2009 deaths

Azerbaijani poet (1925–2009)

Hamas leader (1959-2009)

José Ferreira Franco (18 November 1934 in Recife – 25 July 2009), nicknamed Zequinha, was a Brazilian association footballer who played as a midfielder.

German footballer (1950-2009)

alpine skier (1932-2009)

US speed skater (1929–2009)

Danish equestrian (1921-2009)

American politician (1918–2009)

Brazilian footballer (1962-2009)

University professor, Scouting instructor, freedom fighter during World War II

American pianist and composer (1923–2009)

Tanzanian politician (1926–2009)

American Christian philosopher (1921–2009)

South African racing driver (1937-2009)

American playwright and screenwriter (1916–2009)

Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (1926-2009)

English bass guitarist (1945–2009)

Moldovan poet (1935–2009)

American jazz drummer (1924–2009)

Spanish romantic novelist (1927–2009)

Children's writer, poet and editor (1911-2009)

Hong Kong actor (1913-2009)

Prime Minister of Senegal (1910-2009)

Swedish footballer and manager (1917–2009)

German operatic soprano (1937-2009)

Coptic Catholic cleric (1920–2009)

Italian mountaineer (1909-2009)

Spanish actor, screenwriter, and director (1934–2009)

North Korean politician (1929-2009)

British actress (1943–2009)

Finnish author, journalist, and Green League politician (1940-2009)

Brazilian footballer (1923-2009)

American singer-songwriter (1950–2009)

Vietnamese Catholic cardinal (1919–2009)

American jazz singer (1927–2009)

South African racing driver

Chilean footballer (1969-2009)

German racing driver (1919–2009)

Italian screenwriter (1908–2009)

Argentine footballer and manager (1919–2009)

German theatre director (1926–2009)

American rower (1915–2009)

Catholic archbishop (1909-2009)

British fantasy and science fiction author (1948-2009)

French footballer (1932–2009)

Norwegian singer, lyricist, composer and producer (1926–2009)

British writer (1919–2009)

American politician (1927–2009)

American actor and singer (1933–2009)

Swedish opera singer (1927-2009)

German legal scholar, politician, and judge (1925–2009)

Chilean diplomat, nazi and Holocaust denier (1917-2009)

United States Marine and actor (1925-2009)

US tennis player (1911–2009)

Catholic cardinal (1916–2009)

Croatian sculptor (1928-2009)

Canadian novelist (1973–2009)

American actor and singer (1975–2009)

German World War II soldier (1919–2009)

American writer (1914–2009)