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Predicted and scheduled events

 * January 15 – April 15 – Expo 2023 is scheduled in Buenos Aires.
 * 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

Events

 * May 17 – Dominican Republic presidential election.
 * July 24 – August 9 – The 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan.
 * October 18 – The 2020 ICC T20 World Cup will be held in Australia in 8 cities.
 * October 20 – The 2020 World Expo will open in Dubai.
 * November 3 – United States presidential election.
 * December 31 – If implemented, the Brexit transition period will expire.

Date unknown

 * ESA's ExoMars Rover launches from Earth.
 * Planned launch of NASA's Mars 2020 mission to study the habitability of Mars and prepare for future human missions.
 * Planned launch of the unmanned Euclid spaceprobe to study dark energy.
 * The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository was scheduled to begin accepting nuclear waste.
 * Earliest year that power aboard the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 is expected to terminate (though either probe may function past this date).
 * Estimated completion date for the Compass navigation system.
 * Liberia will become the first nation in Africa to completely stop cutting down its trees in return for development aid – Norway will pay the impoverished country $150m to stop deforestation by 2020.
 * According to UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres, 2020 is a critical year to limit climate change and avoid irreversible effects.
 * The Large Hadron Collider will be substantially upgraded.
 * Estimated completion date for the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, which is expected to become the tallest building in the world and the first to reach 1 km in height.
 * Estimated completion of the Aegis Ashore missile defense system in Poland.
 * According to Indian government report, 21 cities' groundwater will run out by 2020.
 * Britain announced in 2010 that it would withdraw troops from Germany in 2020 for the first time since WWII. The order was later cancelled.

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 71 people on board.
 * February 14
 * 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, killing 17 people and injuring 17.
 * 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 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 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 in Nepal, killing 51 on board.
 * 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.
 * At least 64 people die in a fire at a shopping and entertainment complex in the Russian city of Kemerovo.
 * 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 in Toronto. 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.
 * April 30 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of not holding up its end of the Iran nuclear deal after presenting a cache of over 100,000 documents detailing the extent of Iran's nuclear program. Iran denounces Netanyahu's presentation as "propaganda".

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 many citizens 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, killing 112 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 Venezuelan presidential election, 2018 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 87 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 destroys the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.
 * 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 at least 29 people in Ahvaz, Iran.
 * September 28 – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia, causing a tsunami that kills at least 2,256 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 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, with winds of 155 mph and a minimum pressure of 919 mbar. 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.
 * 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, with 189 passengers 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 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 Russia seized three Ukrainian ships in the disputed Kerch Strait two days earlier.
 * 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 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.

Births

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

January

 * January 1 – Manuel Olivencia, Spanish lawyer, economist, and diplomat (b. 1929)
 * 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)
 * Naomi Stevens, American character actress (b. 1925)
 * 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)
 * Hiromu Nonaka, Japanese politician (b. 1925)
 * 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)
 * Eddie Shaw, American saxophonist and songwriter (b. 1937)
 * 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)
 * Ole Thestrup, Danish actor (b. 1948)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Billy Herrington, American gay pornographic actor (b. 1969)
 * 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 – 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
 * Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1900)
 * 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 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)

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)
 * 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)
 * Vanessa Marquez, American actress (b. 1968)
 * 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)
 * Celeste Yarnall, American actress (b. 1944)
 * 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)
 * Young Greatness, American rapper (b. 1984)
 * October 30
 * David Azulai, Israeli politician (b. 1954)
 * 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 – 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
 * 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)
 * Wright King, American actor (b. 1923)
 * 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, American politician, 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 jazz singer (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)
 * 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

January

 * January 1
 * The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
 * Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes the nineteenth Eurozone country.
 * January 3–7 – A series of massacres in Baga, Nigeria and surrounding villages by Boko Haram kills more than 2,000 people.
 * January 7 – Two gunmen belonging to Al-Qaeda's Yemen branch kill 12 people and injure 11 more at the Paris headquarters of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, prompting an anti-terrorism demonstration attended by over a million people and more than 40 world leaders.
 * January 12 – Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.
 * January 15 – The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets.
 * January 19 – The Eritrean Catholic Church is founded.
 * January 22 – After Houthi forces seize the presidential palace, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi resigns after months of unrest.

February

 * February 12
 * Leaders from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France reach an agreement on the conflict in eastern Ukraine that includes a ceasefire and withdrawal of heavy weapons. However, several days later, the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels claim that, within its first day, the ceasefire was broken 139 times, as both sides failed to withdraw their heavy weapons and fighting had continued.
 * The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 2199 to combat terrorism.
 * February 14 – Two people were killed and five policemen wounded in Copenhagen, Denmark, at a shooting at Krudtønden cultural centre and the Great Synagogue.
 * February 16 – The Egyptian military begins conducting airstrikes against a branch of the Islamic militant group ISIL in Libya in retaliation for the group's beheading of over a dozen Egyptian Christians.

March

 * March 5–8 – The ancient city sites of Nimrud, Hatra and Dur-Sharrukin in Iraq are demolished by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
 * March 6 – NASA's Dawn probe enters orbit around Ceres, becoming the first spacecraft to visit a dwarf planet.
 * March 12 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant becomes allies with fellow jihadist group Boko Haram, effectively annexing the group.
 * March 24 – An Airbus A320-211 operated by Germanwings crashes in the French Alps, killing all 150 on board.
 * March 25 – A Saudi Arabia-led coalition of Arab countries starts a military intervention in Yemen in order to uphold the Yemeni government in its fight against the Houthis' southern offensive.

April

 * April 2 – 148 people are killed, the majority students, in a mass shooting at the Garissa University College in Kenya, perpetrated by the militant terrorist organization Al-Shabaab.
 * April 25 – A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Nepal and causes 8,857 deaths in Nepal, 130 in India, 27 in China and 4 in Bangladesh with a total of 9,018 deaths.
 * April 29 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declares that rubella has been eradicated from the Americas.

May

 * May 1 – October 31 – Expo 2015 is held in Milan, Italy.
 * May 7 – the 2015 UK General Election results in the first Conservative majority government in 18 years.
 * May 11–12 – Version O of Les Femmes d'Alger by Pablo Picasso sells for US$179.3 million at Christie's auction in New York, while the sculpture L'Homme au doigt by Alberto Giacometti sells for US$141.3 million, setting a new world record for a painting and for a sculpture, respectively.
 * May 12 – A second major earthquake in Nepal, measuring 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale, results in 153 deaths in Nepal, 62 in India, 1 in China and 2 in Bangladesh with a total of 218 deaths.
 * May 20 – The two constituent republics of Novorossiya, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, announce the suspension of the Novorossiya project, returning to separate (though internationally unrecognised) states.
 * May 21 – ISIS captures the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria.
 * May 23 – Ireland votes to legalize same-sex marriage, becoming the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote.

June

 * June 2 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter announces his intention to resign amidst an FBI-led corruption investigation, and calls for an extraordinary congress to elect a new president as soon as possible.
 * June 6 – The governments of India and Bangladesh officially ratify their 1974 agreement to exchange enclaves along their border.
 * June 25–26 – ISIL claim responsibility for three attacks around the world during Ramadan:
 * Kobanî massacre: ISIL fighters detonate three car bombs, enter Kobanî, Syria, and open fire at civilians, killing more than 220.
 * Sousse attacks: 22-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui opens fire at a tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia, killing 38 people.
 * Kuwait mosque bombing: A suicide bomber attacks the Shia Mosque Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq at Kuwait City, Kuwait, killing 27 people and injuring 227 others.


 * June 30 – Cuba becomes the first country in the world to eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

July

 * July 1 – Greek government-debt crisis: Greece becomes the first advanced economy to miss a payment to the International Monetary Fund in the 71-year history of the IMF.
 * July 5–13 – Greek government-debt crisis: After six months of clashes and futile negotiations between Greece's newly elected, leftist government and the country's creditors, over the austerity measures imposed through bailout programmes, tension peaks as Greece votes in a referendum to reject the terms offered in a third programme; however the government eventually proceeds to concur to harsher terms than those offered before, in what was widely characterized as a coup on the creditors' part.
 * July 14
 * NASA's New Horizons spacecraft performs a close flyby of Pluto, becoming the first spacecraft in history to visit the distant world.
 * Iran agrees to long-term limits of its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
 * July 20 – Cuba and the United States reestablish full diplomatic relations, ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between the nations.
 * July 24 – Turkey begins a series of airstrikes against PKK and ISIL targets after the 2015 Suruç bombing.

August

 * August 5 – Debris found on Réunion Island is confirmed to be that of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, missing since March 2014.
 * August 17 – A bombing takes place inside the Erawan Shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand, killing 20 people and injuring 125.

September

 * September 10 – Scientists announce the discovery of Homo naledi, a previously unknown species of early human in South Africa.
 * September 11 – Queen Elizabeth II, having been on the throne for 63 years, 232 days, became the longest-reigning British monarch in history and the longest-serving head of state of any nation in modern history, surpassing Queen Victoria who had reigned for 63 years, 231 days upon her death on January 22, 1901.
 * September 14
 * First observation of gravitational waves: Gravitational waves are detected for the first time, by LIGO. This is not announced until February 11, 2016.
 * Malcolm Turnbull defeats Tony Abbott in a Liberal Party leadership ballot. Turnbull becomes Prime Minister of Australia, being sworn in the following day.
 * September 18 – Automaker Volkswagen is alleged to have been involved in worldwide rigging of diesel emissions tests, affecting an estimated 11 million vehicles globally.
 * September 24 – A stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca kills at least 2,200 people and injures more than 900 others, with more than 650 missing.
 * September 28 – NASA announces that liquid water has been found on Mars.
 * September 30 – Russia begins air strikes against ISIL and anti-government forces in Syria, in support of the Syrian government.

October

 * October 3 – A United States airstrike on a Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) hospital in Afghanistan accidentally kills an estimated 20 people.
 * October 10 – A series of suicide bombings kills at least 100 people at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey, and injures more than 400 others.
 * October 23 – Hurricane Patricia becomes the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere and the second strongest worldwide, with winds of 215 mph and a pressure of 872 mbar.
 * October 26 – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes the Hindu Kush region and causes 398 deaths, with 279 in Pakistan, 115 in Afghanistan and 4 in India.
 * October 31 – Kogalymavia Flight 9268, an Airbus A321 airliner en route to Saint Petersburg from Sharm el-Sheikh, crashes near Al-Hasana in Sinai, killing all 217 passengers and 7 crew members on board.

November

 * November 7 – CPC general secretary Xi Jinping and ROC president Ma Ying-jeou formally meet for the first time.
 * November 12 – Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.
 * November 13 – Multiple terrorist attacks claimed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Paris, France, result in 130 fatalities.
 * November 24 – Turkey shoots down a Russian fighter jet on the Turkish-Syrian border in the first case of a NATO member destroying a Russian aircraft since the 1950s.
 * November 30 – The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) is held in Paris, attended by leaders from 147 nations.

December

 * December 12 – A global climate change pact is agreed at the COP 21 summit, committing all countries to reduce carbon emissions for the first time.
 * December 15 – The Islamic Military Alliance is formed in order to fight terrorism.
 * December 22 – SpaceX lands an unmanned Falcon 9 rocket, the first reusable rocket to successfully enter orbital space and return.

Births

 * May 2 – Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
 * June 15 – Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland

January

 * January 1
 * Ulrich Beck, German sociologist (b. 1944)
 * Mario Cuomo, American politician (b. 1932)
 * Omar Karami, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1934)
 * Boris Morukov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1950)
 * Donna Douglas, American actress (b. 1932)
 * January 2 – Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer, songwriter, (b. 1920)
 * January 3 – Edward Brooke, American politician (b. 1919)
 * January 4
 * Pino Daniele, Italian singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1955)
 * Stuart Scott, American sports journalist (b. 1965)
 * January 5 – Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French race car driver (b. 1937)
 * January 6 – Vlastimil Bubník, Czech ice hockey player and footballer (b. 1931)
 * January 7
 * Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer and film director (b. 1926)
 * Rod Taylor, Australian actor (b. 1930)
 * January 8 – Andraé Crouch, American singer, songwriter, and pastor (b. 1942)
 * January 9 – Józef Oleksy, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1946)
 * January 10 – Francesco Rosi, Italian film director (b. 1922)
 * January 11
 * Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925)
 * Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress (b. 1931)
 * January 12 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian opera singer (b. 1939)
 * January 16 – Yao Beina, Chinese singer (b. 1981)
 * January 17 – Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress (b. 1931)
 * January 20
 * Edgar Froese, German musician (b. 1944)
 * Hitoshi Saito, Japanese judoka (b. 1961)
 * January 21 – Leon Brittan, British politician (b. 1939)
 * January 23
 * Ernie Banks, American baseball player (b. 1931)
 * King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (b. 1924)
 * January 24 – Otto Carius, German WWII tank commander (b. 1922)
 * January 25 – Demis Roussos, Greek singer (b. 1946)
 * January 27 – Charles Hard Townes, American Nobel physicist (b. 1915)
 * January 28 – Yves Chauvin, French Nobel chemist (b. 1930)
 * January 29 – Colleen McCullough, Australian writer (b. 1937)
 * January 30
 * Carl Djerassi, American chemist (b. 1923)
 * Geraldine McEwan, British actress (b. 1932)
 * Zhelyu Zhelev, 1st President of Bulgaria (b. 1935)
 * January 31
 * Lizabeth Scott, American actress (b. 1922)
 * Richard von Weizsäcker, President of Germany (b. 1920)

February

 * February 1
 * Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-born French pianist (b. 1925)
 * Udo Lattek, German footballer and coach (b. 1935)
 * February 3 – Martin Gilbert, English historian (b. 1936)
 * February 5
 * Henri Coppens, Belgian footballer and coach (b. 1930)
 * Val Logsdon Fitch, American Nobel physicist (b. 1923)
 * February 6
 * André Brink, South African writer (b. 1935)
 * Assia Djebar, Algerian writer (b. 1936)
 * February 7
 * Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and writer (b. 1934)
 * Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (b. 1931)
 * February 10 – Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal (b. 1928)
 * February 11 – Bob Simon, American correspondent (b. 1941)
 * February 12 – Movita Castaneda, American actress (b. 1916)
 * February 14
 * Michele Ferrero, Italian businessman (b. 1925)
 * Louis Jourdan, French-American actor (b. 1921)
 * Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian athlete and coach (b. 1920)
 * Wim Ruska, Dutch wrestler and martial artist (b. 1940)
 * February 16
 * Lesley Gore, American singer (b. 1946)
 * Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress (b. 1971)
 * February 18 – Claude Criquielion, Belgian road bicycle racer (b. 1957)
 * February 19 – Betty Lou Bredemus, American actress and acting coach (b. 1934)
 * February 21
 * Aleksei Gubarev, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1931)
 * Clark Terry, American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist (b. 1920)
 * February 23 – Ben Woolf, American actor (b. 1980)
 * February 24
 * Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and businessman (b. 1962)
 * Irving Kahn, American financial analyst and investor (b. 1905)
 * February 27
 * Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician (b. 1959)
 * Leonard Nimoy, American actor (b. 1931)
 * February 28
 * Yaşar Kemal, Turkish author (b. 1923)
 * Anthony Mason, American basketball player (b. 1966)

March

 * March 1
 * Joshua Fishman, American linguist (b. 1926)
 * Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player (b. 1925)
 * Wolfram Wuttke, German footballer (b. 1961)
 * March 2 – Dave Mackay, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1934)
 * March 5 – Edward Egan, American cardinal (b. 1932)
 * March 7
 * Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese manga artist (b. 1935)
 * Shinji Ogawa, Japanese voice actor and actor (b. 1941)
 * March 8 – Sam Simon, American producer and philanthropist (b. 1955)
 * March 9
 * Camille Muffat, French swimmer (b. 1989)
 * Frei Otto, German architect (b. 1925)
 * Alexis Vastine, French boxer (b. 1986)
 * March 10 – Fred Fredericks, American cartoonist (b. 1929)
 * March 11 – Walter Burkert, German academic and writer (b. 1931)
 * March 12
 * Michael Graves, American architect (b. 1934)
 * Terry Pratchett, English writer (b. 1948)
 * March 13 – Daevid Allen, Australian musician (b. 1938)
 * March 14 – Valentin Rasputin, Russian writer (b. 1937)
 * March 15
 * Mike Porcaro, American bass guitarist (b. 1955)
 * Xu Caihou, Chinese army general (b. 1943)
 * March 16 – Andy Fraser, English songwriter and bass guitarist (b. 1952)
 * March 19 – Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
 * March 20 – Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1930)
 * March 21
 * Hans Erni, Swiss artist (b. 1909)
 * Jørgen Ingmann, Danish musician (b. 1925)
 * Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (b. 1955)
 * March 23 – Lee Kuan Yew, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1923)
 * March 26
 * Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)
 * Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish Nobel poet and translator (b. 1931)
 * March 27 – Olga Syahputra, Indonesian actor and singer (b. 1983)
 * March 29 – Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cinematographer (b. 1934)
 * March 30 – Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer (b. 1921)

April

 * April 2
 * Robert Schuller, American televangelist and motivational speaker (b. 1926)
 * Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese film director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
 * Hayley Okines, English progeria activist (b. 1997)
 * April 4 – Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author (b. 1931)
 * April 6 – James Best, American actor (b. 1926)
 * April 7 – Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (b. 1935)
 * April 8 – Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (b. 1936)
 * April 10 – Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician (b. 1942)
 * April 13
 * Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer (b. 1940)
 * Günter Grass, German Nobel writer (b. 1927)
 * Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player (b. 1918)
 * April 14
 * Percy Sledge, American singer (b. 1940)
 * Roberto Tucci, Italian cardinal (b. 1921)
 * April 15 – Surya Bahadur Thapa, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1928)
 * April 16 – Stanislav Gross, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (b. 1969)
 * April 17 – Francis George, American cardinal (b. 1937)
 * April 24 – Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish politician and resistance fighter (b. 1922)
 * April 26
 * Jayne Meadows, American actress and author (b. 1919)
 * Izatullo Khayoyev, 6th Prime Minister of Tajikistan (b. 1936)
 * April 27
 * Verne Gagne, American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
 * Andrew Lesnie, Australian cinematographer (b. 1956)
 * April 29 – Giovanni Canestri, Italian prelate (b. 1918)
 * April 30 – Ben E. King, American soul and R&B singer (b. 1938)

May

 * May 1
 * Geoff Duke, British motorcycle racer (b. 1923)
 * Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer (b. 1930)
 * May 2
 * Maya Plisetskaya, Soviet Union-born Lithuanian and Spanish ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress (b. 1925)
 * Ruth Rendell, British author and life peer (b. 1930)
 * May 9 – Kenan Evren, Turkish military officer, 7th President of Turkey (b. 1917)
 * May 10 – Chris Burden, American artist (b. 1946)
 * May 12 – Peter Gay, American psychohistorian (b. 1923)
 * May 14 – B.B. King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
 * May 15 – Renzo Zorzi, Italian racing driver (b. 1946)
 * May 17 – Margaret Dunning, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1910)
 * May 18
 * Halldór Ásgrímsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1947)
 * Raymond Gosling, British scientist (b. 1926)
 * May 19 – Gerald Götting, German politician (b. 1923)
 * May 21 – Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (b. 1969)
 * May 23
 * Anne Meara, American actress and comedian (b. 1929)
 * John Forbes Nash Jr., American Nobel mathematician (b. 1928)
 * May 24 – Tanith Lee, British writer (b. 1947)
 * May 25 – Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer (b. 1940)
 * May 26 – Vicente Aranda, Spanish film director (b. 1926)
 * May 27 – Nils Christie, Norwegian criminologist (b. 1928)
 * May 29
 * Henry Carr, American sprinter (b. 1941)
 * Doris Hart, American tennis player (b. 1925)
 * Betsy Palmer, American actress (b. 1926)

June

 * June 1
 * Charles Kennedy, British politician (b. 1959)
 * Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican politician, sixth President of Dominica (b. 1934)
 * June 2 – Irwin Rose, American Nobel biochemist (b. 1926)
 * June 4 – Hermann Zapf, German typeface designer (b. 1918)
 * June 5 – Tariq Aziz, Iraqi politician (b. 1936)
 * June 6
 * Pierre Brice, French actor (b. 1929)
 * Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author (b. 1934)
 * June 7 – Christopher Lee, English actor (b. 1922)
 * June 8 – Mary Ellen Trainor, American actress (b. 1952)
 * June 9 – James Last, German composer and big band leader (b. 1929)
 * June 11
 * Jim Ed Brown, American country singer (b. 1934)
 * Ornette Coleman, American free jazz saxophonist (b. 1930)
 * Ron Moody, British actor (b. 1924)
 * Dusty Rhodes, American professional wrestler (b. 1945)
 * June 14
 * Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (b. 1924)
 * Zito, Brazilian footballer (b. 1932)
 * June 15
 * Jeanna Friske, Russian singer, model, and actress (b. 1974)
 * Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman (b. 1917)
 * June 16 – Charles Correa, Indian architect (b. 1930)
 * June 17
 * Ron Clarke, Australian runner (b. 1937)
 * Süleyman Demirel, Turkish politician, ninth President of Turkey (b. 1924)
 * Roberto M. Levingston, Argentine general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (b. 1920)
 * June 20 – Esther Brand, South African athlete (b. 1922)
 * June 21
 * Veijo Meri, Finnish writer (b. 1928)
 * Gunther Schuller, American composer, conductor, historian, and jazz musician (b. 1925)
 * June 22
 * Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (b. 1941)
 * James Horner, American film composer (b. 1953)
 * June 23
 * Magali Noël, French actress and singer (b. 1931)
 * Dick Van Patten, American actor (b. 1928)
 * June 25
 * Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia (b. 1940)
 * Patrick Macnee, English actor (b. 1922)
 * June 26 – Yevgeny Primakov, Russian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999 (b. 1929)
 * June 27 – Chris Squire, English bass guitarist (b. 1948)
 * June 29
 * Josef Masopust, Czech football player and coach (b. 1931)
 * Charles Pasqua, French politician (b. 1927)

July

 * July 1
 * Sergio Sollima, Italian film director (b. 1921)
 * Nicholas Winton, British humanitarian (b. 1909)
 * July 2 – Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican journalist (b. 1928)
 * July 3 – Diana Douglas, Bermudan actress (b. 1923)
 * July 5 – Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American Nobel physicist (b. 1921)
 * July 10
 * Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor (b. 1944)
 * Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (b. 1932)
 * Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
 * July 11
 * Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (b. 1928)
 * Patricia Crone, Danish scholar (b. 1945)
 * Satoru Iwata, Japanese businessman and video game programmer (b. 1959)
 * July 12 – Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwean poet (b. 1956)
 * July 13
 * Joan Sebastian, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
 * Martin Litchfield West, British classical scholar (b. 1937)
 * July 14 – Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Hungarian fencer (b. 1951)
 * July 15 – Wan Li, Chinese politician (b. 1916)
 * July 16 – Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1926)
 * July 17 – Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (b. 1989)
 * July 18 – Alex Rocco, American actor (b. 1936)
 * July 19 – Galina Prozumenshchikova, Soviet swimmer (b. 1948)
 * July 21
 * Theodore Bikel, Austrian-born American actor (b. 1924)
 * E. L. Doctorow, American author (b. 1931)
 * July 23
 * William Wakefield Baum, American prelate (b. 1926)
 * Mexicano 777, Puerto Rican rapper (b. 1972)
 * July 26 – Bobbi Kristina Brown, American singer (b. 1993)
 * July 27 – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian scientist and politician, 11th President of India (b. 1931)
 * July 28 – Edward Natapei, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (b. 1954)
 * July 30
 * Lynn Anderson, American country singer (b. 1947)
 * Alena Vrzáňová, Czech figure skater (b. 1931)
 * July 31 – Roddy Piper, Canadian wrestler (b. 1954)

August

 * August 1 – Cilla Black, English singer and entertainer (b. 1943)
 * August 3 – Robert Conquest, British-born American historian (b. 1917)
 * August 7
 * Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (b. 1929)
 * Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian physician (b. 1914)
 * August 8 – Sean Price, American rapper (b. 1972)
 * August 9 – John Henry Holland, American computer scientist (b. 1929)
 * August 11 – Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer (b. 1941)
 * August 12
 * Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and logician (b. 1929)
 * Stephen Lewis, British actor (b. 1927)
 * August 14 – Bob Johnston, American record producer (b. 1932)
 * August 15 – Julian Bond, American civil rights activist (b. 1940)
 * August 16 – Mile Mrkšić, Serbian military officer (b. 1947)
 * August 17
 * Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican theoretical physicist (b. 1947)
 * Yvonne Craig, American actress (b. 1937)
 * Arsen Dedić, Croatian musician (b. 1938)
 * László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927)
 * August 19 – Lina Morgan, Spanish actress (b. 1936)
 * August 20 – Egon Bahr, German politician (b. 1922)
 * August 22
 * Ieng Thirith, Cambodian politician (b. 1932)
 * Eric Thompson, English racing driver (b. 1919)
 * August 23 – Guy Ligier, French racing driver and team owner (b. 1930)
 * August 24 – Justin Wilson, British racing driver (b. 1978)
 * August 26 – Amelia Boynton Robinson, American civil rights activist (b. 1911)
 * August 27 – Kazi Zafar Ahmed, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1939)
 * August 29 – Wayne Dyer, American author and motivational speaker (b. 1940)
 * August 30
 * Wes Craven, American film director and writer (b. 1939)
 * Oliver Sacks, British-American neurologist and writer (b. 1933)

September

 * September 1 – Dean Jones, American actor (b. 1931)
 * September 3 – Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Nepalese dwarf, world's shortest man (b. 1939)
 * September 4 – Rico Rodriguez, Cuban-British musician (b. 1934)
 * September 5 – Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (b. 1920)
 * September 6 – Martin Milner, American actor (b. 1931)
 * September 7 – Candida Royalle, American actress and director (b. 1950)
 * September 10 – Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (b. 1928)
 * September 12 – Ron Springett, British footballer (b. 1935)
 * September 13 – Moses Malone, American basketball player (b. 1955)
 * September 14 – Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian politician (b. 1949)
 * September 17
 * David Willcocks, English organist, conductor and composer (b. 1919)
 * Dettmar Cramer, German football coach (b. 1925)
 * September 19 – Jackie Collins, British novelist (b. 1937)
 * September 22 – Yogi Berra, American baseball player (b. 1925)
 * September 23 – Dragan Holcer, Croatian footballer (b. 1945)
 * September 27
 * John Guillermin, British film director and producer (b. 1925)
 * Pietro Ingrao, Italian politician (b. 1915)
 * September 28 – Ignacio Zoco, Spanish footballer (b. 1939)
 * September 29 – Phil Woods, American saxophonist (b. 1931)

October

 * October 2
 * Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian politician (b. 1937)
 * Brian Friel, Irish playwright (b. 1929)
 * October 3 – Denis Healey, British politician (b. 1917)
 * October 5
 * Chantal Akerman, Belgian filmmaker (b. 1950)
 * Infante Carlos, Spanish nobleman (b. 1938)
 * Henning Mankell, Swedish author (b. 1948)
 * October 6 – Árpád Göncz, Hungarian politician, President of Hungary (b. 1922)
 * October 7
 * Dominique Dropsy, French footballer (b. 1951)
 * Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
 * Elena Lucena, Argentine film actress (b. 1914)
 * Jurelang Zedkaia, Fifth President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1950)
 * October 8 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
 * October 9 – Geoffrey Howe, British politician (b. 1926)
 * October 10 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist (b. 1931)
 * October 12 – Joan Leslie, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
 * October 14
 * Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician (b. 1947)
 * Mathieu Kérékou, 5th President of Benin (b. 1933)
 * October 17
 * Danièle Delorme, French actress (b. 1926)
 * Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
 * October 18 – Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian author (b. 1945)
 * October 19 – Ali Treki, Libyan diplomat (b. 1938)
 * October 23 – Paride Tumburus, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
 * October 24
 * Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovakian cardinal (b. 1924)
 * Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress (b. 1920)
 * October 25 – Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (b. 1955)
 * October 26
 * Willis Carto, American politician (b. 1926)
 * Leo Kadanoff, American physicist (b. 1937)
 * October 30
 * Sinan Şamil Sam, Turkish boxer (b. 1974)
 * Al Molinaro, American actor (b. 1919)
 * October 31 – Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater (b. 1938)

November

 * November 1
 * Günter Schabowski, German politician (b. 1929)
 * Fred Thompson, American politician and actor (b. 1942)
 * November 3 – Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi politician (b. 1944)
 * November 4
 * René Girard, French-American historian (b. 1923)
 * Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (b. 1950)
 * November 5
 * Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (b. 1923)
 * Czesław Kiszczak, Polish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
 * November 6 – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli politician, President of Israel (b. 1921)
 * November 7 – Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic-American actor and author (b. 1947)
 * November 8
 * Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani, Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1934)
 * Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist (b. 1925)
 * November 9
 * Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter (b. 1930)
 * Allen Toussaint, American musician (b. 1938)
 * Andy White, Scottish drummer (b. 1930)
 * November 10
 * André Glucksmann, French philosopher (b. 1937)
 * Klaus Roth, British mathematician (b. 1925)
 * Helmut Schmidt, German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (b. 1918)
 * November 11 – Phil Taylor, English rock drummer (b. 1954)
 * November 12
 * Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (b. 1983)
 * Jihadi John, Kuwaiti member of ISIS (b. 1988)
 * November 15 – Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (b. 1929)
 * November 18
 * Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union player (b. 1975)
 * Mal Whitfield, American Olympic athlete (b. 1924)
 * November 20 – Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1953)
 * November 21
 * Bob Foster, American boxer (b. 1938)
 * Linda Haglund, Swedish sprinter (b. 1956)
 * November 22 – Kim Young-sam, South Korean politician, President of South Korea (b. 1929)
 * November 23 – Douglass North, American economist (b. 1920)
 * November 28 – Gerry Byrne, English footballer (b. 1938)
 * November 30
 * Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist (b. 1940)
 * Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese manga artist (b. 1922)
 * Eldar Ryazanov, Russian film director (b. 1927)

December

 * December 1 – Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (b. 1930)
 * December 2
 * Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor (b. 1925)
 * Ferenc Juhász, Hungarian poet (b. 1928)
 * December 3 – Scott Weiland, American singer and musician (b. 1967)
 * December 4
 * Erik De Vlaeminck, Belgian professional cyclist (b. 1945)
 * Robert Loggia, American actor (b. 1930)
 * Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (b. 1940)
 * December 5 – Dimitar Iliev Popov, 41st Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1927)
 * December 6 – Franzl Lang, German Yodeler (b. 1930)
 * December 7 – Martin E. Brooks, American actor (b. 1925)
 * December 8 – Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer (b. 1936)
 * December 9
 * Carlo Furno, Italian cardinal (b. 1921)
 * Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (b. 1936)
 * December 10
 * Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (b. 1989)
 * Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
 * December 13 – Benedict Anderson, American academic (b. 1936)
 * December 15 – Licio Gelli, Italian financier (b. 1919)
 * December 19
 * Greville Janner, British politician, barrister, and writer (b. 1928)
 * Jimmy Hill, English footballer and television presenter (b. 1928)
 * Kurt Masur, German conductor (b. 1927)
 * December 23
 * Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist (b. 1941)
 * Don Howe, English footballer (b. 1935)
 * Bülent Ulusu, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1923)
 * December 27
 * Stein Eriksen, Norwegian alpine skier, Olympic champion (b. 1927)
 * Ellsworth Kelly, American artist (b. 1923)
 * Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer and film director (b. 1922)
 * December 28
 * Eloy Inos, American politician, Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (b. 1949)
 * Lemmy, English musician (b. 1945)
 * Ian Murdock, German-American software programmer (b. 1973)
 * December 29
 * Elżbieta Krzesińska, Polish athlete (b. 1934)
 * Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer (b. 1968)
 * December 31
 * Natalie Cole, American singer (b. 1950)
 * Wayne Rogers, American actor and investor (b. 1933)

Nobel Prizes

 * Chemistry – Paul L. Modrich; Aziz Sancar and Tomas Lindahl
 * Economics – Angus Deaton
 * Literature – Svetlana Alexievich
 * Peace – Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
 * Physics – Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald
 * Physiology or Medicine – William C. Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura and Tu Youyou

New English words

 * aquafaba

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 – 242 young people (range between 18 and 25) die in a nightclub fire 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.
 * March 27 – Canada becomes the first country to withdraw from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

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 disaster 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 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 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 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.

