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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.

This ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.

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 1 Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye.
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Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Singer, Musician
Birthdate: April 2, 1939
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: April 1

 2 Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Former Prime Minister of India
Birthdate: November 19, 1917
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: October 31

 3 Ed Gein

Ed Gein.
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Listed In: Criminals
Famous As: Murderer
Birthdate: August 27, 1906
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States
Died: July 26
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

 4 Richard Burton

Richard Burton.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: November 10, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pontrhydyfen, Wales
Died: August 5

 5 Ray Kroc

Ray Kroc.
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Listed In: Business People
Famous As: Founder of the McDonald’s Corporation
Birthdate: October 5, 1902
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Died: January 14

 6 Andy Kaufman

Andy Kaufman.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Entertainer
Birthdate: January 17, 1949
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City
Died: May 16

 7 Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault.
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: French philosopher
Birthdate: October 15, 1926
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Poitiers
Died: June 25
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 8 Truman Capote

Truman Capote.
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Author
Birthdate: September 30, 1924
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: August 25
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

 9 Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams.
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Listed In: Photographers
Famous As: Photographer
Birthdate: February 20, 1902
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: April 22

 10 Yuri Andropov

Yuri Andropov.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Birthdate: June 15, 1914
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Stavropol
Died: February 9

 11 C. L. Franklin

C. L. Franklin
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Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Baptist minister
Birthdate: January 22, 1915
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
Died: July 27

 12 James Mason

James Mason .
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: May 15, 1909
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: July 27

 13 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale

Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 12, 1947
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moga district
Died: June 6

 14 Jackie Coogan

Jackie Coogan
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: October 26, 1914
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: March 1

 15 Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: September 7, 1923
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London
Died: December 24
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

 16 William Horatio Powell

William Horatio Powell
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: July 29, 1892
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 5
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

 17 Vincent J. McMahon

Vincent J. McMahon
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Listed In: Business People
Famous As: Entrepreneur
Birthdate: July 6, 1914
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: East Harlem, New York, United States
Died: May 24

 18 Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: January 16, 1908
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Astoria, New York City
Died: February 15
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

 19 Jackie Wilson

Jackie Wilson
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Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Singer
Birthdate: June 9, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Detroit
Died: January 21

 20 Diana Dors

Diana Dors
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: October 23, 1931
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK
Died: May 4
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

 21 Jennifer Kendal

Jennifer Kendal
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: April 28, 1933
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Southport, England, UK
Died: September 7

 22 Anna Anderson

Anna Anderson
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Listed In: Criminals
Famous As: Impostor
Birthdate: December 16, 1896
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Borowihlas, Pomerania, Germany [now Borowy Las, Pomorskie, Poland]
Died: February 12

 23 Johnny Weissmuller

Johnny Weissmuller
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Famous As: Film actor, Swimmer, Actor, Water polo player, Television actor
Birthdate: June 2, 1904
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Freidorf
Died: January 20
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

 24 François Truffaut

François Truffaut
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Director
Birthdate: February 6, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 21
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

 25 Jon-Erik Hexum

Jon-Erik Hexum.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: November 5, 1957
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey
Died: October 18
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

 26 Tommy Cooper

Tommy Cooper.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Comedian
Birthdate: March 19, 1921
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Caerphilly
Died: April 15

 27 Sam Peckinpah

Sam Peckinpah
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Film director
Birthdate: February 21, 1925
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fresno, California, United States
Died: December 28
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

 28 Paul Dirac

Paul Dirac.
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Listed In: Engineers
Famous As: Physicist
Birthdate: August 8, 1902
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bristol
Died: October 20

 29 Count Basie

Count Basie
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: pianist, bandleader, conductor, composer
Birthdate: August 21, 1904
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Red Bank
Died: April 26

 30 Walter Pidgeon

Walter Pidgeon
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor, Singer, Stage actor, Television actor, Trade unionist
Birthdate: September 23, 1897
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint John
Died: September 25
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

 31 Arnold Ridley

Arnold Ridley
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: January 7, 1896
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bath, Somerset, England, UK [now Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK]
Died: March 12

 32 Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: August 31, 1914
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Died: September 17
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

 33 Billy Collins Jr.

Billy Collins Jr.
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Famous As: Boxer
Birthdate: September 21, 1961
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Died: March 6

 34 Leonard Rossiter

Leonard Rossiter
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: October 21, 1926
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Liverpool, England, UK
Died: October 5
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

 35 Martin Niemöller

Martin Niemöller.
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Theologian
Birthdate: January 14, 1892
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lippstadt, Germany
Died: March 6

 36 Agnes von Kurowsky

Agnes von Kurowsky
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Nurse
Birthdate: January 5, 1892
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Germantown
Died: September 25

 37 J. B. Priestley

J. B. Priestley.
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist and Playwright
Birthdate: September 13, 1894
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: August 14

 38 Oskar Werner

Oskar Werner .
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: November 13, 1922
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: October 23

 39 Alan Berg

Alan Berg
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Famous As: Radio personality, Lawyer, Journalist
Birthdate: January 1, 1934
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: June 18

 40 Janet Gaynor

Janet Gaynor.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: October 6, 1906
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Germantown, Philadelphia, U.S.
Died: September 14

 41 Lee Krasner

Lee Krasner.
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Artist
Birthdate: October 27, 1908
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: June 19

 42 Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet

Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Military officer
Birthdate: April 13, 1892
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cheltenham, England
Died: April 5

 43 Sue Randall

Sue Randall.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: October 8, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: October 26

 44 Lillian Hellman

Lillian Hellman.
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Dramatist and Screenwriter
Birthdate: June 20, 1905
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: June 30

 45 Lennard Pearce

Lennard Pearce.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: February 9, 1915
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paddington, London
Died: December 15
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

 46 Eric Morecambe

Eric Morecambe
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: actor, comedian
Birthdate: May 14, 1926
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Morecambe
Died: May 28
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

 47 Julio Cortazar

Julio Cortazar.
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist & Translator
Birthdate: August 26, 1914
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ixelles, Belgium
Died: February 12

 48 Mark W. Clark

Mark W. Clark
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Officer
Birthdate: May 1, 1896
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Madison Barracks, New York, United States
Died: April 17

 49 Hans Speidel

Hans Speidel
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Career soldier, Military personnel
Birthdate: October 28, 1897
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Metzingen
Died: November 28

 50 Ernest Tubb

Ernest Tubb
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Singer-songwriter
Birthdate: February 9, 1914
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Crisp, Texas, United States
Died: September 6