List of Famous people who died in 2009

Daniel Acharuparambil was a Roman Catholic Indian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly in Kerela. Ordained to the priesthood on 14 March 1966, he was named archbishop and was consecrated on 3 November 1996.

Paul Fouad Tabet was a Lebanese prelate of the Maronite Church, part of the Catholic Church, who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1980 and service as an apostolic nuncio from 1980 to 2009 in the Caribbean, Nigeria, Geneva, and Greece.

Stanley Chapman was a British architect, designer, translator and writer. His interests included theatre and 'pataphysics. He was involved with founding the National Theatre of London, was a member of Oulipo of the year 1961, founder of the Outrapo and a member also of the French Collège de 'Pataphysique, the London Institute of 'Pataphysics and the Lewis Carroll Society. In the early 1950s he contributed poems and designed covers for the literary magazines Listen and Stand and contributed translations to Chanticleer, a magazine edited by the poet Ewart Milne. His English translation of A Hundred Thousand Billion Poems was received with "admiring stupefaction" by Raymond Queneau.

Yahya Sakher Habash, also known as Abu Nizar, was one of the Fatah founding leaders.

Josep Maria Guix Ferreres was a Catalan, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vic.

Nora Conway was an Irish badminton player.