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
 * Australian federal election, 2013: 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 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 on 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)
 * January 9 – James M. Buchanan, American Nobel economist (b. 1919)
 * January 11
 * Aaron Swartz, American programmer (b. 1986)
 * Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1927)
 * January 14 – Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923)
 * January 15 – Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director (b. 1932)
 * January 17 – James Hood, American civil rights activist (b. 1942)
 * January 18 – Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (b. 1989)
 * January 19 – Stan Musial, American baseball player (b. 1920)
 * January 21 – Michael Winner, British film director and producer (b. 1935)
 * January 23 – Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal (b. 1929)

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)
 * February 17 – Tony Sheridan, British singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1940)
 * February 18
 * Kevin Ayers, British singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1944)
 * Damon Harris, American singer (b. 1950)
 * 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)
 * Richard Street, American singer (b. 1942)
 * February 28 – Donald A. Glaser, American Nobel physicist (b. 1926)

March

 * 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 – Alvin Lee, British guitarist (b. 1944)
 * March 7
 * Peter Banks, British guitarist (b. 1947)
 * Damiano Damiani, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
 * 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 14 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-born Cambodian politician (b. 1925)
 * March 16 – José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentine executive and policy maker (b. 1925)
 * March 20 – Zillur Rahman, 19th 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, British 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
 * 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)
 * Maxine Smith, American civil rights activist (b. 1929)
 * 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, 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 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, 42nd President of Argentina (b. 1925)
 * May 18 – Nam Duck-woo, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1924)
 * May 20 – Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (b. 1939)
 * 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)
 * Dennis O'Rourke, Australian director and producer (b. 1945)
 * 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)
 * Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
 * Darryl Read, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (b. 1951)
 * 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)

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
 * 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)
 * 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 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
 * 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 10 – Richie Jean Jackson, American author, teacher, and civil rights activist (b. 1932)
 * November 12 – John Tavener, British composer (b. 1944)
 * November 15
 * Glafcos Clerides, 4th President of Cyprus (b. 1919)
 * T. J. Jemison, American clergyman and civil rights activist (b. 1918)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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 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 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

Pronunciation
There is a debate among experts and the general public on how to pronounce specific years of the 21st century in English. The year 2010 is pronounced either "twenty-ten" or "two thousand [and] ten". 2010 was the first year to have a wide variation in pronunciation, as the years 2000 to 2009 were generally pronounced "two thousand (and) one, two, three, etc." as opposed to the less common "twenty-oh-_".

January

 * January 4 – The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is officially opened.
 * January 8 – The Togo national football team is involved in an attack in Cabinda Province, Angola, and as a result withdraws from the Africa Cup of Nations. The attack was perpetrated by the FLEC, their first since the Angolan Civil War.
 * January 12 – A 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurs in Haiti, devastating the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. With a confirmed death toll over 316,000, it is the tenth deadliest on record.
 * January 14 – Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
 * January 15
 * The longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs.
 * The Chadian Civil War officially ends.
 * Honduras withdraws from ALBA.
 * January 25 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean shortly after take-off from Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 90 people on board.

February

 * February 3 – The sculpture L'Homme qui marche I by Alberto Giacometti sells in London for £65 million (US$103.7 million), setting a new world record for a work of art sold at auction.
 * February 12–28 – The 2010 Winter Olympics are held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.
 * February 15 – Two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people.
 * February 18 – The President of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, is overthrown after a group of soldiers storms the presidential palace and form a ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy headed by chef d'escadron Salou Djibo.
 * February 27 – An 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile, triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing at least 525. The earthquake is one of the largest in recorded history.

March

 * March 16 – The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed by fire.
 * March 26 – The ROKS Cheonan, a South Korean Navy ship carrying 104 personnel, sinks off the country's west coast, killing 46. In May, an independent investigation blames North Korea, which denies the allegations.

April

 * April 7 – Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev flees the country amid fierce anti-government riots in the capital, Bishkek.
 * April 10 – The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes near Smolensk, Russia.
 * April 14 – Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Mount Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.
 * April 20 – The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers. The resulting Horizon oil spill, one of the largest in history, spreads for several months, damaging the waters and the United States coastline, and prompting international debate and doubt about the practice and procedures of offshore drilling.
 * April 27 – Standard & Poor's downgrades Greece's sovereign credit rating to junk 4 days after the activation of a €45-billion EU–IMF bailout, triggering the decline of stock markets worldwide and of the euro's value,  and furthering a European sovereign debt crisis.

May

 * May 2 – The eurozone and the International Monetary Fund agree to a €110 billion bailout package for Greece. The package involves sharp Greek austerity measures.
 * May 4 – Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Pablo Picasso sells in New York for US$106.5 million, setting another new world record for a work of art sold at auction.
 * May 6 – The 2010 Flash Crash, a trillion-dollar stock market crash, occurs over 36 minutes, initiated by a series of automated trading programs in a feedback loop.
 * May 7
 * Chile becomes the 31st member of the OECD.
 * Scientists conducting the Neanderthal genome project announce that they have sequenced enough of the Neanderthal genome to suggest that Neanderthals and humans may have interbred.
 * May 12 – Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes at runway at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, killing 103 of the 104 people on board.
 * May 19 – Protests in Bangkok, Thailand, end with a bloody military crackdown, killing 91 and injuring more than 2,100.
 * May 20
 * Scientists announced that they have created a functional synthetic genome.
 * Five paintings worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
 * May 22 – Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors.
 * May 28 – the 2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, killed 94 people during Friday prayers at two mosques.
 * May 31 – Nine activists are killed in a clash with soldiers when Israeli Navy forces raid and capture a flotilla of ships attempting to break the Gaza blockade.

June

 * June 10–14 – Ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks result in the deaths of hundreds.
 * June 11 – July 11 – The 2010 FIFA World Cup is held in South Africa, and is won by Spain.
 * June 24 – Julia Gillard is elected unopposed in a Labor Party leadership ballot and sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Australia following the resignation of Kevin Rudd.

July

 * July 8 – The first 24-hour flight by a solar-powered plane is completed by the Solar Impulse.
 * July 21 – Slovenia becomes the 32nd member of the OECD.
 * July 25 – WikiLeaks, an online publisher of anonymous, covert, and classified material, leaks to the public over 90,000 internal reports about the United States-led involvement in the War in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010.
 * July 29 – Heavy monsoon rains begin to cause widespread flooding in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Over 1,600 are killed, and more than one million are displaced by the floods.

August

 * August 10 – The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity has returned to typical seasonal patterns.
 * August 21 – Australian federal election, 2010: Julia Gillard's Labor Government is re-elected, narrowly defeating the Liberal/National Coalition led by Tony Abbott.

September

 * September 4 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Christchurch, New Zealand causing large amounts of damage but no direct fatalities. It is the first in a series of earthquakes between 2010 and 2012 that resulted in the deaths of 187 people and over $40 billion worth of damage. Seismologists noted that the earthquake sequence was highly unusual, and likely to never happen again anywhere else in the world.
 * September 7 – Israel becomes the 33rd member of the OECD.
 * September 30 – Germany pays war reparations for World War I.

October

 * October 3–14 – 2010 Commonwealth Games takes place in Delhi, India.
 * October 10 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved, with the islands being split up and given a new constitutional status.
 * October 22 – The International Space Station surpasses the record for the longest continuous human occupation of space, having been continuously inhabited since November 2, 2000 (3641 days).
 * October 23 – In preparation for the Seoul summit, finance ministers of the G-20 agree to reform the International Monetary Fund and shift 6% of the voting shares to developing nations and countries with emerging markets.
 * October 25 – An earthquake and consequent tsunami off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, kills over 400 people and leaves hundreds missing.
 * October 26 – Repeated eruptions of Mount Merapi volcano in Central Java, Indonesia, and accompanying pyroclastic flows of scalding gas, pumice, and volcanic ash descending the erupting volcano kill 353 people and force hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate.

