2009 deaths

American actor (1921–2009)

Mexican actor (1920–2009)

American writer (1918–2009)

American musician (1981–2009)

American savant (1951–2009)

Soviet cosmonaut

Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (1931-2009)

Sudanese novelist and short story writer (1929–2009)

cleric and Deputy Supreme Leader of Iran from 1985 to 1989

Chinese rocket scientist (1911-2009)

Italian journalist and writer (1932–2009)

European-American salesperson (1958–2009)

Polish hammer thrower

South African politician (1917–2009)

American actress (1923–2009)

Russian folk singer (1929-2009)

American philanthropist; founder of the Special Olympics; sister of John F. Kennedy (1921–2009)

Russian tax advisor who died in police custody (1972–2009)

Austrian alpine skier and actor (1935-2009)

American pornographic actress (1952-2009)

American actor (1933–2009)

American photographer and photojournalist (1917–2009)

Cuban politician and one of the original commanders of the Cuban Revolution (1927-2009)

American professional wrestler

American folk singer (1936–2009)

Hindustani musician (1922–2009)

Soviet-Armenian botanist (1910-2009)

Spanish pianist

British musician (1948–2009)

Irish-British actor (1919-2009)

Israeli computer scientist (1941–2009) researching temporal logic, model checking, and concurrent systems

longtime senior executive for The Walt Disney Company (1930-2009)

American track athlete and football player (1934-2009)

American dancer and choreographer (1919–2009)

British actor (1930–2009)

Brazilian writer (1931–2009)

Austrian writer (1924–2009)

American voice actor (1947–2009)

Canadian actor (1918–2009)

American motivational speaker

American actor and activist (1946-2009)

Belgian politician (1911-2009)

Italian politician, businesswoman and writer (1922–2009)

German general and fighter pilot during World War II (1918–2009)

South Korean Roman Catholic cardinal and Servant of God

British actress and model (1980–2009)

American football player and politician (1935–2009)

American author, poet, and punk musician (1949–2009)

American actor and singer (1927–2009)

American film director, screenwriter, actor (1946-2009)

British cinematographer, director and photographer (1914-2009)

president of Panama (1936-2009)

Albino Friaça Cardoso (October 20, 1924 – January 12, 2009), best known as simply Friaça (), was a Brazilian football striker.

American columnist, journalist, and writer (1920–2009)

American tennis player (1921–2009)

Italian writer and poet (1931-2009)

American convicted murderer from California (1948-2009)

American basketball coach

American Chicago blues musician

Georgian writer (1933–2009)