Michel Colucci, better known as Coluche, was a French comedian famous for his irreverent sense of humour

Ryan Dallas Cook (June 5, 1982 - October 19, 2005), better known as Dallas Cook to his fans, was one of the two trombone players in third-wave ska band Suburban Legends until his death. Dallas attended Huntington Beach High School from 1996-2000 where he was an active member of the high school marching band, of which he attributed his love of music and performing.

Diego "Chico" Corrales (August 25 1977 - May 7 2007) was a former super featherweight and lightweight world boxing champion. "Chico" had a professional record of 40-5-0, with 33 wins coming by way of knockout.

Steven Gregory Stayner (April 18, 1965 - September 16, 1989) was an American child who became famous after he was kidnapped as a seven-year-old and held captive by his abductor, to be reunited with his family seven years later. He was also the brother of convicted serial killer Cary Stayner.

Tom Fitzgerald (March 14, 1951 - December 4, 2004) was an American soccer coach. Fitzgerald played soccer at the University of South Florida, where he graduated in 1974. He got his first head coaching job at Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida where he coached from 1978 to 1981. He led the team to two district championships with a 35-11-6 record. He was hired by the University of Tampa as an assistant coach in 1981 and became the team's head coach in 1987.

Joe Don Looney (October 10, 1942 - September 24, 1988) was an American football running back in the NFL for four different teams. Looney was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He played as a running back for the Texas Longhorns, the TCU Horned Frogs and the Oklahoma Sooners in college, and later a member of the New York Giants, the Baltimore Colts, the Detroit Lions, the Washington Redskins, and the New Orleans Saints over the span of a 6 year career.

Harold Vivian "Vic" Cumberland (born 4 July, 1877; died 5 July, 1927) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL and SANFL. Initially playing senior football in Tasmania, he then played with Melbourne from 1898. Later he had several periods at St Kilda starting in 1903. From 1909 to 1911 he played with Sturt in the SANFL, winning the league's Magarey Medal award as the fairest and most brilliant in his final year at the club.

Martin Gilks (2 March 1965-3 April 2006) was an English musician. He was a founder member and original drummer for The Wonder Stuff, based in Stourbridge (West Midlands, England). Gilks was originally the drummer with Midlands-based The Mighty Lemon Drops before leaving in 1985 (allegedly sacked for not wanting to cut his hair), and later joined Miles Hunt, Malcolm Treece, and Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones to form The Wonder Stuff in March 1986.

Stéphane Provost (Born: May 5, 1967 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada-Died: April 22, 2005 in Weston, Florida, USA) was a French Canadian National Hockey League linesman. Provost was killed in a road accident at approximately 3:30 a.m. Eastern Time while travelling on his motorcycle west on State Road 84 after hitting a tractor trailer. He was only 37 years old. The motorcycle burst into flames, falling onto Provost, who was not wearing a motorcycle helmet.

Tom Capone Born Luiz Antonio Ferreira Gonçalves, Tom Capone was a Brazilian music producer and guitar player. Born in Brasilia, Brazil, he died in Los Angeles hours after leaving the 2004 Latin Grammy Awards show when his motorcycle collided with a car. He had been nominated for five Latin Grammy awards.

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO (August 16, 1888 - May 19, 1935), known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British soldier renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt of 1916-18, but whose vivid personality and writings, along with the extraordinary breadth and variety of his activities and associations, have made him the object of fascination throughout the world as "Lawrence of Arabia".

John Champlin Gardner, Jr. (born July 21, 1933, Batavia, New York; died September 14, 1982, near Susquehanna, Pennsylvania) was an American novelist and university teacher. He was a popular and controversial figure until his death in a motorcycle accident at the age of 49.

Raymond Berry Oakley III, was an American bassist and one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band. Oakley was born in Chicago, Illinois then moved to Florida where he met and joined Dickey Betts' band Second Coming. He then helped form The Allman Brothers Band in 1969, along with Duane Allman (guitar), Gregg Allman (vocals and organ), Dickey Betts (guitar), and drummers Butch Trucks and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson.

Mark Olivier (born January 31, 1987, died December 2006) was a Namibian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler. He represented the Namibian cricket team in three Youth One-Day Internationals during the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup. He generally occupied the position of a sturdy lower-order batsman. He died in a motorcycle accident in December 2006.

Howard Duane Allman was an American lead guitarist and noted session musician. Duane is noted for both his slide guitar and improvisational skills. In 2003, "Rolling Stone" magazine named Duane Allman as number two on their list of the greatest guitarists of all time, trailing only Jimi Hendrix. He was a noted session musician, was a founding member and the leader of The Allman Brothers Band, …

Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. (June 2, 1930 - July 8, 1999), was an American astronaut and the third man to walk on the moon. He served on Gemini 5 and 11, Apollo 12, and Skylab 2 missions, and may have been scheduled for the Apollo 20 mission, which was cancelled.

Laura J. Tennessen was a 20 year old Cassville, Wisconsin resident who posthumously became an internet cause célèbre after three Wisconsin men were arrested for tampering with her grave.

Lenar Gilmullin (born June 17, 1985 in Kazan, died 22 June 2007) was a talented Russian football full-back of Tatar origin who played for FC Rubin Kazan and the Russia Under-21 team.

