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"We've Got Rhythm" is the fourth episode from Season 4 of Barney & Friends.

2018 was designated as the third International Year of the Reef by the International Coral Reef Initiative.

January

 * January 13 – The killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud in a fake encounter staged by the police officer Rao Anwar in Karachi, Pakistan sparked countrywide protests against extrajudicial killings. The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (Pashtun Protection Movement), led by Manzoor Pashteen, launched a campaign to seek justice for Mehsud.
 * January 20 – Turkey, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announces the beginning of a military offensive to capture a portion of northern Syria from Kurdish forces, amidst the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict.
 * January 20–22 – The United States government enters a federal government shutdown as a result of a dispute over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
 * January 24 – Scientists in China report in the journal Cell the creation of the first monkey clones using somatic cell nuclear transfer, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua.
 * January 31 – A total lunar eclipse takes place. The Moon appears as supermoon, with perigee being on January 30. It is also the first blue moon eclipse since 1983. It was also referred to as the super blue blood moon.

February

 * February 6 – SpaceX successfully conducts its maiden flight of its most powerful rocket to date, the Falcon Heavy, from LC39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
 * February 9–25 – The 2018 Winter Olympics are held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
 * February 10 – Kay Goldsworthy becomes the first female archbishop in the Anglican Communion on her installation in the Anglican Diocese of Perth, Western Australia.
 * February 11 – Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes shortly after take-off from Moscow, killing all 71 people on board.

1998 was designated as the International Year of the Ocean.

January

 * January 2 – Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
 * January 4 – Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998 in Algeria: over 170 are killed in 3 remote villages.
 * January 6 – The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles.
 * January 8 – Ramzi Yousef is sentenced to life in prison for planning the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993.
 * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
 * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
 * January 17 – The Drudge Report breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which would lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him.
 * January 22 – "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski pleads guilty in the United States, and accepts a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

February

 * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car.
 * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With up to 4,000 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.
 * February 7–22 – The 1998 Winter Olympics are held in Nagano, Japan.
 * February 16 – China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, killing 202 people (all 196 on board and 6 on the ground).
 * February 20 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein negotiates a deal with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, allowing weapons inspectors to return to Baghdad, preventing military action by the United States and Britain.
 * February 28
 * A massacre in Likoshane, FR Yugoslavia starts the Kosovo War.
 * A study led by Andrew Wakefield is published in The Lancet suggesting an alleged link between MMR vaccine and autism. Now known to be full of data manipulation, the study was instantly controversial and fueled the nascent anti-vaccination movement. Despite subsequent large epidemiological research found no link between vaccines and autism,   the study contributed — in the following years and decades — to a sharp drop in vaccination rates and the resurgence of measles in several countries. The study, fully retracted in 2010, was later characterised as "perhaps the most damaging medical hoax of the 20th Century".

March

 * March 1 – Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1 billion.
 * March 2 – Data sent from the Galileo probe indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
 * March 5 – NASA announces that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket fueling station.
 * March 11 – 1998 Danish general election: Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen is re-elected.
 * March 13 – The High-Z Supernova Search Team becomes the first team to publish evidence that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.
 * March 23 – The 70th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted for the 6th time by Billy Crystal, is held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. Titanic wins 11 Oscars including Best Picture.
 * March 26 – Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: 52 people are killed with axes and knives; 32 of the killed are babies under the age of two.

April

 * April 5 – In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge linking Shikoku with Honshū and costing about US$3.8 billion, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
 * April 6 – Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India.
 * April 10 – Good Friday Agreement: 1 hour after the end of the talks deadline, the Belfast Agreement is signed between the Irish and British governments and most Northern Ireland political parties, with the notable exception of the Democratic Unionist Party.
 * April 20 – The alleged date the German Red Army Faction (created 1970) is dissolved.
 * April 23 – The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 19.

May

 * May 11
 * India conducts three underground nuclear tests in Pokhran, including one thermonuclear device.
 * The first euro coins are minted in Pessac, France. Because the final specifications for the coins were not finished in 1998, they will have to be melted and minted again in 1999.
 * May 13–14 – Riots directed against Chinese Indonesians break out in Indonesia, killing around 1,000 people.
 * May 19
 * The Galaxy IV communications satellite fails, leaving 80–90% of the world's pagers without service.
 * The wreck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, sunk during the Battle of Midway in 1942, is found near Midway Atoll by a team led by former US Navy officer Robert D. Ballard.
 * May 21 – Suharto (elected 1967) resigns, after 32 years as President of Indonesia and his 7th consecutive re-election by the Indonesian Parliament (MPR). Suharto's hand-picked Vice President, B. J. Habibie, becomes Indonesia's third president.
 * May 28 – Nuclear testing: In response to a series of Indian nuclear tests, Pakistan explodes five nuclear devices of its own in the Chaghai hills of Baluchistan, codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
 * May 30
 * A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
 * A second nuclear test, codenamed Chagai-II, is conducted and supervised by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC).

June

 * June 1 – European Central Bank established, replacing the European Monetary Institute.
 * June 3 – Eschede train disaster: an Intercity-Express high-speed train derails between Hanover and Hamburg, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
 * June 7
 * Former Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané seizes control over military barracks in Bissau, marking the beginning of the Guinea-Bissau Civil War (1998–99).
 * James Byrd Jr. is beaten and dragged to death by 3 white men in Jasper, Texas.
 * June 9–July 12 – The 1998 FIFA World Cup in France: France beats Brazil 3–0 in the FIFA World Cup Final.
 * June 10 – The Organisation of African Unity passes a resolution which states that its members will no longer comply with punitive sanctions applied by the UN Security Council against Libya.
 * June 27 – Kuala Lumpur International Airport officially opened, becoming the new international gateway into Malaysia.
 * June 30 – Philippine Vice President Joseph Estrada is sworn in as the 13th President of the Philippines.

July

 * July 5 – Japan launches a probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as an outer space-exploring nation.
 * July 6 – The new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok opens, while the old Kai Tak Airport closes.
 * July 17
 * At a conference in Rome, 120 countries vote to create a permanent International Criminal Court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
 * In Saint Petersburg, Nicholas II of Russia and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel, 80 years after he and his family were killed by the Lenin-led Bolsheviks in 1918.
 * The 7.0 Papua New Guinea earthquake shakes the region near Aitape with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). This submarine earthquake triggered a landslide that caused a destructive tsunami, leaving more than 2,100 dead and thousands injured.
 * July 21 – September 5 – The 1998 Sydney water crisis involved the suspected contamination by the microscopic pathogens cryptosporidium and giardia of the water supply system of Greater Metropolitan Sydney.

August

 * August 4 – The Second Congo War begins; 5.4 million people die before it ends in 2003, making it the bloodiest war, to date, since World War II.
 * August 7
 * Yangtze River Floods: in China the Yangtze river breaks through the main bank; before this, from August 1–5, peripheral levees collapsed consecutively in Jiayu County Baizhou Bay. The death toll exceeds 12,000, with many thousands more injured.
 * 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: the bombings of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, kill 224 people and injure over 4,500; they are linked to terrorist Osama bin Laden, an exile of Saudi Arabia.
 * August 15 – The Omagh bombing is carried out in Northern Ireland by the Real Irish Republican Army.

September

 * September 2
 * A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airliner (Swissair Flight 111) crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, after taking off from New York City en route to Geneva; all 229 people on board are killed.
 * A United Nations court finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide, marking the first time that the 1948 law banning genocide is enforced.
 * September 4 – Google, Inc. is founded in Menlo Park, California, by Stanford University PhD candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
 * September 5 – The Government of North Korea adopts a military dictatorship on its 50th anniversary.
 * September 9 – St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire hits his 62nd home run of the season, thus breaking the single season record of 61 which had been held by Roger Maris since 1961.
 * September 10 – At midnight, a shooting occurs aboard an Akula-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Russian Navy docked in the northern Russian port city of Severomorsk.
 * September 12 – The Cuban Five intelligence agents are arrested in Miami, and convicted of espionage. The agents claim they were not spying against the United States Government but against the Cuban exile community in Miami.
 * September 24 – Iranian President Mohammad Khatami retracts a fatwa against Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie that was in force since 1989 stating that the Iranian government will "neither support nor hinder assassination operations on Rushdie".

October

 * October 1 – Europol is established when the Europol Convention signed by all of its member states comes into force.
 * October 3 – 1998 Australian federal election: John Howard's Liberal/National Coalition Government is re-elected with a substantially reduced majority, defeating the Labor Party led by Kim Beazley.
 * October 10 – Indictment and arrest of Augusto Pinochet: General Augusto Pinochet, Chilean dictator from 1973 to 1990, is indicted for human rights violations he committed in Chile by Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzón. 6 days later British police place him under house arrest during his medical treatment in the UK. This is a leading case in the law of universal jurisdiction.
 * October 17 – 1998 Jesse pipeline explosion: An oil pipeline explosion in Jesse, Nigeria results in 1,082 deaths.
 * October 29 – Hurricane Mitch makes landfall in Central America, killing an estimated 11,000 people.

November

 * November 17 – Voyager 1 overtakes Pioneer 10 as the most distant man-made object from the Solar System, at a distance of 69.419 AU.
 * November 20 – A Russian Proton rocket is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the first segment of the International Space Station, the 21-ton Zarya Module.
 * November 24 – A declassified report by Swiss International Olympic Committee official Marc Hodler reveals that bribes had been used to bring the 2002 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City during bidding process in 1995. The IOC, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, the United States Olympic Committee and the United States Department of Justice immediately launch an investigation into the scandal.

December

 * December 4 – The Space Shuttle Endeavour launches the first American component to the International Space Station, the 25,600 lb Unity module on STS-88. It docks with Zarya two days later.
 * December 6 – Hugo Chávez, politician and former member of the Venezuelan military, is elected President of Venezuela.
 * December 14 – The Yugoslav Army ambushes a column of 140 Kosovo Liberation Army militants attempting to smuggle arms from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
 * December 16–19 – Iraq disarmament crisis: U.S. President Bill Clinton orders airstrikes on Iraq. UNSCOM withdraws all weapons inspectors from Iraq.
 * December 19 – The U.S. House of Representatives forwards articles of impeachment against President Clinton to the Senate, making him the second president to be impeached in the nation.
 * December 29 – Khmer Rouge leaders apologize for the post-Vietnam War genocide in Cambodia that killed more than one million people in the 1970s.
 * December 31
 * The first leap second since June 30, 1997, occurs.
 * In the Eurozone, the currency rates of this day are fixed permanently.

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 * Ibrahim Hanna, the last native speaker of Mlahsô, dies in Qamishli, Syria, making the language effectively extinct. Also, the last native speaker of related Bijil Neo-Aramaic, Mrs. Rahel Avraham, dies in Jerusalem.

January

 * January 1
 * Sara Ahmed, Egyptian weightlifter
 * January 2
 * Chen Xinyi, Chinese swimmer
 * Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
 * January 3 – Patrick Cutrone, Italian footballer
 * January 4
 * Coco Jones, American actress and singer
 * Liza Soberano, Filipino actress and singer
 * January 5 – Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer
 * January 6
 * Ismail Azzaoui, Belgian footballer
 * Norman Grimes, American sprinter
 * Lee Seung-woo, South Korean footballer
 * January 8 – Manuel Locatelli, Italian footballer
 * January 10 – Xu Shilin, Chinese tennis player
 * January 11 – Salih Özcan, German footballer
 * January 12
 * Juan Foyth, Argentine footballer
 * Rafik Zekhnini, Norwegian footballer
 * January 13
 * Gabrielle Daleman, Canadian figure skater
 * Kamron Doyle, American ten-pin bowler
 * January 14 – Ai Moritaka, Japanese model and actress
 * January 16 – Odsonne Édouard, French footballer
 * January 18
 * Vashti Cunningham, American track and field athlete
 * Éder Militão, Brazilian footballer
 * January 20 – Frances Tiafoe, American tennis player
 * January 21 – Amelia Hundley, American artistic gymnast
 * January 23
 * Rachel Crow, American singer and actress
 * Cole Custer, American stock car racing driver
 * XXXTentacion, American rapper (d. 2018)
 * January 26 – Devin Druid, American actor
 * January 27 – Rebeka Kim, South Korean ice dancer
 * January 28
 * Javier Acevedo, Canadian swimmer
 * Ariel Winter, American actress
 * January 29 – Mion Mukaichi, Japanese singer and actress
 * January 31
 * Amadou Haidara, Malian footballer
 * Bradie Tennell, American figure skater

February

 * February 1
 * Kipyegon Bett, Kenyan middle-distance runner
 * Stefan Kozlov, American tennis player
 * February 3
 * Michael McLeod, Canadian ice hockey player
 * Blás Riveros, Paraguayan footballer
 * Yang Hao, Chinese diver
 * February 4
 * Scott Jones, English paralympic athlete
 * Malik Monk, American basketball player
 * February 10
 * Aitor Buñuel, Spanish footballer
 * Gray Gaulding, American stock car racing driver
 * February 11 – Khalid, American singer and songwriter
 * February 13 – Khalifa St. Fort, Trinbagonian sprinter
 * February 15
 * Dennis Cholowski Canadian hockey defenseman
 * Zachary Gordon, American actor
 * George Russell, British racing driver
 * February 17 – Fernanda Urdapilleta, Mexican actress and singer
 * February 18
 * Sander Berge, Norwegian footballer
 * Matthew Davidson, American guitarist
 * February 21 – Michaela Hrubá, Czech athlete
 * February 24 – Mariel Pamintuan, Filipino actress
 * February 25 – Rizky Febian, Indonesian singer, songwriter, actor, and TV presenter
 * February 27
 * Elisa Balsamo, Italian cyclist
 * Felix Gall, Austrian cyclist
 * Theo Stevenson, English actor

March

 * March 2 – Tua Tagovailoa, American football player
 * March 3 – Jayson Tatum, American basketball player
 * March 5
 * Sergio Díaz, Paraguayan footballer
 * Micah Fowler, American actor
 * March 9
 * Najee Harris, American football player
 * Kaylin Whitney, American sprinter
 * March 16 – Lil Keed, American rapper
 * March 17 – Nathan O'Toole, Irish actor
 * March 19 – Sakura Miyawaki, Japanese singer
 * March 21 – Miles Bridges, American basketball player
 * March 22 – Paola Andino, Puerto-Rican-American actress
 * March 26
 * Daria Grushina, Russian ski jumper
 * Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
 * March 27 – Haji Wright, American footballer
 * March 28
 * Sandi Lovric, Austrian footballer
 * Ryan Simpkins, American actress
 * March 29 – Alex Neustaedter, American actor
 * March 30 – Kalyn Ponga, Australian rugby league footballer
 * March 31
 * Oskar Buur, Danish footballer
 * Jakob Chychrun, American ice hockey player
 * Anna Seidel, German short track speed skater

April

 * April 3 – Paris Jackson, American actress and model
 * April 5 – Kaito Nakamura, Japanese actor and model
 * April 6
 * Peyton List, American actress
 * Spencer List, American actor
 * April 9 – Elle Fanning, American actress
 * April 10 – Anna Pogorilaya, Russian figure skater
 * April 16
 * Maxime Rooney, American swimmer
 * Paul Salas, Filipino actor
 * April 19 – Patrik Laine, Finnish ice hockey player
 * April 21 – Jarrett Allen, American basketball player
 * April 24 – Ryan Newman, American actress
 * April 26 – Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Polish chess grandmaster
 * April 29 – Kimberly Birrell, German-born Australian tennis player

May

 * May 2
 * Ian Anderson, American baseball pitcher
 * Tremaine Edmunds, American football player
 * Jonathan Ikoné, French footballer
 * May 4
 * Frank Jackson, American basketball player
 * Rex Orange County, English artist and songwriter
 * May 5
 * Tijana Bogdanović, Serbian taekwondo practitioner
 * Olli Juolevi, Finnish ice hockey player
 * Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player
 * May 6
 * Sierra Schmidt, American swimmer
 * Kayden Troff, American chess champion
 * May 7
 * Dani Olmo, Spanish footballer
 * Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player
 * May 8 – Johannes Eggestein, German footballer
 * May 11 – Fran Villalba, Spanish footballer
 * May 12
 * Mohamed Bamba, American basketball player
 * Tornado Alicia Black, American tennis player
 * May 13
 * Karen Iwata, Japanese singer and voice actress
 * Mickey Moniak, American baseball outfielder
 * May 16 – Adian Pitkeev, Russian figure skater
 * May 18 – Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
 * May 20 – Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater
 * May 23 – Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
 * May 28 – Dahyun, South Korean singer, rapper, and dancer
 * May 29
 * Markelle Fultz, American basketball player
 * Lucía Gil, Spanish singer and actress
 * Oliver Stokes, English actor
 * Felix Passlack, German footballer
 * May 31 – Reza Shekari, Iranian footballer

June

 * June 1
 * Aleksandra Soldatova, Russian rhythmic gymnast
 * Branimir Kalaica, Croatian footballer
 * June 5
 * Dave, English rapper, singer and songwriter
 * Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater
 * June 7 – Graham Newberry, British-American figure skater
 * June 11 – Charlie Tahan, American actor
 * June 12
 * Jean-Victor Makengo, French footballer
 * Andrey Makolov, Russian artistic gymnast
 * June 14 – Jovane Cabral, Cape Verdean footballer
 * June 15 – Alexander Samarin, Russian figure skater
 * June 16
 * Ritsu Doan, Japanese footballer
 * Lauren Taylor, American actress and singer
 * June 19
 * Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş, Turkish swimmer
 * Suzu Hirose, Japanese actress and model
 * Atticus Shaffer, American actor
 * Ömer Yurtseven, Turkish basketball player
 * June 21 – Gerben Thijssen, Belgian road and track cyclist
 * June 22 – Javairô Dilrosun, Dutch footballer
 * June 23 – Josip Brekalo, Croatian footballer
 * June 24
 * Pierre-Luc Dubois, Canadian ice hockey player
 * Coy Stewart, American actor
 * June 25 – Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer
 * June 26 – Edu Gueda, Brazilian singer
 * June 27 – Bor Pavlovčič, Slovenian ski jumper
 * June 28 – Óscar Rodríguez Arnaiz, Spanish footballer
 * June 29 – Michael Porter Jr., American basketball player
 * June 30
 * Houssem Aouar, French footballer
 * Tom Davies, English footballer

July

 * July 2 – Ema Klinec, Slovenian ski jumper
 * July 7 – Dylan Sprayberry, American actor
 * July 8
 * Maya Hawke, American actress and model
 * Yann Karamoh, French footballer
 * Jaden Smith, American actor
 * Daria Spiridonova, Russian artistic gymnast
 * July 9 – Robert Capron, American actor
 * July 10
 * Kimia Alizadeh, Iranian taekwondo athlete
 * Haley Pullos, American actress
 * July 16 – Rina Matsuno, Japanese singer, model, and actress (d. 2017)
 * July 21 – Kim Magnus, South Korean Olympic cross-country skier
 * July 22
 * Alicia Moffet, Canadian singer
 * Madison Pettis, American actress
 * Patrick Schmidt, Austrian footballer
 * Federico Valverde, Uruguayan footballer
 * July 23 – Deandre Ayton, Bahamian basketball player
 * July 27 – Risa Watanabe, Japanese idol and model
 * July 28 – Frank Ntilikina, French basketball player
 * July 30 – Jake Fromm, American football player
 * July 31 – Rico Rodriguez, American actor

August

 * August 1 – Khamani Griffin, American actor
 * August 2 – Giarnni Regini-Moran, British artistic gymnast
 * August 3 – Cozi Zuehlsdorff, American actress, pianist, and singer
 * August 4 – Lil Skies, American rapper
 * August 5
 * Mimi Keene, English actress
 * Daniil Pakhomov, Russian swimmer
 * August 6 – Forrest Goodluck, American actor
 * August 7 – Jalen Hurts, American football player
 * August 8
 * Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter
 * Ronan Parke, English singer
 * August 9
 * Jorrit Croon, Dutch hockey player
 * Panagiotis Retsos, Greek footballer
 * August 10
 * Diptayan Ghosh, Indian chess grandmaster
 * Eythóra Thorsdóttir, Dutch gymnast
 * August 11 – Nadia Azzi, American classical pianist
 * August 12 – Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player
 * August 13
 * Arina Averina, Russian rhythmic gymnast
 * Dina Averina, Russian rhythmic gymnast
 * Dalma Gálfi, Hungarian tennis player
 * Carter Hart, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
 * August 14 – Amy Marren, English paralympic swimmer
 * August 18 – Tenshin Nasukawa, Japanese kickboxer and mixed martial artist
 * August 25
 * Abraham Mateo, Spanish singer and actor
 * China Anne McClain, American actress and singer

September

 * September 1 – Emily Condon, Australian footballer
 * September 5 – Matteo Rizzo, Italian figure skater
 * September 9 – Jesús Marimón, Colombian footballer
 * September 10 – Sheck Wes, American rapper
 * September 17 – Richard Wang, Canadian chess champion
 * September 18 – Christian Pulisic, American soccer player
 * September 19
 * Jacob Bruun Larsen, Danish footballer
 * Trae Young, American basketball player
 * September 20 – Rashid Khan, Afghan cricket player
 * September 21 – Miguel Tanfelix, Filipino actor
 * September 26 – Ivan Pavlov, Ukrainian figure skater
 * September 28
 * Máscara de Bronce, Mexican wrestler
 * Aleksandra Goryachkina, Russian chess Grandmaster

October

 * October 1 – Danika Yarosh, American actress and dancer
 * October 7 – Trent Alexander-Arnold, English footballer
 * October 9 – Tako Natsvlishvili, Georgian model
 * October 10 – Nash Aguas, Filipino actor
 * October 12 – Tyler Pierce, American figure skater
 * October 17 – Erin Kellyman, British actress
 * October 18 – Emily Robinson, American actress
 * October 22
 * Ike Anigbogu, American basketball player
 * Ianis Hagi, Romanian footballer
 * October 24 – Daya, American singer
 * October 26 – Samantha Isler, American actress
 * October 27 – Dayot Upamecano, French footballer
 * October 28
 * Nolan Gould, American actor
 * Perrine Laffont, French mogul skier
 * October 29
 * Maria Kharenkova, Russian artistic gymnast
 * Lance Stroll, Canadian racing driver

November

 * November 1 – Marie-Antoinette Katoto, French footballer
 * November 2 – Elkie, South Korean based singer and actress
 * November 3 – Maddison Elliott, Australian paralympic swimmer
 * November 4
 * Darcy Rose Byrnes, American actress
 * Achraf Hakimi, Moroccan footballer
 * November 10 – Renz Valerio, Filipino actor
 * November 11 – Carlo Lacana, Filipino actor
 * November 12 – Jules Koundé, French footballer
 * November 17 – Kara Hayward, American actress
 * November 23 – Bradley Steven Perry, American actor
 * November 24 – Peyton Meyer, American actor
 * November 29 – Ayumu Hirano, Japanese snowboarder

December

 * December 2
 * Annalise Basso, American actress
 * Amber Montana, American actress
 * Juice WRLD, American rapper and singer
 * December 4 – Si Yajie, Chinese diver
 * December 8 – Anastasia Rizikov, Canadian classical pianist
 * December 11 – Dante Rigo, Belgian footballer
 * December 14 – Maggie Voisin, American freestyle skier
 * December 15 – Chandler Canterbury, American actor
 * December 16
 * Kiara Muhammad, American actress and singer
 * Reece Oxford, English football player
 * Zhou Jieqiong, Chinese singer
 * December 17
 * Jasmine Armfield, English actress
 * Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer
 * December 18
 * Simona Quadarella, Italian swimmer
 * Calvin Stengs, Dutch footballer
 * December 19 – Frans Jeppsson Wall, Swedish singer
 * December 20
 * Kylian Mbappé, French football player
 * Ivett Tóth, Hungarian figure skater
 * December 22 – G Hannelius, American actress and singer
 * December 24 – Nikita Howarth, New Zealand paralympic swimmer
 * December 26 – Kesz Váldez, Filipino humanitarian
 * December 28
 * Paris Berelc, American actress
 * Jared Gilman, American actor
 * December 31 – Gianina Ernst, German ski jumper

January



 * January 1 – Helen Wills, American tennis player (b. 1905)
 * January 2 – Feodor I. Kozhevnikov, Soviet legal expert (b. 1903)
 * January 4
 * Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908)
 * Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Italian film director (b. 1894)
 * January 5 – Sonny Bono, American singer, actor, and politician (b. 1935)
 * January 6 – Georgy Sviridov, Soviet and Russian composer (b. 1915)
 * January 7 – Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist (b. 1906)
 * January 8 – Michael Tippett, English composer (b. 1905)
 * January 9 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist (b. 1918)
 * January 11 – Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926)
 * January 15
 * Junior Wells, American harmonica player (b. 1934)
 * Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician and economist (b. 1898)
 * Duncan McNaughton, Canadian Olympic athlete (b. 1910)
 * January 19 – Carl Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1932)
 * January 21 – Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920)
 * January 23 – Alfredo Ormando, Italian writer (b. 1958)
 * January 26 – Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese musician and educator (b. 1898)
 * January 28 – Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga artist (b. 1938)

February





 * February 2
 * Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist and geologist (b. 1914)
 * Raymond Cattell, British and American psychologist (b. 1905)
 * February 3
 * Fat Pat, American rapper (b. 1970)
 * Karla Faye Tucker, American convicted murderer (b. 1959)
 * February 6
 * Falco, Austrian rock musician (b. 1957)
 * Carl Wilson, American musician (b. 1946)
 * Nazim al-Kudsi, 26th Prime Minister of Syria and 14th President of Syria (b. 1906)
 * February 8
 * Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer (b. 1902)
 * Enoch Powell, British politician (b. 1912)
 * Julian Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
 * February 9 – Maurice Schumann, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)
 * February 11 – Jonathan Hole, American actor (b. 1904)
 * February 16 – Fernando Abril Martorell, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1936)
 * February 17 – Ernst Jünger, German writer (b. 1895)
 * February 18
 * Harry Caray, American television and radio broadcaster (b. 1914)
 * Scott O'Hara, American pornographic performer, author, poet, editor and publisher (b. 1961)
 * February 19 – Grandpa Jones, American musician (b. 1913)
 * February 22
 * Abraham Alexander Ribicoff, American politician (b. 1910)
 * José María de Areilza, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1909)
 * February 23 – Philip Abbott, American actor (b. 1924)
 * February 24 – Henny Youngman, English-born comedian (b. 1906)
 * February 26 – Theodore Schultz, American economist (b. 1902)
 * February 27
 * George H. Hitchings, American scientist (b. 1905)
 * J. T. Walsh, American actor (b. 1943)
 * February 28 – Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (b. 1952)

March



 * March 3 – Fred W. Friendly, American television journalist and executive (b. 1915)
 * March 8 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (b. 1936)
 * March 10
 * Lloyd Bridges, American actor (b. 1913)
 * Milton Mallawarachchi, Sri Lankan Musician (b. 1944)
 * March 12
 * Judge Dread, English musician (b. 1945)
 * Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (b. 1893)
 * Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (b. 1924)
 * March 13
 * Bill Reid, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
 * Hans von Ohain, German physicist (b. 1911)
 * March 15
 * Benjamin Spock, American rower, pediatrician, and author (b. 1903)
 * Dušan Pašek, Slovak ice hockey player (b. 1960)
 * Tim Maia, Brazilian musician, songwriter and businessman (b. 1942)
 * March 16 – Derek Barton, British chemist (b. 1918)
 * March 25 – Daniel Massey, English actor (b. 1933)
 * March 27 – Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Austrian auto designer and businessman (b. 1909)
 * March 31 – Bella Abzug, American lawyer, feminist activist, and politician (b. 1920)

April



 * April 1
 * Gene Evans, American actor (b. 1920)
 * Rozz Williams, American singer (b. 1963)
 * April 3 – Charles Lang, American cinematographer (b. 1901)
 * April 6
 * Rudy Dhaenens, Belgian road bicycle racer (b. 1961)
 * Wendy O. Williams, American singer (b. 1949)
 * Tammy Wynette, American singer (b. 1942)
 * April 11 – Rodney Harvey, American actor and model (b. 1967)
 * April 15 – Pol Pot, 30th Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea and Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader (b. 1925)
 * April 16
 * Fred Davis, English snooker player (b. 1913)
 * Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian supercentenarian (b. 1880)
 * April 17 – Linda McCartney, American photographer and musician (b. 1941)
 * April 19 – Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer (b. 1914)
 * April 23
 * Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek politician (b. 1907)
 * James Earl Ray, American assassin (b. 1928)
 * April 25
 * Christian Mortensen, Danish supercentenarian (b. 1882)
 * Wright Morris, American photographer and writer (b. 1910)
 * April 27
 * Carlos Castaneda, American anthropologist and author (b. 1925)
 * Anne Desclos, French writer (b. 1907)

May



 * May 1 – Eldridge Cleaver, American political activist and writer (b. 1935)
 * May 2
 * Justin Fashanu, British footballer (b. 1961)
 * Hide, Japanese musician (b. 1964)
 * Maidie Norman, American actress (b. 1912)
 * Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
 * May 7
 * Allan McLeod Cormack, South African–born physicist (b. 1924)
 * Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b. 1941)
 * May 9 – Alice Faye, American entertainer (b. 1915)
 * May 14
 * Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist and writer (b. 1890)
 * Frank Sinatra, American actor and singer (b. 1915)
 * May 15 – Earl Manigault, American street basketball player (b. 1944)
 * May 19 – Sōsuke Uno, 47th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1922)
 * May 21 – Douglas Fowley, American actor (b. 1911)
 * May 22 – John Derek, American actor and film director (b. 1926)
 * May 28 – Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor, writer, and comedian (b. 1948)
 * May 29
 * Orlando Anderson, American criminal (b. 1974)
 * Barry Goldwater, American politician (b. 1909)

June

 * June 2
 * Junkyard Dog, American pro wrestler (b. 1952)
 * Dorothy Stickney, American actress (b. 1896)
 * June 5 – Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
 * June 8 – Sani Abacha, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
 * June 9 – Lois Mailou Jones, African-American artist (b. 1905)
 * June 10 – Hammond Innes, English author (b. 1914)
 * June 11 – Dame Catherine Cookson, English author (b. 1906)
 * June 12 – Theresa Merritt, American actress (b. 1924)
 * June 13 – Birger Ruud, Norwegian athlete (b. 1911)
 * June 20 – Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (b. 1942)
 * June 23 – Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress (b. 1911)
 * June 25 – Lounès Matoub, Algerian Berber singer (b. 1956)
 * June 28 – Marion Eugene Carl, American fighter pilot (b. 1915)

July



 * July 3 – Danielle Bunten Berry, American software developer (b. 1949)
 * July 5 – Johnny Speight, British television scriptwriter (b. 1920)
 * July 6 – Roy Rogers, American singer and actor (b. 1911)
 * July 8 – Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (b. 1905)
 * July 12 – Arkady Ostashev, Soviet, Russian scientist (b. 1925)
 * July 17 – Joseph Maher, Irish-born American actor (b. 1933)
 * July 21
 * Alan Shepard, American astronaut (b. 1923)
 * Robert Young, American actor (b. 1907)
 * July 22 – Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929)
 * July 27 – Binnie Barnes, British-born American actress (b. 1903)
 * July 29 – Jerome Robbins, American choreographer and director (b. 1918)

August



 * August 1 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian actress (b. 1927)
 * August 2
 * Otto Bumbel, Brazilian professional football manager (b. 1914)
 * Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist (b. 1933)
 * August 3 – Alfred Schnittke, Russian-born composer (b. 1934)
 * August 4 – Yury Artyukhin, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1930)
 * August 5 – Todor Zhivkov, 6th President of Bulgaria (b. 1911)
 * August 6 – André Weil, French mathematician (b. 1906)
 * August 9 – Frankie Ruiz, American salsa singer and songwriter (b. 1958)
 * August 13
 * Nino Ferrer, French singer (b. 1934)
 * Julien Green, French-born American writer (b. 1900)
 * August 18 – Persis Khambatta, Indian actress and model (b. 1948)
 * August 22 – Jack Briggs, American actor (b. 1920)
 * August 24 – E. G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1914)
 * August 25 – Lewis F. Powell Jr., American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1907)
 * August 26
 * Wade Dominguez, American actor, model, singer, and dancer (b. 1966)
 * Frederick Reines, American physicist (b. 1918)
 * August 28 – George Büchi, American chemist (b. 1921)

September



 * September 1 – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (b. 1921)
 * September 2
 * Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1933)
 * Allen Drury, American writer (b. 1918)
 * September 5
 * Willem Drees Jr., Dutch politician (b. 1922)
 * Leo Penn, American actor and director (b. 1921)
 * September 6 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese screenwriter, producer, and director (b. 1910)
 * September 8 – Leonid Kinskey, Russian-born actor (b. 1903)
 * September 9 – Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (b. 1943)
 * September 11 – Dane Clark, American actor (b. 1912)
 * September 13 – George Wallace, American politician (b. 1919)
 * September 14
 * Yang Shangkun, 4th President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1907)
 * Johnny Adams, American singer (b. 1932)
 * September 15 – Fred Alderman, American sprint runner (b. 1905)
 * September 17 – Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (b. 1907)
 * September 19 – Patricia Hayes, British character actress and comedian (b. 1909)
 * September 20 – Muriel Humphrey Brown, American politician (b. 1912)
 * September 21 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American runner (b. 1959)
 * September 23 – Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
 * September 26 – Betty Carter, American jazz singer (b. 1929)
 * September 30
 * Bruno Munari, Italian-born industrial designer (b. 1907)
 * Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (b. 1912)

October



 * October 2
 * Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and sports team owner (b. 1907)
 * Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (b. 1924)
 * October 3 – Roddy McDowall, British-born American actor (b. 1928)
 * October 8 – Zhang Chongren, Chinese artist (b. 1907)
 * October 9 – Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer (b. 1917)
 * October 10 – Marvin Gay Sr., American minister (b. 1914)
 * October 11 – Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)
 * October 12 – Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (b. 1976)
 * October 14 – Frankie Yankovic, American musician (b. 1916)
 * October 16 – Jon Postel, American Internet pioneer (b. 1943)
 * October 17
 * Joan Hickson, British actress (b. 1906)
 * Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar and philanthropist (b. 1920)
 * October 19 – Germán List Arzubide, Mexican poet and revolutionary (b. 1898)
 * October 22 – Eric Ambler, British writer (b. 1909)
 * October 24 – Pino Dordoni, Italian athlete (b. 1926)
 * October 28 – James Goldman, American writer (b. 1927)
 * October 29 – Ted Hughes, English poet (b. 1930)
 * October 31 – Maria de la Purisima Salvat Romero, Spanish nun and saint (b. 1926)

November

 * November 3
 * Bob Kane, American comic book creator (b. 1915)
 * Martha O'Driscoll, American film actress (b. 1922)
 * November 5 – Momoko Kōchi, Japanese actress (b. 1932)
 * November 8 – Jean Marais, French actor (b. 1913)
 * November 10 – Mary Millar, British actress and singer (b. 1936)
 * November 13
 * Valerie Hobson, English actress (b. 1917)
 * Red Holzman, American basketball coach (b. 1920)
 * November 15 – Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American civil rights activist (b. 1941)
 * November 17 – Esther Rolle, American actress (b. 1920)
 * November 19 – Alan J. Pakula, American film director (b. 1928)
 * November 22 – Stu Ungar, American professional poker player (b. 1953)
 * November 23 – Don Ray, American basketball player (b. 1921)
 * November 25 – Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
 * November 29 – Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
 * November 30 – Margaret Walker, American poet (b. 1915)

December

 * December 1 – Freddie Young, American cinematographer (b. 1902)
 * December 2 – Mikio Oda, Japanese athlete (b. 1905)
 * December 6 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor (b. 1921)
 * December 7 – Martin Rodbell, American scientist (b. 1925)
 * December 8 - Michael Craze, British actor (b 1942)
 * December 9 – Archie Moore, American professional boxer (b. 1916)
 * December 12 – Lawton Chiles, American politician (b. 1930)
 * December 13 – Sir Lew Grade, British businessman (b. 1906)
 * December 14 – Norman Fell, American actor (b. 1924)
 * December 15 – Brady Boone, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
 * December 16 – William Gaddis, American writer (b. 1922)
 * December 17 – Claudia Benton, Peruvian-born child psychologist (b. 1959)
 * December 18 – Lev Dyomin, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1926)
 * December 19
 * Gordon Gunter, American marine biologist and fisheries scientist (b. 1909)
 * Antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932)
 * December 20
 * Irene Hervey, American actress (b. 1909)
 * Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, British scientist (b. 1914)
 * December 21 – Roger Avon, British actor (b. 1914)
 * December 23 – David Manners, Canadian-American actor (b. 1900)
 * December 25
 * Richard Paul, American actor (b. 1940)
 * John Pulman, English snooker player (b. 1923)
 * December 26
 * Hurd Hatfield, American actor (b. 1917)
 * Ram Swarup, Indian author (b. 1920)
 * December 29 – Don Taylor, American actor and film director (b. 1920)
 * December 30
 * Keisuke Kinoshita, Japanese film director (b. 1912)
 * George Webb, British actor (b. 1912)

Nobel Prizes

 * Physics – Robert B. Laughlin, Horst L. Störmer, Daniel Chee Tsui
 * Chemistry – Walter Kohn, John Pople
 * Medicine – Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro, Ferid Murad
 * Literature – José Saramago
 * Peace – John Hume and David Trimble
 * Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Amartya Sen

Fields Medal

 * Richard Ewen Borcherds, William Timothy Gowers, Maxim Kontsevich, Curtis T. McMullen

January

 * January 2 – Massacre of twenty Copts by Muslim villagers in Kosheh, Egypt.
 * January 6 – The last natural Pyrenean ibex is found dead, apparently killed by a falling tree.
 * January 10 – America Online announces an agreement to purchase Time Warner for $162 billion (the largest-ever corporate merger).
 * January 14
 * The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 11,722.98 (at the peak of the Dot-com bubble).
 * A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
 * January 18 – The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth.
 * January 30 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes off the coast of Ivory Coast into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.
 * January 31
 * Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing 88.
 * Dr. Harold Shipman is found guilty of murdering 15 patients between 1995 and 1998 at Hyde, Greater Manchester, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

February

 * February 4 – German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion, in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
 * February 9 – Torrential rains in Africa lead to the worst flooding in Mozambique in 50 years, which lasts until March and kills 800 people.
 * February 13 – The final original Peanuts comic strip is published, following the death of its creator, Charles M. Schulz.
 * February 21 – UNESCO holds the inaugural celebration of International Mother Language Day.
 * February 29 – A rare century leap year date occurs. Usually, century years are common years due to not being exactly divisible by 400. 2000 is the first such year to have a February 29 since the year 1600, making it only the second such occasion since the Gregorian Calendar was introduced in the late 16th century. The next such leap year will occur in 2400.

March

 * March 4 – The PlayStation 2 was released in Japan, followed by other releases in western markets in fall 2000.
 * March 8 – Tokyo train disaster: A sideswipe collision of two Tokyo Metro trains kills five people.
 * March 10 – The NASDAQ Composite Index reaches an all-time high of 5,048. Two weeks later, the NASDAQ-100, S&P 500, and Wilshire 5000 reach their peaks prior to the Dot-com bubble, ending a bull market run that lasted over 17 years.
 * March 12
 * Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages.
 * A Zenit-3SL launch fails due to a software bug.
 * March 13 – The United States dollar becomes the official currency of Ecuador, replacing the Ecuadorian sucre.

April

 * April 3 – United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
 * April 22 – In a predawn raid, federal agents seize 6-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami and fly him to his Cuban father in Washington, D.C., ending one of the most publicized custody battles in U.S. history.
 * April 30 – Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.

May

 * May 1 – A new class of composite material is fabricated, which has a combination of physical properties never before seen in a natural or man-made material.
 * May 3 – In San Antonio, Texas, computer pioneer Datapoint files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
 * May 4 – The 7.6 Central Sulawesi earthquake affects Banggai, Indonesia, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), leaving 46 dead and 264 injured.
 * May 5
 * After originating in the Philippines, the ILOVEYOU computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.
 * A rare conjunction of seven celestial bodies (Sun, Moon, planets Mercury–Saturn) occurs during the new moon.
 * May 11 – The billionth living person in India is born.
 * May 13
 * A fireworks factory disaster in Enschede, Netherlands, kills 23.
 * Millennium Force opens at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio as the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster.
 * May 24 – Real Madrid C.F. defeats Valencia CF 3–0 in the UEFA Champions League Final at Stade de France to win their second title between 1998 and 2002, and their eighth overall.

June

 * June 4 – The 7.9 Enggano earthquake shakes southwestern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), killing 103 people and injuring 2,174–2,585.
 * June 5 – 405 The Movie, the first short film widely distributed on the Internet, is released.
 * June 10 – July 2 – Belgium and the Netherlands jointly host the UEFA Euro 2000 football tournament, which is won by France.
 * June 17 – A centennial earthquake (6.5 on the Richter scale) hits Iceland on its national day.
 * June 26 – A preliminary draft of genomes, as part of the Human Genome Project, is finished. It is announced at the White House by President Clinton.
 * June 28 – Elián González returns to Cuba with his father, Juan Miguel González, ending a protracted custody battle.
 * June 30 – At the Roskilde Festival near Copenhagen, Denmark, nine die and 26 are injured on a set while the rock group Pearl Jam performs.

July

 * July 1 – The Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden is officially opened for traffic.
 * July 2 – France defeats Italy 2–1 after extra time in the final of the European Championship, becoming the first team to win the World Cup and European Championship consecutively.
 * July 7 – The draft assembly of Human Genome Project announced at the White House by President Bill Clinton, Francis Collins, and Craig Venter.
 * July 10 – In southern Nigeria, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging gasoline.
 * July 14 – A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth.
 * July 25 – Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde aircraft, crashes into a hotel in Gonesse just after takeoff from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and 4 in the hotel.

August

 * August 3 – Rioting erupts on the Paulsgrove estate in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, after more than 100 people besiege a block of flats allegedly housing a convicted paedophile. This is the latest vigilante violence against suspected sex offenders since the beginning of the "naming and shaming" anti-pedophile campaign by the tabloid newspaper News of the World.
 * August 7 – DeviantART is launched.
 * August 8 – The Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
 * August 12 – The Russian submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea during one of the largest Russian naval exercises since the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, resulting in the deaths of all 118 men on board.
 * August 14
 * Tsar Nicholas II and his family are canonized by the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
 * Dora the Explorer, one of Nickelodeon's most popular shows, debuts.
 * August 23 – John Anthony Kaiser, a Roman Catholic priest, is murdered in Morendat, Kenya.
 * August 24 – The Nintendo GameCube is revealed.

September

 * September 6 – The last wholly Swedish-owned arms manufacturer, Bofors, is sold to American arms manufacturer United Defense.
 * September 6–8 – World leaders attend the Millennium Summit at U.N. Headquarters.
 * September 7–14 – Fuel protests take place in the United Kingdom, with refineries blockaded, and supply to the country's network of petrol stations halted.
 * September 10 – Operation Barras: A British military operation to free five soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment that were held captive for over two weeks during the Sierra Leone Civil War, all of which were rescued.
 * September 13 – Steve Jobs introduces the public beta of Mac OS X for US$29.95.
 * September 15 – October 1 – The 2000 Summer Olympics, held in Sydney, Australia, is the last Olympic Games of the 20th century.
 * September 16 – Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze is last seen alive; this day is taken as the commemoration date of his death.
 * September 26 – The Greek ferry Express Samina sinks off the coast of the island of Paros; 80 out of a total of over 500 passengers perish in one of Greece's worst sea disasters.
 * September 29 – The HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland is closed.

October

 * October 3 – Approximate start of Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods (particularly affecting England) precipitated by days of heavy rain.
 * October 5 – Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Yugoslavia's president Slobodan Milošević.
 * October 6 – The last Mini is produced in Longbridge.
 * October 11 – 250 e6USgal of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky (considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill).
 * October 12 – In Aden, Yemen, USS Cole is badly damaged by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
 * October 22 – The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper exposes Japanese archeologist Shinichi Fujimura as a fraud; Japanese archaeologists had based their treatises on his findings.
 * October 26
 * Pakistani authorities announce that their police have found an apparently ancient mummy of a Persian Princess in the province of Balochistan. Iran, Pakistan and the Taliban all claim the mummy until Pakistan announces it is a modern-day fake on April 17, 2001.
 * The New York Yankees defeat the New York Mets 4-2 in the fifth game of the World Series to win the first "Subway Series" since 1956 by 4 games to 1. The series win was the Yankees third in a row and 26th overall.
 * October 30 – This is the final date during which there is no human presence in space; on October 31, Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been continuously crewed since.
 * October 31 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collides with construction equipment in the Chiang Kai Shek International Airport, resulting in 83 deaths.

November

 * November 2 – The first resident crew enters the International Space Station.
 * November 7 – In London, a criminal gang raids the Millennium Dome to steal the Millennium Star diamond, but police surveillance catches them in the act.
 * November 11 – Kaprun disaster, Austria: A funicular fire in an Alpine tunnel kills 155 skiers and snowboarders.
 * November 17 – A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.

December

 * December 7 – Kadisoka temple is discovered in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
 * December 15 – The third and final reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down and the station is shut down completely.
 * December 25 – The Luoyang Christmas fire at a shopping center in China kills 309 people.

January

 * January 1 – Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Russian-Australian pair skater
 * January 7 – Marcus Scribner, American actor
 * January 8 – Noah Cyrus, American actress and singer
 * January 11
 * Shareef O'Neal, American basketball player
 * Marrit Steenbergen, Dutch swimmer
 * January 14 – Jonathan David, Candian footballer
 * January 16 – Brenner, Brazilian footballer
 * January 19 – Choi Da-bin, South Korean figure skater
 * January 26 – Abel Ruiz, Spanish footballer
 * January 27 – Morgan Gibbs-White, English footballer

February

 * February 1 – Paris Smith, American actress and singer
 * February 5 – Jordan Nagai, American actor
 * February 10 – Yara Shahidi, American actress
 * February 16 – Amine Gouiri, French footballer
 * February 20
 * Kristóf Milák, Hungarian swimmer
 * Josh Sargent, American footballer
 * February 21
 * Cho I-hsuan, Taiwanese professional tennis player
 * Yuto Miyazawa, Japanese singer
 * February 22 – Timothy Weah, American footballer
 * February 25 – Tucker Albrizzi, American actor
 * February 28 – Moise Kean, Italian footballer

March

 * March 1 – Ava Allan, American actress
 * March 2
 * Nahida Akter, Bangladeshi cricketer
 * Julia Kedhammar, Swedish singer
 * Bianca Umali, Filipino actress and dancer
 * March 5 – Jack Aitchison, Scottish footballer
 * March 6 – Jacob Bertrand, American actor
 * March 10 – Norah Flatley, American artistic gymnast
 * March 11 – Rahaf Mohammed, Saudi Arabian activist
 * March 15 – Kristian Kostov, Russian/Bulgarian singer-songwriter
 * March 21 – Jace Norman, American actor
 * March 25
 * Camden Pulkinen, American figure skater
 * Christian Traeumer, American actor
 * Jadon Sancho, English footballer
 * March 27 – Sophie Nélisse, Canadian actress
 * March 28 – Aleyna Tilki, Turkish singer
 * March 30 – Regan Mizrahi, American child actor
 * March 31 – Anu Anand, Indian actress

April



 * April 1 – Barbora Seemanová, Czech swimmer
 * April 6 – Shaheen Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
 * April 7 – Ivan Ivanov, Bulgarian singer and songwriter
 * April 9 – Jackie Evancho, American soprano
 * April 11
 * Morgan Lily, American actress
 * Alexei Krasnozhon, Russian-American figure skater
 * April 13 – Rasmus Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
 * April 23 – Chloe Kim, American snowboarder
 * April 28 – Ellie Carpenter, Australian footballer

May

 * May 7 – Maxwell Perry Cotton, American actor
 * May 15
 * Jacob Bragg, Australian runner
 * Dayana Yastremska, Ukrainian tennis player
 * May 18
 * Addison Holley, Canadian actress
 * Ryan Sessegnon, English footballer
 * May 23 – Evan Bird, Canadian actor
 * May 24 – Anja Crevar, Serbian swimmer
 * May 28 – Taylor Ruck, Canadian swimmer
 * May 30 – Jared S. Gilmore, American actor

June

 * June 1 – Willow Shields, American actress and dancer
 * June 2 – Lilimar Hernandez, Venezuelan actress
 * June 5 – Eliias, Swedish singer
 * June 9 – Laurie Hernandez, American artistic gymnast
 * June 13 – Penny Oleksiak, Canadian swimmer
 * June 16 – Bianca Andreescu, Canadian tennis player
 * June 19 – Gunay Mammadzada, Azerbaijani chess player
 * June 20 – Matthew Boling, American sprinter
 * June 23
 * Kim Hyun-soo, South Korean actress
 * Caitlin Blackwood, English actress
 * June 25 – Mason Cook, American actor
 * June 29 – Kia Pegg, English actress

July



 * July 1 – Lalu Muhammad Zohri, Indonesian sprinter
 * July 4 – Rikako Ikee, Japanese swimmer
 * July 6
 * Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Finnish ice hockey player
 * Zion Williamson, American basketball player
 * July 7 – Egy Maulana Vikri, Indonesian footballer
 * July 12 – Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer
 * July 15 – Paulinho, Brazilian footballer
 * July 16 – Jonathan Morgan Heit, American actor
 * July 18 – Angelina Melnikova, Russian artistic gymnast
 * July 24 – Marko Čalasan, Macedonian computer systems prodigy
 * July 25
 * Meg Donnelly, American actress
 * Ellie Soutter, British snowboarder (d. 2018)
 * July 28
 * Kaitlin De Guzman, Filipino artistic gymnast
 * Emile Smith Rowe, English footballer
 * July 31 – Kim Sae-ron, South Korean actress

August

 * August 2 – Sandeep Lamichhane, Nepalese cricketer
 * August 3 – Landry Bender, American actress
 * August 8 – Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player
 * August 9 – Kim Hyang-gi, South Korean actress
 * August 11 – James Cartmell, British actor
 * August 17 – Lil Pump, American rapper and songwriter
 * August 20 – Fátima Ptacek, American actress
 * August 21 – Kate Valdez, Filipino model and actress
 * August 24 – Griffin Gluck, American actor
 * August 25 – Vincenzo Cantiello, Italian singer
 * August 26 – Noah Ryan Scott, Canadian actor
 * August 27 – Tatsuomi Hamada, Japanese actor and model
 * August 29 – Julia Grosso, Canadian soccer player

September

 * September 1 – Jacob Ewaniuk, Canadian teen actor
 * September 5 – Ceren Akkaya, Turkish footballer
 * September 26 – Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess
 * September 28
 * Frankie Jonas, American actor
 * Ahn Do-gyu, South Korean actor

October

 * October 6 – Isobelle Molloy, British actress
 * October 10 – Aedin Mincks, American actor
 * October 11 – Hayden Byerly, American actor
 * October 16 – David Rawle, Irish actor
 * October 25
 * Vincent Zhou, American figure skater
 * Mizuki Itagaki, Japanese actor, model, and singer
 * October 26 – Ellery Sprayberry, American actress
 * October 31 – Willow Smith, American actress and singer

November

 * November 2 – Alphonso Davies, Canadian football player
 * November 7 – Callum Hudson-Odoi, English footballer
 * November 8
 * Jade Pettyjohn, American actress
 * Anastasia Skoptsova, Russian ice dancer
 * Jasmine Thompson, English singer and songwriter
 * Roy Wang, Chinese singer
 * November 10 – Mackenzie Foy, American model and actress
 * November 20 – Connie Talbot, British singer
 * November 21 – Megan Roberts, Canadian artistic gymnast
 * November 22 – Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress
 * November 28 – Jackson Yi, Chinese singer

December

 * December 12 – Lucas Jade Zumann, American actor
 * December 29 – Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer

January

 * January 2
 * Nat Adderley, American jazz musician (b. 1931)
 * Patrick O'Brian, British writer (b. 1914)
 * Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, mother of King Juan Carlos I (b. 1910)
 * January 3 – Bernhard Wicki, Austrian actor and director (b. 1919)
 * January 4
 * Diether Krebs, German actor, cabaret artist and comedian. (b. 1947)
 * Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1909)
 * January 7
 * Gary Albright, American professional wrestler (b. 1963)
 * Makhmud Esambayev, Soviet and Russian actor and dancer (b. 1924)
 * January 8 – Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian and show jumper (b. 1918)
 * January 10 – Sam Jaffe, American film producer (b. 1901)
 * January 11
 * Dan Kemp, American actor (b. 1927)
 * Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
 * January 12 – Bobby Phills, American professional basketball player (b. 1969)
 * January 13 – Antti Hyvärinen, Finnish Olympic ski jumper (b. 1932)
 * January 15 – Željko Ražnatović, Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader (b. 1952)
 * January 18 – Frances Drake, American actress (b. 1912)
 * January 19
 * Bettino Craxi, Italian politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
 * Hedy Lamarr, Austrian actress (b. 1914)
 * Alan North, American actor (b. 1920)
 * January 20 – Izabella Yurieva, Russian singer (b. 1899)
 * January 21 – Saeb Salam, Lebanese politician, 20th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1905)
 * January 24 – Rex Nelon, American Southern gospel singer (b. 1932)
 * January 26
 * Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
 * A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American science fiction author (b. 1912)

February

 * February 5
 * Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (b. 1901)
 * Ward Cornell, Canadian radio/TV broadcaster & educator (b. 1924)
 * February 7
 * Big Pun, American rapper (b. 1971)
 * Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947)
 * Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (b. 1970)
 * February 8
 * Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918)
 * Bob Collins, American broadcaster (b. 1942)
 * Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Romanian lawyer and politician, 49th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1902)
 * Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
 * February 9
 * Beau Jack, American boxer (b. 1921)
 * Buck Young, American actor (b. 1920)
 * February 10 – Jim Varney, American actor (b. 1949)
 * February 11
 * Jacqueline Auriol, French aviator (b. 1917)
 * Roger Vadim, French film director and producer (b. 1928)
 * February 12
 * Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)
 * Charles M. Schulz, American comic strip artist (b. 1922)
 * Oliver, American pop singer (b. 1945)
 * Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American rock singer and performer (b. 1929)
 * February 13 – Anders Aalborg, Canadian politician (b. 1914)
 * February 19
 * Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
 * Djidingar Dono Ngardoum, 2nd Prime Minister of Chad (b. 1928)
 * February 23
 * Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957)
 * Sir Stanley Matthews, English footballer (b. 1915)

March

 * March 2 – Sandra Schmirler, Canadian Olympic curler (b. 1963)
 * March 3 – Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904)
 * March 5
 * Lolo Ferrari, French actress and dancer (b. 1963)
 * Roma Mitchell, Australia lawyer and Governor of South Australia (b. 1913)
 * March 6
 * John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
 * Abraham Waligo, Ugandan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1928)
 * March 7
 * Charles Gray, English actor (b. 1928)
 * Masami Yoshida, Japanese athlete (b. 1958)
 * March 9
 * Artyom Borovik, Russian journalist and media magnate (b. 1960)
 * Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer and music educator (b. 1908)
 * March 11
 * Will Roberts, British painter (b. 1907)
 * Alfred Schwarzmann, German gymnast (b. 1912)
 * March 20 – Gene Eugene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1961)
 * March 27 – Ian Dury, British rock musician (b. 1942)
 * March 28 – Anthony Powell, British author (b. 1905)
 * March 30 – Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian diplomat and 8th President of Austria (b. 1915)

April



 * April 2 – Tommaso Buscetta, Italian mafioso informant (b. 1928)
 * April 3 – Terence McKenna, American writer, philosopher, writer and entheogen advocate (b. 1946)
 * April 4 – Derek Allhusen, British equestrian (b. 1914)
 * April 5 – Lee Petty, American race-car driver (b. 1914)
 * April 6 – Habib Bourguiba, 1st President of Tunisia (b. 1903)
 * April 8
 * Bernie Grant, British politician (b. 1944)
 * Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910)
 * April 10
 * Rabah Bitat, Algerian politician and Interim President of Algeria (b. 1925)
 * Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
 * April 11 – Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
 * April 13 – Albert Turner, American civil rights activist (b. 1936)
 * April 14 – Phil Katz, American computer programmer (b. 1962)
 * April 15 – Edward Gorey, American writer and illustrator (b. 1925)
 * April 16 – Putra of Perlis, Malaysian King (b. 1920)
 * April 25 – David Merrick, American stage producer (b. 1911)
 * April 27 – Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer and actress (b. 1954)
 * April 28 – Penelope Fitzgerald, English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer
 * April 29 – Phạm Văn Đồng, 2nd Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) (b. 1906)
 * April 30 – Poul Hartling, Danish diplomat and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1914)

May

 * May 1
 * Steve Reeves, American actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926)
 * Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (b. 1961)
 * May 2 – Sundar Popo, Indo-Trinidadian chutney musician (b. 1943)
 * May 3 – Júlia Báthory, Hungarian glass designer (b. 1901)
 * May 7 – Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American actor (b. 1909)
 * May 8 – Hubert Maga, 1st President of Dahomey (b. 1916)
 * May 10
 * Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (b. 1954)
 * Craig Stevens, American actor (b. 1918)
 * May 11 – René Muñoz, Cuban actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
 * May 12 – Adam Petty, American NASCAR driver (b. 1980)
 * May 13
 * Paul Bartel, American actor, writer and director (b. 1938)
 * Tomomi Tsuruta, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1951)
 * May 14 – Keizō Obuchi, Japanese politician, 54th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
 * May 19
 * Petter Hugsted, Norwegian Olympic ski jumper (b. 1921)
 * Yevgeny Khrunov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1933)
 * May 20
 * Edward Bernds, American director (b. 1905)
 * Malik Sealy, American basketball player (b. 1970)
 * May 21
 * Dame Barbara Cartland, British novelist (b. 1901)
 * Sir John Gielgud, British actor (b. 1904)
 * Mark R. Hughes, American MLM founder (b. 1956)
 * Erich Mielke, German secret police official (b. 1907)
 * May 24 – Oleg Yefremov, Soviet/Russian actor and producer (b. 1927)
 * May 25 – Francis Lederer, French film and stage actor (b. 1899)
 * May 27
 * Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot and counter-intelligence officer (b. 1912)
 * Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (b. 1921)
 * May 30 – Doris Hare, British actress (b. 1905)
 * May 31
 * Petar Mladenov, Bulgarian diplomat and politician, 1st President of Bulgaria (b. 1936)
 * Tito Puente, American jazz musician (b. 1923)

June



 * June 3 – Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
 * June 10
 * Hafez al-Assad, Syrian politician and general, 18th President of Syria (b. 1930)
 * Frank Patterson, Irish tenor (b. 1938)
 * June 12 – Logan Ramsey, American actor (b. 1921)
 * June 14 – Robert Trent Jones, English-born golf course designer (b. 1906)
 * June 16 – Empress Kōjun of Japan (b. 1903)
 * June 17 – Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice (b. 1931)
 * June 18 – Nancy Marchand, American actress (b. 1928)
 * June 19 – Noboru Takeshita, Japanese politician, 46th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1924)
 * June 21 – Alan Hovhaness, American composer (b. 1911)
 * June 24 – David Tomlinson, English actor (b. 1917)
 * June 27 – Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
 * June 29 – Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b. 1922)

July

 * July 1 – Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920)
 * July 2 – Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcyclist (b. 1952)
 * July 6 – Lazar Koliševski, 2nd President of Yugoslavia (b. 1914)
 * July 7
 * Kenny Irwin Jr., NASCAR Driver (b. 1969)
 * James C. Quayle, American newspaper publisher (b. 1921)
 * July 8 – FM-2030, Transhumanist philosopher (b. 1930)
 * July 10
 * Vakkom Majeed, Indian freedom fighter and Legislative member (b. 1909)
 * Denis O'Conor Don, hereditary chief of the O'Conor Don sept of Ireland (b. 1912)
 * July 11 – Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1921)
 * July 12 – Charles Merritt, Canadian Army officer (b. 1908)
 * July 15 – Kalle Svensson, Swedish footballer (b. 1925)
 * July 21 – Yosef Qafih, Israeli rabbi (b. 1917)
 * July 27 – Virginia Admiral, American painter and poet (b. 1915)
 * July 28 – Abraham Pais, American physicist (b. 1918)
 * July 29 – René Favaloro, Argentinian cardiologist (b. 1923)

August

 * August 3 – Isolina Ferre, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic nun (b. 1914)
 * August 5
 * Otto Buchsbaum, German writer and ecological activist (b. 1920)
 * Sir Alec Guinness, British actor and writer (b. 1914)
 * August 6
 * Sir Robin Day, British political broadcaster (b. 1923)
 * Don A. Jones, American admiral and civil engineer (b. 1912)
 * August 8 – K. Kailasanatha Kurukkal, Sri Lankan researcher, writer and professor (b. 1921)
 * August 9 – John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist (b. 1920)
 * August 12
 * Dave Edwards, American musician (b. 1941)
 * Loretta Young, American actress (b. 1913)
 * August 13 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani singer (b. 1964)
 * August 19 – Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo activist and leader (b. 1946)
 * August 20 – Bunny Austin, English tennis player (b. 1906)
 * August 21 – Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)
 * August 22 – Abulfaz Elchibey, Azerbaijani political figure, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)
 * August 24 – Andy Hug, Swiss Seidokaikan karateka and kickboxer (b. 1964)
 * August 25
 * Carl Barks, American cartoonist and screenwriter (b. 1901)
 * Ivan Stambolić, Serbian politician (b. 1936)
 * August 30 – David Haskell, American actor (b. 1948)

September

 * September 2
 * Elvera Sanchez, American dancer (b. 1905)
 * Curt Siodmak, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1902)
 * Jean Speegle Howard, American actress (b. 1927)
 * September 6 – Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general (b. 1918)
 * September 14 – Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
 * September 16 – Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969)
 * September 17
 * Bakht Singh, Indian evangelist (b. 1903)
 * Paula Yates, British television presenter (b. 1959)
 * September 19
 * Ann Doran, American actress (b. 1911)
 * Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
 * September 20 – Gherman Titov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
 * September 22 – Saburō Sakai, Japanese fighter ace (b. 1916)
 * September 25 – R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (b. 1913)
 * September 26 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
 * September 27 – Sammy Luftspring, Canadian boxer (b. 1916)
 * September 28
 * Peter Gennaro, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
 * Pote Sarasin, Thai diplomat and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1905)
 * Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
 * September 29 – Maningning Miclat, Filipino poet and painter (b. 1972)

October

 * October 1 – Rosie Douglas, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1941)
 * October 3 – Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
 * October 4 – Michael Smith, English-born chemist (b. 1932)
 * October 6 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1920)
 * October 7 – Walter Krupinski, German fighter ace and general (b. 1920)
 * October 8 – Sheila Holland, English writer (b. 1937)
 * October 9 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, British recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1918)
 * October 10 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Ceylon and 2-time Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)
 * October 11 – Donald Dewar, First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
 * October 13 – Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926)
 * October 14 – Tony Roper, American NASCAR driver (b. 1964)
 * October 15 – Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist (b. 1912)
 * October 16
 * Mel Carnahan, American politician (b. 1934)
 * Rick Jason, American actor (b. 1923)
 * October 18
 * Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)
 * Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (b. 1925)
 * October 19 – Charles Perkins, Australian aboriginal activist and soccer player (b. 1936)
 * October 21 – Reginald Kray, British criminal (b. 1933)
 * October 22
 * Fred Pratt Green, British Methodist minister and hymn writer (b. 1903)
 * Jean-Luc Mandaba, 11th Prime Minister of Central African Republic (b. 1943)
 * October 23
 * Rodney Anoa'i, American wrestler (b. 1966)
 * Nils Tapp, Swedish Olympic cross-country skier (b. 1917)
 * October 27 – Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1929)
 * October 28 – Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (b. 1969)
 * October 30 – Steve Allen, American comedian and author (b. 1921)
 * October 31 – Ring Lardner, Jr., American screenwriter (b. 1915)

November

 * November 5
 * David Brower, American environmental activist (b. 1912)
 * Jimmie Davis, American singer (b. 1899)
 * Roger Peyrefitte, French writer and diplomat (b. 1907)
 * November 6 – L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (b. 1907)
 * November 7
 * C Subramaniam, Indian politician (b. 1910)
 * Ingrid of Sweden, Queen consort of Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1910)
 * November 8 – Józef Pińkowski, Polish politician, 50th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1929)
 * November 10
 * Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer and professor, 168th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
 * Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, 102nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1915)
 * November 11 – Hugh Paddick, British actor (b. 1915)
 * November 16
 * DJ Screw, American hip hop DJ (b. 1971)
 * Hosea Williams, American civil rights leader, activist, minister, businessman, philanthropist, scientist, and politician (b. 1926)
 * November 17 – Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
 * November 19 – George Cosmas Adyebo, Ugandan economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1947)
 * November 20 – Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, and artist (b. 1927)
 * November 22
 * Sir Cyril Astley Clarke, British physician, geneticist and entomologist (b. 1907)
 * Christian Marquand, French actor and director (b. 1927)
 * Emil Zátopek, Czechoslovakian Olympic athlete (b. 1922)
 * November 28 – Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895)

December

 * December 2 – Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935)
 * December 3 – Gwendolyn Brooks, American writer (b. 1917)
 * December 6 – Werner Klemperer, American actor (b. 1920)
 * December 8 – Ionatana Ionatana, 5th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1938)
 * December 10
 * Paul Avery, American journalist (b. 1934)
 * Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919)
 * December 11 – Johannes Virolainen, Finnish politician, 30th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1914)
 * December 17 – Blaise Rabetafika, Malagasy diplomat (b. 1932)
 * December 18 – Kirsty MacColl, English singer (b. 1959)
 * December 19
 * John Lindsay, American politician and lawyer, Mayor of New York City (b. 1921)
 * Roebuck "Pops" Staples, American musician (b. 1914)
 * Son Sann, Cambodian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1911)
 * December 23
 * Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924)
 * Victor Borge, Danish-born American actor and comedian (b. 1909)
 * December 26 – Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
 * December 30 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909)
 * December 31 – Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, Israeli settler leader (b. 1966)

Nobel Prizes

 * Chemistry – Alan J. Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid, and Hideki Shirakawa
 * Economics – James Heckman and Daniel McFadden
 * Literature – Gao Xingjian
 * Peace – Kim Dae-jung
 * Physics – Zhores Alferov, Herbert Kroemer, and Jack Kilby
 * Physiology or Medicine – Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard, and Eric Kandel

January

 * January 10 – More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan.
 * January 11 – The French military begins a five-month intervention into the Northern Mali conflict, targeting the militant Islamist Ansar Dine group.
 * January 16–20 – Thirty-nine international workers and one security guard die in a hostage crisis at a natural gas facility near In Aménas, Algeria.
 * January 27 – An estimated 233 people die in a nightclub fire at the Kiss nightclub in the Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

February

 * February 12 – North Korea conducts its third underground nuclear test, prompting widespread condemnation and tightened economic sanctions from the international community.
 * February 15 – A meteor explodes over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injuring 1,489-1,492 people and damaging over 4,300 buildings. It is the most powerful meteor to strike Earth's atmosphere in over a century. The incident, along with a coincidental flyby of a larger asteroid, prompts international concern regarding the vulnerability of the planet to meteor strikes.
 * February 21 – American scientists use a 3D printer to create a living lab-grown ear from collagen and animal ear cell cultures. In the future, it is hoped that similar ears could be grown to order as transplants for human patients suffering from ear trauma or amputation.
 * February 28 – Benedict XVI resigns as pope, becoming the first to do so since Gregory XII in 1415, and the first to do so voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294.

March

 * March 13 – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is elected the 266th pope, whereupon he takes the name Francis  and becomes the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere.
 * March 24 – Central African Republic President François Bozizé flees to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after rebel forces capture the nation's capital, Bangui.
 * March 25 – The European Union agrees to a €10 billion economic bailout for Cyprus. The bailout loan will be equally split between the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, the European Financial Stability Facility, and the International Monetary Fund. The deal precipitates a banking crisis in the island nation.

April

 * April 2 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Arms Trade Treaty to regulate the international trade of conventional weapons.
 * April 15 – Two Chechnya-born Islamist brothers (one of whom was a United States citizen) explode two bombs at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States, killing 3 and injuring 264 others.
 * April 24 – The 2013 Savar building collapse, one of the worst industrial disasters in the world, kills 1,134 people in Bangladesh.
 * April 30 – Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.

May

 * May 6 – Three women, missing for more than nine years, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio. Police arrest Ariel Castro, their abductor, later that day.
 * May 15 – In a study published in the scientific journal Nature, researchers from Oregon Health & Science University in the United States describe the first production of human embryonic stem cells by cloning.
 * May 22 – British Army soldier Fusilier Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is murdered in Woolwich, southeast London by Islamic terrorists Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.
 * May 31 – The El Reno tornado, near El Reno, Oklahoma, United States, having a record-breaking width 2.6 miles (4.2 km), with maximum wind speeds up to 301 mph (484 km/h), is the widest tornado ever recorded on earth.

June

 * June 6 – Former CIA employee Edward Snowden discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government mass surveillance program to news publications and flees the country, later being granted temporary asylum in Russia.
 * June 25 – Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani abdicates and his son Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani assumes power.
 * June 26
 * Kevin Rudd defeats Julia Gillard in an Australian Labor Party leadership ballot and consequently becomes Prime Minister of Australia, three years after Gillard replaced Rudd.
 * United States v. Windsor (570 U.S. 744) decided in the Supreme Court of the United States, overturning a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act and hence granting federal recognition to same-sex marriage in the United States.

July

 * July 1 – Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union.
 * July 3 – Amid mass protests across Egypt, President Mohamed Morsi is deposed in a military coup d'état, leading to widespread violence.
 * July 21 – Philippe is sworn in as King of the Belgians, following the abdication of Albert II.

August

 * August 14 – Following the military coup in Egypt, two anti-coup camps are raided by the security forces, leaving 2,696 dead. The raids were described by Human Rights Watch as "one of the world's largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history".
 * August 21 – 1,429 are killed in the Ghouta chemical attack during the Syrian Civil War.
 * August 29 – The United Kingdom Parliament votes against UK military attacks on Syria.

September

 * September 7
 * 2013 Australian federal election: The Liberal/National Coalition led by Tony Abbott defeats the Labor Government led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Abbott would be sworn in on September 18th.
 * The International Olympic Committee awards Tokyo the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.
 * September 21 – al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 62 civilians and wounding over 170.

October

 * October 10 – Delegates from some 140 countries and territories sign the Minamata Treaty, a UNEP treaty designed to protect human health and the environment from emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds.
 * October 18 – Saudi Arabia rejects a seat on the United Nations Security Council, making it the first country to reject a seat on the Security Council. Jordan takes the seat on December 6.

November

 * November 5 – The unmanned Mars Orbiter Mission is launched by India from its launchpad in Sriharikota.
 * November 8 – Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), one of the strongest tropical cyclones on record, hits the Philippines and Vietnam, causing devastation with at least 6,241 dead.
 * November 12 – Three Studies of Lucian Freud, a series of portraits of Lucian Freud by the British painter Francis Bacon, sells for US$142.4 million in a New York City auction, setting a world record for an auctioned work of art.
 * November 15 – The PlayStation 4 was released. The week before the release of the Xbox One.
 * November 17 – Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
 * November 21 – Euromaidan pro-EU demonstrations begin in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych rejects an economic association agreement between the European Union and Ukraine in favor of closer ties to Russia.
 * November 24 – Iran agrees to limit their nuclear development program in exchange for sanctions relief.

December

 * December 7 – Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization delegates sign the Bali Package agreement aimed at loosening global trade barriers.
 * December 14 – Chinese unmanned spacecraft Chang'e 3, carrying the Yutu rover, becomes the first spacecraft to "soft"-land on the Moon since 1976 and the third ever robotic rover to do so.
 * December 15 – Fighting between ethnic Dinka and Nuer members of the presidential guard break out in Juba, South Sudan, plunging the country into civil war.
 * December 25 – 38 people are killed in the Christmas Day bombings in Iraq.

Births

 * July 22 – Prince George of Cambridge

January

 * January 1 – Patti Page, American singer (b. 1927)
 * January 2 – Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1945)
 * January 3 – Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian film director, actor, and politician (b. 1930)
 * January 7
 * David R. Ellis, American film director (b. 1952)
 * Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress (b. 1931)
 * January 9
 * James M. Buchanan, American Nobel economist (b. 1919)
 * Sakine Cansız, Kurdish activist (b. 1958)
 * January 11
 * Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (b. 1941)
 * Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1927)
 * Aaron Swartz, American programmer (b. 1986)
 * January 14 – Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923)
 * January 15 – Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director (b. 1932)
 * January 19 – Stan Musial, American baseball player (b. 1920)
 * January 21 – Michael Winner, British film director and producer (b. 1935)
 * January 22 – Said Ali al-Shihri, Saudi Arabian deputy leader (b. 1971)
 * January 23 – Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal (b. 1929)
 * January 31 – Hassan Habibi, 1st Vice President of Iran (b. 1937)

February

 * February 1 – Ed Koch, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
 * February 2 – Chris Kyle, United States Navy sniper (b. 1974)
 * February 4
 * Donald Byrd, American trumpet player (b. 1932)
 * Reg Presley, British singer, songwriter and musician (b. 1941)
 * February 14
 * Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and lawyer (b. 1931)
 * Reeva Steenkamp, South African model (b. 1983)
 * February 17
 * Mindy McCready, American country singer (b. 1975)
 * Tony Sheridan, British singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1940)
 * February 18
 * Kevin Ayers, British singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1944)
 * Chieko Honda, Japanese voice actress (b. 1963)
 * Otfried Preußler, German children author (b. 1923)
 * February 19
 * Armen Alchian, American economist (b. 1914)
 * Robert Coleman Richardson, American Nobel physicist (b. 1937)
 * February 22 – Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist (b. 1923)
 * February 23 – Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (b. 1920)
 * February 25 – Carmen Montejo, Cuban-Mexican actress (b. 1925)
 * February 26 – Stéphane Hessel, French diplomat and writer (b. 1917)
 * February 27
 * Van Cliburn, American pianist (b. 1934)
 * Dale Robertson, American actor (b. 1923)
 * February 28 – Donald A. Glaser, American Nobel physicist (b. 1926)

March

 * March 1 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress (b. 1944)
 * March 3 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1940)
 * March 5
 * Arthur Storch, American actor (b. 1925)
 * Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (b. 1954)
 * Paul Bearer, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1954)
 * March 6
 * Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country-folk singer (b. 1936)
 * Alvin Lee, British guitarist (b. 1944)
 * March 7
 * Peter Banks, British guitarist (b. 1947)
 * Damiano Damiani, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
 * March 8 – Hartmut Briesenick, German athlete (b. 1949)
 * March 10
 * Larisa Avdeyeva, Russian mezzo-soprano (b. 1925)
 * Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (b. 1915)
 * March 12 – Clive Burr, British drummer (b. 1957)
 * March 13 – Malachi Throne, American actor (b. 1928)
 * March 14 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-born Cambodian politician (b. 1925)
 * March 16
 * José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentine executive and policy maker (b. 1925)
 * Jason Molina, American singer-songwriter (b. 1973)
 * March 19 – Harry Reems, American pornographic actor (b. 1947)
 * March 20 – Zillur Rahman, 18th President of Bangladesh (b. 1929)
 * March 21
 * Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer (b. 1930)
 * Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete (b. 1952)
 * March 22 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban pianist, bandleader, and composer (b. 1918)
 * March 23
 * Boris Berezovsky, Russian businessman (b. 1946)
 * Joe Weider, Canadian-born American bodybuilder and publisher (b. 1919)
 * March 27 – Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian skater (b. 1923)
 * March 28 – Richard Griffiths, English actor (b. 1947)

April

 * April 1 – Moses Blah, 23rd President of Liberia (b. 1947)
 * April 2 – Jesús Franco, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
 * April 3 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-born British novelist and screenwriter (b. 1927)
 * April 4 – Roger Ebert, American film critic and writer (b. 1942)
 * April 6 – Bigas Luna, Spanish film director (b. 1946)
 * April 8
 * Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (b. 1942)
 * Sara Montiel, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1928)
 * Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990) (b. 1925)
 * April 9 – Paolo Soleri, Italian-born American architect (b. 1919)
 * April 10 – Robert Edwards, British Nobel physiologist (b. 1925)
 * April 11
 * Maria Tallchief, American prima ballerina (b. 1925)
 * Jonathan Winters, American comedian and actor (b. 1925)
 * Hilary Koprowski, Polish virologist and immunologist (b. 1916)
 * April 13 – Chi Cheng, American musician (b. 1970)
 * April 14
 * Colin Davis, British conductor (b. 1927)
 * Armando Villanueva, 121st Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1915)
 * April 17
 * Deanna Durbin, Canadian-born singer and actress (b. 1921)
 * Carlos Graça, 6th Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (b. 1931)
 * April 18 – Storm Thorgerson, British graphic designer (b. 1944)
 * April 19
 * Allan Arbus, American actor and photographer (b. 1918)
 * François Jacob, French Nobel biologist (b. 1920)
 * Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Russian-American terrorist (b. 1986)
 * April 22 – Richie Havens, American folk singer (b. 1941)
 * April 26 – George Jones, American country music singer (b. 1931)
 * April 28 – János Starker, Hungarian-born American cellist (b. 1924)

May

 * May 2 – Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist (b. 1964)
 * May 4
 * Christian de Duve, Belgian Nobel biochemist (b. 1917)
 * Mario Machado, Chinese-American journalist and actor (b. 1935)
 * Morgan Morgan-Giles, English admiral and politician (b. 1914)
 * César Portillo de la Luz, Cuban guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
 * May 6 – Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1919)
 * May 7
 * Ray Harryhausen, American filmmaker and creator of visual effects (b. 1920)
 * Romanthony, American singer (b. 1967)
 * May 8
 * Jeanne Cooper, American actress (b. 1928)
 * Bryan Forbes, English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist (b. 1926)
 * May 13 – Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist (b. 1924)
 * May 15 – Henrique Rosa, President of Guinea-Bissau (2003–2005) (b. 1946)
 * May 16 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss Nobel physicist (b. 1933)
 * May 17 – Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian politician, 42nd President of Argentina (b. 1925)
 * May 18
 * Steve Forrest, American actor (b. 1925)
 * Nam Duck-woo, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1924)
 * May 20
 * Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (b. 1939)
 * Zach Sobiech, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1995)
 * May 22 – Henri Dutilleux, French composer (b. 1916)
 * May 23
 * Epy Guerrero, Dominican baseball player, coach, and scout (b. 1942)
 * Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, Turkish police officer and politician, 15th Governor of Istanbul Province (b. 1938)
 * Georges Moustaki, French singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
 * Flynn Robinson, American basketball player (b. 1941)
 * May 25 – Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (b. 1953)
 * May 26 – Jack Vance, American novelist (b. 1916)
 * May 31 – Jean Stapleton, American actress (b. 1923)

June

 * June 3
 * Frank Lautenberg, American politician (b. 1924)
 * Jiah Khan, Indian actress (b. 1988)
 * June 6
 * Jerome Karle, American Nobel Prize-winning chemist (b. 1918)
 * Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (b. 1921)
 * June 7
 * Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister of France (b. 1928)
 * Richard Ramirez, American serial killer (b. 1960)
 * June 8
 * Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli writer (b. 1930)
 * Taufiq Kiemas, 5th First Gentleman of Indonesia (b. 1942)
 * June 9 – Iain Banks, British novelist (b. 1954)
 * June 11 – Robert Fogel, American Nobel Prize-winning economic historian (b. 1926)
 * June 15
 * Heinz Flohe, German footballer (b. 1948)
 * Stan Lopata, American baseball player (b. 1925)
 * Kenneth G. Wilson, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist (b. 1936)
 * June 16
 * Josip Kuže, Croatian footballer and coach (b. 1952)
 * Ottmar Walter, German footballer (b. 1924)
 * June 19
 * James Gandolfini, American actor (b. 1961)
 * Gyula Horn, Prime Minister of Hungary (1994–1998) (b. 1932)
 * June 23
 * Bobby Bland, American singer and songwriter (b. 1930)
 * Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
 * June 24 – Emilio Colombo, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)
 * June 26 – Marc Rich, Belgian-born American commodities trader and criminal (b. 1934)
 * June 27 – Alain Mimoun, French track and field athlete (b. 1921)
 * June 29
 * Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist (b. 1922)
 * Jim Kelly, American martial artist and actor (b. 1946)

July

 * July 2
 * Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Queen consort of Iran (1941–1948) (b. 1921)
 * Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist and inventor (b. 1925)
 * July 3 – Radu Vasile, Romanian politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1942)
 * July 12 – Amar Bose, American engineer and entrepreneur (b. 1929)
 * July 13 – Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and musician (b. 1982)
 * July 19
 * Mel Smith, British comedian and actor (b. 1952)
 * Bert Trautmann, German-born British footballer (b. 1923)
 * July 20 – Helen Thomas, American journalist (b. 1920)
 * July 22 – Dennis Farina, American actor (b. 1944)
 * July 23
 * Emile Griffith, American welterweight boxer (b. 1938)
 * Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1929)
 * July 25
 * Walter De Maria, American sculptor and composer (b. 1935)
 * Bernadette Lafont, French actress (b. 1938)
 * July 26 – JJ Cale, American singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
 * July 28 – Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
 * July 29 – Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1986)
 * July 30 – Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer (b. 1924)
 * July 31 – Michael Ansara, American actor (b. 1922)

August

 * August 5 – George Duke, American keyboardist (b. 1946)
 * August 8 – Karen Black, American actress (b. 1939)
 * August 10
 * László Csatáry, Hungarian war criminal (b. 1915)
 * Eydie Gormé, American singer (b. 1928)
 * August 12 – Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, (b. 1968)
 * August 14 – Gia Allemand, American actress (b. 1983)
 * August 15
 * August Schellenberg, Canadian-American actor (b. 1936)
 * Marich Man Singh Shrestha, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1942)
 * Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress (b. 1970)
 * August 18 – Dezső Gyarmati, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1927)
 * August 19
 * Cedar Walton, American pianist (b. 1934)
 * Lee Thompson Young, American actor (b. 1984)
 * August 20
 * Elmore Leonard, American novelist (b. 1925)
 * Marian McPartland, British-born pianist (b. 1918)
 * August 21 – C. Gordon Fullerton, American astronaut (b. 1936)
 * August 24 – Julie Harris, American actress (b. 1925)
 * August 25 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
 * August 30 – Seamus Heaney, Irish Nobel poet (b. 1939)
 * August 31 – David Frost, British journalist and broadcaster (b. 1939)

September

 * September 1 – Tommy Morrison, American boxer (b. 1969)
 * September 2
 * Ronald Coase, British Nobel economist (b. 1910)
 * Frederik Pohl, American writer (b. 1919)
 * September 5 – Rochus Misch, German bodyguard of Adolf Hitler (b. 1917)
 * September 12
 * Ray Dolby, American engineer and inventor (b. 1933)
 * Otto Sander, German actor (b. 1941)
 * September 18
 * Ken Norton, American boxer (b. 1943)
 * Marcel Reich-Ranicki, German literary critic (b. 1920)
 * September 19
 * Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (b. 1927)
 * Saye Zerbo, 3rd President and 4th Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (b. 1932)
 * September 22 – David H. Hubel, Canadian-born American Nobel neuroscientist (b. 1926)

October



 * October 1
 * Tom Clancy, American writer (b. 1947)
 * Giuliano Gemma, Italian actor (b. 1938)
 * Peter Broadbent, English footballer (b. 1933)
 * October 3 – Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player (b. 1944)
 * October 4 – Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese General (b. 1911)
 * October 7
 * Patrice Chéreau, French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer (b. 1944)
 * Ovadia Yosef, Israeli religious leader (b. 1920)
 * October 9 – Wilfried Martens, Belgian politician, 44th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1936)
 * October 10 – Scott Carpenter, American astronaut (b. 1925)
 * October 11
 * María de Villota, Spanish racing driver (b. 1980)
 * Erich Priebke, German SS captain and convicted war criminal (b. 1913)
 * October 14 – Bruno Metsu, French football coach (b. 1954)
 * October 16 – Ed Lauter, American actor (b. 1938)
 * October 17 – Lou Scheimer, American producer (b. 1928)
 * October 20 – Lawrence Klein, American Nobel economist (b. 1920)
 * October 23 – Anthony Caro, British sculptor (b. 1924)
 * October 24 – Manolo Escobar, Spanish singer (b. 1931)
 * October 25
 * Hal Needham, American stuntman, film director, actor and writer (b. 1931)
 * Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
 * Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian (b. 1942)
 * October 27 – Lou Reed, American singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1942)
 * October 28 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki, 1st Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1927)

November

 * November 1 – Hakimullah Mehsud, Emir of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (b. c. 1979)
 * November 2 – Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (b. 1939)
 * November 7 – Amparo Rivelles, Spanish actress (b. 1925)
 * November 12
 * Al Ruscio, American actor (b. 1924)
 * John Tavener, British composer (b. 1944)
 * November 15 – Glafcos Clerides, 4th President of Cyprus (b. 1919)
 * November 17 – Doris Lessing, British Nobel writer (b. 1919)
 * November 19 – Frederick Sanger, British Nobel biochemist (b. 1918)
 * November 20 – Joseph Paul Franklin, American murderer (b. 1950)
 * November 25
 * Bill Foulkes, British footballer (b. 1932)
 * Chico Hamilton, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1921)
 * November 26
 * Arik Einstein, Israeli singer, songwriter, and actor (b. 1939)
 * Tony Musante, American actor (b. 1936)
 * November 27 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925)
 * November 28 – Mitja Ribičič, Slovene politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1919)
 * November 30
 * Paul Walker, American actor (b. 1973)
 * Yury Yakovlev, Soviet and Russian film actor (b. 1928)

December

 * December 1 – Heinrich Boere, Dutch-German Nazi war criminal (b. 1921)
 * December 2 – Vernon Shaw, 5th President of Dominica (b. 1930)
 * December 5
 * Nelson Mandela, 1st President of South Africa and Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
 * Colin Wilson, English writer, philosopher and novelist (b. 1931)
 * December 7 – Édouard Molinaro, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
 * December 8 – John Cornforth, Australian–British Nobel chemist (b. 1917)
 * December 9 – Eleanor Parker, American actress (b. 1922)
 * December 10 – Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (b. 1930)
 * December 12
 * Jang Sung-taek, North Korean politician (b. 1946)
 * Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator and activist (b. 1931)
 * Audrey Totter, American actress (b. 1917)
 * December 14 – Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor (b. 1932)
 * December 15
 * Harold Camping, American evangelist (b. 1921)
 * Joan Fontaine, Japanese-born British American actress (b. 1917)
 * December 16 – Ray Price, American singer and songwriter (b. 1926)
 * December 18 – Ronnie Biggs, British criminal (b. 1929)
 * December 20 – Lord Infamous, American rapper (b. 1973)
 * December 21 – Peter Geach, British philosopher (b. 1916)
 * December 23
 * Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian inventor (b. 1919)
 * Yusef Lateef, American jazz musician and composer (b. 1920)
 * Vito Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian mobster (b. 1946)
 * December 26 – Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American singer and actress (b. 1912)
 * December 28 – Joseph Ruskin, American actor (b. 1924)
 * December 29
 * Wojciech Kilar, Polish composer (b. 1932)
 * Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (b. 1937)
 * December 31 – James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)

Nobel Prizes

 * Chemistry – Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, and Arieh Warshel
 * Economics – Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller
 * Literature – Alice Munro
 * Peace – Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
 * Physics – François Englert and Peter Higgs
 * Physiology or Medicine – James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman, and Thomas C. Südhof

New English words

 * bingeable

Dinosaurs

 * Barney (Body: David Joyner / Voice: Bob West)
 * Baby Bop (Body: Jeff Ayers / Voice: Julie Johnson)
 * BJ (Body: Jeff Brooks / Voice: Patty Wirtz)

Children

 * Hannah (Marisa Kuers)
 * Keesha (Mera Baker)
 * Robert (Angel Velasco)
 * Stephen (Chase Gallatin)
 * Curtis (Monte Black)
 * Danny (Jeffrey Hood)
 * Ashley (Maurie Chandler)
 * Jeff (Austin Ball)
 * Kristen (Sara Hickman)
 * Chip (Lucien Douglas)
 * Emily (Hannah Owens) (debut)
 * Kim (Erica Rhodes)
 * Linda (Adrianne Kangas) (debut)
 * Alissa (Monet Chandler) Season5photoshoot.jpg

Adults

 * Stella the Storyteller (Phyllis Cicero)
 * Mr. Boyd (Robert Sweatman)

Animals

 * Scooter McNutty (Todd Duffey)
 * Miss Etta Kette (Brice Armstrong)
 * Booker T. Bookworm (Earl Fisher)BarneyBabyBopBJSeason5PromoPhoto.jpg

Guest Appearances

 * The Marching Band Musicians (in Barney's Band)
 * Riders In The Sky (in Howdy, Friends!)
 * DeWayne Hambrick (played Old King Cole in A Royal Welcome)
 * Saint Adeogba (played  Aunt Rachel  in Aunt Rachel Is Here!)
 * Renee Micheal (played  Ashley and Alissa's Mom  in Aunt Rachel is Here!)

Episodes

 * 1) Books are Fun!
 * 2) Trading Places
 * 3) Safety First!
 * 4) Circle of Friends
 * 5) The One and Only You
 * 6) Barney's Band
 * 7) Try It, You'll Like It!
 * 8) Colors All Around
 * 9) Howdy, Friends!
 * 10) Seven Days a Week
 * 11) Hidden Treasures
 * 12) A Royal Welcome
 * 13) Sweet as Honey
 * 14) First Things First!
 * 15) Aunt Rachel is Here!
 * 16) It's a Rainy Day!
 * 17) Easy Does It!
 * 18) What's in a Name?
 * 19) A Very Special Mouse
 * 20) A Package of Friendship

Trivia

 * This season marked:
 * The second season to air in only one month.
 * The first appearances of Emily and Linda.
 * The only season that features Booker T. Bookworm.
 * The final television appearances of Ashley, Alissa, Curtis and Kristen.
 * The final season to use the 1993 PBS Kids logo with the P-Pals.
 * The vocals for the Barney Theme Song were rerecorded, but the instrumental track remained the same from the previous season. However, international versions used the original vocals from Season 4 while the new vocals were used at the end.
 * In this season, Marisa Kuers (Hannah) does the fundings for the show.


 * Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa after nine years in power.
 * A school shooting occurs at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, United States, killing 17 people and injuring 17 others.
 * February 18 – Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashes in the Zagros Mountains, en route from Tehran to Yasuj. All 65 passengers and crew members perish.

March

 * March 4 – Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, are poisoned by the Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England. UK counter-terrorism police investigate amid speculation the Kremlin was behind the incident.
 * March 6 – 2018 Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 crash: An Antonov An-26 transport aircraft operated by the Russian Air Force crashes on approach to Khmeimim air base in Syria, killing all 39 people on board. All of them were servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces, including Major-General Vladimir Yeremeyev.
 * March 9–18 – The 2018 Winter Paralympics are held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
 * March 9 – President of the United States Donald Trump accepts an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a meeting in May to discuss the denuclearisation of North Korea.
 * March 11 – China's government approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting Xi Jinping the status of "President for Life". Xi is also the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (paramount leader).
 * March 12 – Flight BS211 crashes and bursts into flames at Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard. The 20 surviving passengers were seriously injured from the impact and the fire.
 * March 14 – In response to gun violence in the United States, and particularly triggered by the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, thousands of high school students across the country participate in an organized protest they called the National School Walkout.
 * March 18 – In the Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin is elected for a fourth term.
 * March 19 – The world's last male northern white rhinoceros dies in Kenya, making the subspecies functionally extinct.
 * March 23 – An Islamic terrorist attack in Carcassonne and Trèbes, France, kills five people, including the perpetrator.
 * March 24 – In over 900 cities internationally, people participate in demonstrations against gun violence and mass shootings, calling for stronger gun control in the "March for Our Lives".
 * March 25
 * Qantas launches direct non-stop Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights between Perth Airport and Heathrow Airport, making it the first commercially non-stop service between Australia and the United Kingdom.
 * 2018 Kemerovo fire: At least 60 people are killed and 79 others injured in a fire at the Winter Cherry shopping mall and entertainment complex in Kemerovo, Russia.
 * March 26 – More than 100 Russian diplomats are expelled by more than 20 countries in the wake of the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal.
 * March 28
 * North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un meets Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping, leaving the country for the first time since assuming office in 2011.
 * At least 78 people die in a fire in the police headquarters of Valencia, Venezuela.

April

 * April 4–15 – The 2018 Commonwealth Games are held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
 * April 5 – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is given an arrest warrant after a vote by the Supreme Court voted 6–5 in favor of denying his habeas corpus, due to corruption and other scandals.
 * April 6 – A semi-truck collides with a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos ice hockey junior team in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 and injuring 13 people.
 * April 8 – Syrian Civil War: At least 70 people are reported to have died and hundreds suffering injuries after a sarin chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta.
 * April 11 – 257 people are killed after an Ilyushin Il-76 belonging to the Algerian Air Force crashes near Algiers.
 * April 14 – Syrian Civil War: The United States, the United Kingdom and France order the bombing of Syrian military bases in response to the sarin attack allegedly by the Bashar al-Assad regime on civilians in Ghouta.
 * April 18
 * In Nicaragua, protests begin against announced reforms of Social Security which would decrease retirement pension benefits. An estimated number of 34 protesters are killed by police.
 * Cinemas open in Saudi Arabia for the first time since 1983 with the American film Black Panther chosen as the first to be screened.
 * NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is launched.
 * April 19
 * Miguel Díaz-Canel is sworn in as President of Cuba, marking the first time since 1959 that Cuba has had a president other than Fidel or Raúl Castro.
 * Swaziland changes its English name, officially becoming the Kingdom of Eswatini.
 * April 23 – A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 others in Toronto, Canada. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.
 * April 27 – Kim Jong-un crosses into South Korea to meet with President Moon Jae-in, becoming the first North Korean leader to cross the Demilitarized Zone since its creation in 1953.

May

 * May 3
 * The separatist group ETA officially announces its final dissolution after 40 years of conflict and more than 800 deaths in Spain.
 * The 2018 lower Puna eruption causes destruction of structures and forces thousands of residents of Hawaii to evacuate as lava floods the land.
 * May 5 – NASA's unmanned spaceprobe InSight is launched. It is expected to land on Mars in November and use a drill to conduct geological science.
 * May 8 – U.S. President Donald Trump announces his intention to withdraw the United States from the Iranian nuclear agreement. In a statement, former U.S. President Barack Obama calls the move "a serious mistake".
 * May 8–12 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 is held in Lisbon, Portugal, and is won by Israeli entrant Netta Barzilai with the song "Toy".
 * May 9 – The opposition-led Pakatan Harapan coalition, led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, secures a parliamentary majority in the Malaysian Parliament, ending the 61-year rule of the Barisan Nasional coalition since independence in 1957.
 * May 16 – The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V, pardons Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim who is immediately released.
 * May 18 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes shortly after take-off near José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, killing 112 people and leaving only one survivor.
 * May 19 – The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, England, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.
 * May 20 – The 2018 Venezuelan presidential election was held with incumbent President Nicolás Maduro reelected with 67.8% of the vote and the lowest turnout in Venezuela's modern democratic history since the 1958 coup d'état. The elections were denounced as a "sham" by several Latin American countries, the United States, Canada, the Organization of American States and the European Union.
 * May 24 – Foreign journalists report that tunnels in the Punggye-ri nuclear test site have been destroyed by the North Korean government in a move to reduce regional tensions.
 * May 25
 * The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect, imposing strict privacy controls for European citizens worldwide.
 * A constitutional referendum on whether to repeal the ban on abortion in Ireland takes place, with a landslide win of 66.4% to 33.6% for the repeal side.
 * May 31 – The U.S. announces that it will extend its tariffs on imported steel (25%) and aluminium (10%) to include the EU, Mexico and Canada, starting at midnight.

June

 * June 3 – At least 109 people are killed and hundreds wounded by the eruption of Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala's deadliest volcano for over a century.
 * June 8–9 – The 44th G7 summit is held in Canada. President Trump pushes for the reinstatement of the G8 (to include Russia). He also proposes the elimination of tariffs.
 * June 12
 * The 2018 North Korea–United States summit is held in Singapore. It is the first summit between a United States President and the North Korean leader.
 * Greece and the Republic of Macedonia reach a deal to end a 27-year naming dispute between both countries, which would result in Macedonia being officially renamed the Republic of North Macedonia.
 * June 13 – FIFA awards hosting rights for the 2026 World Cup to a joint bid from Canada, Mexico and the United States.
 * June 14 – July 15 – The 2018 FIFA World Cup is held in Russia and is won by France.
 * June 16 – Seventeen people die in Caracas, Venezuela following the El Paraíso stampede after a tear gas canister is detonated in a crowded club.
 * June 19
 * The United States announces it will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council.
 * Canada becomes the first major industrialised country to legalise cannabis for recreational use. The Bill which legalises cannabis took effect on October 17.
 * June 22 – July 1 – The 2018 Mediterranean Games are held in Tarragona, Spain.
 * June 24 – Saudi Arabia allows women to drive.

