- January 23
- Death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (born 1924). [1233]
- January 30
- Death of Zhelyu Zhelev, 1st President of Bulgaria (born 1935). [1233]
- January 31
- Death of Richard von Weizsäcker, President of Germany (born 1920). [1233]
- March 20
- Death of Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1930). [1233]
- March 23
- Death of Lee Kuan Yew, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (born 1923). [1233]
- April 15
- Death of Surya Bahadur Thapa, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1928). [1233]
- April 16
- Death of Stanislav Gross, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (born 1969). [1233]
- May 2
- Death of Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress (born 1925). [1233]
- May 9
- Death of Kenan Evren, Turkish military officer, 7th President of Turkey (born 1917). [1233]
- May 10
- Death of Chris Burden, American artist (born 1946). [1233]
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- May 18
- Death of Halldór Ásgrímsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1947). [1233]
- May 21
- Death of Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (born 1969). [1233]
- May 23
- Death of John Forbes Nash Jr. at age 86; American mathematician, Nobel Prize winner (born 1928). [1233] [1235.90]
- May 25
- Death of Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer (born 1940). [1233]
- May 26
- Death of Vicente Aranda, Spanish film director (born 1926). [1233]
- May 29
- Death of Henry Carr, American sprinter (born 1941). [1233]
- Death of Doris Hart, American tennis player (born 1925). [1233]
- June 1
- Death of Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican politician, sixth President of Dominica (born 1934). [1233]
- June 2
- Death of Irwin Rose, American Nobel biochemist (born 1926). [1233]
- June 15
- Death of Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman (born 1917). [1233]
- June 16
- Death of Charles Correa, Indian architect (born 1930). [1233]
- June 17
- Death of Süleyman Demirel, Turkish politician, ninth President of Turkey (born 1924). [1233]
- Death of Roberto M. Levingston, Argentine general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (born 1920). [1233]
- June 26
- Death of Yevgeny Primakov, Russian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999 (born 1929). [1233]
- July 1
- Death of Sir Nicholas Winton, age 106; British rescuer of 669 children from Czechoslovakia 1938-39. [1233] [1238.82]
- July 2
- Death of Jacobo Zabludovsky, age 87; for about 50 years was Mexico TV newscaster for Televisa. [1238.37]
- July 14
- Death of Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Hungarian fencer (born 1951). [1233]
- July 16
- Death of Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan footballer (born 1926). [1233]
- July 17
- Death of Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (born 1989). [1233]
- July 19
- Death of Galina Prozumenshchikova, Soviet swimmer (born 1948). [1233]
- July 21
- Death of E. L. Doctorow, American author (born 1931). [1233]
- July 27
- Death of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian scientist and politician, 11th President of India (born 1931). [1233]
- July 28
- Death of Edward Natapei, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (born 1954). [1233]
- July 30
- Death of Alena Vrzánová, Czech figure skater (born 1931). [1233]
- July 31
- Death of Roddy Piper, Canadian wrestler (born 1954). [1233]
- August 3
- Death of Robert Conquest, British-born American historian (born 1917). [1233]
- August 9
- Death of John Henry Holland, American computer scientist (born 1929). [1233]
- August 11
- Death of Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer (born 1941). [1233]
- August 22
- Death of Eric Thompson, English racing driver (born 1919). [1233]
- August 23
- Death of Guy Ligier, French racing driver and team owner (born 1930). [1233]
- August 24
- Death of Justin Wilson, British racing driver (born 1978). [1233]
- August 29
- Death of Wayne Dyer, American author and motivational speaker (born 1940). [1233]
- August 30
- Death of Wes Craven, American film director and writer (born 1939). [1233]
- Death of Oliver Sacks, British-American neurologist and writer (born 1933). [1233]
- September 3
- Death of Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Nepalese dwarf, world's shortest man (born 1939). [1233]
- September 12
- Death of Ron Springett, British footballer (born 1935). [1233]
- September 13
- Death of Moses Malone, American basketball player (born 1955). [1233]
- September 17
- Death of Dettmar Cramer, German football coach (born 1925). [1233]
- September 22
- Death of Yogi Berra, American baseball player (born 1925). [1233]
- September 23
- Death of Dragan Holcer, Croatian footballer (born 1945). [1233]
- September 27
- Death of John Guillermin, British film director and producer (born 1925). [1233]
- September 28
- Death of Ignacio Zoco, Spanish footballer (born 1939). [1233]
- October 5
- Death of Chantal Akerman, Belgian filmmaker (born 1950). [1233]
- October 6
- Death of Árpád Göncz, Hungarian politician, President of Hungary (born 1922). [1233]
- October 7
- Death of Dominique Dropsy, French footballer (born 1951). [1233]
- Death of Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (born 1927). [1233]
- Death of Jurelang Zedkaia, Fifth President of the Marshall Islands (born 1950). [1233]
- October 10
- Death of Richard F. Heck, American chemist (born 1931). [1233]
- October 14
- Death of Mathieu Kérékou, Fifth President of Benin (born 1933). [1233]
- October 17
- Death of Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (born 1946). [1233]
- October 23
- Death of Paride Tumburus, Italian footballer (born 1939). [1233]
- October 25
- Death of Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (born 1955). [1233]
- October 26
- Death of Leo Kadanoff, American physicist (born 1937). [1233]
- October 30
- Death of Sinan Samil Sam, Turkish boxer (born 1974). [1233]
- October 31
- Death of Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater (born 1938). [1233]
- November 4
- Death of René Girard, French-American historian (born 1923). [1233]
- Death of Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter (born 1950). [1233]
- November 7
- Death of Yitzhak Navon, Israeli politician, President of Israel (born 1921). [1233]
- November 10
- Death of Helmut Schmidt, German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (born 1918). [1233]
- November 12
- Death of Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (born 1983). [1233]
- November 18
- Death of Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union player (born 1975). [1233]
- Death of Mal Whitfield, American Olympic athlete (born 1924). [1233]
- November 20
- Death of Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1953). [1233]
- November 21
- Death of Bob Foster, American boxer (born 1938). [1233]
- Death of Linda Haglund, Swedish sprinter (born 1956). [1233]
- November 22
- Death of Kim Young-sam, South Korean politician, President of South Korea (born 1927). [1233]
- November 23
- Death of Douglass North, American economist (born 1920). [1233]
- November 28
- Death of Gerry Byrne, English footballer (born 1938). [1233]
- November 30
- Death of Eldar Ryazanov, Russian film director (born 1927). [1233]
- December 1
- Death of Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (born 1930). [1233]
- December 4
- Death of Erik De Vlaeminck, Belgian professional cyclist (born 1945). [1233]
- December 5
- Death of Dimitar Iliev Popov, 41st Prime Minister of Bulgaria (born 1927). [1233]
- December 8
- Death of Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer (born 1936). [1233]
- December 10
- Death of Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (born 1989). [1233]
- Death of Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (born 1928). [1233]
- December 13
- Death of Benedict Anderson, American academic (born 1936). [1233]
- December 19
- Death of Jimmy Hill, English footballer and television presenter (born 1928). [1233]
- December 23
- Death of Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist (born 1941). [1233]
- Death of Don Howe, English footballer (born 1935). [1233]
- Death of Bülent Ulusu, Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1923). [1233]
- December 27
- Death of Stein Eriksen, Norwegian alpine skier, Olympic champion (born 1927). [1233]
- Death of Ellsworth Kelly, American artist (born 1923). [1233]
- Death of Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer and film director (born 1922). [1233]
- December 28
- Death of Eloy Inos, American politician, Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (born 1949). [1233]
- Death of Ian Kilmister AKA Lemmy at age 70; British singer and bass guitarist (Motörhead) (born 1945). [1233] [1240]
- Death of Ian Murdock, German-American software programmer (born 1973). [1233]
- December 29
- Death of Elzbieta Krzesinska, Polish athlete (born 1934). [1233]
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