Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1909

Walter Angus Bethune Gellibrand was a politician in colonial Tasmania, President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1884 to 1889.

Greville Richard Vernon was a Liberal Unionist politician in Scotland. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Ayrshire from 1886 to 1892. He was the youngest son of Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden.

Rufus W. Peckham was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1895 until 1909. He was known for his strong use of substantive due process to invalidate regulations of business and property. Peckham's namesake father was also a lawyer and judge, and a representative. His older brother, Wheeler Hazard Peckham (1833–1905), was one of the lawyers who prosecuted Boss Tweed and a failed nominee to the Supreme Court. His other brother, Joseph Henry, died at 17.

Iván Aleksándrovich Vsévolozhsky, en ruso Ивáн Алексáндрович Всéволожский fue un diplomático, director de teatro, coreógrafo, libretista y diseñador ruso. Fue el responsable de que existieran ballets mundialmente famosos como La bella durmiente y El cascanueces.

Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin was a French actor. Also called Coquelin Cadet, to distinguish him from his brother, he was born at Boulogne, and entered the Conservatoire in 1864.

Kuzman Anastasov Shapkarev,, was a Bulgarian folklorist, ethnographer and scientist from the Ottoman region of Macedonia, author of textbooks and ethnographic studies and a significant figure of the Bulgarian National Revival.

John Millington Synge fue un dramaturgo, poeta, prosista y recopilador de folclore irlandés. Es una figura clave en el Renacimiento Literario Irlandés y uno de los fundadores del Abbey Theatre. Es conocido sobre todo por su obra El playboy del mundo occidental, que causó disturbios en Dublín durante su estreno en el Abbey Theatre.

Edward Salomon was a German American politician and the 8th Governor of Wisconsin, having ascended to office from the Lieutenant Governorship after the accidental drowning of his predecessor, Louis P. Harvey. He was the first Jewish Governor of Wisconsin.

Futabatei Shimei nacido como Hasegawa Tatsunosuke fue un escritor, traductor y crítico literario japonés. Es considerado como el creador de novela japonesa moderna.