Famous People Who Died In 1999
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1999. This list includes people like Wilt Chamberlain, Stanley Kubrick, Fred Trump, John F. Kennedy Jr., Joe DiMaggio and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, composers, novelists and journalists who died in 1999. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & Canada and many more countries.
Wilt Chamberlain21 August 1936, American
Basketball Player
Fred Trump11 October 1905, American
Real Estate Developer
Stanley Kubrick26 July 1928, American
Film Director
John F. Kennedy Jr.25 November 1960, American
Son of John F. Kennedy
Joe DiMaggio25 November 1914, American
American Baseball Star
Owen Hart07 May 1965, Canadian
Professional Wrestler
Oliver Reed13 February 1938, British
Actor
Shel Silverstein25 September 1930, American
Poet
George C. Scott18 October 1927, American
American film actor
Dana Plato07 November 1964, American
Actress
Gene Rayburn22 December 1917, American
Radio & Television Personality
Joseph Heller01 May 1923, American
Novelist
Curtis Mayfield03 June 1942, American
Singer, Guitarist
Walter Payton25 July 1954, American
American Football Player
Khushwant Singh02 February 1915, Indian
Novelist, Lawyer, Journalist & Politician
Carlos Hathcock20 May 1942, American
Military Personnel
Rory Calhoun08 August 1922, American
Actor
Bill Bowerman19 February 1911, American
Co-founder of Nike, Inc.
Ellen Corby03 June 1911, American
Actress
Mario Puzo15 October 1920, American
Novelist, Screenwriter
Raisa Gorbacheva05 January 1932, Russian
First Lady of U.S.S.R
Brandon Burlsworth20 September 1976, American
American Football Player
Iron Eyes Cody03 April 1904, American
Actor
Lena Zavaroni04 November 1963, Scottish
Singer
Jerry Quarry15 May 1945, American
Boxer
George Hill Hodel10 October 1907, American
Suspected Murderer
Glenn T. Seaborg19 April 1912, American
Chemist
Buster Merryfield27 November 1920, British
Actor
Sylvia Sidney08 August 1910, American
Actress
Shirley Hemphill01 July 1947, American
Comedian
Quentin Crisp25 December 1908, British
English Writer & Gay Icon
Allan Carr27 May 1937, American
American Producer
James Farmer12 January 1920, American
Civil Rights Activist
Paul Bowles30 December 1910, American
Writer, Music Composer
Allen Funt16 September 1914, American
Television Host
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Gertrude B. Elion23 January 1918, American
Biochemist, Pharmacologist
Nirad C. Chaudhuri23 November 1897, Indian
Indian writer
Edward Dmytryk04 September 1908, Canadian, American
Film Director
Wassily Leontief05 August 1906, Russian, American, Russian
Nobel Prize Winner in Economics
King Hussein of Jordan14 November 1935, Jordanian
King of Jordan
Soumaya Domit Gemayel1948 AD, Mexican
Philanthropist, Carlos Slim’s Wife
Don Dunstan21 September 1926, Australian, Fijian
Former Premier of South Australia
Andre Dubus11 August 1936, American
Short story writer
Rafael Alberti16 December 1902, Spanish
Poet
Arthur Leonard Schawlow05 May 1921, American
Physicist
Gerhard Herzberg25 December 1904, Canadian, German
Physical Chemist, Physicist
Daniel Nathans30 October 1928, American
Microbiologist
Henry Way Kendall09 December 1926, American
Physicist
Trygve Haavelmo13 December 1911, Norwegian
Economist
David Ogilvy23 June 1911, French, British
Businessman
Leon Štukelj12 November 1898, Slovenian
Gymnast
Charles Brown13 September 1922, American
American singer
Clarence Walton Lillehei23 October 1918, American
Pioneer of Open-Heart Surgery
Jill Dando09 November 1961, British
Television presenter, News presenter, Journalist
Dusty Springfield16 April 1939, British
Singer, Artist, Cleric
Madeline Kahn29 September 1942, American
voice actor, stage actor, film actor, television
Payne Stewart30 January 1957, American
Golfer
Graham Staines1941 AD, Australian
translator, Bible translator
Rick Rude07 December 1958, American
Professional wrestler, Actor
Hussein of Jordan14 November 1935, Jordanian
Politician
DeForest Kelley20 January 1920, American
Actor
Kami01 February 1972, Japanese
musician
George Papadopoulos05 May 1919, Greek
Former President of Greece
Scatman John13 March 1942, American
Musical artist
Victor Mature29 January 1913, American
actor, stage actor, television actor, film actor
Anthony Newley24 September 1931, British
Actor, Songwriter, Singer-songwriter, Composer,
Mary Kay Bergman05 June 1961, American
Actor, Voice actor
Dirk Bogarde28 March 1921, British
English actor
Alan Clark13 April 1928, British
Politician, Historian, Diarist
Gene Siskel26 January 1946, American
Journalist, Television presenter, Film critic
Julius Nyerere13 April 1922, Tanzanian
Linguist, Politician, Translator
Vikram Batra09 September 1974, Indian
Rick Danko29 December 1942, Canadian
Guitarist, Singer-songwriter, Singer
Mel Tormé13 September 1925, American
Actor, Singer, Composer, Novelist, Songwriter,
Clayton Moore14 September 1914, American
American actor
Hoyt Axton25 March 1938, American
Actor, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Television actor
Malcolm Marshall18 April 1958, Barbadian
Cricketer
Shankar Dayal Sharma19 August 1918, Indian
President
Gorilla Monsoon04 June 1937, American
Professional wrestler, Actor
Iris Murdoch15 July 1919, Irish
Poet, Philosopher, Novelist, Writer, Biographer
Brion James20 February 1945, American
Actor
Yehudi Menuhin22 April 1916, Swiss, British, American
Conductor, Politician, Autobiographer, Jazz
Pete Conrad02 June 1930, American
Officer, Astronaut, Aviator, Racecar driver
John Osteen21 August 1921, American
Non-fiction writer
Hassan II of Morocco09 July 1929, Moroccan
Former King of Morocco
Bobby Troup18 October 1918, American
Singer-songwriter, Pianist, Actor, Songwriter,
Judith Exner11 January 1934, American
Writer, Memoirist
Gene Sarazen27 February 1902, American
Golfer
Kazuo Sakamaki08 November 1918, Japanese
Soldier
Robert Bresson25 September 1901, French
Film director
Ernie Wise27 November 1925, British
Comedian, Actor, Screenwriter
Jean Shepherd26 July 1921, American
Actor, Radio personality
Jackson C. Frank02 March 1943, American
Singer, Singer-songwriter, Guitarist
Akio Morita26 January 1921, Japanese
Businessperson, Engineer
Alex Lowe24 December 1958, American
Mountaineer
Sarah Kane03 February 1971, British
Playwright, Writer