Italian film director (b. 1944)
- March 5
- Valeri Broshin, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1962)
- Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr., American engineer and inventor (b. 1910)
- Karen Yuzbashyan, Armenian historian (b. 1927)
- March 6
- Silvio Cesare Bonicelli, Italian bishop (b. 1932)
- Tatiana Kopnina, Russian painter (b. 1921)
- Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper (b. 1964)
- Henri Pousseur, Belgian composer (b. 1929)
- Christon Tembo, Zambian politician and army commander (b. 1944)
- David Williams, American guitarist (b. 1950)
- March 7
- Yan Arlazorov, Russian actor (b. 1947)
- Jimmy Boyd, American singer and actor (b. 1939)
- André Casanova, French composer (b. 1919)
- Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress (b. 1980)
- Dmitri Ilyich Kozlov, Russian aerospace engineer (b. 1919)
- Barbara Parker, American author (b. 1947)
- Tullio Pinelli, Italian screenwriter (b. 1908)
- Anton Shokh, Kazakhstani footballer and coach (b. 1960)
- Francesco Zagatti, Italian footballer (b. 1932)
- March 8
- Hank Locklin, American singer (b. 1918)
- Aleksei Petrov, Russian cyclist (b. 1937)
- Zbigniew Religa, Polish surgeon and politician (b. 1938)
- Seund Ja Rhee, South Korean painter (b. 1918)
- March 9
- Antoni Ballero, Italian poet and lawyer (b. 1927)
- Hanne Darboven, German artist (b. 1941)
- Eddie Lowe, English footballer (b. 1926)
- Hans Öberg, Swedish ice hockey player and bandy player (b. 1926)
- Larry Regan, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (b. 1930)
- Elena Paunero Ruiz, Spanish botanist and agrostologist (b. 1906)
- Guillermo Thorndike, Peruvian journalist and author (b. 1940)
- March 10
- Brian Barry, American philosopher (b. 1930)
- Denis Begbie, South African cricketer (b. 1914)
- Savita Behen, Indian politician (b. 1919)
- Derek Benfield, English playwright and actor (b. 1926)
- Igor Voronchikhin, Russian skier (b. 1938)
- March 11
- Péter Bacsó, Hungarian film director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías, Mexican architect (b. 1912)
- Charles Lewis Jr., American businessman (b. 1963)
- Grady Lewis, American basketball player (b. 1917)
- March 12
- Leonore Annenberg, American businesswoman and diplomat (b. 1918)
- Pierre Bourgeade, French author and playwright (b. 1927)
- Ziaeddin Shademan, Iranian basketball player (b. 1923)
- Blanca Varela, Peruvian poet (b. 1926)
- March 13
- Betsy Blair, American actress (b. 1923)
- Anne Brown, American-Norwegian opera singer (b. 1912)
- Bill Davidson, American businessman (b. 1922)
- James Purdy, American author and poet (b. 1914)
- Test, Canadian-American professional wrestler and actor (b. 1975)
- March 14
- Alain Bashung, French singer and actor (b. 1947)
- Edith Lucie Bongo, Gabonese political figure, First Lady of Gabon (b. 1964)
- Millard Kaufman, American screenwriter and author (b. 1917)
- Abdul Rahman Khleifawi, Syrian politician, Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1930)
- Gwendoline Konie, Zambian poet and diplomat (b. 1938)
- Coy Watson Jr., American actor (b. 1912)
- March 15
- Nikolai Afanasyev, Russian weapons designer (b. 1916)
- Richard Aoki, American activist (b. 1938)
- Hidesaburo Hanafusa, Japanese virologist (b. 1929)
- Jos Hinsen, Belgian-Dutch cyclist (b. 1931)
- Edmund Hockridge, Canadian opera singer and actor (b. 1919)
- Jack Lawrence, American songwriter (b. 1912)
- Ron Silver, American actor (b. 1946)
- Shinkichi Tajiri, American-Dutch sculptor (b. 1923)
- March 16
- Marjorie Grene, American sculptor (b. 1910)
- Nicholas Henderson, English diplomat and author (b. 1919)
- Abdelkebir Khatibi, Moroccan critic and author (b. 1938)
- Jack Lawrence, American songwriter (b. 1912)
- March 17
- Edith Hahn Beer, Austrian author and Holocaust survivor (b. 1914)
- Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian fashion designer (b. 1937)
- Ernest Mayer, Slovenian botanist (b. 1920)
- March 18
- Eddie Bo, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
- Rita Lejeune, Belgian philologist (b. 1906)
- Marcel Locquin, French mycologist (b. 1922)
- Yeremey Parnov, Russian author (b. 1935)
- Natasha Richardson, English actress (b. 1963)
- March 19
- Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos, Paraguayan archbishop (b. 1926)
- Gertrud Fussenegger, Austrian author (b. 1912)
- Harry Harris, American television director (b. 1922)
- Veniamin Margolin, Russian trumpeter (b. 1922)
- Ine Schäffer, Austrian shot putter (b. 1923)
- March 20
- Mel Brown, American-Canadian guitarist and singer (b. 1939)
- Abdellatif Filali, Moroccan politician, Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1928)
- Project Itoh, Japanese author (b. 1974)
- Jaroslav Pitner, Czech ice hockey coach (b. 1926)
- Pierre Skawinski, French sprinter (b. 1912)
- March 21
- Thierry Aubin, French mathematician (b. 1942)
- Genoveva Matute, Filipino author (b. 1915)
- Walt Poddubny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1960)
- Khadijeh Saqafi, Iranian political figure (b. 1916)
- Mohit Sharma, Indian army major (b. 1978)
- March 22
- Steve Doll, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
- Jade Goody, English television personality (b. 1981)
- John L. Harper, English biologist (b. 1925)
- Richard Allen Hunt, American mathematician (b. 1937)
- Howard Komives, American basketball player (b. 1941)
- Kanta Rao, Indian actor and film producer (b. 1923)
- March 23
- Ghukas Chubaryan, Armenian painter (b. 1923)
- Irina Gabashvili, Georgian-American gymnast (b. 1960)
- Raúl Macías, Mexican boxer (b. 1934)
- Lloyd Ruby, American racing driver (b. 1928)
- Carlos Semprún, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1926)
- Ronald Tavel, American screenwriter (b. 1936)
- March 24
- Uriel Jones, American musician (b. 1934)
- George Kell, American baseball player (b. 1922)
- Hans Klenk, German racing driver (b. 1919)
- Gábor Ocskay, Hungarian ice hockey player (b. 1975)
- Igor Stelnov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1963)
- March 25
- Zvest Apollonio, Slovenian painter (b. 1935)
- Yukio Endo, Japanese gymnast (b. 1937)
- John Hope Franklin, American historian (b. 1915)
- Kosuke Koyama, Japanese-American theologian (b. 1929)
- Giovanni Parisi, Italian boxer (b. 1967)
- Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, Turkish politician (b. 1954)
- March 26
- Griselda Álvarez, Mexican politician (b. 1913)
- Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926)
- Ed Earle, American basketball player (b. 1927)
- John Mayhew, English drummer (b. 1947)
- Shane McConkey, Canadian skier (b. 1969)
- March 27
- Evert Grift, Dutch cyclist (b. 1922)
- Irving R. Levine, American journalist (b. 1922)
- Arnold Meri, Estonian soldier (b. 1919)
- Penor Rinpoche, Tibetan religious leader (b. 1932)
- March 28
- Janet Jagan, Guyanese politician, Prime Minister and President of Guyana (b. 1920)
- Martin J. Klein, American historian (b. 1924)
- Henri Konan, Ivorian footballer (b. 1937)
- Renata Mauro, Italian singer and actress (b. 1934)
- Ranko Munitić, Serbian author and film director (b. 1943)
- March 29
- Vladimir Fedotov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1943)
- Monte Hale, American actor and musician (b. 1919)
- Andy Hallett, American singer and actor (b. 1975)
- Maurice Jarre, French film composer and conductor (b. 1924)
- Helen Levitt, American photographer (b. 1913)
- Alice F. Tryon, American botanist (b. 1920)
- Gerrit Viljoen, South African politician (b. 1926)
- March 30
- Maria Curcio, Italian pianist (b. 1918)
- Eugène Drenthe, Surinamese poet and playwright (b. 1925)
- Andrea Mead Lawrence, American skier and environmentalist (b. 1932)
- Jackie Pretorius, South African racing driver (b. 1934)
- Sulim Yamadayev, Chechen military commander (b. 1973)
- March 31
- Raúl Alfonsín, Argentine politician, President of Argentina (b. 1927)
- Marga Barbu, Romanian actress (b. 1929)
- Michael Cox, English author (b. 1948)
- Enea Masiero, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- Hong Song-nam, North Korean politician (b. 1929)
April 2009
edit- April 1
- Arne Andersson, Swedish runner (b. 1917)
- Umberto Betti, Italian cardinal (b. 1922)
- Margreta Elkins, Australian opera singer (b. 1930)
- Marcos Moshinsky, Ukrainian-Mexican physicist (b. 1921)
- Lou Perryman, American actor (b. 1941)
- Miguel Ángel Suárez, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1939)
- April 2
- Víctor Hugo Ávalos, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1971)
- Luis Peña Ganchegui, Spanish architect (b. 1926)
- Guttorm Hansen, Norwegian author and politician (b. 1920)
- Bud Shank, American saxophonist (b. 1926)
- Frank Springer, American comic book artist (b. 1929)
- Andrew Steiner, Czech-American architect (b. 1908)
- April 3
- Elsie Albiin, Swedish actress (b. 1921)
- Tom Braden, American journalist and author (b. 1917)
- Eva Evdokimova, Swiss-American ballerina (b. 1948)
- Victor Millan, American actor and academic (b. 1920)
- Joan Comas Pausas, Spanish painter and architect (b. 1913)
- April 4
- Mario D'Agata, Italian boxer (b. 1926)
- Jobie Dajka, Australian cyclist (b. 1981)
- Adriano Directo Emperado, American martial artist (b. 1926)
- Jody McCrea, American actor (b. 1934)
- Marvin Webster, American basketball player (b. 1952)
- April 5
- Wojciech Alaborski, Polish actor (b. 1941)
- I. J. Good, English mathematician and cryptologist (b. 1916)
- Neil MacCormick, Scottish philosopher and politician (b. 1941)
- Alfredo Marcano, Venezuelan boxer (b. 1947)
- George Tribe, Australian cricketer (b. 1920)
- April 6
- Luigi Casola, Italian cyclist (b. 1921)
- Gheorghe Ene, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
- Jacques Hustin, Belgian singer (b. 1940)
- Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, South African politician (b. 1937)
- Andrzej Stelmachowski, Polish academic and politician (b. 1925)
- Mari Trini, Spanish singer (b. 1947)
- Svetlana Ulmasova, Uzbekistani runner (b. 1953)
- Eduard Yelyan, Russian pilot (b. 1926)
- Damouré Zika, Nigerian traditional healer and actor (b. 1923)
- April 7
- Dave Arneson, American game designer (b. 1947)
- Raja Chelliah, Indian economist (b. 1922)
- Leonard Gillman, American mathematician (b. 1917)
- Stanley Jaki, Hungarian-American theologian (b. 1924)
- Leo Prieto, Filipino sports executive (b. 1920)
- Jack Wrangler, American pornographic actor (b. 1946)
- April 8
- Jane Bryan, American actress (b. 1918)
- Henri Meschonnic, French poet and linguist (b. 1932)
- Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (b. 1976)
- Marat Nyýazow, Turkmen sport shooter (b. 1933)
- Charles Southwood, American actor (b. 1937)
- April 9
- Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (b. 1986)
- Edgar Buchwalder, Swiss cyclist (b. 1916)
- Elfriede Gerstl, Austrian author (b. 1932)
- Colin Jordan, English politician and neo-nazi (b. 1923)
- Shakti Samanta, Indian film director (b. 1926)
- April 10
- Richard Arnell, English composer (b. 1917)
- Ioannis Patakis, Greek politician (b. 1940)
- Yevgeny Vesnik, Russian actor (b. 1923)
- April 11
- Aida Abdullayeva, Azerbaijani harpist (b. 1922)
- Albert Chernenko, Russian philosopher (b. 1935)
- Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress and singer (b. 1914)
- Werner Otto Leuenberger, Swiss painter (b. 1932)
- Roger Ludwig, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1933)
- Vytautas Mažiulis, Lithuanian linguist (b. 1926)
- René Monory, French politician (b. 1923)
- Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author (b. 1912)
- Corín Tellado, Spanish author (b. 1927)
- Simon Channing Williams, English film producer (b. 1945)
- April 12
- Sitara Achakzai, Afghan activist and politician (b. 1957)
- Alexei Bogomolov, Russian scientist (b. 1913)
- Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (b. 1952)
- Kent Douglas. Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1936)
- Noriko Honma, Japanese actress (b. 1911)
- Hans Kleppen, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1907)
- John Maddox, Welsh chemist and physicist (b. 1925)
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, American social theorist (b. 1950)
- April 13
- Stefan Brecht, German-American poet and critic (b. 1924)
- Björn Borg, Swedish swimmer (b. 1919)
- Miguel Mori, Argentine footballer (b. 1943)
- Abel Paz, Spanish historian (b. 1921)
- Alfred Swift, South African cyclist (b. 1931)
- Teo Usuelli, Italian composer (b. 1920)
- April 14
- Maurice Druon, French author (b. 1918)
- Franco Volpi, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1952)
- April 15
- Clement Freud, German-English broadcaster and politician (b. 1924)
- Tibor Gánti, Hungarian biologist and biochemist (b. 1933)
- Katchou Nasri, Algerian singer (b. 1963)
- László Tisza, Hungarian-American physicist (b. 1907)
- April 16
- Åke Lassas, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1924)
- Saensak Muangsurin, Thai boxer (b. 1950)
- Abdel Halim Muhammad, Sudanese physician (b. 1910)
- Viktor Paskov, Bulgarian author and musician (b. 1949)
- Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, Hungarian-Croatian journalist (b. 1960)
- April 17
- Martin Garrod, English general (b. 1935)
- Väinö Hakkarainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1932)
- Honoré Desmond Sharrer, American artist (b. 1920)
- April 18
- Yvon Bourges, French politician (b. 1921)
- Peter Dennis, English actor (b. 1933)
- Edward George, English banker (b. 1938)
- Ingemar Johansson, Swedish racewalker (b. 1924)
- Bill Orton, American politician (b. 1948)
- Stephanie Parker, Welsh actress (b. 1987)
- Elías Wessin y Wessin, Dominican general and politician (b. 1924)
- April 19
- Hirmis Aboona, Iraqi-Canadian historian (b. 1940)
- J. G. Ballard, English author (b. 1930)
- Doc Blanchard, American football player (b. 1924)
- Tilahun Gessesse, Ethiopian singer (b. 1940)
- Philippe Nicaud, French actor and singer (b. 1926)
- Kiril Vajarov, Bulgarian ice hockey player (b. 1988)
- April 20
- Thomas Hill, Indian-American actor (b. 1927)
- Franco Rotella, Italian footballer (b. 1966)
- April 21
- Iqbal Bano, Pakistani singer (b. 1935)
- Yuh Hwan-kil, South Korean boxer (b. 1962)
- Vivian Maier, American photographer (b. 1926)
- Santha Rama Rau, Indian-American author (b. 1923)
- April 22
- Ken Annakin, English film director (b. 1914)
- Jack Cardiff, English cinematographer (b. 1914)
- Marilyn Cooper, American actress (b. 1934)
- Bill Disney, American speed skater (b. 1932)
- April 23
- Martine Broda, French author and poet (b. 1947)
- Ivan Madray, Guyanese cricketer (b. 1934)
- Lam Sheung Yee, Hong Kong footballer and actor (b. 1934)
- April 24
- Maxime Lehmann, Swiss footballer (b. 1906)
- Virgílio Mendes, Portuguese footballer (b. 1926)
- John Michell, English author and esotericist (b. 1933)
- Sixto Palavecino, Argentine poet and musician (b. 1915)
- Fumiko Saiga, Japanese diplomat (b. 1943)
- Franciszek Sobczak, Polish fencer (b. 1939)
- David Willison, English lieutenant general (b. 1919)
- April 25
- Bea Arthur, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
- Piotr Słonimski, Polish-French geneticist (b. 1922)
- April 26
- James Addy, Ghanaian sprinter (b. 1939)
- Salamo Arouch, Greek-Israeli boxer (b. 1923)
- Hans Holzer, Austrian-American author and parapsychologist (b. 1920)
- Danny Kladis, American racing driver (b. 1917)
- Vanya Petkova, Bulgarian poet and author (b. 1944)
- Pupuke Robati, Cook Island politician, Prime Minister of Cook Islands (b. 1925)
- April 27
- Ernie Barnes, American artist and football player (b. 1938)
- Miroslav Filip, Czech chess grandmaster (b. 1928)
- Glen Gondrezick, American basketball player (b. 1955)
- Tomohiko Ikoma, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- Feroz Khan, Indian actor (b. 1939)
- Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1914)
- Evgeniya Miroshnichenko, Ukrainian opera singer (b. 1931)
- Greg Page, American boxer (b. 1958)
- Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (b. 1983)
- April 28
- Vern Gosdin, American singer (b. 1934)
- Henning Larsen, Danish cyclist (b. 1931)
- Steinar Lem, Norwegian activist (b. 1951)
- Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (b. 1939)
- Richard Pratt, Australian businessman (b. 1934)
- Buddy Rose, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
- Idea Vilariño, Uruguayan poet and author (b. 1920)
- April 29
- Konrad Kolšek, Slovenian colonel general (b. 1933)
- Tom McGrath, Scottish playwright and pianist (b. 1940)
- Maurilio Prini, Italian footballer (b. 1932)
- April 30
- Amparo Arozamena, Mexican actress (b. 1916)
- Venetia Burney, English astronomy figure (b. 1918)
- Ivo Cramér, Swedish choreographer (b. 1921)
- McCoy McLemore, American basketball player (b. 1942)
- Henk Nijdam, Dutch cyclist (b. 1935)
- Raymond J. Saulnier, American economist (b. 1908)
- Jalil Zaland, Afghan singer and composer (b. 1935)
May 2009
edit- May 1
- Delara Darabi, Iranian artist and murderer (b. 1986)
- Fred Delmare, German actor (b. 1922)
- Jokke Kangaskorpi, Finnish footballer (b. 1972)
- Gayane Khachaturian, Georgian-Armenian painter (b. 1942)
- Marc Rocco, American film director (b. 1962)
- May 2
- Augusto Boal, Brazilian theatre director (b. 1931)
- Marilyn French, American author (b. 1929)
- Kiyoshiro Imawano, Japanese musician and composer (b. 1951)
- Janus Kamban, Faroese sculptor (b. 1913)
- Jack Kemp, American politician and football player (b. 1935)
- Yasushi Nagao, Japanese photographer (b. 1930)
- Virginia Prince, American activist (b. 1912)
- Lev Shchukin, Russian pilot (b. 1923)
- May 3
- Bobby Campbell, Scottish footballer (b. 1922)
- John Elsworthy, Welsh footballer (b. 1931)
- Francesco Vianello, Italian computer programmer (b. 1952)
- May 4
- Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
- Edward Stewart Kennedy, American historian (b. 1912)
- Fritz Muliar, Austrian actor (b. 1912)
- Jane Randolph, American actress (b. 1914)
- Gisela Stein, German actress (b. 1935)
- May 5
- Robert Joseph Bandoni, American-Canadian mycologist (b. 1926)
- David S. King, American politician (b. 1917)
- Richard Miller, American opera singer (b. 1926)
- Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar, Pakistani scholar (b. 1914)
- Maarten Sikking, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1948)
- Murasaki Yamada, Japanese manga artist (b. 1948)
- May 6
- Ean Evans, American bassist (b. 1960)
- Kevin Grubb, American racing driver (b. 1978)
- Charles Green, Australian hurdler (b. 1921)
- Chuan-Chih Hsiung, Chinese-American mathematician (b. 1916)
- W. Wesley Peterson, American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1924)
- Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and politician (b. 1923)
- Viola Wills, American singer (b. 1939)
- May 7
- Mickey Carroll, American actor (b. 1919)
- Tony Marsh, English racing driver (b. 1931)
- Nanny Still, Finnish artist (b. 1926)
- Wayland Young, English author and politician (b. 1923)
- May 8
- Gianni Baget Bozzo, Italian priest and politician (b. 1925)
- Fons Brydenbach, Belgian sprinter (b. 1954)
- Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1917)
- Hideyuki Fujisawa, Japanese go player (b. 1925)
- May 9
- Chuck Daly, American basketball coach (b. 1930)
- Vimla Dang, Indian social worker and politician (b. 1926)
- Michael Fox, English-Israeli lawyer (b. 1934)
- Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe, Belgian-Ukrainian equestrian (b. 1962)
- Juan Gómez, Mexican footballer (b. 1924)
- M. A. Wazed Miah, Bangladeshi physicist and author (b. 1942)
- Mendi Rodan, Israeli conductor (b. 1929)
- May 10
- Tránsito Amaguaña, Ecuadorian activist (b. 1909)
- James Kirkup, English poet and translator (b. 1918)
- Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, Guatemalan lawyer (b. 1960)
- Maurice Edmond Müller, Swiss surgeon (b. 1918)
- May 11
- Abel Goumba, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1926)
- António Lopes dos Santos, Portuguese general (b. 1919)
- May 12
- Petre Mihai Bănărescu, Romanian ichthyologist (b. 1921)
- Thomas Nordseth-Tiller, Norwegian screenwriter (b. 1980)
- Roger Planchon, French playwright and theatre director (b. 1931)
- Antonio Vega, Spanish singer (b. 1957)
- Heini Walter, Swiss racing driver (b. 1927)
- May 13
- Frank Aletter, American actor (b. 1926)
- Waldemar Levy Cardoso, Brazilian army marshal (b. 1900)
- Achille Compagnoni, Italian mountaineer (b. 1914)
- Rafael Escalona, Colombian composer and troubadour (b. 1926)
- Norbert Eschmann, Swiss-French footballer (b. 1933)
- Iwan Schmid, Swiss cyclist (b. 1947)
- May 14
- Monica Bleibtreu, Austrian actress and screenwriter (b. 1944)
- Buddy Montgomery, American vibraphonist and pianist (b. 1930)
- César Ruminski, French footballer (b. 1924)
- May 15
- Susanna Agnelli, Italian politician (b. 1922)
- Vladas Butėnas, Latvian journalist and politician (b. 1940)
- Hubert van Es, Dutch photojournalist (b. 1941)
- Nicolae Filip, Moldovan physicist and academic (b. 1926)
- Paul Flora, Austrian artist (b. 1922)
- Mordechai Limon, Israeli admiral (b. 1924)
- Mohammad-Amin Riahi, Iranian scholar (b. 1923)
- Edwin S. Shneidman, American psychologist (b. 1918)
- Helvi Sipilä, Finnish diplomat and politician (b. 1915)
- Bud Tingwell, Australian actor (b. 1923)
- Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and guitarist (b. 1964)
- May 16
- Sándor Katona, Hungarian footballer (b. 1943)
- Richardene Kloppers, Namibian educator (b. 1926)
- May 17
- Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan author (b. 1920)
- Daniel Carasso, Greek-French businessman (b. 1905)
- David Herbert Donald, American historian (b. 1920)
- Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani, Iranian cleric (b. 1916)
- Masaru Hayami, Japanese banker (b. 1925)
- Prakash Mehra, Indian film director (b. 1939)
- Peter Slabakov, Bulgarian actor (b. 1923)
- May 18
- Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (b. 1947)
- Pottu Amman, Sri Lankan rebel (b. 1962)
- Roderick Burton, American rapper (b. 1987)
- K. Pattabhi Jois, Indian yoga instructor and scholar (b. 1915)
- Paul Parin, Swiss psychoanalyst and author (b. 1916)
- Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel (b. 1954)
- Türkan Saylan, Turkish physician (b. 1935)
- May 19
- Robert F. Furchgott, American scientist (b. 1916)
- Ho Meng Hua, Chinese film director (b. 1923)
- Andrei Ivanov, Russian footballer (b. 1967)
- Nicholas Maw, English composer (b. 1935)
- Jabr Muadi, Israeli politician (b. 1919)
- Ferenc Nógrádi, Hungarian footballer (b. 1940)
- Ryu Ota, Japanese author and ecologist (b. 1930)
- Alexander Panchenko, Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1953)
- Shlomo Shamir, Israeli general (b. 1915)
- Clint Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1913)
- Herbert York, American physicist (b. 1921)
- May 20
- Nguyễn Bá Cẩn, Vietnamese politician (b. 1930)
- Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect (b. 1924)
- Lucy Gordon, English actress and model (b. 1980)
- Alan Kelly Sr., Irish footballer (b. 1936)
- Oleg Yankovsky, Russian actor (b. 1944)
