User:Matt Campbell/List of People who Died Young

The following are lists of notable people who died at a very young age, people in their 20's through the age of 65.

A

Aaliyah

Avicii

Douglas Adams

Aaliyah, American singer, actress and model
Avicii, Swedish DJ, remixer, record producer, musician, and songwriter
André the Giant, French professional wrestler
Douglas Adams, English author
Nick Adams, American actor
Stuart Adamson, Scottish singer and guitarist
Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist
Junior Agogo, Ghanaian professional footballer
Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter
Joe Alaskey, American actor, broadcaster, impressionist and stand-up comedian
Edward Albert, American actor
Stephen Albert, American composer
Dave Alexander, American musician
Paul Allen, American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
Davey Allison, American stock car driver
Luther Allison, American guitarist
Duane Allman, American rock guitarist
Sandro de América, Argentine singer and actor
Fabrizio De André, Italian singer, songwriter
Harry Anderson, American actor, comedian, and magician
Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut
Nikolai Andrianov, Soviet-Russian gymnast
Emile Ardolino, American film director
Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor
Alexis Arquette, American actress
Lewis Arquette, American actor, writer and producer
Arthur Ashe, American professional tennis player
Howard Ashman, American lyricist
Mark Ashton, Irish gay rights activist
Karen Asrian, Armenian chess grandmaster
Davide Astori, Italian footballer
Rick Aviles, American actor and comedian
Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler
Hoyt Axton, American singer and actor

B

The Big Bopper, American musician, singer, songwriter, and disc jockey
Big Boss Man, American professional wrestler
The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper
Parveen Babi, Indian actress and model
Christian Bach, Argentine-Mexican actress and producer
Lloyd Bacon, American actor
James Baldwin, African-American novelist, essayist, playwright and poet
Andriy Bal, Ukrainian footballer and coach
Ina Balin, American actress
Alan Ball Jr., English professional footballer and manager
Florence Ballard, American singer
Iain Banks, Scottish author
Sushmita Banerjee, Indian writer
Syd Barrett, English singer, songwriter, musician and painter
Alexander Bashlachev, Soviet poet, singer-songwriter and guitarist
Charles Bassett, American astronaut
Anne Baxter, American actor
John Belushi, American actor, comedian
Ari Behn, Norwegian author, playwright
Yasmine Belmadi, French actor
Bea Benaderet, American actress
Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian professional footballer
Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler
Chester Bennington, American singer
Trevor Berbick, Jamaican professional boxer
Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress
George Best, Northern Irish footballer
Len Bias, American college basketball player
Bam Bam Bigelow, American professional wrestler
Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian Olympic athlete
Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist
Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper
Bill Bixby, American actor
Fischer Black, American economist
Amanda Blake, American actress
Dan Blocker, American actor
Frida Boccara, French singer
Humphrey Bogart, American actor
Marc Bolan, English singer and guitarist
Tommy Bolin, American guitarist
Ward Bond, American actor
John Bonham, English drummer
Sonny Bono, American singer, actor, and politician
Richard Boone, American actor
Anthony Bourdain, American chef, writer, and television personality
Chadwick Boseman, American actor
Cameron Boyce, American actor
Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor
József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer
Jonathan Brandis, American actor
Andre Braugher, American actor
Andrew Breitbart, American writer and publisher
Jeremy Brett, English actor
Peter Brock, Australian motor racing driver
Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist
Bobbi Kristina Brown, American singer
Christy Brown, Irish writer and painter
David M. Brown, American astronaut
Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer
Lenny Bruce, American stand-up comedian
Kobe Bryant, American professional basketball player
Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor
Jeff Buckley, American singer, songwriter and guitarist
Tim Buckley, American vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and producer
Ted Bundy, American serial killer
Sarah Burke, Canadian Freestyle skier
Clive Burr, English drummer
Cliff Burton, American musician and songwriter
Richard Burton, Welsh actor

C

Capucine, French actress and model
Sebastian Cabot, English actor
Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer
Maria Callas, Greek soprano
Italo Calvino, Italian writer and journalist
John Candy, Canadian actor and comedian
Karen Carpenter, American drummer and singer
Jim Carroll, American author, poet and musician
Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist
Leslie Carter, American singer
Sonny Carter, American astronaut
Eric Carr, American drummer
Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist
Neal Cassady, American author and poet
Jack Cassidy, American actor
Ted Cassidy, American actor
John Cassavetes, American actor
Rosalind Cash, American actress
Reg E. Cathey, American actor
Kelly Catlin, American professional racing cyclist
Christine Cavanaugh, American actress
Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer
Roger B. Chaffee, American astronaut
Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer
Jeff Chandler, American actor
Iris Chang, American journalist
Wilt Chamberlain, American professional basketball player
Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress
Harry Chapin, American singer and songwriter
Ian Charleson, Scottish actor
Kalpana Chawla, American astronaut
Maury Chaykin, American-born Canadian actor
Chi Cheng, American musician and poet
Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter
Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter
Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer
Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter
Jim Clark, Scottish Racing Driver
Laurel Clark, American astronaut
Steve Clark, English guitarist
Lana Clarkson, American actress
Lee Van Cleef, American actor
Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican professional baseball player
Pierre Clémenti, French actor
Montgomery Clift, American actor
Patsy Cline, American singer
Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and musician
James Coco, American actor
Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter, musician
Nat King Cole, American singer and jazz pianist
Natalie Cole, American singer, songwriter, and actress
Albert Collins, American blues guitarist and singer
Allen Collins, American musician
Gary Coleman, American actor, comedian, writer
Scott Columbus, American drummer
John Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist and composer
Jeff Conaway, American actor
Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer
Gary Cooper, American actor
Peter Cook, English actor, comedian, writer
Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur
Glenn Corbett, American actor
Chris Cornell, American singer, songwriter, and musician
Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian professional basketball player and coach
Lou Costello, American actor and comedian
Bob Crane, American actor, drummer, radio host, and disc jockey
Claude Criquielion, Belgian road bicycle racer
Jim Croce, American folk and rock singer-songwriter
Alan Curtis, American actor

D

Diana, Princess of Wales

John Denver

Dustin Diamond

Michael Clarke Duncan

DMX, American rapper, songwriter and actor
Dalida, French singer and actress
Diana, Princess of Wales
Deezer D, American actor
Dorothy Dandridge, American actress, singer, and dancer
Ludvík Daněk, Czechoslovak discus thrower
Pino Daniele, Italian singer-songwriter, and guitarist
Rick Danko, Canadian musician
Ray Danton, American actor
Sara Danius, Swedish writer and academic
Bobby Darin, American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, dancer, impressionist and TV presenter
Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist
Linda Darnell, American actress
Brad Davis, American actor
Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer
Sammy Davis Jr., American actor, dancer, and singer
Charlbi Dean, South African actress and model
James Dean, American actor
Sandra Dee, American actress
Brad Delp, American singer and songwriter
Aleksandr Demyanenko, Russian actor
Sandy Dennis, American actress
John Denver, American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, activist, and humanitarian
Natalie Desselle-Reid, American actress
Asnoldo Devonish, Venezuelan athlete
Dustin Diamond, American actor and comedian
Joe Diffie, American country singer-songwriter
Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
Tahar Djaout, Algerian journalist, poet, and writer
Nate Dogg, American singer, rapper and songwriter
Troy Donahue, American actor
Eric Douglas, American actor
Suzzanne Douglas, American actress
Bobby Driscoll, American actor
David Dukes, American actor
Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor
Stephen Dunham, American actor
Michael Dunn, American actor and singer
Ryan Dunn, American stunt performer, television personality, actor, comedian
Dan Duryea, American actor
Guru Dutt, Indian film director, producer, actor, choreographer and writer
Nargis Dutt, Indian actress
John Dye, American actor

