Yves Saint Laurent	French Designer	June 1
Robert F. Goheen	American Educator	August 31
Richard Widmark	American Actor	March 24
Paul Scofield	British Actor	March 19
Paul Newman	American Actor	September 26
Mel Ferrer	American Actor	June 2
Margaret Truman	American Novelist	January 29
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi	Indian Philosopher	February 5
Joshua Lederberg	American Scientist	February 2
John Templeton	American Businessman	July 8
John Michael Hayes	American Writer	November 19
John Archibald Wheeler	American Physicist	April 13
Jo Stafford	American Musician	July 16
Jesse Helms	American Politician	July 4
Robert Mondavi	American Businessman	May 16
Robert Rauschenberg	American Artist	May 12
Roy Scheider	American Actor	February 10
Willis Lamb	American Scientist	May 15
William Odom	American Soldier	May 30
William F. Buckley, Jr.	American Journalist	February 27
W. Mark Felt	American Public Servant	December 18
Tony Snow	American Journalist	July 12
Tom Lantos	American Diplomat	February 11
Tim Russert	American Journalist	June 13
Thomas M. Disch	American Author	July 4
Ted Solotaroff	American Writer	August 8
Sydney Pollack	American Director	May 26
Studs Terkel	American Journalist	October 31
Stephanie Tubbs Jones	American Politician	August 20
Sammy Baugh	American Athlete	December 17
Jerry Wexler	American Musician	August 15
Janez Drnovsek	Slovenian Statesman	February 23
Charlton Heston	American Actor	April 5
Carl Karcher	American Businessman	January 11
Bronislaw Geremek	Polish Historian	July 13
Brad Renfro	American Actor	January 15
Bobby Fischer	American Celebrity	January 17
Bo Diddley	American Musician	June 2
Bettie Page	American Model	December 11
Bernie Mac	American Actor	August 9
Arthur C. Clarke	English Writer	March 19
Alun Hoddinott	Welsh Composer	March 12
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn	Russian Author	August 3
Albert Hofmann	Swiss Scientist	April 29
Aime Cesaire	French Poet	April 17
Conor Cruise O'Brien	Irish Politician	December 18
David Foster Wallace	American Writer	December 12
Dorothy Sarnoff	American Musician
Isaac Hayes	American Musician	August 10
Howard Metzenbaum	American Poet	March 12
Heath Ledger	Australian Actor	January 22
Hamilton Jordan	American Public Servant	May 20
Gordon B. Hinckley	American Clergyman	January 27
George Carlin	American Comedian	June 22
Gary Gygax	American Inventor	March 4
Evan G. Galbraith	American Diplomat	January 21
Estelle Getty	American Actress	July 22
Elaine Dundy	American Novelist	May 1
Edmund Hillary	New Zealander Explorer	January 11
Eddy Arnold	American Musician	May 8
Earl Butz	American Public Servant	February 2
Adrian Mitchell	British Poet	December 20