| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Herb Adderley |
Football |
8-Jun-1939 |
30-Oct-2020 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Dick Allen |
Baseball |
8-Mar-1942 |
7-Dec-2020 |
Outspoken MLB slugger |
| Kenneth Bernard |
Playwright |
7-May-1930 |
9-Aug-2020 |
Theater of the Ridiculous |
| Honor Blackman |
Actor |
12-Dec-1925 |
5-Apr-2020 |
Pussy Galore in Goldfinger |
| Chadwick Boseman |
Actor |
29-Nov-1976 |
28-Aug-2020 |
Black Panther |
| Ben Bova |
Author |
28-Nov-1932 |
29-Nov-2020 |
Science fiction writer |
| Alan S. Boyd |
Government |
20-Jul-1922 |
18-Oct-2020 |
US Secretary of Transportation, 1967-69 |
| Wilford Brimley |
Actor |
27-Sep-1934 |
1-Aug-2020 |
Grandfatherly actor, shill for Oatmeal Industry |
| Lou Brock |
Baseball |
18-Jun-1939 |
6-Sep-2020 |
Stole 938 bases |
| Joseph L. Bruno |
Politician |
8-Apr-1929 |
6-Oct-2020 |
Former New York Senate Majority Leader |
| Kobe Bryant |
Basketball |
23-Aug-1978 |
26-Jan-2020 |
Embattled Los Angeles Lakers star |
| Harold Budd |
Electronic Musician |
24-May-1936 |
8-Dec-2020 |
Ambient composer, Eno collaborator |
| Jeremy Bulloch |
Actor |
16-Feb-1945 |
17-Dec-2020 |
Boba Fett in the Star Wars series |
| Herman Cain |
Business |
13-Dec-1945 |
30-Jul-2020 |
Godfather's Pizza |
| Pierre Cardin |
Fashion Designer |
6-Jul-1922 |
29-Dec-2020 |
Inventor of the "bubble dress" |
| John Le Carré |
Novelist |
19-Oct-1931 |
12-Dec-2020 |
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold |
| Steve Carter |
Playwright |
7-Nov-1929 |
15-Sep-2020 |
Nevis Mountain Dew |
| Marge Champion |
Dancer |
2-Sep-1919 |
21-Oct-2020 |
Show Boat |
| Clayton M. Christensen |
Scholar |
6-Apr-1952 |
23-Jan-2020 |
The Innovator's Dilemma |
| Christo |
Artist |
13-Jun-1935 |
31-May-2020 |
Gift-wraps large monuments |
| Tom Coburn |
Politician |
14-Mar-1948 |
28-Mar-2020 |
US Senator from Oklahoma, 2005-15 |
| Stephen F. Cohen |
Scholar |
25-Nov-1938 |
18-Sep-2020 |
Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution |
| Sean Connery |
Actor |
25-Aug-1930 |
31-Oct-2020 |
James Bond |
| Terence Conran |
Designer |
4-Oct-1931 |
12-Sep-2020 |
Founder, Habitat |
| John Conway |
Mathematician |
26-Dec-1937 |
11-Apr-2020 |
Game of Life |
| Norm Crosby |
Comic |
15-Sep-1927 |
7-Nov-2020 |
Stand-up and nightclub comic |
| Ben Cross |
Actor |
16-Dec-1947 |
18-Aug-2020 |
Chariots of Fire |
| Stanley Crouch |
Columnist |
14-Dec-1945 |
16-Sep-2020 |
Jazz critic |
| Abby Dalton |
Actor |
15-Aug-1935 |
23-Nov-2020 |
Julia Cumson on Falcon Crest |
| William H. Danforth |
Educator |
10-Apr-1926 |
16-Sep-2020 |
Chancellor of WUSTL, 1971-95 |
| Mac Davis |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Jan-1942 |
29-Sep-2020 |
Rock/Country Singer/Songwriter |
| Spencer Davis |
Musician |
17-Jul-1939 |
19-Oct-2020 |
The Spencer Davis Group |
| Willie D. Davis |
Football |
24-Jul-1934 |
15-Apr-2020 |
Businessman, former football player |
| Olivia de Havilland |
Actor |
1-Jul-1916 |
26-Jul-2020 |
Gone With the Wind |
| Fred Dean |
Football |
24-Feb-1952 |
14-Oct-2020 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Tom Dempsey |
Football |
12-Jan-1947 |
4-Apr-2020 |
Retired NFL Placekicker |
| Brian Dennehy |
Actor |
9-Jul-1938 |
15-Apr-2020 |
First Blood |
| David Dinkins |
Politician |
10-Jul-1927 |
23-Nov-2020 |
Mayor of New York City, 1989-93 |
| Kevin Dobson |
Actor |
18-Mar-1943 |
6-Sep-2020 |
Det. Crocker on Kojak |
| Shirley Douglas |
Actor |
2-Apr-1934 |
5-Apr-2020 |
May Bailey on Wind at My Back |
| Hugh Downs |
Journalist |
14-Feb-1921 |
1-Jul-2020 |
20/20 |
| Mort Drucker |
Cartoonist |
29-Mar-1929 |
9-Apr-2020 |
Mad Magazine illustrator |
| James Drury |
Actor |
18-Apr-1934 |
6-Apr-2020 |
The Virginian |
| Freeman Dyson |
Physicist |
15-Dec-1923 |
28-Feb-2020 |
Theoretical physicist at Institute for Advanced Study |
| Ira Einhorn |
Activist |
15-May-1940 |
3-Apr-2020 |
Counterculture figure, murderer |
| Charles Evers |
Activist |
11-Sep-1922 |
22-Jul-2020 |
Brother of Medgar Evers |
| Conchata Ferrell |
Actor |
28-Mar-1943 |
12-Oct-2020 |
Head nurse Joan Thor on E/R |
| Robert Fisk |
Journalist |
12-Jul-1946 |
30-Oct-2020 |
Foreign correspondent for The Independent |
| Rhonda Fleming |
Actor |
10-Aug-1923 |
14-Oct-2020 |
Spellbound |
| George Floyd |
Victim |
14-Oct-1973 |
25-May-2020 |
Murdered by police |
| Whitey Ford |
Baseball |
21-Oct-1928 |
8-Oct-2020 |
Ten World Series wins |
| Murphy J. Foster, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Jul-1930 |
4-Oct-2020 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1996-2004 |
| William H. Gates, Sr. |
Philanthropist |
30-Nov-1925 |
14-Sep-2020 |
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Phyllis George |
Author |
25-Jun-1949 |
14-May-2020 |
Miss America 1971 |
| Bob Gibson |
Baseball |
9-Nov-1935 |
2-Oct-2020 |
Two-time Cy Young Award winner |
| Hutton Gibson |
Relative |
26-Aug-1918 |
11-May-2020 |
Father of Mel Gibson |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
Judge |
15-Mar-1933 |
18-Sep-2020 |
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Terry Goodkind |
Novelist |
11-Jan-1948 |
17-Sep-2020 |
Sword of Truth series |
| Stuart Gordon |
Film Director |
11-Aug-1947 |
24-Mar-2020 |
Re-Animator |
| Robert Gore |
Chemist |
15-Apr-1937 |
17-Sep-2020 |
Co-inventor of Gore-Tex |
| Slade Gorton |
Politician |
8-Jan-1928 |
19-Aug-2020 |
US Senator from Washington, 1981-2001 |
| David Graeber |
Anthropologist |
12-Feb-1961 |
2-Sep-2020 |
Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology |
| Ronald Graham |
Mathematician |
31-Oct-1935 |
6-Jul-2020 |
Mathematician, Computer Scientist |
| Shirley Ann Grau |
Novelist |
8-Jul-1929 |
3-Aug-2020 |
The Keepers of the House |
| Juliette Gréco |
Singer |
7-Feb-1927 |
23-Sep-2020 |
Orpheus |
| Peter Green |
Musician |
29-Oct-1946 |
25-Jul-2020 |
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac |
| Dave Greenfield |
Pianist |
29-Mar-1949 |
3-May-2020 |
Keyboardist for The Stranglers |
| Winston Groom |
Novelist |
23-Mar-1943 |
16-Sep-2020 |
Forrest Gump |
| Steve Grossman |
Jazz Musician |
18-Jan-1951 |
13-Aug-2020 |
Jazz saxophonist |
| John H. Hager |
Politician |
28-Aug-1936 |
23-Aug-2020 |
Lt. Governor of Virginia, 1998-2002 |
| Pete Hamill |
Journalist |
24-Jun-1935 |
5-Aug-2020 |
The New York Post |
| Dale Hawerchuk |
Hockey |
4-Apr-1963 |
18-Aug-2020 |
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Roy Horn |
Magician |
3-Oct-1944 |
8-May-2020 |
Siegfried and Roy |
| Paul Hornung |
Football |
23-Dec-1935 |
13-Nov-2020 |
Green Bay Packer, Heisman winner |
| Jane Dee Hull |
Politician |
8-Aug-1935 |
16-Apr-2020 |
Governor of Arizona, 1997-2003 |
| James A. Johnson |
Business |
24-Dec-1943 |
18-Oct-2020 |
CEO of Fannie Mae, 1991-98 |
| Rafer Johnson |
Track and Field |
18-Aug-1935 |
2-Dec-2020 |
Olympic track and field star |
| K. C. Jones |
Basketball |
25-May-1932 |
25-Dec-2020 |
Boston Celtics |
| David Karnes |
Politician |
12-Dec-1948 |
25-Oct-2020 |
US Senator from Nebraska, 1987-89 |
| William J. Keating |
Publisher |
30-Mar-1927 |
20-May-2020 |
Cincinnati Enquirer chairman, 1974-92 |
| Randall Kenan |
Author |
12-Mar-1963 |
28-Aug-2020 |
Let the Dead Bury Their Dead |
| Donald Kennedy |
Educator |
18-Aug-1931 |
21-Apr-2020 |
President of Stanford, 1980-92 |
| Kim Ki-Duk |
Film Director |
20-Dec-1960 |
11-Dec-2020 |
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring |
| Shirley Knight |
Actor |
5-Jul-1936 |
22-Apr-2020 |
Sweet Bird of Youth |
| Larry Kramer |
Playwright |
25-Jun-1935 |
27-May-2020 |
The Normal Heart |
| David L. Lander |
Actor |
22-Jun-1947 |
4-Dec-2020 |
Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley |
| Tom Lester |
Actor |
23-Sep-1938 |
20-Apr-2020 |
Eb Dawson on Green Acres |
| John Lewis |
Politician |
21-Feb-1940 |
17-Jul-2020 |
Congressman, Georgia 5th |
| Little Richard |
Musician |
5-Dec-1932 |
9-May-2020 |
Tutti Frutti |
| Sam Lloyd |
Actor |
12-Nov-1963 |
30-Apr-2020 |
Ted Buckland on Scrubs |
| Michael Lonsdale |
Actor |
24-May-1931 |
21-Sep-2020 |
Moonraker |
| Trini Lopez |
Musician |
15-May-1937 |
11-Aug-2020 |
If I Had A Hammer |
| Alison Lurie |
Novelist |
3-Sep-1926 |
3-Dec-2020 |
Foreign Affairs |
| Johnny Majors |
Football |
21-May-1935 |
3-Jun-2020 |
College football coach |
| Diego Maradona |
Soccer |
30-Oct-1960 |
25-Nov-2020 |
Led Argentina to 1986 World Cup Final |
| Michael McClure |
Poet |
20-Oct-1932 |
4-May-2020 |
The Blossom; or Billy the Kid |
| Tom Metzger |
Activist |
9-Apr-1938 |
4-Nov-2020 |
White supremacist |
| MF Doom |
Rapper |
9-Jan-1971 |
31-Oct-2020 |
Rapper of many masks |
| Joe Morgan |
Baseball |
19-Sep-1943 |
11-Oct-2020 |
National League MVP, 1975-76 |
| Ennio Morricone |
Composer |
10-Nov-1928 |
6-Jul-2020 |
Scored The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly |
| Johnny Nash |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Aug-1940 |
6-Oct-2020 |
I Can See Clearly Now |
| Howard C. Nielson |
Politician |
12-Sep-1924 |
20-May-2020 |
Congressman from Utah, 1983-91 |
| Pierre Nkurunziza |
Head of State |
18-Dec-1963 |
8-Jun-2020 |
President of Burundi, 2005-2020 |
| Geoffrey Nunberg |
Linguist |
1-Jun-1945 |
11-Aug-2020 |
Going Nucular |
| Paul O'Neill |
Government |
4-Dec-1935 |
18-Apr-2020 |
US Treasury Secretary, 2001-02 |
| Lute Olson |
Basketball |
22-Sep-1934 |
27-Aug-2020 |
Wildcats Head Coach, 1983-2008 |
| K. T. Oslin |
Country Musician |
15-May-1941 |
21-Dec-2020 |
Prominent country music singer |
| Ken Osmond |
Actor |
7-Jun-1943 |
18-May-2020 |
Eddie Haskel on Leave It To Beaver |
| Geoffrey Palmer |
Actor |
4-Jun-1927 |
5-Nov-2020 |
Lionel Hardcastle on As Time Goes By |
| Alan Parker |
Film Director |
14-Feb-1944 |
31-Jul-2020 |
Pink Floyd: The Wall |
| Regis Philbin |
Talk Show Host |
25-Aug-1931 |
24-Jul-2020 |
Live with Regis & Kathie Lee and Kelly |
| Bonnie Pointer |
Singer |
11-Jul-1950 |
8-Jun-2020 |
The Pointer Sisters |
| Kelly Preston |
Actor |
13-Oct-1962 |
12-Jul-2020 |
What a Girl Wants |
| Charley Pride |
Country Musician |
18-Mar-1938 |
12-Dec-2020 |
First black country music star |
| John Prine |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Oct-1946 |
7-Apr-2020 |
Fair & Square |
| David Prowse |
Actor |
1-Jul-1935 |
28-Nov-2020 |
Darth Vader, Green Cross Code Man |
| James Randi |
Magician |
7-Aug-1928 |
20-Oct-2020 |
The Amazing Randi |
| Jerry Rawlings |
Head of State |
22-Jun-1947 |
12-Nov-2020 |
President of Ghana, 1981-93 |
| Helen Reddy |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Oct-1941 |
29-Sep-2020 |
She is Woman |
| Sumner Redstone |
Business |
27-May-1923 |
11-Aug-2020 |
Chairman and CEO of Viacom |
| Ann Reinking |
Dancer |
10-Nov-1949 |
12-Dec-2020 |
Broadway dancer |
| Diana Rigg |
Actor |
20-Jul-1938 |
10-Sep-2020 |
Mrs. Peel |
| Sabah IV al-Sabah |
Royalty |
6-Jun-1929 |
29-Sep-2020 |
Emir of Kuwait, 2006-20 |
| Paul Sarbanes |
Politician |
3-Feb-1933 |
6-Dec-2020 |
US Senator from Maryland, 1977-2007 |
| John Saxon |
Actor |
5-Aug-1935 |
25-Jul-2020 |
Enter the Dragon |
| Gale Sayers |
Football |
30-May-1943 |
23-Sep-2020 |
Chicago Bears HB, 1965-71 |
| Gil Schwartz |
Columnist |
20-May-1951 |
2-May-2020 |
Stanley Bing |
| Tom Seaver |
Baseball |
17-Nov-1944 |
31-Aug-2020 |
Three-time Cy Young Award winner |
| Peter Secchia |
Diplomat |
15-Apr-1937 |
21-Oct-2020 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1989-93 |
| William Sessions |
Government |
27-May-1930 |
12-Jun-2020 |
Director of FBI, 1987-93 |
| Paul Shanley |
Religion |
25-Jan-1931 |
28-Oct-2020 |
Molesting priest |
| Billy Joe Shaver |
Country Musician |
16-Aug-1939 |
28-Oct-2020 |
Old Five and Dimers Like Me |
| Lou Sheldon |
Activist |
11-Jun-1934 |
29-May-2020 |
Traditional Values Coalition |
| Don Shula |
Football |
4-Jan-1930 |
4-May-2020 |
Miami Dolphins coach |
| Joan Micklin Silver |
Film Director |
24-May-1935 |
31-Dec-2020 |
Hester Street |
| Jack Steinberger |
Physicist |
25-May-1921 |
12-Dec-2020 |
Researcher of neutrinos |
| Jerry Stiller |
Actor |
8-Jun-1927 |
11-May-2020 |
Frank Costanza on Seinfeld |
| Peter Sutcliffe |
Criminal |
2-Jun-1946 |
13-Nov-2020 |
The Yorkshire Ripper |
| Eddie Sutton |
Basketball |
12-Mar-1936 |
23-May-2020 |
OSU Head Coach, 1990-2006 |
| John Thompson |
Basketball |
2-Sep-1941 |
30-Aug-2020 |
Georgetown Head Coach, 1972-99 |
| Alex Trebek |
Game Show Host |
22-Jul-1940 |
8-Nov-2020 |
Jeopardy |
| Linda Tripp |
Government |
24-Nov-1949 |
8-Apr-2020 |
Monica Lewinsky's confidant |
| Robert Trump |
Relative |
26-Aug-1948 |
15-Aug-2020 |
Brother of Donald Trump |
| John Turner |
Head of State |
7-Jun-1929 |
18-Sep-2020 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1984 |
| Wes Unseld |
Basketball |
14-Mar-1946 |
2-Jun-2020 |
NBA Hall of Famer, coach |
| Eddie Van Halen |
Guitarist |
26-Jan-1955 |
6-Oct-2020 |
Guitarist for Van Halen |
| Jerry Jeff Walker |
Country Musician |
16-Mar-1942 |
23-Oct-2020 |
Mr. Bojangles |
| Dawn Wells |
Actor |
18-Oct-1938 |
30-Dec-2020 |
Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island |
| Fred Willard |
Actor |
18-Sep-1933 |
15-May-2020 |
Fernwood 2night |
| Oliver E. Williamson |
Economist |
27-Sep-1932 |
21-May-2020 |
Transaction cost economics |
| Larry Wilson |
Football |
24-May-1938 |
17-Sep-2020 |
St. Louis Cardinal, NFL Hall of Famer |
| Barbara Windsor |
Actor |
6-Aug-1937 |
10-Dec-2020 |
EastEnders |
| William Winter |
Politician |
21-Feb-1923 |
18-Dec-2020 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1980-84 |
| Bill Withers |
Singer/Songwriter |
4-Jul-1938 |
30-Mar-2020 |
Lean on Me |
| James Wolfensohn |
Business |
1-Dec-1933 |
25-Nov-2020 |
World Bank president, 1995-2005 |
| Chuck Yeager |
Aviator |
13-Feb-1923 |
7-Dec-2020 |
Test pilot, first to break speed of sound |
