January
edit- January 1
- Don Larsen, American baseball player (b. 1929)
- David Stern, American businessman and NBA commissioner (b. 1942)
- January 2 – John Baldessari, American conceptual artist (b. 1931)
- January 3
- Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iraqi-Iranian military commander (b. 1954)
- Qasem Soleimani, Iranian general (b. 1957)
- January 5
- Anri Jergenia, 4th Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1941)
- Hans Tilkowski, German footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- January 7
- Khamis Al-Dosari, Saudi Arabian footballer (b. 1973)
- Silvio Horta, American screenwriter and television producer (b. 1974)
- Neil Peart, Canadian drummer and lyricist (b. 1952)
- Elizabeth Wurtzel, American author and journalist (b. 1967)
- January 8
- Edd Byrnes, American actor (b. 1932)
- Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1930)
- Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Spanish royal (b. 1936)
- January 9 – Mike Resnick, American author (b. 1942)
- January 10
- Neda Arnerić, Serbian film actress (b. 1953)
- Guido Messina, Italian racing cyclist (b. 1931)
- Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman (b. 1940)
- January 12 – Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (b. 1944)
- January 13 – Isabel-Clara Simó, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1943)
- January 15
- Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1944)
- Christopher Tolkien, English novelist and academic (b. 1924)
- January 16 – Efraín Sánchez, Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
- January 17
- Pietro Anastasi, Italian footballer (b. 1948)
- Derek Fowlds, English actor (b. 1937)
- January 19
- Jimmy Heath, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1926)
- Shin Kyuk-ho, South Korean businessman (b. 1921)
- January 21
- Hédi Baccouche, 6th Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1930)
- Terry Jones, Welsh actor and comedian (b. 1942)
- Tengiz Sigua, 2nd Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1934)
- Theodor Wagner, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- January 23
- Frederick Ballantyne, 5th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (b. 1936)
- Alfred Körner, Austrian footballer (b. 1926)
- Gudrun Pausewang, German writer (b. 1928)
- January 24
- Duje Bonačić, Croatian rower (b. 1929)
- Juan José Pizzuti, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch footballer (b. 1947)
- Pete Stark, American businessman and politician (b. 1931)
- January 26
- Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (b. 1978)
- Louis Nirenberg, Canadian-American mathematician (b. 1925)
- January 28 – Nicholas Parsons, English actor and TV presenter (b. 1923)
- January 30 – Jörn Donner, Swedish-Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer, and politician (b. 1933)
- January 31
- Mary Higgins Clark, American author (b. 1927)
- Janez Stanovnik, 12th President of SR of Slovenia (b. 1922)
February
edit- February 1 – Andy Gill, English musician (b. 1956)
- February 2 – Mike Moore, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1949)
- February 3 – George Steiner, French-American literary critic and essayist (b. 1929)
- February 4
- José Luis Cuerda, Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1947)
- Daniel arap Moi, 2nd President of Kenya (b. 1924)
- February 5
- Stanley Cohen, American biochemist (b. 1922)
- Kirk Douglas, American actor, director and producer (b. 1916)
- February 6 – Jhon Jairo Velásquez, Colombian hitman and drug dealer (b. 1962)
- February 7
- Orson Bean, American actor and comedian (b. 1928)
- Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist (b. 1986)
- Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanese singer and actress (b. 1933)
- February 8 – Robert Conrad, American actor (b. 1935)
- February 9 – Mirella Freni, Italian soprano (b. 1935)
- February 10 – Lyle Mays, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1953)
- February 12 – Geert Hofstede, Dutch social psychologist (b. 1928)
- February 13 – Rajendra K. Pachauri, Indian scientist (b. 1940)
- February 14 – Lynn Cohen, American actress (b. 1933)
- February 15 – Caroline Flack, English television and radio presenter (b. 1979)
- February 16
- Harry Gregg, Northern Irish footballer and disaster survivor (b. 1932)
- Kellye Nakahara, American actress (b. 1947)
- Larry Tesler, American computer scientist (b. 1945)
- February 17
- Ja'Net DuBois, American actress (b. 1932)
- Mário da Graça Machungo, 2nd Prime Minister of Mozambique (b. 1940)
- Kizito Mihigo, Rwandan gospel singer, organist and peace activist (b. 1981)
- Andrew Weatherall, English music DJ and producer (b. 1963)
- February 18
- José Bonaparte, Argentine paleontologist (b. 1928)
- Sonja Ziemann, German actress (b. 1926)
- February 20 – Pop Smoke, American rapper, singer and songwriter (b. 1999)
- February 22 – Kiki Dimoula, Greek poet (b. 1931)
- February 23 – János Göröcs, Hungarian footballer (b. 1939)
- February 24
- Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher and physicist (b. 1919)
- Diana Serra Cary, American child actress (b. 1918)
- Clive Cussler, American author (b. 1931)
- Katherine Johnson, American mathematician (b. 1918)
- Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer, musician and comedian (b. 1949)
