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In the year 2007
856 Notable deaths
Jaan Kross
Estonian writer (1920–2007).
Born February 19th, 1920 in Tallinn.
Died December 27th, 2007 at 87 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Jörg Immendorff
German artist (1945–2007).
Born June 14th, 1945 in Bleckede.
Died May 28th, 2007 at 61 years old in Düsseldorf (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Barış Akarsu
Turkish musician (1979–2007).
Born June 29th, 1979 in Zonguldak.
Died July 4th, 2007 at 28 years old in Bodrum (traffic collision). [ref]
Ernesto Alonso
Mexican film producer and telenovela creator (1917–2007).
Born February 28th, 1917 in Aguascalientes City.
Died August 7th, 2007 at 90 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
F. Albert Cotton
American chemist (1930-2007).
Born April 9th, 1930 in Philadelphia.
Died February 20th, 2007 at 76 years old in College Station. [ref]
Jupp Derwall
German association football player and manager (1927–2007).
Born March 10th, 1927 in Würselen.
Died June 26th, 2007 at 80 years old in Sankt Ingbert (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Murat Nasyrov
Russian singer (1969-2007).
Born December 13th, 1969 in Almaty.
Died January 19th, 2007 at 37 years old in Moscow (falling).
Adelaide Tambo
South african politician (1929-2007).
Born July 18th, 1929 in Vereeniging.
Died January 31st, 2007 at 77 years old in Johannesburg.
Kai Siegbahn
Swedish physicist (1918–2007).
Born April 20th, 1918 in Lund.
Died July 20th, 2007 at 89 years old in Ängelholm.
Luis Herrera Campins
President of venezuela (1925-2007).
Born May 4th, 1925 in Acarigua.
Died November 9th, 2007 at 82 years old in Caracas. [ref]
Nicolae Dobrin
Romanian footballer (1947-2007).
Born August 26th, 1947 in Pitești.
Died October 26th, 2007 at 60 years old in Pitești (lung cancer). [ref]
Bernard L. Kowalski
Director (1929-2007).
Born August 2nd, 1929 in Brownsville.
Died October 26th, 2007 at 78 years old in Los Angeles.
Bradford Washburn
American explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer (1910–2007).
Born June 7th, 1910 in Cambridge.
Died January 10th, 2007 at 96 years old in Lexington. [ref]
Eugen Weber
American historian (1925-2007).
Born April 24th, 1925 in Bucharest.
Died May 17th, 2007 at 82 years old in Los Angeles, Brentwood (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Herb McKenley
Jamaican sprinter (1922–2007).
Born July 10th, 1922 in Clarendon Parish.
Died November 26th, 2007 at 85 years old in Kingston. [ref]
Cyprian Ekwensi
Nigerian author (1921-2007).
Born September 26th, 1921 in Minna.
Died November 4th, 2007 at 86 years old in Enugu. [ref]
Dusty Anderson
American actress (1918-2007).
Born December 17th, 1916 in Toledo. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2007 at 90 years old in Marbella.
Dakota Staton
American jazz vocalist (1930-2007).
Born June 3rd, 1930 in Pittsburgh.
Died April 10th, 2007 at 76 years old in New York City. [ref]
John Szarkowski
American curator (1925–2007).
Born December 18th, 1925 in Ashland.
Died July 7th, 2007 at 81 years old in Pittsfield (stroke). [ref]
June Almeida
British virologist.
Born October 5th, 1930 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died December 1st, 2007 at 77 years old in Bexhill-on-Sea (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Conchita Montenegro
Spanish actress, dancer, singer.
Born September 11th, 1911 in San Sebastián.
Died April 26th, 2007 at 95 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
American historian.
Born May 28th, 1941 in Boston.
Died January 2nd, 2007 at 65 years old in Atlanta.
Thomas F. Torrance
Protestant theologian (1913–2007).
Born August 30th, 1913 in Chengdu.
Died December 2nd, 2007 at 94 years old in Edinburgh.
Ryan Shay
Us long distance runner (1979–2007).
Born May 4th, 1979 in Ypsilanti.
Died November 3rd, 2007 at 28 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
George Tabori
Hungarian writer and theatre director (1914–2007).
Born May 24th, 1914 in Budapest.
Died July 23rd, 2007 at 93 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Deaths 351 to 375 of 856
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson