| rank | name | birth | death | age | claim to fame |
| 20 | Duchess of Alba | 28-Mar-26 | 82 | Grandest Grandee in Spain | |
| 19 | Susan Atkins | 7-May-48 | 60 | "Sexy Sadie" | |
| 18 | Patrick Swayze | 18-Aug-52 | 56 | Dirty Dancer | |
| 17 | Samak Sundaravej | 13-Jun-35 | 73 | Ex Thai PM, Thaksin's stooge | |
| 16 | Ron Springs | 4-Nov-56 | 51 | Dallas Cowboys Running Back | |
| 15 | Madelyn Dunham | 22-Oct-22 | 86 | B.O.'s Tutu | |
| 14 | Billy Graham | 7-Nov-18 | 89 | Evangelist | |
| 13 | Kim Jong-il | 16-Feb-41 | 67 | Dear Leader | |
| 12 | Mary Travers | 9-Nov-36 | 71 | Folk Singer | |
| 11 | U Win Tin | 12-Mar-29 | 79 | Activist, Burmese Political Prisoner | |
| 10 | Nicolo Rizzuto | 18-Feb-24 | 84 | Canadian Godfather | |
| 9 | Jonathan Winters | 11-Nov-25 | 82 | "Maudie Frickert" | |
| 8 | Fidel Castro | 13-Aug-26 | 82 | Raul's Older Brother | |
| 7 | Sun Myung Moon | 6-Jan-20 | 88 | Head Moonie | |
| 6 | Ted Kennedy | 22-Feb-32 | 76 | "Lion of the Senate" | |
| 5 | George Steinbrenner | 4-Jul-30 | 78 | Yankee's "The Boss" | |
| 4 | Ieng Sary | 24-Oct-25 | 83 | Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister | |
| 3 | Sidney Lumet | 25-Jun-24 | 84 | Director of Angry Films | |
| 2 | Ariel Sharon | 26-Feb-28 | 80 | Former Israel PM | |
| 1 | Desmond Tutu | 7-Oct-31 | 77 | Activist, Nobel Peace Prize Winner | |
| bonus baby | |||||
| 100 | Paolo Nutini | 9-Jan-87 | 21 | Scottish singer/songwriter | |
| categories | |||||
| 5 | culture/entertainment | ||||
| 3 | religion | ||||
| 4 | scary monsters | ||||
| 3 | se asia | ||||
| 2 | sports | ||||
| 4 | politics/high society | ||||
| 21 | total | ||||