E

Eazy-E

Dale Earnhardt

Eazy-E, American rapper and record producer
Etika, American YouTuber
Euronymous, Norwegian musician
Mark Eaton, American basketball player
Dale Earnhardt, American auto racing driver
George Alec Effinger, American novelist
Bernd Eichinger, German film producer, director, and screenwriter
Donn F. Eisele, American astronaut
David R. Ellis, American film director
Nelsan Ellis, American actor
Cass Elliot, American singer and actress
Michael Ende, German writer
Robert Enke, German footballer
Sergei Eisenstein, Russian film director and film theorist
John Entwistle, English musician and songwriter
Brian Epstein, English music entrepreneur
Bill Evans, American jazz pianist and composer
Josh Ryan Evans, American actor
Mike Evans, American actor
Ronald Evans, American astronaut
Kenny Everett, British comedian
Medgar Evers, African-American civil rights activist

F

Farrah Fawcett

Carrie Fisher

Marie Fredriksson

Falco, Austrian singer, musician, and songwriter
Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager
Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer
Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge
Chris Farley, American actor and comedian
Justin Fashanu, English footballer
Farrah Fawcett, American actress
Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer
Marty Feldman, English comedy writer, comedian and actor
Miguel Ferrer, American actor
Peter Finch, Australian actor
Carrie Fisher, American actress
Gail Fisher, American actress
Caroline Flack, English television and radio presenter
Ed Flanders, American actor
Keith Flint, English musician, singer, and dancer
Heinz Flohe, German footballer and manager
Keith Floyd, British cook and restaurateur
Errol Flynn, Australian actor
Joe Flynn, American actor
Tom Fogerty, American musician
Dan Fogelberg, American musician, songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist
Andrea Fortunato, Italian footballer
Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician, author and professor
Bob Fosse, American theater choreographer and director
Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist
Mary Frann, American actress
Robert Francis, American actor
James Franciscus, American actor
Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer and songwriter
Theodore Freeman, American astronaut
Victor French, American actor
Takayuki Fujikawa, Japanese footballer
Mira Furlan, Croatian actress and singer

G

Garrincha, Brazilian footballer
Clark Gable, American actor
Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Cosmonaut
Serge Gainsbourg, French singer
Rory Gallagher, Irish blues and rock guitarist
George Gamow, Soviet-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist
James Gandolfini, American actor
Godfrey Gao, Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor
Jerry Garcia, American guitarist
Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician
John Garfield, American actor
Judy Garland, American actress, singer and dancer
Willie Garson, American actor
Stephen Gately, Irish singer
Marvin Gaye, American singer
Peaches Geldof, English columnist, television personality and model
Christopher George, American actor
Gladys George, American actress
Stan Getz, American jazz saxophonist
Andy Gibb, English singer and songwriter
Maurice Gibb, English musician, singer, songwriter
Robin Gibb, English singer, songwriter
Robert Ginty, American actor
Edward Givens, American astronaut
Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer and actor
Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director
Edith González, Mexican actress
Lucy Gordon, English actress and model
Michael Gothard, English actor
David Graeber, American anthropologist and anarchist activist
Gloria Grahame, American actress and singer
Christina Grimmie, American singer
Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater
Gus Grissom, American astronaut
Richard Griffiths, English actor
Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist
Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist
Eddie Guerrero, American professional wrestler
Moses Gunn, American actor
Tony Gwynn, American professional baseball player

H

Philip Seymour Hoffman

James Horner

Whitney Houston

Kim Jong-hyun

Heavy D, Jamaican-born American actor, rapper
Hide, Japanese musician
Jean Hagen, American actress
Corey Haim, Canadian actor
Roy Halladay, American professional baseball player
Bill Haley, American rock and roll musician
Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American musician and songwriter
Kevin Peter Hall, American actor
Alaina Reed Hall, American actress
Kevin Peter Hall, American actor
Scott Hall, American professional wrestler
Murray Hamilton, American actor
Halvard Hanevold, Norwegian biathlete
Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist
Lorraine Hansberry, African-American playwright and writer
Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress
Oliver Hardy, American actor
Keith Haring, American artist
Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
Elizabeth Hartman, American actress
Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor, writer, and comedian
Cassandra Harris, Australian actress
George Harrison, English musician
Rodney Harvey, American actor, model, and dancer
Yahya Hassan, Danish poet and political activist
Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach
Nicky Hayden, American professional motorcycle racer
Lloyd Haynes, American actor
Isaac Hayes, American singer, songwriter, and actor
Susan Hayward, American actress and model
Ofra Haza, Israeli singer, actress
Glenne Headly, American actress
Anne Heche, American actress
Van Heflin, American actor
Jimi Hendrix, American musician, singer, and songwriter
Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater
Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler
Jim Henson, American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, filmmaker, and screenwriter
Gil Scott-Heron, American poet and musician
Robert Hegyes, American actor
Bill Hicks, American comedian
Oscar Hijuelos, American novelist
Dana Hill, American actress
Stephen Hillenburg, American cartoonist, animator, and marine biology teacher
Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor
Billie Holiday, American singer
William Holden, American actor
Mark Hollis, English singer-songwriter
Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter
Crash Holly, American professional wrestler
Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian
Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and musician
James Horner, American film composer
Whitney Houston, American singer and actress
Leslie Howard, English actor
Rowland S. Howard, Australian musician
Shemp Howard, American actor and comedian
Tony Hsieh, American Internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist
Anthoine Hubert, French professional racing driver
Rock Hudson, American actor
John Hughes, American film director and writer
Langston Hughes, American writer, novelist, playwright, and columnist
Jeffrey Hunter, American actor
Paul Hunter, British snooker player
Rick Husband, American astronaut
Nipsey Hussle, American rapper, activist, and entrepreneur
Michael Hutchence, Australian musician, singer-songwriter
Jim Hutton, American actor
Diana Hyland, American actress
Phyllis Hyman, American singer and actress
Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer

I

Steve Irwin

Grant Imahara, American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host, and actor
Jill Ireland, English actress and singer
James Irwin, American astronaut
Steve Irwin, Australian environmentalist and television personality
Satoru Iwata, Japanese businessman and video game programmer

J

Michael Jackson

Steve Jobs

Joey Jordison

Juanito, Spanish footballer
Paul Jabara, American actor
Michael Jackson, American singer, songwriter, and dancer
Raymond St. Jacques, American actor, director and producer
Claude Jade, French actress
Brion James, American actor
Larry James, American athlete
Rick James, American musician
David Janssen, American actor
Derek Jarman, English film director
Gregory Jarvis, American engineer and astronaut
Jessica Jaymes, American pornographic actress
Michael Jeter, American actor
Steve Jobs, American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor
Kristoff St. John, American actor
Dennis Johnson, American professional basketball player
Brian Jones, English musician and composer
Carolyn Jones, American actress
Janis Joplin, American singer
Barbara Jordan, American lawyer, educator, politician and civil rights activist
Richard Jordan, American actor
Joey Jordison, American drummer
Florence Griffith Joyner, American track and field athlete
Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor

K

Grace Kelly

Madeline Kahn

Irrfan Khan

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Hawaiian singer
Sarah Kane, English playwright
Chris Kanyon, American professional wrestler
Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, producer and director
Andreas Katsulas, American actor
Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian
Grace Kelly, American actress
Jack Kelly, American actor
Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress
Hevrin Khalaf, Syrian politician and activist
Madeline Kahn, American actress, comedian and singer
Irrfan Khan, Indian actor
Jiah Khan, British-Indian actress and singer
Daul Kim, South Korean model
Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler
Freddie King, African-American blues guitarist and singer
Martin Luther King Jr., African-American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Rodney King, American author and activist
Klaus Kinski, German actor
Sam Kinison, American comedian
Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter
Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer
Toshihiko Koga, Japanese judoka
Władysław Komar, Polish athlete
Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut
Sylva Koscina, Yugoslav-born Italian actress
Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist
Zlatko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer and manager
Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress
Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player
Kishore Kumar, Indian actor and playback singer
Meena Kumari, Indian actress and poet
Janusz Kusociński, Polish athlete
Josip Kuže, Croatian footballer and manager