- May 21
- Joan Alexander, American actor (b. 1915)
- DeWitt Menyard, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- Robert Müller, German ice hockey player (b. 1980)
- Lyudmila Yegorova, Russian gymnast (b. 1931)
- May 22
- Alexander Mezhirov, Russian poet and translator (b. 1923)
- José-Miguel Ullán, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1944)
- Yeo Woon-kay, South Korean actress (b. 1940)
- May 23
- Joseph Duval, French archbishop (b. 1928)
- Franklin Littell, American scholar (b. 1917)
- Paul Marshall, Ghanaian-English swimmer (b. 1961)
- Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean politician, President of South Korea (b. 1946)
- Tadeusz Pyka, Polish politician (b. 1930)
- Barbara Rudnik, German actress (b. 1958)
- May 24 – Jay Bennett, American musician (b. 1963)
- May 25
- Amos Elon, Israeli journalist and author (b. 1926)
- Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (b. 1905)
- Ivan Van Sertima, Guyanese-English historian and linguist (b. 1935)
- May 26
- Antonio Braga, Italian composer (b. 1929)
- Freda Brown, Australian activist (b. 1919)
- Kaoru Kurimoto, Japanese author (b. 1953)
- Doris Mühringer, Austrian poet and author (b. 1920)
- Marek Walczewski, Polish actor (b. 1937)
- Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1965)
- May 27
- Ammo Baba, Iraqi footballer and coach (b. 1934)
- Clive Granger, English economist (b. 1934)
- Abram Hoffer, Canadian biochemist and physician (b. 1917)
- Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist (b. 1946)
- May 28
- Terence Alexander, English actor (b. 1923)
- Pierre Gallien, French cyclist (b. 1911)
- Pierre Gamarra, French poet and author (b. 1919)
- Robert Hartoch, Dutch chess player (b. 1947)
- Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta, Spanish bishop (b. 1918)
- Lenrie Peters, Gambian surgeon and author (b. 1932)
- Ercole Rabitti, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1921)
- Oleg Shenin, Russian politician (b. 1937)
- May 29
- Kevin Beurle, English scientist (b. 1956)
- Reginald Golledge, Australian-American geographer (b. 1937)
- Karine Ruby, French snowboarder (b. 1978)
- Ada Škerl, Slovenian poet and author (b. 1924)
- May 30
- Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter (b. 1926)
- Krystyna Borowicz, Polish actress (b. 1923)
- Luís Cabral, Guinea-Bissauan politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1931)
- Eva Dawes, Canadian athlete (b. 1912)
- Roberto Falaschi, Italian cyclist (b. 1931)
- Ephraim Katzir, Israeli politician, President of Israel (b. 1916)
- Waldemar Matuška, Czech singer (b. 1932)
- Jaafar Nimeiry, Sudanese politician, President of the Sudan (b. 1930)
- May 31
- Tidiane Aw, Senegalese film director (b. 1935)
- Millvina Dean, English cartographer (b. 1912)
- Colleen Madamombe, Zimbabwean sculptor (b. 1964)
- Vyacheslav Nevinny, Russian actor (b. 1934)
- Danny La Rue, Irish singer (b. 1927)
- Kamala Surayya, Indian poet (b. 1934)
- George Tiller, American physician (b. 1941)
June 2009
edit- June 1
- Silvio Barbato, Italian-Brazilian conductor and composer (b. 1959)
- Thomas Berry, American historian and scholar (b. 1914)
- Bob Christie, American racing driver (b. 1924)
- Ken Clark, American actor (b. 1927)
- Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu, Turkish harpist (b. 1972)
- Pedro Luiz Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince (b. 1983)
- Aleksandr Potupa, Belarusian philosopher and author (b. 1945)
- June 2
- David Eddings, American author (b. 1931)
- Chung Kai-lai, Chinese-American mathematician (b. 1917)
- Tony Maggs, South African racing driver (b. 1937)
- Rodrigo García Vizoso, Spanish footballer (b. 1909)
- June 3
- Sam Butera, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
- David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936)
- Thomas Gill, American politician (b. 1922)
- Shih Kien, Hong Kong-Chinese actor (b. 1913)
- Do Kum-bong, South Korean actress (b. 1930)
- Peter Landin, English computer scientist (b. 1930)
- Jack Ross, Australian supercentenarian (b. 1899)
- Koko Taylor, American musician (b. 1928)
- June 4
- Mojisola Adekunle-Obasanjo, Nigerian army officer and politician (b. 1944)
- Lev Brovarskyi, Ukrainian footballer and coach (b. 1948)
- Robert Colescott, American painter (b. 1925)
- Erik Christian Haugaard, Danish-American author (b. 1923)
- Luc Alfons de Hovre, Belgian bishop (b. 1926)
- Dorothy Layton, American actress (b. 1912)
- Randy Smith, American politician (b. 1948)
- June 5
- Rodolfo Almirón, Argentine police officer (b. 1936)
- Bernard Barker, American intelligence operative (b. 1917)
- Baciro Dabó, Bissau-Guinean politician (b. 1958)
- Ola Hudson, American fashion designer (b. 1946)
- Luo Jing, Chinese news anchor (b. 1961)
- Del Monroe, American actor (b. 1932)
- Rajeev Motwani, Indian-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1962)
- Boris Pokrovsky, Russian opera director (b. 1912)
- Helder Proença, Guinea-Bissauan politician (b. 1956)
- June 6
- Jean Dausset, French immunologist (b. 1916)
- Gunnar Fant, Swedish scientist (b. 1919)
- Kiyoshige Koyama, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
- Mary Howard de Liagre, American actress (b. 1913)
- June 7
- Ozod Aminova, Tajikistani poet (b. 1933)
- Valéria Benke, Hungarian politician (b. 1920)
- Indra Gunawan, Indonesian badminton player (b. 1947)
- Hugh Hopper, English guitarist (b. 1945)
- Kenny Rankin, American singer (b. 1940)
- Baron Vaea, Tongan politician, Prime Minister of Tonga (b. 1921)
- June 8
- Omar Bongo, Gabonese politician, President of Gabon (b. 1935)
- Aage Rou Jensen, Danish footballer (b. 1924)
- Harold Norse, American author (b. 1916)
- Alexandra Ovchinnikova, Russian politician (b. 1915)
- Johnny Palermo, American actor (b. 1982)
- Habib Tanvir, Indian playwright (b. 1923)
- June 9
- Zvonimir Berković, Croatian film director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- Vera Mutafchieva, Bulgarian author and historian (b. 1929)
- Michael Roof, American actor (b. 1976)
- Karl Michael Vogler, German actor (b. 1928)
- June 10
- Barry Beckett, American keyboardist (b. 1943)
- Amina Desai, South African activist (b. 1920)
- Nguyễn Khắc Ngư, Vietnamese bishop (b. 1909)
- Jack Nimitz, American saxophonist (b. 1930)
- Jørgen Frank Rasmussen, Danish cyclist (b. 1930)
- Helle Virkner, Danish actress and political figure (b. 1925)
- June 11
- Marian Goliński, Polish politician (. 1949)
- Arisa Ishikawa, Japanese model (b. 1987)
- Frank J. Low, American physicist (b. 1933)
- Christel Peters, German actress (b. 1916)
- Carl Pursell, American politician (b. 1932)
- Ricardo Rangel, Mozambican photojournalist (b. 1924)
- June 12
- Shailaja Acharya, Nepalese politician (b. 1944)
- Félix Malloum, Chadian politician, President of Chad (b. 1932)
- June 13
- Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1962)
- Pierre Paulin, French furniture designer (b. 1927)
- Fathi Yakan, Lebanese cleric (b. 1933)
- June 14
- Carl-Ebbe Andersen, Danish rower (b. 1929)
- Bob Bogle, American guitarist (b. 1934)
- Angela Coughlan, Canadian swimmer (b. 1952)
- Moumouni Adamou Djermakoye, Nigerien politician (b. 1939)
- Yasuharu Hasebe, Japanese film director (b. 1932)
- Ivan Della Mea, Italian author and journalist (b. 1940)
- Carlos Pardo, Mexican racing driver (b. 1975)
- Jackie Ronne, American explorer (b. 1919)
- Abel Tador, Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)
- Pyotr Velyaminov, Russian actor (b. 1926)
- June 15 – Allan King, Canadian film director (b. 1930)
- June 16
- Peter Arundell, English racing driver (b. 1933)
- Celia Fremlin, English author (b. 1914)
- Charlie Mariano, American saxophonist (b. 1923)
- June 17
- José Calvário, Portuguese songwriter and conductor (b. 1951)
- Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (b. 1929)
- Alejandro Doria, Argentine film director (b. 1936)
- Michael Martin, American graffiti artist (b. 1958)
- Darrell Powers, American soldier (b. 1923)
- June 18
- Giovanni Arrighi, Italian economist and sociologist (b. 1937)
- Hortensia Bussi, Chilean political figure, First Lady of Chile (b. 1914)
- Victor Cosson, French cyclist (b. 1915)
- Ali Akbar Khan, Indian musician (b. 1922)
- Mihai Mocanu, Romanian footballer (b. 1942)
- Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer, Norwegian judge and politician (b. 1923)
- June 19
- Alberto Andrade, Peruvian politician (b. 1943)
- H. A. Boucher, American politician (b. 1921)
- Dalibor Brozović, Croatian linguist and politician (b. 1927)
- Jörg Hube, German actor (b. 1943)
- Vicenç Ferrer Moncho, Spanish missionary (b. 1920)
- Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1895)
- June 20
- Reuben Epp, Canadian author (b. 1920)
- Ralph F. Hirschmann, German-American chemist (b. 1922)
- Theodore Pian, Chinese-American engineer (b. 1919)
- Godfrey Rampling, English athlete and lieutenant colonel (b. 1909)
- June 21
- Julio Valdeón Baruque, Spanish historian (b. 1936)
- Luise Danz, German war criminal (b. 1917)
- Lorena Gale, Canadian actress (b. 1958)
- José Nicomedes Grossi, Brazilian bishop (b. 1915)
- June 22
- Betty Allen, American opera singer (b. 1927)
- Irina Azizyan, Russian painter and critic (b. 1935)
- José Balbuena, Peruvian-Chilean footballer (b. 1918)
- Viktor Mednov, Russian boxer (b. 1927)
- Karel Van Miert, Belgian politician (b. 1942)
- June 23
- Adriano Durante, Italian cyclist (b. 1940)
- İsmet Güney, Cypriot artist and cartoonist (b. 1923)
- Hanne Hiob, German actress (b. 1923)
- Ed McMahon, American television personality (b. 1923)
- Manuel Saval, Mexican actor (b. 1956)
- Maurizio Valenzi, Italian politician (b. 1909)
- June 24
- Alicia Delgado, Peruvian singer (b. 1959)
- Freek van de Graaff, Dutch rower (b. 1944)
- Martin Holm, Swedish kickboxer (b. 1976)
- Olja Ivanjicki, Serbian painter and sculptor (b. 1931)
- Robèrt Lafont, French linguist and author (b. 1923)
- Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1927)
- Hans W. Liepmann, German-American engineer (b. 1914)
- June 25
- Neera Desai, Indian academic (b. 1925)
- George Ernest, American actor and photographer (b. 1921)
- Farrah Fawcett, American actress (b. 1947)
- Michael Jackson, American singer and dancer (b. 1958)
- Shiv Charan Mathur, Indian politician (b. 1927)
- Mian Tufail Mohammad, Pakistani politician (b. 1914)
- Hilde Rens, Belgian singer (b. 1972)
- Sky Saxon, American musician (b. 1937)
- Zinaida Stahurskaya, Belarusian cyclist (b. 1971)
- June 26
- Margot Ebert, German actress (b. 1926)
- Amnon Kapeliouk, Israeli journalist and author (b. 1930)
- Erhard Karkoschka, German composer and scholar (b. 1923)
- June 27
- Ernst Barkmann, German tank commander (b. 1919)
- Victoriano Crémer, Spanish poet and journalist (b. 1906)
- Ron Fowler, English runner (b. 1934)
- Willy Kyrklund, Finnish-Swedish author (b. 1921)
- Marcel Lang, Swiss opera singer (b. 1956)
- Herbert Lindlar, English-Swiss chemist (b. 1909)
- Richard Mason, Australian historian and and academic (b. 1934)
- Gale Storm, American actress (b. 1922)
- June 28
- Yu Hyun-mok, South Korean film director (b. 1925)
- A. K. Lohithadas, Indian screenwriter and playwright (b. 1955)
- Billy Mays, American pitchman (b. 1958)
- June 29
- Jean-Paul Roux, French scholar (b. 1925)
- Jan Rubeš, Czech-Canadian actor and opera singer (b. 1920)
- June 30
- Pina Bausch, German choreographer (b. 1940)
- Jan Molander, Swedish actor and film director (b. 1920)
- Luis Oliva, Argentine runner (b. 1908)
- Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (b. 1933)
- Shi Pei Pu, Chinese opera singer (b. 1938)
July 2009
edit- July 1
- Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer and politician (b. 1952)
- Josefa Martín Luengo, Spanish educator (b. 1944)
- Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912)
- Anna Karen Morrow, American model and actress (b. 1914)
- Baltasar Porcel, Spanish author and journalist (b. 1937)
- Mollie Sugden, English actress (b. 1922)
- Jean Yoyotte, French egyptologist (b. 1927)
- Lyudmila Zykina, Russian singer (b. 1929)
- July 2
- Kaj Hansen, Danish footballer (b. 1940)
- Martin Hengel, German historian (b. 1926)
- Adésio Machado, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
- Tyeb Mehta, Indian painter and sculptor (b. 1925)
- Nina Raspopova, Russian pilot (b. 1913)
- Bert Schneider, Austrian motorcycle racer (b. 1937)
- July 3
- Jorge Enrique Adoum, Ecuadorian author and politician (b. 1926)
- Antony Alda, American actor (b. 1956)
- Sadek Boukhalfa, Algerian footballer (b. 1934)
- John Keel, American journalist and ufologist (b. 1930)
- July 4
- Jim Chapin, American drummer and author (b. 1919)
- Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917)
- Béla Király, Hungarian army officer (b. 1912)
- Allen Klein, American businessman (b. 1931)
- Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese politician and poet (b. 1938)
- Robert Louis-Dreyfus, French businessman (b. 1946)
- Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973)
- Khan Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1928)
- Leo Mol, Ukrainian-Canadian artist (b. 1915)
- Dmitri Sokolov, Russian biathlete (b. 1924)
- July 5
- Alfonso de Andrés, Spanish javelin thrower (b. 1938)
- Gerd Aretz, German artist (b. 1930)
- John Bachar, American rock climber (b. 1957)
- Takeo Doi, Japanese academic and author (b. 1920)
- Waldo Von Erich, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1933)
- María Simón, Argentine sculptor (b. 1922)
- July 6
- Vasily Aksyonov, Russian author (b. 1932)
- Mihai Baicu, Romanian footballer (b. 1975)
- Marius Eriksen Jr., Norwegian skier and fighter pilot (b. 1922)
- Robert McNamara, American politician (b. 1916)
- Mathieu Montcourt, French tennis player (b. 1985)
- William Rankin, American lieutenant colonel (b. 1920)
- Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player (b. 1923)
- July 7 – Ivo Diogo, Brazilian footballer (b. 1935)
- July 8
- Midnight McDonald, American musician (b. 1962)
- Yury Shlyapin, Russian water polo player (b. 1932)
- July 9 – Mehdi Azar Yazdi, Iranian author (b. 1922)
- July 10
- John Caldwell, Irish boxer (b. 1938)
- Edward Downes, English conductor (b. 1924)
- Ebba Haslund, Norwegian author (b. 1917)
- Zena Marshall, Kenyan-English actress (b. 1926)
- July 11
- Reg Fleming, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1936)
- Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (b. 1972)
- Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, Spanish mother (b. 1940)
- Žan Marolt, Bosnian actor (b. 1964)
- Go Mi-young, South Korean mountaineer (b. 1967)
- Ji Xianlin, Chinese indologist and linguist (b. 1911)
- July 12
- Aleksandr Bogatyryov, Russian footballer (b. 1963)
- Charles N. Brown, American editor (b. 1937)
- Tommy Cummings, English footballer and manager (b. 1928)
- Monica Havelka, American rower (b. 1956)
- Christopher Prout, English politician (b. 1942)
- Pavel Smeyan, Russian singer and actor (b. 1957)
- Nikola Stanchev, Bulgarian wrestler (b. 1930)
- Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch poet (b. 1928)
- July 13
- Uma Aaltonen, Finnish author and journalist (b. 1940)
- Giuseppe Alessi, Italian politician (b. 1905)
- Amin al-Hafez, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926)
- Ibn Jibrin, Saudi Arabian scholar (b. 1933)
- Harry Källström, Swedish rally driver (b. 1939)
- Axel Pilmark, Danish footballer (b. 1925)
- Vince Powell, English television writer (b. 1928)
- Beverly Roberts, American actress (b. 1914)
- Dash Snow, American artist (b. 1981)
- July 14
- Lucio Ceccarini, Italian water polo player (b. 1930)
- Vera Fischer, Croatian sculptor (b. 1925)
- Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author and poet (b. 1926)
- Kujtim Majaci, Albanian footballer (b. 1962)
- Dallas McKennon, American actor (b. 1919)
- Heinrich Schweiger, Austrian actor (b. 1931)
- Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Polish actor (b. 1934)
- July 15
- Avraham Ahituv, Israeli civil servant (b. 1930)
- Francesca Romana Coluzzi, Italian actress (b. 1943)
- Levon Davidian, Iranian-Armenian politician (b. 1944)
- Adama Drabo, Malian film director and playwright (b. 1948)
- Natalya Estemirova, Russian activist (b. 1958)
- Klára Fried-Bánfalvi. Hungarian canoeist (b. 1931)
- Brian Goodwin, Canadian mathematician and biologist (b. 1931)
- László Orbán, Hungarian boxer (b. 1949)
- Julius Shulman, American photographer (b. 1910)
- July 16
- Paulo Lopes de Faria, Brazilian archbishop (b. 1931)
- D. K. Pattammal, Indian musician (b. 1919)
- July 17
- Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician (b. 1921)
- Walter Cronkite, American newscaster (b. 1916)
- María Luisa Elío, Spanish-Mexican author and actress (b. 1926)
- Vladimir Ilyin, Russian footballer (b. 1928)
- Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (b. 1927)
- Ryurik Lonin, Russian ethnographer (b. 1930)
- Mahmud Suleiman Maghribi, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1935)
- Jean Margéot, Mauritian bishop and cardinal (b. 1916)
- Gordon Waller, Scottish singer and guitarist (b. 1945)
- July 18
- Henry Allingham, English supercentenarian (b. 1896)
- Annagul Annakuliyeva, Turkmenistani opera singer and actress (b. 1924)
- Yasmine Belmadi, French actor (b. 1976)
- Lionel Casson, American classicist and author (b. 1914)
- Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver (b. 1949)
- Graham Stanton, New Zealand-English scholar (b. 1940)
- July 19
- Alan Garnett Davenport, Canadian engineer (b. 1932)
- Karen Harup, Danish swimmer (b. 1924)
- Ingeborg Hunzinger, German sculptor (b. 1915)
- Frank McCourt, Irish-American author (b. 1930)
- Henry Surtees, English racing driver (b. 1991)
- Savva Yamshchikov, Russian historian and art curator (b. 1938)
- July 20
- Gene Amondson, American politician (b. 1943)
- Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist (b. 1914)
- Vedat Okyar, Turkish footballer (b. 1945)
- Paul Fouad Tabet, Lebanese archbishop and diplomat (b. 1929)
- Gösta Werner, Swedish film director (b. 1908)
- July 21
- Donald Buka, American actor (b. 1920)
- John Dawson, American musician (b. 1945)
- Nelson Demarco, Uruguayan basketball player (b. 1925)
- Heinz Edelmann, German artist (b. 1934)
- Gangubai Hangal, Indian singer (b. 1913)
- Marcel Jacob, Swedish musician (b. 1964)
- Yoshinori Kanada, Japanese animator (b. 1952)
- Hiroshi Wakasugi, Japanese conductor (b. 1935)
- July 22
- André Falcon, French actor (b. 1924)
- Mark Leduc, Canadian boxer (b. 1962)
- Herbert Morris, American rower (b. 1915)
- July 23
- Virginia Carroll, American actress (b. 1913)
- Conyers Herring, American physicist (b. 1914)
- July 24
- José Carlos da Costa Araújo, Brazilian footballer (b. 1962)
- Francisque Collomb, French politician (b. 1910)
- Omar Dani, Indonesian commander (b. 1924)
- Jack Le Goff, French equestrian (b. 1931)
- July 25
- Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director and screenwriter (b. 1958)
- Nezihe Araz, Turkish author and journalist (b. 1920)
- Ricardo Bonelli, Argentine footballer (b. 1932)
- Vernon Forrest, American boxer (b. 1971)
- Zequinha Franco, Brazilian footballer (b. 1934)
- Erling Kristiansen, Norwegian cyclist (b. 1923)
- Stanley Middleton, English author (b. 1919)
- Harry Patch, English soldier (b. 1898)
- Natwarlal Srivastava, Indian fraudster (b. 1912)
- Jacques Teyssier, French-German politician and activist (b. 1955)
- July 26
- Traugott Buhre, German actor (b. 1929)
- Merce Cunningham, American choreographer (b. 1919)
- Michael Steinberg, American music critic (b. 1928)
- Tatsuo Yamada, Japanese actor (b. 1956)
- July 27
- Dick Holub, American basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
- Domingos Lam, Chinese-Macanese bishop (b. 1928)
- Yvan Quénin, French basketball player (b. 1920)
- George Russell, American pianist and composer (b. 1923)
- Aeronwy Thomas, English translator (b. 1943)
- July 28
- Kaori Kawamura, Japanese singer (b. 1971)
- Hiroshi Maeue, Japanese serial killer (b. 1968)
- Leland Merrill, American wrestler (b. 1920)
- Leela Naidu, Indian actress (b. 1940)
- Donald Rope, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
- Yukio Yamaji, Japanese serial killer (b. 1983)
- July 29
- Remi Abiola, Nigerian actress (b. 1952)
- Dina Babbitt, American artist (b. 1923)
- Rajan P. Dev, Indian actor (b. 1951)
- Gayatri Devi, Indian royal (b. 1919)
- Joanne Jordan, American actress (b. 1920)
- Zhuo Lin, Chinese political figure (b. 1916)
- July 30
- Renato Izzo, Italian actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- Yuri Kurnenin, Belarusian footballer and coach (b. 1954)
- Mohammed Yusuf, Nigerian terrorist (b. 1970)
- Peter Zadek, German director (b. 1926)
- July 31
- Mary Carrillo, Spanish actress (b. 1919)
- Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- Jean-Paul Roussillon, French actor (b. 1931)
- Harry Alan Towers, English film producer and screenwriter (b. 1920)
August 2009
edit- August 1
- Jerome Anderson, American basketball player and coach (b. 1953)
- Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1933)
- Francis Jeanson, French activist (b. 1922)
- Willi Rammo, German boxer (b. 1925)
- Naomi Sims, American model and businesswoman (b. 1948)
- August 2
- Shafiq al-Hout, Palestinian politician and author (b. 1932)
- Stan Brown, American basketball player (b. 1929)
- Adolf Endler, German poet (b. 1930)
- Hironoshin Furuhashi, Japanese swimmer (b. 1928)
- Billy Lee Riley, American musician (b. 1933)
- August 3
- Samir Ghawshah, Palestinian politician (b. 1937)
- Charles Gwathmey, American architect (b. 1938)
- Nikolaos Makarezos, Greek colonel and politician (b. 1919)
- Reiko Ohara, Japanese actress (b. 1946)
- Svend Ove Pedersen, Danish rower (b. 1920)
- Zinovy Vysokovsky, Russian actor (b. 1932)
- August 4
- Hirotugu Akaike, Japanese statistician (b. 1927)
- Svend Auken, Danish politician (b. 1943)
- Amos Kenan, Israeli columnist and painter (b. 1927)
- Joseph Msika, Zimbabwean politician (b. 1923)
- Mbah Surip, Indonesian singer (b. 1957)
- August 5
- G. A. Cohen, Canadian philosopher (b. 1941)
- Jordi Sabater Pi, Spanish primatologist (b. 1922)
- Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
- August 6
- Rolf Back, Finnish sprinter (b. 1928)
- Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer (b. 1909)
- Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Croatian politician, Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1923)
- Willy DeVille, American singer (b. 1950)
- William Herbert Dray, Canadian philosopher (b. 1921)
- Stanley Haidasz, Canadian politician (b. 1923)
- John Hughes, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1950)
- Antonia Ferrín Moreiras, Spanish mathematician (b. 1914)
- Muraleedharan Pillai, Indian actor (b. 1954)
- Willibrordus S. Rendra, Indonesian playwright and poet (b. 1935)
- Aram Tigran, Armenian singer (b. 1934)
- August 7
- Tamás Cseh, Hungarian composer and singer (b. 1943)
- Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf, Iraqi politician (b. 1924)
- Gulshan Kumar Mehta, Indian songwriter and actor (b. 1937)
