List of Famous people who died in 2007
Françoise Landowski-Caillet
Françoise Landowski-Caillet was a French pianist and painter.
Ira Levin
Ira Marvin Levin was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His most noted works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), and The Boys from Brazil (1976), as well as the play Deathtrap (1978). Many of his novels and plays have been adapted to film.
Jean Sunny
Achim-Helge von Beust
Petro Balabuyev
Petro Vasylovych Balabuyev was a Ukrainian aircraft designer, engineer, Doctor of Engineering (1988), professor, chief designer of the Antonov Design Bureau, Hero of Socialist Labour and a Hero of Ukraine, head of Kiev-based Antonov Aircraft for almost 20 years.
Albert Ellis
Albert Ellis was an American psychologist and psychotherapist who founded Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). He held MA and PhD degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University, and was certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He also founded, and was the President of, the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute. He is generally considered to be one of the originators of the cognitive revolutionary paradigm shift in psychotherapy and an early proponent and developer of cognitive-behavioral therapies.
K. K. Mahajan
K. K. Mahajan was an Indian cinematographer who was known for his work in Parallel Cinema. In a career that spanned over four decades, he won four National Film Awards. He was best known for his work with filmmakers such as Kumar Shahani, Mani Kaul, Basu Chatterjee and Mrinal Sen.
James Hillier
James Hillier, was a Canadian-American scientist and inventor who designed and built, with Albert Prebus, the first successful high-resolution electron microscope in North America in 1938.
Josep Pintat-Solans
Josep Pintat-Solans was the second Prime Minister of Andorra. A local business executive, he was unanimously elected Prime Minister by the General Council of Andorra and began serving on May 21, 1984; Pintat-Solans was re-elected in January 1986, receiving the votes of 27 out of 28 of the General Council's members, serving as Prime Minister until January 12, 1990. He died on October 20, 2007, after a long illness.
Georges Aminel
Georges Aminel (1922–2007) was a French stage, film and television actor. His father was from Martinique.