Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2000

John Donald "Don" Budge fue un campeón de tenis estadounidense, considerado entre los más grandes de la historia del deporte. Su logro más importante es haber sido el primer hombre en conquistar el Grand Slam, es decir, ganar los cuatro torneos más importantes del planeta en la misma temporada, lo que pudo realizar en el año 1938, aunque técnicamente lo logró después de Fred Perry que logró el Grand Slam en este caso de carrera. Durante los años 30 jugó como profesional, destacándose por encima del resto.

Roberto Contreras (1928-2000) was an American actor best known for playing Pedro in the TV western series The High Chaparral. His film and television career spanned nearly 40 years from 1954 to 1993, including featured roles in Topaz and Scarface.

David Gawen Champernowne, was an English economist and mathematician.

Karl Stein fue un matemático alemán. Es conocido por sus análisis complejos en criptografía. Da nombre a la variedad de Stein.

Chidambaram Subramaniam, was an Indian politician and independence activist. He served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence in the union cabinet. He later served as the Governor of Maharashtra. As the Minister for Food and Agriculture, he ushered the Indian Green Revolution, an era of self-sufficiency in food production along with M. S. Swaminathan, B. Sivaraman and Norman E. Borlaug. He was awarded Bharat Ratna, Indian's highest civilian award, in 1998, for his role in ushering Green Revolution.

Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir fue un físico holandés conocido por su investigación en el modelo de superconductores de dos fluidos en 1934 y por el Efecto Casimir en 1946.

William Aaron Nierenberg was an American physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and was director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1965 through 1986. He was a co-founder of the George C. Marshall Institute in 1984.

Emile Kuri was a Mexican-born American set decorator of Lebanese parentage. He won two Academy Awards and was nominated for six more in the category Best Art Direction. He was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, and died in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Vsevolod Dmitrievich Larionov was a Russian film and television actor and a People's Artist of the RSFSR, an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union.