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January

January 1 – Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1930)
January 2 – Sheikh Nimr, Saudi Shia religious leader (b. 1959)
January 3
- Paul Bley, Canadian pianist (b. 1932)
- Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist (b. 1928)
January 4 – Michel Galabru, French actor (b. 1922)
January 5 – Pierre Boulez, French composer, conductor and writer (b. 1925)
January 6 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress (b. 1925)
January 7
- André Courrèges, French fashion designer (b. 1923)
- Princess Ashraf of Iran (b. 1919)
January 8
- Otis Clay, American soul singer (b. 1942)
- Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver (b. 1926)
January 10
- David Bowie, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1947)
- Yusuf Zuayyin, 51st and 53rd Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1931)
January 11
- Monte Irvin, American baseball player (b. 1919)
- David Margulies, American actor (b. 1937)
January 14
- René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager (b. 1942)
- Alan Rickman, English actor and director (b. 1946)
January 15 – Dan Haggerty, American actor (b. 1941)
January 18
- Glenn Frey, American musician (b. 1948)
- Michel Tournier, French writer (b. 1924)
January 19 – Ettore Scola, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1931)
January 23 – Jimmy Bain, Scottish musician (b. 1947)
January 24 – Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist (b. 1927)
January 26
- Black, English singer-songwriter (b. 1962)
- Abe Vigoda, American actor (b. 1922)
January 28 – Paul Kantner, American singer and musician (b. 1941)
January 29
- Jean-Marie Doré, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1938)
- Jacques Rivette, French film director and critic (b. 1928)
January 30
- Frank Finlay, English actor (b. 1926)
- Francisco Flores Pérez, President of El Salvador (b. 1959)
January 31 – Terry Wogan, Irish-British broadcaster (b. 1938)

February

February 1 – Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, 27th President of Guatemala (b. 1930)
February 3 – Joe Alaskey, American actor and stand-up comedian (b. 1952)
February 4
- Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut (b. 1930)
- Maurice White, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
February 8 – Amelia Bence, Argentine actress (b. 1914)
February 9 – Sushil Koirala, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)
February 13
- Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1965)
- Slobodan Santrač, Serbian football player and manager (b. 1946)
- Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1936)
February 15
- Vanity, Canadian singer and actress (b. 1959)
- George Gaynes, Finnish-born American actor (b. 1917)
February 16 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1922)
February 17
- Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (b. 1923)
- Andrzej Żuławski, Polish film director and writer (b. 1940)
February 19
- Umberto Eco, Italian writer and philosopher (b. 1932)
- Harper Lee, American writer (b. 1926)
February 22
- Sonny James, American country singer (b. 1928)
- Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer (b. 1913)
February 23 – Donald E. Williams, American astronaut (b. 1942)
February 24 – Peter Kenilorea, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
February 25 – Tony Burton, American actor (b. 1937)
February 28
- George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925)
- Frank Kelly, Irish actor (b. 1938)
February 29 – Hannes Löhr, German footballer (b. 1942)

