List of Famous people who died in 2004

Antoine Abel was a poet from Seychelles born on November 27, 1934 in Anse Boileau, and died on October 19, 2004 in Mahé, Seychelles. He is considered the father of Seychelles literature.

Jean Rouch was a French filmmaker and anthropologist.

Mehmet Sabancı, a member in third generation of the renowned Sabancı family in Turkey, was a businessman.

Tappei Shimokawa was a Japanese actor. He attended Musashino Art University, but withdrew before completing his degree. In 1939, he joined Bungakuza Theatre Company but left in 1952. He is well known for his roles in Taiyō ni Hoero! and Akira Kurosawa`s Dodes'ka-den.

Alexei Khvostenko was a Russian avant-garde poet, singer-songwriter, artist and sculptor. Khvostenko is also frequently referred to by the nickname Khvost, meaning "tail".

William John Charles, CBE was a Welsh international footballer who played for Leeds United and Juventus during his 25-year playing career. Rated by many as the greatest all-round footballer ever to come from Britain, he was equally adept as a forward or defender due to his strength, pace, technique, vision, ability in the air and eye for goal. He has since been included in the Football League 100 Legends and was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame.

Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Bovin was a Soviet and Russian journalist, political scientist and diplomat, notable for being the first Soviet, and then Russian ambassador to Israel after the re-establishment of Soviet-Israeli diplomatic relations. He was a leading journalist of Soviet Union and Russia of the late 20th century. The New York Times called him "one of the most colorful and daring commentators of the late Soviet period" and The Washington Post also said he was "widely regarded as the Soviet Union's most sophisticated and best-informed political commentator".

Prince Egon von Fürstenberg was a socialite, banker, fashion and interior designer, and member of the German aristocratic family Fürstenberg.

Nurnaningsih was an Indonesian actress. She has been described as Indonesia's first sex bomb.

Yavuz Selekman was a Turkish wrestler and film actor. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman middleweight at the 1964 Summer Olympics.