Deaths in 2018
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This is a chronology of deaths in 2018. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym.
A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.
January
- January 2
- Frank Buxton, American actor, writer, author, and director (b. 1930)
- Rick Hall, American record producer, songwriter, and music publisher (b. 1932)
- Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader and writer (b. 1927)
- Radha Viswanathan, Indian vocalist and classical dancer (b. 1934)
- January 3 – Colin Brumby, Australian composer (b. 1933)
- 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)
- Elza Brandeisz, Hungarian dancer and teacher (b. 1907)
- Jimmy Robinson, American recording engineer and producer (b. 1950)
- January 7
- France Gall, French singer (b. 1947)
- Anna Mae Hays, American military officer and nurse (b. 1920)
- Peter Sutherland, Irish businessman and politician (b. 1946)
- January 8
- Salvador Borrego, Mexican journalist and revisionist writer (b. 1915)
- Juan Carlos García, Honduran footballer (b. 1988)
- Denise LaSalle, American singer, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1939)
- 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)
- Doreen Tracey, British-born American performer (b. 1943)
- January 11 – Edgar Ray Killen, American criminal (b. 1925)
- January 12 – Keith Jackson, American sports commentator, journalist, author, and radio personality (b. 1928)
- January 13 – Jean Porter, American actress (b. 1922)
- January 14
- Dan Gurney, American racing driver (b. 1931)
- Spanky Manikan, Filipino actor (b. 1942)
- 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)
- Dave Holland, English drummer (b. 1948)
- Oliver Ivanović, Serbian politician (b. 1953)
- Liu Zhonghua, Chinese navy admiral (b. 1917)
- Jo Jo White, American basketball player (b. 1946)
- January 17 – Simon Shelton, English actor (b. 1966)
- January 18
- Julius Lester, American civil rights activist, writer, musician, photographer, and professor (b. 1939)
- 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)
- Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby player (b. 1941)
- Jim Rodford, English bass guitarist (b. 1941)
- John Coleman, American television weatherman (b. 1934)
- 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)
- Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, civil rights leader, and theologian (b. 1928)
- Lari White, American country singer (b. 1965)
- 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)
- Michael Wright, Hong Kong architect (b. 1912)
- January 27
- Robert McCormick Adams Jr., American anthropologist (b. 1926)
- 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)
- Robert D. McWethy, American submarine captain (b. 1920)
- January 30
- Mark Salling, American actor (b. 1982)
- Clyde Scott, American football player (b. 1924)
- 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
- 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)
- February 3
- Michael Harner, American anthropologist and author (b. 1929)
- Károly Palotai, Hungarian footballer and referee (b. 1935)
- February 4
- Alan Baker, English mathematician (b. 1939)
- Edwin Jackson, American football player (b. 1991)
- John Mahoney, British-American actor (b. 1940)
- February 5 – Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist (b. 1935)
- February 6
- Fedora Alemán, Venezuelan singer (b. 1912)
- André Harvey, American sculptor (b. 1941)
- 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)
- Wally Moon, American baseball player (b. 1930)
- February 10
- Alan R. Battersby, English organic chemist (b. 1925)
- Rosa Ferrer Obiols, Andorran politician (b. 1960)
- February 11
- Vic Damone, American singer and actor (b. 1928)
- Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer (b. 1952)
- Jan Maxwell, American actress (b. 1956)
- Tom Rapp, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
- February 12
- Marty Allen, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
- Leo Falcam, 5th President of the Federated States of Micronesia (b. 1935)
- Louise Latham, American actress (b. 1922)
- Daryle Singletary, American country music singer (b. 1971)
- February 13
- Joseph Bonnel, French footballer (b. 1939)
- Chyskillz, American record producer, DJ, and rapper (b. 1969)
- Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist (b. 1914)
- Prince Henrik, consort of Margrethe II of Denmark (b. 1934)
- Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher (b. 1915)
- 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 16 – Deryck Stapleton, British Royal Air Force officer (b. 1918)
- February 17 – Dorothy Rungeling, Canadian aviator (b. 1911)
- 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
- Max Desfor, American photographer (b. 1913)
- Sergey Litvinov, Russian Olympic hammer thrower (b. 1958)
- Yury Tyukalov, Russian Olympic rower (b. 1930)
- 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)
- Richard E. Taylor, Canadian Nobel physicist (b. 1929)
- February 23