March

March 2 – Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (b. 1932)
March 3 – Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader (b. 1971)
March 5
- Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese spiritual leader (b. 1932)
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (b. 1929)
- Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer (b. 1941)
March 6 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, First Lady of the United States (b. 1921)
March 8
- George Martin, English record producer, composer, arranger and engineer (b. 1926)
- Claus Ogerman, German conductor and composer (b. 1930)
March 9
- Jon English, English-born Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor (b. 1949)
- Clyde Lovellette, American professional basketball player (b. 1929)
- Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz percussionist and vocalist (b. 1944)
March 10
- Anita Brookner, British novelist (b. 1928)
- Keith Emerson, British musician (b. 1944)
- Roberto Perfumo, Argentine footballer and sport commentator (b. 1942)
March 11 – Dragan Nikolić, Serbian actor (b. 1943)
March 12 – Lloyd Shapley, American Nobel mathematician (b. 1923)
March 13 – Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1926)
March 14 – Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (b. 1934)
March 16 – Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
March 17
- Meir Dagan, Israeli general and former Director of Mossad (b. 1945)
- Larry Drake, American actor (b. 1950)
March 18 – Guido Westerwelle, German politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1961)
March 20 – Anker Jørgensen, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1922)
March 21 – Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American electronic executive (b. 1936)
March 22
- Rob Ford, Canadian politician (b. 1969)
- Rita Gam, American actress (b. 1927)
March 23 – Ken Howard, American actor (b. 1944)
March 24
- Roger Cicero, German jazz and pop musician (b. 1970)
- Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1947)
- Garry Shandling, American actor and comedian (b. 1949)
March 26 – Raúl Cárdenas, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1928)
March 29 – Patty Duke, American actress (b. 1946)
March 31
- Ronnie Corbett, Scottish comedian (b. 1930)
- Georges Cottier, Swiss cardinal (b. 1922)
- Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1927)
- Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-British architect (b. 1950)
- Imre Kertész, Hungarian Nobel author (b. 1929)

April

April 1 – Pratyusha Banerjee, Indian television actress (b. 1991)
April 2 – Gato Barbieri, Argentine jazz saxophonist (b. 1932)
April 3
- Don Francks, Canadian actor, musician and singer (b. 1932)
- Cesare Maldini, Italian football player and manager (b. 1932)
April 4 – Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
April 6 – Merle Haggard, American country singer (b. 1937)
April 8 – Erich Rudorffer, German fighter ace (b. 1917)
April 10 – Howard Marks, Welsh drug smuggler, writer and legalisation campaigner (b. 1945)
April 12
- Anne Jackson, American actress (b. 1925)
- Balls Mahoney, American professional wrestler (b. 1972)
- Arnold Wesker, British playwright (b. 1932)
April 16 – Louis Pilot, Luxembourgian football player and manager (b. 1940)
April 17 – Doris Roberts, American actress, author, and philanthropist (b. 1930)
April 19
- Patricio Aylwin, 32nd President of Chile (b. 1918)
- Ronit Elkabetz, Israeli actress and film director (b. 1964)
- Walter Kohn, Austrian-born American Nobel physicist (b. 1923)
April 20
- Chyna, American professional wrestler (b. 1969)
- Guy Hamilton, British film director (b. 1922)
- Victoria Wood, British comedian (b. 1953)
April 21
- Lonnie Mack, American singer-guitarist (b. 1941)
- Prince, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (b. 1958)
April 23 – Banharn Silpa-archa, 21st Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1932)
April 24
- Tommy Kono, Japanese-American weightlifter (b. 1930)
- Billy Paul, American soul singer (b. 1934)
- Klaus Siebert, German Olympic biathlete (b. 1955)
- Papa Wemba, Congolese singer and musician (b. 1949)
April 26 – Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (b. 1937)
April 27 – Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess Grandmaster (b. 1957)
April 30 – Harry Kroto, English Nobel chemist (b. 1939)

May

May 1 – Solomon W. Golomb, American mathematician (b. 1932)
May 2 – Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman (b. 1947)
May 4
- Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 2nd President of Burundi (b. 1946)
- Bob Bennett, American politician (b. 1933)
May 5
- Siné, French political cartoonist (b. 1928)
- Isao Tomita, Japanese composer (b. 1932)
May 6 – Margot Honecker, East German politician (b. 1927)
May 8
- Nick Lashaway, American actor (b. 1988)
- William Schallert, American actor (b. 1922)
May 10 – Kang Young-hoon, 21st Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1922)
May 16 – Giovanni Coppa, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
May 17
- Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- Yūko Mizutani, Japanese voice actress (b. 1964)
May 19
- Alexandre Astruc, French film critic and director (b. 1923)
- Marco Pannella, Italian politician (b. 1930)
- Alan Young, British-born Canadian-American actor (b. 1919)
May 21
- Akhtar Mansour, Afghan militant, Supreme leader of the Taliban
- Sándor Tarics, Hungarian Olympic water polo player (b. 1913)
- Nick Menza, German-born American drummer (b. 1964)
May 22 – Bata Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (b. 1933)
May 25 – Yang Jiang, Chinese playwright, author, and translator (b. 1911)
May 26
- Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal (b. 1915)
- Arturo Pomar, Spanish chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
May 28
- Giorgio Albertazzi, Italian actor (b. 1923)
- David Cañada, Spanish cyclist (b. 1975)
May 31
- Mohamed Abdelaziz, 3rd Secretary-General of the Polisario Front (b. 1947)
- Corry Brokken, Dutch singer (b. 1932)
- Antonio Imbert Barrera, Dominican politician (b. 1920)

