List of Famous people who died at 52

Alexander Alekseyevich Sizonenko was a Soviet professional basketball player. Possibly the tallest person to have ever played professional basketball, he was measured by Guinness World Records at 2.39 m and named the world's tallest man in 1991. Sizonenko was said to have grown since this measurement was taken, although age reduced his standing height considerably. Because of his enormous growth, his mobility was increasingly impaired.

Buster Mathis was an American boxer.

Marina Anatolyevna Pankova née Nikulina was a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the Soviet team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Grace Quintanilla was an artist, curator and producer working in the field of new media art and digital culture.

Emili Vicente Vives was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.

Fadhil Jamil Barwari was an is an Iraqi General who served as the commander of the Special Forces of Iraq. Graduated from the Second Military College in Zakho, Barwari is known for his key role in retaking cities back that were previously controlled by Islamic state during the War in Iraq 2013-2017.

Jean-Luc Sassus was a French international footballer who played as a defender. He died of a heart attack on 22 May 2015.

Régis Manon was a Gabonese professional football player and coach.

Valery Ivanovich Chaptynov was a Russian politician. He was the first Head of the Altai Republic, the first Member of the Federation Council from the Altai Republic, and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and First Secretary of the Gorno-Altai Communist Party for the duration of the short-lived Gorno-Altai Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Henry John Heinz III was an American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A Republican, Heinz served in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977, and in the United States Senate from 1977 until he was killed in a plane crash in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, in 1991.