- Mike Seeger, American musician (b. 1933)
- Sergio Stefanini, Italian basketball player (b. 1922)
- August 8
- Ilya Darevsky, Russian zoologist and herpetologist (b. 1924)
- Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (b. 1983)
- Willie van Niekerk, South African politician (b. 1937)
- Barnett Rosenberg, American chemist (b. 1926)
- Raul Solnado, Portuguese actor and comedian (b. 1929)
- Muriel Kennett Wales, Irish-Canadian mathematician (b. 1913)
- August 9
- Wilhelm Ehm, German admiral (b. 1918)
- Thierry Jonquet, French author (b. 1954)
- John Quade, American actor (b. 1938)
- Jasmine You, Japanese musician (b. 1979)
- August 10
- Josef Burg, Ukrainian author (b. 1912)
- Ede Király, Hungarian figure skater (b. 1926)
- Urpo Korhonen, Finnish skier (b. 1923)
- Art McKinlay, American rower (b. 1932)
- Ton Richter, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1919)
- Zarema Sadulayeva, Russian activist (b. 1974)
- Renzo Sambo, Italian rower (b. 1942)
- Yosef Tamir, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1915)
- Francisco Valdés, Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1943)
- August 11
- Lazare Gianessi, French footballer (b. 1925)
- Valeriu Lazarov, Romanian-Spanish television producer and director (b. 1935)
- Henri Massal, French cyclist (b. 1921)
- Kirby Minter, American basketball player (b. 1929)
- Aykut Oray, Turkish actor (b. 1942)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American philanthropist (b. 1921)
- Kitty White, American singer (b. 1923)
- August 12
- Rashied Ali, American drummer (b. 1933)
- Ruth Ford, American actress and model (b. 1911)
- Nikolai Kuznetsov, Russian-Kazakhstani pilot (b. 1922)
- Shingo Yamashiro, Japanese actor (b. 1938)
- August 13
- John Bentley, English actor (b. 1916)
- Lavelle Felton, American basketball player (b. 1979)
- Les Paul, American guitarist and inventor (b. 1915)
- Al Purvis, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
- Imre Simon, Hungarian-Brazilian mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1943)
- August 14
- Yehoshua Büchler, Slovakian-Israeli historian (b. 1929)
- Theodore Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
- Lawrence Lucie, American guitarist (b. 1907)
- Kimani Maruge, Kenyan record holder (b. 1920)
- Andries Nieman, South African boxer (b. 1927)
- August 15
- Virginia Davis, American actress (b. 1918)
- Jim Dickinson, American record producer and musician (b. 1941)
- Shūe Matsubayashi, Japanese film director (b. 1920)
- August 16
- Alistair Campbell, New Zealand poet and playwright (b. 1925)
- Warren E. Hearnes, American politician (b. 1923)
- Khalid bin Mahfouz, Saudi Arabian businessman (b. 1949)
- Richard Moore, American cinematographer (b. 1925)
- Igor Tkachenko, Russian pilot (b. 1964)
- August 17
- Evgeny Chernikin, Russian zoologist and ecologist (b. 1928)
- Peter Shaw Green, English botanist (b. 1920)
- Paul Hogue, American basketball player (b. 1940)
- Tullio Kezich, Italian screenwriter and playwright (b. 1928)
- Novruzali Mammadov, Azerbaijani philologist and journalist (b. 1942)
- Grażyna Miller, Polish poet and translator (b. 1957)
- Tiffany Simelane, Swazi beauty queen (b. 1988)
- August 18
- Hildegard Behrens, German opera singer (b. 1937)
- Kim Dae-jung, South Korean politician, President of South Korea (b. 1924)
- Rose Friedman, Ukrainian-American economist (b. 1910)
- Hugo Loetscher, Swiss author (b. 1929)
- Robert Novak, American journalist and political commentator (b. 1931)
- Fernanda Pivano, Italian journalist and translator (b. 1917)
- Mária Vadász, Hungarian handball player (b. 1950)
- Geertje Wielema, Dutch swimmer (b. 1934)
- August 19 – Don Hewitt, American television producer (b. 1922)
- August 20
- Hans Biallas, German footballer (b. 1918)
- Semyon Farada, Russian actor (b. 1933)
- Larry Knechtel, American musician (b. 1940)
- Dudu Topaz, Israeli actor and comedian (b. 1946)
- August 21
- Edward Goldsmith, French-English environmentalist (b. 1928)
- Per Lindström, Swedish logician (b. 1936)
- Geoffrey Tozer, Australian pianist and composer (b. 1954)
- August 22
- Muriel Duckworth, American activist (b. 1908)
- Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (b. 1926)
- Erkki Laine, Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1957)
- Adrien Zeller, French politician (b. 1940)
- August 23
- Alexander Bozhkov, Bulgarian politician (b. 1951)
- Garbis Kortian, Armenian philosopher (b. 1938)
- James Lord, American author (b. 1922)
- Anna-Maria Müller, German luger (b. 1949)
- Maurice Régamey, Polish-French actor and film director (b. 1924)
- Pierre Samuel, French mathematician (b. 1921)
- Edzo Toxopeus, Dutch politician and diplomat (b. 1918)
- August 24
- Frank Marcus Fernando, Sri Lankan bishop (b. 1931)
- Nina Golubkova, Russian lichenologist (b. 1932)
- Françoise Gouny, French fencer (b. 1925)
- Joe Maneri, American composer and saxophonist (b. 1927)
- Virginio De Paoli, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1938)
- Toni Sailer, Austrian ski racer (b. 1935)
- August 25
- Ted Kennedy, American politician (b. 1932)
- Mirja Lehtonen, Finnish skier (b. 1942)
- Mandé Sidibé, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940)
- August 26
- Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Iraqi politician and theologian (b. 1953)
- Hyman Bloom, Latvian-American painter (b. 1913)
- Per Christensen, Norwegian actor (b. 1934)
- Dominick Dunne, American journalist and producer (b. 1925)
- Ellie Greenwich, American singer (b. 1940)
- August 27
- Shota Chochishvili, Georgian wrestler and judoka (b. 1950)
- Shing Fui-On, Hong Kong actor (b. 1955)
- Barbara Johnson, American critic and translator (b. 1947)
- Dave Laut, American shot putter (b. 1956)
- Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author (b. 1913)
- Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, Spanish politician (b. 1913)
- Virgilio Savona, Italian composer and singer (b. 1919)
- August 28
- August 29
- Chris Connor, American singer (b. 1927)
- Frank Gardner, Australian racing driver (b. 1931)
- Mady Rahl, German actress (b. 1915)
- Dan-Alexandru Voiculescu, Romanian composer (b. 1940)
- August 30 – Medardas Čobotas, Lithuanian politician (b. 1928)
- August 31
- Barry Flanagan, Welsh sculptor (b. 1941)
- Eddie Higgins, American pianist and composer (b. 1932)
- Torsten Lindberg, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1917)
- George Piranian, Swiss-American mathematician (b. 1914)
- John Choi Young-su, South Korean archbishop (b. 1942)
September 2009
edit- September 1
- Helmut Fottner, German footballer (b. 1927)
- Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (b. 1974)
- Nevit Kodallı, Turkish composer (b. 1924)
- Erich Kunzel, American conductor (b. 1935)
- Paulo Ramos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1985)
- Francis Rogallo, American aeronautical engineer (b. 1912)
- Buky Schwartz, Israeli sculptor (b. 1932)
- Teresa Sarti Strada, Italian philanthropist (b. 1946)
- Turi Vasile, Italian film producer (b. 1922)
- September 2
- Hylton Ackerman, South African cricketer (b. 1947)
- Guy Babylon, American keyboardist and composer (b. 1956)
- Bill Hefner, American politician (b. 1930)
- Christian Poveda, French photojournalist (b. 1957)
- Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1949)
- September 3
- Hulda Regehr Clark, Canadian naturopath (b. 1928)
- Christine D'haen, Belgian author and poet (b. 1923)
- Giovanni Melis Fois, Italian bishop (b. 1916)
- Yukhym Shkolnykov, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
- September 4
- Buddy Blattner, American table tennis player and basketball player (b. 1920)
- Iain Cuthbertson, Scottish actor (b. 1930)
- Guy Guillabert, French rower (b. 1931)
- Keith Waterhouse, English author and television writer (b. 1929)
- September 5
- Ryōko Aoyagi, Japanese actress and singer (b. 1978)
- Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (b. 1938)
- September 6
- Simon Berryer, French comedian (b. 1926)
- Harcharan Singh Brar, Indian politician (b. 1922)
- Vanja Drach, Croatian actor (b. 1932)
- Gerhart Friedlander, German-American chemist (b. 1916)
- Catherine Gaskin, Irish-Australian author (b. 1929)
- Tatyana Ustinova, Russian geologist and geographer (b. 1913)
- September 7
- Medea Chakhava, Georgian actress (b. 1921)
- Junior Coghlan, American actor (b. 1916)
- Eddie Locke, American drummer (b. 1930)
- September 8
- Aleksandr Aksyonoc, Belarusian politician and diplomat (b. 1924)
- Ray Barrett, Australian actor (b. 1927)
- Aage Bohr, Danish physicist (b. 1922)
- Mike Bongiorno, American television host (b. 1924)
- Rica Erickson, Australian naturalist and artist (b. 1908)
- Joan E. Goody, American architect (b. 1923)
- September 9
- Patricia Bergquist, New Zealand zoologist (b. 1933)
- Michael Galasso, American-French film composer (b. 1949)
- Léon Glovacki, French footballer (b. 1928)
- Tuna Mascarenhas, Cape Verdean activist and political figure, First Lady of Cape Verde (b. 1944)
- Andrzej Śliwiński, Polish bishop (b. 1939)
- September 10 – Yoshifumi Tajima, Japanese actor (b. 1918)
- September 11
- Juan Almeida Bosque, Cuban revolutionary and politician (b. 1927)
- Jim Carroll, American author and musician (b. 1949)
- Pierre Cossette, Canadian producer (b. 1923)
- Larry Gelbart, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1928)
- Zakes Mokae, South African-American actor (b. 1934)
- Hitoshi Okino, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1959)
- Georgios Papoulias, Greek politician and diplomat (b. 1927)
- Felicia Tang, Singaporean-American actress and model (b. 1977)
- Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (b. 1958)
- September 12
- Norman Borlaug, American agronomist (b. 1914)
- Dominik Brunner, German businessman (b. 1959)
- William Hoffman, American author (b. 1925)
- Jack Kramer, American tennis player (b. 1921)
- Erich Leo Lehmann, German-American statistician (b. 1917)
- Willy Ronis, French photographer (b. 1910)
- September 13
- William Alston, American philosopher (b. 1921)
- Paul Burke, American actor (b. 1926)
- Lonny Frey, American baseball player (b. 1910)
- Arnold Laven, American film director and producer (b. 1922)
- Maria Testa, Italian archer (b. 1956)
- September 14
- Keith Floyd, English cook and restaurateur (b. 1943)
- Henry Gibson, American actor (b. 1935)
- Jody Powell, American press secretary (b. 1943)
- Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982)
- Patrick Swayze, American actor (b. 1952)
- Lily Tembo, Zambian musician (b. 1981)
- Elio Zagato, Italian automobile designer (b. 1921)
- September 15
- Tommy Greenhough, English cricketer (b. 1931)
- Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)
- Vladimír Padrta, Slovakian basketball player (b. 1952)
- September 16
- Brian Barron, English journalist (b. 1940)
- Timothy Bateson, English actor (b. 1926)
- Luciano Emmer, Italian film director (b. 1918)
- Sotero Laurel, Filipino politician (b. 1918)
- Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (b. 1921)
- Meenakshi Mukherjee, Indian author (b. 1937)
- Filip Nikolic, French actor and singer (b. 1974)
- Mary Travers, American singer (b. 1936)
- September 17
- Dick Durock, American actor and stuntman (b. 1937)
- Randy Johnson, American football player (b. 1944)
- Leon Kirchner, American composer (b. 1919)
- Geoff Williamson, Australian rower (b. 1923)
- September 18
- Dair Asanov, Kyrgyzstani major general (b. 1922)
- Mahlon Hoagland, American biochemist (b. 1921)
- Driss Joumad, Moroccan footballer (b. 1927)
- Irving Kristol, American author and political commentator (b. 1920)
- Natalia Shvedova, Russian lexicographer (b. 1916)
- Barbara Skarga, Polish historian and philosopher (b. 1919)
- September 19
- Willy Breinholst, Danish author and screenwriter (b. 1918)
- Alan Deyermond, English hispanist and critic (b. 1932)
- Víctor Israel, Spanish actor (b. 1929)
- Elizaveta Mukasei, Russian spy (b. 1912)
- Roc Raida, American disc jockey (b. 1972)
- Joseph-Marie Sardou, French archbishop (b. 1922)
- Dhimitër Xhuvani, Albanian author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
- Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist (b. 1929)
- September 20
- September 21
- Wilma Cozart Fine, American record producer (b. 1927)
- Robert Ginty, American actor and television director (b. 1948)
- Myroslav Marusyn, Ukrainian archbishop (b. 1924)
- Parviz Meshkatian, Iranian musician and composer (b. 1955)
- Junzo Shono, Japanese author (b. 1921)
- Sula Wolff, German-English psychiatrist (b. 1924)
- September 22
- Marco Achilli, Italian footballer (b. 1948)
- Willy Allemann, Swiss footballer (b. 1942)
- Romanas Arlauskas, Lithuanian-Australian chess player (b. 1917)
- Kole Čašule, Macedonian author (b. 1921)
- Olaf Dufseth, Norwegian skier (b. 1917)
- Manuel Bermejo Hernández, Spanish politician (b. 1936)
- Hugo Herrestrup, Danish actor (b. 1933)
- Wess Johnson, American-Italian singer (b. 1945)
- S. Varalakshmi, Indian actress and singer (b. 1925)
- September 23
- Paul B. Fay, American politician (b. 1918)
- Ertuğrul Osman, Turkish royal (b. 1912)
- September 24
- Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (b. 1973)
- Susan Atkins, American murderer (b. 1948)
- Rogers McVaugh, American botanist (b. 1909)
- John Powell, American priest and author (b. 1925)
- Robert Sahakyants, Armenian animator (b. 1950)
- Mimi Weddell, American actress (b. 1915)
- Margo Wilson, Canadian psychologist (b. 1942)
- September 25
- István Bujtor, Hungarian actor (b. 1942)
- Pierre Falardeau, Canadian film director (b. 1946)
- Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (b. 1923)
- September 26
- Zygmunt Chychła, Polish boxer (b. 1926)
- Georgy Martynovitch Kert, Russian linguist (b. 1923)
- Paul Medhurst, English-New Zealand cyclist (b. 1953)
- September 27
- Ramesh Balsekar, Indian philosopher (b. 1917)
- John Connell, American artist (b. 1940)
- Ivan Dykhovichny, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
- Hans-Heinrich Jescheck, German academic (b. 1915)
- Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1924)
- William Safire, American author and journalist (b. 1929)
- Alice T. Schafer, American mathematician (b. 1915)
- Pierre-Christian Taittinger, French politician (b. 1926)
- September 28
- Ernie Adams, English footballer (b. 1922)
- René Bliard, French footballer (b. 1932)
- Guillermo Endara, Panamanian politician, President of Panama (b. 1936)
- Daniel Martín, Spanish actor (b. 1935)
- Best Ogedegbe, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
- September 29
- Liu Banjiu, Chinese translator and poet (b. 1922)
- Micheline Beauchemin, Canadian artist (b. 1929)
- Henry Bellmon, American politician (b. 1921)
- Abdülmelik Fırat, Turkish politician (b. 1934)
- Pavel Popovich, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1930)
- September 30
- Pentti Airikkala, Finnish rally driver (b. 1945)
- Rafael Arozarena, Spanish poet and author (b. 1923)
- Robert S. Baker, English film producer (b. 1916)
- Santiago Castroviejo, Spanish botanist (b. 1946)
- Mangué Cissé, Ivorian footballer (b. 1945)
- Raúl Magaña, Salvadoran footballer and manager (b. 1940)
- Victor Van Schil, Belgian cyclist (b. 1939)
October 2009
edit- October 1
- Otar Chiladze, Georgian author (b. 1939)
- André-Philippe Futa, Congolese politician (b. 1943)
- Masao Miyoshi, Japanese-American scholar (b. 1928)
- V. M. Muddiah, Indian cricketer (b. 1929)
- Kazumi Takada, Japanese footballer (b. 1951)
- Cintio Vitier, Chilean poet and author (b. 1921)
- October 2
- Marek Edelman, Polish activist (b. 1922)
- Jørgen Jensen, Danish runner (b. 1944)
- Desmond Plummer, English politician (b. 1914)
- Rolf Rüssmann, German footballer (b. 1950)
- Shaun Wylie, English mathematician and codebreaker (b. 1913)
- October 3
- Aleksandre Basilaia, Georgian composer and songwriter (b. 1942)
- Vladimir Beekman, Estonian author and poet (b. 1929)
- Fernando Caldeiro, Argentine-American astronaut (b. 1958)
- Fatimah el-Sharif, Libyan queen (b. 1911)
- Robert Kirby, English musician (b. 1948)
- Reinhard Mohn, German entrepreneur (b. 1921)
- Michel Nédélec, French cyclist (b. 1940)
- Rino Di Silvestro, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
- October 4
- Bernhard Gröschel, German linguist (b. 1939)
- Veikko Huovinen, Finnish author and forester (b. 1927)
- Fred Kaan, Dutch-English clergyman (b. 1929)
- Ernő Kolczonay, Hungarian fencer (b. 1953)
- Shōichi Nakagawa, Japanese politician (b. 1953)
- Basava Premanand, Indian skeptic (b. 1930)
- Günther Rall, German fighter pilot (b. 1918)
- Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer (b. 1935)
- James Lin Xili, Chinese bishop (b. 1918)
- Bronisław Żurakowski, Polish engineer (b. 1911)
- October 5
- Pascal Abikanlou, Beninese film director and producer (b. 1936)
- Rob Bron, Dutch motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
- James Duesenberry, American economist (b. 1918)
- Israel Gelfand, Russian-American mathematician (b. 1913)
- Giselher Klebe, German composer (b. 1925)
- Hugh Lloyd-Jones, English scholar (b. 1922)
- October 6
- Pamela Blake, American actress (b. 1915)
- Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor (b. 1922)
- J. C. Catford, Scottish linguist (b. 1917)
- Raymond Federman, French-American author and academic (b. 1928)
- Werner Maihofer, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1918)
- October 7
- Fernand Guillou, French basketball player (b. 1926)
- Karin Jaani, Estonian diplomat and politician (b. 1952)
- Gianfranco Mingozzi, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
- Irving Penn, American photographer (b. 1917)
- Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (b. 1927)
- Pedro E. Zadunaisky, Argentine astronomer and mathematician (b. 1917)
- October 8
- Bill Bolger, American basketball player (b. 1931)
- Torsten Reißmann, German judoka (b. 1956)
- Michael Angelo Saltarelli, American bishop (b. 1932)
- Abu Talib, American guitarist (b. 1939)
- October 9
- Arne Bakker, Norwegian footballer and bandy player (b. 1930)
- Zambo Cavero, Peruvian singer (b. 1940)
- Jacques Chessex, Swiss author and painter (b. 1934)
- Vyacheslav Ivankov, Russian mobster (b. 1940)
- Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author (b. 1934)
- Barry Letts, English actor and television writer (b. 1925)
- Valentin Nikolayev, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (b. 1934)
- October 10
- Luis Aguilé, Argentine singer (b. 1936)
- André Even, French basketball player (b. 1926)
- Stephen Gately, Irish singer (b. 1976)
- Sean Lawlor, Irish actor and playwright (b. 1954)
- October 11
- Joan Martí i Alanis, Andorran prince (b. 1928)
- Veronika Neugebauer, German voice actress (b. 1968)
- Halit Refiğ, Turkish film director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
- October 12
- Maurice Agis, English sculptor (b. 1931)
- Bruno Beger, German anthropologist (b. 1911)
- Dietrich von Bothmer, German historian (b. 1918)
- Alberto Castagnetti, Italian swimmer and coach (b. 1943)
- Mildred Cohn, American biochemist (b. 1913)
- Israel Gohberg, Russian-Israeli mathematician (b. 1928)
- Mikheil Kalatozishvili, Georgian-Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
- Enrique Miret Magdalena, Spanish theologian (b. 1914)
- Klaus-Peter Nabein, German runner (b. 1960)
- Dickie Peterson, American musician (b. 1946)
- Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (b. 1974)
- Ian Wallace, English opera singer (b. 1919)
- October 13
- Rodger Doxsey, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1947)
- Al Martino, American singer and actor (b. 1927)
- Paul Barbă Neagră, Romanian film director (b. 1929)
- Winston Mankunku Ngozi, South African saxophonist (b. 1943)
- Roger Nixon, American composer and musician (b. 1921)
- Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer (b. 1921)
- Lü Zhengcao, Chinese general (b. 1904)
- October 14
- Lou Albano, Italian-American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1933)
- C. B. Muthamma, Indian diplomat (b. 1924)
- Martyn Sanderson, New Zealand actor (b. 1938)
- Bruce Wasserstein, American banker and businessman (b. 1947)
- Collin Wilcox, American actress (b. 1935)
- October 15
- Elizabeth Clare Prophet, American religious leader (b. 1939)
- Emil Assad Rached, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1943)
- George Tuska, American comic book artist (b. 1916)
- Heinz Versteeg, Dutch footballer (b. 1939)
- October 16
- Meilė Lukšienė, Lithuanian historian and activist (b. 1913)
- Andrés Montes, Spanish journalist (b. 1955)
- Marian Przykucki, Polish archbishop (b. 1924)
- Nello Rossati, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1942)
- George Tuska, American comic book artist (b. 1916)
- October 17
- Carla Boni, Italian singer (b. 1925)
- Diana Elles, English diplomat and politician (b. 1921)
- János Greminger, Hungarian basketball player (b. 1929)
- Jay Johnson, American politician (b. 1943)
- Vladimir Kashpur, Russian actor (b. 1926)
- Kazuhiko Katō, Japanese musician and record producer (b. 1947)
- Vic Mizzy, American composer (b. 1916)
- Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress (b. 1939)
- Brian Campbell Vickery, Australian-English information scientist (b. 1918)
- October 18
- Ruth Duckworth, German-American sculptor (b. 1919)
- Lenore Kandel, American poet (b. 1932)
- Ludovic Kennedy, Scottish journalist (b. 1919)
- Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish-American physician (b. 1914)
- Nancy Spero, American artist (b. 1926)
- October 19
- Joe Hutton, American basketball player (b. 1928)
- Sushila Kerketta, Indian politician (b. 1939)
- Milda Lauberte, Latvian chess player (b. 1918)
- Shlomo Lorincz, Israeli politician (b. 1918)
- Milun Marović, Serbian basketball player and geologist (b. 1947)
- Octávio Moraes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1923)
- Angelo Musi, American basketball player (b. 1918)
- Alberto Testa, Italian songwriter (b. 1927)
- Howard Unruh, American murderer (b. [[1921])
- Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (b. 1918)
- October 20
- Attila Dargay, Hungarian animator (b. 1927)
- Clifford Hansen, American politician (b. 1912)
- Yasuko Harada, Japanese author (b. 1928)
- Leszek Nowak, Polish philosopher (b. 1943)
- Jef Nys, Belgian comic book artist (b. 1927)
- Yuri Ryazanov, Russian gymnast (b. 1987)
- October 21
- Andrey Balashov, Russian sailor (b. 1946)
- Mohammed Knut Bernström, Swedish diplomat and scholar (b. 1919)
- Heinz Czechowski, German poet and playwright (b. 1935)
- Lionel Davidson, English author (b. 1922)
- Gennady Garbuzov, Russian boxer (b. 1930)
- Paul Massey, English rower (b. 1926)
- Yōko Minamida, Japanese actress (b. 1933)
- Giuliano Vassalli, Italian politician (b. 1915)
- October 22
- Maryanne Amacher, American composer and artist (b. 1938)
- Daniel Bekker, South African boxer (b. 1932)
- Pierre Chaunu, French historian (b. 1923)
- Luther Dixon, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1931)
- Irene Fischer, Austrian-American mathematician (b. 1907)
- Ray Lambert, Welsh footballer (b. 1922)
