| Ravi Shankar, 92 Sitar Player | Yash Chopra, 80 Filmmaker | Capt Lakshmi Sahgal, 98 Freedom Fighter |
| Sunil Gangopadhyay, 78 Author | Homai Vyarawalla, 99 Photojournalist | Rajesh Khanna, 70 Superstar |
| Dr V. Kurien, 99 Amul Founder | Gore Vidal, 87 Author | Neil Armstrong, 82 Moonwalker |
| Bal Thackeray, 86 Political ideologue | Brajesh Mishra, 84 Bureaucrat | Leslie Claudius, 85 Hockey player |
| Prabuddha Dasgupta, 56 Photographer | G. Kasturi, 88 Journalist | Jaspal Bhatti, 57 Comedian |
| I.K. Gujral, 93 Former PM | Whitney Houston, 49 Singer |
Toll Call
- Dave Brubeck, 92, Jazz pianist
- Mehdi Hassan, 85, Ghazal singer
- Donna Summer, 64, Singer
- Dara Singh, 84, Actor/Wrestler
- A.K. Hangal, 95, Actor
- Joy Mukherjee, 73, Actor
- Stephen Covey, 80, Author
- Ray Bradbury, 92, Author
- Kartar Singh Duggal, 95, Author
- Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’, 76, Poet
- Ravi Shankar Sharma, 86, Music director (Ravi)
- N.K.P. Salve, 91, Politician
- K.S. Sudarshan, 81, Former RSS head
- Vilasrao Deshmukh, 67, Politician
- K.C. Pant, 81, Politician
- Abid Hussain, 86, Diplomat
- Eric Hobsbawm, 95, Historian
- Sharada Dwivedi, 70 Historian
- A.A. Kasab, 25, Terrorist
- Anthony Prabhu Gonsalves, 85, Composer
- Amit Saigal, 47, Rock impresario
- Robin Gibb, 63, Singer, songwriter
- Ranganath Mishra, 86, Former chief justice
- Ashok Mehta, 65, Cinematographer
