Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2000

Walter Dieminger, was a German space scientist and director of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy from 1955 to 1975. Dieminger's research was focused on the ionosphere.

James Van Gundia Neel was an American geneticist who played a key role in the development of human genetics as a field of research in the United States. He made important contributions to the emergence of genetic epidemiology and pursued an understanding of the influence of environment on genes. In his early work, he studied sickle-cell disease and thalassemia conducted research on the effects of radiation on survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. In 1956, Neel established the University of Michigan Department of Genetics, the first department of human genetics at a medical school in the United States. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1971.

Michael John Muuss was the American author of the freeware network tool ping.

Pietro Palazzini fue un cardenal italiano de la Iglesia católica. Ayudó a salvar las vidas de varias personas judías que se encontraban en peligro de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El 21 de septiembre de 1962 fue consagrado obispo por el papa Juan XXIII y en 1973 fue elevado al cardenalato por el papa Pablo VI.

Craig Stevens fue un actor televisivo y cinematográfico estadounidense.

Veerasamy Ringadoo fue un político de Mauricio de ascendencia tamil.