List of Famous people who died in 2019
François Autain
François Autain was a French politician. Over his career, he was a member of the Communist, Republican, and Citizen Group and a member of the Left Party, prior to which he was a member of the Citizen and Republican Movement but also the PS and the PSU.
Robert Waseige
Robert Waseige was a Belgian football manager and player. While managing R.F.C. de Liège he helped them win the 1989–90 Belgian Cup. He became the coach of Belgium before Euro 2000 and led Belgium to the second round at the 2002 World Cup.
Ricardo Chibanga
Ricardo Chibanga was a Mozambican bullfighter and the first black African bullfighter.
Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland
Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland was a Scottish noblewoman. She was the holder of an earldom in the Peerage of Scotland and was chief of Clan Sutherland.
Walter Munk
Walter Heinrich Munk was an American physical oceanographer. One of the first scientists to bring statistical methods to the analysis of oceanographic data, Munk is noted for creating fruitful areas of research that continue to be explored by other scientists. Munk's work garnered him many prestigious awards including the National Medal of Science, the Kyoto Prize, and induction to the French Legion of Honour.
Momir Bulatović
Momir Bulatović was a Montenegrin politician. He was the first President of the Republic of Montenegro from 1990 to 1998, after which he served as the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1998 until 2000, when Slobodan Milošević was overthrown. He was a leader of the Montenegro's Democratic Party of Socialists from 1989 to 1997, when he split from DPS after a conflict with Milo Đukanović.
Charles Koffi Diby
Charles Koffi Diby was a politician from Ivory Coast. He was the Minister of Economy and Finance from April 2007 to November 2012. Then he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ivory Coast from 2012 to 2016. He died on 7 December 2019, aged 62.
Egisto Pandolfini
Egisto Pandolfini was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.
Roland Leroy
Roland Leroy was a French journalist and politician. He served as a Communist member of the National Assembly from 1956 to 1958, and from 1967 to 1981, representing Seine-Maritime.
Huang Yong Ping
Huáng Yǒng Pīng was a Chinese-French contemporary artist and one of the most well known Chinese Avant-garde artists of his time. Born in Xiamen, he was recognized as the most controversial and provocative artist of the Chinese art scene of the 1980s.