Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2009

Amin al-Hafiz fue un político sirio, militar y miembro del Partido Árabe Socialista Baaz.

Monica Bleibtreu fue una actriz, maestra de teatro y guionista austriaca, ganadora de los premios Adolf Grimme y Romy.

Robert Alan Levinson was an American former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who disappeared on March 9, 2007, in Kish Island, Iran, while on a mission for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Levinson's family received $2.5 million annuity from the CIA in order to stop a lawsuit revealing details of his work in Iran and to forestall any revelation of details regarding the arrangement between Levinson and the agency. He is believed to have been held captive by the Government of Iran, while Iran does not acknowledge his arrest. In 2017, Levinson became the longest held American hostage in history, surpassing Floyd James Thompson. According to his family, he suffered from type 1 diabetes, gout, and hypertension. His passport has never shown up in any other country. On March 25, 2020, Levinson's family announced his death, and although the date is unknown, it is assumed that he died while in Iranian custody.

Natalia Jusaínovna Estemírova fue una activista pro derechos humanos rusa, ganadora de premios, quien era miembro de la junta de la organización rusa Memorial que trabaja a favor de los derechos humanos.

Filip Nikolic was a French actor and singer of Serbian extraction, best known as the lead of the French boy-band 2Be3.

Pyotr Sergeevich Velyaminov was a Soviet Russian film and theater actor who was awarded the title People's Artist of the RSFSR. Commander of Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd class.

Vivian Maier fue una fotógrafa estadounidense. Su obra, muy focalizada en la vida cotidiana de la calle, gozó de una gran repercusión gracias a coleccionistas estadounidenses y, póstumamente, es hoy popular entre el público y la crítica de América del Norte, Asia y Europa.

Kim Dae-jung fue un político y activista democrático surcoreano que desempeñó el cargo de presidente de Corea del Sur desde 1998 hasta 2003. Fue el primer presidente católico de Corea del Sur.

Igor Vladimirovich Starygin was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor.

Abraham Lee Shakespeare was a casual laborer from U.S.A. who won a $30 million lottery jackpot in Florida, receiving $17 million in 2006. In 2009, his family declared him missing, and in January 2010 his body was found buried under a concrete slab in the backyard of an acquaintance. Dorice "Dee Dee" Moore was convicted of his murder and is now serving life in prison without the possibility of parole. Shakespeare's troubles began after winning the lottery. The case was profiled in the American E! television program Curse of the Lottery; and also was made the subject of an episode of Snapped on Oxygen Channel, DTV, on March 16, 2014, along with Reelz's Sex, Lies, & Murder episode "The Missing Millionaire" on August 11, 2018, The 2019 3rd episode of the first season "Murder in the Thirst" as well as the subject of a 2013 episode of American Greed. The case also featured on Season 7 of Deadly Women. Also showcased on "I Killed My BFF" on Lifetime Channel.