- Sep 30 Johann Deisenhofer, German biochemist (1988 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for determining structure of proteins essential to photosynthesis), born in Zusamaltheim, Germany
- Oct 1 Jean-Jacques Annaud, Draveil France, director (Bear, Black & White, Name of the Rose)
- Oct 2 Franklin Rosemont, American poet, artist and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 3 Jeff Bingaman, American politician (U.S. Senator from New Mexico), born in El Paso, Texas
- Oct 4 Buddy Roemer, American politician (Governor-D+R-Louisiana 1988-1992, Rep-D-LA, 1981-88), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2021)
- Oct 5 Ben Cardin, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Oct 6 Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
Oliver North (79 years old)
Oct 7 American political commentator and retired US Marine (Iran–Contra), born in San Antonio, Texas
R. L. Stine (79 years old)
Oct 8 American children's book writer (Goosebumps), born in Columbus, Ohio
- Oct 9 Mike Peters, American cartoonist (Mother Goose and Grimm), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Oct 10 Alexander MacMillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton, English publisher and politician
- Oct 10 Frederick Barthelme, American author (There Must be Some Mistake), born in Houston, Texas
- Oct 12 Jeffrey MacDonald, American medical doctor convicted of murdering his wife and two daughters, born in Queens, New York City
- Oct 13 Mike Barnicle, American broadcast journalist and newspaper columnist, born in Worchester, Massachusetts
- Oct 18 Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish politician
- Oct 18 Elena Ferrante, pseudonymous Italian novelist (Neapolitan Novels), born in Naples, Italy (claimed)
- Oct 21 Tariq Ali, Pakistani author and historian, born in Lahore, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan)
- Oct 24 José E. Serrano, American politician (Rep-D-New York), born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
- Oct 25 Selly Fernandes, Curacao poetess (Winking with Selly)
- Nov 2 Oldrich Pelcak, Czech cosmonaut, born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia
- Nov 5 Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American TV chef (Chef Tell), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 2007)
- Nov 7 Boris Gromov, Russian general and politician (Governor of Moscow Oblast, 2000-12), born in Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Nov 7 Khalifa Haftar, Libyan-American military officer and politician (Supreme Commander of Libyan National Army, 2015-present), born in Ajdabiya, British-occupied Libya
Michael Spence (79 years old)
Nov 7 Canadian-American economist (Nobel 2001 - dynamics of information flows and market development), born in Montclair, New Jersey
- Nov 7 Stephen Greenblatt, American literary historian and author (The Swerve: How the World Became Modern), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Nov 7 Wensley Haydon-Baillie, English pharmaceutical manufacturer
- Nov 10 Saxby Chambliss, American politician (U.S. Senator from Georgia 2003-15), born in Warrenton, North Carolina
- Nov 13 André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician, born in Granby, Canada (d. 1977)
- Nov 14 Peter Norton, American software engineer
- Nov 15 Roger Donaldson, director (Cocktail, Cadillac Man, White Sands)
- Nov 20 Lindsay Thomas, American politician (Rep-D-GA, 1983-93), born in Patterson, Georgia
- Nov 21 Larry Mahan, American rodeo rider (PRCA All-Around Champion 1966–70, 73; ProRodeo Hall of Fame), born in Salem, Oregon (d. 2023)
- Nov 21 Phil Bredesen, American politician
- Nov 21 Viktor Sidjak, Russian fencer
- Nov 22 George "Buddy" Darden, American politician (US Representative for Georgia (D), 1983-95), born in Hancock County, Georgia
- Nov 23 Andrew Goodman, American civil rights worker (murdered by the Klu Klux Klan), born in New York City (d. 1964)
- Nov 23 Denis Sassou Nguesso, Congolese politician (President of the Republic of the Congo 1979-92, 1997-), born in Edou, Congo
- Nov 26 Jerry Kleczka, American politician (Rep-D-WI, 1984-2005), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2017)
- Nov 26 Marilynne Robinson, American writer (Gilead), born in Sandpoint, Idaho
- Nov 26 Paul Burnett, English radio disc jockey, born in Hulme, Manchester, England
- Nov 27 Nicole Brossard, French Canadian poet, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Nov 28 (Johan) "Hans" Rosenberg, Dutch astrophysicist, politician (Alderman of Utrecht, 1974-82), and administrator (University of Utrecht, 1984-91), born in Mierlo-Hout, Netherlands (d. 1992)
- Nov 28 George T. Miller, Scottish-Australian film and television director (The Man from Snowy River; Zeus and Roxanne), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2023)
- Nov 29 Sue Miller, American author (While I Was Gone), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Dec 2 Wayne Allard, American politician (U.S. Senator from Colorado 1997-2009), born in Fort Collins, Colorado
- Dec 5 Eva Joly, Norwegian-French magistrate and politician (Europe Écologie–The Greens), born in Grünerløkka, Oslo, Norway
- Dec 7 Bernard C. Parks, American politician and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, born in Beaumont, Texas
- Dec 7 Göran Lennmarker, Swedish politician, born in Norberg, Västmanland County, Sweden
- Dec 7 James Tate, American poet (Pulitzer Prize 1992), born in Kansas City Missouri (d. 2015)
- Dec 8 Michael Unger, English editor-in-chief (Evening News, Manchester)
John Kerry (79 years old)
Dec 11 US Secretary of State (2013-17) and 2004 presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, born in Aurora, Colorado
- Dec 15 Kathleen Blanco, American politician, 1st female Governor of Louisiana (2004-08), born in New Iberia, Louisiana (d. 2019)
- Dec 15 Lucien den Arend, Dutch geometric abstract sculptor, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands
- Dec 19 Ross M. Lence, American political scientist (d. 2006)
- Dec 19 William DeVries, American cardiothoracic surgeon (artificial heart), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Dec 21 André Arthur, Canadian radio host & politician, born in Quebec City, Canada
- Dec 22 Paul Wolfowitz, American political scientist & diplomat, born in Brooklyn, New York City
- Dec 23 Mikhail Gromov, Russian-born mathematician, born in Boksitogorsk, Russia
- Dec 23 Silvia Sommerlath, German wife of King Carl XVI of Sweden, born in Heidelberg, Germany
- Dec 23 Stephen Wallace, Australian director (For Love Affair, Hunger, Mail Order Bride), born in New South Wales, Australia
- Dec 24 Suzy Menkes, British fashion journalist (International Herald Tribune, Vogue), born in Beaconsfield
- Dec 24 Tarja Halonen, President of Finland, born in Helsinki, Finland
- Dec 25 Ravish Malhotra, India cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11 backup)
- Dec 28 David Peterson, premier of Ontario Canada (L) (1982- ), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Dec 28 Keith Floyd, English celebrity cook and restaurateur (Floyd on Fish), born in Reading, Berkshire, England (d. 2009)
- Dec 28 Oscar D Dhlomo, South African sect-gen of Inkatha (1978-90)
- Dec 29 JHR Maij-Wegge, Dutch politician, born in Drenthe, Netherlands