List of Famous people who died in 1999

Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa was the first emir of Bahrain from 1961 until his death in 1999. Born in Jasra, Bahrain, he became emir upon the death of his father, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

Karl Lieffen, born Karel František Lifka, was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998.

Dimitri Tsafendas was a Greek-Mozambican lifelong political militant and the assassin of Prime Minister of South Africa Hendrik Verwoerd on 6 September 1966. Tsafendas, while working as a parliamentary messenger, stabbed Verwoerd to death during a sitting of the House of Assembly in Cape Town.

Yury Nikolayevich Vasilyev was a Soviet and Russian stage and movie actor. Best known for movie roles in The Journalist (1967) and Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980). Sex symbol of the Soviet cinema.

Charles Edward "Buddy" Rogers was an American film actor and musician. During the peak of his popularity in the late 1920s and early 1930s he was publicized as "America's Boy Friend".

Miles J. Stanford was a Christian author best known for his classic collection on spirituality, The Green Letters, published in 1964.

Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short stature. He became one of the most accomplished jazz pianists of his generation despite having pain in his arms.

Tara Römer was a French actor. He starred in the film Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988).

Musa Viktorovna Krepkogorskaya - Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1989).

Anthony Newley was an English actor, singer and songwriter. Newley achieved success as a performer in such diverse fields as rock and roll and stage and screen acting. As a recording artist he enjoyed a dozen Top 40 entries on the UK Singles Chart between 1959 and 1962, including two number one hits. With songwriting partner Leslie Bricusse, Newley wrote "Feeling Good", which was popularised by Nina Simone and covered by many other popular artists, as well as the lyrics for the title song of 1964 film Goldfinger. Bricusse and Newley received an Academy Award nomination for the film score of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).