Obituaries / Deaths of Famous People in Last Six Months
- AnandShetty - Former international sprinter
- Anthony Lewis - Two-time Pulitzer winner Anthony Lewis
- Asghar Ali Engineer - Noted Islamic scholar
- Chinua Achebe - father of African literature
- Douglas Engelbar - Creator of the Mouse
- Dr Hilary Koprowski - Polish researcher (inventor of the first successful oral vaccination for polio)
- Ganesh Pyne - legendary painter
- Hugo Chavez - Venezuelan President
- J.S. Verma - former Chief Justice of India
- James Gandolfini - Three time Emmy Award winner
- Jetti Veera Raghavulu - Telugu music director
- Jiroemon Kimura - World's oldest ever man (Japan) aged 116
- Justice JS Verma - Former Chief Justice of India
- Kallam Anji Reddy - Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd (DRL)
- Lalgudi Jayaraman - Renowned violinist and composer
- Lonappan Nambadan - former MP (Kerala)
- Mahasundari Devi –Madhubani painting artist & Padma Shree Awardee
- Margaret Thatcher - British Politician (Iron Lady)
- Mary Thom - American Journalist and feminist
- Michael Henry Denness - former England captain
- Pran – Bollywood Actor (Villian)
- Prof Veer Bhadra Mishra - Noted Environmentalist
- Professor Bratindra Nath Mukherjee - The renowned historian, Padma Shri Awardee, and an epigraphy expert
- Profulla Borua - The veteran Indian journalist (Assam)
- R.P. Goenka - Rama Prasad Goenka, one of the country’s biggest industrialists and the architect of RPG Enterprises, died
- Ramankutty Nair - Kathakali exponent (Padma Bhushan award winner)
- Ray Harryhausen - Master of visual effects and stop-motion animation
- RayManzarek - Veteran singer-song writer and The Doors band member
- Rituparno Ghosh---- Noted filmmaker of Bengal
- Robert Edwards - British scientist
- Roger Ebert - American film critic
- Ruma Chatterjee - National Cycling Coach
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Oscar and Booker Prize winner
- Satya Pal Dange - Veteran CPI leader
- Shakuntala Devi - Indian Mathematician (Human Computer)
- Shamshad Begum - Legendary singer (one of the first few play back singers of bollywood)
- Surendra Tiwari - Hindi story writer
- T M Soundararajan - Tamil playback singer
- Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar---- Dhrupad vocalist
- V C Shukla - Veteran Congress leader
- V.S. Ramadevi - Former Governor of Karnataka
- Zia Khan – Bollywood Actress
- Zillur Rahman - The President of Bangladesh