List of Famous people who died in 2019

Andrew McArthur Smith, known professionally as Greedy Smith, was an Australian vocalist, keyboardist, harmonicist and songwriter with Australian pop/new wave band Mental As Anything. Smith wrote many of their hit songs including "Live it Up" which peaked at No. 2 on the Australian singles chart. Smith had a solo music career, had worked with other bands and was also an artist and television personality.

Pablo Larios Iwasaki was a football goalkeeper from Mexico. He was nicknamed "El Arquero de la Selva", both for being from Zacatepec, a town in the Mexican state of Morelos known for his humid and warm climate, and for starting his career with his hometown's football club.

Manfred Stolpe was Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs of Germany from 2002 until 2005. Before, he was Ministerpräsident of the state Brandenburg from 1990 until 2002.

Sylvia Bretschneider was a German teacher, education administrator and politician (SPD). She was a member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern from 1994, and became speaker of the state parliament in 2002.

Paulien van Deutekom was a Dutch champion speed skater who specialised in the middle to long distances, over 1000 and 1500 metres.

Donald Lawrence Keene was an American-born Japanese scholar, historian, teacher, writer and translator of Japanese literature. Keene was University Professor emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at Columbia University, where he taught for over fifty years. Soon after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, he retired from Columbia, moved to Japan permanently, and acquired citizenship under the name Kīn Donarudo . This was also his poetic nom de plume and occasional nickname, spelled in the ateji form 鬼怒鳴門.

Andrew Mark Mallard was a British-born Australian who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1995 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Almost 12 years later, after an appeal to the High Court of Australia, his conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered. However, the charges against him were dropped and Mallard was released. At the time, the Director of Public Prosecutions stated that Mallard remained the prime suspect and that if further evidence became available he could still be prosecuted. He was released from prison in 2006 after his conviction was quashed by the High Court, and paid $3.25 million compensation by the state government.

Stjepan Šipek, also known by his screen name Steve Hawkes, was a Croatian-born American actor and animal sanctuary owner.

He Yi-hang was a Taiwanese television host and actor. He won two Golden Bell Awards, in 2006 and 2016.

Yasunori Suzuki was a Japanese serial killer who robbed and killed three women in Fukuoka Prefecture in little over a month between December 2004 and January 2005. He was sentenced to death for his crimes, and executed in 2019.