- February 25
- Hosni Mubarak, 41st Prime Minister and 4th President of Egypt (b. 1928)
- Dmitry Yazov, Soviet and Russian marshal (b. 1924)
- February 26 – Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician (b. 1921)
- February 27
- Valdir Espinosa, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1947)
- Braian Toledo, Argentine javelin thrower (b. 1993)
- February 28 – Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923)
- February 29 – Éva Székely, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1927)
March
edit- March 1
- Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet and priest (b. 1925)
- Jack Welch, American businessman, engineer and writer (b. 1935)
- March 2
- James Lipton, American writer, lyricist, and actor (b. 1926)
- Ulay, German performance artist (b. 1943)
- March 3
- Stanisław Kania, Polish politician (b. 1927)
- Nicolas Portal, French racing cyclist (b. 1979)
- March 4
- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, 137th Prime Minister of Peru and 5th United Nations Secretary-General (b. 1920)
- Robert Shavlakadze, Georgian high jumper (b. 1933)
- March 6
- Henri Richard, Canadian professional ice hockey player (b. 1936)
- McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist (b. 1938)
- March 7 – Jair Marinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1936)
- March 8 – Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (b. 1929)
- March 9
- Richard K. Guy, British mathematician and professor (b. 1916)
- José Jiménez Lozano, Spanish writer (b. 1930)
- March 11
- Michel Roux, French chef and restaurateur (b. 1941)
- Charles Wuorinen, American composer (b. 1938)
- March 12 – Tonie Marshall, French-American actress, screenwriter, and film director (b. 1951)
- March 13 – Dana Zátopková, Czech javelin thrower (b. 1922)
- March 14 – Genesis P-Orridge, English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and occultist (b. 1950)
- March 15 – Vittorio Gregotti, Italian architect (b. 1927)
- March 16 – Stuart Whitman, American actor (b. 1928)
- March 17
- Eduard Limonov, Russian writer, poet, publicist, and political dissident (b. 1943)
- Roger Mayweather, American professional boxer and trainer (b. 1961)
- Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Acting President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1958)
- Lyle Waggoner, American actor (b. 1935)
- Betty Williams, Northern Irish peace activist (b. 1943)
- March 18
- Catherine Hamlin, Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist (b. 1924)
- Joaquín Peiró, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1936)
- Alfred Worden, American astronaut (b. 1932)
- March 19 – Peter Whittingham, English footballer (b. 1984)
- March 20
- Amadeo Carrizo, Argentine footballer (b. 1926)
- Kenny Rogers, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
- March 21 – Lorenzo Sanz, Spanish sports executive (b. 1943)
- March 23
- Lucia Bosè, Italian actress (b. 1931)
- Branko Cikatić, Yugoslav and Croatian kickboxer (b. 1954)
- March 24
- Manu Dibango, Cameroonian saxophonist (b. 1933)
- Stuart Gordon, American film director (b. 1947)
- Terrence McNally, American playwright (b. 1938)
- Albert Uderzo, French comic book artist (b. 1927)
- March 25
- Mark Blum, American actor (b. 1950)
- Detto Mariano, Italian musician and composer (b. 1937)
- March 26 – Michel Hidalgo, French footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- March 27 – Hamed Karoui, 7th Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1927)
- March 28 – Tom Coburn, American politician and physician (b. 1948)
- March 29
- Philip W. Anderson, American physicist (b. 1923)
- Yuri Bondarev, Russian writer (b. 1924)
- José Luis Capón, Spanish footballer (b. 1948)
- Joe Diffie, American country singer-songwriter (b. 1958)
- Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1933)
- Ken Shimura, Japanese comedian (b. 1950)
- March 30
- Arianne Caoili, Filipino and Australian chess player (b. 1986)
- Manolis Glezos, Greek politician and resistance fighter (b. 1922)
- Hau Pei-tsun, 13th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1919)
- Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1938)
- Joachim Yhombi-Opango, 4th President and 12th Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1939)
- March 31 – Abdul Halim Khaddam, Acting President of Syria (b. 1932)
April
edit- April 1
- Nur Hassan Hussein, 12th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1938)
- Ellis Marsalis Jr., American jazz pianist (b. 1934)
- Bucky Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist (b. 1926)
- Adam Schlesinger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
- April 2 – Goyo Benito, Spanish footballer (b. 1946)
- April 4 – Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, 31st President of Honduras (b. 1943)
- April 5
- Honor Blackman, English actress (b. 1926)
- Margaret Burbidge, English-born American astrophysicist (b. 1919)
- Shirley Douglas, Canadian actress and civil rights activist (b. 1933)
- Mahmoud Jibril, former Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1952)
- Pentti Linkola, Finnish deep ecologist and writer (b. 1932)
- April 6
- Radomir Antić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1948)
- James Drury, American actor (b. 1934)
