Deaths This Decade

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Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891, d. 2002 at age 111)

Leo Ornstein, American composer and pianist (b. 1892, d. 2002 at age 110)

Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895, d. 2000 at age 105)

Nicholas Kao Se Tseien, Chinese Catholic priest (b. 1897, d. 2007 at age 110)

Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1898, d. 2003 at age 105)

Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1898, d. 2007 at age 109)

Arthur R. von Hippel, German-born physicist (b. 1898, d. 2003 at age 105)

Francis Lederer, American actor (b. 1899, d. 2000 at age 101)

Dorothy C. Stratton, Director of the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (b. 1899, d. 2006 at age 107)

Indra Devi, Livonian-Indian yoga teacher (b. 1899, d. 2002 at age 103)

Boris Efimov, Russian political cartoonist (b. 1900, d. 2008 at age 108)

Cecil Howard Green, British-born geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900, d. 2003 at age 103)

Yitzchak Kadouri, Iraqi-born rabbi (b. 1900, d. 2006 at age 106)

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, queen consort of George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1900, d. 2002 at age 102)

Etta Moten Barnett, American actress (b. 1901, d. 2004 at age 103)

Carl Barks, American cartoonist (b. 1901, d. 2000 at age 99)

Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (b. 1901, d. 2000 at age 99)

Dame Barbara Cartland, English novelist (b. 1901, d. 2000 at age 99)

Zhang Xueliang, Chinese military figure (b. 1901, d. 2001 at age 100)

Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1902, d. 2007 at age 105)

Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (b. 1902, d. 2001 at age 99)

Curt Siodmak, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1902, d. 2000 at age 98)

Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, British chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials (b. 1902, d. 2003 at age 101)

Strom Thurmond, American politician (b. 1902, d. 2003 at age 101)

Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (b. 1902, d. 2003 at age 101)

Dan Keating, Irish republican (b. 1902, d. 2007 at age 105)

Luciana Frassati Gawronska, Italian author (b. 1902, d. 2007 at age 105)

Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902, d. 2007 at age 105)

Bob Hope, English-born American comedian (b. 1903, d. 2003 at age 100)

Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (b. 1903, d. 2003 at age 100)

Al Hirschfeld, American cartoonist (b. 1903, d. 2003 at age 100)

Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia (b. 1903, d. 2000 at age 97)

Empress Kōjun of Japan (b. 1903, d. 2000 at age 97)

Rudolf Kingslake, British lens designer and engineer (b. 1903, d. 2003 at age 100)

Sir Arthur Marshall, British aviation engineer (b. 1903, d. 2007 at age 104)

Eve Curie, French author, daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie (b. 1904, d. 2007 at age 103)

Ba Jin, Chinese writer (b. 1904, d. 2005 at age 101)

Paul Hopkins, American baseball player (b. 1904, d. 2004 at age 100)

Lesley Blanch, English writer and fashion editor (b. 1904, d. 2007 at age 103)

George F. Kennan, American diplomat and political advisor (b. 1904, d. 2005 at age 101)

Sir John Gielgud, English actor (b. 1904, d. 2000 at age 96)

Henri Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1904, d. 2008 at age 104)

Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, interim 177th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904, d. 2004 at age 100)

Enolia McMillan, American first female president of the NAACP (b. 1904, d. 2006 at age 102)

Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904, d. 2000 at age 96)

Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905, d. 2004 at age 99)

Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (b. 1905, d. 2007 at age 102)

Elvera Sanchez, American dancer (b. 1905, d. 2000 at age 95)

Queenie Leonard, British singer and actress (b. 1905, d. 2002 at age 97)

Carey W. Barber, English Jehovah's Witnesses leader (b. 1905, d. 2007 at age 102)

Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (b. 1905, d. 2002 at age 97)

Edward Bernds, American director (b. 1905, d. 2000 at age 95)

Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905, d. 2007 at age 102)

Anthony Powell, British author (b. 1905, d. 2000 at age 95)

Cyril Demarne, British wartime firefighter (b. 1905, d. 2007 at age 102)

Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician (b. 1905, d. 2005 at age 100)

Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist (b. 1905, d. 2007 at age 102)

Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905, d. 2005 at age 100)

Doris Hare, English actress, well known for her role in the 1970s comedy, On the Buses (b. 1905, d. 2000 at age 95)

Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906, d. 2005 at age 99)

John Coolidge, son of American President Calvin Coolidge (b. 1906, d. 2000 at age 94)

Billy Wilder, Polish-American film screenwriter and director (b. 1906, d. 2002 at age 96)

Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (b. 1906, d. 2004 at age 98)

Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and writer, discoverer of LSD (b. 1906, d. 2008 at age 102)

Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906, d. 2005 at age 99)

Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906, d. 2003 at age 97)

Robert Trent Jones, English-born golf course designer (b. 1906, d. 2000 at age 94)

Bunny Austin, English tennis player (b. 1906, d. 2000 at age 94)

Emma Lehmer, Russian-born mathematician (b. 1906, d. 2007 at age 101)

Francisco Ayala, Spanish novelist (b. 1906, d. 2009 at age 103)

Lillian Asplund, last American survivor of the Titanic disaster (b. 1906, d. 2006 at age 100)

Phạm Văn Ðồng, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1906, d. 2000 at age 94)

Leopold Sedar Senghor, First president of Senegal (b. 1906, d. 2001 at age 95)

Joaquin Balaguer, Dominican politician, 41st, 45th and 49th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1906, d. 2002 at age 96)

R. K. Narayan, Indian novelist (b. 1906, d. 2001 at age 95)

Marie-Jose of Belgium, last Queen of Italy (b. 1906, d. 2001 at age 95)

Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (b. 1906, d. 2007 at age 101)

Imperio Argentina, Argentinian singer and actress (b. 1906, d. 2003 at age 97)

Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (b. 1906, d. 2007 at age 101)

Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906, d. 2007 at age 101)

Estee Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1906, d. 2004 at age 98)

Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (b. 1907, d. 2005 at age 98)

Oliver Hill, American lawyer (b. 1907, d. 2007 at age 100)

Braguinha, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1907, d. 2006 at age 99)

Victor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (b. 1907, d. 2001 at age 94)

Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907, d. 2003 at age 96)

Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children's book author (b. 1907, d. 2002 at age 95)

Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (b. 1907, d. 2007 at age 100)

Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and writer (b. 1907, d. 2003 at age 96)

L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (b. 1907, d. 2000 at age 93)

Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician and civil rights lawmaker (b. 1907, d. 2007 at age 100)

Hy Zaret, American lyricist and composer (b. 1907, d. 2007 at age 100)

Lucia dos Santos, Visionary to the Marian apparitions at Fatima (b. 1907, d. 2005 at age 98)

Sir Cyril Astley Clarke, British physician, geneticist and entomologist, former President of the Royal College of Physicians (b. 1907, d. 2000 at age 93)

Antonio Ortiz Mena, Mexican politician and economist (b. 1907, d. 2007 at age 100)

Roger Peyrefitte, French writer and diplomat (b. 1907, d. 2000 at age 93)

Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer (b. 1907, d. 2004 at age 97)

Benny Carter, American musician (b. 1907, d. 2003 at age 96)

William Steig, American cartoonist (b. 1907, d. 2003 at age 96)

Jimmy McLarnin, Irish-born boxer (b. 1907, d. 2004 at age 97)

Fay Wray, Canadian actress (b. 1907, d. 2004 at age 97)

Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (b. 1907, d. 2000 at age 93)

Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1907, d. 2003 at age 96)

Lionel Hampton, American musician (b. 1908, d. 2002 at age 94)

John Mills, English actor (b. 1908, d. 2005 at age 97)

Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born photographer (b. 1908, d. 2002 at age 94)

Frank Stanton, American television executive (b. 1908, d. 2006 at age 98)

Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908, d. 2007 at age 99)

Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908, d. 2007 at age 99)

Kathryn Eames, American actress (b. 1908, d. 2004 at age 96)

Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Jorge Oteiza, Spanish painter (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter (b. 1908, d. 2005 at age 97)

Balthus, French painter (b. 1908, d. 2001 at age 93)

John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist (b. 1908, d. 2006 at age 98)

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (b. 1908, d. 2004 at age 96)

Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908, d. 2001 at age 93)

Alistair Cooke, English-born journalist (b. 1908, d. 2004 at age 96)

Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (b. 1908, d. 2004 at age 96)

Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (b. 1908, d. 2002 at age 94)

Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Jean Delannoy, French film director (b. 1908, d. 2008 at age 100)

Leela Majumdar, Bengali children's author (b. 1908, d. 2007 at age 99)

Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and inventor (b. 1908, d. 2008 at age 100)

Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II (b. 1908, d. 2000 at age 92)

Winston Graham, English writer (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b. 1908, d. 2003 at age 95)

Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, first President of Somalia (b. 1908, d. 2007 at age 99)

Natalie Bodanya, American soprano (b. 1908, d. 2007 at age 99)

Sœur Emmanuelle, Belgian-born French nun (b. 1908, d. 2008 at age 100)

Charles Forte, English hotelier (b. 1908, d. 2007 at age 99)

M. M. Kaye, British writer (b. 1908, d. 2004 at age 96)

Claude Levi-Strauss, French anthropologist (b. 1908, d. 2009 at age 101)

Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman, musician, and activist (b. 1908?, d. 2004 at age 96)

Jean Berger, German-born composer (b. 1909, d. 2002 at age 93)

Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909, d. 2000 at age 91)

Victor Borge, Danish-born comedian and pianist (b. 1909, d. 2000 at age 91)

Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909, d. 2000 at age 91)

Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909, d. 2004 at age 95)

Elia Kazan, Hungarian-born director (b. 1909, d. 2003 at age 94)

Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (b. 1909, d. 2004 at age 95)

Roger Conant, American herpetologist (b. 1909, d. 2003 at age 94)

Herblock, American editorial cartoonist (b. 1909, d. 2001 at age 92)

Juliana, Queen of The Netherlands (b. 1909, d. 2004 at age 95)

Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (b. 1909, d. 2007 at age 98)

Loyd Sigmon, American amateur ("ham") radio broadcastor (b. 1909, d. 2004 at age 95)

Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909, d. 2007 at age 98)

Hans Hotter, German opera and Lieder bass-baritone singer (b. 1909, d. 2003 at age 94)

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b. 1909, d. 2000 at age 91)

Katherine Dunham, American dancer, choreographer, and songwriter (b. 1909, d. 2006 at age 97)

Anthony Mamo, 1st President of Malta (b. 1909, d. 2008 at age 99)

Vakkom Majeed, Indian Freedom fighter, Travancore-Cochin Legislative member (b. 1909, d. 2000 at age 91)

Peter Wallace Rodino, American politician (b. 1909, d. 2005 at age 96)

Carl Sigman, American songwriter (b. 1909, d. 2000 at age 91)

Maurice Papon, French Vichy government official (b. 1910, d. 2007 at age 97)

Nouhak Phoumsavanh, President of Laos (b. 1910, d. 2008 at age 98)

Dave Rose, American artist (b. 1910, d. 2006 at age 96)

Gordon B. Hinckley, American Mormon leader (b. 1910, d. 2008 at age 98)

Elizabeth Choy, Singaporean World War II hero (b. 1910, d. 2006 at age 96)

Irena Sendler, Polish humanitarian (b. 1910, d. 2008 at age 98)

Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910, d. 2002 at age 92)

"Homesick" James Williamson, American blues musician (b. 1910, d. 2006 at age 96)

Momofuku Ando, Japanese inventor (b. 1910, d. 2007 at age 97)

William Hanna, American animation studio executive (b. 1910, d. 2001 at age 91)

Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (b. 1910, d. 2003 at age 93)

Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (b. 1910, d. 2004 at age 94)

Jane Wyatt, American actress (b. 1910, d. 2006 at age 96)

Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910, d. 2008 at age 98)

R. Venkataraman, 8th President of India (b. 1910, d. 2009 at age 99)

Marguerite Churchill, American actress (b. 1910, d. 2000 at age 90)

Artie Shaw, American musician (b. 1910, d. 2004 at age 94)

Julien Gracq, French writer (b. 1910, d. 2007 at age 97)

Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (b. 1910, d. 2003 at age 93)

Mamadou Dia, 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (b. 1910, d. 2009 at age 99)

Henry Lee Giclas, American astronomer (b. 1910, d. 2007 at age 97)

Edgar de Evia, American photographer (b. 1910, d. 2003 at age 93)

Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan politician (b. 1910, d. 2009 at age 99)

Ingrid of Sweden, Queen consort of Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1910, d. 2000 at age 90)

C Subramaniam, Indian politician (b. 1910, d. 2000 at age 90)

Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910, d. 2000 at age 90)

Gyorgy Faludy, Hungarian poet (b. 1910, d. 2006 at age 96)

Alicia Markova, English ballerina (b. 1910, d. 2004 at age 94)

Kitty Carlisle Hart, American singer, actress & talk show panelist (b. 1910, d. 2007 at age 97)

Juan Valdivieso, Peruvian footballer (b. 1910, d. 2007 at age 97)

Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO (b. 1911, d. 2002 at age 91)

Jules Dassin, American film director (b. 1911, d. 2008 at age 97)

Ronald Reagan, American politician and actor, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911, d. 2004 at age 93)

Anna Russell, British-born comedian and music satirist (b. 1911, d. 2006 at age 95)

Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911, d. 2006 at age 95)

Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist (b. 1911, d. 2009 at age 98)

John Gorton, Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911, d. 2002 at age 91)

Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor (b. 1911, d. 2003 at age 92)

Pierre Harmel, 39th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1911, d. 2009 at age 98)

Henri Troyat, French writer (b. 1911, d. 2007 at age 96)

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, German born Prince Consort of the Netherlands (b. 1911, d. 2004 at age 93)

Ann Doran, American actress (b. 1911, d. 2000 at age 89)

Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer and librettist (b. 1911, d. 2007 at age 96)

Ruth Hussey, American actress (b. 1911, d. 2005 at age 94)

Bernard Robinson, English footballer (b. 1911, d. 2004 at age 93)

Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911, d. 2007 at age 96)

Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. 1911, d. 2002 at age 91)

John Archibald Wheeler, American theoretical physicist (b. 1911, d. 2008 at age 97)

Joseph Barbera, American animator (b. 1911, d. 2006 at age 95)

Zenko Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911, d. 2004 at age 93)

Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1911, d. 2003 at age 92)

Tobias Lasser, Venezuelan botanist (b. 1911, d. 2006 at age 95)

Mary Hayley Bell (Lady Mary Mills), Actress & Writer (b. 1911, d. 2005 at age 94)

David Merrick, American stage producer (b. 1911, d. 2000 at age 89)

Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911, d. 2004 at age 93)

Barbara West, 2nd to last living survivor of the Titanic sinking (b. 1911, d. 2007 at age 96)

Val Guest, British film director (b. 1911, d. 2006 at age 95)

Ne Win, Burmese military commander (b. 1911, d. 2002 at age 91)

Alan Hovhaness, American composer (b. 1911, d. 2000 at age 89)

Chad Varah, English Anglican priest, founder of the Samaritans (b. 1911, d. 2007 at age 96)

Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (b. 1911, d. 2006 at age 95)

Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911, d. 2006 at age 95)

Frank Moss, American politician (b. 1911, d. 2003 at age 92)

Studs Terkel, American author and liberal commentator (b. 1912, d. 2008 at age 96)

Frank Thomas, American animator (b. 1912, d. 2004 at age 92)

Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai military dictator, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1912, d. 2004 at age 92)

Claude Pompidou, wife of President of France Georges Pompidou (b. 1912, d. 2007 at age 95)

Abbe Pierre, French priest and founder of Emmaus (b. 1912, d. 2007 at age 95)

Ertuğrul Osman, 43rd Head of the Ottoman Dynasty (b. 1912, d. 2009 at age 97)

James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912, d. 2005 at age 93)

T. Y. Lin, Chinese-born civil engineer (b. 1912, d. 2003 at age 91)

Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady of the United States (b. 1912, d. 2007 at age 95)

David Brower, American environmental activist (b. 1912, d. 2000 at age 88)

Frances Drake, American actress (b. 1912, d. 2000 at age 88)

Lucie Aubrac, French World War II Resistance fighter (b. 1912, d. 2007 at age 95)

Ludwig Bolkow, German aeronautical engineer (b. 1912, d. 2003 at age 91)

Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker, German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912, d. 2007 at age 95)

Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. 1912, d. 2003 at age 91)

Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace (b. 1912, d. 2006 at age 94)

Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912, d. 2007 at age 95)

George Emil Palade, Romanian cell biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912, d. 2008 at age 96)

Heinrich Harrer, mountaineer, explorer and author (b. 1912, d. 2006 at age 94)

Conchita Montenegro, Spanish model and actress (b. 1912, d. 2007 at age 95)

Fernando Belaunde Terry, Peruvian politician, 85th and 88th President of Peru (b. 1912, d. 2002 at age 90)

Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912, d. 2002 at age 90)

Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912, d. 2003 at age 91)

Bernard Orchard, British biblical scholar (b. 1912, d. 2006 at age 94)

Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912, d. 2006 at age 94)

Petar Stambolic, Serbian politician (b. 1912, d. 2007 at age 95)

Wendy Hiller, English actress (b. 1912, d. 2003 at age 91)

Archibald Cox, American Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912, d. 2004 at age 92)

Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912, d. 2009 at age 97)

Denis O'Conor Don, hereditary chief of the O'Conor Don sept of Ireland (b. 1912, d. 2000 at age 88)

Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912, d. 2006 at age 94)

Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (b. 1912, d. 2006 at age 94)

Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (b. 1912, d. 2001 at age 89)

Harry Hay, American activist (b. 1912, d. 2002 at age 90)

Arne Nass, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912, d. 2009 at age 97)

Perry Como, American singer (b. 1912, d. 2001 at age 89)

Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general (b. 1912, d. 2002 at age 90)

Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, and Home Army's intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. 1912, d. 2000 at age 88)

Chuck Jones, American animator (b. 1912, d. 2002 at age 90)

Herbert C. Brown, English-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912, d. 2004 at age 92)

Irv Kupcinet, American columnist and television personality (b. 1912, d. 2003 at age 91)

Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912, d. 2000 at age 88)

Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (b. 1912, d. 2007 at age 95)

Gusti Wolf, Austrian actress (b. 1912, d. 2007 at age 95)

Alfred Schwarzmann, German Olympic gymnast (b. 1912, d. 2000 at age 88)

Ollie Johnston, American animator (b. 1912, d. 2008 at age 96)

Thomas Stoltz Harvey Pathologist who conducted Albert Einstein's autopsy (b. 1912, d. 2007 at age 95)

Julia Child, American chef (b. 1912, d. 2004 at age 92)

Jack Dyer, Australian football player, coach, and commentator (b. 1913, d. 2003 at age 90)

Hans Filbinger, German jurist and politician (b. 1913, d. 2007 at age 94)

Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (b. 1913, d. 2005 at age 92)

Louis Nye, American actor (b. 1913, d. 2005 at age 92)

Pierre Daninos, French writer and humorist (b. 1913, d. 2005 at age 92)

Cecilia Munoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (b. 1913, d. 2006 at age 93)

Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913, d. 2005 at age 92)

Alvaro Cunhal, Portuguese politician (b. 1913, d. 2005 at age 92)

Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913, d. 2006 at age 93)

Arnold Brown, English General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913, d. 2002 at age 89)

Nikolai Amosov, Ukrainian heart surgeon, inventor, and author (b. 1913, d. 2002 at age 89)

Ward Kimball, American animator (b. 1913, d. 2002 at age 89)

Anna Lee, British actress (b. 1913, d. 2004 at age 91)

Ted Grant, British politician (b. 1913, d. 2006 at age 93)

Robert Stafford, American politician (b. 1913, d. 2006 at age 93)

Pierre Werner, Luxembourgian politician, 19th and 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913, d. 2002 at age 89)

Philip Abelson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913, d. 2004 at age 91)

Robert Adler, Austrian-born inventor (b. 1913, d. 2007 at age 94)

Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of soldier Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (b. 1913, d. 2006 at age 93)

Sun Yun-suan, Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1913, d. 2006 at age 93)

Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913, d. 2003 at age 90)

Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913, d. 2007 at age 94)

Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (b. 1913, d. 2004 at age 91)

Robert C. Turner, American potter (b. 1913, d. 2005 at age 92)

Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (b. 1913, d. 2003 at age 90)

Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913, d. 2007 at age 94)

Josef Bican, Austrian footballer (b. 1913, d. 2001 at age 88)

Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (b. 1913, d. 2007 at age 94)

Thomas Torrance, Scottish Protestant theologian (b. 1913, d. 2007 at age 94)

Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913, d. 2007 at age 94)

Willis Lamb, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913, d. 2008 at age 95)

Alfonso Lopez Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (b. 1913, d. 2007 at age 94)

R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (b. 1913, d. 2000 at age 87)

Sergey Mikhalkov, Soviet-Russian author (b. 1913, d. 2009 at age 96)

Loretta Young, American actress (b. 1913, d. 2000 at age 87)

Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913, d. 2007 at age 94)

Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913, d. 2001 at age 88)

Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese microbiologist (b. 1913, d. 2008 at age 95)

Stanley Kramer, American film director (b. 1913, d. 2001 at age 88)

Wally Parks, American founder of the National Hot Rod Association (b. 1913, d. 2007 at age 94)

William Reddington Hewlett, American businessman (b. 1913, d. 2001 at age 88)

Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913, d. 2001 at age 88)

Karl Shapiro, American poet (b. 1913, d. 2000 at age 87)

W. Mark Felt, American FBI agent, "Deep Throat" from the Watergate scandal (b. 1913, d. 2008 at age 95)

Israel Gelfand, Soviet-American mathematician (b. 1913, d. 2009 at age 96)

Prince Pedro Gastao of Orleans-Braganza‎, a claimant to the Brazilian throne (b. 1913, d. 2007 at age 94)

Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan head of state (b. 1913, d. 2007 at age 94)

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress (b. 1913, d. 2000 at age 87)

Aime Cesaire, French Martinican poet and politician (b. 1913, d. 2008 at age 95)

Elyne Mitchell, Australian children's author (b. 1913, d. 2002 at age 89)

Walter Winterbottom, English football manager (b. 1913, d. 2002 at age 89)

Frederick Fennell, American conductor (b. 1914, d. 2004 at age 90)

Moshe Teitelbaum, Hungarian-born Hassidic rabbi (b. 1914, d. 2006 at age 92)

Patrick O'Brian, English writer (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Maria Felix, Mexican actress (b. 1914, d. 2002 at age 88)

Sir Alec Guinness, English actor and writer (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

William Herskovic, Hungarian Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. 1914, d. 2006 at age 92)

Dick Durrance, American skier (b. 1914, d. 2004 at age 90)

Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author, and broadcaster (b. 1914, d. 2006 at age 92)

Robert Howard White, Mayor of Papatoetoe, New Zealand (b. 1914, d. 2006 at age 92)

Robert Wise, American film director (b. 1914, d. 2005 at age 91)

Derek Allhusen, British equestrian (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Akira Ifukube, Japanese classical music/film composer (b. 1914, d. 2006 at age 92)

Alton Tobey, American artist (b. 1914, d. 2005 at age 91)

Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914, d. 2006 at age 92)

Achille Compagnoni, Italian mountaineer (b. 1914, d. 2009 at age 95)

James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (b. 1914, d. 2007 at age 93)

Roebuck "Pops" Staples, patriarch of The Staple Singers (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Bob Lido, American musician (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Sam Manekshaw, Field Marshall of Indian Army (b. 1914, d. 2008 at age 94)

Richard Widmark, American actor (b. 1914, d. 2008 at age 94)

Ken Annakin, English film director (b. 1914, d. 2009 at age 95)

James van Allen, American physicist (b. 1914, d. 2006 at age 92)

Jack Cardiff, English cinematographer (b. 1914, d. 2009 at age 95)

Tove Jansson, Finnish author (b. 1914, d. 2001 at age 87)

Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914, d. 2003 at age 89)

George Dantzig, American mathematician (b. 1914, d. 2005 at age 91)

Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter (b. 1914, d. 2009 at age 95)

Baba Amte, Indian social activist (b. 1914, d. 2008 at age 94)

Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (b. 1914, d. 2005 at age 91)

Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914, d. 2009 at age 95)

Avraham Shapira, Israeli chief rabbi (b. 1914, d. 2007 at age 93)

Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914, d. 2002 at age 88)

Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1914, d. 2007 at age 93)

Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914, d. 2005 at age 91)

Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (b. 1914, d. 2002 at age 88)

Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (b. 1914, d. 2002 at age 88)

William Westmoreland, U.S. general (b. 1914, d. 2005 at age 91)

Jim Cairns, Australian politician (b. 1914, d. 2003 at age 89)

Jean-Pierre Vernant, French historian and anthropologist (b. 1914, d. 2007 at age 93)

Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and Librarian of Congress (b. 1914, d. 2004 at age 90)

Patriarch Pavle, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (b. 1914, d. 2009 at age 95)

Mohammed Zahir Shah, last King of Afghanistan (b. 1914, d. 2007 at age 93)

Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914, d. 2007 at age 93)

Howard K. Smith, American television journalist (ABC News) (b. 1914, d. 2002 at age 88)

Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1914, d. 2003 at age 89)

Anders Aalborg, Canadian politician (b. 1914, d. 2000 at age 86)

Jack Flynt, American politician (b. 1914, d. 2007 at age 93)

Joey Sadler, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1914, d. 2007 at age 93)

Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1914, d. 2002 at age 88)

Kiyoshi Itō, Japanese mathematician (b. 1915, d. 2008 at age 93)

Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915, d. 2001 at age 86)

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-born soprano (b. 1915, d. 2006 at age 91)

Gica Petrescu, Romanian musician (b. 1915, d. 2006 at age 91)

Verne Winchell, American entrepreneur (b. 1915, d. 2002 at age 87)

Abba Eban, Israeli politician and diplomat, 3rd Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1915, d. 2002 at age 87)

Enrique Fernando, Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court (b. 1915, d. 2004 at age 89)

Saul Bellow, American writer (b. 1915, d. 2005 at age 90)

Paul Tibbets, American general, pilot of the Enola Gay (b. 1915, d. 2007 at age 92)

Don Budge, American tennis champion (b. 1915, d. 2000 at age 85)

Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor (b. 1915, d. 2001 at age 86)

Ahmed Kuftaro, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915, d. 2004 at age 89)

Hanka Bielicka, Polish actress (b. 1915, d. 2006 at age 91)

Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1915, d. 2006 at age 91)

Les Paul, American musician and inventor (b. 1915, d. 2009 at age 94)

Marais Viljoen, State President of South Africa (b. 1915, d. 2007 at age 92)

Frere Roger, Swiss founder of the Taize Community (b. 1915, d. 2005 at age 90)

Teoctist Arăpaşu, Ex-Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch (b. 1915, d. 2007 at age 92)

Alan Lomax, American folklorist and musicologist (b. 1915, d. 2002 at age 87)

Rudolf Kirchschlaeger, Austrian politician (b. 1915, d. 2000 at age 85)

Ring Lardner, Jr., American screenwriter, one of the Hollywood Ten (b. 1915, d. 2000 at age 85)

Robert Strassburg, American composer (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Stu Hart, Canadian wrestling promoter (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915, d. 2004 at age 89)

Kon Ichikawa, Japanese film director (b. 1915, d. 2008 at age 93)

Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915, d. 2008 at age 93)

Wee Kim Wee, President of Singapore (b. 1915, d. 2005 at age 90)

Sir Stanley Matthews, English footballer (b. 1915, d. 2000 at age 85)

Hugh Paddick, British actor (b. 1915, d. 2000 at age 85)

Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915, d. 2005 at age 90)

Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Sam Edwards, American actor (b. 1915, d. 2004 at age 89)

Denis Thatcher, British husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Fred Hoyle, British astronomer and writer (b. 1915, d. 2001 at age 86)

Dorothy Fay, American actress (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Hilda Bernstein, English-born author, artist, and activist (b. 1915, d. 2006 at age 91)

Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915, d. 2006 at age 91)

Lester Maddox, American politician (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

John Profumo, British politician (b. 1915, d. 2006 at age 91)

Paul Samuelson, American economist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915, d. 2009 at age 94)

Augusto Pinochet, Chilean dictator (b. 1915, d. 2006 at age 91)

Michael Kidd, American choreographer (b. 1915, d. 2007 at age 92)

John Serry, Sr., American musician (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Terry Frost, English artist (b. 1915, d. 2003 at age 88)

Antonio Innocenti, Italian cardinal (b. 1915, d. 2008 at age 93)

George Mackey, American mathematician (b. 1916, d. 2006 at age 90)

Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic and novelist (b. 1916, d. 2007 at age 91)

Dino Risi, Italian director (b. 1916, d. 2008 at age 92)

Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916, d. 2003 at age 87)

Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916, d. 2005 at age 89)

Sammy Luftspring, Canadian boxer (b. 1916, d. 2000 at age 84)

George Montgomery, American actor (b. 1916, d. 2000 at age 84)

Dick Wilson, American actor (b. 1916, d. 2007 at age 91)

Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916, d. 2008 at age 92)

Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian politician (b. 1916, d. 2008 at age 92)

Bismillah Khan, Indian musician (b. 1916, d. 2006 at age 90)

Robert McNamara, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916, d. 2009 at age 93)

Walter Cronkite, American newscaster (b. 1916, d. 2009 at age 93)

Benjamin Libet, American pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness (b. 1916, d. 2007 at age 91)

Alexander Prokhorov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Jean Dausset, French immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916, d. 2009 at age 93)

Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner, American actress, journalist and publisher (b. 1916, d. 2006 at age 90)

Pieter Willem Botha, former State President of South Africa (b. 1916, d. 2006 at age 90)

Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916, d. 2001 at age 85)

Ephraim Katzir, 4th President of Israel (b. 1916, d. 2009 at age 93)

Chick Hearn, American basketball announcer (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Frank Shuster, Canadian comic (Wayne and Shuster) (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Shag Crawford, American umpire in Major League Baseball (b. 1916, d. 2007 at age 91)

Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916, d. 2003 at age 87)

Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (b. 1916, d. 2007 at age 91)

Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916, d. 2000 at age 84)

Rafael Caldera, 54th and 60th President of Venezuela (b. 1916, d. 2009 at age 93)

Ruth Handler, American toy manufacturer (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916, d. 2009 at age 93)

Camilo Jose Cela, Spanish writer (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Johnny Frigo, American jazz violinist and bassist (b. 1916, d. 2007 at age 91)

Ralph de Toledano, Moroccan-born American political columnist and author (b. 1916, d. 2007 at age 91)

Lilian, Princess of Rethy, Belgian princess (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Francis Crick, English molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1916, d. 2004 at age 88)

Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916, d. 2003 at age 87)

Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1916, d. 2004 at age 88)

Olga Lepeshinskaya, Russian ballerina (b. 1916, d. 2008 at age 92)

Van Johnson, American actor (b. 1916, d. 2008 at age 92)

Peter Twinn, English mathematician and World War II code-breaker (b. 1916, d. 2004 at age 88)

Louise Smith, American race car driver (b. 1916, d. 2006 at age 90)

Jane Jacobs, American-born writer and activist (b. 1916, d. 2006 at age 90)

Claude Elwood Shannon, American mathematician (b. 1916, d. 2001 at age 85)

Sune Bergstrom, Swedish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1916, d. 2004 at age 88)

Lim Kim San, Singapore politician (b. 1916, d. 2006 at age 90)

Ray Conniff, American musician and bandleader (b. 1916, d. 2002 at age 86)

Glenn Ford, Canadian actor (b. 1916, d. 2006 at age 90)

Pierre Messmer, French politician (b. 1916, d. 2007 at age 91)

Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American propagandist for Japan in World War II (b. 1916, d. 2006 at age 90)

Robert F. Furchgott, American scientist (b. 1916, d. 2009 at age 93)

Abdul Rahman Arif, 3rd President of Iraq (b. 1916, d. 2007 at age 91)

S. Yizhar, Israeli writer (b. 1916, d. 2006 at age 90)

Manea Mănescu, Romanian Prime Minister (b. 1916, d. 2009 at age 93)

Jerry Wexler, American music producer (b. 1917, d. 2008 at age 91)

Andrew Wyeth, American painter (b. 1917, d. 2009 at age 92)

Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (b. 1917, d. 2004 at age 87)

Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917, d. 2008 at age 91)

David Tomlinson, English actor (b. 1917, d. 2000 at age 83)

Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917, d. 2000 at age 83)

Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1917, d. 2003 at age 86)

Helen Suzman, South African activist and politician (b. 1917, d. 2009 at age 92)

Philipp von Boeselager, German military officer (b. 1917, d. 2008 at age 91)

Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917, d. 2004 at age 87)

Irving Penn, American photographer (b. 1917, d. 2009 at age 92)

Leonid Hurwicz, American economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917, d. 2008 at age 91)

Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1917, d. 2008 at age 91)

Gwendolyn Brooks, African American writer (b. 1917, d. 2000 at age 83)

Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (b. 1917, d. 2002 at age 85)

Robert O. Anderson, American businessman (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Lou Harrison, American composer (b. 1917, d. 2003 at age 86)

John Lee Hooker, American musician (b. 1917, d. 2001 at age 84)

Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and announcer (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and official (b. 1917, d. 2006 at age 89)

Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Fidel Sanchez Hernandez, President of El Salvador (b. 1917, d. 2003 at age 86)

June Allyson, American actress (b. 1917, d. 2006 at age 89)

Ken Hart, American composer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1917, d. 2006 at age 89)

Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b. 1917, d. 2003 at age 86)

Francis L. Kellogg, U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite (b. 1917, d. 2006 at age 89)

Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Ernesto Alonso, Mexican soap opera actor, director and producer, best known as Senor Telenovela (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Raymond P. Shafer, American politician (b. 1917, d. 2006 at age 89)

Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917, d. 2006 at age 89)

Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Jimmy Skinner, Detroit Red Wings head coach (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Cyrus Vance, American politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (b. 1917, d. 2002 at age 85)

Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Ramanand Sagar, Indian film director (b. 1917, d. 2005 at age 88)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1917, d. 2008 at age 91)

Arthur C. Clarke, English author, inventor, and futurist (b. 1917, d. 2008 at age 91)

Laurie Baker, English architect (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Paul Frere, Belgian racing driver (b. 1917, d. 2008 at age 91)

Henri Salvador, French singer (b. 1917, d. 2008 at age 91)

Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Lloyd Cutler, American attorney and Presidential advisor (b. 1917, d. 2005 at age 88)

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and political commentator (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Byron White, American athlete and Supreme Court Justice (b. 1917, d. 2002 at age 85)

Don Herbert, American television personality, Mr. Wizard (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Jane Wyman, American actress, former wife of Ronald Reagan (b. 1917, d. 2007 at age 90)

Franco Modigliani, Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Russell B. Long, American politician (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Maurice Druon, French novelist (b. 1918, d. 2009 at age 91)

John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1918, d. 2004 at age 86)

Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American brigadier general (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Betty Oliphant, co-founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1918, d. 2004 at age 86)

Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Dean Riesner, American screenwriter (b. 1918, d. 2002 at age 84)

Craig Stevens, American actor (b. 1918, d. 2000 at age 82)

Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, King of Tonga (b. 1918, d. 2006 at age 88)

Madeleine L'Engle, American author (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Günther Rall, German fighter pilot (b. 1918, d. 2009 at age 91)

Spike Milligan, British comedian, writer, and poet (b. 1918, d. 2002 at age 84)

Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (b. 1918, d. 2009 at age 91)

Jack Paar, American television show host (b. 1918, d. 2004 at age 86)

Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918, d. 2002 at age 84)

Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian statesman (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Edwin G. Krebs, American biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918, d. 2009 at age 91)

Art Carney, American actor (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and diplomat, former United Nations Secretary-General (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author, painter, and art collector (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Ted Williams, American baseball player (b. 1918, d. 2002 at age 84)

Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1966 until 1967 (b. 1918, d. 2001 at age 83)

Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1918, d. 2004 at age 86)

Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Bob Evans, American restaurateur (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Lila Kedrova, Russian-born French actress (b. 1918, d. 2000 at age 82)

Frank Mancuso, American baseball player and politician (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Philip Jose Farmer, American writer (b. 1918, d. 2009 at age 91)

Avery Dulles, American Roman Catholic Cardinal (b. 1918, d. 2008 at age 90)

Arthur Chung, President of Guyana (b. 1918, d. 2008 at age 90)

Arnold Newman, American photographer (b. 1918, d. 2006 at age 88)

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918, d. 2008 at age 90)

Sheikh Ahmed Deedat, Indian author, lecturer, and orator (b. 1918, d. 2005 at age 87)

Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist (b. 1918, d. 2000 at age 82)

Jorn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918, d. 2008 at age 90)

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918, d. 2004 at age 86)

Cindy Walker, American songwriter (b. 1918, d. 2006 at age 88)

Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist (b. 1918, d. 2006 at age 88)

Joey Bishop, American entertainer (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Teresa Wright, American actress (b. 1918, d. 2005 at age 87)

Donald Regan, American Treasury Secretary (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

John H. Johnson, American businessman and publisher. (b. 1918, d. 2005 at age 87)

Mickey Spillane, American writer (b. 1918, d. 2006 at age 88)

Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (b. 1918, d. 2005 at age 87)

Gerard Souzay, French baritone (b. 1918, d. 2004 at age 86)

Orville Freeman, American politician (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1918, d. 2000 at age 82)

Peg Phillips, American actress (b. 1918, d. 2002 at age 84)

Cornell Capa, Hungarian-American photographer (b. 1918, d. 2008 at age 90)

Freddie Blassie, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1918, d. 2003 at age 85)

Jaap Penraat, Dutch architect and resistance fighter (b. 1918, d. 2006 at age 88)

Karoly Doncsecz, Slovenian potter (b. 1918, d. 2002 at age 84)

Nipsey Russell, American actor and game show personality (b. 1918, d. 2005 at age 87)

Peter Poreku Dery, Ghanaian cardinal (b. 1918, d. 2008 at age 90)

Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian Chinese businessman (b. 1918, d. 2007 at age 89)

Hussein Maziq, Former Libyan prime minister (b. 1918)., d. 2006 at age 88)

Fred Korematsu, American civil rights activist (b. 1919, d. 2005 at age 86)

Uta Hagen, German actress (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, Mexican cardinal (b. 1919, d. 2008 at age 89)

Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919, d. 2007 at age 88)

Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919, d. 2005 at age 86)

Myron Floren, American accordianist & musician (b. 1919, d. 2005 at age 86)

Jennifer Jones, American actress (b. 1919, d. 2009 at age 90)

Ruben Gonzalez, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist (b. 1919, d. 2008 at age 89)

Thomas Mason, U.S. Attorney (b. 1919, d. 2007 at age 88)

Richard Todd, Irish-born British actor (b. 1919, d. 2009 at age 90)

Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (b. 1919, d. 2007 at age 88)

Gene Barry, American actor (b. 1919, d. 2009 at age 90)

Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919, d. 2007 at age 88)

Jack Palance, American actor (b. 1919, d. 2006 at age 87)

Gert Fredriksson, Swedish kayaker (b. 1919, d. 2006 at age 87)

Bill Nicholson, British footballer (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Robert Merrill, American baritone (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919, d. 2006 at age 87)

Arpad Bogsch, Hungarian-born civil servant (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Mason Andrews, delivered America's first test tube baby; former mayor of Norfolk, Virginia (b. 1919, d. 2006 at age 87)

Charlie Parlato, American musician (b. 1919, d. 2007 at age 88)

Godfrey Hounsfield, English electrical engineer and inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Red Buttons, American actor and comedian (b. 1919, d. 2006 at age 87)

Ove Sprogoe, Danish actor (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Angus Tait, New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman (b. 1919, d. 2007 at age 88)

Benedict Kiely, Irish author and broadcaster (b. 1919, d. 2007 at age 88)

Alejandro Finisterre, Spanish poet, editor, and inventor of table football (b. 1919, d. 2007 at age 88)

Zhao Ziyang, Chinese premier (b. 1919, d. 2005 at age 86)

Patrick Cranshaw, American actor (b. 1919, d. 2005 at age 86)

Charles Steen, American geologist, The "Uranium King" (b. 1919, d. 2006 at age 87)

Robert Heilbroner, American writer (b. 1919, d. 2005 at age 86)

Howard Keel, American singer and actor (b. 1919, d. 2004 at age 85)

Merce Cunningham, American choreographer (b. 1919, d. 2009 at age 90)

Rex Humbard, American evangelist (b. 1919, d. 2007 at age 88)

Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919, d. 2007 at age 88)

Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1919, d. 2007 at age 88)

P. F. Strawson, English philosopher (b. 1919, d. 2006 at age 87)

Peter Gennaro, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919, d. 2000 at age 81)

Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919, d. 2001 at age 82)

Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919, d. 2000 at age 81)

Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919, d. 2000 at age 81)

Ronald Verlin Cassill, American novelist, short story writer, editor, painter, and lithographer (b. 1919, d. 2002 at age 83)

Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Vladimir Vasicek, Czech painter (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Lawrence Tierney, American actor (b. 1919, d. 2002 at age 83)

Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Richard Neustadt, American political historian (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919, d. 2000 at age 81)

Spider Jorgensen, American baseball player and coach (b. 1919, d. 2003 at age 84)

Brant Parker, American cartoonist (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

David Brinkley, American television reporter (b. 1920, d. 2003 at age 83)

Peggy Lee, American singer and actress (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Corbin Harney, an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (b. 1920, d. 2003 at age 83)

Ronald Speirs, United States Army officer (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1971 until 1973 (b. 1920, d. 2001 at age 81)

Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Norman Bird, British actor (b. 1920, d. 2005 at age 85)

Franco Lucentini, Italian writer (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Pope John Paul II, Polish Roman Catholic Pope (b. 1920, d. 2005 at age 85)

Ricardo Montalban, Mexican-born American actor (b. 1920, d. 2009 at age 89)

Stephanos II Ghattas, Egyptian Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 1920, d. 2009 at age 89)

Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah, King of Malaysia (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer (b. 1920, d. 2009 at age 89)

Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920, d. 2004 at age 84)

Ruth Bell Graham, Wife of Billy Graham (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

John Maynard Smith, English biologist (b. 1920, d. 2004 at age 84)

Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920, d. 2004 at age 84)

Leo McKern, Australian actor (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Leo Chiosso, Italian poet (b. 1920, d. 2006 at age 86)

Janet Jagan, American-born President of Guyana (b. 1920, d. 2009 at age 89)

John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

George Porter, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

Fons Rademakers, Dutch film director (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

Isaac Stern, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1920, d. 2001 at age 81)

Heinz Barth, German war criminal (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

Mauri Faven, Finnish painter (b. 1920, d. 2006 at age 86)

Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveler (b. 1920, d. 2006 at age 86)

James Faust, an Apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

Jack Warden, American actor (b. 1920, d. 2006 at age 86)

Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

Reginald Hugh Hickling, British lawyer, colonial civil servant, law academic and author (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

Werner Klemperer, German actor (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist (b. 1920, d. 2008 at age 88)

Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920, d. 2006 at age 86)

Abe Saffron, Australian nightclub owner and property developer (b. 1920, d. 2006 at age 86)

Milton G. Henschel, American Jehovah's Witnesses leader (b. 1920, d. 2003 at age 83)

Otto Buchsbaum, writer and ecological activist (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

James Doohan, Canadian actor (b. 1920, d. 2005 at age 85)

Kenneth Wolstenholme, British football commentator (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji (b. 1920, d. 2004 at age 84)

Rachel Gurney, British actress (b. 1920, d. 2001 at age 81)

Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920, d. 2006 at age 86)

Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Traudl Junge, German private secretary of Adolf Hitler (b. 1920, d. 2002 at age 82)

William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920, d. 2007 at age 87)

Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920, d. 2003 at age 83)

Jose Lopez Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920, d. 2004 at age 84)

Don Ralke, American music arranger (b. 1920, d. 2000 at age 80)

Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher and social reformer (b. 1920, d. 2003 at age 83)

Jean-Marie Balestre, French sports executive (b. 1921, d. 2008 at age 87)

Otto Graham, American football player (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

K. R. Narayanan, President of India (b. 1921, d. 2005 at age 84)

Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

Rodger Ward, American race car driver (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Betty Hutton, American actress (b. 1921, d. 2007 at age 86)

Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Swiss industrialist and art collector (b. 1921, d. 2002 at age 81)

Betty Friedan, American feminist, activist, and writer (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Steve Allen, American comedian, composer, talk show host, and author (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress and television personality (b. 1921, d. 2008 at age 87)

Stanislaw Lem, Polish writer (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Imre Friedmann, American scientist (b. 1921, d. 2007 at age 86)

Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

William Roth, American politician (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

Alfred Reed, American Composer and Conductor (b. 1921, d. 2005 at age 84)

Ron Greenwood, English football manager (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor (b. 1921, d. 2008 at age 87)

Zarra, Spanish footballer (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921, d. 2008 at age 87)

Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Gerard Debreu, French-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Jack Valenti, American film executive, creator of MPAA film rating system (b. 1921, d. 2007 at age 86)

Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921, d. 2007 at age 86)

Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

James Whitmore, American actor (b. 1921, d. 2009 at age 88)

Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian and actor (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Zeno Vendler, American philosopher of language (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Peter Benenson, lawyer and founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921, d. 2005 at age 84)

Beau Jack, American boxer (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

Scott Crossfield, American pilot (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Todd Karns, American actor (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

Hua Guofeng, Chinese premier (b. 1921, d. 2008 at age 87)

James C. Quayle, American newspaper publisher (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

Franco Corelli, Italian opera tenor (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

Harold Nicholas, American dancer (b. 1921, d. 2000 at age 79)

Calvert DeForest, American actor and comedian (b. 1921, d. 2007 at age 86)

Suharto, President of Indonesia (b. 1921, d. 2008 at age 87)

Archibald Paton Thornton, British historian (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Warren Spahn, American baseball player (b. 1921, d. 2003 at age 82)

Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

John Money, Sexologist (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Malcolm Arnold, English composer (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician (b. 1921, d. 2009 at age 88)

Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American founder of the Special Olympics (b. 1921, d. 2009 at age 88)

John W. Peterson, American composer (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Johannes Bob van Benthem, Dutch lawyer (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Peter Ustinov, English actor and director (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

John Rawls, American political theorist (b. 1921, d. 2002 at age 81)

Fernando Fernan Gomez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright (b. 1921, d. 2007 at age 86)

Andrew Imbrie, American composer (b. 1921, d. 2007 at age 86)

Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b. 1921, d. 2007 at age 86)

Pedro Knight, Cuban-born musician (b. 1921, d. 2007 at age 86)

Tommy Farrell, American supporting actor and comedian (b. 1921, d. 2004 at age 83)

Karel Appel, Dutch painter (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (b. 1921, d. 2006 at age 85)

Jack Kramer, American tennis player (b. 1921, d. 2009 at age 88)

Yvonne de Carlo, American actress (b. 1922, d. 2007 at age 85)

Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b. 1922, d. 2000 at age 78)

Burke Marshall, American lawyer and politician (b. 1922, d. 2003 at age 81)

Carmen Silvera, British actress (b. 1922, d. 2002 at age 80)

John Feeney, New Zealand documentary film-director (b. 1922, d. 2006 at age 84)

Jean Pierre Rampal, French flutist (b. 1922, d. 2000 at age 78)

Hal Clement, American writer (b. 1922, d. 2003 at age 81)

Willie Pep, American boxer (b. 1922, d. 2006 at age 84)

Rosalio Jose Castillo Lara, Venezuelan cardinal (b. 1922, d. 2007 at age 85)

Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary critic (b. 1922, d. 2003 at age 81)

Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (b. 1922, d. 2004 at age 82)

Antony Lambton, Viscount Lambton, British politician (b. 1922, d. 2006 at age 84)

Yma Sumac, Peruvian soprano (b. 1922, d. 2008 at age 86)

Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer (b. 1922, d. 2001 at age 79)

Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (b. 1922, d. 2002 at age 80)

Tetsuro Tamba, Japanese actor (b. 1922, d. 2006 at age 84)

Jacques Piccard, Swiss explorer and engineer (b. 1922, d. 2008 at age 86)

Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist and playwright (b. 1922, d. 2007 at age 85)

Roy McKenzie, New Zealand philanthropist (b. 1922, d. 2007 at age 85)

Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer and filmmaker (b. 1922, d. 2008 at age 86)

Raymond Devos, French humorist (b. 1922, d. 2006 at age 84)

Sir Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (b. 1922, d. 2006 at age 84)

Bill Blass, American fashion designer (b. 1922, d. 2002 at age 80)

Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922, d. 2006 at age 84)

Russ Meyer, American director and photographer (b. 1922, d. 2004 at age 82)

Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director (b. 1922, d. 2007 at age 85)

Emil Zatopek, Czech Olympic athlete (b. 1922, d. 2000 at age 78)

Joe O'Donnell, American documentary photographer and photojournalist (b. 1922, d. 2007 at age 85)

Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon (b. 1922, d. 2001 at age 79)

Paul Scofield, English actor (b. 1922, d. 2008 at age 86)

Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (b. 1922, d. 2005 at age 83)

Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (b. 1922, d. 2008 at age 86)

Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian filmmaker (b. 1922, d. 2006 at age 84)

Hosein-Ali Montazeri, Iranian scholar and human rights activist (b. 1922, d. 2009 at age 87)

Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and coach (b. 1922, d. 2007 at age 85)

Vo Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese prime minister (b. 1922, d. 2008 at age 86)

Nikolay Basov, Soviet physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922, d. 2001 at age 79)

Charles Socarides, American psychiatrist (b. 1922, d. 2005 at age 83)

Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922, d. 2005 at age 83)

Evgeniy Matveyev, Russian actor and film director (b. 1922, d. 2003 at age 81)

Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922, d. 2000 at age 78)

Stefan Wul, French writer (b. 1922, d. 2003 at age 81)

Bernardin Gantin, Beninese cardinal (b. 1922, d. 2008 at age 86)

Elmer Bernstein, American composer (b. 1922, d. 2004 at age 82)

Charles M. Schulz, American comic strip artist (Peanuts) (b. 1922, d. 2000 at age 78)

Beatrice Arthur, American actress (b. 1922, d. 2009 at age 87)

Nandor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1922, d. 2002 at age 80)

Colin St John Wilson, English architect (b. 1922, d. 2007 at age 85)

Aage Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922, d. 2009 at age 87)

Marek Edelman, Polish political and social activist (b. 1922, d. 2009 at age 87)

Jan Herman Linge, Norwegian engineer and boat designer (b. 1922, d. 2007 at age 85)

Ronald Smith, British pianist and musicologist (b. 1922, d. 2004 at age 82)

Muhammad Osman Said, Former Libyan prime minister (b. 1922)., d. 2007 at age 85)

Don Adams, American actor (b. 1923, d. 2005 at age 82)

Freddy Heineken, Dutch-born beer magnate (b. 1923, d. 2002 at age 79)

Hugh Shearer, Jamaican politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923, d. 2004 at age 81)

Holden Roberto, Angolan nationalist leader (b. 1923, d. 2007 at age 84)

Patrick Hillery, 6th President of Ireland (b. 1923, d. 2008 at age 85)

George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923, d. 2004 at age 81)

Devan Nair, President of Singapore (b. 1923, d. 2005 at age 82)

Sir Robin Day, British political broadcaster (b. 1923, d. 2000 at age 77)

Rene Favaloro, Argentinian cardiologist who created the technique for coronary bypass surgery (b. 1923, d. 2000 at age 77)

Michael Anthony Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923, d. 2002 at age 79)

Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish Catalan soprano (b. 1923, d. 2005 at age 82)

Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923, d. 2008 at age 85)

Bettie Page, American pin-up model (b. 1923, d. 2008 at age 85)

Larry Doby, American baseball player (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923, d. 2005 at age 82)

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923, d. 2005 at age 82)

Leslie Waller, American novelist (b. 1923, d. 2007 at age 84)

Charlton Heston, American actor (b. 1923, d. 2008 at age 85)

Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Estelle Getty, American actress (b. 1923, d. 2008 at age 85)

Al Lewis, American actor (b. 1923, d. 2006 at age 83)

The Fabulous Moolah, American professional wrestler (b. 1923, d. 2007 at age 84)

Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian writer (b. 1923, d. 2001 at age 78)

Faas Wilkes, former Dutch football player (b. 1923, d. 2006 at age 83)

Norman Mailer, American writer (b. 1923, d. 2007 at age 84)

