2000 deaths

American sailor

American bassist (1947-2000)

Canadian chemist (1920–2000)

Polish historian (1922–2000)

American actor (1976-2000)

Croatian actress (1960–2000)

American writer (1913–2000)

Mozambican journalist (1951-2000)

South Korean poet (1915–2000)

Brazilian footballer and manager (1922–2000)

Estonian poet and publicist, working in Sweden (1921-2000)

Saudi musician (1940–2000)

American racecar driver (1923-2000)

Cuban poet (1932–2000)

Franco-Bourbon Royal (1937–2000)

Indian activist

Syrian Prime Minister (1938-2000)

German artist and photographer (1912–2000)

English footballer (1922-2000)

Soviet water polo player (1927–2000)

Mexican professional wrestler and actor (1922-2000)

American actress (1926-2000)

Costa Rican writer and politician (1918-2000)

Mexican writer and activist (1947-2000)

mountain climber (1928–2000)

Kurdish Islamic activist

British jazz musician (1940–2000)

Cameroonian politician

American composer and music producer (1922-2000)

Indian writer (1922–2000)

composer and academic (1916–2000)

Olympic sport shooter (1918-2000)

Euro-Indigenous Latino American character actor (1928–2000)

Romanian newspaper editor and politician (1917–2000)

American writer (1937–2000)

Patriarch of Jerusalem (1923-2000)

Premier of Taiwan (1914-2000)

American sailor

United States Army Chief of Staff

Jewish American politician (1911-2000)

American botanist (1920-2000)

Persian military officer (1918–2000)

Cricket player of England. (1932-2000)

Danish artist (1932-2000)

Austrian author and painter (1897-2000)

French film producer (1917–2000)

American government official (1922-2000)

human rights activist (1925–2000)

South African activist and author

Finnish actor (1912-2000)

Soviet rower

actress (1916-2000)

Japanese professional wrestler (1951-2000)

Dominican Republic writer (1913-2000)

American playwright and screenwriter (1912–2000)

Mexican rumbera and actress (1921–2000)

bobsledder (1919–2000)

Swedish physicist (1916-2000)

Japanese artist (1895-2000)

Indian actress (1906-2000)