Famous People Who Died In 2009
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 2009. This list includes people like Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze, Ted Kennedy, Natasha Richardson, Farrah Fawcett and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, presidents, soldiers and novelists who died in 2009. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & India and many more countries.
Michael Jackson29 August 1958, American
Singer
Farrah Fawcett02 February 1947, American
Actress
Patrick Swayze18 August 1952, American
Actor
Natasha Richardson11 May 1963, British, American
Actress
Bea Arthur13 May 1922, American
Actress
Ted Kennedy22 February 1932, American
Former US Senator
Susan Atkins07 May 1948, American
Murderer
Norman Borlaug25 March 1914, American
Father of the Green Revolution
Robert McNamara09 June 1916, American
Former United States Secretary of Defense
Walter Cronkite04 November 1916, American
Broadcaster
Millvina Dean02 February 1912, British
Cartographer
Jennifer Jones02 March 1919, American
Actress
Corazon Aquino25 January 1933, Filipino
Former President of Phillipines
James Whitmore01 October 1921, American
Actor
Henry Gibson21 September 1935, American
Actor
John Updike18 March 1932, American
Paul Harvey04 September 1918, American
Radio Broadcaster
Richard Todd11 June 1919, Irish
Actor
Wendy Richard20 July 1943, British
Actress
Claude Lévi-Strauss28 November 1908, French
Anthropologist
Andrew Wyeth12 July 1917, American
Lou Albano29 July 1933, American
Wrestler
Soupy Sales08 January 1926, American
Comedian
Ron Silver02 July 1946, American
Actor
Abdurrahman Wahid07 September 1940, Indonesian
Former President of Indonesia
Paul Samuelson15 May 1915, American
Economist
Dan Seals08 February 1948, American
Musician
Altovise Davis30 August 1943, American
Actress
Sable Starr15 August 1957, American
Socialite, Groupie
Merce Cunningham16 April 1919, American
Dancer and Choreographer
Ali Akbar Khan14 April 1922, Indian
Musician
Aage Bohr19 June 1922, Danish
Physicist
Guillermo Endara12 May 1936, Panamanian
President of Panama
Jack Cardiff18 September 1914, British
Cinematographer, Film Director
Tayeb Salih12 July 1929, Sudanese
Writer
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Tyeb Mehta25 July 1925, Indian
Indian painter
Robert F. Furchgott04 June 1916, American
Biochemist
Edwin G. Krebs06 June 1918, American
Biochemist
Jean Dausset19 October 1916, French
Immunologist
Kim Dae Jung06 January 1924, South Korean
Former President of South Korea
Mamadou Dia18 July 1910, Senegalese
Politician
Britanny Murphy10 November 1977, American
Actress
Sir Clive William John Granger04 September 1934, British, American, Welsh
British economist
Brittany Murphy10 November 1977, American
Film Actress
Kim Peek11 November 1951, American
Savant syndrome
Ricardo Montalbán25 November 1920, Mexican
Television actor, Film actor, Character actor,
Dom DeLuise01 August 1933, American
Actor
Velupillai Prabhakaran26 November 1954, Sri Lankan
Patrick McGoohan19 March 1928, Irish, American
American-Irish actor
Marilyn Chambers22 April 1952, American
Actress
Billy Mays20 July 1958, American
American salesperson
Jade Goody05 June 1981
Nurse, Autobiographer, Writer, Socialite
Ed McMahon06 March 1923
actor, officer, radio personality
Stephen Gately17 March 1976, Irish
Singer-songwriter
Arturo Gatti15 April 1972, Canadian
Boxer
Les Paul09 June 1915, American
Guitarist, Banjoist, Inventor, Jazz musician, Jazz
The Rev09 February 1981, American
Musician, Drummer, Pianist, Songwriter, Singer
John Allen Muhammad31 December 1960, American
Spree killer, Serial killer
Bobby Robson18 February 1933, British
Association football player, Autobiographer,
Karl MaldenAmerican
Film Actor, Television Actor
Jim Rohn17 September 1930, American
Motivational speaker, Entrepreneur, Writer
Evan Chandler25 January 1944, American
Dentist, Playwright
Hélio Gracie01 October 1913, Brazilian
Judoka
Steven Williams14 May 1960, American
Wrestler
Mary Travers09 November 1936, American
Singer-songwriter, Composer
Oral Roberts24 January 1918, American
J. G. Ballard15 November 1930, Chinese, British
Novelist, Writer, Autobiographer, Screenwriter,
Keith Floyd28 December 1943, British
Television producer, Chef, Author, Autobiographer
George Tiller08 August 1941, American
Physician, Officer, Gynaecologist
Dominick Dunne1925 AD
Author, Journalist, Producer, Television
Frank McCourt19 August 1930, Irish, American
Writer
Kim Dae-jung06 January 1924, South Korean
Former President of South Korea
Allen Klein18 December 1931, American
Record producer, Talent agent, Entrepreneur,
Roh Moo-hyun01 September 1946, South Korean
Judge, Politician, Lawyer
Danny La Rue26 July 1927, British
Cabaret artist, Autobiographer, Singer
Maurice Jarre13 September 1924, French
Composer, Conductor, Film score composer
R. Venkataraman04 December 1910, Indian
President
Gaafar Nimeiry01 January 1930, Sudanese
Former President of Sudan
Qian Xuesen11 December 1911
Astronautical engineer
Miguel Serrano10 September 1917, Chilean
Diplomat, Writer
Pina Bausch27 July 1940, German
Choreographer, Ballet dancer, Dancer, Artist,
Francis Magalona04 October 1964, Filipino
Singer
Blossom Dearie28 April 1924, American
pianist, singer, jazz musician
Wayne Allwine07 February 1947, American
Actor, Dub actor
Harry Patch17 June 1898, British
Soldier
Robert Enke24 August 1977, German
Association football player
Ingemar Johansson22 September 1932, Swedish
Boxer
Dave Arneson01 October 1947, American
List of role-playing game designers
Carl Ballantine27 September 1917, American
Actor, Television actor, Stage magician
Robert Louis-Dreyfus14 June 1946, Swiss, French
Businessperson
K. Pattabhi Jois26 July 1915, Indian
Mercedes Sosa09 July 1935, Argentinian
Singer
Harry Kalas26 March 1936, American
Announcer, Sports commentator
Irving Penn16 June 1917, American
Photographer
Omar Bongo30 December 1935, Spanish, Gabonese
Gabonese Politician
Shi Pei Pu21 December 1938
Artist, Spy, Opera singer