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Famous People Who Died In 1987

Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1987. This list includes people like Andy Warhol, M. G. Ramachandran, Kishore Kumar, Liberace, Rita Hayworth and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, directors, novelists and psychologists who died in 1987. This list includes people from United States, India, France & Germany 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 Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Artist
Birthdate: August 6, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: February 22
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

 2 Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Indian playback singer
Birthdate: August 4, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Khandwas, India
Died: October 13

 3 Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: February 12, 1915
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ottawa
Died: September 11
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

 4 Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 17, 1918
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brooklyn
Died: May 14

 5 M. G. Ramachandran

M G Ramachandran.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Actor, Politician
Birthdate: January 17, 1917
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kandy, British Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka)
Died: December 24

 6 Rudolf Hess

Rudolf Hess.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Deputy Führer
Birthdate: April 26, 1894
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Alexandria
Died: August 17

 7 James Baldwin

James Baldwin.
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Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: August 2, 1924
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States
Died: December 1
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 8 Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Dancer
Birthdate: May 10, 1899
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Omaha
Died: June 22

 9 Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: February 19, 1924
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City, New York, U.S.
Died: August 29

 10 Liberace

Liberace.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Pianist
Birthdate: May 16, 1919
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: West Allis, Wisconsin, United States
Died: February 4

 11 Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Comedian
Birthdate: February 26, 1916
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, U.S
Died: June 24

 12 Budd Dwyer

Budd Dwyer.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: November 21, 1939
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saint Charles, Missouri, United States
Died: January 22

 13 Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: President
Birthdate: December 21, 1949
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Yako, Upper Volta
Died: October 15

 14 John Huston

John Huston.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Film Director
Birthdate: August 5, 1906
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nevada, Missouri
Died: August 28

 15 Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: January 23, 1898
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Orange County, Virginia, United States
Died: March 2
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

 16 Henry Ford II

Henry Ford II
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Business Person
Birthdate: September 4, 1917
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: September 29

 17 Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Dancer
Birthdate: June 23, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died: September 23
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

 18 Althea Flynt

Althea Flynt.
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Larry Flynt's Wife
Birthdate: November 6, 1953
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Marietta, Ohio, United States
Died: June 27

 19 Herbert Sobel

Herbert Sobel.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: U.S. Army Officer
Birthdate: January 26, 1912
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: September 30

 20 Dean Paul Martin

Dean Paul Martin.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Singer
Birthdate: November 17, 1951
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California
Died: March 21

 21 Maria von Trapp

Maria von Trapp
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Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Singer
Birthdate: January 26, 1905
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Died: March 28
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

 22 Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: January 10, 1904
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: January 15
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

 23 Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: January 18, 1911
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brooklyn
Died: March 3

 24 Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Bassist, Composer, Jazz musician, Bandleader
Birthdate: December 1, 1951
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Norristown
Died: September 21

 25 Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell.
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: March 26, 1904
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: White Plains, New York, United States
Died: October 30

 26 Charan Singh

Charan Singh
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Prime Minister of India
Birthdate: December 23, 1902
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Noorpur, Uttar Pradesh India
Died: May 29

 27 Geraldine Page

Geraldine Page
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Theater Actress, Film Actress, Television Actress
Birthdate: November 22, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kirksville
Died: June 13

 28 Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Musician
Birthdate: September 30, 1917
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: April 2

 29 Will Sampson

Will Sampson
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: September 27, 1933
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA
Died: June 3
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

 30 Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh.
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Reggae Musician
Birthdate: October 19, 1944
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Westmoreland, Jamaica
Died: September 11

 31 Dalida

Dalida
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Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Singer
Birthdate: January 17, 1933
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Shubra, Cairo, Egypt
Died: May 3
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

 32 Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin
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Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Activist
Birthdate: March 17, 1912
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: August 24

 33 Mary Astor

Mary Astor
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: May 3, 1906
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Quincy, Illinois, USA
Died: September 25
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

 34 Carl Rogers

Carl Rogers.
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Psychologist
Birthdate: January 8, 1902
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Oak Park
Died: February 4

 35 Gretl Braun

Gretl Braun
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Housewife, Secretary
Birthdate: August 31, 1915
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Munich
Died: October 10

 36 Dick Shawn

Dick Shawn
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: stage actor, film actor
Birthdate: December 1, 1923
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Buffalo
Died: April 17

 37 Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton.
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: March 25, 1920
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mill Hill, United Kingdom
Died: March 28
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

 38 Robert Preston

Robert Preston
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: stage actor, film actor
Birthdate: June 8, 1918
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Died: March 21

 39 Primo Levi

Primo Levi.
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer, Chemist
Birthdate: July 31, 1919
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
Died: April 11

 40 Lolo Soetoro

Lolo Soetoro.
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Stepfather of Barack Obama
Birthdate: January 2, 1935
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bandung, Indonesia
Died: March 2

 41 Jacqueline du Pré

Jacqueline du Pré
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Cellist
Birthdate: January 26, 1945
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Oxford
Died: October 19

 42 Owen King

Owen King
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Writer
Birthdate: February 21, 1977
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: North Dakota, USA
Died: May 31

 43 Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield
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Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Singer, Musician
Birthdate: December 17, 1942
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: May 4

 44 Elizabeth Hartman

Elizabeth Hartman
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: December 23, 1943
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Youngstown, Ohio, United States
Died: June 10

 45 Edgar Rosenberg

Edgar Rosenberg
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Film producer
Birthdate: 1925 AD
Birthplace: Bremerhaven
Died: August 14

 46 Arthur M. Sackler

Arthur M. Sackler
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Listed In: Physicians
Famous As: Psychiatrist
Birthdate: August 22, 1913
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: May 26

 47 Alistair Maclean

Alistair Maclean.
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Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist
Birthdate: April 21, 1922
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Died: February 2
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

 48 Mahadevi Varma

Mahadevi Varma.
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Listed In: Activists
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: March 26, 1907
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Farrukhabad, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died: September 11

 49 Joyce Jameson

Joyce Jameson
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: September 26, 1932
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: January 16

 50 Santo Trafficante Jr.

Santo Trafficante
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Listed In: Criminals
Famous As: Organized Crime
Birthdate: November 15, 1914
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tampa, Florida, United States
Died: March 17