November

 * November 4 – Aero Caribbean Flight 883 crashes in central Cuba, killing all 68 people on board.
 * November 11–12 – The G-20 summit is held in Seoul, South Korea. Korea becomes the first non-G8 nation to host a G-20 leaders summit.
 * November 13 – Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from her house arrest after being incarcerated since 1989.
 * November 17 – Researchers at CERN trap 38 antihydrogen atoms for a sixth of a second, marking the first time in history that humans have trapped antimatter.
 * November 20 – Participants of the 2010 NATO Lisbon summit issue the Lisbon Summit Declaration.
 * November 21 – Eurozone countries agree to a rescue package for the Republic of Ireland from the European Financial Stability Facility in response to the country's financial crisis.
 * November 23 – North Korea shells Yeonpyeong Island, prompting a military response by South Korea. The incident causes an escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula and prompts widespread international condemnation. The United Nations declares it to be one of the most serious incidents since the end of the Korean War.
 * November 28 – WikiLeaks releases a collection of more than 250,000 American diplomatic cables, including 100,000 marked "secret" or "confidential".
 * November 29 – The European Union agree to an €85 billion rescue deal for Ireland from the European Financial Stability Facility, the International Monetary Fund and bilateral loans from the United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden.
 * November 29 – December 10 – The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference is held in Cancún, Mexico. Also referred to as the 16th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 16), it serves too as the 6th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 6).

December

 * December 9 – Estonia becomes the 34th member of the OECD.
 * December 17 – The attempted suicide of Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, triggers the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring throughout the Arab world.
 * December 21 – The first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the Northern winter solstice and Southern summer solstice since 1638 takes place.

January

 * January 4
 * Johan Ferrier, 1st President of Suriname (b. 1910)
 * Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese dual atomic bomb survivor (b. 1916)
 * January 9 – Armand Razafindratandra, Malagasy cardinal (b. 1925)
 * January 10 – Crispin Sorhaindo, 4th President of Dominica (b. 1931)
 * January 11
 * Miep Gies, Dutch humanitarian (b. 1909)
 * Éric Rohmer, French film director (b. 1920)
 * January 13 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
 * January 15 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
 * January 17
 * Jyoti Basu, Indian politician (b. 1914)
 * Erich Segal, American author, screenwriter, and educator (b. 1937)
 * January 22
 * Iskandar of Johor, 8th King of Malaysia (b. 1932)
 * Jean Simmons, British actress (b. 1929)
 * January 25 – Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraqi politician and military commander (b. 1941)
 * January 27
 * J. D. Salinger, American author (b. 1919)
 * Howard Zinn, American historian (b. 1922)

February

 * February 1 – Steingrímur Hermannsson, 19th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1928)
 * February 7 – André Kolingba, 4th President of the Central African Republic (b. 1936)
 * February 10
 * Charlie Wilson, American politician (b. 1933)
 * José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, 35th President of Costa Rica (b. 1916)
 * February 11 – Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer (b. 1969)


 * February 14 – Dick Francis, British author and jockey (b. 1920)
 * February 17 – Kathryn Grayson, American singer (b. 1922)
 * February 18 – Ariel Ramírez, Argentine composer (b. 1921)
 * February 20 – Alexander Haig, 59th United States Secretary of State (b. 1924)

March

 * March 3 – Michael Foot, British politician (b. 1913)
 * March 4 – Vladislav Ardzinba, Soviet-born politician (b. 1945)
 * March 6 – Carol Marsh, British actress (b. 1926)
 * March 10
 * Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian Muslim cleric (b. 1928)
 * Corey Haim, American child actor (b.1971)
 * March 12 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish author and journalist (b. 1920)
 * March 14 – Peter Graves, American actor (b. 1926)
 * March 20 – Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepalese politician (b. 1925)
 * March 21 – Wolfgang Wagner, German festival director (b. 1919)
 * March 22
 * James Black, British pharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
 * Valentina Tolkunova, Soviet and Russian singer (b. 1946)
 * March 24 – Robert Culp, American actor, screenwriter and director (b. 1930)
 * March 27 – Vasily Smyslov, Soviet-Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1921)
 * March 30 – Martin Sandberger, German army officer (b. 1911)

April

 * April 1
 * John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918)
 * Tzannis Tzannetakis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1928)
 * April 3 – Eugène Terre'Blanche, South African politician and white supremacist (b. 1941)
 * April 8
 * Malcolm McLaren, British musician and manager (b. 1946)
 * Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean politician (b. 1925)
 * April 10
 * 96 people (89 passengers, 7 pilots) are killed in plane crash near Smolensk. Among the victims were:
 * Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish statesman (b. 1919)
 * Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland (b. 1949)
 * Maria Kaczyńska, First Lady of Poland (b. 1942)
 * Sławomir Skrzypek, President of the National Bank of Poland (b. 1963)
 * April 14 – Peter Steele, American musician (b. 1962)
 * April 15
 * Michael Pataki, American voice actor (b.1938)
 * Benjamin Hooks, American civil rights activist (b. 1925)
 * April 16 – Tomáš Špidlík, Czech cardinal (b. 1919)
 * April 21 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports official (b. 1920)
 * April 25 – Alan Sillitoe, British writer (b. 1928)
 * April 30 – Paul Mayer, German cardinal (b. 1911)

May

 * May 2 – Lynn Redgrave, British actress (b. 1943)
 * May 4 – Luigi Poggi, Italian cardinal (b. 1917)
 * May 5
 * Giulietta Simionato, Italian opera singer (b. 1910)
 * Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, 13th President of Nigeria (b. 1951)
 * May 8 – Andor Lilienthal, Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1911)
 * May 9 – Lena Horne, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
 * May 10 – Frank Frazetta, American artist (b. 1928)
 * May 16
 * Ronnie James Dio, American musician (b. 1942)
 * Oswaldo López Arellano, Honduran two-time former president (b. 1921)
 * May 17
 * Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian singer (b. 1925)
 * Yvonne Loriod, French pianist (b. 1924)
 * May 18 – Edoardo Sanguineti, Italian writer (b. 1930)
 * May 22
 * Martin Gardner, American science author (b. 1914)
 * Hasri Ainun, 3rd First Lady of Indonesia, wife of B. J. Habibie (b. 1937)
 * May 24 – Paul Gray, American musician (b. 1972)
 * May 28 – Gary Coleman, American actor, voice artist and comedian (b. 1968)
 * May 29 – Dennis Hopper, American actor, filmmaker, photographer and artist (b. 1936)
 * May 31 – Louise Bourgeois, French-born American sculptor (b. 1911)

June

 * June 1 – Andrei Voznesensky, Soviet-Russian poet (b. 1933)
 * June 2
 * Giuseppe Taddei, Italian baritone (b. 1916)
 * Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress (b. 1925)
 * June 3 – Vladimir Arnold, Soviet-Russian mathematician (b. 1937)
 * June 13 – Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman (b. 1928)
 * June 14 – Leonid Kizim, Soviet-Ukrainian cosmonaut (b. 1941)
 * June 16 – Marc Bazin, 4th Prime Minister of Haiti (b. 1932)
 * June 18
 * Marcel Bigeard, French military officer (b. 1916)
 * José Saramago, Portuguese writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
 * June 19 – Manute Bol, Sudanese basketball player (b. 1962)
 * June 23 – Mohammed Mzali, former Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1925)
 * June 26 – Algirdas Brazauskas, 9th President of Lithuania (b. 1932)
 * June 28 – Robert Byrd, American politician (b. 1917)

July

 * July 5
 * Cesare Siepi, Italian opera singer (b. 1923)
 * Nasr Abu Zayd, Egyptian Qur'anic theologian (b. 1943)
 * July 13 – George Steinbrenner, American businessman and owner of the New York Yankees (b. 1930)
 * July 14 – Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor (b. 1925)
 * July 19 – Lorenzen Wright, professional basketball player (b. 1975)
 * July 22 – Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist (b. 1937)
 * July 24 – Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (b. 1949)
 * July 29 – Zheng Ji, Chinese nutritionist and biochemist (b. 1900)

August

 * August 5 – Godfrey Binaisa, 5th President of Uganda (b. 1920)
 * August 6 – Tony Judt, British historian (b. 1948)
 * August 7 – Bruno Cremer, French actor (b. 1929)
 * August 8 – Patricia Neal, American actress (b. 1926)
 * August 9 – Ted Stevens, American politician (b. 1923)
 * August 12 – Guido de Marco, 6th President of Malta (b. 1931)
 * August 13 – Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (b. 1981)
 * August 16 – Nicola Cabibbo, Italian physicist (b. 1935)
 * August 17 – Francesco Cossiga, 63rd Prime Minister and 8th President of Italy (b. 1928)
 * August 18 – Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Spanish aristocrat (b. 1930)
 * August 22 – Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav footballer (b. 1923)
 * August 23 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime film director (b. 1963)
 * August 26
 * William Lenoir, American astronaut (b. 1939)
 * Raimon Panikkar, Spanish theologian (b. 1918)
 * August 27 – Anton Geesink, Dutch judoka (b. 1934)
 * August 28 – Sinan Hasani, 10th President of Yugoslavia (b. 1922)
 * August 30 – Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (b. 1910)
 * August 31 – Laurent Fignon, French road bicycle racer (b. 1960)

September

 * September 5 – Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1990)
 * September 9 – Bent Larsen, Danish chess grandmaster (b. 1935)
 * September 11 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (b. 1914)
 * September 12
 * Claude Chabrol, French film director (b. 1930)
 * Swarnalatha, Indian playback singer (b. 1973)
 * Honor Frost, pioneer in underwater archaeology (b. 1917)
 * September 16 – Donald Zilversmit, Dutch-American nutritional biochemist, researcher, and educator (b. 1919)
 * September 22 – Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor (b. 1928)
 * September 24 – Gennady Yanayev, Soviet politician; mastermind of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt (b. 1937)
 * September 26 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (b. 1910)
 * September 28 – Arthur Penn, American film director (b. 1922)
 * September 29
 * Georges Charpak, French Nobel physicist (b. 1924)
 * Tony Curtis, American actor (b. 1925)
 * September 30 – Stephen J. Cannell, American director and producer (b. 1941)

October

 * October 4 – Norman Wisdom, British actor and comedian (b. 1915)
 * October 7 – Milka Planinc, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 1982-86 (b. 1924)
 * October 9 – Maurice Allais, French Nobel economist (b. 1911)
 * October 10 – Solomon Burke, American soul musician (b. 1940)
 * October 11 – Joan Sutherland, Australian opera singer (b. 1926)
 * October 14 – Benoît Mandelbrot, French-American mathematician (b. 1924)
 * October 18 – Elsie Steele, British supercenterian (b. 1899)
 * October 19 – Tom Bosley, American actor (b. 1927)
 * October 20
 * W. Cary Edwards, American politician (b. 1944)
 * Farooq Leghari, 9th President of Pakistan (b. 1940)
 * October 23 – David Thompson, 6th Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1961)
 * October 25 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican musician (b. 1951)
 * October 27 – Néstor Kirchner, 54th President of Argentina (b. 1950)
 * October 28 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (b. 1938)
 * October 30 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer (b. 1927)
 * October 31 – Theodore Sorensen, American lawyer, speechwriter (b. 1928)

November

 * November 2 – Rudolf Barshai, Soviet-Russian conductor and violist (b. 1924)
 * November 3 – Viktor Chernomyrdin, 31st Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1938)
 * November 5
 * Jill Clayburgh, American actress (b. 1944)
 * Hajo Herrmann, German fighter pilot and lawyer (b. 1913)
 * November 8 – Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (b. 1925)
 * November 10
 * Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer (b. 1919)
 * Nicolo Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian mobster (b. 1924)
 * November 12 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933)
 * November 24 – Annie Lee Cooper, American civil rights activist (b. 1910)
 * November 27 – Irvin Kershner, American film director (b. 1923)
 * November 28 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1926)
 * November 29
 * Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet-Russian poet (b. 1937)
 * Mario Monicelli, Italian actor, screenwriter and director (b. 1915)

December

 * December 7 – Gloria Blackwell, American educator, civil rights activist (b. 1927)
 * December 10 – John B. Fenn, American Nobel chemist (b. 1917)
 * December 12
 * Timothée Malendoma, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1935)
 * Tom Walkinshaw, British racing car driver and team owner (b. 1946)
 * December 13 – Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (b. 1941)
 * December 14 – Pascal Rakotomavo, 10th Prime Minister of Madagascar (b. 1934)
 * December 15 – Blake Edwards, American film director (b. 1922)
 * December 17 – Captain Beefheart, American musician (b. 1941)
 * December 21 – Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1927)
 * December 23 – Celestino Rocha da Costa, 2nd Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (b. 1938)
 * December 25 – Carlos Andrés Pérez, 55th President of Venezuela (b. 1922)
 * December 26 – Salvador Jorge Blanco, 48th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1926)
 * December 30 – Ellis Clarke, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1917)

Nobel Prizes

 * Chemistry – Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki
 * Economics – Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides
 * Literature – Mario Vargas Llosa
 * Peace – Liu Xiaobo
 * Physics – Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
 * Physiology or Medicine – Robert G. Edwards

New English words and terms

 * Arab spring
 * gamification