2009 deaths

President of Costa Rica (1926-2009)

Novelist, critic (1929-2009)

Cardinal priest from Japan

Georgian writer (1933–2009)

Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, executive producer, pianist (1945–2009)

Indian singer (1913-2009)

German footballer (1934-2009)

Japanese gymnast (1937–2009)

Russian ballet dancer (1939-2009)

Japanese mangaka (1958–2009)

American photographer (1913-2009)

Czech footballer (1943-2009)

Croatian footballer (1929-2009)

American scholar of queer theory (1950-2009)

Polish cardiac surgeon and politician (1938-2009)

American musician (1948-2009)

Austrian actress and screenwriter (1944–2009)

American novelist (1931–2009)

American stage, screen, and television actor (1919–2009)

Italian mountain climber (1925–2009)

English reality television personality (1981-2009)

Canadian boxer (1972–2009)

Nicaraguan boxer (1952-2009)

Soviet general and Russian politician (1923-2009)

Moroccan Prime Minister

Israeli politician (1921-2009)

Pakistani Taliban Militant leader (1974-2009)

American game designer (1947-2009)

Danish swimmer

Iraqi politician (1953-2009)

American-born Italian television host (1924-2009)

American anthropologist (1914–2009)

American journalist and presidential speechwriter (1929–2009)

Prime Minister of Madagascar (1946-2009)

British statistician and cryptographer (1916–2009)

Maharani of Jaipur and Indian politician (1919–2009)

English army officer and Olympic medalist (1909–2009)

American actor (1935–2009)

President of Guatemala; of Norwegian parentage (1930-2009)

Russian mathematician (1929–2009)

athletics competitor (1923–2009)

American biochemist (1913–2009)

French snowboarder (1978-2009)

American actress, singer (1922–2009)

prince of Belgium (1942–2009)

Canadian professional wrestler (1975-2009)

Indian actress (1931–2009)

Irish boxer (1982-2009)

American dancer and choreographer (1914–2009)

singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia (1964–2009)

American television director and producer (1951–2009)

British schoolteacher, namer of the dwarf planet Pluto

English footballer (1934-2009)

Russian conductor (1916-2009)

American announcer, game show host, actor, and spokesman (1923-2009)

alpine skier (1932-2009)

British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)

Minister of Finance of Japan (1953-2009)

American professional wrestler, professional wrestling manager, and actor (1933-2009)

American film director (1927–2009)