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Obituaries
From time to time, people pass away. This is a list of obituary posts that have been made to Metafilter in alphabetical order by last name. Date listed is when the post was made, not date of death.
A
- Nick Adenhart (April 9, 2009)
- Yasmin Ahmad (July 25, 2009)
- Khalil al-Zahawi (May 29, 2007)
- Captain Lou Albano (October 14, 2009)
- Eddie Albert (May 28, 2005)
- Al Alberts (November 27, 2009)
- Dede Allen (April 19, 2010)
- Fred Anderson (June 26, 2010)
- George "Sparky" Anderson (November 4, 2010)
- Michelangelo Antonioni (July 31, 2007)
- Richard Aoki March 20, 2009)
- Yasser Arafat (November 11, 2004)
- Vladimir Igorevich Arnol'd (June 11, 2010)
- Giovanni Arrighi (June 27, 2009)
- Bea Arthur (April 25, 2009)
- Ron Asheton (January 6, 2009)
- Neil Aspinall (March 26, 2008)
- Chris Al-Aswad (July 29, 2010)
- James Atkinson and Rob Gauntlett (January 13, 2009)
- Rudy Autio (June 22, 2007)
- Richard Avedon (October 1, 2004)
B
- Sri Sathya Sai Baba (April 25, 2011)
- John Bachar (July 7, 2009)
- Harold Sherwood Bachman (October 6, 2005)
- John W. Backus (March 19, 2007)
- Ed Bacon (October 16, 2006)
- Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner (July 21, 2007)
- Jhonn Balance (November 15, 2004)
- Carl Ballantine (November 9, 2009)
- Anne Bancroft (June 7, 2005)
- Joe Barbera (December 18, 2006)
- Ronnie Barker (October 4, 2005)
- Sally Baron (August 22, 2003)
- Syd Barrett (July 11, 2006)
- John Barry (July 25, 2009)
- Ol' Dirty Bastard (real name: Russell Tyrone Jones) (November 13, 2004)
- Pina Bausch (July 1, 2009)
- Jeremy Beadle (January 31, 2008)
- Harry Beckett (July 23, 2010)
- Samuel Beckett (February 26, 2006)
- Captain Beefheart (real name: Don Van Vliet) (December 17, 2010)
- Saul Bellow (April 5, 2005)
- Peter Benchley (February 12, 2006)
- Paul Benedict (December 5, 2008)
- Jay Bennett (May 25, 2009)
- Chris "Wild Pegasus" / "The Dyname Kid" Benoit (June 25, 2007)
- Stan Berenstain (November 28, 2005)
- Jerry Berns (December 23, 2006)
- Fred "Rerun" Berry (October 22, 2003)
- Thomas Berry (June 22, 2009)
- Michael Bhatia (May 10, 2008)
- Michael Billington (June 10, 2005)
- Ed Bishop (June 10, 2005)
- Osama Bin Laden (May 1, 2011)
- Terry Black (July 1, 2009)
- Michael Blodgett (December 6, 2007)
- Dave Blood (March 11, 2004)
- Brother Blue (November 6, 2009)
- Murray Bookchin (July 31, 2006)
- Louise Bourgeois (May 10, 2010)
- Peter Boyle (December 13, 2006)
- Ed Bradley (November 9, 2006)
- Marlon Brando (July 2, 2004)
- Carl Brashear (July 27, 2006)
- John Brattain (March 26, 2009)
- Eric M.C. Breed (November 23, 2008)
- Pam Bricker (February 23, 2005)
- David Brinkley (June 12, 2003)
- Peter Brock (September 8, 2006)
- James Brown (December 25, 2006)
- Oscar Brown, Jr. (May 31, 2005)
- David Brudnoy (December 9, 2004)
- Dennis Brutus (December 28, 2009)
- William F. Buckley, Jr. (February 27, 2008)
- Martha "Sunny" von Bulow (December 7, 2008)
- Kir Bulychev (August 27, 2003)
- Solomon Burke (October 10, 2010)
- Wellington R. Burt (May 10. 2011)
- Octavia E. Butler (February 26, 2006)
- Red Buttons (Real name: Aaron Chwatt) (July 13, 2006)
- Robert Byrd (June 28, 2010)
C
- John Callahan (July 25, 2010)
- Northern Calloway (December 12, 2011)
- David Caminer (July 8, 2008)
- Ken Campbell (September 1, 2008)
- George Carlin (June 23, 2008)
- David Carradine (June 4, 2009)
- Jim Carroll (September 13, 2009)
- Hayden Carruth (September 30, 2008)
- Dixie Carter (April 11, 2010)
- Henri Cartier Bresson (There was a second post for Mr. Cartier Bresson) (Both posts: August 4, 2004)
- Johnny Cash (September 12, 2003)
- Eva Marie Cassidy (June 18, 2010)
- Ben Chapman (February 22, 2008)
- Ray Charles (real name: Ray Charles Robinson) (June 10, 2004)
- Vic Chesnutt (December 25, 2009)
- Chris Chester (October 25, 2007)
- Julia Child (August 13, 2004)
- Alex Chilton (March 17, 2010)
- Shirley Chisholm (January 3, 2005)
- Claude Stanley Choules (May 5, 2011)
- Steve Cisler (May 29, 2008)
- Liam Clancy (December 6, 2009)
- Bob Clark (April 4, 2007)
- Arthur C. Clarke (March 18, 2009)
- Art Clokey (January 9, 2010)
- Eddie Clontz (February 20, 2004)
- Kurt Cobain (April 5, 2004)
- Johnny Cochran (March 29, 2005)
- David Cockrum (November 26, 2006)
- William Sloan Coffin (April 13, 2006)
- Sam Cohen (Dec 2, 2010)
- Lyn Collins (March 17, 2005)
- Alistair Cooke (March 30, 2004)
- Sir Henry Cooper (May 2, 2011)
- Nicholas Courtney (February 22, 2011)
- Michael Crichton (November 5, 2008)
- Francis Crick (July 29, 2004)
- Louis Crompton (July 20, 2009)
- Graham Crowden (October 30, 2010)
- James Crumley (September 25, 2008)
- Robert Culp (May 25, 2010)
- Ivor Cutler (March 6, 2006)
- Tony Curtis (September 30, 2010)
D
- Angelo D'Arrigo (March 26, 2006)
- Adi Da (December 29, 2008)
- Sid Davis (November 6, 2006)
- Didier Dagueneau (September 17, 2008)
- Mark Dailey (December 6, 2010)
- Mary Daly (January 4, 2010)
- Serge Daney (December 13, 2010)
- Rodney Dangerfield (October 5, 2004)
- Alan Dargin (February 28, 2008)
- Corrine Day (September 1, 2010)
- Millvina Dean (May 31, 2009)
- Yvonne Decarlo (January 10, 2007)
- Bob Denver (September 6, 2005)
- Dom Deluise (May 5, 2009)
- Jacques Derrida (October 9, 2004)
- Georges "The Grand-Père of Vimy" Devloo (February 10, 2009)
- Willy DeVille (aka William Dorsay) (August 6, 2009)
- Jim Dickinson (August 15, 2009)
- Ronnie James Dio (May 16, 2010)
- Roy E. Disney (December 16, 2009)
- Lou Dorfsman (October 26, 2008)
- Desmond Doss (March 27, 2006)
- Mike Douglas (August 11, 2006)
- Reverend Robert F. Drinan (January 29, 2007)
- Theresa Duncan (July 21, 2007)
- Nicholas Ryan Dunne (August 13, 2007)
- Dominick Dunne (August 27, 2009)
- Floyd Dominy (April 25, 2010)
- Alan Dundes (April 1, 2005)
- Doris "Tanta" Dungey (December 1, 2008)
- Richard Dunn (June 4, 2010)
- Brian Duffy (June 5, 2010)
- Slim Dusty (real name: David Gordon Kirkpatrick) (September 19, 2003)
- Andrea Dworkin (April 11, 2005)
E
- Buddy Ebsen (July 8, 2003)
- David Eddings (June 7, 2009)