L

Heath Ledger

Bruce Lee

Phil Lynott

Ronald Lacey, English actor
Alan Ladd, American actor
Michael Landon, American actor
Lev Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright
Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and writer
Heath Ledger, Australian actor
Brodie Lee, American professional wrestler
Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist
Bruce Lee, Chinese-American martial artist and actor
Dave Legeno, English actor
Vivien Leigh, English actress
John Lennon, English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist
Johnny Lewis, American actor
Reggie Lewis, American professional basketball player
Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist, puppeteer
Larry Linville, American actor
Tommy Lister Jr., American actor
Cleavon Little, American actor
Sam Lloyd, American actor
Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager
Carole Lombard, American actress
Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union player
Lisa Lopes, American rapper
Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager
Peter Lorre, Hungarian-American actor
Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress
Mitch Lucker, American singer
Frankie Lymon, American singer
Phil Lynott, Irish singer, musician, and songwriter

M

Madhubala, Indian actress
Bernie Mac, American actor
Jeanette MacDonald, American singer and actress
Norm Macdonald, Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor
Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer
Meredith MacRae, American actress and singer
Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer
Louis Malle, French film director, screenwriter and producer
Moses Malone, American basketball player
Jayne Mansfield, American actress
Mickey Mantle, American professional baseball player
Mary Mara, American actress
Diego Maradona, Argentine footballer and coach
Janet Margolin, American actor
Bob Marley, Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician
Steve Marriott, English musician
Bruno Martini, French footballer
Strother Martin, American actor
Lee Marvin, American actor
Ashley Massaro, American professional wrestler and model
Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer
Rik Mayall, English comedian, writer and actor
Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter, guitarist
Christa McAuliffe, American teacher and astronaut
William C. McCool, American astronaut
Linda McCartney, American photographer and musician
Doug McClure, American actor
Van McCoy, American musician
Mindy McCready, American country singer
Helen McCrory, English actress
Hattie McDaniel, American actress
Spanky McFarland, American actor
Ronald McNair, American astronaut
Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer
Steve McQueen, American actor
Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist
Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete
Freddie Mercury, British lead singer and pianist
Thomas Merton, American author
George Michael, English singer and songwriter
Windell Middlebrooks, American actor
Rod Milburn, American athlete
Buddy Miles, American drummer
Mac Miller, American rapper
Jason Miller, American actor and playwright
Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer
Sal Mineo, American actor
Haruma Miura, Japanese actor and singer
Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-born Brazilian singer and actress
Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician
Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler
Marilyn Monroe, American actress, model, and singer
Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and musician
Ovidi Montllor, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress
Wes Montgomery, American jazz guitarist
Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist
Keith Moon, English drummer
Gary Moore, Northern Irish musician and singer-songwriter
Joanna Moore, American actress
Trevor Moore, American comedian and actor
Erin Moran, American actress
Greg Morris, American actor
Jim Morrison, American singer
Vic Morrow, American actor
Zero Mostel, American actor, comedian, and singer
Camille Muffat, French swimmer
Anna-Maria Müller, German athlete
Audie Murphy, American soldier, actor, songwriter, and rancher
Brittany Murphy, American actress
Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian

N

Rudolf Nureyev

Ricky Nelson, American actor and musician
Nico, German singer, songwriter, musician, model, and actress
Barbara Nichols, American actress
Czesław Niemen, Polish singer-songwriter
Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer
Harry Nilsson, American musician
Pedro Nolasco, Dominican boxer
Bill Nunn, American actor
Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-born dancer, choreographer
Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper

O

Dolores O'Riordan

Dan O'Bannon, American screenwriter
Michael O'Hare, American actor
Heather O'Rourke, American actress
Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer
Criss Oliva, American metal guitarist
Susan Oliver, American actress
Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut and engineer
J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist
Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician, singer, and songwriter
Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician

P

Peyo, Belgian comics artist
Prince, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Geraldine Page, American actress
Ron Palillo, American actor
Robert Palmer, English singer
Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist and composer
Gram Parsons, American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist
Jaco Pastorius, American jazz bassist
Mark Pavelich, American ice hockey player
Bill Paxton, American actor
Walter Payton, American professional football player
Bob Peck, English actor
Kim Peek, American savant
Lil Peep, American singer and rapper
Elizabeth Peña, American actress
Chris Penn, American actor
Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter
George Peppard, American actor
Anthony Perkins, American actor
Luther Perkins, American guitarist
Frank Perry, American stage director and filmmaker
Luke Perry, American actor
Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor and comedian
Dražen Petrović, Croatian professional basketball player
Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist
John Phillips, American singer-songwriter
River Phoenix, American actor
Jay Pickett, American actor
Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler
Roddy Piper, Canadian professional wrestler and actor
Jacques Plante, Canadian professional ice hockey player
Dana Plato, American actress and model
Jon Polito, American actor
Alan G. Poindexter, American astronaut
Basil Poledouris, American composer
Anna Politkovskaya, American-born Russian journalist
Lev Polugaevsky, Belarusian chess Grandmaster
Doc Pomus, American singer and songwriter
Pete Postlethwaite, English actor
Cozy Powell, English drummer
Dick Powell, American actor
Tyrone Power, American actor
Elvis Presley, American singer, musician and actor
Kelly Preston, American actress
Sean Price, American rapper
Freddie Prinze, American comedian
Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer
Big Pun, American rapper
Alex Pullin, Australian Olympic snowboarder

Q

Francesco Quinn, Italian-American actor
Pierre Quinon, French athlete
Jocelyn Quivrin, French actor

R

Eddie Rabbitt, American musician
Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian
Gerry Rafferty, Scottish musician
Deborah Raffin, American actress
Mohammed Rafi, Indian playback singer, musician
Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer
Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor
František Rajtoral, Czech professional footballer
Ilan Ramon, Israeli astronaut
Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist
Joey Ramone, American singer
Johnny Ramone, American guitarist
Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer
Aldo Ray, American actor
James Rebhorn, American actor
Lance Reddick, American actor
Otis Redding, American singer
Donna Reed, American actress
Jimmy Reed, American blues musician
Oliver Reed, English actor
Robert Reed, American actor
Dana Reeve, American actress, singer, and activist
Christopher Reeve, American actor
George Reeves, American actor
Jim Reeves, American country singer
Kate Reid, English actress
Lee Remick, American actress
Brent Renaud, American journalist
Brad Renfro, American actor
Judith Resnik, American astronaut
Tommy Rettig, American actor
José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer
Randy Rhoads, American guitarist
Fernando Ricksen, Dutch professional footballer
Natasha Richardson, English actress
Charlie Rich, American singer, songwriter, and musician
Sally Ride, American astronaut and physicist
Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter
John Ritter, American actor
Paul Ritter, English actor
Jenni Rivera, Mexican-American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
Naya Rivera, American actress, model and singer
Marty Robbins, American singer, songwriter and racing driver
Clifford Robinson, American professional basketball player
Jackie Robinson, American professional baseball player
David Rocastle, English footballer
Charles Rocket, American actor, comedian
Stuart Roosa, American astronaut
Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer
Paolo Rossi, Italian professional footballer
Bob Ross, American painter, art instructor and television host
Rick Rude, American professional wrestler
David Ruffin, American singer
Tim Russert, American journalist
Wilma Rudolph, American athlete
Yuri Ryazanov, Russian artistic gymnast

S

Selena, Mexican-born American singer
Sócrates, Brazilian footballer
Sridevi, Indian actress
Sulli, South Korean actress, singer, and model
Robin Sachs, English actor
Taruni Sachdev, Indian actress
Carl Sagan, American astronomer
Bob Saget, American comedian, television presenter and actor
Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer
Mark Salling, American actor
Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian professional footballer
Corrie Sanders, South African professional boxer
Cléber Santana, Brazilian professional footballer
Dick Sargent, American actor
Randy Savage, American professional wrestler
Terry Sawchuk, Canadian hockey player
Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress
Vincent Schiavelli, Italian-American actor
Maria Schneider, French actress
Romy Schneider, German-French actress
Adam Schlesinger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Chuck Schuldiner, American singer and guitarist
Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer
Dick Scobee, American pilot, engineer and astronaut
Bon Scott, Australian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist
Stuart Scott, American sportscaster and anchor
Junior Seau, American professional football player
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, American social theorist
Elliot See, American astronaut
Lhasa de Sela, American-born singer-songwriter
Glenn Shadix, American actor
Tupac Shakur, American rapper, songwriter, and actor
Ray Sharkey, American actor
Bob Shaw, Irish writer
Lynn Shelton, American filmmaker
Adrienne Shelly, American actress, film director and screenwriter
Matthew Shepard, American murder victim
Lisa Sheridan, American actress
Sam Simon, American producer and philanthropist
Don Simpson, American film producer
Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress
John Singleton, American film director
Dingko Singh, Indian boxer
Gene Siskel, American film critic and journalist
Tom Sizemore, American actor
Elisabeth Sladen, English actress
Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-American mixed martial artist, boxer, wrestler and actor
Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and television personality
Davey Boy Smith, British professional wrestler
Elliott Smith, American musician
John Smith, American actor
Mel Smith, English comedian and film director
Michael J. Smith, American engineer and astronaut
Ronnie Ray Smith, American athlete
Samantha Smith, American schoolgirl activist
Włodzimierz Smolarek, Polish footballer
Valerie Solanas, American radical feminist and author
Jack Soo, American actor
Gary Speed, Welsh professional footballer and manager
Joe Spinell, American actor
Dusty Springfield, English pop singer
Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Romanian fencer
Layne Staley, American singer
Sage Stallone, American actor, film director, producer, and distributor
Mike Starr, American musician
Jack Starrett, American actor
Ueli Steck, Swiss rock climber and mountaineer
Reeva Steenkamp, South African model
Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban Olympic boxer
Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor
Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress
J. Christopher Stevens, American diplomat and lawyer
Payne Stewart, American golfer
Susan Strasberg, American actress
Joe Strummer, English musician
Margaret Sullavan, American actress
Donna Summer, American singer
Frank Sutton, American actor
Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist
Patrick Swayze, American actor
Jack Swigert, American astronaut

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Peter Tosh

Test, Canadian professional wrestler
The Rev, American musician
William Talman, American actor
Mitsuhisa Taguchi, Japanese footballer
Sharon Tate, American actress and model
Vic Tayback, American actor
Sean Taylor, American professional football player
Naftali Temu, Kenyan athlete
Tammi Terrell, American singer–songwriter
Michelle Thomas, American actress
Johnny Thunders, American guitarist, singer and songwriter
Pat Tillman, American professional football player
Beatrice Tinsley, English astronomer
Gherman Titov, Soviet cosmonaut
Eddie Tolan, American athlete
Roland Topor, French illustrator
Peter Tosh, Jamaican reggae musician
Mary Ellen Trainor, American actress
Marie Trintignant, French actress
Massimo Troisi, Italian actor, screenwriter, film director
Roger Troutman, American funk musician
Verne Troyer, American actor
François Truffaut, French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, film critic
Tom Tryon, American actor and novelist
Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Japanese athlete
Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer
Conway Twitty, American musician
James Michael Tyler, American actor
Judy Tyler, American actress