July

 * July 5
 * Lithuania becomes the 36th member of the OECD.
 * The 2018 North American heat wave takes place, killing 33 people in the Canadian province of Quebec.
 * July 6
 * Former Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, are executed by hanging.
 * U.S. tariffs on US$ 34 billion of Chinese goods come into effect, as President Trump suggests the final total could reach $550bn. China accuses the U.S. of starting the "largest trade war in economic history" and announces immediate retaliatory tariffs.
 * July 9 – Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their twenty-year conflict.
 * July 10 – Twelve boys and their football coach are successfully rescued from the flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand, following a 17-day ordeal that gained worldwide attention.
 * July 11–12 – The 2018 Brussels NATO summit is held in Belgium.
 * July 17 – The EU–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement is signed, the world's largest bilateral free trade deal, creating an open trade zone covering nearly one-third of global GDP.
 * July 25 – Scientists report the presence of a subglacial lake on Mars, 1.5 km below the southern polar ice cap and extending sideways about 20 km, the first known body of water on the planet.
 * July 26
 * Heavy wildfires in Greece leave 102 dead and more than a hundred buildings destroyed.
 * The share price of Facebook drops by almost 20 percent after the company warns investors that user growth has slowed following the data leak scandal. Over $109 billion is wiped from its market value, the largest single day loss in corporate history.
 * July 27 – The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century occurs, and Mars makes its closest approach to Earth since 2003.

August

 * August 1 – The 2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It becomes the second-deadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus on November 29, surpassed only by the 2013 West African Ebola virus epidemic.
 * August 2 – Apple Inc. becomes the world's first public company to achieve a market capitalization of $1 trillion.
 * August 7 – The United States reimposes sanctions on Iran.
 * August 10–20 – Heavy rainfall causes severe floods in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the worst flood to hit the state in a century.
 * August 12
 * The five littoral states – Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan – sign the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, ending the 20-year long dispute over the Caspian Sea's legal status.
 * NASA launches the unmanned Parker Solar Probe to study the Sun at close range and the solar wind.
 * August 14 – Part of the Morandi Bridge collapses after a violent storm in Genoa, Italy, causing 43 fatalities. Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and transport minister Danilo Toninelli blame private company Autostrade per l'Italia.
 * August 18 – September 2 – The 2018 Asian Games are held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.
 * August 23 – Ecuador withdraws from ALBA.
 * August 24 – Scott Morrison succeeds Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister of Australia following a Liberal Party leadership ballot. Morrison is sworn in as Prime Minister later that evening.

September

 * September 2 – A fire breaks out in the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, destroying more than 90 percent of its archive of 20 million items.
 * September 6 – The Supreme Court of India decriminalises homosexuality.
 * September 20 – The MV Nyerere capsizes on Lake Victoria, killing at least 228 passengers.
 * September 22 – An attack at a military parade kills 30 people (including 5 attackers) and injures 70 more in Ahvaz, Iran.
 * September 28 – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia, causing a tsunami that kills at least 4,340 people and injures more than 10,679 others.

October

 * October 2 – Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, triggering a diplomatic crisis for Saudi Arabia.
 * October 6 – The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the United States Supreme Court by a margin of 50-48, making it the closest successful confirmation vote of a Supreme Court nominee since 1881.
 * October 8 – The IPCC releases its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC, warning that "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" are needed to ensure that global warming is kept below 1.5 °C.
 * October 10 – Hurricane Michael makes landfall at Mexico Beach, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 919 mb. It is the most intense hurricane to hit the mainland United States since Camille in 1969.
 * October 16 – Canada legalises the sale and use of cannabis, becoming the second country in the world to do so, after Uruguay in 2013.
 * October 17 – A school shooting and bomb attack in Kerch, Crimea, kills 20 people and injures 70 others.
 * October 19
 * At least 59 people are killed and at least 100 injured when a train runs through a crowd at a Hindu festival in Punjab, India.
 * The unmanned European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo is launched on a seven-year journey to Mercury.
 * October 20
 * 700,000 people march through central London demanding a second referendum on the final Brexit deal. The event is the second most attended protest of the 21st century in the United Kingdom after the "Stop the War" anti-Iraq War march in 2003.
 * President Trump announces that the US will "terminate" the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty over alleged Russian violations.
 * October 23 – The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, the world's longest sea crossing bridge, is opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
 * October 27
 * Michael D. Higgins is officially declared President of Ireland after receiving 822,566 first preference votes.
 * 11 people are killed during the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pennsylvania, United States.
 * October 28 – The far-right Jair Bolsonaro is elected as the next President of Brazil, with 55% of the vote.
 * October 29 – Lion Air Flight 610 crashes off the coast of Java, killing all 189 people on board.
 * October 30 – NASA's Kepler mission ends after the spacecraft runs out of fuel.

November

 * November 1 – NASA's Dawn mission concludes after it runs out of hydrazine fuel.
 * November 4 – New Caledonia holds an independence referendum, with 56.4% voting against independence versus 43.6% in favour.
 * November 5 - Two U.S. space probes simultaneously (and coincidentally) reach "opposite" milestones in relation to the solar heliosphere: Voyager 2 passed through the heliopause, the outer limit of the Sun's magnetic field, into interstellar space within hours of the Parker Solar Probe reaching its first perihelion, the closest point to the Sun on its initial orbit.
 * November 8 – The Camp Fire ignites in Butte County, California. It becomes California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire, with 88 deaths and 18,804 buildings destroyed.
 * November 11 – Many nations around the world, particularly ones in Europe and the Commonwealth, along with the United States, commemorate the ending of the World War I centenary with Armistice Day, Veterans Day, and Remembrance Day ceremonies, speeches, parades, and memorials.
 * November 26 – NASA's InSight probe successfully lands on the surface of Mars.
 * November 27 – Ukrainian crisis: Ukraine declares martial law after an armed incident in which the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) coast guard fired upon and captured three Ukrainian Navy vessels attempting to pass from the Black Sea into the Sea of Azov through the Kerch Strait.
 * November 28 – Chinese scientist He Jiankui, at a public conference in Hong Kong, announces that he has altered the DNA of twin human girls born earlier in the month to try to make them resistant to infection with the HIV virus; he also reveals the possible second pregnancy of another gene-modified baby.

December

 * December 1–8 – France experiences its worst civil unrest since the protests of 1968 due to the yellow vests movement. Protests in Paris morph into riots, with hundreds of people injured and thousands arrested; over 100 cars are burned, the Arc de Triomphe is vandalized and numerous other tourist sites are closed, both in the capital and elsewhere in the country.
 * December 3 – NASA reports the arrival of the OSIRIS-REx probe at Bennu, the agency's first sample-return mission to an asteroid.
 * December 7 – The U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union reports that, by the end of 2018, more than half – a full 51.2 percent – of the world's population are now using the Internet.
 * December 15 – At the Katowice Climate Change Conference, nearly 200 nations agree rules on implementing the 2015 Paris agreement.
 * December 17 – Scandinavian tourists Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland are murdered by Islamic terrorists in the foothills of Mount Toubkal near to the village of Imlil in Morocco. At least one victim is beheaded with the murders recorded on video and posted on social media. In a previous video the perpetrators pledge allegiance to ISIS.
 * December 21 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 22,445 after its worst week since 2008.
 * December 22
 * A tsunami hits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500.
 * The United States government enters a second government shutdown, arising over a dispute over funding for the U.S.–Mexico border wall. The shutdown, which lasted until January 25, 2019, is the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
 * December 24 – Burundi moves its capital from Bujumbura to Gitega.
 * December 26 – After weeks of losses the Dow Jones Industrial Average posts its largest ever one-day point gain: 1,086 points.
 * December 31 – 2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse: An apartment block in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, partially collapses, killing 39 people and injuring 17 more. According to the official investigation the collapse was caused by a gas explosion.

Births

 * March 9 – Princess Adrienne, Duchess of Blekinge
 * April 23 – Prince Louis of Cambridge

January

 * January 2
 * Frank Buxton, American actor, writer, author, and director (b. 1930)
 * Rick Hall, American record producer, songwriter, and music publisher (b. 1932)
 * Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader and writer (b. 1927)
 * Radha Viswanathan, Indian vocalist and classical dancer (b. 1934)
 * January 3 – Colin Brumby, Australian composer (b. 1933)
 * January 4
 * Aharon Appelfeld, Ukrainian-Israeli writer (b. 1932)
 * Ray Thomas, English musician (b. 1941)
 * January 5
 * Thomas Bopp, American astronomer (b. 1949)
 * Antonio Angelillo, Italian-Argentine footballer (b. 1937)
 * Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (b. 1931)
 * John Young, American astronaut (b. 1930)
 * January 6
 * Horace Ashenfelter, American Olympic athlete (b. 1923)
 * Elza Brandeisz, Hungarian dancer and teacher (b. 1907)
 * Jimmy Robinson, American recording engineer and producer (b. 1950)
 * January 7
 * France Gall, French singer (b. 1947)
 * Anna Mae Hays, American military officer and nurse (b. 1920)
 * Peter Sutherland, Irish businessman and politician (b. 1946)
 * January 8
 * Salvador Borrego, Mexican journalist and revisionist writer (b. 1915)
 * Juan Carlos García, Honduran footballer (b. 1988)
 * Denise LaSalle, American singer, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1939)
 * Donnelly Rhodes, Canadian actor (b. 1937)
 * George Maxwell Richards, Trinidadian politician, 4th President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1931)
 * January 9
 * Terence Marsh, British production designer (b. 1931)
 * Odvar Nordli, 21st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1927)
 * Mario Perniola, Italian philosopher (b. 1941)
 * January 10
 * Eddie Clarke, British musician (b. 1950)
 * Doreen Tracey, British-born American performer (b. 1943)
 * January 11 – Edgar Ray Killen, American criminal (b. 1925)
 * January 12 – Keith Jackson, American sports commentator, journalist, author, and radio personality (b. 1928)
 * January 13 – Jean Porter, American actress (b. 1922)
 * January 14
 * Dan Gurney, American racing driver (b. 1931)
 * Spanky Manikan, Filipino actor (b. 1942)
 * Cyrille Regis, English footballer (b. 1958)
 * Hugh Wilson, American film director and television producer (b. 1943)
 * January 15
 * Edwin Hawkins, American musician (b. 1943)
 * Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (b. 1971)
 * Peter Wyngarde, British actor (b. 1927?)
 * January 16
 * Bradford Dillman, American actor (b. 1930)
 * Dave Holland, English drummer (b. 1948)
 * Oliver Ivanović, Serbian politician (b. 1953)
 * Liu Zhonghua, Chinese navy admiral (b. 1917)
 * Jo Jo White, American basketball player (b. 1946)
 * January 17 – Simon Shelton, English actor (b. 1966)
 * January 18
 * Julius Lester, American civil rights activist, writer, musician, photographer, and professor (b. 1939)
 * Lucas Mangope, South African politician (b. 1923)
 * Clara Marangoni, Italian gymnast and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1915)
 * Peter Mayle, English author (b. 1939)
 * Stansfield Turner, American admiral and academic (b. 1923)
 * January 19
 * Anna Campori, Italian actress (b. 1917)
 * Olivia Cole, American actress (b. 1942)
 * Dorothy Malone, American actress (b. 1924)
 * Fredo Santana, American rapper and singer-songwriter (b. 1990)
 * January 20
 * Paul Bocuse, French chef (b. 1926)
 * Naomi Parker Fraley, American naval machiner (b. 1921)
 * Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby player (b. 1941)
 * Jim Rodford, English bass guitarist (b. 1941)
 * John Coleman, American television weatherman (b. 1934)
 * January 21
 * Yves Afonso, French actor (b. 1944)
 * Philippe Gondet, French footballer (b. 1942)
 * Tsukasa Hosaka, Japanese footballer (b. 1937)
 * Jens Okking, Danish actor and politician (b. 1939)
 * Connie Sawyer, American actress (b. 1912)
 * January 22
 * Jimmy Armfield, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
 * Ursula K. Le Guin, American novelist (b. 1929)
 * January 23
 * Hugh Masekela, South African jazz musician (b. 1939)
 * Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet (b. 1914)
 * Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, civil rights leader, and theologian (b. 1928)
 * Lari White, American country singer (b. 1965)
 * January 24
 * Jack Ketchum, American author (b. 1946)
 * Mark E. Smith, English singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
 * January 25
 * Claribel Alegría, Nicaraguan poet (b. 1924)
 * Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1916)
 * January 26
 * Elizabeth Hawley, American journalist (b. 1923)
 * Michael Wright, Hong Kong architect (b. 1912)
 * January 27
 * Robert McCormick Adams Jr., American anthropologist (b. 1926)
 * Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman (b. 1926)
 * Mort Walker, American comic artist (b. 1923)
 * January 28 – Gene Sharp, American political scientist (b. 1928)
 * January 29
 * Ion Ciubuc, 7th Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1943)
 * Robert D. McWethy, American submarine captain (b. 1920)
 * January 30
 * Mark Salling, American actor (b. 1982)
 * Clyde Scott, American football player (b. 1924)
 * Azeglio Vicini, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
 * January 31
 * Rasual Butler, American basketball player (b. 1979)
 * Ann Gillis, American actress (b. 1927)
 * Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut (b. 1951)

February

 * February 1
 * Cliff Bourland, American athlete (b. 1921)
 * Dennis Edwards, American singer (b. 1943)
 * Barys Kit, Belarusian-American rocket scientist (b. 1910)
 * February 2
 * Jon Huntsman Sr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1937)
 * Joseph Polchinski, American theoretical physicist (b. 1954)
 * February 3
 * Michael Harner, American anthropologist and author (b. 1929)
 * Károly Palotai, Hungarian footballer and referee (b. 1935)
 * February 4
 * Alan Baker, English mathematician (b. 1939)
 * Edwin Jackson, American football player (b. 1991)
 * John Mahoney, British-American actor (b. 1940)
 * February 5 – Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist (b. 1935)
 * February 6
 * Fedora Alemán, Venezuelan singer (b. 1912)
 * André Harvey, American sculptor (b. 1941)
 * February 7
 * John Perry Barlow, American internet activist, writer, and lyricist (b. 1947)
 * Mickey Jones, American musician (b. 1941)
 * Pat Torpey, American drummer (b. 1953)
 * February 8 – Jarrod Bannister, Australian athlete (b. 1984)
 * February 9
 * Reg E. Cathey, American actor (b. 1958)
 * John Gavin, American actor and diplomat (b. 1931)
 * István Hevesi, Hungarian Olympic water polo player (b. 1931)
 * Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic film composer (b. 1969)
 * Liam Miller, Irish footballer (b. 1981)
 * Wally Moon, American baseball player (b. 1930)
 * February 10
 * Alan R. Battersby, English organic chemist (b. 1925)
 * Rosa Ferrer Obiols, Andorran politician (b. 1960)
 * February 11
 * Vic Damone, American singer and actor (b. 1928)
 * Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer (b. 1952)
 * Jan Maxwell, American actress (b. 1956)
 * Tom Rapp, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
 * February 12
 * Marty Allen, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
 * Leo Falcam, 5th President of the Federated States of Micronesia (b. 1935)
 * Louise Latham, American actress (b. 1922)
 * Daryle Singletary, American country music singer (b. 1971)
 * February 13
 * Joseph Bonnel, French footballer (b. 1939)
 * Chyskillz, American record producer, DJ, and rapper (b. 1969)
 * Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist (b. 1914)
 * Prince Henrik, consort of Margrethe II of Denmark (b. 1934)
 * Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher (b. 1915)
 * February 14
 * Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1939)
 * Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952)
 * February 15 – Lassie Lou Ahern, American actress (b. 1920)
 * February 16 – Deryck Stapleton, British Royal Air Force officer (b. 1918)
 * February 17 – Dorothy Rungeling, Canadian aviator (b. 1911)
 * February 18
 * Günter Blobel, Silesian-American Nobel biologist (b. 1936)
 * Didier Lockwood, French jazz violinist (b. 1956)
 * Idrissa Ouédraogo, Burkinabé film director (b. 1954)
 * February 19
 * Max Desfor, American photographer (b. 1913)
 * Sergey Litvinov, Russian Olympic hammer thrower (b. 1958)
 * Yury Tyukalov, Russian Olympic rower (b. 1930)
 * February 21
 * Emma Chambers, English actress (b. 1964)
 * Billy Graham, American evangelist (b. 1918)
 * Ren Osugi, Japanese actor (b. 1951)
 * February 22
 * Nanette Fabray, American actress (b. 1920)
 * Richard E. Taylor, Canadian Nobel physicist (b. 1929)
 * February 23
 * Lewis Gilbert, British film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
 * Durward Knowles, Bahamian Olympic sailor (b. 1917)
 * February 24
 * Bud Luckey, American actor and animator (b. 1934)
 * Sridevi, Indian actress (b. 1963)
 * February 26
 * Benjamin Melniker (b. 1913)
 * João W. Nery, Brazilian writer and LGBT activist (b. 1950)
 * February 27
 * Quini, Spanish football player (b. 1949)
 * Jacqueline Vaudecrane, French figure skater (b. 1913)

March

 * March 1
 * Anatoly Lein, Soviet-American chess grandmaster (b. 1931)
 * María Rubio, Mexican actress (b. 1934)
 * Luigi Taveri, Swiss motorcycle racer (b. 1929)
 * March 2
 * Jesús López Cobos, Spanish conductor (b. 1940)
 * Gillo Dorfles, Italian art critic, painter, and philosopher (b. 1910)
 * Carlo Ripa di Meana, Italian politician (b. 1929)
 * March 3
 * Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete (b. 1929)
 * David Ogden Stiers, American actor (b. 1942)
 * March 4 – Davide Astori, Italian footballer (b. 1987)
 * March 5
 * Trevor Baylis, English inventor (b. 1937)
 * Hayden White, American historian (b. 1928)
 * March 6 – John Sulston, British Nobel biologist and academic (b. 1942)
 * March 7 – Reynaldo Bignone, President of Argentina (b. 1928)
 * March 8
 * Milko Kelemen, Croatian composer (b. 1924)
 * Kate Wilhelm, American author (b. 1928)
 * March 9
 * Oskar Gröning, German war criminal (b. 1921)
 * Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer (b. 1927)
 * Jung Jae-sung, South Korean badminton player (b. 1982)
 * Ralf Waldmann, German motorcycle racer (b. 1966)
 * March 11
 * Ken Dodd, English comedian, singer-songwriter, and actor (b. 1927)
 * Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (b. 1936)
 * March 12
 * Nokie Edwards, American musician (b. 1935)
 * Ken Flach, American tennis player (b. 1963)
 * Craig Mack, American rapper (b. 1970)
 * Oleg Tabakov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1935)
 * March 14
 * Jim Bowen, English stand-up comedian (b. 1937)
 * Alfred W. Crosby, American ecological historian (b. 1931)
 * Marielle Franco, Brazilian activist and politician (b. 1979)
 * Rubén Galván, Argentine footballer (b. 1952)
 * Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist and cosmologist (b. 1942)
 * Adrian Lamo, Colombian-American computer hacker (b. 1981)
 * Liam O'Flynn, Irish uilleann piper (b. 1945)
 * March 16 – Louise Slaughter, American politician (b. 1929)
 * March 17 – Phan Văn Khải, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1933)
 * March 18
 * Barkat Gourad Hamadou, 4th Prime Minister of Djibouti (b. 1930)
 * Li Ao, Chinese-Taiwanese writer and politician (b. 1935)
 * Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, English politician (b. 1932)
 * March 19
 * Irina Beglyakova, Russian athlete (b. 1933)
 * Keith O'Brien, Scottish cardinal (b. 1938)
 * Kedarnath Singh, Indian poet (b. 1934)
 * March 20
 * Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress (b. 1926)
 * Peter George Peterson, American banker (b. 1926)
 * William Smith, American Olympic wrestler (b. 1928)
 * March 22
 * René Houseman, Argentine footballer (b. 1953)
 * Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, author, and academic (b. 1911)
 * Morgana King, American jazz singer and actress (b. 1930)
 * March 23
 * DuShon Monique Brown, American actress (b. 1968)
 * Debbie Lee Carrington, American actress (b. 1959)
 * Philip Kerr, English author (b. 1956)
 * Zell Miller, American politician (b. 1932)
 * Delores Taylor, American actress, writer, and producer (b. 1932)
 * March 24
 * José Antonio Abreu, Venezuelan conductor and politician (b. 1939)
 * Lys Assia, Swiss singer (b. 1924)
 * Rim Banna, Palestinian singer and activist (b. 1966)
 * Bill Lucas British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (b. 1917)
 * March 25 – Linda Carol Brown, American campaigner for equality in education (b. 1943)
 * March 26
 * Fabrizio Frizzi, Italian television presenter (b. 1958)
 * Sergei Mavrodi, Russian criminal and politician (b. 1955)
 * March 27
 * Stéphane Audran, French actress (b. 1932)
 * Kenny O'Dell, American country music singer (b. 1944)
 * March 28 - Lívia Rév, Hungarian pianist (b. 1916)
 * March 29 – Rusty Staub, American baseball player (b. 1944)
 * March 30
 * Aureliano Bolognesi, Italian Olympic boxer (b. 1930)
 * Saul Cherniack, Canadian politician and lawyer (b. 1917)
 * Drue Heinz, American literary publisher (b. 1915)
 * Sabahudin Kurt, Bosnian singer (b. 1935)
 * André Bo-Boliko Lokonga, 9th Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1934)
 * Bill Maynard, English comedian and actor (b. 1928)

April

 * April 1
 * Steven Bochco, American television producer (b. 1943)
 * Efraín Ríos Montt, 26th President of Guatemala (b. 1926)
 * April 2
 * Susan Anspach, American actress (b. 1942)
 * Morris Halle, Latvian-American linguist (b. 1923)
 * Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African activist and politician (b. 1936)
 * April 3
 * Lill-Babs, Swedish singer (b. 1938)
 * Charles McDew, American professor and civil rights activist (b. 1938)
 * Irma Rapuzzi, French politician (b. 1910)
 * April 4
 * Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, Syrian hierarch (b. 1930)
 * Gertrude Jeannette, American actress (b. 1914)
 * Soon-Tek Oh, Korean-American actor (b. 1932)
 * Johnny Valiant, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1946)
 * Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
 * April 5
 * Eric Bristow, English darts player (b. 1957)
 * Cynthia Chalk, Canadian photographer (b. 1913)
 * Tim O'Connor, American actor (b. 1927)
 * Branislav Pokrajac, Serbian Olympic handball player (b. 1947)
 * Frederick D. Reese, American civil rights activist, teacher, and minister (b. 1929)
 * Isao Takahata, Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
 * Cecil Taylor, American pianist and poet (b. 1929)
 * April 6
 * Daniel Akaka, American educator and politician (b. 1924)
 * Aleksandr Kurlovich, Soviet-Belarusian Olympic weightlifter (b. 1961)
 * April 7 – Peter Grünberg, German Nobel physicist (b. 1939)
 * April 8
 * Leila Abashidze, Georgian actress, director, and writer (b. 1929)
 * André Lerond, French footballer (b. 1930)
 * Chuck McCann, American actor (b. 1934)
 * John Miles, English racing driver (b. 1943)
 * April 9 – Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff, German supercentenarian (b. 1905)
 * April 11 – Zola Skweyiya, South African politician (b. 1942)
 * April 12 – Sergio Pitol, Mexican novelist and translator (b. 1933)
 * April 13
 * Art Bell, American broadcaster and author (b. 1945)
 * Miloš Forman, Czech-American film director (b. 1932)
 * April 14
 * Hal Greer, American basketball player (b. 1936)
 * Jean-Claude Malgoire, French conductor (b. 1940)
 * April 15
 * R. Lee Ermey, American actor (b. 1944)
 * Michael Halliday, English-Australian linguist (b. 1925)
 * April 16
 * Harry Anderson, American actor and magician (b. 1952)
 * Choi Eun-hee, South Korean actress (b. 1926)
 * Pamela Gidley, American actress and model (b. 1965)
 * Dona Ivone Lara, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1921)
 * April 17
 * Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States (b. 1925)
 * Karl Rawer, German physicist (b. 1913)
 * Judith Révész, Hungarian-Dutch potter and sculptor (b. 1915)
 * Randy Scruggs, American country music singer (b. 1953)
 * April 18 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1935)
 * April 19
 * Vladimir Lyakhov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (b. 1941)
 * Agnès-Marie Valois, French nun and World War II nurse (b. 1914)
 * April 20
 * Avicii, Swedish DJ (b. 1989)
 * Roy Bentley, English footballer (b. 1924)
 * James F. Sirmons, American broadcasting executive (b. 1917)
 * April 21 – Verne Troyer, American actor (b. 1969)
 * April 23 – Bob Dorough, American pianist, singer and composer (b. 1923)
 * April 24 – Henri Michel, French footballer and coach (b. 1947)
 * April 25
 * Abbas, Iranian photographer (b. 1944)
 * Shuhrat Abbosov, Uzbek actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
 * Michael Anderson, English film director (b. 1920)
 * April 26
 * Yoshinobu Ishii, Japanese footballer (b. 1939)
 * Charles Neville, American R&B and jazz musician (b. 1938)
 * Gianfranco Parolini, Italian film director (b. 1925)
 * April 27
 * Álvaro Arzú, 32nd President of Guatemala (b. 1946)
 * Kristin Nelson, American primitive painter, actress, and author (b. 1945)
 * Paul Junger Witt, American producer (b. 1941)
 * April 28 – Larry Harvey, American artist, philanthropist, and activist (b. 1948)
 * April 29
 * Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, Scottish politician (b. 1945)
 * Luis García Meza, 68th President of Bolivia (b. 1929)
 * Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan film director (b. 1919)
 * Robert Mandan, American actor (b. 1932)

May

 * May 1
 * John "Jabo" Starks, American drummer (b. 1937)
 * Wanda Wiłkomirska, Polish violinist and teacher (b. 1929)
 * May 2 – Wang Danfeng, Chinese actress (b. 1924)
 * May 3 – Afonso Dhlakama, Mozambican politician (b. 1953)
 * May 4
 * Renate Dorrestein, Dutch writer and journalist (b. 1954)
 * Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood, Australian-British violinist and fashion model (b. 1926)
 * May 5 – Ermanno Olmi, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
 * May 7 – Maurane, Belgian singer and actress (b. 1960)
 * May 8
 * Anne V. Coates, British film editor (b. 1925)
 * George Deukmejian, American politician (b. 1928)
 * May 9 – Per Kirkeby, Danish artist (b. 1938)
 * May 10
 * David Goodall, English-Australian scientist (b. 1914)
 * Scott Hutchison, Scottish musician (b. 1981)
 * May 11 – Gérard Genette, French literary theorist (b. 1930)
 * May 12
 * Tessa Jowell, British politician (b. 1947)
 * Antonio Mercero, Spanish film and television director (b. 1936)
 * Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer (b. 1945)
 * May 13
 * Glenn Branca, American composer and musician (b. 1948)
 * Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress and activist (b. 1948)
 * May 14
 * Elaine Edwards, American politician (b. 1929)
 * E. C. George Sudarshan, Indian theoretical physicist (b. 1931)
 * William Vance, Belgian comics artist (b. 1935)
 * Tom Wolfe, American author and journalist (b. 1930)
 * May 15
 * Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer (b. 1981)
 * Ray Wilson, English footballer (b. 1934)
 * May 16
 * Joseph Campanella, American actor (b. 1924)
 * Hugh Dane, American actor (b. 1942)
 * Lucian Pintilie, Romanian film director (b. 1933)
 * May 17
 * Nicole Fontaine, French politician (b. 1942)
 * Richard Pipes, Polish-American academic and historian (b. 1923)
 * May 18
 * John Carrick, Australian politician (b. 1918)
 * Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Colombian cardinal (b. 1929)
 * May 19
 * Robert Indiana, American artist (b. 1928)
 * Bernard Lewis, British-American historian (b. 1916)
 * May 20 – Patricia Morison, American actress (b. 1915)
 * May 21
 * Anna Maria Ferrero, Italian actress (b. 1934)
 * Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1926)
 * Clint Walker, American actor (b. 1927)
 * May 22 – Philip Roth, American writer (b. 1933)
 * May 23 – Luis Posada Carriles, Cuban terrorist (b. 1928)
 * May 24
 * Gudrun Burwitz, German Neo-Nazi militant (b. 1929)
 * Jerry Maren, American actor (b. 1920)
 * TotalBiscuit, British gaming commentator and critic (b. 1984)
 * May 25
 * Bill Mallory, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
 * Naser Malek Motiei, Iranian actor (b. 1930)
 * May 26
 * Alan Bean, American astronaut (b. 1932)
 * Ted Dabney, American engineer (b. 1937)
 * Roger Piantoni, French footballer (b. 1931)
 * May 27
 * Gardner Dozois, American science fiction writer (b. 1947)
 * Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, 44th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1935)
 * Donald H. Peterson, American astronaut (b. 1933)
 * May 28
 * Paulette Coquatrix, French costume designer (b. 1916)
 * Serge Dassault, French businessman and politician (b. 1925)
 * Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (b. 1941)
 * María Dolores Pradera, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1924)
 * Dick Quax, Dutch-New Zealand Olympic athlete (b. 1948)
 * Jens Christian Skou, Danish medical doctor and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
 * Ola Ullsten, 28th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1931)

June

 * June 1
 * Eddy Clearwater, American musician and singer (b. 1935)
 * John Julius Norwich, English historian and writer (b. 1929)
 * Sinan Sakić, Serbian singer (b. 1956)
 * June 2
 * Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1918)
 * Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Austrian ethologist (b. 1928)
 * Emil Wolf, Czech-American physicist (b. 1922)
 * June 3
 * Frank Carlucci, American politician (b. 1930)
 * Miguel Obando y Bravo, Nicaraguan cardinal (b. 1926)
 * Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne, Russian-born American author (b. 1918)
 * June 4
 * Dwight Clark, American football player (b. 1957)
 * Georg von Tiesenhausen, German-American rocket scientist (b. 1914)
 * June 5
 * Kate Spade, American fashion designer (b. 1962)
 * Harry Walker, English rugby union player (b. 1915)
 * June 6
 * George N. Leighton, American judge (b. 1912)
 * Mateja Matevski, Macedonian poet and writer (b. 1929)
 * Kira Muratova, Ukrainian director, screenwriter, and actress (b. 1934)
 * Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
 * June 7
 * David Douglas Duncan, American photojournalist (b. 1916)
 * Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (b. 1941)
 * June 8
 * Per Ahlmark, Swedish politician and writer (b. 1939)
 * Anthony Bourdain, American chef, writer, and television personality (b. 1956)
 * Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (b. 1939)
 * Eunice Gayson, English actress (b. 1928)
 * Danny Kirwan, British musician (b. 1950)
 * Liu Yichang, Hong Kong writer and novelist (b. 1918)
 * June 9
 * Reinhard Hardegen, German U-boat commander (b. 1913)
 * Fadil Vokrri, Kosovo-Albanian footballer (b. 1960)
 * June 10
 * Neal E. Boyd, American pop opera singer (b. 1975)
 * Stan Anderson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
 * Dorothy Cotton, American civil rights activist (b. 1930)
 * Tom McEwen, American drag racer (b. 1937)
 * June 11
 * Oscar Furlong, Argentine basketball player (b. 1927)
 * Roman Kłosowski, Polish actor (b. 1929)
 * June 12 – Jon Hiseman, English drummer (b. 1944)
 * June 13
 * Anne Donovan, American basketball player (b. 1961)
 * D. J. Fontana, American musician (b. 1931)
 * Charles Vinci, American Olympic weightlifter (b. 1933)
 * June 14
 * Fazlullah, Pakistani terrorist, leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (b. 1974)
 * Stanislav Govorukhin, Russian film director, screenwriter, and politician (b. 1936)
 * June 15
 * Matt "Guitar" Murphy, American blues guitarist (b. 1929)
 * Leslie Grantham, British actor (b. 1947)
 * June 16 – Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor (b. 1931)
 * June 17 - Troy Hurtubise, Canadian inventor and conservationist (b. 1963)
 * June 18
 * Walter Bahr, American soccer player (b. 1927)
 * Big Van Vader, American professional wrestler and football player (b. 1955)
 * XXXTentacion, American singer and rapper (b. 1998)
 * June 19
 * Hubert Green, American golfer (b. 1946)
 * Stanley Cavell, American philosopher (b. 1926)
 * Ivan Drach, Ukrainian poet and political activist (b. 1936)
 * Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Danish diplomat and cousin of Margarethe II of Denmark (b. 1935)
 * Sergio Gonella, Italian businessman and football referee (b. 1933)
 * Koko, American-bred western lowland gorilla (b. 1971)
 * June 20
 * Dante Caputo, Argentine diplomat (b. 1943)
 * Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (b. 1929)
 * June 21 – Charles Krauthammer, American political commentator (b. 1950)
 * June 22
 * Deanna Lund, American actress (b. 1937)
 * Geoffrey Oryema, Ugandan musician (b. 1953)
 * Vinnie Paul, American drummer (b. 1964)
 * June 23
 * Alberto Fouilloux, Chilean footballer (b. 1940)
 * Kim Jong-pil, 9th Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1926)
 * June 24 – Stanley Anderson, American actor (b. 1939)
 * June 25 – Richard Benjamin Harrison, American businessman and television personality (b. 1941)
 * June 26
 * Henri Namphy, 35th President of Haiti (b. 1932)
 * Ed Simons, American musician (b. 1917)
 * June 27
 * Joe Jackson, American talent manager (b. 1928)
 * Steven Hilliard Stern, Canadian director, writer, and producer (b. 1937)
 * June 28
 * Harlan Ellison, American writer (b. 1934)
 * Christine Nöstlinger, Austrian writer (b. 1936)
 * June 29
 * Arvid Carlsson, Swedish neuropharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
 * Steve Ditko, American comic-book writer and artist (b. 1927)
 * Irena Szewińska, Polish Olympic sprinter (b. 1946)

July

 * July 1 – Dame Gillian Lynne, British dancer and choreographer (b. 1926)
 * July 2
 * Henry Butler, American jazz pianist and photographer (b. 1948)
 * Antonio Halili, Filipino politician (b. 1946)
 * Bill Watrous, American jazz trombonist (b. 1939)
 * July 3
 * Thérèse Kleindienst, French librarian (b. 1916)
 * Richard Swift, American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and film maker (b. 1977)
 * July 4
 * Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French poet and novelist (b. 1914)
 * Henri Dirickx, Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
 * Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (b. 1940)
 * July 5
 * Claude Lanzmann, French filmmaker (b. 1925)
 * Ed Schultz, American political commentator and television host (b. 1954)
 * Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal (b. 1943)
 * July 6
 * Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader and terrorist (b. 1955)
 * Vlatko Ilievski, Macedonian singer and actor (b. 1985)
 * July 7 – Tyler Honeycutt, American basketball player (b. 1990)
 * July 8
 * Tab Hunter, American actor and singer (b. 1931)
 * Frank Ramsey, American basketball player (b. 1931)
 * July 9
 * Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, former Secretary General of NATO (b. 1919)
 * Hans Günter Winkler, German show jumping rider (b. 1926)
 * July 10
 * Henry Morgenthau III, American author and television producer (b. 1917)
 * Mien Schopman-Klaver, Dutch Olympic athlete (b. 1911)
 * July 11 – Lindy Remigino, American Olympic athlete (b. 1931)
 * July 12
 * Roger Perry, American actor (b. 1933)
 * Robert Wolders, Dutch actor (b. 1936)
 * July 13
 * Claude Seignolle, French author (b. 1917)
 * Thorvald Stoltenberg, Norwegian politician (b. 1931)
 * July 14 – Theo-Ben Gurirab, 2nd Prime Minister of Namibia (b. 1938)
 * July 15
 * Ray Emery, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1982)
 * Dragutin Šurbek, Croatian table tennis player (b. 1946)
 * July 16 – Gabriel Caruana, Maltese artist (b. 1929)
 * July 17 – Yvonne Blake, British-Spanish costume designer (b. 1940)
 * July 18
 * Anne Olivier Bell, English literary editor and art scholar (b. 1916)
 * Adrian Cronauer, American radio personality (b. 1938)
 * John Banks Elliott, Ghanaian diplomat and statesman (b. 1917)
 * Carlos Aldunate Lyon, Chilean Jesuit priest, teacher, and writer (b. 1916)
 * Burton Richter, American Nobel physicist (b. 1931)
 * July 19
 * Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese screenwriter (b. 1918)
 * Denis Ten, Kazakh figure skater (b. 1993)
 * July 20 – Meg Randall, American actress (b. 1926)
 * July 21 – Jonathan Gold, American food and music critic (b. 1960)
 * July 22 – Frank Havens, French sprint canoeist (b. 1924)
 * July 23
 * Paul Madeley, English footballer (b. 1944)
 * Oksana Shachko, Ukrainian feminist (b. 1987)
 * July 24
 * Mary Ellis, British ferry pilot (b. 1917)
 * Jack P. Lewis, American Biblical scholar (b. 1919)
 * July 25
 * Sergio Marchionne, Italian-Canadian automotive executive (b. 1952)
 * Ellie Soutter, British snowboarder (b. 2000)
 * July 26
 * Simegnew Bekele, Ethiopian engineer and public administrator (b. 1964)
 * Adem Demaçi, Kosovo-Albanian political activist (b. 1936)
 * Robert Martin, American fighter pilot (b. 1919)
 * July 27 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer (b. 1932)
 * July 29
 * Brian Christopher, American professional wrestler (b. 1972)
 * Oliver Dragojević, Croatian singer (b. 1947)
 * Vibeke Skofterud, Norwegian cross-country skier (b. 1980)
 * Tomasz Stańko, Polish trumpeter and composer (b. 1942)
 * Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian professional wrestler (b. 1947)
 * July 30 – Ron Dellums, American politician (b. 1935)

August



 * August 1
 * Mary Carlisle, American actress (b. 1914)
 * Rick Genest, Canadian fashion model and artist (b. 1985)
 * Fakir Musafar, American performance artist (b. 1930)
 * August 2
 * Bob Berry, New Zealand dendrologist (b. 1916)
 * Winston Ntshona, South African playwright and actor (b. 1941)
 * August 3 – Moshé Mizrahi, Israeli film director (b. 1931)
 * August 4 – Lorrie Collins, American country singer (b. 1942)
 * August 5
 * Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer (b. 1926)
 * Piotr Szulkin, Polish film director and writer (b. 1950)
 * August 6
 * Patricia Benoit, American actress (b. 1927)
 * Paul Laxalt, American politician (b. 1922)
 * Joël Robuchon, French chef and restaurateur (b. 1945)
 * Jimmy il Fenomeno, Italian actor (b. 1932)
 * August 7
 * M. Karunanidhi, Indian politician (b. 1924)
 * Stan Mikita, Slovak-born Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1940)
 * August 8
 * Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (b. 1990)
 * Pál Fábry, Hungarian-American politician (b. 1919)
 * August 10 – László Fábián, Hungarian sprint canoeist (b. 1936)
 * August 11
 * Terry A. Davis, American computer programmer (b. 1969)
 * V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-British Nobel writer (b. 1932)
 * August 12 – Samir Amin, Egyptian-French Marxian economist (b. 1931)
 * August 13
 * John Carter, American film editor (b. 1922)
 * Somnath Chatterjee, Indian politician (b. 1929)
 * Unshō Ishizuka, Japanese voice actor (b. 1951)
 * Jim Neidhart, American professional wrestler (b. 1955)
 * August 14 – Eduard Uspensky, Russian author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
 * August 15 – Rita Borsellino, Italian anti-Mafia activist and politician (b. 1945)
 * August 16
 * Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
 * Kim Yong-chun, North Korean military officer and politician (b. 1936)
 * Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast (b. 1969)
 * Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 10th Prime Minister of India (b. 1924)
 * August 17 – Ezzatolah Entezami, Iranian actor (b. 1924)
 * August 18 – Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat, 7th United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel laureate (b. 1938)
 * August 20
 * Uri Avnery, Israeli peace activist and politician (b. 1923)
 * Jimmy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1931)
 * Brian Murray, South African actor and director (b. 1937)
 * Eddie Willis, American musician (b. 1936)
 * August 21
 * Barbara Harris, American actress and singer (b. 1935)
 * Hanna Mina, Syrian novelist (b. 1924)
 * Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (b. 1975)
 * August 22 – Ed King, American musician (b. 1949)
 * August 23
 * Kuldip Nayar, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1923)
 * George Walker, American composer (b. 1922)
 * August 24
 * Robin Leach, English television personality (b. 1941)
 * Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet, writer, and politician (b. 1925)
 * August 25 – John McCain, American politician (b. 1936)
 * August 26
 * Rosa Bouglione, French circus performer (b. 1910)
 * Neil Simon, American playwright (b. 1927)
 * August 27 – Murray Westgate, Canadian actor (b. 1918)
 * August 28 – Olive Evelyn Boar, British supercentenarian (b. 1904)
 * August 29 – James Mirrlees, Scottish Nobel economist (b. 1936)
 * August 30
 * Joseph Kobzon, Soviet and Russian singer (b. 1937)
 * Ray, Hong Kong professional wrestler (b. 1982)
 * Marie Severin, American comics artist and colorist (b. 1929)
 * August 31
 * Susan Brown, American actress (b. 1932)
 * Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Italian population geneticist (b. 1922)
 * Gloria Jean, American actress and singer (b. 1926)
 * Carole Shelley, American actress (b. 1939)
 * Alexander Zakharchenko, Ukrainian separatist rebel (b. 1976)

September

 * September 1 – Randy Weston, American musician (b. 1926)
 * September 2 – Conway Savage, Australian pianist (b. 1960)
 * September 3
 * Lydia Clarke, American actress and photographer (b. 1923)
 * Jalaluddin Haqqani, Afghan Haqqani insurgent (b. 1939)
 * Jacqueline Pearce, British actress (b. 1943)
 * September 4
 * Bill Daily, American actor (b. 1927)
 * Christopher Lawford, American actor (b. 1955)
 * September 5
 * Arthur Lawrence Hellyer Jr., American radio and television broadcaster (b. 1923)
 * Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (b. 1934)
 * September 6
 * Richard DeVos, American businessman (b. 1926)
 * Liz Fraser, English actress (b. 1930)
 * Burt Reynolds, American actor (b. 1936)
 * Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor (b. 1934)
 * September 7
 * Samuel Bodman, American politician (b. 1938)
 * Mac Miller, American rapper (b. 1992)
 * September 8
 * Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1948)
 * Chelsi Smith, American singer and beauty pageant winner (b. 1973)
 * September 9 – Frank Andersson, Swedish wrestler (b. 1956)
 * September 10
 * Peter Donat, Canadian-American actor, (b. 1928)
 * Albin F. Irzyk, American Brigadier General (b. 1917)
 * September 11
 * Fenella Fielding, English actress (b. 1927)
 * Kulsoom Nawaz, First Lady of Pakistan (b. 1950)
 * Tchan Fou-li, Hong Kong photographer (b. 1916)
 * September 12 – Rachid Taha, Algerian singer and activist (b. 1958)
 * September 13 - Marin Mazzie, American actress and singer (b. 1960)
 * September 14 – Anneke Grönloh, Dutch singer (b. 1942)
 * September 15
 * Warwick Estevam Kerr, Brazilian agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist, professor and scientific leader (b. 1922)
 * Dudley Sutton, English actor (b. 1933)
 * September 16
 * Kevin Beattie, English footballer (b. 1953)
 * Big Jay McNeely, American rhythm and blues saxophonist (b. 1927)
 * Frank Parker, American actor (b. 1939)
 * September 18
 * Robert Venturi, American architect (b. 1925)
 * Norifumi Yamamoto, Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer (b. 1977)
 * September 19
 * Győző Kulcsár, Hungarian Olympic fencer (b. 1940)
 * Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1934)
 * Denis Norden, English comedy writer and television presenter (b. 1922)
 * September 20
 * John Cunliffe, English author (b. 1933)
 * Mohammed Karim Lamrani, 7th Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1919)
 * September 21
 * Vitaliy Masol, 3rd Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1928)
 * Trần Đại Quang, 8th President of Vietnam (b. 1956)
 * September 22 – Al Matthews, American actor and singer (b. 1942)
 * September 23
 * Charles K. Kao, Hong-Kong-born British-American Nobel electrical engineer (b. 1933)
 * Gary Kurtz, American film producer (b. 1940)
 * September 24 – Tommy McDonald, American football player (b. 1934)
 * September 25 – Baba Hari Dass, Indian yoga master, silent monk, and commentator (b. 1923)
 * September 27 – Marty Balin, American singer and musician (b. 1942)
 * September 28
 * Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, 8th Prime Minister of Swaziland (b.1942)
 * Bob Jane, Australian race car driver and businessman (b. 1929)
 * September 29 – Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1934)
 * September 30 – Geoffrey Hayes, English television presenter and actor (b. 1942)

October

 * October 1
 * Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer (b. 1924)
 * Đỗ Mười, 3rd Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1917)
 * October 2
 * Geoff Emerick, English recording engineer (b. 1945)
 * Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (b. 1958)
 * October 3 – Leon M. Lederman, American Nobel physicist (b. 1922)
 * October 4
 * Dave Anderson, American sportswriter (b. 1929)
 * Hamiet Bluiett, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1940)
 * Will Vinton, American animator (b. 1947)
 * Audrey Wells, American screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1960)
 * October 6
 * Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (b. 1933)
 * James Cowan, Australian author (b. 1942)
 * Don Sandburg, American writer, actor, and producer (b. 1930)
 * Scott Wilson, American actor (b. 1942)
 * October 7
 * Peggy McCay, American actress (b. 1927)
 * Moi-Yo Miller, Australian entertainer and illusionist (b. 1914)
 * October 8
 * Arnold Kopelson, American film producer (b. 1935)
 * George Taliaferro, American football player (b. 1927)
 * October 9
 * Alex Spanos, American billionaire and real estate developer (b. 1923)
 * Thomas A. Steitz, American Nobel biochemist (b. 1940)
 * Venantino Venantini, Italian actor (b. 1930)
 * October 10
 * Mary Midgley, British philosopher (b. 1919)
 * Tex Winter, American football player and coach (b. 1922)
 * October 11
 * Paul Andreu, French architect (b. 1938)
 * Greg Stafford, American game designer (b. 1948)
 * October 12 – Pik Botha, South African politician (b. 1932)
 * October 13 – Jim Taylor, American football player (b. 1935)
 * October 14
 * Eduardo Arroyo, Spanish painter and graphic artist (b. 1937)
 * Patrick Baumann, Swiss basketball administrator, FIBA secretary general (b. 1967)
 * Milena Dravić, Serbian actress (b. 1940)
 * October 15
 * Paul Allen, American businessman, co-founder of Microsoft (b. 1953)
 * Arto Paasilinna, Finnish writer (b. 1942)
 * October 16
 * David Helwig, Canadian editor, essayist, memoirist, novelist, and poet (b. 1938)
 * Dennis Hof, American brothel owner, and reality show personality (b. 1946)
 * October 17 – Ara Güler, Turkish-Armenian photojournalist (b. 1928)
 * October 18
 * Ayub Bachchu, Bangladeshi singer and songwriter (b. 1962)
 * Anthea Bell, British literary translator (b. 1936)
 * Lisbeth Palme, Swedish child psychologist, former chairwoman of UNICEF (b. 1931)
 * Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, 5th President of the Sudan (b. 1934)
 * October 19 – Osamu Shimomura, Japanese Nobel chemist and marine biologist (b. 1928)
 * October 20 – Wim Kok, 48th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1938)
 * October 21 – Joachim Rønneberg, Norwegian military officer and anti-Nazi resistant (b. 1919)
 * October 22 – José Varacka, Argentine football player and coach (b. 1932)
 * October 23 – James Karen, American actor (b. 1923)
 * October 24
 * Carmen Alborch, Spanish politician (b. 1947)
 * Melvin Ragin, American guitarist (b. 1950)
 * Tony Joe White, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
 * October 25 – Sonny Fortune, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1939)
 * October 26 – Nikolai Karachentsov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1944)
 * October 27
 * Freddie Hart, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1926)
 * Ntozake Shange, American playwright and poet (b. 1948)
 * Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai businessman (b. 1958)
 * October 28 – Richard Gill, Australian conductor and educator (b. 1941)
 * October 29
 * Dave Duncan, Scottish-Canadian author (b. 1933)
 * Lodi Gyari, Tibetan diplomat (b. 1949)
 * October 30
 * Whitey Bulger, American mobster (b. 1929)
 * Erika Mahringer, Austrian alpine skier (b. 1924)
 * Beverly McClellan, American singer (b. 1969)
 * Sangharakshita, English Buddhist teacher and writer (b. 1925)
 * Jin Yong, Hong Kong writer (b. 1924)
 * October 31 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player (b. 1938)

November

 * November 1 – Yurik Vardanyan, Armenian weightlifter (b. 1956)
 * November 2
 * Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer (b. 1927)
 * Roy Hargrove, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1969)
 * Kitty O'Neil, American stuntwoman and racer (b. 1946)
 * November 3
 * Mari Hulman George, chairperson of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (b. 1934)
 * Sondra Locke, American actress (b. 1944)
 * November 4 – Serhiy Tkach, Russian-Ukrainian serial killer (b. 1952)
 * November 6
 * Jonathan Cantwell, Australian racing cyclist (b. 1982)
 * Tetsuo Gotō, Japanese actor (b. 1950)
 * November 7 – Francis Lai, French composer (b. 1932)
 * November 8
 * Bruno Caruso, Sicilian painter, illustrator, writer, graphic designer and political activist (d. 1927)
 * Wallace Triplett, American football player (b. 1926)
 * November 9
 * Albert Bitran, Turkish-born French painter and sculptor (b. 1931)
 * Lalan Sarang, Indian actress (b. 1939)
 * November 10 – Ron Johnson, American football player (b. 1947)
 * November 11 – Douglas Rain, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
 * November 12
 * D.J. Finney, British statistician (b. 1917)
 * Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor and actor (b. 1922)
 * David Pearson, American race car driver (b. 1934)
 * Stuart H. Walker, American Olympic yachtsman (b. 1923)
 * November 13
 * Lucho Gatica, Chilean singer (b. 1928)
 * Katherine MacGregor, American actress (b. 1925)
 * November 14
 * Rolf Hoppe, German actor (b. 1930)
 * Fernando del Paso, Mexican writer (b. 1935)
 * Gottfried Weilenmann, Swiss racing cyclist (b. 1920)
 * November 15
 * John Bluthal, Polish-born radio, stage, actor, comedian, and voice artist (b. 1929)
 * Roy Clark, American country singer (b. 1933)
 * Adolf Grünbaum, German-American philosopher of science (b. 1923)
 * Zhores Medvedev, Russian agronomist, biologist, and historian (b. 1925)
 * November 16 – William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
 * November 17
 * Eduard von Falz-Fein, Russian-born Liechtensteiner businessman, journalist and sportsman (b. 1912)
 * Cheng Kaijia, Chinese nuclear physicist and engineer (b. 1918)
 * November 18 – Ethel Ayler, American actress (b. 1930)
 * November 19 – Apisai Ielemia, 10th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1955)
 * November 20
 * James H. Billington, American academic (b. 1929)
 * Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English Nobel chemist (b. 1926)
 * Eimuntas Nekrošius, Lithuanian theatre director (b. 1952)
 * November 21 – Olivia Hooker, American psychologist and civil rights figure (b. 1915)
 * November 22
 * Soslan Andiyev, Russian wrestler (b. 1952)
 * Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer (b. 1952)
 * Willie Naulls, American basketball player (b. 1934)
 * November 23
 * Betty Bumpers, American childhood immunizations activist (b. 1925)
 * Bernard Gauthier, French racing cyclist (b. 1924)
 * Nicolas Roeg, British film director (b. 1928)
 * November 24 – Ricky Jay, American magician and actor (b. 1946)
 * November 25
 * Giuliana Calandra, Italian actress (b. 1936)
 * Viktor Kanevskyi, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1936)
 * Gloria Katz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1942)
 * November 26
 * Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington, British politician (b. 1922)
 * Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
 * Stephen Hillenburg, American cartoonist, animator, and marine biology teacher (b. 1961)
 * November 27 – Mahito Tsujimura, Japanese actor (b. 1930)
 * November 28
 * Nicanor de Carvalho, Brazilian football manager (b. 1947)
 * Robert Morris, American sculptor (b. 1931)
 * Harry Leslie Smith, British writer and activist (b. 1923)
 * November 29 – Viktor Matviyenko, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1948)
 * November 30 – George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States (b. 1924)

December

 * December 1
 * Ken Berry, American actor (b. 1933)
 * Ennio Fantastichini, Italian actor (b. 1955)
 * December 2 – Paul Sherwen, English cyclist and broadcaster (b. 1956)
 * December 3
 * Markus Beyer, German boxer (b. 1971)
 * Andrei Bitov, Russian writer (b. 1937)
 * Philip Bosco, American actor (b. 1930)
 * Geoff Murphy, New Zealand film director (b. 1938)
 * Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish businessman and 35th President of FC Barcelona (b. 1931)
 * December 5 – Dynamite Kid, English professional wrestler (b. 1958)
 * December 6
 * Larry Hennig, American professional wrestler (b. 1936)
 * Joseph Joffo, French author (b. 1931)
 * Pete Shelley, English singer-songwriter (b. 1955)
 * December 7
 * Belisario Betancur, 26th President of Colombia (b. 1923)
 * Luigi Radice, Italian football player and manager (b. 1935)
 * December 8
 * Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Russian historian and human rights activist (b. 1927)
 * Evelyn Berezin, American computer designer (b. 1925)
 * December 9
 * Robert Bergland, American politician (b. 1928)
 * William Blum, American author and historian (b. 1933)
 * Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born American Nobel astrophysicist (b. 1931)
 * December 12
 * Iraj Danaeifard, Iranian footballer (b. 1951)
 * Ferenc Kósa, Hungarian film director (b. 1937)
 * December 13 – Nancy Wilson, American singer and actress (b. 1937)
 * December 15 – Girma Wolde-Giorgis, 2nd President of Ethiopia (b. 1924)
 * December 17
 * Penny Marshall, American actress and film director (b. 1943)
 * Andrey Shcharbakow, Belarusian footballer (b. 1991)
 * December 18
 * David C. H. Austin, English rose breeder (b. 1926)
 * Tulsi Giri, 23rd Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1926)
 * Kazimierz Kutz, Polish film director and politician (b. 1929)
 * Shinobu Sekine, Japanese Olympic judoka (b. 1943)
 * Bill Slater, English footballer (b. 1927)
 * December 20 – Donald Moffat, English-American actor (b. 1930)
 * December 22
 * Paddy Ashdown, British politician and diplomat (b. 1941)
 * Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi royal and politician (b. 1931)
 * Roberto Suazo Córdova, 29th President of Honduras (b. 1927)
 * December 23 – Elias M. Stein, American mathematician (b. 1931)
 * December 24
 * Jozef Adamec, Slovakian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
 * Martha Érika Alonso, Mexican politician (b. 1973)
 * Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, Mexican politician (b. 1968)
 * Stanko Poklepović, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1938)
 * Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Iranian cleric and politician (b. 1948)
 * December 25 – Nancy Roman, American astronomer (b. 1925)
 * December 26
 * Wendy Beckett, British religious sister and art historian (b. 1930)
 * Roy J. Glauber, American Nobel physicist (b. 1925)
 * Lawrence Roberts, American computer scientist (b. 1937)
 * Morton Sobell, American engineer and spy (b. 1917)
 * December 27
 * Juan Bautista Agüero, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1935)
 * Robert Kerman, American actor (b. 1947)
 * Richard Arvin Overton, American war veteran (b. 1906)
 * December 28
 * Abdelmalek Benhabyles, Acting President of Algeria (b. 1921)
 * Toshiko Fujita, Japanese actress (b. 1950)
 * Peter Hill-Wood, English businessman and football executive (b. 1936)
 * Georges Loinger, French resistance fighter (b. 1910)
 * Amos Oz, Israeli author and journalist (b. 1939)
 * Shehu Shagari, 6th President of Nigeria (b. 1925)
 * Dame June Whitfield, English actress (b. 1925)
 * December 29
 * Ringo Lam, Hong Kong film director (b. 1955)
 * Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (b. 1935)
 * December 30
 * Edgar Hilsenrath, German writer (b. 1926)
 * Don Lusk, American animator (b. 1913)
 * Mrinal Sen, Indian film director (b. 1923)
 * December 31 – Kader Khan, Indian actor (b. 1937)

Nobel Prizes

 * Chemistry – Frances Arnold, George Smith and Greg Winter
 * Economics – William Nordhaus and Paul Romer
 * Literature – not awarded
 * Peace – Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad
 * Physics – Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland
 * Physiology or Medicine – James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo

Predicted and scheduled events

 * January 1 – March 31 – Expo 2023 is scheduled in Buenos Aires.
 * September 8 – October 21 – 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled in France.
 * November 7 - Elections in the United States will select 2 state governors and various state and local officials.

Date unknown

 * OSIRIS-REx is expected to return with samples from the Asteroid Bennu in the Apollo group.
 * Kanal İstanbul will be finished.
 * London's new £4.1 billion "super sewer" will be finished, upgrading the existing Victorian infrastructure.
 * The Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands expires.
 * According to words of Turkey's president (formerly a prime minister) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, if the countries of the European Union will not accept Turkey as a member before the year 2023, Turkey would no longer be a candidate to the union.
 * Sweden is likely to become a cashless society by 2023, according to a prediction by then deputy governor Cecilia Skingsley of Riksbank.

In fiction

 * 21st century in fiction

Plot
The peace and quiet of an otherwise typical day is shattered when BJ arrives on the scene playing his favourite drum! Barney and his friends show BJ that a drum is much more than just a noisemaker. A clapping game demonstrates the concept of rhythm and the group discovers other rhythms around them - ranging from heartbeats to jump rope games. A reading activity introduces the children to drums from many lands, and thanks to the Barney Bag, everyone gets to create a rhythm instrument of his or her own! Barney introduces a special Native American friend who shows how the drum is important to Native American culture.

Educational Theme: Rhythm

Cast

 * Barney
 * BJ
 * Ashley
 * Chip
 * Hannah
 * Maria
 * Scooter McNutty
 * Miss Etta Kette
 * Marvin Johnson
 * Mica Johnson

Song List

 * 1) Barney Theme Song
 * 2) Jack and Jill
 * 3) BJ's Song
 * 4) The Clapping Song
 * 5) Everybody Should Listen
 * 6) The Barney Bag
 * 7) Looby Loo
 * 8) The Butterfly Dance
 * 9) Boom, Boom, Ain't It Great to Be Crazy?
 * 10) I Love You

Trivia

 * When this episode aired on Treehouse Telvision, "Listen When People Talk" is sung, but cut short.
 * This is also the only time Hannah and Maria appear together.
 * The is the fourteenth episode where time lapse is used. In "Boom, Boom, Ain't It Great To Be Crazy", Chip, Ashley and Hannah are in their crazy costumes while staring at the camera. There is also a movable freeze frame of Chip in a crazy costume while holding toys.