List of Famous people who died in 2019

Paolo Sardi was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the Roman Curia. He was patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 2009 to 2014.

Mirjam Pressler was a German novelist and translator. Being the author of more than 30 children's and teenage books, she also translated more than 300 works by other writers from Hebrew, English, Dutch and Afrikaans. She is also known for translating a revision of Anne Frank's diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, in 1991, thus renewing its copyright.

Malcolm Bell Wiseman was an American bluegrass singer.

Mary Ma or Ma Xuezheng was a Chinese businesswoman and investor. She served as chief financial officer of the computer maker Lenovo, and played a key role in the company's acquisition of IBM's personal computer division in 2005. She was named by Forbes as the world's 57th most powerful woman in that year. After retiring from Lenovo in 2007, she worked in private equity and co-founded Boyu Capital, which invested in companies including Alibaba Group and Megvii.

Silvia Montanari was an Argentine actress.

Maurice Bénichou was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke, and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie. He has also played in Peter Brook's 1989 film version of The Mahabharata.

Andrey Nikolayevich Sakharov was a Soviet historian and specialist in the history of ancient Russia.

Emanuel Ungaro was a French fashion designer who founded the eponymous fashion house in 1965.

Osvaldo Daniel Batocletti Ronco, known by audience and fans as Bato, was an Argentine football manager and player, who played as a defender. Batocletti coached Tigres UANL and Querétaro F.C..

Sebastiano Tusa was an Italian archaeologist and politician who served as councilor for Cultural Heritage for the Sicilian Region of Italy from 11 April 2018 until his death on 10 March 2019. Tusa also served as a professor of paleontology at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples.