List of Famous people who died at 60

Erving Goffman was a Canadian-born sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, considered by some "the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century". In 2007 The Times Higher Education Guide listed him as the sixth most-cited author of books in the humanities and social sciences, behind Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, and Anthony Giddens, and ahead of Jürgen Habermas.

Sir William Fettiplace Lawrence, 5th Baronet, OBE was an English baronet and politician.

Joan Mary Ferrier was a Dutch ortho pedagogue of Surinamese descent. From 1998 until 2012 she was director of E-Quality.

Robert Adrian Scott was an American screenwriter and film producer. He was one of the Hollywood Ten and later blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses.

Vladimir Gelfand was a diarist and Soviet soldier in World War II.