2019: Year

• January 1 – All works published in 1923, other than sound recordings, entered the public domain in the United States. This was the first automatic extension of the public domain in the U.S. since the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. (Works published before 1923 were already in the public domain.)
  • Jair Bolsonaro began his four-year term as President of Brazil.
  • Unmanned space probe New Horizons makes a close approach of the Kuiper belt object (KBO) 2014 MU₆₉ at 05:33 UTC.
  • Qatar withdrew from OPEC.
  • Same-sex marriage became legal in Austria.
• January 15-January 16 — Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack
• January 18 — A pipeline explosion in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico killed 96 people and 48 are injured.
• January 19 – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Coquimbo, Chile. Two people were killed, and 200,000 others were left without power.
• January 27 — 2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings
• February 1 — President of the United States Donald Trump said the U.S. will leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
• February 12 — The Republic of Macedonia was renamed North Macedonia as it joined NATO and the European Union.
• March 10 — A plane crashed near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board.
• March 15 — Two mass shootings took place in Christchurch, New Zealand during a white supremacist terrorist attack and killed 51 people.
• April 21 — 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
• April 30 — 2019 UNCC shooting
• May 2 – Elections for the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly.
• May 11 – John Walker Lindh was released from prison.
• June 4 – 2019 Darwin shooting
• June 14 – June Spencer turned 100
• July 1 – Romania took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
• July 24 — Boris Johnson replaced Theresa May as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• August 3 — 2019 El Paso shooting
• August 4
  • 2019 Dayton shooting
  • 2019 Cairo bombing
• August 31 – Midland–Odessa shooting
• October 21 — 2019 Canadian federal election
• December 1-present : The Covid-19 pandemic began in Wuhan, China.
• December 26 – A solar eclipse is visible in South Asia.

• November 15 - Nova Lee LeClair, American child actress.

January

 

 

 

 

• January 1 – Ivan Dimitrov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1935)
• January 2 – Bob Einstein, American actor and comedian (b. 1942)
• January 4 – Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1927)
• January 5 – Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer (b. 1937)
• January 7 – Moshe Arens, Lithuanian-born Israeli aeronautical engineer, diplomat, and politician (b. 1925)
• January 9 – Anatoly Lukyanov, Russian politician (b. 1930)
• January 10 – Theo Adam, German opera singer (b. 1926)
• January 11 – Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician and academic (b. 1929)
• January 13 – Phil Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1969)
• January 14 – Paweł Adamowicz, Polish politician (b. 1965)
• January 15 – Carol Channing, American actress (b. 1921)
• January 16
  • John C. Bogle, American investor and writer (b. 1929)
  • Mirjam Pressler, German writer and translator (b. 1940)
• January 17 – Mary Oliver, American poet (b. 1935)
• January 18 – Ivan Vutsov, Bulgarian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
• January 21
  • Henri, Count of Paris, Head of the House of Orléans (b. 1933)
  • Pedro Manfredini, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
  • Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (b. 1990)
• January 23
  • Jonas Mekas, Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, poet, and artist (b. 1922)
  • Erik Olin Wright, American sociologist (b. 1947)
• January 24 – Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Spanish cardinal (b. 1929)
• January 25
  • Dušan Makavejev, Serbian film director (b. 1932)
  • Krishna Sobti, Indian Hindi-language fiction writer and essayist (b. 1925)
• January 26
  • Jean Guillou, French composer, organist, and pianist (b. 1930)
  • Michel Legrand, French composer (b. 1932)
• January 29
  • George Fernandes, Indian politician (b. 1930)
  • James Ingram, American R&B musician (b. 1952)
• January 30 – Dick Miller, American actor (b. 1928)
• January 31 – Kálmán Ihász, Hungarian footballer (b. 1941)

15 February 2024

 

 

 

 

 

• February 3
  • Julie Adams, American actress (b. 1926)
  • Detsl, Russian musician (b. 1983)
• February 4
  • Matti Nykänen Finnish ski jumping (b. 1963)
  • Isacio Calleja, Spanish footballer (b. 1936)
• February 5 – Václav Vorlíček, Czech movie director (b. 1930)
• February 6
  • Rudi Assauer, German football player (b. 1944)
  • Manfred Eigen, German Nobel Prize winning biophysical chemist (b. 1927)
  • Rosamunde Pilcher, British author (b. 1924)
• February 7
  • John Dingell, American politician (b. 1926)
  • Albert Finney, English actor (b. 1936)
  • Jan Olszewski, 3rd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1930)
• February 8 – Sergei Yursky, Soviet-born Russian actor (b. 1935)
• February 9
  • Shelley Lubben, American author, activist, singer, and pornographic actress (b. 1968)
  • Maximilian Reinelt, German rower and doctor (b. 1988)
  • Tomi Ungerer, French illustrator (b. 1931)
• February 10
  • Carmen Argenziano, American actor (b. 1943)
  • Heinz Fütterer, West German athlete (b. 1931)
  • Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (b. 1945)
  • Daniel Silva dos Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1982)
• February 11 – Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, Afghan politician (b. 1925)
• February 12
  • Gordon Banks, English footballer (b. 1939)
  • Lyndon LaRouche, American political activist (b. 1922)
• February 15 – Lee Radziwill, American socialite (b. 1933)
• February 16
  • Don Bragg, American athletics competitor (b. 1935)
  • Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (b. 1941)
• February 17 – Šaban Šaulić, Serbian folk singer (b. 1951)
• February 19 – Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (b. 1933)
• February 20
  • Claude Goretta, Swiss movie director (b. 1929)
• February 21
  • Stanley Donen, American film director (b. 1924)
  • Peter Tork, American musician and actor (b. 1942)
• February 23 – Katherine Helmond, American actress (b. 1929)
• February 24
  • Antoine Gizenga, 21st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1925)
  • Donald Keene, American-born Japanese scholar, historian, and writer (b. 1922)
• February 25
  • Mark Hollis, British singer (b. 1955)
  • Waldo Machado, Brazilian footballer (b. 1934)
• February 26 – Christian Bach, Argentine-Mexican actress and producer (b. 1959)
• February 27 – France-Albert René, Seychellois politician, 2nd President of Seychelles (b. 1935)
• February 28 – André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1929)

March

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• March 1
  • Zhores Alferov, Soviet and Russian Nobel physicist (b. 1930)
  • Kevin Roche, Irish-born American architect (b. 1922)
• March 4
  • King Kong Bundy, American professional wrestler (b. 1957)
  • Keith Flint, English musician, singer, and dancer (b. 1969)
  • Klaus Kinkel, German politician (b. 1936)
  • Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
  • Luke Perry, American actor (b. 1966)
  • Jean Starobinski, Swiss literary critic (b. 1920)
• March 5 – Jacques Loussier, French pianist and composer (b. 1934)
• March 7
  • Kelly Catlin, American cyclist (b. 1995)
  • Guillaume Faye, French journalist and writer (b. 1949)
• March 8 – Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer (b. 1927)
• March 9
  • Bernard Binlin Dadié, Ivorian novelist and playwright (b. 1916)
  • Vladimir Etush, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1922)
• March 11
  • Hal Blaine, American drummer (b. 1929)
  • Coutinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1943)
• March 13 – Andrea Pollack, German swimmer (b. 1961)
• March 14
  • Godfried Danneels, Belgian cardinal (b. 1933)
  • Charlie Whiting, British motorsports director (b. 1952)
• March 15 – W. S. Merwin, American poet (b. 1927)
• March 16
  • Dick Dale, American guitarist and surf music pioneer (b. 1937)
  • Yulia Nachalova, Russian singer (b. 1981)
• March 17 – Manohar Parrikar, Indian politician (b. 1955)
• March 19 – Marlen Khutsiev, Georgian-born Soviet and Russian filmmaker (b. 1925)
• March 22 – Scott Walker, American-born British singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• March 23
  • Lina Cheryazova, Uzbek freestyle skier (b. 1968)
  • Larry Cohen, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• March 27 – Valery Bykovsky, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (b. 1934)
• March 29 – Agnès Varda, Belgian-born French filmmaker (b. 1928)
• March 30 – Tania Mallet, British actor (b. 1985)
• March 31 – Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (b. 1985)

April

 

 

 

 

 

• April 1
  • Vonda N. McIntyre, American science fiction author (b. 1948)
  • Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Spanish writer (b. 1927)
• April 3 - Aleksey Buldakov, Russian actor (b. 1951)
• April 4 – Georgiy Daneliya, Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• April 5 – Sydney Brenner, South African Nobel biologist (b. 1927)
• April 6 – David J. Thouless, British Nobel physicist (b. 1934)
• April 7 – Seymour Cassel, American actor (b. 1935)
• April 9 – Elwyn Berlekamp, American mathematician (b. 1940)
• April 12
  • Georgia Engel, American actress (b. 1948)
  • Tommy Smith, English footballer (b. 1945)
• April 13
  • Tony Buzan, English author and educator (b. 1942)
  • Neus Català, Spanish political activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1915)
  • Paul Greengard, American Nobel neuroscientist (b. 1925)
  • Lydia Wideman, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1920)
  • Yvette Williams, New Zealand track-and-field athlete (b. 1929)
• April 14
  • Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress (b. 1935)
  • Mirjana Marković, Serbian politician and First Lady of Yugoslavia (b. 1942)
  • Gene Wolfe, American science fiction and fantasy writer (b. 1931)
• April 15 – Owen Garriott, American astronaut (b. 1930)
• April 16 – Fay McKenzie, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
• April 17 – Alan García, 61st and 64th President of Peru (b. 1949)
• April 18 – Lyra McKee, Northern Irish journalist (b. 1990)
• April 19 – Patrick Sercu, Belgian cyclist (b. 1944)
• April 20 – Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Iranian artist (b. 1922)
• April 21 – Ken Kercheval, American actor (b. 1935)
• April 22
  • Lê Đức Anh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam (b. 1920)
  • Billy McNeill, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1940)
• April 23
  • Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1921)
  • David Winters, English-American actor, choreographer, and director (b. 1939)
• April 24 – Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor (b. 1932)
• April 25 – John Havlicek, American basketball player (b. 1940)
• April 26 – Ellen Schwiers, German actress (b. 1930)
• April 27 – Negasso Gidada, Ethiopian politician, 4th President of Ethiopia (b. 1943)
• April 28 – John Singleton, American film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1968)
• April 29 – Les Murray, Australian poet (b. 1938)
• April 30
  • Anémone, French actress (b. 1950)
  • Beth Carvalho, Brazilian samba singer (b. 1946)
  • Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (b. 1944)

May

 

 

 

 

 

• May 2 – Ali Mroudjaé, 9th Prime Minister of the Comoros (b. 1939)
• May 3 – Goro Shimura, Japanese mathematician (b. 1930)
• May 5 – Norma Miller, American dancer, actress and author (b. 1919)
• May 6
  • John Lukacs, Hungarian-American historian (b. 1924)
  • Seymour Nurse, Barbadian cricketer (b. 1933)
• May 7 – Jean Vanier, Canadian Catholic philosopher (b. 1928)
• May 8
  • Sprent Dabwido, 13th President of Nauru (b. 1972)
  • Yevgeny Krylatov, Soviet and Russian film composer (b. 1934)
• May 9 – Alvin Sargent, American screenwriter (b. 1927)
• May 10 – Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician (b. 1951)
• May 11
  • Peggy Lipton, American actress and model (b. 1946)
  • Silver King, Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1968)
• May 12
  • Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (b. 1924)
  • Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Lebanese cardinal and Patriarch (b. 1920)
• May 13
  • Unita Blackwell, American civil rights activist (b. 1933)
  • Doris Day, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
• May 14
  • Tim Conway, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
  • Grumpy Cat, American Internet celebrity cat (b. 2012)
  • Sven Lindqvist, Swedish author (b. 1932)
• May 16
  • Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1929)
  • Ashley Massaro, American professional wrestler, television host and model (b. 1979)
  • I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect (b. 1917)
• May 17 – Herman Wouk, American author (b. 1915)
• May 19
  • Carlos Altamirano, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1922)
  • Nickey Iyambo, Namibian politician, 1st Vice-President of Namibia (b. 1936)
• May 20 – Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver (b. 1949)
• May 21 – Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer (b. 1971)
• May 22
  • Judith Kerr, German-born British author and illustrator (b. 1923)
  • Eduard Punset, Spanish politician and science popularizer (b. 1936)
  • Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Malaysian royal (b. 1930)
• May 24 – Murray Gell-Mann, American Nobel physicist (b. 1929)
• May 25 – Claus von Bülow, Danish-British socialite (b. 1926)
• May 26
  • Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1920)
• May 27
  • Gabriel Diniz, Brazilian singer (b. 1990)
• May 28
  • Apolo Nsibambi, Ugandan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1940)
  • Edward Seaga, Jamaican politician, 5th Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1930)
• May 30 – Thad Cochran, American politician (b. 1937)
• May 31 – Roky Erickson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)

