List of Famous people who died in 2019

Sahar Khodayari, also known as Blue Girl, was an Iranian woman known for setting herself on fire in front of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran on 2 September 2019. She was protesting a possible sentence of six months in prison for having tried to enter a public stadium to watch a football game, against the national ban against women at such events. She died a week later of her injuries. Khodayari's self-immolation has generated much debate in Iran about the government's restrictions on women.

Zelimkhan Sultanovich Khangoshvili was an ethnic Chechen Georgian who was a former platoon commander for the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria during the Second Chechen War, and a Georgian military officer during the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. Later on, he allegedly turned into a useful source of information for Georgian intelligence by identifying Russian spies and jihadists operating on domestic and foreign soil through a connection with Georgian intelligence agents. Khangoshvili continued to be considered a terrorist by the Russian security service, the Federal Security Service, and wanted in Russia. On 23 August 2019, Khangoshvili was assassinated in a Berlin park by Vadim Krasikov, a Russian FSB operative.

Sōju Nosaka II was a prominent Japanese koto player, specializing in contemporary music. Her real name was Keiko Nosaka .