List of Famous people who died in 2019

Eduardo Nascimento was an Angolan singer, best known for his participation on behalf of Portugal in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest.

Christopher George Walter James, 5th Baron Northbourne, 6th Baronet, DL, FRICS, was a British farmer and aristocrat. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 until his retirement in 2018, and sat as a crossbencher.

Aline Kiner was a French journalist and novelist.

Marcian David (Matty) Bleahu was a Romanian geologist, speleologist, geographer, alpinist, explorer, writer and politician. He is well known for his scientific contributions to the development of the theories of global tectonics, for his pioneering in speleology and for the development of this science, but also for the popularization of science and of ecology in Romania.

Patrice Tirolien was a French politician who served in the French National Assembly from 1995–1997 and was also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) elected in the 2009 European election for the Overseas constituency. He was born in Grand-Bourg, Guadeloupe, and was mayor of his home town.

Saint Pierre Yameogo was a Burkinabé film director and screenwriter. He directed six films since 1987. His film Delwende was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prize of Hope award.

Jean-Pierre Boccardo was a French sprinter, born in Espéraza, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Anne Rivers Siddons was an American novelist who wrote stories set in the southern United States.

Paul Steven Ripley was an American recording artist, record producer, songwriter, studio engineer, guitarist, and inventor. He entered the music industry in 1977. He was also the leader/producer of country rock band The Tractors.