2004 deaths

American singer, songwriter and record producer (1948-2004)

German-born Austrian conductor

Chinese-American mathematician and poet (1911-2004)

American actress (1945-2004)

President of Chechnya (1952-2004)

American guitarist (1966–2004)

Indian Carnatic classical vocalist (1916–2004)

American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (1910-2004)

American astronomer

English doctor and serial killer (1947-2004)

French film director (1933–2004)

Hungarian-born actress, singer, dancer (1913–2004)

American guitarist (1948–2004)

American actress (1921–2004)

American photographer (1923–2004)

Prime Minister of Finland (1930–2004)

US physicist, editor of the journal Science, and director of the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory (1913–2004)

American film director and photographer (1922–2004)

actor (1939–2004)

South African pop singer (1964-2004)

Prime Minister of Thailand from 1958 and 1963 to 1973

Uruguayan footballer (1917-2004)

Portuguese poet and writer (1919–2004)

British aristocrat (1900–2004); wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester

Canadian computer scientist (1920–2004)

American actress and dancer (1923–2004)

American actor and singer (1935-2004)

American actor (1920-2004)

American actor and singer (1919–2004)

English DJ and radio presenter (1939–2004)

American rapper (1968–2004)

New Zealand author (1924–2004)

French singer and actor (1922–2004)

Austrian astrophysicist (1920-2004)

Austrian Catholic cardinal (1905–2004)

Swedish writer

German-born American actress and drama teacher (1919–2004)

French film director and ethnologist (1917–2004)

Argentine footballer (1961-2004)

President of Fiji (1920-2004)

American jazz drummer (1927–2004)

American photographer (1933–2004)

Chinese-American journalist and author of historical books (1968–2004)

Australian hurdler and sprinter

opera singer (1929-2004)

American historian (1914–2004)

Spanish author (1921-2004)

American writer (1928–2004)

English footballer and manager (1919-2004)

Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and Ashoka Chakra recipient (1940–2004)

Consort of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il (1952–2004)

Indian actor (1932–2004)

Polish rock musician (1939–2004)

American painter (1912–2004)

American jazz guitarist (1923–2004)

Prime Minister of Greece (1904-2004)

Israeli military and politician (1929-2004)

Indian writer and poet (1909–2004)

American actress (1917–2004)

Thomas Börje Forsberg (17 February 1966 – 3 June 2004), better known by the stage name Quorthon, was a Swedish musician. He was one of the founders, as well as the sole songwriter, of the band Bathory, which pioneered the black metal genre and is credited with creating the Viking metal style. A multi-instrumentalist, Quorthon wrote the music and lyrics on all of Bathory's albums and performed vocals and guitars.