2023 deaths

FBI agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services (1944–2023)

American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (1936–2023)

South African politician (1928-2023)

American actor (1933–2023)

Indian architect (1927-2023)

American athletics competitor, pole vaulter (1926–2023)

British poet (1958–2023)

Russian cosmonaut (1947–2023)

Australian comedian and actor (1934–2023)

English author (1938–2023)

American sprinter and long jumper

American astronomer (1943–2023)

South Korean actor (1975–2023)

American filmmaker (1927–2023)

American engineer and NASA astronaut (1947–2023)

journalist, grand historian and speechwriter from England (1928–2023)

British Labour Party politician (1953–2023)

Spanish footballer (1936–2023)

New Zealand politician; first transgender mayor

American computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)

Canadian philosopher (1936–2023)

racecar driver from France

Russian conductor (1938–2023)

British peer and politician (1932–2023)

Mexican footballer (1929–2023)

Spanish footballer (1941–2023)

American poker player (1933–2023)

German model and actress (1966–2023)

Danish swimmer

French-born American advertising and documentary photographer (1928-2023)

Soviet MiG-25 pilot who defected to the West

Swedish footballer (1944–2023)

British director (1936–2023)

Ghanaian association football player (1995–2023)

Australian entertainer (1930–2023)

Haitian Prime Minister (1934–2023)

American sociologist (1928–2023)

Italian footballer (1942–2023)

English footballer (1944–2023)

American television writer and producer (1922-2023)

American judge (1937–2023)

former Governor-General of Australia from 1989 to 1996

Slovak footballer (1938–2023)

Italian footballer (1939–2023)

French film director, screenwriter (1931–2023)

Portuguese singer-songwriter and guitarist (1978–2023)

British politician (1929–2023)

American hurdler (1958–2023)

American professional wrestler and actor (1944-2023)

Prime Minister of Tonga from 2019 to 2021

Japanese politician (1934–2023)

German board game designer (1952–2023)

Japanese mathematician (1928–2023)

American oceanographer (1931–2023)

American astronaut (1937–2023)

German politician (1943–2023)

American tennis player (1927–2023)

Malian footballer (1946–2023)

American wrestler (1943–2023)

Dutch programmer (1961–2023)