People from United States
999 people remembered here.
Betye Saar1926 – 2026 · Assemblage artistAssemblage pioneer who armed Aunt Jemima and remade racist kitsch into Black feminist power.
82 candles · 8 tributes
Angie Stone1961 – 2025 · Singer-songwriterHip-hop pioneer and neo-soul voice forever.
82 candles · 7 tributes
Jerome Smith1939 – 2026 · Civil rights activistFreedom Rider who mentored Treme children and demanded humanity be respected.
79 candles · 7 tributes- CChick Harrity† 2026 · Photojournalist
AP and U.S. News photographer who framed Vietnam, protest and Nixon's farewell.
78 candles · 7 tributes 
David Cobb1962 – 2026 · AttorneyGreen nominee who fought corporate rule, then built land trusts.
78 candles · 5 tributes- CChristy Knowings1980 – 2026 · American actress
All That scene-stealer whose Brenda Stone and Whateverrr energy still makes 90s kids laugh.
77 candles · 6 tributes 
Elaine Mokhtefi1928 – 2026 · Anti-colonial activistAmerican-Algerian activist who made Algiers a Third World capital and told the Panthers' exile story.
76 candles · 4 tributes
Victor Simpson1942 – 2026 · JournalistAP Rome bureau chief who covered five popes across four decades of foreign correspondence.
75 candles · 6 tributes
Konrad H. Jarausch1941 – 2026 · German-American historianTransatlantic historian who taught Germans and Americans to face a shattered past and rebuild civil society.
75 candles · 6 tributes
Jackie Glass† 2026 · Judge (Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court)Tough, fair Clark County judge who sentenced O.J. Simpson and brought Swift Justice to daytime TV.
75 candles · 8 tributes
Len Brown1941 – 2026 · WriterCo-creator of Mars Attacks. Topps creative soul for 41 years. For the kids. Country roots forever.
75 candles · 9 tributes
Vincent Pastore1946 – 2026 · ActorBronx-born Big Pussy of The Sopranos: tough on screen, kind-hearted brother off it.
75 candles · 5 tributes
Jimmy Buffett1946 – 2023 · Singer-songwriterHe lived like a song: Margaritaville's mayor forever.
75 candles · 5 tributes
Tone Capone† 2026 · Hip-hop record producerBay Area producer who put the world on Luniz's I Got 5 On It and carried mobb music to Houston.
74 candles · 7 tributes
Winter Jones2020 – 2026A nonverbal autistic six-year-old whose death exposed failures at a Cordova daycare.
74 candles · 7 tributes
Kay Granger1943 – 2026 · U.S. Representative (TX-12Fort Worth's first woman mayor who rose to Appropriations chair, serving Texas with grit and care.
74 candles · 6 tributes
Fredd Young1961 – 2026 · American football linebackerFour-time Pro Bowl Seahawk whose hits defined the Crunch Course era.
73 candles · 8 tributes
David Worth1940 – 2026 · CinematographerEye behind Bloodsport and the director of Kickboxer; Eastwood DP who taught indie grit to a new generation.
73 candles · 7 tributes
Jim Geoghan1947 – 2026 · Television writerFrom Bronx club stages to the Tipton Hotel, he kept children laughing and parents trusting the half hour.
72 candles · 10 tributes
Ronnie Dove1935 – 2026 · Pop and country singerBaltimore-launched 1960s hitmaker who kept singing for the fans who made Maryland home.
71 candles · 9 tributes
Freddy Cannon1936 – 2026 · SingerBoom Boom of rock and roll, whose Palisades Park still sounds like summer.
71 candles · 8 tributes
Bain Boehlke1939 – 2026 · ActorJungle Theater founder whose exacting Twin Cities stages and Fargo cameo left a lasting imprint.
70 candles · 8 tributes
Bill Rasmussen1932 – 2026 · Sports broadcasterESPN's founder who turned a traffic-jam brainstorm into the world's first 24-hour sports network.
69 candles · 9 tributes
Mark Rydell1929 – 2026 · Film directorActor's director who drew Oscars from Fonda and Hepburn and whispered greatness into Midler.
69 candles · 8 tributes
Claudette Colvin1939 – 2026 · Civil rights activistAt 15 she refused to give up her bus seat, then helped end segregation on America's public transit.
69 candles · 10 tributes
Jon Small† 2026 · DrummerDrummer who became the eye behind Walk This Way and Billy Joel's landmark concert films.
68 candles · 4 tributes
Rachel Naomi Remen, MD1938 – 2026 · Physician (pediatrician / pediatric endocrinology background)Physician-patient who taught medicine to listen: curing is not the same as healing.
68 candles · 5 tributes
Sally Kirkland1941 – 2025 · ActressOscar-nominated force of nature who turned grit, glamour and Anna into lasting indie legend.
68 candles · 9 tributes
Flaco Jiménez1939 – 2025 · AccordionistSan Antonio's accordion king who carried conjunto to the world
68 candles · 4 tributes
Edward Field1924 – 2026 · PoetVillage poet who stood up, friend, for a century.
67 candles · 4 tributes
Richard E. Stearns1936 – 2026 · Computer scientistCo-founder of computational complexity who made hardness a science.
67 candles · 9 tributes
Bruce Lunsford1947 – 2026 · AttorneyKentucky builder who raced Art Collector and nearly unseated Mitch McConnell.
66 candles · 10 tributes
Don Wilhelms1930 – 2026 · USGS planetary and lunar geologistLunar mapper who taught Apollo crews to read the Moon.
63 candles · 8 tributes
Joe McDonald1929 – 2026 · Baseball executiveFrom Ebbets Field turnstiles to six World Series rings, a baseball lifer.
63 candles · 8 tributes
Fr. Dominic Monti1943 – 2026 · Franciscan friar (OFM)Franciscan scholar and teacher who bridged history, theology and fraternity.
62 candles · 6 tributes
Laura Claridgeb. 1952 · BiographerBiographer who restored complexity to Rockwell, Post, Lempicka, and Blanche Knopf.
60 candles · 7 tributes
Matt Suhey1958 – 2026 · American football fullbackLead blocker. Loyal friend. Super Bowl XX champion.
59 candles · 9 tributes- MMary Heilmann1940 – 2026 · Abstract painter
Color, chairs, and the ocean. A painter's painter.
59 candles · 7 tributes 
Arthur Marshall1969 – 2026 · American football wide receiver (NFL)Undrafted Georgia star who threw an 81-yard NFL touchdown and never forgot Hephzibah.
58 candles · 5 tributes
Frankie Miller1930 – 2026 · Country singer-songwriterFamily man first: Texas voice of Blackland Farmer, Bronze Star veteran, friend to legends.
58 candles · 6 tributes
David Fair1952 – 2026 · MusicianHe lived a beautiful life of love, kindness, and creativity.
58 candles · 4 tributes
Slava Veder1926 – 2026 · PhotojournalistPulitzer photographer whose Burst of Joy froze a nation's homecoming.
58 candles · 9 tributes
Davion Fewell† 2026 · High school studentPage High Pirate whose shining light touched Greensboro teammates and friends.
57 candles · 6 tributes
Anna Louizos1957 – 2026 · Scenic designerShe built our homes on Broadway stages.
57 candles · 6 tributes
Bob Weir1947 – 2026 · MusicianA farewell that isn't an ending, but a blessing.
57 candles · 5 tributes
Jules Feiffer1929 – 2025 · CartoonistPulitzer and Oscar satirist who drew America's neuroses for decades.
57 candles · 5 tributes
Richard Pauley1964 – 2026 · Fire chiefThe chief who modernised Wellfleet Fire and put sprinklers in the elementary school.
55 candles · 6 tributes
Kippy Brown1955 – 2026 · American football QBGreat man, great mentor: Memphis pioneer QB and Seahawks Super Bowl XLVIII WR coach.
54 candles · 8 tributes