List of Famous people who died in 2009

Billy Powell was an American musician and a longtime keyboardist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2009.

Charles Hirsch Schneer was an American film producer, best known for working with Ray Harryhausen, the specialist known for his work in stop motion model animation.

Kenneth Donovan Clark was an American B movie actor. He appeared in movies in the United States and Europe, including the Secret Agent 077 trilogy, South Pacific, and a number of Spaghetti Westerns.

Paul Frederick Sharp was a professor and college administrator. He served as the 15th president of Hiram College from 1957 to 1965, the 3rd chancellor of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill from 1964 to 1965, president of Drake University, and the 9th president of the University of Oklahoma from 1971 to 1977. Before his stint as a college administrator, Sharp was a professor of History at the University of Minnesota, Iowa State University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison.