List of Famous people who died in 2000

Ronny Louis Edmond Coutteure was a Belgian actor, director, author, TV presenter and restaurateur and worked in cinema, radio, television, opera and theatre. He was a celebrity in his home country of Belgium and in France but is most famous internationally for his supporting role of Remy Baudouin, comrade-in-arms of Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.

Angelina Iosifovna Stepanova was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress, teacher. She was winner of the Stalin Prize of I class (1952) and USSR State Prize (1977). People's Artist of the USSR (1960).

Jesús Puente Alzaga was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1957 to 2000.

Sandro Barbosa do Nascimento was the perpetrator of the Bus 174 hostage crisis in Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nascimento boarded a public bus, intending to rob the passengers. However, the incident developed into a hostage situation, which was broadcast live by most Brazilian national television channels.

Antonio Ferrandis Monrabal was a Spanish actor, remembered especially for the role of Chanquete in the Spanish television serie Verano azul.

Julie London was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. A torch singer noted for her sultry, languid contralto vocals, London recorded over thirty albums of pop and jazz standards between 1955 and 1969. Her recording of "Cry Me a River", a track she introduced on her debut album, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. In addition to her musical notice, London was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1974 for her portrayal of nurse Dixie McCall in the television series Emergency!.

Željko Ražnatović, better known as Arkan, was a Slovenian-born Serbian mobster, politician, sports administrator, paramilitary commander and head of the Serb paramilitary force called the Serb Volunteer Guard during the Yugoslav Wars.

Friedrich Gulda was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields.

Fernando Buesa Blanco was a Spanish politician in the Basque Christian Democracy and in the Socialist Party of Euskadi - Euskadiko Ezkerra (PSE-EE) branch of the social democratic Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was assassinated by ETA.

Makhmud Alisultanovich Esambayev was a Soviet and Chechen actor and dancer. Makhmud was regarded as one of the most famous dancers of the Soviet Union.