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A train derailment kills three people near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, Scotland caused by heavy rain triggering a landslide.
It is the worst rail derailment in the United Kingdom in over a decade.
August 13 – Israel and the UAE controversially agree to fix their national relations, marking the third Israeli–Palestinian peace deal.
August 18 – A mutiny in a military base by soldiers of the Malian Armed Forces develops into a coup d'état.
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Prime Minister Boubou Cissé, among other senior governmental and military officers, are arrested.
August 19 – The Special Tribunal for Lebanon convicts in absentia Salim Ayyash, a member of Hezbollah for the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.
August 22 – COVID-19 pandemic: The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 passes 800,000.
August 24 – Two bombings in Jolo, Sulu kills fourteen people and injuring 75.
August 25 – Africa is declared free of wild polio, the second virus to be eradicated from the continent since smallpox 40 years previously.
August 26 – Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos becomes the first person in history to have a net worth of $200 billion, according to Forbes.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation from the office due to bad health.
Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman dies of colon cancer at age 43.
August 30 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 25 million worldwide.
India continues to record the highest daily increase of cases.
August 31 – Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee dies from COVID-19, aged 84.
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced a signed agreement to transition the country into a secular state.
The skeletons of 200 mammoths and 30 other animals are unearthed at a construction site for the Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport.
It is the largest find of mammoth bones to date.
Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope at 93 years, four months, and 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.
The La Línea highway tunnel, the longest road tunnel in South America at a length of 8.65 kilometres (5.37 mi), is opened in Colombia after 14 years of construction and several delays.
Kosovo and Serbia announce that they will normalize economic relations.
The two countries will also move their Israeli embassies to Jerusalem, becoming the third and fourth countries to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
September 10 – COVID-19 pandemic: The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 passes 900,000.
September 14 – The Royal Astronomical Society announces the detection of phosphine in Venus' atmosphere, which is known to be a strong predictor for the presence of microbial life.
September 15 – Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain sign agreements to formally normalise diplomatic relations.
September 16 – Yoshihide Suga is elected to replace Shinzo Abe as the next Prime Minister of Japan following the LDP leadership election.
September 17 – France, Germany, and the United Kingdom issue a joint note verbale to the United Nations rejecting China's claims to the South China Sea.
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and feminist icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies of pancreatic cancer, aged 87.
Former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner who supported free trade between Canada and the United States during his two and a half month tenure as prime minister, dies at 90.
September 19 – A 1634 edition of The Two Noble Kinsmen, the last play by English playwright William Shakespeare, is discovered in Salamanca, Spain.
It is believed to be the oldest copy of any of his works in the country.
September 20 – A collection of 2,657 documents are released describing over 200,000 suspicious transactions valued at over  trillion that occurred from 1999 to 2017 across multiple global financial institutions.
September 21 – Microsoft agrees to buy video game holding company ZeniMax Media, including Bethesda Softworks and their following subsidiaries for US$7.5 billion, in what is the biggest and most expensive takeover in the history of the video game business.
September 27 – Deadly clashes erupt in Nagorno-Karabakh between armed forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan forces.
COVID-19 pandemic: The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 passes one million.
Kuwait's Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dies at an American hospital, aged 91.
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah replaces him as Kuwait's Emir.
October 1 – The EU launches legal action against the UK, accusing it of breaking international law by overriding sections of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
October 4 – A referendum was held for a possible chance of independence for New Caledonia.
Independence was rejected, with 53.26% of voters against.
October 5 – Massive protests breakout in Kyrgyzstan following accusations that the 2020 parliamentary election was "unfair".
October 6 – Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen dies of throat cancer at age 65.
October 10 – Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to stop military action for a short time in the ongoing Nagorono-Karabakh conflict.
The Government of Thailand declared a "severe" state of emergency with many arrests in response to the intense protesting.
Following the intense protests in Kyrgyzstan, President Sooronbay Jeenbekov announces his resignation.
October 17 – Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern wins in a landslide victory for second term in office in the general election.
October 19 – Luis Arce is elected President of Bolivia in the general election, replacing interim President Jeanine Áñez.
October 20 – NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly touches down on Bennu, becoming the agency's first probe to retrieve samples from an asteroid, with its cargo due for return to Earth in 2023.
October 22 – Protests break out in Poland over the country's controversial decision to making abortions illegal.
NASA confirms the existence of molecular water on the sunlit side of the Moon at concentrations of up to 412 parts per million.
Wavel Ramkalawan is elected the 5th President of Seychelles, becoming the first Opposition Leader elected to the presidency.
October 29 – Three people are stabbed to death in Nice, France.
An attempted stabbing attack also happened in Avignon, no one was killed.
President Emmanuel Macron said the stabbings were an example of Islamic terrorism.
October 30 – A 7.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami strikes parts of Turkey and Greece killing at least 100 people and injuring 1,000 people.
Academy Award-winning actor Sir Sean Connery died at his home in The Bahamas, aged 90.
Typhoon Goni makes landfall in the Philippines as a category 5 super typhoon and became the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record with winds reaching up to 315 km/h (195 mph).
November 1 – Former Prime Minister Maia Sandu and incumbent President Igor Dodon advance into the second-round of the presidential election in Moldova.
A mass shooting spree across many locations in Vienna, Austria kills one civilian and multiple people are injured.
The attack is described as a terrorist attack by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
Three gunmen killed twenty-two people at Kabul University's main campus in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attacks.
November 3 – In the United States, incumbent President Donald Trump faces off former Vice President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election with no winner declared on election night.
The United States formally leaves the Paris Agreement on climate change.
An armed conflict in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia break out over conflicts with policies of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and a surprise armed attacked by Tigray security forces.
November 7 – Former Vice President Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election and will become the 46th President of the United States on January 20, 2021.
U.S. Senator from California Kamala Harris will become the country's first female, African-American and Asian-American Vice President, becoming the highest-ranking female elected official in American history.
COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 50 million worldwide.
Long-time Jeopardy!
host Alex Trebek dies after battling stage-4 pancreatic cancer.
COVID-19 pandemic: The first successful phase III trial of a COVID-19 vaccine is announced by drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, able to prevent 90% of infections.
A Russian-backed peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan is signed in Moscow, ending the Nagorno-Karabakh war the following day.
Massive protests break out in Peru after the country's congress voted to impeach President Martín Vizcarra.
Former President Amadou Toumani Touré, who ruled Mail for ten years until being overthrown in a coup d'état in 2012, dies in Turkey at aged 72.
President of Peru Martín Vizcarra is removed from the presidency after the Congress of Peru found him "morally corrupt".
President of the Congress, Manuel Merino became the country's next president.
Bahrain's first and only Prime Minister since 1971, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, dies in the United States at aged 84.
China issued a decision ordering to disqualify four Hong Kong legislators.
Jerry Rawlings, military leader who led Ghana from 1980 to 2001 and became the country's first president, dies of COVID-19 at aged 73.
Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers resign in response to four lawmakers disqualification made by the government.
The PlayStation 5 is released in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea.
Opposition Leader Johnny Briceño is elected Prime Minister of Belize, beating Patrick Faber and his party.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is signed by 15 Asia-Pacific countries to form the world's largest free-trade bloc, covering a third of the world's population.
Following the mass protests in Peru, President Manuel Merino resigns from the presidency only five days after assuming it.
Former Prime Minister Maia Sandu defeats incumbent President Igor Dodon in the presidential election.
NASA and SpaceX launch the SpaceX Crew-1 mission from the Kennedy Space Center to the ISS, the first operational flight of the Crew Dragon capsule.
Francisco Sagasti is elected Peru's Congressional President and later becomes the country's 87th president following the resignation of Manuel Merino.
COVID-19 pandemic: Moderna's mRNA vaccine is proven to be 94.5% effective against COVID-19 based on interim results, including severe illnesses.
The vaccine is easier to distribute as no ultra-cold storage is required.
November 17 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 55 million worldwide, with around a million cases recorded every two days on average.
COVID-19 pandemic: Pfizer and BioNTech have completed trials on their COVID-19 vaccine, with an overall effectiveness rate of 95% without adverse events.
The Federal Aviation Administration allows the Boeing 737 MAX to fly in the United States after they are modified; this follows a 20-month ban caused by two accidents.
The National Science Foundation announces the decommission of the Puerto Rican radio telescope Arecibo Observatory.
The Brereton Report into Australian war crimes during the War in Afghanistan is released.
November 20 – Irinej, the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church since 2010, dies of COVID-19 at aged 90.
November 22 – The United States withdraws from the Treaty on Open Skies.
November 23 – COVID-19 pandemic: AstraZeneca's AZD1222 vaccine, developed in partnership with Oxford University, is shown to be 70% effective in protecting against COVID-19.
The efficacy can be raised to 90% if an initial half dose is followed by a full dose a month later, based on interim data.
Argentine footballer and FIFA World Cup champion Diego Maradona dies of a heart attack at aged 60.
COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 60 million worldwide.
Ingrida Šimonytė is selected by a coalition party in the Seimas to be the 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania, becoming the second woman to hold this office.
November 27 – Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran.
November 28 – Boko Haram jihadists attack a farm in the Borno State in Nigeria and killed at least 110 people.
A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs; the last of four total lunar eclipses in 2020.
Protein folding, one of the biggest mysteries in biology, is solved by artificial intelligence company DeepMind.
December 1 – The Arecibo Telescope of the Arecibo Observatory collapses, just weeks after the announcement of its planned demolition.
COVID-19 pandemic: The United Kingdom approves Pfizer's BNT162b2 vaccine, being the first country in the world to do so.
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, France's 20th President who oversaw the country's oil crisis and modernised the country, dies of COVID-19 at aged 94.
December 3 – The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs votes to remove cannabis from a list of dangerous drugs in recognition of its medical value, although some controls will remain.
COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 65 million worldwide, with the global death toll passing 1.5 million.
Over 10,000 people worldwide have died on average every day, with one death every nine seconds.
According to the World Health Organization, COVID-19 had caused more deaths in 2020 than tuberculosis in 2019, as well as four times the number of deaths than malaria.
Somali Civil War: The United States announces its withdrawal from the conflict over the next month.
Zdravko Krivokapić becomes the Prime Minister of Montenegro, becoming the first Independent politician to do so.
COVID-19 pandemic: Russia begins mass vaccination against COVID-19 with the Sputnik V candidate.
Hayabusa2 returns to Earth with samples from the asteroid 162173 Ryugu.
Tabaré Vázquez, who was President of Uruguay twice in the 21st century, dies at aged 80.
In Venezuela, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela kept their majority in the National Assembly, despite many organizations saying the elections were unfair and possibly illegal.
December 7 – Incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo is re-elected President of Ghana, defeating former President John Mahama with a 51% to 47% margin.
COVID-19 pandemic: The United Kingdom becomes the first nation to begin a mass vacination, fully tested vaccine.
A report into the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings is released to the public.
Nepal and China officially agree on Mount Everest's actual height, which is 8,848.86m.
COVID-19 pandemic: The United States and Saudi Arabia approve Tozinameran for emergency use, while Argentina approves Sputnik V.
Israel and Morocco normalise diplomatic relations and the United States supports recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara and announces plans to build a consulate there.
The corruption trial of former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy ends in Paris.
December 11 – The European Union agrees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% over the next decade.
Iran executes Telegram journalist Ruhollah Zam, aged 42, over treason-related charges over his activism during the 2017–2018 Iranian protests.
COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 70 million worldwide.
Bhutan and Israel normalise diplomatic relations.
December 13 – Incumbent Prime Minister of Eswatini Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini dies from COVID-19, aged 52.
COVID-19 pandemic: The United States and Canada begin mass vaccination with Tozinameran.
The United States removes Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
The United States places sanctions on Turkey in retaliation for their purchase of a missile system from Russia, making the first time they have sanctioned a NATO ally.
A total solar eclipse is visible from parts of the South Pacific Ocean, southern South America, and the South Atlantic Ocean.
December 15 – The International Criminal Court accuses the Philippines of crimes against humanity in its war on drugs.
Flavio Cotti, the 80th President of the Swiss Confederation, dies from COVID-19 at aged 81.
The United States formally accuses Switzerland and Vietnam of currency manipulation.
December 17 – Pierre Buyoya, the 3rd President of Burundi and the country's second longest serving president at thirteen years, dies of COVID-19 at aged 71.
COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 75 million worldwide.
Andorra's first Prime Minister Òscar Ribas Reig dies at aged 84.
December 20 – COVID-19 pandemic: A highly infectious new strain of SARS-CoV-2 beginning in the U.K. spreads to Europe and Australia, causing international border closures.
COVID-19 pandemic: 36 cases are reported in Antarctica, marking the first infections in the last continent to report infections.
A great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurs, with the two planets separated in the sky by 0.1 degrees.
This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623.
December 24 – The United Kingdom and the European Union agree to a free trade agreement before the end of the transition period.
December 25 – In the United States, a possible suicide bombing explode in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
December 27 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 80 million worldwide.
Italian-born French fashion designing icon Pierre Cardin dies at aged 98.
In Croatia, a 6.4 seismic earthquake strikes Petrinja, killing seven people and injuring 26 people.
December 30 – An attack on the Aden International Airport in Aden, Yemen kills twenty-five people and injures over 100 people.
December 31 – Following the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union, the current transition period for negotiations on a future relationship expires.
May 10 – Prince Charles of Luxembourg
Don Larsen, American baseball player (b. 1929)
David Stern, American businessman and former NBA commissioner (b. 1942)
January 2 – John Baldessari, American conceptual artist (b. 1931)
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iraqi-Iranian military commander (b. 1954)
Qasem Soleimani, Iranian general (b. 1957)
Anri Jergenia, 4th Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1941)
Hans Tilkowski, German football goalkeeper and manager (b. 1935)
January 6 – Luís Morais, Brazilian football player (b. 1930)
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 writer and journalist (b. 1967)
Edd Byrnes, American actor (b. 1932)
Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter and television producer (b. 1930)
Infanta Pilar de Borbón, Spanish royal (b. 1936)
January 9 – Mike Resnick, American science fiction author (b. 1942)
Neda Arnerić, Serbian film actress (b. 1953)
Guido Messina, Italian racing cyclist (b. 1931)
Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman (b. 1940)
January 11 – Tom Belsø, Danish motor racing driver (b. 1942)
January 12 – Roger Scruton, British philosopher and writer (b. 1944)
January 13 – Isabel-Clara Simó, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1943)
Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1944)
Christopher Tolkien, British academic and editor (b. 1924)
January 16 – Efraín Sánchez, Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
Pietro Anastasi, Italian football player (b. 1948)
Derek Fowlds, English actor (b. 1937)
Jimmy Heath, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1926)
Shin Kyuk-ho, South Korean businessman (b. 1921)
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)
Alfred Körner, Austrian footballer (b. 1926)
Gudrun Pausewang, German writer (b. 1928)
Duje Bonačić, Croatian rower (b. 1929)
Juan José Pizzuti, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1927)
Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch footballer (b. 1947)
Kobe Bryant, American professional basketball player (b. 1978)
Louis Nirenberg, Canadian-American mathematician (b. 1925)
January 28 – Nicholas Parsons, English radio and TV presenter (b. 1923)
January 30 – Jörn Donner, Finnish writer, film director and politician (b. 1933)
Mary Higgins Clark, American novelist (b. 1927)
Janez Stanovnik, 12th President of SR of Slovenia (b. 1922)
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)
José Luis Cuerda, Spanish filmmaker, screenwriter and producer (b. 1947)
Daniel arap Moi, 2nd President of Kenya (b. 1924)
Stanley Cohen, American Nobel biochemist (b. 1922)
Kirk Douglas, American actor, director and producer (b. 1916)
February 6 – Jhon Jairo Velásquez, Colombian hitman and drug dealer (b. 1962)
Orson Bean, American actor, comedian and producer (b. 1928)
Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist (b. 1986)
Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian 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 11 – Joseph Shabalala, South African musician (b. 1941)
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 presenter (b. 1979)
Harry Gregg, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1932)
Larry Tesler, American computer scientist (b. 1945)
Ja'Net DuBois, American actress, singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
Mário da Graça Machungo, 1st 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)
José Bonaparte, Argentine paleontologist (b. 1928)
Sonja Ziemann, German actress (b. 1926)
February 22 – Kiki Dimoula, Greek poet (b. 1931)
Katherine Johnson, American mathematician (b. 1918)
Diana Serra Cary, American child actress (b. 1918)
Jahn Teigen, Norwegian singer (b. 1949)
Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher (b. 1919)
Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician (b. 1921)
Hosni Mubarak, 41st Prime Minister and 4th President of Egypt (b. 1928)
Dmitry Yazov, Soviet and Russian marshal (b. 1924)
February 27 – Sudhakar Chaturvedi, Indian Vedic Scholar and Supercentenarian (b. 1897)
February 28 – Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923)
February 29 – Éva Székely, Hungarian swimmer, Olympic champion (b. 1927)
Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet and priest (b. 1925)
Jack Welch, American business executive and writer (b. 1935)
James Lipton, American writer, lyricist and actor (b. 1926)
Ulay, German performance artist (b. 1943)
Stanisław Kania, Polish politician (b. 1927)
Nicolas Portal, French racing cyclist (b. 1979)
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, 137th Prime Minister of Peru and 5th United Nations Secretary-General (b. 1920)
Robert Shavlakadze, Georgian high jumper (b. 1933)
Henri Richard, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (b. 1936)
McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist (b. 1938)
March 8 – Max von Sydow, Swedish-French actor (b. 1929)
March 9 – Richard K. Guy, British mathematician (b. 1916)
Charles Wuorinen, American composer (b. 1938)
Michel Roux, French chef and restaurateur (b. 1941)
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)
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 Ireland Nobel peace activist (b. 1943)
Alfred Worden, American astronaut (b. 1932)
Catherine Hamlin, Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist (b. 1924)
Joaquín Peiró, Spanish football player (b. 1936)
Amadeo Carrizo, Argentine footballer (b. 1926)
Kenny Rogers, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
March 21 – Lorenzo Sanz, Spanish sports executive (b. 1943)
Lucia Bosè, Italian actress and beauty pageant winner (b. 1931)
Branko Cikatić, Yugoslav and Croatian kickboxer (b. 1954)
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 – Detto Mariano, Italian musician and composer (b. 1937)
March 26 – Michel Hidalgo, French footballer and manager (b. 1933)
March 27 – Hamed Karoui, Tunisian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1927)
March 28 – Tom Coburn, American politician (b. 1948)
Philip Warren Anderson, American Nobel physicist (b. 1923)
Yuri Bondarev, Russian writer (b. 1924)
José Luis Capón, Spanish footballer (b. 1948)
Joe Diffie, American country music singer (b. 1958)
Ken Shimura, Japanese comedian (b. 1950)
Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1933)
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 (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)
Nur Hassan Hussein, 12th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1937)
Ellis Marsalis Jr., American jazz pianist (b. 1934)
Adam Schlesinger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
April 4 – Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, 31st President of Honduras (b. 1943)
Honor Blackman, English actress (b. 1925)
Margaret Burbidge, English-born American astrophysicist (b. 1919)
Shirley Douglas, Canadian actress and civil rights activist (b. 1934)
Mahmoud Jibril, former Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1952)
Pentti Linkola, Finnish deep ecologist and writer (b. 1932)
Radomir Antić, Serbian football manager and player (b. 1948)
James Drury, American actor (b. 1934)
Al Kaline, American baseball player (b. 1934)
Allen Garfield, American actor (b. 1939)
John Prine, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
April 8 – Valeriu Muravschi, 1st Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1949)
Enrique Múgica, Spanish politician (b. 1932)
Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japanese filmmaker (b. 1938)
John Horton Conway, English mathematician (b. 1937)
Edem Kodjo, 3rd Prime Minister of Togo (b. 1938)
Peter Bonetti, English footballer (b. 1941)
Stirling Moss, English F1 driver (b. 1929)
Chung Won-shik, 21st Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1928)
Ryo Kawasaki, Japanese jazz fusion guitarist and composer (b. 1947)
Landelino Lavilla, Spanish politician (b. 1934)
Brian Dennehy, American actor and writer (b. 1938)
Rubem Fonseca, Brazilian writer (b. 1925)
Lee Konitz, American jazz composer and alto saxophonist (b. 1927)
Christophe, French singer-songwriter and record producer (b. 1945)