June

 

 

 

 

 

• June 1
  • José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer (b. 1983)
  • Michel Serres, French philosopher, theorist and writer (b. 1930)
  • Ani Yudhoyono, 6th First Lady of Indonesia (b. 1952)
• June 2 – Ken Matthews, English race walker (b. 1934)
• June 3 – Atsushi Aoki, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1977)
• June 4
  • Lennart Johansson, Swedish sports official (b. 1929)
  • Nechama Rivlin, Israeli socialite, 10th First Lady of Israel (b. 1945)
• June 5 – Elio Sgreccia, Italian cardinal (b. 1928)
• June 6 – Dr. John, American musician (b. 1941)
• June 8 – André Matos, Brazilian vocalist, pianist and composer (b. 1971)
• June 9 – Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper (b. 1966)
• June 10
  • Girish Karnad, Indian actor, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1938)
  • Lee Hee-ho, South Korean peace activist, 15th First Lady of South Korea (b. 1922)
• June 12 – Sylvia Miles, American actress (b. 1924)
• June 13 – Edith González, Mexican actress (b. 1964)
• June 15 – Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (b. 1923)
• June 16 – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1924)
• June 17
  • Mohamed Morsi, 5th President of Egypt (b. 1951)
  • Gloria Vanderbilt, American socialite (b. 1924)
• June 19 – Etika, American YouTuber (b. 1990)
• June 20 – Eddie Garcia, Filipino actor, director and television personality (b. 1929)
• June 21 – Demetris Christofias, 6th President of Cyprus (b. 1946)
• June 22 – Miguel Ángel Falasca, Argentine-born Spanish volleyball player and coach (b. 1973)
• June 23
  • Dave Bartholomew, American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger and record producer (b. 1918)
  • George Rosenkranz, Hungarian-Mexican chemist (b. 1916)
• June 24 – Billy Drago, American actor (b. 1945)
• June 25 – Isabel Sarli, Argentine actress and model (b. 1929)
• June 26
  • Édith Scob, French film and theatre actress (b. 1937)
  • Max Wright, American actor (b. 1943)
• June 29
  • Jeon Mi-seon, South Korean actress (b. 1970)
  • Guillermo Mordillo, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1932)
• June 30
  • Momir Bulatović, 1st President of the Republic of Montenegro (b. 1956)
  • Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist (b. 1944)

July

 

 

 

 

 

• July 2 – Lee Iacocca, American automobile executive (b. 1924)
• July 3 – Arte Johnson, American comedian and actor (b. 1929)
• July 4
  • Eduardo Fajardo, Spanish actor (b. 1924)
  • Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Spanish actor (b. 1929)
  • Pierre Lhomme, French cinematographer (b. 1930)
• July 6 – João Gilberto, Brazilian bossa nova singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• July 7 – Artur Brauner, German film director (b. 1918)
• July 9
  • Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (b. 1930)
  • Fernando de la Rúa, 43rd President of Argentina (b. 1937)
  • Rip Torn, American actor (b. 1931)
• July 10 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress (b. 1923)
• July 12
  • Fernando J. Corbató, American computer scientist (b. 1926)
  • Claudio Naranjo, Chilean psychiatrist (b. 1932)
• July 13 – Paolo Sardi, Italian cardinal (b. 1934)
• July 14
  • Hussain Muhammad Ershad, President of Bangladesh (b. 1930)
  • Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (b. 1964)
• July 16
  • Johnny Clegg, South African musician and anthropologist (b. 1953)
  • John Paul Stevens, American judge and lawyer, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1920)
• July 17 – Andrea Camilleri, Italian writer (b. 1925)
• July 18
  • David Hedison, American actor (b. 1927)
  • Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat (b. 1947)
• July 19
  • Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (b. 1944)
  • Ágnes Heller, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1929)
  • César Pelli, Argentine architect (b. 1926)
• July 20
  • Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician (b. 1938)
  • Ilaria Occhini, Italian actress (b. 1934)
• July 21 – José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Spanish cardinal (b. 1926)
• July 22
  • Christopher C. Kraft Jr., American aerospace engineer (b. 1924)
  • Li Peng, 4th Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1928)
• July 25 – Beji Caid Essebsi, 5th President and 18th Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1926)
• July 26
  • Russi Taylor, American voice actress (b. 1944)
  • Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban cardinal (b. 1936)
• July 27 – John Robert Schrieffer, American Nobel physicist (b. 1931)
• July 28 – George Hilton, Uruguayan actor (b. 1934)
• July 29 – Egil Danielsen, Norwegian javelin thrower (b. 1933)
• July 31 – Harold Prince, American theatrical producer and director (b. 1928)

August

 

 

 

 

 

 

• August 1
  • Sadou Hayatou, 4th Prime Minister of Cameroon (b. 1942)
  • D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (b. 1925)
  • Harley Race, American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer (b. 1943)
• August 3
  • Nikolai Kardashev, Soviet and Russian astrophysicist (b. 1932)
  • Thomas Remengesau Sr., 2nd President of Palau (b. 1929)
  • Mike Troy, American swimmer (b. 1940)
• August 4 – Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician, Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1926)
• August 5 – Toni Morrison, American Nobel writer (b. 1931)
• August 6
  • Alejandro Serrano, Ecuadorian politician, 46th Vice President of Ecuador (b. 1933)
  • Sushma Swaraj, Indian politician (b. 1952)
• August 7 – Kary Mullis, American Nobel biochemist (b. 1944)
• August 8
  • Manfred Max-Neef, Chilean economist (b. 1932)
  • Jean-Pierre Mocky, French film director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1929)
• August 10 – Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender (b. 1953)
• August 11
  • Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican cardinal (b. 1931)
• August 13 – Cecilia Caballero Blanco, Colombian socialite, 24th First Lady of Colombia (b. 1913)
• August 16
  • Princess Christina of the Netherlands (b. 1947)
  • Peter Fonda, American actor (b. 1940)
  • Felice Gimondi, Italian racing cyclist (b. 1942)
  • José Nápoles, Cuban-born Mexican boxer (b. 1940)
  • Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator, voice actor, and writer (b. 1933)
• August 17 – Jacques Diouf, Senegalese diplomat (b. 1938)
• August 19 – Larry Taylor, American bass guitarist (b. 1942)
• August 21 – Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Queen consort of Jordan (b. 1929)
• August 22
  • Tim Fischer, 10th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1946)
• August 23
  • David Koch, American businessman, philanthropist and political activist (b. 1940)
  • Egon Zimmermann, Austrian ski racer (b. 1939)
• August 24
  • Arun Jaitley, Indian politician and attorney (b. 1952)
  • Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine ski racer (b. 1963)
• August 25 – Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business executive and engineer (b. 1937)
• August 26 – Pal Benko, Hungarian-American chess grandmaster (b. 1928)
• August 27
  • Jessi Combs, American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator (b. 1980)
  • Dawda Jawara, 2nd Prime Minister of Gambia and 1st President of Gambia (b. 1924)
• August 28
  • Michel Aumont, French actor (b. 1936)
  • Sogyal Rinpoche, Tibetan Dzogchen lama and writer (b. 1947)
• August 29 – Achille Silvestrini, Italian cardinal (b. 1923)
• August 30
  • Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder and actor (b. 1941)
  • Valerie Harper, American actress (b. 1939)
• August 31
  • Anthoine Hubert, French racing driver (b. 1996)
  • Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist (b. 1930)

September

 

 

 

 

 

 

• September 3
  • Halvard Hanevold, Norwegian biathlete (b. 1969)
  • Peter Lindbergh, German fashion photographer and film director (b. 1944)
  • Carol Lynley, American actress (b. 1942)
  • José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Colombian cardinal (b. 1919)
• September 4 – Roger Etchegaray, French cardinal (b. 1922)
• September 5 – Francisco Toledo, Mexican Zapotec painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (b. 1940)
• September 6 – Robert Mugabe, 1st Prime Minister and 2nd President of Zimbabwe (b. 1924)
• September 8 – Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter, music producer and composer (b. 1946)
• September 9 – Robert Frank, Swiss photographer (b. 1924)
• September 11
  • B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (b. 1936)
  • Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter and visual artist (b. 1961)
• September 12 – ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, 15th Prime Minister of Tonga (b. 1941)
• September 13
  • Bruno Grandi, Italian sports executive (b. 1934)
  • György Konrád, Hungarian novelist and political dissident (b. 1933)
  • Eddie Money, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (b. 1949)
• September 15
  • Lol Mahamat Choua, 4th President of Chad (b. 1939)
  • Chadlia Fahrat Essebsi, Tunisian consort, 5th First Lady of Tunisia (b. 1936)
  • Ric Ocasek, American singer, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1944)
• September 16 – Luigi Colani, German industrial designer (b. 1928)
• September 17
  • Jessica Jaymes, American pornographic actress (b. 1979)
  • Imata Kabua, Marshallese politician, 2nd President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1943)
• September 18 – Fernando Ricksen, Dutch professional footballer (b. 1976)
• September 19
  • Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 14th Prime Minister and 2nd President of Tunisia (b. 1936)
  • Bert Hellinger, German psychotherapist (b. 1925)
  • Barron Hilton, American businessman, philanthropist and sportsman (b. 1927)
• September 20 – Su Beng, Taiwanese dissident, political activist and historian (b. 1918)
• September 21
  • Sid Haig, American actor (b. 1939)
  • Sigmund Jähn, German cosmonaut (b. 1937)
• September 22 – Ivan Kizimov, Russian equestrian (b. 1928)
• September 23 – Robert Hunter, American lyricist, poet and musician (b. 1941)
• September 25 – Paul Badura-Skoda, Austrian pianist (b. 1927)
• September 26
  • Jacques Chirac, 84th Prime Minister and 22nd President of France (b. 1932)
  • William Levada, American cardinal (b. 1936)
  • Gennadi Manakov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (b. 1950)
• September 28
  • José José, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1948)
  • Ismail Petra of Kelantan, Malaysian royal (b. 1949)
  • Mark Zakharov, Soviet and Russian director and playwright (b. 1933)
• September 30 – Jessye Norman, American opera singer and recitalist (b. 1945)

October

 

 

 

 

• October 1
  • Karel Gott, Czech singer and painter (b. 1939)
  • Miguel León-Portilla, Mexican anthropologist and historian (b. 1926)
• October 2
  • Giya Kancheli, Soviet and Georgian composer (b. 1935)
  • Isaac Promise, Nigerian footballer (b. 1987)
• October 3 – Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Acting Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1941)
• October 4 – Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer (b. 1935)
• October 6
  • Ginger Baker, English drummer (b. 1939)
  • Martin Lauer, German athlete (b. 1937)
  • Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (b. 1935)
• October 9 – Andrés Gimeno, Spanish tennis player (b. 1937)
• October 10 – Marie-José Nat, French actress (b. 1940)
• October 11
  • Robert Forster, American actor (b. 1941)
  • Alexei Leonov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1934)
• October 12
  • Sara Danius, Swedish writer and academic (b. 1962)
  • Hevrin Khalaf, Syrian politician and activist (b. 1984)
  • Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Japanese sport shooter (b. 1936)
• October 13 – Charles Jencks, American architect, cultural theorist and philanthropist (b. 1939)
• October 14
  • Harold Bloom, American literary critic and writer (b. 1930)
  • Sulli, South Korean singer, songwriter, actress and model (b. 1994)
• October 15 – Tamara Buciuceanu, Romanian actress (b. 1929)
• October 16 – John Tate, American mathematician (b. 1925)
• October 17
  • Alicia Alonso, Cuban prima ballerina assoluta (b. 1920)
  • Elijah Cummings, American politician and civil rights advocate (b. 1951)
  • Bill Macy, American actor (b. 1922)
  • Göran Malmqvist, Swedish linguist and literary historian (b. 1924)
• October 18 – Rui Jordão, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (b. 1952)
• October 19 – Alexander Volkov, Russian tennis player (b. 1967)
• October 21 – Lho Shin-yong, 16th Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1930)
• October 22
  • Sadako Ogata, Japanese academic, diplomat, author, administrator, and professor (b. 1927)
  • Marieke Vervoort, Belgian wheelchair racer (b. 1979)
• October 26
  • Enriqueta Basilio, Mexican track and field athlete (b. 1948)
  • Robert Evans, American film producer and studio executive (b. 1930)
• October 27
  • Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of ISIL (b. 1971)
  • Vladimir Bukovsky, Russian-born British human rights activist and political dissident (b. 1942)
  • John Conyers, American politician and civil rights activist (b. 1929)
• October 28 – Kay Hagan, American lawyer, banking executive, and politician (b. 1953)
• October 29 – John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (b. 1943)

November

 

 

 

 

 

• November 2
  • Norbert Eder, German footballer (b. 1955)
  • Sigvard Ericsson, Swedish speed skater (b. 1930)
  • Phillip E. Johnson, American lawyer and author (b. 1940)
  • Marie Laforêt, French-Swiss singer and actress (b. 1939)
• November 4 – Jacques Dupont, French Olympic racing cyclist (b. 1928)
• November 5 – Omero Antonutti, Italian actor (b. 1935)
• November 6 – Jan Stráský, Czech politician, 20th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1940)
• November 7
  • Remo Bodei, Italian philosopher (b. 1938)
  • Leo Klejn, Russian archaeologist, anthropologist and philologist (b. 1927)
  • Margarita Salas, Spanish biochemist and academic (b. 1938)
• November 11 – Ralph T. O'Neal, 4th and 6th Premier of the Virgin Islands (b. 1933)
• November 12 – Mitsuhisa Taguchi, Japanese footballer (b. 1955)
• November 13
  • Kieran Modra, Australian swimmer and cyclist (b. 1972)
  • Raymond Poulidor, French professional racing cyclist (b. 1936)
• November 14 – Branko Lustig, Croatian film producer (b. 1932)
• November 15 – Harrison Dillard, American track and field athlete (b. 1923)
• November 16 – John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer (b. 1947)
• November 17 – Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician and diplomat, Acting Prime Minister (b. 1923)
• November 18 – Norodom Buppha Devi, Cambodian royal and prima ballerina (b. 1943)
• November 19 – D. M. Jayaratne, 14th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1931)
• November 20 – Mary L. Good, American chemist (b. 1931)
• November 21
  • Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish military officer (b. 1940)
  • Jean Douchet, French film director, historian, and film critic (b. 1929)
  • Michael J. Pollard, American actor (b. 1938)
• November 22
  • Eugène Camara, 7th Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1942)
  • Bowen Stassforth, American swimmer (b. 1926)
• November 23 – Asunción Balaguer, Spanish actress (b. 1925)
• November 24 – Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress (b. 1991)
• November 26
  • Ken Kavanagh, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1923)
  • Köbi Kuhn, Swiss footballer and manager (b. 1943)
• November 27
  • Godfrey Gao, Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor (b. 1984)
  • Jonathan Miller, English actor, director, author, humorist, and medical doctor (b. 1934)
• November 28 – Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• November 29 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
• November 30 – Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor (b. 1943)

December

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• December 1 – Shelley Morrison, American actress (b. 1936)
• December 2
  • D. C. Fontana, American television writer (b. 1939)
  • Francesco Janich, Italian footballer (b. 1937)
• December 4
  • Rosa Morena, Spanish flamenco-pop singer and actress (b. 1941)
  • Bob Willis, English cricketer (b. 1949)
• December 5 – Robert Walker, American actor (b. 1940)
• December 6
  • Ron Leibman, American actor (b. 1937)
  • Stoyanka Mutafova, Bulgarian actress (b. 1922)
• December 7
  • Reinhard Bonnke, German Pentecostal evangelist (b. 1940)
  • Zaza Urushadze, Georgian film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1965)
• December 8
  • René Auberjonois, American actor (b. 1940)
  • Hirokazu Kanazawa, Japanese karate practitioner and teacher (b. 1931)
  • Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker (b. 1933)
  • Paul Volcker, American economist (b. 1927)
  • Zvonimir Vujin, Serbian amateur boxer (b. 1943)
  • Juice Wrld, American rapper, singer, and songwriter (b. 1998)
• December 9
  • Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer and songwriter (b. 1958)
  • Imre Varga, Hungarian sculptor (b. 1923)
• December 10
  • Gershon Kingsley, German-American composer (b. 1922)
  • Yury Luzhkov, Russian politician (b. 1936)
• December 11 – David Bellamy, English naturalist and author (b. 1933)
• December 12
  • Danny Aiello, American actor (b. 1933)
  • Peter Snell, New Zealand middle-distance runner (b. 1938)
• December 14 – Anna Karina, Danish-French film actress, director, writer, and singer (b. 1940)
• December 15 – Chuck Peddle, American engineer (b. 1937)
• December 17 – Karin Balzer, German athlete (b. 1938)
• December 18 – Claudine Auger, French actress (b. 1941)
• December 20
  • Roland Matthes, German swimmer (b. 1950)
  • Marko Orlandić, 10th President of Montenegro (b. 1930)
• December 21 – Martin Peters, English footballer and manager (b. 1943)
• December 22
  • Tony Britton, English actor (b. 1924)
  • Ram Dass, American spiritual teacher, psychologist and author (b. 1931)
  • Emanuel Ungaro, French fashion designer (b. 1933)
• December 23 – Mustafa Mujezinović, 7th Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1954)
• December 25
  • Ari Behn, Norwegian author (b. 1972)
  • Peter Schreier, German operatic tenor and conductor (b. 1935)
• December 26
  • Jerry Herman, American composer (b. 1931)
  • Sue Lyon, American actress (b. 1946)
  • Galina Volchek, Soviet and Russian actress (b. 1933)
• December 27 – Don Imus, American radio personality, television show host, and author (b. 1940)
• December 29
  • Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (b. 1934)
  • Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (b. 1944)
  • Manfred Stolpe, German politician (b. 1936)
• December 30
  • Prosper Grech, Maltese cardinal (b. 1925)
  • Syd Mead, American concept artist (b. 1933)
• December 31
  • Serikbolsyn Abdildin, Kazakh politician and economist (b. 1937)
  • Djimrangar Dadnadji, 16th Prime Minister of Chad (b. 1954)

Computer and video games

Games set in 2019:

• Out Run 2019 (1993)
• Blade Runner (1997)
• The House of the Dead III (2002)
• TimeSplitters 2 (2002) (the "Neotokyo" level)
• Metal Gear Acid 2 (2006)
• Crysis (2007)
• Crysis Warhead (2008)

Movies

Movies set in 2019:

• Blade Runner (1982), in November
• The New Barbarians aka. Warriors of the Wasteland (1982)
• 2019, After the Fall of New York (1983)
• Akira (1988)
• The Island (2005), on 19 July until 23 July
• Daybreakers (2010)

Television series

Television series set in 2019:

• Dark Angel (2000–2002): The main events of the series begin.
• Futurama ("The Honking", 2000): An automotive research lab creates Project Satan from the most evil parts of the most evil cars of all-time. Project Satan's first victim was the great robot actor Calculon (back when he was a robot arm), which got infected with a computer virus that turned him into a murderous automobile similar to a werewolf.
• Dollhouse ("Epitaph One", 2009): The events of this episode take place in a post-apocalyptic version of 2019.