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- January 3
- Mary Garden, Scottish-American opera singer (b. 1874)
- Jack Ruby, American nightclub owner and convicted criminal, best known as the assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald (b. 1911)
- January 4 – Donald Campbell, English water and land speed record seeker (b. 1921)
- January 9 – Waldo Frank, American novelist and historian (b. 1889)
- January 12 – Holland Smith, American general (b. 1882)
- January 14 – Miklós Kállay, 34th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1887)
- January 17
- Evelyn Nesbit, American actress and model (b. 1884)
- Barney Ross, American boxer (b. 1909)
- January 21 – Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
- January 22 – Jobyna Ralston, American actress (b. 1899)
- January 23 – Holcombe Ward, American tennis player (b. 1878)
- January 24 – Luigi Federzoni, Italian Fascist politician (b. 1878)
- January 27
- Crew of Apollo 1 (launch pad fire):
- Ed White, American astronaut (b. 1930)
- Gus Grissom, American astronaut (b. 1926)
- Roger Chaffee, American astronaut (b. 1935)
- David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir, British politician, lawyer, and judge (b. 1900)
- Alphonse Juin, Marshal of France (b. 1888)
- Luigi Tenco, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
- Crew of Apollo 1 (launch pad fire):
- January 28 – Leonhard Seppala, Norwegian-American sled dog breeder, trainer and musher (b. 1877)
- January 31 – Eddie Tolan, American athlete (b. 1909)
February
- February 3 – Joe Meek, English record producer and sound engineer (b. 1929)
- February 6
- Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920)
- Henry Morgenthau Jr., United States Secretary of the Treasury during World War II (b. 1891)
- February 7 – David Unaipon, Australian author and inventor (b. 1872)
- February 8 – Victor Gollancz, British publisher (b. 1893)
- February 13 – Abelardo L. Rodríguez, substitute president of Mexico (1932-1934) (b. 1889)
- February 14 – Sig Ruman, German actor (b. 1884)
- February 15 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor (b. 1887)
- February 16 – Smiley Burnette, American actor (b. 1911)
- February 17 – Ciro Alegría, Peruvian journalist, politician, and novelist (b. 1909)
- February 18 – J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1904)
- February 21 – Charles Beaumont, American writer (b. 1929)
- February 24 – Franz Waxman, German-American composer (b. 1906)
- February 28 – Henry Luce, American publisher (b. 1898)
March
- March 2
- Gordon Harker, English actor (b. 1885)
- José Martínez Ruiz, 'Azorín', Spanish writer (b. 1873)
- March 5
- Mischa Auer, Russian-born actor (b. 1905)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1882)
- Georges Vanier, Canadian Governor General (b. 1888)
- March 6
- Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (b. 1901)
- Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (b. 1882)
- March 7 – Alice B. Toklas, American personality (b. 1877)
- March 11 – Geraldine Farrar, American soprano (b. 1882)
- March 23 – Pete Johnson, American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter (b. 1904)
- March 27 – Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
- March 30 – Jean Toomer, American writer (b. 1894)
- March 31
- Don Alvarado, American actor (b. 1904)
- Rodion Malinovsky, Soviet military commander and Minister of Defence (b. 1898)
April
- April 5 – Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1890)
- April 13 – Luis Somoza Debayle, 26th President of Nicaragua (b. 1922)
- April 15 – Totò, Italian actor (b. 1898)
- April 17 – Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908)
- April 18 – Friedrich Heiler, German theologian and historian (b. 1892)
- April 19 – Konrad Adenauer, German statesman, 27th Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (b. 1876)
- April 22 – Tom Conway, British actor (b. 1904)
- April 23 – Edgar Neville, Spanish playwright and film director (b. 1899)
- April 24 – Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1927)
- April 25 – Joseph Boxhall, British sailor, fourth officer of the RMS Titanic (b. 1884)
- April 29 – Anthony Mann, American actor and director (b. 1906)
May
- May 6 – Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (b. 1885)
- May 7 – Judith Evelyn, American actress (b. 1909)
- May 8
- Laverne Andrews, American singer (b. 1911)
- Elmer Rice, American playwright (b. 1892)
- May 10 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian Formula One driver (b. 1935)
- May 12 – John Masefield, English poet and novelist (b. 1878)
- May 15 – Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
- May 18 – Andy Clyde, Scottish actor (b. 1892)
- May 21
- Géza Lakatos, Hungarian general and politician, 36th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1890)
- Rexhep Mitrovica, Albanian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1888)
- May 22
- Langston Hughes, American writer, novelist, playwright, and columnist (b. 1902)
- Josip Plemelj, Slovene mathematician (b. 1873)
- May 27
- Tilly Edinger, German-born American scientist, founder of paleoneurology (b. 1897)
- Johannes Itten, Swiss painter (b. 1888)
- May 29 – Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Austrian film director (b. 1885)
- May 30 – Claude Rains, British actor (b. 1889)
- May 31 – Billy Strayhorn, American composer and pianist (b. 1915)
June
- June 3 – Arthur Tedder, British air force general, Marshal of the Royal Air Force (b. 1890)
- June 5 – Arthur Biram, Israeli philosopher and educator, and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1878)
- June 6 – Edward Givens, American astronaut (b. 1930)
- June 7 – Dorothy Parker, American writer (b. 1893)
- June 10 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (b. 1900)
- June 11 – Wolfgang Köhler, German psychologist (b. 1887)
- June 13
- Gerald Patterson, Australian tennis champion (b. 1895)
- Edward Ellington, British military officer; Marshal of the Royal Air Force (b. 1877)
- June 14 – Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (b. 1897)
- June 16 – Reginald Denny, English actor (b. 1891)
- June 17 – Vernon Huber, American admiral and 36th Governor of American Samoa (b. 1899)
- June 26 – Françoise Dorléac, French actress (b. 1942)
- June 29
- Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906)
- Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
July
- July 1 – Gerhard Ritter, German historian (b. 1888)
- July 8
- Fatima Jinnah, Pakistan's "Mother of the Nation" (b. 1893)
- Vivien Leigh, English actress (b. 1913)
- July 9
- Eugen Fischer, German professor of medicine, anthropology and eugenics (b. 1874)
- July 13 – Tommy Lucchese, Italian-American gangster (b. 1899)
- July 14 – Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (b. 1880)
- July 17
- Cyril Ring, American film actor (b. 1892)
- John Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1926)
- July 18 – Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, 26th President of Brazil (plane crash) (b. 1897)
- July 20 – Lewis H. Brereton, American aviation pioneer and air force general (b. 1890)
- July 21
- Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1907)
- Albert Lutuli, South African politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1898)
- Basil Rathbone, British actor (b. 1892)
- July 22 – Carl Sandburg, American poet (b. 1878)
August
- August 1
- Richard Kuhn, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
- Adrien Arcand, Canadian politician (b. 1899)
- August 9
- Joe Orton, English playwright (b. 1933)
- Anton Walbrook, Austrian actor (b. 1896)
- August 13 – Jane Darwell, American actress (b. 1879)
- August 15
- René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
- Manuel Prado Ugarteche, 50th & 54th President of Peru (b. 1889)
- August 19
- Isaac Deutscher, British Marxist historian (b. 1907)
- Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (b. 1884)
- August 22 – Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and researcher (b. 1903)
- August 23 – Nathaniel Cartmell, American Olympic athlete (b. 1883)
- August 24 – Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist (b. 1882)
- August 25
- Stanley Bruce, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
- Paul Muni, American actor (b. 1895)
- George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader (b. 1918)
- August 27 – Brian Epstein, English band manager (The Beatles) (b. 1934)
- August 30
- Samuel Mosberg, American boxer, Olympic champion (b. 1896)
- Ad Reinhardt, American painter (b. 1913)
- August 31
- Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer (b. 1891)
- Mikhail Kovalyov, Soviet general (b. 1897)
September
- September 1
- James Dunn, American actor (b. 1901)
- Ilse Koch, Nazi German war criminal (b. 1906)
- Siegfried Sassoon, British poet (b. 1886)
- September 3 – Francis Ouimet, American professional golfer (b. 1893)
- September 8 – Juliusz Rómmel, Polish general (b. 1881)
- September 12 – Vladimir Bartol, Slovene author (b. 1903)
- September 13 – Varian Fry, American journalist (b. 1907)
- September 18 – John Cockcroft, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- September 27 – Prince Felix Yusupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (b. 1887)
- September 29 – Carson McCullers, American writer (b. 1917)
October
- October 3
- Woody Guthrie, American folk musician (b. 1911)
- Sir Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)
- Pinto Colvig, American actor, newspaper cartoonist, and circus performer (b. 1892)
- October 5 – Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
- October 7 – Norman Angell, British politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1872)
- October 8 – Clement Attlee, British politician, 60th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
- October 9
- Gordon Allport, American psychologist (b. 1897)
- Che Guevara, Argentine communist revolutionary (b. 1928)
- Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- Joseph Pilates, German physical culturist and developer of Pilates (b. 1883)
- Edith Storey, American actress (b. 1892)
- October 12 – Nat Pendleton, American actor and Olympic wrestler (b. 1895)
- October 17 – Xuantong Emperor, last Emperor of China (b. 1906)
- October 20 – Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
- October 29 – Julien Duvivier, French film director (b. 1896)
- October 30 – Charles Trowbridge, American actor (b. 1882)
November
- November 7 – John Nance Garner, 32nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1868)
- November 9 – Charles Bickford, American actor (b. 1891)
- November 13 – Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
- November 15 – Alice Lake, American actress (b. 1895)
- November 19 – Casimir Funk, Polish biochemist (b. 1884)
- November 25 – Ossip Zadkine, Russian sculptor, painter and lithographer (b. 1890)
- November 26 – Albert Warner, American film producer (b. 1884)
- November 28 – Léon M'ba, 1st President of Gabon (b. 1902)
- November 29 – Ferenc Münnich, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886)
December
- December 4
- Daniel Jones, British phonetician (b. 1881)
- Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895)
- December 8 – Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., American astronaut (b. 1935)
- December 10 – Otis Redding, American singer (b. 1941)
- December 11
- Howard Freeman, American actor (b. 1899)
- Victor de Sabata, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1892)
- December 17 – Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (body never found) (b. 1908)
- December 21
- Stuart Erwin, American actor (b. 1903)
- Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (b. 1873)
- December 27 – Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer, Spanish mathematician (b. 1912)
- December 29 – Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (b. 1890)
- December 30 – Vincent Massey, former Canadian Governor General (b. 1887)
- January 3
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- January 5 – Gottlob Berger, German Nazi senior official (b. 1896)
- January 9 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor (b. 1897)
- January 14 – Georgi Traykov, former head of State of Bulgaria as Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly (b. 1898)
- January 17 – Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President of Colombia (b. 1900)
- January 19 – Thomas Hart Benton, American artist (b. 1889)
- January 23 – Prince Karl Franz of Prussia (b. 1916)
- January 24
- Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (b. 1902)
- Erich Kempka, German Chauffeur (b. 1910)
- January 27 – Bill Walsh, American film producer and writer (b. 1913)
- January 28 – Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak Communist leader and 7th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1904)
February
- February 1 – Richard Wattis, English actor (b. 1912)
- February 3
- William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (b. 1873)
- Umm Kulthum, Egyptian actress and singer (b. 1898)
- February 4 – Louis Jordan, American musician (b. 1908)
- February 8
- Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
- Jan Mukařovský, Czech literary, linguistic and aesthetic theorist. (b. 1891)
- February 10 – Dave Alexander, American musician (b. 1947)
- February 11 – Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy soldier and statesman (b. 1931)
- February 12 – Carl Lutz, Swiss diplomat and humanitarian (b. 1895)
- February 14
- Julian Huxley, British biologist (b. 1887)
- P. G. Wodehouse, English writer (b. 1881)
- February 16 – Morgan Taylor, American Olympic athlete (b. 1903)
- February 17 – George Marshall, American film director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1891)
- February 18 – Chivu Stoica, Romanian Communist politician, 48th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1908)
- February 19 – Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (b. 1904)
- February 20 – Robert Strauss, American actor (b. 1913)
- February 22 – Lionel Tertis, English violist (b. 1876)
- February 24 – Nikolai Bulganin, Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
- February 25 – Elijah Muhammad, American Nation of Islam leader (b. 1897)
March
- March 2 – Madeleine Vionnet, French fashion designer (b. 1876)
- March 3 – Therese Giehse, German actress (b. 1898)
- March 6 – Glenn Hardin, American athlete (b. 1910)
- March 7 – Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher and literary scholar (b. 1895)
- March 8
- Joseph Bech, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1887)
- George Stevens, American director, producer and cinematographer (b. 1904)
- March 9 – Shirley Ross, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
- March 11 – Margarita Fischer, German silent film actress (b. 1886)
- March 13 – Ivo Andrić, Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
- March 14 – Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
- March 15 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (b. 1906)
- March 16 – T-Bone Walker, American blues performer (b. 1910)
- March 19 – Harry Lachman, American set designer and film director (b. 1886)
- March 20 – Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (b. 1908)
- March 25
- King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. 1906)
- Michèle Girardon, French actress (b. 1938)
- March 27 – Sir Arthur Bliss, British composer and Master of the Queen's Music (b. 1891)
April
- April 3 – Mary Ure, Scottish actress (b. 1933)
- April 5
- Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese nationalist general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
- Harold Osborn, American Olympic athlete (b. 1899)
- Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician and jurist, 40th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1917)
- April 10
- Walker Evans, American photographer (b. 1903)
- Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
- April 12 – Josephine Baker, France entertainer, activist (b. 1906)
- April 13
- Larry Parks, American actor (b. 1914)
- François Tombalbaye, 1st President of Chad (b. 1918)
- April 14 – Fredric March, American actor (b. 1897)
- April 15 – Richard Conte, American actor (b. 1910)
- April 17 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888)
- April 19 – Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist (b. 1899)
- April 22 – Mary Philips, American actress (b. 1901)
- April 23 – William Hartnell, English actor (b. 1908)
- April 24 – Pete Ham, Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
- April 27 – John B. McKay, American test pilot (b. 1922)
May
- May 4 – Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1897)
- May 8 – Avery Brundage, American administrator, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1887)
- May 9 – Philip Dorn, Dutch actor (b. 1901)
- May 18
- Leroy Anderson, American composer (b. 1908)
- Aníbal Troilo, Argentine tango musician (b. 1914)
- May 20 – Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and artist (b. 1903)
- May 22 – Torben Meyer, Danish actor (b. 1884)
- May 23 – Moms Mabley, African-American comedian (b. 1894)
- May 28
- Ezzard Charles, American boxer, former World Heavyweight Champion (b. 1921)
- Roy Roberts, American actor (b. 1906)
- May 30
- Steve Prefontaine, American distance runner (b. 1951)
- Michel Simon, Swiss actor (b. 1895)
June
- June 3
- Eisaku Satō, 39th Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1901)
- Ozzie Nelson, American actor, director and producer (b. 1906)
- June 4 – Evelyn Brent, American actress (b. 1895)
- June 9 – Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, British aristocrat (b. 1892)
- June 12 – Rafael Arévalo Martínez, Guatemalan writer (b. 1884)
- June 13 – José María Guido, 33rd President of Argentina (b. 1910)
- June 15 – William Austin, English actor (b. 1884)
- June 18 – Hugo Bergmann, German and Israeli Jewish philosopher (b. 1883)
- June 19 – Sam Giancana, American mobster (b. 1908)
- June 27 – G. I. Taylor, British physicist, mathematician and expert on fluid dynamics and wave theory (b. 1886)
- June 28 – Rod Serling, American television screenwriter and narrator (b. 1924)
- June 29 – Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
July
- July 2 – James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907)
- July 4 – Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Italian Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1893)
- July 5 – Otto Skorzeny, Austrian-born German lieutenant colonel (b. 1908)
- July 7 – Jacob Bjerknes, Norwegian-American meteorologist (b. 1897)
- July 10 – Achille Van Acker, 33rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1898)
- July 14 – Madan Mohan, Indian music director (b. 1924)
- July 17 – Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (b. 1893)
- July 19 – Lefty Frizzell, American singer (b. 1928)
- July 21 – Billy West, American actor (b. 1892)
- July 23 – Emlen Tunnell, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
- July 25 – Eugen Fink, German philosopher (b. 1905)
- July 30 – James Blish, American science fiction and fantasy writer (b. 1921)
August
- August 3 – Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet (b. 1901)
- August 5 – Gustav von Wangenheim, German actor and director (b. 1895)
- August 6 – Infante Alfonso, Duke of Galliera, Spanish prince, military aviator (b. 1886)
- August 8 – Cannonball Adderley, American jazz alto saxophonist (b. 1929)
- August 9 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (b. 1906)
- August 10 – Anthony McAuliffe, American general (b. 1898)
- August 11 – Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Zionist political figure and wife of third President of Israel (b. 1885)
- August 15 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh and 1st and 4th President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
- August 16 – Vladimir Kuts, Soviet athlete (b. 1927)
- August 17 – Sig Arno, German actor (b. 1895)
- August 19
- Mark Donohue, American race car driver (b. 1937)
- Frank Shields, American tennis player (b. 1909)
- August 25 – Joseph Kane, American film director and producer (b. 1894)
- August 26 – Cullen Landis, American actor (b. 1896)
- August 27 – Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1892)
- August 28 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
- August 29 – Éamon de Valera, Irish politician and statesman, 3rd President of Ireland and 3-time Taoiseach (b. 1882)
September
- September 5 – Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (b. 1881)
- September 9
- Minta Durfee, American actress (b. 1889)
- Ethel Griffies, British actress (b. 1878)
- John McGiver, American actor (b. 1913)
- September 10 – George Paget Thomson, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
- September 15 – Pavel Sukhoi, Soviet aerospace engineer, twice Hero of Socialist Labour (b. 1895)
- September 19 – Pamela Brown, English actress (b. 1917)
- September 20
- Doria Shafik, Egyptian feminist, poet, writer and editor (b. 1908)
- Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- September 23 – Ian Hunter, British actor (b. 1900)
- September 26 – C. H. Waddington, British biologist, paleontologist, geneticist and philosopher (b. 1905)
- September 27 – Mark Frechette, American actor (b. 1947)
- September 29 – Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
October
- October 3 – Guy Mollet, 94th Prime Minister of France (b. 1905)
- October 4 – May Sutton, American tennis champion (b. 1886)
- October 6 – Henry Calvin, American actor (b. 1918)
- October 10 – Norman Levinson, American mathematician (b. 1912)
- October 18 – Al Lettieri, American actor (b. 1928)
- October 21 – Charles Reidpath, American athlete (b. 1889)
- October 22 – Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian (b. 1889)
- October 27
- Peregrino Anselmo, Uruguyan football player (b. 1902)
- Rex Stout, American author (b. 1886)
- October 28
- Georges Carpentier, French boxer (b. 1894)
- Oliver Nelson, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (b. 1932)
- October 30 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- October 31 – Joseph Calleia, Maltese-American actor (b. 1897)
November
- November 1 – C. S. Wright, Canadian explorer (b. 1887)
- November 2 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922)
- November 4
- Francis Dvornik, Czech historian (b. 1893)
- Sheila Ryan, American actress (b. 1921)
- November 5
- Edward Tatum, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
- Lionel Trilling, American literary critic (b. 1905)
- November 6
- Vicente Feola, Brazilian football manager and coach (b. 1909)
- Ernst Hanfstaengl, German-born American businessman and politician (b. 1887)
- Annette Kellermann, Australian swimmer and actress (b. 1887)
- November 13 – R. C. Sherriff, English writer (b. 1896)
- November 17 – Kay Johnson, American actress (b. 1904)
- November 20 – Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator (b. 1892)
- November 29 – Graham Hill, English race car driver (b. 1929)
December
- December 4 – Hannah Arendt, German political theorist (b. 1906)
- December 7 – Thornton Wilder, American playwright (b. 1897)
- December 8 – Plínio Salgado, Brazilian politician and writer (b. 1895)
- December 9 – William A. Wellman, American film director (b. 1896)
- December 10 – Andrew "Boy" Charlton, Australian Olympic swimmer (b. 1907)
- December 12 – Saadi Al Munla, 4th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1890)
- December 14 – Arthur Treacher, English actor (b. 1894)
- December 15 – Shigeyoshi Inoue, Japanese admiral (b. 1889)
- December 17
- Noble Sissle, American jazz composer (b. 1889)
- Hound Dog Taylor, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1915)
- December 18 – Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist (b. 1900)
- December 19 – René Maheu, French professor and administrator, 6th Director-General of UNESCO (b. 1905)
- December 20 – William Lundigan, American actor (b. 1914)
- December 21 – Rowland V. Lee, American film director (b. 1891)
- December 24 – Bernard Herrmann, American composer (b. 1911)
- December 25 – Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (b. 1881)
- December 30 – Elene Akhvlediani, Soviet painter (b. 1901)
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- January 1
- Nizar Rayan, Palestinian military and political leader (b. 1959)
- Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer (b. 1924)
- Helen Suzman, South African activist and politician (b. 1917)
- January 3 – Pat Hingle, American actor (b. 1924)
- January 8 – Don Galloway, American actor (b. 1937)
- January 12
- Claude Berri, French film director (b. 1934)
- Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912)
- January 13 – Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor (b. 1928)
- January 14 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican-born American actor (b. 1920)
- January 15 – Said Seyam, Palestinian politician (b. 1959)
- January 16 – Andrew Wyeth, American painter (b. 1917)
- January 19 – José Torres, Puerto Rican professional boxer (b. 1936)
- January 20 – Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 1920)
- January 22 – Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, 21st Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1905)
- January 24 – Karl Koller, Austrian footballer (b. 1929)
- January 25 – Mamadou Dia, 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (b. 1910)
- January 27
- John Updike, American writer (b. 1932)
- R. Venkataraman, 8th President of India (b. 1910)
- January 30 – Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (b. 1932)
February
- February 6
- Philip Carey, American actor (b. 1925)
- James Whitmore, American actor (b. 1921)
- February 9 – Eluana Englaro, Italian patient in right-to-die case (b. 1970)
- February 12 – Giacomo Bulgarelli, Italian footballer (b. 1940)
- February 18 – Kamila Skolimowska, Polish hammer thrower (b. 1982)
- February 25 – Philip José Farmer, American writer (b. 1918)
- February 26 – Wendy Richard, English actress (b. 1943)
- February 27 – Manea Mănescu, 50th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1916)
- February 28 – Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (b. 1918)
March
- March 2 – João Bernardo Vieira, 2nd President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
- March 3 – Sydney Chaplin, American actor (b. 1926)
- March 4 – Horton Foote, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- March 5 – Valeri Broshin, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1962)
- March 7 – Tullio Pinelli, Italian screenwriter (b. 1908)
- March 8 – Hank Locklin, American country music singer (b. 1918)
- March 13
- Betsy Blair, American actress (b. 1923)
- James Purdy, American novelist, poet and playwright (b. 1914)
- Test, Canadian-American professional wrestler and actor (b. 1975)
- March 14
- Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1947)
- Edith Lucie Bongo, First Lady of Gabon (b. 1964)
- March 15 – Ron Silver, American actor and political activist (b. 1946)
- March 17 – Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian fashion stylist (b. 1937)
- March 18 – Natasha Richardson, English actress (b. 1963)
- March 20 – Abdellatif Filali, 13th Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1928)
- March 22 – Jade Goody, British reality TV star (b. 1981)
- March 25
- Yukio Endo, Japanese gymnast (b. 1937)
- Dan Seals, American country music singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
- March 28 – Janet Jagan, 6th Prime Minister and 6th President of Guyana (b. 1920)
- March 29 – Maurice Jarre, French composer and conductor (b. 1924)
- March 31 – Raúl Alfonsín, 49th President of Argentina (b. 1927)
April
- April 12
- Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (b. 1952)
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, American social theorist (b. 1950)
- April 14 – Maurice Druon, French novelist (b. 1918)
- April 19 – J. G. Ballard, English novelist (b. 1930)
- April 22
- Ken Annakin, English film director (b. 1914)
- Jack Cardiff, English cinematographer (b. 1914)
- April 25 – Bea Arthur, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
- April 26 – Pupuke Robati, 4th Prime Minister of Cook Islands (b. 1925)
- April 28
- Vern Gosdin, American country music singer (b. 1934)
- Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (b. 1939)
May
- May 2
- Augusto Boal, Brazilian theatre director (b. 1931)
- Jack Kemp, American politician and football player (b. 1935)
- May 4 – Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
- May 9 – Chuck Daly, American basketball coach (b. 1930)
- May 11 – Abel Goumba, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1926)
- May 13 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian mountaineer (b. 1914)
- May 17 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer (b. 1920)
- May 18
- Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (b. 1947)
- Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan militant (b. 1954)
- May 19 – Robert F. Furchgott, American scientist (b. 1916)
- May 20 – Lucy Gordon, English actress and model (b. 1980)
- May 23 – Roh Moo-hyun, 16th President of South Korea (b. 1946).
- May 27 – Clive Granger, British economist (b. 1934)
- May 29 – Karine Ruby, French snowboarder (b. 1978)
- May 30
- Luís Cabral, 1st President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1931)
- Ephraim Katzir, 4th President of Israel (b. 1916)
- Gaafar Nimeiry, 4th President of the Sudan (b. 1930)
- May 31
- Millvina Dean, British civil servant, and cartographer (b. 1912)
- Kamala Surayya, Indian poet (b. 1934)
June
- June 1
- Silvio Barbato, Italian-Brazilian opera conductor and composer (b. 1959)
- Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu, Turkish harpist and university lecturer for piano and harp (b. 1972)
- Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, heir to the line of succession in Brazil (b. 1983)
- June 2 – David Eddings, American author (b. 1931)
- June 3
- David Carradine, American actor (b. 1936)
- Koko Taylor, American musician (b. 1928)
- June 6 – Jean Dausset, French Nobel immunologist (b. 1916)
- June 8 – Omar Bongo, 2nd President of Gabon (b. 1935)
- June 12 – Félix Malloum, 3rd President of Chad (b. 1932)
- June 13 – Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1962)
- June 16 – Peter Arundell, British racing driver (b. 1933)
- June 17 – Ralf Dahrendorf, German-British social theorist and politician (b. 1929)
- June 18
- Giovanni Arrighi, Italian economist, sociologist and world-systems analyst (b. 1937)
- Hortensia Bussi, 28th First Lady of Chile (b. 1914)
- June 20 – Godfrey Rampling, English athlete and army officer (b. 1909)
- June 23 – Ed McMahon, American announcer, game show host, comedian, police officer, actor and singer (b. 1923)
- June 24 – Olja Ivanjicki, Serbian painter, sculptor, and poet (b. 1931)
- June 25
- Farrah Fawcett, American actress (b. 1947)
- Michael Jackson, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1958)
- June 27 – Gale Storm, American actress (b. 1922)
- June 28 – Billy Mays, American pitchman and television host (b. 1958)
- June 30
- Pina Bausch, German choreographer (b. 1940)
- Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (b. 1933)
- Shi Pei Pu, Chinese opera singer (b. 1938)
July
- July 1
- Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer and politician (b. 1952)
- Marwa El-Sherbini, Egyptian pharmacist (b. 1978)
- Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912)
- July 3 – Jorge Enrique Adoum, Ecuadorian writer, poet, politician, and diplomat (b. 1926)
- July 4
- Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917)
- Allen Klein, American businessman (b. 1931)
- Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973)
- July 6
- Vasily Aksyonov, Russian novelist (b. 1932)
- Robert McNamara, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
- July 13 – Amin al-Hafez, 22nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926)
- July 15 – Natalya Estemirova, Russian human rights activist (b. 1958)
- July 17
- Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician (b. 1921)
- Walter Cronkite, American newscaster (b. 1916)
- Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (b. 1927)
- July 18
- Henry Allingham, English war veteran (b. 1896)
- Yasmine Belmadi, French actor (b. 1976)
- Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver (b. 1949)
- July 19
- Frank McCourt, Irish-American author (b. 1930)
- Henry Surtees, British racing driver (b. 1991)
- July 24 – José Carlos da Costa Araújo, Brazilian goalkeeper (b. 1962)
- July 25 – Harry Patch, English war veteran (b. 1898)
- July 26 – Merce Cunningham, American choreographer (b. 1919)
- July 31 – Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
August
- August 1 – Corazon Aquino, 11th President of the Philippines (b. 1933)
- August 4 – Hirotugu Akaike, Japanese statistician (b. 1927)
- August 5 – Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
- August 6
- John Hughes, American film director and writer (b. 1950)
- Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1923)
- Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
- August 8 – Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (b. 1983)
- August 9 – John Quade, American actor (b. 1938)
- August 10 – Urpo Korhonen, Finnish olympic cross-country skier (b. 1923)
- August 11 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American founder of the Special Olympics (b. 1921)
- August 12 – Rashied Ali, American free jazz drummer (b. 1933)
- August 13 – Les Paul, American musician and inventor (b. 1915)
- August 18 – Kim Dae-jung, 15th President of South Korea (b. 1924)
- August 23 – Anna-Maria Müller, German athlete (b. 1949)
- August 24 – Toni Sailer, Austrian alpine ski racer (b. 1935)
- August 25 – Ted Kennedy, American politician (b. 1932)
- August 26 – Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Iraqi politician and theologian (b. 1953)
- August 27 – Sergey Mikhalkov, Soviet-Russian author (b. 1913)
- August 28 – DJ AM, American DJ (b. 1973)
September
- September 8 – Aage Bohr, Danish Nobel physicist (b. 1922)
- September 9 – Léon Glovacki, French footballer (b. 1928)
- September 11
- Juan Almeida, Cuban revolutionary and politician (b. 1927)
- Jim Carroll, American author, poet and musician (b. 1949)
- Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (b. 1958)
- September 12
- Norman Borlaug, American Nobel agronomist (b. 1914)
- Jack Kramer, American tennis player and promoter (b. 1921)
- September 13 – Paul Burke, American actor (b. 1926)
- September 14
- Keith Floyd, British cook and restaurateur (b. 1943)
- Henry Gibson, American actor and songwriter (b. 1935)
- Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (b. 1952)
- September 16 – Mary Travers, American singer and songwriter (b. 1936)
- September 17 – Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist militant (b. 1968)
- September 18 – Irving Kristol, American writer and political commentator (b. 1920)
- September 23 – Ertuğrul Osman, 43rd Head of the Ottoman Dynasty (b. 1912)
- September 25 – Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (b. 1923)
- September 28 – Guillermo Endara, 32nd President of Panama (b. 1936)
- September 29 – Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1930)
October
- October 2
- Marek Edelman, Polish political and social activist (b. 1922)
- Rolf Rüssmann, German footballer (b. 1950)
- October 4
- Shōichi Nakagawa, Japanese politician (b. 1953)
- Günther Rall, German fighter pilot (b. 1918)
- Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer (b. 1935)
- October 5 – Israel Gelfand, Soviet-American mathematician (b. 1913)
- October 7 – Irving Penn, American photographer (b. 1917)
- October 10 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer (b. 1976)
- October 11 – Joan Martí i Alanis, 64th Co-Prince of Andorra (b. 1928)
- October 12 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (b. 1974)
- October 13 – Al Martino, American singer and actor (b. 1927)
- October 14 – Lou Albano, Italian-American professional wrestler, manager and actor (b. 1933)
- October 17 – Carla Boni, Italian singer (b. 1925)
- October 19 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (b. 1918)
- October 20 – Yuri Ryazanov, Russian artistic gymnast (b. 1987)
- October 22 – Soupy Sales, American comedian, actor, radio/television personality (b. 1926)
- October 28 – Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer (b. 1990)
- October 30 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist (b. 1908)
- October 31 – Hsue-Shen Tsien, Chinese scientist (b. 1911)
November
- November 1 – Alda Merini, Italian writer and poet (b. 1931)
- November 2 – Amir Pnueli, Israeli computer scientist (b. 1941)
- November 3 – Francisco Ayala, Spanish novelist (b. 1906)
- November 8 – Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian Nobel physicist (b. 1916)
- November 10
- Robert Enke, German footballer (b. 1977)
- John Allen Muhammad, African-American spree killer (b. 1960)
- November 15
- Pierre Harmel, 39th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1911)
- Pavle, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (b. 1914)
- Jocelyn Quivrin, French actor (b. 1979)
- November 16
- Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (b. 1978)
- Edward Woodward, English actor and singer (b. 1930)
- November 18 – Jeanne-Claude, French-American artist (b. 1935)
- November 20 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925)
- November 21 – Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1926)
- November 24 – Samak Sundaravej, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1935)
- November 26 – Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Romanian fencer (b. 1946)
- November 29 – Robert Holdstock, English novelist (b. 1948)
- November 30
- Paul Naschy, Spanish actor (b. 1934)
- Milorad Pavić, Serbian writer (b. 1929)
December
- December 2 – Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer and keyboardist (b. 1945)
- December 3 – Richard Todd, Irish-born British actor (b. 1919)
- December 4
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Russian actor (b. 1928)
- Umaga, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1973)
- December 5
- Alfred Hrdlicka, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
- Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician (b. 1926)
- December 9
- Gene Barry, American actor (b. 1919)
- Rodrigo Carazo Odio, 38th President of Costa Rica (b. 1926)
- December 12
- Val Avery, American actor (b. 1924)
- Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Soviet cross-country skier (b. 1939)
- December 13 – Paul Samuelson, American Nobel Prize-winning economist (b. 1915)
- December 14 – Alan A'Court, English footballer (b. 1934)
- December 15 – Oral Roberts, American Evangelist (b. 1918)
- December 16
- Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)
- Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician (b. 1956)
- December 17
- Amin al-Hafiz, President and Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1921)
- Alaina Reed Hall, American singer and actress (b. 1946)
- Jennifer Jones, American actress (b. 1919)
- Michel Leblond, French footballer (b. 1932)
- Dan O'Bannon, American screenwriter (b. 1946)
- December 19
- Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Iranian scholar and human rights activist (b. 1922)
- Kim Peek, American savant (b. 1951)
- December 20
- Brittany Murphy, American actress (b. 1977)
- Arnold Stang, American actor and comedian (b. 1918)
- December 21 – Edwin G. Krebs, American Nobel biologist (b. 1918)
- December 23
- Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan politician (b. 1910)
- Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian theologian (b. 1914)
- December 24 – Rafael Caldera, 54th and 60th President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
- December 25 – Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter (b. 1964)
- December 26
- Dennis Brutus, South African activist, educator, journalist and poet (b. 1924)
- Yves Rocher, French businessman (b. 1930)
- Jacques Sylla, 12th Prime Minister of Madagascar (b. 1946)
- December 27 – Takashi Takabayashi, Japanese footballer (b. 1931)
- December 28 – The Rev, American musician (b. 1981)
- December 30
- Rowland S. Howard, Australian musician (b. 1959)
- Peter Shirayanagi, Japanese cardinal (b. 1928)
- Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia (b. 1940)
- December 31 – Rashidi Kawawa, 1st Prime Minister of Tanzania (b. 1924)
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January
- January 1 – Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)
- January 3 – Saul Zaentz, American film producer (b. 1921)
- January 5
- Eusébio, Portuguese footballer (b. 1942)
- Carmen Zapata, American actress (b. 1927)
- January 6 – Mónica Spear, Venezuelan actress, Miss Venezuela 2004 (b. 1984)
- January 7 – Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong filmmaker and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
- January 9
- Amiri Baraka, American poet (b. 1934)
- Lorella De Luca, Italian actress (b. 1940)
- Dale T. Mortensen, American Nobel economist (b. 1939)
- January 10 – Zbigniew Messner, 9th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (b. 1929)
- January 11
- Vugar Gashimov, Azerbaijani chess grandmaster (b. 1986)
- Ariel Sharon, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928)
- January 13 – Anjali Devi, Indian actress (b. 1927)
- January 14
- Juan Gelman, Argentine poet (b. 1930)
- Mae Young, American professional wrestler (b. 1923)
- January 15 – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1944)
- January 16
- Russell Johnson, American actor (b. 1924)
- Hiroo Onoda, Japanese army officer (b. 1922)
- January 17 – Suchitra Sen, Indian actress (b. 1931)
- January 18 – Dennis Frederiksen, American singer (b. 1951)
- January 20 – Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (b. 1933)
- January 22 – Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Indian actor and film producer (b. 1924)
- January 23 – Riz Ortolani, Italian film composer (b. 1926)
- January 25 – Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1951)
- January 26 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and writer (b. 1939)
- January 27 – Pete Seeger, American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist (b. 1919)
- January 31
- Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somali diplomat and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1924)
- Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian film director (b. 1921)
February
- February 1
- Luis Aragonés, Spanish football player and coach (b. 1938)
- Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor (b. 1930)
- February 2
- Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (b. 1935)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor (b. 1967)
- February 3
- Louise Brough, American tennis player (b. 1923)
- Richard Bull, American actor (b. 1924)
- Joan Mondale, American arts advocate (b. 1930)
- February 4 – Wu Ma, Chinese actor and director (b. 1942)
- February 5
- Robert A. Dahl, American political scientist and educator (b. 1915)
- Richard Hayman, American musician and conductor (b. 1920)
- February 6 – Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and broadcaster (b. 1922)
- February 8 – Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1988)
- February 10
- Stuart Hall, Jamaican-British sociologist (b. 1932)
- Shirley Temple, American actress, dancer, and diplomat (b. 1928)
- February 11 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer (b. 1924)
- February 12 – Sid Caesar, American actor (b. 1922)
- February 13
- Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish football player and coach (b. 1937)
- Ralph Waite, American actor (b. 1928)
- February 14 – Tom Finney, English footballer (b. 1922)
- February 18 – Nelson Frazier, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
- February 19 – Valeri Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- February 23 – Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-British pianist (b. 1903)
- February 24 – Harold Ramis, American film director, writer, and actor (b. 1944)
- February 25 – Mário Coluna, Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer (b. 1935)
- February 26 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist (b. 1947)
- February 27 – Huber Matos, Cuban political leader, activist and writer (b. 1918)
March
- March 1 – Alain Resnais, French film director (b. 1922)
- March 3
- Robert Ashley, American composer (b. 1930)
- William R. Pogue, American astronaut (b. 1930)
- March 9 – Mohammed Fahim, Vice President of Afghanistan (b. c. 1957)
- March 12 – Věra Chytilová, Czech film director (b. 1929)
- March 13 – Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (b. 1932)
- March 14 – Tony Benn, British politician and diarist (b. 1925)
- March 15
- David Brenner, American comedian (b. 1936)
- Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef and television personality (b. 1947)
- March 17 – L'Wren Scott, American stylist and fashion designer (b. 1964)
- March 18 – Lucius Shepard, American writer (b. 1942)
- March 19 – Fred Phelps, American pastor (b. 1929)
- March 20 – Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
- March 21
- Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, 122nd Syriac Orthodox Patriarch (b. 1933)
- James Rebhorn, American actor (b. 1948)
- March 23 – Adolfo Suárez, 138th Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1932)
- March 25 – Nanda, Indian actress (b. 1939)
- March 27 – James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician (b. 1929)
- March 31 – Frankie Knuckles, American disk jockey and record producer (b. 1955)
April
- April 1 – Jacques Le Goff, French historian (b. 1924)
- April 4 – Kumba Ialá, President of Guinea-Bissau (2000–2003) (b. 1953)
- April 6 – Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1920)
- April 8
- The Ultimate Warrior, American professional wrestler (b. 1959)
- Karlheinz Deschner, German activist and writer (b. 1924)
- April 9 – A. N. R. Robinson, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1926)
- April 10 – Sue Townsend, British novelist and playwright (b. 1946)
- April 13 – Ernesto Laclau, Argentine political theorist (b. 1935)
- April 16 – Gyude Bryant, Liberian politician (b. 1949)
- April 17
- Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian Nobel writer (b. 1927)
- Raul Bragança Neto, 8th Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (b. 1946)
- April 18 – Ramon Malla Call, 63rd Co-Prince of Andorra (b. 1922)
- April 20 – Rubin Carter, American boxer (b. 1937)
- April 24
- Hans Hollein, Austrian architect (b. 1934)
- Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921)
- April 25 – Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1968)
- April 27 – Vujadin Boškov, Serbian football player and coach (b. 1931)
- April 29 – Bob Hoskins, British actor (b. 1942)
- April 30 – Ian Ross, Australian newsreader (b. 1940)
May
- May 2 – Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor (b. 1918)
- May 3 – Gary Becker, American Nobel economist (b. 1930)
- May 4
- Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1948)
- Tatiana Samoilova, Russian actress (b. 1934)
- May 6
- Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (b. 1940)
- Farley Mowat, Canadian author (b. 1921)
- May 11 – Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league player (b. 1939)
- May 12
- Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
- H. R. Giger, Swiss artist (b. 1940)
- May 15 – Jean-Luc Dehaene, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
- May 17 – Gerald Edelman, American Nobel biologist (b. 1929)
- May 18
- Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian writer and politician, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)
- Wubbo Ockels, Dutch astronaut and physicist (b. 1946)
- Gordon Willis, American cinematographer (b. 1931)
- May 19 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (b. 1926)
- May 21
- Jaime Lusinchi, President of Venezuela (b. 1924)
- Alireza Soleimani, Iranian heavyweight freestyle wrestler (b. 1956)
- May 25
- Wojciech Jaruzelski, Communist leader of Poland (b. 1923)
- Toaripi Lauti, 1st Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1928)
- May 28
- Maya Angelou, American poet and author (b. 1928)
- Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (b. 1928)
- May 29 – Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor (b. 1928)
- May 31
- Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer (b. 1952)
- Martha Hyer, American actress (b. 1924)
June
- June 1
- Ann B. Davis, American actress (b. 1926)
- Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor, Olympic triple champion and silver medalist (b. 1938)
- June 2
- Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (b. 1924)
- Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (b. 1925)
- June 7 – Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1978)
- June 9
- Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (b. 1926)
- Rik Mayall, British comedian, writer and actor (b. 1958)
- June 11
- Ruby Dee, American actress, poet, playwright and civil rights activist (b. 1922)
- Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (b. 1933)
- June 13 – Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
- June 15
- Casey Kasem, American radio host and voice actor (b. 1932)
- Daniel Keyes, American author (b. 1927)
- June 16
- Cándido Muatetema Rivas, 4th Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1960)
- Tony Gwynn, American baseball player (b. 1960)
- June 18
- Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist (b. 1923)
- Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1928)
- June 24
- Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915)
- Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan historian, journalist and politician (b. 1916)
- June 25 – Ana María Matute, Spanish author (b. 1925)
- June 26 – Howard Baker, American politician and diplomat (b. 1925)
- June 27
- Leslie Manigat, 43rd President of Haiti (b. 1930)
- Rachid Solh, 2-Time Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926)
- Bobby Womack, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
- June 28 – Meshach Taylor, American actor (b. 1947)
- June 30
- Paul Mazursky, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- Željko Šturanović, Prime Minister of Montenegro (b. 1960)
July
- July 1 – Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, 1st Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (b. 1925)
- July 2 – Louis Zamperini, American war veteran and Christian evangelist (b. 1917)
- July 3 – Dave Legeno, English actor (b. 1963)
- July 5 – Rosemary Murphy, American actress (b. 1925)
- July 7
- Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer (b. 1926)
- Dick Jones, American actor and singer (b. 1927)
- Eduard Shevardnadze, 2nd President of Georgia (b. 1928)
- July 10 – Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress and dancer (b. 1912)
- July 11
- Charlie Haden, American jazz bassist (b. 1937)
- Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (b. 1949)
- John Seigenthaler, American journalist (b. 1927)
- July 13
- Lorin Maazel, French-American conductor and violinist (b. 1930)
- Nadine Gordimer, South African Nobel writer (b. 1923)
- July 14 – Alice Coachman, American athlete (b. 1923)
- July 16 – Johnny Winter, American singer and guitarist (b. 1944)
- July 17
- Liam Davison, Australian author (b. 1957)
- Henry Hartsfield, American colonel and astronaut (b. 1933)