- Marek Edelman (October 3, 2009)
- Blake Edwards (December 16, 2010)
- Elizabeth Edwards (December 7, 2010)
- Thomas Eisner (May 6, 2011)
- Will Eisner (January 4, 2005)
- Keith Elam (April 20, 2010)
- Martin Elliot (April 3, 2010)
- Robert Enke (November 11, 2009)
- Ahmet Ertegun (December 15, 2006)
- Jaime Escalante (March 31, 2010)
- John Etheridge (December 6, 2008)
- Bruce Evanick (December 12, 2007)
F
- Robert Fagles (March 30, 2008)
- Oriana Fallaci (September 15, 2006)
- Charles Fawcett (February 13, 2008)
- Farrah Fawcett (June 25, 2009)
- W. Mark "Deep Throat" Felt (December 19, 2008)
- Craig Ferguson's father (February 4, 2005)
- Maynard Ferguson (August 25, 2006)
- Nello Ferrara (February 8, 2012)
- Luc Ferrari (August 25, 2005)
- Geraldine Ferraro (March 26, 2011)
- Doug Fieger (February 15, 2010)
- Eddie Fisher (September 24, 2010)
- Anthony Flew (April 17, 2010)
- Florence Green (February 7, 2012)
- Dan Fogelberg (December 16, 2007)
- President Gerald Ford (December 27, 2006)
- Glenn Ford (August 31, 2006)
- Alison Des Forges (February 13, 2009)
- James "Jimmy" Forsyth (July 14, 2009)
- Dick Francis (February 14, 2010)
- Helen Frankenthaler (December 27, 2011)
- John Hope Franklin (March 25, 2009)
- Frank Frazetta (May 10, 2010)
- Alan "Fluff" Freeman (November 28, 2006)
- Milton Friedman (November 16, 2006)
- Bernie Fuchs (September 22, 2009)
- Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs (November 8, 2009)
- Millard Fuller (February 3, 2009)
G
- John Kenneth Galbraith (April 30, 2006)
- Bill Gallo (May 11, 2011)
- Ernst and Joseph Gallo (March 6, 2007)
- James Gammon (July 18, 2010)
- Rob Gauntlett and James Atkinson (January 13, 2009)
- Joseph Gavin, Jr. (November 4, 2010)
- Bingo Gazingo (January 11, 2010)
- Clifford Geertz (October 31, 2006)
- David Gemmell (July 28, 2006)
- Gerard "Jerry Gerard" Damiano (October 30, 2008)
- Armin Gessert (November 10, 2009)
- Alice Ghostley (September 22, 2007)
- Miep Gies (January 11, 2010)
- Charlie Gillett (March 19, 2010)
- Dick Giordano (May 2, 2010)
- Gus Giordano (March 12, 2008)
- Carlo Maria Giulini (June 16, 2005)
- Paul Gleason (May 29, 2006)
- Larry "Commander" Glick (March 27, 2009)
- Olivia Goldsmith (January 17, 2004)
- Adam Goldstein (August 28, 2009)
- Henryk Górecki (November 12, 2010)
- Henry Granju (March 1, 2011)
- Spaulding Gray (March 8, 2004)
- Elle Greenwich (August 26, 2009)
- Merv Griffin (August 12, 2007)
- Alain Robbe-Grillet (February 18, 2008)
- Laura Mae Gross (October 6, 2009)
- Eddie "Latino Heat" Guerrero (November 13, 2005)
- Thom Gunn (April 28, 2004)
- Gary Gygax (March 4, 2008)
H
- George "The Doctor" Habash (January 27, 2008)
- Colonel David Hackworth (May 26, 2005)
- Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. (February 20, 2010)
- Corey Haim (March 10, 2010)
- David Halberstam (April 23, 2007)
- Lawrence Halprin (October 27, 2009)
- Barry Hannah (March 2, 2010)
- Leslie Harpold (December 12, 2006)
- Captain Phil Harris (February 10, 2010)
- Johnny Hart (April 8, 2007)
- Pro Hart (March 27, 2006)
- Ernie Harwell (May 4, 2010)
- John Haugeland (June 23, 2010)
- Charles Haughey (June 13, 2006)
- Knut Haugland (January 7, 2010)
- Nicholas Hayek (June 28, 2010)
- Isaac Hayes (August 10, 2008)
- Ronnie Hazlehurst (October 3, 2007)
- Lee Hazlewood (August 6, 2007)
- Jeff Healey (March 3, 2008)
- Theodore Roosevelt Heller (October 13, 2006)
- Warren Hellman (December 19, 2011)
- Don Helms (October 7, 2008)
- Jesse Helms (July 4, 2008)
- Katharine Hepburn (June 29, 2003)
- Don "Mr. Wizard" Herbert (June 12, 2007)
- Charlton Heston (April 6, 2008)
- Don Hewitt (August 19,2009)
- Raul Hilberg (August 7, 2007)
- Hugh "Brother Blue" Hill (November 6, 2009)
- Don Ho (April 14, 2007)
- James P. Hogan (July 13, 2010)
- Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (December 14, 2010)
- Robert Holdstock (November 30, 2009)
- Bill Holm (February 26, 2009)
- Dr. Benjamin Hooks (April 15, 2010)
- Bob Hope (July 28, 2003)
- Dennis Hopper (May 29, 2010)
- Lena Horne (May 10, 2010)
- Richard and Mandy Horne (January 11, 2007)
- Gladys Horton (January 27, 2011)
- Roland S. Howard (December 30, 2009)
- John Hughes (August 6, 2009)
- Stephen Huneck (January 9, 2010)
- Samuel Phillip Huntington (December 27, 2008)
I
- Vernon Ingram (September 10, 2006)
- John Inman (March 19, 2007)
- Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin (September 4, 2006)
- Gregory Isaacs (October 23, 2010)
J
- Jane Jacobs (April 25, 2006)
- Rick James (August 6, 2004)
- Maurice Jarre (March 30, 2009)
- Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson (July 11, 2007)
- Jim Jones (February 20, 2008)
- Pirkle Jones (March 24, 2009)
- Horace Freeland Judson (May 12, 2011)
- Tony Judt (August 7, 2010)
- Seba "Nujabes" Jun )(April 3, 2010)
K
- Lech Kaczyński (Polish air tragedy on April 10, 2010)
- Israel "Brudda Iz" Kamakawiwoʻole (June 9, 2010)
- Kihachir Kawamoto (September 22, 2010)
- Elaine Kaufman (December 3, 2010)
- Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan (January 23, 2004)
- Alton Kelley (June 2, 2008)
- George Frost Kennan (March 19, 2005)
- Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy (August 29, 2009)
- Sir Lodovic Kennedy (October 20,2009)
- Frank Kermode (October 11, 2010)
- James Kim (December 6, 2006)
- Shek Kin (June 4, 2009)
- Coretta Scott King (January 31, 2006)
- Bruno Kirby (August 15, 2006)
- Basil Kirchin (July 1, 2005)
- Irvin Kirschner (November 29, 2010)
- Eartha Kitt (December 25, 2009)
- Philip Klass (August 16, 2005)
- "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow (January 8, 2007)
- Don Knotts (February 25, 2006)
- Leszek Kolakowski (July 22, 2009)
- Satoshi Kon (August 24, 2010)
- Fred Korematsu (April 1, 2005)
- Harvey Korman (May 29, 2008)
- U. G. Krishnamurti (April 1, 2007)
- Tuli Kupferberg (July 12, 2010)
L
- Madeleine L'Engle (September 7, 2007)
- Verity Lambert (November 23, 2007)
- Jay Landesman February 27, 2011)
- Prime Minister David Lange (August 14, 2005)
- Sid Laverents (May 17, 2009)
- John Phillip Law (May 15, 2008)
- Roxie C. Laybourne (March 14, 2011)
- Heath Ledger (January 22, 2008)
- Arthur Lee (August 3, 2006)
- Bruce Lee (July 21, 2003)
- Stanislaw Lem (March 27, 2006)
- Barry Letts (October 9, 2009)
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (November 3, 2009)
- Jack Levine (November 9, 2010)
- Edna Lewis (February 14, 2006)
- Frank W. Lewis (December 5, 2010)
- Eric Lieber (July 7, 2008)
- Chris Lightfoot (February 11, 2008)
- Abbey Lincoln (August 14, 2010)
- Mark Linkous (March 17, 2010)
- Wendell Logan (June 21, 2010)
- Israel "Cachao" Lopez (March 23, 2008)
- Sheila Lukins (August 31, 2009)
- Arthur Lydiard (December 13, 2004)
M
- Earl Ma (June 12, 2007)
- Frederica Sagor Maas (January 8, 2012)
- Bernie Mac (August 9, 2008)
- Heather MacAllister (February 15, 2007)
- Christine Maggiore (January 5, 2009)
- Mahrishi Mahesh (Yogi) (February 5, 2008)
- Naguib Mahfouz (August 30, 2006)
- Miriam Makeba (November 10, 2009)
- Benoit Mandelbrot (October 16, 2010)
- Wilma Mankiller (April 6, 2010)
- Marcel Marceau (September 23, 2007)
- David Markson (June 6, 2010)
- Jim Marshall (March 25, 2010)
- Alberta Martin (May 31, 2004)
- Del Martin (August 27, 2008)
- John Martyn (January 29, 2009)
- Hugh Massingberd (December 30, 2007)
- Bob Matsui (January 2, 2005)
- Bernard Matthews (November 26, 2010)
- Billy Mays (June 28, 2009)
- Robert McCall (March 1, 2010)
- Dora McDonald
- John McGeogh (March 10, 2004)
- Malcolm McLaren (April 8, 2010)
- Grant McLennan (May 8, 2006)
- Ed McMahon (June 23, 2009)
- Robert S. McNamara (July 6, 2009)
- Alexander McQueen (February 11, 2010)
- Colin McRae (September 15, 2007)
- Russ Meyer (September 22, 2004)
- Jude "St. Jude" Milhon (July 22, 2003)
- Arthur Miller (February 11, 2005)
- Derek Miller (May 4, 2011)
- Taylor Mitchell (October 29, 2009)
- Willie Mitchell (January 6, 2010)
- Henry G. "H.M." Molaison (December 3, 2008)
- Freya von Molte (January 5, 2010)
- Ricardo Montalban (January 14, 2009)
- Gary Moore (February 6, 2011)
- Rudy Ray "Dolemite" Moore (October 20, 2008)
- Enrique Morente (December 13, 2010)
- Kevin Morrissey (August 2, 2010)
- Barry Morse (February 5, 2008)
- Margaret Moth (March 23, 2010)
- Constance Baker Motley (September 29, 2005)
- Brittany Murphy (December 20, 2009)
- Elizabeth Murray (August 17, 2007)
N
- Erik Naggum (June 21, 2009)
- Eileen Nearne (September 15, 2010)
- Nate Neilson (April 14, 2010)
- David Nelson (January 12, 2011)
- Rev. Richard John Neuhaus (January 8, 2009)
- Paul Newman (September 27, 2008)
- Dave Niehaus (November 10, 2010)
- Dr. Jerri Nielson (June 24, 2009)
- Leslie Nielsen (November 28, 2010)
- Mana "China" Nishiura (November 6, 2005)
- Saparmurat "Father of the Turkmen" Niyazov (December 21, 2006)
- Christopher Nolan (March 2, 2009)
- Sven Nykvist (September 22, 2006)
O
- Dan O'Bannon (December 22, 2009)
- Lucy O'Donnell (September 29, 2009)
- Dianne Odell (May 28, 2008)
- Odetta (December 3, 2008)
- John C. Odom (March 5, 2009)
- Ken Olsen (February 8, 2011)
- Merlin Olsen (March 12, 2010)
- Jerry Orbach (December 29, 2004)
- Sir William Ormerod, CBE (December 23, 2008)
- Peter Orlovsky (June 2, 2010)
- Elinor Ostrom (June 12, 2012)
P
- Betty Page (December 12, 2008)
- Jack Palance (November 10, 2006)
- Grace Paley (August 23, 2007)
- Earl Palmer (September 28, 2008)
- Robert Palmer (September 26, 2003)
- Robert B. Parker (January 19, 2010)
- James "Jock" Paull (May 11, 2008)
- Les Paul (August 13, 2009)
- Milorad Pavic December 20, 2009)
- Luciano Pavarotti (September 6, 2007)
- William David "Poppa Neutrino" Pearlman (January 26, 2011)
- Kim Peek (December 22, 2009)
- Alfred Peet (September 12, 2007)
- Harvey Pekar (July 12, 2010)
- Teddy Pendergrass (January 14, 2010)
- Arthur Penn (September 29, 2010)
- Irving Penn (October 7, 2009)
- Stephen Perry (May 24, 2010)
- Fernando Pessoa (September 12, 2003)
- Bruce Peterson (May 4, 2006)
- Oscar Peterson (December 24, 2007)
- Sam Phillips (July 31, 2003)
- U. Utah Phillips (May 24, 2008)
- Wilson Pickett (January 19, 2006)
- Michael Piller (November 2, 2006)
- Antonio Pineda (December 21, 2009)
- General Augusto Pinochet (December 10, 2006)
- Harold Pinter (December 25, 2008)
- George Plimpton (September 26, 2003)
- Princesse Ghislaine de Polignac (February 5, 2011)
- Polish air tragedy (April 10, 2010)
- Sigmar Polke (June 11, 2010)
- Dorothy Porter (December 11, 2008)
- Harry Potter (March 3, 2004)
- Lord Michael Pratt (September 12, 2007)
- Thomas Austin Preston Jr, aka Amarillo Slim (May 1, 2012)
- Robin Prosser (October 29, 2007)
- George Putnam (September 13, 2008)
Q
- Peter Quaife (June 25, 2010)
- Paul Quarrington (January 21, 2010)
- Robert Quine (June 7, 2004)
R
- Gerry Rafferty (January 4, 2011)
- Joe Ranft (August 17, 2005)
- Ariel Ramirez (February 19, 2010)
- Thurl Ravenscroft (May 25, 2005)
- Lou Rawls (January 7, 2006)
- Lynn Redgrave (May 3, 2010)
- Jerry Reed (September 2, 2008)
- Christopher Reeve (October 11, 2004)
- Dana Reeve (March 7, 2006)
- Jimmy Reid (August 11, 2010)
- Ian Richardson (February 11, 2007)
- Beth Rickey (September 15, 2009)
- Billy Lee Riley (August 8, 2009)
- Hal Riney (March 25, 2008)
- John Ritter (September 12, 2003)
- Max Roach (August 16, 2007)
- John Storm Roberts (January 8, 2010)
- Eddie Robinson (April 4, 2007)
- Sir Bobby Robson (July 31, 2009)
- Majel Barrett=Roddenberry (December 18, 2008)
- Rod Roddy (October 27, 2003)
- Fred Rogers (February 27, 2003)
- Eric Rohmer (January 11, 2010)
- Joe Rollino (January 11, 2010)
- Catherine Roraback (October 25, 2007)
- Mstislav Rostropovich April 27, 2007)
- Lloyd Ruby (March 26, 2009)
- Hilton Ruiz (June 8, 2006)
S
- Stanley Sadie (March 22, 2005)
- Soupy Sales (Milton Supman) (October 23, 2009)
- J.D. Salinger (January 28, 2010)
- José Saramago (June 18, 2010)
- Seymore Sarason (January 30, 2010)
- Raymond Savignac (December 7, 2004)
- Sky Saxon (June 26, 2009)
- Hermann Scheer (October 15, 2010)
- Roy Scheider (February 10, 2008)
- Bo Schembechler (November 17, 2006)
- Vincent Schiavelli (December 26, 2005)
- Terry Schindler Schiavo (October 15, 2003) (Posted prior to her death.)
- Max Schmeling (February 4, 2005)
- Daniel Schorr (July 23, 2010)
- Tony Schwartz (June 17, 2008)
- Elizabeth Frederike Schwarzkopf (August 5, 2006)
- Dan Seals (March 26, 2009)
- Ronald Searle (January, 3 2012)
- Wallace Seawell (July 5, 2007)
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (April 15, 2009)
- Hideaki Sekiguchi (April 1, 2005)
- Lhasa de Sela (January 7, 2010)
- Doris Self (November 13, 2006)
- Boa Senior (February 5, 2010)
- Edith Shain (June 23, 2010)
- Robert Sheckley (December 10, 2005)
- Garry Shider (June 16, 2010)
- Roy Shirley (August 11, 2008)
- Edwin "Bud" Shrake (May 10, 2009)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver (August 11, 2009)
- Julius Shulman (July 16, 2009)
- Chris Sievey aka Frank Sidebottom (June 21, 2010)
- Alan Sillitoe (April 25, 2010)
- Phillip Simmons (June 24, 2009)
- Nina Simone (April 21, 2003)
- Todd Skinner (October 30, 2006)
- Anna Nicole Smith (real name: Vickie Lynn Hogan) (February 8, 2007)
- Jimmy Smith (February 9, 2005)
- Neil Alan Smith (September 29, 2010)
- Dash Snow (July 15, 2009)
- Tony Snow (July 12, 2008)
- Bruce Snowdon (April 16, 2010)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (August 3, 2008)
- Susan Sontag (December 28, 2004)
- Mercedes Sosa (October 5, 2009)
- Melvin Sparks (March 24, 2011)
- Wendie Jo Sperber (December 1, 2005)
- Robert Spiegel (December 2, 2011)
- Mr. Ira "Captain Allen Swift" Stadlen (April 28, 2010)
- Peter Stafford (July 22, 2007)
- Arnold Stang (December 22, 2009)
- Maureen Stapleton (March 15, 2006)
- Peter Steele (April 15, 2010)
- Mattie Stepanek (June 24, 2004)
- Ellen Stewart (January 13, 2011)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen (December 7, 2007)
- Levi Stubbs (October 17, 2008)
- Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger (May 27, 2008)
- William Styron (November 2, 2006)
- Nikki Sudden (March 27, 2006)
- Mohammed Suharto (January 27, 2008)
- Yma Sumac (November 2, 2008)
- Sekou Sundiata (July 19, 2007)
- Joan Sutherland (October 11, 2010)
- Crystal Lee Sutton (September 14, 2009)
- Patrick Swayze (September 14, 2009)
T
- Louis "Studs" Terkel (October, 31, 2008)
- Lorna Thayer (June 20, 2005)
- Andrew Therrien (August 16, 2010)
- Bobby Thomson (August 18, 2010)
- Strom Thurmond (June 26, 2003)
- Peter Tomarken (March 13, 2006)
- Fred Travalena (June 29, 2009)
- Mary Travers (September 16, 2009)
U
- Stuart Udall (March 20, 2010)
- Jørn Utzon (November 29, 2008)
V
- James Van Allen (August 9, 2006)
- Luther Vandross (July 1, 2005)
- Jack Valenti (April 26, 2007)
- John Keith Vernon (real name: Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz) (February 4, 2005)
- Simon Vinkenoog (July 14, 2009)
- Kurt Vonnegut (April 11, 2007)
W
- Kurt Waldheim (June 14, 2007)
- David Foster Wallace (September 13, 2008)
- Gordon Waller (July 20, 2009)
- Don "Pavarotti of the Plains" Walser (September 21, 2006)
- Bill Walsh (July 31, 2007)
- Dee Dee Warwick (October 25, 2008)
- Gloria "South Street Annie" / "Shopping Cart Annie" Wasserman (October 15, 2010)
- Tom Weir (July 7, 2006)
- Vince Welnick (June 3 2006)
- Jerry Wexler (August 17, 2008)
- John Wheeler (April 14, 2008)
- Rodney Whitaker (December 17, 2005)
- Richard Whiteley (June 27, 2005)
- Robert Widmark (March 26, 2008)
- Darryl Williams (April 5, 2010)
- Jack Williamson (November 11, 2006)
- Ellen Willis (November 10, 2006)
- Wesley Willis (August 22, 2003)
- Charlie Wilson (February 11, 2010)
- Robert Anton Wilson (January 11, 2012)
- Dick "George Whipple" Wilson (November 19, 2007)
- Stan Winston (June 16, 2008)
- Major Richard "Dick" Winters (January 10, 2010)
- Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (March 2, 2010)
- Fay Wray (August 9, 2004)
- Link Wray (November 20, 2005)
- Andrew Wyeth (January 16, 2009)
Y
- Yahweh ben Yahweh (May 14, 2007)
- Tsutomu Yamaguchi (January 6, 2010)
- James "J-Dilla" Yancy (February 10, 2006)
- Boris Yeltsin (April 23, 2007)
Z
- Bob Zangas (March 16, 2004)
- Warren Zevon (September 8, 2003)
- Carla Zilbersmith (June 14, 2010)
- Howard Zinn (January 27, 2010)
Animals
- Fred "The Undercover Cat" (August 12, 2006)
- Harriet the Tortoise (June 23, 2006)
- Snowflake the Gorilla (aka "Copito de Nieve" and "Floquet de Neu") (November 24, 2003)
- Yan Yan the Panda (March 28, 2007)
