2004 deaths

Romanian footballer (1948-2004)

Bangladeshi author, poet, scholar and linguist. (1947–2004)

American pair skater (1932–2004)

Norwegian boxer

Croatian singer (1935-2004)

Norwegian politician (1917–2004)

prominent Sunni Islamic scholar from Saudi Arabia

American actress and singer (1937-2004)

Italian actress (1916-2004)

English poet (1929-2004)

French football player and manager (1924-2004)

Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the shot put

basketball player (1947-2004)

Indian model, television personality (1978–2004)

German photographer (1906–2004)

firefighter (1915–2004)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1912-2004)

Finnish cross-country skier (1916–2004)

transgender adult film performer, director, singer (1967–2004)

Polish -British author, supposed escaped Gulag prisoner

French rower (1938-2004)

Scottish rock guitarist (1955–2004)

American author, journalist and historian (1922–2004)

American musician (1949-2004)

Indian politician (1918–2004)

Maltese activist (1952-2004)

equestrian (1939-2004)

British writer (1908–2004)

French actor and theatre director (1928–2004)

Turkish wrestler (1931–2004)

Seychellois writer and poet (1934–2004)

German prince (1935-2004)

American entrepreneur

Palestinian historian (1904–2004)

American basketball coach (1931–2004)

Catalan biochemist (1923-2004)

Trinidad and Tobago weightlifter

American poet

road bicycle racer (1934–2004)

Swedish rower (1919–2004)

English animator (1932-2004)

Israeli writer

Seungsahn Haengwon (, August 1, 1927November 30, 2004), born Duk-In Lee, was a Korean Seon master of the Jogye Order and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen. He was the seventy-eighth Patriarch in his lineage. As one of the early Korean Zen masters to settle in the United States, he opened many temples and practice groups across the globe. He was known for his charismatic style and direct presentation of Zen, which was well tailored for the Western audience.

Indian poet (1924–2004)

President of Burma (1923-2004)

Scottish footballer and manager (1931-2004)

French politician (1914-2004)

American ornithologist (1904-2004)

Belgian footballer (1938-2004)

Prime Minister of Barbados (1931-2004)

Spanish aviator

American composer and musician (1915–2004)

Syrian politician (1909-2004)

Ukrainian firefighter (1951–2004)

American politician (1927-2004)

British computer scientist (1927–2004)

British violinist and conductor (1941–2004)

American singer-songwriter (1946–2004)

American actor (1916-2004)

Italian composer (1913–2004)