- Joep Lange, former president of the International AIDS Society (b. 1954)
- Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
- Willem Witteveen, Dutch senator (b. 1952)
- July 19
- David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist (b. 1917)
- James Garner, American actor (b. 1928)
- Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress (b. 1992)
- July 25 – Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924)
- July 27 – Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)
- July 28 – James Shigeta, American actor (b. 1929)
- July 30 – Julio Grondona, Argentinian football authority (b. 1931)
August
- August 1 – Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973)
- August 3 – Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (b. 1923)
- August 5 – Harold J. Greene, American military officer (b. 1959)
- August 6 – John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist (b. 1927)
- August 8
- Menahem Golan, Israeli filmmaker (b. 1929)
- Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer (b. 1929)
- August 9
- Andriy Bal, Ukrainian football player and coach (b. 1958)
- Ed Nelson, American actor (b. 1928)
- August 11
- Vladimir Beara, Yugoslav football player and manager (b. 1928)
- Pierre Ryckmans, Belgian diplomat and author (b. 1935)
- Robin Williams, American stand-up comedian and actor (b. 1951)
- August 12 – Lauren Bacall, American actress (b. 1924)
- August 13 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch musician (b. 1934)
- August 15 – Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano (b. 1909)
- August 18 – Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (b. 1918)
- August 19 – Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet (b. 1927)
- August 20
- B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga teacher and author (b. 1918)
- Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (b. 1927)
- August 21
- Steven R. Nagel, American astronaut (b. 1946)
- Albert Reynolds, Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) (b. 1932)
- August 22 – U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian writer (b. 1932)
- August 24 – Richard Attenborough, British actor and film director (b. 1923)
- August 27 – Peret, Spanish Romani musician (b. 1935)
- August 28 – Glenn Cornick, British bass guitarist (b. 1947)
- August 29 – Björn Waldegård, Swedish rally driver (b. 1943)
September
- September – Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (b. 1924)[citation needed]
- September 1 – Gottfried John, German actor (b. 1942)
- September 4
- Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor (b. 1924)
- Joan Rivers, American writer, comedian, actress, and television host (b. 1933)
- Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer (b. 1959)
- September 5
- Simone Battle, American actress and singer (b. 1989)
- Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologian (b. 1928)
- September 6 – Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player (b. 1919)
- September 7 – Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (b. 1991)
- September 8
- Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (b. 1910)
- Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1918)
- September 9 – Bob Suter, American ice hockey player (b. 1957)
- September 10
- Emilio Botín, Spanish banker (b. 1934)
- Richard Kiel, American actor (b. 1939)
- September 11 – Bob Crewe, American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager and record producer (b. 1930)
- September 12
- Atef Ebeid, Egyptian politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1932)
- Ian Paisley, British politician and First Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1926)
- Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (b. 1939)
- Sir Donald Sinden, English actor (b. 1923)
- September 15
- Yitzhak Hofi, Israeli general (b. 1927)
- Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (b. 1922)
- September 17
- George Hamilton IV, American country singer (b. 1937)
- Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)
- September 20
- Anatoly Berezovoy, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1942)
- Polly Bergen, American actress (b. 1930)
- September 24 – Christopher Hogwood, English conductor, writer, and musicologist (b. 1941)
- September 25
- Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian politician (b. 1951)
- Dorothy Tyler-Odam, British athlete (b. 1920)
- September 28 – Dannie Abse, British poet (b. 1923)
- September 30 – Martin Lewis Perl, American Nobel physicist (b. 1927)
October
- October 2 – György Lázár, Hungarian politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (b. 1924)
- October 4
- Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1959)
- Jean-Claude Duvalier, 41st President of Haiti (b. 1951)
- October 5
- Andrea de Cesaris, Italian race car driver (b. 1959)
- Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, choreographer, singer, director and painter (b. 1930)
- Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (b. 1917)
- Misty Upham, Native-American actress (b. 1982)
- October 6
- Igor Mitoraj, Polish sculptor (b. 1944)
- Marian Seldes, American actress (b. 1928)
- October 7 – Siegfried Lenz, German writer (b. 1926)
- October 9 – Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (b. 1957)
- October 14 – Elizabeth Peña, American actress (b. 1959)
- October 16 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, British peer and educator (b. 1926)
- October 17 – Masaru Emoto, Japanese author (b. 1943)
- October 20 – Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (b. 1932)
- October 21
- Ben Bradlee, American journalist (b. 1921)
- Gough Whitlam, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1916)
- October 23 – Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931)
- October 24
- Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African middle-distance runner (b. 1980)
- Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
- October 25 – Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist (b. 1943)
- October 26 – Oscar Taveras, Dominican–Canadian professional baseball player (b. 1992)
- October 28 – Michael Sata, 5th President of Zambia (b. 1937)
- October 29
- Rainer Hasler, Liechtensteiner footballer (b. 1958)
- Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer (b. 1968)
- October 30 – Thomas Menino, American politician (b. 1942)
November
- November 1 – Edson Décimo Alves Araújo, Brazilian footballer (b. 1986)
- November 2
- Acker Bilk, British jazz clarinetist (b. 1929)
- Veljko Kadijević, Yugoslavian general (b. 1925)
- November 3
- Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (b. 1922)
- Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (b. 1950)
- November 10 – Ken Takakura, Japanese actor (b. 1931)
- November 11 – Carol Ann Susi, American actress (b. 1952)
- November 12 – Warren Clarke, English actor (b. 1947)
- November 13
- María José Alvarado, Honduran model (b. 1995)
- Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician (b. 1928)
- November 14
- Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
- Glen A. Larson, American television producer and writer (b. 1937)
- November 16 – Serge Moscovici, Romanian-French psychologist (b. 1925)
- November 17 – Jimmy Ruffin, American singer (b. 1936)
- November 18 – Ahmad Lozi, 48th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1925)
- November 19 – Mike Nichols, German-born American film director (b. 1931)
- November 20 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Spanish aristocrat (b. 1926)
- November 22 – Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (b. 1916)
- November 23
- Marion Barry, American politician (b. 1936)
- Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive (b. 1943)
- November 24 – Viktor Tikhonov, Soviet ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
- November 26 – Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (b. 1927)
- November 27
- P. D. James, English writer and life peer (b. 1920)
- Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (b. 1988)
- November 28 – Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Mexican actor and comedian (b. 1929)
- November 30 – Go Seigen, Chinese-born Japanese Go player (b. 1914)
December
- December 2 – Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
- December 3
- Jacques Barrot, French politician (b. 1937)
- Ian McLagan, British musician (b. 1945)
- December 5 – Queen Fabiola of Belgium (b. 1928)
- December 6 – Ralph H. Baer, American video game pioneer (b. 1922)
- December 8 – Knut Nystedt, Norwegian composer (b. 1915)
- December 9
- Jorge María Mejía, Argentine cardinal (b. 1923)
- Mary Ann Mobley, American actress (b. 1937)
- December 16 – Ernie Terrell, American boxer (b. 1939)
- December 18 – Virna Lisi, Italian actress (b. 1936)
- December 21
- Åke Johansson, Swedish footballer (b. 1928)
- Udo Jürgens, Austrian composer and singer (b. 1934)
- Billie Whitelaw, English actress (b. 1932)
- December 22
- Joe Cocker, English singer (b. 1944)
- Abdel Aziz Mohamed Hegazy, 38th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1923)
- Joseph Sargent, American film director (b. 1925)
- Christine Cavanaugh, American voice actress (b. 1963)
- December 26 – Leo Tindemans, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1922)
- December 27 – Tomaž Šalamun, Slovenian poet (b. 1941)
- December 30 – Luise Rainer, German-born American actress (b. 1910)
- December 31 – Edward Herrmann, American actor (b. 1943)
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January
- January 1 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1930)
- January 2 – Sheikh Nimr, Saudi Shia religious leader (b. 1959)
- January 3
- Paul Bley, Canadian pianist (b. 1932)
- Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist (b. 1928)
- January 4 – Michel Galabru, French actor (b. 1922)
- January 5 – Pierre Boulez, French composer, conductor and writer (b. 1925)
- January 6 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress (b. 1925)
- January 7
- André Courrèges, French fashion designer (b. 1923)
- Princess Ashraf of Iran (b. 1919)
- January 8
- Otis Clay, American soul singer (b. 1942)
- Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver (b. 1926)
- January 10
- David Bowie, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1947)
- Yusuf Zuayyin, 51st and 53rd Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1931)
- January 11
- Monte Irvin, American baseball player (b. 1919)
- David Margulies, American actor (b. 1937)
- January 14
- René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager (b. 1942)
- Alan Rickman, English actor and director (b. 1946)
- January 15 – Dan Haggerty, American actor (b. 1941)
- January 18
- Glenn Frey, American musician (b. 1948)
- Michel Tournier, French writer (b. 1924)
- January 19 – Ettore Scola, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1931)
- January 23 – Jimmy Bain, Scottish musician (b. 1947)
- January 24 – Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist (b. 1927)
- January 26
- Black, English singer-songwriter (b. 1962)
- Abe Vigoda, American actor (b. 1922)
- January 28 – Paul Kantner, American singer and musician (b. 1941)
- January 29
- Jean-Marie Doré, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1938)
- Jacques Rivette, French film director and critic (b. 1928)
- January 30
- Frank Finlay, English actor (b. 1926)
- Francisco Flores Pérez, President of El Salvador (b. 1959)
- January 31 – Terry Wogan, Irish-British broadcaster (b. 1938)
February
- February 1 – Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, 27th President of Guatemala (b. 1930)
- February 3 – Joe Alaskey, American actor and stand-up comedian (b. 1952)
- February 4
- Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut (b. 1930)
- Maurice White, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- February 8 – Amelia Bence, Argentine actress (b. 1914)
- February 9 – Sushil Koirala, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)
- February 13
- Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1965)
- Slobodan Santrač, Serbian football player and manager (b. 1946)
- Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1936)
- February 15
- Vanity, Canadian singer and actress (b. 1959)
- George Gaynes, Finnish-born American actor (b. 1917)
- February 16 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1922)
- February 17
- Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (b. 1923)
- Andrzej Żuławski, Polish film director and writer (b. 1940)
- February 19
- Umberto Eco, Italian writer and philosopher (b. 1932)
- Harper Lee, American writer (b. 1926)
- February 22
- Sonny James, American country singer (b. 1928)
- Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer (b. 1913)
- February 23 – Donald E. Williams, American astronaut (b. 1942)
- February 24 – Peter Kenilorea, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
- February 25 – Tony Burton, American actor (b. 1937)
- February 28
- George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925)
- Frank Kelly, Irish actor (b. 1938)
- February 29 – Hannes Löhr, German footballer (b. 1942)
March
- March 2 – Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (b. 1932)
- March 3 – Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader (b. 1971)
- March 5
- Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese spiritual leader (b. 1932)
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (b. 1929)
- Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer (b. 1941)
- March 6 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, First Lady of the United States (b. 1921)
- March 8
- George Martin, English record producer, composer, arranger and engineer (b. 1926)
- Claus Ogerman, German conductor and composer (b. 1930)
- March 9
- Jon English, English-born Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor (b. 1949)
- Clyde Lovellette, American professional basketball player (b. 1929)
- Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz percussionist and vocalist (b. 1944)
- March 10
- Anita Brookner, British novelist (b. 1928)
- Keith Emerson, British musician (b. 1944)
- Roberto Perfumo, Argentine footballer and sport commentator (b. 1942)
- March 11 – Dragan Nikolić, Serbian actor (b. 1943)
- March 12 – Lloyd Shapley, American Nobel mathematician (b. 1923)
- March 13 – Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1926)
- March 14 – Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (b. 1934)
- March 16 – Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
- March 17
- Meir Dagan, Israeli general and former Director of Mossad (b. 1945)
- Larry Drake, American actor (b. 1950)
- March 18 – Guido Westerwelle, German politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1961)
- March 20 – Anker Jørgensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1922)
- March 21 – Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American electronic executive (b. 1936)
- March 22
- March 23 – Ken Howard, American actor (b. 1944)
- March 24
- Roger Cicero, German jazz and pop musician (b. 1970)
- Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1947)
- Garry Shandling, American actor and comedian (b. 1949)
- March 26 – Raúl Cárdenas, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1928)
- March 29 – Patty Duke, American actress (b. 1946)
- March 31
- Ronnie Corbett, Scottish comedian (b. 1930)
- Georges Cottier, Swiss cardinal (b. 1922)
- Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1927)
- Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-British architect (b. 1950)
- Imre Kertész, Hungarian Nobel author (b. 1929)
April
- April 1 – Pratyusha Banerjee, Indian television actress (b. 1991)
- April 2 – Gato Barbieri, Argentine jazz saxophonist (b. 1932)
- April 3
- Don Francks, Canadian actor, musician and singer (b. 1932)
- Cesare Maldini, Italian football player and manager (b. 1932)
- April 4 – Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
- April 6 – Merle Haggard, American country singer (b. 1937)
- April 8 – Erich Rudorffer, German fighter ace (b. 1917)
- April 10 – Howard Marks, Welsh drug smuggler, writer and legalisation campaigner (b. 1945)
- April 12
- Anne Jackson, American actress (b. 1925)
- Balls Mahoney, American professional wrestler (b. 1972)
- Arnold Wesker, British playwright (b. 1932)
- April 16 – Louis Pilot, Luxembourgian football player and manager (b. 1940)
- April 17 – Doris Roberts, American actress, author, and philanthropist (b. 1930)
- April 19
- Patricio Aylwin, 32nd President of Chile (b. 1918)
- Ronit Elkabetz, Israeli actress and film director (b. 1964)
- Walter Kohn, Austrian-born American Nobel physicist (b. 1923)
- April 20
- Chyna, American professional wrestler (b. 1969)
- Guy Hamilton, British film director (b. 1922)
- Victoria Wood, British comedian (b. 1953)
- April 21
- Lonnie Mack, American singer-guitarist (b. 1941)
- Prince, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (b. 1958)
- April 23 – Banharn Silpa-archa, 21st Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1932)
- April 24
- Tommy Kono, Japanese-American weightlifter (b. 1930)
- Billy Paul, American soul singer (b. 1934)
- Klaus Siebert, German Olympic biathlete (b. 1955)
- Papa Wemba, Congolese singer and musician (b. 1949)
- April 26 – Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (b. 1937)
- April 27 – Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess Grandmaster (b. 1957)
- April 30 – Harry Kroto, English Nobel chemist (b. 1939)
May
- May 1 – Solomon W. Golomb, American mathematician (b. 1932)
- May 2 – Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman (b. 1947)
- May 4
- Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 2nd President of Burundi (b. 1946)
- Bob Bennett, American politician (b. 1933)
- May 5
- Siné, French political cartoonist (b. 1928)
- Isao Tomita, Japanese composer (b. 1932)
- May 6 – Margot Honecker, East German politician (b. 1927)
- May 8
- Nick Lashaway, American actor (b. 1988)
- William Schallert, American actor (b. 1922)
- May 10 – Kang Young-hoon, 21st Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1922)
- May 16 – Giovanni Coppa, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
- May 17
- Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- Yūko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress (b. 1964)
- May 19
- Alexandre Astruc, French film critic and director (b. 1923)
- Marco Pannella, Italian politician (b. 1930)
- Alan Young, British-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919)
- May 21
- Akhtar Mansour, Afghan militant, Supreme leader of the Taliban
- Sándor Tarics, Hungarian Olympic water polo player (b. 1913)
- Nick Menza, German-born American drummer (b. 1964)
- May 22 – Bata Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (b. 1933)
- May 25 – Yang Jiang, Chinese playwright, author, and translator (b. 1911)
- May 26
- Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal (b. 1915)
- Arturo Pomar, Spanish chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
- May 28
- Giorgio Albertazzi, Italian actor (b. 1923)
- David Cañada, Spanish cyclist (b. 1975)
- May 31
- Mohamed Abdelaziz, 3rd Secretary-General of the Polisario Front (b. 1947)
- Corry Brokken, Dutch singer (b. 1932)
- Antonio Imbert Barrera, Dominican politician (b. 1920)
June
- June 2 – Tom Kibble, British physicist (b. 1932)
- June 3
- Muhammad Ali, American Olympic and professional boxer (b. 1942)
- Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer (b. 1991)
- June 4 – Carmen Pereira, Bissau-Guinean politician (b. 1937)
- June 5 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (b. 1915)
- June 6
- Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born Swiss chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
- Theresa Saldana, American actress and author (b. 1954)
- Peter Shaffer, British playwright and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-American mixed martial artist, boxer, wrestler and actor (b. 1974)
- June 7 – Stephen Keshi, Nigerian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
- June 8 – Qahhor Mahkamov, 1st President of Tajikistan (b. 1932)
- June 9 – Hassan Muhammad Makki, 10th Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1933)
- June 10
- Christina Grimmie, American singer (b. 1994)
- Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
- June 11 – Rudi Altig, German road racing cyclist (b. 1937)
- June 12
- Omar Mateen, American mass murderer (b. 1986)
- George Voinovich, American politician (b. 1936)
- Janet Waldo, American actress (b. 1919)
- June 14 – Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (b. 1928)
- June 16 – Jo Cox, English politician (b. 1974)
- June 18 – Vittorio Merloni, Italian entrepreneur (b. 1933)
- June 19
- Götz George, German actor (b. 1938)
- Victor Stănculescu, Romanian general and politician (b. 1928)
- Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (b. 1989)
- June 20 – Edgard Pisani, French politician (b. 1918)
- June 23
- Michael Herr, American writer, journalist and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician (b. 1927)
- June 25 – Maurice G. Dantec, French writer (b. 1959)
- June 27
- Bud Spencer, Italian actor, swimmer, and water polo player (b. 1929)
- Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist (b. 1928)
- June 28
- Scotty Moore, American guitarist (b. 1931)
- Pat Summitt, American basketball coach (b. 1952)
- June 30 – Martin Lundström, Swedish Olympic cross country skier (b. 1918)
July
- July 1 – Yves Bonnefoy, French poet (b. 1923)
- July 2
- Michael Cimino, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1939)
- Rudolf E. Kálmán, Hungarian-born American electrical engineer (b. 1930)
- Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1946)
- Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France (b. 1930)
- Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Nobel writer and political activist (b. 1928)
- Caroline Aherne, English actress, comedian and writer (b. 1963)
- July 3 – Noel Neill, American actress (b. 1920)
- July 4 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director (b. 1940)
- July 6
- John McMartin, American actor (b. 1929)
- Turgay Şeren, Turkish footballer (b. 1932)
- July 8
- Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, and ascetic (b. 1928)
- William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (b. 1917)
- July 9 – Silvano Piovanelli, Italian cardinal (b. 1924)
