List of Famous people who died in 2004

Gato Dumas was an Argentine chef and restaurateur. He is considered by many the greatest chef in Argentina. He is also the founder of the largest culinary school in Latin America, the Gato Dumas Institute, with branches in Argentina, Uruguay (Montevideo) and Colombia.

Encarnación Margarita Isabel Verdugo Díez, popularly known as Margarita Landi, was a Spanish journalist.

George Silk was a photojournalist. He was born in Levin, New Zealand, and served as a photojournalist for Life for 30 years.

Tsutomu Adachi was a Japanese manga artist born in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, and the older brother of Mitsuru Adachi. Tsutomu was an assistant to Fujio Akatsuka, and was known as one of the "Four Protegés of Akatsuka". According to his younger brother, his definitive works include Jitsuroku Adachi Mitsuru Monogatari, Nigun no Hoshi Hanpa-kun and Tamagawa-kun.

Feridun Karakaya was a well-known Turkish comedy actor.

Eloy Alquinta Ross was a Chilean musician. He was a member of the band Los Jaivas and Huaika.

Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and dance. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century".

Den Fujita was a Japanese founder of McDonald's Japan.

Kamran Usluer was a Turkish film actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1966 to 2004.

Hanan El Tawil was an Egyptian actress and singer who played roles in cinema, comedy, and theater. She is said to be the first transgender actress in Egypt, born as Tarek. Her death in 2004 is speculated to be a suicide due to mental illness exacerbated by frequent harassment. She was the subject of a documentary by Egyptian LGBTQ advocacy group No Hate Egypt.