2019

2019 (MMXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar.

 Events 
 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)  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.

 Deaths 
 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) 

 February 

 February 3
 Julie Adams, American actress (b. 1926)
 Detsl, Russian musician (b. 1983)
 February 4
 Matti Nykänen Finnish ski jumping (b. 1963)Matti Nykänen on kuollut 
 Isacio Calleja, Spanish footballer (b. 1936) 
 February 5 – Václav Vorlíček, Czech movie director (b. 1930)
 February 6
 Rudi Assauer, German football player (b. 1944)Rudi Assauer ist tot 
 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)Ex-Cruzeiro e Cabofriense, Daniel Tijolo morre aos 36 anos no RJ
 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)WWE Legend King Kong Bundy Passes Away
 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)Dreimalige Olympiasiegerin im Schwimmen verstorben 
 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)Elwyn Berlekamp, game theorist and coding pioneer, dies at 78 Berkeley News, By Robert Sanders, April 18, 2019
 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)Muere Eduard Punset tras una larga enfermedad a los 82 años 
 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)Jose Antonio Reyes: Former Arsenal winger dies aged 35
 Michel Serres, French philosopher, theorist and writer (b. 1930)Le philosophe et académicien Michel Serres est mort 
 Ani Yudhoyono, 6th First Lady of Indonesia (b. 1952)
 June 2 – Ken Matthews, English race walker (b. 1934)1964 Olympic 20KM Race Walk Champion Matthews Dies
 June 3 – Atsushi Aoki, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1977)All Japan Pro Wrestling Star Atsushi Aoki Passes Away After Motorcycle Accident
 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)Morre André Matos, ex-vocalista e fundador do Angra, aos 47 anos 
 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)Murió la actriz Edith González tras una lucha contra el cáncer de ovario 
 June 15 – Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film director (b. 1923)È morto Franco Zeffirelli, addio al Maestro 
 June 16 – Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1924)Meghalt Reviczkyné Köteles Erzsébet  
 June 17
 Mohamed Morsi, 5th President of Egypt (b. 1951)
 Gloria Vanderbilt, American socialite (b. 1924)
 June 19 – Etika, American YouTuber (b. 1990)YouTube gaming star Desmond “Etika” Amofah dies at 29 – Vox
 June 20 – Eddie Garcia, Filipino actor, director and television personality (b. 1929)Eddie Garcia dead: Veteran actor and film director dies at 90 after fall left him in coma
 June 21 – Demetris Christofias, 6th President of Cyprus (b. 1946)
 June 22 – Miguel Ángel Falasca, Argentine-born Spanish volleyball player and coach (b. 1973)Muere Miguel Ángel Falasca, histórico jugador de voleibol español, de un infarto a los 46 años 
 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)Billy Drago Dies: Hollywood ‘Bad Guy’ Character Actor Was 73
 June 25 – Isabel Sarli, Argentine actress and model (b. 1929)Murió Isabel “la Coca” Sarli 
 June 26
 Édith Scob, French film and theatre actress (b. 1937)Décès d'Edith Scob, éternelle héroïne des Yeux sans visage 
 Max Wright, American actor (b. 1943)Max Wright Dies: Father On ’80s Sitcom ‘Alf’ Was 75
 June 29
 Jeon Mi-seon, South Korean actress (b. 1970)Actress Jun Mi-sun found dead in apparent suicide: police
 Guillermo Mordillo, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1932)Muere el dibujante argentino Guillermo Mordillo a los 86 años 
 June 30
 Momir Bulatović, 1st President of the Republic of Montenegro (b. 1956)Former president of Montenegro, Momir Bulatovic, dies at 62
 Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist (b. 1944)Mitchell Feigenbaum, physicist who led study of chaos theory, has died

 July 

 July 2 – Lee Iacocca, American automobile executive (b. 1924)Lee Iacocca Dead at 94
 July 3 – Arte Johnson, American comedian and actor (b. 1929)
 July 4
 Eduardo Fajardo, Spanish actor (b. 1924)Fallece el actor Eduardo Fajardo a los 94 años  
 Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Spanish actor (b. 1929)Muere Arturo Fernández a los 90 años 
 Pierre Lhomme, French cinematographer (b. 1930)Pierre Lhomme Dies: Celebrated French Cinematographer Of ‘Cyrano De Bergerac’ Was 89
 July 6 – João Gilberto, Brazilian bossa nova singer-songwriter (b. 1931)João Gilberto: Brazilian 'father of bossa nova' dies aged 88
 July 7 – Artur Brauner, German film director (b. 1918)Mit 100 Jahren Medienbericht: Berliner Filmproduzent Artur Brauner tot  
 July 9
 Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (b. 1930)Ross Perot, billionaire and ex-presidential candidate, dies at 89
 Fernando de la Rúa, 43rd President of Argentina (b. 1937)Murió Fernando de la Rúa: de la militancia al poder, con una breve y conflictiva gestión 
 Rip Torn, American actor (b. 1931)Rip Torn, Artie the Producer on 'The Larry Sanders Show,' Dies at 88
 July 10 –
 Valentina Cortese, Italian actress (b. 1923)Valentina Cortese, Italian Actress Nominated for Oscar, Dies at 96
 Denise Nickerson, American actress (b. 1957)
 July 12
 Fernando J. Corbató, American computer scientist (b. 1926)Fernando Corbató, a Father of Your Computer (and Your Password), Dies at 93
 Claudio Naranjo, Chilean psychiatrist (b. 1932)Murió Claudio Naranjo, reconocido psiquiatra chileno 
 July 13 – Paolo Sardi, Italian cardinal (b. 1934)
 July 14
 Hussain Muhammad Ershad, President of Bangladesh (b. 1930)Former Bangladesh military dictator Ershad dies at 89
 Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (b. 1964)Former champion Whitaker hit by car, dies
 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)Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dead at age 99
 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)Sheila Dikshit, Three-time Delhi Chief Minister and Congress Leader, Passes Away at 81
 Ilaria Occhini, Italian actress (b. 1934)Addio all'attrice Ilaria Occhini, aveva 85 anni 
 July 21 – José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Spanish cardinal (b. 1926)Muere el arzobispo emérito castrense Card. José Manuel Estepa Llaurens  
 July 22
 Christopher C. Kraft Jr., American aerospace engineer (b. 1924)Christopher Columbus Kraft, NASA’s legendary flight director, has died
 Li Peng, 4th Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1928)Li Peng, Chinese Leader Derided for Role in Tiananmen Crackdown, Dies at 90
 July 25 – Beji Caid Essebsi, 5th President and 18th Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1926)Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi dies aged 92
 July 26
 Russi Taylor, American voice actress (b. 1944)
 Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban cardinal (b. 1936)Muere líder de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba, cardenal Ortega, clave en acercamiento con EEUU  
 July 27 – John Robert Schrieffer, American Nobel physicist (b. 1931)Nobel Prize-winning physicist John Schrieffer dies in Florida
 July 28 – George Hilton, Uruguayan actor (b. 1934)Addio a George Hilton, icona dello spaghetti western 
 July 29 – Egil Danielsen, Norwegian javelin thrower (b. 1933)OL-helten Egil Danielsen er død 
 July 31 – Harold Prince, American theatrical producer and director (b. 1928)Harold Prince Dies: Broadway Legend Who Produced Original ‘West Side Story’, ‘Fiddler’, ‘Phantom’ & More Was 91

 August 

 August 1
 Sadou Hayatou, 4th Prime Minister of Cameroon (b. 1942)
 D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (b. 1925)D.A. Pennebaker, Master Director of Documentaries, Dies at 94
 Harley Race, American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer (b. 1943)Hall of fame wrestling legend Harley Race, an eight-time NWA champion, dies at 76
 August 3
 Nikolai Kardashev, Soviet and Russian astrophysicist (b. 1932)
 Thomas Remengesau Sr., 2nd President of Palau (b. 1929)August 2019
 Mike Troy, American swimmer (b. 1940)1960 US Olympic Gold Medalist Mike Troy Dies at 78
 August 4 – Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician, Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1926)Nuon Chea, ideologue of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, dies at 93
 August 5 – Toni Morrison, American Nobel writer (b. 1931)
 August 6
 Alejandro Serrano, Ecuadorian politician, 46th Vice President of Ecuador (b. 1933)Falleció el exvicepresidente Alejandro Serrano Aguilar 
 Sushma Swaraj, Indian politician (b. 1952)BJP Leader And Former Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj Dies At 67
 August 7 – Kary Mullis, American Nobel biochemist (b. 1944)Dreher High School grad who revolutionized DNA has died
 August 8
 Manfred Max-Neef, Chilean economist (b. 1932)Fallece el destacado ecologista Manfred Max Neef 
 Jean-Pierre Mocky, French film director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1929)Le réalisateur Jean-Pierre Mocky est mort 
 August 10 – Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender (b. 1953)Jeffrey Epstein dead in apparent suicide
 August 11
 Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican cardinal (b. 1931)
 August 13 – Cecilia Caballero Blanco, Colombian socialite, 24th First Lady of Colombia (b. 1913)Falleció la exprimera dama Cecilia Caballero de López 
 August 16
 Princess Christina of the Netherlands (b. 1947)Prinses Christina (72) overleden aan gevolgen van botkanker 
 Peter Fonda, American actor (b. 1940)
 Felice Gimondi, Italian racing cyclist (b. 1942)Addio a Felice Gimondi: l'ex corridore è morto a 76 anni
 José Nápoles, Cuban-born Mexican boxer (b. 1940)Welterweight legend Napoles dies at age 79
 Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator, voice actor, and writer (b. 1933)Acclaimed animator who created Roger Rabbit dies aged 86
 August 17 – Jacques Diouf, Senegalese diplomat (b. 1938)Le diplomate sénégalais Jacques Diouf est décédé à l'âge de 81 ans 
 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)Tim Fischer, former Nationals leader and deputy PM, dies from leukaemia, aged 73
 August 23
 David Koch, American businessman, philanthropist and political activist (b. 1940)David Koch, billionaire conservative activist and philanthropist, dies at 79
 Egon Zimmermann, Austrian ski racer (b. 1939)Olympiasieger Egon Zimmermann ist tot 
 August 24
 Arun Jaitley, Indian politician and attorney (b. 1952)Arun Jaitley passes away at 66
 Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine ski racer (b. 1963)Olympic skiing legend found dead after massive search in Spanish mountains
 August 25 – Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business executive and engineer (b. 1937)Ferdinand Piëch ist tot 
 August 26 – Pal Benko, Hungarian-American chess grandmaster (b. 1928)Pal Benko, 1928–2019
 August 27
 Jessi Combs, American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator (b. 1980)Jessi Combs, "fastest woman on four wheels," dies during land speed-record attempt
 Dawda Jawara, 2nd Prime Minister of Gambia and 1st President of Gambia (b. 1924)The Gambia's first president, Dawda Jwara, dies aged 95 – Presidency
 August 28
 Michel Aumont, French actor (b. 1936)L’acteur Michel Aumont est mort 
 Sogyal Rinpoche, Tibetan Dzogchen lama and writer (b. 1947)
 August 29 – Achille Silvestrini, Italian cardinal (b. 1923)Addio a Silvestrini, uno dei protagonist della diplomazia vaticana 
 August 30
 Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder and actor (b. 1941)Franco Columbu Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
 Valerie Harper, American actress (b. 1939)Saperstein, Pat. "Valerie Harper, Rhoda on ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ Dies at 80" Variety, August 30, 2019
 August 31
 Anthoine Hubert, French racing driver (b. 1996)
 Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist (b. 1930)Immanuel Wallerstein vefat etti 

 September 

 September 3
 Halvard Hanevold, Norwegian biathlete (b. 1969)Halvard Hanevold (49) er død 
 Peter Lindbergh, German fashion photographer and film director (b. 1944)
 Carol Lynley, American actress (b. 1942)Carol Lynley, ‘The Poseidon Adventure’ Star, Dies at 77
 José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Colombian cardinal (b. 1919)Murió el cardenal José de Jesús Pimiento 
 September 4 – Roger Etchegaray, French cardinal (b. 1922)French Cardinal Etchegaray, former vice-dean of College of Cardinals, dead at 96
 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)Spanish singer Camilo Sesto dies at 72
 September 9 – Robert Frank, Swiss photographer (b. 1924)Robert Frank Dies; Pivotal Documentary Photographer Was 94
 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)Tongan PM 'Akilisi Pohiva dies, aged 78
 September 13
 Bruno Grandi, Italian sports executive (b. 1934)Ginnastica in lutto, è morto Bruno Grandi 
 György Konrád, Hungarian novelist and political dissident (b. 1933)
 Eddie Money, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (b. 1949)Eddie Money dead: ‘Take Me Home Tonight’ singer dies at 70
 September 15
 Lol Mahamat Choua, 4th President of Chad (b. 1939)Tchad : l’ancien président de la République Lol Mahamat Choua est mort à 80 ans  
 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)German industrial designer Luigi Colani dies at 91
 September 17
 Jessica Jaymes, American pornographic actress (b. 1979)AVN Hall of Famer Jessica Jaymes Dies
 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)Tunisia's former president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali has died, lawyer confirms
 Bert Hellinger, German psychotherapist (b. 1925)Bert Hellinger muere: adiós al padre de las Constelaciones Familiares  
 Barron Hilton, American businessman, philanthropist and sportsman (b. 1927)Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announces the death of Barron Hilton
 September 20 – Su Beng, Taiwanese dissident, political activist and historian (b. 1918)Taiwan mourns passing of independence activist and scholar Su Beng
 September 21
 Sid Haig, American actor (b. 1939)Sid Haig, 'House of 1000 Corpses' and 'Devil's Rejects' Star, Dies at 80
 Sigmund Jähn, German cosmonaut (b. 1937)Raumfahrer Sigmund Jähn ist tot 
 September 22 – Ivan Kizimov, Russian equestrian (b. 1928)Ушел из жизни выдающийся спортсмен и тренер Иван Михайлович Кизимов) 
 September 23 – Robert Hunter, American lyricist, poet and musician (b. 1941)Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead Collaborator and Lyricist, Dead at 78
 September 25 – Paul Badura-Skoda, Austrian pianist (b. 1927)Le pianiste Paul Badura-Skoda est mort 
 September 26
 Jacques Chirac, 84th Prime Minister and 22nd President of France (b. 1932)Jacques Chirac, former French president, dies aged 86
 William Levada, American cardinal (b. 1936)
 Gennadi Manakov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (b. 1950)Gennadi Makanov, cosmonaut who led two missions to Mir, dies at 69
 September 28
 José José, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1948)
 Ismail Petra of Kelantan, Malaysian royal (b. 1949)28th Kelantan ruler dies
 Mark Zakharov, Soviet and Russian director and playwright (b. 1933)
 September 30 – Jessye Norman, American opera singer and recitalist (b. 1945)Jessye Norman, international opera star, dead at 74

 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)

 In fiction 
 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.

 References