List of Famous people who died in 2019

Ibrahim Bahar was a Bahraini actor.

Ioannis (Nanos) Valaoritis was a Greek writer, widely published as a poet, novelist and playwright since 1939; his correspondence with George Seferis was a bestseller. Raised within a cosmopolitan family with roots in the Greek War of Independence but twice driven into exile by events, Valaoritis lived in Greece, the United Kingdom, France and the United States, and as a writer and academic he played a significant role in introducing the literary idioms of each country to the rest. The quality, the international appeal, and the influence of his work led Valaoritis to be described as the most important poet of the Hellenic diaspora since Constantine Cavafy.

Eusebio Pedroza was a Panamanian boxer who held the WBA and lineal featherweight championship from 1978 to 1985, having defended the title against 18 different contenders, more than any other boxer in featherweight history. His cousin, Rafael Pedroza, was a world champion also, in the junior bantamweight division, although Rafael's reign as world champion was short-lived. Eusebio Pedroza died one day before his 63rd birthday.

Marc Viénot was a French banking executive.

Raffaele Pisu was an Italian actor and comedian.

Nita Gale Bieber was an American actress and dancer.

Jafar Umar Thalib was an Indonesian ulama and Islamic political figure in Indonesian politics. He was the founder and head of Laskar Jihad, an Islamic fundamentalist organization active in the country.

Joaquim Alberto da Silva, known as Quinzinho, was an Angolan professional footballer who played as a striker.

Wolfgang Meyer was a German clarinetist and professor of clarinet at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe. He worked internationally as a soloist, in chamber music ensembles, and in jazz, with a repertoire from early music played on historical instruments to world premieres.

Gao Di, pen name Wen Di (闻迪), was a Chinese politician, best known for his term as the chief editor of People's Daily and as Communist Party Secretary of Jilin province.