Died in 2009
Died in 2009
LIST
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Lou Albano | Wrestling | 29-Jul-1933 | 14-Oct-2009 | Pro wrestling manager |
| Joseph P. Albright | Judge | 8-Nov-1938 | 20-Mar-2009 | WV Supreme Court Justice, 2001-09 |
| Terence Alexander | Actor | 11-Mar-1923 | 28-May-2009 | Charlie Hungerford in Bergerac |
| Raúl Alfonsín | Head of State | 13-Mar-1927 | 31-Mar-2009 | President of Argentina, 1983-89 |
| John Alvin | Actor | 24-Oct-1917 | 27-Feb-2009 | The Fighting Sullivans |
| Maryanne Amacher | Composer | 25-Feb-1943 | 22-Oct-2009 | Sound Characters (Making the Third Ear) |
| Robert W. Anderson | Playwright | 28-Apr-1917 | 9-Feb-2009 | Tea and Sympathy |
| Ken Annakin | Film Director | 10-Aug-1914 | 22-Apr-2009 | Battle of the Bulge |
| Leonore Annenberg | Socialite | 20-Feb-1918 | 12-Mar-2009 | Wife of Walter Annenberg |
| Corazon Aquino | Head of State | 25-Jan-1933 | 1-Aug-2009 | President of the Philippines, 1986-92 |
| Army Archerd | Columnist | 13-Jan-1922 | 8-Sep-2009 | Variety's gossip columnist |
| Bea Arthur | Actor | 13-May-1922 | 25-Apr-2009 | Maude and The Golden Girls |
| Ron Asheton | Guitarist | 17-Jul-1948 | 1-Jan-2009 | Guitarist for the Stooges |
| Susan Atkins | Criminal | 7-May-1948 | 24-Sep-2009 | Manson Family |
| John H. Austin | Doctor | c. 1944 | 29-May-2009 | Arcadian Management Services |
| Val Avery | Actor | 14-Jul-1924 | 12-Dec-2009 | The Anderson Tapes |
| William H. Avery | Politician | 11-Aug-1911 | 4-Nov-2009 | Governor of Kansas, 1965-67 |
| Kenneth H. Bacon | Journalist | 21-Nov-1944 | 15-Aug-2009 | President of Refugees International, 2001-09 |
| Carl Ballantine | Actor | 27-Sep-1922 | 3-Nov-2009 | Lester Gruber on McHale's Navy |
| J. G. Ballard | Author | 18-Nov-1930 | 19-Apr-2009 | Empire of the Sun, Crash |
| Ray Barrett | Actor | 2-May-1927 | 8-Sep-2009 | Peter Thornton on The Troubleshooters |
| Gene Barry | Actor | 14-Jun-1919 | 9-Dec-2009 | The War of the Worlds |
| Frank Batten | Publisher | 11-Feb-1927 | 10-Sep-2009 | Founder, The Weather Channel |
| Hildegard Behrens | Singer | 9-Feb-1937 | 18-Aug-2009 | Operatic soprano |
| Griffin Bell | Government | 31-Oct-1918 | 5-Jan-2009 | US Attorney General, 1977-79 |
| Henry Bellmon | Politician | 3-Sep-1921 | 29-Sep-2009 | Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| William P. Benton | Business | 4-Nov-1923 | 19-Feb-2009 | Former VP at Ford |
| Claude Berri | Film Director | 1-Jul-1934 | 12-Jan-2009 | Jean de Florette |
| Elizabeth Berridge | Novelist | 3-Dec-1919 | 2-Dec-2009 | Across the Common |
| Teel Bivins | Politician | 22-Nov-1947 | 26-Oct-2009 | US Ambassador to Sweden, 2004-06 |
| Betsy Blair | Actor | 11-Dec-1923 | 13-Mar-2009 | Marty |
| Pamela Blake | Actor | 6-Aug-1915 | 6-Oct-2009 | No Greater Sin |
| Doc Blanchard | Football | 11-Dec-1924 | 19-Apr-2009 | Winner, 1945 Heisman Trophy |
| Aage N. Bohr | Physicist | 19-Jun-1922 | 8-Sep-2009 | Determined shapes of nuclei |
| Omar Bongo | Head of State | 30-Dec-1935 | 7-Jun-2009 | President of Gabon, 1967-2009 |
| Norman Borlaug | Scientist | 25-Mar-1914 | 12-Sep-2009 | Engineered disease-resistant wheat |
| H. A. Boucher | Politician | 27-Jan-1921 | 19-Jun-2009 | Lt. Governor of Alaska, 1970-74 |
| Jimmy Boyd | Singer | 9-Jan-1939 | 7-Mar-2009 | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus |
| Katherine Boyd | Business | 11-Feb-1921 | 10-Feb-2009 | Interior decorator, GOP activist |
| Tom Braden | Columnist | 22-Feb-1917 | 3-Apr-2009 | Crossfire, Eight Is Enough |
| Myles Brand | Educator | 17-May-1942 | 16-Sep-2009 | President of the NCAA, 2003-09 |
| Claude S. Brinegar | Business | 16-Dec-1926 | 13-Mar-2009 | US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75 |
| Norman Brinker | Business | 3-Jun-1931 | 9-Jun-2009 | CEO of Brinker International, 1983-95 |
| Melvin T. Brunetti | Judge | 10-Nov-1933 | 30-Oct-2009 | 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-99 |
| Dennis Brutus | Poet | 28-Nov-1924 | 26-Dec-2009 | Sirens, Knuckles and Boots |
| Paul Burke | Actor | 21-Jul-1926 | 13-Sep-2009 | Det. Adam Flint on Naked City |
| Daniel E. Button | Politician | 1-Nov-1917 | 7-Mar-2009 | Congressman from New York, 1967-71 |
| Kathleen Byron | Actor | 11-Jan-1921 | 18-Jan-2009 | Black Narcissus |
| Hortense Calisher | Novelist | 20-Dec-1911 | 15-Jan-2009 | In the Absence of Angels |
| Donald W. Callender | Business | 27-Sep-1927 | 7-Jan-2009 | Marie Callender's restaurateur |
| Jack Cardiff | Cinematographer | 18-Sep-1914 | 22-Apr-2009 | The Long Ships |
| Philip Carey | Actor | 15-Jul-1925 | 6-Feb-2009 | One Life to Live |
| David Carradine | Actor | 8-Dec-1936 | 3-Jun-2009 | Grasshopper |
| Jim Carroll | Author | 1-Aug-1949 | 11-Sep-2009 | The Basketball Diaries |
| Lionel Casson | Scholar | 22-Jul-1914 | 18-Jul-2009 | The Ancient Mariners |
| Al Cervi | Basketball | 12-Feb-1917 | 9-Nov-2009 | NBA Hall of Famer |
| Marilyn Chambers | Pornstar | 22-Apr-1952 | 12-Apr-2009 | Behind the Green Door |
| Vic Chesnutt | Singer/Songwriter | 12-Nov-1964 | 25-Dec-2009 | Wheelchair-bound folk singer |
| Sam Church | Labor Leader | 20-Sep-1936 | 14-Jul-2009 | UMW President, 1979-82 |
| Monte Clark | Football | 24-Jan-1937 | 16-Sep-2009 | Detroit Lions Head Coach, 1978-84 |
| Frank M. Coffin | Judge | 11-Jul-1919 | 7-Dec-2009 | 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1965-89 |
| Dennis Cole | Actor | 19-Jul-1940 | 15-Nov-2009 | Beefcake model turned actor |
| Chris Connor | Singer | 8-Nov-1927 | 29-Aug-2009 | Jazz singer, I Miss You |
| Holly Coors | Activist | 25-Aug-1920 | 18-Jan-2009 | Ultraconservative beer baroness |
| Robert J. Cornell | Politician | 16-Dec-1919 | 10-May-2009 | Congressman from Wisconsin, 1975-79 |
| John Evander Couey | Criminal | 19-Sep-1958 | 30-Sep-2009 | Sex offender, killed Jessica Lunsford |
| Lou Creekmur | Football | 22-Jan-1927 | 5-Jul-2009 | Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer |
| Walter Cronkite | Journalist | 4-Nov-1916 | 17-Jul-2009 | America's most trusted newscaster |
| Merce Cunningham | Dancer | 16-Apr-1919 | 26-Jul-2009 | Merce Cunningham Dance Company |
| Philip D. Curtin | Historian | 22-May-1922 | 4-Jun-2009 | The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census |
| Kim Dae-Jung | Head of State | 3-Dec-1925 | 18-Aug-2009 | South Korean President, 1998-2003 |
| Chuck Daly | Basketball | 20-Jul-1930 | 9-May-2009 | Won 2 NBA Championships with the Pistons |
| Jean Dausset | Scientist | 19-Oct-1916 | 6-Jun-2009 | Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Bob Davis | Politician | 31-Jul-1932 | 16-Oct-2009 | Congressman from Michigan, 1979-93 |
| Blossom Dearie | Singer | 28-Apr-1924 | 7-Feb-2009 | Jazz singer and pianist |
| Simon Dee | Talk Show Host | 28-Jul-1935 | 30-Aug-2009 | Dee Time |
| Dom DeLuise | Actor | 1-Aug-1933 | 4-May-2009 | Cannonball Run |
| Willy DeVille | Singer/Songwriter | 27-Aug-1950 | 6-Aug-2009 | Frontman, Mink DeVille |
| Adrian W. DeWind | Attorney | 1-Dec-1913 | 7-Aug-2009 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
| Frank Graves Dickey | Educator | 1-Dec-1917 | 7-Aug-2009 | President, University of Kentucky, 1956-63 |
| Roy E. Disney | Business | 10-Jan-1930 | 16-Dec-2009 | Walt Disney's nephew |
| DJ AM | Disc Jockey | 30-Mar-1973 | 28-Aug-2009 | New York Club DJ |
| David Herbert Donald | Historian | 1-Oct-1920 | 17-May-2009 | Lincoln's Herndon |
| James S. Duesenberry | Economist | 18-Jul-1918 | 5-Oct-2009 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1966-68 |
| Dominick Dunne | Novelist | 29-Oct-1925 | 26-Aug-2009 | High society novelist, true crime writer |
| David Eddings | Author | 7-Jul-1931 | 2-Jun-2009 | The Belgariad |
| Richard J. Egan | Business | 28-Feb-1936 | 28-Aug-2009 | Co-Founder, EMC Corporation |
| William A. Emerson, Jr. | Journalist | 28-Feb-1923 | 25-Aug-2009 | Editor, Saturday Evening Post, 1965-69 |
| Guillermo Endara | Head of State | 12-May-1936 | 28-Sep-2009 | President of Panama, 1989-94 |
| Charles H. Erhart, Jr. | Business | 31-Jul-1925 | 16-Jan-2009 | President of W.R. Grace & Co., 1989-90 |
| Philip Jose Farmer | Author | 26-Jan-1918 | 25-Feb-2009 | Riverworld saga |
| Farrah Fawcett | Actor | 2-Feb-1947 | 25-Jun-2009 | Original blonde on Charlie's Angels |
| Donald Fisher | Business | 3-Sep-1928 | 27-Sep-2009 | Co-Founder of The Gap |
| John W. Fisher | Business | c. 1916 | 28-Jun-2009 | CEO of Ball Corporation, 1970-81 |
| Horton Foote | Playwright | 14-Mar-1916 | 4-Mar-2009 | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Ruth Ford | Actor | 7-Jul-1915 | 12-Aug-2009 | American stage actress |
| Lukas Foss | Conductor | 15-Aug-1922 | 1-Feb-2009 | Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1963-71 |
| John Hope Franklin | Historian | 2-Jan-1915 | 25-Mar-2009 | From Slavery to Freedom |
| A. Stone Freedberg | Doctor | 30-May-1908 | 25-Aug-2009 | Found H. Pylori near stomach ulcers |
| Marilyn French | Author | 21-Nov-1929 | 2-May-2009 | The Women's Room |
| Jerry Fuchs | Drummer | c. 1974 | 8-Nov-2009 | Maserati, !!! |
| Robert F. Furchgott | Scientist | 4-Jun-1916 | 19-May-2009 | Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
| Lorena Gale | Actor | 9-May-1958 | 21-Jun-2009 | Je me souviens |
| Don Galloway | Actor | 27-Jul-1937 | 8-Jan-2009 | Det. Sgt. Ed Brown on Ironside |
| Stephen Gately | Singer | 17-Mar-1976 | 10-Oct-2009 | Boyzone |
| Larry Gelbart | Film/TV Producer | 25-Feb-1928 | 11-Sep-2009 | M*A*S*H |
| Israel Gelfand | Mathematician | 2-Sep-1913 | 5-Oct-2009 | Banach algebras, Lie groups |
| Henry Gibson | Actor | 21-Sep-1935 | 14-Sep-2009 | Laugh-In |
| Thomas Gill | Politician | 21-Apr-1922 | 3-Jun-2009 | Lt. Governor of Hawaii, 1966-70 |
| Robert Ginty | Actor | 14-Nov-1948 | 21-Sep-2009 | The Exterminator |
| Vitaly L. Ginzburg | Physicist | 4-Oct-1916 | 8-Nov-2009 | Type-II superconductors |
| James L. Goddard | Government | 24-Apr-1923 | 18-Dec-2009 | FDA Commissioner, 1966-68 |
| Jade Goody | TV Personality | 5-Jun-1981 | 22-Mar-2009 | British TV celebrity |
| Lincoln Gordon | Diplomat | 10-Sep-1913 | 19-Dec-2009 | US Ambassador to Brazil, 1961-66 |
| Richard Gotshalk | Scholar | 4-Sep-1931 | 16-Apr-2009 | Homer and Hesiod: Myth and Philosophy |
| Alfred Gottschalk | Educator | 7-Mar-1930 | 12-Sep-2009 | President, Hebrew Union College, 1971-95 |
| Peter Gowan | Scholar | 15-Jan-1946 | 12-Jun-2009 | The Global Gamble |
| Clive W.J. Granger | Economist | 4-Sep-1934 | 27-May-2009 | Granger causality |
| Alex Grass | Business | 3-Aug-1927 | 27-Aug-2009 | Founder of Rite Aid |
| Harry J. Gray | Business | 18-Nov-1919 | 8-Jul-2009 | CEO of United Technologies, 1972-86 |
| Ellie Greenwich | Songwriter | 23-Oct-1940 | 26-Aug-2009 | Leader of the Pack |
| Charles Gwathmey | Architect | 19-Jun-1938 | 3-Aug-2009 | Designed extension to the Guggenheim |
| Alaina Reed Hall | Actor | 10-Nov-1946 | 17-Dec-2009 | Sesame Street |
| Edward T. Hall | Anthropologist | 16-May-1914 | 20-Jul-2009 | The Silent Language |
| Clifford Hansen | Politician | 16-Oct-1912 | 20-Oct-2009 | US Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78 |
| E. Lynn Harris | Novelist | 20-Jun-1955 | 23-Jul-2009 | Invisible Life |
| C. Lowell Harriss | Economist | 2-Aug-1912 | 14-Dec-2009 | Columbia University Economist |
| John Hart | Actor | 13-Dec-1917 | 20-Sep-2009 | Replaced Clayton Moore as TV's Lone Ranger |
| Paul Harvey | Radio Personality | 4-Sep-1918 | 28-Feb-2009 | The Paul Harvey Show |
| Paula Hawkins | Politician | 24-Jan-1927 | 3-Dec-2009 | US Senator from Florida, 1981-87 |
| Harold J. Haynes | Business | 29-Sep-1925 | 8-Jul-2009 | CEO of Standard Oil of California, 1974-81 |
| Alexander Heard | Educator | 14-Mar-1917 | 24-Jul-2009 | Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1963-82 |
| Warren E. Hearnes | Politician | 24-Jul-1923 | 16-Aug-2009 | Governor of Missouri, 1965-73 |
| W. G. Hefner | Politician | 11-Apr-1930 | 2-Sep-2009 | Congressman from North Carolina, 1975-99 |
| Otto Heino | Artist | 20-Apr-1915 | 16-Jul-2009 | Master potter |
| Don Hewitt | Film/TV Producer | 14-Dec-1922 | 19-Aug-2009 | 60 Minutes creator |
| Connie Hines | Actor | 24-Mar-1931 | 18-Dec-2009 | Carol Post on Mister Ed |
| Pat Hingle | Actor | 19-Jul-1924 | 3-Jan-2009 | Commissioner Gordon in Batman films |
| Hugh Hopper | Bassist | 29-Apr-1945 | 7-Jun-2009 | Soft Machine bassist |
| Kevork S. Hovnanian | Business | 16-May-1923 | 24-Sep-2009 | Founder of Hovnanian Enterprises |
| Tsien Hsue-shen | Scientist | 11-Dec-1911 | 31-Oct-2009 | Founder of Chinese space program |
| John Hughes | Film Director | 18-Feb-1950 | 6-Aug-2009 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| H. Guy Hunt | Politician | 17-Jun-1933 | 30-Jan-2009 | Governor of Alabama, 1987-93 |
| Roh Moo Hyun | Head of State | 6-Aug-1946 | 23-May-2009 | President of South Korea, 2003-08 |
| Lux Interior | Musician | 21-Oct-1946 | 4-Feb-2009 | Lead singer of The Cramps |
| Michael Jackson | Singer | 29-Aug-1958 | 25-Jun-2009 | King of Pop |
| Lou Jacobi | Actor | 28-Dec-1913 | 23-Oct-2009 | Avalon |
| Janet Jagan | Head of State | 20-Oct-1920 | 28-Mar-2009 | President of Guyana, 1997-99 |
| Maurice Jarre | Composer | 13-Sep-1924 | 29-Mar-2009 | Score to Lawrence of Arabia |
| Jeanne-Claude | Artist | 13-Jun-1945 | 18-Nov-2009 | Gift-wraps large monuments |
| Ingemar Johansson | Boxing | 22-Sep-1932 | 30-Jan-2009 | World Heavyweight Champion, 1959-60 |
| Jay Johnson | Politician | 30-Sep-1943 | 17-Oct-2009 | Congressman from Wisconsin, 1997-99 |
| Jennifer Jones | Actor | 2-Mar-1919 | 17-Dec-2009 | The Song of Bernadette |
| Maggie Jones | Actor | 21-Jun-1934 | 2-Dec-2009 | Coronation Street |
| Fred Joseph | Business | 22-Apr-1937 | 27-Nov-2009 | CEO of Drexel Burnham Lambert, 1985-90 |
| Brenda Joyce | Actor | 25-Feb-1912 | 4-Jul-2009 | Tarzan's Jane |
| Edward Judd | Actor | 4-Oct-1932 | 24-Feb-2009 | First Men in the Moon |
| Stanley H. Kaplan | Business | 24-May-1919 | 23-Aug-2009 | Developed SAT study aids |
| Ephraim Katzir | Head of State | 16-May-1916 | 30-May-2009 | President of Israel, 1973-78 |
| George Kell | Baseball | 23-Aug-1922 | 24-Mar-2009 | 3rd Baseman, MLB Hall of Famer |
| David B. Kellerman | Business | c. 1968 | 22-Apr-2009 | CFO of Freddie Mac, 2008-09 |
| Elmer Kelton | Novelist | 29-Apr-1926 | 22-Aug-2009 | Prolific Western novelist |
| Jack Kemp | Politician | 13-Jul-1935 | 2-May-2009 | American politican, football player |
| Amos Kenan | Author | 2-May-1927 | 4-Aug-2009 | The Road to Ein Harod |
| Ted Kennedy | Politician | 22-Feb-1932 | 25-Aug-2009 | US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009 |
| Teeder Kennedy | Hockey | 12-Dec-1925 | 14-Aug-2009 | Toronto Maple Leafs, Hall of Famer |
| Johnny Kerr | Basketball | 17-Jul-1932 | 26-Feb-2009 | Chicago Bulls coach, commentator |
| Bruce King | Politician | 6-Apr-1924 | 13-Nov-2009 | Three-time Governor of New Mexico |
| Jack T. Kirby | Historian | 22-Aug-1938 | 6-Aug-2009 | Mockingbird Song |
| Leon Kirchner | Composer | 24-Jan-1919 | 17-Sep-2009 | Quartet No. 3 |
| Allen Klein | Business | 18-Dec-1931 | 4-Jul-2009 | Prehensile ABKCO executive |
| Herbert G. Klein | Journalist | 1-Apr-1918 | 2-Jul-2009 | White House Communications Director, 1969-73 |
| Leszek Kolakowski | Philosopher | 23-Oct-1927 | 17-Jul-2009 | Polish refugee philosopher |
| Willem Johan Kolff | Scientist | 14-Feb-1911 | 11-Feb-2009 | Artificial kidney, artificial heart |
| Jack Kramer | Tennis | 1-Aug-1921 | 12-Sep-2009 | Winner of 10 Grand Slam titles |
| Edwin G. Krebs | Scientist | 6-Jun-1918 | 21-Dec-2009 | Protein phosphorylation |
| Irving Kristol | Columnist | 22-Jan-1920 | 18-Sep-2009 | Influential neocon |
| Erich Kunzel | Conductor | 21-Mar-1935 | 1-Sep-2009 | Conductor, Cincinnati Pops, 1977-2009 |
| Otto Lambsdorff | Politician | 20-Dec-1926 | 5-Dec-2009 | German Economic Minister, 1977-84 |
| Dante Lavelli | Football | 23-Feb-1923 | 20-Jan-2009 | Cleveland Browns Hall-of-Famer |
| Andrea Mead Lawrence | Skier | 19-Apr-1932 | 30-Mar-2009 | Slalom skier, 2 Olympic Gold Medals in 1952 |
| H. Douglas Lee | Educator | 15-Mar-1943 | 25-Aug-2009 | President of Stetson University, 1987-2009 |
| Hugh Leonard | Playwright | 9-Nov-1926 | 12-Feb-2009 | Da |
| Claude Lévi-Strauss | Anthropologist | 28-Nov-1908 | 1-Nov-2009 | French anthropologist |
| David Levine | Cartoonist | 20-Dec-1926 | 29-Dec-2009 | Caricaturist, New York Review of Books |
| Irving R. Levine | Journalist | 26-Aug-1922 | 27-Mar-2009 | NBC Correspondent, 1950-95 |
| James Roderick Lilley | Diplomat | 15-Jan-1928 | 12-Nov-2009 | US Ambassador to China, 1989-91 |
| Ruth Lilly | Philanthropist | 2-Aug-1915 | 30-Dec-2009 | Philanthropic heir to Lilly fortune |
| James Lord | Author | 27-Nov-1922 | 23-Aug-2009 | Giacometti: A Biography |
| Frank J. Low | Astronomer | 23-Nov-1933 | 11-Jun-2009 | Infrared astronomy |
| Les Lye | Comic | 18-Nov-1924 | 21-Jul-2009 | You Can't Do That On Television |
| Khalid bin Mahfouz | Business | 26-Dec-1949 | 16-Aug-2009 | Billionaire Saudi banker |
| Karl Malden | Actor | 22-Mar-1912 | 1-Jul-2009 | Streets of San Francisco |
| Joe Maross | Actor | 7-Feb-1923 | 7-Nov-2009 | Run Silent, Run Deep |
| Al Martino | Singer | 7-Oct-1927 | 13-Oct-2009 | Here in My Heart |
| Ernest R. May | Historian | 19-Nov-1928 | 1-Jun-2009 | The World War and American Isolation 1914-17 |
| Richard Mayne | Author | 2-Apr-1926 | 29-Nov-2009 | The Community of Europe |
| Billy Mays | TV Personality | 20-Jul-1958 | 28-Jun-2009 | Bearded infomercial pitchman |
| George McAfee | Football | 13-Mar-1918 | 4-Mar-2009 | Chicago Bears HB, Hall of Famer |
| Frank McCourt | Author | 19-Aug-1930 | 19-Jul-2009 | Angela's Ashes |
| James S. McDonald | Business | 26-Jan-1953 | 12-Sep-2009 | CEO of Rockefeller & Co. |
| Patrick McGoohan | Actor | 19-Mar-1928 | 13-Jan-2009 | Number Six on The Prisoner |
| Alice McGrath | Activist | 5-Apr-1917 | 27-Nov-2009 | Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee |
| Ed McMahon | Talk Show Host | 6-Mar-1923 | 23-Jun-2009 | The Tonight Show |
| Steve McNair | Football | 14-Feb-1973 | 4-Jul-2009 | Baltimore Ravens QB |
| Robert McNamara | Government | 9-Jun-1916 | 6-Jul-2009 | US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 |
| Sergei V. Mikhalkov | Songwriter | 13-Mar-1913 | 27-Aug-2009 | Lyricist, Russian National Anthem |
| Vic Mizzy | Composer | 9-Jan-1916 | 17-Oct-2009 | Addams Family theme |
| Ricardo Montalban | Actor | 25-Nov-1920 | 14-Jan-2009 | Roarke on Fantasy Island |
| Garfield Morgan | Actor | 19-Apr-1931 | 5-Dec-2009 | Chief Haskins on The Sweeney |
| John Mortimer | Playwright | 21-Apr-1923 | 16-Jan-2009 | Rumpole of the Bailey |
| John Allen Muhammad | Criminal | 31-Dec-1960 | 10-Nov-2009 | Beltway sniper |
| Brittany Murphy | Actor | 10-Nov-1977 | 20-Dec-2009 | Clueless |
| Arne Naess | Philosopher | 27-Jan-1912 | 12-Jan-2009 | Ecological philosopher |
| Jack Nelson | Journalist | 11-Oct-1929 | 21-Oct-2009 | The Los Angeles Times |
| Richard John Neuhaus | Religion | 14-May-1936 | 8-Jan-2009 | Catholic priest |
| Julian M. Niemczyk | Military | 26-Aug-1920 | 16-Sep-2009 | US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1986-89 |
| Robert Novak | Columnist | 26-Feb-1931 | 18-Aug-2009 | Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame |
| Dan O'Bannon | Screenwriter | 30-Sep-1946 | 17-Dec-2009 | Alien, Total Recall |
| John J. O'Connor III | Relative | 10-Jan-1930 | 11-Nov-2009 | Sandra Day O'Connor's husband |
| Ken Ober | Game Show Host | 3-Jul-1957 | 15-Nov-2009 | Remote Control, Ober and Olsen |
| Rodrigo Carazo Odio | Head of State | 27-Dec-1926 | 9-Dec-2009 | President of Costa Rica, 1978-82 |
| Bill Orton | Politician | 22-Sep-1948 | 18-Apr-2009 | Congressman from Utah, 1991-97 |
| Grady L. Patterson | Politician | 13-Jan-1924 | 7-Dec-2009 | South Carolina Treasurer for 37 years |
| Les Paul | Guitarist | 9-Jun-1915 | 13-Aug-2009 | Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer |
| Earl Paulk | Religion | 30-May-1927 | 29-Mar-2009 | Chapel Hill Harvester Church |
| Collin Wilcox Paxton | Actor | 4-Feb-1935 | 14-Oct-2009 | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| James B. Pearson | Politician | 7-May-1920 | 13-Jan-2009 | US Senator from Kansas, 1962-78 |
| Kim Peek | Oddity | 11-Nov-1951 | 19-Dec-2009 | Inspiration for Raymond in Rain Man |
| Claiborne Pell | Politician | 22-Nov-1918 | 1-Jan-2009 | US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97 |
| Irving Penn | Photographer | 16-Jun-1917 | 7-Oct-2009 | Fashion photographer, Vogue |
| Jeffry M. Picower | Business | 5-May-1942 | 25-Oct-2009 | Became billionaire via Madoff's Ponzi |
| Lionel Pincus | Business | 2-Mar-1931 | 10-Oct-2009 | Co-Founder, Warburg Pincus |
| Richard Poirier | Critic | 9-Sep-1925 | 15-Aug-2009 | Raritan, A Quarterly Review |
| Billy Powell | Musician | 3-Jun-1952 | 28-Jan-2009 | Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist |
| Jody Powell | Government | 30-Sep-1943 | 14-Sep-2009 | Jimmy Carter's Press Secretary |
| Harve Presnell | Actor | 14-Sep-1933 | 30-Jun-2009 | When the Boys Meet the Girls |
| Elizabeth Clare Prophet | Religion | 8-Apr-1939 | 15-Oct-2009 | Church Universal and Triumphant |
| Edmund Purdom | Actor | 19-Dec-1924 | 1-Jan-2009 | The King's Thief |
| James Purdy | Author | 17-Jul-1914 | 13-Mar-2009 | Eustance Chisholm and the Works |