- Al Kaline, American professional baseball player (b. 1934)
- April 7
- Allen Garfield, American actor (b. 1939)
- John Prine, American bluegrass singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
- April 8 – Valeriu Muravschi, 1st Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1949)
- April 10 – Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japanese filmmaker (b. 1938)
- April 11
- John Horton Conway, English mathematician (b. 1937)
- Edem Kodjo, 3rd Prime Minister of Togo (b. 1938)
- April 12
- Peter Bonetti, English footballer (b. 1941)
- Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese actor (b. 1964)
- Stirling Moss, English racing driver (b. 1929)
- Chung Won-shik, 21st Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1928)
- April 13 – Ryo Kawasaki, Japanese jazz fusion guitarist and composer (b. 1947)
- April 15
- Allen Daviau, American cinematographer (b. 1942)
- Brian Dennehy, American actor (b. 1938)
- Rubem Fonseca, Brazilian writer (b. 1925)
- Lee Konitz, American composer and alto saxophonist (b. 1927)
- April 16
- Christophe, French singer and songwriter (b. 1945)
- Gene Deitch, American-born Czech illustrator, animator, and comics artist (b. 1924)
- Howard Finkel, American wrestling ring announcer (b. 1950)
- Luis Sepúlveda, Chilean writer and journalist (b. 1949)
- April 17
- Carlos Contreras, Chilean footballer (b. 1938)
- Norman Hunter, English footballer (b. 1943)
- April 18 – Paul H. O'Neill, American businessman and politician (b. 1935)
- April 19
- Edmond Baraffe, French footballer and manager (b. 1942)
- Cecil Bødker, Danish writer and poet (b. 1927)
- Philippe Nahon, French actor (b. 1938)
- April 20 – Tom Lester, American actor and evangelist (b. 1938)
- April 21
- Abdurrahim El-Keib, Acting Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1950)
- Laisenia Qarase, 6th Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1941)
- Florian Schneider, German musician (b. 1947)
- April 22
- Hartwig Gauder, German athlete (b. 1954)
- Shirley Knight, American actress (b. 1936)
- April 25 – Per Olov Enquist, Swedish author (b. 1934)
- April 26
- Tomás Balcázar, Mexican footballer (b. 1931)
- Giulietto Chiesa, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1940)
- April 27
- Robert Herbin, French footballer and manager (b. 1939)
- Dragutin Zelenović, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1928)
- April 28
- Robert May, Australian scientist (b. 1936)
- Michael Robinson, English-Irish footballer (b. 1958)
- April 29
- Trevor Cherry, English footballer (b. 1948)
- Denis Goldberg, South African social campaigner (b. 1933)
- Yahya Hassan, Danish poet (b. 1995)
- Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (b. 1967)
- Jānis Lūsis, Latvian Olympic champion (b. 1939)
- Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, 80th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (b. 1944)
- Maj Sjöwall, Swedish writer (b. 1935)
- April 30
- Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter (b. 1940)
- Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor (b. 1952)
- Sam Lloyd, American actor, singer, and musician (b. 1963)
May
edit- May 1 – Tun Tin, 6th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920)
- May 2 – Idir, Algerian singer (b. 1945)
- May 3 – John Ericson, German-American actor (b. 1926)
- May 4
- Michael McClure, American poet and playwright (b. 1932)
- Don Shula, American football player and coach (b. 1930)
- May 5 – Millie Small, Jamaican singer and songwriter (b. 1946)
- May 6 – Brian Howe, English rock singer and songwriter (b. 1953)
- May 8 – Roy Horn, German-American magician (b. 1944)
- May 9
- Little Richard, American singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1932)
- Kristina Lugn, Swedish poet (b. 1948)
- May 10 – Betty Wright, American soul and R&B singer (b. 1952)
- May 11 – Jerry Stiller, American actor and comedian (b. 1927)
- May 12
- Renato Corti, Italian cardinal (b. 1936)
- Sisavath Keobounphanh, 13th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1928)
- Astrid Kirchherr, German photographer and artist (b. 1938)
- Michel Piccoli, French actor, producer and film director (b. 1925)
- May 13 – Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright (b. 1931)
- May 15
- Ezio Bosso, Italian composer, classical musician and conductor (b. 1971)
- Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (b. 1934)
- May 16
- Julio Anguita, Spanish politician (b. 1941)
- Lynn Shelton, American filmmaker (b. 1965)
- May 17 – Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler and actor (b. 1981)
- May 18 – Marko Elsner, Slovenian footballer (b. 1959)
- May 19 – Ravi Zacharias, Indian-born Canadian-American Christian apologist (b. 1946)
- May 20 – Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest (b. 1936)
- May 21 – Oliver E. Williamson, American economist (b. 1932)
- May 22
- Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (b. 1936)
- Mory Kanté, Guinean singer and musician (b. 1950)
- Albert Memmi, French writer and essayist (b. 1920)
- Miljan Mrdaković, Serbian footballer (b. 1982)
- Luigi Simoni, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
- Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
- May 23
- Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1997)
- Alberto Alesina, Italian economist and university professor (b. 1957)
- May 24 – Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer (b. 1929)
- May 25
- George Floyd, American truck driver and security guard (b. 1973)
- Hyun Soong-jong, 22nd Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1919)
- Balbir Singh Sr., Indian hockey player (b. 1923)
- Vadão, Brazilian football manager (b. 1956)
- May 26
- Richard Herd, American actor (b. 1932)
- Stanley Ho, Hong Kong-Macau business magnate, investor and philanthropist (b. 1921)
- May 27 – Larry Kramer, American author and LGBT rights activist (b. 1935)
- May 29 – Abderrahmane Youssoufi, 12th Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1924)
- May 30
- Yawovi Agboyibo, 8th Prime Minister of Togo (b. 1943)
- Bobby Morrow, American athlete (b. 1935)
- May 31 – Christo, Bulgarian-American artist (b. 1935)
June
edit- June 2
- Mary Pat Gleason, American actress (b. 1949)
- Carlo Ubbiali, Italian motorcycle road racer (b. 1929)
- Wes Unseld, American basketball player and coach (b. 1946)
- June 4
- Marcello Abbado, Italian composer and pianist (b. 1926)
- Basu Chatterjee, Indian film director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- Pete Rademacher, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1928)
- June 5 – Boris Gaganelov, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
- June 8
- Tony Dunne, Irish footballer (b. 1941)
- Pierre Nkurunziza, 8th President of Burundi (b. 1964)
- June 9
- Pau Donés, Spanish singer songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
- Ödön Földessy, Hungarian long jumper (b. 1929)
- June 11
- Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, 10th Prime Minister of Gabon (b. 1961)
- Rosa Maria Sardà, Spanish actress (b. 1941)
- Dennis O'Neil, American comic book writer (b. 1939)
- Mel Winkler, American actor (b. 1941)
- June 13 – Jean Raspail, French author and explorer (b. 1925)
- June 14
- Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Mexican footballer (b. 1942)
- Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (b. 1986)
- Keith Tippett, British pianist and composer (b. 1947)
- June 15 – Marinho, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1957)
- June 16 – Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan politician and guerrilla (b. 1937)
- June 17
- Marlene Ahrens, Chilean athlete (b. 1933)
- György Kárpáti, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1935)
- Jean Kennedy Smith, American diplomat (b. 1928)
- June 18
- Tibor Benedek, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1972)
- Arturo Chaires, Mexican footballer (b. 1937)
- Vera Lynn, English singer (b. 1917)
- Jules Sedney, 5th Prime Minister of Suriname (b. 1922)
- June 19
- Ian Holm, English actor (b. 1931)
- Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Spanish novelist (b. 1964)
- June 20 – Mario Corso, Italian footballer (b. 1941)
- June 21
- Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi footballer and manager (b. 1964)
- Zeev Sternhell, Polish-born Israeli historian and political scientist (b. 1935)
- June 22
- Pierino Prati, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
- Joel Schumacher, American film director (b. 1939)
- June 24 – Marc Fumaroli, French historian and essayist (b. 1932)
- June 26
- Kelly Asbury, American film director and animator (b. 1960)
- James Dunn, English theologian (b. 1939)
- Milton Glaser, American graphic designer (b. 1929)
- June 27
- Belaid Abdessalam, 7th Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1928)
- Freddy Cole, American jazz singer and pianist (b. 1931)
- Linda Cristal, Argentine actress (b. 1931)
- Ilija Petković, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1945)
- June 28
- Rudolfo Anaya, American author (b. 1937)
- Marián Čišovský, Slovak footballer (b. 1979)
- June 29
- Johnny Mandel, American composer (b. 1925)
- Carl Reiner, American actor, film director and comedian (b. 1922)
- June 30 – Ida Haendel, Polish-born English violinist (b. 1928)
July
edit- July 1
- Ida Haendel, Polish-born British violinist (b. 1928)
- Emmanuel Rakotovahiny, 15th Prime Minister of Madagascar (b. 1938)
- Georg Ratzinger, German priest and conductor (b. 1924)
- Everton Weekes, Barbadian cricketer (b. 1925)
- July 2
- Nikolai Kapustin, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1937)
- Tilo Prückner, German actor (b. 1940)
- July 3
- Earl Cameron, Bermudian-born British actor (b. 1917)
- Saroj Khan, Indian choreographer (b. 1948)
- July 5
- Nick Cordero, Canadian actor (b. 1978)
- Willi Holdorf, German Olympic decathlete (b. 1940)
- Volodymyr Troshkin, Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (b. 1947)
- July 6
- Charlie Daniels, American country singer, and songwriter (b. 1936)
- Ronald Graham, American mathematician (b. 1935)
- Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (b. 1928)
- July 8
- Amadou Gon Coulibaly, 10th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (b. 1959)
- Finn Christian Jagge, Norwegian alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1966)
- Alex Pullin, Australian Olympic snowboarder (b. 1987)
- Naya Rivera, American actress, singer, and model (b. 1987)
- July 9
- Miloš Jakeš, 5th General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (b. 1922)
- Park Won-soon, South Korean politician (b. 1956)
- July 10
- Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- Miloš Jakeš, Czech politician (b. 1922)
- Paik Sun-yup, South Korean military officer (b. 1920)
- Olga Tass, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (b. 1929)
- Lara van Ruijven, Dutch short track speed skater (b. 1992)
- July 11 – Gabriella Tucci, Italian operatic soprano (b. 1929)
- July 12
- Hassan Abshir Farah, 9th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1945)
- Kelly Preston, American actress and model (b. 1962)
- Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1945)
- Lajos Szűcs, Hungarian footballer (b. 1943)
- July 13
- Hasan al-Lawzi, Acting Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1952)
- Grant Imahara, American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host, and actor (b. 1970)
- Zindzi Mandela, South African politician and diplomat (b. 1960)
- July 14 – Adalet Ağaoğlu, Turkish novelist and playwright (b. 1929)
- July 15 – Toke Talagi, 5th Premier of Niue (b. 1951)
- July 16 – Phyllis Somerville, American actress (b. 1943)
- July 17
- Zenon Grocholewski, Polish cardinal (b. 1939)
- Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballet dancer (b. 1924)
- John Lewis, American politician and civil rights activist (b. 1940)
- Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer (b. 1940)
- J. I. Packer, English-born Canadian evangelical theologian (b. 1926)
- Ron Tauranac, British-Australian engineer and racing car designer (b. 1925)
- July 18
- Juan Marsé, Spanish novelist, journalist and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- Haruma Miura, Japanese actor and singer (b. 1990)
- July 19
- Seydou Diarra, 4th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (b. 1933)
- Nikolai Tanayev, 8th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (b. 1945)
- July 20
- Victor Chizhikov, Russian book illustrator (b. 1935)
- Doug Rogers, Canadian judoka (b. 1941)
- July 21 – Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress (b. 1930)
- July 22
- Alexander Gusev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1947)
- Aleksandr Ivanitsky, Russian wrestler and Olympic champion (b. 1937)
- July 24
- Ben Jipcho, Kenyan athlete (b. 1943)
- Benjamin Mkapa, 3rd President of Tanzania (b. 1938)
- Regis Philbin, American actor and television personality (b. 1931)
- July 25
- Peter Green, English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
- John Saxon, American actor (b. 1936)
- July 26
- Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (b. 1916)
- Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician (b. 1926)
- July 27 – Owen Arthur, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1949)
- July 28
- Aleksandr Aksinin, Russian athlete (b. 1954)
- Gisèle Halimi, Tunisian and French lawyer, feminist, and essayist (b. 1927)
- July 30
- Herman Cain, American businessman and politician (b. 1945)
- Lee Teng-hui, 13th President of the Republic of China (b. 1923)
- July 31
- Alan Parker, English filmmaker (b. 1944)
- Stephen Tataw, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1963)
August
edit- August 1 – Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (b. 1934)
- August 2
- Leon Fleisher, American pianist (b. 1928)
- Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov, Kazakh Olympic champion (b. 1951)
- August 3
- Ernesto Brambilla, Italian motorcycle road racer (b. 1934)
- Shirley Ann Grau, American writer (b. 1929)
- John Hume, Irish politician (b. 1937)
- August 4 – Frances E. Allen, American computer scientist (b. 1932)
- August 5 – Agathonas Iakovidis, Greek folk singer (b. 1955)
- August 6
- Brent Scowcroft, American Air Force officer and politician (b. 1925)
- Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher (b. 1952)
- August 7
- Lê Khả Phiêu, 10th General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (b. 1931)
- Adin Steinsaltz, Israeli rabbi and philosopher (b. 1937)
- August 8
- Pedro Casaldáliga, Spanish-Brazilian prelate and human rights activist (b. 1928)
- Alfredo Lim, Filipino politician (b. 1929)
- August 9
- Martin Birch, British music producer and engineer (b. 1948)
- Kamala, American professional wrestler (b. 1950)
- August 10 – Vladica Popović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- August 11
- Russell Kirsch, American computer scientist (b. 1929)
- Trini Lopez, American singer and actor (b. 1937)
- Sumner Redstone, American media executive (b. 1923)
- August 12
- Pavol Biroš, Slovak footballer (b. 1953)
- Gergely Kulcsár, Hungarian javelin thrower (b. 1934)
- August 14
- Julian Bream, English classical guitarist and lutenist (d. 1933)
- Ewa Demarczyk, Polish singer (b. 1941)
- Ernst Jean-Joseph, Haitian footballer (b. 1948)
- August 15 – Robert Trump, American businessman and investor (b. 1948)
- August 16 – Georg Volkert, German footballer (b. 1945)
- August 17 – Jasraj, Indian musician (b. 1930)
- August 18
- Ben Cross, English actor (b. 1947)
- Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1963)
- Cesare Romiti, Italian manager and businessman (b. 1923)
- Jack Sherman, American guitarist (b. 1956)
- August 19
- Borys Paton, Ukrainian scientist (b. 1918)
- Agnes Simon, Hungarian tennis player (b. 1935)
- August 20 – Branko Kostić, Acting President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (b. 1939)
- August 21 – Ken Robinson, English educationalist and author (b. 1950)
- August 23 – Lori Nelson, American actress and model (b. 1933)
- August 24
- Pascal Lissouba, 6th President and 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo (b. 1931)
- Wolfgang Uhlmann, German chess grandmaster (b. 1935)
- August 26 – Gerald Carr, American astronaut and aeronautical engineer (b. 1932)
- August 28 – Chadwick Boseman, American actor (b. 1976)
- August 29 – Clifford Robinson, American basketball player (b. 1966)
- August 31
- Nina Bocharova, Soviet and Ukrainian Olympic gymnast (b. 1924)
- Pranab Mukherjee, 13th President of India (b. 1935)
- Tom Seaver, American baseball player (b. 1944)
September
edit- September 1
- Vladislav Krapivin, Russian children's author (b. 1938)
- Erick Morillo, Colombian-American DJ and music producer (b. 1971)
- September 2
- David Graeber, American anthropologist and anarchist author (b. 1961)
- Kang Kek Iew, Cambodian prison commander and war criminal (b. 1942)
- Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Dutch cardinal (b. 1931)
- September 4
- Annie Cordy, Belgian actress and singer (b. 1928)
- Gary Peacock, American jazz double-bassist (b. 1935)
- Joe Williams, 5th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1934)
- September 5
- Marian Jaworski, Polish cardinal (b. 1926)
- Jiří Menzel, Czech film director, actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
- September 6
- Abdul Qadir Bajamal, 5th Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1946)
- Lou Brock, American baseball player (b. 1939)
- Kevin Dobson, American actor (b. 1943)
- Vaughan Jones, New Zealand mathematician (b. 1952)
- Dragoljub Ojdanić, Serbian military officer and war criminal (b. 1941)
- September 8
- Ronald Harwood, South African-born English screenwriter (b. 1934)
- Alfred Riedl, Austrian football player and manager (b. 1949)
- September 9 – Shere Hite, American-born German feminist and sex educator (b. 1942)
- September 10 – Diana Rigg, English actress (b. 1938)
- September 11 – Toots Hibbert, Jamaican singer and songwriter (b. 1942)
- September 14 – Bill Gates Sr., American attorney and philanthropist (b. 1926)
- September 15
- Momčilo Krajišnik, Bosnian Serb political leader and war criminal (b. 1945)
- Moussa Traoré, 2nd President of Mali (b. 1936)
- September 17
- Terry Goodkind, American novelist (b. 1948)
- Winston Groom, American novelist (b. 1943)
- September 18 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American jurist, and gender equality pioneer (b. 1933)
- September 19
- John Turner, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1929)
- Lee Kerslake, English rock musician (b. 1947)
- September 20 – Michael Chapman, American cinematographer and film director (b. 1935)
- September 21
- Arthur Ashkin, American physicist (b. 1922)
- Michael Lonsdale, French actor (b. 1931)
- Ang Rita Sherpa, Nepali mountaineer (b. 1948)
- Jackie Stallone, American astrologer, dancer, promoter and businesswoman (b. 1921)
- September 22
- Michael Gwisdek, German actor (b. 1942)
- Agne Simonsson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1935)
- Road Warrior Animal, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
- September 23
- Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (b. 1927)
- Gale Sayers, American football player (b. 1943)
- September 24 – Corine Rottschäfer, Dutch model and beauty contestant (b. 1938)
- September 25
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Indian playback singer and actor (b. 1946)
- Goran Paskaljević, Serbian film director (b. 1947)
- September 27
- John D. Barrow, English cosmologist, theoretical physicist and mathematician (b. 1952)
- Wolfgang Clement, German politician (b. 1941)
- Yuri Orlov, Russian-born American nuclear physicist (b. 1924)
- Jaswant Singh, Indian politician (b. 1938)
- Yuko Takeuchi, Japanese actress (b. 1980)
- September 29
- Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1942)
- Helen Reddy, Australian singer and actress (b. 1941)
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1929)
- September 30
- Ali Bozer, Acting Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1925)
- Quino, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1932)
October
edit- October 1 – Derek Mahon, Irish poet and journalist (b. 1941)
- October 2 – Bob Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1935)
- October 4
- Günter de Bruyn, German writer (b. 1926)
- Kenzō Takada, Japanese-born French fashion designer (b. 1939)
- October 6
- Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American musician and songwriter (b. 1955)
- October 7 – Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist (b. 1943)
- October 8
- Whitey Ford, American baseball player (b. 1928)
- Ali Khalif Galaydh, 8th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1941)
- Charles Moore, American athlete (b. 1929)
- Ram Vilas Paswan, Indian politician (b. 1946)
- Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Iranian classical singer (b. 1940)
- October 11 – Joe Morgan, American baseball player (b. 1943)
- October 12
- Conchata Ferrell, American actress (b. 1943)
- Roberta McCain, American socialite (b. 1912)
- Litokwa Tomeing, 4th President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1939)
- October 14
- Rhonda Fleming, American actress (b. 1923)
- Kuniwo Nakamura, 6th President of Palau (b. 1943)
- October 15
- Bhanu Athaiya, Indian costume designer (b. 1929)
- Sonja Edström, Swedish cross-country skier (b. 1930)
- October 16 – Gordon Haskell, English musician and songwriter (b. 1946)
- October 18 – René Felber, 81st President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1933)
- October 19 – Spencer Davis, Welsh musician (b. 1939)
- October 20
- Bruno Martini, French footballer (b. 1962)
- James Randi, Canadian-American magician and skeptic (b. 1928)
- Irina Skobtseva, Russian actress (b. 1927)
- October 21
- Marge Champion, American dancer and actress (b. 1919)
- Frank Horvat, Italian photographer (b. 1928)
- October 23 – Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
- October 24 – Prince Azim of Brunei (b. 1982)
- October 25
- Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, 6th Vice President of Iraq (b. 1942)
- Diane di Prima, American poet (b. 1934)
- Lee Kun-hee, South Korean businessman (b. 1942)
- October 26 – Richard Adjei, German bobsledder (b. 1983)
- October 27 – Gilberto Penayo, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1933)
- October 28 – Anthony Soter Fernandez, Malaysian cardinal (b. 1932)
- October 29 – Angelika Amon, Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist (b. 1967)
- October 30
- Robert Fisk, English writer and journalist (b. 1946)
- Jan Myrdal, Swedish author and political activist (b. 1927)
- Amfilohije Radović, Serbian Orthodox prelate (b. 1938)
- Nobby Stiles, English footballer and manager (b. 1942)
- Mesut Yılmaz, 21st Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1947)
- October 31
- Sean Connery, Scottish actor (b. 1930)
- MF Doom, British rapper (b. 1971)
November
edit- November 2
- Ahmed Laraki, 6th Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1931)
- Gigi Proietti, Italian actor and comedian (b. 1940)
- John Sessions, British actor and comedian (b. 1953)
- November 4 – Ken Hensley, English singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
- November 5 – Geoffrey Palmer, English actor (b. 1927)
- November 6
- June Foulds, British athlete (b. 1934)
- Jim Marurai, 8th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1947)
- Fernando Solanas, Argentine film director, screenwriter, and politician (b. 1936)
- Nathan Zach, Israeli poet (b. 1930)
- Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Ukrainian-Russian writer and satirist (b. 1934)
- November 7 – Jonathan Sacks, British Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, author and politician (b. 1948)
- November 8 – Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host (b. 1940)
- November 9 – Fernando Atzori, Italian boxer (b. 1942)
- November 10
- Dino da Costa, Brazilian-born Italian footballer (b. 1931)
- Saeb Erekat, Palestinian diplomat (b. 1955)
- Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player and coach (b. 1934)
- Amadou Toumani Touré, 3rd President of Mali (b. 1948)
- Tony Waiters, English footballer (b. 1937)
- Sven Wollter, Swedish actor (b. 1934)
- November 11
- Carlos Campos, Chilean footballer (b. 1937)
- Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, 1st Prime Minister of Bahrain (b. 1935)
- Jorge Llopart, Spanish athlete (b. 1952)
- November 12
- Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist (b. 1926)
- Jerry Rawlings, 2-time President of Ghana (b. 1947)
- November 13 – Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (b. 1946)
- November 14
- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Soviet, Armenian and Russian actor (b. 1935)
- Hasan Muratović, 4th Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1940)
- November 15
- Soumitra Chatterjee, Indian actor (b. 1935)
- Ray Clemence, English footballer (b. 1948)
- Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Ecuadorian cardinal (b. 1934)
- November 16
- Henryk Gulbinowicz, Polish cardinal (b. 1923)
- Walid Muallem, Syrian diplomat (b. 1941)
- November 17
- Walt Davis, American athlete (b. 1931)
- Roman Viktyuk, Ukrainian-Russian playwright and director (b. 1936)
- November 18
- Pim Doesburg, Dutch footballer (b. 1943)
- Umar Ghalib, 7th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1930)
- November 20
- Ernesto Canto, Mexican athlete (b. 1959)
- Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (b. 1930)
- November 22
- Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, 7th President of Mauritania (b. 1938)
- Mustafa Nadarević, Bosnian actor (b. 1943)
- Maurice Setters, English footballer (b. 1936)
- November 23
- Abby Dalton, American actress (b. 1932)
- David Dinkins, American politician, lawyer, and author (b. 1927)
- Anele Ngcongca, South African footballer (b. 1987)
- November 24 – Mamadou Tandja, 7th President of Niger (b. 1938)
- November 25
- Diego Maradona, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1960)
- Jacques Secrétin, French tennis player (b. 1949)
- Flor Silvestre, Mexican actress and singer (b. 1930)
- James Wolfensohn, 9th President of the World Bank Group (b. 1933)
- November 26
- Sadiq al-Mahdi, 7th Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1935)
- Tevita Momoedonu, 5th Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1946)
- Daria Nicolodi, Italian actress and screenwriter (b. 1949)
- November 27
- Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iranian nuclear physicist (b. 1958)
- Tony Hsieh, American Internet entrepreneur (b. 1973)
- November 28 – David Prowse, English bodybuilder, weightlifter and actor (b. 1935)
- November 29
- Ben Bova, American writer (b. 1932)
- Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese professional footballer (b. 1978)
December
edit- December 1
- Maria Itkina, Soviet athlete (b. 1932)
- Hugh Keays-Byrne, English-Australian actor (b. 1947)
- Eduardo Lourenço, Portuguese essayist, professor, critic, philosopher and writer (b. 1923)
- Arnie Robinson, American athlete (b. 1948)
- December 2
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 20th President of France (b. 1926)
- Zafarullah Khan Jamali, 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1944)
- Rafer Johnson, American athlete (b. 1935)
- Karin Lindberg, Swedish gymnast (b. 1929)
- Pat Patterson, Canadian-born American wrestler (b. 1941)
- December 3 – Alison Lurie, American novelist (b. 1926)
- December 4
- David L. Lander, American actor and comedian (b. 1947)
- Narinder Singh Kapany, Indian-American physicist (b. 1926)
- December 5
- Viktor Ponedelnik, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
- Wojciech Zabłocki, Polish architect and fencer (b. 1930)
- December 6
- Dennis Ralston, American tennis player (b. 1942)
- Paul Sarbanes, American politician and attorney (b. 1933)
- Tabaré Vázquez, 39th and 41st President of Uruguay (b. 1940)
- December 7
- Doug Scott, English mountaineer (b. 1941)
- Chuck Yeager, American Air Force officer and test pilot (b. 1923)
- December 8
- Harold Budd, American composer and poet (b. 1936)
- Alejandro Sabella, Argentine football player and manager (b. 1954)
- Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, Russian military leader and business figure (b. 1942)
- December 9
- Vyacheslav Kebich, 1st Prime Minister of Belarus (b. 1936)
- Alex Olmedo, Peruvian-American tennis player (b. 1936)
- Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer (b. 1956)
- December 10
- Tommy Lister Jr., American actor and professional wrestler (b. 1958)
- Barbara Windsor, English actress (b. 1937)
- December 11
- James Flynn, New Zealand intelligence researcher (b. 1934)
- Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director and screenwriter (b. 1961)
- December 12
- Valentin Gaft, Russian actor (b. 1935)
- John le Carré, English novelist (b. 1931)
- Charley Pride, American singer, musician and guitarist (b. 1934)
- Ann Reinking, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1949)
- Jack Steinberger, German physicist (b. 1921)
- Fikre Selassie Wogderess, 9th Prime Minister of Ehtiopia (b. 1945)
- Ruhollah Zam, Iranian activist and journalist (b. 1978)
- December 13
- Otto Barić, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, 10th Prime Minister of Eswatini (b. 1968)
- Jimmy McLane, American athlete (b. 1930)
- December 14
- Gérard Houllier, French footballer and manager (b. 1947)
- Günter Sawitzki, German footballer (b. 1932)
- December 15
- Paul Nihill, British athlete (b. 1939)
- Zoltan Sabo, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1972)
- December 16 – Flavio Cotti, 80th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1939)
- December 17
- Jeremy Bulloch, English actor (b. 1946)
- Pierre Buyoya, 3rd President of Burundi (b. 1949)
- Saufatu Sopoanga, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1952)
- Pelle Svensson, Swedish wrestler (b. 1943)
- December 18
- Michael Jeffery, 24th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1937)
- Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop (b. 1941)
- Òscar Ribas Reig, 1st Prime Minister of Andorra (b. 1936)
- Tim Severin, British explorer, historian and writer (b. 1940)
- December 19 – Mekere Morauta, 7th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1946)
- December 20 – Nicette Bruno, Brazilian actress (b. 1933)
- December 21 – Arnold Wolfendale, British astronomer (b. 1927)
- December 22
- Claude Brasseur, French actor (b. 1936)
- Norma Cappagli, Argentine model (b. 1939)
- Edmund M. Clarke, American computer scientist (b. 1945)
- Muhammad Mustafa Mero, 62nd Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1941)
- December 23
- Arkady Andreasyan, Armenian footballer and manager (b. 1947)
- James E. Gunn, American science fiction author (b. 1923)
- Leslie West, American singer and guitarist (b. 1945)
- December 24 – Ivry Gitlis, Israeli violinist (b. 1922)
- December 25
- K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1932)
- Tony Rice, American guitarist (b. 1951)
- December 26
- George Blake, British spy and double agent (b. 1922)
- Brodie Lee, American professional wrestler (b. 1979)
- Phil Niekro, American baseball player (b. 1939)
- December 28
- Fou Ts'ong, Chinese-born British pianist (b. 1934)
- Armando Manzanero, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1935)
- December 29
- Pierre Cardin, Italian-born French fashion designer (b. 1922)
- Alexi Laiho, Finnish guitarist, composer and vocalist (b. 1979)
- December 30 – Dawn Wells, American actress (b. 1938)
- December 31
- Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1928)
- Robert Hossein, French film director and writer (b. 1927)
- Dick Thornburgh, American lawyer, author and politician (b. 1932)