List of Famous people who died in 2009

Abraham Paul Wendkos was an American television and film director.

Sebouh Der Abrahamian, known professionally as Val Avery, was an American character actor who appeared in hundreds of movies and television shows. In a career that spanned 50 years, Avery appeared in over 100 films and had appearances in over 300 television episodes.

Günter Naumann was a German actor. He is Best known for his performance in the TV-serials Zur See and Polizeiruf 110.

Kathleen Elizabeth Fell, known professionally as Kathleen Byron, was a British actress.

Rita Lejeune (1906–2009) was a Belgian literary historian who studied the history of the Middle Ages. She studied chansons de geste and Walloon literature, achieving international renown.

Paula Hawkins was an American politician from Florida. She is the only woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida. She was the second woman ever elected to the Senate from the American South. She was the first woman in the country to be elected to a full Senate term without having a close family member who previously served in major public office.

Horst Siebert was a German economist. He was a member of the German Council of Economic Experts from 1990 to 2003. Siebert also served as a member of both the Group of Economic Analysis (GEA) and the Group of Economic Policy Analysis (GEPA), a number of "European economists who advise the European Commission’s president." From 2002 to 2004, as a member of GEA, he advised EU President Romano Prodi. From 2005 to 2007, as a member of GEPA, he advised EU President Jose Manuel Barroso Siebert spent most of his academic career at the University of Kiel, where he held the chair for economic theory from 1989 to 2003.

Virginia Evangeline Carroll was an American actress. She was best known for her appearance in a number of western films.

Troy Kennedy Martin was a Scottish-born film and television screenwriter. He created the long-running BBC TV police series Z-Cars (1962–1978), and the award-winning 1985 anti-nuclear drama Edge of Darkness. He also wrote the screenplay for the original version of The Italian Job (1969).