List of Famous people who died in 2000

Norman Arthur Erbe was the 35th Governor of Iowa, holding the position from 1961 to 1963.

Bernardo Capó was a Spanish racing cyclist. He rode in the 1949 Tour de France.

Alan North was an American actor.

Leopoldo Savona (1922–2000) was an Italian actor, director, choreographer, and screenwriter. He directed 18 films between 1954 and 1976. He was sometimes credited as Leo Colman or Leo Coleman.

Dr. James Cooke Brown was an American sociologist and science fiction author. He is notable for creating the artificial language Loglan and for designing the Parker Brothers board game Careers.

Sir Robert Christopher 'Robin' Mackworth-Young was a British academic and librarian, who served as Royal Librarian between 1958 and 1985.

Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal was a French flautist. He has been personally "credited with returning to the flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had not held since the 18th century."

Alexandru "Elek" Schwartz was a Romanian professional footballer and coach of the Netherlands national team. With S.L. Benfica he won the national Championship and Cup trophies of 1965 and led the club into the final of the European Champion Clubs' Cup.