Famous People Who Died In 2000
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 2000. This list includes people like Hedy Lamarr, Pierre Trudeau, Walter Matthau, Alec Guinness, Terence McKenna and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, journalists, poets and prime ministers who died in 2000. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & France and many more countries.
Gwen Verdon13 January 1925, American
Actress
Hedy Lamarr09 November 1914, Austrian, American
Actress, Co-inventor of technology for spread
Pierre Trudeau18 October 1919, Canadian
15th Prime Minister of Canada
Alec Guinness02 April 1914, British
Actor
Jim Varney15 June 1949, American
Actor
Walter Matthau01 October 1920, American
Actor
Terence McKenna16 November 1946, American
Philosopher, Psychonaut, Ethnobotanist, Author
Loretta Young06 January 1913, American
Actress
Big Pun09 November 1971, American
Rapper
Meredith MacRae30 May 1944, American
Actress
Steve Allen26 December 1921, American
Justin Pierce21 March 1975, British
Actor
Roger Vadim26 January 1928, French
Screenwriter
Charles M. Schulz26 November 1922, American
Hafez al-Assad06 October 1930, Syrian
Former President of Syria
Richard Mulligan13 November 1932, American
Actor
Noor Jehan21 September 1926, Pakistani
Singer and Actress
Victor Borge03 January 1909, Danish, American
American-Danish comedian
Jean Speegle Howard31 January 1927, American
Actress
Tom Landry11 September 1924, American
Former American Football Player & Coach
Friedensreich Hundertwasser15 December 1928, Austrian
Architect
Barbara Cartland09 July 1901, British
Author
Nick Massi19 September 1927, American
Guitarist
Sirimavo Bandaranaike17 April 1916, Sri Lankan
Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Edward Gorey22 February 1925, American
John Lindsay24 November 1921, American
Politician, Former Mayor of New York City
Hosea Williams05 January 1926, American
Civil Rights Leader
Doug Henning03 May 1947, Canadian
Magician
Gwendolyn Brooks07 June 1917, American
Poet
Chidambaram Subramaniam30 January 1910, Indian
Former Indian Politician & Freedom Activist
Robin Day24 October 1923, British
Broadcaster, Journalist
Alan Cranston19 June 1914, American
Former United States Senator
Carl Albert10 May 1908, American
Former Speaker of the United States House of
Judith Wright31 May 1915, Australian
Poet, Environmentalist, Campaigner for Aboriginal
A. E. van Vogt26 April 1912, Canadian
Science Fiction Author
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Don Budge13 June 1915, American
Tennis Player
Mark Oliphant08 October 1901, Australian
Physicist
Alan Hovhaness08 March 1911, American
Composer
Robert Cormier17 January 1925, American
American author
William E. Simon27 November 1927, American
Businessman, Philanthropist
John Harsanyi29 May 1920, Hungarian, American
Economist
Charles Perkins16 June 1936, Australian
Soccer player
Abraham Pais19 May 1918, American
Physicist
Louis Néel22 November 1904, French
Physicist
Son Sann05 October 1911, French, Cambodian
Politician
Konrad Emil Bloch21 January 1912, German, Polish, American
Biochemist
Cyril Clarke22 September 1907, British
Pioneering work on prevention of Rh disease, and
Michael Smith (Chemist)26 April 1932, Canadian
Biochemist
René Gerónimo Favaloro12 July 1923, Argentinian
Cardiovascular Surgeon
Emil Zatopek19 September 1922, Czech
Long Distance Runner
Merton H. Miller16 May 1923, American
Economist
Seymour Kety25 August 1915, American
Neuroscientist
Paula Yates24 April 1959, British
Television presenter, Journalist
Jason Robards26 July 1922, American
American film actor
Julie London26 September 1926, American
Actor, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Jazz musician,
Werner Klemperer22 March 1920, American
Television actor, Film actor, Singer, Opera
Kirsty MacColl10 October 1959, British
Singer-songwriter, Singer
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.09 December 1909, American
Actor
Ofra Haza19 November 1957, Israeli
Singer, Voice actor, Actor, Composer, Journalist,
Tito Puente20 April 1922, American
actor, bandleader, conductor, composer, jazz
Jack Hemingway10 October 1923, American
Autobiographer
Billy Barty25 October 1924, American
Actor
Richard Farnsworth1920 AD, American
Film Actor, Television Actor
Maurice Richard04 August 1921, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Vittorio Gassman01 September 1922, Italian
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter, Stage actor
Lolo Ferrari09 February 1963, French
Film actor, Adult Film Star, Television presenter,
Willard Van Orman Quine25 June 1908, American
Mathematician, Analytic philosopher, Philosopher
Adam Petty10 July 1980, American
Motorcycle racer, Racecar driver
Ingrid of Sweden28 March 1910, Swedish
Virginia Admiral04 February 1915, American
Painter
Lala Amarnath11 September 1911, Indian
Cricketer
Jacob Lawrence07 September 1917, American
Painter
Harold Nicholas27 March 1921, American
Dancer, Actor
Elmo Zumwalt29 November 1920, American
Officer
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande08 November 1919, Indian
Author, Film director, Actor, Composer, Poet,
Andy Hug07 September 1964, Swiss
Karateka, Kickboxer
Habib Bourguiba03 August 1903, Tunisian
Politician, Lawyer
Alla Rakha29 April 1919, Indian
Composer, Percussionist
Leonid Rogozov14 March 1934, Russian
Physician, Surgeon, University teacher
Edoardo Agnelli09 June 1954, American
Entrepreneur
Blue Demon24 April 1922, Mexican
Actor, Professional wrestler, Film actor
Carl Barks27 March 1901, American
Screenwriter, Writer, Painter, Farmer, Journalist
Majrooh Sultanpuri01 October 1919, Indian
Author, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Doris Hare01 March 1905, British
Stage actor, Film actor
Gino Bartali18 July 1914, Italian
Cyclist
Anthony Corallo12 February 1913, American
Gangster
Herta Bothe08 January 1921, German
Torturer
Jan Karski24 June 1914, Polish
jurist, writer, teacher
Bettino Craxi24 February 1934, Italian
Politician
Dave Peverett16 April 1943, British
Musician, Guitarist, Songwriter
Libertad Lamarque24 November 1908, Argentinian
Actor, Singer, Television actor, Film actor
Bob Lemon1920 AD, American
Coach, Baseball Player
Yokozuna02 October 1966, American
Lee Petty14 March 1914, American
Racecar driver
Donald Davies07 June 1924, British
Computer scientist
Gherman Titov11 September 1935, Russian
Cosmonaut,Pilot