List of Famous people who died in 2009

Habib Bourguiba Jr. was a Tunisian diplomat and politician.

Yeh Ming-hsun, was a Chinese journalist and newspaper editor. A native of Fujian Province on the Chinese mainland, he became president of Chunghwa Daily, a newspaper belonging to the ruling Kuomintang, in 1950. In the late 1950s, Cheng Shewo and Yeh co-founded the Shih Hsin School of Journalism. Yeh served as the school's vice president in 1966 and its chairman from 1991 to 2006.

Tatsuo Yamada was a Japanese actor best known for the protagonist of Sōgo Ishii's 1980 film Crazy Thunder Road.

William Stewart Campbell was an American production designer and art director. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.

Akmal Shaikh was a Pakistani-British businessman who was convicted and executed in China for illegally trafficking approximately 4 kg of heroin. The trial and execution attracted significant media attention in the UK.

Edite Castro Soeiro was a Portuguese journalist, notable as one of the first women to attain a senior position on Portuguese journalism. She was born in Angola, where she worked for the Benguela weekly O Intransigente in the 1950s before moving to Portugal and working for the publications Flama, Notícia, O Jornal and Visão, amongst others.

Tadashi Ōishi is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.