Wendy Wasserstein	American Playwright	January 30
Kenneth Lay	American Businessman	July 5
Lloyd Bentsen	American Politician	May 23
Lou Rawls	American Musician	January 6
Lyn Nofziger		March 27
Mako	Japanese Actor	July 21
Mark Roberts	American Actor	January 5
Mickey Spillane	American Author	July 17
Milton Friedman	American Economist	November 16
Katherine Dunham	American Dancer	May 21
June Allyson	American Actress	July 8
Jeff Cooper	American Celebrity	September 25
Johannes Rau	German Statesman	January 27
John Kenneth Galbraith	American Economist	April 29
John M. Ford	American Writer	September 25
John McGahern	Irish Writer	March 30
John Money	New Zealander Psychologist	July 7
Joseph Barbera	American Cartoonist	December 18
Joseph Stefano	American Writer	August 25
Muriel Spark	English Novelist	April 13
Naguib Mahfouz	Egyptian Novelist	August 30
Sarah Caldwell	American Celebrity	March 23
Shelley Winters	American Actress	January 14
Slobodan Milosevic	Yugoslavian Criminal	March 11
Stanislaw Lem	Polish Writer	March 27
Stanley Kunitz	American Poet	May 14
Steve Irwin	Australian Scientist	September 4
Syd Barrett	English Musician	July 7
Val Guest	British Director	May 10
Ruth Bernhard	German Photographer	December 18
Robert Altman	American Director	November 20
Nam June Paik	American Artist	January 29
Octavia Butler	American Writer	February 24
Owen Chamberlain	American Scientist	February 28
Patty Berg	American Athlete	September 10
Peter Benchley	American Author	February 11
Peter Frederick Strawson		February 13
Red Auerbach	American Coach	October 28
Red Buttons	American Comedian	July 13
Jeane Kirkpatrick	American Diplomat	December 7
Jay McShann	American Musician	December 7
Bob Thaves	American Cartoonist	August 1
Buck Owens	American Musician	March 25
Byron Nelson	American Athlete	September 26
Caspar Weinberger	American Public Servant	March 28
Charles Haughey	Irish Politician	June 13
Clifford Geertz	American Scientist	October 30
Coretta Scott King	American Activist	January 31
Cory Lidle	American Athlete	October 11
Billy Preston	American Musician	June 6
Betty Friedan	American Activist	February 4
Al Lewis	American Actor	February 3
Alfredo Stroessner	Paraguayan Statesman	August 16
Andreas Katsulas	American Actor	February 13
Ann Richards	American Politician	September 13
Arnold Newman	American Photographer	June 6
Arthur Hertzberg	Polish Theologian	April 17
Arthur Peacocke	English Theologian	October 21
Augusto Pinochet	Chilean Soldier	December 10
Curt Gowdy	American Celebrity	February 20
Dennis Weaver	American Actor	February 24
Harry Browne	American Writer	March 1
Harry Seidler	Australian Architect	March 9
Henry M. Morris	American Celebrity	February 25
Ibrahim Rugova	Statesman	January 21
Irving Layton	Canadian Poet	January 4
James Brown	American Musician	December 25
James Van Allen	American Physicist	August 9
Jane Jacobs	American Sociologist	April 25
Gyorgy Ligeti	Hungarian Composer	June 12
Gordon Parks	American Photographer	March 7
Desmond Dekker	Jamaican Musician	May 25
Don Knotts	American Actor	February 24
Eileen Caddy	English Celebrity	December 13
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf	German Musician	August 3
Ellen Willis	American Writer	November 9
Floyd Patterson	American Athlete	May 11
Gerald R. Ford	American President	December 26
Glenn Ford	American Actor	August 30
Aaron Spelling	American Producer	June 23