| Carl Pursell | Politician | 19-Dec-1932 | 11-Jun-2009 | Congressman from Michigan, 1977-93 |
| John Quade | Actor | 1-Apr-1938 | 9-Aug-2009 | Every Which Way But Loose |
| Robert Quarry | Actor | 3-Nov-1925 | 20-Feb-2009 | Count Yorga, Vampire |
| Jane Randolph | Actor | 30-Oct-1915 | 4-May-2009 | Cat People |
| Nicholas A. Rey | Business | 23-Jan-1938 | 14-Jan-2009 | US Ambassador to Poland, 1993-97 |
| Wendy Richard | Actor | 20-Jul-1943 | 26-Feb-2009 | Are You Being Served? |
| Natasha Richardson | Actor | 11-May-1963 | 18-Mar-2009 | Widows' Peak |
| Richard O. Ristine | Politician | 19-Jan-1920 | 20-Jun-2009 | Lt. Governor of Indiana, 1961-65 |
| Oral Roberts | Religion | 24-Jan-1918 | 15-Dec-2009 | Televangelist, faith healer |
| Bobby Robson | Soccer | 18-Feb-1933 | 31-Jul-2009 | English soccer manager |
| Marc Rocco | Film Director | 7-Jun-1965 | 1-May-2009 | Murder in the First |
| Joe M. Rodgers | Business | 12-Nov-1933 | 2-Feb-2009 | US Ambassador to France, 1985-89 |
| Lorene Rogers | Educator | 3-Apr-1914 | 11-Jan-2009 | President of UT-Austin, 1974-79 |
| Bob Rosburg | Golf | 21-Oct-1926 | 14-May-2009 | Winner, 1959 PGA Championship |
| Jack Rose | Guitarist | 16-Feb-1971 | 5-Dec-2009 | Pelt |
| Tony Rosenthal | Sculptor | 9-Aug-1914 | 28-Jul-2009 | Abstract sculptor, Alamo |
| Edmund de Rothschild | Business | 2-Jan-1916 | 17-Jan-2009 | British banker |
| Thomas J. Ryan | Business | 3-Nov-1924 | 23-Sep-2009 | CEO of ISU International |
| Lou Saban | Football | 13-Oct-1921 | 29-Mar-2009 | Head Coach in AFL, NFL, and NCAA |
| William Safire | Columnist | 17-Dec-1929 | 27-Sep-2009 | NYT columnist, language maven |
| Toni Sailer | Skier | 17-Nov-1935 | 24-Aug-2009 | Won 3 Gold Medals in 1956 |
| Soupy Sales | Comic | 8-Jan-1926 | 22-Oct-2009 | Inveterate pie thrower |
| Paul Samuelson | Economist | 15-May-1915 | 13-Dec-2009 | Theory of revealed preference |
| Raymond J. Saulnier | Economist | 20-Sep-1908 | 30-Apr-2009 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1955-61 |
| Sky Saxon | Singer | 20-Aug-1937 | 25-Jun-2009 | The Seeds |
| Edward Schillebeeckx | Religion | 12-Nov-1914 | 23-Dec-2009 | Catholic theologian |
| Robert V. Schnabel | Educator | 28-Sep-1922 | 1-Sep-2009 | President of Valparaiso University, 1978-88 |
| Gene W. Schneider | Business | 8-Sep-1926 | 21-Aug-2009 | United Cable Television Corp. |
| Thomas N. Schroth | Journalist | 21-Dec-1920 | 23-Jul-2009 | Editor of Congressional Quarterly, 1955-69 |
| Budd Schulberg | Novelist | 27-Mar-1914 | 5-Aug-2009 | What Makes Sammy Run? |
| Fred C. Schwarz | Activist | 15-Jan-1913 | 24-Jan-2009 | Christian Anti-Communist Crusade |
| Robert W. Scott | Politician | 13-Jun-1929 | 23-Jan-2009 | Governor of North Carolina, 1969-73 |
| Willard W. Scott, Jr. | Military | 18-Feb-1926 | 1-Jan-2009 | Superintendent of West Point, 1981-86 |
| Dan Seals | Country Musician | 8-Feb-1948 | 25-Mar-2009 | England Dan and John Ford Coley |
| L. William Seidman | Economist | 29-Apr-1921 | 13-May-2009 | CNBC chief commentator |
| Ray Shaw | Journalist | 28-Mar-1934 | 19-Jul-2009 | Former President, Dow Jones |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver | Relative | 10-Jul-1921 | 11-Aug-2009 | Founder of the Special Olympics |
| Ron Silver | Actor | 2-Jul-1946 | 15-Mar-2009 | Wiseguy |
| Naomi Sims | Model | 30-Mar-1948 | 1-Aug-2009 | Pioneering black supermodel |
| Troy N. Smith | Business | 26-May-1922 | 26-Oct-2009 | Founder of Sonic Drive-In |
| W. D. Snodgrass | Poet | 5-Jan-1926 | 13-Jan-2009 | Heart's Needle |
| Bruce Snyder | Football | 14-Mar-1940 | 13-Apr-2009 | Sun Devils Head Coach, 1992-2000 |
| Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-Hwan | Religion | 8-May-1922 | 16-Feb-2009 | Catholic Archbishop of Seoul, 1968-98 |
| Beryl W. Sprinkel | Economist | 20-Nov-1923 | 22-Aug-2009 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1985-89 |
| Kenneth M. Stampp | Historian | 20-Jul-1912 | 10-Jul-2009 | The Peculiar Institution |
| Arnold Stang | Actor | 28-Sep-1918 | 20-Dec-2009 | Bespectacled character actor |
| Gale Storm | Actor | 5-Apr-1922 | 27-Jun-2009 | The Gale Storm Show |
| Mollie Sugden | Actor | 21-Jul-1922 | 1-Jul-2009 | Mrs. Slocombe on Are You Being Served? |
| Patrick Swayze | Actor | 18-Aug-1952 | 14-Sep-2009 | Dirty Dancing |
| David Taylor | Politician | 22-Aug-1946 | 26-Dec-2009 | British MP, North West Leicestershire |
| Koko Taylor | Singer | 28-Sep-1928 | 3-Jun-2009 | "Wang Dang Doodle" |
| George Tiller | Doctor | 8-Aug-1941 | 31-May-2009 | Late-term abortionist |
| Charles Tingwell | Actor | 3-Jan-1923 | 15-May-2009 | Breaker Morant |
| Richard Todd | Actor | 11-Jun-1919 | 3-Dec-2009 | The Dam Busters |
| Malcolm Toon | Diplomat | 4-Jul-1916 | 12-Feb-2009 | US Ambassador to the USSR, 1976-79 |
| Harry Towb | Actor | 27-Jul-1925 | 24-Jul-2009 | Northern Irish stage and film actor |
| Fred Travalena | Comic | 6-Oct-1942 | 28-Jun-2009 | The Man of a Thousand Faces |
| Mary Travers | Singer | 9-Nov-1936 | 16-Sep-2009 | The Mary in Peter, Paul, and Mary |
| David Tree | Actor | 15-Jul-1915 | 4-Nov-2009 | Pygmalion |
| David C. Treen | Politician | 16-Jul-1928 | 29-Oct-2009 | Governor of Louisiana, 1980-84 |
| Michelle Triola | Relative | 13-Nov-1933 | 30-Oct-2009 | Palimony |
| Howard Unruh | Criminal | 21-Jan-1921 | 19-Oct-2009 | Spree killer, 13 dead in 1949 |
| John Updike | Novelist | 18-Mar-1932 | 27-Jan-2009 | Rabbit, Run |
| Ismael Valenzuela | Jockey | 25-Dec-1934 | 2-Sep-2009 | Winner, 1958 and 1968 Kentucky Derby |
| Karel Van Miert | Politician | 17-Jan-1942 | 22-Jun-2009 | EU Commissioner for Competition, 1993-99 |
| Abdurrahman Wahid | Head of State | 4-Aug-1940 | 30-Dec-2009 | President of Indonesia, 1999-2001 |
| Jerome R. Waldie | Politician | 15-Feb-1925 | 3-Apr-2009 | Congressman from California, 1966-75 |
| Gordon Waller | Musician | 4-Jun-1945 | 17-Jul-2009 | Half of Peter and Gordon |
| Bruce Wasserstein | Business | 25-Dec-1947 | 14-Oct-2009 | Wall Street dealmaker |
| Keith Waterhouse | Novelist | 6-Feb-1929 | 4-Sep-2009 | Billy Liar |
| George Weissman | Business | 12-Jul-1919 | 24-Jul-2009 | CEO of Philip Morris, 1978-84 |
| Paul Wendkos | Film Director | 20-Sep-1922 | 12-Nov-2009 | Gidget |
| James Whitmore | Actor | 1-Oct-1921 | 6-Feb-2009 | Give 'em Hell, Harry! |
| Malcolm R. Wilkey | Judge | 6-Dec-1918 | 15-Aug-2009 | US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1985-90 |
| Margaret Bush Wilson | Activist | 30-Jan-1919 | 11-Aug-2009 | NAACP Chairman, 1975-83 |
| Joseph Wiseman | Actor | 15-May-1918 | 19-Oct-2009 | Dr. No |
| Edward Woodward | Actor | 1-Jun-1930 | 16-Nov-2009 | The Equalizer |
| Eric Woolfson | Musician | 18-Mar-1945 | 1-Dec-2009 | Former Alan Parsons Project collaborator |
| Jack Wrangler | Pornstar | 11-Jul-1946 | 7-Apr-2009 | Eyes of a Gay Stranger |
| Wendell Wyatt | Politician | 15-Jun-1917 | 28-Jan-2009 | Congressman from Oregon, 1964-75 |
| Andrew Wyeth | Painter | 12-Jul-1917 | 16-Jan-2009 | American painter, Christina's World |
| Howard Zieff | Film Director | 21-Oct-1927 | 22-Feb-2009 | Private Benjamin |
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