- July 12 – Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician and convicted war criminal (b. 1958)
- July 13
- Héctor Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian film director (b. 1946)
- Bernardo Provenzano, Italian criminal (b. 1933)
- Zygmunt Zimowski, Polish bishop (b. 1949)
- July 14 – Péter Esterházy, Hungarian writer (b. 1950)
- July 16
- Nate Thurmond, American basketball player (b. 1941)
- Alan Vega, American vocalist and visual artist (b. 1938)
- July 19
- Garry Marshall, American film director, television producer and actor (b. 1934)
- Anthony D. Smith, British historical sociologist (b. 1939)
- July 22 – Ursula Franklin, German-born Canadian scientist (b. 1921)
- July 23 – Thorbjörn Fälldin, 2-Time Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1926)
- July 25
- Halil İnalcık, Turkish historian (b. 1916)
- Dwight Jones, American basketball player (b. 1952)
- Tim LaHaye, American evangelist and author (b. 1926)
- July 27
- Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (b. 1928)
- Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1915)
- July 28
- Mahasweta Devi, Indian social activist and writer (b. 1926)
- Vladica Kovačević, Serbian footballer (b. 1940)
- Émile Derlin Zinsou, 4th President of Dahomey (b. 1918)
- July 30 – Gloria DeHaven, American actress (b. 1925)
- July 31
- Fazil Iskander, Russian writer (b. 1929)
- Bobbie Heine Miller, South African tennis player (b. 1909)
- Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1955)
- Seymour Papert, South African-born American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1928)
August
- August 1 – Queen Anne of Romania, French-born consort of former King Michael of Romania (b. 1923)
- August 2
- David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930)
- Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (b. 1927)
- Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American Nobel chemist (b. 1946)
- August 3 – Chris Amon, New Zealand motor racing driver (b. 1943)
- August 9 – Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (b. 1951)
- August 13
- Kenny Baker, English actor (b. 1934)
- Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer (b. 1930)
- August 14
- Hermann Kant, German writer (b. 1926)
- Fyvush Finkel, American actor (b. 1922)
- August 15
- Dalian Atkinson, English footballer (b. 1968)
- Stefan Henze, German canoeist and coach (b. 1981)
- Bobby Hutcherson, American jazz musician (b. 1941)
- August 16
- Andrew Florent, Australian tennis player (b. 1970)
- João Havelange, Brazilian athlete and football executive (b. 1916)
- August 17 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director (b. 1923)
- August 18 – Ernst Nolte, German historian (b. 1923)
- August 19
- Lou Pearlman, American music manager and record producer (b. 1954)
- Nina Ponomaryova, Russian Olympic discus thrower (b. 1929)
- Jack Riley, American actor (b. 1935)
- Mohammad Ali Samatar, 5th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1931)
- August 22
- S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (b. 1924)
- Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician (b. 1922)
- August 23
- Steven Hill, American actor (b. 1922)
- Berit Mørdre Lammedal, Norwegian cross-country skier (b. 1940)
- Reinhard Selten, German Nobel economist (b. 1930)
- August 24
- Michel Butor, French writer (b. 1926)
- Walter Scheel, 8th President of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (b. 1919)
- Roger Y. Tsien, American Nobel biologist (b. 1952)
- August 25
- James Cronin, American Nobel physicist (b. 1931)
- Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (b. 1930)
- Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (b. 1924)
- August 26 – Harald Grønningen, Norwegian cross country skier (b. 1934)
- August 28
- Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Israeli politician and former Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1936)
- Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and wrestling manager (b. 1934)
- Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
- August 29 – Gene Wilder, American actor (b. 1933)
- August 30
- Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast (b. 1942)
- Marc Riboud, French photographer (b. 1923)
September
- September 1 – Jon Polito, American actor (b. 1950)
- September 2
- Islam Karimov, 1st President of Uzbekistan (b. 1938)
- Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist (b. 1956)
- September 3
- Johnny Rebel, American white supremacist singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
- Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, French mathematician (b. 1957)
- September 5
- Hugh O'Brian, American actor (b. 1925)
- Phyllis Schlafly, American writer and political activist (b. 1924)
- September 7
- Joseph Keller, American mathematician (b. 1923)
- Norbert Schemansky, American weightlifter (b. 1924)
- September 8
- Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
- Dragiša Pešić, 5th Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro (b. 1954)
- September 11 – Alexis Arquette, American actress, cabaret performer, underground cartoonist, and activist (b. 1969)
- September 12 – Sándor Csoóri, Hungarian poet (b. 1930)
- September 13 – Jonathan Riley-Smith, English medieval historian (b. 1938)
- September 16
- Edward Albee, American playwright (b. 1928)
- Gabriele Amorth, Italian Catholic priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
- Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 10th President and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
- António Mascarenhas Monteiro, 2nd President of Cape Verde (b. 1944)
- September 17
- Charmian Carr, American actress (b. 1942)
- Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (b. 1930)
- September 20 – Curtis Hanson, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
- September 23 – Marcel Artelesa, French footballer (b. 1938)
- September 24
- Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (b. 1928)
- Bill Nunn, American actor (b. 1953)
- September 25
- José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball pitcher (b. 1992)
- David Padilla, 53rd President of Bolivia (b. 1927)
- Arnold Palmer, American professional golfer (b. 1929)
- Jean Shepard, American honky-tonk singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
- Rod Temperton, English songwriter, record producer and musician (b. 1949)
- September 26 – Herschell Gordon Lewis, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- September 27 – Jamshid Amouzegar, 71st Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1923)
- September 28 – Shimon Peres, 9th President and 8th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1923)
- September 29 – Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino politician (b. 1945)
- September 30 – Trịnh Thị Ngọ, Vietnamese radio personality (b. 1931)
October
- October 1 – David Herd, Scottish footballer (b. 1934)
- October 2 – Neville Marriner, British conductor (b. 1924)
- October 4 – Brigitte Hamann, German-Austrian historian and author (b. 1940)
- October 5 – Michal Kováč, 1st President of Slovakia (b. 1930)
- October 8
- Gary Dubin, American actor and voice actor (b. 1959)
- Stylianos Pattakos, Greek military officer (b. 1912)
- October 9
- Mamadou Dembelé, 3rd Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1934)
- Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director (b. 1926)
- October 11 – Teatao Teannaki, 2nd President of Kiribati (b. 1936)
- October 12 – Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
- October 13
- Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (b. 1927)
- Dario Fo, Italian actor, Nobel playwright and comedian (b. 1926)
- October 14 – Klim Churyumov, Soviet-Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1937)
- October 16
- Kigeli V, King of Rwanda (b. 1936)
- Viktor Zubkov, Russian basketball player (b. 1937)
- October 20
- Michael Massee, American actor (b. 1952)
- Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (b. 1939)
- October 23 – Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (b. 1932)
- October 24
- Jorge Batlle, 38th President of Uruguay (b. 1927)
- Benjamin Creme, Scottish artist, author and esotericist (b. 1922)
- Reinhard Häfner, German footballer (b. 1952)
- Bobby Vee, American pop singer (b. 1943)
- October 25 – Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer (b. 1944)
- October 27 – Takahito, Prince Mikasa (b. 1915)
- October 28 – Nicholas Brathwaite, 3rd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1925)
- October 29
- Roland Dyens, French classical guitarist and composer (b. 1955)
- Pen Sovan, 32nd Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1936)
- October 31 – Silvio Gazzaniga, Italian sculptor (b. 1921)
November
- November 2 – Oleg Popov, Soviet and Russian clown (b. 1930)
- November 3 – W. D. Amaradeva, Sri Lankan Musician (b. 1927)
- November 4 – Jean-Jacques Perrey, French electronic music producer (b. 1929)
- November 5 – Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player (b. 1982)
- November 6 – Zoltán Kocsis, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1952)
- November 7
- Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (b. 1934)
- Janet Reno, American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General (b. 1938)
- November 11
- Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer (b. 1921)
- Željko Čajkovski, Croatian football player (b. 1925)
- Robert Vaughn, American actor (b. 1932)
- November 12 – Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (b. 1910)
- November 13
- Enzo Maiorca, Italian free diver (b. 1931)
- Leon Russell, American musician (b. 1942)
- November 14
- Gwen Ifill, American journalist (b. 1955)
- Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player (b. 1913)
- November 15
- Mose Allison, American jazz musician (b. 1927)
- Sixto Durán Ballén, 37th President of Ecuador (b. 1921)
- November 16
- Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (b. 1918)
- Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (b. 1922)
- Daniel Prodan, Romanian football player (b. 1972)
- November 17 – Whitney Smith, American vexillologist (b. 1940)
- November 18
- Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (b. 1920)
- Sharon Jones, American soul singer (b. 1956)
- November 20
- Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1984)
- Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, 5th President of Greece (b. 1926)
- William Trevor, Irish writer (b. 1928)
- November 22 – M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer (b. 1930)
- November 23
- Rita Barberá, Spanish politician (b. 1948)
- Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (b. 1930)
- November 24
- Florence Henderson, American actress (b. 1934)
- Pauline Oliveros, American composer (b. 1932)
- November 25
- Fidel Castro, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the State Council of Cuba (b. 1926)
- Ron Glass, American actor (b. 1945)
- David Hamilton, British photographer (b. 1933)
- November 27 – Ioannis Grivas, 176th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1923)
- November 28
- Cléber Santana, Brazilian footballer (b. 1981)
- Mark Taimanov, Russian chess Grandmaster and concert pianist (b. 1926)
- November 29 – Luis Alberto Monge, 39th President of Costa Rica (b. 1925)
December
- December 2 – Sammy Lee, American Olympic diver (b. 1920)
- December 4 – Gotlib, French comic artist (b. 1934)
- December 5
- Geydar Dzhemal, Russian Islamic philosopher (b. 1947)
- Jayalalithaa Jayaram, Indian politician (b. 1948)
- December 6 – Peter Vaughan, British actor (b. 1923)
- December 7
- Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani recording artist (b. 1964)
- Paul Elvstrøm, Danish Olympic yachtsman (b. 1928)
- Greg Lake, British musician (b. 1947)
- December 8
- John Glenn, American aviator, astronaut and politician (b. 1921)
- Joseph Mascolo, American actor (b. 1929)
- December 10 – Esma Redžepova, Macedonian-Romani singer (b. 1943)
- December 12
- E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (b. 1912)
- Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Spanish bishop (b. 1932)
- December 13
- Thomas Schelling, American Nobel economist (b. 1921)
- Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter (b. 1947)
- December 14
- Paulo Evaristo Arns, Brazilian prelate (b. 1921)
- Bernard Fox, Welsh actor (b. 1927)
- December 16 – Faina Melnik, Ukrainian-born Russian Olympic discus thrower (b. 1945)
- December 17 – Henry Heimlich, American physician (b. 1920)
- December 18 – Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (b. 1917)
- December 19 – Andrei Karlov, Russian diplomat (b. 1954)
- December 20 – Michèle Morgan, French actress (b. 1920)
- December 22 – Miruts Yifter, Ethiopian long-distance runner (b. 1944)
- December 23
- Heinrich Schiff, Austrian cellist (b. 1951)
- Piers Sellers, British-American astronaut and meteorologist (b. 1955)
- Vesna Vulović, Serbian air disaster survivor (b. 1950)
- December 24
- Richard Adams, English novelist (b. 1920)
- Rick Parfitt, British musician (b. 1948)
- Liz Smith, British actress (b. 1921)
- December 25
- George Michael, British singer (b. 1963)
- Vera Rubin, American astronomer (b. 1928)
- December 26 – Ashot Anastasian, Armenian chess grandmaster (b. 1964)
- December 27
- Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer (b. 1956)
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, 12th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1933)
- December 28
- Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, President of Uruguay (b. 1925)
- Michel Déon, French writer (b. 1919)
- Debbie Reynolds, American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1932)
- December 29
- Néstor Gonçalves, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1936)
- Ferdinand Kübler, Swiss racing cyclist (b. 1919)
- December 30 – Tyrus Wong, Chinese-born American artist (b. 1910)
- December 31
- William Christopher, American actor and comedian (b. 1932)
- Henning Christophersen, Danish politician (b. 1939)
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January
- January 2
- Rick Hall, American record producer, songwriter, and music publisher (b. 1932)
- Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader and writer (b. 1927)
- January 4
- Aharon Appelfeld, Ukrainian-Israeli writer (b. 1932)
- Ray Thomas, English musician (b. 1941)
- January 5
- Thomas Bopp, American astronomer (b. 1949)
- Antonio Angelillo, Italian-Argentine footballer (b. 1937)
- Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (b. 1931)
- John Young, American astronaut (b. 1930)
- January 6 – Horace Ashenfelter, American Olympic athlete (b. 1923)
- January 7
- France Gall, French singer (b. 1947)
- Peter Sutherland, Irish businessman and politician (b. 1946)
- January 8
- Juan Carlos García, Honduran footballer (b. 1988)
- Donnelly Rhodes, Canadian actor (b. 1937)
- George Maxwell Richards, Trinidadian politician, 4th President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1931)
- January 9
- Terence Marsh, British production designer (b. 1931)
- Odvar Nordli, 21st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1927)
- Mario Perniola, Italian philosopher (b. 1941)
- January 10
- Eddie Clarke, British musician (b. 1950)
- Tommy Lawrence, English footballer (b. 1940)
- January 11 – Edgar Ray Killen, American criminal (b. 1925)
- January 14
- Dan Gurney, American racing driver (b. 1931)
- Cyrille Regis, English footballer (b. 1958)
- Hugh Wilson, American film director and television producer (b. 1943)
- January 15
- Edwin Hawkins, American musician (b. 1943)
- Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (b. 1971)
- Peter Wyngarde, British actor (b. 1927?)
- January 16
- Bradford Dillman, American actor (b. 1930)
- Oliver Ivanović, Serbian politician (b. 1953)
- Jo Jo White, American basketball player (b. 1946)
- January 17 – Simon Shelton, English actor (b. 1966)
- January 18
- Lucas Mangope, South African politician (b. 1923)
- Clara Marangoni, Italian gymnast and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1915)
- Peter Mayle, English author (b. 1939)
- Stansfield Turner, American admiral and academic (b. 1923)
- January 19
- Anna Campori, Italian actress (b. 1917)
- Olivia Cole, American actress (b. 1942)
- Dorothy Malone, American actress (b. 1924)
- Fredo Santana, American rapper and singer-songwriter (b. 1990)
- January 20
- Paul Bocuse, French chef (b. 1926)
- Naomi Parker Fraley, American naval machiner (b. 1921)
- January 21
- Yves Afonso, French actor (b. 1944)
- Philippe Gondet, French footballer (b. 1942)
- Tsukasa Hosaka, Japanese footballer (b. 1937)
- Jens Okking, Danish actor and politician (b. 1939)
- Connie Sawyer, American actress (b. 1912)
- January 22
- Jimmy Armfield, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- Ursula K. Le Guin, American novelist (b. 1929)
- January 23
- Hugh Masekela, South African jazz musician (b. 1939)
- Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet (b. 1914)
- January 24
- Jack Ketchum, American author (b. 1946)
- Mark E. Smith, English singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
- January 25
- Claribel Alegría, Nicaraguan poet (b. 1924)
- Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1916)
- January 26
- Elizabeth Hawley, American journalist (b. 1923)
- Hiromu Nonaka, Japanese politician (b. 1925)
- January 27
- Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman (b. 1926)
- Mort Walker, American comic artist (b. 1923)
- January 28 – Gene Sharp, American political scientist (b. 1928)
- January 29 – Ion Ciubuc, 7th Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1943)
- January 30
- Mark Salling, American actor (b. 1982)
- Azeglio Vicini, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
- January 31
- Rasual Butler, American basketball player (b. 1979)
- Ann Gillis, American actress (b. 1927)
- Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut (b. 1951)
February
- February 1
- Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, Cuban nuclear physicist (b. 1949)
- Cliff Bourland, American athlete (b. 1921)
- Dennis Edwards, American singer (b. 1943)
- Barys Kit, Belarusian-American rocket scientist (b. 1910)
- February 2
- Jon Huntsman Sr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1937)
- Joseph Polchinski, American theoretical physicist (b. 1954)
- Ole Thestrup, Danish actor (b. 1948)
- February 3
- Michael Harner, American anthropologist and author (b. 1929)
- Károly Palotai, Hungarian footballer and referee (b. 1935)
- Rolf Zacher, German actor (b. 1941)
- February 4
- Alan Baker, English mathematician (b. 1939)
- John Mahoney, English-American actor (b. 1940)
- February 5 – Ladislav Kačáni, Slovak footballer and coach (b. 1931)
- February 6 – Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist (b. 1935)
- February 7
- John Perry Barlow, American internet activist, writer, and lyricist (b. 1947)
- Mickey Jones, American musician (b. 1941)
- Pat Torpey, American drummer (b. 1953)
- February 8 – Jarrod Bannister, Australian athlete (b. 1984)
- February 9
- Reg E. Cathey, American actor (b. 1958)
- John Gavin, American actor and diplomat (b. 1931)
- István Hevesi, Hungarian Olympic water polo player (b. 1931)
- Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic film composer (b. 1969)
- Liam Miller, Irish footballer (b. 1981)
- February 10 – Alan R. Battersby, English organic chemist (b. 1925)
- February 11
- Vic Damone, American singer and actor (b. 1928)
- Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer (b. 1952)
- February 12
- Leo Falcam, 5th President of the Federated States of Micronesia (b. 1935)
- Louise Latham, American actress (b. 1922)
- February 13
- Joseph Bonnel, French footballer (b. 1939)
- Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist (b. 1914)
- Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (b. 1934)
- February 14
- Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1939)
- Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952)
- February 15 – Lassie Lou Ahern, American actress (b. 1920)
- February 18
- Günter Blobel, Silesian-American Nobel biologist (b. 1936)
- Didier Lockwood, French jazz violinist (b. 1956)
- Idrissa Ouédraogo, Burkinabé film director (b. 1954)
- February 19
- Sergey Litvinov, Russian Olympic hammer thrower (b. 1958)
- Yury Tyukalov, Russian Olympic rower (b. 1930)
- February 20 – Jiichiro Date, Japanese wrestler (b. 1952)
- February 21
- Emma Chambers, English actress (b. 1964)
- Billy Graham, American evangelist (b. 1918)
- Ren Osugi, Japanese actor (b. 1951)
- February 22
- Nanette Fabray, American actress (b. 1920)
- Forges, Spanish cartoonist (b. 1942)
- Richard E. Taylor, Canadian Nobel physicist (b. 1929)
- February 23 – Lewis Gilbert, British film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- February 24
- Durward Knowles, Bahamian sailor (b. 1917)
- Bud Luckey, American actor and animator (b. 1934)
- Sridevi, Indian actress (b. 1963)
- February 26 – João W. Nery, Brazilian writer and LGBT activist (b. 1950)
- February 27 – Quini, Spanish football player (b. 1949)
- February 28 – Rogelio Guerra, Mexican actor (b. 1936)
March
- March 1
- Anatoly Lein, Soviet-American chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
- María Rubio, Mexican actress (b. 1934)
- Luigi Taveri, Swiss motorcycle racer (b. 1929)
- March 2
- Jesús López Cobos, Spanish conductor (b. 1940)
- Gillo Dorfles, Italian art critic, painter, and philosopher (b. 1910)
- Billy Herrington, American model and pornographic film actor (b. 1969)
- March 3
- Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete (b. 1929)
- David Ogden Stiers, American actor (b. 1942)
- March 4 – Davide Astori, Italian footballer (b. 1987)
- March 5
- Trevor Baylis, English inventor (b. 1937)
- Hayden White, American historian (b. 1928)
- March 6 – John Sulston, British Nobel biologist and academic (b. 1942)
- March 7 – Reynaldo Bignone, President of Argentina (b. 1928)
- March 9
- Oskar Gröning, German war criminal (b. 1921)
- Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer (b. 1927)
- Jung Jae-sung, South Korean badminton player (b. 1982)
- Ralf Waldmann, German motorcycle racer (b. 1966)
- March 11
- Ken Dodd, English comedian, singer-songwriter, and actor (b. 1927)
- Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (b. 1936)
- March 12
- Nokie Edwards, American musician (b. 1935)
- Ken Flach, American tennis player (b. 1963)
- Oleg Tabakov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1935)
- March 14
- Jim Bowen, English stand-up comedian (b. 1937)
- Alfred W. Crosby, American ecological historian (b. 1931)
- Marielle Franco, Brazilian activist and politician (b. 1979)
- Rubén Galván, Argentine footballer (b. 1952)
- Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist and cosmologist (b. 1942)
- Adrian Lamo, Colombian-American computer hacker (b. 1981)
- Liam O'Flynn, Irish uilleann piper (b. 1945)
- March 16 – Louise Slaughter, American politician (b. 1929)
- March 17 – Phan Văn Khải, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1933)
- March 18
- Barkat Gourad Hamadou, 4th Prime Minister of Djibouti (b. 1930)
- Li Ao, Chinese-Taiwanese writer and politician (b. 1935)
- Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, English politician (b. 1932)
- March 19
- Irina Beglyakova, Russian athlete (b. 1933)
- Keith O'Brien, Scottish cardinal (b. 1938)
- Kedarnath Singh, Indian poet (b. 1934)
- March 20
- Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress (b. 1926)
- Peter G. Peterson, American banker (b. 1926)
- March 22
- René Houseman, Argentine footballer (b. 1953)
- Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, author, and academic (b. 1911)
- Morgana King, American jazz singer and actress (b. 1930)
- March 23
- DuShon Monique Brown, American actress (b. 1968)
- Debbie Lee Carrington, American actress (b. 1959)
- Philip Kerr, English author (b. 1956)
- Zell Miller, American politician (b. 1932)
- March 24
- José Antonio Abreu, Venezuelan conductor and politician (b. 1939)
- Lys Assia, Swiss singer (b. 1924)
- March 26 – Sergei Mavrodi, Russian criminal and politician (b. 1955)
- March 27 – Stéphane Audran, French actress (b. 1932)
- March 30
- Aureliano Bolognesi, Italian Olympic boxer (b. 1930)
- Sabahudin Kurt, Bosnian singer (b. 1935)
- André Bo-Boliko Lokonga, 9th Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1934)
- Bill Maynard, English comedian and actor (b. 1928)
April
- April 1
- Steven Bochco, American television producer (b. 1943)
- Efraín Ríos Montt, 26th President of Guatemala (b. 1926)
- April 2
- Susan Anspach, American actress (b. 1942)
- Morris Halle, Latvian-American linguist (b. 1923)
- Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African activist and politician (b. 1936)
- April 3 – Lill-Babs, Swedish singer (b. 1938)
- April 4
- Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, Syrian hierarch (b. 1930)
- Soon-Tek Oh, Korean-American actor (b. 1932)
- Johnny Valiant, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1946)
- Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
- April 5
- Eric Bristow, English darts player (b. 1957)
- Tim O'Connor, American actor (b. 1927)
- Branislav Pokrajac, Serbian Olympic handball player (b. 1947)
- Isao Takahata, Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
- Cecil Taylor, American pianist and poet (b. 1929)
- April 6
- Daniel Akaka, American educator and politician (b. 1924)
- Jacques Higelin, French pop singer (b. 1940)
- Aleksandr Kurlovich, Soviet-Belarusian Olympic weightlifter (b. 1961)
- April 7 – Peter Grünberg, German Nobel physicist (b. 1939)
- April 8
- Leila Abashidze, Georgian actress, director, and writer (b. 1929)
- Juraj Herz, Czech film director, actor, and scene designer (b. 1934)
- André Lerond, French footballer (b. 1930)
- Chuck McCann, American actor (b. 1934)
- John Miles, English racing driver (b. 1943)
- April 9 – Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff, German supercentenarian (b. 1905)
- April 12 – Sergio Pitol, Mexican novelist and translator (b. 1933)
- April 13
- Art Bell, American broadcaster and author (b. 1945)
- Miloš Forman, Czech-American film director (b. 1932)
- April 14
- Hal Greer, American basketball player (b. 1936)
- Jean-Claude Malgoire, French conductor (b. 1940)
- April 15
- R. Lee Ermey, American actor (b. 1944)
- Michael Halliday, English-Australian linguist (b. 1925)
- Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director (b. 1929)
- April 16
- Harry Anderson, American actor and magician (b. 1952)
- Choi Eun-hee, South Korean actress (b. 1926)
- Pamela Gidley, American actress and model (b. 1965)
- Dona Ivone Lara, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1921)
- Ivan Mauger, New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider (b. 1939)
- April 17 – Barbara Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States (b. 1925)
- April 18 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1935)
- April 19
- Vladimir Lyakhov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (b. 1941)
- Saleh Ali al-Sammad, Yemeni politician (b. 1979)
- April 20
- Avicii, Swedish DJ (b. 1989)
- Roy Bentley, English footballer (b. 1924)
- April 21
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian film director (b. 1928)
- Verne Troyer, American actor (b. 1969)
- April 22
- Demeter Bitenc, Slovenian actor (b. 1922)
- Nino Khurtsidze, Georgian chess player (b. 1975)
- April 24 – Henri Michel, French footballer and coach (b. 1947)
- April 25
- Abbas, Iranian photographer (b. 1944)
- Shuhrat Abbosov, Uzbek actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- Michael Anderson, English film director (b. 1920)
- April 26 – Yoshinobu Ishii, Japanese footballer (b. 1939)
- April 27 – Álvaro Arzú, 32nd President of Guatemala (b. 1946)
- April 28 – Tetsuro Miura, Japanese football player and manager (b. 1956)
- April 29
- Luis García Meza, 68th President of Bolivia (b. 1929)
- Rose Laurens, French singer-songwriter (b. 1953)
- Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, Scottish politician (b. 1945)
- Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan film director (b. 1919)
May
- May 1
- Elmar Altvater, German political scientist (b. 1938)
- Wanda Wiłkomirska, Polish violinist and teacher (b. 1929)
- May 2 – Wang Danfeng, Chinese actress (b. 1924)
- May 3 – Afonso Dhlakama, Mozambican politician (b. 1953)
- May 4 – Renate Dorrestein, Dutch writer and journalist (b. 1954)
- May 5 – Ermanno Olmi, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- May 7 – Maurane, Belgian singer and actress (b. 1960)
- May 8
- Anne V. Coates, British film editor (b. 1925)
- George Deukmejian, American politician (b. 1928)
- May 9 – Per Kirkeby, Danish artist (b. 1938)
- May 10
- David Goodall, English-Australian scientist (b. 1914)
- Scott Hutchison, Scottish musician (b. 1981)
- May 11 – Gérard Genette, French literary theorist (b. 1930)
- May 12
- Tessa Jowell, British politician (b. 1947)
- Antonio Mercero, Spanish film and television director (b. 1936)
- Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer (b. 1945)
- May 13
- Glenn Branca, American composer and musician (b. 1948)
- Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress and activist (b. 1948)
- May 14
- Elaine Edwards, American politician (b. 1929)
- E. C. George Sudarshan, Indian theoretical physicist (b. 1931)
- William Vance, Belgian comics artist (b. 1935)
- Tom Wolfe, American author and journalist (b. 1930)
- May 15
- Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer (b. 1981)
- Ray Wilson, English footballer (b. 1934)
- May 16
- Joseph Campanella, American actor (b. 1924)
- Lucian Pintilie, Romanian film director (b. 1933)
- May 17
- Nicole Fontaine, French politician (b. 1942)
- Richard Pipes, Polish-American academic and historian (b. 1923)
- May 18 – Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Colombian cardinal (b. 1929)
- May 19
- Robert Indiana, American artist (b. 1928)
- Bernard Lewis, British-American historian (b. 1916)
- May 20 – Patricia Morison, American actress (b. 1915)
- May 21
- Anna Maria Ferrero, Italian actress (b. 1934)
- Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1926)
- Clint Walker, American actor (b. 1927)
- May 22
- Philip Roth, American writer (b. 1933)
- Daniela Samulski, German swimmer (b. 1984)
- May 23 – Luis Posada Carriles, Cuban terrorist (b. 1928)
- May 24
- Gudrun Burwitz, German Neo-Nazi militant (b. 1929)
- Jerry Maren, American actor (b. 1920)
- TotalBiscuit, British gaming commentator and critic (b. 1984)
- May 25 – Naser Malek Motiei, Iranian actor (b. 1930)
- May 26
- Alan Bean, American astronaut (b. 1932)
- Ted Dabney, American engineer (b. 1937)
- Roger Piantoni, French footballer (b. 1931)
- May 27
- Gardner Dozois, American science fiction writer (b. 1947)
- Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, 44th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1935)
- Donald H. Peterson, American astronaut (b. 1933)
- May 28
- Serge Dassault, French businessman and politician (b. 1925)
- Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (b. 1941)
- María Dolores Pradera, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1924)
- Dick Quax, Dutch-New Zealand Olympic athlete (b. 1948)
- Jens Christian Skou, Danish medical doctor and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- Ola Ullsten, 28th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1931)
June
- June 1
- John Julius Norwich, English historian and writer (b. 1929)
- Sinan Sakić, Serbian singer (b. 1956)
- June 2
- Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1918)
- Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Austrian ethologist (b. 1928)
- Emil Wolf, Czech-American physicist (b. 1922)
- June 3
- Frank Carlucci, American politician (b. 1930)
- Miguel Obando y Bravo, Nicaraguan cardinal (b. 1926)
- June 5 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer (b. 1962)
- June 6
- Mateja Matevski, Macedonian poet and writer (b. 1929)
- Kira Muratova, Ukrainian director, screenwriter, and actress (b. 1934)
- Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
- June 7
- David Douglas Duncan, American photojournalist (b. 1916)
- Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (b. 1941)
- June 8
- Per Ahlmark, Swedish politician and writer (b. 1939)
- Anthony Bourdain, American chef, writer, and television personality (b. 1956)
- Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (b. 1939)
- Eunice Gayson, English actress (b. 1928)
- Danny Kirwan, British musician (b. 1950)
- Liu Yichang, Hong Kong writer and novelist (b. 1918)
- June 9
- Reinhard Hardegen, German U-boat commander (b. 1913)
- Fadil Vokrri, Kosovo-Albanian footballer (b. 1960)
- June 10 – Stan Anderson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- June 11 – Oscar Furlong, Argentine basketball player (b. 1927)
- June 12 – Jon Hiseman, English drummer (b. 1944)
- June 13
- Anne Donovan, American basketball player (b. 1961)
- D. J. Fontana, American musician (b. 1931)
- Charles Vinci, American Olympic weightlifter (b. 1933)
- June 14
- Fazlullah, Pakistani terrorist, leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (b. 1974)
- Stanislav Govorukhin, Russian film director, screenwriter, and politician (b. 1936)
- June 15
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy, American blues guitarist (b. 1929)
- Leslie Grantham, British actor (b. 1947)
- June 16 – Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor (b. 1931)
- June 18
- Walter Bahr, American soccer player (b. 1927)
- Big Van Vader, American professional wrestler and football player (b. 1955)
- XXXTentacion, American singer and rapper (b. 1998)
- June 19
- Stanley Cavell, American philosopher (b. 1926)
- Ivan Drach, Ukrainian poet and political activist (b. 1936)
- Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Danish diplomat and cousin of Margarethe II of Denmark (b. 1935)
- Sergio Gonella, Italian businessman and football referee (b. 1933)
- Koko, American-bred Western lowland gorilla (b. 1971)
- June 20
- Dante Caputo, Argentine diplomat (b. 1943)
- Sándor Kányádi, Hungarian poet and translator (b. 1929)
- Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (b. 1929)
- June 21 – Charles Krauthammer, American political commentator (b. 1950)
- June 22
- Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician (b. 1927)
- Geoffrey Oryema, Ugandan musician (b. 1953)
- Vinnie Paul, American drummer (b. 1964)
- June 23
- Alberto Fouilloux, Chilean footballer (b. 1940)
- Kim Jong-pil, 9th Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1926)
- June 24 – Stanley Anderson, American actor (b. 1939)
- June 25 – Richard Benjamin Harrison, American businessman and television personality (b. 1941)
- June 26 – Henri Namphy, 35th President of Haiti (b. 1932)
- June 27 – Joe Jackson, American talent manager (b. 1928)
- June 28
- Harlan Ellison, American writer (b. 1934)
- Christine Nöstlinger, Austrian writer (b. 1936)
- June 29
- Arvid Carlsson, Swedish neuropharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
- Steve Ditko, American comic-book writer and artist (b. 1927)
- Irena Szewińska, Polish Olympic sprinter (b. 1946)
- June 30 – José Antonio Zaldúa, Spanish footballer (b. 1941)
July
- July 1 – Dame Gillian Lynne, British dancer and choreographer (b. 1926)
- July 2
- Henry Butler, American jazz pianist and photographer (b. 1948)
- Antonio Halili, Filipino politician (b. 1946)
- Bill Watrous, American jazz trombonist (b. 1939)
- July 3 – Richard Swift, American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and filmmaker (b. 1977)
- July 4
- Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French poet and novelist (b. 1914)
- Henri Dirickx, Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
- Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (b. 1940)
- July 5
- Claude Lanzmann, French filmmaker (b. 1925)
- Ed Schultz, American political commentator and television host (b. 1954)
- Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal (b. 1943)
- July 6
- Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader and terrorist (b. 1955)
- Vlatko Ilievski, Macedonian singer and actor (b. 1985)
- July 7 – Tyler Honeycutt, American basketball player (b. 1990)
- July 8
- Tab Hunter, American actor and singer (b. 1931)
- Frank Ramsey, American basketball player (b. 1931)
- Carlo Vanzina, Italian film director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1951)
- July 9
- Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, former Secretary General of NATO (b. 1919)
- Hans Günter Winkler, German show jumping rider (b. 1926)
- July 10
- Henry Morgenthau III, American author and television producer (b. 1917)
- Mien Schopman-Klaver, Dutch Olympic athlete (b. 1911)
- July 11 – Lindy Remigino, American Olympic athlete (b. 1931)
- July 12
- Roger Perry, American actor (b. 1933)
- Robert Wolders, Dutch actor (b. 1936)
- July 13
- Claude Seignolle, French author (b. 1917)
- Thorvald Stoltenberg, Norwegian politician (b. 1931)
- July 14 – Theo-Ben Gurirab, 2nd Prime Minister of Namibia (b. 1938)
- July 15
- Ray Emery, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1982)
- Dragutin Šurbek, Croatian table tennis player (b. 1946)
- July 16 – Gabriel Caruana, Maltese artist (b. 1929)
- July 17 – Yvonne Blake, British-Spanish costume designer (b. 1940)
- July 18
- Anne Olivier Bell, English literary editor and art scholar (b. 1916)
- Adrian Cronauer, American radio personality (b. 1938)
- John Banks Elliott, Ghanaian diplomat and statesman (b. 1917)
- Carlos Aldunate Lyon, Chilean Jesuit priest, teacher, and writer (b. 1916)
- Burton Richter, American Nobel physicist (b. 1931)
- July 19
- Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese screenwriter (b. 1918)
- Denis Ten, Kazakh figure skater (b. 1993)
- July 22 – Frank Havens, French sprint canoeist (b. 1924)
- July 23
- Paul Madeley, English footballer (b. 1944)
- Oksana Shachko, Ukrainian feminist (b. 1987)
- July 24 – Mary Ellis, British ferry pilot (b. 1917)
- July 25 – Sergio Marchionne, Italian-Canadian automotive executive (b. 1952)
- July 27 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer (b. 1932)
- July 29
- Brian Christopher, American professional wrestler (b. 1972)
- Oliver Dragojević, Croatian singer (b. 1947)
- Vibeke Skofterud, Norwegian cross-country skier (b. 1980)
- Tomasz Stańko, Polish trumpeter and composer (b. 1942)
- Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian professional wrestler (b. 1947)
- July 30 – Ron Dellums, American politician (b. 1935)
August
- August 1
- Mary Carlisle, American actress (b. 1914)
- Rick Genest, Canadian fashion model and artist (b. 1985)
- Fakir Musafar, American performance artist (b. 1930)
- August 2
- Bob Berry, New Zealand dendrologist (b. 1916)
- Winston Ntshona, South African playwright and actor (b. 1941)
- August 3 – Moshé Mizrahi, Israeli film director (b. 1931)
- August 4 – Masahiko Tsugawa, Japanese actor and director (b. 1940)
- August 5
- Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer (b. 1926)
- Piotr Szulkin, Polish film director and writer (b. 1950)
- August 6
- Paul Laxalt, American politician (b. 1922)
- Joël Robuchon, French chef and restaurateur (b. 1945)
- August 7
- M. Karunanidhi, Indian politician (b. 1924)
- Stan Mikita, Slovak-born Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1940)
- August 8 – Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (b. 1990)
- August 10 – László Fábián, Hungarian sprint canoeist (b. 1936)
- August 11
- Terry A. Davis, American computer programmer (b. 1969)
- V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-British Nobel writer (b. 1932)
- August 12 – Samir Amin, Egyptian-French Marxian economist (b. 1931)
- August 13
- Somnath Chatterjee, Indian politician (b. 1929)
- Unshō Ishizuka, Japanese voice actor (b. 1951)
- Jim Neidhart, American professional wrestler (b. 1955)
- August 14 – Eduard Uspensky, Russian author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
- August 15 – Rita Borsellino, Italian anti-Mafia activist and politician (b. 1945)
- August 16
- Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
- Kim Yong-chun, North Korean military officer and politician (b. 1936)
- Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast (b. 1969)
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 10th Prime Minister of India (b. 1924)
- August 17 – Ezzatolah Entezami, Iranian actor (b. 1924)
- August 18 – Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat, 7th United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel laureate (b. 1938)
- August 20
- Uri Avnery, Israeli peace activist and politician (b. 1923)
- Jimmy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1931)
- Brian Murray, South African actor and director (b. 1937)
- Eddie Willis, American musician (b. 1936)
- August 21
- Barbara Harris, American actress and singer (b. 1935)
- Hanna Mina, Syrian novelist (b. 1924)
- Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (b. 1975)
- August 22 – Ed King, American musician (b. 1949)
- August 23
- Kuldip Nayar, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1923)
- George Walker, American composer (b. 1922)
- August 24 – Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet, writer, and politician (b. 1925)
- August 25 – John McCain, American politician (b. 1936)
- August 26 – Neil Simon, American playwright (b. 1927)
- August 28 – Tatyana Kuznetsova, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1941)
- August 29 – James Mirrlees, Scottish Nobel economist (b. 1936)
- August 30
- Joseph Kobzon, Soviet and Russian singer (b. 1937)
- Ray, Hong Kong professional wrestler (b. 1982)
- Marie Severin, American comics artist and colorist (b. 1929)
- August 31
- Susan Brown, American actress (b. 1932)
- Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Italian population geneticist (b. 1922)
- Gloria Jean, American actress and singer (b. 1926)
- Carole Shelley, American actress (b. 1939)
- Alexander Zakharchenko, Ukrainian separatist rebel (b. 1976)
September
- September 1 – Randy Weston, American musician (b. 1926)
- September 2 – Conway Savage, Australian pianist (b. 1960)
- September 3
- Lydia Clarke, American actress and photographer (b. 1923)
- Jalaluddin Haqqani, Afghan Haqqani insurgent (b. 1939)
- Jacqueline Pearce, British actress (b. 1943)
- September 4
- Bill Daily, American actor (b. 1927)
- Christopher Lawford, American actor (b. 1955)
- September 5 – Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (b. 1934)
- September 6
- Richard DeVos, American businessman (b. 1926)
- Liz Fraser, English actress (b. 1930)
- Burt Reynolds, American actor (b. 1936)
- Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor (b. 1934)
- September 7
- Samuel Bodman, American politician (b. 1938)
- Mac Miller, American rapper (b. 1992)
- September 8
- Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1948)
- Chelsi Smith, American singer and beauty pageant winner (b. 1973)
- September 9 – Frank Andersson, Swedish wrestler (b. 1956)
- September 10 – Peter Donat, Canadian-American actor (b. 1928)
- September 11
- Fenella Fielding, English actress (b. 1927)
- Kulsoom Nawaz, First Lady of Pakistan (b. 1950)
- September 12 – Rachid Taha, Algerian singer and activist (b. 1958)
- September 14 – Anneke Grönloh, Dutch singer (b. 1942)
- September 15
- Warwick Estevam Kerr, Brazilian agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist, professor and scientific leader (b. 1922)
- Dudley Sutton, English actor (b. 1933)
- September 16 – Kevin Beattie, English footballer (b. 1953)
- September 18 – Robert Venturi, American architect (b. 1925)
- September 19
- Győző Kulcsár, Hungarian Olympic fencer (b. 1940)
- Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1934)
- September 20 – Mohammed Karim Lamrani, 7th Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1919)
- September 21
- Vitaliy Masol, 3rd Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1928)
- Trần Đại Quang, 8th President of Vietnam (b. 1956)
- September 22 – Al Matthews, American actor and singer (b. 1942)
- September 23
- Charles K. Kao, Hong-Kong-born British-American Nobel electrical engineer (b. 1933)
- Gary Kurtz, American film producer (b. 1940)
- September 25 – Baba Hari Dass, Indian yoga master, silent monk, and commentator (b. 1923)
- September 27 – Marty Balin, American singer and musician (b. 1942)
- September 28 – Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, 8th Prime Minister of Swaziland (b. 1942)
- September 29 – Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1934)
- September 30 – Kim Larsen, Danish rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
October
- October 1
- Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer (b. 1924)
- Đỗ Mười, 3rd Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1917)