Jaye Michael Davis (born Preston Moore) was an American radio deejay. He had been the voice of Memphis's WDIA-AM since 1977. WDIA was the first radio station in the United States entirely programmed by African Americans. He had also been a deputy with the Shelby County Sheriff's Department since 1994 and served in the fugitive division on the midnight shift. Davis was killed in a motorcycle accident near Tunica, Mississippi on July 1, 2006.

James Robert Richards was an American veterinarian who was a noted expert on cats. He headed the Feline Health Center of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine from 1997 until his death. Born in Richmond, Indiana, he grew up in rural Ohio. He earned a math degree from Berea College in 1970 and his veterinary degree from Ohio State University in 1979. He began at Cornell in 1991.

Pierlucio Tinazzi (December 27, 1962 - March 24, 1999) was an Italian security guard who perished while rescuing survivors of the 1999 Mont Blanc tunnel fire. Part of his job involved riding back and forth through the tunnel on his motorcycle to keep traffic flowing, dispatching tow trucks and providing motorist assistance as needed.

Andy Kirby (born November 30, 1961, in White House, Tennessee - died July 18, 2002 in Nashville, Tennessee), is a former stockcar driver, most notably in NASCAR. Kirby did not initially begin with NASCAR, where his career would end. Instead, Kirby quickly earned his reputation as a motorcycle racer in the Southeastern United States. Kirby would eventually become best friends with NASCAR Busch Series driver Chad Chaffin, and Chaffin helped open some doors for Kirby.

David Glenn Thibodaux (December 1, 1953 - March 24, 2007) was an English professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a member and officer of the Lafayette Parish School Board, and a four-time conservative Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 7th Congressional District. He was also an author of several books, including "Political Correctness: The Cloning of the American Mind", …

Richard George Fariña was an American writer and folksinger. He was a figure in both the counterculture scene of the early- to mid-sixties as well as the budding folk rock scene of the same era.

Reginald (Reg) Armstrong (1926 - November 1979) was born in Liverpool, grew up in Dublin, and raced motorcycles for AJS, Velocette, Norton, NSU, and Gilera. He then became team manager for Honda in 1962 and 1963, and they won five world championships in that time. He was also in his lifetime an agent for NSU, Honda, and Opel. He competed in Grand Prix Motorcycle World Championships and at the Isle of Man TT, usually placing highly. He died in a road accident in 1979.

Niccolò Galli was a promising footballer who died in a road traffic accident aged 17. The son of former Italian international goalkeeper Giovanni Galli, he began with his hometown club, Fiorentina, before moving to Arsenal in August 1999. He spent one year in London, winning the FA Youth Cup in 2000, returning to Italy to finish his studies. He was on loan with Bologna during this time. It was here that the young central defender's career really started to take off, …

Bob Murphy, (July 22 1922-August 1 1961), was an American light heavyweight boxer who fought from 1945 to 1954. He was born Edwin Lee O'Connely in Flagler, Colorado, but fought out of San Diego, California. Murphy, who was a southpaw, made the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. He unsuccessfully challenged Joey Maxim for the light heavyweight championship on August 22 1951. Although Murphy entered the ring as the favorite, …

Pappo is the pseudonym of Argentine blues and metal/rock musician Norberto Napolitano (Buenos Aires, 10 March 1950 - Luján, Buenos Aires province, 24 February 2005).

Mixmaster Spade (born ? - died March 14 2005) in Los Angeles, USA) was a hip hop pioneer. He died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He recorded with artists such as Toddy Tee (as Toddy Tee featuring Mixmaster Spade) and King Tee ("Ya Betta Bring A Gun").

Manjural Islam Rana, also known as Qazi Manjural Islam, was a Bangladeshi cricketer who played six Tests and 25 One-day Internationals for Bangladesh. Born in Khulna, Rana was a slow left arm orthodox bowler, who also played in the Surrey Championship for Old Mid-Whitgiftians. He was one of Bangladesh's school of left arm bowlers.

Simon Milward (born Strete, Devon, UK 28 January 1965, died Mali 4 March 2005) was the General Secretary of the Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations (FEMA), based in Brussels, Belgium from 1992 to 1999. He represented motorcyclists in the institutions of the European Union concerning road safety and consumer issues. A collision with a car resulted in hospitalisation.

Tim Choate (born 11 October, 1954, died 24 September, 2004) was an American actor who starred in a number of film and television roles on series such as "Dragnet" and "Babylon 5". He was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2004, aged 49

Nikolai Erastovich Berzarin was a Russian Red Army General, Hero of the Soviet Union (April 6, 1945)

Luis Fernandez de la Reguera (20 October 1966 - 14 August 2006) was an American independent film director most famous for his 2003 documentary "Rockets Redglare!" about the actor of that name.

Deva Lokesh Stanley de Silva (born November 17, 1956, Ambalangoda died April 12 1980) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played two ODIs in 1979. He died at the age of 23 in a motorcycle accident.

Jerzy Koszla (October 3, 1935 - September 17, 1959) was a Polish luger who competed during the late 1950s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1958 FIL World Luge Championships in Krynica, Poland. Koszla died the following year in a motorcycle accident.