Aaron Spelling, American television producer (b. 1923, d. 2006 at age 83)

Ivo Robic, Croatian singer (b. 1923, d. 2000 at age 77)

Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923, d. 2002 at age 79)

Ahmet Ertegün, Turkish record executive (b. 1923, d. 2006 at age 83)

Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (b. 1923, d. 2009 at age 86)

Mahlon Clark, American musician (b. 1923, d. 2007 at age 84)

Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (b. 1923, d. 2007 at age 84)

Kenneth Thomson, Canadian businessman and art collector (b. 1923, d. 2006 at age 83)

Gyorgy Ligeti, Hungarian composer (b. 1923, d. 2006 at age 83)

George Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Norman Smith, English singer and record producer (b. 1923, d. 2008 at age 85)

Horst Tappert, German actor (b. 1923, d. 2008 at age 85)

Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American author and computer scientist (b. 1923, d. 2008 at age 85)

Galyani Vadhana,Princess of Thailand (b. 1923, d. 2008 at age 85)

Gerard Reve, Dutch author (b. 1923, d. 2006 at age 83)

Philip Berrigan, American priest and political activist (b. 1923, d. 2002 at age 79)

Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian (b. 1923, d. 2006 at age 83)

Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (b. 1923, d. 2007 at age 84)

Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan from June 1993 to October 2003 (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923, d. 2006 at age 83)

Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923, d. 2004 at age 81)

Wally Schirra, American astronaut (b. 1923, d. 2007 at age 84)

Tito Puente, American jazz musician (b. 1923, d. 2000 at age 77)

Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician (b. 1923, d. 2004 at age 81)

Ann Miller, American dancer and actress (b. 1923, d. 2004 at age 81)

Sam Phillips, American record producer (b. 1923, d. 2003 at age 80)

Anthony Hecht, American poet (b. 1923, d. 2004 at age 81)

Johannes Mario Simmel, Austrian writer (b. 1924, d. 2009 at age 85)

Jamal Abro, Sindhi writer (b. 1924, d. 2004 at age 80)

Peggy Ryan, American actress (b. 1924, d. 2004 at age 80)

Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924, d. 2006 at age 82)

Dennis Weaver, American actor (b. 1924, d. 2006 at age 82)

Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924, d. 2004 at age 80)

Erik Balling, Danish television and film director (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (b. 1924, d. 2003 at age 79)

Lloyd Alexander, American author (b. 1924, d. 2007 at age 83)

Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924, d. 2004 at age 80)

Bobby Short, American entertainer (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (b. 1924, d. 2003 at age 79)

Ezer Weizman, former President of Israel (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

Celia Cruz, Cuban singer (b. 1924, d. 2003 at age 79)

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American musician (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician (b. 1924, d. 2008 at age 84)

Moturu Udayam, Indian women's activist (b. 1924, d. 2002 at age 78)

Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924, d. 2006 at age 82)

Les Foote, Australian footballer (b. 1924, d. 2006 at age 82)

Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924, d. 2002 at age 78)

Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite, sister of John F. Kennedy (b. 1924, d. 2006 at age 82)

Max McNab, Canadian hockey player and hockey executive (b. 1924, d. 2007 at age 83)

Rainer Barzel, German politician (b. 1924, d. 2006 at age 82)

Samuel Bowers, American Ku Klux Klansman and convicted killer (b. 1924, d. 2006 at age 82)

Makhmud Esambayev, Chechen dancer (b. 1924, d. 2000 at age 76)

David Bronstein, Soviet Union chess grandmaster (b. 1924, d. 2006 at age 82)

Brett Somers, American actress (b. 1924, d. 2007 at age 83)

Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924, d. 2000 at age 76)

Jack Buck, American baseball announcer (b. 1924, d. 2002 at age 78)

Chet Atkins, American guitarist and record producer (b. 1924, d. 2001 at age 77)

Raymond Barre, French politician and economist (b. 1924, d. 2007 at age 83)

Ken Tyrrell, British auto racing driver (b. 1924, d. 2001 at age 77)

Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924, d. 2007 at age 83)

William Sloane Coffin, American university chaplain and activist (b. 1924, d. 2006 at age 82)

Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924, d. 2007 at age 83)

Lee Bergere, American actor (b. 1924, d. 2007 at age 83)

George Guest, Welsh choral conductor (b. 1924, d. 2002 at age 78)

Vladimir Kryuchkov, Russian Soviet-era bureaucrat (b. 1924, d. 2007 at age 83)

Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924, d. 2000 at age 76)

Jeanette Schmid, German-born professional whistler (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

Ward Cornell, Canadian radio/TV broadcaster & educator (b. 1924, d. 2000 at age 76)

Shirley Chisholm, African-American politician (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

Paco Ignacio Taibo I, Mexican writer and journalist (b. 1924, d. 2008 at age 84)

Nina Foch, Dutch-born American actress (b. 1924, d. 2008 at age 84)

Bill Andersen, New Zealand trade union leader (b. 1924, d. 2005 at age 81)

Maurice Jarre, French composer and conductor (b. 1924, d. 2009 at age 85)

June Callwood, Canadian journalist (b. 1924, d. 2007 at age 83)

Leon Uris, American writer (b. 1924, d. 2003 at age 79)

Buddy Hackett, American comedian and actor (b. 1924, d. 2003 at age 79)

Christine Pullein-Thompson, British author (b. 1925, d. 2005 at age 80)

Robert Rauschenberg, American pop artist (b. 1925, d. 2008 at age 83)

Norm McDonald, Australian rules footballer (b. 1925, d. 2002 at age 77)

Bill Pinkney, American singer (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)

Art Buchwald, American humorist (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)

Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

Kasey Rogers, American actress, author, and biker (b. 1925, d. 2006 at age 81)

Ed Devereaux, Australian actor (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Hank Thompson, American country singer (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)

Kim Dae-jung, 15th President of South Korea (b. 1925, d. 2009 at age 84)

Iwao Takamoto, Japanese animator (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)

Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor and painter (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)

William J. Crowe, American military commander and ambassador (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)

Duncan Hallas, prominent member of the Trotskyist movement in Great Britain (b. 1925, d. 2002 at age 77)

John Pople, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

John Ziman, English-New Zealand physicist (b. 1925, d. 2005 at age 80)

Milton Obote, President of Uganda (b. 1925, d. 2005 at age 80)

Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)

Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Luis Herrera Campins, 56th President of Venezuela (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)

Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

Merv Griffin, American TV personality (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)

Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)

Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)

Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925, d. 2008 at age 83)

Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925, d. 2006 at age 81)

Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Pierre Salinger, U.S. President John F. Kennedy's White House Press Secretary (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

Ruth Cracknell, Australian theatre and television actor (b. 1925, d. 2002 at age 77)

Jeanne Crain, American actress (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and conservative commentator (b. 1925, d. 2008 at age 83)

Roger Bonham Smith, American businessman (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)

Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (b. 1925, d. 2005 at age 80)

Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925, d. 2005 at age 80)

Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (b. 1925, d. 2006 at age 81)

Gwen Verdon, American actress (b. 1925, d. 2000 at age 75)

Olive Osmond, Osmond family matriarch (b. 1925, d. 2004 at age 79)

Edward Gorey, American writer and illustrator (b. 1925, d. 2000 at age 75)

Sinnathamby Rajaratnam, Singapore politician (b. 1925, d. 2006 at age 81)

Charles Haughey, Prime Minister of Ireland (b. 1925, d. 2006 at age 81)

Mike Douglas, American entertainer (b. 1925, d. 2006 at age 81)

Alija Izetbegovic, Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1925, d. 2003 at age 78)

Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian General (b. 1925, d. 2007 at age 82)