Jeanne Calment	French Celebrity	August 4
Leon Edel	American Critic	September 5
Luther Allison	American Musician	August 12
Margaret Halsey	American Author
Martin Kippenberger	German Artist	March 7
Masaru Ibuka	Japanese Businessman	December 19
Melvin Calvin	American Scientist	January 8
Michael Hutchence	Australian Musician	November 22
Michael Kennedy	American Celebrity	December 31
Mike Royko	American Writer	April 29
Leo Rosten	American Novelist	February 19
Laurie Lee	English Poet	May 13
Jeff Buckley	American Musician	May 29
Jeffrey Bernard	British Journalist	September 4
Jimmy Stewart	American Actor
John Denver	American Musician	October 12
John E. Moss	American Politician	December 5
John Hines	American Clergyman	July 19
Kathy Acker	American Activist	November 30
King Hu	Chinese Director	January 14
Laura Nyro	American Musician	April 8
Mother Teresa	Albanian Leader	September 5
Murray Kempton	American Journalist	May 5
Pamela Harriman	American Celebrity	February 5
Samuel Fuller	American Director	October 30
Tony Williams	American Musician	February 23
Townes Van Zandt	American Musician	January 1
V. S. Pritchett	British Writer	March 20
Victor Vasarely	Hungarian Artist	March 15
Viktor E. Frankl	Austrian Psychologist	September 2
Willem de Kooning	American Artist	March 19
William J. Brennan	American Judge	July 27
William J. Brennan, Jr.	American Judge	July 24
Rudolf Bing	Austrian Musician	September 2
Roy Lichtenstein	American Artist	September 29
Pat Paulsen	American Comedian
Paul Tsongas	American Politician	January 18
Paulo Freire	Brazilian Educator	May 2
Princess Diana	British Royalty	August 31
Red Skelton	American Comedian	September 17
Richard Berry	American Musician	January 23
Robert Mitchum	American Actor	July 1
Roberto Goizueta	Cuban Businessman	October 18
Robin Skelton	British Writer	August 22
William S. Burroughs	American Writer	August 2
Jeane Dixon	American Celebrity	January 25
Albert Shanker	American Educator	February 22
Charles Brenton Huggins	Canadian Scientist	January 12
Charles Kuralt	American Journalist	July 4
Chris Farley	American Comedian	December 18
Clyde Tombaugh	American Scientist	January 17
Coleman Young	American Politician	November 29
Colonel Tom Parker	American Celebrity	January 21
Curt Flood	American Athlete	January 20
Deng Xiaoping	Chinese Leader	February 19
Diosdado Macapagal	Filipino Politician	April 21
Chaim Herzog	Israeli Statesman	April 17
Burton Lane	American Composer	January 5
Alfred Day Hershey	American Scientist	May 22
Alfred Leslie Rowse	British Historian	October 3
Allen Ginsberg	American Poet	April 5
Anatoli Boukreev	Russian Athlete	December 25
Andre Boucourechliev	French Composer	November 13
Bao Dai	Vietnamese Statesman	July 30
Ben Hogan	American Athlete	July 25
Betty Shabazz	American Activist	June 23
Brendan Gill	American Critic	December 27
Don Hutson	American Athlete	June 24
Eddie Arcaro	American Athlete	November 4
Edward M. Purcell	American Scientist	March 7
Herb Caen	American Journalist	February 1
Isaiah Berlin	Russian Philosopher	November 5
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole	American Musician	June 26
Jack Kent Cooke	Canadian Businessman	April 6
Jacques Yves Cousteau	French Explorer	June 25
James A. Michener	American Novelist	October 16
James Dickey	American Novelist	January 19
James Goldsmith	French Businessman
James Laughlin	American Poet	November 12
Harold S. Geneen	British Businessman
Harold Robbins	American Author	October 14
Edward Mulhare	Irish Actor	May 24
Ella Maillart	Swiss Writer	March 27
Elspeth Huxley	Kenyan Writer	January 10
Eugenie Anderson	American Diplomat	March 31
Fred Zinnemann	American Director	March 14
Georg Solti	Hungarian Musician	September 5
George Wald	American Scientist	April 12
Gianni Versace	Italian Designer	July 15
Hans Eysenck	German Psychologist	September 4
James Stewart	American Actor	July 2