- Kaifi Azmi, 83 Urdu poet
- Bhagwan Dada, 89 Character actor-dancer
- Mark Mascarenhas, 44 WorldTel boss, Tendulkar manager
- Rameshwar N. Kao, 84 Patriarch of ‘kaoboys’ aka RAW
- Pandit C.R. Vyas, 78 Hindustani classical vocalist
- Anil Agarwal, 53 Environmentalist, CSE chief
- Anand Bakshi, 75 Lyricist of 4,000-odd film songs
- F.N. Souza, 78 Painter, founder of progressive Bombay School
- Kondapalli Sitaramiah, 87 PWG founder
- Capt Ram Singh, 92 INA member, composer of Kadam kadam badhaye ja
- Lt Gen Tikka Khan, 87 Martial law administrator who earned infamy in East Pakistan
- Manu Chhabria, 56 Industrialist, takeover tycoon
- S. Gopal, 78 Historian
- M.S. Oberoi, 103 Master hotelier, founder of the Oberoi group
- I.S. Gulati, 78 An exponent of the Kerala model of decentraliseddevelopment
- Moti Ram Baigra, 94 Last surviving signatory to the IndianConstitution from J&K
- Hansie Cronje, 32 Banned SA cricket captain
- B.D. Jatti, 89 Former Vice-President
- Dhirubhai Ambani, 69 Visionary and strategist of Reliance Industries
- Krishan Kant, 75 Vice-President
- N.K. Ranga, 77 Cartoonist
- B.V. Karanth, 73 Theatre personality
- Priya Tendulkar, 42 TVdom’s crusading Rajani
- Raunaq Singh, 80 Founder of Apollo Tyres
- Dina Pathak, 82 IPTA member, film actress
- Mehli Mehta, 94 Founder of Bombay Symphony Orchestra, father of Zubin
- Manohar Singh, 64 Theatre and film actor
- Abu Abraham, 78 Cartoonist
- Nani J. Palkhivala, 82 Legal luminary, philanthropist
- Karim Lala, 96 Last of the old-style dons