List of Famous people who died in 2019

Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara was a Gambian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first President of the Gambia from 1970 to 1994.

Martín Chirino López was a Spanish sculptor. Cofounder of the group El Paso in 1957, Chirino worked mainly with iron and his work is categorized as abstract art.

Wilma Lipp was an Austrian operatic soprano and academic voice teacher. A long-time member of the Vienna State Opera, she was particularly associated with the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, a role she performed internationally, more than 400 times. She was awarded the title Kammersängerin at age 28, and was an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera, among other honours.

Dr. Rainer Stadelmann was a German Egyptologist. He was considered an expert on the archaeology of the Giza Plateau.

György (George) Konrád was a Hungarian novelist and essayist, known as an advocate of individual freedom.

William Michael Hardy Spicer, Baron Spicer, was a British politician and life peer who was a Conservative member of the House of Lords from 2010. He served as Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire from 1974 to 2010 and was a minister from 1984 to 1990. He later served as chairman of the 1922 Committee from 2001 to 2010.

Edyr de Castro was a Brazilian actress and singer. She initially signed her original name, but later took on the artistic name Edyr Duqui.

José Huerta was a Peruvian politician who served as Minister of Defence from 2 April 2018 until his death.

Thomas Elsaesser was a German film historian and professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Amsterdam. He was also the writer and director of The Sun Island, a documentary essay film about his grandfather, the architect Martin Elsaesser. He was married to scholar Silvia Vega-Llona.

Chadlia Saïda Farhat Essebsi was the First Lady of Tunisia (2014–2019) as the wife of President Beji Caid Essebsi. She was Tunisia's fifth first lady, as well as the second following the Tunisian Revolution.