Gene Deitch, American animator and comics artist (b. 1924)
Howard Finkel, American wrestling ring announcer (b. 1950)
Jane Dee Hull, American politician (b. 1935)
Luis Sepúlveda, Chilean writer (b. 1949)
Carlos Contreras Guillaume, Chilean international footballer (b. 1938)
Norman Hunter, English international footballer (b. 1943)
April 18 – Paul H. O'Neill, American businessman and politician (b. 1935)
Edmond Baraffe, French international footballer (b. 1942)
Philippe Nahon, French actor (b. 1938)
Abdurrahim El-Keib, Acting Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1950)
Laisenia Qarase, 6th Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1941)
Florian Schneider, German electronic musician (b. 1947)
Hartwig Gauder, German Olympic champion (b. 1954)
Shirley Knight, American actress (b. 1936)
April 25 – Per Olov Enquist, Swedish author (b. 1934)
Tomás Balcázar, Mexican international footballer (b. 1931)
Giulietto Chiesa, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1940)
April 27 – Dragutin Zelenović, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1928)
Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian scientist (b. 1936)
Michael Robinson, English-Irish footballer and TV commentator (b. 1958)
Trevor Cherry, English footballer (b. 1948)
Denis Goldberg, South African social campaigner (b. 1933)
Yahya Hassan, Danish poet and political activist (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)
Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter (b. 1940)
Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor (b. 1952)
Sam Lloyd, American actor (b. 1963)
Silvia Legrand, Argentine actress (b. 1927)
Tun Tin, 6th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920)
May 2 – Idir, Algerian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1949)
May 3 – John Ericson, German-born American actor (b. 1926)
Michael McClure, American poet and playwright (b. 1932)
Don Shula, American football player and coach (b. 1930)
Froilan Tenorio, 4th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (b. 1939)
Didi Kempot, Indonesian campursari singer (b. 1966)
Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
May 6 – Brian Howe, English singer-songwriter (b. 1953)
May 8 – Roy Horn, German-American magician and entertainer (b. 1944)
Little Richard, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1932)
Kristina Lugn, Swedish poet (b. 1948)
May 10 – Betty Wright, American soul singer (b. 1953)
May 11 – Jerry Stiller, American comedian and actor (b. 1927)
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 (b. 1925)
Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright (b. 1931)
Chedli Klibi, Tunisian politician (b. 1925)
Ezio Bosso, Italian composer, classical musician and conductor (b. 1971)
Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
Julio Anguita, Spanish politician (b. 1941)
Lynn Shelton, American movie director (b. 1965)
Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler and actor (b. 1981)
Monique Mercure, Canadian actress (b. 1930)
May 18 – Marko Elsner, Slovenian international footballer (b. 1960)
Richard Anuszkiewicz, American painter and sculptor (b. 1930)
Ravi Zacharias, Indian-born Canadian-American Christian apologist (b. 1946)
May 20 – Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish Roman Catholic priest (b. 1936).
Gerhard Strack, German international footballer (b. 1955)
Oliver E. Williamson, American economist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1932)
Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (b. 1936)
Albert Memmi, French writer (b. 1920)
Mory Kanté, Guinean singer and musician (b. 1950)
Luigi Simoni, Italian football player and manager (b. 1939)
Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and head coach (b. 1942)
Miljan Mrdaković, Serbian football player (b. 1982)
Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler and television personality (b. 1997)
Alberto Alesina, Italian economist and university professor (b. 1957)
Jean-Loup Dabadie, French screenwriter and journalist (b. 1938)
Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer (b. 1929)
Hyun Soong-jong, 22nd Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1919)
Balbir Singh Sr.,
Indian ice hockey player and Olympic champion (b. 1923)
Vadão, Brazilian football manager (b. 1956)
May 26 – Stanley Ho, Hong Kong-Macau business magnate, investor and philanthropist (b. 1921)
Larry Kramer, American writer and LGBT rights activist (b. 1935)
Bob Kulick, American guitarist and record producer (b. 1950)
May 28 – Lennie Niehaus, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1929)
May 29 – Abderrahmane Youssoufi, 12th Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1924)
Yawovi Agboyibo, 8th Prime Minister of Togo (b. 1943)
Bobby Morrow, American athlete (b. 1935)
May 31 – Christo, Bulgarian-American artist (b. 1935)
Silver Donald Cameron, Canadian journalist and environmental writer (b. 1937)
Mary Pat Gleason, American actress (b. 1950)
Myroslav Skoryk, Ukrainian composer (b. 1938)
Carlo Ubbiali, Italian motorcycle road racer (b. 1929)
Wes Unseld, American basketball player and coach (b. 1946)
István Kausz, Hungarian Olympic champion (b. 1932)
Veli Lehtelä, Finnish Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1935)
Abdelmalek Droukdel, Algerian Islamic militant (b. 1970)
Marcello Abbado, Italian composer and pianist (b. 1926)
Basu Chatterjee, Indian movie director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
Pete Rademacher, American heavyweight boxer and Olympic champion (b. 1928)
June 5 – Boris Gaganelov, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
Tony Dunne, Irish footballer (b. 1941)
Marion Hänsel, French-born Belgian filmmaker (b. 1949)
Pierre Nkurunziza, 8th President of Burundi (b. 1964)
Bonnie Pointer, American singer (b. 1950)
Pau Donés, Spanish singer songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
Ödön Földessy, Hungarian long jumper (b. 1929)
Ain Kaalep, Estonian writer (b. 1926)
June 10 – Eppie Wietzes, Dutch-born Canadian racing driver (b. 1938)
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 voice actor (b. 1941)
Dick Garmaker, American basketball player (b. 1932)
Jean Raspail, French author and explorer (b. 1925)
Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Mexican international footballer (b. 1942).
Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (b. 1986)
Keith Tippett, British pianist and composer (b. 1947)
June 16 – Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan politician and guerrilla (b. 1937)
Marlene Ahrens, Chilean athlete (b. 1933)
György Kárpáti, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1935)
Jean Kennedy Smith, American diplomat (b. 1928)
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)
Mario Corso, Italian football player (b. 1941)
Ian Holm, English actor (b. 1931)
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Spanish novelist (b. 1964)
Noël Vandernotte, French rower and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1923)
June 20 – Ema Derossi-Bjelajac, 6th President of the Presidency of the SR of Croatia (b. 1926)
Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi footballer and manager (b. 1964)
Zeev Sternhell, Polish-born Israeli historian and political scientist (b. 1935)
Pierino Prati, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
Joel Schumacher, American movie director (b. 1939)
June 24 – Marc Fumaroli, French historian and essayist (b. 1932)
Kelly Asbury, American movie director and animator (b. 1960)
James Dunn, English theologian (b. 1939)
Milton Glaser, American graphic designer (b. 1929)
Ramon Revilla Sr.,
Filipino actor and politician (b. 1927)
Belaid Abdessalam, 7th Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1928)
Linda Cristal, Argentine actress (b. 1931)
Freddy Cole, American jazz singer and pianist (b. 1931)
Ilija Petković, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1945)
Rudolfo Anaya, American writer (b. 1937)
Marián Čišovský, Slovak footballer (b. 1979)
Johnny Mandel, American composer (b. 1925)
Carl Reiner, American actor, movie director and comedian (b. 1922)
Hugh Downs, American broadcaster and television personality (b. 1921)
Ida Haendel, Polish-born English 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)
Earl Cameron, Bermudian-born British actor (b. 1917)
Saroj Khan, Indian choreographer (b. 1948)
Ardico Magnini, Italian footballer (b. 1928)
Willi Holdorf, German athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1940)
Volodymyr Troshkin, Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (b. 1947)
Charlie Daniels, American country singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1936)
Ronald Graham, American mathematician (b. 1935)
Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (b. 1928)
Amadou Gon Coulibaly, 10th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (b. 1959)
Finn Christian Jagge, Norwegian alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1966)
Wayne Mixson, American politician (b. 1922)
Alex Pullin, Australian Olympic snowboarder (b. 1987)
Naya Rivera, American actress, model and singer (b. 1987)
July 9 – Park Won-soon, South Korean politician (b. 1956)
Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
Miloš Jakeš, 5th General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (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)
Hassan Abshir Farah, 9th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1945)
Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer (b. 1945)
Kelly Preston, American actress and model (b. 1962)
Lajos Szűcs, Hungarian footballer (b. 1943)
Hasan al-Lawzi, Acting Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1952)
Grant Imahara, American engineer and television host (b. 1970)
Zindzi Mandela, South African politician and diplomat (b. 1960)
July 14 – Adalet Ağaoğlu, Turkish writer (b. 1929)
July 15 – Toke Talagi, 5th Premier of Niue (b. 1951)
July 16 – Phyllis Somerville, American actress (b. 1943)
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Russian-Australian Olympic pair skater (b. 2000)
Zenon Grocholewski, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1939)
Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballet dancer (b. 1924)
John Lewis, American politician and civil rights leader (b. 1940)
Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer (b. 1940)
Ron Tauranac, British-Australian engineer and racing car designer (b. 1925)
Juan Marsé, Spanish writer (b. 1933)
Haruma Miura, Japanese actor (b. 1990)
Seydou Diarra, 4th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (b. 1933)
Sultan Hashim, Iraqi military commander and politician (b. 1942)
Nikolai Tanayev, 8th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (b. 1945)
Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Spanish philologist (b. 1922)
Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress (b. 1930)
Tim Smith, English singer-songwriter and producer (b.1961)
July 23 – Jean Brankart, Belgian racing cyclist (b. 1930)
Ben Jipcho, Kenyan athlete, Olympic silver medallist (b. 1943)
Benjamin Mkapa, 3rd President of Tanzania (b. 1938)
Regis Philbin, American actor, singer, and media personality (b. 1931)
Peter Green, English blues rock singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
John Saxon, American actor (b. 1935)
Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress (b. 1916)
Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician and lawyer (b. 1926)
July 27 – Owen Arthur, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1949)
Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer (b. 1924)
Gisèle Halimi, Tunisian-French lawyer and feminist (b. 1927)
Herman Cain, American businessman and politician (b. 1945)
Lee Teng-hui, 13th President of the Republic of China (b. 1923)
Alan Parker, English filmmaker (b. 1944)
Stephen Tataw, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1963)
August 1 – Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (b. 1934)
Leon Fleisher, American pianist (b. 1928)
Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov, Kazakh Olympic champion (b. 1951)
Ernesto Brambilla, Italian road racer and racecar driver (b. 1934)
Shirley Ann Grau, American writer (b. 1929)
John Hume, Northern Irish politician and Nobel winner (b. 1937)
August 4 – Frances E. Allen, American computer scientist (b. 1932)
Hawa Abdi, Somalian human rights activist (b. 1947)
Agathonas Iakovidis, Greek folk singer (b. 1955)
Brent Scowcroft, American military official and politician (b. 1925)
Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher (b. 1952)
Lê Khả Phiêu, 10th General-Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (b. 1931)
Adin Steinsaltz, Israeli rabbi and philosopher (b. 1937)
Pere Casaldàliga, Spanish-Brazilian prelate and human rights activist (b. 1928)
Alfredo Lim, Filipino politician (b. 1929)
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)
Trini Lopez, American singer and actor (b. 1937)
Sumner Redstone, American media executive (b. 1923)
Pavol Biroš, Czechoslovak international football (b. 1953)
Don Edmunds, American racecar driver (b. 1930)
Gergely Kulcsár, Hungarian Olympic javelin thrower (b. 1934)
August 13 – Gulnazar Keldi, Tajik lyricist and poet (b. 1945)
Julian Bream, English classical guitarist and lutenist (b. 1933)
Ewa Demarczyk, Polish singer and poet (b. 1941)
Tom Forsyth, Scottish footballer (b. 1949)
Ernst Jean-Joseph, Haitian footballer and manager (b.1948)
Linda Manz, American actress (b. 1961)
Pete Way, English rock bass guitarist (b. 1951)
Stuart Christie, Scottish anarchist writer and publisher (b. 1946)
Chilla Porter, Australian Olympic high jumper (b. 1936)
Robert Trump, American real estate developer (b. 1948)
Nikolai Gubenko, Russian actor, screenwriter and politician (b. 1941)
Georg Volkert, German international footballer (b. 1945)
Mário de Araújo Cabral, Portuguese racing driver (b. 1934)
Folke Alnevik, Swedish sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1919)
Jasraj, Indian classical vocalist (b. 1930)
Ben Cross, English actor (b. 1947)
Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach (b. 1963)
Jack Sherman, American rock guitarist (b. 1956)
Slade Gorton, American politician (b. 1928)
Borys Paton, Ukrainian scientist (b. 1918)
Agnes Simon, Hungarian table tennis player (b. 1935)
Frankie Banali, American drummer (b. 1951)
Branko Kostić, Acting President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (b. 1939)
Pedro Nájera, Mexican footballer (b. 1929)
Sir Ken Robinson, English educationalist and author (b. 1950)
August 22 – Ulla Pia, Danish actress and singer (b. 1945)
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 27 – Bob Armstrong, American professional wrestler (b. 1939)
August 28 – Chadwick Boseman, American actor (b. 1976)
August 29 – Clifford Robinson, American basketball player and television personality (b. 1966)
August 30 – John Thompson, American basketball player and coach (b. 1941)
Nina Bocharova, Soviet and Ukrainian Olympic gymnast (b. 1924)
Pranab Mukherjee, 13th President of India (b. 1935)
Tom Seaver, American baseball player (b. 1944)
Vladislav Krapivin, Russian children's author (b. 1938)
Erick Morillo, Colombian-American DJ and music producer (b. 1971)
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)
William Yorzyk, American swimmer and Olympic champion (b. 1933)
September 3 – Birol Ünel, Turkish-born German actor (b. 1961)
Annie Cordy, Belgian actress and singer (b. 1928)
Gary Peacock, American double-bassist (b. 1935)
Joe Williams, 5th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1934)
Marian Jaworski, Polish cardinal (b. 1926)
Jiří Menzel, Czech movie director, actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
Lou Brock, American baseball player (b. 1939)
Vaughan Jones, New Zealand mathematician (b. 1952)
Dragoljub Ojdanić, Serbian military officer and war criminal (b. 1941)
September 7 – Abdul Qadir Bajamal, 5th Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1946)
Ronald Harwood, South African-born British screenwriter and playwright (b. 1934)
Alfred Riedl, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1949)
Shere Hite, American-born German feminist and sex educator (b. 1942)
Alan Minter, British professional boxer (b. 1951)
September 10 – Diana Rigg, English actress (b. 1938)
Roger Carel, French actor (b. 1927)
Christian Poncelet, French politician (b. 1928)
Toots Hibbert, Jamaican singer and songwriter (b. 1942)
September 14 – Bill Gates Sr.,
American attorney and philanthropist (b. 1925)
Momčilo Krajišnik, Bosnian Serb political leader and war criminal (b. 1945)
Moussa Traoré, 2nd President of Mali (b. 1936)
Nikolay Shmatko, Ukrainian sculptor and painter (b. 1943)