- Carole Roussopoulos, Swiss film director and activist (b. 1945)
- Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (b. 1926)
- Enver Shehu, Albanian footballer and manager (b. 1934)
- October 23
- Suhrab Faqir, Pakistani singer (b. 1934)
- Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (b. 1913)
- Zoubeir Turki, Tunisian painter and sculptor (b. 1924)
- October 24 – Bill Chadwick, American ice hockey referee (b. 1915)
- October 25
- Adoor Bhavani, Indian actress (b. 1927)
- Camillo Cibin, Italian bodyguard (b. 1926)
- Fritz Darges, German nazi lieutenant general (b. 1913)
- Leslie A. Geddes. Scottish-American engineer and physiologist (b. 1921)
- Lawrence Halprin, American architect (b. 1916)
- Lázaro Pérez Jiménez, Mexican bishop (b. 1941)
- René Marigil, Spanish cyclist (b. 1928)
- Ingeborg Mello, German-Argentine athlete (b. 1919)
- Heinz-Klaus Metzger, German critic and theorist (b. 1932)
- Alexander Piatigorsky, Russian-English philosopher (b. 1929)
- Kamala Sankrityayan, Indian author and scholar (b. 1930)
- Thea Segall, Romanian-Venezuelan photographer (b. 1929)
- Iryna Senyk, Ukrainian poet and nurse (b. 1926)
- Aldo Valentini, Chilean footballer (b. 1938)
- October 26
- Daniel Acharuparambil, Indian archbishop (b. 1939)
- Sabino Fernández Campo, Spanish royal (b. 1918)
- Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer and art director (b. 1924)
- Miloslav Švandrlík, Czech author (b. 1932)
- October 27
- John David Carson, American actor (b. 1952)
- August Coppola, American academic and author (b. 1934)
- Roy DeCarava, American artist (b. 1919)
- David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1940)
- Paul Zamecnik, American biologist (b. 1912)
- October 28
- Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1947)
- Dimitar Khlebarov, Bulgarian pole vaulter (b. 1934)
- Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer (b. 1990)
- October 29
- Russell L. Ackoff, American theorist (b. 1919)
- Jean-François Bergier, Swiss historian (b. 1931)
- Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez, Venezuelan priest (b. 1922)
- Jürgen Rieger, German lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
- Beat Rüedi, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- Bei Shizhang, Chinese biophysicist and embryologist (b. 1903)
- Dave Treen, American politician (b. 1928)
- Anna Yegorova, Russian pilot (b. 1916)
- October 30
- Juvenal Amarijo, Brazilian footballer (b. 1923)
- Norton Buffalo, American singer and musician (b. 1951)
- Mathias Kanda, Zimbabwean runner (b. 1942)
- Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist (b. 1908)
- Howie Schultz, American baseball player and basketball player (b. 1922)
- František Veselý, Czech footballer (b. 1943)
- Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1966)
- October 31
- Amin Howeidi, Egyptian politician (b. 1921)
- Lee Hu-rak, South Korean politician (b. 1924)
- Chen Lin, Chinese singer (b. 1970)
- Mustafa Mahmoud, Egyptian physician and philosopher (b. 1921)
- Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (b. 1911)
November 2009
edit- November 1
- Natuzza Evolo, Italian mystic (b. 1924)
- Esther Hautzig, Polish-American author (b. 1930)
- Alda Merini, Italian author and poet (b. 1931)
- Alan Ogg, American basketball player (b. 1967)
- Robert H. Rines, American scientist (b. 1922)
- November 2
- Nien Cheng, Chinese author (b. 1915)
- Evelyn Hofer, German-American photographer (b. 1922)
- Shabtai Kalmanovich, Russian spy (b. 1947)
- Phil Lumpkin, American basketball player (b. 1951)
- Silvia Morgan, Spanish actress (b. 1923)
- Amir Pnueli, Israeli computer scientist (b. 1941)
- Haya bint Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian princess (b. 1929)
- José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor (b. 1922)
- November 3
- Francisco Ayala, Spanish author (b. 1906)
- Carl Ballantine, American actor (b. 1917)
- Dodo Chichinadze, Georgian actress (b. 1924)
- Shel Dorf, American comic book fan (b. 1933)
- Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (b. 1904)
- Lorissa McComas, American actress and model (b. 1970)
- November 4
- Win Aung, Burmese military officer and politician (b. 1944)
- William H. Avery, American politician (b. 1911)
- Ivan Biakov, Russian biathlete (b. 1944)
- Hubertus Brandenburg, German bishop (b. 1923)
- Stefano Chiodi, Italian footballer (b. 1956)
- Wang Fang, Chinese politician (b. 1920)
- Kabun Mutō, Japanese politician (b. 1926)
- November 5
- Peter Chen Bolu, Chinese bishop (b. 1914)
- Félix Luna, Argentine author and historian (b. 1925)
- November 6
- Manuel Arvizu, Mexican bishop (b. 1919)
- Dimitri De Fauw, Belgian cyclist (b. 1981)
- Otomar Krejča, Czech theatre director (b. 1921)
- Hans Lund, American poker player (b. 1950)
- Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop (b. 1906)
- Abraham Escudero Montoya, Colombian bishop (b. 1940)
- Samba Félix Ndiaye, Senegalese film director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
- Manuel Solís Palma, Panamanian politician, President of Panama (b. 1917)
- Oleksandr Shchanov, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1924)
- Oleksandr Sorokalet, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1957)
- November 7
- Sunita Deshpande, Indian author (b. 1926)
- Anselmo Duarte, Brazilian actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- Chris Harman, English journalist and activist (b. 1942)
- Joe Maross, American actor (b. 1923)
- May Nilsson, Swedish skier (b. 1921)
- November 8
- Pierre Bottero, French author (b. 1964)
- Jerry Fuchs, American drummer (b. 1974)
- Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist (b. 1916)
- Colin Long, Australian tennis player (b. 1918)
- Arda Mandikian, Greek opera singer (b. 1924)
- Igor Starygin, Russian actor (b. 1946)
- November 9
- Al Cervi, American basketball player and coach (b. 1917)
- Giorgios Contogeorgis, Greek economist (b. 1912)
- Henri Alain Liogier, French botanist (b. 1916)
- Ib Olsen, Danish rower (b. 1929)
- Mehdi Sahabi, Iranian translator and painter (b. 1944)
- Chris van Veen, Dutch politician (b. 1922)
- November 10
- Gheorghe Dinică, Romanian actor (b. 1934)
- Robert Enke, German footballer (b. 1977)
- William Ganz, Slovakian-American cardiologist (b. 1919)
- Tomaž Humar, Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1969)
- Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (b. 1958)
- Dick Katz, American pianist and record producer (b. 1924)
- Uolevi Manninen, Finnish basketball player (b. 1937)
- Hisaya Morishige, Japanese actor and comedian (b. 1913)
- John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960)
- November 11
- Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Spanish judge (b. 1949)
- Ehsan Fatahian, Iranian activist (b. 1982)
- Naftali Feder, Israeli politician (b. 1920)
- Helge Reiss, Norwegian actor (b. 1928)
- November 12
- Vagrich Bakhchanyan, Ukrainian-American painter (b. 1938)
- Willy Kernen, Swiss footballer (b. 1929)
- Bernard Kolélas, Congolese politician (b. 1933)
- James R. Lilley, American diplomat (b. 1928)
- Henri Sérandour, French water polo player (b. 1937)
- Paul Wendkos, American film director (b. 1925)
- Emanuel Zisman, Israeli politician (b. 1935)
- November 13
- Uma Anand, Indian journalist and actress (b. 1923)
- Héctor Facundo, Argentine footballer (b. 1937)
- Michał Gajownik, Polish canoeist (b. 1981)
- Ueli Gegenschatz, Swiss base jumper and skydiver (b. 1971)
- Dell Hymes, American linguist (b. 1927)
- Bruce King, American politician (b. 1924)
- Mara Manzan, Brazilian actress (b. 1952)
- Armen Takhtajan, Russian-Armenian botanist (b. 1910)
- November 14
- Nikolay Anikin, Russian skier (b. 1932)
- Margot Becke-Goehring, German chemist (b. 1914)
- Sima Ćirković, Serbian historian (b. 1929)
- Lewis Millett, American soldier (b. 1920)
- November 15
- Ray Charnley, English footballer (b. 1935)
- Dennis Cole, American actor (b. 1940)
- Andriy Fedchuk, Ukrainian boxer (b. 1980)
- Karol Galba, Slovakian football referee (b. 1921)
- Pierre Harmel, Belgian politician, Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1911)
- Hans Matthöfer, German politician (b. 1925)
- Jocelyn Quivrin, French actor (b. 1979)
- Gojko Stojčević, Serbian patriarch (b. 1914)
- November 16
- Pablo Amaringo, Peruvian artist (b. 1938)
- Jeff Clyne, English bassist (b. 1937)
- Sergei Magnitsky, Russian lawyer and tax advisor (b. 1972)
- Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (b. 1978)
- Anne-Sofie Østvedt, Norwegian resistance fighter (b. 1920)
- Ignacio Pérez, Colombian footballer (b. 1934)
- Edward Woodward, English actor (b. 1930)
- November 17
- John Craxton, English painter (b. 1922)
- Nikolay Olyalin, Russian-Ukrainian actor (b. 1941)
- November 18
- Johnny Almond, English saxophonist (b. 1946)
- Abrar Alvi, Indian film director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- Albert Crewe, English-American physicist (b. 1927)
- Jeanne-Claude Javacheff, Moroccan artist (b. 1935)
- Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- Salem Saad, Emirati footballer (b. 1978)
- November 19
- Daul Kim, South Korean model (b. 1989)
- Randy Snow, American wheelchair basketball player (b. 1959)
- November 20
- Kristina Brenk, Slovenian author and poet (b. 1911)
- Naomi Frankel, German-Israeli author (b. 1918)
- Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1931)
- Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925)
- H. C. Robbins Landon, American musicologist (b. 1926)
- Celso Pitta, Brazilian economist and politician (b. 1946)
- Grigory Sivkov, Russian pilot (b. 1921)
- Elisabeth Söderström, Swedish opera singer (b. 1927)
- Daniel Sysoev, Russian priest (b. 1974)
- Roman Trakhtenberg, Russian radio personality and actor (b. 1968)
- Tania Weber, Finnish actress (b. 1926)
- November 21
- Teki Biçoku, Albanian geologist (b. 1926)
- Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1926)
- November 22
- Ali Kordan, Iranian politician (b. 1958)
- Gino Munaron, Italian racing driver (b. 1928)
- Juan Carlos Muñoz, Argentine footballer (b. 1919)
- Ivo Rudic, Croatian-Australian footballer (b. 1942)
- November 23
- Philip Kueber, Canadian rower and lawyer (b. 1934)
- Richard Meale, Australian composer (b. 1932)
- Yang Xianyi, Chinese translator (b. 1915)
- November 24
- Josip Gucmirtl, Croatian footballer (b. 1942)
- Ernst Höfner, German politician (b. 1929)
- Chan Hung-lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
- Kan Ishii, Japanese composer (b. 1921)
- Hale Smith, American pianist and composer (b. 1925)
- Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1935)
- November 25
- Giorgio Carbone, Italian prince (b. 1936)
- Beatrice Gray, American actress and dancer (b. 1911)
- November 26
- Giuseppe Baldini, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- Nikola Kovachev, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1934)
- Sam Haskins, South African-English photographer (b. 1926)
- Július Kozma, Slovakian chess player (b. 1929)
- Lis Løwert, Danish actress (b. 1919)
- Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Romanian fencer (b. 1946)
- Victor Zaslavsky, Russian-Canadian sociologist (b. 1937)
- November 27
- Ruslan Ashuraliyev, Russian wrestler (b. 1950)
- Jacques Baratier, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1918)
- Ernesto Treccani, Italian artist and author (b. 1920)
- November 28
- Gilles Carle, Canadian film director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- Bjartmar Gjerde, Norwegian politician (b. 1931)
- Tony Kendall, Italian model and actor (b. 1936)
- Patrick Konchellah, Kenyan runner (b. 1968)
- Samuel Martin, American linguist (b. 1924)
- Rafig Mehdiyev, Azerbaijani painter (b. 1933)
- Kōichi Saitō, Japanese film director and photographer (b. 1929)
- November 29
- Andrew Donald Booth, English-Canadian engineer and physicist (b. 1918)
- Farial Farouk, Egyptian princess (b. 1938)
- Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)
- Alexandre Léopold, Belgian prince (b. 1942)
- Solange Magnano, Argentine model and beauty queen (b. 1971)
- Karl Peglau, German psychologist (b. 1927)
- Jerneja Perc, Slovenian sprinter (b. 1971)
- Robert Smith, English historian (b. 1919)
- November 30
- Christopher Anvil, American author (b. 1925)
- Héctor Gros Espiell, Uruguayan jurist and politician (b. 1926)
- Paul Naschy, Spanish actor and screenwriter (b. 1934)
- Milorad Pavić, Serbian author (b. 1929)
- Lucian Pulvermacher, American priest (b. 1918)
December 2009
edit- December 1
- Christoph Budde, German footballer (b. 1963)
- Alberto Martínez, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1950)
- Ramses Shaffy, Dutch-French singer (b. 1933)
- Shilendra Kumar Singh, Indian diplomat (b. 1932)
- Éva Szörényi, Hungarian actress (b. 1917)
- December 2
- Shoji Hashimoto, Japanese go player (b. 1935)
- Ikuo Hirayama, Japanese painter (b. 1930)
- Jozo Križanović, Croatian politician (b. 1944)
- Luís Lombardi Neto, Brazilian television announcer (b. 1940)
- Aaron Schroeder, American songwriter (b. 1926)
- Vjekoslav Šutej, Croatian conductor (b. 1951)
- Eric Woolfson, Scottish musician (b. 1945)
- December 3
- Qamar Aden Ali, Somali politician (b. 1957)
- Paula Hawkins, American politician (b. 1927)
- Leila Lopes, Brazilian actress and model (b. 1959)
- Richard Todd, Irish-English actor (b. 1919)
- December 4
- Liam Clancy, Irish singer (b. 1935)
- Matthew Luo Duxi, Chinese bishop (b. 1919)
- Robert Hirschfeld, American actor (b. 1942)
- Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin, Central African archbishop (b. 1941)
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Russian actor (b. 1928)
- Stephen Toulmin, English philosopher and author (b. 1922)
- Jordi Solé Tura, Spanish politician (b. 1930)
- Umaga, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1973)
- Mary Curtis Verna, American opera singer (b. 1921)
- December 5
- Gordana Bogojević, Serbian basketball player (b. 1974)
- Mbella Sonne Dipoko, Cameroonian author and poet (b. 1936)
- Alfred Hrdlicka, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
- Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician (b. 1926)
- Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1931)
- Garfield Morgan, English actor (b. 1931)
- Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur and author (b. 1930)
- Satyananda Saraswati, Indian yoga instructor (b. 1923)
- William A. Wilson, American diplomat (b. 1914)
- December 6
- Eligio Echagüe, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1938)
- Rupprecht Geiger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1908)
- Bina Rai, Indian actress (b. 1931)
- Thierno Faty Sow, Senegalese film director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
- December 7
- Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (b. 1910)
- Gian-Reto Plattner, Swiss physicist (b. 1939)
- Ray Solomonoff, American physicist (b. 1926)
- Pyotr Vail, Russian author (b. 1949)
- December 8
- Massimo Bogianckino, Italian pianist and politician (b. 1922)
- Joan Bridge, English costume designer (b. 1912)
- Tavo Burat, Italian author and journalist (b. 1932)
- Remy Chauvin, French biologist and entomologist (b. 1913)
- Luis Días, Dominican musician and composer (b. 1952)
- Karel Klančnik, Yugoslavian ski jumper (b. 1917)
- Anthony Sanusi, Nigerian bishop (b. 1911)
- Håkan Wickberg, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1943)
- Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, American historian and author (b. 1932)
- December 9
- Gene Barry, American actor (b. 1919)
- Mia Berner, Norwegian philosopher and sociologist (b. 1923)
- Francis Blanchard, French doctor general (b. 1916)
- Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, Guatemalan politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1930)
- Jack K. Hale, American mathematician (b. 1928)
- Eduardo Pacheco, Filipino athlete (b. 1936)
- Faramarz Payvar, Iranian composer (b. 1933)
- Rodrigo Carazo Odio, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica (b. 1926)
- Hassan Tuhami, Egyptian politician (b. 1924)
- December 10
- Dilip Chitre, Indian poet and critic (b. 1938)
- Vytautas Klova, Latvian composer (b. 1926)
- József Kóczián, Hungarian table tennis player (b. 1926)
- Lee Yul-woo, South Korean boxer (b. 1967)
- December 11
- Francisco Piquer, Spanish actor (b. 1922)
- Rosalie Williams, English actress (b. 1919)
- December 12
- Val Avery, American actor (b. 1924)
- Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Russian skier (b. 1939)
- Manuel Ruiz Sosa, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1937)
- December 13
- Dan Barton, American actor (b. 1921)
- Paul Samuelson, American economist (b. 1915)
- Dominique Zardi, French actor (b. 1930)
- December 14
- Alan A'Court, English footballer (b. 1934)
- Krikor Azaryan, Bulgarian film director (b. 1934)
- Miodrag Jovanović, Serbian footballer (b. 1922)
- December 15
- C. D. B. Bryan, American author (b. 1936)
- Alan Van Heerden, South African cyclist (b. 1954)
- Milena Müllerová, Czech gymnast (b. 1923)
- Arnaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian archbishop (b. 1930)
- Oral Roberts, American evangelist (b. 1918)
- December 16
- Abdelhadi Boutaleb, Moroccan historian and author (b. 1923)
- Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)
- Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician (b. 1956)
- Kelly Kwalik, Indonesian rebel and activist (b. 1955)
- Arturo Beltrán Leyva, Mexican drug lord (b. 1961)
- Terry Pollard, American drummer (b. 1931)
- Ihor Sholin, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1985)
- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African politician (b. 1940)
- Vladimir Turchinsky, Russian wrestler (b. 1963)
- December 17
- Amin al-Hafiz, Syrian politician, President and Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1921)
- Alaina Reed Hall, American actress (b. 1946)
- Chris Henry, American football player (b. 1983)
- Jennifer Jones, American actress (b. 1919)
- Michel Leblond, French footballer (b. 1932)
- Dan O'Bannon, American screenwriter (b. 1946)
- Guillermo Ortiz, Mexican footballer (b. 1939)
- Albert Ràfols-Casamada, Spanish painter and poet (b. 1923)
- Wu Yingyin, Chinese singer (b. 1922)
- December 18
- José Bardina, Spanish actor (b. 1939)
- Oskar Danon, Yugoslavian composer and conductor (b. 1913)
- Connie Hines, American actress (b. 1931)
- Jacqueline Laurent, French actress (b. 1918)
- László Nagy, Hungarian-Swiss scout leader (b. 1921)
- Job Osacky, American archbishop (b. 1946)
- Robin Wood, English film critic (b. 1931)
- December 19
- Charles Birch, Australian geneticist (b. 1918)
- Lincoln Gordon, American academic and diplomat (b. 1913)
- Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Iranian scholar and activist (b. 1922)
- Zeki Ökten, Turkish film director (b. 1941)
- Kim Peek, American savant (b. 1951)
- December 20
- Arun Krushnaji Kamble, Indian author and politician (b. 1953)
- Yiannis Moralis, Greek artist (b. 1916)
- Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (b. 1977)
- Vera Rich, English poet and journalist (b. 1936)
- Arnold Stang, American actor and comedian (b. 1918)
- December 21
- Ann Nixon Cooper, American activist (b. 1902)
- Harry Järv, Finnish-Swedish librarian and author (b. 1921)
- Peter King, English saxophonist (b. 1929)
- Edwin G. Krebs, American biologist (b. 1918)
- Christos Lambrakis, Greek businessman (b. 1934)
- Ergican Saydam, Turkish pianist (b. 1929)
- Marianne Stone, English actress (b. 1922)
- December 22
- Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian politician (b. 1940)
- Michael Currie, American actor (b. 1928)
- Milena Dvorská, Czech actress (b. 1938)
- Albert Scanlon, English footballer (b. 1935)
- December 23
- Lucas Abadamloora, Ghanaian bishop (b. 1938)
- Ike Aronowicz, Israeli sailor (b. 1923)
- Grigory Baklanov, Russian author (b. 1923)
- Robert L. Howard, American soldier (b. 1939)
- Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan politician (b. 1910)
- Robert Lucy, Swiss gymnast (b. 1923)
- Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian theologian (b. 1914)
- December 24
- Marcus Bakker, Dutch politician (b. 1923)
- Hugo Berly, Chilean footballer (b. 1941)
- Giulio Bosetti, Italian actor (b. 1930)
- Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
- Tim Hart, English singer (b. 1948)
- Victor Khain, Russian geologist (b. 1914)
- Gero von Wilpert, German author (b. 1933)
- December 25
- Vic Chesnutt, American singer (b. 1964)
- Knut Haugland, Norwegian resistance fighter and explorer (b. 1917)
- Radovan Ivšić, Croatian author (b. 1921)
- December 26
- Dennis Brutus, South African activist and poet (b. 1924)
- Giuseppe Chiappella, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1924)
- Peder Lunde Sr., Norwegian sailor (b. 1918)
- Arthur McIntyre, English cricketer (b. 1918)
- Jaroslav Moučka, Czech actor (b. 1923)
- Yves Rocher, French businessman (b. 1930)
- Percy Sutton, American activist and politician (b. 1920)
- Jacques Sylla, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar (b. 1946)
- Feodosy Vanin, Russian runner (b. 1914)
- December 27
- Isaac Schwartz, Russian composer (b. 1923)
- Takashi Takabayashi, Japanese footballer (b. 1931)
- December 28
- Habib Bourguiba Jr., Tunisian diplomat and politician (b. 1927)
- Manfred R. Schroeder, German physicist (b. 1926)
- J. David Singer, American political scientist (b. 1925)
- Jimmy Sullivan, American musician (b. 1981)
- December 29
- Roberto Amadei, Italian bishop (b. 1933)
- Janina Bauman, Polish journalist (b. 1926)
- Carlo Cerioni, Italian basketball player (b. 1925)
- David Levine, American artist (b. 1926)
- Akmal Shaikh, Pakistani-English businessman and drug trafficker (b. 1956)
- Steve Williams, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
- December 30
- Mohamed M. Atalla, Egyptian engineer and chemist (b. 1924)
- Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu, Ugandan bishop (b. 1923)
- Bessie Blount Griffin, American forensic scientist and inventor (b. 1914)
- Rowland S. Howard, Australian musician (b. 1959)
- Vishnuvardhan Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1950)
- Michelle Lang, Canadian journalist (b. 1975)
- Alberto Lysy, Argentine violinist and conductor (b. 1935)
- Walter Pérez, Uruguayan sprinter (b. 1924)
- Peter Shirayanagi, Japanese archbishop (b. 1928)
- Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician, President of Indonesia (b. 1940)
- Perry Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
- Ivan Zulueta, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1943)
- December 31
- Giulio Corsini, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- Cahal Daly, Irish philosopher and theologian (b. 1917)
- Rashidi Kawawa, Tanzanian politician, Prime Minister of Tanzania (b. 1924)
- Justin Keating, Irish politician (b. 1930)
- Raymond Lockwood, English figure skater (b. 1928)
- Glauco Onorato, Italian actor (b. 1936)
- Frans Seda, Indonesian politician (b. 1926)
- Mikhail Vartanov, Armenian film director and cinematographer (b. 1937)