List of Famous people who died at 99

Father René Laurentin was a French theologian. He is widely recognized as "one of the world’s foremost students" of Mariology and is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles on topics including Marian apparitions such as Lourdes and Medjugorje; visionaries and mystics including Bernadette Soubirous, Thérèse de Lisieux, Catherine Labouré, and Yvonne Aimée de Malestroit; as well as biblical exegesis, theology, and Vatican II.

Adelaide João, born Maria da Glória Pereira da Silva, was a Portuguese actress.

Ana Enriqueta Terán was a Venezuelan poet. She was one of the best-known Venezuelan poets, especially because of her peculiar wordplay. Terán has written in several publications and all her works are compiled in Casa de hablas (1991). She won the National Prize for Literature in 1989.

Pyotr Yevseevich Braiko was a Soviet soldier during the Second World War who gained the status of Hero of the Soviet Union following the conflict.

Wang Guangying was a Chinese entrepreneur and politician. He was one of the most prominent "red capitalists", a title bestowed on him by Premier Zhou Enlai. He founded Modern Chemical Works in the 1940s and served as Founding Chairman of China Everbright Group in the 1980s. His sister Wang Guangmei was the wife of President Liu Shaoqi, and for that connection he was persecuted and imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution, when Liu was ousted by Chairman Mao Zedong. Wang was rehabilitated after Mao's death and served as Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Vice Chairperson of the National People's Congress (NPC).

Abbé René de Naurois was a French Catholic priest, chaplain, and ornithologist.

Juanita Moore was an American film, television, and stage actress.

Cruzeiro Seixas, full name Artur Manuel Rodrigues do Cruzeiro Seixas, was a "man who paints" and a Portuguese poet.

Louis Leprince-Ringuet was a French physicist, telecommunications engineer, essayist and historian of science.

Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik was a Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva of one of the branches of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem, Israel, attended by select young Talmudists, mainly from the United States.