June

June 2 – Tom Kibble, British physicist (b. 1932)
June 3
- Muhammad Ali, American Olympic and professional boxer (b. 1942)
- Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer (b. 1991)
June 4 – Carmen Pereira, Bissau-Guinean politician (b. 1937)
June 5 – Jerome Bruner, American psychologist (b. 1915)
June 6
- Viktor Korchnoi, Russian-born Swiss chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
- Theresa Saldana, American actress and author (b. 1954)
- Peter Shaffer, British playwright and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-American mixed martial artist, boxer, wrestler and actor (b. 1974)
June 7 – Stephen Keshi, Nigerian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
June 8 – Qahhor Mahkamov, 1st President of Tajikistan (b. 1932)
June 9 – Hassan Muhammad Makki, 10th Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1933)
June 10
- Christina Grimmie, American singer (b. 1994)
- Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
June 11 – Rudi Altig, German road racing cyclist (b. 1937)
June 12
- Omar Mateen, American mass murderer (b. 1986)
- George Voinovich, American politician (b. 1936)
- Janet Waldo, American actress (b. 1919)
June 14 – Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (b. 1928)
June 16 – Jo Cox, English politician (b. 1974)
June 18 – Vittorio Merloni, Italian entrepreneur (b. 1933)
June 19
- Götz George, German actor (b. 1938)
- Victor Stănculescu, Romanian general and politician (b. 1928)
- Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (b. 1989)
June 20 – Edgard Pisani, French politician (b. 1918)
June 23
- Michael Herr, American writer, journalist and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician (b. 1927)
June 25 – Maurice G. Dantec, French writer (b. 1959)
June 27
- Bud Spencer, Italian actor, swimmer, and water polo player (b. 1929)
- Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist (b. 1928)
June 28
- Scotty Moore, American guitarist (b. 1931)
- Pat Summitt, American basketball coach (b. 1952)
June 30 – Martin Lundström, Swedish Olympic cross country skier (b. 1918)

July

July 1 – Yves Bonnefoy, French poet (b. 1923)
July 2
- Michael Cimino, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1939)
- Rudolf E. Kálmán, Hungarian-born American electrical engineer (b. 1930)
- Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1946)
- Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France (b. 1930)
- Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Nobel writer and political activist (b. 1928)
- Caroline Aherne, English actress, comedian and writer (b. 1963)
July 3 – Noel Neill, American actress (b. 1920)
July 4 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director (b. 1940)
July 6
- John McMartin, American actor (b. 1929)
- Turgay Şeren, Turkish footballer (b. 1932)
July 8
- Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, and ascetic (b. 1928)
- William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (b. 1917)
July 9 – Silvano Piovanelli, Italian cardinal (b. 1924)
July 12 – Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician and convicted war criminal (b. 1958)
July 13
- Héctor Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian film director (b. 1946)
- Bernardo Provenzano, Italian criminal (b. 1933)
- Zygmunt Zimowski, Polish bishop (b. 1949)
July 14 – Péter Esterházy, Hungarian writer (b. 1950)
July 16
- Nate Thurmond, American basketball player (b. 1941)
- Alan Vega, American vocalist and visual artist (b. 1938)
July 19
- Garry Marshall, American film director, television producer and actor (b. 1934)
- Anthony D. Smith, British historical sociologist (b. 1939)
July 22 – Ursula Franklin, German-born Canadian scientist (b. 1921)
July 23 – Thorbjörn Fälldin, 2-Time Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1926)
July 25
- Halil İnalcık, Turkish historian (b. 1916)
- Dwight Jones, American basketball player (b. 1952)
- Tim LaHaye, American evangelist and author (b. 1926)
July 27
- Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (b. 1928)
- Piet de Jong, Dutch politician and naval officer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1915)
July 28
- Mahasweta Devi, Indian social activist and writer (b. 1926)
- Vladica Kovačević, Serbian footballer (b. 1940)
- Émile Derlin Zinsou, 4th President of Dahomey (b. 1918)
July 30 – Gloria DeHaven, American actress (b. 1925)
July 31
- Fazil Iskander, Russian writer (b. 1929)
- Bobbie Heine Miller, South African tennis player (b. 1909)
- Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1955)
- Seymour Papert, South African-born American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1928)

August

August 1 – Queen Anne of Romania, French-born consort of former King Michael of Romania (b. 1923)
August 2
- David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930)
- Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (b. 1927)
- Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American Nobel chemist (b. 1946)
August 3 – Chris Amon, New Zealand motor racing driver (b. 1943)
August 9 – Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (b. 1951)
August 13
- Kenny Baker, English actor (b. 1934)
- Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer (b. 1930)
August 14
- Hermann Kant, German writer (b. 1926)
- Fyvush Finkel, American actor (b. 1922)
August 15
- Dalian Atkinson, English footballer (b. 1968)
- Stefan Henze, German canoeist and coach (b. 1981)
- Bobby Hutcherson, American jazz musician (b. 1941)
August 16
- Andrew Florent, Australian tennis player (b. 1970)
- João Havelange, Brazilian athlete and football executive (b. 1916)
August 17 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director (b. 1923)
August 18 – Ernst Nolte, German historian (b. 1923)
August 19
- Lou Pearlman, American music manager and record producer (b. 1954)
- Nina Ponomaryova, Russian Olympic discus thrower (b. 1929)
- Jack Riley, American actor (b. 1935)
- Mohammad Ali Samatar, 5th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1931)
August 22
- S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (b. 1924)
- Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician (b. 1922)
August 23
- Steven Hill, American actor (b. 1922)
- Berit Mørdre Lammedal, Norwegian cross-country skier (b. 1940)
- Reinhard Selten, German Nobel economist (b. 1930)
August 24
- Michel Butor, French writer (b. 1926)
- Walter Scheel, 8th President of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (b. 1919)
- Roger Y. Tsien, American Nobel biologist (b. 1952)
August 25
- James Cronin, American Nobel physicist (b. 1931)
- Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer (b. 1930)
- Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (b. 1924)
August 26 – Harald Grønningen, Norwegian cross country skier (b. 1934)
August 28
- Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Israeli politician and former Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1936)
- Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and wrestling manager (b. 1934)
- Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
August 29 – Gene Wilder, American actor (b. 1933)
August 30
- Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast (b. 1942)
- Marc Riboud, French photographer (b. 1923)

September

September 1 – Jon Polito, American actor (b. 1950)
September 2
- Islam Karimov, 1st President of Uzbekistan (b. 1938)
- Daniel Willems, Belgian cyclist (b. 1956)
September 3
- Johnny Rebel, American white supremacist singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
- Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, French mathematician (b. 1957)
September 5
- Hugh O'Brian, American actor (b. 1925)
- Phyllis Schlafly, American writer and political activist (b. 1924)
September 7
- Joseph Keller, American mathematician (b. 1923)
- Norbert Schemansky, American weightlifter (b. 1924)
September 8
- Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
- Dragiša Pešić, 5th Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro (b. 1954)
September 11 – Alexis Arquette, American actress, cabaret performer, underground cartoonist, and activist (b. 1969)
September 12 – Sándor Csoóri, Hungarian poet (b. 1930)
September 13 – Jonathan Riley-Smith, English medieval historian (b. 1938)
September 16
- Edward Albee, American playwright (b. 1928)
- Gabriele Amorth, Italian Catholic priest and exorcist (b. 1925)
- Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 10th President and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
- António Mascarenhas Monteiro, 2nd President of Cape Verde (b. 1944)
September 17
- Charmian Carr, American actress (b. 1942)
- Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (b. 1930)
September 20 – Curtis Hanson, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
September 23 – Marcel Artelesa, French footballer (b. 1938)
September 24
- Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (b. 1928)
- Bill Nunn, American actor (b. 1953)
September 25
- José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball pitcher (b. 1992)
- David Padilla, 53rd President of Bolivia (b. 1927)
- Arnold Palmer, American professional golfer (b. 1929)
- Jean Shepard, American honky-tonk singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
- Rod Temperton, English songwriter, record producer and musician (b. 1949)
September 26 – Herschell Gordon Lewis, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
September 27 – Jamshid Amouzegar, 71st Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1923)
September 28 – Shimon Peres, 9th President and 8th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1923)
September 29 – Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino politician (b. 1945)
September 30 – Trịnh Thị Ngọ, Vietnamese radio personality (b. 1931)

October

October 1 – David Herd, Scottish footballer (b. 1934)
October 2 – Neville Marriner, British conductor (b. 1924)
October 4 – Brigitte Hamann, German-Austrian historian and author (b. 1940)
October 5 – Michal Kováč, 1st President of Slovakia (b. 1930)
October 8
- Gary Dubin, American actor and voice actor (b. 1959)
- Stylianos Pattakos, Greek military officer (b. 1912)
October 9
- Mamadou Dembelé, 3rd Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1934)
- Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director (b. 1926)
October 11 – Teatao Teannaki, 2nd President of Kiribati (b. 1936)
October 12 – Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor and comedian (b. 1964)
October 13
- Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (b. 1927)
- Dario Fo, Italian actor, Nobel playwright and comedian (b. 1926)
October 14 – Klim Churyumov, Soviet-Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1937)
October 16
- Kigeli V, King of Rwanda (b. 1936)
- Viktor Zubkov, Russian basketball player (b. 1937)
October 20
- Michael Massee, American actor (b. 1952)
- Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (b. 1939)
October 23 – Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (b. 1932)
October 24
- Jorge Batlle, 38th President of Uruguay (b. 1927)
- Benjamin Creme, Scottish artist, author and esotericist (b. 1922)
- Reinhard Häfner, German footballer (b. 1952)
- Bobby Vee, American pop singer (b. 1943)
October 25 – Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer (b. 1944)
October 27 – Takahito, Prince Mikasa (b. 1915)
October 28 – Nicholas Brathwaite, 3rd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1925)
October 29
- Roland Dyens, French classical guitarist and composer (b. 1955)
- Pen Sovan, 32nd Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1936)
October 31 – Silvio Gazzaniga, Italian sculptor (b. 1921)