Terry Goodkind, American novelist (b. 1948)
Winston Groom, American novelist (b. 1943)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American jurist and gender equality pioneer (b. 1933)
John Turner, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1929)
September 19 – Lee Kerslake, English rock musician (b. 1947)
September 20 – Michael Chapman, American cinematographer and movie director (b. 1935)
Arthur Ashkin, American physicist and Nobel Prize laurate (b. 1922)
Tommy DeVito, American musician and singer (b. 1928)
Michael Lonsdale, French actor (b. 1931)
Jackie Stallone, American astrologer (b. 1921)
Michael Gwisdek, German actor and movie director (b. 1942)
Agne Simonsson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1935)
Road Warrior Animal, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (b. 1927)
Gale Sayers, American football player and administrator (b. 1943)
Dean Jones, Australian cricketer and commentator (b. 1961)
Corine Rottschäfer, Dutch model and beauty contestant (b. 1938)
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Indian playback singer and actor (b. 1946)
Goran Paskaljević, Serbian movie director (b. 1947)
John D. Barrow, English cosmologist and physicist (b. 1952)
Jacques Beurlet, Belgian international footballer (b. 1944)
Wolfgang Clement, German politician (b. 1940)
Yuri Orlov, Soviet-Russian nuclear physicist and human rights activist (b. 1924)
Jaswant Singh, Indian politician (b. 1938)
Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress (b. 1980)
Silva Batuta, Brazilian footballer (b. 1940)
Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1942)
Helen Reddy, Australian singer, actress and activist (b. 1941)
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1929)
Ali Bozer, Turkish politician and academic, Acting Prime Minister (b. 1925)
Quino, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1932)
October 1 – Derek Mahon, Irish poet and journalist (b. 1941)
Bob Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1935)
Irina Slavina, Russian journalist (b. 1973)
Victor Zalgaller, Russian-Israeli mathematician (b. 1920)
Günter de Bruyn, German writer (b. 1926)
Kenzō Takada, Japanese-born French fashion designer (b. 1939)
October 5 – Ruth Klüger, Austrian-born American educator, writer and Holocaust survivor (b. 1931)
Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American musician and songwriter (b. 1955)
Tom Kennedy, American game show host (b. 1927)
Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943)
Vladimir Dolgikh, Russian politician (b. 1924)
Whitey Ford, American baseball player (b. 1928)
Ali Khalif Galaydh, 8th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1941)
Charles Moore, American athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1929)
Ram Vilas Paswan, Indian politician (b. 1946)
Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Iranian classical singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
October 11 – Joe Morgan, American baseball player (b. 1943)
Conchata Ferrell, American actress (b. 1943)
Yehoshua Kenaz, Israeli writer and translator (b. 1937)
Roberta McCain, American political patriarch (b. 1912)
Litokwa Tomeing, 4th President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1939)
Rhonda Fleming, American actress (b. 1923)
Herbert Kretzmer, South African-born English journalist and lyricist (b. 1925)
Kuniwo Nakamura, 6th President of Palau (b. 1943)
Bhanu Athaiya, Indian costume designer (b. 1929)
Sonja Edström, Swedish cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1930)
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, Indian poet and essayist (b. 1926)
Jole Santelli, Italian politician (b. 1968)
October 16 – Gordon Haskell, English singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1946)
October 17 – Toshinori Kondo, Japanese jazz trumpeter (b. 1948)
October 18 – René Felber, 81st President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1933)
October 19 – Spencer Davis, Welsh pop rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
Bruno Martini, French international footballer (b. 1962)
James Randi, Canadian-American skeptic and magician (b. 1928)
Irina Skobtseva, Russian actress (b. 1927)
October 21 – Marge Champion, American dancer and actress (b. 1919)
October 23 – Jerry Jeff Walker, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
Diane di Prima, American poet, playwright and activist (b. 1934)
Lee Kun-hee, South Korean businessman (b. 1942)
October 26 – Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, 6th Vice President of Iraq (b. 1942)
Anthony Soter Fernandez, Malaysian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1930)
Alain Rey, French linguist and lexicopgrapher (b. 1928)
Billy Joe Shaver, American country guitarist (b. 1939)
Angelika Amon, Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist (b. 1967)
Roger Closset, French fencer and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1933)
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 (b. 1942)
Mesut Yılmaz, 21st Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1947)
Sir Sean Connery, Scottish actor (b. 1930)
MF Doom, British-American rapper (b. 1971)