List of Famous people who died in 1999

Horst Helmut Hermann Niendorf was a German actor and voice actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1951 to 1996.

Sarah Kane was an English playwright who is known for her plays that deal with themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, pain, torture—both physical and psychological—and death. They are characterised by a poetic intensity, pared-down language, exploration of theatrical form and, in her earlier work, the use of extreme and violent stage action. Kane herself, as well as scholars of her work, such as Graham Saunders, identify some of her inspirations as expressionist theatre and Jacobean tragedy. The critic Aleks Sierz has seen her work as part of what he has termed In-Yer-Face theatre, a form of drama which broke away from the conventions of naturalist theatre. Kane's published work consists of five plays, one short film (Skin), and two newspaper articles for The Guardian.

Alexander Nikolayevich Komin, known as The Slaveholder, was a Russian slave-owner and serial killer. At various times from 1995 to 1997, he kept 6 people as prisoners in a 9-meter deep bunker under his own garage. Four of his prisoners were eventually murdered.

Mohan Gokhale was an Indian film, television and theater actor who has worked in art films such as Sparsh, Bhavni Bhavai and Mirch Masala. His father was a senior journalist and Editor of the weekly Swarajya and Assistant Editor of Sakal in Pune.

Faisal bin Fahd Al Saud was the president of Youth Welfare in Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1999 and a member of House of Saud.

Eberhard Cohrs was a German comedian and actor. A short man, he was frequently known as "[der] Kleene mit der großen Gusche", a Saxon dialect epithet which loosely translates as "the little guy with the big mouth".

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Muhammad-Sadiq al-Sadr was a prominent Iraqi Shia marja'. He called for government reform and the release of detained Shia leaders. The growth of his popularity, often referred to as the followers of the Vocal Hawza, also put him in competition with other Shi'a leaders, including Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim who was exiled in Iran.

Riccardo Cucciolla was an Italian actor and voice actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1953 and 1999. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for the film Sacco & Vanzetti.

Vladimir Yakovlevich Samoilov was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1984). Winner of the Stanislavsky State Prize (1972), and two USSR State Prizes.

Plínio Marcos de Barros was a Brazilian writer, actor, journalist and playwright, author of several stage plays adapted into film. Called a "Poète maudit" by some, his work features the life and struggles of underground characters, touching themes such as violence, prostitution and homosexuality, and was censored by the military government.