Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1999

Noriko Awaya was a Japanese female soprano chanteuse and popular music (ryūkōka) singer. She was dubbed the "Queen of Blues" in Japan.

Edward Dmytryk fue un director de cine estadounidense de origen ucraniano. Dmytryk fue uno de los componentes de los Diez de Hollywood, la Lista negra de la industria del cine que se creó durante la caza de brujas del maccarthismo.

Valentín Campa Salazar fue un militante comunista, luchador social, dirigente junto a Demetrio Vallejo de la huelga ferrocarrilera mexicana de 1959, fundador del Partido Socialista Unificado de México y candidato presidencial en las elecciones de 1976 por el Partido Comunista Mexicano.

Maurice Bernachon was a master chocolatier and founder of the Bernachon family business.

Kazue Oizumi , known by the stage name Kazue Takahashi , was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Kazue was best known as the voice of Shoutarou Kaneda in Tetsujin 28-go ("Gigantor"). She debuted in 1949.

Utaemon Ichikawa was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Shōzō Makino. Quickly gaining popularity, he followed the example of Makino stars such as Tsumasaburō Bandō in starting his own independent production company, Utaemon Ichikawa Productions, in 1927. It was there he first began the "Idle Vassal" series, which would become his signature role. When his company folded in 1936 as sound film came to the fore, he moved to Shinkō Kinema and then Daiei Studios before helping form the Toei Company after World War II. He served on the board of directors along with fellow samurai star Chiezō Kataoka. Utaemon appeared in over 300 films during his career. His son, Kin'ya Kitaōji, is also a famous actor in film and television.

Dame Jean Iris Murdoch, DBE, fue una escritora y filósofa irlandesa, más conocida por sus novelas, en las que combina una rica caracterización con animados argumentos, incluyendo, por lo general, temas de índole moral o sexual.

Marcus Omofuma was a Nigerian asylum seeker in Austria who died due to police brutality while being deported. His death became a symbol for anti-racist movements in Austria.

Rolf Liebermann fue un compositor, director de orquesta, director de escena y productor musical suizo.

Yolanda Vargas Dulché fue una escritora e historietista mexicana, célebre principalmente por la historieta Memín Pinguín. Se le ha dado el título de "Reina de las Historietas", con el que se conoce hasta hoy en día. En su haber se contemplan más de 60 historias, la mayoría de las cuales aparecen en la revista Lágrimas, Risas y Amor, siendo más tarde adaptadas para televisión y cine.