List of Famous people who died in 2019

Hatice Beril Dedeoğlu was a Turkish academic who served as the Minister of European Union Affairs in the interim election government led by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu between 22 September and 17 November 2015. Having taken over from the previous interim cabinet minister Ali Haydar Konca following his resignation, Dedeoğlu served until Davutoğlu formed a new government after the November 2015 snap general election. She was, as required by the Constitution, of no political affiliation and was one of two women to serve in the interim cabinet, the other being Family and Social Policy Minister Ayşen Gürcan.

Hirokazu Kanazawa was a Japanese teacher of Shotokan karate. He was the Chief instructor and President of the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation, an organisation he founded after he left the Japan Karate Association (JKA). Kanazawa was ranked 10th dan in karate.

Lê Đức Anh was a Vietnamese politician and general who served as the fourth President of Vietnam from 1992 to 1997. He previously led the Vietnamese forces in Cambodia throughout the 1980s. He was regarded as a conservative who advocated maintaining tight party control over domestic policies.

Pyotr Petrovich Zaychenko was a Soviet-born Russian film and theater actor.

Siegmar Wätzlich was a German footballer.

Henry Isaac Sobel was a Brazilian-American reform rabbi, and was president of the Congregação Israelita Paulista (CIP), a major Jewish congregation in São Paulo, Brazil.

Detlef Pirsig was a German football player and manager. He played in 385 matches, primarily with MSV Duisburg.

Édison Gabriel Realpe Solís was an Ecuadorian footballer who played for L.D.U. Quito. He died in a car accident in Ecuador at the age of 23.

Henri Van Herwegen, known by the pseudonym Panamarenko, was a prominent assemblagist Belgian sculptor. Famous for his work with aeroplanes as theme; none of which are able nor constructed to actually leave the ground.

María del Carmen Izquierdo Vergara was a Spanish journalist, pioneer of sports journalism.