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 [ edit ]

Aaliyah , American singer, actress and model
Avicii , Swedish DJ, remixer, record producer, musician, and songwriter
Andre the Giant , French professional wrestler
Douglas Adams , English author
Nick Adams , American actor
Stuart Adamson , Scottish singer and guitarist
Bjorn 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 America , Argentine singer and actor
Fabrizio De Andre , 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 Armendariz , 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 Benitez , 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
Jozsef 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 Clementi , 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
Kre?imir ?osi? , 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
Ludvik Dan?k , 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
Fernandao , 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
Miklos Feher , 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 Gardestad , 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 Gonzalez , 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
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 [ 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 Kamakawiwo?ole , 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
Sandor Kocsis , Hungarian footballer
Toshihiko Koga , Japanese judoka
Władysław Komar , Polish athlete
Vladimir Komarov , Soviet cosmonaut
Sylva Koscina , Yugoslav-born Italian actress
Jerzy Kosi?ski , Polish-American novelist
Zlatko Kranj?ar , Croatian footballer and manager
Sylvia Kristel , Dutch actress
Anita Kulcsar , Hungarian handball player
Kishore Kumar , Indian actor and playback singer
Meena Kumari , Indian actress and poet
Janusz Kusoci?ski , Polish athlete
Josip Ku?e , 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 Lorant , 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 Muller , 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 Nykanen , 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 Pena , 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
Dra?en Petrovi? , 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
Franti?ek 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
Jose 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

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Selena , Mexican-born American singer
Socrates , 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
Cleber 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
Teofilo 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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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
Francois Truffaut , French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, film critic
Tom Tryon , American actor and novelist
K?kichi Tsuburaya , Japanese athlete
Ivan Turina , Croatian footballer
Conway Twitty , American musician
James Michael Tyler , American actor
Judy Tyler , American actress