November

November 2 – Oleg Popov, Soviet and Russian clown (b. 1930)
November 3 – W. D. Amaradeva, Sri Lankan Musician (b. 1927)
November 4 – Jean-Jacques Perrey, French electronic music producer (b. 1929)
November 5 – Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player (b. 1982)
November 6 – Zoltán Kocsis, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1952)
November 7
- Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (b. 1934)
- Janet Reno, American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General (b. 1938)
November 11
- Ilse Aichinger, Austrian writer (b. 1921)
- Željko Čajkovski, Croatian football player (b. 1925)
- Robert Vaughn, American actor (b. 1932)
November 12 – Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (b. 1910)
November 13
- Enzo Maiorca, Italian free diver (b. 1931)
- Leon Russell, American musician (b. 1942)
November 14
- Gwen Ifill, American journalist (b. 1955)
- Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player (b. 1913)
November 15
- Mose Allison, American jazz musician (b. 1927)
- Sixto Durán Ballén, 37th President of Ecuador (b. 1921)
November 16
- Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (b. 1918)
- Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (b. 1922)
- Daniel Prodan, Romanian football player (b. 1972)
November 17 – Whitney Smith, American vexillologist (b. 1940)
November 18
- Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (b. 1920)
- Sharon Jones, American soul singer (b. 1956)
November 20
- Gabriel Badilla, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1984)
- Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, 5th President of Greece (b. 1926)
- William Trevor, Irish writer (b. 1928)
November 22 – M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer (b. 1930)
November 23
- Rita Barberá, Spanish politician (b. 1948)
- Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (b. 1930)
November 24
- Florence Henderson, American actress (b. 1934)
- Pauline Oliveros, American composer (b. 1932)
November 25
- Fidel Castro, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the State Council of Cuba (b. 1926)
- Ron Glass, American actor (b. 1945)
- David Hamilton, British photographer (b. 1933)
November 27 – Ioannis Grivas, 176th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1923)
November 28
- Cléber Santana, Brazilian footballer (b. 1981)
- Mark Taimanov, Russian chess Grandmaster and concert pianist (b. 1926)
November 29 – Luis Alberto Monge, 39th President of Costa Rica (b. 1925)

December

December 2 – Sammy Lee, American Olympic diver (b. 1920)
December 4 – Gotlib, French comic artist (b. 1934)
December 5
- Geydar Dzhemal, Russian Islamic philosopher (b. 1947)
- Jayalalithaa Jayaram, Indian politician (b. 1948)
December 6 – Peter Vaughan, British actor (b. 1923)
December 7
- Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani recording artist (b. 1964)
- Paul Elvstrøm, Danish Olympic yachtsman (b. 1928)
- Greg Lake, British musician (b. 1947)
December 8
- John Glenn, American aviator, astronaut and politician (b. 1921)
- Joseph Mascolo, American actor (b. 1929)
December 10 – Esma Redžepova, Macedonian-Romani singer (b. 1943)
December 12
- E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat (b. 1912)
- Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Spanish bishop (b. 1932)
December 13
- Thomas Schelling, American Nobel economist (b. 1921)
- Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter (b. 1947)
December 14
- Paulo Evaristo Arns, Brazilian prelate (b. 1921)
- Bernard Fox, Welsh actor (b. 1927)
December 16 – Faina Melnik, Ukrainian-born Russian Olympic discus thrower (b. 1945)
December 17 – Henry Heimlich, American physician (b. 1920)
December 18 – Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (b. 1917)
December 19 – Andrei Karlov, Russian diplomat (b. 1954)
December 20 – Michèle Morgan, French actress (b. 1920)
December 22 – Miruts Yifter, Ethiopian long-distance runner (b. 1944)
December 23
- Heinrich Schiff, Austrian cellist (b. 1951)
- Piers Sellers, British-American astronaut and meteorologist (b. 1955)
- Vesna Vulović, Serbian air disaster survivor (b. 1950)
December 24
- Richard Adams, English novelist (b. 1920)
- Rick Parfitt, British musician (b. 1948)
- Liz Smith, British actress (b. 1921)
December 25
- George Michael, British singer (b. 1963)
- Vera Rubin, American astronomer (b. 1928)
December 26 – Ashot Anastasian, Armenian chess grandmaster (b. 1964)
December 27
- Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer (b. 1956)
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, 12th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1933)
December 28
- Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, President of Uruguay (b. 1925)
- Michel Déon, French writer (b. 1919)
- Debbie Reynolds, American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1932)
December 29
- Néstor Gonçalves, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1936)
- Ferdinand Kübler, Swiss racing cyclist (b. 1919)
December 30 – Tyrus Wong, Chinese-born American artist (b. 1910)
December 31
- William Christopher, American actor and comedian (b. 1932)
- Henning Christophersen, Danish politician (b. 1939)

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