- October 2
- Geoff Emerick, English recording engineer (b. 1945)
- Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (b. 1958)
- October 3 – Leon M. Lederman, American Nobel physicist (b. 1922)
- October 4
- Hamiet Bluiett, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1940)
- Will Vinton, American animator (b. 1947)
- Audrey Wells, American screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1960)
- October 6
- Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (b. 1933)
- James Cowan, Australian author (b. 1942)
- Scott Wilson, American actor (b. 1942)
- October 7
- Peggy McCay, American actress (b. 1927)
- Celeste Yarnall, American actress (b. 1944)
- October 8
- Arnold Kopelson, American film producer (b. 1935)
- George Taliaferro, American football player (b. 1927)
- October 9
- Thomas A. Steitz, American Nobel biochemist (b. 1940)
- Venantino Venantini, Italian actor (b. 1930)
- October 10
- Mary Midgley, British philosopher (b. 1919)
- Tex Winter, American football player and coach (b. 1922)
- October 11
- Paul Andreu, French architect (b. 1938)
- Labinot Harbuzi, Swedish footballer (b. 1986)
- Greg Stafford, American game designer (b. 1948)
- October 12 – Pik Botha, South African politician (b. 1932)
- October 13 – Jim Taylor, American football player (b. 1935)
- October 14 – Milena Dravić, Serbian actress (b. 1940)
- October 15
- Paul Allen, American businessman, co-founder of Microsoft (b. 1953)
- Arto Paasilinna, Finnish writer (b. 1942)
- October 17 – Ara Güler, Turkish-Armenian photojournalist (b. 1928)
- October 18
- Ayub Bachchu, Bangladeshi singer and songwriter (b. 1962)
- Anthea Bell, British literary translator (b. 1936)
- Lisbeth Palme, Swedish child psychologist, former chairwoman of UNICEF (b. 1931)
- Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, 5th President of the Sudan (b. 1934)
- October 19 – Osamu Shimomura, Japanese Nobel chemist and marine biologist (b. 1928)
- October 20 – Wim Kok, 48th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1938)
- October 21 – Joachim Rønneberg, Norwegian military officer and anti-Nazi resistant (b. 1919)
- October 22 – José Varacka, Argentine football player and coach (b. 1932)
- October 23 – James Karen, American actor (b. 1923)
- October 24 – Tony Joe White, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
- October 25 – Sonny Fortune, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1939)
- October 26 – Nikolai Karachentsov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1944)
- October 27
- Freddie Hart, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1926)
- Ntozake Shange, American playwright and poet (b. 1948)
- Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai businessman (b. 1958)
- October 30
- Whitey Bulger, American mobster (b. 1929)
- Erika Mahringer, Austrian alpine skier (b. 1924)
- Sangharakshita, English Buddhist teacher and writer (b. 1925)
- Jin Yong, Hong Kong writer (b. 1924)
- October 31 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player (b. 1938)
November
- November 1 – Yurik Vardanyan, Armenian weightlifter (b. 1956)
- November 2
- Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer (b. 1927)
- Roy Hargrove, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1969)
- Kitty O'Neil, American stuntwoman and racer (b. 1946)
- November 3 – Sondra Locke, American actress (b. 1944)
- November 4 – Serhiy Tkach, Russian-Ukrainian serial killer (b. 1952)
- November 6 – Jonathan Cantwell, Australian racing cyclist (b. 1982)
- November 7 – Francis Lai, French composer (b. 1932)
- November 8 – Bruno Caruso, Sicilian painter, illustrator, writer, graphic designer and political activist (d. 1927)
- November 11 – Douglas Rain, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
- November 12
- Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor and actor (b. 1922)
- David Pearson, American race car driver (b. 1934)
- November 13
- Lucho Gatica, Chilean singer (b. 1928)
- Katherine MacGregor, American actress (b. 1925)
- November 14
- Rolf Hoppe, German actor (b. 1930)
- Fernando del Paso, Mexican writer (b. 1935)
- November 15
- John Bluthal, Polish-born radio, stage, actor, comedian, and voice artist (b. 1929)
- Roy Clark, American country singer (b. 1933)
- Takayuki Fujikawa, Japanese footballer (b. 1962)
- Adolf Grünbaum, German-American philosopher (b. 1923)
- Zhores Medvedev, Russian agronomist, biologist, and historian (b. 1925)
- November 16 – William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- November 19 – Apisai Ielemia, 10th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1955)
- November 20
- James H. Billington, American academic (b. 1929)
- Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English Nobel chemist (b. 1926)
- Eimuntas Nekrošius, Lithuanian theatre director (b. 1952)
- November 21
- Meena Alexander, Indian-born American poet (b. 1951)
- Olivia Hooker, American psychologist and civil rights figure (b. 1915)
- November 22
- Soslan Andiyev, Russian wrestler (b. 1952)
- Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer (b. 1952)
- Willie Naulls, American basketball player (b. 1934)
- November 23 – Nicolas Roeg, British film director (b. 1928)
- November 24 – Ricky Jay, American magician and actor (b. 1946)
- November 25
- Giuliana Calandra, Italian actress (b. 1936)
- Viktor Kanevskyi, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1936)
- November 26
- Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
- Stephen Hillenburg, American cartoonist, animator, and marine biology teacher (b. 1961)
- November 28
- Nicanor de Carvalho, Brazilian football manager (b. 1947)
- Robert Morris, American sculptor (b. 1931)
- Harry Leslie Smith, British writer and activist (b. 1923)
- November 29 – Viktor Matviyenko, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1948)
- November 30 – George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States (b. 1924)
December
- December 1
- Ken Berry, American actor (b. 1933)
- Ennio Fantastichini, Italian actor (b. 1955)
- December 3
- Markus Beyer, German boxer (b. 1971)
- Andrei Bitov, Russian writer (b. 1937)
- Philip Bosco, American actor (b. 1930)
- Geoff Murphy, New Zealand film director (b. 1938)
- Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish businessman and 35th President of FC Barcelona (b. 1931)
- December 5 – Dynamite Kid, English professional wrestler (b. 1958)
- December 6
- Larry Hennig, American professional wrestler (b. 1936)
- Joseph Joffo, French author (b. 1931)
- Pete Shelley, English singer-songwriter (b. 1955)
- December 7
- Belisario Betancur, 26th President of Colombia (b. 1923)
- Luigi Radice, Italian football player and manager (b. 1935)
- December 8
- Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Russian historian and human rights activist (b. 1927)
- Evelyn Berezin, American computer designer (b. 1925)
- December 9
- William Blum, American author and historian (b. 1933)
- Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born American Nobel astrophysicist (b. 1931)
- December 12
- Iraj Danaeifard, Iranian footballer (b. 1951)
- Ferenc Kósa, Hungarian film director (b. 1937)
- December 13 – Nancy Wilson, American singer and actress (b. 1937)
- December 15 – Girma Wolde-Giorgis, 2nd President of Ethiopia (b. 1924)
- December 17
- Penny Marshall, American actress and film director (b. 1943)
- Andrey Shcharbakow, Belarusian footballer (b. 1991)
- December 18
- David C. H. Austin, English rose breeder (b. 1926)
- Tulsi Giri, 23rd Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1926)
- Kazimierz Kutz, Polish film director and politician (b. 1929)
- Shinobu Sekine, Japanese Olympic judoka (b. 1943)
- Bill Slater, English footballer (b. 1927)
- December 20 – Donald Moffat, English-American actor (b. 1930)
- December 22
- Paddy Ashdown, British politician and diplomat (b. 1941)
- Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi royal and politician (b. 1931)
- Roberto Suazo Córdova, 29th President of Honduras (b. 1927)
- December 23 – Elias M. Stein, American mathematician (b. 1931)
- December 24
- Jozef Adamec, Slovakian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
- Stanko Poklepović, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1938)
- Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Iranian cleric and politician (b. 1948)
- December 25 – Nancy Roman, American astronomer (b. 1925)
- December 26
- Wendy Beckett, British religious sister and art historian (b. 1930)
- Roy J. Glauber, American Nobel physicist (b. 1925)
- Lawrence Roberts, American computer scientist (b. 1937)
- Morton Sobell, American engineer and spy (b. 1917)
- December 27
- Juan Bautista Agüero, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1935)
- Robert Kerman, American actor (b. 1947)
- Richard Arvin Overton, American war veteran (b. 1906)
- December 28
- Abdelmalek Benhabyles, Acting President of Algeria (b. 1921)
- Toshiko Fujita, Japanese actress (b. 1950)
- Peter Hill-Wood, English businessman and football executive (b. 1936)
- Georges Loinger, French resistance fighter (b. 1910)
- Amos Oz, Israeli author and journalist (b. 1939)
- Shehu Shagari, 6th President of Nigeria (b. 1925)
- June Whitfield, English actress (b. 1925)
- December 29
- Ringo Lam, Hong Kong film director (b. 1955)
- Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (b. 1935)
- December 30
- Edgar Hilsenrath, German writer (b. 1926)
- Don Lusk, American animator (b. 1913)
- Mrinal Sen, Indian film director (b. 1923)
- December 31 – Kader Khan, Indian actor (b. 1937)
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- January 1 – Ivan Dimitrov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1935)
- January 2
- Daryl Dragon, American musician (b. 1942)
- Bob Einstein, American actor and comedian (b. 1942)
- Gene Okerlund, American wrestling announcer (b. 1942)
- January 4 – Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1927)
- January 5 – Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
- January 6
- José Ramón Fernández, Cuban revolution leader (b. 1923)
- W. Morgan Sheppard, English actor (b. 1932)
- January 7 – Moshe Arens, Lithuanian-born Israeli aeronautical engineer, researcher, diplomat, and politician (b. 1925)
- January 9
- Verna Bloom, American actress (b. 1939)
- Paul Koslo, German-Canadian actor (b. 1944)
- Anatoly Lukyanov, Russian politician (b. 1930)
- January 11 – Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician and academic (b. 1929)
- January 13 – Phil Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1969)
- January 14 – Paweł Adamowicz, Polish politician (b. 1965)
- January 15 – Carol Channing, American actress (b. 1921)
- January 16
- John C. Bogle, American investor (b. 1929)
- Mirjam Pressler, German novelist (b. 1940)
- January 17
- Babiker Awadalla, 8th Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1917)
- Windsor Davies, Welsh actor (b. 1930)
- Mary Oliver, American poet (b. 1935)
- January 18 – Ivan Vutsov, Bulgarian footballer and coach (b. 1939)
- January 19 – Henry Sy, Chinese-Filipino business magnate (b. 1924)
- January 20 – Andrew G. Vajna, Hungarian-American film producer (b. 1944)
- January 21
- Kaye Ballard, American actress (b. 1925)
- Henri, Count of Paris, Head of the House of Orléans (b. 1933)
- Pedro Manfredini, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
- Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (b. 1990)
- Shivakumara Swami, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1907)
- Harris Wofford, American politician and civil rights activist (b. 1926)
- January 23
- Jonas Mekas, Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, poet, and artist (b. 1922)
- Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwean musician, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1952)
- Erik Olin Wright, American Marxist sociologist (b. 1947)
- January 24 – Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Spanish cardinal (b. 1929)
- January 25
- Florence Knoll, American architect and furniture designer (b. 1917)
- Dušan Makavejev, Serbian film director (b. 1932)
- Krishna Sobti, Indian Hindi-language fiction writer and essayist (b. 1925)
- January 26
- Jean Guillou, French composer, organist, and pianist (b. 1930)
- Michel Legrand, French composer (b. 1932)
- January 29
- George Fernandes, Indian politician (b. 1930)
- James Ingram, American R&B musician (b. 1952)
- January 30 – Dick Miller, American actor (b. 1928)
February
- February 1
- Jeremy Hardy, English comedian, radio host and panelist (b. 1961)
- Clive Swift, English actor (b. 1936)
- February 2 – Carol Emshwiller, American author (b. 1921)
- February 3
- Julie Adams, American actress (b. 1926)
- Detsl, Russian musician (b. 1983)
- Kristoff St. John, American actor (b. 1966)
- February 4
- Isacio Calleja, Spanish footballer (b. 1936)
- Bernard Lietaer, Belgian engineer and economist (b. 1942)
- John Otho Marsh Jr., 14th United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1926)
- Matti Nykänen, Finnish Olympic-winning ski jumper and singer (b. 1963)
- Leonie Ossowski, German writer (b. 1925)
- February 5 – Václav Vorlíček, Czech film director (b. 1930)
- February 6
- Rudi Assauer, German footballer and manager (b. 1944)
- Manfred Eigen, German Nobel Prize winning biophysical chemist (b. 1927)
- Rosamunde Pilcher, English author (b. 1924)
- February 7
- John Dingell, American politician (b. 1926)
- Albert Finney, English actor (b. 1936)
- Rocky Lockridge, American boxer (b. 1959)
- Jan Olszewski, 3rd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1930)
- Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1935)
- February 8
- Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer (b. 1917)
- Sergei Yursky, Russian actor (b. 1935)
- February 9
- Shelley Lubben, American author, activist, singer, and pornographic actress (b. 1968)
- Maximilian Reinelt, German rower and doctor (b. 1988)
- Tomi Ungerer, French artist, illustrator and writer (b. 1931)
- February 10
- Carmen Argenziano, American actor (b. 1943)
- Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (b. 1945)
- February 11 – Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Afghani politician (b. 1925)
- February 12
- Gordon Banks, English footballer (b. 1937)
- Lyndon LaRouche, American political activist (b. 1922)
- Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican professional wrestler (b. 1942)
- February 14 – Andrea Levy, English novelist (b. 1956)
- February 15 – Lee Radziwill, American socialite (b. 1933)
- February 16
- February 17 – Šaban Šaulić, Serbian singer (b. 1951)
- February 18
- Wallace Smith Broecker, American geophysicist (b. 1931)
- Alessandro Mendini, Italian architect and designer (b. 1931)
- February 19 – Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (b. 1933)
- February 20
- Dominick Argento, American composer (b. 1927)
- Claude Goretta, Swiss film director (b. 1929)
- February 21
- Stanley Donen, American film director (b. 1924)
- Peter Tork, American musician and actor (b. 1942)
- Hilde Zadek, German operatic soprano (b. 1917)
- February 22
- Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (b. 1970)
- Morgan Woodward, American actor (b. 1925)
- February 23 – Katherine Helmond, American actress (b. 1929)
- February 24
- Antoine Gizenga, 21st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1925)
- Donald Keene, American-born Japanese scholar, historian, and writer (b. 1922)
- February 25
- Janet Asimov, American science fiction writer, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst (b. 1926)
- Mark Hollis, English singer-songwriter (b. 1955)
- Waldo Machado, Brazilian footballer (b. 1934)
- Lisa Sheridan, American actress (b. 1974)
- February 26 – Christian Bach, Argentine-Mexican actress and producer (b. 1959)
- February 27 – France-Albert René, 2nd President of Seychelles (b. 1935)
- February 28 – André Previn, German-American composer (b. 1929)
March
- March 1
- Zhores Alferov, Soviet and Russian Nobel physicist (b. 1930)
- Kevin Roche, Irish-American architect (b. 1922)
- March 2 – Med Hondo, Mauritanian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1936)
- March 4
- King Kong Bundy, American professional wrestler (b. 1955)
- Keith Flint, English musician, singer, and dancer (b. 1969)
- Klaus Kinkel, German politician (b. 1936)
- Ted Lindsay, Canadian professional ice hockey player (b. 1925)
- Luke Perry, American actor (b. 1966)
- March 5 – Jacques Loussier, French pianist and composer (b. 1934)
- March 6 – Carolee Schneemann, American visual artist (b. 1939)
- March 7
- Kelly Catlin, American professional racing cyclist (b. 1995)
- Guillaume Faye, French journalist and writer (b. 1949)
- March 8 – Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer (b. 1927)
- March 9
- Bernard Binlin Dadié, Ivorian novelist and playwright (b. 1916)
- Vladimir Etush, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1922)
- March 10 – İrsen Küçük, Cypriot politician, 6th Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (b. 1940)
- March 11
- Hal Blaine, American drummer (b. 1929)
- Coutinho, Brazilian football player and manager (b. 1943)
- March 13 – Andrea Pollack, German swimmer (b. 1961)
- March 14
- Birch Bayh, American politician (b. 1928)
- Godfried Danneels, Belgian cardinal (b. 1933)
- Charlie Whiting, British motorsports director (b. 1952)
- March 15
- Okwui Enwezor, Nigerian curator, art critic, writer, poet, and educator (b. 1963)
- Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, 3rd Head of State of Mauritania (b. 1943)
- W. S. Merwin, American poet (b. 1927)
- March 16
- Dick Dale, American guitarist and surf music pioneer (b. 1937)
- Barbara Hammer, American filmmaker (b. 1939)
- Alan Krueger, American economist (b. 1960)
- March 17 – Manohar Parrikar, Indian politician (b. 1955)
- March 19 – Marlen Khutsiev, Georgian-Russian filmaker (b. 1925)
- March 20
- Donald Kalpokas, Vanuatuan politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vanuatu (b. 1943)
- Mary Warnock, English philosopher (b. 1924)
- March 22
- Frans Andriessen, Dutch politician (b. 1929)
- Scott Walker, American-English singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
- March 23
- Larry Cohen, American film director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1936)
- Rafi Eitan, Israeli intelligence officer and politician (b. 1926)
- March 27 – Valery Bykovsky, Soviet-Russian cosmonaut (b. 1934)
- March 29 – Agnès Varda, Belgian-French film director (b. 1928)
- March 30 – Tania Mallet, English model and actress (b. 1941)
- March 31 – Nipsey Hussle, American rapper, activist, and entrepreneur (b. 1985)
April
- April 1
- Vonda N. McIntyre, American science fiction author (b. 1948)
- Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Spanish writer (b. 1927)
- April 2 – Jamshid Mashayekhi, Iranian actor (b. 1934)
- April 4 – Georgiy Daneliya, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- April 5
- Sydney Brenner, South African Nobel biologist (b. 1927)
- Gianfranco Leoncini, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
- April 6
- Fritz Hollings, American politician (b. 1922)
- David J. Thouless, British Nobel physicist (b. 1934)
- April 7 – Seymour Cassel, American actor (b. 1935)
- April 9
- Elwyn Berlekamp, American mathematician (b. 1940)
- Charles Van Doren, American writer and editor (b. 1926)
- April 10 – Earl Thomas Conley, American country singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- April 12
- Georgia Engel, American actress (b. 1947)
- Tommy Smith, English footballer (b. 1945)
- April 13
- Tony Buzan, English author and educational consultant (b. 1942)
- Neus Català, Spanish political activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1915)
- Paul Greengard, American Nobel neuroscientist (b. 1925)
- Lydia Wideman, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1920)
- Yvette Williams, New Zealand track-and-field athlete (b. 1929)
- April 14
- Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress (b. 1935)
- Mirjana Marković, Serbian politician, 3rd First Lady of Yugoslavia (b. 1942)
- Gene Wolfe, American science fiction and fantasy writer (b. 1931)
- April 15 – Owen Garriott, American astronaut (b. 1930)
- April 16
- Jörg Demus, Austrian pianist (b. 1928)
- David Lama, Austrian sports climber and mountaineer (b. 1990)
- Fay McKenzie, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
- April 17 – Alan García, Peruvian politician, 61st and 64th President of Peru (b. 1949)
- April 18 – Lyra McKee, Northern Irish journalist (b. 1990)
- April 19 – Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist (b. 1944)
- April 20 – Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Iranian artist (b. 1922)
- April 21
- Hannelore Elsner, German actress (b. 1942)
- Ken Kercheval, American actor (b. 1935)
- April 22
- Lê Đức Anh, 4th President of Vietnam (b. 1920)
- Billy McNeill, Scottish football player and manager (b. 1940)
- April 23
- Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourgish royal (b. 1921)
- David Winters, English-American actor, choreographer, and director (b. 1939)
- April 24 – Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor (b. 1932)
- April 25 – John Havlicek, American basketball player (b. 1940)
- April 26 – Ellen Schwiers, German actress (b. 1930)
- April 27 – Negasso Gidada, 4th President of Ethiopia (b. 1943)
- April 28
- Richard Lugar, American politician (b. 1932)
- John Singleton, American film director (b. 1968)
- April 29
- Les Murray, Australian poet (b. 1938)
- Josef Šural, Czech footballer (b. 1990)
- April 30
- Anémone, French actress, filmmaker and political activist (b. 1950)
- Beth Carvalho, Brazilian samba singer. (b. 1946)
- Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (b. 1944)
May
- May 1 – Dinko Dermendzhiev, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1941)
- May 2
- Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1927)
- Ali Mroudjaé, Comorian politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Comoros (b. 1939)
- May 3 – Goro Shimura, Japanese mathematician (b. 1930)
- May 6 – Gjermund Eggen, Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier (b. 1941)
- May 7 – Jean Vanier, Canadian Catholic philosopher, theologian and humanitarian (b. 1928)
- May 8
- Sprent Dabwido, Nauruan politician, 13th President of Nauru (b. 1972)
- Yevgeny Krylatov, Soviet and Russian composer (b. 1934)
- May 9 – Alvin Sargent, American screenwriter (b. 1927)
