List of Famous people who died in 2000

René Wheeler was a French screenwriter and film director. He co-wrote the story of the film A Cage of Nightingales (1945) with Georges Chaperot, for which they both received an Academy Award nomination in 1947. Their story would later serve as an inspiration for the hugely successful film The Chorus (2004). Wheeler also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1955 heist film Rififi.

John F. Warren was an American cinematographer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Cinematography for the film The Country Girl. Warren died in August 2000 in Camarillo, California, at the age of 91.

David Coleman Dukes was an American character actor. He had a long career in films, appearing in 35. Dukes starred in the miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, and he was a frequent television guest star. Later in life, Dukes had recurring roles on shows such as Pauly, Sisters and Dawson's Creek.

Joseph Lloyd Hogan was the seventh Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, New York.

David Golub was an American pianist and conductor.

Paul Bühlmann was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions.

Paul Gerhart Hatfield was an American attorney, politician, and jurist. He served briefly as United States Senator from Montana in 1978, and then as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.