List of Famous people who died at 69

David Samoylov, pseudonym of David Samuilovich Kaufman was one of the most notable representatives of the War generation of Russian poets.

Mohamed Ben Rehaiem, also known as Hamadi Agrebi, was a Tunisian football midfielder who played for Tunisia in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He also played for CS Sfaxien. He also played for Al Ain and Al-Nassr.

Henri Girard was a French author who used the pseudonym Georges Arnaud. He was born in Montpellier. He was the author of the novel The Wages of Fear.

Jesús Puente Alzaga was a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1957 to 2000.

Ekaterina Yurievna Genieva, OBE was a Russian librarian. She was director of the Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature from 1993 to 2015.

Armando Calderón Sol was President of El Salvador from June 1, 1994, to June 1, 1999, representing the Nationalist Republican Alliance. He was the first president elected in El Salvador after twelve years of civil war.

Abilkhan Kasteev was a Kazakhstani painter. He was highly decorated, winning the National Artist of Kazakh SSR, and The Laureate of the Chokan Valikhanov State Premium of the Kazakh SSR. He was awarded the Order of October Revolution, and two Orders of Labour Red Flag.

Sigmar Polke was a German painter and photographer.

Ángel Sanz Briz was a Spanish diplomat who served under Francoist Spain during World War II. He saved the lives of some five thousand Hungarian Jews from deportation to Auschwitz. Sanz Briz is sometimes referred to as "the angel of Budapest".

Friedrich Gulda was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields.