- Sep 18 Charles Lacy Veach, American astronaut (STS 39, STS 52), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
- Sep 19 Anders Björck, Swedish politician (Minister for Defence), born in Nässjö, Jönköping County, Sweden
- Sep 21 Hamilton Jordan, political advisor (Crisis, Last Year of Carter Pres)
- Sep 21 Steve Beshear, American politician (D) Governor of Kentucky (2007-2015), born in Dawson Springs, Kentucky
- Sep 22 John S. Tanner, American politician (Rep-D-Tennessee 1989-2011), born in Halls, Tennessee
- Sep 23 Loren J Shriver, Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-C, STS 31, STS 46)
- Sep 25 Doris Matsui, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Poston, Arizona
- Sep 27 IDG Garnett, British Vice-Admiral, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (NATO)
- Oct 2 Vernor [Steffen] Vinge, American sci-fi author (Witling, True Names), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin
- Oct 3 Bob Riley, American politician (52nd Governor of Alabama), born in Ashland, Alabama
- Oct 3 Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician, born in Etterbeek, Belgium
- Oct 3 Roy Horn, German-American Las Vegas entertainer (Siegfried & Roy), born in Nordenham, Germany (d. 2020)
- Oct 5 Ben Korthals, Dutch politician and lawyer (VVD), born in Voorschoten, Netherlands
- Oct 6 Merzak Allouache, director (Salut Cousin, Amour a Paris)
- Oct 7 Donald Tsang, Former Chief executive of Hong Kong (2005-1012), born in Hong Kong
- Oct 8 Bruce Morrison, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut), born in New York
- Oct 10 Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini, South African trade unionist and SACP-leader, born in Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa
- Oct 10 Renier Schoeman, South African journalist and politician
- Oct 15 Haim Saban, Israeli-American media proprietor (Saban Entertainment), born in Alexandria, Kingdom of Egypt
- Oct 15 Kay Ivey, American politician, 54th Governor of Alabama (2017-), born in Camden, Alabama
- Oct 15 Mac Collins, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia), born in Jackson, Georgia
- Oct 15 Sali Berisha, 41st Prime Minister of Albania (2005-13) and 3rd President of Albania (1992-97), born in Viçidol, Albania
- Oct 18 Katherine Kurtz, UK, sci-fi author (Deryni Rising, Saint Camber)
- Oct 21 Janet Ahlberg, illustrator
- Oct 25 Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan, born in Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan
- Oct 25 James Carville, American political stategist and commentator, born in Carville, Louisiana
- Oct 26 Ries Smits, Dutch economist and politician (CDA), born in Tricht, Netherlands
- Oct 27 Piet Oudolf, Dutch garden designer (New Perennial style, High Line NY), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
- Oct 28 Anton Schlecker, German billionaire (Schlecker drug store), born in Ehingen, Germany
- Oct 29 Fausto Leali, Italian entertainer, born in Nuvolento, Brescia, Italy
- Oct 30 Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi politician (supported US 2003 invasion), born in Kadhimiya, Baghdad (d. 2015)
- Oct 31 Otto Wiesheu, German politician, born in Zolling, Germany
- Nov 1 Oscar Temaru, President of French Polynesia 2011-13, born in Faa'a, Tahiti, French Polynesia
- Nov 2 Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, American NASA astronaut (STS 51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75) and MIT professor, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Nov 9 Bill Hendon, American politician (Rep-R-NC, 1981-83, 85-87), born in Asheville, North Carolina
- Nov 10 Silvestre Reyes, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas 1997-2013), born in Canutillo, Texas
- Nov 12 Johan van Doorn [Johnny the Selfkicker], Dutch poet (War & Porridge)
- Nov 13 Wouter R van Romondt, Dutch/Dutch Antillean cartoonist
- Nov 14 Aditya Biria, industrialist
- Nov 16 Hugo Dittberner, German writer, born in Gieboldehausen, Germany
- Nov 16 Oliver Braddick, British psychologist (research on infant visual perception)
- Nov 17 Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect (Pritzker Prize 2000), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Nov 17 Sarolta Monspart, Hungarian orienteering competitor (first non-Scandinavian female to win World C'ship 1972; 14 x national titles), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2021)
- Nov 21 Dick Durbin, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1983-97, Senator-D-IL, 1997-), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
- Nov 22 Robert Iliffe, English publisher (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
- Nov 23 Jose Torikens, Dutch journalist (Parool, NRC)
- Nov 23 Peter Lindbergh [Brodbeck], German fashion photographer and director, born in Lissa, German occupied Poland (d. 2019)
- Nov 24 Claudia Dreifus, interviewer/author (7 Stories)
- Nov 24 Dan Glickman, American politician (US Sec of Agriculture 1995-2001, Rep-D-KS, 1977-95), born in Wichita, Kansas
- Nov 24 Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
- Nov 24 Jules Deelder, Dutch poet (T of Vondel)
- Nov 27 Martin Corbett, English gay rights activist (Gay Liberation Front, OutRage!), born in London (d. 1996)
- Nov 27 Mickey Leland, American politician (Rep-D-TX, 1979-89), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 1989)
- Nov 28 Timothy Krajcir, American serial killer, born in West Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania
- Dec 1 Daniel Pennac, French writer, born in Casablanca, Morocco
- Dec 1 Michael Hagee, American 33rd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, born in Hampton, Virginia
- Dec 1 Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan writer (L’Enfant de Sable (The Sand Child)), born in Fes, Morocco
- Dec 2 Botho Strauß, German author, born in Naumburg, Germany
- Dec 2 Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovar nationalist writer and President of Kosovo (1992-2006), born in Crnce, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) (d. 2006)
- Dec 2 Roger Omond, journalist
- Dec 7 Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker, born in El Paso, Texas (d. 2008)
- Dec 9 Bob O'Connor, American politician (Mayor of Pittsburgh, 2006), born in Greenfield, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
- Dec 9 Ki Longfellow, American novelist (The Secret Magdalene), born in Staten Island, New York
- Dec 12 Jean Doré, Canadian politician (39th Mayor of Montreal), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2015)
- Dec 13 Dick Dees, Dutch politician, born in Oostburg, Netherlands
Chico Mendes (1944-1988)
Dec 15 Brazilian environmental activist and rubber tapper, born in Xapuri, Brazil
- Dec 17 Jack L[aurence] Chalker, American sci-fi author (Saga of Well World)
- Dec 19 Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist
- Dec 19 Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist and politician, born in Nairobi, Kenya
- Dec 19 William Christie, American-born director of Les Arts Florissants
- Dec 20 Gernot Wolfgruber, Austrian writer, born in Gmünd, Lower Austria
- Dec 21 Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese bureaucrat, born in Fuzhou, China (d. 2007)
- Dec 23 Wesley Clark, American military officer, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Dec 24 Oswald Gracias, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bombay, born in Bombay Presidency
- Dec 28 Johnny Isakson, American politician
- Dec 28 Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel laureate
- Dec 30 William J. Fallon, U.S. Navy Admiral, former U.S. Central Command commander, born in East Orange, New Jersey
- Dec 31 Taylor Hackford, American director (Devil's Advocate, Ray), born in Santa Barbara, California