List of Famous people who died in 2019

Josef Schlesinger, was a Canadian foreign correspondent, television journalist, and author.

Doroteo Gerardo N. Alanguilan, Jr., also known in the Philippines by his alias Komikero, was a Filipino comic book artist, writer, and architect from San Pablo, Laguna. He was an important figure in the Philippine comics renaissance of the 1990s and early 2000s, and is known internationally for his graphic novels Wasted and Elmer, and for his inking on American superhero comics such as Wetworks, X-Men, Superman: Birthright, Wolverine, and Fantastic Four.

Howard Albert "Hopalong" Cassady was an American professional football player who was a running back. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1955, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, seven of them for the Detroit Lions, with whom he won the 1957 NFL Championship Game.

Joyce Cherono Abonyo was a Kenyan politician who served as the second governor of Bomet County from 2017 until her death on 29 July 2019. She was a Member of Parliament representing Sotik constituency, before she was elected to the gubernatorial seat.

Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina was a Kenyan author, journalist and 2002 winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. In April 2014, Time magazine included Wainaina in its annual TIME 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World".

Jonathan Goldstein was an English composer of music for film, television, advertising, theatre and live events, whose work encompassed a range of contemporary classical styles with orchestral, jazz, electro-acoustic and world influences.

Bryan Marshall was a British actor, with a number of major credits in film and television to his name, in both his native country and Australia.

Nicholas P. Tosches was an American journalist, novelist, biographer, and poet. His 1982 biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, Hellfire, was praised by Rolling Stone magazine as "the best rock and roll biography ever written."

Katharina Lindner was a German academic and footballer who played as a striker for Glasgow City F.C. from 2005 to 2011. She was also a lecturer at University of Stirling on gender, sports, queer theory, and how women's images are presented in the media.

Peter Schreier was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor. He was regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century.