User:Rusted AutoParts/Deaths of 2000-2009

2000

January 2000

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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
  • Pita Amor, Mexican poet (b. 1918)
  • X Brands, American actor (b. 1927)
  • Hubert Maga, Beninese politician, President of Dahomey (b. 1916)
• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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
  • Hans Ertl, German mountaineer and nazi propagandist (b. 1908)
  • Nils Tapp, Swedish skier (b. 1917)
  • Yokozuna, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
• 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

• 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

• 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

January 2001

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

January 2002

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

January 2003

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• August 1
  • Tom Lewis, American politician (b. 1924)
  • Guy Thys, Belgian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
  • Marie Trintignant, French actress (b. 1962)
• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

January 2004

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

January 2005

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

January 2006

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

January 2007

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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
  • Art Davis, American double bassist (b. 1934)
  • Mike Reid, English actor (b. 1940)
  • Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928)
• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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
  • Joel Dorn, American record producer (b. 1942)
  • Jim Holstein, American basketball player (b. 1930)
  • Mel Leven, American composer and songwriter (b. 1914)
• 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

January 2008

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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
  • Léo Major, Canadian sergeant (b. 1921)
  • Marta Pan, Hungarian-French sculptor (b. 1923)
  • James E. Reilly, American television writer (b. 1948)
• 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

• 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

• 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

January 2009

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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
  • DJ AM, American disc jockey (b. 1973)
  • Richard Egan, American businessman and diplomat (b. 1936)
  • Emil Glad, Danish actor (b. 1929)
• 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

• 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
  • John Hart, American actor (b. 1917)
  • Ken Hough, Australian-New Zealand cricketer and footballer (b. 1928)
  • Shukhrat Safin, Uzbekistani chess grandmaster (b. 1970)
• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

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