Famous People Who Died In 1988
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1988. This list includes people like Roy Orbison, Richard Feynman, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pete Maravich, Georgy Malenkov and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, physicists, artists and presidents who died in 1988. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & Pakistan and many more countries.
Richard Feynman11 May 1918, American
Physicist
Roy Orbison23 April 1936, American
Singer-songwriter
Jean-Michel Basquiat22 December 1960, American
Artist
Judith Barsi06 June 1978, American
Actress
Pete Maravich22 June 1947, American
Basketball Player
Chet Baker23 December 1929, American
Jazz Trumpeter
Nico16 October 1938, German, Spanish
Singer
Georgy Malenkov08 January 1902, Russian
Politician
Enzo Ferrari18 February 1898, Italian
Italian racing driver
John Carradine05 February 1906, American
Actor
Robert A. Heinlein07 July 1907, American
Science Fiction Writer
Hillel Slovak13 April 1962, American
Musician, Songwriter
Kenneth Williams22 February 1926, British
Comedian
Roy Kinnear08 January 1934, Spanish, British
Actor
Klaus Fuchs29 December 1911, German
Theoretical Physicist and Atomic Spy
Anne Ramsey27 March 1929, American
Actress
Trevor Howard29 September 1913, British
Actor
Pappy Boyington04 December 1912, American
Pilot
Luis Walter Alvarez13 June 1911, American
Physicist
Isidor Isaac Rabi29 July 1898, American
Physicist
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan06 February 1890, Pakistani
Political and Spiritual Leader
Virginia Satir26 June 1916, American
American author
Nikolaas Tinbergen15 April 1907, Dutch
Ornithologist
Siaka Stevens24 August 1905, Sierra Leonean
1st President of Sierra Leone
Joshua Logan05 October 1908, American
Film & Stage Director, Writer
Khalil al-Wazir10 October 1935, Palestinian
Palestinian Leader and co-founder of Fatah
Ernst Ruska25 December 1906, German
Inventor of Electron Microscope
Henry Koster01 May 1905, German, American
Director, Producer
Robert Joffrey24 December 1930, American
Co-founder of Joffrey Ballet
Heather O Rourke27 December 1975, American
Child Actor
Andy Gibb05 March 1958, British
Singer, Musician, Songwriter
Raj Kapoor14 December 1924, Indian, Pakistani
Actor, Film producer, Film director, Screenwriter,
Dennis Day21 May 1916, American
Singer, Actor, Television actor, Military
Christina Onassis11 December 1950, Greek
Businessperson, Socialite
Kim Philby01 January 1912, Indian, British
Spy, Journalist
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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq12 August 1924, Indian, Pakistani
Politician, Officer
Paul Vario09 July 1914, American
Mobster
Isamu Noguchi17 November 1904, Japanese, American
Sculptor, Architect
Raymond Carver25 May 1938, American
Short story writer
Raymond Carver25 May 1938, American
Short story writer
Joe Besser12 August 1907, American
Comedian, Musician, Voice actor, Actor, Television
Gert Fröbe25 February 1913, German
Actor
Son House21 March 1902, American
Guitarist, Singer
John Houseman22 September 1902, Romanian, British, American
Actor
Charles Addams07 January 1912, American
Draughtsperson, Illustrator, Artist, Painter,
Roy Buchanan23 September 1939, American
Musician, Guitarist
William McMahon23 February 1908, Australian
Politician, Diplomat
Daws Butler16 November 1916, American
Actor, Dub actor
Chiang Ching-kuo27 April 1910, Chinese
Politician
Anthony Provenzano17 May 1917, American
trade unionist
Mildred Gillars29 November 1900, American
Radio personality, Journalist
Henry Murray13 May 1893, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Mickey Thompson07 December 1928, American
Inventor, Racing driver
Luis Barragán09 March 1902, Mexican
Mexican architect
Kurt Georg Kiesinger06 April 1904, German
Politician, Lawyer, Judge
Romare Bearden02 September 1911, American
Writer, Artist, Painter
Syed Modi1962 AD, Indian
badminton player
Anthony Gaggi07 August 1925, American
Roy Urquhart28 November 1901, British
Officer
Hans Urs von Balthasar12 August 1905, Swiss
Theologian, Writer, Catholic priest
Henry Armstrong12 December 1912, American
Minister, Boxer
Louise Nevelson23 September 1899, American
Sculptor, Painter
Alec Issigonis18 November 1906, Greek, British
Engineer, Automotive designer, Racecar driver
Franz Josef Strauss06 September 1915, German
Politician
Alan Paton11 January 1903, South African
Writer, Autobiographer, Screenwriter
Philippe de Rothschild13 April 1902, French
Winegrower, Screenwriter, Socialite, Racecar
Seán MacBride26 January 1904, French, Irish
diplomat, politician, lawyer, journalist
Michael Ramsey14 November 1904, British
Politician, Priest, Theologian
Allan Cuthbertson07 April 1920, Australian
Actor
Harold Rosson06 April 1895, American
Cinematographer
Clifford D. Simak03 August 1904, American
American fiction writer
Kid Chocolate06 January 1910, Cuban
Boxer
Miguel Piñero19 December 1946, American
Playwright, Writer
Felix Wankel13 August 1902, German
Inventor, Engineer, Politician
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji14 August 1892, British
Pianist, Composer, Music critic, Writer
Robert Calvert09 March 1945, South African
Poet, Singer, Writer
Hermann Graf24 October 1912, German
Aviator
Emeric Pressburger05 December 1902, Hungarian, British
Screenwriter, Film director, Film producer,
Willem Drees05 July 1886, Dutch
Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Bluma Zeigarnik09 November 1900
Psychologist, Psychiatrist
Raymond Dart04 February 1893, Australian
Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Prehistorian,
Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás11 June 1900, Spanish
Giacinto Scelsi08 January 1905, Italian
Composer, Poet
Rais Amrohvi12 September 1914, Pakistani
poet
Fritz Heider19 February 1896, Austrian, American
Psychologist, Translator, University teacher,
Giuseppe Saragat19 September 1898, Italian
Italian Politician
Adela Rogers St. Johns20 May 1894, American
American journalist
Khin Kyi16 April 1912, Burmese
Diplomat
Lygia Clark23 October 1920, Brazilian
Painter, Sculptor, University teacher, Performance
Takeo Miki17 March 1907, Japanese
Prime Minister ,politician
René Char14 June 1907, French
Poet, Writer
Friedrich Guggenberger06 March 1915, German
Soldier, Submariner
Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov22 May 1914, Russian
Soviet firearms designer
Joan Pujol Garcia14 February 1912, Spanish
André Frédéric Cournand24 September 1895, American
Physician
Abdul Khaliq23 March 1934, Pakistani
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