- Lewis Gilbert, British film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
- Durward Knowles, Bahamian Olympic sailor (b. 1917)
- February 24
- Bud Luckey, American actor and animator (b. 1934)
- Sridevi, Indian actress (b. 1963)
- February 26
- Benjamin Melniker (b. 1913)
- João W. Nery, Brazilian writer and LGBT activist (b. 1950)
- February 27
- Quini, Spanish football player (b. 1949)
- Jacqueline Vaudecrane, French figure skater (b. 1913)
March
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- 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)
- Carlo Ripa di Meana, Italian politician (b. 1929)
- 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 8
- Milko Kelemen, Croatian composer (b. 1924)
- Kate Wilhelm, American author (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)
- Craig Mack, American rapper (b. 1970)
- 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 George Peterson, American banker (b. 1926)
- William Smith, American Olympic wrestler (b. 1928)
- 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)
- Delores Taylor, American actress, writer, and producer (b. 1932)
- March 24
- José Antonio Abreu, Venezuelan conductor and politician (b. 1939)
- Lys Assia, Swiss singer (b. 1924)
- Rim Banna, Palestinian singer and activist (b. 1966)
- Bill Lucas British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (b. 1917)
- March 25 – Linda Carol Brown, American campaigner for equality in education (b. 1943)
- March 26
- Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (b. 1958)[importance?]
- Sergei Mavrodi, Russian criminal and politician (b. 1955)
- March 27
- Stéphane Audran, French actress (b. 1932)
- Kenny O'Dell, American country music singer (b. 1944)
- March 28 - Lívia Rév, Hungarian pianist (b. 1916)
- March 29 – Rusty Staub, American baseball player (b. 1944)
- March 30
- Aureliano Bolognesi, Italian Olympic boxer (b. 1930)
- Saul Cherniack, Canadian politician and lawyer (b. 1917)
- Drue Heinz, American literary publisher (b. 1915)
- 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)
- Charles McDew, American professor and civil rights activist (b. 1938)
- Irma Rapuzzi, French politician (b. 1910)
- April 4
- Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, Syrian hierarch (b. 1930)
- Gertrude Jeannette, American actress (b. 1914)
- 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)
- Cynthia Chalk, Canadian photographer (b. 1913)
- Tim O'Connor, American actor (b. 1927)
- Branislav Pokrajac, Serbian Olympic handball player (b. 1947)
- Frederick D. Reese, American civil rights activist, teacher, and minister (b. 1929)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 11 – Zola Skweyiya, South African politician (b. 1942)
- 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)
- 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)
- April 17
- Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States (b. 1925)
- Karl Rawer, German physicist (b. 1913)
- Judith Révész, Hungarian-Dutch potter and sculptor (b. 1915)
- Randy Scruggs, American country music singer (b. 1953)
- April 18 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1935)
- April 19
- Vladimir Lyakhov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (b. 1941)
- Agnès-Marie Valois, French nun and World War II nurse (b. 1914)
- April 20
- Avicii, Swedish DJ (b. 1989)
- Roy Bentley, English footballer (b. 1924)
- James F. Sirmons, American broadcasting executive (b. 1917)
- April 21
- Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1900)
- Verne Troyer, American actor (b. 1969)
- April 23 – Bob Dorough, American pianist, singer and composer (b. 1923)
- 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)
- Charles Neville, American R&B and jazz musician (b. 1938)
- Gianfranco Parolini, Italian film director (b. 1925)
- April 27
- Álvaro Arzú, 32nd President of Guatemala (b. 1946)
- Kristin Nelson, American primitive painter, actress, and author (b. 1945)
- Paul Junger Witt, American producer (b. 1941)
- April 28 – Larry Harvey, American artist, philanthropist, and activist (b. 1948)
- April 29
- Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, Scottish politician (b. 1945)
- Luis García Meza, 68th President of Bolivia (b. 1929)
- Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan film director (b. 1919)
- Robert Mandan, American actor (b. 1932)
May
- May 1
- John "Jabo" Starks, American drummer (b. 1937)
- 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)
- Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood, Australian-British violinist and fashion model (b. 1926)
- 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)
- Hugh Dane, American actor (b. 1942)
- 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
- John Carrick, Australian politician (b. 1918)
- 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)
- 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
- Bill Mallory, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
- 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
- Paulette Coquatrix, French costume designer (b. 1916)
- 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
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- June 1
- Eddy Clearwater, American musician and singer (b. 1935)
- 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)
- Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne, Russian-born American author (b. 1918)
- June 4
- Dwight Clark, American football player (b. 1957)
- Georg von Tiesenhausen, German-American rocket scientist (b. 1914)
- June 5
- Kate Spade, American fashion designer (b. 1962)
- Harry Walker, English rugby union player (b. 1915)
- June 6
- George N. Leighton, American judge (b. 1912)
- 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
- Neal E. Boyd, American pop opera singer (b. 1975)
- Stan Anderson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- Dorothy Cotton, American civil rights activist (b. 1930)
- Tom McEwen, American drag racer (b. 1937)
- June 11
- Oscar Furlong, Argentine basketball player (b. 1927)
- Roman Kłosowski, Polish actor (b. 1929)
- 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 17 - Troy Hurtubise, Canadian inventor and conservationist (b. 1963)
- 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
- Hubert Green, American golfer (b. 1946)
- 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)
- Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (b. 1929)
- June 21 – Charles Krauthammer, American political commentator (b. 1950)
- June 22
- Deanna Lund, American actress (b. 1937)
- 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)
- Ed Simons, American musician (b. 1917)
- June 27
- Joe Jackson, American talent manager (b. 1928)
- Steven Hilliard Stern, Canadian director, writer, and producer (b. 1937)
- 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)
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
- Thérèse Kleindienst, French librarian (b. 1916)
- Richard Swift, American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and film maker (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)
- 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)[importance?]
- 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 20 – Meg Randall, American actress (b. 1926)
- July 21 – Jonathan Gold, American food and music critic (b. 1960)
- 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)
- Jack P. Lewis, American Biblical scholar (b. 1919)
- July 25
- Sergio Marchionne, Italian-Canadian automotive executive (b. 1952)
- Ellie Soutter, British snowboarder (b. 2000)
- July 26
- Simegnew Bekele, Ethiopian engineer and public administrator (b. 1964)
- Adem Demaçi, Kosovo-Albanian political activist (b. 1936)
- Robert Martin, American fighter pilot (b. 1919)
- 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)[importance?]
August
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- 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 – Lorrie Collins, American country singer (b. 1942)
- August 5
- Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer (b. 1926)
- Piotr Szulkin, Polish film director and writer (b. 1950)
- August 6
- Patricia Benoit, American actress (b. 1927)
- Paul Laxalt, American politician (b. 1922)
- Joël Robuchon, French chef and restaurateur (b. 1945)
- Jimmy il Fenomeno, Italian actor (b. 1932)[importance?]
- 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)
- Pál Fábry, Hungarian-American politician (b. 1919)
- 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
- John Carter, American film editor (b. 1922)
- 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
- Robin Leach, English television personality (b. 1941)
- Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet, writer, and politician (b. 1925)
- August 25 – John McCain, American politician (b. 1936)
- August 26
- Rosa Bouglione, French circus performer (b. 1910)
- Neil Simon, American playwright (b. 1927)
- August 27 – Murray Westgate, Canadian actor (b. 1918)
- August 28 – Olive Evelyn Boar, British supercentenarian (b. 1904)
- August 29 – James Mirrlees, Scottish Nobel economist (b. 1936)
- August 30
- Joseph Kobzon, Soviet and Russian singer (b. 1937)
- Vanessa Marquez, American actress (b. 1968)
- 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
- Arthur Lawrence Hellyer Jr., American radio and television broadcaster (b. 1923)
- 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)
- Albin F. Irzyk, American Brigadier General (b. 1917)
- September 11
- Fenella Fielding, English actress (b. 1927)
- Kulsoom Nawaz, First Lady of Pakistan (b. 1950)
- Tchan Fou-li, Hong Kong photographer (b. 1916)
- September 12 – Rachid Taha, Algerian singer and activist (b. 1958)
- September 13 - Marin Mazzie, American actress and singer (b. 1960)
- 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)
- Big Jay McNeely, American rhythm and blues saxophonist (b. 1927)
- Frank Parker, American actor (b. 1939)
- September 18
- Robert Venturi, American architect (b. 1925)
- Norifumi Yamamoto, Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer (b. 1977)
- September 19
- Győző Kulcsár, Hungarian Olympic fencer (b. 1940)
- Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1934)
- Denis Norden, English comedy writer and television presenter (b. 1922)
- September 20
- John Cunliffe, English author (b. 1933)
- 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 24 – Tommy McDonald, American football player (b. 1934)
- 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)
- Bob Jane, Australian race car driver and businessman (b. 1929)
- September 29 – Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1934)
- September 30 – Geoffrey Hayes, English television presenter and actor (b. 1942)
October
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- 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
- Dave Anderson, American sportswriter (b. 1929)
- 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)
- Don Sandburg, American writer, actor, and producer (b. 1930)
- Scott Wilson, American actor (b. 1942)
- October 7
- Peggy McCay, American actress (b. 1927)
- Moi-Yo Miller, Australian entertainer and illusionist (b. 1914)
- Celeste Yarnall, American actress (b. 1944)
- October 8
- Arnold Kopelson, American film producer (b. 1935)
- George Taliaferro, American football player (b. 1927)
- October 9
- Alex Spanos, American billionaire and real estate developer (b. 1923)
- 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)
- 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
- Eduardo Arroyo, Spanish painter and graphic artist (b. 1937)
- Patrick Baumann, Swiss basketball administrator, FIBA secretary general (b. 1967)
- 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 16
- David Helwig, Canadian editor, essayist, memoirist, novelist, and poet (b. 1938)
- Dennis Hof, American brothel owner, and reality show personality (b. 1946)
- 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
- Carmen Alborch, Spanish politician (b. 1947)
- Melvin Ragin, American guitarist (b. 1950)
- 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 28 – Richard Gill, Australian conductor and educator (b. 1941)
- October 29
- Dave Duncan, Scottish-Canadian author (b. 1933)
- Lodi Gyari, Tibetan diplomat (b. 1949)
- October 30
- David Azulai, Israeli politician (b. 1954)
- Whitey Bulger, American mobster (b. 1929)
- Erika Mahringer, Austrian alpine skier (b. 1924)
- Beverly McClellan, American singer (b. 1969)
- 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
- Mari Hulman George, chairperson of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (b. 1934)
- 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)
- Tetsuo Gotō, Japanese actor (b. 1950)
- November 7 – Francis Lai, French composer (b. 1932)
- November 8
- Bruno Caruso, Sicilian painter, illustrator, writer, graphic designer and political activist (d. 1927)
- Wallace Triplett, American football player (b. 1926)
- November 9
- Albert Bitran, Turkish-born French painter and sculptor (b. 1931)
- Lalan Sarang, Indian actress (b. 1939)
- November 10 – Ron Johnson, American football player (b. 1947)
- November 11 – Douglas Rain, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
- November 12
- D.J. Finney, British statistician (b. 1917)
- Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor and actor (b. 1922)
- David Pearson, American race car driver (b. 1934)
- Stuart H. Walker, American Olympic yachtsman (b. 1923)
- 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)
- Gottfried Weilenmann, Swiss racing cyclist (b. 1920)
- November 15
- John Bluthal, Polish-born radio, stage, actor, comedian, and voice artist (b. 1929)
- Roy Clark, American country singer (b. 1933)
- Adolf Grünbaum, German-American philosopher of science (b. 1923)
- Zhores Medvedev, Russian agronomist, biologist, and historian (b. 1925)
- November 16 – William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- November 17
- Eduard von Falz-Fein, Russian-born Liechtensteiner businessman, journalist and sportsman (b. 1912)
- Cheng Kaijia, Chinese nuclear physicist and engineer (b. 1918)
- November 18 – Ethel Ayler, American actress (b. 1930)
- 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 – 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
- Betty Bumpers, American childhood immunizations activist (b. 1925)
- Bernard Gauthier, French racing cyclist (b. 1924)
- 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)
- Gloria Katz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1942)
- Wright King, American actor (b. 1923)
- November 26
- Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington, British politician (b. 1922)
- Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
- Stephen Hillenburg, American cartoonist, animator, and marine biology teacher (b. 1961)
- November 27 – Mahito Tsujimura, Japanese actor (b. 1930)
- 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 2 – Paul Sherwen, English cyclist and broadcaster (b. 1956)
- 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
- Robert Bergland, American politician (b. 1928)
- 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)
- Dame 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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