Famous People Who Died In 1984
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1984. This list includes people like Indira Gandhi, Marvin Gaye, Ed Gein, Ray Kroc, Andy Kaufman and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, political leaders, playwrights and artists who died in 1984. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, France & India and many more countries.
Indira Gandhi19 November 1917, Indian
Marvin Gaye02 April 1939, American
Singer, Musician
Ed Gein27 August 1906, American
Murderer
Andy Kaufman17 January 1949, American
Entertainer
Ray Kroc05 October 1902, American
Founder of the McDonald’s Corporation
Richard Burton10 November 1925, Welsh
Actor
Michel Foucault15 October 1926, French
French philosopher
Truman Capote30 September 1924, American
Author
James Mason15 May 1909, British
Actor
Ansel Adams20 February 1902, American
Photographer
Yuri Andropov15 June 1914, Russian
Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of
Peter Lawford07 September 1923, British, American
Actor
Tommy Cooper19 March 1921, British
Comedian
Ethel Merman16 January 1908, American
Actress
Paul Dirac08 August 1902, British
Physicist
J. B. Priestley13 September 1894, British
Novelist and Playwright
Jon-Erik Hexum05 November 1957, American
Actor
Janet Gaynor06 October 1906, American
Actress
Sue Randall08 October 1935, American
Actress
Lillian Hellman20 June 1905, American
Dramatist and Screenwriter
Lennard Pearce09 February 1915, British
Actor
Oskar Werner13 November 1922, Austrian
Actor
Francis Schaeffer30 January 1912, American
Theologian, Philosopher
Brassaï09 September 1899, French, Hungarian, Romanian
Photographer
Irwin Shaw27 February 1913, American
Illness
Janaki Ammal1897 AD, Indian
Botanist
Pyotr Kapitsa08 July 1894, Russian
Physicist
Alberta Hunter01 April 1895, American
American singer
Adam Malik22 July 1917, Indonesian
Former Vice President of Indonesia
Julio Cortazar26 August 1914, Argentinian
Novelist
Carl Ferdinand Cori05 December 1896, Czech, American
Biochemist
Martin Ryle27 September 1918, British
Astronomer
Alfred Kastler03 May 1902, French
Physicist
Ayodele Awojobi12 March 1937, Nigerien
Academic
Diana Dors23 October 1931, British
Actress
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Jackie Coogan1914 AD, American
Film Actor, Television Actor
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale12 February 1947, Indian
Jackie Wilson09 June 1934, American
Singer
Johnny Weissmuller02 June 1904, Romanian, American
Film actor, Swimmer, Actor, Water polo player,
François Truffaut06 February 1932, French
Film director, Screenwriter, Film actor, Film
Count Basie21 August 1904, American
pianist, bandleader, conductor, composer
Sam Peckinpah1925 AD, American
Film Actor, Director
Walter Pidgeon23 September 1897, Canadian, American
Actor, Singer, Stage actor, Television actor,
Martin Niemöller14 January 1892, German
Theologian
Lee Krasner27 October 1908, American
Painter, Printmaker
Eric Morecambe14 May 1926, British
actor, comedian
Richard Basehart31 August 1914, American
Actor
Garry Winogrand14 January 1928, American
Photographer
Mark W. Clark01 May 1896, American
Officer
Stanley Milgram15 August 1933, American
Psychologist, University teacher, Sociologist
Alan Berg01 January 1934, American
Radio personality, Lawyer, Journalist
Big Mama Thornton11 December 1926, American
Musician, Singer
John Betjeman28 August 1906, British
Poet, Writer, Journalist, Literary critic
Ernest Tubb1914 AD
Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, Disc Jockey
Alfred A. Knopf12 September 1892, American
New York City, New York, United States
Karl Wolff13 May 1900, German
Politician, Officer
Richard Brautigan30 January 1935, American
Writer, Poet, Novelist
Hans Speidel28 October 1897, German
Career soldier, Military personnel
Stanislaw Ulam13 April 1909, Polish, Ukrainian, American
Mathematician
Meredith Willson18 May 1902, American
Conductor, Composer, Flautist, Pianist, Songwriter
Eddie Lowery14 October 1902, American
Golfer
Shabeg Singh1925 AD, Indian
Indian Army
Ahmed Sékou Touré09 January 1922, American
Political leader
Patrick Nagel25 November 1945, American
Artist
Dino Shafeek21 March 1930, Bangladeshi
Comedian, Actor
Alexis Korner19 April 1928, British
Musician, Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter
Tigran Petrosian17 June 1929, Georgian
Chess player, Writer, Journalist
Jane Roberts08 May 1929, American
Poet, Writer, Psychic, Science fiction writer,
Karl Rahner05 March 1904, German
Theologian, Writer, University teacher, Catholic
Agnes von Kurowsky05 January 1892, American
Nurse
Muhammad Naguib20 February 1901, Egyptian, Sudanese
Enrico Berlinguer25 May 1922, Italian
Politician
Moshé Feldenkrais06 May 1904, Israeli
Physicist, Judoka, University teacher
Lenny Breau05 August 1941, Canadian
Guitarist, Songwriter, Jazz musician, Musician,
Edward James16 August 1907
Horticulturist, Architect, Writer
Kevin A. Lynch07 January 1918, American
architect, university teacher
Raoul Salan10 June 1899, French
Military personnel
Dmitriy Ustinov30 October 1908, Russian
M. A. G. Osmani01 September 1918, Bangladeshi
Richard E. Bellman26 August 1920, American
Mathematician, University teacher, Computer
Bernard Lonergan17 December 1904, Canadian
Theologian, Philosopher, University teacher
Raymond L.S. Patriarca18 March 1908, American
Roland Penrose14 October 1900, British
Paramedic, Art historian, Engineer, Photographer,
William Empson27 September 1906, British
Literary critic, Poet, Writer
Rajinder Singh Bedi01 September 1915, Indian
Playwright, Film director, Screenwriter
Yigael Yadin20 March 1917, Israeli
Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Politician,
Henri Michaux24 May 1899, Belgian, French
Painter, Poet, Writer
Hervey M. Cleckley25 January 1903, American
Psychiatrist, screenwriter
Vicente Aleixandre26 April 1898, Spanish
Spanish poet
Jean Prouvé08 April 1901, French
Architect, Designer, Artist, Politician
Eduardo De Filippo24 May 1900, Italian
Film director, Actor, Poet, Screenwriter,
Juan Tizol22 January 1900, Puerto Rican
Composer, Jazz musician
Santo23 September 1917, Mexican
Actor, Professional wrestler, Film actor
Carl Boenish03 April 1941, American
Cinematographer
Chaïm Perelman20 May 1912, Belgian, Polish
Philosopher, University teacher
Barbara Deming23 July 1917, American
Writer, Journalist