List of Famous people who died in 2009

David Picão was the Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santos from November 21, 1996 until his retirement on July 26, 2000. The diocese is headquartered in Santos, São Paulo. He was succeeded by the current bishop, Jacyr Francisco Braido.

Marie Glory was a French actress.

Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi was a Japanese Cardinal Priest of the Catholic Church and archbishop of Tokyo.

Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe was the second Roman Catholic bishop of San Angelo, Texas and the fifth bishop of Dallas, Texas.

Giovanni Melis Fois was an Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church.

Thierry Jonquet was a French writer who specialised in crime novels with political themes. He was born in Paris; his most recent and best known novel outside France was Mygale (1984), then published in the US in 2003 by City Lights. Mygale was also published in the UK as Tarantula in 2005. He wrote over 20 novels in French, including Le bal des débris, Moloch and Rouge c'est la vie.

Richard Anthony Sayer ("Tony") Arnell was an English composer of classical music. Arnell composed in all the established genres for the concert stage, and his list of works includes six completed symphonies and six string quartets. At the Trinity College of Music, he "promoted a pioneering interest in film scores and electronic music" and jazz.

Harold Guy Hunt was an American politician and pastor who served as the 49th Governor of Alabama from 1987 to 1993. He was the first Republican to serve as governor of the state since Reconstruction.