List of Famous people who died in 2019

Kevin McKenna was an Irish republican and volunteer in the Tyrone Brigade and Chief of Staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). McKenna, a guarded, reclusive figure, was the longest-serving chief of staff of the IRA, serving from 1983 to 1997.

Florence Marguerite Knoll Bassett was an American architect, interior designer, furniture designer, and entrepreneur who has been credited with revolutionizing office design and bringing modernist design to office interiors. Knoll and her husband, Hans Knoll, built Knoll Associates into a leader in the fields of furniture and interior design. She worked to professionalize the field of interior design, fighting against gendered stereotypes of the decorator. She is known for her open office designs, populated with modernist furniture and organized rationally for the needs of office workers. Her modernist aesthetic was known for clean lines and clear geometries that were humanized with textures, organic shapes, and colour.

Eduardo Martínez Fajardo was a Spanish film actor born in Meis (Pontevedra), Spain. He appeared in 183 films, 75 plays and made 2,000 television appearances between 1947 and 2002.

Monique Leyrac, was a Canadian singer and actress who popularized many songs by French-Canadian composers.

Renald Ivanovich Knysh was a Soviet and Belarusian coach in artistic gymnastics best known as the coach of Olga Korbut. He is also an accused child rapist, with allegations from multiple gymnasts he coached. He was an Honored Сoach of the BSSR and the USSR, Honorary Сitizen of Grodno.

Juan Carlos Dante Gullo was an Argentine sociologist and politician, who was a member of the Chamber of Deputies (2007–2011) and the Buenos Aires City Legislature (2011–2015).

Moshe Arens was an Israeli aeronautical engineer, researcher, diplomat and Likud politician. A member of the Knesset between 1973 and 1992 and again from 1999 until 2003, he served as Minister of Defense three times and once as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Arens also served as the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. and was a professor at the Technion in Haifa.

Manfred Eigen was a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions.

Fritz Schösser was a German politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was the chairman of the Trade Union Confederation (DGB) in Bavaria from 1990 and 2010. From 1992 to 1994, he was a member of the Bavarian Senate, after which he became a member of the Landtag of Bavaria. In 1998, Schösser was elected to the national Bundestag, serving until 2005.

Zhang Li was a female international table tennis player from China.