- May 10 – Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician (b. 1951)
- May 11
- Gianni De Michelis, Italian politician (b. 1940)
- Peggy Lipton, American actress and model (b. 1946)
- Pua Magasiva, New Zealand actor (b. 1980)
- Silver King, Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1968)
- May 12
- Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (b. 1924)
- Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Lebanese cardinal and Patriarch (b. 1920)
- May 13 – Doris Day, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
- May 14
- Tim Conway, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
- Grumpy Cat , American internet celebrity cat (b. 2012)
- Sven Lindqvist, Swedish author (b. 1932)
- May 16
- Bob Hawke, Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1929)
- Ashley Massaro, American professional wrestler and model (b. 1979)
- I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect (b. 1917)
- May 17 – Herman Wouk, American author (b. 1915)
- May 20 – Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver (b. 1949)
- May 21 – Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer and journalist (b. 1971)
- May 22
- Judith Kerr, German-born British author and illustrator (b. 1923)
- Eduard Punset, Spanish politician and science popularizer (b. 1936)
- Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Malaysian royal (b. 1930)
- May 24 – Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist (b. 1929)
- May 25 – Claus von Bülow, Danish-British socialite (b. 1926)
- May 26
- Bart Starr, American football player and coach (b. 1934)
- Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1920)
- May 27 – Bill Buckner, American baseball player (b. 1949)
- May 28
- Apolo Nsibambi, Ugandan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1940)
- Edward Seaga, Jamaican politician, 5th Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1930)
- May 30
- Thad Cochran, American politician (b. 1937)
- Frank Lucas, American drug trafficker (b. 1930)
- Leon Redbone, Cypriot-American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor (b. 1949)
- May 31 – Roky Erickson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
June
- June 1
- José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer (b. 1983)
- Michel Serres, French philosopher, theorist and writer (b. 1930)
- Ani Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician, 6th First Lady of Indonesia (b. 1952)
- June 2 – Ken Matthews, English race walker (b. 1934)
- June 3
- Atsushi Aoki, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1977)
- Jurica Jerković, Croatian footballer (b. 1950)
- June 4
- Lennart Johansson, Swedish sports official (b. 1929)
- Nechama Rivlin, Israeli socialite, 10th First lady of Israel (b. 1945)
- June 5 – Elio Sgreccia, Italian cardinal (b. 1928)
- June 6 – Dr. John, American musician (b 1941)
- June 8 – André Matos, Brazilian vocalist, pianist and composer (b. 1971)
- June 9 – Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper (b. 1966)
- June 10
- Girish Karnad, Indian actor, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1938)
- Lee Hee-ho, South Korean peace activist, 15th First Lady of South Korea (b. 1922)
- June 11 – Martin Feldstein, American economist (b. 1939)
- June 12 – Sylvia Miles, American actress (b. 1924)
- June 13 – Edith González, Mexican actress (b. 1964)
- June 15 – Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director and politician (b. 1923)
- June 16 – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1924)
- June 17
- Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian politician, 5th President of Egypt (b. 1951)
- Gloria Vanderbilt, American socialite, artist and fashion designer (b. 1924)
- June 19 – Etika, American YouTuber (b. 1990)
- June 20 – Eddie Garcia, Filipino actor, director and television personality (b. 1929)
- June 21 – Demetris Christofias, Cypriot politician, 6th President of Cyprus (b. 1946)
- June 22
- Miguel Ángel Falasca, Argentine-Spanish volleyball player and coach (b. 1973)
- Judith Krantz, American novelist (b. 1928)
- Thalles, Brazilian footballer (b. 1995)
- June 23
- Dave Bartholomew, American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger and record producer (b. 1918)
- George Rosenkranz, Hungarian-Mexican chemist (b. 1916)
- June 24 – Billy Drago, American actor (b. 1945)
- June 25 – Isabel Sarli, Argentine actress and model (b. 1929)
- June 26
- Édith Scob, French actress (b. 1937)
- Max Wright, American actor (b. 1943)
- June 29
- Jeon Mi-seon, South Korean actress (b. 1970)
- Guillermo Mordillo, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1932)
- June 30
- Momir Bulatović, Montenegrin politician, 1st President of Montenegro (b. 1956)
- Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist (b. 1944)
July
- July 2 – Lee Iacocca, American automobile executive (b. 1924)
- July 3 – Arte Johnson, American comedian and actor (b. 1929)
- July 4
- Eduardo Fajardo, Spanish actor (b. 1924)
- Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Spanish actor (b. 1929)
- Eva Mozes Kor, Romanian Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1934)
- Pierre Lhomme, French cinematographer (b. 1930)
- July 6
- Cameron Boyce, American actor (b. 1999)
- João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
- July 7 – Artur Brauner, Polish-German film producer and entrepreneur (b. 1918)
- July 9
- Freddie Jones, English actor (b. 1927)
- Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (b. 1930)
- Fernando de la Rúa, 43rd President of Argentina (b. 1937)
- Rip Torn, American actor (b. 1931)
- July 10
- Valentina Cortese, Italian actress (b. 1923)
- Denise Nickerson, American actress (b. 1957)
- July 12
- Fernando J. Corbató, American computer scientist (b. 1926)
- Claudio Naranjo, Chilean psychiatrist (b. 1932)
- July 13 – Paolo Sardi, Italian cardinal (b. 1934)
- July 14
- Hussain Muhammad Ershad, 11th President of Bangladesh (b. 1930)
- Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (b. 1964)
- July 16
- Johnny Clegg, South African musician and anthropologist (b. 1953)
- John Paul Stevens, American judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1920)
- July 17 – Andrea Camilleri, Italian writer (b. 1925)
- July 18
- Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat (b. 1947)
- David Hedison, American actor (b. 1927)
- July 19
- Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, writer, and environmentalist (b. 1944)
- Ágnes Heller, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1929)
- César Pelli, Argentine-American architect (b. 1926)
- July 20 – Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician (b. 1938)
- July 21 – José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Spanish cardinal (b. 1926)
- July 22
- Christopher C. Kraft Jr., American aerospace engineer (b. 1924)
- Li Peng, 4th Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1928)
- July 25 – Beji Caid Essebsi, 5th President and 18th Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1926)
- July 26
- Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban cardinal (b. 1936)
- Russi Taylor, American voice actress (b. 1944)
- July 27 – John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist (b. 1931)
- July 28 – George Hilton, Uruguayan actor (b. 1934)
- July 29 – Egil Danielsen, Norwegian javelin thrower (b. 1933)
- July 31 – Harold Prince, American theatrical producer and director (b. 1928)
August
- August 1
- Sadou Hayatou, 4th Prime Minister of Cameroon (b. 1942)
- D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (b. 1925)
- Harley Race, American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer (b. 1943)
- August 3
- Nikolai Kardashev, Russian astrophysicist (b. 1932)
- Thomas Remengesau Sr., Palauan politician, 2nd Vice President of Palau (b. 1929)
- Mike Troy, American swimmer (b. 1940)
- August 4 – Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician, Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1926)
- August 5 – Toni Morrison, American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor (b. 1931)
- August 6 – Sushma Swaraj, Indian politician (b. 1952)
- August 7 – Kary Mullis, American biochemist (b. 1944)
- August 8
- Manfred Max-Neef, Chilean economist (b. 1932)
- Jean-Pierre Mocky, French film director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1929)
- August 9
- Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Brazilian footballer (b. 1938)
- Fahrudin Jusufi, Kosovar-born Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
- August 10 – Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender (b. 1953)
- August 11
- Walter Martínez, Honduran footballer (b. 1982)
- Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican cardinal (b. 1931)
- August 12 – José Luis Brown, Argentinian footballer and coach (b. 1956)
- August 16
- Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Dutch royal (b. 1947)
- Peter Fonda, American actor (b. 1940)
- Felice Gimondi, Italian racing cyclist (b. 1942)
- José Nápoles, Cuban-born Mexican boxer (b. 1940)
- Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator, voice actor, and writer (b. 1933)
- August 17
- Cedric Benson, American professional football player (b. 1982)
- Jacques Diouf, Senegalese diplomat (b. 1938)
- August 19 – Larry Taylor, American bass guitarist (b. 1942)
- August 21 – Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Jordanian princess, Queen consort of Jordan (b. 1929)
- August 22 – Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
- August 23
- David Koch, American businessman, philanthropist and political activist (b. 1940)
- Egon Zimmermann, Austrian ski racer (b. 1939)
- August 24
- Arun Jaitley, Indian politician and attorney (b. 1952)
- Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Spanish ski racer (b. 1963)
- August 25 – Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business executive and engineer (b. 1937)
- August 26 – Pal Benko, Hungarian-American chess grandmaster (b. 1928)
- August 27 – Dawda Jawara, Gambian politician, 1st President of the Gambia (b. 1924)
- August 28
- Michel Aumont, French actor (b. 1936)
- Sogyal Rinpoche, Tibetan Dzogchen lama and writer (b. 1947)
- August 29 – Achille Silvestrini, Italian cardinal (b. 1923)
- August 30
- Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder and actor (b. 1941)
- Valerie Harper, American actress (b. 1939)
- August 31
- Anthoine Hubert, French professional racing driver (b. 1996)
- Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist (b. 1930)
September
- September 2 – Gyoji Matsumoto, Japanese footballer (b. 1934)
- September 3
- Halvard Hanevold, Norwegian biathlete (b. 1969)
- Peter Lindbergh, German fashion photographer and film director (b. 1944)
- Carol Lynley, American actress (b. 1942)
- José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Colombian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1919)
- September 4 – Roger Etchegaray, French cardinal (b. 1922)
- September 5 – Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (b. 1940)
- September 6 – Robert Mugabe, 1st Prime Minister and 2nd President of Zimbabwe (b. 1924)
- September 8 – Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter, music producer and composer (b. 1946)
- September 9 – Robert Frank, Swiss photographer (b. 1924)
- September 11
- B. J. Habibie, Indonesian politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (b. 1936)
- Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter, and visual artist (b. 1961)
- September 12 – ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Tongan politician and activist, 15th Prime Minister of Tonga (b. 1941)
- September 13
- Bruno Grandi, Italian sports executive (b. 1934)
- Rudi Gutendorf, German footballer and manager (b. 1926)
- György Konrád, Hungarian novelist and essayist (b. 1933)
- Eddie Money, American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (b. 1949)
- September 15
- Lol Mahamat Choua, 4th President of Chad (b. 1939)
- Chadlia Fahrat Essebsi, Tunisian consort, 5th First Lady of Tunisia (b. 1936)
- Ric Ocasek, American singer, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1944)
- September 16 – Luigi Colani, German industrial designer (b. 1928)
- September 17
- Jessica Jaymes, American pornographic actress (b. 1979)
- Imata Kabua, Marshallese politician, 2nd President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1943)
- September 18 – Fernando Ricksen, Dutch professional footballer (b. 1976)
- September 19
- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 14th Prime Minister and 2nd President of Tunisia (b. 1936)
- Charles Gérard, French actor (b. 1922)
- Bert Hellinger, German psychotherapist (b. 1925)
- Barron Hilton, American businessman, philanthropist and sportsman (b. 1927)
- September 21
- Sid Haig, American actor (b. 1939)
- Sigmund Jähn, German cosmonaut and pilot (b. 1937)
- Günter Kunert, German writer (b. 1929)
- September 22 – Ivan Kizimov, Russian equestrian (b. 1928)
- September 23 – Robert Hunter, American lyricist, poet and musician (b. 1941)
- September 25 – Paul Badura-Skoda, Austrian pianist (b. 1927)
- September 26
- Jacques Chirac, 84th Prime Minister and 22nd President of France (b. 1932)
- William Levada, American cardinal (b. 1936)
- Gennady Manakov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (b. 1950)
- September 28
- José José, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1948)
- Mark Zakharov, Soviet and Russian film and theater director (b. 1933)
- September 30
- Kornel Morawiecki, Polish politician and theoretical physicist (b. 1941)
- Jessye Norman, American opera singer and recitalist (b. 1945)
October
- October 1
- Karel Gott, Czech singer and painter (b. 1939)
- Miguel León-Portilla, Mexican anthropologist and historian (b. 1926)
- October 2
- Giya Kancheli, Georgian composer (b. 1935)
- Isaac Promise, Nigerian footballer (b. 1987)
- October 3 – Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Portuguese politician, Acting Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1941)
- October 4 – Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer (b. 1935)
- October 6
- Ginger Baker, English drummer (b. 1939)
- Martin Lauer, German athlete (b. 1937)
- Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (b. 1935)
- October 8 – Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Brazilian cardinal (b. 1924)
- October 9 – Andrés Gimeno, Spanish tennis player (b. 1937)
- October 10 – Marie-José Nat, French actress (b. 1940)
- October 11
- Robert Forster, American actor (b. 1941)
- Alexei Leonov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1934)
- October 12
- Sara Danius, Swedish writer and academic (b. 1962)
- Hevrin Khalaf, Syrian politician and activist (b. 1984)
- Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Japanese sport shooter (b. 1936)
- October 13 – Charles Jencks, American architect, cultural theorist and philanthropist (b. 1939)
- October 14
- Harold Bloom, American literary critic and writer (b. 1930)
- Sulli, South Korean singer, songwriter, actress and model (b. 1994)
- October 15 – Tamara Buciuceanu, Romanian actress (b. 1929)
- October 16 – John Tate, American mathematician (b. 1925)
- October 17
- Alicia Alonso, Cuban prima ballerina assoluta (b. 1920)
- Elijah Cummings, American politician and civil rights advocate (b. 1951)
- Bill Macy, American actor (b. 1922)
- Göran Malmqvist, Swedish linguist and literary historian (b. 1924)
- October 18 – Rui Jordão, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (b. 1952)
- October 19 – Alexander Volkov, Russian tennis player (b. 1967)
- October 21 – Lho Shin-yong, 16th Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1930)
- October 22
- Sadako Ogata, Japanese academic, diplomat, author, administrator, and professor (b. 1927)
- Marieke Vervoort, Belgian wheelchair racer (b. 1979)
- October 26
- Enriqueta Basilio, Mexican track and field athlete (b. 1948)
- Robert Evans, American film producer and studio executive (b. 1930)
- October 27
- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of ISIL (b. 1971)
- Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian-born British human rights activist and political dissident (b. 1942)
- John Conyers, American politician and civil rights activist (b. 1929)
- October 28 – Kay Hagan, American lawyer, banking executive, and politician (b. 1953)
- October 29 – John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (b. 1943)
November
- November 2
- Norbert Eder, German footballer (b. 1955)
- Sigvard Ericsson, Swedish speed skater (b. 1930)
- Phillip E. Johnson, American lawyer and author (b. 1940)
- Marie Laforêt, French-Swiss singer and actress (b. 1939)
- November 4 – Jacques Dupont, French Olympic racing cyclist (b. 1928)
- November 5 – Omero Antonutti, Italian actor (b. 1935)
- November 6 – Jan Stráský, Czech politician, 20th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1940)
- November 7
- Remo Bodei, Italian philosopher (b. 1938)
- Leo Klejn, Russian archaeologist, anthropologist and philologist (b. 1927)
- Margarita Salas, Spanish biochemist and academic (b. 1938)
- November 8 – Anatoly Krutikov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- November 10 – István Szívós, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1948)
- November 11 – Ralph T. O'Neal, 4th and 6th Premier of the Virgin Islands (b. 1933)
- November 12 – Mitsuhisa Taguchi, Japanese footballer (b. 1955)
- November 13
- Kieran Modra, Australian swimmer and cyclist (b. 1972)
- Raymond Poulidor, French professional racing cyclist (b. 1936)
- November 14 – Branko Lustig, Croatian film producer (b. 1932)
- November 15 – Harrison Dillard, American track and field athlete (b. 1923)
- November 16 – John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer (b. 1947)
- November 17 – Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician and diplomat, Acting Prime Minister (b. 1923)
- November 18 – Norodom Buppha Devi, Cambodian royal and prima ballerina (b. 1943)
- November 19 – D. M. Jayaratne, 14th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1931)
- November 20 – Mary L. Good, American chemist (b. 1931)
- November 21
- Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish military officer (b. 1940)
- Jean Douchet, French film director, historian, and film critic (b. 1929)
- Michael J. Pollard, American actor (b. 1939)
- November 22
- Eugène Camara, 7th Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1942)
- Bowen Stassforth, American swimmer (b. 1926)
- November 23 – Asunción Balaguer, Spanish actress (b. 1925)
- November 24 – Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress (b. 1991)
- November 26
- Ken Kavanagh, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1923)
- Köbi Kuhn, Swiss footballer and manager (b. 1943)
- November 27
- Godfrey Gao, Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor (b. 1984)
- Jaegwon Kim, Korean-American philosopher (b. 1934)
- Jonathan Miller, English actor, director, author, humorist, and medical doctor (b. 1934)
- November 28 – Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1956)
- November 29 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
- November 30 – Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor (b. 1943)
December
- December 1 – Shelley Morrison, American actress (b. 1936)
- December 2
- D. C. Fontana, American television writer (b. 1939)
- Francesco Janich, Italian footballer (b. 1937)
- December 4
- Rosa Morena, Spanish flamenco-pop singer and actress (b. 1941)
- Tetsu Nakamura, Japanese-Afghan physician (b. 1946)
- Bob Willis, English cricketer (b. 1949)
- December 5 – Robert Walker, American actor (b. 1940)
- December 6
- Ron Leibman, American actor (b. 1937)
- Stoyanka Mutafova, Bulgarian actress (b. 1922)
- December 7
- Reinhard Bonnke, German Pentecostal evangelist (b. 1940)
- Zaza Urushadze, Georgian film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1965)
- December 8
- René Auberjonois, American actor (b. 1940)
- Hirokazu Kanazawa, Japanese karate practitioner and teacher (b. 1931)
- Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker (b. 1933)
- Paul Volcker, American economist (b. 1927)
- Zvonimir Vujin, Serbian amateur boxer (b. 1943)
- Juice Wrld, American rapper, singer, and songwriter (b. 1998)
- December 9
- Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer and songwriter (b. 1958)
- Imre Varga, Hungarian sculptor (b. 1923)
- December 10
- Gershon Kingsley, German-American composer (b. 1922)
- Yury Luzhkov, Russian politician (b. 1936)
- December 11 – David Bellamy, English naturalist and author (b. 1933)
- December 12
- Danny Aiello, American actor (b. 1933)
- Jorge Hernández, Cuban boxer (b. 1954)
- Peter Snell, New Zealand middle-distance runner (b. 1938)
- December 14 – Anna Karina, Danish-French film actress, director, writer, and singer (b. 1940)
- December 15 – Chuck Peddle, American engineer (b. 1937)
- December 17 – Karin Balzer, German athlete (b. 1938)
- December 18 – Claudine Auger, French actress (b. 1941)
- December 20
- Roland Matthes, German swimmer (b. 1950)
- Marko Orlandić, 10th President of Montenegro (b. 1930)
- December 21 – Martin Peters, English footballer and manager (b. 1943)
- December 22
- Tony Britton, English actor (b. 1924)
- Ram Dass, American spiritual teacher, psychologist and author (b. 1931)
- Emanuel Ungaro, French fashion designer (b. 1933)
- December 23 – Mustafa Mujezinović, 7th Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1954)
- December 25
- Ari Behn, Norwegian author (b. 1972)
- Peter Schreier, German operatic tenor and conductor (b. 1935)
- December 26
- Jerry Herman, American composer (b. 1931)
- Sue Lyon, American actress (b. 1946)
- Galina Volchek, Soviet and Russian actress (b. 1933)
- December 27 – Don Imus, American radio personality, television show host, and author (b. 1940)
- December 29
- Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (b. 1934)
- Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (b. 1944)
- Manfred Stolpe, German politician (b. 1936)
- December 30
- Prosper Grech, Maltese cardinal (b. 1925)
- Syd Mead, American concept artist (b. 1933)
- December 31
- Serikbolsyn Abdildin, Kazakh politician and economist (b. 1937)
- Djimrangar Dadnadji, 16th Prime Minister of Chad (b. 1954)
Popular Television Shows:
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- A Million Little Things (2018-2023)
- All American
- All in the Family (1971-1979)
- Ally McBeal (1997-2002)
- American Dad!
- American Horror Story
- Archer (2009-2023)
- Arrow (2012-2020)
- Arrested Development (2003-2006) (2013-2019)
- Barney Miller (1975-1982)
- Baywatch (1989-2001)
- Beavis and Butt-Head
- Benson (1979-1986)
- Better Call Saul (2015-2022)
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000)
- Big Mouth
- Billions (2017-2023)
- Black-ish (2014-2022)
- Black Summer (2019-2021)
- Blossom (1991-1995)
- Blue Bloods (2010-2024)
- Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014)
- Bob's Burgers
- BoJack Horseman (2014-2020)
- Bones (2005-2017)
- Bonanza (1959-1973)
- Boy Meets World (1993-2000)
- Breaking Bad (2008-2013)
- Broad City (2014-2019)
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021)
- 2 Broke Girls (2011-2017)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
- Bull (2016-2022)
- Burn Notice (2007-2013)
- Charlie's Angels (1976-1981)
- Cheers (1982-1993)
- Charmed (1998-2006)
- Chicago Fire
- Chicago Med
- Chicago P.D.
- Coach (1989-1997)
- Cops
- Community (2009-2015)
- Conan (2010-2021)
- Cougar Town (2009-2015)
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015-2019)
- Criminal Minds (2005-2020)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2015)
- CSI: Miami (2002-2012)
- CSI: NY (2004-2013)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-2024)
- Dallas (1978-1991)
- Daria (1997-2002)
- Dave's World (1993-1997)
- Deadwood (2004-2006)
- Desperate Housewives (2004-2012)
- Devious Maids (2013-2016)
- Dexter (2006-2013)
- A Different World (1987-1993)
- Diff'rent Strokes (1978-1986)
- Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989-1993)
- Downton Abbey (2010-2015)
- Drake & Josh (2004-2007)
- Duck Dynasty (2012-2017)
- Dynasty (1981-1989)
- Ellen (1994-1998)
- Empire (2015-2020)
- ER (1994-2009)
- Everwood (2002-2006)
- Everybody Hates Chris (2005-2009)
- Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005)
- Family Guy
- Family Matters (1989-1998)
- Family Ties (1982-1989)
- Fantasy Island (1977-1984)
- Fear the Walking Dead (2015-2023)
- Frasier (1993-2004)
- Friends (1994-2004)
- Fringe (2008-2013)
- Full House (1987-1995)
- Fuller House (2016-2020)
- Futurama (1999-2013)
- Game of Thrones (2011-2019)
- George Lopez (2002-2007)
- Get Smart (1965-1970)
- Gimme a Break! (1981-1987)
- Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014-2018)
- Glee (2009-2015)
- Good Times (1974-1979)
- Gossip Girl (2007-2012)
- Gotham (2014-2019)
- Grace Under Fire (1993-1998)
- Grace and Frankie (2015-2022)
- Greek (2007-2011)
- Grey's Anatomy
- Growing Pains (1985-1992)
- Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
- Halt and Catch Fire (2014-2017)
- Happy Days (1974-1984)
- Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980)
- Hawaii Five-O (2010-2020)
- Haven (2010-2015)
- Heartland
- Hell on Wheels (2011-2016)
- Hell's Kitchen
- Highway to Heaven (1984-1989)
- Hill Street Blues (1981-1987)
- Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-1999)
- Home Improvement (1991-1999)
- Homeland (2011-2020)
- Hot in Cleveland (2010-2015)
- House of Cards (2013-2018)
- How to Get Away with Murder (2014-2020)
- Hunter (1984-1991)
- I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970)
- Ice Road Truckers (2007-2017)
- iCarly (2007-2012)
- iZombie (2015-2019)
- In Living Color (1990-1994)
- Into the Badlands (2015-2019)
- JAG (1995-2005)
- Jane the Virgin (2014-2019)
- Jessie (2011-2015)
- King of the Hill (1997-2010)
- Kitchen Nightmares
- Last Man Standing (2011-2021)
- Laverne & Shirley (1976-1983)
- L.A. Law (1986-1994)
- Law & Order (1990-2010) (2022-present)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001-2011)
- Law & Order: Organized Crime
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Letterkenny (2016-2023)
- Longmire (2012-2017)
- Lost (2004-2010)
- Lost Girl (2010-2015)
- Lou Grant (1977-1982)
- Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983)
- Mad Men (2007-2015)
- Mad About You (1992-1999), (2019)
- Madame Secretary (2014-2019)
- Major Crimes (2012-2018)
- Malcolm in the Middle (2000-2006)
- Manifest (2018-2023)
- Married... with Children (1987-1997)
- Martin (1992-1997)
- Matlock (1986-1992)
- M*A*S*H (1972-1983)
- Maude (1972-1978)
- McHale's Navy (1962-1966)
- Mike & Molly (2010-2016)
- Mission: Impossible (1966-1973)
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968-2001)
- Modern Family (2009-2020)
- Mom (2013-2021)
- Monk (2002-2010)
- Mork & Mindy (1978-1982)
- Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996)
- Murphy Brown (1988-1998, 2018)
- My Name Is Earl (2005-2009)
- Narcos (2015-2017)
- Nashville (2012-2018)
- NCIS
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2009-2023)
- NCIS: New Orleans (2014-2021)
- New Girl (2011-2018)
- Newhart (1982-1990)
- New Amsterdam (2018-2023)
- Night Court (1984-1992)
- NYPD Blue (1993-2005)
- Once Upon a Time (2011-2018)
- One Tree Hill (2003-2012)
- Only Murders in the Building
- Outlander
- Orange Is the New Black (2013-2019)
- Oz (1997-2003)
- Ozark (2017-2022)
- Parks and Recreation (2009-2015)
- Pawn Stars
- Peaky Blinders (2013-2022)
- Peyton Place (1964-1969)
- Phineas and Ferb (2007-2015)
- Preacher (2016-2019)
- Pretty Little Liars (2010-2017)
- Private Practice (2007-2013)
- Prison Break (2005-2009, 2017)
- Psych (2006-2014)
- Ray Donovan (2013-2020)
- Rescue Me (2004-2011)
- Rhoda (1974-1978)
- Riverdale (2017-2023)
- Robot Chicken
- Roc (1991-1994)
- Roseanne (1988-1997, 2018)
- Roswell (1999-2002)
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968-1973)
- Royal Pains (2009-2016)
- Rugrats (1991-2004)
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996-2003)
- Sanford and Son (1972-1977)
- Santa Clarita Diet (2017-2019)
- Saved by the Bell (1989-1993)
- Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993-2000)
- Scandal (2012-2018)
- Schitt's Creek (2015-2020)
- Seinfeld (1989-1998)
- Sesame Street
- Sex and the City (1998-2004)
- Shameless (2011-2021)
- Silicon Valley (2014-2019)
- 8 Simple Rules (2002-2005)
- Sisters (1991-1996)
- Six Feet Under (2001-2005)
- Soap (1977-1981)
- Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014)
- Spin City (1996-2002)
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- South Park
- Station 19 (2018-2024)
- Star Trek (1966-1969)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999)
- Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001)
- Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005)
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021-2024)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-2014, 2020)
- Star Wars Rebels (2014-2018)
- Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007)
- Step by Step (1991-1998)
- Stranger Things
- Succession (2018-2023)
- The Suite Life on Deck (2008-2011)
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005-2008)
- Suits (2011-2019)
- Supernatural (2005-2020)
- Superstore (2015-2021)
- Squid Game
- Ted Lasso (2020-2023)
- That '70s Show (1998-2006)
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
- The Bear
- The Bernie Mac Show (2001-2006)
- The Big Bang Theory (2007-2019)
- The Blacklist (2013-2023)
- The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978)
- The Brady Bunch (1969-1974)
- The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978)
- The Cleveland Show (2009-2013)
- The Closer (2005-2012)
- The Conners
- The Cosby Show (1984-1992)
- The Crown (2016-2023)
- The Dean Martin Show (1965-1974)
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1965)
- The Doris Day Show (1968-1973)
- The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003-2022)
- The Expanse (2015-2022)
- The F.B.I. (1965-1974)
- The Flash (2014-2023)
- The Flintstones (1960-1966)
- The Fosters (2013-2018)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996)
- The Goldbergs (2013-2023)
- The Golden Girls (1985-1992)
- The Good Doctor (2017-2024)
- The Good Place (2016-2020)
- The Good Wife (2009-2016)
- The Hogan Family (1986-1991)
- The Jamie Foxx Show (1996-2001)
- The Jeffersons (1975-1985)
- The Jerry Springer Show (1991-2018)
- The King of Queens (1998-2007)
- The Last O.G. (2018-2021)
- The Last of Us
- The Love Boat (1977-1986)
- The Mandalorian
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017-2023)
- The Masked Singer
- The Mentalist (2008-2015)
- The Middle (2009-2018)
- The Mod Squad (1968-1973)
- The Monkees (1966-1968)
- The Morning Show
- The Nanny (1993-1999)
- The Neighborhood
- The 100 (2014-2020)
- The Odd Couple (1970-1975)
- The Office (2005-2013)
- The Originals (2013-2018)
- The Partridge Family (1970-1974)
- The Ranch (2016-2020)
- The Resident (2018-2023)
- The Rockford Files (1974-1980)
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008-2013)
- The Shield (2002-2008)
- The Simpsons
- The Sopranos (1999-2007)
- The Steve Harvey Show (1996-2002)
- The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017)
- The Walking Dead (2010-2022)
- The Waltons (1972-1981)
- The Wayans Bros. (1995-1999)
- The West Wing (1999-2006)
- The Wire (2002-2008)
- The X-Files (1993-2002)
- This Is Us (2016-2022)
- Three's Company (1977-1984)
- True Blood (2008-2014)
- True Detective
- Two and a Half Men (2003-3015)
- 24 (2001-2010)
- 30 Rock (2006-2013)
- 90210 (2008-2013)
- Ugly Betty (2006-2010)
- Under the Dome (2013-2015)
- Veep (2012-2019)
- Veronica Mars (2004-2007, 2019)
- Victorious (2010-2013)
- Vikings (2013-2020)
- Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-2001)
- Wentworth (2013-2021)
- Westworld (2016-2022)
- What's Happening!! (1976-1979)
- What's Happening Now!! (1985-1988)
- White Collar (2009-2014)
- Who's the Boss? (1984-1992)
- Will & Grace (1998-2006) (2017-2020)
- Wizards of Waverly Place (2007-2012)
- Yellowstone
- Young Sheldon (2017-2024)
- You
- Z Nation (2014-2018)
Popular Comedians:
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- Dan Aykroyd
- Jason Alexander
- Tim Allen
- Woody Allen
- Anthony Anderson
- Louie Anderson (1953-2022)
- Tom Arnold
- Roseanne Barr
- Samantha Bee
- W. Kamau Bell
- Bill Bellamy
- Jim Belushi
- John Belushi (1949-1982)
- Richard Belzer (1944-2023)
- Tom Bergeron
- Lewis Black
- Alex Borstein
- Wayne Brady
- Russell Brand
- David Brenner (1936-2014)
- Todd Bridges
- Mel Brooks
- Lenny Bruce (1925-1966)
- Carol Burnett
- Bill Burr
- Cedric the Entertainer
- Luenell Campbell
- George Carlin (1937-2008)
- Adam Carolla
- Drew Carey
- Jim Carrey
- Johnny Carson (1925-2005)
- Dana Carvey
- Dave Chappelle
- Chevy Chase
- Margaret Cho
- Tommy Chong
- Andrew Dice Clay
- Stephen Colbert
- Gary Coleman (1968-2010)
- Ray Combs (1956-1996)
- Tim Conway (1933-2019)
- Bill Cosby
- Dave Coulier
- Lavell Crawford
- David Cross
- Billy Crystal
- Jane Curtin
- Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004)
- Larry David
- Tommy Davidson
- Richard Dawson (1932-2012)
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Phyllis Diller (1917-2012)
- Rachel Dratch
- Fran Drescher
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Sandy Duncan
- Jeff Dunham
- Dick Van Dyke
- Mike Epps
- Jimmy Fallon
- Chris Farley (1964-1997)
- Tina Fey
- Jeff Foxworthy
- Jim Gaffigan
- Leo Gallagher (1946-2022)
- Jeff Garlin
- Brad Garrett
- Greg Giraldo (1965-2010)
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Gilbert Gottfried (1955-2022)
- Bobcat Goldthwait
- Shecky Greene (1926-2023)
- Dick Gregory (1932-2017)
- David Alan Grier
- Eddie Griffin
- Kathy Griffin
- Greg Gutfeld
- Tiffany Haddish
- Arsenio Hall
- Kevin Hart
- Phil Hartman (1948-1998)
- Steve Harvey
- Bill Hicks (1961-1994)
- D. L. Hughley
- Gabriel Iglesias
- Kevin James
- Ken Jeong
- Leslie Jones
- Orlando Jones
- Leslie Jordan (1955-2022)
- Mario Joyner
- Mindy Kaling
- Andy Kaufman (1949-1984)
- Keegan-Michael Key
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Sam Kinison (1953-1992)
- Ted Knight (1923-1987)
- Don Knotts (1924-2006)
- Larry the Cable Guy
- Artie Lange
- Martin Lawrence
- Vicki Lawrence
- Denis Leary
- Jay Leno
- David Letterman
- Jerry Lewis (1926-2017)
- Richard Lewis (1947-2024)
- George Lopez
- Faizon Love
- Jon Lovitz
- Mo'Nique
- Bernie Mac (1957-2008)
- Norm Macdonald (1959-2021)
- Seth MacFarlane
- Bill Maher
- Howie Mandel
- Sebastian Maniscalco
- David Mann
- Cheech Marin
- Steve Martin
- Jackie Mason (1928-2021)
- Ralphie May (1972-2017)
- Kate McKinnon
- Tim Meadows
- Kel Mitchell
- Paul Mooney (1941-2021)
- Tracy Morgan
- Garrett Morris
- Lamorne Morris
- Charlie Murphy (1959-2017)
- Eddie Murphy
- Mike Myers
- Seth Meyers
- Niecy Nash
- Kevin Nealon
- Bob Newhart (1929-2024)
- Laraine Newman
- Conan O'Brien
- Patrice O'Neal (1969-2011)
- Patton Oswalt
- Jordan Peele
- Amy Poehler
- Colin Quinn
- Gilda Radner (1946-1989)
- Donnell Rawlings
- Richard Pryor (1940-2005)
- Carl Reiner (1922-2020)
- Rob Reiner
- Andy Richter
- Don Rickles (1926-2017)
- Joan Rivers (1933-2014)
- Craig Robinson
- Keith Robinson
- Chris Rock
- Joe Rogan
- Seth Rogen
- Ray Romano
- Jeff Ross
- Maya Rudolph
- Sinbad
- Bob Saget (1956-2022)
- Adam Sandler
- Andy Samberg
- Garry Shandling (1949-2016)
- Molly Shannon
- Harry Shearer
- Sherri Shepherd
- Pauly Shore
- Martin Short
- Rob Schneider
- Amy Schumer
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Sarah Silverman
- Rickey Smiley
- J. B. Smoove
- David Spade
- Aries Spears
- Jon Stewart
- Ryan Stiles
- Ben Stiller
- Jerry Stiller (1927-2020)
- Nick Swardson
- Wanda Sykes
- Kenan Thompson
- Lily Tomlin
- Chris Tucker
- George Wallace
- Damon Wayans
- Damon Wayans Jr.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Kim Wayans
- Marlon Wayans
- Shawn Wayans
- Kristen Wiig
- Robin Williams (1951-2014)
- Katt Williams
- Flip Wilson (1933-1998)
- Jonathan Winters (1925-2013)
- Henry Winkler
- Roy Wood Jr.
- Cedric Yarbrough
Popular Country musicians and singers:
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- Jason Aldean
- Bill Anderson
- Lynn Anderson (1947-2015)
- Eddy Arnold (1918-2008)
- Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
- Joan Baez
- Bobby Bare
- Pat Boone
- Garth Brooks
- Ed Bruce (1939-2021)
- Jimmy Buffett (1946-2023)
- Glen Campbell (1936-2017)
- Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
- Ray Charles (1930-2004)
- Kenny Chesney
- Roy Clark (1933-2018)
- Patsy Cline (1932-1963)
- David Allan Coe
- Rita Coolidge
- Charlie Daniels (1936-2020)
- Mac Davis (1942-2020)
- Neil Diamond
- Little Jimmy Dickens (1920-2015)
- Joe Diffie (1958-2020)
- John Denver (1943-1997)
- Bob Dylan
- Duane Eddy (1938-2024)
- Crystal Gayle
- Don Gibson (1928-2003)
- Vince Gill
- Mickey Gilley (1936-2022)
- Lee Greenwood
- Merle Haggard (1937-2016)
- Tom T. Hall (1936-2021)
- Emmylou Harris
- Lee Hazlewood (1929-2007)
- Buddy Holly (1936-1959)
- Alan Jackson
- Wanda Jackson
- Sonny James (1928-2016)
- Waylon Jennings (1937-2002)
- George Jones (1931-2013)
- Tom Jones
- Toby Keith (1961-2024)
- Kris Kristofferson (1936-2024)
- Jerry Lee Lewis (1935-2022)
- Brenda Lee
- Johnny Lee
- Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023)
- Kenny Loggins
- Loretta Lynn (1932-2022)
- Reba McEntire
- Tim McGraw
- Roger Miller (1936-1992)
- Ronnie Milsap
- Anne Murray
- Ricky Nelson (1940-1985)
- Willie Nelson
- Ted Nugent
- Roy Orbison (1936-1988)
- Buck Owens (1929-2006)
- Brad Paisley
- Patti Page (1927-2013)
- Johnny Paycheck (1938-2003)
- Dolly Parton
- Elvis Presley (1935-1977)
- Ray Price (1926-2013)
- Charley Pride (1934-2020)
- Eddie Rabbitt (1941-1998)
- Charlie Rich (1932-1995)
- Jerry Reed (1937-2008)
- Jim Reeves (1923-1964)
- Marty Robbins (1925-1982)
- Kenny Rogers (1938-2020)
- Linda Ronstadt
- Blake Shelton
- Ricky Van Shelton
- Jean Shepard (1933-2016)
- Nancy Sinatra
- Connie Smith
- Hank Snow (1914-1999)
- George Strait
- Marty Stuart
- B. J. Thomas (1942-2021)
- Hank Thompson (1925-2007)
- Mel Tillis (1932-2017)
- Randy Travis
- Ernest Tubb (1914-1984)
- Conway Twitty (1933-1993)
- Keith Urban
- Porter Wagoner (1927-2007)
- Kitty Wells (1919-2012)
- Dottie West (1932-1991)
- Hank Williams (1923-1953)
- Don Williams (1939-2017)
- Tammy Wynette (1942-1998)
- Dwight Yoakam
- Faron Young (1932-1996)
- Neil Young
List of Famous Criminals:
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- Frank Abagnale
- David Berkowitz
- Whitey Bulger (1929-2018)
- Ted Bundy (1946-1989)
- Al Capone (1899-1947)
- Mark David Chapman
- Andrei Chikatilo (1936-1994)
- Andrew Cunanan (1969-1997)
- Jeffrey Dahmer (1960-1994)
- Joseph James DeAngelo
- Pablo Escobar (1949-1993)
- John Wayne Gacy (1942-1994)
- Robert Hansen (1939-2014)
- John Hinckley Jr.
- Henry Hill (1943-2012)
- Leslie Van Houten
- Ted Kaczynski (1942-2023)
- Frank Lucas (1930-2019)
- Charles Manson (1934-2017)
- Timothy McVeigh (1968-2001)
- John Allen Muhammad (1960-2009)
- Terry Nichols
- Dennis Nilsen (1945-2018)
- Lee Harvey Oswald (1939-1963)
- Scott Peterson
- Richard Ramirez (1960-2013)
- James Earl Ray (1928-1998)
- Gary Ridgway
- Jack Ruby (1911-1967)
- Assata Shakur
- Frank Sheeran (1920-2003)
- Sirhan Sirhan
- Richard Speck (1941-1991)
- Peter Sutcliffe (1946-2020)