User:Matt Campbell/List of People who Died Young
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
- 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
- Taylor Hawkins, American drummer
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Francesco Quinn, Italian-American actor
- Pierre Quinon, French athlete
- Jocelyn Quivrin, French actor
R
[edit]- 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
- Natina Reed, American singer, rapper and actress
- 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
[edit]- 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
T
[edit]- 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
U
[edit]- Umaga, Samoan-American professional wrestler
- Gaspard Ulliel, French actor
- Robert Urich, American actor
V
[edit]- Vanity, Canadian singer, songwriter, dancer, model, and actress
- Vivek, Indian actor and comedian
- Viscera, American professional wrestler
- Luna Vachon, American-Canadian professional wrestler
- Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist
- Ritchie Valens, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
- Valeri Vasiliev, Russian ice hockey player
- Alexis Vastine, French boxer
- Vladimir Vasyutin, soviet cosmonaut
- Jim Varney, American actor, comedian, and writer
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, American guitarist
- Mariska Veres, Dutch singer
- Marieke Vervoort, Belgian wheelchair racer
- Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer
- Sid Vicious, English musician
- Martha Vickers, American actress
- Hervé Villechaize, French actor
- María de Villota, Spanish racing driver
- Dennis Viollet, English footballer
- Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast
- Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut
- Vladimir Vysotsky, Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor
W
[edit]- Warrior, American professional wrestler
- Joseph A. Walker, American astronaut
- Paul Walker, American actor
- Robert Walker, American actor
- J. T. Walsh, American actor
- Little Walter, American blues musician, singer, and songwriter
- Andy Warhol, American artist, director, writer
- Dinah Washington, African-American jazz/blues singer
- Grover Washington Jr., American saxophonist
- Robert Webber, American actor
- Scott Weiland, American singer and musician
- Junior Wells, American harmonica player
- Mary Wells, American singer
- Dottie West, American singer
- Pernell Whitaker, American professional boxer
- Ed White, American astronaut
- Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor
- Clifton Williams, American astronaut
- Darrent Williams, American football player
- Guy Williams, American actor
- Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and musician
- Michael K. Williams, American actor
- Robin Williams, American actor and comedian
- Wesley Willis, American musician
- August Wilson, American playwright
- Carl Wilson, American musician, singer, and songwriter
- Dennis Wilson, American drummer
- Flip Wilson, American comedian and actor
- Jackie Wilson, American soul singer and performer
- Ricky Wilson, American musician
- Yvette Wilson, American actress and comedian
- Gary Winick, American filmmaker
- Amy Winehouse, English singer and songwriter
- Paul Winfield, American actor
- Natalie Wood, American actress
- Ben Woolf, American actor
- Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer and keyboardist
- Richard Wright, English keyboardist
- Juice Wrld, American rapper, singer, and songwriter
- Elizabeth Wurtzel, American writer and journalist
X
[edit]- Malcolm X, African-American civil rights activist
- XXXTentacion, American rapper, singer, and songwriter
Y
[edit]- Yokozuna, American professional wrestler
- Adam Yauch, American rapper and musician
- Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor
- Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer
- Dick York, American actor
- Lester Young, American jazz saxophonist
- Lee Thompson Young, American actor
Z
[edit]- Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Spanish novelist
- Townes Van Zandt, American folk singer
- Ronnie Van Zant, American musician
- Frank Zappa, American guitarist and composer
- Igor Zhelezovski, Belarusian speed skater