List of Famous people who died in 2019

Roneivaldo da Matta Soares, commonly known as Ney da Matta, was a Brazilian football manager, last in charge at CRAC.

Jamshid Mashayekhi was an Iranian actor.

Jan Wraży was a Polish footballer.

Bronisław Dembowski was a Polish Catholic bishop.

Elina Almazovna Gismeeva was a Russian kick boxer who was highly ranked coming second in the world in 2017. She and fellow kickboxing champion Fatima Zhagupova were drowned in an accident in Sevastopol. She has won the silver medal at the W.A.K.O. World Amateur Championships and a silver medal at the W.A.K.O. European Amateur Championships.

Işılay Saygın was a Turkish architect, politician, and four-time government minister between 1995 and 1999.

Simone Rignault was a French politician.

Anne Firor Scott was an American historian, specializing in the history of women and of the South.

Gjergj Xhuvani was an Albanian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He graduated from Tirana's Academy of Arts in 1986.

John Wesley "Lam" Jones was an American sprinter. He won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He was also an American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Texas.