User:Rusted AutoParts/Deaths of 1980-1989

January 1980

 * January 1
 * Ernest Cormier, Canadian engineer and architect (b. 1885)
 * Adolph Deutsch, English-American film composer (b. 1897)
 * Pierre Mony, French footballer (b. 1896)
 * Pietro Nenni, Italian politician (b. 1891)
 * Stepan Shchipachev, Russian poet (b. 1898)
 * Nils Skoglund, Swedish diver (b. 1906)
 * Frank Wykoff, American sprinter (b. 1909)
 * January 2
 * Erik Andersen, Danish cyclist (b. 1902)
 * Rhys Carpenter, American historian (b. 1889)
 * January 3
 * Joy Adamson, Austrian-Kenyan naturalist and author (b. 1910)
 * Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (b. 1892)
 * Bernhard Kaun, American composer (b. 1899)
 * Amos Milburn, American singer and pianist (b. 1927)
 * Harald Heide Steen, Norwegian actor (b. 1911)
 * Ivan Triesault, Estonian-American actor (b. 1898)
 * January 4
 * Axel Henry Hansen, Norwegian gymnast (b. 1887)
 * Shohachi Ishii, Japanese wrestler (b. 1926)
 * January 5 – Uno Naissoo, Estonian composer and musician (b. 1928)
 * January 6
 * Piersanti Mattarella, Italian politician (b. 1935)
 * Raymond Mays, English racing driver (b. 1899)
 * January 7
 * Yocheved Bat-Miriam, Israeli poet (b. 1901)
 * Simonne Mathieu, French tennis player (b. 1908)
 * Eddie Scarf, Australian wrestler and boxer (b. 1908)
 * Larry Williams, American singer (b. 1935)
 * Dov Yosef, Israeli politician (b. 1899)
 * January 8
 * Tryggve Gran, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1888)
 * John Mauchly, American physicist (b. 1907)
 * Władysław Turowicz, Polish-Pakistani pilot and scientist (b. 1908)
 * January 9
 * Gaetano Belloni, Italian cyclist (b. 1892)
 * Aleksander Tupalski, Polish ice hockey player and footballer (b. 1900)
 * January 10
 * Ercole Carzino, Italian footballer (b. 1901)
 * George Meany, American labor leader (b. 1894)
 * Manuel Passos, Portuguese footballer (b. 1922)
 * January 11
 * Richard Huschke, German cyclist (b. 1893)
 * Erwin Otto Marx, German engineer (b. 1893)
 * Barbara Pym, English author (b. 1913)
 * Celia Sánchez, Cuban revolutionary and politician (b. 1920)
 * January 12
 * Frederico de Freitas, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1902)
 * Edgardo Moltoni, Italian ornithologist (b. 1896)
 * Antonio Pons, Ecuadorian politician (b. 1897)
 * Finn Ronne, Norwegian-American explorer (b. 1899)
 * January 13 – Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (b. 1901)
 * January 14
 * Robert Ardrey, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908)
 * Rachel Fuller Brown, American chemist (b. 1898)
 * Christian Møller, Danish chemist and physicist (b. 1904)
 * January 15
 * Leszek Herdegen, Polish actor (b. 1929)
 * Herbert Olivecrona, Swedish surgeon (b. 1891)
 * January 16 – Benjamín Palencia, Spanish painter (b. 1894)
 * January 17
 * Barbara Britton, American actress (b. 1920)
 * Alexander Nesmeyanov, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1899)
 * Maria Quisling, Russian-Norwegian political figure (b. 1900)
 * Karla Schramm, American actress (b. 1891)
 * Agustín Yáñez, Mexican politician (b. 1904)
 * January 18 – Cecil Beaton, English photographer and costume designer (b. 1904)
 * January 19
 * Piero Ciampi, Italian singer (b. 1934)
 * William O. Douglas, American judge (b. 1898)
 * January 20
 * Rudolf Bürger, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1908)
 * André Dubonnet, French pilot and athlete (b. 1897)
 * Kasturbhai Lalbhai, Indian businessman (b. 1894)
 * William Roberts, English painter (b. 1895)
 * January 21
 * Elvira de Hidalgo, Spanish opera singer (b. 1891)
 * Georges Painvin, French geologist (b. 1886)
 * January 22
 * Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian (b. 1888)
 * Mustapha Choukri, Moroccan footballer (b. 1945)
 * Teresa Noce, Italian politician (b. 1900)
 * Klas Särner, Swedish gymnast (b. 1891)
 * Leonard Strong, American actor (b. 1908)
 * January 23
 * Lil Dagover, German actress (b. 1887)
 * Babs Gonzales, American singer and poet (b. 1919)
 * Shōjirō Iida, Japanese general (b. 1888)
 * Giovanni Michelotti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1921)
 * Jacques Millot, French arachnologist (b. 1897)
 * Ernst Ocwirk, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
 * January 24
 * Terry Anderson, English footballer (b. 1944)
 * Stanislav Neuhaus, Russian pianist (b. 1927)
 * James Poe, American screenwriter (b. 1921)
 * Nils Westermark, Swedish sailor (b. 1892)
 * January 25 – Amir Kumar, Indian field hockey player (b. 1923)
 * January 26
 * Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician (b. 1922)
 * Georgi Karaslavov, Bulgarian author (b. 1904)
 * Juan Quintero Muñoz, Spanish film composer (b. 1903)
 * Justas Paleckis, Lithuanian author and politician (b. 1899)
 * Lynn Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1912)
 * William Peden, Canadian cyclist (b. 1906)
 * Harry Hemley Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (b. 1893)
 * January 27
 * Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor (b. 1906)
 * Peppino De Filippo, Italian actor (b. 1903)
 * Rudolf-Christoph von Gersdorff, German major general (b. 1905)
 * Helga Pedersen, Danish judge and politician (b. 1911)
 * Eric Wyndham White, English economist (b. 1913)
 * January 28
 * Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer (b. 1926)
 * Erle C. Kenton, American film director (b. 1896)
 * Ciril Kosmač, Slovenian author and screenwriter (b. 1910)
 * Vladimir Novikov, Russian water polo player (b. 1937)
 * Antoine Rebetez, Swiss gymnast (b. 1897)
 * January 29
 * Jimmy Durante, American actor and comedian (b. 1893)
 * Antonio Molina, Filipino composer and conductor (b. 1894)
 * Fernando Sañudo, Spanish footballer (b. 1912)
 * January 30
 * Francesco Lardone, Italian-American bishop and diplomat (b. 1887)
 * Professor Longhair, American singer and pianist (b. 1918)
 * Warren Smith, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
 * January 31
 * Jacobus Duminy, South African academic (b. 1897)
 * Gumercindo Gómez, Bolivian footballer (b. 1907)
 * Emanuel Sperner, German mathematician (b. 1905)

February 1980

 * February 1
 * Jack Bailey, American actor and game show host (b. 1907)
 * Costante Maltoni, Italian archbishop (b. 1915)
 * Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (b. 1930)
 * Romolo Valli, Italian actor (b. 1925)
 * Toshiko Yuasa, Japanese physicist (b. 1909)
 * February 2 – William Howard Stein, American biochemist (b. 1911)
 * February 3
 * Ray Heindorf, American composer and songwriter (b. 1908)
 * Hanna Rovina, Israeli actress (b. 1888)
 * Margit Sielska-Reich, Polish-Ukrainian painter (b. 1900)
 * February 4
 * Stojan Aralica, Serbian painter and academic (b. 1883)
 * Camara Laye, Guinean author (b. 1928)
 * Paul Petard, French botanist (b. 1912)
 * Edith Summerskill, English physician and politician (b. 1901)
 * David Whitaker, English television writer and author (b. 1928)
 * February 5
 * Nachman Aronszajn, Polish-American mathematician (b. 1907)
 * Karl Olivecrona, Swedish lawyer and philosopher (b. 1897)
 * Michel Sturdza, Romanian politician and war criminal (b. 1886)
 * February 6
 * George Decker, American general (b. 1902)
 * Franz Schafheitlin, German actor (b. 1895)
 * February 7
 * Margaret Ballinger, Scottish-South African politician (b. 1894)
 * Rudolf Bosshard, Swiss rower (b. 1890)
 * Secondo Campini, Italian engineer (b. 1904)
 * Eugen Dasović, Croatian footballer (b. 1896)
 * Richard Williams, Australian pilot (b. 1890)
 * February 8
 * Erwin Friedrich Baumann, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1890)
 * Ivan Gošnjak, Croatian general and politician (b. 1909)
 * Stepan Klochurak, Czech politician (b. 1895)
 * Zezé Procópio, Brazilian footballer (b. 1913)
 * Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (b. 1936)
 * Francesco Zucchetti, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
 * February 9
 * Rostislav Alexeyev, Russian engineer (b. 1916)
 * Heron Carvic, English actor and author (b. 1913)
 * Charles Fowlkes, American saxophonist (b. 1916)
 * Ludwig Waldmann, German physicist (b. 1913)
 * February 10
 * Abe Gubegna, Ethiopian author (b. 1933)
 * Rezső Soó, Hungarian botanist (b. 1903)
 * Wally Wales, American actor (b. 1895)
 * February 11
 * Hubert Giesen, German pianist (b. 1898)
 * R. C. Majumdar, Indian historian (b. 1888)
 * Yakov Malik, Russian diplomat (b. 1906)
 * Paavo Yrjölä, Finnish decathlete (b. 1902)
 * February 12
 * Einar Hille, American mathematician (b. 1894)
 * Anatoliy Lure, Russian engineer and mathematician (b. 1901)
 * Muriel Rukeyser, American poet and author (b. 1913)
 * Jørgen Stubberud, Norwegian explorer (b. 1883)
 * February 13
 * Hugh DeHaven, American pilot and engineer (b. 1895)
 * David Janssen, American actor (b. 1931)
 * Mike Monroney, American politician (b. 1902)
 * Marian Rejewski, Polish mathematician and cryptologist (b. 1905)
 * February 14
 * Kitsuju Ayabe, Japanese general (b. 1894)
 * Victor Gruen, Austrian-American architect (b. 1903)
 * Marius Lavet, French engineer (b. 1894)
 * Rza Tahmasib, Azerbaijani film director and actor (b. 1894)
 * February 15
 * Albin Dahl, Swedish footballer (b. 1900)
 * Albert Simonin, French author and screenwriter (b. 1905)
 * Sohn Won-yil, South Korean vice admiral (b. 1909)
 * February 16
 * Edward Copson, English mathematician (b. 1901)
 * Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (b. 1896)
 * Arthur Loveridge, English biologist and herpetologist (b. 1891)
 * February 17
 * Jerry Fielding, American musician (b. 1922)
 * Einar Karlsson, Swedish wrestler (b. 1908)
 * John Sandwall, Swedish fencer (b. 1917)
 * Graham Sutherland, English artist (b. 1903)
 * February 18
 * Gale Robbins, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
 * Nathan Yellin-Mor, Israeli activist and politician (b. 1913)
 * February 19
 * Robert Morrison, English rower (b. 1902)
 * Bon Scott, Australian singer (b. 1946)
 * February 20
 * Hugo Kraas, German war criminal (b. 1911)
 * Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American author and socialite (b. 1884)
 * Joseph Banks Rhine, American botanist (b. 1895)
 * Llamil Simes, Argentine footballer (b. 1923)
 * Erich Vagts, German politician (b. 1896)
 * February 21
 * Alfred Andersch, German author (b. 1914)
 * Aldo Andreotti, Italian mathematician (b. 1924)
 * Mario Lanzi, Italian runner (b. 1914)
 * February 22
 * Sadaaki Akamatsu, Japanese fighter pilot (b. 1910)
 * Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian artist and poet (b. 1886)
 * Pierre Korb, French footballer (b. 1908)
 * Jorge B. Vargas, Filipino politician, Prime Minister of the Philippines (b. 1890)
 * Jean Wolter, Luxembourgian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
 * February 23 – Enrico Celio, Swiss politician (b. 1889)
 * February 24
 * John Darrow, American actor (b. 1907)
 * Clement Martyn Doke, South African linguist (b. 1893)
 * Parviz Fannizadeh, Iranian actor (b. 1938)
 * Émile Joly, Belgian cyclist (b. 1904)
 * Devulapalli Krishnasastri, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1897)
 * Albert Parsis, French footballer (b. 1890)
 * February 25
 * Wilton E. Hall, American politician (b. 1901)
 * Robert Hayden, American poet and author (b. 1913)
 * Aleksandr Zimin, Russian medievalist (b. 1920)
 * February 26
 * Mario Mattoli, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
 * Ahmad Shukeiri, Palestinian politician (b. 1908)
 * February 27 – George Tobias, American actor (b. 1901)
 * February 28
 * Dinorá de Carvalho, Brazilian pianist and composer (b. 1904)
 * Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Polish tennis player (b. 1912)
 * Ian Peebles, Scottish-English cricketer (b. 1908)
 * February 29
 * Yigal Allon, Israeli politician (b. 1918)
 * Gil Elvgren, American painter (b. 1914)
 * Werner Keller, German author and civil servant (b. 1909)
 * Doug Kistler, American basketball player (b. 1938)
 * Nino Oliviero, Italian film composer (b. 1918)

March 1980

 * March 1
 * Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch-American model (b. 1939)
 * Dixie Dean, English footballer (b. 1907)
 * Daniil Khrabrovitsky, Russian screenwriter and film director (b. 1923)
 * John Jacob Niles, American singer and composer (b. 1892)
 * Eric Oliver, English motorcycle racer (b. 1911)
 * Dorothy Phillips, American actress (b. 1889)
 * Anna Ticho, Israeli artist (b. 1894)
 * March 2
 * Anne Cornwall, American actress (b. 1897)
 * Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Polish author and poet (b. 1894)
 * Arlie Schardt, American runner (b. 1895)
 * March 3
 * Forrest C. Donnell, American politician (b. 1884)
 * Avraham Rakanti, Greek-Israeli politician and journalist (b. 1888)
 * Tayfur Sökmen, Turkish politician (b. 1892)
 * March 4
 * Vakhtang Ananyan, Armenian author (b. 1905)
 * Johannes Martin Bijvoet, Dutch chemist (b. 1892)
 * Luis Piazzini, Argentine chess player (b. 1905)
 * Alfred Plé, French rower (b. 1888)
 * March 5
 * Wilhelm Hoegner, German politician (b. 1887)
 * Abdullah Rimawi, Palestinian-Jordanian politician (b. 1920)
 * Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (b. 1912)
 * March 6
 * Hikmet Bayur, Turkish politician (b. 1891)
 * Barbara Brukalska, Polish architect (b. 1899)
 * Willem de Vries Lentsch, Dutch sailor (b. 1886)
 * James C. Shannon, American politician (b. 1896)
 * Hryhir Tiutiunnyk, Ukrainian author (b. 1931)
 * March 7 – Jack Sack, American football player (b. 1902)
 * March 8
 * Graham Dadds, English field hockey player (b. 1911)
 * Frank McDonald, American film director (b. 1899)
 * Max Miedinger, Swiss typographer (b. 1910)
 * March 9
 * Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian actor (b. 1899)
 * Olga Chekhova, Russian-German actress (b. 1897)
 * Heinz Linge, German lieutenant colonel (b. 1913)
 * March 10
 * José Américo de Almeida, Brazilian author and politician (b. 1887)
 * Zhang Fakui, Chinese general (b. 1896)
 * William Kroll, American violinist and composer (b. 1901)
 * Alan P. Merriam, American ethnomusicologist (b. 1923)
 * March 11
 * Julio de Caro, Argentine composer and musician (b. 1899)
 * Yūnosuke Itō, Japanese actor (b. 1919)
 * Mikhail Kaufman, Russian cinematographer and photographer (b. 1897)
 * March 12 – Ernő Gerő, Hungarian politician (b. 1898)
 * March 13
 * Lillian Ngoyi, South African activist (b. 1911)
 * Tauno Pylkkänen, Finnish composer (b. 1918)
 * Roland Theodore Symonette, Bahamian politician (b. 1898)
 * Harlan Warde, American actor (b. 1917)
 * March 14
 * Henri Bellivier, French cyclist (b. 1890)
 * Henk Blomvliet, Dutch footballer (b. 1911)
 * Manlio Brosio, Italian diplomat and politician (b. 1897)
 * Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish naturalist (b. 1928)
 * Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
 * Anna Jantar, Polish singer (b. 1950)
 * Allard K. Lowenstein, American politician (b. 1929)
 * Julien Moineau, French cyclist (b. 1903)
 * Dudley Maurice Newitt, English engineer (b. 1894)
 * March 15
 * Gerald Abrahams, English chess player and author (b. 1907)
 * Daisy Earles, German-American actress (b. 1907)
 * Marta Ehrlich, Croatian painter (b. 1910)
 * Émile Pladner, French boxer (b. 1906)
 * Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi, Indian politician (b. 1893)
 * March 16
 * Neville D'Souza, Indian footballer (b. 1932)
 * Leroy Goldsworthy, American ice hockey player (b. 1906)
 * March 17
 * Rudolf George Escher, Dutch composer (b. 1912)
 * Al Jochim, American gymnast (b. 1902)
 * Jan Krásl, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1899)
 * Mary Alice McWhinnie, American biologist (b. 1922)
 * Boun Oum, Laotian politician, Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1912)
 * Rafael Paasio, Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1903)
 * William Prager, German-American mathematician (b. 1903)
 * Georges Valensi, French engineer (b. 1889)
 * Bice Valori, Italian actress and comedian (b. 1927)
 * March 18
 * Jerzy Bulanow, Russian-Polish footballer (b. 1904)
 * Erich Fromm, German psychologist (b. 1900)
 * Elsa Goveia, Guyanese scholar and historian (b. 1925)
 * Herman Griffith, Trinidadian-Barbadian cricketer (b. 1893)
 * Ludwig Guttmann, German-English neurologist (b. 1899)
 * Tamara de Lempicka, Polish painter (b. 1898)
 * Louise Lovely, Australian actress (b. 1895)
 * Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (b. 1932)
 * March 19 – Arvid Emanuelsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1913)
 * March 20
 * March 21
 * Marcel Boussac, French entrepreneur (b. 1889)
 * Angelo Bruno, Italian-American mobster (b. 1910)
 * Luís Espinal Camps, Spanish-Bolivian priest and film director (b. 1932)
 * George Hyde Fallon, American politician (b. 1902)
 * Sam Ferris, English runner (b. 1900)
 * Herm Schaefer, American basketball player and coach (b. 1918)
 * March 22
 * Raymond Thayer Birge, American physicist (b. 1887)
 * Maurice Gillis, Belgian footballer (b. 1897)
 * Erich Nelson, German artist and botanist (b. 1897)
 * Hélio Oiticica, Brazilian artist (b. 1937)
 * March 23
 * Bill S. Ballinger, American author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
 * Jacob Miller, Jamaican musician (b. 1952)
 * Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (b. 1928)
 * March 24
 * Petrus Brovka, Belarusian poet (b. 1905)
 * Pierre Etchebaster, French tennis player (b. 1893)
 * Ernst John von Freyend, German army officer (b. 1909)
 * Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1917)
 * March 25
 * Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (b. 1901)
 * Erminio Macario, Italian actor and comedian (b. 1902)
 * Holger Schön, Swedish ski jumper (b. 1910)
 * Walter Susskind, Czech-English conductor and pianist (b. 1913)
 * James Wright, American poet (b. 1927)
 * March 26
 * Roland Barthes, American theorist and author (b. 1915)
 * Dragutin Friedrich, Croatian footballer (b. 1897)
 * Zofia Lissa, Polish musicologist (b. 1908)
 * March 27 – Steve Fisher, American author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
 * March 28
 * Dick Haymes, Argentine-American singer and actor (b. 1918)
 * Hans-Hermann Nissen, German opera singer (b. 1893)
 * Branko Pleše, Croatian footballer (b. 1915)
 * March 29
 * Vicente López Carril, Spanish cyclist (b. 1942)
 * William Gemmell Cochran, Scottish-American statistician (b. 1909)
 * Annunzio Mantovani, Italian-English conductor and composer (b. 1905)
 * March 30
 * Fyodor Gakhov, Russian mathematician (b. 1906)
 * Cornelis Jacobus Gorter, Dutch physicist (b. 1907)
 * David Sharpe, American actor and stuntman (b. 1910)
 * Tôn Đức Thắng, Vietnamese politician, President of Vietnam (b. 1888)
 * Léon Zack, Russian-French painter and sculptor (b. 1892)
 * March 31
 * Vladimír Holan, Czech poet (b. 1905)
 * Jesse Owens, American athlete (b. 1913)

April 1980

 * April 1 – Ismayil Daghistanli, Azerbaijani actor (b. 1907)
 * April 2
 * Edmund Burns, American actor (b. 1892)
 * Dick Howorth, English cricketer (b. 1909)
 * Harold Johnson, American astronomer (b. 1921)
 * Stanley Forman Reed, American judge (b. 1884)
 * April 3
 * Edward Bullard, English geophysicist (b. 1907)
 * Robert Lemaignen, French politician (b. 1893)
 * April 4
 * Aleksander Ford, Polish film director (b. 1908)
 * Red Sovine, American singer (b. 1917)
 * Władysław Tatarkiewicz, Polish philosopher and historian (b. 1886)
 * April 5
 * Alexander Belov, Russian sergeant (b. 1923)
 * Georges Piot, French rower (b. 1896)
 * April 6
 * Olivier Chevallier, French motorcycle racer (b. 1949)
 * John Collier, English-American author (b. 1901)
 * Frank Saker, Canadian canoeist (b. 1907)
 * Kustaa Vilkuna, Finnish ethnologist and linguist (b. 1902)
 * April 7
 * Maria Michi, Italian actress (b. 1921)
 * Armando Miranda, Brazilian footballer (b. 1939)
 * Jaroslav Průšek, Czech sinologist (b. 1906)
 * April 8
 * Wilhelm Arwe, Swedish athlete (b. 1898)
 * Boy Edgar, Dutch conductor and pianist (b. 1915)
 * Vincenzo Pinton, Italian fencer (b. 1914)
 * April 9
 * Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Iraqi philosopher (b. 1935)
 * Kathleen Burke, American actress (b. 1913)
 * Izi Dorot, Israeli civil servant (b. 1916)
 * Ascensión Chirivella Marín, Mexican lawyer and activist (b. 1894)
 * April 10 – Kay Medford, American actress (b. 1919)
 * April 11
 * Maurice Blomme, Belgian cyclist (b. 1926)
 * Charley Borah, American sprinter (b. 1905)
 * Charlotte Henry, American actress (b. 1914)
 * József Tunyogi, Hungarian wrestler (b. 1907)
 * Yakov Zarobyan, Armenian politician (b. 1908)
 * April 12
 * Clark McConachy, English billiards player (b. 1895)
 * Arkady Severny, Russian singer (b. 1939)
 * Stanley de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer (b. 1956)
 * William Tolbert, Liberian politician, President of Liberia (b. 1913)
 * Sonja Wigert, Norwegian-Swedish actress (b. 1913)
 * April 13
 * Michihiko Hachiya, Japanese physician (b. 1903)
 * Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1956)
 * Pepino Toledo, Guatemalan footballer and manager (b. 1919)
 * April 14
 * Shimon Dzigan, Polish comedian (b. 1905)
 * Tom Fadden, American actor (b. 1895)
 * Gianni Rodari, Italian author and journalist (b. 1920)
 * April 15
 * Raymond Bailey, American actor and comedian (b. 1904)
 * Paul Langton, American actor (b. 1913)
 * Marshall Reed, American actor (b. 1917)
 * Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author (b. 1905)
 * Zenmaro Toki, Japanese poet (b. 1885)
 * April 16 – Morris Stoloff, American composer (b. 1898)
 * April 17
 * Anna Maria Dengel, Austrian physician and nun (b. 1892)
 * Alf Sjöberg, Swedish film director (b. 1903)
 * Humberto Tozzi, Brazilian footballer (b. 1934)
 * April 18
 * Igino Giordani, Italian author and politician (b. 1894)
 * Vasiliy Grabin, Russian weapon designer (b. 1900)
 * Paul Hazoumé, Beninese author and politician (b. 1890)
 * Poul Kjærholm, Danish furniture designer (b. 1929)
 * Hans-Georg Leyser, German major general (b. 1896)
 * Ellen Sinding, Norwegian actress and dancer (b. 1899)
 * April 19
 * April 20
 * Günther Ballier, German actor (b. 1900)
 * Katherine Kennicott Davis, American composer and pianist (b. 1892)
 * Helmut Käutner, German film director (b. 1908)
 * Hilde Konetzni, Austrian opera singer (b. 1905)
 * Félix Welkenhuysen, Belgian footballer (b. 1908)
 * April 21
 * Ľudovít Fulla, Slovakian artist (b. 1902)
 * Kirill Ilyashenko, Moldovan politician (b. 1915)
 * Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)
 * Omar Sahnoun, French footballer (b. 1955)
 * Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (b. 1928)
 * April 22
 * Jane Froman, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
 * Mustafa Edige Kirimal, Ukrainian-German politician (b. 1911)
 * Jan Liwacz, Polish blacksmith (b. 1898)
 * Zivar Mammadova, Azerbaijani sculptor (b. 1902)
 * Fritz Strassmann, German chemist (b. 1902)
 * April 23
 * April 24
 * Alejo Carpentier, Cuban author and musicologist (b. 1904)
 * Thomas K. Finletter, American diplomat and politician (b. 1893)
 * Alfred Verdross, Austrian lawyer and judge (b. 1890)
 * April 25 – Katia Mann, German literary figure (b. 1883)
 * April 26
 * Cicely Courtneidge, English actress (b. 1893)
 * Franziska Kinz, Austrian actress (b. 1897)
 * April 27
 * Mario Bava, Italian film director and cinematographer (b. 1914)
 * Guido Frederico João Pabst, Brazilian botanist (b. 1914)
 * Franco Tognini, Italian gymnast (b. 1907)
 * April 28 – Andrija Anković, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
 * April 29
 * William Clemens, American film director (b. 1905)
 * Alfred Hitchcock, English film director and producer (b. 1899)
 * April 30
 * Harold Robert Aaron, American lieutenant general (b. 1921)
 * Arthur Banner, English footballer (b. 1918)
 * Stanisław Gołąb, Polish mathematician (b. 1902)
 * Sigurd Kander, Swedish sailor (b. 1890)
 * Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician (b. 1898)

May 1980

 * May 1
 * Hiroshi Inagaki, Japanese film director (b. 1905)
 * Henry Levin, American film director (b. 1909)
 * Shoba Menon, Indian actress (b. 1962)
 * May 2
 * Théophile Alajouanine, French neurologist (b. 1890)
 * Alioune Diop, Senegalese author and magazine editor (b. 1910)
 * Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
 * George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and film director (b. 1908)
 * May 3
 * May 4
 * Siegfried Böhm, German politician (b. 1928)
 * Kay Hammond, English actress (b. 1909)
 * Josip Broz Tito, Croatian politician, President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
 * May 5
 * Aage Marius Hansen, Danish gymnast (b. 1890)
 * Isabel Briggs Myers, American author (b. 1897)
 * May 6
 * María Luisa Bombal, Chilean author and poet (b. 1910)
 * Lola Cornero, Dutch actress (b. 1892)
 * May 7
 * Margaret Cole, English politician and author (b. 1893)
 * Aoua Kéita, Malian activist and politician (b. 1912)
 * May 8
 * Luigi Fenaroli, Italian botanist and agronomist (b. 1899)
 * Chieko Higashiyama, Japanese actress (b. 1890)
 * Charles Edward Hubbard, English botanist (b. 1900)
 * Yitzhak Kanev, Israeli politician (b. 1896)
 * Farrokhroo Parsa, Iranian physician and politician (b. 1922)
 * Perdigão Queiroga, Portuguese film director (b. 1916)
 * May 9
 * May 10
 * Henri Crémieux, French actor (b. 1896)
 * Emiel Faignaert, Belgian cyclist (b. 1919)
 * Kálmán Konrád, Hungarian-Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1896)
 * Leslie Peltier, American astronomer (b. 1900)
 * Jan Pivec, Czech actor (b. 1907)
 * May 11
 * Kaarlo Mäkinen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1892)
 * Naji Shawkat, Iraqi politician, Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1891)
 * Dyre Vaa, Norwegian sculptor and painter (b. 1903)
 * May 12
 * Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor (b. 1924)
 * Lillian Roth, American actress (b. 1910)
 * Doshin So, Japanese soldier and martial artist (b. 1911)
 * May 13
 * Fumio Gotō, Japanese politician (b. 1884)
 * Freeman Tilden], American conservationist and author (b. [[1883)
 * Otto Umbehr, German photojournalist (b. 1902)
 * Erich Zepler, German-English chess composer (b. 1898)
 * May 14
 * Carl Ebert, German theatre director (b. 1887)
 * Fatmawati, Indonesian political figure, First Lady of Indonesia (b. 1923)
 * Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (b. 1912)
 * May 15
 * Lela Bliss, American actress (b. 1896)
 * Jóhann Hafstein, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1915)
 * Len Lye, New Zealand-American artist and film director (b. 1901)
 * Milton Parsons, American actor (b. 1904)
 * Gordon E. Sawyer, American sound engineer (b. 1905)
 * Ian Scott, English cyclist (b. 1915)
 * Umberto Scarpelli, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1904)
 * May 16
 * Izis Bidermanas, Lithuanian-French photographer (b. 1911)
 * José Calvo, Spanish actor (b. 1916)
 * Marin Preda, Romanian author (b. 1922)
 * Joël Scherk, French theoretical physicist (b. 1946)
 * Reinhold Tüxen, German botanist and sociologist (b. 1899)
 * May 17
 * Ernst Blum, German footballer (b. 1904)
 * Gündüz Kılıç, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * Thore Michelsen, Norwegian rower (b. 1888)
 * May 18
 * Reid Blackburn, American photographer (b. 1952)
 * Ian Curtis, English singer and guitarist (b. 1956)
 * David A. Johnston, American volcanologist (b. 1949)
 * Walter Kohut, Austrian actor (b. 1927)
 * Robert Landsburg, American photographer (b. 1931)
 * Harry R. Truman, American businessman (b. 1896)
 * May 19
 * Ragnar Gustavsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1907)
 * Ray Rennahan, American cinematographer (b. 1896)
 * May 20
 * James W. Huffman, American politician (b. 1894)
 * Vladimir Nikanorov, Russian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1917)
 * Zinaida Tusnolobova-Marchenko, Russian medic (b. 1920)
 * May 21 – Ida Kamińska, Polish actress (b. 1899)
 * May 22 – Louise Elisabeth de Meuron, Swiss aristocrat (b. 1882)
 * May 23
 * Jens Enevoldsen, Danish chess player (b. 1907)
 * Terry Furlow, American basketball player (b. 1954)
 * May 24
 * Jorge González Camarena, Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1908)
 * Kim Jae-gyu, South Korean politician and assassin (b. 1924)
 * May 25
 * Herbert Nachbar, German author (b. 1930)
 * Klaus Samelson, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1918)
 * Marquardt Slevogt, German ice hockey player (b. 1909)
 * May 26 – Emil Ochyra, Polish fencer (b. 1936)
 * May 27
 * May 28
 * Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895)
 * Miroslav Šašek, Czech author (b. 1916)
 * May 29 – Albert Beckaert, Belgian cyclist (b. 1910)
 * May 30
 * Alexei Khomich, Russian footballer (b. 1920)
 * Carl Radle, American bassist (b. 1942)
 * Matei Socor, Romanian composer and activist (b. 1908)
 * May 31 – Sonny Burke, American composer (b. 1914)

June 1980

 * June 1
 * Rube Marquard, American baseball player (b. 1886)
 * Arthur Nielsen, American businessman and engineer (b. 1897)
 * June 2 – Vasja Pirc, Slovenian chess grandmaster (b. 1907)
 * June 3 – Naum Akhiezer, Ukrainian mathematician (b. 1901)
 * June 4
 * Arnold Gartmann, Swiss bobsledder (b. 1904)
 * Leopold Kielholz, Swiss footballer (b. 1911)
 * June 5
 * Giorgio Amendola, Italian author and politician (b. 1907)
 * Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician (b. 1910)
 * William Seagrove, English runner (b. 1898)
 * Jean Tarride, French actor and film director (b. 1901)
 * June 6 – Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player (b. 1918)
 * June 7
 * Elizabeth Craig, Scottish journalist and author (b. 1883)
 * Salvator Gotta, Italian author (b. 1887)
 * Philip Guston, Canadian-American painter (b. 1913)
 * Henry Miller, American author (b. 1891)
 * Adalgisa Nery, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1905)
 * Tom Pickett, American politician (b. 1906)
 * Marian Spychalski, Polish architect (b. 1906)
 * June 8
 * Ernst Busch, German singer and actor (b. 1900)
 * Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Brazilian footballer (b. 1904)
 * Greta Schröder, German actress (b. 1892)
 * June 9
 * Miguel Capuccini, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1904)
 * Cvjetko Popović, Serbian assassination conspirator and educator (b. 1896)
 * June 10
 * June 11
 * Ángel Sanz Briz, Spanish diplomat (b. 1910)
 * Wolfgang Ehrl, German wrestler (b. 1912)
 * Frank Murphy, American pole vaulter (b. 1889)
 * Bolesław Woytowicz, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1899)
 * June 12
 * Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1910)
 * Egon Pearson, English statistician (b. 1895)
 * Milburn Stone, American actor (b. 1904)
 * June 13 – Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (b. 1942)
 * June 14
 * Yahya El Mashad, Egyptian scientist (b. 1932)
 * Cosma Spessotto, Italian priest (b. 1923)
 * June 15
 * George Hurdalek, German screenwriter (b. 1908)
 * Sergio Pignedoli, Italian cardinal (b. 1910)
 * June 16
 * Benoît Faure, Belgian cyclist (b. 1899)
 * Bob Nolan, Canadian-American singer and actor (b. 1908)
 * Jacob Talmon, Polish-Israeli historian (b. 1916)
 * June 17
 * Robert Jacquinot, French cyclist (b. 1893)
 * Furio Jesi, Italian historian and author (b. 1941)
 * June 18
 * Doris Davenport, American actress (b. 1917)
 * Terence Fisher, English film director (b. 1904)
 * Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (b. 1896)
 * André Leducq, French cyclist (b. 1904)
 * June 19
 * Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Spanish politician (b. 1915)
 * Jijé Gillain, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1914)
 * Georges Hugon, French composer (b. 1904)
 * June 20 – Allan Pettersson, Swedish composer and violist (b. 1911)
 * June 21
 * Bert Kaempfert, German bandleader and composer (b. 1923)
 * Leonid Martynov, Russian poet (b. 1905)
 * June 22
 * Dimitrios Partsalidis, Greek politician (b. 1905)
 * Luigi Ugolini, Italian author (b. 1891)
 * June 23
 * Vadim Berezinskii, Russian physicist (b. 1935)
 * Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician (b. 1946)
 * Kishan Lal, Indian field hockey player (b. 1917)
 * John Laurie, Scottish actor (b. 1897)
 * Alberto Soria, Peruvian footballer (b. 1906)
 * Clyfford Still, American painter (b. 1904)
 * Odile Versois, French actress (b. 1930)
 * June 24
 * Connie Mack Berry, American athlete (b. 1915)
 * V. V. Giri, Indian politician, President of India (b. 1894)
 * Boris Kaufman, Russian-American cinematographer (b. 1906)
 * Franklin C. Sibert, American major general (b. 1891)
 * Arnaldo Patusca da Silveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1894)
 * June 25 – Hasan Seyidbeyli, Azerbaijani author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
 * June 26
 * Walter Dornberger, German soldier and engineer (b. 1895)
 * Akiva Govrin, Israeli politician (b. 1902)
 * Robert Grassin, French cyclist (b. 1898)
 * Ignatius Jacob III, Syrian patriarch (b. 1913)
 * Luis Marquina, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
 * June 27
 * Barney Bigard, American clarinetist (b. 1906)
 * Marcel Fischbach, Luxembourgian politician (b. 1914)
 * June 28
 * Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician (b. 1900)
 * Herbie Faye, American actor (b. 1899)
 * Yoshirō Irino, Japanese composer (b. 1921)
 * José Iturbi, Spanish conductor and pianist (b. 1895)
 * Keijo Liinamaa, Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1929)
 * Warren Simpson, Australian snooker player (b. 1922)
 * June 29 – Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (b. 1903)
 * June 30
 * Virginia Brown Faire, American actress (b. 1904)
 * Galina Serebryakova, Polish-Russian author (b. 1905)
 * Ladislav Tikal, Czech gymnast (b. 1905)
 * Walter Max Zimmermann, German botanist (b. 1892)

July 1980

 * July 1
 * C. P. Snow, English author and chemist (b. 1905)
 * Tadao Takayama, Japanese footballer (b. 1904)
 * Shields Warren, American pathologist (b. 1898)
 * July 2
 * Tom Barry, Irish republican (b. 1897)
 * Consetta Caruccio-Lenz, American gymnast (b. 1918)
 * July 3
 * Deng Hua, Chinese general (b. 1910)
 * Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1902)
 * Abdelhamid Sharaf, Iraqi-Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1939)
 * July 4
 * Gregory Bateson, English anthropologist (b. 1904)
 * Charles Van Enger, American cinematographer (b. 1890)
 * Gerd Frickhöffer, German actor (b. 1913)
 * Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist (b. 1895)
 * Walter Ladengast, Austrian actor (b. 1899)
 * Pedro Vallana, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1897)
 * July 5
 * A. J. Potter, Irish composer (b. 1918)
 * Yurii Shirokov, Russian author and physicist (b. 1921)
 * Ary Abramovich Sternfeld, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1905)
 * Thaddäus Troll, German journalist and author (b. 1914)
 * July 6
 * Frank Cordell, English composer and conductor (b. 1918)
 * Bayard Taylor Horton, American physician (b. 1895)
 * Gail Patrick, American actress and television producer (b. 1911)
 * Mart Raud, Estonian playwright and poet (b. 1903)
 * July 7
 * Dmitri Alexandrovich, Russian prince (b. 1901)
 * Reginald Gardiner, English actor (b. 1903)
 * Johannes Meintjes, South African artist and author (b. 1923)
 * Dore Schary, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1905)
 * Dan White, American actor (b. 1908)
 * Wilhelm Zoepf, German war criminal (b. 1908)
 * July 8 – Hans-Joachim Schoeps, German historian (b. 1909)
 * July 9
 * Norris Graham, American rower (b. 1906)
 * Arend Heyting, Dutch mathematician and logician (b. 1898)
 * Juan Larrea, Spanish author and poet (b. 1895)
 * Synnøve Lie, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1908)
 * Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and diplomat (b. 1913)
 * July 10
 * Komako Kimura, Japanese activist and actress (b. 1887)
 * Grigory Novak, Russian weightlifter (b. 1919)
 * Francisco Rebolo, Brazilian painter (b. 1902)
 * Alfredo Sivocci, Italian cyclist (b. 1891)
 * July 11
 * Zygmunt Berling, Polish general and politician (b. 1896)
 * Peggy Knudsen, American actress (b. 1923)
 * Shellie McMillon, American basketball player (b. 1936)
 * Arsène Mersch, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1913)
 * July 12
 * July 13
 * Joseph Brennan, Irish politician (b. 1913)
 * Seretse Khama, Botswanan politician, President of Botswana (b. 1921)
 * Juan García Oliver, Spanish revolutionary and politician (b. 1901)
 * July 14
 * Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1931)
 * Carlos López Moctezuma, Mexican actor (b. 1909)
 * Alan Valentine, American academic (b. 1901)
 * July 15
 * Henri Martelli, French composer (b. 1895)
 * Ben Selvin, American musician (b. 1898)
 * Paul Valcke, Belgian fencer (b. 1914)
 * Eda Warren, American film editor (b. 1903)
 * July 16
 * Robert Brackman, American painter (b. 1898)
 * Billy Chalmers, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1907)
 * Hubert Jedin, German historian (b. 1900)
 * July 17
 * Don Barry, American actor (b. 1912)
 * Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz, Bolivian author and journalist (b. 1931)
 * Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and mountaineer (b. 1890)
 * Traian Herseni, Romanian sociologist and journalist (b. 1907)
 * Alan Mansfield, Australian judge and politician (b. 1902)
 * July 18 – Andrée Vaurabourg, French pianist (b. 1894)
 * July 19
 * Margaret Craven, American author (b. 1901)
 * Nihat Erim, Turkish judge and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1912)
 * Hans Morgenthau, German-American judge and political scientist (b. 1904)
 * July 20
 * Piet Bouman, Dutch footballer (b. 1892)
 * Lado Gudiashvili, Georgian artist (b. 1896)
 * Maria Martinez, American artist (b. 1887)
 * Oszkár Vilezsál, Hungarian footballer (b. 1930)
 * July 21
 * Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Iraqi politician, Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1912)
 * Dakky Kiær, Norwegian politician (b. 1892)
 * Wilson Pinheiro, Brazilian politician (b. 1933)
 * July 22
 * Lucien Faucheux, French cyclist (b. 1899)
 * Pierre Coquelin de Lisle, French sport shooter (b. 1900)
 * Kemal Türkler, Turkish labor leader (b. 1926)
 * July 23
 * Alfonso Carlos Comín, Spanish engineer and politician (b. 1933)
 * Keith Godchaux, American pianist (b. 1948)
 * Fred Kaps, Dutch magician (b. 1926)
 * Olivia Manning, English author and poet (b. 1908)
 * Mollie Steimer, Ukrainian-Mexican activist (b. 1897)
 * July 24
 * Philippe Le Corbeiller, French-American engineer and mathematician (b. 1891)
 * Davis Grubb, American author (b. 1919)
 * Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
 * Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (b. 1925)
 * July 25
 * Euphemia Haynes, American mathematician (b. 1890)
 * Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer and poet (b. 1938)
 * July 26
 * Norman Creek, English footballer (b. 1898)
 * François Louis Ganshof, Belgian medievalist (b. 1895)
 * Allen Hoskins, American actor (b. 1920)
 * Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani author and poet (b. 1928)
 * Federico Munerati, Italian footballer (b. 1901)
 * Gaby Sylvia, Italian-French actress (b. 1920)
 * Kenneth Tynan, English critic and author (b. 1927)
 * July 27
 * Rushdy Abaza, Egyptian actor (b. 1926)
 * Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iranian shah (b. 1919)
 * July 28
 * Adolfo Grosso, Italian cyclist (b. 1927)
 * Naoomal Jeoomal, Indian cricketer (b. 1904)
 * Dimo Kazasov, Bulgarian journalist and politician (b. 1886)
 * Otakar Kraus, Czech-English opera singer (b. 1909)
 * Rose Rand, Austrian-American logician and philosopher (b. 1903)
 * Tamás Rényi, Hungarian film director (b. 1929)
 * Haydée Santamaría, Cuban revolutionary and politician (b. 1922)
 * Joaquín Garrigues Walker, Spanish politician (b. 1933)
 * July 29
 * Filipp Golikov, Russian commander (b. 1900)
 * Charles McGraw, American actor (b. 1914)
 * Fred Morgan, South African sport shooter (b. 1893)
 * Edwin Graf von Rothkirch und Trach, German general (b. 1888)
 * July 30
 * Pascal Jardin, French screenwriter (b. 1934)
 * Elli Schmidt, German activist (b. 1908)
 * July 31
 * Pascual Jordan, German physicist (b. 1902)
 * Mohammed Rafi, Indian singer (b. 1924)
 * Bobby Van, American actor and dancer (b. 1928)

August 1980

 * August 1
 * Gardner Boultbee, Canadian sailor (b. 1907)
 * Patrick Depailler, French racing driver (b. 1944)
 * Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)
 * Frode Sørensen, Danish cyclist (b. 1912)
 * August 2
 * Ramkinkar Baij, Indian sculptor and painter (b. 1906)
 * Gigi Ballista, Italian actor (b. 1918)
 * Verdun Scott, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (b. 1916)
 * Donald Ogden Stewart, American author and screenwriter (b. 1894)
 * August 3 – Dionýz Ilkovič, Czech physicist and chemist (b. 1907)
 * August 4
 * Joseph Ashbrook, American astronomer (b. 1918)
 * Willis D. Crittenberger, American lieutenant general (b. 1890)
 * Vicente de la Mata, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * August 5
 * Pietro Genovesi, Italian footballer (b. 1902)
 * Joachim Hämmerling, Danish-German biologist (b. 1901)
 * Carlo Tamberlani, Italian actor (b. 1899)
 * August 6
 * Aino Bach, Estonian artist (b. 1901)
 * Marino Marini, Italian sculptor (b. 1901)
 * August 7
 * Henry Everard, English-Rhodesian engineer and politician (b. 1897)
 * Hilde Goldschmidt, German painter (b. 1897)
 * August 8
 * Mirta Aguirre, Cuban poet and author (b. 1912)
 * Ivan Buresh, Bulgarian zoologist and entomologist (b. 1885)
 * Kim Hong-il, South Korean general and politician (b. 1898)
 * Erzsébet Metzker Vass, Hungarian politician (b. 1915)
 * August 9
 * Nazeer Abbasi, Pakistani politician (b. 1953)
 * Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906)
 * Elliott Nugent, American actor (b. 1896)
 * August 10
 * Gareth Evans, English philosopher (b. 1946)
 * Peter Fick, American swimmer (b. 1913)
 * Yahya Khan, Pakistani politician, President of Pakistan (b. 1917)
 * Freddy Koch, Danish actor (b. 1916)
 * Patrick Pons, French motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
 * William J. Sebald, American diplomat (b. 1901)
 * August 11
 * Willi Forst, Austrian actor and film director (b. 1903)
 * Erna Pomérantseva, Russian folklorist (b. 1899)
 * Paul Robert, French lexicographer (b. 1910)
 * Mikhail Vodopyanov, Russian pilot (b. 1899)
 * August 12
 * Siegfried Borries, German violinist (b. 1912)
 * Billy Hartill, English footballer (b. 1905)
 * Masaaki Tachihara, Japanese author and poet (b. 1926)
 * Manuel Tato, Argentine bishop (b. 1907)
 * August 13
 * Bogislaw von Bonin, German colonel and journalist (b. 1908)
 * Eqrem Çabej, Albanian linguist and scholar (b. 1908)
 * Leonas Juozapaitis, Lithuanian footballer (b. 1901)
 * Kolbjørn Varmann, Norwegian priest and politician (b. 1904)
 * August 14
 * Diego Fabbri, Italian playwright (b. 1911)
 * Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model and actress (b. 1960)
 * Marion Zinderstein, American tennis player (b. 1896)
 * August 15
 * Imru Haile Selassie, Ethiopian politician and diplomat (b. 1892)
 * William Hood Simpson, American general (b. 1888)
 * August 16 – Antonio Fayenz, Italian footballer (b. 1899)
 * August 17
 * Harold Adamson, American songwriter (b. 1906)
 * Gwen Bristow, American author and journalist (b. 1903)
 * Jakob Klaesi, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1883)
 * August 18
 * Debabrata Biswas, Indian singer (b. 1911)
 * Arman Hovsepian, Iranian actor (b. 1921)
 * Harold Kitching, English rower (b. 1885)
 * August 19
 * Otto Frank, German businessman (b. 1889)
 * Sadi Gülçelik, Turkish basketball player and entrepreneur (b. 1930)
 * August 20
 * Naemi Briese, Swedish actress (b. 1908)
 * Joe Dassin, American-French singer and actor (b. 1938)
 * Wolfgang Gröbner, Austrian mathematician (b. 1899)
 * Jean Herbert, French interpreter (b. 1897)
 * Bernardo Santareno, Portuguese author (b. 1920)
 * August 21
 * Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer (b. 1920)
 * Jennifer Nicks, English skater (b. 1932)
 * Norman Shelley, English actor (b. 1903)
 * Gilbert Warrenton, American cinematographer (b. 1894)
 * August 22
 * James Smith McDonnell, American pilot and businessman (b. 1899)
 * Alfred Neubauer, Austrian motorsport manager (b. 1891)
 * Clive Rush, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
 * George R. Stewart, American historian and author (b. 1895)
 * Ruth Stout, American author (b. 1884)
 * Gabriel González Videla, Chilean politician, President of Chile (b. 1898)
 * August 23 – Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (b. 1929)
 * August 24
 * Yootha Joyce, English actress (b. 1927)
 * André Parrot, French archaeologist (b. 1901)
 * August 25
 * Gower Champion, American actor and theatre director (b. 1919)
 * Ali-Asghar Hekmat, Iranian politician and diplomat (b. 1892)
 * Herbert Panse, German footballer (b. 1914)
 * Dumitru D. Roșca, Romanian philosopher (b. 1895)
 * August 26
 * Rosa Albach-Retty, Austrian actress (b. 1874)
 * Tex Avery, American animator (b. 1908)
 * Jimmy Forrest, American saxophonist (b. 1920)
 * Miliza Korjus, Polish-Estonian singer and actress (b. 1909)
 * Knox Manning, American actor (b. 1904)
 * Lucy Morton, English swimmer (b. 1898)
 * August 27
 * Ehud Avriel, Israeli diplomat and politician (b. 1917)
 * Carl von Haartman, Finnish lieutenant colonel and actor (b. 1897)
 * Douglas Kenney, American screenwriter and magazine editor (b. 1946)
 * André Marchal, French organist (b. 1894)
 * August 28 – Boris Tishin, Russian boxer (b. 1929)
 * August 29
 * Franco Basaglia, Italian psychiatrist and neurologist (b. 1924)
 * Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, French journalist and Holocaust denier (b. 1897)
 * August 30 – Wanda Capodaglio, Italian actress (b. 1889)
 * August 31
 * Tom Godwin, American author (b. 1915)
 * Dahmane El Harrachi, Algerian singer (b. 1926)
 * Arthur Sard, American mathematician (b. 1909)

September 1980

 * September 1
 * Pierre Boiteau, French botanist (b. 1911)
 * Jacques Coomans, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
 * September 2
 * Richard Hanke, German footballer (b. 1910)
 * Claude Ménard, French high jumper (b. 1906)
 * September 3
 * Barbara O'Neil, American actress (b. 1910)
 * Dirch Passer, Danish actor (b. 1926)
 * Duncan Renaldo, Romanian-American actor (b. 1904)
 * Fabian von Schlabrendorff, German resistance fighter and judge (b. 1907)
 * September 4
 * Erast Garin, Russian actor (b. 1902)
 * Walter Kaufmann, German-American philosopher and translator (b. 1921)
 * September 5
 * Don Banks, Australian composer (b. 1923)
 * Barbara Loden, American actress and film director (b. 1932)
 * September 6
 * Joe Bradford, English footballer (b. 1901)
 * Jesús Lara Lara, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1898)
 * Christopher Maltby, English major general (b. 1891)
 * September 7
 * Reginald Manningham-Buller, English politician (b. 1905)
 * José Ortiz-Echagüe, Spanish entrepreneur and engineer (b. 1886)
 * Bobby Todd, German actor (b. 1904)
 * September 8
 * Maurice Genevoix, French author (b. 1890)
 * Willard Libby, American chemist (b. 1908)
 * September 9
 * José de Anchieta Fontana, Brazilian footballer (b. 1940)
 * John Howard Griffin, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
 * Aleksander Jabłoński, Polish physicist (b. 1898)
 * Patrick W. Skehan, American scholar (b. 1909)
 * September 10 – Ernest Neuhard, French cyclist (b. 1903)
 * September 11 – Christian Mergenthaler, German politician (b. 1884)
 * September 12
 * János Balogh, Hungarian-Romanian chess player (b. 1892)
 * André Chéron, French chess player (b. 1895)
 * Hans Trier Hansen, Danish gymnast (b. 1893)
 * Lillian Randolph, American actress and singer (b. 1898)
 * September 13
 * Lillian Molieri, Nicaraguan actress and dancer (b. 1925)
 * José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Spanish politician (b. 1898)
 * September 14
 * Domingo Acedo, Spanish footballer (b. 1898)
 * Gérald Fauteux, Canadian judge (b. 1900)
 * September 15
 * Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
 * Juha Mannerkorpi, Finnish author (b. 1915)
 * Hans Schweitzer, German nazi propagandist (b. 1901)
 * September 16 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (b. 1896)
 * September 17
 * Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)
 * Rex Norris, Indian field hockey player (b. 1899)
 * Emilio Petiva, Italian cyclist (b. 1890)
 * Michael Strong, American actor (b. 1918)
 * September 18
 * Frank Anderson, Canadian chess player (b. 1928)
 * Homer Dudley, American engineer (b. 1896)
 * Konstantin Markov, Russian geomorphologist (b. 1905)
 * Kurt Mendelssohn, German-English physicist (b. 1906)
 * Katherine Anne Porter, American journalist and author (b. 1890)
 * Rose Valland, French historian (b. 1898)
 * September 19
 * Sol Lesser, American film producer (b. 1890)
 * Erik Ohlsson, Swedish sport shooter (b. 1884)
 * Alfred Rittmann, Swiss volcanologist (b. 1893)
 * Martial Henri Valin, French general (b. 1898)
 * September 20
 * Josias Braun-Blanquet, Swiss phytosociologist and botanist (b. 1884)
 * Hans Gilgen, Swiss cyclist (b. 1906)
 * September 21
 * Valdir Azevedo, Brazilian composer and conductor (b. 1923)
 * Eberhard von Breitenbuch, German resistance fighter (b. 1910)
 * Carlos Garces, Mexican sprinter and footballer (b. 1900)
 * September 22
 * Jimmy Bryant, American guitarist (b. 1925)
 * Milly Mignone, Italian singer and actress (b. 1905)
 * María Luz Morales, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1889)
 * September 23 – Jim Fouché, South African politician, President of South Africa (b. 1898)
 * September 24 – Theodor Luts, Estonian-Brazilian film director and cinematographer (b. 1896)
 * September 25
 * Richard Reeve Baxter, American judge (b. 1921)
 * John Bonham, English drummer (b. 1948)
 * Lewis Milestone, American film director (b. 1895)
 * Marie Under, Estonian poet (b. 1883)
 * September 26 – Pat Hare, American guitarist and singer (b. 1930)
 * September 27
 * Jacques Favart, French figure skater (b. 1920)
 * Hans Henrik Holm, Norwegian poet and folklorist (b. 1896)
 * Dietrich von Saucken, German general (b. 1892)
 * September 28
 * Anne Bowes-Lyon, American-Danish princess (b. 1917)
 * Aryeh Sheftel, Israeli politician (b. 1905)
 * September 29
 * Áron Márton, Romanian archbishop (b. 1896)
 * Bindo Maserati, Italian engineer (b. 1883)
 * September 30 – Anatoly Ktorov, Russian actor (b. 1898)

October 1980

 * October 1
 * Harry Grey, Russian-American author (b. 1901)
 * Patrick E. Haggerty, American engineer (b. 1914)
 * October 2
 * Louis Daquin, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
 * Alexandrine Irene, German princess (b. 1915)
 * John Kotelawala, Sri Lankan politician, Prime Minister of Ceylon (b. 1897)
 * Lina Pagliughi, Italian-American opera singer (b. 1907)
 * Filipp Starikov, Russian lieutenant general (b. 1896)
 * Valentin Varlamov, Russian pilot (b. 1934)
 * Carlos García-Bedoya Zapata, Peruvian diplomat (b. 1925)
 * October 3
 * Albéric O'Kelly de Galway, Belgian chess grandmaster (b. 1911)
 * Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
 * María Teresa Mora, Cuban chess player (b. 1902)
 * Armand Swartenbroeks, Belgian footballer (b. 1892)
 * Melvin E. Thompson, American politician (b. 1903)
 * Gustav Wagner, German war criminal (b. 1911)
 * Jerzy Żurawlew, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1886)
 * October 4
 * Si Green, American basketball player (b. 1933)
 * Pyotr Masherov, Russian politician (b. 1919)
 * László Szollás, Hungarian skater (b. 1907)
 * October 5 – Urinboy Rakhmonov, Kyrgyzstani actor and poet (b. 1910)
 * October 6
 * Hattie Jacques, English actress (b. 1922)
 * Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)
 * Salme Setälä, Finnish architect and author (b. 1894)
 * Shigemaru Takenokoshi, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1906)
 * Ray Walker, American actor (b. 1904)
 * October 7
 * Ernst Alm, Swedish skier (b. 1900)
 * Jan Cox, Dutch-Belgian painter (b. 1919)
 * Zigmas Jukna, Lithuanian rower (b. 1935)
 * October 8
 * John Dollard, American psychologist (b. 1900)
 * Maria Holst, Austrian actress (b. 1917)
 * Pearl Kendrick, American bacteriologist (b. 1890)
 * Maurice Martenot, French cellist (b. 1898)
 * Arvo Turtiainen, Finnish author (b. 1904)
 * October 9
 * Julia Averkieva, Russian anthropologist (b. 1907)
 * Bolesław Bronisław Duch, Polish major general (b. 1885)
 * Filippo Scelzo, Italian actor (b. 1900)
 * Emily Hood Westacott, Australian tennis player (b. 1910)
 * October 10
 * Carlo Annovazzi, Italian footballer (b. 1925)
 * Zhao Dan, Chinese actor (b. 1915)
 * Tameichi Hara, Japanese naval commander (b. 1900)
 * Walter Keeton, English cricketer (b. 1905)
 * Antonina Pojarkova, Russian botanist (b. 1897)
 * Buckwheat Thomas, American actor (b. 1931)
 * October 11
 * Stephen Kuffler, Hungarian-American neurophysiologist (b. 1913)
 * Abu Salma, Palestinian poet (b. 1909)
 * October 12
 * Alberto Demicheli, Uruguayan politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1896)
 * Ambrosine Phillpotts, English actress (b. 1912)
 * Zdzisław Stieber, Polish linguist (b. 1903)
 * October 13
 * Joan Meredith, American actress (b. 1907)
 * Gabby Pahinui, American guitarist and singer (b. 1921)
 * October 14
 * Jean-François Adam, French actor and film director (b. 1938)
 * Oscar Alemán, Argentine musician (b. 1909)
 * Louis Guilloux, French author (b. 1899)
 * Mary O'Hara, American author and screenwriter (b. 1885)
 * October 15
 * Katharine Mary Briggs, English folklorist (b. 1898)
 * Peter Glücksburg, Greek prince (b. 1908)
 * Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
 * Alexander Mach, Slovakian politician (b. 1902)
 * Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek athlete (b. 1896)
 * K. B. Sundarambal, Indian actress and singer (b. 1908)
 * October 16
 * Luigi Longo, Italian politician (b. 1900)
 * Don Rehfeldt, American basketball player (b. 1927)
 * Carl Romme, Dutch politician (b. 1896)
 * Willy Schäfer, Swiss handball player (b. 1913)
 * October 17
 * Sam Flint, American actor (b. 1882)
 * Hans Jakobsen, Danish gymnast (b. 1895)
 * Richard Gavin Reid, Canadian politician (b. 1879)
 * October 18
 * Hans Ehard, German politician (b. 1887)
 * Hans Ferdinand Mayer, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1895)
 * Marcello Pagliero, Italian film director and actor (b. 1907)
 * Song Yo-chan, South Korean politician, Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1918)
 * October 19 – Georg Rasch, Danish mathematician and statistician (b. 1901)
 * October 20
 * Tino Buazzelli, Italian actor (b. 1922)
 * Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1894)
 * Phoebe Holcroft Watson, English tennis player (b. 1898)
 * Robert Whittaker, American ecologist (b. 1920)
 * October 21
 * Kanjūrō Arashi, Japanese actor (b. 1903)
 * Hans Asperger, Austrian physician (b. 1906)
 * Valko Chervenkov, Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1900)
 * Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Argentine general and politician, President of Argentina (b. 1887)
 * Muhammad Ayub Khuhro, Pakistani politician (b. 1901)
 * October 22 – Sammy Angott, American boxer (b. 1915)
 * October 23
 * Tjerk Leegstra, Dutch-American field hockey player (b. 1912)
 * José Muguerza, Spanish-Mexican footballer (b. 1911)
 * Auguste Trémont, Luxembourgian painter and sculptor (b. 1892)
 * October 24 – César Tiempo, Russian-Argentine screenwriter (b. 1906)
 * October 25
 * Virgil Fox, American organist (b. 1912)
 * Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (b. 1948)
 * Philipp Hesse-Kassel, German prince (b. 1896)
 * Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1921)
 * October 26
 * Marcello Caetano, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1906)
 * Lloyd Metzler, American economist (b. 1913)
 * Per-Olof Östrand, Swedish swimmer (b. 1930)
 * October 27
 * Miles Bellville, English sailor (b. 1909)
 * Art Hillhouse, American basketball player (b. 1916)
 * Bernd T. Matthias, German-American physicist (b. 1918)
 * José Rodrigues Miguéis, Portuguese translator and author (b. 1901)
 * Harold E. Moore, American botanist (b. 1917)
 * Gastone Prendato, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
 * Mariano Suárez, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador (b. 1897)
 * Steve Peregrin Took, English musician (b. 1949)
 * John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1899)
 * October 28 – Alberto Oreamuno Flores, Costa Rican physician and politician (b. 1905)
 * October 29
 * George Borg Olivier, Maltese politician, Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911)
 * Gerhard von Schwerin, German general (b. 1899)
 * Ab Tresling, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1909)
 * October 30 – Mohammad Hossein Fahmideh, Iranian soldier (b. 1967)
 * October 31
 * Raúl Campero, Mexican equestrian (b. 1919)
 * Elizebeth Smith Friedman, American cryptanalyst and author (b. 1892)
 * Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905)
 * Victor Sen Yung, American actor (b. 1914)

November 1980

 * November 1 – Prudent Joye, French hurdler (b. 1913)
 * November 2
 * Elzada Clover, American botanist (b. 1897)
 * Yamakawa Kikue, Japanese author and activist (b. 1890)
 * Willie Sutton, American bank robber (b. 1901)
 * B. G. L. Swamy, Indian botanist and author (b. 1916)
 * November 3
 * Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya, Russian actress and singer (b. 1905)
 * Ludwig Hohl, Swiss author (b. 1904)
 * Hans Ruin, Finnish philosopher and author (b. 1891)
 * November 4
 * Kenneth Blackburne, English politician (b. 1907)
 * Peter Broeker, Canadian racing driver (b. 1926)
 * Noel Langley, South African-American author and screenwriter (b. 1911)
 * Elsie MacGill, Canadian engineer (b. 1905)
 * Johnny Owen, Welsh boxer (b. 1956)
 * November 5
 * Louis Alter, American pianist and composer (b. 1902)
 * Caroline Brady, American philologist (b. 1905)
 * Hermann Niehoff, German general (b. 1897)
 * Mohammed Salim, Indian footballer (b. 1904)
 * November 6
 * Erik Asklund, Swedish author (b. 1908)
 * Ali Benouna, Algerian footballer (b. 1912)
 * Lionel Smith, English footballer (b. 1920)
 * Pierre Villon, French politician and resistance fighter (b. 1901)
 * November 7
 * Emilio Cigoli, Italian actor (b. 1909)
 * Frank Duff, Irish religious figure and activist (b. 1889)
 * Steve McQueen, American actor (b. 1930)
 * Adrienne Thomas, German author (b. 1897)
 * November 8
 * Darpan Abbas, Pakistani actor (b. 1928)
 * Claudio Bincaz, Argentine athlete (b. 1897)
 * Sherm Clark, American rower (b. 1899)
 * László Heller, Hungarian engineer (b. 1907)
 * Octav Troianescu, Romanian chess player (b. 1916)
 * November 9
 * Toyen Čermínová, Czech painter (b. 1902)
 * Puran Chand Joshi, Indian politician (b. 1907)
 * Carmel Myers, American actress (b. 1899)
 * Claudia Olsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1896)
 * Andreas Paul Weber, German lithographer and painter (b. 1893)
 * November 10 – Milan Vidmar Jr., Slovenian chess player (b. 1909)
 * November 11
 * Renato Barbieri, Italian rower (b. 1903)
 * Anna Maslovskaya, Russian soldier (b. 1920)
 * Benode Behari Mukherjee, Indian artist (b. 1904)
 * November 12
 * Andrei Amalrik, Russian author (b. 1938)
 * Maxim Grabovenko], Russian soldier (b. [[1923)
 * Georgy Vinogradov, Russian opera singer (b. 1908)
 * Semyon Volfkovich, Russian chemist (b. 1896)
 * November 13 – Elbridge Ross, American ice hockey player (b. 1909)
 * November 14
 * Nick Dennis, Greek-American actor (b. 1904)
 * Harry Hardt, Austrian actor (b. 1899)
 * Pierre Magne, French cyclist (b. 1905)
 * November 15
 * Joan Fleming, English author (b. 1908)
 * Harri Larva, Finnish runner (b. 1906)
 * November 16
 * Boris Aronson, Ukrainian-American set designer (b. 1898)
 * John Cade, Australian psychiatrist (b. 1912)
 * Imogen Hassall, English actress (b. 1942)
 * Frank Luther, American singer (b. 1899)
 * O. V. Wright, American singer (b. 1939)
 * November 17
 * David Marr, English neuroscientist and physiologist (b. 1945)
 * Paul Smith, American animator (b. 1906)
 * Hans Wetterström, Swedish canoeist (b. 1923)
 * November 18
 * Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman (b. 1895)
 * František Šorm, Czech chemist (b. 1913)
 * November 19 – Hazel Forbes, American dancer and actress (b. 1910)
 * November 20
 * Hans von Boineburg-Lengsfeld, German general (b. 1889)
 * Avtandil Gogoberidze, Georgian footballer (b. 1922)
 * John McEwen, Australian politician, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
 * Eugenia Umińska, Polish violinist (b. 1910)
 * November 21
 * Sara García, Mexican actress (b. 1895)
 * Jim Parks, English cricketer (b. 1903)
 * Emilio Pujol, Spanish composer and guitarist (b. 1886)
 * László Rédei, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1900)
 * Walter Rilla, German actor (b. 1894)
 * Park Yong-rae, South Korean poet (b. 1925)
 * November 22
 * Leonard Barr, American comedian and actor (b. 1903)
 * Harry Halm, German actor (b. 1901)
 * Jules Léger, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1913)
 * John W. McCormack, American politician (b. 1891)
 * Mae West, American actress (b. 1893)
 * November 23
 * Hannah Caroline Aase, American botanist and cytologist (b. 1883)
 * Sangad Chaloryu, Thai admiral and politician (b. 1915)
 * Karel Nový, Czech author and journalist (b. 1890)
 * Juliette Roche, French painter and author (b. 1884)
 * Jean Templin, French footballer (b. 1928)
 * Herby Wade, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
 * November 24
 * Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
 * Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Egyptian scholar and author (b. 1917)
 * Gabriel Casaccia, Paraguayan author (b. 1907)
 * Dick Haynes, American actor (b. 1911)
 * Jeanne Matthey, French tennis player (b. 1886)
 * George Raft, American actor (b. 1901)
 * Saleh Suleiman, Israeli politician (b. 1888)
 * Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer (b. 1902)
 * November 25
 * Herbert Flam, American tennis player (b. 1928)
 * Konrad Wachsmann, German architect (b. 1901)
 * November 26
 * Kazimierz Dąbrowski, Polish psychologist and physician (b. 1902)
 * Pete DePaolo, American racing driver (b. 1898)
 * Conrad A. Nervig, American film editor (b. 1889)
 * Richard Oelze, German painter (b. 1900)
 * Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (b. 1927)
 * Ludomir Sleńdziński, Polish painter (b. 1889)
 * November 27 – John Hubbard, English physicist (b. 1931)
 * November 28
 * Bernard Fergusson, English historian and politician (b. 1911)
 * Gavino Gabriel, Italian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1881)
 * Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor (b. 1898)
 * Sarah Y. Mason, American screenwriter (b. 1896)
 * Mia May, Austrian actress (b. 1884)
 * Birendranath Sircar, Indian film producer (b. 1901)
 * November 29
 * Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist (b. 1897)
 * Edith Evanson, American actress (b. 1896)
 * Babe London, American actress (b. 1901)
 * November 30
 * Max Alpert, Russian photographer (b. 1899)
 * Ingrid Bjerkås, Norwegian minister (b. 1901)
 * Mieko Fukui, Japanese basketball player (b. 1956)
 * Joyzelle Joyner, American actress and dancer (b. 1905)
 * Cartola de Oliveira, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1908)
 * Elizabeth Shoumatoff, Russian-American painter (b. 1888)

December 1980

 * December 1
 * Vladimir Alekseev, Russian mathematician (b. 1932)
 * Frank Booth, American swimmer (b. 1910)
 * May Edward Chinn, American physician (b. 1896)
 * Rudolf Hamburger, German architect (b. 1903)
 * Kengal Hanumanthaiah, Indian politician (b. 1908)
 * Tom Mason, American chiropractor and actor (b. 1920)
 * Zareh Vorpuni, Armenian author (b. 1902)
 * December 2
 * Harald Bosio, Austrian skier and ski jumper (b. 1906)
 * Roza Eskenazi, Greek dancer and singer (b. 1897)
 * Romain Gary, French author and diplomat (b. 1914)
 * Ole Bjørn Kraft, Danish journalist and politician (b. 1893)
 * Patrick Gordon Walker, English politician (b. 1907)
 * December 3
 * Oswald Mosley, English politician (b. 1896)
 * Marie-Antoinette Tonnelat, French theoretical physicist (b. 1912)
 * Eino Virtanen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1908)
 * December 4
 * Jenő Brandi, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1913)
 * Doris P. Buck, American author (b. 1898)
 * Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
 * Gösta Cederlund, Swedish actor and film director (b. 1888)
 * Adelino Amaro da Costa, Portuguese politician (b. 1943)
 * Vicente Escudero, Spanish dancer (b. 1888)
 * Sultan Ibraimov, Kyrgyzstani politician (b. 1927)
 * Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American sprinter (b. 1911)
 * December 5
 * Gerrit Keizer, Dutch footballer (b. 1910)
 * Don Taylor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1923)
 * December 6
 * Margot Bennett, Scottish-English author and screenwriter (b, 1912)
 * Charles Deutsch, French engineer (b. 1911)
 * Ève Francis, Belgian-French actress (b. 1886)
 * Bernard Paul, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
 * December 7
 * Karl Brunner, German Holocaust perpetrator (b. 1900)
 * Gerard Bucknall, English lieutenant general (b. 1894)
 * Darby Crash, American singer (b. 1958)
 * Constance Howard, American actress (b. 1906)
 * December 8
 * Theo Breuer, German footballer (b. 1909)
 * John Lennon, English singer (b. 1940)
 * Petar Trifunović, Serbian chess grandmaster (b. 1910)
 * December 9
 * December 10
 * Philip MacDonald, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
 * Benedict Papadopoulos, Turkish-Israeli patriarch (b. 1892)
 * Gevheri Sultan, Turkish princess (b. 1904)
 * December 11
 * Josep Llorens i Artigas, Spanish ceramicist (b. 1892)
 * Lyne Chardonnet, French actress (b. 1943)
 * Victoria Louise, German princess (b. 1892)
 * Hawayo Takata, Japanese-American reiki practitioner (b. 1900)
 * Dorothy West, American actress (b. 1891)
 * December 12
 * Jean Lesage, Canadian politician (b. 1912)
 * Ilie Subășeanu, Romanian footballer (b. 1906)
 * December 13
 * Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Japanese-French artist (b. 1891)
 * Svend Olsen, Danish weightlifter (b. 1908)
 * Hans Richter-Haaser, German pianist (b. 1912)
 * December 14
 * Richard Gurley Drew, American inventor (b. 1899)
 * Elston Howard, American baseball player (b. 1929)
 * Norman Taylor, Canadian rower (b. 1899)
 * Joël Le Theule, French politician (b. 1930)
 * December 15
 * Hans Fiederer, German footballer (b. 1920)
 * Alvin Gouldner, American sociologist (b. 1920)
 * Peter Gregg, American racing driver (b. 1940)
 * James L. Tuck, English physicist (b. 1910)
 * December 16
 * Peter Collinson, English film director (b. 1936)
 * Jan Fethke, German-Polish film director and author (b. 1903)
 * Anatol Josepho, Russian-American inventor (b. 1894)
 * Jose B. Lingad, Filipino politician (b. 1914)
 * Colonel Sanders, American businessman (b. 1890)
 * Stanisław Tatar, Polish colonel (b. 1896)
 * Hellmuth Walter, German engineer (b. 1900)
 * December 17
 * Ahmet Berman, Turkish footballer (b. 1932)
 * Marius Katiliškis, Lithuanian-American author (b. 1914)
 * December 18
 * Héctor José Cámpora, Argentine politician, President of Argentina (b. 1909)
 * Dobriša Cesarić, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1902)
 * Frances Fuller, American actress (b. 1907)
 * Alexei Kosygin, Russian politician (b. 1904)
 * Albert Margai, Sierra Leonean politician, Prime Minister of Sierra Leone (b. 1910)
 * Gabrielle Robinne, French actress (b. 1886)
 * Ben Travers, English screenwriter and playwright (b. 1886)
 * December 19
 * Tarzan Cooper, American basketball player (b. 1907)
 * Nasrollah Entezam, Iranian diplomat and politician (b. 1900)
 * Dora Jung, Finnish artist (b. 1906)
 * December 20
 * Dagmar Salén, Swedish sailor (b. 1901)
 * Ben Sharpsteen, American animator (b. 1895)
 * Minoru Shibuya, Japanese film director (b. 1907)
 * Tom Waring, English footballer (b. 1906)
 * December 21
 * Marc Connelly, American playwright and actor (b. 1890)
 * Stanisław Jaśkiewicz, Polish actor (b. 1907)
 * Nelson Rodrigues, Brazilian playwright and journalist (b. 1912)
 * December 22
 * Miriam Battista, American actress (b. 1912)
 * William Fenn, American cyclist (b. 1904)
 * William Hung, Chinese sinologist and historian (b. 1893)
 * Jorge A. Swieca, Polish-Brazilian physicist (b. 1936)
 * December 23
 * Memmo Carotenuto, Italian actor (b. 1908)
 * Astri Taube, Swedish sculptor and illustrator (b. 1898)
 * December 24
 * Karl Dönitz, German politician, President of Germany (b. 1891)
 * Heikki Liimatainen, Finnish sprinter (b. 1894)
 * Joaquín Valle, Spanish footballer (b. 1916)
 * Alec Wilder, American composer (b. 1907)
 * December 25
 * Olav Dalgard, Norwegian historian and film director (b. 1898)
 * C. H. E. Haspels, Dutch archaeologist (b. 1894)
 * Gu Jiegang, Chinese historian (b. 1893)
 * Marcel Langiller, French footballer (b. 1908)
 * Louis Neefs, Belgian singer (b. 1937)
 * Karel Štěpánek, Czech actor (b. 1899)
 * December 26
 * Alexey Eybozhenko, Russian actor (b. 1934)
 * Peck Kelley, American pianist (b. 1898)
 * Tony Smith, American sculptor (b. 1912)
 * Egidio Vagnozzi, Italian cardinal (b. 1906)
 * December 27
 * December 28
 * Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1908)
 * Sam Levene, Russian-American actor (b. 1905)
 * December 29
 * Roy Engel, American actor (b. 1913)
 * Tim Hardin, American musician and composer (b. 1941)
 * Luigi Lucotti, Italian cyclist (b. 1893)
 * Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author (b. 1899)
 * Enric Rabassa, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1920)
 * Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Russian animator and film director (b. 1909)
 * December 30
 * Giuseppe Carraro, Italian bishop (b. 1899)
 * Bruce Hale, American basketball player and coach (b. 1918)
 * Herman Otto Hartley, German-American statistician (b. 1912)
 * December 31
 * Abdelhafid Boussouf, Algerian politician (b. 1926)
 * Maurice Cornforth, English philosopher (b. 1909)
 * Ronald Allen Harris, American boxer (b. 1947)
 * Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher (b. 1911)
 * Raoul Walsh, American film director and actor (b. 1887)
 * Arthur Wellard, English cricketer (b. 1902)
 * Robert Pete Williams, American musician (b. 1914)

January 1981

 * January 1
 * Maurice Fombeure, French author and poet (b. 1906)
 * Oumarou Ganda, Nigerian film director and actor (b. 1935)
 * Ceferino Garcia, Filipino boxer (b. 1906)
 * Albert Henry, Cook Islands politician and fraudster (b. 1906)
 * Manuel de Irujo, Spanish politician (b. 1891)
 * David Littmann, American cardiologist (b. 1906)
 * Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist and author (b. 1920)
 * Kathleen Le Messurier, Australian tennis player (b. 1898)
 * Kazimierz Michałowski, Polish archaeologist (b. 1901)
 * Mauri Rose, American racing driver (b. 1906)
 * January 2 – Cora Ratto de Sadosky, Argentine mathematician and activist (b. 1912)
 * January 3
 * Park Chong-hwa, South Korean poet and author (b. 1901)
 * Marie Eline, American actress (b. 1902)
 * Karl Evang, Norwegian physician and civil servant (b. 1902)
 * Felton Jarvis, American record producer (b. 1934)
 * Marvin Opler, American anthropologist and psychiatrist (b. 1914)
 * Alice Pauline, English princess (b. 1883)
 * January 4 – Kenneth Carey, American sailor (b. 1893)
 * January 5
 * Jana Černá, Czech poet and author (b. 1928)
 * Petar Đurković, Serbian astronomer (b. 1908)
 * Ahmad Toukan, Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1903)
 * Harold Urey, American chemist (b. 1893)
 * Leopold Wohlrab, Austrian handball player (b. 1912)
 * January 6
 * A. J. Cronin, Scottish author (b. 1896)
 * Gennady Gor, Russian author (b. 1907)
 * Wesley Powell, American politician (b. 1915)
 * Gertrude Sandmann, German artist (b. 1893)
 * Antonio Suárez, Spanish cyclist (b. 1932)
 * Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and poet (b. 1901)
 * January 7
 * José Ardévol, Cuban composer and conductor (b. 1911)
 * Antonio Castro Leal, Mexican diplomat (b. 1896)
 * January 8
 * Stymie Beard, American actor (b. 1925)
 * Shigeru Egami, Japanese karateka (b. 1912)
 * Mortimer von Kessel, German general (b. 1893)
 * Alexander Kotov, Russian chess grandmaster and author (b. 1913)
 * Jessie Rindom, Danish actress (b. 1903)
 * Karel Schummelketel, Dutch equestrian (b. 1897)
 * January 9
 * Tommy Byrnes, American basketball player (b. 19230
 * Cozy Cole, American drummer (b. 1909)
 * Sammy Davis, English racing driver (b. 1887)
 * Désiré Koranyi, Hungarian-French footballer (b. 1914)
 * Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer (b. 1922)
 * January 10
 * Katharine Alexander, American actress (b. 1898)
 * Richard Boone, American actor (b. 1917)
 * Chink Crossin, American basketball player (b. 1923)
 * Paul Deichmann, German general (b. 1898)
 * Charlotte Mühe, German swimmer (b. 1910)
 * H. Warner Munn, American author and poet (b. 1903)
 * January 11
 * Artur Berger, Austrian-Russian architect and set designer (b. 1892)
 * Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1889)
 * Malcolm MacDonald, English politician and diplomat (b. 1901)
 * January 12
 * Isobel Elsom, English actress (b. 1893)
 * Marcel Gobillot, French cyclist (b. 1900)
 * Nathan Katz, French poet (b. 1892)
 * Hamad Abu Rabia, Israeli politician (b. 1929)
 * Wladimir Seidel, German-American mathematician (b. 1907)
 * January 13 – Finn Olav Gundelach, Danish diplomat (b. 1925)
 * January 14
 * José Caeiro, Spanish footballer (b. 1925)
 * Lloyd Spencer, American politician (b. 1893)
 * January 15
 * Emanuel Celler, American politician (b. 1888)
 * David E. Lilienthal, American attorney (b. 1899)
 * Doug Livingstone, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1898)
 * Zeno Saltini, Italian priest (b. 1900)
 * Graham Whitehead, English racing driver (b. 1922)
 * January 16
 * Ali Dara, Indian-Pakistani field hockey player (b. 1915)
 * Bernard Lee, English actor (b. 1908)
 * January 17
 * Hugo Aufderbeck, German theologian (b. 1909)
 * Thomas Jacomb Hutton, English lieutenant general (b. 1890)
 * Timo Murama, Finnish skier (b. 1913)
 * Charles de Tolnay, Hungarian historian (b. 1899)
 * January 18
 * Mary Hawton, Australian tennis player (b. 1924)
 * Rufus Isaacs, American game theorist (b. 1914)
 * January 19
 * Alberto Héber Usher, Uruguayan politician (b. 1918)
 * Francesca Woodman, American photographer (b. 1958)
 * January 20
 * Derick Heathcoat-Amory, English politician (b. 1899)
 * Vittorio Tamagnini, Italian boxer (b. 1910)
 * January 21
 * Cuth Harrison, English racing driver (b. 1906)
 * Augusta Jawara, Gambian playwright and activist (b. 1924)
 * Allyn Joslyn, American actor (b. 1901)
 * Russell Procope, American musician (b. 1908)
 * January 22
 * Franco Abbiati, Italian musicologist (b. 1898)
 * Rudolf Geiger, German meteorologist and climatologist (b. 1894)
 * María Moliner, Spanish librarian and lexicographer (b. 1900)
 * Rudolph Nissen, German physician (b. 1896)
 * Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and playwright (b. 1903)
 * January 23
 * Samuel Barber, American composer and pianist (b. 1910)
 * Leonard Howell, Jamaican religious figure (b. 1898)
 * Roman Rudenko, Russian politician (b. 1907)
 * Bobby Sherwood, American musician (b. 1914)
 * January 24
 * Orville Brown, American professional wrestler (b. 1908)
 * Peter Paul Fernandes, Indian field hockey player (b. 1916)
 * Martha Betz Shapley, American astronomer (b. 1890)
 * January 25
 * Adele Astaire, American dancer and actress (b. 1896)
 * Ladislav Grosman, Slovakian author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
 * Nathan M. Newmark, American engineer and academic (b. 1910)
 * Lobsang Rampa, English author (b. 1910)
 * Richard Talmadge, German-American stuntman and actor (b. 1892)
 * Mario Zanello, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
 * January 26
 * January 27 – Léo Collard, Belgian politician (b. 1902)
 * January 28
 * Özdemir Asaf, Turkish poet (b. 1923)
 * Alphonse Gemuseus, Swiss equestrian (b. 1898)
 * January 29
 * Jack A. W. Bennett, New Zealand-English scholar (b. 1911)
 * Kipp Hamilton, American actress (b. 1934)
 * Lajos Korányi, Hungarian footballer (b. 1907)
 * Reginald Martin, English lacrosse player (b. 1887)
 * January 30
 * Viggo Dibbern, Danish gymnast (b. 1900)
 * Theodor Haltenorth, German mammologist (b. 1910)
 * John E. Miller, American politician (b. 1888)
 * Elias Wessén, Swedish linguist (b. 1889)
 * January 31
 * William Gopallawa, Sri Lankan politician, President of Sri Lanka (b. 1896)
 * Thomas Webster, American sailor (b. 1910)

February 1981

 * February 1
 * Aleksandra Beļcova, Latvian-Russian painter (b. 1892)
 * Donald Wills Douglas Sr., American engineer (b. 1892)
 * Wanda Hendrix, American actress (b.; 1928)
 * Roscoe Holcomb, American musician (b. 1912)
 * Eric Hultén, Swedish botanist (b. 1894)
 * Hans Kalm, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
 * Charles Luck, English gymnast (b. 1886)
 * Mischa Mischakoff, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1895)
 * Ernst Pepping, German composer (b. 1901)
 * Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer and pianist (b. 1908)
 * Morris Weitz, American philosopher (b. 1916)
 * February 2 – Louise Lorraine, American actress (b. 1904)
 * February 3
 * J Harlen Bretz, American geologist (b. 1882)
 * Sammy Crooks, English footballer (b. 1908)
 * Isabel Garcés, Spanish actress (b. 1901)
 * February 4 – Mario Camerini, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1895)
 * February 5
 * Hilda Dresen, Estonian esperantist and translator (b. 1896)
 * Ella Grasso, American politician (b. 1919)
 * February 6
 * Ludwig Damminger, German footballer (b. 1913)
 * Frederica Luise, Greek queen (b. 1917)
 * Hugo Montenegro, American film composer (b. 1925)
 * Marthe Robin, French mystic (b. 1902)
 * February 7
 * Hermann Esser, German politician and nazi propagandist (b. 1900)
 * Paul Mattick, German-American author and revolutionary (b. 1904)
 * February 8
 * Jakob Bender, German footballer (b. 1910)
 * Muhammad Usman Diplai, Indian author and freedom fighter (b. 1908)
 * February 9
 * Jack Z. Anderson, American politician (b. 1904)
 * Franz Andrysek, Austrian weightlifter (b. 1906)
 * M. C. Chagla, Indian judge and politician (b. 1900)
 * Mercedes Gleitze, English swimmer (b. 1900)
 * Bill Haley, American musician (b. 1925)
 * Helen Schucman, American psychologist (b. 1909)
 * Tiny Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1903)
 * February 10
 * Paul C. Jones, American politician (b. 1901)
 * Julien Levy, French art dealer (b. 1906)
 * February 11
 * Ketti Frings, American author and playwright (b. 1909)
 * Ichikawa Fusae, Japanese activist and politician (b. 1893)
 * Maurice Mandrillon, French skier (b. 1902)
 * Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist (b. 1926)
 * February 12
 * Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian historian and archaeologist (b. 1895)
 * Lev Atamanov, Russian animator (b. 1905)
 * Jean Dixon, American actress (b. 1893)
 * Bruce Fraser, English admiral (b. 1888)
 * Vasily Sokolov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1912)
 * February 13
 * Jack Crapp, English cricketer (b. 1912)
 * Wacław Kuchar, Polish athlete (b. 1897)
 * Evert Verwey, Dutch chemist (b. 1905)
 * February 14
 * Esteban Canal, Peruvian chess grandmaster (b. 1896)
 * José Martínez González, Mexican footballer (b. 1953)
 * February 15
 * Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and composer (b. 1943)
 * Dezső Ernster, Hungarian opera singer (b. 1898)
 * Mečislovas Gedvilas, Lithuanian politician (b. 1901)
 * Karl Richter, German conductor (b. 1926)
 * February 16 – Herman Wirth, Dutch-German historian (b. 1885)
 * February 17
 * Marcel Bezençon, Swiss journalist and television executive (b. 1907)
 * Roberto Etxebarria, Spanish footballer (b. 1908)
 * Al Fitch, American sprinter (b. 1912)
 * David Garnett, English author (b. 1892)
 * Ellen Gottschalch, Danish actress (b. 1894)
 * Dante Secchi, Italian rower (b. 1910)
 * Alberto Zozaya, Argentine footballer (b. 1908)
 * February 18
 * Jack Northrop, American aircraft designer (b. 1895)
 * Ibrahim Abdel Hady Pasha, Egyptian politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1896)
 * February 19
 * Ryurik Ivnev, Russian poet and author (b. 1891)
 * Douglas Lewis, Canadian boxer (b. 1898)
 * Nino Marchetti, Italian actor (b. 1905)
 * February 20
 * Jaap Bakema, Danish architect (b. 1914)
 * Bernard B. Brown, American sound engineer and composer (b. 1898)
 * Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American magazine editor and socialite (b. 1904)
 * Germaine Poinso-Chapuis, French politician (b. 1901)
 * February 21 – Ron Grainer, Australian composer (b. 1922)
 * February 22
 * Curtis Bernhardt, German film director (b. 1899)
 * Guy Butler, English sprinter (b. 1899)
 * Imrich Karvaš, Slovakian economist (b. 1903)
 * Kenan Kutub-zade, Russian photojournalist (b. 1906)
 * Michael Maltese, American screenwriter (b. 1908)
 * Walter Simon, German sinologist (b. 1893)
 * Ilo Wallace, American political figure (b. 1888)
 * February 23
 * Albert Dejonghe, Belgian cyclist (b. 1894)
 * Shep Fields, American bandleader (b. 1910)
 * Robert L. Fish, American author (b. 1912)
 * February 24 – Georgi Nadjakov, Bulgarian physicist (b. 1896)
 * February 25
 * Imtiaz Ali Arshi, Indian scholar (b. 1905)
 * Richard Honig, German penologist (b. 1895)
 * Gunichi Mikawa, Japanese admiral (b. 1888)
 * Zalman Susayeff, Israeli politician (b. 1911)
 * February 26
 * Robert Aickman, English author and conservationist (b. 1914)
 * Howard Hanson, American composer and conductor (b. 1896)
 * Jennie Smillie Robertson, Canadian surgeon (b. 1878)
 * Tatjana Sais, German actress (b. 1910)
 * Ferenc Tóth, Hungarian wrestler (b. 1909)
 * February 27
 * February 28
 * Gasret Aliev, Russian soldier (b. 1922)
 * Álvaro Cunqueiro, Spanish poet and author (b. 1911)
 * André Devaux, French sprinter (b. 1894)
 * Virginia Huston, American actress (b. 1925)
 * Albin Lesky, Austrian philologist (b. 1896)

March 1981

 * March 1
 * Tulio Botero, Colombian archbishop (b. 1904)
 * Gazanfar Khaligov, Azerbaijani painter (b. 1898)
 * Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Welsh minister and physician (b. 1899)
 * Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón, Panamanian politician, President of Panama (b. 1905)
 * March 2 – Anna Sakse, Latvian author and translator (b. 1905)
 * March 3
 * William S. Burroughs Jr., American author (b. 1947)
 * Oleg Dal, Russian actor (b. 1941)
 * Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist (b. 1895)
 * March 4
 * Teddy Bowen], English footballer (b. [[1903)
 * Franz Kapus, Swiss bobsledder (b. 1909)
 * Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, German admiral (b. 1900)
 * Torin Thatcher, English actor (b. 1905)
 * March 5
 * Brenda de Banzie, English actress (b. 1909)
 * Enrico Gras, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1919)
 * Yip Harburg, American songwriter (b. 1896)
 * Paul Hörbiger, Austrian actor (b. 1894)
 * March 6
 * Kanson Arahata, Japanese labor leader and politician (b. 1887)
 * George Geary, English cricketer (b. 1893)
 * Clemente Gràcia, Spanish footballer (b. 1897)
 * Garry Marsh, English actor (b. 1902)
 * Henryk Zieliński, Polish historian (b. 1920)
 * March 7
 * Ben Carlin, Australian explorer (b. 1912)
 * Bosley Crowther, American journalist and film critic (b. 1905)
 * Sazō Idemitsu, Japanese businessman (b. 1885)
 * Kirill Kondrashin, Russian conductor (b. 1914)
 * Red Pollard, Canadian jockey (b. 1909)
 * Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, German tennis player (b. 1908)
 * March 8 – Martinus Thomsen, Danish author and philosopher (b. 1890)
 * March 9
 * Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist (b. 1906)
 * Telesforo Monzón, Spanish author and politician (b. 1904)
 * Chris von Wangenheim, German photographer (b. 1942)
 * H. S. Wong, Chinese photojournalist (b. 1900)
 * March 10
 * Flavio Calzavara, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
 * Yaroslav Lopatynskyi, Georgian mathematician (b. 1906)
 * March 11
 * Kazimierz Kordylewski, Polish astronomer (b. 1903)
 * Guy Revell, Canadian skater (b. 1941)
 * March 12 – Beatrice Armstrong, English diver (b. 1894)
 * March 13
 * March 14
 * Ken Barrington, English cricketer (b. 1930)
 * Emanuele Cavalli, Italian painter (b. 1904)
 * Paolo Grassi, Italian theatre director (b. 1919)
 * Eleanor Perry, American screenwriter and author (b. 1914)
 * March 15 – René Clair, French film director (b. 1898)
 * March 16
 * March 17 – Dorothy Dwan, American actress (b. 1906)
 * March 18
 * John Bekish, Polish-American bishop (b. 1892)
 * Peter H. Dominick, American diplomat and politician (b. 1915)
 * Cahide Sonku, Turkish actress and film director (b. 1919)
 * March 19
 * Max Ibel, German brigadier general (b. 1886)
 * Margarita Lecuona, Cuban singer and composer (b. 1910)
 * Tampa Red, American musician (b. 1903)
 * March 20
 * Väinö Auer, Finnish geologist and geographer (b. 1895)
 * Irving Jaffee, American speed skater (b. 1906)
 * Sonny Red, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1932)
 * Edith Schultze-Westrum, German actress (b. 1904)
 * March 21
 * Per-Axel Arosenius, Swedish actor (b. 1920)
 * Roger Blaizot, French general (b. 1891)
 * Mark Donskoy, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1901)
 * March 22 – John S. McCain Jr., American admiral (b. 1911)
 * March 23
 * Claude Auchinleck, English field marshal (b. 1884)
 * Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer and racing driver (b. 1940)
 * Gil Puyat, Filipino politician (b. 1907)
 * Beatrice Tinsley, English-New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (b. 1941)
 * March 24
 * March 25
 * Edward Lasker, American chess player and go player (b. 1885)
 * Yonatan Ratosh, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1908)
 * March 26
 * C. D. Darlington, English botanist and geneticist (b. 1903)
 * Frank Fiddes, Canadian rower (b. 1906)
 * March 27
 * Jakob Ackeret, Swiss engineer (b. 1898)
 * Mao Dun, Chinese author and politician (b. 1896)
 * John Elfström, Swedish actor (b. 1902)
 * Preben Kaas, Danish comedian and actor (b. 1930)
 * Jüri Kukk, Estonian chemist (b. 1940)
 * March 28
 * Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky, Russian biologist (b. 1900)
 * Yury Trifonov, Russian author (b. 1925)
 * March 29
 * Gunnar Gabrielsson, Swedish sport shooter (b. 1891)
 * Jean Gorin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1899)
 * Helmut Hönl, German theoretical physicist (b. 1903)
 * David Prophet, English racing driver (b. 1937)
 * Nikolay Smaga, Ukrainian racewalker (b. 1938)
 * Eric Williams, Trinidadian politician, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
 * March 30
 * Sherman Edwards, American composer and pianist (b. 1919)
 * Louis Kuehn, American diver (b. 1901)
 * Mikhail Leontovich, Russian physicist (b. 1903)
 * Douglas Lowe, English runner (b. 1902)
 * March 31
 * Enid Bagnold, English playwright and author (b. 1889)
 * August Thiele, German admiral (b. 1893)

April 1981

 * April 1
 * Agniya Barto, Russian poet and author (b. 1901)
 * Karl Bechert, German theoretical physicist (b. 1901)
 * Dennis Feltham Jones, English author (b. 1918)
 * Rasul Rza, Azerbaijani author and poet (b. 1910)
 * April 2
 * April 3
 * Leo Kanner, Austrian-American psychiatrist (b. 1894)
 * Rudolf Krčil, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1906)
 * Juan Trippe, American entrepreneur (b. 1899)
 * Ewald Wenck, German actor (b. 1891)
 * April 4
 * Yitzhak Frenkel, Israeli painter and sculptor (b. 1899)
 * Carl Ludwig Siegel, German mathematician (b. 1896)
 * April 5
 * Émile Hanse, Belgian footballer (b. 1892)
 * Bob Hite, American singer (b. 1943)
 * Pinchus Kremegne, Belarusian artist (b. 1890)
 * Mitsuko Mito, Japanese actress (b. 1919)
 * April 6
 * Samuel Ewing, American field hockey player (b. 1906)
 * Alfredo Guarini, Italian film producer and screenwriter (b. 1901)
 * April 7
 * Lorne Carr-Harris, Canadian-English ice hockey player (b. 1899)
 * Krzysztof Klenczon, Polish composer and singer (b. 1942)
 * Kit Lambert, English record producer and talent manager (b. 1935)
 * Nahed Sherif, Egyptian actress (b. 1942)
 * Norman Taurog, American film director (b. 1899)
 * April 8
 * Omar Bradley, American general (b. 1893)
 * Virginia Kellogg, American screenwriter (b. 1907)
 * Margaret Landis, American actress (b. 1890)
 * Edward Russell, English soldier and author (b. 1895)
 * Börje Tapper], Swedish footballer (b. [[1922)
 * April 9
 * Yahya Taher Abdullah, Egyptian author (b. 1942)
 * Ichiro Nakayama, Japanese economist (b. 1898)
 * April 10 – Howard Thurman, American author and philosopher (b. 1899)
 * April 11
 * Marie Ney, English actress (b. 1895)
 * Adriaan Pelt, Dutch journalist and civil servant (b. 1892)
 * April 12
 * Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch composer and organist (b. 1892)
 * Yasuhiko Asaka, Japanese prince (b. 1887)
 * Petrus Beukers, Dutch sailor (b. 1899)
 * Joe Louis, American boxer (b. 1914)
 * Spiro Moisiu, Albanian major general (b. 1900)
 * Jaap van Praag, Dutch humanist (b. 1911)
 * Fernand Saivé, Belgian cyclist (b. 1900)
 * April 13
 * Alice Boner, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)
 * Crisant Bosch, Spanish footballer (b. 1907)
 * Jiří Schelinger, Czech singer and guitarist (b. 1951)
 * April 14
 * Sergio Amidei, Italian screenwriter (b. 1904)
 * Carlos Víctor Aramayo, Bolivian politician (b. 1889)
 * Christian Darnton, English composer and author (b. 1905)
 * Ivan Galamian, Armenian-American violinist (b. 1903)
 * William Henry Vanderbilt III, American politician (b. 1901)
 * April 15
 * Lorenzo Guerrero, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua (b. 1900)
 * Valentine Prax, French painter (b. 1897)
 * Alfred Schläppi, Swiss bobsledder (b. 1898)
 * John Thach, American admiral (b. 1905)
 * April 16
 * George Cambridge, English royal (b. 1895)
 * Bernice Hansen, American voice actress (b. 1897)
 * Eric Hollies, English cricketer (b. 1912)
 * Effa Manley, American baseball executive (b. 1897)
 * Leonid Melnikov, Russian politician and diplomat (b. 1906)
 * Alakbar Taghiyev, Azerbaijani composer and author (b. 1924)
 * April 17
 * Ivan Dubovoy, Russian major general (b. 1900)
 * Hanns Kilian, German bobsledder (b. 1905)
 * Ludwik Sempoliński, Polish actor (b. 1899)
 * Boļeslavs Sloskāns, Latvian bishop (b. 1893)
 * April 18
 * James H. Schmitz, American author (b. 1911)
 * Franz von Sonnleithner, German diplomat (b. 1905)
 * April 19
 * Ernst Levy, Swiss musicologist and composer (b. 1895)
 * Christian Poulsen, Danish chess player (b. 1912)
 * April 20
 * Aniceti Kitereza, Tanzanian cleric and author (b. 1896)
 * Sabit Orujov, Azerbaijani politician (b. 1912)
 * Hans Söhnker, German actress (b. 1903)
 * Mabel Trunnelle, American actress (b. 1879)
 * April 21
 * Dorothy Eady, English-Egyptian academic (b. 1904)
 * Harry Lee, English cricketer (b. 1890)
 * April 22 – Renato William Jones, English basketball executive (b. 1906)
 * April 23
 * Stefano Bontade, Italian mobster (b. 1939)
 * James Angus Gillan, Scottish rower (b. 1885)
 * Henryk Józewski, Polish artist and politician (b. 1892)
 * Josep Pla, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1897)
 * Nietta Zocchi, Italian actress (b. 1909)
 * April 24
 * Pat Conway, American actor (b. 1931)
 * Margarita Glücksburg, Greek-Danish princess (b. 1905)
 * April 25
 * Paul Bontemps, French runner (b. 1902)
 * Charles R. MacIver, English sailor (b. 1890)
 * April 26
 * Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909)
 * Madge Evans, American actress (b. 1909)
 * Robert Garioch, Scottish poet and translator (b. 1909)
 * Grunya Sukhareva, Ukrainian psychologist (b. 1891)
 * April 27
 * Münir Nurettin Selçuk, Turkish musician (b. 1900)
 * Koji Sone, Japanese judoka (b. 1928)
 * April 28
 * Cliff Battles, American football player and coach (b. 1910)
 * Steve Currie, English bassist (b. 1947)
 * Charles Gee, English footballer (b. 1909)
 * Adrian Hoven, Austrian actor (b. 1922)
 * Angiolo Profeti, Italian athlete (b. 1918)
 * Grigory Shpigel, Russian actor (b. 1914)
 * Mickey Walker, American boxer (b. 1903)
 * April 29
 * Cat Anderson, American trumpeter (b. 1916)
 * Félix Pollaczek, Austrian-French engineer and mathematician (b. 1892)
 * April 30
 * Paco Bienzobas, Spanish footballer (b. 1909)
 * François Bordes, French scientist and author (b. 1919)
 * Jan Filip, Czech prehistorian (b. 1900)
 * Carl Gripenstedt, Swedish fencer (b. 1893)
 * Peter Huchel, German poet (b. 1903)
 * Frank Socolow, American saxophonist and oboist (b. 1923)

May 1981

 * May 1
 * Juan Andrade, Spanish journalist and politician (b. 1898)
 * Heinosuke Gosho, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
 * Barry Jones, English actor (b. 1893)
 * May 2
 * David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist (b. 1896)
 * Harold Wilson, American rower (b. 1903)
 * May 3
 * Nargis Dutt, Indian actress and politician (b. 1929)
 * Nahum Eitingon, Russian intelligence officer (b. 1899)
 * Razzoq Hamroyev, Uzbekistani actor and theatre director (b. 1910)
 * Boris Kobe, Slovenian architect and painter (b. 1905)
 * Maud Rosenbaum, American shot putter and tennis player (b. 1902)
 * May 4 – Paul Green, American playwright (b. 1894)
 * May 5
 * Louis De Ridder, Belgian athlete (b. 1902)
 * Bobby Sands, Irish republican and politician (b. 1954)
 * May 6
 * Auguste Cornu, French philosopher and historian (b. 1888)
 * Vladimir Sudets, Russian pilot (b. 1904)
 * May 7
 * Peggy Stuart Coolidge, American composer and conductor (b. 1913)
 * Hiromichi Yahara, Japanese colonel (b. 1902)
 * Du Yuming, Chinese lieutenant general (b. 1904)
 * May 8
 * Andrei Alexandrovich, Russian prince (b. 1897)
 * Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and politician (b. 1896)
 * Mary Malahlela, South African physician (b. 1916)
 * May 9
 * Nelson Algren, American author (b. 1909)
 * Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)
 * Yevgeny Brusilovsky, Russian composer (b. 1905)
 * Durgabai Deshmukh, Indian freedom fighter and politician (b. 1909)
 * Vivian Gibson, English-Austrian actress (b. 1898)
 * Margaret Lindsay, American actress (b. 1910)
 * Rolf Just Nilsen, Norwegian singer and actress (b. 1931)
 * Fritz Umgelter, German television director (b. 1922)
 * May 10
 * Ismail Al-Masyhur, Malaysian sultan (b. 1894)
 * Gerhard Boldt, German army officer and author (b. 1918)
 * Imre Gellért, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1888)
 * Nikolai Tishchenko, Russian footballer (b. 1926)
 * John Wilton, Australian general (b. 1910)
 * May 11
 * Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist (b. 1897)
 * Simon Kaukhchishvili, Georgian historian and philologist (b. 1895)
 * Jan Koecher, Polish actor (b. 1908)
 * Bob Marley, Jamaican singer (b. 1945)
 * May 12
 * HAP Grieshaber, German artist (b. 1909)
 * Francis Hughes, Irish republican (b. 1956)
 * Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean politician, President of Singapore (b. 1907)
 * May 13
 * Nathan Abshire, American accordionist (b. 1913)
 * Gustaf Dyrssen, Swedish lieutenant general and pentathlete (b. 1891)
 * Snežana Hrepevnik, Serbian high jumper (b. 1948)
 * May 14
 * Michele Andreolo, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1912)
 * Karl-Axel Kullerstrand, Swedish high jumper (b. 1892)
 * J. Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1912)
 * May 15
 * Margery Corbett Ashby, English activist and politician (b. 1882)
 * Taras Bulba-Borovets, Ukrainian resistance fighter (b. 1908)
 * Marina Petrovna, Russian princess (b. 1892)
 * Jiří Tožička, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1901)
 * May 16 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist (b. 1922)
 * May 17
 * Museyib Baghirov, Azerbaijani soldier (b. 1915)
 * Hugo Friedhofer, American composer and cellist (b. 1901)
 * Alan Gowen, English keyboardist (b. 1947)
 * W. K. C. Guthrie, Scottish scholar (b. 1906)
 * Jeannette Piccard, American balloonist and priest (b. 1895)
 * Soeroso, Indonesian politician (b. 1893)
 * Keith Woodall, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
 * May 18
 * Eleonore Baur, German nazi propagandist (b. 1885)
 * Erich Correns, German chemist (b. 1896)
 * Richard Hale, American singer and actor (b. 1892)
 * Arthur O'Connell, American actress (b. 1908)
 * William Saroyan, American author (b. 1908)
 * Josef Silný, Czech footballer (b. 1902)
 * May 19
 * Erich Fiedler, German actor (b. 1901)
 * Collingwood Ingram, English ornithologist (b. 1880)
 * May 20
 * Binyamin Arditi, Israeli politician (b. 1897)
 * Noboru Nakamura, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
 * Lauri Pihkala, Finnish athlete and inventor (b. 1888)
 * Dimitrije Stojković, Serbian archbishop (b. 1906)
 * May 21
 * Billy Allen, English footballer (b. 1917)
 * Raymond McCreesh, Irish republican (b. 1957)
 * Patsy O'Hara, Irish republican (b. 1957)
 * Yuki Shimoda, Japanese actor (b. 1921)
 * Peter Šumi, Serbian gymnast (b. 1895)
 * Charles Yost, American diplomat (b. 1907)
 * May 22
 * Roger Legris, French actor (b. 1898)
 * Boris Sagal, Ukrainian-American film director (b. 1923)
 * May 23
 * Laura Allende, Chilean politician (b. 1911)
 * George Jessel, American actor and singer (b. 1898)
 * David Lewis, Canadian politician (b. 1909)
 * May 24
 * Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador (b. 1940)
 * Miguel de Capriles, Mexican-American fencer (b. 1906)
 * Nagamasa Kawakita, Japanese entrepreneur and film producer (b. 1903)
 * Monique Keraudren, French botanist (b. 1928)
 * Herb Lubalin, American graphic designer (b. 1918)
 * Herbert Müller, Swiss racing driver (b. 1940)
 * S. K. Patil, Indian politician (b. 1898)
 * Jack Warner, English actor (b. 1895)
 * Hans Wehr, German academic (b. 1909)
 * May 25
 * Georg Malmstén, Finnish musician and composer (b. 1902)
 * Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian astronomer (b. 1912)
 * Rosa Ponselle, American opera singer (b. 1897)
 * May 26 – Gordey Levchenko, Russian admiral (b. 1897)
 * May 27
 * Kit Pedler, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1927)
 * János Pilinszky, Hungarian poet (b. 1921)
 * Eraldo Da Roma, Italian film editor (b. 1900)
 * George O. Smith, American author (b. 1911)
 * Arvo Tuominen, Finnish journalist and politician (b. 1894)
 * May 28
 * Frank Berryman, Australian general (b. 1894)
 * Henry Blanke, German-American film producer (b. 1901)
 * Mikhail Nosyrev, Russian composer (b. 1924)
 * John Bryan Ward-Perkins, English historian and archaeologist (b. 1912)
 * Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
 * Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (b. 1901)
 * May 29
 * Soong Ching-ling, Chinese political figure (b. 1893)
 * Omar Khorshid, Egyptian musician and composer (b. 1945)
 * Mette Lange-Nielsen, Norwegian actress (b. 1929)
 * Hana Růžičková, Czech gymnast (b. 1941)
 * May 30
 * Sven Andersson, Swedish footballer and bandy player (b. 1907)
 * Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955)
 * Gwendolyn B. Bennett, American artist and author (b. 1902)
 * Palghat Mani Iyer, Indian musician (b. 1912)
 * Peter Lindgren, Swedish actor (b. 1915)
 * Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, President of Bangladesh (b. 1936)
 * May 31
 * Edwina Chamier, Canadian-English skier (b. 1890)
 * Gyula Lóránt, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
 * Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1902)
 * Michel Rougerie, French motorcycle racer (b. 1950)
 * Barbara Ward, English economist and author (b. 1914)

June 1981

 * June 1
 * Jan Zdeněk Bartoš, Czech composer (b. 1908)
 * Carl Vinson, American politician (b. 1883)
 * Wilopo, Indonesian politician, Prime Minister of Indonesia (b. 1909)
 * June 2
 * Rino Gaetano, Italian musician (b. 1950)
 * Karl Lärka, Swedish photographer (b. 1892)
 * June 3
 * Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist (b. 1904)
 * Eric Dalton, South African cricketer (b. 1906)
 * June 4
 * Ray Abrams, American animator (b. 1906)
 * Mohammed Zaman Kiani, Indian-Pakistani major general and politician (b. 1910)
 * Cedric Liddell, Canadian rower (b. 1913)
 * June 5
 * Philo McCullough, American actor (b. 1893)
 * Ahmed Rami, Egyptian poet and songwriter (b. 1892)
 * Miguel Contreras Torres, Mexican film director and producer (b. 1899)
 * June 6 – Elfego Hernán Monzón Aguirre, Guatemalan army officer and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1912)
 * June 7
 * Jan Burgers, Dutch physicist (b. 1895)
 * Ödön Téry, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1890)
 * Joseph Wright Jr., Canadian rower (b. 1906)
 * June 8
 * Erwin Helmchen, German footballer (b. 1907)
 * Lydia Lopokova, Russian ballerina (b. 1891)
 * Shovkat Mammadova, Azerbaijani opera singer (b. 1897)
 * June 9
 * Colgate Darden, American politician (b. 1897)
 * Russell Hayden, American actor (b. 1912)
 * Allen Ludden, American game show host (b. 1917)
 * Erich Obst, German geographer (b. 1886)
 * June 10
 * Jenny Maxwell, American actress (b. 1941)
 * Phelps Phelps, American politician (b. 1897)
 * June 11 – Maria Czapska, Polish author and historian (b. 1894)
 * June 12
 * Mahmoud Fawzi, Egyptian politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1900)
 * P. B. Gajendragadkar, Indian judge (b. 1901)
 * Eleanor Hunt, American actress (b. 1910)
 * Evalyn Knapp, American actress (b. 1906)
 * Humberto Tomasina, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1898)
 * June 13
 * Joan Benham, English actress (b. 1918)
 * Eduardo Gomes, Brazilian politician (b. 1896)
 * Jean-Louis Lafosse, French racing driver (b. 1941)
 * Amácio Mazzaropi, Brazilian film director and actor (b. 1912)
 * Ruth Miller, American actress (b. 1903)
 * Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert, French general (b. 1887)
 * George Walsh, American actor (b. 1889)
 * June 14
 * Hayyim Schirmann, Israeli scholar (b. 1904)
 * Alberto Winkler, Italian rower (b. 1932)
 * June 15
 * Robert Sidney Cahn, English chemist (b. 1899)
 * Philip Toynbee, English author (b. 1916)
 * June 16
 * Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (b. 1917)
 * Hans Coper, German-English potter (b. 1920)
 * Thomas Playford IV, Australian politician (b. 1896)
 * Julio Quintana, Peruvian footballer (b. 1904)
 * June 17
 * Richard O'Connor, English general (b. 1889)
 * Yitzhak Zuckerman, Polish resistance fighter (b. 1915)
 * June 18 – George Katona, Hungarian-American psychologist (b. 1901)
 * June 19
 * Senya Fleshin, Ukrainian revolutionary and photographer (b. 1894)
 * Anya Phillips, American fashion designer (b. 1955)
 * Lotte Reiniger, German animator and film director (b. 1899)
 * Alfred Santell, American film director and producer (b. 1895)
 * June 20
 * Henri G. Busignies, French engineer (b. 1905)
 * Sigurd Leeder, German dancer and choreographer (b. 1902)
 * Balkrishna Sama, Nepalese playwright (b. 1903)
 * June 21
 * Mostafa Chamran, Iranian physicist and politician (b. 1932)
 * Johan Fabricius, Dutch author and journalist (b. 1899)
 * Alphonse Higelin, French gymnast (b. 1897)
 * Alberto Suppici, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)
 * June 22
 * Petter Hol, Norwegian gymnast (b. 1883)
 * Lola Lane, American actress (b. 1906)
 * June 23
 * Jean Brunier, French cyclist (b. 1896)
 * Zarah Leander, Swedish singer and actress (b. 1907)
 * June 24
 * Johannes Kichlefeldt, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)
 * Betty McKinnon, Australian sprinter (b. 1925)
 * June 25
 * June 26
 * Manuel Maples Arce, Mexican poet and author (b. 1900)
 * Don Megowan, American actor (b. 1922)
 * Werner Teske, German spy (b. 1942)
 * June 27
 * Bansi Chandragupta, Indian art director and production designer (b. 1924)
 * Henning Koppel, Danish artist (b. 1918)
 * June 28
 * Mohammad Beheshti, Iranian judge and philosopher (b. 1928)
 * Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and activist (b. 1958)
 * Peter Kreuder, German-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1905)
 * Heinrich Strecker, Austrian composer (b. 1893)
 * June 29
 * Russell Drysdale, Australian painter (b. 1912)
 * Antero Kivi, Finnish discus thrower (b. 1904)
 * June 30 – Maria Bogda, Polish actress (b. 1909)

July 1981

 * July 1
 * Stephen Bosustow, Canadian-American film producer (b. 1911)
 * Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-American architect (b. 1902)
 * Zdeněk Burian, Czech painter (b. 1905)
 * Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1921)
 * George Voskovec, Czech actor (b. 1905)
 * July 2
 * Billy Gillespie, Irish footballer (b. 1891)
 * Robert Emmett Keane, American actor (b. 1883)
 * Paul Schmiedlin, Swiss footballer (b. 1897)
 * July 3
 * Artūras Andrulis, Lithuanian soldier and basketball player (b. 1922)
 * Ross Martin, American actor (b. 1920)
 * July 4
 * Helmut Gröttrup, German engineer and rocket scientist (b. 1916)
 * Violet Heming, English actress (b. 1895)
 * Isao Kimura, Japanese actor (b. 1923)
 * Walter Charles Langer, American psychoanalyst (b. 1899)
 * Niels Erik Nørlund, Danish mathematician (b. 1885)
 * July 5
 * Pedro Henrique, Brazilian royal pretender (b. 1909)
 * Manuel Urrutia Lleó, Cuban politician, President of Cuba (b. 1901)
 * Jorge Urrutia, Chilean composer and author (b. 1905)
 * July 6 – Kaare Fostervoll, Norwegian politician (b. 1891)
 * July 7
 * Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi, Yemeni politician (b. 1920)
 * Keefe Brasselle, American actor (b. 1923)
 * João Cruz, Portuguese footballer (b. 1915)
 * Shizuto Masunaga, Japanese author (b. 1925)
 * July 8
 * Jim Armstrong, Australian wrestler and rugby player (b. 1917)
 * Joe McDonnell, Northern Irish republican (b. 1951)
 * Peace Pilgrim, American spiritual leader (b. 1908)
 * János Széles, Hungarian boxer (b. 1909)
 * Abdusamat Taymetov, Uzbekistani pilot (b. 1909)
 * July 9
 * John Franklin Bardin, American author (b. 1916)
 * Éva Földes, Hungarian author (b. 1914)
 * Oscar van Hemel, Belgian-Dutch violinist (b. 1892)
 * Meyer Levin, American author (b. 1905)
 * Shūōshi Mizuhara, Japanese poet and physician (b. 1892)
 * Nigar Rafibeyli, Azerbaijani author (b. 1913)
 * July 10 – Giuseppe Tosi, Italian discus thrower (b. 1916)
 * July 11
 * July 12
 * János Hajdú, Hungarian fencer (b. 1904)
 * Boris Polevoy, Russian author (b. 1908)
 * July 13
 * Helmuth Beukemann, German general (b. 1894)
 * Robert Hinde, English major general (b. 1900)
 * Martin Hurson, Irish republican (b. 1956)
 * July 14
 * July 15
 * July 16
 * Harry Chapin, American singer (b. 1942)
 * Richard Hyland, American rugby player (b. 1900)
 * Antoine de Lévis-Mirepoix, French historian and author (b. 1884)
 * Jacob Wolfowitz, German-American statistician and theorist (b. 1910)
 * July 17 – Sam Bartram, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
 * July 18
 * Janet Craxton, English oboist (b. 1929)
 * Armando Peverelli, Italian cyclist (b. 1921)
 * July 19
 * Daisuke Itō, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
 * José María Pemán, Spanish journalist and poet (b. 1897)
 * Karl Steinhoff, German politician (b. 1892)
 * Clemente Yerovi], Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador (b. [[1904)
 * July 20
 * Dimitrios Hatzis, Greek author and journalist (b. 1913)
 * Dale Hennesy, American production designer and art director (b. 1926)
 * Abram Kardiner, American psychiatrist (b. 1891)
 * János Rajz, Hungarian actor (b. 1907)
 * July 21
 * Ugo Sasso, Italian actor (b. 1910)
 * Lyudmila Zhivkova, Bulgarian politician (b. 1942)
 * July 22
 * Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa, Mexican nun (b. 1904)
 * Hermann von Hanneken, German general (b. 1890)
 * Nedim Kaleci, Turkish footballer (b. 1900)
 * July 23
 * Ivan Eklind, Swedish football referee (b. 1905)
 * Harvey Fletcher, American physicist (b. 1884)
 * Lazar Lyusternik, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)
 * Kazuo Taoka, Japanese gangster (b. 1913)
 * July 24
 * Greta Almroth, Swedish actress (b. 1888)
 * Hamka Amrullah, Indonesian philosopher and author (b. 1908)
 * Ali Merdan, Iranian musician (b. 1904)
 * July 25
 * Yosef Goldschmidt, Israeli politician (b. 1907)
 * Gerardo de León, Filipino film director and actor (b. 1913)
 * July 26 – Stafford L. Warren, American physician and radiologist (b. 1896)
 * July 27
 * Paul Brunton, English author (b. 1898)
 * Katharina Boll-Dornberger, Austrian-German physicist (b. 1909)
 * Henri Gaussen, French botanist (b. 1891)
 * Gilbert Gray, American sailor (b. 1902)
 * Elizabeth Rona, Hungarian chemist (b. 1890)
 * William Wyler, German-American film director (b. 1902)
 * July 28
 * Harry Bloom, South African journalist and author (b. 1913)
 * Wilbur Cush, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1928)
 * Stanley Rother, American priest (b. 1935)
 * July 29
 * Yevgeny Kharitonov, Russian poet (b. 1941)
 * Robert Moses, American politician (b. 1888)
 * James Edward Walsh, American bishop (b. 1891)
 * July 30
 * Ven Te Chow, Chinese-American engineer (b. 1919)
 * Bud Tingelstad, American racing driver (b. 1928)
 * July 31
 * Enrique Hertzog, Bolivian politician, Prime Minister of Bolivia (b. 1897)
 * Ioachim Moldoveanu, Romanian footballer (b. 1913)
 * László Raffinsky, Romanian footballer (b. 1905)
 * Omar Torrijos, Panamanian politician (b. 1929)

August 1981

 * August 1
 * Julius Arigi, Austrian fighter pilot (b. 1895)
 * Jan Batory, Polish film director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
 * Paddy Chayefsky, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1923)
 * Kevin Lynch, Irish republican (b. 1956)
 * August 2
 * Delfo Cabrera, Argentine runner (b. 1919)
 * Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (b. 1900)
 * Kieran Doherty, Irish republican (b. 1955)
 * Athol Meech, Canadian rower (b. 1907)
 * August 3
 * Wolfgang Heidenfeld, German chess player and composer (b. 1911)
 * Pietro Romanelli, Italian archaeologist (b. 1889)
 * August 4
 * Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)
 * Yaakov Shabtai, Israeli author and playwright (b. 1934)
 * August 5
 * Reginald Kell, English clarinetist (b. 1906)
 * Jerzy Neyman, Polish mathematician and statistician (b. 1894)
 * Samuel Slavson, American engineer and journalist (b. 1890)
 * August 6
 * Mario Abbate, Italian singer and actor (b. 1927)
 * Corradino D'Ascanio, Italian engineer (b. 1891)
 * Arnaldo Lucentini, Italian footballer (b. 1930)
 * José Suárez, Spanish actor (b. 1919)
 * August 7
 * Silvano Arieti, Italian-American psychiatrist (b. 1914)
 * Nelli Gorbatkova, Russian field hockey player (b. 1958)
 * August 8
 * Jan van Diepenbeek, Dutch footballer (b. 1903)
 * Thomas McElwee, Irish republican (b. 1957)
 * August 9
 * Stane Derganc, Slovenian gymnast (b. 1893)
 * Max Hoffman, Austrian-American businessman (b. 1904)
 * August 10
 * Josef Hauser, German water polo player (b. 1910)
 * Carlos Iturraspe, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1910)
 * Jack Kiefer, American statistician (b. 1924)
 * Alan Lascelles, English civil servant (b. 1887)
 * Duško Popov, Serbian spy (b. 1912)
 * August 11 – Valentine Tessier, French actress (b. 1892)
 * August 12
 * Shirley Grey, American actress (b. 1902)
 * Rosita Melo, Uruguayan-Argentine pianist and composer (b. 1897)
 * Angelo Moratti, Italian businessman (b. 1909)
 * August 13 – José María Minella, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1909)
 * August 14
 * Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (b. 1894)
 * Stevan Doronjski, Serbian civil servant (b. 1919)
 * Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
 * Salah Abdel Sabour, Egyptian poet (b. 1931)
 * August 15
 * Alfred H. Barr Jr., American historian (b. 1902)
 * Carlo Buscaglia, Italian footballer (b. 1909)
 * Karl Gero, Liechtenstein royal (b. 1899)
 * Ralph Kubail, German rower (b. 1952)
 * Viktor Wagner, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
 * August 16
 * Gratsian Botev, Russian canoeist (b. 1928)
 * Robert Krasker, Australian cinematographer (b. 1913)
 * August 17
 * Mariama Bâ, Senegalese author (b. 1929)
 * Giorgio Ferroni, Italian film director (b. 1908)
 * William M. Jennings, American ice hockey executive (b. 1920)
 * Dominick Napolitano, American mobster (b. 1930)
 * August 18
 * Robert Russell Bennett, American composer (b. 1894)
 * John F. Hennessey, American tennis player (b. 1900)
 * Bernard Koopman, French-American mathematician (b. 1900)
 * Anita Loos, American actress (b. 1888)
 * Alexa von Porembsky, Hungarian-German actress (b. 1906)
 * Leonhard Weiß, German footballer (b. 1907)
 * August 19
 * Raoul Lesueur, French cyclist (b. 1912)
 * Jessie Matthews, English actress (b. 1907)
 * August 20
 * Michael Devine, Irish republican (b. 1954)
 * Vladimir Fetin, Russian film director (b. 1925)
 * Alexander Radó, Hungarian cartographer and spy (b. 1899)
 * August 21
 * Eddie Byrne, Irish actor (b. 1911)
 * Kaka Kalelkar, Indian activist and journalist (b. 1885)
 * August 22
 * Enrique Maier, Spanish tennis player (b. 1910)
 * Vicente Manansala, Filipino painter (b. 1910)
 * Kuniko Mukōda, Japanese screenwriter (b. 1929)
 * Sașa Pană, Romanian poet and author (b. 1902)
 * Glauber Rocha, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (b. 1939)
 * August 23
 * Trevor Coker, New Zealand rower (b. 1949)
 * Rolf Herricht, German comedian (b. 1927)
 * August 24
 * Bill Coleman, American trumpeter (b. 1904)
 * William F. Dean, American major general (b. 1899)
 * Iosif Tolchanov, Russian actor (b. 1891)
 * August 25 – Leonidas Alaoglu, Canadian-American mathematician (b. 1914)
 * August 26
 * Leon Dmochowski, Ukrainian-American immunologist (b. 1909)
 * Lee Hays, American singer (b. 1914)
 * Tove Mohr, Norwegian physician and activist (b. 1891)
 * August 27
 * Paul Herget, American astronomer (b. 1908)
 * Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
 * Vasily Lytkin, Russian poet and translator (b. 1895)
 * Henri Victor Vallois, French anthropologist and paleontologist (b. 1889)
 * August 28
 * Paul Anspach, Belgian fencer (b. 1882)
 * Béla Guttmann, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1899)
 * Jørgen Ryg, Danish comedian and musician (b. 1927)
 * August 29
 * Guy Stevens, English disc jockey and record producer (b. 1943)
 * Lowell Thomas, American author (b. 1892)
 * August 30
 * Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Iranian theologian and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1933)
 * François Seydoux de Clausonne, French diplomat (b. 1905)
 * Alice Frey, Belgian painter (b. 1895)
 * Aleksandr Khanov, Russian actor (b. 1904)
 * Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, President of Iran (b. 1933)
 * Vera-Ellen Rohe, American dancer and actress (b. 1921)
 * Andreas Stratos, Greek politician and historian (b. 1905)
 * Rita Webb, English actress (b. 1904)
 * August 31
 * Elias Joseph Bickerman, Israeli scholar (b. 1897)
 * Pierre Billon, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1901)

September 1981

 * September 1
 * Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1902)
 * Albert Speer, German architect and war criminal (b. 1905)
 * September 2
 * Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (b. 1928)
 * Enid Lyons, Australian politician (b. 1897)
 * Andrija Maurović, Croatian comic book writer and artist (b. 1901)
 * September 3
 * Ella Hall, American actress (b. 1896)
 * Rensis Likert, American psychologist (b. 1903)
 * September 4
 * Frank J. Becker, American politician (b. 1899)
 * Carl Knowles, American basketball player (b. 1910)
 * David Peel, English actor (b. 1920)
 * September 5 – Aimé Maeght, French art collector and publisher (b. 1906)
 * September 6
 * Arthur Casagrande, American engineer (b. 1902)
 * Lucas Demare, Argentine film director and screenwriter (b. 1910)
 * Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi III, Emirati sheikh (b. 1902)
 * Maria Palmer, Austrian-American actress (b. 1917)
 * September 7
 * Christy Brown, Irish author and painter (b. 1932)
 * Edwin Albert Link, American inventor (b. 1904)
 * September 8
 * Patricio Caicedo, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1899)
 * Austen Campbell, English footballer (b. 1901)
 * Gerry Geran, American ice hockey player (b. 1896)
 * Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru (b. 1897)
 * George Nostrand, American basketball player (b. 1924)
 * Wang Shujin, Chinese martial artist (b. 1904)
 * Charles Mortram Sternberg, American-Canadian paleontologist (b. 1885)
 * Roy Wilkins, American activist (b. 1901)
 * Hideki Yukawa, Japanese theoretical physicist (b. 1907)
 * September 9
 * Ricardo Balbín, Argentine politician (b. 1904)
 * Helen Humes, American singer (b. 1913)
 * Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst (b. 1901)
 * Phiroze Palia, Indian cricketer (b. 1910)
 * September 10 – Riad Al Sunbati, Egyptian composer and musician (b. 1906)
 * September 11
 * William Bascom, American folklorist and anthropologist (b. 1912)
 * Richard Dorson, American folklorist (b. 1916)
 * Mikhail Dudko, Russian ballerina (b. 1902)
 * Rob Lockhart, English general (b. 1893)
 * Frank McHugh, American actor (b. 1898)
 * Cecil McMaster, South African racewalker (b. 1895)
 * September 12
 * Eugenio Montale, Italian poet (b. 1896)
 * Vadim Sobko, Ukrainian author (b. 1912)
 * September 13
 * Gregory Breit, Russian-American physicist (b. 1899)
 * Georg Haas, Austrian-Israeli paleontologist and herpetologist (b. 1905)
 * Lya Imber, Ukrainian-Venezuelan pediatrician (b. 1914)
 * September 14
 * Yasuji Kiyose, Japanese composer (b. 1900)
 * Furry Lewis, American guitarist (b. 1893)
 * September 15
 * Chick Bullock, American singer (b. 1898)
 * Sara Haden, American actress (b. 1898)
 * Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpeter (b. 1906)
 * September 16
 * Michael DiSalle, American politician (b. 1908)
 * Akira Iwasaki, Japanese film critic and historian (b. 1903)
 * Fritz Lange, German politician and resistance fighter (b. 1898)
 * September 17
 * September 18 – Felia Doubrovska, Russian dancer (b. 1896)
 * September 19
 * Janina Ipohorska, Polish painter and author (b. 1914)
 * Ángel Perucca, Argentine footballer (b. 1918)
 * September 20
 * Marcelle Cahn, French painter (b. 1895)
 * Bill Ridding, English footballer and manager (b. 1911)
 * Emil Skog, Finnish politician (b. 1897)
 * September 21
 * Tony Aubin, French composer (b. 1907)
 * Carlo Bandirola, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1915)
 * Nigel Patrick, English actor (b. 1912)
 * September 22
 * Giovanni Bragolin, Italian painter (b. 1911)
 * Néstor Carballo, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1929)
 * Harry Warren, American songwriter (b. 1893)
 * September 23
 * Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (b. 1899)
 * Ofelia Hooper, Panamanian sociologist and activist (b. 1900)
 * September 24 – Patsy Kelly, American actress (b. 1910)
 * September 25
 * Saifoulaye Diallo, Guinean politician (b. 1923)
 * Randhir Singh Gentle, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1922)
 * Per Erland Berg Wendelbo, Norwegian botanist (b. 1927)
 * September 26
 * Roy Cochran, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1919)
 * Ludwig Goldbrunner, German footballer (b. 1908)
 * Bùi Thanh Liêm, Vietnamese cosmonaut (b. 1949)
 * September 27
 * Bronisław Malinowski, Polish runner (b. 1951)
 * Robert Montgomery, American actor (b. 1904)
 * September 28
 * Karl Artelt, German politician (b. 1890)
 * Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
 * Yakov Pavlov, Russian sergeant major (b. 1917)
 * Daniel du Toit, South African astronomer (b. 1917)
 * September 29
 * Ksenija Atanasijević, Serbian philosopher (b. 1894)
 * Irving Chernev, Ukrainian-American author (b. 1900)
 * Vittorio Cioni, Italian rower (b. 1900)
 * Javad Fakoori, Iranian colonel and politician (b. 1936)
 * Tommy Moore, English drummer (b. 1931)
 * Mousa Namjoo, Iranian colonel and politician (b. 1938)
 * Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913)
 * Mirosław Turko, Polish-Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * Frances Yates, English historian (b. 1899)
 * September 30
 * Cuckoo Moray, Indian dancer and actress (b. 1928)
 * Flemming Weis, Danish composer (b. 1898)

October 1981

 * October 1
 * Malcolm de Chazal, Mauritian author and painter (b. 1902)
 * Robert Tripp Ross, American politician (b. 1903)
 * Paan Singh Tomar, Indian soldier and athlete (b. 1932)
 * October 2
 * Józef Korbas, Polish footballer (b. 1914)
 * Fidel LaBarba, American boxer (b. 1905)
 * Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American pianist and singer (b. 1920)
 * October 3
 * Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian missionary (b. 1887)
 * Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Polish philosopher and logician (b. 1886)
 * Walter Mehring, German author (b. 1896)
 * Suehiro Nishio, Japanese activist and politician (b. 1891)
 * Shinji Sogō, Japanese civil servant (b. 1884)
 * October 4
 * Franz Amrehn, German politician (b. 1911)
 * Dorothy Dare, American actress and singer (b. 1911)
 * Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player (b. 1905)
 * Ceslaus Sipovich, Belarusian bishop (b. 1914)
 * October 5
 * Hadj Abderrahmane, Algerian actor (b. 1941)
 * Gloria Grahame, American actress and singer (b. 1923)
 * Rodolphe Guilland, French scholar (b. 1888)
 * Helge Gustafsson, Swedish gymnast (b. 1900)
 * Anđelko Marušić, Serbian footballer (b. 1911)
 * Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian author (b. 1903)
 * October 6
 * Ibrahim Muhammad Didi, Maldivian politician, President of the Maldives (b. 1902)
 * Roy Henkel, German-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
 * Elemér Kocsis, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
 * Blanche Noyes, American pilot (b. 1900)
 * Anwar Sadat, Egyptian politician, President and Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1918)
 * October 7
 * Sutomo, Indonesian politician (b. 1920)
 * Georges Vajda, Hungarian-French scholar (b. 1908)
 * Alexander Zaporozhets, Russian psychologist (b. 1905)
 * October 8
 * Armando Bó, Argentine actor and film director (b. 1914)
 * Heinz Kohut, Austrian-American psychoanalyst (b. 1913)
 * Oscar Moore, American guitarist (b. 1916)
 * October 9
 * František Fadrhonc, Czech football manager (b. 1914)
 * Julio Libonatti, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1901)
 * October 10
 * Omer Taverne, Belgian cyclist (b. 1904)
 * Mica Todorović, Bosnian painter (b. 1900)
 * October 11 – Max Sørensen, Danish diplomat and judge (b. 1913)
 * October 12
 * Julius Eisenecker, German fencer (b. 1903)
 * Carl-Axel Heiknert, Swedish actor (b. 1924)
 * Umberto Spadaro, Italian actor (b. 1904)
 * October 13
 * Antonio Berni, Argentine painter (b. 1905)
 * Marius Casadesus, French violinist and composer (b. 1892)
 * Philippe Étancelin, French racing driver (b. 1896)
 * Juan Gracia, Spanish polo player (b. 1901)
 * Nikolai Morozov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1916)
 * Jean Renaudie, French architect (b. 1925)
 * October 14 – Clelia Matania, Italian actress (b. 1918)
 * October 15
 * Nabia Abbott, American scholar (b. 1897)
 * Rafael Dieste, Spanish poet and philosopher (b. 1899)
 * Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English racing driver (b. 1907)
 * Zoltán Huszárik, Hungarian film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
 * Frank de Kova, American actor (b. 1910)
 * Håkan Westergren, Swedish actor (b. 1899)
 * October 16
 * Stanley Clements, American actor (b. 1926)
 * Moshe Dayan, Israeli politician (b. 1915)
 * Fred Ford, English footballer (b. 1916)
 * Edward Heyman, American songwriter (b. 1907)
 * Haim Landau, Israeli politician (b. 1916)
 * Orazio Mariani, Italian sprinter (b. 1915)
 * R. Muthuraman, Indian actor (b. 1929)
 * Alberto Soriano, Argentine composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1915)
 * Ivan Udodov, Russian weightlifter (b. 1924)
 * October 17
 * Albert Cohen, Swiss author (b. 1895)
 * Kannadasan, Indian philosopher and poet (b. 1927)
 * Mounir Mourad, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1922)
 * Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (b. 1887)
 * October 18
 * October 19
 * Nils Asther, Swedish actor (b. 1897)
 * Gabrijel Bukatko, Serbian hierarch (b. 1913)
 * Dan Coe, Romanian footballer (b. 1941)
 * Dymphna Cusack, Australian author and playwright (b. 1902)
 * Georgi Zharkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1915)
 * October 20
 * Mary Chase, American playwright and author (b. 1906)
 * Annot Jacobi, German painter (b. 1894)
 * October 21
 * Moyshe Altman, Moldovan author (b. 1890)
 * Viljo Halme, Finnish footballer (b. 1907)
 * Wilfried Puis, Belgian footballer (b. 1943)
 * October 22 – David Cecil, English hurdler and politician (b. 1905)
 * October 23
 * Reg Butler, English sculptor (b. 1913)
 * Abdul Qayyum Khan, Pakistani politician (b. 1901)
 * Curt Stern, German-American geneticist (b. 1902)
 * Maksud Syundyukle, Russian poet and translator (b. 1904)
 * Otylia Tabacka, Polish runner (b. 1907)
 * October 24
 * Bernard Gavoty, French organist and musicologist (b. 1908)
 * Edith Head, American costume designer (b. 1897)
 * Alexander Kevitz, American chess player (b. 1902)
 * October 25
 * Barbara Bedford, American actress (b. 1903)
 * Ariel Durant, Russian-American historian and author (b. 1898)
 * October 26
 * Glenn Anders, American actor (b. 1889)
 * Junzaburō Ban, Japanese comedian and actor (b. 1908)
 * D. R. Bendre, Indian poet (b. 1896)
 * Reinhold Bernt, German actor (b. 1902)
 * Jutta Jol, German actress (b. 1896)
 * Henri Reynders, Belgian priest (b. 1903)
 * October 27
 * Anders Knutsson Ångström, Swedish physicist and meteorologist (b. 1888)
 * Nico Dostal, Austrian composer (b. 1895)
 * Lūcijs Endzelīns, Latvian-Australian chess grandmaster (b. 1909)
 * Louis Metcalf, American trumpeter (b. 1905)
 * John Warburton, English-American actor (b. 1903)
 * October 28 – K. N. Ezhuthachan, Indian author and scholar (b. 1911)
 * October 29
 * Georges Brassens, French singer and poet (b. 1921)
 * Dmitry Chechulin, Russian architect (b. 1901)
 * Hugo Hadwiger, Swiss mathematician (b. 1908)
 * Leonard Hawkes, English geologist (b. 1891)
 * Stylianos Mavromichalis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1899)
 * Herbert Westermark, Swedish physician (b. 1891)
 * October 30
 * Eliyahu Elyashar, Israeli politician and author (b. 1899)
 * Lew Jenkins, American boxer (b. 1916)
 * October 31 – Ante Katalinić, Croatian rower (b. 1895)

November 1981

 * November 1
 * November 2 – Wally Wood, American comic book writer and artist (b. 1927)
 * November 3
 * Thérèse Casgrain, Canadian politician (b. 1896)
 * Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and author (b. 1904)
 * Eraldo Monzeglio]], Italian footballer and manager (b. 1906)
 * Dragutin Najdanović, Serbian footballer (b. 1908)
 * Isa Quensel, Swedish actress and opera singer (b. 1905)
 * November 4
 * Sverre Helgesen, Norwegian high jumper and journalist (b. 1903)
 * K. C. Hsiao, Chinese historian and political scientist (b. 1897)
 * Mauritz Sandberg, Swedish footballer (b. 1895)
 * Vladimir Shcherbakov, Russian general (b. 1901)
 * November 5
 * Hocine Benmiloudi, Algerian footballer (b. 1955)
 * Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, Tibetan buddhist (b. 1924)
 * Jean Eustache, French film director (b. 1938)
 * Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician (b. 1905)
 * Mário Pedrosa, Brazilian critic and journalist (b. 1900)
 * November 6 – Mian Abdul Rashid, Pakistani judge and philosopher (b. 1889)
 * November 7
 * William A. Dawson, American politician (b. 1903)
 * Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
 * Añjela Duval, French author and poet (b. 1905)
 * Werner Eisbrenner, German composer and conductor (b. 1908)
 * Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, English scholar (b. 1932)
 * November 8 – Ellen Bang, German actress (b. 1906)
 * November 9
 * Rolf von Goth, German actor (b. 1906)
 * Lois Wilfred Griffiths, American mathematician (b. 1899)
 * Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (b. 1912)
 * Henry Potez, French businessman (b. 1891)
 * November 10 – Abel Gance, French film director and producer (b. 1889)
 * November 11
 * Alf Brustellin, Austrian film director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
 * Greta Kuckhoff], German resistance fighter (b. [[1902)
 * Evsei Liberman, Ukrainian economist (b. 1897)
 * Erwin Schulz, German war criminal (b. 1900)
 * November 12
 * James Corson, American discus thrower (b. 1906)
 * William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
 * Yosef Kremerman, Israeli politician (b. 1926)
 * Hermann Pilnik, German-Argentine chess grandmaster (b. 1914)
 * November 13
 * Gunnar Andersen, Danish cyclist (b. 1911)
 * Bice Lazzari, Italian painter (b. 1900)
 * Gerhard Marcks, German sculptor (b. 1889)
 * Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1889)
 * Shmuel Shoresh, Israeli politician (b. 1913)
 * November 14 – Anton Podbevšek, Slovenian poet (b. 1898)
 * November 15
 * Walter Heitler, German physicist (b. 1904)
 * Enid Markey, American actress (b. 1894)
 * Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Iranian scholar and philosopher (b. 1903)
 * November 16 – Morgan Conway, American actress (b. 1903)
 * November 17
 * Bob Eberly, American singer (b. 1916)
 * Sibyl M. Rock, American inventor (b. 1909)
 * Raimundo Rolón, Paraguayan politician, President of Paraguay (b. 1903)
 * November 18
 * Alexey Okladnikov, Russian archaeologist and historian (b. 1908)
 * Fredric Wertham, German-American psychiatrist and author (b. 1895)
 * November 19 – Henri Padou, French water polo player and swimmer (b. 1898)
 * November 20
 * Knud Ejler Løgstrup, Danish philosopher and theologian (b. 1905)
 * Mustafa Topchubashov, Azerbaijani surgeon (b. 1895)
 * George Yeh, Chinese diplomat and politician (b. 1904)
 * November 21
 * Ejner Federspiel, Danish actor (b. 1896)
 * Harry von Zell, American actor (b. 1906)
 * November 22
 * Milan Kašanin, Serbian historian and critic (b. 1895)
 * Hans Krebs, German-English biochemist (b. 1900)
 * Andreina Pagnani, Italian actress (b. 1906)
 * November 23 – Olaf Caroe, Indian civil servant (b. 1892)
 * November 24 – Jean Boyer, French footballer (b. 1901)
 * November 25
 * Jack Albertson, American actor (b. 1907)
 * Romain Bellenger, French cyclist (b. 1894)
 * Raichand Boral, Indian film composer (b. 1903)
 * Sigbjørn Hølmebakk, Norwegian author (b. 1922)
 * Morris Kirksey, American sprinter and rugby player (b. 1895)
 * November 26
 * Max Euwe, Dutch chess grandmaster and mathematician (b. 1901)
 * Regino Sainz de la Maza, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1896)
 * Pierre Pibarot, French footballer and manager (b. 1916)
 * Ernesto Prinoth, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)
 * November 27
 * Bern von Baer, German general major (b. 1911)
 * Cláudio Coutinho, Brazilian football manager (b. 1939)
 * Lotte Lenya, Austrian-American singer and actress (b. 1898)
 * Ivan Managarov, Russian colonel general (b. 1898)
 * Víctor Urruchúa, Mexican actor and film director (b. 1912)
 * November 28
 * Braswell Deen, American politician (b. 1893)
 * Arthur Jensen, Danish actor (b. 1897)
 * Marcel Raymond, Swiss critic (b. 1897)
 * November 29
 * Giuseppe Anatrelli, Italian actor (b. 1925)
 * Jack Cameron, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1900)
 * T. H. Marshall, English sociologist (b. 1893)
 * Dieudonné Smets, Belgian cyclist (b. 1901)
 * William Vale, English fighter pilot (b. 1914)
 * Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)
 * November 30
 * Robert H. Harris, American actor (b. 1911)
 * Charles Eric Maine], English author (b. [[1921)
 * Károly Molter, Hungarian author and playwright (b. 1890)

December 1981

 * December 1
 * Estrid Ericson, Swedish interior designer and businesswoman (b. 1894)
 * Taft Jordan, American trumpeter (b. 1915)
 * Russ Manning, American comic book artist (b. 1929)
 * Jacques Rémy, Turkish-French screenwriter (b. 1911)
 * December 2
 * Wallace Harrison, American architect (b. 1895)
 * Francis Hunter, American tennis player (b. 1894)
 * Alexis Kagame, Rwandan philosopher and linguist (b. 1912)
 * Rudolf Prack, Austrian actor (b. 1905)
 * December 3
 * Charles Paul Alexander, American entomologist (b. 1889)
 * Cola Debrot, Dutch author and politician (b. 1902)
 * Jan Langedijk, Dutch speed skater (b. 1910)
 * December 4
 * Alphonse Burnand, American sailor (b. 1896)
 * Karl Gilg, Czech-German chess player (b. 1901)
 * Zoilo Saldombide, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1903)
 * Ole Sarvig, Danish author and poet (b. 1921)
 * December 5 – Charles Barton, American film director and actor (b. 1902)
 * December 6
 * Thomas Gardiner Corcoran, American political advisor (b. 1900)
 * Mebrure Gönenç, Turkish politician (b. 1900)
 * Harry Harlow, American psychologist (b. 1905)
 * December 7
 * William Edmunds, Italian-American actor (b. 1886)
 * Ava Helen Pauling, American activist (b. 1903)
 * December 8
 * Big Walter Horton, American harmonica player (b. 1921)
 * Kenneth Moore, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1910)
 * Ferruccio Parri, Italian politician, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1890)
 * December 9
 * Franz Ollendorff, Israeli physicist (b. 1900)
 * Rudolph Scholz, American rugby player (b. 1896)
 * Rudolf Viertl, Austrian footballer (b. 1902)
 * December 10 – John D. Eshelby, English scientist (b. 1916)
 * December 11
 * Zoya Fyodorova, Russian actress (b. 1907)
 * Xavier Grall, French journalist and poet (b. 1930)
 * Terry Jennings, American composer (b. 1940)
 * Michele Orecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1903)
 * Raymond Rouleau, Belgian actor and film director (b. 1904)
 * December 12
 * J. L. Mackie, Australian philosopher (b. 1917)
 * Furio Meniconi, Italian actor (b. 1924)
 * Michael Postan, English historian (b. 1899)
 * December 13
 * Cornelius Cardew, English composer (b. 1936)
 * Anders Österling, Swedish poet and critic (b. 1884)
 * December 14
 * Victor Kugler, Austrian-Dutch Holocaust survivor (b. 1900)
 * Clarence Oldfield, South African sprinter (b. 1899)
 * Anton Perwein, Danish handball player (b. 1911)
 * Marian Shockley, American actress (b. 1908)
 * December 15
 * Gertrud Baer, German activist (b. 1890)
 * Claud Cockburn, English journalist (b. 1904)
 * Sam Jones, American musician (b. 1924)
 * Max Steenbeck, German physicist (b. 1904)
 * Karl Struss, American cinematographer (b. 1886)
 * Mikhail Zharov, Russian actor (b. 1899)
 * December 16
 * Zhang Dingcheng, Chinese politician (b. 1898)
 * Manuel Sanchis i Guarner, Spanish philologist and historian (b. 1911)
 * Joseph Murphy, Irish author and minister (b. 1898)
 * December 17
 * Franz Dahlem, German politician (b. 1892)
 * Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903)
 * Ada Kramm, Norwegian actress (b. 1899)
 * December 18
 * Juan Miles, Argentine polo player (b. 1895)
 * Maria Luisa Righini-Bonelli, Italian historian (b. 1917)
 * Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician, Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1913)
 * December 19 – Elmar Saar, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1908)
 * December 20
 * Győző Mogyorossy, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1914)
 * Hamoodur Rahman, Pakistani judge and academic (b. 1910)
 * December 21 – Tattybübü Tursunbayeva, Kyrgyzstani actress (b. 1944)
 * December 22
 * December 23
 * Noël Bernard, Romanian journalist (b. 1925)
 * Luther H. Evans, American political scientist (b. 1902)
 * P. Kakkan, Indian politician and freedom fighter (b. 1908)
 * December 24 – Alma Hinding, Danish actress (b. 1882)
 * December 25
 * Gheorghe Mihoc, Romanian mathematician and statistician (b. 1906)
 * Heinrich Welker, German physicist (b. 1912)
 * December 26
 * Henry Eyring, Mexican-American chemist (b. 1901)
 * Nissankara Savitri, Indian actress and singer (b. 1935)
 * Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1903)
 * December 27
 * Hoagy Carmichael, American songwriter and actor (b. 1899)
 * Edwin H. Knopf, American film producer and screenwriter (b. 1899)
 * Jinous Nemat Mahmoudi, Iranian meteorologist (b. 1928)
 * Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Russian aristocrat (b. 1905)
 * December 28
 * Allan Dwan, Canadian-American film director (b. 1885)
 * Mollie King, American actress (b. 1895)
 * Bram van Velde, Dutch painter (b. 1895)
 * Seishi Yokomizo, Japanese author (b. 1902)
 * December 29
 * Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author (b. 1893)
 * Demetrio Aguilera Malta, Ecuadorian author (b. 1909)
 * December 30
 * Ángel Allegri, Argentine footballer (b. 1926)
 * Karl Arndt, German general (b. 1892)
 * Curt Eisner, German entomologist (b. 1890)
 * Yevgeny Fyodorov, Russian geophysicist (b. 1910)
 * Ellen Jansø, Danish actress (b. 1907)
 * Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal (b. 1905)
 * December 31
 * Yefim Dzigan, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
 * Günther Krappe, German general (b. 1893)
 * Paolo Mazza, Italian football manager (b. 1901)
 * Constantin Rădulescu, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1896)

January 1982

 * January 1
 * Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (b. 1898)
 * Estella Blain, French actress (b. 1930)
 * Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)
 * Margot Grahame, English actress (b. 1911)
 * Frano Kršinić, Croatian sculptor (b. 1897)
 * Sucharit Suda, Thai royal (b. 1895)
 * January 2
 * Victor Fontan, French cyclist (b. 1892)
 * Fred Harman, American cartoonist (b. 1902)
 * Tomás Hernández, Spanish footballer (b. 1930)
 * Nikola Šop, Bosnian poet (b. 1904)
 * Leo Stern, Austrian-German activist (b. 1901)
 * January 3
 * Heidi Blomstedt, Finnish potter (b. 1911)
 * Tommy Bryant, American double bassist (b. 1930)
 * Fritz Laband, German footballer (b. 1925)
 * January 4
 * Konrad Granström, Swedish gymnast (b. 1900)
 * Trygve Hoff, Norwegian businessman and author (b. 1895)
 * Gorilla Jones, American boxer (b. 1906)
 * Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux, Chilean bishop (b. 1908)
 * January 5
 * Hans Conried, American actor (b. 1917)
 * Edmund Herring, Australian lieutenant general (b. 1892)
 * Ishag Jafarzadeh, Azerbaijani archaeologist and ethologist (b. 1895)
 * Harvey Lembeck, American actor (b. 1923)
 * January 6 – Kurt Ettinger, Austrian fencer (b. 1901)
 * January 7 – Kay Hammond, American actress (b. 1901)
 * January 8
 * Grégoire Aslan, Swiss-Armenian actor and musician (b. 1908)
 * Daan de Groot, Dutch cyclist (b. 1933)
 * Reta Shaw, American actress (b. 1912)
 * January 9 – Vido Musso, American saxophonist (b. 1913)
 * January 10
 * Mohammed Helmy, Egyptian physician (b. 1901)
 * Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)
 * Leopold Trepper, Polish-Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1904)
 * January 11
 * Bruno Diekmann, German politician (b. 1897)
 * Enrique Flamini, Argentine-Italian footballer (b. 1917)
 * Matsumoto Hakuō I, Japanese actor (b. 1910)
 * Jiro Horikoshi, Japanese engineer (b. 1903)
 * Ronald Lewis, English actor (b. 1928)
 * January 12
 * Joseph Charles Bequaert, Belgian-American naturalist (b. 1886)
 * Emil Hass Christensen, Danish actor (b. 1903)
 * William Hendriksen, German-American scholar and author (b. 1900)
 * Dorothy Howell, English composer and pianist (b. 1898)
 * January 13
 * Marcel Camus, French film director (b. 1912)
 * Franklin Hansen, American sound engineer (b. 1897)
 * January 14 – Ragnar Larsen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1925)
 * January 15
 * January 16
 * Ali Dashti, Iranian author and politician (b. 1897)
 * Ramón J. Sender, Spanish author and journalist (b. 1901)
 * Aleksandr Shabalin, Russian admiral (b. 1914)
 * Mahmud Yunus, Indonesian preacher (b. 1899)
 * January 17
 * Jusuf Gërvalla, Albanian activist and author (b. 1943)
 * Juan O'Gorman, Mexican painter and architect (b. 1905)
 * Johannes Pedersen, Danish gymnast (b. 1892)
 * Herbert Richardson, Canadian rower (b. 1903)
 * Varlam Shalamov, Russian author and journalist (b. 1907)
 * Osvaldo Zubeldía, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1927)
 * January 18 – Huang Xianfan, Chinese historian and ethnologist (b. 1899)
 * January 19
 * Roy Goodall, English footballer (b. 1902)
 * Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
 * Semyon Tsvigun, Russian intelligence officer (b. 1917)
 * Marya Zaturenska, Ukrainian-American poet (b. 1902)
 * January 20
 * Jack Barker, English footballer (b. 1906)
 * Marc Demeyer, Belgian cyclist (b. 1950)
 * Viktor Hierländer, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1900)
 * January 21
 * Elvio Banchero, Italian footballer (b. 1904)
 * Penelope Dudley-Ward, English actress (b. 1914)
 * H. D. F. Kitto, English scholar (b. 1897)
 * Hans Tröger, German general (b. 1896)
 * January 22
 * Alfons Dorfner, Austrian canoeist (b. 1911)
 * Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician, President of Chile (b. 1911)
 * Tommy Tucker, American singer and pianist (b. 1933)
 * January 23
 * Hope Hampton, American actress and film producer (b. 1897)
 * M. B. Shetty, Indian stuntman and actor (b. 1931)
 * January 24
 * Karol Borsuk, Polish mathematician (b. 1905)
 * Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (b. 1918)
 * Fernando Sánchez Polack, Spanish actor (b. 1920)
 * January 25
 * Pierre Canivet, French curler and tennis player (b. 1890)
 * Mikhail Suslov, Russian politician (b. 1902)
 * January 26 – Erosi Manjgaladze, Georgian actor (b. 1925)
 * January 27
 * Alexander Abusch, German journalist and politician (b. 1902)
 * Frank John William Goldsmith, English disaster survivor (b. 1902)
 * Trần Văn Hương, Vietnamese politician (b. 1902)
 * Félix Labisse, French painter (b. 1905)
 * Guido Colonna di Paliano, Italian diplomat (b. 1908)
 * Daniel Sundén-Cullberg, Swedish sailor (b. 1907)
 * January 28
 * Élisabeth Chaplin, French-Italian painter (b. 1890)
 * Veli Merikoski, Finnish politician (b. 1905)
 * January 29
 * Boubou Hama, Nigerien author and historian (b. 1906)
 * Palden Thondup Namgyal, Indian king (b. 1923)
 * Hironori Ōtsuka, Japanese karateka (b. 1892)
 * Roger Stanier, Canadian microbiologist (b. 1916)
 * January 30
 * Refaat Al-Gammal, Egyptian spy (b. 1927)
 * Tora Dahl, Swedish author (b. 1886)
 * Victor Glushkov, Russian mathematician (b. 1923)
 * Stanley Holloway, English actor (b. 1890)
 * Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (b. 1912)
 * Helen Lynd, American sociologist and philosopher (b. 1896)
 * Frances O'Connor, American entertainer (b. 1914)
 * Hans Hermann Schaufuß, German actor (b. 1893)
 * Ludwig Schmid-Wildy, German actor (b. 1896)
 * January 31
 * Florindo Sassone, Argentine violinist and composer (b. 1912)
 * Jiří Srnka, Czech composer (b. 1907)

February 1982

 * February 1
 * Eilert Bøhm, Norwegian gymnast (b. 1900)
 * Raghunath Murmu, Indian author (b. 1905)
 * Mimi Sodré, Brazilian footballer (b. 1892)
 * Erwin Vierow, German general (b. 1890)
 * February 2
 * Paulino Frydman, Polish-Argentine chess player (b. 1905)
 * Otto Ites, German admiral (b. 1918)
 * Antenor Patiño, Bolivian businessman (b. 1896)
 * Mohan Lal Sukhadia, Indian politician (b. 1916)
 * February 3
 * February 4
 * Sue Carol, American actress and talent agent (b. 1906)
 * Alex Harvey, Scottish musician (b. 1935)
 * Georg Konrad Morgen, German judge and lawyer (b. 1909)
 * February 5
 * Jean Etcheberry, French rugby player (b. 1901)
 * Dolores Moran, American actress and model (b. 1926)
 * Antero Ojala, Finnish speed skater (b. 1916)
 * Lea Piltti, Finnish opera singer (b. 1904)
 * Ronald Welch, Welsh author (b. 1909)
 * February 6 – Ben Nicholson, English painter (b. 1894)
 * February 7
 * Swami Karpatri, Indian philosopher (b. 1907)
 * Joseph Reinhardt, French guitarist (b. 1912)
 * February 8
 * Kurt Edelhagen, German bandleader (b. 1920)
 * Henry Sturgis Morgan, English-American banker (b. 1900)
 * Hermann Rauschning, German politician (b. 1887)
 * Willy Rumpf, German politician (b. 1903)
 * Jovan Veselinov, Serbian politician, President of Serbia (b. 1906)
 * Lauri Virtanen, Finnish runner (b. 1904)
 * John Hay Whitney, American diplomat (b. 1904)
 * February 9
 * Ivan Banov, Russian major general (b. 1916)
 * Marko Mesić, Croatian general (b. 1901)
 * Marthe Richard, French politician and spy (b. 1889)
 * February 10
 * Helen Dukas, German-American secretary and author (b. 1896)
 * Françoise Henry, French scholar (b. 1902)
 * Khershed Meherhomji, Indian cricketer (b. 1911)
 * Margrit Rainer, Swiss comedian and actress (b. 1914)
 * February 11
 * Annan Knudsen, Norwegian sailor and rower (b. 1887)
 * Eleanor Powell, American actress (b. 1912)
 * Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (b. 1905)
 * February 12 – Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (b. 1902)
 * February 13
 * Chiemi Eri, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1937)
 * Zeng Jinlian, Chinese record holder (b. 1964)
 * Frank Séchehaye, Swiss footballer (b. 1907)
 * February 14
 * Gabriel Arout, Russian-French author (b. 1909)
 * Antonio Casas, Spanish footballer (b. 1911)
 * W. Lee Wilder, Austrian-American film director and producer (b. 1904)
 * February 15
 * Ivan Thys, Belgian footballer (b. 1897)
 * Waldemar Verner, German admiral (b. 1914)
 * February 16
 * Alejandro de los Santos, Argentine footballer (b. 1902)
 * Frank Wels, Dutch footballer (b. 1909)
 * February 17
 * Jean Bolikango, Congolese politician (b. 1909)
 * Wolfgang Junginger, German skier (b. 1951)
 * Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (b. 1917)
 * Lee Strasberg, Polish-American actor (b. 1901)
 * Begziin Yavuukhulan, Mongolian poet (b. 1929)
 * February 18
 * Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and theatre director (b. 1895)
 * Nathaniel Shilkret, American musician and composer (b. 1889)
 * Karl Wahl, German politician (b. 1892)
 * February 19 – Bruno Seidlhofer, Austrian pianist (b. 1905)
 * February 20
 * Carl Björnstjerna, Swedish colonel and equestrian (b. 1886)
 * Jim Bradley, American basketball player (b. 1952)
 * René Dubos, French-American microbiologist (b. 1901)
 * Frances Grant, American actress (b. 1909)
 * Isobel Wylie Hutchison, Scottish explorer and botanist (b. 1889)
 * February 21 – Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli philosopher and historian (b. 1897)
 * February 22
 * John Carter, American sound engineer (b. 1933)
 * Josh Malihabadi, Indian poet (b. 1898)
 * February 23
 * Herb Cain, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1912)
 * Leonid Spirin, Russian racewalker (b. 1932)
 * February 24
 * Virginia Bruce, American actress and singer (b. 1910)
 * Ignacio Calle, Colombian footballer (b. 1931)
 * February 25
 * Yuen Ren Chao, Chinese-American linguist and scholar (b. 1892)
 * Donald Hayworth, American politician (b. 1898)
 * Walter Kaiser, German footballer (b. 1907)
 * Ann Lowe, American fashion designer (b. 1898)
 * Hans-Joachim von Merkatz, German politician (b. 1905)
 * Rexho Mulliqi, Montenegrin composer (b. 1923)
 * Christian Schad, German painter and photographer (b. 1894)
 * Pedro Solé, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1905)
 * February 26
 * Reina Torres de Araúz, Panamanian anthropologist and ethnographer (b. 1932)
 * Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japanese film director (b. 1896)
 * Andrey Andreyevich Smirnov, Russian diplomat (b. 1905)
 * Francisco Martínez Soria, Spanish actor (b. 1902)
 * Gábor Szabó, Hungarian-American guitarist (b. 1936)
 * February 27
 * Maria Kownacka, Polish author and translator (b. 1894)
 * Malika Sobirova, Tajikistani ballerina (b. 1942)
 * February 28 – Shemuel Yeivin, Israeli archaeologist (b. 1896)
 * February 29 – Szapsel Rotholc, Polish-Canadian boxer (b. 1913)

March 1982

 * March 1
 * T. Vincent Quinn, American politician (b. 1903)
 * Frank Sargeson, New Zealand author (b. 1903)
 * March 2
 * Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928)
 * József Zilisy, Hungarian-Italian footballer (b. 1899)
 * Yoel Zussman, Israeli judge (b. 1910)
 * March 3
 * Josef Bradl, Austrian ski jumper (b. 1918)
 * Raymond O. Faulkner, English egyptologist and philologist (b. 1894)
 * Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author and critic (b. 1896)
 * Dimitri Nalivkin, Russian geologist (b. 1889)
 * Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
 * Alan Villiers, Australian-English explorer and author (b. 1903)
 * March 4
 * Willy Busch, German footballer (b. 1907)
 * Dorothy Eden, New Zealand author (b. 1912)
 * Douglas Kertland, Canadian rower and architect (b. 1887)
 * March 5
 * John Belushi, American comedian and actor (b. 1949)
 * Clifford P. Case, American politician (b. 1904)
 * Sigi Denk, Austrian cyclist (b. 1951)
 * Heinz Heck, German biologist (b. 1894)
 * Giuseppe Porelli, Italian actor (b. 1897)
 * March 6
 * Nikolay Belov, Russian geochemist (b. 1891)
 * Ayn Rand, Russian-American author and philosopher (b. 1905)
 * March 7
 * Ida Barney, American astronomer (b. 1886)
 * Konrad Wolf, German film director (b. 1925)
 * March 8
 * Rab Butler, English politician (b. 1902)
 * Walter Plunkett, American costume designer (b. 1902)
 * March 9
 * Zvi Yehuda Kook, Israeli rabbi (b. 1891)
 * Leonid Utesov, Russian singer and actor (b. 1895)
 * March 10
 * Erik Larsson, Swedish skier (b. 1912)
 * Lubomír Nácovský, Czech sport shooter (b. 1935)
 * Renat Nelli, French author (b. 1906)
 * Tadj ol-Molouk, Iranian queen (b. 1896)
 * Minoru Shirota, Japanese microbiologist (b. 1899)
 * Milo Urban, Slovakian author and translator (b. 1904)
 * March 11
 * Edmund Cooper, English poet and author (b. 1926)
 * Nikolai Kamanin, Russian pilot (b. 1908)
 * Leonid Kmit, Russian actor (b. 1908)
 * March 12
 * Tanio Boccia, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
 * Johan Wilhelm Rangell, Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1894)
 * March 13
 * Aurél Bernáth, Hungarian painter (b. 1895)
 * William Fairhurst, English chess player and engineer (b. 1903)
 * Wilfred Hawker, Surinamese military officer (b. 1955)
 * March 14
 * Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, Austrian automobile designer (b. 1902)
 * Anna Leporskaya, Russian artist (b. 1900)
 * March 15
 * Vladimír Šmeral, Czech actor (b. 1903)
 * Elis Wiklund, Swedish skier (b. 1909)
 * March 16
 * Walter Rangeley, English sprinter (b. 1903)
 * Andrej Žarnov, Slovakian author and physician (b. 1903)
 * March 17 – Hanna Czeczott, Polish botanist (b. 1888)
 * March 18
 * Vasily Chuikov, Russian military commander (b. 1900)
 * Theo Fitzau, German racing driver (b. 1923)
 * Charles Rampelberg, French cyclist (b. 1909)
 * Rolf Steffenburg, Swedish sailor (b. 1886)
 * March 19
 * Alan Badel, English actor (b. 1923)
 * J. B. Kripalani, Indian politician (b. 1888)
 * Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (b. 1956)
 * March 20
 * Billie Seward, American actress (b. 1912)
 * Marietta Shaginyan, Russian author and historian (b. 1888)
 * Leonid Tsypkin, Belarusian author and physician (b. 1926)
 * Marco Tulli, Italian actor (b. 1920)
 * March 21
 * Harry H. Corbett, English actor and comedian (b. 1925)
 * Mazlum Doğan, Turkish journalist (b. 1956)
 * Aleksandr Faintsimmer, Russian film director (b. 1906)
 * Raymond Talleux, French rower (b. 1901)
 * March 22
 * Karin Aurivillius, Swedish chemist (b. 1920)
 * Ehsan Danish, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1914)
 * Pericle Felici, Italian cardinal (b. 1911)
 * Nicolas Farkas, Hungarian-American cinematographer and screenwriter (b. 1890)
 * Bob Foster, English motorcycle racer (b. 1911)
 * March 23
 * Sonny Greer, American drummer and singer (b. 1895)
 * Mario Praz, Italian critic and scholar (b. 1896)
 * March 24
 * Clair Alan Brown, American botanist (b. 1903)
 * Ken Harris, American animator (b. 1898)
 * March 25
 * Hugo Huppert, Austrian poet and translator (b. 1902)
 * Mardan Musayev, Azerbaijani senior sergeant (b. 1907)
 * March 26
 * Sultan al-Atrash, Syrian general (b. 1891)
 * Liana Del Balzo, Italian actress (b. 1899)
 * Bruno Knežević, Croatian footballer (b. 1915)
 * March 27
 * Harriet Adams, American book packager and author (b. 1892)
 * Fazlur Rahman Khan, Bangladeshi-American engineer and architect (b. 1929)
 * Ted Lewis, American author (b. 1940)
 * Betty Schade, German-American actress (b. 1895)
 * March 28
 * William Giauque, Canadian-American chemist (b. 1895)
 * Louis Grodecki, Polish-French historian (b. 1910)
 * March 29
 * Karl Aasland, Norwegian politician (b. 1918)
 * Rudy Bond, American actor (b. 1912)
 * Helene Deutsch, Austrian-American psychoanalyst (b. 1884)
 * Antonio Emery, Spanish footballer (b. 1905)
 * Walter Hallstein, German diplomat and politician (b. 1901)
 * Hector Heusghem, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
 * Indalecio Liévano, Colombian politician and diplomat (b. 1917)
 * Carl Orff, German composer (b. 1895)
 * Charles Allen Thomas, American chemist (b. 1900)
 * Nathan F. Twining, American general (b. 1897)
 * March 30
 * Hassan al-Hakim, Syrian politician, Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1886)
 * Armando Filiput, Italian hurdler (b. 1923)
 * Sergio Grieco, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
 * March 31
 * Dave Clement, English footballer (b. 1948)
 * Joe Dundee, American boxer (b. 1903)
 * Pone Kingpetch, Thai boxer (b. 1935)
 * Tonny van Lierop, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1910)

April 1982

 * April 1
 * Xu Fuguan, Chinese historian (b. 1902)
 * Hassam-ud-Din Rashidi, Pakistani historian and scholar (b. 1911)
 * April 2
 * Sam Coslow, American songwriter (b. 1902)
 * Bernard Hügl, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1908)
 * April 3
 * Ryszard Bartel, Polish engineer and pilot (b. 1897)
 * Warren Oates, American actor (b. 1928)
 * April 4
 * Jabbor Rasulov, Tajikistani politician (b. 1913)
 * Sona Vəlixan, Azerbaijani ophthalmologist (b. 1883)
 * April 5 – Abe Fortas, American judge (b. 1910)
 * April 6
 * Elsa Björkman-Goldschmidt, Swedish artist and author (b. 1888)
 * Joseph Kampé de Fériet, French mathematician (b. 1893)
 * Pavel Rotmistrov, Russian chief marshal (b. 1901)
 * April 7
 * Brenda Benet, American actress (b. 1945)
 * Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver and journalist (b. 1948)
 * Stig Lindberg, Swedish artist (b. 1916)
 * April 8
 * Edmund Roman Orlik, Polish architect and soldier (b. 1918)
 * Katherine Rawls, American swimmer and diver (b. 1917)
 * April 9
 * Bruno Beater, German intelligence officer and politician (b. 1914)
 * Kirill Florensky, Russian geochemist (b. 1915)
 * Robert Havemann, German chemist (b. 1910)
 * Maximilian Herzberger, German-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1899)
 * Choe Hyon, North Korean general and politician (b. 1907)
 * Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian conductor and pianist (b. 1896)
 * April 10
 * Vladimir Janjgava, Georgian lieutenant general (b. 1907)
 * Cornelis van Staveren, Dutch sailor (b. 1889)
 * April 11
 * April 12
 * Lenny Baker, American actor (b. 1945)
 * Eugène Canseliet, French author and alchemist (b. 1899)
 * Huguette Duflos, French actress (b. 1887)
 * Sofya Giatsintova, Russian actress (b. 1895)
 * Tony Greenwood, English politician (b. 1911)
 * Thomas T. Handy, American general (b. 1892)
 * Maurice Ville, French cyclist (b. 1900)
 * April 13 – B. P. Mandal, Indian politician (b. 1918)
 * April 14
 * Valerie Boothby, German actress and painter (b. 1904)
 * Carlota Pereira de Queirós, Brazilian politician (b. 1892)
 * April 15
 * Khalid al-Islambouli, Egyptian army officer and assassin (b. 1955)
 * Riccardo Billi, Italian actor and comedian (b. 1906)
 * Mud Bruneteau, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
 * Tung Chao-yung, Chinese businessman (b. 1912)
 * Louis de Guiringaud, French politician (b. 1911)
 * Arthur Lowe, English actor (b. 1915)
 * April 16 – Anatoly Alexandrov, Russian composer (b. 1888)
 * April 17
 * April 18 – Hiroshi Ohguri, Japanese composer (b. 1918)
 * April 19 – Erwin Casmir, German fencer (b. 1895)
 * April 20
 * Archibald MacLeish, American poet and politician (b. 1892)
 * Edgar Norris, Canadian rower (b. 1902)
 * Andy Sandham, English cricketer (b. 1890)
 * Aco Šopov, Macedonian poet (b. 1923)
 * April 21
 * Jean Doyen, French pianist and composer (b. 1907)
 * Joe Sawyer, Canadian-American actor (b. 1906)
 * April 22
 * Melville Bell Grosvenor, American magazine editor (b. 1901)
 * Stanley Roberts, American screenwriter (b. 1916)
 * April 23
 * María Luisa Pacheco, Bolivian painter (b. 1919)
 * William Cameron Townsend, American linguist and missionary (b. 1896)
 * April 24
 * Ustad Awalmir, Afghan composer and musician (b. 1931)
 * Alexey Ekimyan, Armenian composer and songwriter (b. 1927)
 * Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, Brazilian historian and author (b. 1902)
 * Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen, Danish actress (b. 1915)
 * Ville Ritola, Finnish runner (b. 1896)
 * April 25
 * Boris Andreyev, Russian actor (b. 1915)
 * W. R. Burnett, American author and screenwriter (b. 1899)
 * John Cody, American cardinal (b. 1907)
 * Don Wilson, American radio announcer (b. 1900)
 * April 26
 * Karl August, German prince (b. 1898)
 * Celia Johnson, English actress (b. 1908)
 * April 27
 * Johannes Hentschel, German mechanic (b. 1908)
 * Skënder Luarasi, Albanian scholar and author (b. 1900)
 * Tom Tully, American actor (b. 1908)
 * April 28 – Joe Moore, American speed skater (b. 1901)
 * April 29
 * Raymond Bussières, French actor (b. 1907)
 * Cavit Cav, Turkish cyclist (b. 1905)
 * Hans Jenisch, German captain lieutenant (b. 1913)
 * Jimmy Jones, American pianist (b. 1918)
 * Kassim Rimawi, Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1918)
 * April 30
 * Lester Bangs, American journalist and critic (b. 1948)
 * Taisen Deshimaru, Japanese buddhist (b. 1914)
 * Ingemar Hedenius, Swedish philosopher (b. 1908)
 * Pio La Torre, Italian politician (b. 1927)

May 1982

 * May 1
 * Gyula Kertész, Hungarian footballer (b. 1888)
 * Hussein ibn Nasser, Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1902)
 * Jake Pelkington], American basketball player (b. [[1916)
 * William Primrose, Scottish violist (b. 1904)
 * Torajirō Saitō, Japanese film director (b. 1905)
 * Gene Sheldon, American actor and mime (b. 1908)
 * Margaret Sheridan, American actress (b. 1926)
 * Wolfgang Stammberger, German judge and politician (b. 1920)
 * Walther Wenck, German general (b. 1900)
 * May 2
 * Salomon Bochner, Austrian mathematician (b. 1899)
 * Helmut Dantine, Austrian-American actor (b. 1918)
 * Hugh Marlowe, American actor (b. 1911)
 * Pablo Pacheco, Peruvian footballer (b. 1908)
 * Wini Shaw, American actress (b. 1907)
 * May 3
 * Mohammed Seddik Benyahia, Algerian politician (b. 1932)
 * Henri Tajfel, Polish psychologist (b. 1919)
 * May 4 – Georges Aleka Damas, Gabonese politician (b. 1902)
 * May 5
 * Accamma Cherian, Indian activist (b. 1909)
 * Denis Hill-Wood, English cricketer and businessman (b. 1906)
 * Irmgard Keun, German author (b. 1905)
 * Cal Tjader, American musician (b. 1925)
 * May 6 – Faiz Mohammad Baloch, Iranian-Pakistani musician (b. 1901)
 * May 7
 * Alfred Adam, French actor (b. 1908)
 * Claudio Barrientos, Chilean boxer (b. 1935)
 * Olga Skorokhodova, Russian scientist and therapist (b. 1911)
 * May 8
 * Neil Bogart, American record producer (b. 1943)
 * Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian racing driver (b. 1950)
 * May 9
 * May 10
 * Jacques Désiré Leandri, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1903)
 * Peter Weiss, German author and painter (b. 1916)
 * Ma Yinchu, Chinese economist (b. 1882)
 * May 11
 * Åke Andersson, Swedish athlete (b. 1918)
 * Arend Schoemaker, Dutch footballer (b. 1911)
 * May 12
 * Aleksandr Borisov, Russian actor (b. 1905)
 * Hardy Cross Dillard, American judge (b. 1902)
 * Carmine Rocco, Italian archbishop and diplomat (b. 1912)
 * Humphrey Searle, English composer and author (b. 1915)
 * May 13
 * Akhsarbek Abaev, Russian sergeant (b. 1923)
 * Despina Achladiotou, Greek resistance fighter (b. 1899)
 * Gara Garayev, Azerbaijani composer (b. 1918)
 * Zhamyangiyn Lhagvasuren, Mongolian politician (b. 1912)
 * Ivan Mariz, Brazilian footballer (b. 1910)
 * Renzo Rossellini, Italian film composer (b. 1908)
 * Billy Steel, Scottish footballer (b. 1923)
 * Věra Suková, Czech tennis player (b. 1931)
 * May 14
 * Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1910)
 * Frances Cope, American mathematician (b. 1902)
 * Theodor Thomsen, German sailor (b. 1904)
 * May 15
 * Jenő Ádám, Hungarian composer and conductor (b. 1896)
 * Gordon Smiley, American racing driver (b. 1946)
 * May 16
 * Sidney Hickox, American cinematographer (b. 1895)
 * Emili Salut Payà, Spanish trumpeter and composer (b. 1918)
 * Leigh Snowden, American actress (b. 1929)
 * May 17 – Peter Boardman, English mountaineer and author (b. 1950)
 * May 18
 * May 19 – Zoltán Opata, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1900)
 * May 20
 * Shmuel Mikunis, Israeli politician (b. 1903)
 * Monk Montgomery, American bassist (b. 1921)
 * Merle Tuve, American geophysicist (b. 1901)
 * May 21
 * Marco Cimatti, Italian cyclist (b. 1913)
 * Holger Crafoord, Swedish businessman (b. 1908)
 * Mieczysław Łoza, Polish actor (b. 1916)
 * Giovanni Muzio, Italian architect (b. 1893)
 * May 22
 * Jay Laurence Lush, American geneticist (b. 1896)
 * Hans Mock, Austrian footballer (b. 1906)
 * Afanasy Shilin, Russian lieutenant general (b. 1924)
 * Cevdet Sunay, Turkish politician, President of Turkey (b. 1899)
 * May 23
 * Felice Gasperi, Italian footballer (b. 1903)
 * Louis Gérardin, French cyclist (b. 1912)
 * Florence Violet McKenzie, Australian engineer (b. 1890)
 * May 24
 * Raffaele Calabria, Italian bishop (b. 1906)
 * Zakariyya Kandhlawi, Indian scholar (b. 1898)
 * Carlo Miranda, Italian mathematician (b. 1912)
 * Tauno Palo, Finnish actor and singer (b. 1908)
 * May 25
 * Nikolai Mikhailov, Russian politician and diplomat (b. 1906)
 * Hermine Sterler, German-American actress (b. 1895)
 * May 26
 * Károly Antal, Hungarian sculptor (b. 1909)
 * Guillermo Flores Avendaño, Guatemalan politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1894)
 * Semra Ertan, Turkish author (b. 1956)
 * Nanny Larsén-Todsen, Swedish opera singer (b. 1884)
 * May 27 – Thomas B. McCabe, American businessman and civil servant (b. 1893)
 * May 28
 * Gerhard Conrad, German pilot (b. 1895)
 * Boris Chirkov, Russian actor (b. 1901)
 * Enrico Colli, Italian skier (b. 1896)
 * Alexander Hurd, Canadian speed skater (b. 1910)
 * Wiesław Maniak, Polish sprinter (b. 1938)
 * Motiejus Šumauskas, Lithuanian politician and activist (b. 1905)
 * Herbert A. Wagner, Austrian scientist (b. 1900)
 * May 29
 * Henri Dulieux, French fencer (b. 1897)
 * Walter Harzer, German SS officer and author (b. 1912)
 * Romy Schneider, German-French actress (b. 1938)
 * May 30 – Albert Norden, German politician (b. 1904)
 * May 31
 * Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (b. 1930)
 * Czesław Zbierański, Polish engineer (b. 1885)

June 1982

 * June 1 – Einar Juhl, Danish actor (b. 1896)
 * June 2
 * Jiří Brdečka, Czech author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
 * Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician, President of Pakistan (b. 1904)
 * Ivan Mikhailichenko, Russian colonel (b. 1920)
 * Herbert Quandt, German businessman (b. 1910)
 * Willie Smith, English billiards player and snooker player (b. 1886)
 * June 3 – Gerhard Lindner, German general (b. 1896)
 * June 4
 * Zuurakan Kaynazarova, Kyrgyzstani politician (b. 1902)
 * Hermanni Pihlajamäki, Finnish wrestler (b. 1903)
 * Viktor Staal, Austrian actor (b. 1909)
 * Günther Steines, German sprinter (b. 1928)
 * June 5
 * Paul Birch, American basketball player (b. 1910)
 * Roger Bonvin, Swiss politician (b. 1907)
 * Olle Hellbom, Swedish film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
 * Junzaburō Nishiwaki, Japanese poet and critic (b. 1894)
 * June 6
 * Caitlín Maude, Irish poet and activist (b. 1941)
 * Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and translator (b. 1905)
 * D. Devaraj Urs, Indian politician (b. 1915)
 * June 7
 * Evaristo Barrera, Argentine footballer (b. 1911)
 * Boonlua Debyasuvarn, Thai author and civil servant (b. 1911)
 * Ferdinand Waldo Demara, American imposter (b. 1921)
 * Gustave Heiss, American fencer (b. 1904)
 * Carlos Vidal, Chilean footballer (b. 1902)
 * June 8
 * Satchel Paige, American baseball player (b. 1906)
 * Manus Vrauwdeunt, Dutch footballer (b. 1915)
 * Jean Wiener, French pianist and composer (b. 1896)
 * June 9
 * Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Pakistani religious leader (b. 1909)
 * Chittadhar Hridaya, Nepalese poet (b. 1906)
 * Elmer Robinson, American politician (b. 1894)
 * June 10
 * Yekutiel Adam, Israeli general (b. 1927)
 * Daisy Burrell, English actress (b. 1892)
 * Gala Dalí, Russian-Spanish muse (b. 1894)
 * Nikolay Diulgheroff, Bulgarian artist and architect (b. 1901)
 * Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German film director and playwright (b. 1945)
 * Gavin Hamilton, English army officer (b. 1953)
 * Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, Kazakhstani colonel (b. 1910)
 * June 11
 * Santosh Kumar, Pakistani actor (b. 1925)
 * Anatoly Solonitsyn, Russian actor (b. 1934)
 * June 12
 * Ruth Muskrat Bronson, American poet and activist (b. 1897)
 * Otto Brunner, Austrian historian (b. 1898)
 * Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethnologist (b. 1886)
 * Per Hansson, Norwegian journalist (b. 1922)
 * Marie Rambert, Polish-English ballerina (b. 1888)
 * Frank Shaughnessy Jr., Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1911)
 * June 13
 * Sergey Balasanian, Armenian-Russian composer (b. 1902)
 * Marvin Griffin, American politician (b. 1907)
 * John A. Lee, New Zealand politician (b. 1891)
 * Peter Maivia, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1937)
 * Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (b. 1958)
 * Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1913)
 * June 14
 * Marjorie Bennett, Australian actress (b. 1896)
 * Rafayel Grach, Russian speed skater (b. 1932)
 * June 15
 * Gottfried Kolditz, German actor and film director (b. 1922)
 * Art Pepper, American saxophonist (b. 1925)
 * Hermann Schlichting, German engineer (b. 1907)
 * June 16
 * Helen Jean Brown, American botanist and phycologist (b. 1903)
 * James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist (b. 1956)
 * Georg Leibbrandt, German diplomat (b. 1899)
 * Václav Mottl, Czech canoeist (b. 1914)
 * Gwen Wakeling, American costume designer (b. 1901)
 * June 17
 * Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
 * Walter James, English rower and agriculturalist (b. 1896)
 * Zdeněk Kalista, Czech historian and poet (b. 1900)
 * June 18
 * Djuna Barnes, American artist and author (b. 1892)
 * John Cheever, American author (b. 1912)
 * Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, American CIA director (b. 1897)
 * Curd Jürgens, German-Austrian actor (b. 1915)
 * June 19
 * June 20 – Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko, Polish general (b. 1893)
 * June 21
 * Hendrik Wade Bode, American engineer (b. 1905)
 * Frank Eugene Hook, American politician (b. 1893)
 * Jorge García Montes, Cuban politician, Prime Minister of Cuba (b. 1896)
 * Cotton Warburton, American football player and film editor (b. 1911)
 * June 22
 * Hjalmar Andresen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1914)
 * Charles Chandler, American rower (b. 1911)
 * Alan Webb, English actor (b. 1906)
 * Alexandra von Wolff-Stomersee, Italian-German psychoanalyst (b. 1894)
 * June 23 – Marie Braun, Dutch swimmer (b. 1911)
 * June 24
 * Duša Počkaj, Slovenian actress (b. 1924)
 * Nikita Salogor, Moldovan politician (b. 1901)
 * Jakob Streitle, German footballer (b. 1916)
 * June 25
 * Kazuo Aoki, Japanese politician (b. 1889)
 * Anatoli Golovnya, Russian cinematographer (b. 1900)
 * Igor Gouzenko, Russian-Canadian intelligence officer (b. 1919)
 * Ed Hamm, American long jumper (b. 1906)
 * June 26
 * Charles Courant, Swiss wrestler (b. 1896)
 * Chaim Grade, Lithuanian-American author and poet (b. 1910)
 * Alfredo Marceneiro, Portuguese singer (b. 1891)
 * Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychologist (b. 1908)
 * Gherasim Rudi, Moldovan politician (b. 1907)
 * André Tchaikowsky, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1935)
 * June 27 – Gunnar Malmquist, Swedish astronomer (b. 1893)
 * June 28
 * Russ Blinco, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906)
 * Adolf Portmann, Swiss zoologist (b. 1897)
 * June 29
 * Gunnar Aagaard Andersen, Danish sculptor and painter (b. 1919)
 * Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (b. 1914)
 * Michael Brennan, English actor (b. 1912)
 * Henry King, American film director (b. 1886)
 * Bernhard Rogge, German admiral (b. 1899)
 * Masaharu Taguchi, Japanese swimmer (b. 1916)
 * June 30

July 1982

 * July 1
 * July 2
 * DeFord Bailey, American harmonica player (b. 1899)
 * Siegfried Westphal, German general (b. 1902)
 * July 3
 * Willy Kreitz, Belgian ice hockey player and sculptor (b. 1903)
 * Kedar Pandey, Indian freedom fighter and politician (b. 1920)
 * July 4
 * Antonio Guzmán Fernández, Dominican politician, President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1911)
 * László Sternberg, Hungarian footballer (b. 1905)
 * July 5 – Geoffrey Keynes, English surgeon and author (b. 1887)
 * July 6
 * Raúl Roa García, Cuban politician and diplomat (b. 1907)
 * Alma Reville, English screenwriter and film editor (b. 1899)
 * Warren Tufts, American comic book artist (b. 1925)
 * July 7
 * Beb Bakhuys, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1909)
 * Agustí Bartra, Spanish poet and author (b. 1908)
 * Carlo Chiappano, Italian cyclist (b. 1941)
 * Tommy Loughran, American boxer (b. 1902)
 * Alexandros Sakellariou, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1887)
 * Jin Shan, Chinese actor (b. 1911)
 * Hermann Thimig, Austrian actor (b. 1890)
 * Raymond Louis Wilder, American mathematician (b. 1896)
 * July 8
 * Sarla Behn, English-Indian activist (b. 1901)
 * Gunnar Eriksson, Swedish skier (b. 1921)
 * Virginia Hall, American spy (b. 1906)
 * Isa Miranda, Italian actress (b. 1908)
 * Albert White, American diver (b. 1895)
 * July 9
 * Walter Denkert, German general (b. 1897)
 * Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt, Danish actor (b. 1906)
 * Jutta Langenau, German swimmer (b. 1933)
 * Wingy Manone, American trumpeter and composer (b. 1900)
 * Kai Warner, German bandleader and musician (b. 1926)
 * July 10
 * Karl Hein, German hammer thrower (b. 1908)
 * Gwilym Jenkins, Welsh statistician and engineer (b. 1932)
 * Maria Jeritza, Czech opera singer (b. 1887)
 * Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, German-Dutch paleontologist and geologist (b. 1902)
 * Seiichi Miyake, Japanese engineer and inventor (b. 1926)
 * G. E. L. Owen, English philosopher and scholar (b. 1922)
 * July 11
 * Edoardo Garzena, Italian boxer (b. 1900)
 * Meša Selimović, Serbian author (b. 1910)
 * July 12
 * Raymond Borderie, French film producer (b. 1897)
 * Clara Lemlich, Ukrainian-American activist (b. 1886)
 * David Milman, Ukrainian-Israeli mathematician (b. 1912)
 * Kenneth More, English actor (b. 1914)
 * July 13
 * John Alexander, American actor (b. 1897)
 * Edith Heerdegen, German actress (b. 1913)
 * Joe Maca, American soccer player (b. 1920)
 * July 14 – Jackie Jensen, American baseball player (b. 1927)
 * July 15
 * Don Beard, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1920)
 * Karlo Lukanov, Bulgarian politician (b. 1897)
 * July 16
 * Patrick Dewaere, French actor (b. 1947)
 * Giuseppe Prezzolini, Italian critic and journalist (b. 1882)
 * C. R. Swart, South African politician (b. 1894)
 * July 17 – Bob John, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1899)
 * July 18
 * Simcha Blass, Polish-Israeli engineer and inventor (b. 1897)
 * Roman Jakobson, Russian linguist (b. 1896)
 * Jacques Pras, French cyclist (b. 1924)
 * July 19
 * Abdul-Wahid Aziz, Iraqi weightlifter (b. 1931)
 * Hugh Everett III, American physicist (b. 1930)
 * David Frankfurter, Croatian-Israeli assassin and civil servant (b. 1909)
 * Okot p'Bitek, Ugandan poet (b. 1931)
 * July 20
 * Estelle Evans, American actress (b. 1906)
 * Gianpaolo Rosmino, Italian actor and film director (b. 1888)
 * Madeleine Slade, English-Indian activist (b. 1892)
 * July 21
 * Dave Garroway, American television personality (b. 1913)
 * BP Koirala], Nepalese politician, Prime Minister of Nepal (b. [[1914)
 * Vítor Silva, Portuguese footballer (b. 1909)
 * July 22
 * Barbara Lang, American actress (b. 1928)
 * Gualterio Looser, Chilean botanist (b. 1898)
 * Sergey Narovchatov, Russian author (b. 1919)
 * Karl-Gottfried Nordmann, German fighter pilot and businessman (b. 1915)
 * Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist (b. 1924)
 * July 23
 * Vic Morrow, American actor (b. 1929)
 * Betty Parsons, American painter (b. 1900)
 * Hitoshi Sasaki, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1891)
 * Erik Wilén, Finnish sprinter (b. 1898)
 * July 24
 * Jean Girault, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
 * Florence Henri, American-French artist (b. 1893)
 * Takeshi Katō, Japanese gymnast (b. 1942)
 * Anthony John Robinson, English field hockey player (b. 1925)
 * July 25
 * Hal Foster, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1892)
 * Khadija Mastoor, Indian author (b. 1927)
 * Kenzo Okada, Japanese painter (b. 1902)
 * Jordi Rubió, Spanish philologist and librarian (b. 1887)
 * July 26
 * Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Peruvian general and politician, President of Peru (b. 1905)
 * Aleksey Gubanov, Russian fighter pilot (b. 1918)
 * July 27 – Hilda James, English swimmer (b. 1904)
 * July 28
 * Keith Green, American musician (b. 1953)
 * Nick Lucas, American musician (b. 1897)
 * Vladimir Smirnov, Russian fencer (b. 1954)
 * Coert Steynberg, South African sculptor (b. 1905)
 * July 29
 * Richard Gale, English general (b. 1896)
 * Harold Sakata, American professional wrestler and actor (b. 1920)
 * Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American inventor and engineer (b. 1888)
 * July 30
 * Francisco Gamborena, Spanish footballer (b. 1901)
 * Geneviève Guitel, French mathematician (b. 1895)
 * Frank Nicholson, South African cricketer (b. 1909)
 * July 31
 * Severiano Goiburu, Spanish footballer (b. 1906)
 * Henk van Spaandonck, Dutch footballer (b. 1913)

August 1982

 * August 1
 * Otto Bayer, German chemist (b. 1902)
 * Anna Maria Brizio, Italian historian (b. 1902)
 * August 2
 * Gunnar Bärlund, Finnish boxer (b. 1911)
 * Carla Lonzi, Italian critic and activist (b. 1931)
 * Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (b. 1888)
 * Nikolay Pilyugin, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1908)
 * August 3
 * August 4
 * Bruce Goff, American architect (b. 1904)
 * Ñico Saquito, Cuban musician (b. 1901)
 * August 5
 * Dieter Borsche, German actor (b. 1909)
 * John Charnley, English surgeon (b. 1911)
 * August 6
 * Samet Ağaoğlu, Turkish–Azerbaijani author and politician (b. 1909)
 * Walter Fries, German general (b. 1894)
 * S. K. Pottekkatt, Indian author (b. 1913)
 * August 7
 * Jill Banner, American actress (b. 1946)
 * Jean Beaufret, French philosopher (b. 1907)
 * Paolo Cavara, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1926)
 * August 8
 * Eric Brandon, English racing driver (b. 1920)
 * Tom Chatto, English actor (b. 1920)
 * Gilmore David Clarke, American engineer and architect (b. 1892)
 * Zinovie Serdiuk, Moldovan politician (b. 1903)
 * John L. Sullivan, American politician (b. 1899)
 * Georg Wurzer, German football manager (b. 1907)
 * August 9 – Alexandre Alexeieff, Russian-French artist and film director (b. 1901)
 * August 10
 * William Henry, American actor (b. 1914)
 * José Nieto, Spanish actor (b. 1902)
 * John Tiltman, English brigadier (b. 1894)
 * August 11
 * André Aubréville, French botanist (b. 1897)
 * Tom Drake, American actor (b. 1918)
 * Bruno Frankewitz, German general (b. 1897)
 * August 12
 * Oliviero De Fabritiis, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1902)
 * Henry Fonda, American actor (b. 1905)
 * Nikolay Inozemtsev, Russian economist and political scientist (b. 1921)
 * Helvi Leiviskä, Finnish composer and author (b. 1902)
 * Prayoon Pamornmontri, Thai lieutenant general and politician (b. 1898)
 * Tomás Romero Pereira, Paraguayan politician, President of Paraguay (b. 1886)
 * Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
 * August 13
 * Bjarne Andersen, Norwegian actor (b. 1909)
 * André-Jean Festugière, French friar and philosopher (b. 1898)
 * Pratap Chandra Lal, Indian-English air marshal (b. 1916)
 * Heini Meng, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1902)
 * Joe E. Ross, American actor (b. 1914)
 * Harry Werner Storz, German sprinter (b. 1904)
 * Joe Tex, American singer (b. 1935)
 * Charles Walters, American film director and choreographer (b. 1911)
 * Adam Ważyk, Polish poet and author (b. 1905)
 * August 14
 * Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi, Indian actor (b. 1910)
 * Patrick Magee, Northern Irish actor (b. 1922)
 * Thruston Ballard Morton, American politician (b. 1907)
 * Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk (b. 1904)
 * Jack Siedle, South African cricketer (b. 1903)
 * Nikolai Yefimov]], Russian mathematician (b. 1910)
 * August 15
 * Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
 * Hubert Lanz, German general (b. 1896)
 * Artin Penik, Turkish protester (b. 1921)
 * Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1954)
 * Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist (b. 1903)
 * August 16 – Charles Ackerly, American wrestler (b. 1898)
 * August 17
 * István Bata, Hungarian lieutenant general and politician (b. 1910)
 * Camille Bulcke, Belgian-Indian missionary (b. 1909)
 * Ruth First, South African activist and scholar (b. 1925)
 * Bruno Nöckler, Italian skier (b. 1956)
 * Ilario Pegorari, Italian skier (b. 1949)
 * Barney Phillips, American actor (b. 1913)
 * Ihor Shamo, Ukrainian composer (b. 1925)
 * Herbert Tobias, German photographer (b. 1924)
 * August 18
 * Beverly Bayne, American actress (b. 1894)
 * Carlos Botelho, Portuguese artist (b. 1899)
 * Eliezer Zusia Portugal, Russian rabbi (b. 1898)
 * August 19
 * Vainu Bappu, Indian astronomer (b. 1927)
 * John Cookman, American ice hockey player (b. 1909)
 * Guido Gonella, Italian politician (b. 1905)
 * August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
 * August 20
 * Walter Battiss, South African painter (b. 1906)
 * Antonio del Giudice, Italian diplomat (b. 1913)
 * Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (b. 1929)
 * Peter Jaffe, English sailor (b. 1913)
 * Clyde King, American rower (b. 1898)
 * Edward Ludwig, Russian-American film director and screenwriter (b. 1899)
 * George David Woods, American banker (b. 1901)
 * August 21
 * Aryeh Altman, Israeli politician (b. 1902)
 * Jack Rutherford, English-American actor (b. 1893)
 * Sobhuza II, Swazi king (b. 1899)
 * August 22
 * John Boxer, English actor (b. 1909)
 * Anton Gottstein, Czech skier (b. 1893)
 * Eknath Ranade, Indian activist (b. 1914)
 * Jan Henryk de Rosen, Polish artist (b. 1891)
 * August 23
 * Alberto Cavalcanti, Brazilian-French film director and producer (b. 1897)
 * Stanford Moore, American biochemist (b. 1913)
 * August 24
 * Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomer (b. 1882)
 * Warren L. McCabe, American chemist (b. 1899)
 * August 25
 * Victor Garcia, Argentine theatre director (b. 1934)
 * Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer, French archaeologist (b. 1898)
 * August 26
 * Imma von Bodmershof, Austrian poet (b. 1895)
 * Anna German, Polish singer (b. 1936)
 * Teresa Iżewska, Polish actress (b. 1933)
 * Emilio Miraglia, Italian film director (b. 1924)
 * Georges Neveux, French screenwriter and poet (b. 1900)
 * August 27 – Anandamayi Ma, Indian yoga guru (b. 1867)
 * August 28 – Geoff Chubb, South African cricketer (b. 1911)
 * August 29
 * Mea Allan, Scottish journalist and author (b. 1909)
 * Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)
 * Grace Berlin, American ecologist and ornithologist (b. 1897)
 * Nahum Goldmann, Israeli civil servant and activist (b. 1895)
 * August 30 – Theodor Reimann, Slovakian footballer (b. 1921)
 * August 31

September 1982

 * September 1
 * Ludwig Bieberbach, German mathematician (b. 1886)
 * Isabel Cristina, Brazilian medical student and martyr (b. 1962)
 * Haskell Curry, American mathematician and logician (b. 1900)
 * Clifford Curzon, English pianist (b. 1907)
 * Władysław Gomułka, Polish politician (b. 1905)
 * Iris Mountbatten, English actress (b. 1920)
 * Vladimir Sobolev, Russian geologist (b. 1908)
 * Piet Wijdekop, Dutch canoeist (b. 1912)
 * September 2
 * Tom Baker, American actor (b. 1940)
 * Lyalya Chyornaya, Russian actress (b. 1909)
 * Edith Lagos, Peruvian guerilla (b. 1962)
 * Jay Novello, American actor (b. 1904)
 * Seraphim Rose, American hieromonk (b. 1934)
 * Marvin Stalder, American rower (b. 1905)
 * Ada Voytsik, Russian actress (b. 1905)
 * September 3
 * Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, Italian general (b. 1920)
 * Hércules di Miranda, Brazilian footballer (b. 1912)
 * Roger Quinche, Swiss footballer (b. 1922)
 * September 4
 * Jean Boudehen, French canoeist (b. 1939)
 * Guy Dugdale, English bobsledder (b. 1905)
 * Raúl Fernández, Mexican basketball player (b. 1905)
 * Justine Johnstone, American actress and pathologist (b. 1895)
 * Jack Tworkov, American painter (b. 1900)
 * September 5
 * Douglas Bader, English pilot (b. 1910)
 * Dick Lane, American actor (b. 1899)
 * September 6 – Stanton A. Coblentz, American author and poet (b. 1896)
 * September 7
 * José Cabrero Arnal, Spanish cartoonist (b. 1909)
 * Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931)
 * Gerald Fitzmaurice, English lawyer and judge (b. 1901)
 * Kemal Pir, Turkish revolutionary (b. 1952)
 * September 8 – Sheikh Abdullah, Indian politician (b. 1905)
 * September 9
 * Antonín Bartoň, Czech skier (b. 1908)
 * Peter Hunter Blair, English academic and historian (b. 1912)
 * Rachel Korn, Polish-Canadian poet and author (b. 1898)
 * Adolf Patek, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1900)
 * September 10
 * Lucy Qinnuayuak, Canadian artist (b. 1915)
 * Madie Hall Xuma, American-South African activist (b. 1894)
 * September 11
 * Jose de Creeft, Spanish-American sculptor (b. 1884)
 * Wifredo Lam, Cuban painter (b. 1902)
 * Jovan Miladinović, Serbian footballer (b. 1939)
 * Pál Pók, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1929)
 * T. Claude Ryan, American pilot (b. 1898)
 * Albert Soboul, French historian (b. 1914)
 * September 12
 * Franz Grothe, German film composer (b. 1908)
 * Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1891)
 * September 13
 * Marius Canard, French historian (b. 1888)
 * Leicester Hemingway, American author (b. 1915)
 * Philip Ober, American actor and diplomat (b. 1902)
 * September 14
 * Vladislao Cap, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1934)
 * Alberto González Domínguez, Argentine politician (b. 1904)
 * Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic politician, President of Iceland (b. 1916)
 * Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)
 * John Gardner, American author (b. 1933)
 * Grace Kelly, American-Monacan actress and princess (b. 1929)
 * Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese politician, President of Lebanon (b. 1947)
 * Gustave Roth, Belgian boxer (b. 1909)
 * Franco Solinas, Italian screenwriter (b. 1927)
 * September 15
 * Karen Aabye, Danish author (b. 1904)
 * Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iranian politician (b. 1936)
 * Rolfe Sedan, American actor (b. 1896)
 * September 16
 * Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, Russian lieutenant colonel (b. 1913)
 * Bill Robinzine, American basketball player (b. 1953)
 * September 17
 * Vera de Bosset, American dancer and artist (b. 1889)
 * Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (b. 1937)
 * September 18
 * Lee Eun-sang, South Korean poet (b. 1903)
 * Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta, Brazilian cardinal (b. 1890)
 * Pei Wenzhong, Chinese paleontologist and archaeologist (b. 1904)
 * September 19
 * Ted Badcock, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1897)
 * Samuel L. M. Barlow II, American composer and pianist (b. 1892)
 * September 20
 * Georg Østerholt, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1892)
 * Alois Schnabel, Austrian handball player (b. 1910)
 * Lotte Stein, German actress (b. 1894)
 * September 21
 * Ivan Bagramyan, Russian military commander (b. 1897)
 * Constantine Walter Benson, English ornithologist and author (b. 1909)
 * Franz Esser, German footballer (b. 1900)
 * September 22
 * Gabriel Baer, German-Israeli scholar (b. 1919)
 * Shin Saburi, Japanese actor (b. 1909)
 * September 23
 * Muzahim al-Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1891)
 * Martin Gunnarsson, Swedish sport shooter (b. 1927)
 * Bella Subbotovskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1937)
 * Jimmy Wakely, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
 * Paul Winkler, Hungarian-French author and journalist (b. 1898)
 * Herbert Wright, English wrestler (b. 1894)
 * September 24 – Sarah Churchill, English actress (b. 1914)
 * September 25 – Norris Poulson, American politician (b. 1895)
 * September 26
 * Giorgi Abashvili, Russian vice admiral (b. 1910)
 * Valerie Bettis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
 * Paul Kollsman, German-American inventor (b. 1900)
 * Josef Maleček, Czech ice hockey player and tennis player (b. 1903)
 * Nikita Podgorny, Russian actor (b. 1931)
 * September 27
 * September 28
 * Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)
 * Chu Yung-kwang, South Korean footballer (b. 1920)
 * September 29
 * Lucy Griffiths, English actress (b. 1919)
 * René Herbst, French furniture designer and architect (b. 1891)
 * September 30
 * Horace Disston, American field hockey player (b. 1906)
 * Bill George, American football player (b. 1929)
 * H. W. Janson, German-American historian (b. 1913)

October 1982

 * October 1 – Friedrich Bachmann, German mathematician (b. 1909)
 * October 2
 * Alice Baber, American painter (b. 1928)
 * William Bernbach, American advertiser (b. 1911)
 * C. D. Deshmukh, Indian banker and politician (b. 1896)
 * Bob Lynch, Irish musician (b. 1935)
 * Muktananda Paramahamsa, Indian yoga guru (b. 1908)
 * Lauri Valonen, Finnish skier (b. 1909)
 * October 3
 * Elsa Arokallio, Finnish architect (b. 1892)
 * Roger Claessen, Belgian footballer (b. 1941)
 * Rafael Cortijo, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1928)
 * Vivien Merchant, English actress (b. 1929)
 * October 4
 * Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Iraqi politician, President and Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1914)
 * Lev Aronin, Russian chess player and meteorologist (b. 1920)
 * The Amazing Criswell, American psychic and actor (b. 1907)
 * Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (b. 1932)
 * Leroy Grumman, American engineer (b. 1895)
 * Václav Kaplický, Czech author and journalist (b. 1895)
 * Gopal Swarup Pathak, Indian politician (b. 1896)
 * Kunwar Inderjit Singh, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1906)
 * Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898)
 * October 5
 * Séamus Ennis, Irish musician (b. 1919)
 * George Eldon Ladd, Canadian-American minister and theologian (b. 1911)
 * François Simon, Swiss actor (b. 1917)
 * October 6
 * Philip Green, English film composer and conductor (b. 1911)
 * Duilio Santagostino, Italian footballer (b. 1914)
 * October 7
 * Alejandro Núñez Alonso, Spanish author and journalist (b. 1905)
 * Guido Chiarelli, Italian engineer (b. 1902)
 * October 8
 * Fernando Lamas, Argentine-American actor (b. 1915)
 * Philip Noel-Baker, English politician (b. 1889)
 * Giorgio Ursi, Italian cyclist (b. 1942)
 * October 9
 * Amos Deacon, American field hockey player (b. 1904)
 * Anna Freud, English psychoanalyst (b. 1895)
 * October 10
 * Jean Effel, French painter (b. 1908)
 * Sabine Peters, German actress (b. 1912)
 * October 11
 * Craig Hosmer, American politician (b. 1915)
 * Edith Quimby, American radiologist and physicist (b. 1891)
 * October 12
 * John Brahm, German film director (b. 1893)
 * Sven Johansson, Swedish cyclist (b. 1914)
 * Howard Sackler, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1929)
 * October 13 – Tudor Ciortea, Romanian composer and musicologist (b. 1903)
 * October 14
 * Clifford Hugh Dowker, Canadian topologist (b. 1912)
 * Virginia Fox, American actress (b. 1906)
 * Otto von Porat, Norwegian boxer (b. 1903)
 * Louis Rougier, French philosopher (b. 1889)
 * October 15
 * Rachel Cohen-Kagan, Ukrainian-Israeli activist and politician (b. 1888)
 * Ata'ollah Ashrafi Esfahani, Iranian religious leader (b. 1902)
 * October 16
 * Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1895)
 * Paolo Heusch, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
 * Mario Del Monaco, Italian opera singer (b. 1915)
 * Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Portuguese musician (b. 1942)
 * Hans Selye, Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist (b. 1907)
 * Heini Thoma, Swiss rower (b. 1900)
 * October 17
 * Antoine Béthouart, French general (b. 1889)
 * Youssef Wahbi, Egyptian actor and film director (b. 1898)
 * October 18
 * Pierre Mendès France, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
 * Maurice Gilliams, Belgian author and poet (b. 1900)
 * John Robarts, Canadian politician (b. 1917)
 * Bess Truman, American political figure, First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
 * Siegmund George Warburg, German-English banker (b. 1902)
 * October 19 – Paul America, American actor (b. 1944)
 * October 20
 * Donn F. Draeger, American martial artist (b. 1922)
 * Leib Gurwicz, Lithuanian-English rabbi and scholar (b. 1906)
 * Jimmy McGrory, Scottish footballer (b. 1904)
 * Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor (b. 1908)
 * October 21
 * Betty Beckers, Indian film director (b. 1937)
 * Hermann Berg, German politician (b. 1905)
 * Sylvia Lance Harper, Australian tennis player (b. 1895)
 * Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer (b. 1952)
 * October 22
 * Savitri Devi, French-Greek nazi sympathizer and spy (b. 1905)
 * Paula Heimann, German psychiatrist (b. 1899)
 * Richard Hugo, American poet (b. 1923)
 * Richard Jessup, American author and screenwriter (b. 1925)
 * Leo Losert, Austrian rower (b. 1902)
 * Yuri Pantyukhov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
 * October 23 – Ilya Lifshitz, Russian theoretical physicist (b. 1917)
 * October 24
 * Jacques Klein, Brazilian composer and pianist (b. 1930)
 * Andrew Roborecki, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1910)
 * October 25
 * Karl Bruckner, Austrian author (b. 1906)
 * Bill Eckersley, English footballer (b. 1925)
 * Walter Koppel, German film producer (b. 1906)
 * Werner Naumann, German politician (b. 1909)
 * Arvid Wallman, Swedish diver (b. 1901)
 * October 26
 * Giovanni Benelli, Italian cardinal (b. 1921)
 * Louis Dufour, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1901)
 * Edmund Majowski, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1910)
 * Monica Wilson, South African anthropologist (b. 1906)
 * Valerio Zurlini, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
 * October 27
 * Jean Filliozat, French author (b. 1906)
 * Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Guatemalan politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1895)
 * Abba P. Lerner, English-American economist (b. 1903)
 * Michio Suzuki, Japanese businessman (b. 1887)
 * Velichko Velichkov, Bulgarian sport shooter (b. 1934)
 * October 28
 * Robert d'Escourt Atkinson, Welsh astronomer and physicist (b. 1898)
 * Phyllis Covell, English tennis player (b. 1895)
 * October 29
 * Lamberto Dalla Costa, Italian bobsledder (b. 1920)
 * Josias Hartmann, Swiss sport shooter (b. 1893)
 * Sidney Kirkman, English general (b. 1895)
 * Richard Wahl, German fencer (b. 1906)
 * William Lloyd Webber, English organist and composer (b. 1914)
 * October 30
 * Angelo Ephrikian, Italian musicologist and violinist (b. 1913)
 * Karl Ragnar Gierow, Swedish theatre director and author (b. 1904)
 * Wolfgang Heinz, Austrian-German actor (b. 1900)
 * Raúl Toro, Chilean footballer (b. 1911)
 * Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian author (b. 1907)
 * October 31

November 1982

 * November 1
 * James Broderick, American actor (b. 1927)
 * Hans Drakenberg, Swedish fencer (b. 1901)
 * Ray Draper, American tuba player (b. 1940)
 * Leighton Lucas, English composer and conductor (b. 1903)
 * Wilhelm Pfannenstiel, German holocaust perpetrator (b. 1890)
 * Otto Rüfenacht, Swiss fencer (b. 1919)
 * J. J. Sakurai, Japanese-American physicist (b. 1933)
 * King Vidor, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1894)
 * November 2
 * Ghulam Abbas, Pakistani author (b. 1909)
 * Carol Dunlop, Canadian author and translator (b. 1946)
 * Noble Jorgensen, American basketball player (b. 1925)
 * Parkash Kaur, Indian singer (b. 1919)
 * Konstantin Kvashnin, Russian footballer (b. 1898)
 * Vasily Rudenkov, Belarusian hammer thrower (b. 1931)
 * November 3
 * Alejandro Bustillo, Argentine painter and architect (b. 1889)
 * E. H. Carr, English historian and journalist (b. 1892)
 * André Chilo, French rugby player (b. 1898)
 * November 4
 * Dominique Dunne, American actress (b. 1959)
 * Burhan Felek, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1889)
 * Alicia Penalba, Argentine sculptor and weaver (b. 1913)
 * Alexander Sahinian, Armenian historian (b. 1910)
 * Adalbert Schnee, German army officer (b. 1913)
 * November 5
 * Santiago Amat, Spanish sailor (b. 1887)
 * Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, South Korean-American author (b. 1951)
 * Yves Ciampi, French film director (b. 1921)
 * Jacques Tati, French film director and actor (b. 1907)
 * November 6
 * Dinakara Desai, Indian poet and activist (b. 1909)
 * Eleanor Goss, American tennis player (b. 1895)
 * Juan Guzmán, German-Mexican photojournalist (b. 1911)
 * Austin L. Rand, Canadian zoologist (b. 1905)
 * Shiro Teshima, Japanese footballer (b. 1907)
 * November 7
 * Bully Buhlan, German musician and actor (b. 1924)
 * Salvador Contreras, Mexican composer and violinist (b. 1910)
 * Nadia Khodasevich Léger, Russian-French artist (b. 1904)
 * Walter Ruben, German indologist (b. 1899)
 * November 8
 * Manuel Sánchez Ayuso, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1941)
 * Jimmy Dickinson, English footballer (b. 1925)
 * Higinio Ortúzar, Chilean footballer (b. 1915)
 * Gerard Wodarz, Polish footballer (b. 1913)
 * November 9
 * November 10
 * Leonid Brezhnev, Russian politician, General Secretary of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
 * Roy Coffin, American field hockey player (b. 1898)
 * Elio Petri, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
 * November 11
 * Marcel Paul, French politician (b. 1900)
 * Josep Renau, Spanish-German artist (b. 1907)
 * November 12
 * Patrick Cowley, American composer (b. 1950)
 * Fumiko Enchi, Japanese author (b. 1905)
 * Kim Ji-sung, South Korean footballer (b. 1924)
 * Eduardo Mallea, Argentine author and diplomat (b. 1903)
 * Dorothy Round, English tennis player (b. 1909)
 * November 13
 * Aliza Begin, Israeli political figure (b. 1920)
 * Yevgeni Yorkin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1932)
 * November 14
 * Joachim Stutschewsky, Ukrainian-Austrian cellist and composer (b. 1891)
 * Pyotr Yakir, Russian historian (b. 1923)
 * November 15
 * Vinoba Bhave, Indian activist (b. 1895)
 * Ivan Kabalin, Russian junior lieutenant (b. 1923)
 * Achille Lauro, Italian politician (b. 1887)
 * Walter Liebenthal, German philosopher and sinologist (b. 1886)
 * Allen Woodring, American runner (b. 1898)
 * Mordechai Zar, Israeli politician (b. 1914)
 * Wacław Zawadowski, Polish painter and author (b. 1891)
 * November 16
 * Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1896)
 * Arthur Askey, English comedian and actor (b. 1900)
 * Al Haig, American pianist (b. 1922)
 * November 17
 * Ruth Donnelly, American actress (b. 1896)
 * Felix von Heijden, Dutch footballer (b. 1890)
 * Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)
 * November 18
 * Don Dillaway, American actor (b. 1903)
 * Kim Duk-koo, South Korean boxer (b. 1955)
 * Hilton Edwards, English-Irish actor (b. 1903)
 * Heinar Kipphardt, German author (b. 1922)
 * November 19
 * Ko Bergman, Dutch footballer (b. 1913)
 * Erving Goffman, Canadian-American sociologist and psychologist (b. 1922)
 * Toña la Negra, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1912)
 * Helena Syrkus, Polish architect (b. 1900)
 * November 20
 * Jackie Bray, English footballer (b. 1909)
 * Adelaide Sinclair, Canadian civil servant (b. 1900)
 * November 21
 * Georges Chamarat, French actor (b. 1901)
 * Pierre Gaxotte, French historian (b. 1895)
 * Frank McCormick, American baseball player (b. 1911)
 * Ditta Pásztory-Bartók, Hungarian pianist (b. 1903)
 * Lee Patrick, American actress (b. 1901)
 * November 22
 * Jean Batten, New Zealand pilot (b. 1909)
 * Max Deutsch, Austrian-French composer and conductor (b. 1892)
 * K. P. S. Menon, Indian diplomat (b. 1898)
 * Stanisław Ostrowski, Polish politician, President of Poland (b. 1892)
 * Arturo Rodríguez, Argentine boxer and rugby player (b. 1907)
 * Juan Urquizu, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1901)
 * November 23
 * Adoniran Barbosa, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1910)
 * Lima Barreto, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
 * Hans Schwarzentruber, Swiss gymnast (b. 1929)
 * November 24
 * Erzsébet Házy, Hungarian opera singer (b. 1929)
 * Tibor Molnár, Hungarian actor (b. 1921)
 * Barack Obama Sr., Kenyan economist (b. 1934)
 * Eino Penttilä, Finnish javelin thrower (b. 1906)
 * James H. Smith Jr., American sailor and civil servant (b. 1909)
 * November 25
 * Walt Ader, American racing driver (b. 1913)
 * Hugh Harman, American animator (b. 1903)
 * Henri Hiltl, Austrian-French footballer (b. 1910)
 * November 26
 * Juhan Aavik, Estonian composer (b. 1884)
 * Robert Coote, English actor (b. 1909)
 * Gordon Gray, American politician (b. 1909)
 * René Quitral, Chilean footballer (b. 1924)
 * Willy Schärer, Swiss runner (b. 1903)
 * Dan Tobin, American actor (b. 1910)
 * November 27
 * Camillo Bertarelli, Italian cyclist (b. 1886)
 * Filip Kutev, Bulgarian composer (b. 1903)
 * November 28
 * Alexander Vasilyevich Belyakov, Russian lieutenant general (b. 1897)
 * Helen Glücksburg, Greek-Danish princess (b. 1896)
 * Ivan Hrushetsky, Ukrainian politician (b. 1904)
 * Rolf Wanka, Austrian actor (b. 1901)
 * November 29
 * Afrânio do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist (b. 1894)
 * Hermann Balck, German war criminal (b. 1893)
 * Yury Kazakov, Russian author (b. 1927)
 * Paolo Monti, Italian photographer (b. 1908)
 * Jaroslav Šifer, Croatian footballer (b. 1895)
 * Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (b. 1908)
 * November 30
 * Léon Croizat, French-Italian scholar and botanist (b. 1894)
 * Armando Farro, Argentine footballer (b. 1922)
 * Adolf Heusinger, German general and politician (b. 1897)
 * Eric Thompson, English actor (b. 1929)
 * Vilém Závada, Czech poet and translator (b. 1905)

December 1982

 * December 1
 * Lallo Gori, Italian composer and musician (b. 1897)
 * Hugh Plaxton, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1904)
 * Hossein Sadaghiani, Iranian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
 * December 2
 * Robert Döpel, German physicist (b. 1895)
 * Marty Feldman, English actor (b. 1934)
 * Giovanni Ferrari, Italian footballer (b. 1907)
 * December 3
 * Tsatur Aghayan, Armenian historian (b. 1912)
 * Bishnu Dey, Indian poet and author (b. 1909)
 * Francisco J. Serrano, Mexican engineer and architect (b. 1900)
 * December 4
 * December 5
 * Heinrich Hertel, German engineer (b. 1901)
 * Eduardo Sainz de la Maza, Spanish composer (b. 1903)
 * Daniel Swern, American chemist (b. 1916)
 * December 6
 * Roshan Ara Begum, Indian-Pakistani singer (b. 1917)
 * Luis Olaso, Spanish footballer (b. 1900)
 * December 7
 * Tommy Cogbill, American musician (b. 1932)
 * José Echeveste, Spanish footballer (b. 1899)
 * Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
 * Harry Jerome, Canadian sprinter (b. 1940)
 * George Kistiakowsky, Ukrainian-American chemist (b. 1900)
 * Will Lee, American actor (b. 1908)
 * Paul Mehlitz, German field hockey player (b. 1906)
 * Edvard Westerlund, Finnish wrestler (b. 1901)
 * December 8
 * Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (b. 1951)
 * André Kamperveen, Surinamese footballer and politician (b. 1924)
 * Haim Laskov, Belarusian-Israeli soldier (b. 1919)
 * Tetsuji Morohashi, Japanese lexicographer and sinologist (b. 1883)
 * Marty Robbins, American singer and racing driver (b. 1925)
 * December 9
 * Paul Godwin, German violinist and bandleader (b. 1902)
 * Leon Jaworski, American attorney (b. 1905)
 * Janusz Patrzykont, Polish basketball player (b. 1912)
 * Ásmundur Sveinsson, Icelandic sculptor (b. 1893)
 * December 10
 * Freeman Gosden, American comedian and actor (b. 1899)
 * Roy Webb, American film composer (b. 1888)
 * December 11
 * Carlos Franco Iribarnegaray, Spanish general (b. 1912)
 * Erhard Mauersberger, German conductor (b. 1903)
 * December 12
 * Günter Fruhtrunk, German painter (b. 1923)
 * Lucia Joyce, English dancer (b. 1907)
 * Phil Karlson, American film director (b. 1908)
 * December 13
 * Vitaly Daraselia, Georgian footballer (b. 1957)
 * Edouard Grikurov, Russian conductor (b. 1907)
 * December 14
 * December 15 – Adalberto di Savoia, Italian prince (b. 1898)
 * December 16 – Colin Chapman, English automobile designer (b. 1928)
 * December 17
 * Homer S. Ferguson, American politician and judge (b. 1889)
 * Vittorio Gorresio, Italian journalist (b. 1910)
 * Philipp Jarnach, German composer (b. 1892)
 * Leonid Kogan, Russian violinist (b. 1924)
 * Karel Šejna, Czech double bassist and conductor (b. 1896)
 * Big Joe Williams, American guitarist and singer (b. 1903)
 * December 18
 * Ray Emery, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
 * F. Keogh Gleason, American set decorator (b. 1906)
 * Assi Hahn, German fighter pilot (b. 1914)
 * Bernard Malivoire, French rower (b. 1938)
 * Willi Multhaup, German footballer and manager (b. 1903)
 * Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German colonel and neo-nazi (b. 1916)
 * Wu Yonggang, Chinese film director (b. 1907)
 * December 19
 * Karen Grønn-Hagen, Norwegian politician (b. 1903)
 * Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist and composer (b. 1911)
 * Dwight Macdonald, American author and critic (b. 1906)
 * Terence O'Brien, English rower (b. 1906)
 * Edgar Puusepp, Estonian wrestler (b. 1911)
 * Frederick Terman, American engineer and academic administrator (b. 1900)
 * December 20
 * Jane Arden, English film director and actress (b. 1927)
 * Raisa Aronova, Russian major (b. 1920)
 * Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist (b. 1887)
 * December 21
 * Betty Beckers, French actress (b. 1925)
 * Yun Chi-wang, South Korean politician (b. 1895)
 * Charles Hapgood, American pseudohistorian and author (b. 1904)
 * Noel Irwin, English lieutenant general (b. 1892)
 * Hafeez Jalandhari, Pakistani poet (b. 1900)
 * Ants Oras, Estonian translator and author (b. 1900)
 * December 22
 * Felix Likiniano, Spanish anarchist (b. 1909)
 * Robert Weltsch, Czech-Israeli journalist (b. 1891)
 * December 23
 * Alexandru Apolzan, Romanian footballer (b. 1927)
 * Gino Corrado, Italian-American actor (b. 1893)
 * Teseo Taddia, Italian hammer thrower (b. 1920)
 * Jack Webb, American actor (b. 1920)
 * December 24
 * Louis Aragon, French poet (b. 1897)
 * Maurice Biraud, French actor (b. 1922)
 * Athanasiy Velyki, Ukrainian priest and historian (b. 1918)
 * December 25
 * Helen Foster, American actress (b. 1906)
 * Jack Pearl, American actor (b. 1894)
 * Vally Weigl, Austrian-American composer (b. 1894)
 * December 26
 * Ronald Forbes Adam, English general (b. 1885)
 * Elbira Zipitria, Spanish educator (b. 1906)
 * December 27
 * Erwin Busta, Austrian war criminal (b. 1905)
 * Constantin Regamey, Ukrainian-Swiss philologist (b. 1907)
 * Jack Swigert, American astronaut (b. 1931)
 * December 28
 * Arthur Hughes, American actor (b. 1894)
 * Shin Kishida, Japanese actor (b. 1939)
 * Renato Sáinz, Bolivian footballer (b. 1899)
 * December 29
 * Jack Brett, English racing driver (b. 1917)
 * Leif Johansen, Norwegian economist (b. 1930)
 * Vasily Molokov, Russian major general (b. 1895)
 * Sol C. Siegel, American film producer (b. 1903)
 * Max de Terra, Swiss racing driver (b. 1918)
 * December 30
 * Boris Bazhanov, Russian-French whistleblower (b. 1900)
 * Kurt Brennecke, German general (b. 1891)
 * Philip Hall, English composer (b. 1904)
 * John Main, English-Canadian monk (b. 1926)
 * Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter (b. 1896)
 * December 31
 * Kurt Otto Friedrichs, German-American mathematician (b. 1901)
 * Otto Hofmann, German war criminal (b. 1896)

January 1983

 * January 1
 * David Buttolph, American film composer (b. 1902)
 * Maria Rudnitskaya, Russian painter (b. 1916)
 * Arie de Winter, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1915)
 * January 2
 * Dick Emery, English comedian and actor (b. 1915)
 * Edward Howard, American bishop (b. 1877)
 * Rudolf Petersen, German naval officer (b. 1905)
 * January 3
 * Ales Bachyla, Belarusian poet and playwright (b. 1918)
 * Clément Duhour, French actor (b. 1912)
 * Gaspar Rubio, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1907)
 * Lenyeletse Seretse, Botswanan politician (b. 1921)
 * January 4
 * Min Byung-dae, South Korean footballer (b. 1918)
 * Everett Hughes, American sociologist (b. 1897)
 * Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal, American politician (b. 1923)
 * January 5
 * Chapman Grant, American herpetologist and historian (b. 1887)
 * Géza Teleki, Hungarian field hockey player and politician (b. 1911)
 * January 6
 * Yosef Kushnir, Israeli politician (b. 1900)
 * Shabban Shahab-ud-Din, Indian field hockey player (b. 1909)
 * Bernard Stevens, English composer (b. 1916)
 * Yang Yong, Chinese general (b. 1913)
 * January 7
 * Fred Church, American actor (b. 1889)
 * Amy Hodgson, New Zealand botanist (b. 1888)
 * Edmund Jacobson, American physician (b. 1888)
 * Faika Sadek, Egyptian princess (b. 1926)
 * Kurt Weckström, Finnish footballer (b. 1911)
 * Rudolf Wolters, German architect (b. 1903)
 * January 8
 * Tom McCall, American politician (b. 1913)
 * Gale Page, American actress (b. 1910)
 * January 9
 * Kang Ryang-uk, North Korean minister and politician (b. 1903)
 * Ichiro Nakagawa, Japanese politician (b. 1925)
 * January 10
 * Roy DeMeo, American mobster (b. 1940)
 * Carwyn James, Welsh rugby player and coach (b. 1929)
 * Buster Phelps, American actor (b. 1926)
 * January 11
 * Gerhard Barkhorn, German pilot (b. 1919)
 * Adam Kersten, Polish historian (b. 1930)
 * Tikhon Kiselyov, Belarusian politician (b. 1917)
 * Grigori Roshal, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1899)
 * January 12
 * Rebop Kwaku Baah, Ghanaian drummer (b. 1944)
 * Frédérique Petrides, Belgian-American conductor and violinist (b. 1903)
 * Nikolai Podgorny, Russian politician (b. 1903)
 * January 13
 * René Bonnet, French racing driver (b. 1904)
 * Otto Busch, Danish field hockey player (b. 1904)
 * Barry Galbraith, American guitarist (b. 1919)
 * Arthur Space, American actor (b. 1908)
 * January 14
 * Maurice Bellonte, French pilot (b. 1896)
 * Otto Ludwig, American film editor (b. 1903)
 * Udo von Woyrsch, German lieutenant (b. 1895)
 * January 15
 * Henri Debain, French actor (b. 1886)
 * Maxwell Eley, English rower (b. 1902)
 * Ernst Fuchs, German theologian (b. 1903)
 * Masatane Kanda, Japanese lieutenant general (b. 1890)
 * Meyer Lansky, American mobster (b. 1902)
 * Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (b. 1907)
 * January 16 – Vladimir Bakarić, Croatian politician (b. 1912)
 * January 17
 * Maurice Janet, French mathematician (b. 1888)
 * Doodles Weaver, American comedian and actor (b. 1911)
 * January 18
 * Vernon Bartlett, English journalist and politician (b. 1894)
 * Arturo Umberto Illia, Argentine politician, President of Argentina (b. 1900)
 * Walter Ullmann, Austrian-English scholar (b. 1910)
 * January 19
 * Robert Carson, American screenwriter (b. 1909)
 * Don Costa, American conductor and record producer (b. 1925)
 * January 20
 * Sabino Bilbao, Spanish footballer (b. 1897)
 * Mané Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
 * Felix Pipes, Austrian tennis player (b. 1887)
 * January 21
 * Marian Mazur, Polish scientist (b. 1909)
 * Dana Medřická, Czech actress (b. 1920)
 * Ton Satomi, Japanese author (b. 1888)
 * Antonio Siddi, Italian athlete (b. 1923)
 * Sol Spiegelman, American biologist (b. 1914)
 * January 22 – José Adriano Pequito Rebelo, Portuguese author and politician (b. 1892)
 * January 23 – Marcolino Gomes Candau, Brazilian physician (b. 1911)
 * January 24
 * Semen Altshuler, Russian physicist (b. 1911)
 * George Cukor, American film director (b. 1899)
 * Johan Grøttumsbråten, Norwegian skier (b. 1899)
 * Avdo Humo, Bosnian politician (b. 1914)
 * Detlef Okrent, German field hockey player (b. 1909)
 * Carmen Clemente Travieso, Venezuelan journalist and activist (b. 1900)
 * Juan Carlos Zabala, Argentine runner (b. 1911)
 * January 25
 * Ahmed Dlimi, Moroccan general (b. 1931)
 * Rodney Soher, English bobsledder (b. 1893)
 * January 26 – Bear Bryant, American football player and manager (b. 1913)
 * January 27
 * Kanu Banerjee, Indian actor (b. 1905)
 * Ananda Chandra Barua, Indian author and poet (b. 1907)
 * Georges Bidault, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1899)
 * Meyer Fortes, South African-English anthropologist (b. 1906)
 * 'Louis de Funès, French actor and comedian (b. 1914)
 * Higinio Morínigo, Paraguayan major general and politician, President of Paraguay (b. 1897)
 * Ruth Weyher, German actress (b. 1901)
 * January 28
 * Sweet Emma Barrett, American pianist and singer (b. 1897)
 * Bryher Ellerman, English author (b. 1894)
 * Frank Forde, Australian politician, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
 * Billy Fury, English musician (b. 1940)
 * Chianca de Garcia, Portuguese film director (b. 1898)
 * Aryeh Kaplan, American rabbi and author (b. 1934)
 * Edward Lawry Norton, American engineer (b. 1898)
 * Claude Papi, French footballer (b. 1949)
 * Jean Rupp, French bishop and diplomat (b. 1905)
 * January 29
 * January 30
 * Alan Cunningham, Irish-English general (b. 1887)
 * Fritz Machlup, Austrian-American economist (b. 1902)
 * Emilio Polli, Italian swimmer (b. 1901)
 * Mack Reynolds, American author (b. 1917)
 * Joan Valerie, American actress (b. 1911)
 * January 31
 * Slimane Azem, Algerian singer and poet (b. 1918)
 * Gregorio Blasco, Spanish footballer (b. 1909)
 * Lorraine Ellison, American singer (b. 1931)

February 1983

 * February 1
 * February 2
 * Sam Chatmon, American guitarist and singer (b. 1897)
 * Corentin Louis Kervran, French scientist (b. 1901)
 * Bryan Valentine, English cricketer (b. 1908)
 * Ali Valiyev, Azerbaijani author (b. 1901)
 * February 3
 * Tullio Campagnolo, Italian cyclist (b. 1901)
 * Josephine Dunn, American actress (b. 1906)
 * Antonio Samorè, Italian cardinal (b. 1905)
 * February 4
 * Lucienne Bogaert, French actress (b. 1892)
 * Karen Carpenter, American musician (b. 1950)
 * Ernest Klein, Romanian-Canadian linguist and author (b. 1899)
 * Xiao San, Chinese poet and translator (b. 1896)
 * February 5
 * Judith Alpi, Chilean painter (b. 1893)
 * Harry George Armstrong, American major general (b. 1899)
 * Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American chemist (b. 1925)
 * Hannjo Hasse, German actor (b. 1921)
 * Peter H. Jackson, English rower (b. 1912)
 * Yitzhak Olshan, Israeli judge (b. 1895)
 * February 6 – Atma Ram, Indian scientist (b. 1908)
 * February 7
 * Alfonso Calzolari, Italian cyclist (b. 1887)
 * Leibu Levin, Romanian-Israeli poet and musician (b. 1914)
 * February 8
 * Harry Boot, English physicist (b. 1917)
 * Nathaniel M. Haskell, American politician (b. 1912)
 * Serge Ivanoff, Russian-French painter (b. 1893)
 * Harry Mitchell, English boxer (b. 1898)
 * Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera, Spanish nun (b. 1893)
 * Alfred Wallenstein, American cellist and conductor (b. 1898)
 * February 9 – Marian Danysz, Polish physicist (b. 1909)
 * February 10
 * Eduard Franz, American actor (b. 1902)
 * Emil Grunzweig, Israeli activist (b. 1947)
 * Glen D. Johnson, American politician (b. 1911)
 * Vittorio Sereni, Italian poet and author (b. 1913)
 * February 11
 * Max Ehrlich, American author (b. 1909)
 * Nathan S. Kline, American scientist (b. 1916)
 * February 12
 * Italo Acconcia, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
 * Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
 * Isabelle d'Orléans, French princess (b. 1900)
 * Nikolay Firyubin, Russian diplomat (b. 1908)
 * Jan Klaassens, Dutch footballer (b. 1931)
 * February 13
 * Serafino Biagioni, Italian cyclist (b. 1920)
 * Lorenzo Bianchi, Italian bishop (b. 1899)
 * Marian Nixon, American actress (b. 1904)
 * February 14
 * Brita von Horn, Swedish author and playwright (b. 1886)
 * Lina Radke, German runner (b. 1903)
 * Ludwig Rellstab, German chess player (b. 1904)
 * Evelyn Young, American actress (b. 1915)
 * February 15 – Jane Chambers, American playwright (b. 1937)
 * February 16
 * Kalyani Das, Indian revolutionary (b. 1907)
 * Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, Polish poet and author (b. 1892)
 * February 17
 * Bruno Corelli, Italian actor (b. 1918)
 * Tancredi Pasero, Italian opera singer (b. 1893)
 * Waldeck Rochet, French politician (b. 1905)
 * February 18
 * C. K. Daphtary, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1893)
 * Piet van der Horst, Dutch cyclist (b. 1903)
 * Robert Payne, English-American author (b. 1911)
 * February 19
 * Otto Basil, Austrian author and journalist (b. 1901)
 * Jardel Filho, Brazilian actor (b. 1928)
 * Tomás Ojeda, Chilean footballer (b. 1910)
 * Ernest Terreau, French cyclist (b. 1908)
 * Alice White, American actress (b. 1904)
 * February 20
 * Raoul Couvert, French ice hockey player (b. 1903)
 * Caryl Lincoln, American actress (b. 1903)
 * Stan Wicks, English footballer (b. 1928)
 * February 21
 * Liu Changchun, Chinese sprinter (b. 1909)
 * Marie Mosquini, American actress (b. 1899)
 * February 22
 * Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)
 * Mieczysław Jastrun, Polish poet and author (b. 1903)
 * Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1912)
 * Elsa Merlini, Italian actress (b. 1903)
 * Paolo Pedretti, Italian cyclist (b. 1906)
 * Georg Rydeberg, Swedish actor (b. 1907)
 * February 23
 * William Anderson, English ice hockey player (b. 1901)
 * Herbert Howells, English composer and organist (b. 1892)
 * Huseynagha Sadigov, Azerbaijani actor (b. 1914)
 * February 24
 * Jacques Benoist-Méchin, French politician and author (b. 1901)
 * Ken Keller, American basketball player (b. 1922)
 * February 25
 * Boris Afanasiev, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1913)
 * Mignon Anderson, American actress (b. 1892)
 * Waitstill Sharp, American minister and humanitarian (b. 1902)
 * Tennessee Williams, American playwright (b. 1911)
 * February 26
 * Aarón Sáenz Garza, Mexican politician (b. 1891)
 * Einar Olsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1886)
 * February 27
 * Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Russian astronomer (b. 1908)
 * Gyula Lázár, Hungarian footballer (b. 1911)
 * February 28
 * Winifred Atwell, Trinidadian pianist (b. 1914)
 * Jan Birkelund, Norwegian footballer (b. 1950)

March 1983

 * March 1
 * Hideo Kobayashi, Japanese author and critic (b. 1902)
 * Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English author and journalist (b. 1905)
 * John Richter, American basketball player (b. 1937)
 * March 2
 * Louis Béguet, French rugby player (b. 1894)
 * Fiorella Mari, Brazilian-Italian actress (b. 1928)
 * March 3
 * Hergé, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1907)
 * Peter Ivers, American musician (b. 1946)
 * Valery Tarsis, Ukrainian-Swiss author and critic (b. 1906)
 * March 4
 * March 5
 * March 6
 * Viktor Bely, Russian composer and activist (b. 1904)
 * Cathy Berberian, American-Italian opera singer and composer (b. 1925)
 * John B. Coulter, American lieutenant general (b. 1891)
 * Greta Knutson, Swedish artist and critic (b. 1899)
 * Donald Maclean, English diplomat and spy (b. 1913)
 * Marijan Marjanović, Croatian footballer (b. 1904)
 * March 7
 * Robert Bray, American actor (b. 1917)
 * Lutz Eigendorf, German footballer (b. 1956)
 * Lothar Fendler, German war criminal (b. 1913)
 * Odd Lundberg, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1917)
 * Igor Markevitch, Russian-Italian composer and conductor (b. 1912)
 * Claude Vivier, Canadian composer and pianist (b. 1948)
 * March 8
 * Enrico Colombari, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
 * Chabuca Granda, Peruvian singer and composer (b. 1920)
 * William Walton, English composer (b. 1902)
 * March 9
 * Faye Emerson, American actress (b. 1917)
 * Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist (b. 1905)
 * Augustin Guillaume, French general (b. 1895)
 * March 10
 * March 11
 * Galip Balkar, Turkish diplomat (b. 1936)
 * Stephan von Breuning, Austrian entomologist (b. 1894)
 * Mansur Mazinov, Russian pilot (b. 1906)
 * March 12
 * Regina Gerlecka, Polish chess player (b. 1913)
 * Fred Meyer, American wrestler (b. 1900)
 * Mario Mieli, Italian activist and author (b. 1952)
 * Imre Ráday, Hungarian actor (b. 1905)
 * March 13
 * Louison Bobet, French cyclist (b. 1925)
 * Paul Citroen, German-Dutch artist (b. 1896)
 * Jean Martinelli, French actor (b. 1909)
 * Seytnafe Seytveliyev, Russian sergeant major (b. 1919)
 * Marianella García Villas, Salvadoran attorney and activist (b. 1948)
 * March 14
 * Gigi Gryce, American saxophonist and flautist (b. 1925)
 * Harald Nielsen, Danish boxer (b. 1902)
 * Heinz Paul, German film director (b. 1893)
 * Maurice Ronet, French actor (b. 1927)
 * Wilhelm Schmalz, German general (b. 1901)
 * March 15
 * Helen Bina, American speed skater (b. 1912)
 * Johann Blank, German water polo player (b. 1904)
 * Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
 * Oldřich Nový, Czech actor (b. 1899)
 * Josep Lluís Sert, Spanish architect (b. 1902)
 * Rebecca West, English author (b. 1892)
 * March 16
 * Bohumil Durdis, Czech weightlifter (b. 1903)
 * Ettore Lo Gatto, Italian linguist and historian (b. 1890)
 * Arthur Godfrey, American broadcaster (b. 1903)
 * Ernie Royal, American trumpeter (b. 1921)
 * Freda Dudley Ward, English socialite (b. 1894)
 * March 17
 * Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist (b. 1903)
 * Alfred C. Redfield, American oceanographer (b. 1890)
 * March 18
 * Robert F. Bradford, American politician (b. 1902)
 * Henryk Budziński, Polish rower (b. 1904)
 * Franco Giorgetti, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
 * Umberto di Savoia, Italian king (b. 1904)
 * Nasri Shamseddine, Lebanese singer and actress (b. 1927)
 * March 19
 * Mario Amadeo, American politician and diplomat (b. 1911)
 * Camille Polfer, Luxembourgian politician (b. 1924)
 * March 20
 * Thure Ahlqvist, Swedish boxer (b. 1907)
 * Maria Babanova, Russian actress (b. 1900)
 * Thilo Maatsch, German artist (b. 1900)
 * Ian McPherson, Scottish footballer (b. 1920)
 * Ivan Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (b. 1891)
 * March 21
 * Germaine Beaumont, French journalist and author (b. 1890)
 * Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
 * Maurice Franck, French conductor and composer (b. 1897)
 * March 22
 * March 23
 * Anton Constandse, Dutch author and journalist (b. 1899)
 * Wallace Jones, American trumpeter (b. 1906)
 * Armand Lanoux, French author (b. 1913)
 * Saul Lieberman, Belarusian-American rabbi and philologist (b. 1898)
 * March 24
 * Igino Eugenio Cardinale, Italian archbishop and diplomat (b. 1916)
 * Manuel Fleitas Solich, Paraguayan footballer and manager (b. 1900)
 * March 25
 * Thomas S. Gates Jr., American politician (b. 1906)
 * Walter Pagel, German pathologist and historian (b. 1898)
 * Martha Sleeper, American actress (b. 1910)
 * John Bell Williams, American politician (b. 1918)
 * March 26
 * Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (b. 1907)
 * Gemma Bolognesi, Italian actress (b. 1894)
 * Paul Fässler, Swiss footballer (b. 1901)
 * Ernest Riedel, American canoeist (b. 1901)
 * March 27
 * James Hayter, English actor (b. 1907)
 * Ellis Irving, Australian actor (b. 1902)
 * Jānis Ivanovs, Latvian composer (b. 1906)
 * Ulrich Kessler, German general (b. 1894)
 * Richard Stankiewicz, American sculptor (b. 1922)
 * Arnold van Wyk, South African composer (b. 1916)
 * March 28
 * Suzanne Belperron, French jeweler (b. 1900)
 * Varvara Bubnova, Russian painter (b. 1886)
 * Donovan Stewart Correll, American botanist (b. 1908)
 * Antonio Nava, Mexican polo player (b. 1905)
 * Walter Reisch, Austrian-American film director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
 * March 29
 * János Biri, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1901)
 * Tommy Graham, English footballer (b. 1905)
 * Antony Head, English politician (b. 1906)
 * Maurice Kendall, English statistician (b. 1907)
 * March 30
 * Eadie Adams, American singer and actress (b. 1907)
 * Gunnar Bigum, Danish actor (b. 1914)
 * Rodoljub Čolaković, Serbian politician, Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1900)
 * Pál Kadosa, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1903)
 * Lisette Model, Austrian-American photographer (b. 1901)
 * Suzy Solidor, French singer and actress (b. 1900)
 * March 31
 * Paula Hertwig, German biologist and politician (b. 1889)
 * Chiezō Kataoka, Japanese actor (b. 1903)
 * Karandash Rumyantsev, Russian clown (b. 1901)
 * Howard Hayes Scullard, English historian (b. 1903)
 * Christina Stead, Australian author (b. 1902)

April 1983

 * April 1
 * Levi Casey, American triple jumper (b. 1904)
 * Bo Ekelund, Swedish high jumper (b. 1894)
 * April 2
 * Chang Dai-chien, Chinese painter (b. 1899)
 * Clara Nunes, Brazilian singer (b. 1942)
 * April 3
 * Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
 * Karl Freudenberg, German chemist (b. 1886)
 * Michel Frutschi, Swiss motorcycle racer (b. 1953)
 * Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski, Polish screenwriter and film director (b. 1928)
 * April 4
 * Sethu Parvathi Bayi, Indian princess (b. 1896)
 * Jan de Bruine, Dutch equestrian (b. 1903)
 * Felix Landau, Austrian war criminal (b. 1910)
 * Jacqueline Logan, American actress (b. 1902)
 * Kārlis Šteins, Latvian astronomer (b. 1911)
 * Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1899)
 * Bernard Vukas, Croatian footballer (b. 1927)
 * April 5
 * Jerzy Bordziłowski, Polish general and politician (b. 1900)
 * Cliff Carlisle, American musician (b. 1903)
 * Mariano de la Mata, Spanish priest (b. 1905)
 * April 6
 * Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, Indian general (b. 1908)
 * Gavin Gordon, American actor (b. 1901)
 * Lutz Heck, German zoologist (b. 1892)
 * Ana María, Salvadoran revolutionary (b. 1929)
 * April 7
 * Lotte Cohn, German-Israeli architect (b. 1893)
 * Einar Hareide, Norwegian politician (b. 1899)
 * Larysa Hienijuš, Belarusian poet and author (b. 1910)
 * Kenyon Hopkins, American film composer (b. 1912)
 * April 8 – Isamu Kosugi, Japanese actor and film director (b. 1904)
 * April 9 – Nikolai Kharlamov, Russian admiral (b. 1905)
 * April 10
 * Phillip Burton, American politician (b. 1926)
 * Sebastian Earl, English rower (b. 1900)
 * Issam Sartawi, Palestinian politician (b. 1935)
 * April 11
 * Edina Altara, Italian illustrator and fashion designer (b. 1898)
 * Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (b. 1904)
 * Ahmed Rushdi, Pakistani singer (b. 1934)
 * Avraham Yoffe, Israeli general (b. 1913)
 * April 12
 * Desmond Bagley, English journalist and author (b. 1923)
 * Cayetano Carpio, Salvadoran revolutionary (b. 1918)
 * Jørgen Juve, Norwegian footballer and journalist (b. 1906)
 * Pierre Richard-Willm, French actor (b. 1895)
 * April 13
 * Nakamura Ganjirō II, Japanese actor (b. 1902)
 * Gerry Hitchens, English footballer (b. 1934)
 * Olle Källgren, Swedish footballer (b. 1907)
 * Gloria Marín, Mexican actress (b. 1919)
 * Mercè Rodoreda, Spanish author (b. 1908)
 * Theodore Stephanides]], Greek-English physician (b. 1896)
 * Anna van der Vegt, Dutch gymnast (b. 1903)
 * April 14
 * Nina Dumbadze, Georgian discus thrower (b. 1919)
 * Pete Farndon, English bassist (b. 1952)
 * Elisabeth Lutyens, English composer (b. 1906)
 * Achille Peretti, French politician (b. 1911)
 * Max Syring, German runner (b. 1908)
 * April 15
 * Corrie ten Boom, Dutch watchmaker (b. 1892)
 * Edmund Thomas Clint, Indian painter (b. 1976)
 * David Tennant Cowan, English major general (b. 1896)
 * Vera Faddeeva, Russian mathematician (b. 1906)
 * Gyula Illyés, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1902)
 * Ernestine Wade, American actress (b. 1906)
 * April 16 – Michael Zohary, Israeli botanist (b. 1898)
 * April 17
 * Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova, Russian actress (b. 1904)
 * Siegfried Müller, German-South African nazi mercenary (b. 1920)
 * Felix Pappalardi, American musician (b. 1939)
 * April 18 – Alan Melville, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
 * April 19
 * Jerzy Andrzejewski, Polish author (b. 1909)
 * Federico de Castro, Spanish judge (b. 1903)
 * Shahan Natalie, Armenian author and activist (b. 1884)
 * Vojin Božović, Montenegrin footballer and manager (b. 1913)
 * Jim Nolan, American basketball player (b. 1927)
 * Renato Ziggiotti, Italian priest (b. 1892)
 * April 20
 * Karunaratne Abeysekera, Sri Lankan broadcaster (b. 1930)
 * Mária Mezei, Hungarian actress (b. 1909)
 * Walther Nehring, German general (b. 1892)
 * Pedro Quartucci, Argentine boxer and actor (b. 1905)
 * April 21
 * Édouard Bader, French rugby player (b. 1899)
 * Momčilo Đokić, Serbian footballer (b. 1911)
 * Stepan Krasovsky, Russian air marshal (b. 1897)
 * Walter Slezak, Austrian-American actor (b. 1902)
 * April 22
 * Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
 * Gösta Holmér, Swedish athlete (b. 1891)
 * Lamberto Maggiorani, Italian actor (b. 1909)
 * Izzet Orujova, Azerbaijani chemist and actress (b. 1909)
 * Lin Qiaozhi, Chinese obstetrician and gynecologist (b. 1901)
 * Abraham Sachs, American historian and archaeologist (b. 1915)
 * Gunta Stölzl, German artist (b. 1897)
 * April 23
 * Paľo Bielik, Slovakian film director and screenwriter (b. 1910)
 * Anita Blanch, Spanish-Mexican actress (b. 1910)
 * Marguerite Broquedis, French tennis player (b. 1893)
 * Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
 * Frank Fisher, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
 * Selena Royle, American actress (b. 1904)
 * Finn Salomonsen, Danish ornithologist (b. 1909)
 * Povilas Vaitonis, Lithuanian-Canadian chess player (b. 1911)
 * April 24
 * Jimmy Mundy, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1907)
 * Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver (b. 1943)
 * April 25
 * Saloma Ismail, Malaysian singer and actress (b. 1935)
 * Jack Ritchie, American author (b. 1922)
 * Hans Struksnæs], Norwegian sailor (b. [[1902)
 * April 26
 * Shirley Deane, American actress (b. 1913)
 * Bronisław Kaper, Polish film composer (b. 1902)
 * John Smyth, English brigadier and politician (b. 1893)
 * Vaughn Taylor, American actor (b. 1911)
 * Ruth von Wild, Swiss activist (b. 1912)
 * Huang Yongsheng, Chinese general (b. 1910)
 * April 27
 * Zdzisław Filipkiewicz, Polish basketball player (b. 1916)
 * José Iraragorri, Spanish footballer (b. 1912)
 * April 28
 * Avram Bunaciu, Romanian politician (b. 1909)
 * Pearl Gibbs, Australian activist (b. 1901)
 * Fritz Luchsinger, Swiss mountaineer (b. 1921)
 * Boris Milev, Bulgarian resistance fighter and journalist (b. 1903)
 * April 29
 * Ali Ghito, German actress (b. 1905)
 * Anatoly Lyapidevsky, Russian pilot (b. 1908)
 * April 30
 * George Balanchine, Russian-American choreographer (b. 1904)
 * Francis Doyle Gleeson, American bishop (b. 1895)
 * Joel Henry Hildebrand, American chemist (b. 1881)
 * Muddy Waters, American singer (b. 1913)

May 1983

 * May 1
 * Earlene Brown, American athlete (b. 1935)
 * Cecil Cooke, Bahamian sailor (b. 1923)
 * George Hodgson, Canadian swimmer (b. 1893)
 * Joseph Ruttenberg, Ukrainian-American photojournalist and cinematographer (b. 1889)
 * Arthur Dewey Struble, American admiral (b. 1894)
 * May 2
 * Pridi Banomyong, Thai politician, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1900)
 * Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
 * Ernesto de la Guardia, Panamanian politician, President of Panama (b. 1904)
 * Leonid Kolumbet, Ukrainian cyclist (b. 1937)
 * May 3
 * Armando José Fernandes, Portuguese composer (b. 1906)
 * Sidney Skolsky, American columnist (b. 1905)
 * May 4
 * Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
 * Shūji Terayama, Japanese poet and playwright (b. 1935)
 * May 5
 * E. Ross Adair, American politician (b. 1907)
 * Anton Buttigieg, Maltese poet and politician, President of Malta (b. 1912)
 * Josef Čapek, Czech footballer (b. 1902)
 * Richard Hofmann, German footballer (b. 1906)
 * Étienne Lamotte, Belgian priest (b. 1903)
 * John Williams, English actor (b. 1903)
 * May 6
 * Sergey Izotov, Russian scientist (b. 1917)
 * Tommaso Morlino, Italian politician (b. 1925)
 * Oszkár Szigeti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1933)
 * Seiichi Tobata, Japanese scientist (b. 1899)
 * Bep Voskuijl, Dutch humanitarian (b. 1919)
 * Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (b. 1922)
 * May 7
 * Bud Jarvis, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1907)
 * John Masters, English author (b. 1914)
 * József Romhányi, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1921)
 * Keith Stewartson, English mathematician (b. 1925)
 * May 8
 * John Fante, American author (b. 1909)
 * Fay Spain, American actress (b. 1932)
 * May 9
 * May 10 – Émile Zermani, French footballer (b. 1910)
 * May 11
 * Heinz Hajek-Halke, German photographer (b. 1898)
 * Zenna Henderson, American author (b. 1917)
 * Yevgeny Zhuravlev, Russian lieutenant general (b. 1896)
 * May 12
 * Yvonne Bourgeois, French tennis player (b. 1902)
 * Joe Laporte, Canadian cyclist (b. 1907)
 * May 13 – Otto Heckmann, German astronomer (b. 1901)
 * May 14
 * Fyodor Abramov, Russian author and critic (b. 1920)
 * Seweryn Kulesza, Polish equestrian (b. 1900)
 * René Pontoni, Argentine footballer (b. 1920)
 * Grzegorz Przemyk, Polish poet (b. 1964)
 * Leonard Read, American economist and philosopher (b. 1898)
 * Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (b. 1900)
 * May 15
 * Rodolfo Gucci, Italian actor and entrepreneur (b. 1912)
 * Marv Huffman, American basketball player (b. 1917)
 * Hall S. Lusk, American judge (b. 1883)
 * James Van Der Zee, American photographer (b. 1886)
 * May 16 – Edouard Zeckendorf, Belgian physician and mathematician (b. 1901)
 * May 17
 * Victor Halperin, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1895)
 * Kurt Schirra, German boxer (b. 1931)
 * Olexander Smakula, Ukrainian physicist (b. 1900)
 * May 18
 * Frank Aiken, Irish politician (b. 1898)
 * Walter Maurer, American wrestler (b. 1893)
 * Aleksandr Zhirov, Russian skier (b. 1958)
 * May 19
 * Reuven Arazi, Israeli politician (b. 1907)
 * Carlheinz Neumann, German rower (b. 1905)
 * Jean Rey, Belgian politician (b. 1902)
 * Walter Stennes, German lieutenant (b. 1895)
 * May 20
 * Mimi Chakib, Egyptian actress (b. 1913)
 * Björn Collinder, Swedish linguist (b. 1894)
 * Kurt Haehling, German general (b. 1893)
 * Prithipal Singh, Indian field hockey player (b. 1932)
 * May 21
 * Kenneth Clark, English historian (b. 1903)
 * Amal Dunqul, Egyptian poet (b. 1940)
 * Eric Hoffer, American philosopher (b. 1902)
 * Marie Schlei, German politician (b. 1919)
 * Boris Stepantsev, Russian animator (b. 1929)
 * Joan du Plat Taylor, Scottish archaeologist (b. 1906)
 * May 22
 * Alois Beranek, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1900)
 * Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and physician (b. 1899)
 * Art Cruickshank, American special effects artist (b. 1918)
 * Marie-Auguste Luise, German princess (b. 1898)
 * Erna Scheffler, German judge (b. 1893)
 * May 23
 * George Bruns, American composer (b. 1914)
 * Eve Gray, English actress (b. 1900)
 * Finn Mortensen, Norwegian composer and critic (b. 1922)
 * May 24
 * Nikolai Dubov, Russian author (b. 1910)
 * Grete Reinwald, German actress (b. 1902)
 * Fritz Sauter, Austrian-German physicist (b. 1906)
 * May 25
 * Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi, Libyan king (b. 1890)
 * Sydney Box, English film producer and screenwriter (b. 1907)
 * Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish poet and author (b. 1904)
 * Zelda Popkin, American author (b. 1898)
 * Paul Quinichette, American saxophonist (b. 1916)
 * Jack Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1917)
 * May 26
 * Ryotaro Azuma, Japanese physician and politician (b. 1893)
 * Alexander Chira, Ukrainian bishop (b. 1897)
 * Louise Weiss, French author and journalist (b. 1893)
 * May 27
 * Johann Houschka, Austrian handball player (b. 1914)
 * Józef Lejtes, Polish screenwriter and film director (b. 1901)
 * Stepan Saryg-Ool, Tuvan poet and author (b. 1908)
 * Hukam Singh, Indian politician (b. 1895)
 * May 28
 * Pitseolak Ashoona, Canadian artist (b. 1904)
 * Attila Sallustro, Paraguayan-Italian (b. 1908)
 * May 29
 * Ada Blackjack, American castaway (b. 1898)
 * Ryoichi Mita, Japanese translator (b. 1892)
 * Arvīds Pelše, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
 * Willy Rozier, French film director and actor (b. 1901)
 * Samariddin Sagdiyev, Uzbekistani-Tajikistani actor (b. 1918)
 * May 30
 * Roger Excoffon, French typographer (b. 1910)
 * Alfred Gruenther, American general (b. 1899)
 * Burnett Guffey, American cinematographer (b. 1905)
 * Rudolf Loo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1902)
 * May 31
 * Jack Dempsey, American boxer (b. 1895)
 * Sergey Rogozhin, Russian equestrian (b. 1956)
 * Milton Young, American politician (b. 1897)

June 1983

 * June 1
 * Lamar Jeffers, American politician (b. 1888)
 * Sarah Kafrit, Israeli politician (b. 1900)
 * Jaime Lazcano, Spanish footballer (b. 1909)
 * Charles Meinrad, Belgian prince (b. 1903)
 * Anna Seghers, German author (b. 1900)
 * June 2
 * Raymond Fee, American boxer (b. 1903)
 * Jakub Kopf, Polish basketball player (b. 1915)
 * Ernest Libérati, French footballer (b. 1908)
 * Stan Rogers, Canadian musician (b. 1949)
 * Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (b. 1906)
 * Gochō Shigeo, Japanese photographer (b. 1946)
 * June 3
 * June 4
 * Daniele Amfitheatrof, Russian-Italian composer and conductor (b. 1901)
 * Adele Goodman Clark, American artist and activist (b. 1882)
 * Ivan Tors, Hungarian playwright and film director (b. 1916)
 * Gunn Wållgren, Swedish actress (b. 1913)
 * June 5
 * Jean Freustié, French author and critic (b. 1914)
 * Ralph Hamilton, American basketball player (b. 1921)
 * Stanley Stanyar, Canadian rower (b. 1905)
 * Kurt Tank, German engineer (b. 1898)
 * June 6
 * Curly Armstrong, American basketball player and coach (b. 1918)
 * Marcelle Auclair, French author and journalist (b. 1899)
 * James E. Casey, American businessman (b. 1888)
 * Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Egyptian screenwriter and actor (b. 1910)
 * Hugo Johnson, Swedish sailor (b. 1908)
 * Hans Leip, German poet and author (b. 1893)
 * June 7
 * June 8
 * Jacques Van Melkebeke, Belgian painter and cartoonist (b. 1904)
 * Svend Pri, Danish badminton player (b. 1945)
 * June 9
 * Ernesto Djédjé, Ivorian musician (b. 1948)
 * William M. Tuck, American politician (b. 1896)
 * Charmion Von Wiegand, American journalist and painter (b. 1896)
 * June 10
 * Liao Chengzhi, Chinese politician (b. 1908)
 * Vladimir Pashuto, Russian historian (b. 1918)
 * Nadia Reisenberg, Lithuanian-American pianist (b. 1904)
 * Said Rustamov, Azerbaijani composer and conductor (b. 1907)
 * June 11
 * June 12
 * Aleksandr Alov, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
 * Clemens Holzmeister, Austrian architect (b. 1886)
 * J. B. Hutto, American musician (b. 1926)
 * Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (b. 1902)
 * June 13
 * Lady Amin, Iranian theologian (b. 1886)
 * Vadim Delaunay, Russian poet (b. 1947)
 * Curt Siewert, German general (b. 1899)
 * June 14
 * Ihor Kostetskyi, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1913)
 * Andrei Popov, Russian actor (b. 1918)
 * Alexey Surkov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1899)
 * June 15
 * Mario Casariego y Acevedo, Guatemalan cardinal (b. 1909)
 * Sri Sri, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1910)
 * Fritz Zbinden, Swiss cyclist (b. 1922)
 * June 16
 * Jean Majerus, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1914)
 * Ofelia Montesco, Peruvian-Mexican actress (b. 1936)
 * Aina Wifalk, Swedish scientist and inventor (b. 1928)
 * June 17
 * Miron Białoszewski, Polish poet and author (b. 1922)
 * Ruggero Gerlin, Italian harpsichordist (b. 1899)
 * Eelco van Kleffens, Dutch politician and diplomat (b. 1894)
 * Peter Mennin, American composer (b. 1923)
 * June 18
 * Marianne Brandt, German painter and sculptor (b. 1893)
 * Robert A. Lewis, American army major (b. 1917)
 * Mona Mahmudnizhad, Iranian activist (b. 1965)
 * June 19
 * Georg Diederichs, German politician (b. 1900)
 * Simha Erlich, Israeli politician (b. 1915)
 * Maksis Kazāks, Latvian basketball player (b. 1912)
 * Avet Ter-Gabrielyan, Armenian violinist (b. 1899)
 * June 20
 * Sadik Hakim, American pianist and composer (b. 1919)
 * Tadeusz Sulimirski, Polish-English historian and archaeologist (b. 1898)
 * Nadia Tueni, Lebanese poet (b. 1935)
 * June 21 – Doris Sands Johnson, Bahamian politician (b. 1921)
 * June 22
 * Céline Emilian, French-Romanian sculptor (b. 1898)
 * Christopher Hinton, English engineer (b. 1901)
 * David MacDonald, Scottish film director (b. 1904)
 * June 23
 * Mario Pio Gaspari, Italian archbishop and diplomat (b. 1918)
 * Jonathan Latimer, American author and screenwriter (b. 1906)
 * Giovanni Plazzer, Italian rower (b. 1909)
 * Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Cuban politician, President of Cuba (b. 1919)
 * June 24 – William E. Miller, American politician (b. 1914)
 * June 25
 * Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (b. 1916)
 * Oddbjørn Hagen, Norwegian skier (b. 1908)
 * June 26
 * Luis Álamos, Chilean football manager (b. 1923)
 * James Knox, Australian archbishop and diplomat (b. 1914)
 * Sture Pettersson, Swedish cyclist (b. 1942)
 * June 27
 * Vince Gallagher, American rower (b. 1899)
 * Manuel Giúdice, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * Ronnie Shavlik, American basketball player (b. 1933)
 * Juan Torena, Argentine-American footballer and actor (b. 1898)
 * June 28
 * Antonio Folco, Italian cyclist (b. 1906)
 * Pietro Frua, Italian coachbuilder (b. 1913)
 * Elżbieta Katolik, Polish sprinter (b. 1949)
 * Christa Schroeder, German secretary (b. 1908)
 * June 29
 * June 30
 * Igor Dmitrievich Ado, Russian mathematician (b. 1910)
 * Herbert Baker, American screenwriter (b. 1920)
 * Noor Mohammed Charlie, Pakistani actor (b. 1911)
 * Leonard B. Jordan, American politician (b. 1899)
 * Mary Livingstone, American comedian and actress (b. 1905)

July 1983

 * July 1
 * Charles G. Clarke, American cinematographer (b. 1899)
 * Buckminster Fuller, American architect and futurist (b. 1895)
 * Julius Hoffman, American judge (b. 1895)
 * Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (b. 1926)
 * István Molnár, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1913)
 * Rudolf Rupec, Croatian footballer (b. 1895)
 * July 2
 * László Budai, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
 * Hans Mehlhorn, German bobsledder (b. 1900)
 * Vladimír Neff, Czech author and translator (b. 1909)
 * July 3 – Annibale Bugnini, Italian archbishop (b. 1912)
 * July 4
 * John Bodkin Adams, Irish-English physician and fraudster (b. 1899)
 * Ted Berrigan, American poet (b. 1934)
 * Avraham Kalfon, Israeli politician (b. 1900)
 * Beatrice Van, American actress (b. 1890)
 * July 5
 * Alec Cheyne, Scottish footballer (b. 1907)
 * Krunoslav Draganović, Serbian priest (b. 1903)
 * Harry James, American bandleader and trumpeter (b. 1916)
 * Franc Leskošek, Slovenian politician (b. 1897)
 * María Berea de Montero, Argentine chess player (b. 1914)
 * Václav Trojan, Czech composer (b. 1907)
 * Irena Turkevycz-Martynec, Ukrainian-Canadian ballerina (b. 1899)
 * Hennes Weisweiler, German footballer and manager (b. 1919)
 * July 6
 * July 7
 * Rudolf Andersen, Danish gymnast (b. 1899)
 * Adalberts Bubenko, Latvian racewalker (b. 1910)
 * Herman Kahn, American physicist (b. 1922)
 * Joseph P. LaSalle, American mathematician (b. 1916)
 * Alexander Fu Sheng, Hong Kong actor (b. 1954)
 * Enzo Turco, Italian actor (b. 1902)
 * July 8 – David E. Green, American biochemist (b. 1910)
 * July 9
 * Bienvenido Granda, Cuban singer (b. 1915)
 * Sven Jacobsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1914)
 * Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV, Samoan politician, Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1922)
 * July 10
 * Estrellita Castro, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1908)
 * Werner Egk, German composer (b. 1901)
 * Wolfgang Lukschy, German actor (b. 1905)
 * July 11
 * Mick Clavan, Dutch footballer (b. 1929)
 * Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (b. 1915)
 * July 12
 * Zénon Bacq, Belgian radiobiologist (b. 1903)
 * Harry Derckx, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1918)
 * Ernst G. Straus, German-American mathematician (b. 1922)
 * Erich Warsitz, German pilot (b. 1906)
 * Chris Wood, English musician (b. 1944)
 * July 13
 * Paulo Innocenti, Brazilian-Italian footballer (b. 1902)
 * Valto Olenius, Finnish pole vaulter (b. 1920)
 * Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (b. 1909)
 * July 14
 * Jack MacBryan, English cricketer (b. 1892)
 * Hamilton Paul Traub, American botanist (b. 1890)
 * July 15
 * Ethel Zoe Bailey, American botanist (b. 1889)
 * Gary Bradds, American basketball player (b. 1942)
 * Edith Cross, American tennis player (b. 1907)
 * Eddie Foy Jr., American actor (b. 1905)
 * Elbert Root, American diver (b. 1915)
 * July 16
 * Sergei Chalibashvili, Georgian diver (b. 1962)
 * Jaroslav Krombholc, Czech conductor (b. 1918)
 * Michel Micombero, Burundian politician, President of Burundi (b. 1940)
 * Pablo O'Higgins, American-Mexican artist (b. 1904)
 * Samson Raphaelson, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1894)
 * Helmuth Schwenn, German water polo player (b. 1913)
 * July 17
 * Erik Börjesson, Swedish footballer (b. 1886)
 * Byron Kennedy, Australian film producer (b. 1949)
 * Gustavo Machado, Venezuelan politician and journalist (b. 1898)
 * Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi, Indian scholar (b. 1897)
 * Roosevelt Sykes, American musician (b. 1906)
 * July 18 – Salo Flohr, Czech-Russian chess grandmaster and author (b. 1908)
 * July 19
 * Mariblanca Sabas Alomá, Cuban journalist and poet (b. 1901)
 * Alexia Bryn, Norwegian skater (b. 1889)
 * Cecil Reginald Burch, American physicist (b. 1901)
 * Erik Ode, German actor (b. 1910)
 * Charun Rattanakun Seriroengrit, Thai general and politician (b. 1895)
 * Kathleen Shaw, English figure skater (b. 1903)
 * July 20
 * E. Preston Ames, American production designer (b. 1906)
 * Åke Andersson, Swedish footballer (b. 1917)
 * July 21
 * Esther Bick, Polish psychologist (b. 1902)
 * Veronika Buzhinskaya, Russian actress (b. 1895)
 * Norman Holter, American biophysicist (b. 1914)
 * Radovan Richta, Czech philosopher (b. 1924)
 * July 22 – Rodolfo Llopis, Spanish politician (b. 1895)
 * July 23
 * Georges Auric, French composer (b. 1899)
 * Bob Fitzgerald, American basketball player (b. 1923)
 * July 24
 * Nicolaus von Below, German pilot (b. 1907)
 * Eberhard Hopf, German-American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1902)
 * July 25
 * René Fallet, French author (b. 1927)
 * Jerome Moross, American composer (b. 1913)
 * Henry Primakoff, Ukrainian-American theoretical physicist (b. 1914)
 * July 26
 * Charlie Rivel, Spanish clown (b. 1896)
 * Arpad Wigand, German war criminal (b. 1906)
 * Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Japanese film director (b. 1911)
 * July 27
 * July 28
 * Elizabeth C. Crosby, American neuroanatomist (b. 1888)
 * Stjepan Đureković, Croatian businessman (b. 1926)
 * July 29
 * Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
 * Rocco Chinnici, Italian judge (b. 1925)
 * Burrill Bernard Crohn, American gastroenterologist (b. 1884)
 * Manuel Ferreira, Argentine footballer (b. 1905)
 * Albert Hehn, German actor (b. 1908)
 * Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor (b. 1896)
 * David Niven, English actor (b. 1910)
 * Carlo Orlandi, Italian boxer (b. 1910)
 * July 30
 * Bertus Caldenhove, Dutch footballer (b. 1914)
 * Howard Dietz, American songwriter (b. 1896)
 * Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)
 * Heinrich Krause, Austrian painter (b. 1885)
 * Fuzzy Vandivier, American basketball player (b. 1903)
 * July 31
 * Stig Nyström, Swedish footballer (b. 1919)
 * Eva Pawlik, Austrian figure skater (b. 1927)
 * Olga Yamshchikova, Russian fighter pilot (b. 1912)

August 1983

 * August 1
 * Peter Arne, English actor (b. 1924)
 * Arne Eriksson, Finnish football referee (b. 1916)
 * Wild Bill Moore, American saxophonist (b. 1918)
 * August 2
 * James Jamerson, American bassist (b. 1936)
 * Rudolf Kotormány, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1911)
 * August 3
 * Jobriath Campbell, American musician and actor (b. 1946)
 * Steponas Garbačiauskas, Lithuanian athlete and diplomat (b. 1900)
 * Carolyn Jones, American actress (b. 1930)
 * Will Rogers, American politician (b. 1898)
 * August 4
 * Carles Comamala, Brazilian footballer and surgeon (b. 1889)
 * Bahiga Hafez, Egyptian actress and composer (b. 1908)
 * Yuri Levitan, Russian broadcaster (b. 1914)
 * Alfred Nakache, French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1915)
 * August 5
 * Bart Bok, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1906)
 * Judy Canova, American comedian and actress (b. 1913)
 * Walter Kuhn, Austrian-German folklorist and historian (b. 1903)
 * Joan Robinson, English economist (b. 1903)
 * August 6 – Klaus Nomi, German opera singer (b. 1944)
 * August 7
 * Alexander von Dörnberg, German judge and diplomat (b. 1901)
 * Robert Servatius, German lawyer (b. 1894)
 * August 8 – Choi Chung-min, South Korean footballer and manager (b. 1930)
 * August 9
 * André Hossein, Russian-French composer (b. 1905)
 * Károly Szittya, Hungarian swimmer and water polo player (b. 1918)
 * August 10
 * José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Portuguese politician, President of Portugal (b. 1917)
 * Suzanne Perrottet, Swiss dancer and musician (b. 1889)
 * August 11
 * Mamie Phipps Clark, American psychologist (b. 1917)
 * Gustav Sandgren, Swedish author (b. 1904)
 * Satsuo Yamamoto, Japanese film director (b. 1910)
 * August 12
 * Theodor Burchardi, German admiral (b. 1892)
 * Artemio Franchi, Italian football administrator (b. 1922)
 * Franz Radziwill, German painter (b. 1895)
 * August 13
 * Bob Bailey, American actor (b. 1913)
 * Zdeněk Liška, Czech composer (b. 1922)
 * August 14
 * Heinrich Baron von Behr, German general (b. 1902)
 * Musine Kokalari, Albanian author and politician (b. 1917)
 * Alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian author and journalist (b. 1893)
 * Arthur Mole, English-American photographer (b. 1889)
 * Alfred Rust, German archaeologist (b. 1900)
 * Irena Szydłowska, Polish archer (b. 1928)
 * August 15
 * Benjamin V. Cohen, American politician (b. 1894)
 * Al Kilgore, American cartoonist (b. 1927)
 * Miquel Crusafont i Pairó, Spanish paleontologist (b. 1891)
 * Marc Porel, Swiss-French actor (b. 1948)
 * August 16
 * Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
 * René Duverger, French weightlifter (b. 1911)
 * Giuliano Nostini, Italian fencer (b. 1912)
 * August 17
 * Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896)
 * Takashi Itoyama, Japanese basketball player (b. 1936)
 * Sidi Tal, Ukrainian singer and actress (b. 1912)
 * August 18
 * Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian (b. 1902)
 * Jan Zachwatowicz, Polish architect (b. 1900)
 * August 19
 * Hobart R. Gay, American lieutenant general (b. 1894)
 * Levan Kalyayev, Russian sprinter (b. 1929)
 * Miha Marinko, Slovenian politician, Prime Minister of Slovenia (b. 1900)
 * Zofia Mrozowska, Polish actress (b. 1922)
 * Ulyses Petit de Murat, Argentine poet and screenwriter (b. 1907)
 * Octav Onicescu, Romanian mathematician (b. 1892)
 * Aleksandar Ranković, Serbian politician (b. 1909)
 * Abdulvahab Salamzadeh, Azerbaijani critic and architect (b. 1916)
 * August 20
 * Alden B. Dow, American architect (b. 1904)
 * Georges Spénale, French author and politician (b. 1913)
 * August 21
 * Ninoy Aquino, Filipino politician (b. 1932)
 * Gene Force, American racing driver (b. 1916)
 * August 22 – Nicolae Georgescu, Romanian footballer (b. 1936)
 * August 23 – Jack King, Australian cyclist (b. 1897)
 * August 24
 * Arkady Filippenko, Ukrainian composer (b. 1912)
 * Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish athlete (b. 1913)
 * Scott Nearing, American economist (b. 1883)
 * Pentti Saarikoski, Finnish poet (b. 1937)
 * August 25
 * August 26
 * Arif Babayev, Azerbaijani film director (b. 1928)
 * Mike Kellin, American actor (b. 1922)
 * Nazir Ahmed Khan, Pakistani actor (b. 1904)
 * Gabriel Fernández Ledesma, Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1900)
 * August 27
 * August 28
 * José Bergamín, Spanish author and poet (b. 1895)
 * Mario Bonomo, Italian ski jumper (b. 1912)
 * Jan Clayton, American actress (b. 1917)
 * Rubaba Muradova, Iranian-Azerbaijani opera singer (b. 1930)
 * August 29
 * Decima Norman, Australian athlete (b. 1909)
 * Simon Oakland, American actor (b. 1915)
 * August 30
 * William Goyen, American author (b. 1915)
 * Irina Yusupova, Russian princess (b. 1915)
 * August 31
 * John A. Carroll, American politician (b. 1901)
 * Georgette Ciselet, Belgian politician (b. 1900)
 * Derrick Sullivan, Welsh footballer (b. 1930)

September 1983

 * September 1
 * Lennox Brown, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
 * Henry M. Jackson, American politician (b. 1912)
 * Larry McDonald, American politician (b. 1935)
 * Gilbert Ravanel, French skier (b. 1900)
 * September 2
 * Jimmy Aubrey, English actor (b. 1887)
 * Gunnar Berggren, Swedish boxer (b. 1908)
 * Ivan Ilyichev, Russian diplomat (b. 1905)
 * Ferenc Plattkó, Austrian-Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1898)
 * September 3
 * Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (b. 1926)
 * Derek J. de Solla Price, English physicist and historian (b. 1922)
 * Piero Sraffa, Italian economist (b. 1898)
 * József Takács, Hungarian footballer (b. 1904)
 * September 4
 * Paul Eberhard, Swiss bobsledder (b. 1917)
 * Jon Brower Minnoch, American record holder (b. 1941)
 * Katsutoshi Nekoda, Japanese volleyball player (b. 1944)
 * V. Seetharamaiah, Indian poet and author (b. 1899)
 * September 5
 * Antonio Mairena, Spanish musician (b. 1909)
 * Herbert Rappaport, Austrian-Russian screenwriter and film director (b. 1908)
 * Carlo Rigotti, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1906)
 * September 6 – Konstantin Listov, Russian composer (b. 1900)
 * September 7
 * Georgia Backus, American actress (b. 1901)
 * Boris Hagelin, Swedish businessman and inventor (b. 1892)
 * Hans Münch, Swiss conductor and composer (b. 1893)
 * Joseph Schröffer, German cardinal (b. 1903)
 * September 8
 * Ibrahim Abboud, Sudanese politician, President of Sudan (b. 1900)
 * Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
 * September 9 – Luis Monti, Argentine footballer (b. 1901)
 * September 10
 * Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist (b. 1905)
 * Victor Ciocâltea, Romanian chess grandmaster (b. 1932)
 * Ernst Degner, German motorcycle racer (b. 1931)
 * Nils Engdahl, Swedish runner (b. 1898)
 * Kadri Hazbiu, Albanian politician (b. 1922)
 * Norah Lofts, English author (b. 1904)
 * Alice Huyler Ramsey, American driver (b. 1886)
 * Alfred Urbański, Polish politician (b. 1899)
 * John Vorster, South African politician, President and Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1915)
 * September 11
 * September 12
 * Hans Borgen, Norwegian politician (b. 1908)
 * Sabin Carr, American pole vaulter (b. 1904)
 * Wolf Hagemann, German general (b. 1898)
 * Félix Pérez, Spanish footballer (b. 1901)
 * Roman Sikorski, Polish mathematician (b. 1920)
 * September 13
 * September 14
 * William Boone, American mathematician (b. 1920)
 * Ernst Moritz Hess, German soldier (b. 1890)
 * Gennadi Kazansky, Russian film director (b. 1910)
 * September 15
 * Willie Bobo, American drummer (b. 1934)
 * William Fellner, Hungarian-American economist (b. 1905)
 * Johnny Hartman, American singer (b. 1923)
 * Beverley Nichols, English author and screenwriter (b. 1898)
 * Friedrich Scherfke, German-Polish footballer (b. 1909)
 * Michael Williams, Jamaican musician (b. 1945)
 * September 16
 * Henry Grace, American set decorator (b. 1907)
 * Guadalupe Marín, Mexican model and author (b. 1895)
 * Gunnar Olsson, Swedish actor and film director (b. 1904)
 * Florence Owens Thompson, American agricultural laborer (b. 1903)
 * September 17
 * Joop Beek, Dutch-Indonesian priest and politician (b. 1917)
 * Rosa de Cascia, Austrian royal (b. 1906)
 * Rudolf Lehmann, German soldier (b. 1914)
 * Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese cardinal (b. 1915)
 * Giovanni Rossi, Swiss cyclist (b. 1926)
 * September 18
 * Majid Arslan, Lebanese politician (b. 1908)
 * Friedrich Heer, Austrian historian (b. 1916)
 * Roy Milton, American drummer and singer (b. 1907)
 * September 19
 * Yusuf Dadoo, South African activist (b. 1909)
 * Ángel Labruna, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * Bruno Pittermann, Austrian politician (b. 1905)
 * September 20
 * Andy Beattie, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913)
 * Mikhail Lifshitz, Russian critic and philosopher (b. 1905)
 * Friedrich Christian Schaumburg-Lippe, German prince (b. 1905)
 * September 21
 * Tursunoy Akhunova, Uzbekistani politician (b. 1937)
 * Enrico Castelli, Italian basketball player (b. 1909)
 * Bob Donham, American basketball player (b. 1926)
 * Birgit Tengroth, Swedish actress (b. 1915)
 * Xavier Zubiri, Spanish philosopher (b. 1898)
 * September 22 – Qiao Guanhua, Chinese politician and diplomat (b. 1913)
 * September 23
 * Pavel Korotkov, Russian athlete (b. 1907)
 * Szolem Mandelbrojt, Polish-French mathematician (b. 1899)
 * Georges Vandenberghe, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
 * September 24
 * Fayza Ahmed, Syrian-Egyptian singer and actress (b. 1934)
 * Isobel Baillie, Scottish opera singer (b. 1895)
 * Harold Keith Johnson, American general (b. 1912)
 * Mohammad Roem, Indonesian politician and diplomat (b. 1908)
 * September 25
 * Maks Bajc, Slovenian actor (b. 1919)
 * Leopold Miguel, Belgian king (b. 1901)
 * Gunnar Thoroddsen, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1910)
 * September 26
 * Thomas Barlow, American basketball player (b. 1896)
 * Helmuth Brinkmann, German admiral (b. 1895)
 * Henri Navarre, French general (b. 1898)
 * María Bernaldo de Quirós, Spanish pilot (b. 1898)
 * Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (b. 1907)
 * Eileen Betsy Tranmer, English musician and chess player (b. 1910)
 * September 27
 * Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist (b. 1911)
 * Ben Carruthers, American actor (b. 1936)
 * Mykhailo Stelmakh, Ukrainian author and poet (b. 1912)
 * September 28
 * Roy Sullivan, American park ranger (b. 1912)
 * Ko Willems, Dutch cyclist (b. 1900)
 * September 29
 * R. G. D. Allen, English economist and mathematician (b. 1906)
 * Edvīns Bietags, Latvian wrestler (b. 1908)
 * Nicolas Kirsch, Luxembourgian footballer (b. 1901)
 * Aleksandr Mikhailov, Russian astronomer (b. 1888)
 * Alan Moorehead, English journalist and author (b. 1910)
 * September 30
 * Freddy Martin, American bandleader and saxophonist (b. 1906)
 * Tan Zhenlin, Chinese politician (b. 1902)

October 1983

 * October 1
 * Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Chandler, English paleobotanist (b. 1897)
 * Mária Lázár, Hungarian actress (b. 1895)
 * Johan Richthoff, Swedish wrestler (b. 1898)
 * October 2
 * George Smith, American harmonica player (b. 1924)
 * Rodolfo Volk, Italian footballer (b. 1906)
 * October 3
 * Andrés Córdova, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador (b. 1892)
 * Earl Tupper, American businessman and inventor (b. 1907)
 * October 4
 * Dino Battaglia, Italian cartoonist (b. 1923)
 * Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov, Bulgarian bishop (b. 1914)
 * Juan López, Uruguayan football manager (b. 1908)
 * October 5
 * October 6
 * Angélique Arvanitaki, French neurophysiologist (b. 1901)
 * Terence Cooke, American cardinal (b. 1921)
 * Joseph Thomas McGucken, American archbishop (b. 1902)
 * Ernst Sieler, German general (b. 1893)
 * October 7
 * George O. Abell, American astronomer (b. 1927)
 * Oscar Howe, American artist (b. 1915)
 * Charles Husband, English engineer (b. 1908)
 * Tauno Mäki, Finnish sport shooter (b. 1912)
 * Christophe Soglo, Beninese politician (b. 1909)
 * October 8
 * Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
 * Alexandre Renard, French cardinal (b. 1906)
 * October 9
 * Herbert Weichmann, German politician (b. 1896)
 * Franz Westhoven, German general (b. 1894)
 * October 10
 * Ángela Acuña Braun, Costa Rican lawyer and activist (b. 1888)
 * Kurt H. Debus, German rocket scientist (b. 1908)
 * Aleksander Gabszewicz, Polish fighter pilot (b. 1911)
 * Ruby Myers, Indian actress (b. 1907)
 * Ruben Rausing, Swedish businessman (b. 1895)
 * Ralph Richardson, English actor (b. 1902)
 * Magdalena Sauer, South African architect (b. 1890)
 * October 11
 * Erik Friis, Danish cyclist (b. 1916)
 * William Hornbeck, American film editor (b. 1901)
 * Suleyman Rahimov, Azerbaijani author and politician (b. 1900)
 * Fay Tincher, American actress (b. 1884)
 * October 12
 * Nayef bin Abdullah, Jordanian prince (b. 1914)
 * Armando Renganeschi, Argentine footballer (b. 1913)
 * Ernie Roth, American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
 * Víctor Trossero, Argentine footballer (b. 1953)
 * October 13
 * Joe Bambrick, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1905)
 * Ignacio Núñez Soler, Paraguayan artist (b. 1891)
 * October 14
 * Paul Fix, American actor (b. 1901)
 * Hugh Mundell, Jamaican singer (b. 1962)
 * Katherine Perry, American actress (b. 1897)
 * László Ranódy, Hungarian film director (b. 1919)
 * Alice Lardé de Venturino, Salvadoran poet and author (b. 1895)
 * October 15
 * Joseph Edward Mayer, American chemist (b. 1904)
 * Pat O'Brien, American actor (b. 1899)
 * James Workman, American rower (b. 1908)
 * October 16
 * Øivin Fjeldstad, Norwegian conductor and violinist (b. 1903)
 * Kenzō Kōno, Japanese politician (b. 1901)
 * Ernst Kyburz, Swiss wrestler (b. 1898)
 * Harish-Chandra Mehrota, Indian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1923)
 * Willi Ritschard, Swiss politician (b. 1918)
 * October 17
 * Raymond Aron, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1905)
 * Sonja Hagemann, Norwegian historian and critic (b. 1898)
 * Vittorio Nino Novarese, Italian costume designer (b. 1907)
 * Mircea Sasu, Romanian footballer (b. 1939)
 * October 18
 * Barbara Karinska, Ukrainian-American costume designer (b. 1886)
 * Ahmed Tewfik El Madani, Algerian politician (b. 1899)
 * Vijay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer (b. 1931)
 * Cornelius Rost, Austrian publisher (b. 1919)
 * Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish activist and economist (b. 1897)
 * October 19
 * Maurice Bishop, Grenadian politician, Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)
 * Rezső Somlai, Hungarian footballer (b. 1911)
 * Carel Willink, Dutch painter (b. 1900)
 * October 20
 * Otto Aasen, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)
 * Valentín González, Spanish lieutenant colonel (b. 1904)
 * Irene Sänger-Bredt, German engineer and mathematician (b. 1911)
 * Yves Thériault, Canadian author (b. 1915)
 * Merle Travis, American singer (b. 1917)
 * October 21
 * Alfred Dahlqvist, Swedish skier (b. 1914)
 * Franz Novak, Austrian war criminal (b. 1913)
 * Gregory Wannier, Swiss physicist (b. 1911)
 * Abdul Zahir, Afghan politician, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (b. 1910)
 * October 22
 * Giovanni Cazzulani, Italian cyclist (b. 1909)
 * Abukhadzhi Idrisov, Chechen sniper (b. 1918)
 * Erich Schmid, Austrian physicist (b. 1896)
 * October 23 – Jessica Savitch, American news anchor (b. 1947)
 * October 24
 * Elie Carafoli, Romanian engineer (b. 1901)
 * Rolf Fäs, Swiss handball player (b. 1916)
 * Chiang Wen-yeh, Taiwanese composer (b. 1910)
 * October 25
 * Ángel Rambert, Argentine-French footballer (b. 1936)
 * Kurt Symanzik, German physicist (b. 1923)
 * October 26
 * Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian and academic administrator (b. 1917)
 * Luigina Perversi, Italian gymnast (b. 1914)
 * Alfred Tarski, Polish-American logician and mathematician (b. 1901)
 * October 27
 * October 28
 * Johnnie Davis, American actor (b. 1910)
 * Gabriel Langfeldt, Norwegian psychiatrist (b. 1895)
 * Otto Messmer, American cartoonist (b. 1892)
 * Pol Swings, Belgian astrophysicist (b. 1906)
 * October 29
 * Ana Cristina Cesar, Brazilian poet and critic (b. 1952)
 * Helmut Rauca, German Holocaust perpetrator (b. 1908)
 * October 30 – Lillian Gordy Carter, American nurse (b. 1898)
 * October 31
 * Farrell Dobbs, American activist and politician (b. 1907)
 * George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
 * Guillaume Hoorickx, Belgian ice hockey player (b. 1900)
 * Dora Jacobsohn, German-Swedish physiologist and endocrinologist (b. 1908)
 * Sharof Rashidov, Uzbekistani politician (b. 1917)

November 1983

 * November 1
 * May Alix, American singer (b. 1902)
 * Anthony van Hoboken], Dutch musicologist (b. [[1887)
 * Peter Horn, Danish fighter pilot (b. 1915)
 * Egon Rannet, Estonian author (b. 1911)
 * November 2
 * Leonard Schapiro, Scottish historian (b. 1908)
 * Taijiro Tamura, Japanese author (b. 1911)
 * November 3 – May Picqueray, French activist (b. 1898)
 * November 4 – George Herzog, Hungarian-American ethnomusicologist (b. 1901)
 * November 5
 * John Gallaudet, American actor (b. 1903)
 * Humberto Mauro, Brazilian film director (b. 1897)
 * Jean-Marc Reiser, French cartoonist (b. 1941)
 * November 6
 * Ville Pessi, Finnish politician (b. 1902)
 * Marcel Peyrouton, French politician and diplomat (b. 1887)
 * November 7
 * Umberto Mozzoni, Argentine cardinal (b. 1904)
 * Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (b. 1892)
 * November 8
 * Robert Agnew, American actor (b. 1899)
 * James Booker, American keyboardist (b. 1939)
 * James Hayden, American actor (b. 1953)
 * Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian rabbi and author (b. 1881)
 * Betty Nuthall, English tennis player (b. 1911)
 * November 9
 * André Chamson, French archivist and author (b. 1900)
 * Rüştü Erdelhun, Turkish general (b. 1894)
 * László Kozma, Hungarian engineer (b. 1902)
 * Franco Trincavelli, Italian rower (b. 1935)
 * Vittorio Vidali, Italian politician (b. 1900)
 * November 10
 * Dominique Gaumont, French guitarist (b. 1953)
 * Jalu Kurek, Polish poet and author (b. 1904)
 * Harlan Leonard, American bandleader and clarinetist (b. 1905)
 * Carl Erik Soya, Danish author and playwright (b. 1896)
 * November 11
 * Arno Babajanian, Armenian composer and pianist (b. 1921)
 * Josef Effenberger, Czech gymnast (b. 1901)
 * Donat Kurti, Albanian friar and scholar (b. 1903)
 * Valter Roman, Romanian activist (b. 1913)
 * José Villanueva, Filipino boxer (b. 1913)
 * November 12
 * Carlo Borghesio, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1905)
 * Aleksandr Sakharovsky, Russian general (b. 1909)
 * Joan Sales i Vallès, Spanish author and translator (b. 1912)
 * November 13
 * Aliagha Aghayev, Azerbaijani actor (b. 1913)
 * Mario Fazio, Italian cyclist (b. 1919)
 * Jam Handy, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1886)
 * Pascalina Lehnert, German nun (b. 1894)
 * November 14 – Barney Bubbles, English artist (b. 1942)
 * November 15
 * Marc Bernard, French author (b. 1900)
 * Giulio Cogni, Italian author and composer (b. 1908)
 * Solomon Hochoy], Trinidadian politician (b. [[1905)
 * John Le Mesurier, English actor (b. 1912)
 * November 16
 * Toni Brutscher, German ski jumper (b. 1925)
 * Janete Clair, Brazilian screenwriter and author (b. 1925)
 * Dora Gabe, Bulgarian poet (b. 1888)
 * Fukumoto Kazuo, Japanese theoretician (b. 1894)
 * Enzo Mainardi, Italian painter and poet (b. 1898)
 * Jorge Sabato, Argentine physicist (b. 1924)
 * November 17
 * Andrey Matveyevich Andreyev, Russian colonel general (b. 1905)
 * Allan Carlsson, Swedish boxer (b. 1910)
 * November 18
 * Marcel Dalio, French actor (b. 1899)
 * Émile Veinante, French footballer and manager (b. 1907)
 * November 19
 * Reinout Willem van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist (b. 1904)
 * Tom Evans, English musician (b. 1947)
 * Ivan Nikitich Konev, Russian major general (b. 1899)
 * Carolyn Leigh, American songwriter (b. 1926)
 * November 20
 * Hamid Arasly, Azerbaijani philologist and critic (b. 1902)
 * Kristmann Guðmundsson, Icelandic author (b. 1901)
 * Pavle Ingorokva, Georgian historian and philologist (b. 1893)
 * Richard Loo, American actor (b. 1903)
 * November 21
 * Francisca Reyes-Aquino, Filipino dancer and academic (b. 1899)
 * Giuseppe Vavassori, Italian footballer (b. 1934)
 * November 22
 * Michael Conrad, American actor (b. 1925)
 * Jumeken Najimedenov, Kazakhstani poet (b. 1935)
 * Jean Seznec, French historian and mythographer (b. 1905)
 * Pat Spence, South African tennis player (b. 1898)
 * Leonard Wibberley, Irish author (b. 1915)
 * November 23
 * Evelyn Barker, English general (b. 1894)
 * Mykola Bazhan, Ukrainian author and poet (b. 1904)
 * Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor (b. 1938)
 * Sybold van Ravesteyn, Dutch architect (b. 1889)
 * November 24 – Pavel Kamozin, Russian pilot (b. 1917)
 * November 25
 * Anton Dolin, English dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
 * Lotte H. Eisner, German-French author and film critic (b. 1896)
 * Vladimir Gelfand, Ukrainian author (b. 1923)
 * November 26
 * Carl Seemann, German musician (b. 1910)
 * Cyril Weidenborner, American ice hockey player (b. 1895)
 * November 27
 * Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Mexican author and playwright (b. 1928)
 * Semyon Ignatiev, Russian politician (b. 1904)
 * Harrie Massey, Australian physicist (b. 1908)
 * Ángel Rama, Uruguayan author and academic (b. 1926)
 * Rosa Sabater, Spanish pianist (b. 1929)
 * Manuel Scorza, Peruvian author and poet (b. 1928)
 * Marta Traba, Argentine critic and author (b. 1930)
 * November 28
 * Paul Demange, French actor (b. 1901)
 * Christopher George, American actor (b. 1931)
 * Marcel Houyoux, Belgian cyclist (b. 1903)
 * Peng Shuzhi, Chinese politician (b. 1896)
 * Stefan Skoumal], Austrian footballer (b. [[1909)
 * Ojārs Vācietis, Latvian author and poet (b. 1933)
 * November 29 – Aage Rasmussen, Danish racewalker and photographer (b. 1889)
 * November 30
 * Wen-Pei Fang, Chinese botanist (b. 1899)
 * George Headley, Panamanian-Jamaican cricketer (b. 1909)
 * Vic Lindquist, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1908)
 * Richard Llewellyn, English-Welsh author (b. 1906)
 * Michael Witney, American actor (b. 1931)

December 1983

 * December 1 – Enrique Diosdado, Spanish actor (b. 1910)
 * December 2
 * Gianangelo Barzan, Italian footballer (b. 1901)
 * Atholl McKinnon, South African cricketer (b. 1932)
 * Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1904)
 * Pavel Vezhinov, Bulgarian author and screenwriter (b. 1914)
 * December 3
 * Károly Kiss, Hungarian politician (b. 1903)
 * Elliott Waters Montroll, American scientist and mathematician (b. 1916)
 * Clement J. Zablocki, American politician (b. 1912)
 * December 4
 * Jack Kerris, American basketball player (b. 1925)
 * Phoui Sananikone, Laotian politician, Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1903)
 * December 5
 * Robert Aldrich, American film director (b. 1918)
 * Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower (b. 1895)
 * Hans Peter L'Orange, Norwegian historian and archaeologist (b. 1903)
 * John Robinson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1919)
 * Lyndall Urwick, English theorist and author (b. 1891)
 * December 6
 * Lucienne Boyer, French singer (b. 1901)
 * Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani politician and poet (b. 1914)
 * Umberto Terracini, Italian politician (b. 1895)
 * December 7 – Fanny Cano, Mexican actress (b. 1944)
 * December 8
 * Keith Holyoake, New Zealand politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1904)
 * Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919)
 * December 9
 * János Flesch, Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1933)
 * Tito Junco, Mexican actor (b. 1915)
 * Shah Nawaz Khan, Indian general and politician (b. 1914)
 * Şehzade Ali Vasib, Turkish prince (b. 1903)
 * December 10
 * Dorothy Cumming, American actress (b. 1894)
 * Michel Pêcheux, French linguist and philosopher (b. 1938)
 * December 11
 * Binayak Acharya, Indian politician (b. 1918)
 * Harold Stephen Black, American engineer (b. 1898)
 * Simon Laks, Polish composer and violinist (b. 1901)
 * James Pierce, American actor (b. 1900)
 * Neil Ritchie, English general (b. 1897)
 * Tom Sneddon, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1912)
 * December 12
 * Tadeusz Gwiazdowski, Polish actor (b. 1918)
 * Constantino Urbieta Sosa, Paraguayan-Argentine footballer (b. 1907)
 * December 13
 * Ángel Álvarez, Spanish actor (b. 1906)
 * Leora Dana, American actress (b. 1923)
 * Gustaf Hagelin, Swedish equestrian and lieutenant colonel (b. 1897)
 * Amza Pellea, Romanian actor (b. 1931)
 * Mary Renault, English-South African author (b. 1905)
 * Alexander Schmemann, Estonian-American priest and theologian (b. 1921)
 * Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet and author (b. 1933)
 * Velimir Terzić, Serbian colonel general (b. 1908)
 * December 14
 * December 15
 * David Markham, English actor (b. 1913)
 * Nat Shapiro, American author and record producer (b. 1922)
 * December 16
 * Grigori Aleksandrov, Russian film director (b. 1903)
 * Alexei Guryshev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
 * William H. Meyer, American politician (b. 1914)
 * December 17 – Hal Pereira, American art director and production designer (b. 1905)
 * December 18
 * Ivan Albright, American painter and sculptor (b. 1897)
 * Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, Indian politician (b. 1891)
 * Victor Turner, Scottish anthropologist (b. 1920)
 * December 19
 * Käte Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905)
 * Fania Fénelon, French pianist and composer (b. 1908)
 * December 20
 * Moulay Abdallah, Moroccan prince (b. 1935)
 * Bill Brandt, English photographer (b. 1904)
 * Taro Takemi, Japanese physician (b. 1904)
 * John Vivyan, American actor (b. 1915)
 * Stig Wikander, Swedish scholar (b. 1908)
 * December 21
 * Kjell Bondevik, Norwegian politician (b. 1901)
 * Rod Cameron, Canadian actor (b. 1910)
 * David Conover, American photographer and author (b. 1919)
 * Alexander Conrady, German general (b. 1903)
 * Paul de Man, Belgian-American critic (b. 1919)
 * József Vértesy, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1901)
 * Mark Workman, American basketball player (b. 1930)
 * December 22 – Charles Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1902)
 * December 23
 * December 24
 * Alfred Balachowsky, Russian-French entomologist (b. 1901)
 * Paul Gégauff, French screenwriter (b. 1922)
 * Stasys Lozoraitis, Lithuanian diplomat and politician (b. 1898)
 * December 25
 * Hal Brown, American runner (b. 1898)
 * Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1893)
 * December 26 – Vladas Niunka, Lithuanian politician and philosopher (b. 1907)
 * December 27
 * Estrella Alfon, Filipino author (b. 1917)
 * Luís Mesquita de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1911)
 * Jin Yan, South Korean-Chinese actor (b. 1910)
 * December 28
 * Carla Bartheel, German actress and photographer (b. 1902)
 * Eugène Chaboud, French racing driver (b. 1907)
 * William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892)
 * Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (b. 1910)
 * G. S. Ghurye, Indian academic (b. 1893)
 * William B. Widnall, American politician (b. 1906)
 * Dennis Wilson, American musician (b. 1944)
 * December 29 – William J. Abernathy, American scholar (b. 1933)
 * December 30
 * Charles Gunn, English racewalker (b. 1885)
 * Bill Hunt, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
 * December 31 – Ralph Wright, American animator and voice actor (b. 1908)

January 1984

 * January 1
 * Alexis Korner, English musician (b. 1928)
 * Zdravko Milev, Bulgarian chess player (b. 1929)
 * César Socarraz, Peruvian footballer (b. 1910)
 * Kaarlo Vähämäki, Finnish gymnast (b. 1892)
 * January 2
 * Sebastià Juan Arbó, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1902)
 * Yevgeny Krinov, Russian astronomer and geologist (b. 1906)
 * Klaus Mehnert, German author and journalist (b. 1906)
 * Roberto Porta, Uruguayan-Italian footballer (b. 1913)
 * Kenneth Sitzberger, American diver (b. 1945)
 * Augustin Souchy, German activist and journalist (b. 1892)
 * January 3
 * Taras Borodajkewycz, Austrian nazi and historian (b. 1902)
 * Karl Brugger, German journalist and author (b. 1941)
 * January 4 – Gösta Lindh, Swedish footballer (b. 1924)
 * January 5
 * Giuseppe Fava, Italian author and journalist (b. 1925)
 * Dmitri Vasilyev, Russian film director (b. 1900)
 * January 6
 * Hermann Engelhard, German runner (b. 1903)
 * Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)
 * Surjit Singh Randhawa, Indian field hockey player (b. 1951)
 * January 7
 * Walter Forde, English film director and actor (b. 1898)
 * Alfred Kastler, French physicist (b. 1902)
 * January 8
 * Tom Kelley, American photographer (b. 1914)
 * Baba Sali, Moroccan rabbi (b. 1889)
 * Lee Soo-nam, South Korean footballer (b. 1927)
 * January 9
 * Frederick Gibberd, English architect (b. 1909)
 * Seán MacEntee, Irish politician (b. 1889)
 * Deighton Lisle Ward, Barbadian politician (b. 1909)
 * January 10
 * Charles Fasel, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1898)
 * Toivo Loukola, Finnish runner (b. 1902)
 * Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
 * Thoralf Strømstad, Norwegian skier (b. 1897)
 * January 11
 * Jack La Rue, American actor (b. 1902)
 * Erik Stensiö, Swedish paleozoologist (b. 1891)
 * January 12 – Marina Chechneva, Russian pilot (b. 1922)
 * January 13
 * Fulvio Bernardini, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
 * Alaa El-Hamouly, Egyptian footballer (b. 1930)
 * Gustav Harteneck, German general (b. 1892)
 * Leon Jucewicz, Polish speed skater (b. 1902)
 * Ray Moore, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
 * Tommy Younger, Scottish footballer (b. 1930)
 * January 14
 * Brooks Atkinson, American critic (b. 1894)
 * Paul Ben-Haim, Israeli composer (b. 1897)
 * Saad Haddad, Lebanese rebel (b. 1936)
 * Ray Kroc, American businessman (b. 1902)
 * Merle Robbins, American barber and game designer (b. 1911)
 * January 15
 * Titus Burckhardt, Swiss author (b. 1908)
 * Fazıl Küçük, Cypriot politician (b. 1906)
 * Koos du Plessis, South African singer and poet (b. 1945)
 * Rostislav Zakharov, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1907)
 * January 16
 * Kenneth Arnold, American pilot and politician (b. 1915)
 * Józef Nowak, Polish actor (b. 1925)
 * Frederick Scherger, Australian air marshal (b. 1904)
 * January 17
 * Ángel Arteaga, Spanish musician and composer (b. 1928)
 * Birger Åsander, Swedish actor (b. 1909)
 * Kostas Giannidis, Greek composer and pianist (b. 1903)
 * Trần Văn Hữu, Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1896)
 * Yoshio Kodama, Japanese political fixer and drug trafficker (b. 1911)
 * Earl Moran, American photographer and artist (b. 1893)
 * George Rigaud, Argentine actor (b. 1905)
 * January 18
 * Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
 * Gladys Anderson Emerson, American historian and biochemist (b. 1903)
 * Malcolm H. Kerr, American-Lebanese political scientist and academic administrator (b. 1931)
 * Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Ukrainian politician (b. 1902)
 * Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek songwriter and musician (b. 1915)
 * January 19
 * Gösta Bengtsson, Swedish sailor (b. 1897)
 * Habibur Rehman, Pakistani field hockey player (b. 1925)
 * Wolfgang Staudte, German film director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
 * January 20
 * Hagbart Haakonsen, Norwegian skier (b. 1895)
 * J. Hartwell Harrison, American surgeon and author (b. 1909)
 * Artur Svensson, Swedish sprinter (b. 1901)
 * Johnny Weissmuller, Mexican-American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
 * January 21
 * Gottfried Alfons, Austrian royal (b. 1902)
 * Roger Blin, French actor (b. 1907)
 * Fang Ganmin, Chinese painter and sculptor (b. 1906)
 * Alan Marshall, Australian author (b. 1902)
 * Egon Pollak, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1898)
 * Jackie Wilson, American singer (b. 1934)
 * January 22
 * Elso Barghoorn, American paleobotanist (b. 1915)
 * Guillermo Campanal, Spanish footballer (b. 1912)
 * Mikiel Gonzi, Maltese archbishop (b. 1885)
 * Chaïm Perelman, Belgian philosopher (b. 1912)
 * Josef Walcher, Austrian skier (b. 1954)
 * January 23
 * Muin Bseiso, Palestinian poet (b. 1926)
 * Samuel Gardner, Russian-American composer (b. 1891)
 * Hans Christian Sørensen, Danish gymnast (b. 1900)
 * January 24 – Rosser Reeves, American advertiser (b. 1910)
 * January 25
 * January 26
 * Gary Gabelich, American racing driver (b. 1940)
 * Leny Marenbach, German actress (b. 1907)
 * January 27 – Mohamed Ahmed, Comorian politician (b. 1917)
 * January 28
 * Hervey M. Cleckley, American psychiatrist (b. 1903)
 * Sohrab Modi, Indian film director and actor (b. 1897)
 * January 29
 * Frances Goodrich, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1890)
 * Edzard Schaper, German author (b. 1908)
 * January 30
 * Walter Arthur Berendsohn, German scholar (b. 1884)
 * Hilding Ekelund, Finnish architect (b. 1893)
 * Alejandro Goicoechea, Spanish engineer (b. 1895)
 * Luke Kelly, Irish musician (b. 1940)
 * Anatoly Olizarenko, Russian cyclist (b. 1936)
 * Dolores Palumbo, Italian actress (b. 1912)
 * January 31 – George Harmon Coxe, American author (b. 1901)

February 1984

 * February 1
 * Ada Smith, American dancer and singer (b. 1894)
 * Hans Vinjarengen, Norwegian skier (b. 1905)
 * February 2
 * February 3
 * Ronny Bierman, Dutch actress (b. 1938)
 * Tuhfa Fozilova, Tajikistani actress and opera singer (b. 1917)
 * February 4 – Patrick Nagel, American artist (b. 1945)
 * February 5
 * Chuck Cooper, American basketball player (b. 1926)
 * Michael Kogan, Russian-Japanese entrepreneur (b. 1920)
 * El Santo, Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1917)
 * Henry Somerset, English academic administrator and civil servant (b. 1900)
 * Manès Sperber, Austrian-French author and psychologist (b. 1905)
 * Su Yu, Chinese general (b. 1907)
 * February 6
 * Ahmed A-Dahar, Israeli politician (b. 1906)
 * Charles Delelienne, Belgian field hockey player (b. 1892)
 * Jimmy Ernst, German-American painter (b. 1920)
 * Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet (b. 1893)
 * Józef Łodyński, Polish actor (b. 1919)
 * Remus Răduleț, Romanian engineer (b. 1904)
 * Solomon Schonfeld, English rabbi (b. 1912)
 * February 7
 * Janaki Ammal, Indian botanist (b. 1897)
 * Gholam Ali Oveissi, Iranian general (b. 1918)
 * James Sinclair, Canadian politician (b. 1908)
 * February 8
 * Philippe Ariès, French historian (b. 1914)
 * Piet de Boer, Dutch footballer (b. 1919)
 * Tomoji Ishizuka, Japanese poet and author (b. 1906)
 * Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
 * February 9
 * Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (b. 1914)
 * Tanjore Balasaraswati, Indian dancer (b. 1918)
 * February 10
 * Tommy Briggs, English footballer (b. 1923)
 * David Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
 * Kasymbek Yeshmambetov, Kyrgyzstani author and playwright (b. 1910)
 * February 11 – Arlette Marchal, French actress (b. 1902)
 * February 12
 * Anna Anderson, American imposter (b. 1896)
 * Julio Cortázar, Argentine-French author (b. 1914)
 * Franz Dusika, Austrian cyclist (b. 1908)
 * Muzi Epifani, Italian author and poet (b. 1935)
 * Lyman Young, American cartoonist (b. 1893)
 * February 13
 * Pierre Brambilla, French cyclist (b. 1919)
 * Helmut Schneider, German footballer and manager (b. 1913)
 * André Stander, South African bank robber (b. 1946)
 * February 14
 * Gordon Goodwin, English racewalker (b. 1895)
 * Elmer Keith, American firearm designer and rancher (b. 1899)
 * Gjon Mili, Albanian-American photographer (b. 1904)
 * February 15
 * Avon Long, American actor and singer (b. 1910)
 * Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (b. 1908)
 * Manuel Flores Mora, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1923)
 * February 16
 * Ragheb Harb, Lebanese cleric (b. 1952)
 * M. A. G. Osmani, Indian general (b. 1918)
 * February 17
 * Pavel Batitsky, Russian military officer (b. 1910)
 * Lucille Benson, American actress (b. 1914)
 * Karel Kolský, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1914)
 * February 18
 * Yussef Diab, Israeli politician (b. 1917)
 * Paul Gardiner, English bassist (b. 1958)
 * Labib Habachi, Egyptian egyptologist (b. 1906)
 * Hiraizumi Kiyoshi, Japanese historian (b. 1895)
 * Diyab Obeid, Israeli politician (b. 1911)
 * Sarmen Sarkisyan, Armenian poet (b. 1901)
 * February 19
 * David Hacohen, Israeli politician (b. 1898)
 * Claude Hopkins, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1903)
 * Ina Ray Hutton, American singer and bandleader (b. 1916)
 * Vladimir Portnoy, Ukrainian gymnast (b. 1931)
 * Jesse Pye, English footballer (b. 1919)
 * Lewis J. Rachmil, American film producer and art director (b. 1908)
 * February 20
 * Fikret Amirov, Azerbaijani composer (b. 1922)
 * Giuseppe Colombo, Italian scientist and mathematician (b. 1920)
 * February 21
 * Fernando Remacha, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
 * Emilio Rodríguez, Spanish cyclist (b. 1923)
 * Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian author (b. 1905)
 * February 22
 * Uwe Johnson, German author (b. 1934)
 * Wilhelm Müller, German handball player (b. 1909)
 * Max Newman, English mathematician and codebreaker (b. 1897)
 * David Vetter, American medical figure (b. 1971)
 * February 23
 * Maurice Tabard, French photographer (b. 1897)
 * Jessamyn West, American author (b. 1902)
 * February 24
 * Ernst Hofbauer, Austrian film director (b. 1925)
 * Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (b. 1912)
 * February 25
 * Luka Kaliterna, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1893)
 * Roza Papo, Bosnian physician and general (b. 1914)
 * Alfredo Varela, Argentine author (b. 1914)
 * February 26
 * Simone Berriau, French actress (b. 1896)
 * Kostiantyn Dankevych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1905)
 * Johann von Gardner, Russian musicologist (b. 1898)
 * Richmond Lattimore, American poet and translator (b. 1906)
 * February 27
 * Michał Kondracki, Polish composer (b. 1902)
 * Simón Lecue, Spanish footballer (b. 1912)
 * Ana Rosa Tornero, Bolivian author and journalist (b. 1907)
 * Gourgen Yanikian, Armenian engineer and assassin (b. 1897)
 * February 28
 * Hortensio Vidaurreta, Spanish cyclist (b. 1928)
 * Fritz Zweig, German conductor (b. 1893)
 * February 29
 * Meyer Dolinsky, American screenwriter (b. 1923)
 * Ludwik Starski, Polish songwriter and sound engineer (b. 1903)

March 1984

 * March 1
 * Carl Burgos, American comic book artist (b. 1916)
 * Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)
 * Roland Culver, English actor (b. 1900)
 * Danko Grlić, Serbian philosopher (b. 1923)
 * Ohannés Gurekian, Armenian architect (b. 1902)
 * Vittorio Metz, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1904)
 * Giuseppe Parodi, Italian footballer (b. 1892)
 * Peter Walker, English racing driver (b. 1912)
 * March 2
 * Yola d'Avril, French-American actress (b. 1906)
 * Ganna Walska, Polish opera singer (b. 1887)
 * March 3
 * John Adams, English physicist (b. 1920)
 * Tatsuko Hoshino, Japanese poet (b. 1903)
 * Mike Mosley, American racing driver (b. 1946)
 * Thubten Yeshe, Tibetan lama (b. 1935)
 * March 4
 * Odd Bang-Hansen, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1908)
 * Jewel Carmen, American actress (b. 1897)
 * March 5
 * Just Göbel, Dutch footballer (b. 1891)
 * Tito Gobbi, Italian opera singer (b. 1913)
 * William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
 * Hisao Tanabe, Japanese musicologist (b. 1883)
 * March 6
 * Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (b. 1924)
 * Billy Collins Jr., American boxer (b. 1961)
 * Martin Niemöller, German theologian and pastor (b. 1892)
 * Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican-English actor (b. 1905)
 * March 7
 * Miloš Beleslin, Serbian footballer (b. 1901)
 * Robert Bloch, French racing driver (b. 1888)
 * Helena Cortesina, Spanish-Argentine actress (b. 1903)
 * Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat, Iraqi soldier (b. 1955)
 * Karl Neckermann, German sprinter (b. 1911)
 * Charles Pisot, French mathematician (b. 1910)
 * Paul Rotha, English film director and historian (b. 1907)
 * March 8
 * March 9
 * Imogen Holst, English composer and conductor (b. 1907)
 * Kilm Il, North Korean politician (b. 1910)
 * Kristian Johansson, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1907)
 * Arnold Martignoni, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1901)
 * Hanna Sturm, Austrian activist (b. 1891)
 * Hannah Weinstein, American journalist and activist (b. 1911)
 * March 10
 * I. S. Johar, Indian actor and film director (b. 1920)
 * June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)
 * Dino Shafeek, Bangladeshi-English actor (b. 1930)
 * Itsuo Tsuda, Japanese philosopher and aikidoka (b. 1914)
 * March 11
 * Raymond Mastrotto, French cyclist (b. 1934)
 * Ward Miller, American politician (b. 1902)
 * March 12
 * Hakon Ahlberg, Swedish architect and author (b. 1891)
 * Edwin C. Kemble, American physicist (b. 1889)
 * Luis Lucia, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1914)
 * Hans Melchior, German botanist (b. 1894)
 * Colin Ratsey, English sailor (b. 1906)
 * Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor (b. 1896)
 * March 13
 * Salvatore Baccaro, Italian actor (b. 1932)
 * François Le Lionnais, French engineer and author (b. 1901)
 * Paul Schuster Taylor, American economist (b. 1895)
 * James Jeremiah Wadsworth, American politician and diplomat (b. 1905)
 * March 14
 * Aurelio Peccei, Italian futurologist and philanthropist (b. 1908)
 * Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet (b. 1914)
 * March 15
 * Konstantin Badygin, Russian naval officer and explorer (b. 1910)
 * Ken Carpenter, American discus thrower (b. 1913)
 * Giorgio Venturini, Italian film producer (b. 1906)
 * March 16
 * Evencio Castellanos, Venezuelan pianist (b. 1915)
 * Shug Fisher, American actor (b. 1907)
 * March 17
 * March 18
 * Edith Pickles, English gymnast (b. 1904)
 * Rubye De Remer, American dancer and actress (b. 1892)
 * Joseph Spence, Bahamian guitarist and singer (b. 1910)
 * Paul Francis Webster, American songwriter (b. 1907)
 * March 19
 * Richard E. Bellman, American mathematician (b. 1920)
 * Erwin Franzkowiak, German field hockey player (b. 1894)
 * Bo Ljungberg, Swedish athlete (b. 1911)
 * Garry Winogrand, American photographer (b. 1928)
 * March 20
 * Jean De Clercq, Belgian footballer (b. 1905)
 * Stan Coveleski, American baseball player (b. 1889)
 * Silvio Hernández, Mexican basketball player (b. 1908)
 * Kerime Nadir, Turkish author (b. 1917)
 * March 21
 * August Frank, German war criminal (b. 1898)
 * Sam Leavitt, American cinematographer (b. 1904)
 * March 22 – Josef Müller, German footballer and manager (b. 1893)
 * March 23
 * K. B. Andersen, Danish politician (b. 1914)
 * Shauna Grant, American pornographic actress and model (b. 1963)
 * Peter Kolosimo, Italian journalist and author (b. 1922)
 * Jean Prouvé, French architect (b. 1901)
 * March 24
 * Lilla Brignone, Italian actress (b. 1913)
 * Marie Howet, Belgian painter (b. 1897)
 * Sam Jaffe, American actor (b. 1894)
 * Moshe Sardines, Israeli politician (b. 1917)
 * March 25
 * Gustav Elfving, Finnish mathematician and statistician (b. 1908)
 * George Campbell Hay, Scottish poet and translator (b. 1915)
 * Martin Stokken, Norwegian skier (b. 1923)
 * March 26
 * Branko Ćopić, Serbian author (b. 1915)
 * Bora Laskin, Canadian judge (b. 1912)
 * Holger Norman-Hansen, Danish chess player (b. 1899)
 * Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, President of Guinea (b. 1922)
 * Octávio Trompowsky, Brazilian chess player (b. 1897)
 * March 27
 * Jack Donohue, American film director (b. 1908)
 * Derek Francis, English actor (b. 1923)
 * Comins Mansfield, English chess composer (b. 1896)
 * March 28
 * Carmen Dragon, American conductor and film composer (b. 1914)
 * Michael Keeping, English footballer and manager (b. 1902)
 * Julio Mueller, Mexican polo player (b. 1905)
 * Emmanuil Yevzerikhin, Russian photographer (b. 1911)
 * March 29 – Henry Brooke, English politician (b. 1903)
 * March 30
 * Gaëtan Dugas, German flight attendant and medical figure (b. 1952)
 * Hollis Frampton, American film director and photographer (b. 1936)
 * Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian (b. 1904)
 * March 31 – Constance Jeans, English swimmer (b. 1899)

April 1984

 * April 1
 * Marvin Gaye, American singer (b. 1939)
 * Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
 * Marina Yurlova, Russian-American soldier and author (b. 1900)
 * April 2
 * Ernst van Aaken, German physician (b. 1910)
 * Ángela Figuera Aymerich, Spanish poet and author (b. 1902)
 * Recha Freier, German-Israeli activist (b. 1892)
 * Mario Pretto, Italian footballer (b. 1915)
 * Adalberto Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian general and politician (b. 1905)
 * Sunao Sonoda, Japanese politician (b. 1913)
 * April 3 – Jack Middelburg, Dutch motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
 * April 4
 * Oleg Antonov, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1906)
 * Johnny Arnold, English cricketer (b. 1907)
 * Aleksandr Fedotov, Russian pilot (b. 1932)
 * Maximilian Fretter-Pico, German general (b. 1892)
 * Joan Ponç, Spanish artist (b. 1927)
 * April 5
 * Robert Adams, English sculptor (b. 1917)
 * Herbert Fleischmann, German actor (b. 1925)
 * Lillemor von Hanno, Norwegian actress and author (b. 1900)
 * Arthur Harris, English air marshal (b. 1892)
 * Hans Lunding, Danish equestrian and colonel (b. 1899)
 * Keisuke Serizawa, Japanese artist (b. 1895)
 * Giuseppe Tucci, Italian orientalist and scholar (b. 1894)
 * April 6 – Kazuo Hasegawa, Japanese actor (b. 1908)
 * April 7
 * Frank Church, American politician (b. 1924)
 * Othmar Pferschy, Austrian-Turkish photographer (b. 1898)
 * April 8
 * Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist (b. 1894)
 * Ioannis Paraskevopoulos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1900)
 * Daeng Soetigna, Indonesian musician (b. 1908)
 * Mijo Udovčić, Croatian chess grandmaster (b. 1920)
 * April 9
 * Paul Ivano, French-American cinematographer (b. 1900)
 * Jean-Pierre Kérien, French actor (b. 1912)
 * Renato Perona, Italian cyclist (b. 1927)
 * Paul-Pierre Philippe, French cardinal (b. 1905)
 * Willem Sandberg, Dutch typographer and resistance fighter (b. 1897)
 * Adriana Seroni, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1922)
 * April 10
 * Jakub Berman, Polish politician (b. 1901)
 * Servílio de Jesús, Brazilian footballer (b. 1914)
 * Ray Middleton, American actor (b. 1907)
 * Willy Semmelrogge, German actor (b. 1923)
 * Jack White, American film producer and screenwriter (b. 1897)
 * April 11 – Fritz Rotter, Austrian author and composer (b. 1900)
 * April 12
 * Daniele D'Anza, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
 * Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (b. 1903)
 * Edward Sokoine, Tanzanian politician, Prime Minister of Tanzania (b. 1938)
 * Ramón Tapia, Chilean boxer (b. 1932)
 * Ruth Taylor, American actress (b. 1905)
 * April 13
 * Mary Delgado, Spanish actress (b. 1916)
 * Richard Hurndall, English actor (b. 1910)
 * Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harpsichordist and musicologist (b. 1911)
 * April 14
 * Marianne Aminoff, Swedish actress (b. 1916)
 * Thorold Dickinson, English film director and editor (b. 1903)
 * Eugen Geiwitz, German fencer (b. 1901)
 * Anders Haugen, Norwegian-American ski jumper (b. 1888)
 * April 15
 * Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (b. 1921)
 * William Empson, English critic and poet (b. 1906)
 * Machito Grillo, Cuban musician (b. 1909)
 * Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1901)
 * Konstantin Ivanov, Russian conductor and composer (b. 1907)
 * Glen MacWilliams, American cinematographer (b. 1898)
 * Alexander Trocchi, Scottish author (b. 1925)
 * April 16
 * Charles G. Finney, American author (b. 1905)
 * Byron Haskin, American film director (b. 1899)
 * Giovanni Lattuada, Italian gymnast (b. 1905)
 * Simon Spies, Danish businessman (b. 1921)
 * Wanda Wulz, Italian photographer (b. 1903)
 * April 17
 * Víctor Balaguer, Spanish singer (b. 1921)
 * Mark W. Clark, American general (b. 1896)
 * Claude Provost, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)
 * Jimmy Trotter, English footballer (b. 1899)
 * Gérard Vuilleumier, Swiss ski jumper and cyclist (b. 1905)
 * April 18
 * Kenneth Stewart Cole, American biophysicist (b. 1900)
 * Pierre Frank, French politician (b. 1905)
 * Leopold Lindtberg, Austrian-Swiss film director (b. 1902)
 * Ze'ev Sherf, Israeli politician (b. 1904)
 * Francis de Wolff, English actor (b. 1913)
 * April 19
 * Yefrosinya Zenkova, Belarusian resistance fighter (b. 1923)
 * He Zizhen, Chinese political figure (b. 1910)
 * April 20
 * Otto Arosemena, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador (b. 1925)
 * Karl Hipfinger, Austrian weightlifter (b. 1905)
 * Antonio Maquilón, Peruvian footballer (b. 1902)
 * Mabel Mercer, English-American singer (b. 1900)
 * Felix Sobolev, Ukrainian film director (b. 1931)
 * April 21
 * Marcel Janco, Romanian-Israeli artist and architect (b. 1895)
 * Manuel Mujica Lainez, Argentine author and critic (b. 1910)
 * Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (b. 1943)
 * Marino Tartaglia, Croatian painter (b. 1894)
 * April 22
 * Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
 * Gracco De Nardo, Italian footballer (b. 1893)
 * April 23
 * Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
 * Harry Hibbs, English footballer (b. 1906)
 * Vicente Solano Lima, Argentine newspaper publisher and politician (b. 1901)
 * Erling Nilsen, Norwegian boxer (b. 1910)
 * Roland Penrose, English artist and historian (b. 1900)
 * Juan Tizol, Puerto Rican trombonist and composer (b. 1900)
 * April 24
 * Jane Graverol, Belgian painter (b. 1905)
 * Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, American ornithologist (b. 1901)
 * April 25
 * Céleste Albaret, French hotelier (b. 1891)
 * Loro Boriçi, Albanian footballer (b. 1922)
 * Kevin A. Lynch, American urban planner and author (b. 1918)
 * Ivan L. Rudnytsky, Ukrainian-Canadian historian and political scientist (b. 1919)
 * April 26
 * Arnold Ap, Indonesian archaeologist and musician (b. 1946)
 * Count Basie, American musician and composer (b. 1904)
 * Dolores Cassinelli, American actress and singer (b. 1888)
 * David Collet, English rower (b. 1901)
 * Jocelyn Gill, American astronomer (b. 1916)
 * Barry Gray, English musician and composer (b. 1908)
 * Helge Løvland, Norwegian athlete (b. 1890)
 * May McAvoy, American actress (b. 1899)
 * Henry Rowland, American actor (b. 1913)
 * April 27
 * Émile Gagnan, French engineer (b. 1900)
 * Z. Z. Hill, American singer (b. 1935)
 * Keijo Kuusela, Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1921)
 * M. D. Ramanathan, Indian film composer and singer (b. 1923)
 * April 28
 * Sylvia Ashton-Warner, New Zealand author and poet (b. 1908)
 * Treg Brown, American sound engineer (b. 1899)
 * Piet Kraak, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1921)
 * Glen H. Taylor, American politician (b. 1904)
 * April 29
 * Richard Benedict, Italian-American actor (b. 1920)
 * Frances Day, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
 * Angel Metodiev, Russian painter (b. 1921)
 * Baltzar von Platen, Swedish engineer and inventor (b. 1898)
 * Sulo Salmi, Finnish gymnast (b. 1914)
 * April 30
 * Michael Adeane, English politician (b. 1910)
 * Aimé Duval, French priest and singer (b. 1918)
 * Rodrigo Lara, Colombian politician (b. 1946)
 * Zelda Mishkovsky, Israeli poet (b. 1914)

May 1984

 * May 1
 * David Gvantseladze, Georgian wrestler (b. 1937)
 * Joe Heaney, Irish singer (b. 1919)
 * Gordon Jenkins, American composer and pianist (b. 1910)
 * Jüri Lossmann, Estonian runner (b. 1891)
 * May 2
 * Smith Ballew, American actor and singer (b. 1902)
 * Bob Clampett, American animator (b. 1913)
 * Sandra Sabattini, Italian humanitarian (b. 1961)
 * May 3
 * Aghashirin Jafarov, Azerbaijani sergeant major (b. 1906)
 * Alan Schneider, American theatre director (b. 1917)
 * Ross Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
 * Kurt Martti Wallenius, Finnish major general (b. 1893)
 * May 4
 * Diana Dors, English actress and singer (b. 1931)
 * María Lacunza Ezcurra, Spanish lawyer (b. 1900)
 * Roger Karl, French actor (b. 1882)
 * Eddie Lowery, American golf caddie and businessman (b. 1902)
 * Willie Ormond, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1927)
 * Marie Vorobieff, Russian painter (b. 1892)
 * May 5
 * Mihály Bozsi, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1911)
 * Takayoshi Yoshioka, Japanese sprinter (b. 1909)
 * May 6 – William A. Egan, American politician (b. 1914)
 * May 7
 * Albert Becker, Austrian-Argentine chess player (b. 1896)
 * Max Palmer, American actor and professional wrestler (b. 1927)
 * Ruth Renick, American actress (b. 1893)
 * May 8
 * Borys Antonenko-Davydovych, Ukrainian author and translator (b. 1899)
 * Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916)
 * Armando Del Debbio, Brazilian footballer (b. 1904)
 * William Ling, English football referee (b. 1908)
 * Herbert Matter, Swiss-American photographer (b. 1907)
 * May 9
 * Abdul Hai Habibi, Afghan historian and politician (b. 1910)
 * Sergei Salnikov, Russian footballer (b. 1925)
 * Miriam Yalan-Shteklis, Israeli author and poet (b. 1900)
 * May 10
 * Joaquim Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist (b. 1943)
 * Carmela Combe, Peruvian pilot (b. 1898)
 * Robert Moore, American theatre director (b. 1927)
 * May 11
 * George Alexander Parks, American politician (b. 1883)
 * Peter Sturm, Austrian-German actor (b. 1909)
 * Toni Turek, German footballer (b. 1919)
 * May 12
 * Matías González, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1925)
 * Hellmuth Mäder, German general (b. 1908)
 * Doris May, American actress (b. 1902)
 * May 13
 * Pierre Bertin, French actor (b. 1891)
 * Antonio Castillo, Spanish costume designer (b. 1908)
 * Stanisław Ulam, Polish-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1909)
 * May 14 – Walter Rauff, German nazi commander (b. 1906)
 * May 15
 * Ali Murtopo, Indonesian general and politician (b. 1924)
 * Lionel Robbins, English economist (b. 1898)
 * Francis Schaeffer, American theologian and philosopher (b. 1912)
 * Irena Skwierczyńska, Polish actress (b. 1897)
 * May 16
 * Andy Kaufman, American comedian and actor (b. 1949)
 * Karl Neumer, German cyclist (b. 1887)
 * Irwin Shaw, American playwright and author (b. 1913)
 * Fritzie Zivic, American boxer (b. 1913)
 * May 17
 * May 18
 * Nasuh Akar, Turkish wrestler (b. 1925)
 * Ray Copeland, American trumpeter (b. 1916)
 * May 19
 * John Betjeman, English poet and author (b. 1906)
 * Kim Sung-gan, South Korean footballer (b. 1912)
 * Henrik Tikkanen, Finnish-Swedish author (b. 1924)
 * May 20
 * Peter Bull, English actor (b. 1912)
 * Bill Holland, American racing driver (b. 1907)
 * Ólafur Jóhannesson, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1913)
 * Edmund Schlink, German pastor and theologian (b. 1903)
 * May 21
 * Andrea Leeds, Americana actress (b. 1913)
 * Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
 * Carl Petersen, Danish politician (b. 1894)
 * Sesilia Takaishvili, Georgian actress (b. 1906)
 * May 22
 * Mimi Balkanska, Bulgarian opera singer (b. 1902)
 * Rambai Barni, Thai royal (b. 1904)
 * Karl-August Fagerholm, Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1901)
 * Rogelio A. González, Mexican film director and screenwriter (b. 1920)
 * Laurent Grimmonprez, Belgian footballer (b. 1902)
 * Erich Gutenberg, German economist (b. 1897)
 * John Marley, American actor (b. 1907)
 * Valery Voronin, Russian footballer (b. 1939)
 * May 23
 * María Teresa Lara, Mexican songwriter and composer (b. 1904)
 * Luisa Rossi, Italian actress (b. 1925)
 * Dario Simoni, Italian set decorator (b. 1901)
 * May 24
 * Stanley Hooker, English mathematician and engineer (b. 1907)
 * Louis Ignacio-Pinto, Beninese politician (b. 1903)
 * Vincent J. McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter (b. 1914)
 * May 25
 * Jūrō Gotō, Japanese major general (b. 1887)
 * Margaretha Reichardt, German artist (b. 1907)
 * May 26 – Mary Taylor Slow, English physicist (b. 1898)
 * May 27
 * Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (b. 1923)
 * Michael Raucheisen, German pianist (b. 1889)
 * May 28
 * Estelle Bernadotte, American-Swedish royal (b. 1904)
 * D'Urville Martin, American actor (b. 1939)
 * Eric Morecambe, English comedian (b. 1926)
 * Walter Prager, Swiss skier (b. 1910)
 * May 29
 * May 30
 * Harold Cottam, English wireless operator (b. 1891)
 * Tex Gibbons, American basketball player (b. 1907)
 * George Pearkes, Canadian politician (b. 1888)
 * May 31
 * Juhani Järvinen, Finnish speed skater (b. 1935)
 * Philippe Marçais, French scholar and politician (b. 1910)
 * Bruno Wüstenberg, German archbishop and diplomat (b. 1912)

June 1984

 * June 1
 * Arkhyp Lyulka, Russian scientist and inventor (b. 1908)
 * Nana Palshikar, Indian actor (b. 1907)
 * Sten Pettersson, Swedish sprinter and hurdler (b. 1902)
 * Violet La Plante, American actress (b. 1908)
 * Carl Sandblom, Swedish sailor (b. 1908)
 * John N. Shive, American physicist and inventor (b. 1913)
 * June 2
 * François de Menthon, French politician (b. 1900)
 * Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo, Spanish painter (b. 1924)
 * June 3 – Aldo Campatelli, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1919)
 * June 4
 * Konstantine Hovhannisyan, American architect and archaeologist (b. 1911)
 * Fritz Nallinger, German engineer (b. 1898)
 * Zbigniew Sawan, Polish actor (b. 1904)
 * Sara Shagufta, Pakistani poet (b. 1954)
 * June 5
 * Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin, Egyptian politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1926)
 * John Pasta, American physicist and computer scientist (b. 1918)
 * Vasily Senko, Russian colonel (b. 1921)
 * June 6
 * Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian militant (b. 1947)
 * A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian author (b. 1912)
 * Hugh Sykes Davies, English poet and author (b. 1909)
 * Albert Deborgies, French water polo player (b. 1902)
 * Åke Ohlmarks, Swedish author and translator (b. 1911)
 * Emmi Pikler, Hungarian pediatrician (b. 1902)
 * Bill Voce, English cricketer (b. 1909)
 * K. C. Wu, Chinese politician (b. 1903)
 * June 7
 * George Givot, American actor (b. 1903)
 * Rudolf Stahl, German field hockey player (b. 1912)
 * June 8
 * Musa Alami], Palestinian politician (b. [[1897)
 * Gordon Jacob, American composer (b. 1895)
 * Ernest McFarland, American politician and judge (b. 1894)
 * June 9
 * Helen Hardin, American painter (b. 1943)
 * Adolf Wagner, German weightlifter (b. 1911)
 * June 10
 * Carlos Quijano, Uruguayan politician (b. 1900)
 * Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, Tunisian poet and author (b. 1901)
 * June 11
 * Siegfried Balke, German politician (b. 1902)
 * Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (b. 1922)
 * Sigge Fürst, Swedish actor (b. 1905)
 * Ernst Haeussermann, German-Austrian theatre director and actor (b. 1916)
 * Julius Madritsch, Austrian businessman (b. 1906)
 * June 12
 * Pyotr Baranovsky, Russian architect (b. 1892)
 * János Ferencsik, Hungarian conductor (b. 1907)
 * Bruno Fritz, German actor (b. 1900)
 * Berry Nieuwenhuys, South African footballer (b. 1911)
 * Kiril Simonovski, Macedonian footballer (b. 1915)
 * June 13
 * Ken Armstrong, English-New Zealand footballer (b. 1924)
 * Nathaniel A. Owings, American architect (b. 1903)
 * António Variações, Portuguese singer (b. 1944)
 * June 14
 * June 15
 * Ned Glass, Polish-American actor (b. 1906)
 * Héctor Hernández, Mexican footballer (b. 1935)
 * Betsy Snite, American skier (b. 1938)
 * Michio Takeyama, Japanese author and critic (b. 1903)
 * Meredith Willson, American musician and playwright (b. 1902)
 * June 16
 * Park In-chon, South Korean businessman (b. 1901)
 * Erni Krusten, Estonian author (b. 1900)
 * Robert Mandrou, French historian (b. 1921)
 * John Randall, English physicist (b. 1905)
 * Aleksandr Tarasov, Russian pentathlete (b. 1927)
 * June 17
 * Leslie I. Carey, American sound engineer (b. 1895)
 * Nobuo Nakagawa, Japanese film director (b. 1905)
 * Štefan Sádovský, Slovakian politician (b. 1928)
 * Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Russian singer and actress (b. 1906)
 * June 18
 * Alan Berg, American radio host (b. 1934)
 * Arthur Chandler, English footballer (b. 1895)
 * June 19
 * Samuel Collins, American physicist and chemist (b. 1898)
 * Sunny Johnson, American actress (b. 1953)
 * Lee Krasner, American painter (b. 1908)
 * Wladimir Vogel, Swiss composer (b. 1896)
 * June 20 – Estelle Winwood, American actress (b. 1883)
 * June 21
 * Károly Ferencz, Hungarian wrestler (b. 1913)
 * Jean Hugo, French painter (b. 1894)
 * Habib Khabiri, Iranian footballer (b. 1954)
 * Oreste Moricca, Italian fencer (b. 1891)
 * June 22
 * Dill Jones, Welsh pianist (b. 1923)
 * Joseph Losey, American film director (b. 1909)
 * Alan Morgan, American sailor (b. 1909)
 * June 23
 * Yatarō Kurokawa, Japanese actor (b. 1910)
 * Horst Nemec, Austrian footballer (b. 1939)
 * Alexander Semionov, Russian painter (b. 1922)
 * June 24
 * Antonio Bisaglia, Italian politician (b. 1929)
 * Emerik Blum, Bosnian businessman and politician (b. 1911)
 * Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1905)
 * Tommy Godfrey, English comedian and actor (b. 1916)
 * William Keighley, American actor and film director (b. 1889)
 * Anton Popovič, Slovakian translator and academic (b. 1933)
 * June 25
 * Michel Foucault, French philosopher (b. 1926)
 * Oleg Kerensky, Russian engineer (b. 1905)
 * Paul Roh Ki-nam, South Korean archbishop (b. 1902)
 * June 26
 * Albert Dailey, American pianist (b. 1939)
 * Carl Foreman, American screenwriter and film producer (b. 1914)
 * Joseph Gonzales, French footballer (b. 1907)
 * Léopold De Groof, Belgian footballer (b. 1896)
 * Sybil Seely, American actress (b. 1900)
 * June 27
 * Robert Goffin, Belgian lawyer and author (b. 1898)
 * Oswald Jacoby, American bridge player and author (b. 1902)
 * June 28
 * Claude Chevalley, French mathematician (b. 1909)
 * Mischa Spoliansky, Russian-German composer (b. 1898)
 * Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist and politician (b. 1917)
 * June 29
 * Victor Bodson, Luxembourgian politician (b. 1902)
 * Herbert A.E. Böhme, German actor (b. 1897)
 * Audrey Richards, English anthropologist (b. 1899)
 * June 30
 * Henri Fabre, French pilot (b. 1882)
 * Lillian Hellman, American playwright and author (b. 1905)

July 1984

 * July 1
 * Grigori Aronov, Russian film director (b. 1923)
 * Víctor Avendaño, Argentine boxer (b. 1907)
 * Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli engineer and physicist (b. 1904)
 * Adrien Rougier, French organist and conductor (b. 1892)
 * Ravishankar Vyas, Indian activist (b. 1884)
 * July 2 – Lenore Coffee, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1896)
 * July 3
 * Ernesto Mascheroni, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1907)
 * Raoul Salan, French general (b. 1899)
 * Hubert Wallace, Canadian sailor (b. 1899)
 * July 4
 * Joe Bottum, American politician (b. 1903)
 * Douglas Buxton, Australian sailor (b. 1917)
 * July 5
 * Don Elliott, American musician (b. 1926)
 * Ludy Langer, American swimmer (b. 1893)
 * July 6
 * Aleksandr Cherepanov, Russian lieutenant general (b. 1895)
 * Mina Wylie, Australian swimmer (b. 1891)
 * July 7
 * Carl Boenish, American cinematographer and skydiver (b. 1941)
 * José María Lavalle, Peruvian footballer (b. 1902)
 * Tim Lima, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1915)
 * George Oppen, American poet (b. 1908)
 * Flora Robson, English actress (b. 1902)
 * July 8
 * Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar, Indian poet (b. 1910)
 * Franz Fühmann, German author (b. 1922)
 * Brassaï Halász, Hungarian-French photographer and sculptor (b. 1899)
 * Josef Kratochvíl, Czech footballer (b. 1905)
 * Christine McIntyre, American actress and singer (b. 1911)
 * José Humberto Quintero Parra, Venezuelan cardinal (b. 1902)
 * Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz, Spanish scholar and politician (b. 1893)
 * July 9
 * Hans Jacobson, Swedish pentathlete and fencer (b. 1947)
 * Edna Kramer, American mathematician (b. 1902)
 * Martin Schempp, German pilot and engineer (b. 1905)
 * Hans Sedlmayr, Austrian historian (b. 1896)
 * Randall Thompson, American composer (b. 1899)
 * Paulo Valentim, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
 * July 10
 * Vladimir Engelgardt, Russian biochemist and academic (b. 1894)
 * Anton Hackl, German fighter pilot (b. 1915)
 * July 11
 * Harry Hasso, Swedish cinematographer (b. 1904)
 * Raymond L. S. Patriarca, American mobster (b. 1908)
 * July 12 – Rafael Kaprelyan, Armenian pilot (b. 1909)
 * July 13
 * John Davis, American weightlifter (b. 1921)
 * Marinus De Jong, Dutch-Belgian composer and pianist (b. 1891)
 * Pina Renzi, Italian actress (b. 1901)
 * July 14
 * Kenny Delmar, American actor (b. 1910)
 * Léon Mart, Luxembourgian footballer (b. 1914)
 * Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1928)
 * July 15
 * July 16 – Walter Laufer, American swimmer (b. 1906)
 * July 17
 * Bessie Jones, American singer (b. 1902)
 * George Low, American space administrator (b. 1926)
 * Karl Wolff, German war criminal (b. 1900)
 * July 18
 * Dezső Frigyes, Hungarian boxer (b. 1913)
 * Bernard Joy, English footballer and journalist (b. 1911)
 * Grigori Kromanov, Estonian film director (b. 1926)
 * July 19
 * Wolfgang Pickert, German general (b. 1897)
 * Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (b. 1896)
 * Harry Stockwell, American actor (b. 1902)
 * Marko Tajčević, Serbian composer and musician (b. 1900)
 * Edoardo Volterra, Italian scholar (b. 1904)
 * July 20
 * Adelmo Bulgarelli, Italian wrestler (b. 1932)
 * Gabriel Andrew Dirac, Hungarian-English mathematician (b. 1925)
 * Jim Fixx, American author (b. 1932)
 * Gail Kubik, American composer (b. 1914)
 * Luigi Novarese, Italian priest (b. 1914)
 * Marko Ristić, Serbian poet and author (b. 1902)
 * July 21 – Elwin Romnes, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1907)
 * July 22
 * July 23
 * Achiel Buysse, Belgian cyclist (b. 1918)
 * Lloyd Gough, American actor (b. 1907)
 * Anthony Sharp, English actor (b. 1915)
 * July 24
 * Frank Butler, American drummer (b. 1928)
 * Arieh Sharon, Israeli architect (b. 1900)
 * José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Brazilian author (b. 1920)
 * Carlos Vásquez, Peruvian basketball player (b. 1942)
 * July 25
 * Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1913)
 * Akihiko Hirata, Japanese actor (b. 1927)
 * Uladzimir Karatkievich, Belarusian author (b. 1930)
 * George Renwick, English sprinter (b. 1901)
 * Big Mama Thornton, American singer (b. 1926)
 * July 26
 * Izzat Darwaza, Palestinian historian and politician (b. 1888)
 * George Gallup, American statistician (b. 1901)
 * Ed Gein, American murderer (b. 1906)
 * István Hahn, Hungarian historian (b. 1913)
 * July 27
 * C. L. Franklin, American minister and activist (b. 1915)
 * Laurence Jackson, Scottish curler (b. 1900)
 * James Mason, American actor (b. 1909)
 * Jeanne Modigliani, Italian-French historian (b. 1918)
 * Igor Savitsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1915)
 * Luitpold Steidle, German politician (b. 1898)
 * July 28
 * Jim Bannon, American actor (b. 1911)
 * Maria Federici, Italian politician (b. 1899)
 * Bess Flowers, American actress (b. 1898)
 * July 29
 * Jacobo Bolbochán, Argentine chess player (b. 1906)
 * Hanne Brinkmann, German actress (b. 1895)
 * Zhou Jianren, Chinese biologist and politician (b. 1888)
 * Woodrow Parfrey, American actor (b. 1922)
 * Fred Waring, American musician and bandleader (b. 1900)
 * July 30
 * Hidemi Kon, Japanese critic and author (b. 1903)
 * Roman Simovych, Ukrainian composer (b. 1901)
 * Maurice Tremlett, English cricketer (b. 1923)
 * July 31
 * Paul Le Flem, French composer and critic (b. 1881)
 * Bill Raisch, American actor and stuntman (b. 1905)
 * Philip Van Doren Stern, American author and historian (b. 1900)

August 1984

 * August 1 – Hjalmar Frisk, Swedish linguist and etymologist (b. 1900)
 * August 2
 * Quirino Cristiani, Italian-Argentine animator and cartoonist (b. 1896)
 * Barbara Deming, American activist (b. 1917)
 * Niyazi Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani conductor and composer (b. 1912)
 * Marian Łącz, Polish footballer (b. 1921)
 * August 3
 * Albert Arnulf, French engineer and physicist (b. 1898)
 * Vladimir Tendryakov, Russian author (b. 1923)
 * August 4
 * Ric Berger, Swiss scholar (b. 1894)
 * Walter Burke, American actor (b. 1908)
 * Donald Johnston, American rower (b. 1899)
 * Mary Miles Minter, American actress (b. 1902)
 * Roman Tikhomirov, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1915)
 * August 5
 * Richard Burton, Welsh actor (b. 1925)
 * Hertha Thiele, German actress (b. 1908)
 * Jerzy Zagórski, Polish poet and translator (b. 1907)
 * August 6
 * August 7
 * Johanna de Boer, Dutch fencer (b. 1901)
 * Ann Christy, Belgian singer (b. 1945)
 * Esther Phillips, American singer (b. 1935)
 * August 8
 * Richard Deacon, American actor (b. 1922)
 * Avraham Even-Shoshan, Belarusian-Israeli linguist (b. 1906)
 * Werner Otto von Hentig, German lieutenant and explorer (b. 1886)
 * Denis Johnston, Irish author (b. 1901)
 * August 9
 * Ri Ki-yong, North Korean author (b. 1896)
 * Walter Tevis, American author (b. 1928)
 * August 10
 * August 11
 * Marcel Balsa, French racing driver (b. 1909)
 * Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher (b. 1892)
 * Percy Mayfield, American singer (b. 1920)
 * Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player and chemist (b. 1916)
 * Li Weihan, Chinese politician (b. 1896)
 * August 12
 * Lenny Breau, American-Canadian guitarist (b. 1941)
 * Christine Hargreaves, English actress (b. 1939)
 * Ladi Kwali, Nigerian potter and ceramicist (b. 1925)
 * Margaret Sutherland, Australian composer (b. 1897)
 * August 13
 * Clyde Cook, Australian-American comedian and actor (b. 1891)
 * Petre Gruzinsky, Georgian poet (b. 1920)
 * Nina Petrovna Khrushcheva, Russian political figure (b. 1900)
 * Pavel Lobanov, Russian politician (b. 1902)
 * Alberto Lupo, Italian actor (b. 1924)
 * Tigran Petrosian, Georgian chess grandmaster (b. 1929)
 * August 14
 * Mike Barrett, English footballer (b. 1959)
 * Daniel J. Bloomberg, American sound engineer (b. 1905)
 * K. D. Jadhav, Indian wrestler (b. 1926)
 * Loda Niemirzanka, Polish actress (b. 1909)
 * J. B. Priestley, English author and playwright (b. 1894)
 * August 15
 * Hilde Maroff, German actress (b. 1904)
 * Norman Petty, American musician (b. 1927)
 * August 16
 * György Kósa, Hungarian composer (b. 1897)
 * Duško Radović, Serbian author and journalist (b. 1922)
 * August 17
 * Luis Franco Cascón, Spanish bishop (b. 1903)
 * Hammie Nixon, American harmonica player (b. 1908)
 * August 18
 * August 19
 * Azar Andami, Iranian physician (b. 1926)
 * Louis Lansana Beavogui, Guinean politician, President and Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1923)
 * Marianne Beth, Austrian lawyer (b. 1889)
 * Ezio Cecchi, Italian cyclist (b. 1913)
 * George Meeker, American actor (b. 1904)
 * August 20
 * Mieczysław Cybulski, Polish actor (b. 1903)
 * Arnolds Tauriņš, Latvian footballer (b. 1905)
 * August 21
 * Paul D. Harkins, American general (b. 1904)
 * Wolfgang Schleif, German film director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
 * August 22 – Freddie Steele, American boxer and actor (b. 1912)
 * August 23
 * Gerald Frank Anderson, English fighter pilot (b. 1898)
 * Charlie Robertson, American baseball player (b. 1896)
 * August 24
 * Martín Almagro Basch, Spanish archaeologist and historian (b. 1911)
 * John Johnsen, Norwegian swimmer (b. 1892)
 * Lajos Tóth, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1914)
 * August 25
 * Truman Capote, American author (b. 1924)
 * Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast (b. 1921)
 * Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (b. 1899)
 * Reinhard Suhren, German u-boat commander (b. 1916)
 * Turrell V. Wylie, American scholar and sinologist (b. 1927)
 * August 26
 * Harry Betmead, English footballer (b. 1912)
 * Leonard Robert Palmer, English philologist (b. 1906)
 * Lawrence Shehan, American cardinal (b. 1898)
 * August 27 – Billy Sands, American actor (b. 1911)
 * August 28
 * Corrado Annicelli, Italian actor (b. 1905)
 * Mohamed Naguib, Egyptian revolutionary and politician, President and Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1901)
 * August 29
 * Pierre Gemayel, Lebanese politician and football administrator (b. 1905)
 * Abdel Rahman Hafez Ismail, Egyptian basketball player (b. 1923)
 * Pina Menichelli, Italian actor (b. 1890)
 * August 30
 * John O. Aalberg, American sound engineer (b. 1897)
 * Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese author (b. 1931)
 * Wesley Lau, American actor (b. 1921)
 * Emil Newman, American film composer (b. 1911)
 * August 31
 * Moshe Czerniak, Polish-Israeli chess player (b. 1910)
 * Hans Dekker, Dutch cyclist (b. 1928)
 * Carlo Zecchi, Italian pianist and conductor (b. 1903)

September 1984

 * September 1
 * Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, French royal (b. 1898)
 * Howland Chamberlain, American actor (b. 1911)
 * September 2
 * Sándor Cséfai, Hungarian handball player (b. 1904)
 * Amir Gilboa, Israeli poet (b. 1917)
 * Sergey Martinson, Russian actor (b. 1899)
 * Eino Purje, Finnish runner (b. 1900)
 * September 3
 * Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (b. 1908)
 * Gaston Palewski, French politician (b. 1901)
 * Arthur Schwartz, American film composer (b. 1900)
 * Wilhelm Winkler, Czech-Austrian statistician and politician (b. 1884)
 * Jan Zábrana, Czech author and translator (b. 1931)
 * September 4
 * Fedir Bohatyrchuk, Ukrainian-Canadian chess player and physician (b. 1892)
 * Nodar Dumbadze, Georgian author (b. 1928)
 * Bjarne Johnsen, Norwegian gymnast (b. 1892)
 * Henryk Łowmiański, Polish historian and academic (b. 1898)
 * Ernst Stueckelberg, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1905)
 * September 5
 * Leonid Kostandov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1915)
 * Boris Kuznetsov, Russian philosopher and historian (b. 1903)
 * Adam Malik, Indonesian politician and diplomat (b. 1917)
 * Jane Roberts, American author and poet (b. 1929)
 * September 6
 * Philip Pocock, Canadian archbishop (b. 1906)
 * Ernest Tubb, American singer (b. 1914)
 * September 7
 * Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1906)
 * Jennifer Kendal, English actress (b. 1934)
 * Liam O'Flaherty, Irish author (b. 1896)
 * Josyf Slipyj, Ukrainian cardinal (b. 1892)
 * Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (b. 1916)
 * September 8
 * Frank Lowson, English cricketer (b. 1925)
 * Johnnie Parsons, American racing driver (b. 1918)
 * September 9
 * Ina Benita, Polish actress (b. 1912)
 * Yılmaz Güney, Turkish film director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
 * Gunnar Jamvold, Norwegian sailor (b. 1896)
 * Péter Máté, Hungarian singer and composer (b. 1947)
 * Manuel Valls, Spanish composer and pianist (b. 1920)
 * September 10
 * Georges de Beauregard, French film producer (b. 1920)
 * Jerome Clarke Hunsaker, American naval officer and engineer (b. 1886)
 * Joseph Hunter, American rugby player (b. 1899)
 * Ismael Merlo, Spanish actor (b. 1918)
 * Trummy Young, American trombonist (b. 1912)
 * September 11
 * Ángel Rosenblat, Polish-Venezuelan philologist and author (b. 1902)
 * Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901)
 * September 12
 * Lola Anglada, Spanish author and comic book artist (b. 1893)
 * Yvon Petra, French tennis player (b. 1916)
 * September 13
 * Akio Chiba, Japanese manga artist (b. 1943)
 * Julius Keye, American basketball player (b. 1946)
 * Dino Maiuri, Italian screenwriter (b. 1916)
 * Laura Solari]], Italian actress (b. 1913)
 * September 14
 * Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer (b. 1911)
 * Janet Gaynor, American actress (b. 1906)
 * Rayna Katsarova, Bulgarian ethnomusicologist (b. 1901)
 * September 15
 * Jack Ikin, English cricketer (b. 1918)
 * Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian businessman and politician (b. 1911)
 * September 16
 * Richard Brautigan, American author (b. 1935)
 * Munif Razzaz, Jordanian physician and politician (b. 1919)
 * Louis Réard, French fashion designer (b. 1896)
 * September 17
 * Richard Basehart, American actor (b. 1914)
 * Sven Jonasson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1909)
 * Semyon K. Tsarapkin, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1906)
 * Yuri Vizbor, Russian bard and poet (b. 1934)
 * September 18
 * September 19
 * Nariz Cançado, Brazilian footballer (b. 1912)
 * Carl Joachim Friedrich, German-American philosopher and political scientist (b. 1901)
 * Evžen Hadamczik, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1939)
 * Walter Kaufmann, Czech-American composer and conductor (b. 1907)
 * September 20
 * Steve Goodman, American singer (b. 1948)
 * Eduard Mohr, German sailor (b. 1902)
 * Lina Bruna Rasa, Italian opera singer (b. 1907)
 * September 21
 * September 22
 * Pierre Emmanuel, French poet (b. 1916)
 * Harold Wethey, American historian (b. 1902)
 * September 23
 * Vlado Maleski, Macedonian author and activist (b. 1919)
 * Tilsa Tsuchiya, Peruvian painter (b. 1928)
 * Alston Wise, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904)
 * September 24
 * Denis Blundell, New Zealand cricketer and politician (b. 1907)
 * Franz Griesbach, German general (b. 1892)
 * Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)
 * Anatoly Novikov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1896)
 * Zuzka Zguriška, Slovakian author and playwright (b. 1900)
 * September 25
 * Erich Arendt, German poet and translator (b. 1903)
 * Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1897)
 * Bernard Van Rysselberghe, Belgian cyclist (b. 1905)
 * September 26
 * Shelly Manne, American drummer (b. 1920)
 * Paquirri Pérez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
 * September 27
 * Ellsworth Bunker, American businessman and diplomat (b. 1894)
 * Gustaf Klarén, Swedish wrestler (b. 1906)
 * Domingos de Sousa, Portuguese equestrian (b. 1896)
 * September 28
 * September 29
 * Marnix Gijsen, Belgian author (b. 1899)
 * Abdullah Musawi Shirazi, Iranian ayatollah (b. 1892)
 * September 30
 * António Aurélio Gonçalves, Cape Verdean author and critic (b. 1901)
 * Eulogio Martínez, Paraguayan-Spanish footballer (b. 1935)
 * Anna Świrszczyńska, Polish poet (b. 1909)
 * Martin Weiss, German war criminal (b. 1903)

October 1984

 * October 1
 * Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
 * Blagoje Marjanović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1907)
 * Hellé Nice, French dancer and racing driver (b. 1900)
 * Walter Frank Woodul, American politician (b. 1892)
 * October 2
 * Hamit Zübeyir Koşay, Turkish archaeologist and ethnographer (b. 1897)
 * Harry Strom, Canadian politician (b. 1914)
 * October 3 – Raymond McKee, American actor (b. 1892)
 * October 4
 * Zaven Biberyan, Turkish author (b. 1921)
 * Bernhard Heinrich, German prince (b. 1901)
 * Virgil Jacomini, American rower (b. 1899)
 * October 5
 * Aleksander Burba, Ukrainian engineer (b. 1918)
 * Leonard Rossiter, English actor (b. 1926)
 * October 6
 * François Daumas, French egyptologist (b. 1915)
 * Alejandro Urgelles Guibot, Cuban basketball player (b. 1951)
 * George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist (b. 1902)
 * André van de Werve de Vorsselaer, Belgian fencer (b. 1908)
 * October 7
 * Josef Breitenbach, German-American photographer (b. 1896)
 * Valeriy Marchenko, Ukrainian poet and journalist (b. 1947)
 * October 8 – Theodor Schieder, German historian (b. 1908)
 * October 9 – Catherine Tharp Altvater, American painter (b. 1907)
 * October 10
 * Ursula Curtiss, American author (b. 1923)
 * Thomas E. Gaddis, American author (b. 1908)
 * Alan Lake, English actor (b. 1940)
 * Maricruz Olivier, Mexican actress (b. 1933)
 * Imre Senkey, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1898)
 * October 11
 * Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Spanish tennis player (b. 1895)
 * Gertrud Fridh, Swedish actor (b. 1921)
 * H. Bruce Humberstone, American film director (b. 1901)
 * Catharine Cox Miles, American psychologist (b. 1890)
 * Khandu Rangnekar, Indian cricketer (b. 1917)
 * October 12
 * Anthony Berry, English politician (b. 1925)
 * Konstantin Khrenov, Russian engineer and inventor (b. 1894)
 * October 13
 * George Kelly, American baseball player (b. 1895)
 * Alice Neel, American painter (b. 1900)
 * Henry Wahl, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1915)
 * October 14
 * Frederic C. Lane, American historian (b. 1900)
 * Martin Ryle, English astronomer (b. 1918)
 * October 15
 * Paolo Marella, Italian cardinal (b. 1895)
 * Otto Novák, Czech footballer (b. 1902)
 * October 16
 * Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (b. 1932)
 * Rosita Quiroga, Argentine singer and composer (b. 1896)
 * Don Reno, American musician (b. 1926)
 * Tino Scotti, Italian actor (b. 1905)
 * October 17
 * Emilian Bucov, Moldovan author and poet (b. 1909)
 * Hermann auf der Heide, German field hockey player (b. 1911)
 * Alberta Hunter, American singer (b. 1895)
 * Hubert Schmundt, German admiral (b. 1888)
 * Georges Thill, French opera singer (b. 1897)
 * October 18
 * Carl von Garaguly, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1900)
 * Magnhild Haalke, Norwegian author (b. 1885)
 * Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (b. 1957)
 * Giuseppe Tacca, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1917)
 * October 19
 * Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and author (b. 1899)
 * Erik Moltke, Danish runologist and author (b. 1901)
 * Buddy Moss, American musician (b. 1914)
 * Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest (b. 1947)
 * Jin Yuelin, Chinese philosopher (b. 1895)
 * October 20
 * Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist (b. 1896)
 * Paul Dirac, English theoretical physicist (b. 1902)
 * Tina Hedström, Swedish actress (b. 1942)
 * Budd Johnson, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (b. 1910)
 * Pierre Kast, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1920)
 * Vadim Kozhevnikov, Russian author and journalist (b. 1909)
 * Boris Nikitin, Georgian wrestler (b. 1938)
 * October 21
 * Adolf Fischer, German actor (b. 1900)
 * Louis Herman De Koninck, Belgian architect (b. 1896)
 * Lajos Őze, Hungarian actor (b. 1935)
 * François Truffaut, French film director (b. 1932)
 * October 22 – Cigerxwîn Hasan, Turkish author and poet (b. 1903)
 * October 23
 * Marcel Brion, French author and critic (b. 1895)
 * Millard Caldwell, American politician (b. 1897)
 * Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (b. 1922)
 * October 24
 * Gonzalo Delgrás, Spanish screenwriter and film director (b. 1897)
 * Walter Woolf King, American actor (b. 1899)
 * Anatoly Lepin, Russian composer (b. 1907)
 * Edith Massey, American actress (b. 1918)
 * Alister Murdoch, Australian air marshal (b. 1912)
 * James Philbrook, American actor (b. 1924)
 * Abdraim Reshidov, Russian lieutenant colonel (b. 1912)
 * October 25
 * René Lorain, French runner (b. 1900)
 * Pascale Ogier, French actor (b. 1958)
 * Håkan Serner, Swedish actor (b. 1933)
 * October 26
 * Mark Kac, Polish-American mathematician (b. 1914)
 * Sue Randall, American actress (b. 1935)
 * October 27 – Larry Foust, American basketball player (b. 1028)
 * October 28
 * Knut Nordahl, Swedish footballer (b. 1920)
 * Alexander Tselikov, Russian metallurgist (b. 1904)
 * October 29
 * Jacques Adnet, French furniture designer (b. 1900)
 * Miguel Ezquerra, Spanish soldier (b. 1913)
 * Soo Yong, American actress (b. 1903)
 * October 30
 * William D'Amico, American bobsledder (b. 1910)
 * June Duprez, English actress (b. 1918)
 * Luigi Ferrero, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1904)
 * Carlo Infascelli, Italian film producer and screenwriter (b. 1913)
 * Primo Zeglio, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
 * October 31
 * John Collier, American hurdler (b. 1907)
 * Leonardo Cortese, Italian actor and film director (b. 1916)
 * Eduardo De Filippo, Italian playwright and actor (b. 1900)
 * Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)
 * Beant Singh, Indian assassin (b. 1959)

November 1984

 * November 1
 * Ramón Castro Jijón, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador (b. 1915)
 * Norman Krasna, American screenwriter (b. 1909)
 * Marcel Moyse, French-American flautist (b. 1889)
 * Boris Souvarine, French activist and author (b. 1895)
 * November 2
 * Velma Barfield, American serial killer (b. 1932)
 * István Fáry, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1922)
 * November 3
 * November 4
 * Gérard Delbeke, Belgian footballer (b. 1898)
 * Jane Evrard, French conductor (b. 1893)
 * Norman Geschwind, American neurologist (b. 1926)
 * Francesco Mulè, Italian actor (b. 1926)
 * November 5
 * Domien Jacob, Belgian gymnast (b. 1897)
 * Rehman Khan, Indian actor (b. 1921)
 * Ivor Montagu, English film director and table tennis player (b. 1904)
 * November 6 – Josep Antoni Coderch, Spanish architect (b. 1913)
 * November 7
 * Ghulam Mohammad Farhad, Afghan engineer (b. 1901)
 * George Mathews, American actor (b. 1911)
 * Alfonso Negro, American-Italian footballer (b. 1915)
 * November 8
 * Ciriaco Errasti, Spanish footballer (b. 1904)
 * Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian violinist and composer (b. 1903)
 * Collin Walcott, American musician (b. 1945)
 * November 9 – Hans Petersson, German mathematician (b. 1902)
 * November 10
 * Carmelo Goyenechea, Spanish footballer (b. 1898)
 * Xavier Herbert, Australian author (b. 1901)
 * November 11
 * Rajinder Singh Bedi, Indian author (b. 1915)
 * Martin Luther King Sr., American pastor and activist (b. 1899)
 * Blagoje Nešković, Serbian politician (b. 1907)
 * November 12 – Chester Himes, American author (b. 1909)
 * November 13
 * Dorothy Arnold, American actress (b. 1917)
 * Shizo Kanakuri, Japanese runner (b. 1891)
 * November 14
 * Adhemar Canavesi, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1903)
 * Keith Hudson, Jamaican singer (b. 1946)
 * November 15
 * November 16
 * Murray Alper, American actor (b. 1904)
 * Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
 * Leonard Rose, American cellist (b. 1918)
 * November 17
 * Henryk Martyna, Polish footballer (b. 1907)
 * Jan Novák, Czech composer (b. 1921)
 * November 18
 * Seth Adonkor, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1961)
 * Osvaldo Fresedo, Argentine songwriter (b. 1897)
 * November 19
 * George Aiken, American politician (b. 1892)
 * Martín Marculeta, Spanish footballer (b. 1907)
 * November 20
 * Trygve Bratteli, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1910)
 * Santiago Brouard, Spanish physician and politician (b. 1919)
 * Carlo Campanini, Italian actor and singer (b. 1906)
 * Charles C. Conley, American mathematician (b. 1933)
 * Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1895)
 * Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1911)
 * Raoul Manselli, Italian historian (b. 1917)
 * Alexander Moyzes, Slovakian composer (b. 1906)
 * November 21
 * Arvīds Jansons, Latvian conductor (b. 1914)
 * Magogo kaDinuzulu, South African princess and artist (b. 1900)
 * Ben Wilson, American basketball player (b. 1967)
 * November 22
 * Olof Bergström, Swedish actor (b. 1919)
 * Gerrit Fischer, Dutch footballer (b. 1916)
 * John Gilling, English film director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
 * Adolf Laudon, Austrian footballer (b. 1912)
 * Mohamed Salah Mzali, Tunisian politician, Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1896)
 * Gerd Nyquist, Norwegian author (b. 1913)
 * Nikolai Tomsky, Russian sculptor (b. 1900)
 * Oleksiy Vatchenko, Ukrainian politician (b. 1914)
 * Marianne Zoff, Austrian actress and opera singer (b. 1893)
 * November 23
 * Tadashi Abe, Japanese aikidoka (b. 1926)
 * Paul Dahlke, German actor (b. 1904)
 * Michel Emer, French musician and composer (b. 1906)
 * Abe Goff, American politician (b. 1899)
 * Gerhard Hüsch, German singer (b. 1901)
 * November 24 – Jimmy Jackson, American racing driver (b. 1910)
 * November 25
 * Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian freedom fighter and politician (b. 1913)
 * Sylvan Goldman, American businessman and inventor (b. 1898)
 * Agnes von Kurowsky, American nurse (b. 1892)
 * November 26
 * Fernando Corena, Swiss opera singer (b. 1916)
 * Bernard Lonergan, Canadian priest and philosopher (b. 1904)
 * Togo Murano, Japanese architect (b. 1891)
 * Flockina von Platen, German actress (b. 1903)
 * November 27 – Melvin H. Evans, American politician (b. 1917)
 * November 28
 * Ricky Bell, American football player (b. 1955)
 * Hubertus zu Loewenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, German historian and politician (b. 1906)
 * Hans Speidel, German general (b. 1897)
 * November 29
 * Tatyana Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician (b. 1905)
 * Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (b. 1900)
 * Wincenty Kowalski, Polish general (b. 1892)
 * Giulio Viozzi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1912)
 * November 30
 * Edward Crankshaw, English author and translator (b. 1909)
 * Lim Yew Hock, Singaporean-Malaysian politician (b. 1914)
 * Jiro Miyake, Japanese footballer (b. 1900)
 * Joan Vinyoli, Spanish poet (b. 1914)

December 1984

 * December 1
 * Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
 * Alphonse Schepers, Belgian cyclist (b. 1907)
 * Stephen M. Young, American politician (b. 1889)
 * December 2
 * Edward James, English poet (b. 1907)
 * Shirō Moritani, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
 * Harry Sukman, American film composer (b. 1912)
 * December 3
 * Pavel Kutakhov, Russian pilot (b. 1914)
 * Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Russian mathematician (b. 1919)
 * Gerrit Visser, Dutch footballer (b. 1903)
 * Alan Williams, American rugby player (b. 1893)
 * December 4
 * Seymour Fogel, American painter (b. 1911)
 * Eduard Prchal, Czech pilot (b. 1911)
 * John Rock, American obstetrician and gynecologist (b. 1890)
 * Ștefan Voitec, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1900)
 * December 5
 * Ethel Mannin, English author (b. 1900)
 * Joe Rock, American film producer and actor (b. 1893)
 * December 6
 * Gray Barker, American author and conspiracy theorist (b. 1925)
 * Viktor Shklovsky, Russian theorist and critic (b. 1893)
 * December 7
 * Jeanne Cagney, American actress (b. 1919)
 * Nikolay Emanuel, Russian chemist (b. 1915)
 * Jon B. Higgins, American musician and scholar (b. 1939)
 * Jack Mercer, American voice actor (b. 1910)
 * Bernard Ormanowski, Polish rower (b. 1907)
 * December 8
 * Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903)
 * Vladimir Chelomey, Russian engineer (b. 1914)
 * Walter Ciszek, Polish-American priest (b. 1908)
 * Nicholas Dingley, English drummer (b. 1960)
 * Robert Jay Mathews, American neo nazi (b. 1953)
 * Gene Ramey, American double bassist (b. 1913)
 * Mary Terán de Weiss, Argentine tennis player (b. 1918)
 * December 9 – Joseph May Swing, American lieutenant general (b. 1894)
 * December 10
 * Georgia Lind, German actress (b. 1905)
 * Asoka Mehta, Indian freedom fighter and politician (b. 1911)
 * Adalbert Steiner, Romanian footballer (b. 1907)
 * December 11
 * Nate Bowman, American basketball player (b. 1943)
 * Krafft Arnold Ehricke, German engineer (b. 1917)
 * Pentti Hämäläinen, Finnish boxer (b. 1929)
 * Sam LoPresti, American ice hockey player (b. 1917)
 * George Waggner, American film director (b. 1894)
 * December 12
 * Helmut Schreyer, German inventor (b. 1912)
 * Chase G. Woodhouse, American politician (b. 1890)
 * December 13
 * Rosa Kellner, German sprinter (b. 1910)
 * Margaret Livingston, American actress (b. 1895)
 * Max Schönherr, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
 * Nikolai Shchelokov, Russian general and politician (b. 1910)
 * Ngô Đình Thục, Vietnamese archbishop (b. 1897)
 * Amerigo Tot, Hungarian sculptor and actor (b. 1909)
 * December 14
 * Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet (b. 1898)
 * László Baranyai, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1920)
 * Alberto Fernández, Spanish cyclist (b. 1955)
 * December 15
 * Kurt Axelsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1941)
 * Hilde Bruch, German-American psychiatrist (b. 1904)
 * Lennard Pearce, English actor (b. 1915)
 * Jan Peerce, American opera singer (b. 1904)
 * December 16
 * Matti Aarnio, Finnish-Venezuelan soldier (b. 1901)
 * Gerd Heinrich, German entomologist and ornithologist (b. 1896)
 * Wilson Rawls, American author (b. 1913)
 * December 17
 * Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, Danish painter (b. 1911)
 * Isa Pola, Italian actress (b. 1909)
 * Jimmy Preston, American bandleader and musician (b. 1913)
 * December 18
 * Valerijonas Balčiūnas, Lithuanian footballer (b. 1904)
 * Rudolf Platte, German actor (b. 1904)
 * December 19
 * Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer (b. 1904)
 * Josef Humpál, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * Michel Magne, French composer (b. 1930)
 * Hugh Seton-Watson, English historian and author (b. 1916)
 * December 20
 * Max Deuring, German mathematician (b. 1907)
 * J. Lister Hill, American politician (b. 1894)
 * Stanley Milgram, American psychologist (b. 1933)
 * Grace Cossington Smith, Australian painter (b. 1892)
 * Dmitry Ustinov, Russian politician (b. 1908)
 * December 21 – Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp, Dutch botanist (b. 1888)
 * December 22 – Vilhelm Lauritzen, Danish architect (b. 1894)
 * December 23
 * Ingemar Düring, Swedish philologist (b. 1903)
 * Joan Lindsay, Australian author and playwright (b. 1896)
 * December 24
 * Ian Hendry, English actor (b. 1931)
 * Kazimierz Krukowski, Polish actor and singer (b. 1901)
 * Peter Lawford, English-American actor (b. 1923)
 * Ryokichi Minobe, Japanese politician (b. 1904)
 * December 25 – Jack Balmer, English footballer (b. 1916)
 * December 26
 * Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English racewalker (b. 1900)
 * Chan Sy, Cambodian politician (b. 1932)
 * Otto Zdansky, Austrian paleontologist (b. 1894)
 * December 27
 * Leslie Compton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1912)
 * Yevgeny Zababakhin, Russian engineer and theoretical physicist (b. 1917)
 * December 28
 * Isaak Kikoin, Lithuanian-Russian physicist (b. 1908)
 * Theodore Newcomb, American psychologist and author (b. 1903)
 * Sam Peckinpah, American film director (b. 1928)
 * December 29
 * Indus Arthur, American actress (b. 1941)
 * Roy Conacher, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
 * Gregor Hradetzky, Austrian canoeist (b. 1909)
 * Walther Hubatsch, German historian (b. 1915)
 * Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter (b. 1900)
 * Siegfried Uiberreither, German nazi lieutenant (b. 1908)
 * December 30
 * Mona Chandravati Gupta, Indian social worker (b. 1896)
 * Juha Widing, Swedish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1947)
 * December 31
 * Alexander Hrennikoff, Russian-Canadian engineer (b. 1896)
 * K. R. Ramanathan, Indian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1893)

January 1985

 * January 1
 * Louis Caput, French cyclist (b. 1921)
 * Eulalia Guzmán, Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist (b. 1890)
 * Bill Henry, American basketball player (b. 1924)
 * Hermann Reutter, German composer and pianist (b. 1900)
 * Herbert M. Shelton, American naturopath (b. 1895)
 * Knud Vermehren, Danish gymnast (b. 1890)
 * Vladimir Weisberg, Russian painter (b. 1924)
 * January 2
 * Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer (b. 1935)
 * Jacques de Lacretelle, French author (b. 1888)
 * January 3
 * Lucien Cailliet, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1891)
 * Eckhard Christian, German pilot (b. 1907)
 * Bodil Joensen, Danish pornographic actress (b. 1944)
 * Tadeusz Pełczyński, Polish major general (b. 1892)
 * René Le Roy, French flutist (b. 1898)
 * January 4
 * Victor Delhez, Belgian artist (b. 1902)
 * Evi Eva, German actress (b. 1899)
 * Harry Haywood, American activist (b. 1898)
 * Brian Horrocks, English lieutenant general (b. 1895)
 * Lovro von Matačić, Croatian conductor and composer (b. 1899)
 * Russell Page, English gardener and architect (b. 1906)
 * January 5
 * John Paxton, American screenwriter (b. 1911)
 * Franjo Punčec, Croatian tennis player (b. 1913)
 * Robert Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1906)
 * Raymonde Vincent, French author (b. 1908)
 * January 6
 * January 7
 * Billy Brown, English footballer (b. 1900)
 * Ruth Godfrey, American actress (b. 1922)
 * Esther Hill, Canadian architect (b. 1895)
 * Zhao Jingshen, Chinese author (b. 1902)
 * Vladimir Kokkinaki, Russian pilot (b. 1904)
 * Johann Ludwig, German footballer (b. 1903)
 * Eugene Lyons, Russian-American journalist and author (b. 1898)
 * José Maria Pedroto, Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1928)
 * Jules Vandooren, French footballer (b. 1908)
 * January 8
 * Eva Bowring, American politician (b. 1892)
 * Vladimir Maneyev, Russian wrestler (b. 1932)
 * Lette Valeska, German-American artist (b. 1885)
 * January 9
 * Don Brennan, English cricketer (b. 1920)
 * Henri Louette, Belgian ice hockey player (b. 1900)
 * January 10
 * André Bjerke, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1918)
 * Anton Karas, Austrian musician and composer (b. 1906)
 * Mary Kenneth Keller, American nun and computer scientist (b. 1913)
 * Idar Kristiansen, Norwegian poet and author (b. 1932)
 * January 11
 * Edward Buzzell, American film director and actor (b. 1895)
 * Josef Čtyřoký, Czech footballer (b. 1906)
 * William McKell, Australian politician (b. 1891)
 * Edgar Reinhardt, German handball player (b. 1914)
 * January 12 – John W. Byrnes, American politician (b. 1913)
 * January 13
 * Adam Marczyński, Polish painter (b. 1908)
 * Madan Puri, Indian actor (b. 1915)
 * Carol Wayne, American actress (b. 1942)
 * January 14
 * Jetta Goudal, Dutch-American actress (b. 1891)
 * Anagarika Govinda, German-Indian buddhist (b. 1898)
 * Edwin Gross, American gymnast (b. 1916)
 * Robert Odeman, German pianist and actor (b. 1904)
 * Allan Shivers, American politician (b. 1907)
 * June Tripp, American actress (b. 1901)
 * Gisken Wildenvey, Norwegian author (b. 1892)
 * January 15
 * Đuka Agić, Croatian footballer (b. 1906)
 * Salvador Cardona, Spanish cyclist (b. 1901)
 * Martin Dzúr, Slovakian general and politician (b. 1919)
 * Josef Sedláček, Czech footballer (b. 1893)
 * January 16
 * Ruth Orkin, American photographer (b. 1921)
 * Árpád Szenes, Hungarian-French painter (b. 1897)
 * January 17
 * January 18
 * Mordechai Bentov, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1900)
 * Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (b. 1912)
 * Josef Dahmen, German actor (b. 1903)
 * Jaime González, Colombian footballer (b. 1938)
 * Georgie Stoll, American film composer (b. 1905)
 * Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Sudanese religious thinker (b. 1909)
 * Santiago Urtizberea, Spanish footballer (b. 1909)
 * January 19
 * Juan Antonio Corretjer, Puerto Rican poet and journalist (b. 1908)
 * Sylvain Grysolle, Belgian cyclist (b. 1915)
 * Tom Richards, Welsh runner (b. 1910)
 * Svein Rosseland, Norwegian astrophysicist (b. 1894)
 * Eric Voegelin, German-American philosopher (b. 1901)
 * January 20
 * Thomas Balogh, Hungarian-English economist (b. 1905)
 * Gillis William Long, American politician (b. 1923)
 * January 21
 * Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and (b. 1930)
 * Yusuf Lule, Ugandan politician, President of Uganda (b. 1912)
 * Jan Peka, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1894)
 * Luise Ullrich, Austrian actress (b. 1910)
 * January 22
 * Mikhail Gromov, Russian pilot (b. 1899)
 * Paul Harteck, Austrian chemist (b. 1902)
 * January 23
 * James Beard, American chef (b. 1903)
 * Vladimir Vetrov, Russian spy (b. 1932)
 * Botir Zokirov, Uzbekistani singer and author (b. 1936)
 * January 24
 * Dalmacio Langarica, Spanish cyclist (b. 1919)
 * Antonio Andrés Sancho, Spanish cyclist (b. 1913)
 * Pyotr Suvchinsky, Russian publisher (b. 1892)
 * January 25
 * Ralph Broome, English bobsledder and lieutenant colonel (b. 1889)
 * Ajoy Kar, Indian film director and cinematographer (b. 1914)
 * Yevgeny Maskinskov, Russian racewalker (b. 1930)
 * Emilio Gómez Muriel, Mexican film director (b. 1910)
 * Paul Smith, American film composer (b. 1906)
 * January 26
 * Kenny Clarke, American drummer (b. 1914)
 * David Ormsby-Gore, English diplomat and politician (b. 1918)
 * January 27
 * January 28
 * Alfredo Foni, Italian footballer (b. 1911)
 * Wade Nichols, American actor (b. 1946)
 * January 29
 * Martín Adán, Peruvian poet (b. 1908)
 * Ernest Chambers, English cyclist (b. 1907)
 * Don Raye, American songwriter (b. 1909)
 * January 30
 * Salih Mahdi Ammash, Iraqi historian and politician (b. 1924)
 * Felix H. Man, German-English photographer (b. 1893)
 * F. R. Scott, Canadian poet and academic (b. 1899)
 * January 31
 * Menachem Bader, Israeli activist and politician (b. 1895)
 * Tatsuzō Ishikawa, Japanese author (b. 1905)
 * Józef Mackiewicz, Polish author and political commentator (b. 1902)

February 1985

 * February 1
 * Ipolite Khvichia, Georgian actor (b. 1910)
 * Yuri Rumer, Russian theoretical physicist (b. 1901)
 * Yōko Yaguchi, Japanese actress (b. 1921)
 * February 2
 * Márton Bukovi, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
 * Bianca Doria, Italian actress (b. 1915)
 * Hermann Priess, German general (b. 1901)
 * Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, Canadian composer (b. 1938)
 * February 3
 * Santiago Lazcano, Spanish cyclist (b. 1947)
 * Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1912)
 * February 4
 * Jesse Hibbs, American football player and film director (b. 1906)
 * Nicolas Hoydonckx, Belgian footballer (b. 1900)
 * Ramón Llorens, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1906)
 * Gerhard Zucker, German businessman and engineer (b. 1908)
 * February 5
 * Sydney Cozens, English cyclist (b. 1908)
 * Hans Croon, Dutch football manager (b. 1936)
 * Neil McCarthy, English actor (b. 1932)
 * February 6
 * Dadash Babazhanov, Kazakhstani soldier (b. 1922)
 * James Hadley Chase, English author (b. 1906)
 * Muriel Gardiner, American psychoanalyst (b. 1901)
 * Shelomo Dov Goitein, German-American ethnographer and historian (b. 1900)
 * Inger Hagerup, Norwegian author and playwright (b. 1905)
 * Harald Johan Løbak, Norwegian politician (b. 1904)
 * February 7 – Matt Monro, English singer (b. 1930)
 * February 8
 * Norah Baring, English actress (b. 1905)
 * Ernst Brüche, German physicist (b. 1900)
 * José Gomes Ferreira, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1900)
 * William Lyons, English automobile designer (b. 1901)
 * Marvin Miller, American actor (b. 1913)
 * Harold Ockenga, American theologian (b. 1905)
 * February 9
 * Kiki Camarena, Mexican intelligence officer (b. 1947)
 * Harry Perry, American cinematographer (b. 1888)
 * Humphrey Trevelyan, English civil servant and diplomat (b. 1905)
 * February 10
 * Werner Hinz, German actor (b. 1903)
 * Werner Schröer, German nazi major (b. 1918)
 * February 11
 * Ben Abruzzo, American balloonist and businessman (b. 1930)
 * Conrad Detrez, Belgian-French journalist and diplomat (b. 1937)
 * José Maldonado González, Spanish politician (b. 1900)
 * Henry Hathaway, American film director (b. 1898)
 * George James Hopkins, American set designer and playwright (b. 1896)
 * Talgat Nigmatulin, Kazakhstani actor and martial artist (b. 1949)
 * Víctor Palomo, Spanish athlete (b. 1948)
 * Heinz Roemheld, American film composer (b. 1901)
 * February 12
 * Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (b. 1924)
 * Georges Gautschi, Swiss figure skater (b. 1904)
 * Jerzy Skolimowski, Polish rower (b. 1907)
 * February 13
 * Juliusz Kühl, Polish-Canadian diplomat and businessman (b. 1913)
 * Lotte Lang, Austrian actress (b. 1900)
 * February 14
 * Jean-Marie Loret, French railway worker (b. 1918)
 * Eva Mottley, Barbadian-English actress (b. 1953)
 * February 15
 * Harold Jefferson Coolidge Jr., American zoologist (b. 1904)
 * Charles Theodore Dotter, American radiologist (b. 1920)
 * February 16
 * Marian Engel, Canadian author (b. 1933)
 * Paulette Nardal, French author (b. 1896)
 * Alí Primera, Venezuelan musician and composer (b. 1941)
 * Larry Ward, American actor (b. 1924)
 * February 17 – Willi Schatz, German nazi dentist (b. 1905)
 * February 18
 * Willy Alberti, Dutch singer (b. 1926)
 * Gábor Darvas, Hungarian composer and musicologist (b. 1911)
 * Nancy Hamilton, American actress and playwright (b. 1908)
 * February 19
 * Charles Hoff, Norwegian athlete and journalist (b. 1902)
 * Liubov Kemularia-Nathadze, Georgian botanist (b. 1891)
 * Gregorio López-Bravo, Spanish politician (b. 1923)
 * Trygvi Samuelsen, Faroese politician (b. 1907)
 * Wilhelm Specht, German mathematician (b. 1907)
 * Carol Sutton, American journalist (b. 1933)
 * February 20
 * Isaac Kashdan, American chess grandmaster and author (b. 1905)
 * Bhawani Prasad Mishra, Indian poet and author (b. 1913)
 * Clarence Nash, American actor (b. 1904)
 * Nikolay Urvantsev, Russian geologist and explorer (b. 1893)
 * February 21
 * Ina Claire, American actress (b. 1893)
 * Louis Hayward, South African actor (b. 1909)
 * Dermot Ryan, Irish archbishop (b. 1924)
 * John G. Trump, American engineer and physicist (b. 1907)
 * February 22
 * Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, Indian royal (b. 1895)
 * Victor Carlund, Swedish footballer (b. 1906)
 * Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (b. 1913)
 * Bice Mizzi, Maltese pianist (b. 1899)
 * Alexander Scourby, American actor (b. 1913)
 * Efrem Zimbalist, Russian-American violinist and composer (b. 1889)
 * February 23
 * Erik Andersson, Swedish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1896)
 * William Greer, Northern Irish-American secret service agent (b. 1909)
 * Pierre Lafitte Ithurralde, French priest and author (b. 1901)
 * February 24
 * Nigol Andresen, Estonian politician and author (b. 1899)
 * Hal C. Kern, American film editor (b. 1894)
 * Saiza Nabarawi, Egyptian journalist (b. 1897)
 * Ghulam Ahmed Perwez, Pakistani civil servant and scholar (b. 1903)
 * Janusz Ślązak, Polish rower (b. 1907)
 * Eduard Sperling, German wrestler (b. 1902)
 * Marguerite Wildenhain, French-American ceramicist (b. 1896)
 * Joseph C. Wright, American art director (b. 1892)
 * February 25
 * Marianne Oswald, French singer and actress (b. 1901)
 * Ahn Sahng-hong, South Korean minister (b. 1918)
 * Ziyodullo Shahidi, Tajikistani musician (b. 1914)
 * Rudd Weatherwax, American actor and animal trainer (b. 1907)
 * February 26
 * Leonardo David, Italian skier (b. 1960)
 * Guðmundur G. Hagalín, Icelandic author (b. 1898)
 * Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American mathematician and economist (b. 1910)
 * February 27
 * Joseph Buloff, Lithuanian-American actor (b. 1899)
 * Ernest Dubac, Croatian footballer (b. 1914)
 * David Huffman, American actor (b. 1945)
 * Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat (b. 1902)
 * Manuel Machuca, Chilean footballer (b. 1924)
 * J. Pat O'Malley, English actor (b. 1904)
 * February 28
 * Ferdinand Alquié, French philosopher (b. 1906)
 * Percy Andrews, English footballer (b. 1922)
 * David Byron, English singer (b. 1947)

March 1985

 * March 1
 * Charlotte Delbo, French author (b. 1913)
 * Eugene List, American pianist (b. 1918)
 * Alfred Zeisler, American film producer and director (b. 1892)
 * March 2
 * Omer Huyse, Belgian cyclist (b. 1898)
 * Jack Kelly Jr., American rower and politician (b. 1927)
 * Keshto Mukherjee, Indian actor and comedian (b. 1925)
 * Runme Shaw, Chinese-Singaporean businessman (b. 1901)
 * William Stringfellow, American theologian and activist (b. 1928)
 * Julie Vlasto, French tennis player (b. 1903)
 * March 3
 * Kyril Bonfiglioli, English author and art dealer (b. 1928)
 * Connie Gilchrist, American actress (b. 1895)
 * Badouin de Ligne, Belgian prince (b. 1918)
 * Noel Purcell, American actor (b. 1900)
 * Sándor Scheiber, Hungarian rabbi and scholar (b. 1913)
 * Iosif Shklovsky, Russian astronomer (b. 1916)
 * March 4 – Sverre Strandli, Norwegian hammer thrower (b. 1925)
 * March 5
 * Thomas Little, American set decorator (b. 1886)
 * Oskar Ritter, German footballer (b. 1901)
 * Cyril Stiles, New Zealand rower (b. 1904)
 * Helmut Thielicke, German theologian (b. 1908)
 * March 6
 * Hans Brunke, German footballer (b. 1904)
 * Sebastian Huber, German bobsledder (b. 1901)
 * Marisa Mori, Italian painter (b. 1900)
 * March 7
 * Arkady Fiedler, Polish author and journalist (b. 1894)
 * Robert W. Woodruff, American businessman (b. 1889)
 * March 8
 * Edward Andrews, American actor (b. 1914)
 * Ghulam Allana, Pakistani author (b. 1906)
 * Edgar Dale, American educator (b. 1900)
 * Gladys Egan, American actress (b. 1900)
 * Reuben Goodstein, English mathematician (b. 1912)
 * Victor Wolfgang von Hagen, American explorer and author (b. 1908)
 * Hans Knecht, Swiss cyclist (b. 1913)
 * Paul Ramdohr, German mineralogist (b. 1890)
 * Kim Yong-sik, South Korean footballer and manager (b. 1910)
 * March 9
 * Robert Blackwell, American bandleader and songwriter (b. 1918)
 * Harry Catterick, English footballer and manager (b. 1919)
 * Lia Eibenschütz, German actress (b. 1899)
 * Chan Gurney, American politician (b. 1896)
 * William E. Jenner, American politician (b. 1908)
 * Annar Ryen, Norwegian skier (b. 1909)
 * March 10
 * Konstantin Chernenko, Russian politician (b. 1911)
 * C. B. van Niel, Dutch-American microbiologist (b. 1897)
 * Israel Regardie, English-American occultist and magician (b. 1907)
 * March 11
 * Tom Adams, Barbadian politician, Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1931)
 * Nazem Akkari, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1902)
 * Indumati Chimanlal Sheth, Indian activist and politician (b. 1906)
 * March 12
 * Earle Clements, American politician (b. 1896)
 * Alfred Eluère, French rugby player (b. 1893)
 * Yang Kui, Taiwanese author (b. 1906)
 * Carl Walther Meyer, German actor and film editor (b. 1898)
 * Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American conductor and violinist (b. 1899)
 * March 13
 * Mabel Alvarez, American painter (b. 1891)
 * Elmer A. Benson, American politician (b. 1895)
 * Annette Hanshaw, American singer (b. 1901)
 * March 14
 * March 15 – Hans Eckstein, German water polo player (b. 1908)
 * March 16
 * Jean Purdy, English nurse and embryologist (b. 1945)
 * Bert Röling, Dutch judge (b. 1906)
 * Roger Sessions, American composer and musicologist (b. 1896)
 * Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
 * March 17
 * Irving Asher, American film producer (b. 1903)
 * Nikolai Gusarov, Belarusian politician (b. 1905)
 * Bongi Makeba, South African singer (b. 1950)
 * Dattu Phadkar, Indian cricketer (b. 1925)
 * March 18 – Myrtle Cook, Canadian sprinter (b. 1902)
 * March 19
 * Erik Palmén, Finnish meteorologist (b. 1898)
 * Leopold Tyrmand, Polish-American author (b. 1920)
 * March 20 – Victor Capesius, German nazi major (b. 1907)
 * March 21
 * Tito Davison, Chilean-Mexican film director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
 * Mark Donskoy, Ukrainian-Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1901)
 * Michael Redgrave, English actor (b. 1908)
 * Michael Trubshawe, English actor (b. 1905)
 * March 22
 * Albin Jansson, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1897)
 * Károly Olt, Hungarian politician (b. 1904)
 * Raoul Ubac, French painter and sculptor (b. 1910)
 * March 23
 * Richard Beeching, English physicist (b. 1913)
 * Peter Charanis, Greek-American scholar (b. 1908)
 * Patricia Roberts Harris, American politician and diplomat (b. 1924)
 * Asao Koike, Japanese actor (b. 1931)
 * Joseph Novales, French cyclist (b. 1937)
 * Shazam Safin, Russian wrestler (b. 1932)
 * Zoot Sims, American saxophonist (b. 1925)
 * March 24
 * Dick Kinney, American animator and comic book writer (b. 1916)
 * George London, American opera singer (b. 1920)
 * José Luis Munguía, Salvadoran footballer (b. 1959)
 * Akihiko Okamura, Japanese photographer (b. 1929)
 * Sandër Prosi, Albanian actor and violinist (b. 1920)
 * Georges Henri Rivière, French museologist (b. 1897)
 * March 25
 * Victor Herman, American-Russian author (b. 1915)
 * Zvee Scooler, Russian-American actor (b. 1899)
 * March 26
 * Romolo Catasta, Italian rower (b. 1923)
 * Žarko Jovanović, Serbian musician (b. 1925)
 * Félix Trombe, French engineer (b. 1906)
 * March 27
 * Pierino Baffi, Italian cyclist (b. 1930)
 * Hugh Farquharson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
 * Ben Ramsey, American politician (b. 1903)
 * Péter Szervánszky, Hungarian violinist (b. 1913)
 * Christopher Vokes, Canadian major general (b. 1904)
 * March 28
 * Ana Rosa Chacón, Costa Rican activist (b. 1889)
 * Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter (b. 1887)
 * Henry Hansen, Danish cyclist (b. 1902)
 * Marcus Nikkanen, Finnish figure skater (b. 1904)
 * March 29
 * Roald Amundsen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1913)
 * Jeannine Deckers, Belgian nun and singer (b. 1933)
 * Rae Jenkins, Welsh violinist and conductor (b. 1903)
 * George Murdock, American anthropologist (b. 1897)
 * Gerhard Stöck, German athlete (b. 1911)
 * Luther Terry, American physician (b. 1911)
 * Janet Watson, English geologist (b. 1923)
 * March 30
 * Innokenti Gerasimov], Russian geographer (b. [[1905)
 * Shizuko Kasagi, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1914)
 * Yaeko Nogami, Japanese author (b. 1885)
 * Kenkichi Oshima, Japanese triple jumper (b. 1908)
 * Harold Peary, American actor (b. 1908)
 * March 31 – Erik Burman, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1897)

April 1985

 * April 1 – Gregorio Sciltian, Italian painter (b. 1900)
 * April 2
 * Alexandre Rignault, French actor (b. 1901)
 * William Stevenson, American athlete and diplomat (b. 1900)
 * April 3
 * Oreco Martins, Brazilian footballer (b. 1932)
 * Helmut Niedermayr, German racing driver (b. 1915)
 * April 4
 * Dinara Asanova, Kyrgyzstani film director (b. 1942)
 * Mildred Cram, American author (b. 1889)
 * Hannes Sirola, Finnish gymnast (b. 1890)
 * April 5 – Gerhard Wilck, German nazi colonel (b. 1898)
 * April 6
 * Arnold Daghani, Romanian-English artist and author (b. 1909)
 * Gene Davis, American painter (b. 1920)
 * André Néron, French mathematician (b. 1922)
 * Terence Sanders, English rower (b. 1901)
 * Stanisław Zaczyk, Polish actor (b. 1923)
 * April 7
 * René Portocarrero, Cuban artist (b. 1912)
 * Carl Schmitt, German judge and theorist (b. 1888)
 * April 8
 * John Frederick Coots, American songwriter (b. 1897)
 * Julieta Kirkwood, Chilean sociologist and political scientist (b. 1936)
 * Eugen König, German general (b. 1896)
 * April 9 – Ernie Taylor, English footballer (b. 1925)
 * April 10
 * Cora Coralina, Brazilian author (b. 1889)
 * Alfredo Duhalde, Chilean politician, President of Chile (b. 1898)
 * Eusebio Sempere, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1923)
 * April 11
 * Bunny Ahearne, English ice hockey administrator and businessman (b. 1900)
 * André de Dienes, Hungarian photographer (b. 1913)
 * Enver Hoxha, Albanian politician, Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1908)
 * Olga Tufnell, English archaeologist (b. 1905)
 * Fred Uhlman, German-English author and painter (b. 1901)
 * April 12
 * Édouard Baumann, French footballer (b. 1895)
 * Seiji Miyaguchi, Japanese actor (b. 1913)
 * Vicenç Sasot, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * April 13
 * Kit Klein, American speed skater (b. 1910)
 * Oscar Nemon, Croatian sculptor (b. 1906)
 * Willard Schmidt, American basketball player (b. 1910)
 * April 14 – Kate Roberts, Welsh author (b. 1891)
 * April 15
 * Zarifa Aliyeva, Azerbaijani ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1923)
 * Július Jakoby, Slovakian painter (b. 1903)
 * Jack Medica, American swimmer (b. 1914)
 * Inés Rodena, Cuban screenwriter (b. 1905)
 * April 16
 * Tadeusz Bartosik, Polish actor (b. 1925)
 * Scott Brady, American actor (b. 1924)
 * April 17 – Basil Bunting, English poet (b. 1900)
 * April 18 – Gertrude Caton Thompson, English archaeologist (b. 1888)
 * April 19
 * Pavel Batov, Russian general (b. 1897)
 * Willie Mabon, American singer and pianist (b. 1925)
 * Sergei Tokarev, Russian scholar and ethnographer (b. 1899)
 * April 20 – Rudolf Gnägi, Swiss politician (b. 1917)
 * April 21
 * Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen, Norwegian poet and author (b. 1915)
 * Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer (b. 1922)
 * Jaroslav Košnar, Slovakian footballer (b. 1930)
 * Irving Mills, American publisher and musician (b. 1894)
 * Tancredo Neves, Brazilian politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (b. 1910)
 * John Welsh, Irish actor (b. 1914)
 * April 22
 * Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist (b. 1900)
 * Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician and author (b. 1921)
 * A. C. Gimson, English phonetician (b. 1917)
 * Yelena Lyubimova, Russian geologist (b. 1925)
 * April 23
 * Jack Bryan, English cricketer (b. 1896)
 * Sam Ervin, American politician (b. 1896)
 * Sarah T. Hughes, American judge (b. 1896)
 * Kent Smith, American actor (b. 1907)
 * Asbjørn Sunde, Norwegian politician (b. 1909)
 * Sergei Yutkevich, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
 * April 24 – Yitzhak Kahan, Israeli judge (b. 1913)
 * April 25
 * Richard Haydn, English-American actor (b. 1905)
 * Viktor Kupradze, Georgian mathematician (b. 1903)
 * Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher (b. 1909)
 * Erich Schumann, German physicist (b. 1898)
 * Francis Parker Shepard, American sedimentologist (b. 1897)
 * April 26
 * Aurora Reyes Flores, Mexican artist and author (b. 1908)
 * Albert Maltz, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908)
 * Albert Mongita, Congolese actor and playwright (b. 1916)
 * April 27 – Wilhelm Abel, German economist (b. 1904)
 * April 28
 * Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, Polish-English economist (b. 1902)
 * Zhang Tianyi, Chinese author (b. 1906)
 * April 29 – Carmen da Silva, Brazilian psychoanalyst and journalist (b. 1919)
 * April 30
 * Iraj Eskandari, Iranian politician (b. 1907)
 * Franco Ressel, Italian actor (b. 1925)
 * Mike Sangster, English tennis player (b. 1940)
 * Hans Speth, German general (b. 1897)
 * Scot Symon, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1911)
 * Jules White, American film director and producer (b. 1900)

May 1985

 * May 1 – Denise Robins, English author (b. 1897)
 * May 2
 * Attilio Bettega, Italian racing driver (b. 1953)
 * Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)
 * Väinö Suvivuo, Finnish hurdler (b. 1917)
 * May 3
 * Alexander Aksinin, Ukrainian artist (b. 1949)
 * Cythna Letty, South African painter (b. 1895)
 * Stasys Raštikis, Lithuanian general (b. 1896)
 * Percy Spender, Australian politician and judge (b. [[1897)
 * May 4
 * Jan Appel, German revolutionary (b. 1890)
 * Horatio Fitch, American sprinter (b. 1900)
 * May 5
 * Donald Bailey, English engineer (b. 1901)
 * Carter Brown, English-Australian author (b. 1923)
 * Piet van Kempen, Dutch cyclist (b. 1898)
 * Helene Rosson, American actress (b. 1897)
 * Angela Vode, Slovenian author and activist (b. 1892)
 * May 6
 * Pete Desjardins, American diver (b. 1907)
 * Harry Snell, Swedish cyclist (b. 1916)
 * Julie Vega, Filipino actress and singer (b. 1968)
 * May 7
 * Dawn Addams, English actress (b. 1930)
 * Adam Bahdaj, Polish translator and author (b. 1918)
 * Luis Arenal Bastar, Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1908)
 * Carlos Mota Pinto, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1936)
 * May 8
 * Robert Halperin, American sailor and football player (b. 1908)
 * Karl Marx, German composer (b. 1897)
 * Susan Morrow, American actress (b. 1932)
 * Theodore Sturgeon, American author and screenwriter (b. 1918)
 * Dolph Sweet, American actor (b. 1920)
 * May 9
 * Aksel Airo, Finnish lieutenant general (b. 1898)
 * Svea Norén, Swedish figure skater (b. 1895)
 * Edmond O'Brien, American actor (b. 1915)
 * Adriaan Paulen, Dutch athlete and resistance fighter (b. 1902)
 * May 10
 * Tahar Ben Ammar, Tunisian politician, Prime Minister of Tunisia (b. 1889)
 * Toni Branca, Swiss racing driver (b. 1916)
 * Florizel von Reuter, American violinist and composer (b. 1890)
 * May 11 – Chester Gould, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
 * May 12
 * Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901)
 * B. Vijayalakshmi, Indian physicist (b. 1952)
 * May 13
 * Selma Diamond, American actress (b. 1920)
 * Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian scientist (b. 1931)
 * William Harvell, English cyclist (b. 1907)
 * Leatrice Joy, American actress (b. 1893)
 * Aleksandr Mikulin, Russian engineer (b. 1895)
 * Mildred Scheel, German physician (b. 1931)
 * May 14
 * María Luisa Escobar, Venezuelan musicologist and pianist (b. 1903)
 * Charles Leonard Hamblin, Australian philosopher and logician (b. 1922)
 * Bahram Mansurov, Azerbaijani lute player (b. 1911)
 * Barbara Yung, Hong Kong actress (b. 1959)
 * Ladislav Ženíšek, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1904)
 * May 15
 * Jackie Curtis, American actress and playwright (b. 1947)
 * Renato Olmi, Italian footballer (b. 1914)
 * Emerson Spencer, American sprinter (b. 1906)
 * May 16
 * Hugh Burden, English actor and playwright (b. 1913)
 * Edgard De Caluwé, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
 * Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
 * Militsa Nechkina, Russian historian (b. 1901)
 * May 17
 * Abe Burrows, American author and composer (b. 1910)
 * Evdokia Uralova, Belarusian politician (b. 1902)
 * May 18
 * Harald Andersson, Swedish wrestler (b. 1907)
 * Hedley Bull, Australian economist (b. 1932)
 * Penn Nouth, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1906)
 * Hilding Rosenberg, Swedish composer and conductor (b. 1892)
 * Hermann Schridde, German equestrian (b. 1937)
 * Franciszek Szymura, Polish boxer (b. 1912)
 * Erich Traub, German virologist (b. 1906)
 * Win Wilfong, American basketball player (b. 1933)
 * May 19
 * Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1927)
 * Alfredo Mayo, Spanish actor (b. 1911)
 * Puchalapalli Sundarayya, Indian politician (b. 1913)
 * Tapio Wirkkala, Finnish sculptor (b. 1915)
 * May 20 – Andrey Baklan, Russian pilot (b. 1917)
 * May 21
 * Kurt Waitzmann, German actor (b. 1905)
 * Karl Weber, German politician (b. 1898)
 * May 22
 * Aleksandr Babaev, Russian fighter pilot (b. 1923)
 * Alister Hardy, English biologist (b. 1896)
 * Karl-Adolf Hollidt, German war criminal (b. 1891)
 * Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator and film director (b. 1909)
 * Gábor Vaszary, Hungarian author and screenwriter (b. 1897)
 * May 23
 * May 24
 * Joe Darensbourg, American clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1906)
 * Michel Écochard, French architect (b. 1905)
 * Natalio Perinetti, Argentine footballer (b. 1900)
 * May 25 – Robert Nathan, American author and poet (b. 1894)
 * May 26
 * Harold Hecht, American film producer and choreographer (b. 1907)
 * Hendrika van Rumt, Dutch gymnast (b. 1897)
 * May 27
 * Kai Lindberg, Danish politician (b. 1899)
 * Archie Stark, Scottish-American footballer (b. 1897)
 * May 28
 * George Devereux, Hungarian-French ethnologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1908)
 * Juan Alberto Estrada, Argentine footballer (b. 1912)
 * Mamed Iskenderov, Azerbaijani politician (b. 1915)
 * Loren L. Ryder, American sound engineer (b. 1900)
 * Șerban Țițeica, Romanian physicist (b. 1908)
 * May 29 – Gunnar Nielsen, Danish runner (b. 1928)
 * May 30
 * Olga Anstei, Ukrainian poet (b. 1912)
 * George K. Arthur, Scottish-American actor and film producer (b. 1899)
 * Gustav Jaenecke, German ice hockey player (b. 1908)
 * Talbot Jennings, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1894)
 * May 31
 * Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
 * Louis Robert, French historian (b. 1904)
 * Rein de Waal, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1904)

June 1985

 * June 1
 * Richard Greene, English actor (b. 1918)
 * Maria Knebel, Russian actress (b. 1898)
 * Edgar Schmued, German-American engineer (b. 1899)
 * Anita Sharp-Bolster, Irish-American actress (b. 1895)
 * June 2 – George Brown, English politician (b. 1914)
 * June 3
 * Edmond Beauchamp, French actor (b. 1900)
 * Tjeerd Boersma, Dutch sprinter (b. 1915)
 * Wawrzyniec Staliński, Polish footballer (b. 1899)
 * Sean Sullivan, Canadian actor (b. 1921)
 * June 4
 * Kaisyn Kuliev, Russian poet (b. 1917)
 * Gilbert Lely, French poet (b. 1904)
 * June 5
 * Puttanna Kanagal, Indian film director (b. 1933)
 * Johanna Wolf, German secretary (b. 1900)
 * June 6
 * Willy Bocklant, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
 * Vladimir Jankélévitch, Polish philosopher and musicologist (b. 1903)
 * Norman W. Walker, English businessman (b. 1886)
 * June 7 – Rudolf Burkert, Czech skier (b. 1904)
 * June 8
 * Hu Feng, Chinese author and poet (b. 1902)
 * Afet İnan, Turkish historian and sociologist (b. 1908)
 * Fritz Keller, German-French footballer (b. 1913)
 * Charles LeMaire, American costume designer (b. 1897)
 * José María Zabalza, Spanish screenwriter and film director (b. 1928)
 * June 9
 * Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Japanese author and screenwriter (b. 1899)
 * Ronnie Rooke, English footballer (b. 1911)
 * Marion Vanderhoef, American tennis player (b. 1894)
 * June 10
 * George Chandler, American actor (b. 1898)
 * Gurli Ewerlund, Swedish swimmer (b. 1902)
 * June 11
 * Karen Ann Quinlan, American medical figure (b. 1954)
 * Pedro Regueiro, Spanish footballer (b. 1909)
 * Raymond Robinson, American urban legend (b. 1910)
 * June 12
 * Dino Barsotti, Italian rower (b. 1903)
 * Anasuya Devī, Indian guru (b. 1923)
 * Alexander Ferdinand Feodor, German prince (b. 1912)
 * Dominique Laffin, French actress (b. 1952)
 * Hua Luogeng, Chinese mathematician and politician (b. 1910)
 * Marcela Paz, Chilean author (b. 1902)
 * Helmuth Plessner, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1892)
 * Pierre Tal-Coat, French painter (b. 1905)
 * June 13 – Vasily Arkhipov, Russian colonel general (b. 1906)
 * June 14
 * Eric Bols, English major general (b. 1904)
 * Irene Delroy, American actress (b. 1900)
 * June 15
 * Percy Fender, English cricketer (b. 1892)
 * Adolf Gasser, Swiss historian (b. 1903)
 * Len Hopwood, English cricketer (b. 1903)
 * Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (b. 1927)
 * June 16
 * Yoʻldosh Aʼzamov, Uzbekistani film director and actor (b. 1909)
 * John Y. Brown Sr., American politician (b. 1900)
 * Harry Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1898)
 * Ernst Orvil, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1898)
 * June 17
 * Georgia Hale, American actress (b. 1900)
 * Tai Kato, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1916)
 * Kirill Moskalenko, Russian army marshal (b. 1902)
 * Masaharu Taniguchi, Japanese religious leader and philosopher (b. 1893)
 * June 18 – Paul Colin, French artist (b. 1892)
 * June 19
 * Ilka Gedő, Hungarian painter (b. 1921)
 * Maya Kristalinskaya, Russian singer (b. 1932)
 * Bonnie Nettles, American cult leader (b. 1927)
 * June 20
 * John Kirakosyan, Armenian politician (b. 1929)
 * Xuân Thủy, Vietnamese politician (b. 1912)
 * Dragomir Tošić, Croatian footballer (b. 1909)
 * June 21
 * Tage Erlander, Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1901)
 * Hermann Haller, Swiss film editor (b. 1909)
 * June 22
 * Patricia Ward Hales, English tennis player (b. 1929)
 * Seniha Nafız Hızal, Turkish politician (b. 1897)
 * June 23 – Leonid Rumyantsev, Russian footballer (b. 1916)
 * June 24 – Valentine Dyall, English actor (b. 1908)
 * June 25 – Pee Wee Crayton, American guitarist and singer (b. 1914)
 * June 26 – Anastasia Abramova, Russian ballerina (b. 1902)
 * June 27
 * James Craig, American actor (b. 1912)
 * Yona Kesse, Israeli politician (b. 1907)
 * Élias Sarkis, Lebanese politician, President of Lebanon (b. 1924)
 * Kovkab Safaraliyeva, Azerbaijani pianist (b. 1907)
 * June 28
 * Álvaro Murillo, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1930)
 * Lynd Ward, American artist (b. 1905)
 * June 29
 * Jaroslav Dietl, Czech screenwriter and playwright (b. 1929)
 * Andrzej Kijowski, Polish critic and author (b. 1928)
 * June 30
 * Max-Josef Pemsel, German lieutenant general (b. 1897)
 * Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, President of Palau (b. 1933)

July 1985

 * July 1
 * Jean Van Den Bosch, Belgian cyclist (b. 1898)
 * Armando Diena, Italian footballer (b. 1914)
 * Pauli Murray, American activist and priest (b. 1910)
 * July 2 – David Purley, English racing driver (b. 1945)
 * July 3
 * Erik Ågren, Swedish boxer (b. 1916)
 * Nelson Leigh, American actor (b. 1905)
 * Friedrich Ruge, German vice admiral (b. 1894)
 * Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1893)
 * Roger Seydoux, French academic and diplomat (b. 1908)
 * Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904)
 * July 4
 * Willem Visser 't Hooft, Dutch theologian (b. 1900)
 * Jan de Quay, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1901)
 * Lotte Strauss, German-American pathologist (b. 1913)
 * July 5
 * Marion Byron, American comedian and actress (b. 1911)
 * Margery C. Carlson, American botanist (b. 1892)
 * Paulino Uzcudun, Spanish boxer (b. 1899)
 * July 6
 * Andrew Fluegelman, American publisher and photographer (b. 1943)
 * Nikolai Yegipko, Russian vice admiral (b. 1903)
 * July 7
 * György Harag, Romanian-Hungarian theatre director and actor (b. 1925)
 * Shōzō Sakurai, Japanese lieutenant general (b. 1889)
 * July 8
 * Wim Addicks, Dutch politician (b. 1896)
 * Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1909)
 * Simon Kuznets, Russian-American economist and statistician (b. 1901)
 * Victor Rendina, American actor (b. 1916)
 * Diarra Traoré, Guinean politician, Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1935)
 * July 9
 * Rafael Campos, Dominican actor (b. 1936)
 * Milo Cipra, Croatian composer (b. 1906)
 * Pierre-Paul Grassé, French zoologist (b. 1895)
 * Arne Odd Johnsen, Norwegian historian (b. 1909)
 * Kārlis Lobe, Latvian colonel (b. 1895)
 * Margaret Molesworth, Australian tennis player (b. 1894)
 * Charlotte Wilhelmine, Luxembourgian royal (b. 1896)
 * July 10
 * Kai Holm, Danish actor (b. 1896)
 * Hilgard Muller, South African politician (b. 1914)
 * Fernando Pereira, Portuguese-Dutch photographer (b. 1950)
 * Zenon Stefaniuk, Polish boxer (b. 1930)
 * July 11
 * George Duvivier, American double bassist (b. 1920)
 * Timoteus Pokora, Czech sinologist (b. 1928)
 * Georges Verriest, French footballer (b. 1909)
 * July 12
 * July 13
 * Charles K. Bliss, Ukrainian-Australian engineer semiotician (b. 1897)
 * Claudio Cassinelli, Italian actor (b. 1938)
 * July 14
 * July 15
 * Diego Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1902)
 * Giovanni Moscardini, Scottish footballer (b. 1897)
 * Federico Norcia, Italian chess player (b. 1904)
 * M. Blaine Peterson, American politician (b. 1906)
 * July 16
 * Heinrich Böll, German author (b. 1917)
 * Robert Siohan, French conductor and composer (b. 1894)
 * July 17
 * Philippe de Chérisey, French author and actor (b. 1923)
 * Susanne Langer, American philosopher and author (b. 1895)
 * Czesław Marek, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1891)
 * Margo O'Donnell, Mexican-American actress (b. 1917)
 * Wynn Stewart, American singer (b. 1934)
 * July 18
 * Shahnawaz Bhutto, Pakistani activist (b. 1958)
 * Louisa Ghijs, Belgian actress (b. 1902)
 * Isabel Alfonsa Rafaela, Spanish princess (b. 1904)
 * Vicente Saldivar, Mexican boxer (b. 1943)
 * July 19
 * Ewen Montagu, English intelligence officer and judge (b. 1901)
 * Sjumandjaja, Indonesian actor (b. 1933)
 * Janusz Zajdel, Polish author (b. 1938)
 * July 20
 * Leo Alexander, American psychiatrist and neurologist (b. 1905)
 * Bruno de Finetti, Italian statistician (b. 1906)
 * Peter Glob, Danish archaeologist (b. 1911)
 * July 21
 * Alvah Bessie, American author (b. 1904)
 * Aristid von Grosse, German chemist (b. 1905)
 * Erich Koschik, German canoeist (b. 1913)
 * Zoran Radmilović, Serbian actor (b. 1933)
 * Ulla-Britt Söderlund, Swedish costume designer (b. 1943)
 * July 22
 * Ramadevi Choudhury, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1899)
 * Matti Järvinen, Finnish javelin thrower (b. 1909)
 * Jaap Spaanderman, Danish pianist and cellist (b. 1896)
 * July 23
 * Kay Kyser, American bandleader (b. 1905)
 * Mickey Shaughnessy, American actor and comedian (b. 1920)
 * Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (b. 1923)
 * July 24
 * José Bódalo, Argentine-Spanish actor (b. 1916)
 * Carmen Viance, Spanish actress (b. 1905)
 * July 25
 * Božo Broketa, Croatian footballer (b. 1922)
 * Hamlet Gonashvili, Georgian singer (b. 1928)
 * Stephen Knight, English author (b. 1951)
 * July 26
 * Fredy Perlman, Czech-American author and activist (b. 1934)
 * Walter Richter, German actor (b. 1905)
 * July 27
 * Shigeru Amachi, Japanese actor (b. 1931)
 * Michel Audiard, French screenwriter and film director (b. 1920)
 * Adelheid Kofler, Austrian inventor and mineralogist (b. 1889)
 * Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player (b. 1889)
 * July 28 – Grant Williams, American actor (b. 1931)
 * July 29
 * July 30
 * Julia Robinson, American mathematician (b. 1919)
 * Robert Sénéchal, French racing driver and entrepreneur (b. 1892)
 * July 31
 * Eugene Carson Blake, American religious leader and activist (b. 1906)
 * Germaine Krull, German photographer and activist (b. 1897)

August 1985

 * August 1
 * Sandy Bell, South African tennis player (b. 1906)
 * Alois Carigiet, Swiss artist (b. 1902)
 * Helene Engelmann, Austrian skater (b. 1898)
 * Manuel Meana, Spanish footballer (b. 1901)
 * Jules Moch, French politician (b. 1893)
 * Victoria Mxenge, South African activist (b. 1942)
 * Al Overton, American sound engineer (b. 1912)
 * Fernando Previtali, Italian conductor (b. 1907)
 * Joseph Walker, American cinematographer (b. 1892)
 * Sam Wooding, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1895)
 * August 2
 * Philip Don Estridge, American computer scientist (b. 1937)
 * Frank Faylen, American actor (b. 1905)
 * Bob Holt, American actor (b. 1928)
 * August 3 – George Dempsey, Australian cyclist (b. 1905)
 * August 4
 * Adolph Braeckeveldt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1912)
 * Ivan Radoev, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1901)
 * August 5
 * Olav Kielland, Norwegian composer and conductor (b. 1901)
 * Hans Ziegler, Swiss physicist (b. 1910)
 * August 6
 * Krystyna Ankwicz, Polish actress (b. 1907)
 * Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, President and Prime Minister of Guyana (b. 1923)
 * Ninni Cassarà, Italian police officer (b. 1947)
 * Karl Diebitsch, German nazi officer and artist (b. 1899)
 * John Harmon, American actor (b. 1905)
 * Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (b. 1903)
 * August 7
 * Pavao Anđelić, Bosnian lawyer and archaeologist (b. 1920)
 * Alan Fitch, English politician (b. 1915)
 * Grayson Hall, American actress (b. 1922)
 * Juan Nelson, Argentine polo player (b. 1891)
 * Gábor Szegő, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1895)
 * August 8
 * Louise Brooks, American actress (b. 1906)
 * Roddie Edmonds, American master sergeant (b. 1919)
 * Milton H. Greene, American photographer (b. 1922)
 * Leo Weisgerber, German linguist (b. 1899)
 * August 9 – Fred Åkerström, Swedish guitarist and singer (b. 1937)
 * August 10
 * Kenny Baker, American actor and singer (b. 1912)
 * Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, Ukrainian-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1899)
 * Isabella Riva, Italian actress (b. 1887)
 * August 11
 * Kurt Bühligen, German fighter pilot (b. 1917)
 * Manuel Conde, Filipino film director and actor (b. 1915)
 * János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
 * August 12
 * Billy Devore, American racing driver (b. 1910)
 * Folke Fridell, Swedish author (b. 1904)
 * Alfons Luczny, German general (b. 1894)
 * Marcel Mihalovici, Romanian-French composer (b. 1898)
 * Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (b. 1941)
 * Manfred Winkelhock, German racing driver (b. 1951)
 * August 13
 * Slobodan Aligrudić, Serbian actor (b. 1934)
 * Josef Fath, German footballer (b. 1911)
 * J. Willard Marriott, American businessman (b. 1900)
 * Marion Martin, American actress (b. 1909)
 * Shiva Naipaul, Trinidadian-English author and journalist (b. 1945)
 * Åse Gruda Skard, Norwegian psychologist and author (b. 1905)
 * August 14
 * Marie Bell, French actress (b. 1900)
 * Nazlı Ecevit, Turkish educator and painter (b. 1900)
 * Alfred Hayes, English-American screenwriter and author (b. 1911)
 * Gale Sondergaard, American actress (b. 1899)
 * August 15 – Lester Cole, American screenwriter (b. 1904)
 * August 16
 * Mario Majoni, Italian water polo player (b, 1910)
 * Géza Toldi, Hungarian footballer (b. 1909)
 * August 17 – Nicholas Eden, English politician (b. 1930)
 * August 18
 * Edward Johnston Alexander, American botanist (b. 1901)
 * Josip Primožič, Slovenian gymnast (b. 1900)
 * August 19 – Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, English botanist (b. 1902)
 * August 20
 * Donald O. Hebb, Canadian psychologist (b. 1904)
 * Kenneth Kennedy, Australian-English speed skater (b. 1913)
 * August 21
 * David Olère, Polish-French painter and sculptor (b. 1902)
 * Gheorghe Pintilie, Russian-Romanian intelligence officer and assassin (b. 1902)
 * August 22
 * Paul Peter Ewald, German crystallographer and physicist (b. 1888)
 * Charles Gibson, American ethnohistorian (b. 1920)
 * Aleksandra Khokhlova, German-Russian actress (b. 1897)
 * Turgut Uyar, Turkish poet (b. 1927)
 * August 23 – Luís Matoso, Brazilian footballer (b. 1901)
 * August 24
 * Paul Creston, American composer (b. 1906)
 * Morrie Ryskind, American playwright and activist (b. 1895)
 * August 25
 * Ellis E. Patterson, American politician (b. 1897)
 * Samantha Smith, American activist and actress (b. 1972)
 * Jee Yong-ju, South Korean boxer (b. 1948)
 * August 26
 * Åke Fridell, Swedish actor (b. 1919)
 * Leopoldo Querol, Spanish pianist (b. 1899)
 * August 27
 * John Albrechtson, Swedish sailor (b. 1936)
 * François Neuens, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1912)
 * Emile Touma, Palestinian-Israeli historian and journalist (b. 1919)
 * August 28
 * Ruth Gordon, American actress (b. 1896)
 * Miguel Otero Silva, Venezuelan author and journalist (b. 1908)
 * August 29
 * Alexander Abramsky, Russian composer (b. 1898)
 * Evelyn Ankers, American actress (b. 1918)
 * George Bagby, American author (b. 1906)
 * Lise Børsum, Norwegian resistance fighter (b. 1908)
 * Leo Freisinger, American speed skater (b. 1916)
 * Michel Pécheux, French fencer (b. 1911)
 * August 30
 * Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (b. 1900)
 * Philly Joe Jones, American drummer (b. 1923)
 * Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Russian-American scholar and archaeologist (b. 1909)
 * Erwin Righter, American athlete (b. 1897)
 * August 31
 * Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist (b. 1899)
 * Boris Kovzan, Russian fighter pilot (b. 1922)

September 1985

 * September 1
 * Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (b. 1957)
 * Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Pakistani diplomat and politician (b. 1893)
 * Saunders Lewis, English-Welsh politician and poet (b. 1893)
 * September 2
 * Anna Banti, Italian author and historian (b. 1895)
 * Eveline M. Burns, American economist and author (b. 1900)
 * Gonzalo Güell, Cuban politician, Prime Minister of Cuba (b. 1895)
 * Bob Kinney, American basketball player (b. 1920)
 * Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
 * Alex Stevenson, Irish footballer (b. 1912)
 * September 3
 * Jo Jones, American drummer (b. 1911)
 * Dragan Mance, Serbian footballer (b. 1962)
 * Johnny Marks, American songwriter (b. 1909)
 * Gilles Thomas, French author (b. 1929)
 * September 4
 * Isabel Jeans, English actress (b. 1891)
 * Lidija Liepiņa, Latvian chemist (b. 1891)
 * George O'Brien, American actor (b. 1899)
 * Vasyl Stus, Ukrainian poet and translator (b. [[1938)
 * September 5
 * Tibor Czorba, Hungarian painter (b. 1906)
 * Gerald Dreyer, South African boxer (b. 1929)
 * Philip M. Morse, American physicist (b. 1903)
 * Jiřina Štěpničková, Czech actress (b. 1912)
 * September 6
 * Jane Frazee, American actress (b. 1915)
 * Heydar Ghiai, Iranian architect (b. 1922)
 * Shi Liang, Chinese politician and activist (b. 1900)
 * Little Brother Montgomery, American pianist and composer (b. 1906)
 * Léon Orthel, Dutch composer and pianist (b. 1905)
 * Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist (b. 1917)
 * September 7
 * Franco Ferrara, Italian conductor (b. 1911)
 * George Pólya, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1887)
 * Finn Seemann, Norwegian footballer (b. 1944)
 * Doris Svedlund, Swedish actress (b. 1926)
 * September 8
 * John Franklin Enders, American virologist (b. 1897)
 * Ana Mendieta, Cuban-American artist (b. 1948)
 * September 9
 * Neil Davis, American photojournalist (b. 1934)
 * Paul Flory, American chemist (b. 1910)
 * Jacinto Esteva Grewe, Spanish film director (b. 1936)
 * Luis Padilla Nervo, Mexican politician and diplomat (b. 1894)
 * Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (b. 1896)
 * September 10
 * Ettore Maria Fizzarotti, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1916)
 * Ebbie Goodfellow, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1907)
 * Bonifaty Kedrov, Russian philosopher and logician (b. 1903)
 * Alexa Kenin, American actress (b. 1962)
 * Werner Meyer, Swiss handball player (b. 1914)
 * Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer (b. 1893)
 * Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
 * September 11
 * William Alwyn, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
 * Eleanor Dark, Australian author (b. 1901)
 * Ion Frunzetti, Romanian critic and historian (b. 1918)
 * Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel, German microbiologist (b. 1892)
 * Masako Natsume, Japanese actress (b. 1957)
 * September 12
 * Maurice Anthony Biot, Belgian-American physicist (b. 1905)
 * Galina Dzhunkovskaya, Russian major (b. 1922)
 * September 13
 * E. L. M. Burns, Canadian lieutenant general and diplomat (b. 1897)
 * Odhise Paskali, Albanian sculptor (b. 1903)
 * Augusto Rademaker, Brazilian admiral and politician (b. 1905)
 * Dane Rudhyar, American author and composer (b. 1895)
 * Hugo Spadafora, Panamanian politician and guerilla (b. 1940)
 * Benno Sterzenbach, German actor (b. 1916)
 * September 14
 * Julian Beck, American actor (b. 1925)
 * John Holt, American author (b. 1923)
 * Joselito Rodríguez, Mexican screenwriter and film director (b. 1907)
 * September 15
 * Wolfgang Abendroth, German judge and political scientist (b. 1906)
 * Cootie Williams, American trumpeter (b. 1911)
 * Alexei Yepishev, Russian politician and diplomat (b. 1908)
 * September 16 – Dezső Zádor, Ukrainian pianist and conductor (b. 1912)
 * September 17
 * Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer (b. 1925)
 * Carmen Barth, American boxer (b. 1912)
 * September 18
 * Monroe Beardsley, American philosopher (b. 1915)
 * Gerald Holtom, English artist (b. 1914)
 * Don Otten, American basketball player (b. 1921)
 * September 19
 * Italo Calvino, Cuban-Italian author and journalist (b. 1923)
 * Emila Medková, Czech photographer (b. 1928)
 * September 20
 * Karl Angerstein, German general (b. 1890)
 * Taizo Kawamoto, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1914)
 * Ernest Nagel, American philosopher (b. 1901)
 * Ruhi Su, Turkish singer (b. 1912)
 * September 21 – Gu Long, Hong Kong-Taiwanese author and screenwriter (b. 1938)
 * September 22
 * Endre Nemes, Hungarian-Swedish artist (b. 1909)
 * D. J. Opperman, South African poet (b. 1914)
 * Philippe Pottier, Swiss footballer (b. 1938)
 * Axel Springer, German publisher (b. 1912)
 * Geneviève Tabouis, French historian and journalist (b. 1892)
 * September 23
 * Stefan Dembicki, French footballer (b. 1913)
 * Larry Shue, American playwright and actor (b. 1946)
 * Giancarlo Siani, Italian journalist (b. 1959)
 * Mickey Simpson, American actor (b. 1913)
 * September 24
 * Cor Kools, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1907)
 * Ron Lewin, English footballer (b. 1920)
 * Paul Mann, Canadian actor (b. 1913)
 * Antonio Poma, Italian cardinal (b. 1910)
 * September 25
 * Zofia Jaroszewska, Polish actress (b. 1902)
 * Oleksandr Perviy, Ukrainian weightlifter (b. 1960)
 * William Cumming Rose, American biochemist and nutritionist (b. 1887)
 * September 26
 * John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan, English botanist (b. 1917)
 * Anton Janda, Austrian footballer (b. 1904)
 * Yona Wallach, Israeli poet (b. 1944)
 * September 27
 * Nikolai Gulayev, Russian pilot (b. 1918)
 * Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902)
 * Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Japanese actor (b. 1912)
 * September 28
 * L. B. Abbott, American special effects artist (b. 1908)
 * Ellen Isefiær, Norwegian actress (b. 1899)
 * André Kertész, Hungarian-American photographer (b. 1894)
 * Gohar Mamajiwala, Indian singer and actress (b. 1910)
 * Zaki Osman, Egyptian footballer (b. 1898)
 * September 29
 * Charles K. Fletcher, American banker and politician (b. 1902)
 * Joan Fry, English tennis player (b. 1906)
 * Arthur Krams, American set designer (b. 1912)
 * Benjamin Markarian, Armenian astrophysicist (b. 1913)
 * September 30
 * Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American architect and artist (b. 1900)
 * Paul Berlenbach, American boxer (b. 1901)
 * Floyd Crosby, American cinematographer (b. 1899)
 * Bill Fiedler, American soccer player (b. 1910)
 * Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American author (b. 1907)
 * Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (b. 1900)
 * Robert Shtilmark, Russian author and journalist (b. 1909)
 * Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)

October 1985

 * October 1
 * Vladimir Bron, Ukrainian chess player (b. 1909)
 * Charlotte Posenenske, German artist (b. 1930)
 * Ninian Sanderson, Scottish racing driver (b. 1925)
 * Emil Vogel, German general (b. 1894)
 * E. B. White, American author (b. 1899)
 * October 2
 * Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
 * Eric Jones, English footballer (b. 1915)
 * Margaret Mahler, Hungarian-American psychiatrist (b. 1897)
 * Salomón Ibarra Mayorga, Nicaraguan poet and songwriter (b. 1887)
 * Alex Möller, German politician (b. 1903)
 * George Savalas, American actor (b. 1924)
 * October 3
 * October 4
 * Fred Foster, American basketball player (b. 1946)
 * Jozef Herda, Czech wrestler (b. 1910)
 * Euxdoxia Maria, Bulgarian princess (b. 1898)
 * Gleb Strizhenov, Russian actor (b. 1925)
 * October 5
 * Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician (b. 1893)
 * Joachim Helbig, German pilot (b. 1915)
 * Serge Jaroff, Russian-American conductor and composer (b. 1896)
 * Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician (b. 1902)
 * Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim, German-American theoretical physicist (b. 1899)
 * Abdus Sattar, Bangladeshi politician, President of Bangladesh (b. 1906)
 * October 6
 * Enrique Fernández, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1912)
 * Lola Gjoka, Albanian pianist (b. 1910)
 * Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (b. 1921)
 * Karl Zischek, Austrian footballer (b. 1910)
 * October 7
 * Wolfgang Kieling, German actor (b. 1924)
 * Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish composer (b. 1904)
 * October 8
 * Riccardo Bacchelli, Italian author (b. 1891)
 * Theresa Harris, American actress (b. 1908)
 * Leon Klinghoffer, American businessman (b. 1916)
 * Marta Lynch, Argentine author (b. 1925)
 * August Mortelmans, Belgian cyclist (b. 1901)
 * Giorgio Santelli, Italian fencer (b. 1897)
 * John Wesley Snyder, American politician (b. 1895)
 * Gordon Welchman, English mathematician (b. 1906)
 * October 9
 * Karel De Baere, Belgian cyclist (b. 1925)
 * Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (b. 1955)
 * Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1905)
 * October 10
 * Suvadhana Abhayavongsa, Thai princess (b. 1906)
 * Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor (b. 1920)
 * Bettina Ehrlich, Austrian painter (b. 1903)
 * Margaret Michaelis-Sachs, Austrian-Australian photographer (b. 1902)
 * Orson Welles, American actor and film director (b. 1915)
 * October 11
 * Alex La Guma, South African activist and author (b. 1924)
 * Jussi Jalas, Finnish conductor and composer (b. 1908)
 * Tex Williams, American musician (b. 1917)
 * October 12
 * Sergei Osipov, Russian painter (b. 1915)
 * Ricky Wilson, American guitarist (b. 1953)
 * October 13
 * Herb Aach, German-American painter and author (b. 1923)
 * Francesca Bertini, Italian actress (b. 1892)
 * Tage Danielsson, Swedish author and actor (b. 1928)
 * Duke Dinsmore, American racing driver (b. 1913)
 * Herbert Nebe, German cyclist (b. 1899)
 * Moshe Rachmilewitz, Israeli physician (b. 1898)
 * October 14
 * Emil Gilels, Russian pianist (b. 1916)
 * Paul B. Johnson Jr., American politician (b. 1916)
 * Ludwig Landen, German canoeist (b. 1908)
 * Pál Teleki, Polish footballer (b. 1906)
 * October 15
 * Bruno Fattori, Italian poet (b. 1891)
 * Max Zaslofsky, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
 * October 16 – Franklin Milton, American sound engineer (b. 1907)
 * October 17
 * Simone Le Bargy, French actress (b. 1877)
 * Omero Bonoli, Italian gymnast (b. 1909)
 * Wiktor Kemula, Polish chemist (b. 1902)
 * Abdelmunim Rifai, Jordanian diplomat and politician, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1917)
 * Joseph Rosenstock, Polish-American conductor (b. 1895)
 * October 18
 * Stefan Askenase, Polish-Belgian pianist (b. 1896)
 * Philipp Gonzaga, Austrian prince (b. 1901)
 * Bryn Jones, Welsh footballer (b. 1912)
 * Jun Tazaki, Japanese actor (b. 1913)
 * October 19
 * Jean-Roger Caussimon, French singer and actor (b. 1918)
 * Anton Christoforidis, Greek boxer (b. 1917)
 * October 20
 * Knud Børge Overgaard, Danish footballer (b. 1918)
 * Kirio Urayama, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
 * October 21
 * Jens Lambæk, Danish gymnast (b. 1899)
 * Diane Thomas, American screenwriter (b. 1946)
 * Dan White, American politician and assassin (b. 1946)
 * October 22
 * Stefano Satta Flores, Italian actor (b. 1937)
 * Xu Shiyou, Chinese general (b. 1906)
 * Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian opera singer (b. 1894)
 * October 23
 * Robert George, French ice hockey player (b. 1893)
 * Tadeusz Hołuj, Polish poet and author (b. 1916)
 * Mario Prassinos, French painter (b. 1916)
 * Martin Wierstra, Dutch cyclist (b. 1928)
 * October 24
 * László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentine inventor (b. 1899)
 * Gábor Bódy, Hungarian film director and screenwriter (b. 1946)
 * Wilhelm Klemm, Polish chemist (b. 1896)
 * Masaichi Nagata, Japanese businessman and film producer (b. 1906)
 * Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (b. 1905)
 * October 25
 * Morton Downey, American singer (b. 1901)
 * Felixberto Camacho Flores, American archbishop (b. 1921)
 * Ann Forrest, Danish-American actress (b. 1895)
 * Gary Holton, English singer and actor (b. 1952)
 * Blair Lee III, American politician (b. 1916)
 * Viktor Makeyev, Russian engineer (b. 1924)
 * Olier Mordrel, French nazi collaborator (b. 1901)
 * Ludwig Ott, German theologian and historian (b. 1906)
 * Hans Trauttenberg, Austrian ice hockey player (b. 1909)
 * Fritz Konrad Ernst Zumpt, German entomologist (b. 1908)
 * October 26 – Kikuko Kawakami, Japanese poet (b. 1904)
 * October 27
 * Thomas Townsend Brown, American inventor (b. 1905)
 * Andreas Gruentzig, German radiologist and cardiologist (b. 1939)
 * Tola Mankiewiczówna, Polish singer and actress (b. 1900)
 * Walter Segal, German-English architect (b. 1907)
 * Branko Špoljar, Croatian actor (b. 1914)
 * Kurt Vogel, German historian and mathematician (b. 1888)
 * Bernard Wolfe, American author (b. 1915)
 * October 28
 * William McPherson Allen, American businessman (b. 1900)
 * William Bramley, American actor (b. 1928)
 * Elga Brink, German actress (b. 1905)
 * Eric Coy, English-Canadian discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1914)
 * Paul Edwin Roth, German actor (b. 1918)
 * Axel Thue, Norwegian actor (b. 1904)
 * John Travlos, Greek architect and historian (b. 1908)
 * Ángel Zubieta, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * October 29
 * Evgeny Lifshitz, Russian physicist (b. 1915)
 * John Davis Lodge, American actor and politician (b. 1903)
 * Lola Prusac, Polish-French fashion designer (b. 1895)
 * Alice Roberts, Belgian actress (b. 1906)
 * October 30
 * Edgar Bruun, Norwegian racewalker (b. 1905)
 * Aimé Dossche, Belgian cyclist (b. 1902)
 * Kirby Grant, American actor (b. 1911)
 * Raul Hellberg, Finnish cyclist (b. 1900)
 * Nils Hjelmtveit, Norwegian politician (b. 1892)
 * October 31
 * Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)
 * John H. Michaelis, American general (b. 1912)
 * Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (b. 1913)

November 1985

 * November 1
 * Vladimir Gorokhov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1911)
 * Joe Hewitt, Australian vice marshal (b. 1901)
 * Lucien Michard, French cyclist (b. 1903)
 * Arnold Pihlak, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
 * Phil Silvers, American actor (b. 1911)
 * November 2 – Volodymyr Kubijovyč, Polish geographer (b. 1900)
 * November 3
 * Robert W. Grow, American major general (b. 1895)
 * Phoumi Nosavan, Laotian military strongman (b. 1920)
 * J. M. Wallace-Hadrill, English academic and historian (b. 1916)
 * November 4
 * Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager and trainer (b. 1908)
 * Rudolf Fernau, German actor (b. 1898)
 * Ferdinand Kramer, German architect (b. 1898)
 * Adonis A. Kyrou, Greek-French film director and author (b. 1923)
 * George S. Myers, American ichthyologist (b. 1905)
 * John Axel Nannfeldt, Swedish botanist and mycologist (b. 1904)
 * José María Oriol Urquijo, Spanish entrepreneur and politician (b. 1905)
 * November 5
 * Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist and philologist (b. 1898)
 * Jean Théodore Delacour, French ornithologist (b. 1890)
 * Spencer W. Kimball, American businessman and religious leader (b. 1895)
 * November 6
 * Hans Keller, Austrian-English musician (b. 1919)
 * Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1938)
 * November 7
 * Josef Rufer, Austrian musicologist (b. 1893)
 * Alexander Thom, Scottish engineer and archaeologist (b. 1894)
 * Friedrich Traugott Wahlen, Swiss agronomist and politician (b. 1899)
 * November 8
 * Lili Bleeker, Dutch entrepreneur and physicist (b. 1897)
 * Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1899)
 * Tullio Grassi, Swiss footballer and manager (b. 1910)
 * Masten Gregory, American racing driver (b. 1932)
 * Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter (b. 1915)
 * Renato Mocellini, Italian bobsledder (b. 1929)
 * November 9
 * John Conroy, English field hockey player (b. 1928)
 * Mary MacLaren, American actress (b. 1900)
 * Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (b. 1946)
 * Helen Rose, American costume designer (b. 1904)
 * November 10
 * Givi Javakhishvili, Georgian politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1912)
 * James Moroka, South African politician (b. 1891)
 * Olav Sunde, Norwegian javelin thrower (b. 1903)
 * Branislav Vukosavljević, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
 * Wu Yi-fang, Chinese academic (b. 1893)
 * November 11
 * James Hanley, English author and playwright (b. 1897)
 * Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1959)
 * Gerolamo Quaglia, Brazilian-Italian wrestler (b. 1902)
 * Arthur Rothstein, American photographer (b. 1915)
 * Leni Schmidt, German sprinter (b. 1906)
 * November 12
 * Vasily Garbuzov, Russian economist and politician (b. 1911)
 * Hildebrand Gregori, Italian monk (b. 1894)
 * November 13
 * William Pereira, American architect (b. 1909)
 * Alexander Pokryshkin, Russian fighter pilot (b. 1913)
 * November 14
 * Dmitry Belyayev, Russian geneticist and academic (b. 1917)
 * Wellington Koo, Chinese diplomat and politician (b. 1888)
 * Emir Rodríguez Monegal, Uruguayan-American scholar and critic (b. 1921)
 * November 15
 * Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter (b. 1913)
 * Carlos Spadaro, Argentine footballer (b. 1902)
 * November 16
 * Stuart Chase, American economist and author (b. 1888)
 * Walter Jupé, German actor and screenwriter (b. 1916)
 * Omayra Sánchez, Colombian photograph subject (b. 1972)
 * John Sparkman, American politician (b. 1899)
 * November 17
 * Avgust Černigoj, Slovenian painter (b. 1898)
 * Karl Alfred Ignatius, Liechtenstein prince (b. 1910)
 * Lon Nol, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1913)
 * Gheorghe Ursu, Romanian activist and poet (b. 1926)
 * November 18
 * Osvaldo Lamborghini, Argentine author (b. 1940)
 * Michael Mooney, American sailor (b. 1930)
 * Yrjö Nikkanen, Finnish javelin thrower (b. 1914)
 * Dmitry Ryabyshev, Russian lieutenant general (b. 1894)
 * November 19
 * Juan Arvizu, Mexican opera singer (b. 1900)
 * Robert Breiter, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1909)
 * Stepin Fetchit, American comedian and actor (b. 1902)
 * Lall Singh, Indian cricketer (b. 1909)
 * November 20
 * November 21
 * Ramnath Kenny, Indian cricketer (b. 1930)
 * Kristian Kreković, Croatian painter (b. 1901)
 * Philaret Voznesensky, Russian hierarch (b. 1903)
 * November 22
 * Gudolf Blakstad, Norwegian architect (b. 1893)
 * Owen Churchill, American sailor (b. 1896)
 * Epifanio Méndez Fleitas, Paraguayan poet and politician (b. 1917)
 * María Sabina, Mexican shaman and poet (b. 1894)
 * Norberto Yácono, Argentine footballer (b. 1919)
 * November 23
 * Leonhard Kass, Estonian footballer (b. 1911)
 * Heinz Lorenz, German nazi press secretary (b. 1913)
 * Nina Quartero, American actress (b. 1908)
 * Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi, Iranian author (b. 1936)
 * November 24
 * René Barjavel, French author and journalist (b. 1911)
 * C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator (b. 1918)
 * Maurice Podoloff, American lawyer and sports administrator (b. 1890)
 * George Raynor, English footballer (b. 1907)
 * Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
 * November 25
 * Walther Dahl, German fighter pilot (b. 1916)
 * Franz Hildebrandt, German pastor and theologian (b. 1909)
 * Elsa Morante, Italian author and poet (b. 1912)
 * November 26
 * Sergei Gerasimov, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
 * Pablo Serrano, Spanish sculptor (b. 1908)
 * Vivien Thomas, American physician and scientist (b. 1910)
 * November 27
 * Fernand Braudel, French historian (b. 1902)
 * Harry Harvey Sr., American actor (b. 1901)
 * André Hunebelle, French glassmaker and film director (b. 1896)
 * Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (b. 1920)
 * November 28
 * Jirō Shirasu, Japanese politician (b. 1902)
 * Josef Smistik, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
 * November 29
 * Eduards Andersons, Latvian basketball player (b. 1914)
 * Gaston Féry, French sprinter (b. 1900)
 * Claes Christian Olrog, Swedish-Argentine ornithologist (b. 1912)
 * Bill Scott, American voice actor (b. 1920)
 * November 30
 * Marc Aryan, French-Belgian singer (b. 1926)
 * Vladimir Arzamaskov, Russian basketball player (b. 1951)
 * Djamil Suherman, Indonesian journalist and author (b. 1924)
 * Joseph Zaritsky, Israeli painter (b. 1891)

December 1985

 * December 1
 * Kenshiro Abbe, Japanese martial artist (b. 1915)
 * Agustí Centelles, Spanish photographer (b. 1909)
 * Hector Chotteau, Belgian ice hockey player (b. 1898)
 * Dada Dharmadhikari, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1899)
 * M'hamed Issiakhem, Algerian painter (b. 1928)
 * Harry Morris, English footballer and manager (b. 1897)
 * December 2
 * Aniello Dellacroce, American mobster (b. 1914)
 * Alexandru Frim, Romanian bobsledder (b. 1908)
 * Heinz Hoffmann, German politician (b. 1910)
 * Philip Larkin, English poet and author (b. 1922)
 * December 3 – Oh Sangwon, South Korean author and journalist (b. 1930)
 * December 4
 * Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat (b. 1904)
 * Roger Leenhardt, French author and film director (b. 1903)
 * Dina De Santis, Italian actress (b. 1932)
 * December 5
 * Oreste Capuzzo, Italian gymnast (b. 1908)
 * Miguel Cuéllar, Colombian chess player (b. 1916)
 * Loris Fortuna, Italian politician (b. 1924)
 * Alexia González-Barros González]], Spanish religious figure (b. 1971)
 * December 6
 * Slobodan Anđelković, Serbian footballer (b. 1913)
 * Walter B. Gibson, American author and magician (b. 1897)
 * Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)
 * Helmut Landsberg, German climatologist (b. 1906)
 * Denis de Rougemont, Swiss author (b. 1906)
 * December 7
 * Dmitri Borgmann, German-American author (b. 1927)
 * Gabrièle Buffet-Picabia. French critic and author (b. 1881)
 * Malcolm Dixon, English biochemist (b. 1899)
 * Robert Graves, English author and poet (b. 1895)
 * Shlomo Rosen, Israeli politician (b. 1905)
 * Potter Stewart, American judge (b. 1915)
 * December 8
 * Ermenegildo Florit, Italian cardinal (b. 1901)
 * Johnny Wilson, American boxer (b. 1893)
 * December 9
 * Anton Dunckern, German nazi officer (b. 1905)
 * Hugo Gellert, Hungarian-American artist (b. 1892)
 * Calvin Jackson, American pianist and composer (b. 1919)
 * Jean-Claude Meunier, French cyclist (b. 1950)
 * Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling, German composer (b. 1904)
 * Victor Vicas, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1918)
 * December 10
 * Pierre Nord, French author and spy (b. 1900)
 * Bagrat Ioannisiani, Armenian engineer (b. 1911)
 * December 11
 * December 12
 * Anne Baxter, American actress (b. 1923)
 * Phil Karlson, American film director (b. 1908)
 * Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboardist (b. 1938)
 * December 13
 * András Beck, Hungarian sculptor (b. 1911)
 * Antonio Tovar, Spanish philologist and linguist (b. 1911)
 * December 14
 * Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian theologian and activist (b. 1896)
 * Roger Maris, American baseball player (b. 1934)
 * December 15
 * Alessandro Passerin d'Entrèves, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1902)
 * István Oláh. Hungarian general and politician (b. 1926)
 * Francesco Pernigo, Italian footballer (b. 1918)
 * Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian politician, Prime Minister of Mauritius (b. 1900)
 * Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino politician and diplomat (b. 1899)
 * December 16
 * Paul Castellano, American mobster (b. 1915)
 * Philip Clark, American rugby player (b. 1898)
 * Dick Pollard, English cricketer (b. 1912)
 * December 17 – Simone Paris, French actress (b. 1909)
 * December 18
 * Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and journalist (b. 1916)
 * Josef Klapuch, Czech wrestler (b. 1906)
 * Jef Lowagie, Belgian cyclist (b. 1903)
 * Pavel Mahrer, Czech footballer (b. 1900)
 * December 19 – Wiktor Grotowicz, Polish actor (b. 1919)
 * December 20 – Coral Buttsworth, Australian tennis player (b. 1900)
 * December 21 – Carlos Mérida, Guatemalan painter (b. 1891)
 * December 22
 * Dennes Boon, American musician (b. 1958)
 * Osvaldo Farrés, Cuban songwriter and composer (b. 1903)
 * Ignace Gelb, Polish-American historian (b. 1907)
 * Lawrence Hauben, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
 * Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon, Indian poet (b. 1911)
 * Eleoncio Mercedes, Dominican boxer (b. 1957)
 * December 23
 * Alfred Brauer, German-American mathematician (b. 1894)
 * Gina Kaus, Austrian-American author and screenwriter (b. 1893)
 * Giovanna Scotto, Italian actress (b. 1895)
 * December 24
 * Ferhat Abbas, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (b. 1899)
 * Birabongse Bhanudej, Thai prince and racing driver (b. 1914)
 * Biagio Marin, Italian poet (b. 1891)
 * Erich Schaedler, Scottish footballer (b. 1949)
 * Tarzan Tyler, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1927)
 * December 25 – Eddie Taylor, American guitarist and singer (b. 1923)
 * December 26
 * François Châtelet, French historian and philosopher (b. 1925)
 * Dian Fossey, American primatologist and conservationist (b. 1932)
 * Jackie Ormes, American cartoonist (b. 1911)
 * Cinzio Scagliotti, Italian footballer (b. 1911)
 * Margarete Schön, German actress (b. 1895)
 * Lionel White, American journalist and author (b. 1905)
 * December 27
 * Karl Beurlen, German paleontologist (b. 1901)
 * Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach (b. 1906)
 * Daniel Mangrané, Spanish film producer (b. 1910)
 * Jean Rondeau, French racing driver (b. 1946)
 * Harold Whitlock, English racewalker (b. 1903)
 * December 28
 * Renato Castellani, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
 * Josef Lense, Austrian physicist (b. 1890)
 * Benny Morton, American trombonist (b. 1907)
 * Henry Winneke, Australian judge and politician (b. 1908)
 * December 29
 * December 30
 * Jake Forbes, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1897)
 * Alfred Heurtaux, French fighter pilot (b. 1893)
 * László Márkus, Hungarian actor (b. 1927)
 * December 31
 * Sllave Llambi, Albanian footballer (b. 1919)
 * Gabit Musirepov, Kazakhstani author and playwright (b. 1902)
 * Ricky Nelson, American musician and actor (b. 1940)
 * Sam Spiegel, American film producer (b. 1901)
 * Jocelyn Toynbee, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1897)

January 1986

 * January 1
 * Rattan Bai, Indian actress and singer (b. 1890)
 * David Cecil, English author and historian (b. 1902)
 * Marty Friedman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1889)
 * Bruce Norris, American ice hockey player (b. 1924)
 * January 2
 * John Chenoweth, American politician (b. 1897)
 * John Hargis, American basketball player (b. 1920)
 * Herb Magidson, American songwriter (b. 1906)
 * Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
 * January 3
 * Clare W. Graves, American psychologist (b. 1914)
 * Jan Zumbach, Polish-Swiss fighter pilot (b. 1915)
 * January 4
 * Giuseppe Addobbati, Italian actor (b. 1909)
 * Gösta Bernhard, Swedish film director and actor (b. 1910)
 * Henry Field, American anthropologist and archaeologist (b. 1902)
 * Christopher Isherwood, English-American author (b. 1904)
 * Phil Lynott, Irish singer (b. 1949)
 * January 5
 * Ilmari Salminen, Finnish runner (b. 1902)
 * Radovan Zogović, Montenegrin poet (b. 1907)
 * January 6
 * Fernand Oubradous, French bassoonist and conductor (b. 1903)
 * James E. Van Zandt, American politician (b. 1898)
 * January 7 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican author (b. 1917)
 * January 8 – Pierre Fournier, French cellist (b. 1906)
 * January 9
 * Michel de Certeau, French priest and scholar (b. 1925)
 * Lucia Chase, American dancer and actress (b. 1897)
 * January 10
 * Ernst Angel, Austrian-American poet and critic (b. 1894)
 * Joe Farrell, American musician (b. 1937)
 * Emil Forrer, Swiss linguist (b. 1894)
 * Eta Harich-Schneider, German harpsichordist and musicologist (b. 1894)
 * Ernst Lehner, German footballer (b. 1912)
 * Jaroslav Seifert, Czech author and poet (b. 1901)
 * January 11
 * Ilya Averbakh, Russian film director (b. 1934)
 * Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
 * Kazuo Kamimura, Japanese manga artist (b. 1940)
 * Henri-Charles Puech, French historian (b. 1902)
 * Roger Trinquier, French colonel (b. 1908)
 * January 12
 * Marcel Arland, French author and critic (b. 1899)
 * Hinko Bauer, Croatian architect (b. 1908)
 * Ludwig Biermann, German astronomer (b. 1907)
 * Juan Carlos Corazzo, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1907)
 * Assia Dagher, Lebanese-Egyptian actress and film producer (b. 1908)
 * Bob Kaufman, American poet (b. 1925)
 * Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (b. 1907)
 * Eduardo Risso, Uruguayan rower (b. 1925)
 * Hoylande Young, American chemist (b. 1903)
 * January 13
 * Alberto Abdala, Uruguayan politician (b. 1920)
 * Abdul Fattah Ismail, Yemeni politician (b. 1939)
 * January 14
 * Daniel Balavoine, French singer (b. 1952)
 * Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
 * Thierry Sabine, French racing driver (b. 1949)
 * Robert Trösch, Swiss actor (b. 1911)
 * Valerian Zorin, Russian diplomat (b. 1902)
 * January 15
 * Knut Brynildsen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1917)
 * Jean Cassou, French author and poet (b. 1897)
 * Anni Rehborn, German swimmer (b. 1904)
 * Vladimir Rodimushkin, Russian rower (b. 1921)
 * January 16
 * Stjepan Šulek, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1914)
 * Ryūzaburō Umehara, Japanese painter (b. 1888)
 * January 17 – A. C. N. Nambiar, Indian diplomat (b. 1896)
 * January 18
 * Eugen Ray, German sprinter (b. 1957)
 * Edmundo Rivero, Argentine singer and composer (b. 1911)
 * Ishimoda Shō, Japanese historian (b. 1912)
 * January 19
 * Enrique Tierno Galván, Spanish politician (b. 1918)
 * Jón Helgason, Icelandic poet and philologist (b. 1899)
 * Nikola Perlić, Croatian footballer (b. 1912)
 * Adam Włodek, Polish poet and translator (b. 1922)
 * January 20 – Franz Kemser, German bobsledder (b. 1910)
 * January 21
 * Mary Eristavi, Georgian aristocrat (b. 1888)
 * Tatsumi Hijikata, Japanese choreographer (b. 1928)
 * Margaretha Josephina, Austrian royal (b. 1894)
 * Gordon MacMillan, Scottish general (b. 1897)
 * Günther Pape, German general (b. 1907)
 * Margery Wilson, American actress and film director (b. 1896)
 * January 22 – Ilse Fromm-Michaels, German pianist and composer (b. 1888)
 * January 23
 * Joseph Beuys, German artist (b. 1921)
 * Willard Van Dyke, American photographer and film director (b. 1906)
 * Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist (b. 1898)
 * January 24
 * Victor Crutchley, English admiral (b. 1893)
 * L. Ron Hubbard, American author and religious leader (b. 1911)
 * Flo Hyman, American volleyball player (b. 1954)
 * Masazumi Inada, Japanese lieutenant general (b. 1896)
 * Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
 * Alfred Schlemm, German general (b. 1894)
 * Léopold Szondi, Hungarian psychiatrist (b. 1893)
 * January 25
 * Gunnar Bergh, Swedish athlete (b. 1909)
 * Albert Grossman, American entrepreneur and music manager (b. 1926)
 * Alfred Huber, German footballer (b. 1910)
 * Josef Kammhuber, German general (b. 1896)
 * Ernst Schnabel, German author (b. 1913)
 * January 26
 * Hans Homberger, Swiss rower (b. 1908)
 * Julien Médécin, Monegasque architect (b. 1894)
 * January 27
 * Nikhil Banerjee, Indian sitarist (b. 1931)
 * Arthur Llewellyn Basham, English historian and author (b. 1914)
 * Karl Köther, German cyclist (b. 1905)
 * Lilli Palmer, American actress (b. 1914)
 * Michal Vičan, Slovakian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
 * January 28
 * Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut (b. 1944)
 * Christa McAuliffe, American astronaut (b. 1948)
 * Ronald McNair, American astronaut (b. 1950)
 * James Edward Moore, American general (b. 1902)
 * Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (b. 1946)
 * Judith Resnik, American astronaut (b. 1949)
 * Dick Scobee, American astronaut (b. 1939)
 * Michael J. Smith, American astronaut (b. 1945)
 * January 29
 * Leif Erickson, American actor (b. 1911)
 * Manfred Metzger, Swiss sailor (b. 1905)
 * Vera Poska-Grünthal, Estonian lawyer (b. 1898)
 * January 30
 * Fédérico Ezquerra, Spanish cyclist (b. 1909)
 * Ivan Papanin, Russian explorer and scientist (b. 1894)
 * Gusztáv Sebes, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1906)
 * January 31
 * Tom Adey, English footballer (b. 1901)
 * Philip Jessup, American diplomat and judge (b. 1897)
 * Moderato Wisintainer, Brazilian footballer (b. 1902)

February 1986

 * February 1
 * Dick James, English music publisher and singer (b. 1920)
 * Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician (b. 1902)
 * Lambert Redd, American long jumper (b. 1908)
 * Ida Rhodes, American mathematician (b. 1900)
 * February 2
 * Nils Alwall, Swedish nephrologist and inventor (b. 1904)
 * Gino Hernandez, American professional wrestler (b. 1957)
 * February 3
 * Art Chapman, Canadian basketball player (b. 1912)
 * Charles Leo Hitchcock, American botanist (b. 1902)
 * Narciso Ramos, Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1900)
 * Alfred Vohrer, German film director and actor (b. 1914)
 * February 4
 * Phyllis Shand Allfrey, Dominican author and activist (b. 1908)
 * Margit Elek, Hungarian fencer (b. 1910)
 * Jānis Kalnbērziņš, Latvian politician (b. 1893)
 * Branko Pešić, Serbian politician (b. 1922)
 * Arthur Schröder, German actor (b. 1892)
 * February 5
 * February 6
 * Irene Genna, Greek-Italian actress (b. 1931)
 * Dandy Nichols, English actress (b. 1907)
 * John Ching Hsiung Wu, Chinese judge and author (b. 1899)
 * Minoru Yamasaki, Japanese architect (b. 1912)
 * February 7
 * Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian and anthropologist (b. 1923)
 * Dick Southwood, English rower (b. 1906)
 * February 8
 * Yisrael Galili, Israeli politician (b. 1911)
 * Robert Gebhardt, German footballer and manager (b. 1920)
 * February 9
 * Eleonora Kaminskaitė, Lithuanian rower (b. 1951)
 * Tauno Kovanen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1917)
 * Jacques Rispal, French actor (b. 1923)
 * February 10
 * Brian Aherne, English actor (b. 1902)
 * James Dillon, Irish politician (b. 1902)
 * Humphrey Patrick Guinness, English polo player (b. 1902)
 * Antoni Reiter, Polish judoka (b. 1950)
 * February 11 – Frank Herbert, American author (b. 1920)
 * February 12 – Elena Skuin, Russian-Latvian painter (b. 1908)
 * February 13 – Luigi De Manincor, Italian sailor (b. 1910)
 * February 14
 * Francisco Ferreira, Portuguese footballer (b. 1919)
 * Edmund Rubbra, English composer (b. 1901)
 * February 15
 * February 16 – Howard da Silva, American actor (b. 1909)
 * February 17
 * Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1895)
 * Red Ruffing, American baseball player (b. 1905)
 * Paul Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)
 * Emil Vodder, Danish physician (b. 1896)
 * February 18
 * Nelson Cavaquinho, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1911)
 * Vilmos Kohut, Hungarian footballer (b. 1906)
 * Tezer Özlü, Turkish author (b. 1943)
 * Pietro Sforzin, Italian footballer (b. 1919)
 * Václav Smetáček, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1906)
 * February 19
 * Robert Brode, American physicist (b. 1900)
 * Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
 * James Eastland, American politician (b. 1904)
 * André Leroi-Gourhan, French archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1911)
 * Francisco Mignone, Brazilian composer (b. 1897)
 * Barry Seal, American smuggler (b. 1939)
 * February 20
 * Tommy Freeman, American boxer (b. 1904)
 * Salvador Mota, Mexican footballer (b. 1922)
 * Bert Schneider, Canadian boxer (b. 1897)
 * Dorothea Wieck, Swiss-German actress (b. 1908)
 * February 21
 * Victor Canning, English author (b. 1911)
 * Larry Wu-tai Chin, Chinese spy (b. 1922)
 * Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1865)
 * Edvardas Mikučiauskas, Lithuanian footballer (b. 1901)
 * Mart Stam, Dutch architect (b. 1899)
 * February 22 – Tom Bradshaw, Scottish footballer (b. 1904)
 * February 23
 * Andoni Elizondo, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1932)
 * Ferenc Mérei, Hungarian psychologist (b. 1909)
 * Ernst Neufert, German architect (b. 1900)
 * Boris Slutsky, Russian poet (b. 1919)
 * Nino Taranto, Italian actor (b. 1907)
 * February 24
 * Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
 * Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician (b. 1904)
 * Iwaichi Fujiwara, Japanese lieutenant colonel (b. 1908)
 * Bill Hickman, American stuntman and actor (b. 1921)
 * Arthur Rydstrøm, Norwegian gymnast (b. 1896)
 * Tu Tsung-ming, Taiwanese scientist (b. 1893)
 * February 25
 * Pasquale Festa Campanile, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
 * Henriette Grindat, Swiss photographer (b. 1923)
 * February 26
 * Amalia Fleming, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
 * Karel Vlach, Czech conductor (b. 1911)
 * February 27
 * Gholam-Hossein Banan, Iranian singer (b. 1911)
 * Gedeon Barcza, Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1911)
 * Pat Beasley, English footballer (b. 1913)
 * Eugene Forde, American film director (b. 1898)
 * Hossein Kharrazi, Iranian soldier (b. 1957)
 * Arnaldo Ortelli, Swiss footballer (b. 1913)
 * Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
 * February 28
 * Robbie Basho, American guitarist and pianist (b. 1940)
 * Michel Brusseaux, French footballer (b. 1913)
 * Olof Palme, Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1927)
 * José Ernâni da Rosa, Brazilian footballer (b. 1939)

March 1986

 * March 1
 * Desmond Dickinson, English cinematographer (b. 1902)
 * Tommy Farr, Welsh boxer (b. 1913)
 * William Modisane, South African author and journalist (b. 1923)
 * Martta Wendelin, Finnish painter (b. 1893)
 * March 2 – Alice Mann, American actress (b. 1899)
 * March 3
 * Peter Capell, German actor (b. 1912)
 * Léonard Daghelinckx, Belgian cyclist (b. 1900)
 * Charles A. Halleck, American politician (b. 1900)
 * Ernst König, German general (b. 1908)
 * Dmitri Protopopov, Tajikistani politician (b. 1897)
 * Mohinder Singh Randhawa, Indian historian and civil servant (b. 1909)
 * March 4
 * Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (b. 1936)
 * František Hochmann, Czech footballer (b. 1904)
 * Albert L. Lehninger, American biochemist (b. 1917)
 * Ding Ling, Chinese author (b. 1904)
 * Richard Manuel, Canadian musician (b. 1943)
 * Lyudmila Rudenko, Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1904)
 * March 5
 * Franciska Clausen, Danish painter (b. 1899)
 * George Nelson, American industrial designer (b. 1908)
 * March 6
 * Adolph Caesar, American actor and playwright (b. 1933)
 * Zhu Guangqian, Chinese academic (b. 1897)
 * Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (b. 1887)
 * Vahram Papazyan, Armenian runner (b. 1892)
 * István Pelle, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1907)
 * March 7
 * Emma Baron, Italian actress (b. 1904)
 * Jacob Javits, American politician (b. 1904)
 * Giacomo Di Segni, Italian boxer (b. 1919)
 * Franz-Josef Wuermeling, German politician (b. 1900)
 * March 8
 * Hubert Fichte, German author (b. 1935)
 * Kaarlo Halttunen, Finnish actor (b. 1909)
 * Moses Mabhida, South African politician (b. 1923)
 * Kersti Merilaas, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1913)
 * March 9
 * Hannah Kudjoe, Ghanaian activist (b. 1918)
 * Ignác Molnár, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1901)
 * Michael Strunge, Danish poet (b. 1958)
 * March 10
 * Heinz Emmerich, German footballer (b. 1908)
 * Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor (b. 1907)
 * Emerson Norton, American decathlete (b. 1900)
 * March 11
 * Ari Ankorion, Israeli politician (b. 1908)
 * Georg-Peter Eder, German fighter pilot (b. 1921)
 * Ricardo Frione, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1911)
 * Giuseppe Moruzzi, Italian neurophysiologist (b. 1910)
 * Herbert Runge, German boxer (b. 1913)
 * Simon Simonian, Armenian author (b. 1914)
 * Sonny Terry, American musician (b. 1911)
 * March 12
 * Thure Johansson, Swedish wrestler (b. 1912)
 * Nina Katzir, Polish-Israeli political figure, First Lady of Israel (b. 1914)
 * Henryk Woliński, Polish resistance fighter (b. 1901)
 * March 13
 * Eugen Gerstenmaier, German theologian and resistance fighter (b. 1906)
 * Josef Kuchař, Czech footballer (b. 1901)
 * Hồ Văn Nhựt, Vietnamese physician (b. 1905)
 * March 14 – Edith Atwater, American actress (b. 1911)
 * March 15
 * Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez, Mexican cardinal (b. 1895)
 * Pandelis Prevelakis, Greek author and poet (b. 1909)
 * March 16
 * Vera Molnar, German actress (b. 1923)
 * Kurt Sieveking, German politician (b. 1897)
 * March 17
 * John Bagot Glubb, English lieutenant general and scholar (b. 1897)
 * Heinz Nixdorf, German businessman (b. 1925)
 * Igor Tselovalnikov, Armenian cyclist (b. 1944)
 * March 18
 * Ludvík Aškenazy, Czech author and journalist (b. 1921)
 * Helmut Jahn, German footballer (b. 1917)
 * Bernard Malamud, American author (b. 1914)
 * March 19
 * Anne d'Orléans, Italian princess (b. 1906)
 * Jon Lormer, American actor (b. 1906)
 * March 20
 * Antonio Carrillo Flores, Mexican politician (b. 1909)
 * Kenichi Konishi, Japanese field hockey player (b. 1909)
 * Samson Kutateladze, Russian physicist (b. 1914)
 * March 21
 * March 22
 * John W. Bricker, American politician (b. 1893)
 * Olive Deering, American actress (b. 1918)
 * Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
 * Martin Harlinghausen, German pilot (b. 1902)
 * Michele Sindona, Italian banker and criminal (b. 1920)
 * Charles Starrett, American actor (b. 1903)
 * March 23
 * René Cornu, French swimmer (b. 1929)
 * Sarah Cunningham, American actress (b. 1918)
 * Moshe Feinstein, Belarusian-American rabbi and scholar (b. 1895)
 * Leo de Gale, Grenadian politician (b. 1921)
 * Étienne Mattler, French footballer (b. 1905)
 * Lev Smirnov, Russian lawyer (b. 1911)
 * Anastasia Zuyeva, Russian actress (b. 1896)
 * March 24
 * Loy W. Henderson, American politician (b. 1892)
 * Edmond Leclerc, French basketball player (b. 1912)
 * Michael Petrović-Njegoš, Montenegrin prince (b. 1908)
 * Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł, Polish translator and politician (b. 1898)
 * Ernest Rogez, French water polo player (b. 1908)
 * March 25
 * Gloria Blondell, American actress (b. 1915)
 * Norayr Mnatsakanyan, Armenian artist (b. 1923)
 * March 26
 * Bartlett Robinson, American actor (b. 1912)
 * Chen Yonggui, Chinese politician (b. 1915)
 * March 27
 * Julian Roosevelt, American sailor and banker (b. 1924)
 * Samandar Rzayev, Azerbaijani actor (b. 1945)
 * Constantin Stanciu, Romanian footballer (b. 1907)
 * Herman Watzinger, German-Norwegian engineer (b. 1916)
 * March 28
 * Virginia Gilmore, American actress (b. 1919)
 * Mahsum Korkmaz, Turkish politician (b. 1956)
 * March 29
 * Jessie Cross, American sprinter (b. 1909)
 * Jean van Heijenoort, French-American historian (b. 1912)
 * March 30
 * Helga Anders, Austrian actress (b. 1948)
 * Jacques Baron, French poet (b. 1905)
 * Herman A. Blumenthal, American production designer (b. 1916)
 * James Cagney, American actor (b. 1899)
 * John Ciardi, American poet and translator (b. 1916)
 * Milan Munclinger, Czech flautist and conductor (b. 1923)
 * March 31 – Jerry Paris, American actor and television director (b. 1925)

April 1986

 * April 1
 * Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (b. 1928)
 * Theodore N. Kaufman, American businessman and author (b. 1910)
 * Lucy Mair, English anthropologist (b. 1901)
 * Margaret Masterman, English linguist and philosopher (b. 1910)
 * April 2
 * April 3
 * Rei Fontana, Brazilian footballer (b. 1912)
 * Peter Pears, English opera singer (b. 1910)
 * Elisabeth Radó, Bosnian singer (b. 1899)
 * Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, Iranian ayatollah (b. 1906)
 * April 4
 * Zoltán Kaszab, Hungarian entomologist (b. 1915)
 * Carlo Taranto, Italian actor (b. 1921)
 * April 5 – Manly Wade Wellman, American author (b. 1903)
 * April 6
 * José Luis de Arrese, Spanish politician (b. 1905)
 * Boris Gutnikov, Russian violinist (b. 1931)
 * Raimundo Orsi, Argentine footballer (b. 1901)
 * Sergio Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1928)
 * Israel Ruong, Swedish linguist and politician (b. 1903)
 * April 7
 * Chester Erskine, American screenwriter and film producer (b. 1905)
 * Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (b. 1912)
 * Leslie Lewis, English sprinter (b. 1924)
 * Valerie von Martens, German-Austrian actress (b. 1894)
 * Michael Warriner, English rower (b. 1908)
 * April 8
 * George Kenneth Mallory, American pathologist (b. 1900)
 * Pauline Newman, American activist (b. 1887)
 * Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer (b. 1967)
 * April 9
 * Heinz Conrads, Austrian actor (b. 1913)
 * Rezső Wanié, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1908)
 * April 10
 * Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)
 * Georgy Dzugayev, Russian author (b. 1911)
 * Alex Gray, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1898)
 * April 11
 * Stanislav Jungwirth, Czech runner (b. 1930)
 * Josef Růžička, Czech wrestler (b. 1925)
 * April 12
 * Einar Ágústsson, Icelandic politician (b. 1922)
 * Meri Avidzba, Russian pilot (b. 1917)
 * Joseph Dervaes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1906)
 * José Jabardo, Spanish cyclist (b. 1915)
 * Valentin Kataev, Russian author (b. 1897)
 * François Neuville, Belgian cyclist (b. 1912)
 * Jean-François Tournon, French fencer (b. 1905)
 * April 13
 * Dorothy Ashby, American harpist and singer (b. 1932)
 * Sulo Bärlund, Finnish shot putter (b. 1910)
 * Jack van Bebber, American wrestler (b. 1907)
 * Tamás Major, Hungarian actor (b. 1910)
 * Stephen Stucker, American actor (b. 1947)
 * April 14
 * J. Lindsay Almond, American judge (b. 1898)
 * Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (b. 1908)
 * Nitin Bose, Indian film director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
 * Torbjørn Kristoffersen, Norwegian gymnast (b. 1892)
 * April 15
 * Sergei Anokhin, Russian colonel (b. 1910)
 * Jean Genet, French author and playwright (b. 1910)
 * Don Hoefler, American journalist (b. 1922)
 * Robert Marjolin, French economist and politician (b. 1911)
 * Tim McIntire, American actor (b. 1944)
 * Vlastimil Moravec, Czech cyclist (b. 1949)
 * Edwin R. Thiele, American missionary and archaeologist (b. 1895)
 * April 16
 * Carlo Biagi, Italian footballer (b. 1914)
 * Pia Colombo, French singer (b. 1934)
 * Hemin Mukriyani, Iranian poet and journalist (b. 1921)
 * April 17
 * Robert R. Casey, American politician (b. 1915)
 * Paul Costello, American rower (b. 1894)
 * Marcel Dassault, French engineer (b. 1892)
 * Hermann Friedrich Graebe, German engineer (b. 1900)
 * Bessie Head, South African author (b. 1937)
 * Teddy Kotick, American bassist (b. 1928)
 * April 18
 * Antonio Lauro, Venezuelan musician (b. 1917)
 * Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, German submarine commander (b. 1911)
 * Aleksander Rozmus, Polish ski jumper (b. 1901)
 * April 19
 * Alvin Childress, American actor (b. 1907)
 * Émile Maggi, French racewalker (b. 1908)
 * Dag Wirén, Swedish composer (b. 1905)
 * Estelle Yancey, American singer (b. 1896)
 * April 20
 * Aleksei Arbuzov, Russian playwright (b. 1908)
 * Doris Dawson, American actress (b. 1905)
 * Jean-Jacques Gautier, French critic and author (b. 1908)
 * April 21
 * Marjorie Eaton, American painter and actress (b. 1901)
 * Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b. 1930)
 * April 22
 * Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian and philosopher (b. 1907)
 * Honor Fell, English zoologist (b. 1900)
 * Cliff Finch, American politician (b. 1927)
 * April 23
 * Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
 * Yuri Gulyayev, Russian opera singer (b. 1930)
 * Jim Laker, English cricketer (b. 1922)
 * Doxie Moore, American basketball player and coach (b. 1911)
 * Otto Preminger, Austrian-American film director (b. 1905)
 * Alberto Zorrilla, Argentine swimmer (b. 1906)
 * April 24
 * José Bianco, Argentine author and translator (b. 1908)
 * Ivan Duichev, Bulgarian historian (b. 1907)
 * Bill Edrich, English cricketer (b. 1916)
 * Wallis Simpson, American socialite (b. 1896)
 * April 25
 * April 26
 * Broderick Crawford, American actor (b. 1911)
 * Lou van Burg, Dutch-German game show host (b. 1917)
 * Hermann Gmeiner, Austrian philanthropist (b. 1919)
 * Valery Khodemchuk, Ukrainian engineer (b. 1951)
 * Bessie Love, American actress (b. 1898)
 * Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
 * April 27
 * J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer and ufologist (b. 1910)
 * Eduard Imhof, Swiss cartographer (b. 1895)
 * Verena Loewensberg, Swiss painter (b. 1912)
 * Evi Maltagliati, Italian actress (b. 1908)
 * Sophia Wadia, Colombian-Indian theosophist (b. 1901)
 * April 28
 * R. H. Bing, American mathematician (b. 1914)
 * Werner Conze, German historian (b. 1910)
 * Vladimír Novák, Czech skier (b. 1904)
 * April 29
 * Henri de France, French inventor (b. 1911)
 * Edwin Graves, American rower (b. 1897)
 * Raúl Prebisch, Argentine economist (b. 1901)
 * April 30
 * Jørgen Hansen, Danish footballer (b. 1931)
 * Robert Stevenson, English-American film director (b. 1905)

May 1986

 * May 1
 * Arthur Lipsett, Canadian animator and film director (b. 1936)
 * Herman Rapp, German-American soccer player (b. 1908)
 * May 2
 * Wallace Bishop, American drummer (b. 1906)
 * Sergio Cresto, American racing driver (b. 1956)
 * Georgy Gause, Russian biologist (b. 1910)
 * Lotte Brand Philip, German historian (b. 1910)
 * Henri Toivonen, Finnish racing driver (b. 1956)
 * May 3
 * Robert Alda, American actor (b. 1914)
 * Endre Bálint, Hungarian painter (b. 1914)
 * Wang Li, Chinese linguist (b. 1900)
 * Nicolò Nicolosi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1912)
 * May 4
 * Richard Daniel, German general (b. 1900)
 * Romeo Rivers, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1907)
 * May 5
 * Bill Cook, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1895)
 * Käthe Haack, German actress (b. 1897)
 * May 6 – Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov, Russian weapons designer (b. 1894)
 * May 7
 * Charlie Colombo, American soccer player (b. 1920)
 * Gaston Defferre, French politician (b. 1910)
 * Robert A. Lovett, American politician (b. 1895)
 * Alfredo Pezzana, Italian fencer (b. 1893)
 * Herma Szabo, Austrian figure skater (b. 1902)
 * Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
 * May 8
 * Ernle Bradford, English historian (b. 1922)
 * Manny Shinwell, English politician (b. 1884)
 * May 9
 * Mikhail Alpatov, Russian historian (b. 1902)
 * Herschel Bernardi, American actor (b. 1923)
 * Thomas Liao, Taiwanese activist (b. 1910)
 * Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (b. 1914)
 * May 10
 * Anna Kamieńska, Polish poet and author (b. 1920)
 * Tagir Kusimov, Russian major general (b. 1909)
 * May 11
 * Aleksandr Akimov, Russian engineer (b. 1953)
 * Edoardo Anton, Italian screenwriter and film director (b. 1910)
 * Viktor Kibenok, Ukrainian firefighter (b. 1963)
 * Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (b. 1894)
 * Volodymyr Pravyk, Ukrainian firefighter (b. 1962)
 * May 12
 * Elisabeth Bergner, Austrian-English actress (b. 1897)
 * Alicia Moreau de Justo, Argentine activist and politician (b. 1885)
 * Ramon Muller, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
 * May 13
 * Maria Bellonci, Italian author and historian (b. 1902)
 * George Gaines, American set decorator (b. 1933)
 * Vasily Ignatenko, Ukrainian firefighter (b. 1961)
 * Peadar O'Donnell, Irish activist and politician (b. 1893)
 * May 14
 * Pierino Favalli, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
 * Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis, Dutch botanist (b. 1901)
 * Leonid Toptunov, Ukrainian engineer (b. 1960)
 * May 15
 * Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (b. 1958)
 * Hel Braun, German mathematician (b. 1914)
 * Johnny Gottselig, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
 * Rose Lokissim, Chadian soldier (b. 1955)
 * Theodore H. White, American journalist and historian (b. 1915)
 * May 16 – Lothar Beutel, German nazi officer and pharmacist (b. 1902)
 * May 17
 * Masaji Kitano, Japanese war criminal (b. 1894)
 * Preben Lundgren Kristensen, Danish cyclist (b. 1923)
 * Lyudmila Pakhomova, Russian ice dancer (b. 1946)
 * May 18
 * Gustl Berauer, Czech-German skier (b. 1912)
 * Yaşar Erkan, Turkish wrestler (b. 1911)
 * Giuseppe Lazzati, Italian rector (b. 1909)
 * May 19 – Tibor Nyilas, Hungarian-American fencer (b. 1914)
 * May 20
 * Abulhasan Alakbarzadeh, Azerbaijani author (b. 1906)
 * Helen Belyea, Canadian geologist (b. 1913)
 * Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout, Dutch diplomat and politician (b. 1892)
 * Helen B. Taussig, American cardiologist (b. 1898)
 * May 21
 * Juozas Grušas, Lithuanian author and playwright (b. 1901)
 * Mary Kawena Pukui, American scholar and author (b. 1895)
 * May 22
 * Umar al-Tilmisani, Egyptian religious leader (b. 1904)
 * Martin Gabel, American actor (b. 1911)
 * James Gentle, American athlete (b. 1904)
 * Hisatora Kumagai, Japanese film director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
 * Charles F. Voegelin, American linguist and anthropologist (b. 1906)
 * May 23
 * Gunnar Björnstrand, Swedish actor (b. 1909)
 * Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
 * Altiero Spinelli, Italian politician (b. 1907)
 * Movlid Visaitov, Chechen lieutenant colonel (b. 1914)
 * May 24
 * Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (b. 1895)
 * Margit Dajka, Hungarian actress (b. 1907)
 * Chris Graham, Canadian boxer (b. 1900)
 * Robert Holmes, English television writer (b. 1926)
 * Stephen D. Thorne, American astronaut (b. 1953)
 * May 25
 * Carlo Betocchi, Italian author (b. 1899)
 * Chester B. Bowles, American diplomat and politician (b. 1901)
 * Shrikant Verma, Indian poet and politician (b. 1931)
 * May 26
 * Vitaly Abalakov, Russian engineer and mountaineer (b. 1906)
 * Gian-Carlo Coppola, American film producer and actor (b. 1963)
 * May 27
 * Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher (b. 1921)
 * Tsendiin Damdinsüren, Mongolian author and linguist (b. 1908)
 * Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian activist and politician (b. 1901)
 * May 28
 * Edip Cansever, Turkish poet (b. 1928)
 * Marguerite Courtot, American actress (b. 1897)
 * Borislav Milić, Serbian chess grandmaster (b. 1925)
 * Lurene Tuttle, American actress (b. 1907)
 * May 29 – Inge Landgut, German actress (b. 1922)
 * May 30
 * Perry Ellis, American fashion designer (b. 1940)
 * Boy Gobert, German actor (b. 1925)
 * Hank Mobley, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1930)
 * May 31
 * Joseph Van Dam, Belgian cyclist (b. 1901)
 * T. R. Mahalingam, Indian flautist (b. 1926)
 * Rodolfo Olgiati, Swiss educator and activist (b. 1905)
 * James Rainwater, American physicist (b. 1917)
 * Dora Russell, English author and activist (b. 1894)

June 1986

 * June 1
 * Margaret Blackwood, Australian botanist and geneticist (b. 1909)
 * Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (b. 1954)
 * June 2
 * Stanley Corrsin, American physicist (b. 1920)
 * Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
 * Lya Lys, German-American actress (b. 1908)
 * Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian composer and conductor (b. 1905)
 * June 3
 * Aloys Bigirumwami, Rwandan bishop (b. 1904)
 * Max Munk, German engineer (b. 1890)
 * Anna Neagle, English actress and singer (b. 1904)
 * Augusto Ruschi, Brazilian agronomist and ecologist (b. 1915)
 * Robert La Tourneaux, American actor (b. 1940)
 * June 4
 * Kanstantsia Builo, Belarusian poet and playwright (b. 1893)
 * Nina Gagen-Torn, Russian poet and author (b. 1900)
 * Paul Stevens, American actor (b. 1921)
 * June 5
 * Bryan Grant, American tennis player (b. 1909)
 * Helmut Grunsky, German mathematician (b. 1904)
 * Henri Michel, French historian (b. 1907)
 * Togo Mizrahi, Egyptian film director and screenwriter (b. 1901)
 * June 6
 * Joseph Fischer, Luxembourgian footballer (b. 1909)
 * Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author (b. 1891)
 * Johnnie Tolan, American racing driver (b. 1917)
 * Ramón Torralba, Spanish footballer (b. 1895)
 * Tony Wright, English actor (b. 1925)
 * June 7
 * James Fifer, American rower (b. 1930)
 * Atul Chandra Hazarika, Indian poet and author (b. 1903)
 * Morice Lipsi, French sculptor (b. 1898)
 * Sara Sadíqova, Russian actress and singer (b. 1906)
 * June 8
 * Thomas Burrow, English scholar (b. 1909)
 * Cèlia Suñol i Pla, Spanish author (b. 1899)
 * June 9
 * Arnaldo Benfenati, Italian cyclist (b. 1924)
 * Ilona Harima, Finnish painter (b. 1911)
 * Ernst Peschl, German mathematician (b. 1906)
 * Elisabeth Selbert, German politician (b. 1896)
 * Karl Skytte, Danish politician (b. 1908)
 * June 10
 * Sabrina Grigorian, Italian-American actress (b. 1956)
 * Samuel Zauber, Romanian footballer (b. 1901)
 * June 11
 * Chesley Bonestell, American painter (b. 1888)
 * Frank Cousins, English politician (b. 1904)
 * June 12
 * Amiya Chakravarty, Indian critic and academic (b. 1901)
 * Seonu Hwi, South Korean author (b. 1922)
 * Zdeněk Koubek, Czech athlete (b. 1913)
 * June 13
 * Benny Goodman, American musician (b. 1909)
 * Dean Reed, American-German actor and singer (b. 1938)
 * Ulla Strömstedt, Swedish-French actress (b. 1939)
 * June 14
 * Jaap Boot, Dutch athlete (b. 1903)
 * Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author and poet (b. 1899)
 * Mushy Callahan, American boxer (b. 1905)
 * Vladimir I. Georgiev, Bulgarian linguist and philologist (b. 1908)
 * Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter (b. 1918)
 * Giorgio Pellini, Italian fencer (b. 1923)
 * Anthony Spilotro, American mobster (b. 1938)
 * Kim Swoo-geun, South Korean architect (b. 1931)
 * June 15
 * Willie Hoel, Norwegian actor and comedian (b. 1920)
 * Christian Stengel, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
 * Werner Streib, German fighter pilot (b. 1911)
 * Keki Tarapore, Indian cricketer (b. 1910)
 * Choi Yong-sool, South Korean martial artist (b. 1904)
 * June 16
 * Danny Clapton, English footballer (b. 1934)
 * Diana Cooper, English actress and aristocrat (b. 1892)
 * Maurice Duruflé, French composer and musicologist (b. 1902)
 * Cecil Higgs, South African artist (b. 1898)
 * Erlendur Patursson, Faroese politician and author (b. 1913)
 * June 17
 * Ted J. Kent, American film editor (b. 1901)
 * Felipe Rosas, Mexican footballer (b. 1910)
 * Kate Smith, American singer (b. 1907)
 * Domingo Zaldúa, Spanish footballer (b. 1903)
 * June 18 – Joan Oliver i Sallarès, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1899)
 * June 19
 * Len Bias, American basketball player (b. 1963)
 * Coluche Colucci, French comedian and actor (b. 1944)
 * June 20 – Béla Szepes, Hungarian skier and cartoonist (b. 1903)
 * June 21
 * Lloyd Espenschied, American engineer (b. 1889)
 * Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and musician (b. 1923)
 * June 22
 * Mary Anderson, American actress (b. 1897)
 * Robert F. Young, American author (b. 1915)
 * June 23
 * Moses Finley, American-English academic (b. 1912)
 * Jerzy Putrament, Polish author and poet (b. 1910)
 * Renato De Sanzuane, Italian water polo player (b. 1925)
 * Nigel Stock, English actor (b. 1919)
 * June 24
 * Mika Antić, Serbian poet and film director (b. 1932)
 * Rex Warner, English classicist and author (b. 1905)
 * June 25
 * Laurie Fishlock, English cricketer (b. 1907)
 * Kazimierz Gzowski, Polish equestrian (b. 1901)
 * Reinhold Münzenberg, German footballer (b. 1909)
 * June 26
 * Seif el-Din el-Zoubi, Israeli politician (b. 1913)
 * William Lovelock, English composer (b. 1899)
 * Kunio Maekawa, Japanese architect (b. 1905)
 * Vadim Sidur, Ukrainian sculptor (b. 1924)
 * June 27 – Edna Mae Cooper, American actress (b. 1900)
 * June 28
 * June 29
 * Mario Amaya, American critic and museum director (b. 1933)
 * Lako Bodra, Indian author and poet (b. 1919)
 * Jack Christiansen, American football player (b. 1928)
 * Robert Drivas, American actor (b. 1935)
 * John Porter East, American politician (b. 1931)
 * Dusolina Giannini, American-Swiss opera singer (b. 1902)
 * Dan Pagis, Israeli poet (b. 1930)
 * June 30
 * Fernando Ansola, Spanish footballer (b. 1940)
 * Pierre Costantini, French journalist and politician (b. 1889)
 * Margalo Gillmore, English-American actress (b. 1897)
 * Roman Gul, Russian author (b. 1896)
 * László Lékai, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1910)

July 1986

 * July 1
 * Jean Baratte, French footballer and manager (b. 1923)
 * Alexander E. Braunstein, Russian biochemist (b. 1902)
 * July 2
 * Louis Harant, American sport shooter (b. 1895)
 * Hoàng Văn Thái, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1915)
 * July 3
 * Curley Russell, American musician (b. 1917)
 * Rudy Vallée, American singer and actor (b. 1901)
 * July 4
 * Paul-Gilbert Langevin, French musicologist (b. 1933)
 * Flor Peeters, Belgian composer and organist (b. 1903)
 * Oscar Zariski, Russian-American mathematician (b. 1899)
 * July 5
 * Thomas Arnold, English bobsledder (b. 1901)
 * Noel Counihan, Australian painter and cartoonist (b. 1913)
 * Albert Scherrer, Swiss racing driver (b. 1908)
 * Georg-Wilhelm Schulz, German uboat commander (b. 1906)
 * Yaroslav Stetsko, Ukrainian politician and nazi collaborator (b. 1912)
 * July 6
 * Stephen Brunauer, American chemist (b. 1903)
 * Lothar Kreyssig, German judge (b. 1898)
 * Herbert Leonhardt, German skier (b. 1925)
 * Robert S. Lopez, American historian (b. 1910)
 * Jagjivan Ram, Indian activist and politician (b. 1908)
 * July 7
 * Mai Bhagi, Pakistani musician (b. 1906)
 * Joseph Fontenrose, American scholar (b. 1903)
 * Sven Johnson, Swedish gymnast (b. 1899)
 * July 8
 * Paolo Brignoli, Italian entomologist (b. 1942)
 * Hyman G. Rickover, American admiral (b. 1899)
 * Gérard Ernest Schneider, Swiss painter (b. 1896)
 * July 9
 * Karl Heinz Beckurts, German physicist (b. 1930)
 * Nellie Campobello, Mexican author (b. 1900)
 * Marietta Canty, American actress and activist (b. 1905)
 * Harold Isaacs, American journalist and political scientist (b. 1910)
 * July 10
 * Lê Duẩn, Vietnamese politician (b. 1907)
 * Rafael Gil, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
 * Csilla Molnár, Hungarian beauty queen (b. 1969)
 * Tadeusz Piotrowski, Polish mountaineer (b. 1939)
 * Marie-Hélène Sachet, French botanist (b. 1922)
 * Roman Ulrich Sexl, Austrian theoretical physicist (b. 1939)
 * Park Taewon, South Korean-North Korean author (b. 1909)
 * Nicholas Varelopoulos, Greek patriarch (b. 1913)
 * July 11
 * Lillian Rosanoff Lieber, Russian-American mathematician and author (b. 1886)
 * Lucille Wall, American actress (b. 1898)
 * July 12
 * Kate Isabel Campbell, Australian pediatrician (b. 1899)
 * André Tassin, French footballer (b. 1902)
 * July 13
 * Brion Gysin, English-Canadian painter and author (b. 1916)
 * Ladislav Pešek, Czech actor (b. 1906)
 * Ralph Steiner, American photographer (b. 1899)
 * July 14
 * Raymond Loewy, French-American industrial designer (b. 1893)
 * Joseph Vogt, German historian (b. 1895)
 * July 15
 * Benny Rubin, American comedian and actor (b. 1899)
 * Alfonso Thiele, Italian-American racing driver (b. 1920)
 * July 16
 * Robert Boothby, English politician (b. 1900)
 * Carlo Martini, Italian archbishop (b. 1913)
 * Claire Watson, American opera singer (b. 1927)
 * July 17
 * René de La Croix de Castries, French historian (b. 1908)
 * Leonard Peter Schultz, American ichthyologist (b. 1901)
 * July 18
 * Buddy Baer, American boxer and actor (b. 1915)
 * Emil Nofal, South African screenwriter and film producer (b. 1926)
 * Stanley Rous, English football referee and administrator (b. 1895)
 * Flora Payne Whitney, American artist and socialite (b. 1897)
 * Don Wilkerson, American saxophonist (b. 1932)
 * July 19
 * Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
 * Daniel L. Fapp, American cinematographer (b. 1904)
 * Glenn Graham, American pole vaulter (b. 1904)
 * Branca Edmée Marques, Portuguese chemist and physicist (b. 1899)
 * Harold Schuster, American film director and editor (b. 1902)
 * July 20 – Helen Craig, American actress (b. 1912)
 * July 21
 * José Avelino, Filipino politician (b. 1890)
 * Zhang Yuzhe, Chinese astronomer (b. 1902)
 * July 22
 * Ren-Chang Ching, Chinese botanist (b. 1898)
 * Floyd Gottfredson, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
 * Ede Staal, Dutch singer (b. 1941)
 * Natalia Uzhviy, Ukrainian actress (b. 1898)
 * July 23
 * Adolfo Baloncieri, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1897)
 * Kazimierz Sikorski, Polish composer (b. 1895)
 * July 24
 * Trần Văn Chương, Vietnamese diplomat (b. 1898)
 * Willy Kaiser, German boxer (b. 1912)
 * Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist (b. 1899)
 * Laurie Nash, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1910)
 * Fernand Pouillon, French architect (b. 1912)
 * Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Japanese swimmer (b. 1903)
 * July 25
 * Ted Lyons, American baseball player (b. 1900)
 * Vincente Minnelli, American film director (b. 1903)
 * Thomas Moone, American ice hockey player (b. 1908)
 * Kalistrat Salia, Georgian-French historian and philologist (b. 1901)
 * July 26
 * Bill Gore, American engineer and scientist (b. 1912)
 * W. Averell Harriman, American politician and diplomat (b. 1891)
 * Gerda Madsen, Danish actress (b. 1902)
 * Dominique Mbonyumutwa, Rwandan politician, President of Rwanda (b. 1921)
 * Sukarno M. Noor, Indonesian actor and film producer (b. 1931)
 * July 27
 * Hitoshi Kihara, Japanese geneticist (b. 1893)
 * Branislav Kojić, Serbian architect and painter (b. 1899)
 * Dorothea Neff, Austrian actress (b. 1903)
 * July 28
 * John Alcott, English cinematographer (b. 1930)
 * Syd Curnow, South African cricketer (b. 1907)
 * Cristóbal Martí, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1903)
 * Annemarie Selinko, Austrian author (b. 1914)
 * July 29
 * Vittorio Chierroni, Italian skier (b. 1917)
 * David Cooper, South African-French psychiatrist (b. 1931)
 * Deng Jiaxian, Chinese physicist (b. 1924)
 * Gordon Mills, English music manager and songwriter (b. 1935)
 * July 30
 * Câmara Cascudo, Brazilian anthropologist and journalist (b. 1898)
 * John N. Dalton, American politician (b. 1931)
 * Konstantine Lortkipanidze, Georgian author (b. 1905)
 * July 31
 * Enric Casals, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1892)
 * Lea Davidova-Medene, Latvian sculptor (b. 1921)
 * Stanley Ellin, American author (b. 1916)
 * Iustin Moisescu, Romanian patriarch (b. 1910)
 * Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
 * Teddy Wilson, American pianist (b. 1912)

August 1986

 * August 1
 * Carlo Confalonieri, Italian cardinal (b. 1893)
 * Willem Klein, Dutch mathematician (b. 1912)
 * José María Vidal, Spanish footballer (b. 1935)
 * August 2 – Roy Cohn, American lawyer (b. 1927)
 * August 3
 * Stefania Górska, Polish actress and composer (b. 1907)
 * Paul de Groot, Dutch politician (b. 1899)
 * Beryl Markham, English-Kenyan pilot and author (b. 1902)
 * August 4
 * August 5
 * Ferenc Cziráki, Hungarian handball player (b. 1913)
 * Banesh Hoffmann, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1906)
 * Emanuel Löffler, Czech gymnast (b. 1901)
 * Himzo Polovina, Bosnian singer (b. 1927)
 * Karl Streibel, German nazi officer (b. 1903)
 * August 6
 * Emilio Fernández, Mexican film director and actor (b. 1904)
 * Clara Tabody, Hungarian actress and singer (b. 1915)
 * Jorge Vieira, Portuguese footballer (b. 1898)
 * Beppe Wolgers, Swedish author and poet (b. 1928)
 * August 7 – Julie Tullis, English mountaineer (b. 1939)
 * August 8
 * August 9
 * Gustav Adolf Nosske, German war criminal (b. 1902)
 * Jef Scherens, Belgian cyclist (b. 1909)
 * Ruth Teitelbaum, American computer programmer (b. 1924)
 * August 10
 * Vratislav Effenberger, Czech poet (b. 1923)
 * Jacqueline Gadsden, American actress (b. 1900)
 * Jon Snersrud, Norwegian skier (b. 1902)
 * Arun Shridhar Vaidya, Indian general (b. 1926)
 * August 11
 * Chuck McKinley, American tennis player (b. 1941)
 * Heinz Strehl, German footballer (b. 1938)
 * August 12
 * Roberto Hodge, Chilean footballer (b. 1944)
 * Paola Mori, Italian actress (b. 1928)
 * Léonard Mulamba, Congolese politician (b. 1928)
 * Hans Pesser, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1911)
 * Felix Salzer, Austrian-American theorist and musicologist (b. 1904)
 * August 13
 * Avraham Katz, Israeli politician (b. 1931)
 * Helen Mack, American actress (b. 1913)
 * August 14
 * Pierre Bertaux, French resistance fighter and scholar (b. 1907)
 * Stjepan Ljubić, Croatian cyclist (b. 1906)
 * August 15 – Louis Peglion, French cyclist (b. 1906)
 * August 16 – Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921)
 * August 17
 * M. G. Chakrapani, Indian actor and film producer (b. 1911)
 * H. R. Cox, American bacteriologist (b. 1907)
 * Luis Pasarín, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1902)
 * August 18 – Nikos Nissiotis, Greek theologian and philosopher (b. 1924)
 * August 19
 * Hermione Baddeley, English actress (b. 1906)
 * John Donnelly, Canadian rower (b. 1905)
 * Zia Fatehabadi, Indian author (b. 1913)
 * Raphael Glorieux, Belgian cyclist (b. 1929)
 * Georg Løkkeberg, Norwegian actor (b. 1909)
 * Juan José Rosón, Spanish politician (b. 1932)
 * August 20
 * Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and author (b. 1923)
 * Walter Brooke, American actor (b. 1914)
 * Thad Jones, American trumpeter and composer (b. 1923)
 * Austin Warren, American scholar and author (b. 1899)
 * August 21
 * Bata Arana, Spanish footballer (b. 1908)
 * William C. Chase, American major general (b. 1895)
 * Alexandre O'Neill, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1924)
 * August 22
 * Vali Akhundov, Azerbaijani politician (b. 1916)
 * Celâl Bayar, Turkish economist and politician, President and Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1883)
 * Bruce Cowling, American actor (b. 1919)
 * Sobha Singh, Indian painter (b. 1901)
 * Josef Streb, German footballer (b. 1912)
 * August 23
 * José Estrada, Mexican film director and screenwriter (b. 1938)
 * Adrienne Fazan, American film editor (b. 1906)
 * Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (b. 1906)
 * Mikhail Kuznetsov, Russian actor (b. 1918)
 * Witold Nowacki, Polish mathematician (b. 1911)
 * Eduardo Quisumbing, Filipino biologist (b. 1895)
 * August 24
 * Harry Benjamin, German-American endocrinologist and sexologist (b. 1885)
 * Harold Redman, English lieutenant general (b. 1899)
 * August 25 – M. Stanley Livingston, American physicist (b. 1905)
 * August 26
 * Raymond Abellio, French author (b. 1907)
 * Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923)
 * August 27
 * Georgy Agzamov, Uzbekistani chess grandmaster (b. 1954)
 * Daniel Fignolé, Haitian politician, President of Haiti (b. 1913)
 * Arturo Godoy, Chilean boxer (b. 1912)
 * Joyce Mansour, Egyptian-French author (b. 1928)
 * Dragutin Mitić, Croatian-American tennis player (b. 1917)
 * George Nēpia, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1905)
 * Olga Šilhánová, Czech gymnast (b. 1920)
 * August 28
 * Giorgi Chitaia, Georgian ethnographer (b. 1890)
 * Arthur Cunliffe, English footballer (b. 1909)
 * Alexander Dolgun, American prisoner (b. 1926)
 * Russell Lee, American photographer (b. 1903)
 * Elvi Sinervo, Finnish author and poet (b. 1912)
 * August 29 – Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian javelin thrower (b. 1931)
 * August 30 – Otto Mortensen, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1907)
 * August 31
 * Jorge Alessandri, Chilean politician, President of Chile (b. 1896)
 * Urho Kekkonen, Finnish politician, President and Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1900)
 * Henry Moore, English sculptor (b. 1898)
 * Goffredo Parise, Italian author and journalist (b. 1929)

September 1986

 * September 1 – Murray Hamilton, American actor (b. 1923)
 * September 2 – Erkki Ala-Könni, Finnish ethnomusicologist (b. 1911)
 * September 3
 * Wirgiliusz Gryń, Polish actor (b. 1928)
 * Pino Mercanti, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
 * Vittorino Veronese, Italian lawyer and activist (b. 1910)
 * September 4
 * Roberto Gavaldón, Mexican film director (b. 1909)
 * Otto Glória, Brazilian football manager (b. 1917)
 * Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (b. 1911)
 * Sid Tanenbaum, American basketball player (b. 1925)
 * Walter Wanderley, Brazilian organist and pianist (b. 1932)
 * Dov Zakin, Israeli politician (b. 1922)
 * September 5 – Neerja Bhanot, Indian flight purser (b. 1963)
 * September 6
 * Suresh Joshi, Indian author and critic (b. 1921)
 * Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1896)
 * September 7
 * Raimundo Infante, Chilean footballer (b. 1928)
 * Dan K. Moore, American politician (b. 1906)
 * Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Bruneian sultan (b. 1914)
 * Armin Schibler, Swiss composer (b. 1920)
 * Vladimir Vlasov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
 * September 8
 * Ferenc Hatlaczky, Hungarian canoeist (b. 1934)
 * Ray Nazarro, American film director (b. 1902)
 * Tomasz Stefaniszyn, Polish footballer (b. 1929)
 * September 9 – Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist (b. 1893)
 * September 10
 * Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1930)
 * Jake Bornheimer, American basketball player (b. 1927)
 * Andrei Zazroyev, Georgian footballer (b. 1925)
 * September 11
 * Arthur Carr, English equestrian (b. 1910)
 * Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1902)
 * Henry DeWolf Smyth, American physicist and diplomat (b. 1898)
 * Noel Streatfeild, English author (b. 1895)
 * September 12
 * Ernst Haas, Austrian-American photojournalist (b. 1921)
 * Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer and painter (b. 1894)
 * Honnenhalli Manjula, Indian actress (b. 1943)
 * Frank Nelson, American actor (b. 1911)
 * Gerhard Rohlfs, German linguist (b. 1892)
 * Charlotte Wolff, German-English physician (b. 1897)
 * September 13
 * Antonio Mota, Mexican footballer (b. 1939)
 * Robert Nisbet, English rower (b. 1900)
 * September 14
 * William Edmund Barrett, American author (b. 1900)
 * Carl Borgstrøm, Norwegian linguist (b. 1909)
 * Marcel Couraud, French conductor (b. 1912)
 * September 15
 * Chris Abel, English footballer (b. 1912)
 * Jaroslav Burgr, Czech footballer (b. 1906)
 * William Goode, English politician (b. 1907)
 * Virginia Gregg, American actress (b. 1916)
 * Freimut Stein, German figure skater (b. 1924)
 * Ramón Alberto Villaverde, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1930)
 * September 16 – Francesco Malatesta, Italian cyclist (b. 1907)
 * September 17
 * Erich Bautz, German cyclist (b. 1913)
 * Pat Phoenix, English actress (b. 1923)
 * Henrik Sjögren, Swedish ophthalmologist (b. 1899)
 * September 18
 * Aljoša Buha, Bosnian musician (b. 1962)
 * Corita Kent, American artist (b. 1918)
 * September 19
 * September 20
 * James Hardy, American rower (b. 1923)
 * Iorgu Iordan, Romanian linguist and philologist (b. 1888)
 * Viktor Khokhryakov, Russian actor (b. 1913)
 * Dennis Spooner, English television writer (b. 1932)
 * Nicolae Testemițanu, Moldovan surgeon and politician (b. 1927)
 * September 21
 * Wilhelm Heun, German general (b. 1895)
 * John Kuck, American shot putter (b. 1905)
 * Pierre Wigny, Belgian politician (b. 1905)
 * September 22
 * József Asbóth, Hungarian tennis player (b. 1917)
 * Yussuf Hamis, Israeli politician (b. 1921)
 * Erik Svensson, Swedish athlete (b. 1903)
 * Abdel-Kader Zaaf, Algerian cyclist (b. 1917)
 * September 23
 * Gottfried Freiherr von Banfield, Italian pilot (b. 1890)
 * Gordie Drillon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1913)
 * Barbara Gilewska, Polish actress and dancer (b. 1911)
 * Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp, German nazi officer (b. 1910)
 * Percy Peter, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1902)
 * September 24
 * Hiroshi Hara, Japanese botanist (b. 1911)
 * Kamer Sadık, Turkish actor (b. 1911)
 * Adolf Tolkachev, Kazakhstani engineer and spy (b. 1927)
 * September 25
 * Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist (b. 1896)
 * Hubertus Strughold, German physiologist and war criminal (b. 1898)
 * Daniel Sueiro, Spanish author and journalist (b. 1931)
 * Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (b. 1903)
 * September 26
 * Brian Desmond Hurst, Northern Irish film director (b. 1895)
 * André Maelbrancke, Belgian cyclist (b. 1918)
 * Noboru Terada, Japanese swimmer (b. 1917)
 * September 27
 * Alfred Au, German footballer (b. 1898)
 * Cliff Burton, American bassist (b. 1962)
 * Giuseppe Ghedina, Italian skier (b. 1898)
 * Éva Ruttkai, Hungarian actress (b. 1927)
 * September 28
 * Denis Carey, English actor (b. 1909)
 * Howard Graham, Canadian lieutenant general (b. 1898)
 * Robert Helpmann, Australian dancer and actor (b. 1909)
 * Kiyoshi Tanimoto, Japanese minister (b. 1909)
 * Glauco Vanz, Italian footballer (b. 1920)
 * September 29
 * Georg Axel, Danish prince (b. 1920)
 * Helmut Qualtinger, Austrian actor (b. 1928)
 * Theodor Schwenk, German anthroposophist (b. 1910)
 * September 30
 * Storm Jameson, English journalist and author (b. 1891)
 * Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-English economist (b. 1908)

October 1986

 * October 1 – Dražen Ričl, Bosnian musician and comedian (b. 1962)
 * October 2
 * Jean Carmignac, French scholar (b. 1914)
 * Mikhail Masson, Russian archaeologist (b. 1897)
 * October 3
 * Sergey Preminin, Russian sailor (b. 1965)
 * Han Xianchu, Chinese general (b. 1913)
 * October 4
 * Raymond E. Baldwin, American politician (b. 1893)
 * Sarala Devi, Indian activist and politician (b. 1904)
 * Arno von Lenski, German general (b. 1893)
 * Desiderius Orban, Hungarian painter (b. 1884)
 * October 5
 * Diego Angulo Íñiguez, Spanish historian (b. 1901)
 * Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
 * James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919)
 * October 6
 * Marie-Hélène Arnaud, French model and actress (b. 1934)
 * Yuri Babayev, Russian physicist (b. 1928)
 * Aleksandr Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1921)
 * October 7
 * Liu Bocheng, Chinese military commander (b. 1892)
 * Cheryl Crawford, American theatre producer and director (b. 1902)
 * Yōjirō Ishizaka, Japanese author (b. 1900)
 * Jerzy Łojek, Polish historian and activist (b. 1932)
 * Paul Tournier, Swiss physician and author (b. 1898)
 * October 8
 * Shadi Abdel Salam, Egyptian art director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
 * Megumu Tamura, Japanese footballer (b. 1927)
 * October 9
 * Arild Brinchmann, Norwegian theatre director (b. 1922)
 * Vasile Patilineț, Romanian activist and politician (b. 1923)
 * Harald Reinl, Austrian film director (b. 1908)
 * October 10
 * Antonio di Benedetto, Argentine author and journalist (b. 1922)
 * Han Drijver, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1927)
 * Marie Neurath, German graphic designer and social scientist (b. 1898)
 * Michele Pellegrino, Italian cardinal (b. 1903)
 * Priaulx Rainier, South African-English composer (b. 1903)
 * Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist (b. 1899)
 * October 11
 * Norm Cash, American baseball player (b. 1933)
 * Georges Dumézil, French philologist and linguist (b. 1898)
 * David Hand, American animator and film director (b. 1900)
 * Boris Leven, Russian-American production designer (b. 1908)
 * Al Ullman, American politician (b. 1914)
 * October 12
 * Szabolcs Fényes, Hungarian film composer (b. 1912)
 * Jūlijs Vanags, Latvian author (b. 1903)
 * October 13
 * Claude Mulot, French screenwriter and film director (b. 1942)
 * Hermann von Siemens, German businessman (b. 1885)
 * October 14
 * Milovan Ćirić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * Spec O'Donnell, American actor (b; 1911)
 * Keenan Wynn, American actor (b. 1916)
 * Bilal Xhaferri, Albanian author (b. 1935)
 * October 15
 * Jacqueline Roque, French muse (b. 1927)
 * Jerry Smith, American football player (b. 1943)
 * October 16
 * Kiril Bratanov, Bulgarian biologist (b. 1911)
 * Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist (b. 1921)
 * Giovanni Invernizzi, Italian rower (b. 1926)
 * Sandro Puppo, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * Ted Sagar, English footballer (b. 1910)
 * Yolanda di Savoia, Italian princess (b. 1901)
 * October 17
 * Boris Arkadyev, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1899)
 * Leah Rhodes, American costume designer (b. 1902)
 * October 18
 * Sverre Ingolf Haugli, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1925)
 * John J. McNamara, American sailor and author (b. 1932)
 * Wilhelm Orlik-Rückemann, Polish general (b. 1894)
 * October 19
 * Moses Asch, American record executive (b. 1905)
 * Aquino de Bragança, Indian physicist and diplomat (b. 1924)
 * Balthasar Linsinger, Austrian priest (b. 1902)
 * Oldřich Lipský, Czech film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
 * Samora Machel. Mozambican politician, President of Mozambique (b. 1933)
 * Arseny Sokolov, Russian theoretical physicist (b. 1910)
 * October 20
 * Alain Moineau, French cyclist (b. 1928)
 * Tadao Uesako, Japanese gymnast (b. 1921)
 * October 21
 * Theodor Busse, German general (b. 1897)
 * Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian playwright (b. 1911)
 * Lionel Murphy, Australian politician and judge (b. 1922)
 * Dominique Urbany, Luxembourgian politician (b. 1903)
 * October 22
 * Ye Jianying, Chinese politician (b. 1897)
 * Sven Strömberg, Swedish sprinter (b. 1911)
 * Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian biochemist (b. 1893)
 * October 23
 * Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist (b. 1893)
 * Georg Funkquist, Swedish actor (b. 1900)
 * October 24 – Enrique Margall, Spanish basketball player (b. 1944)
 * October 25
 * Guillermo Eizaguirre, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1909)
 * Joseph B. Johnson, American politician (b. 1893)
 * Forrest Tucker, American actor (b. 1919)
 * October 26
 * Arne Andersen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1900)
 * Jackson Scholz, American runner (b. 1897)
 * Marcel Simon, French historian (b. 1907)
 * October 27 – Sherman Adams, American politician (b. 1899)
 * October 28
 * Robert Arthur, American film producer and screenwriter (b. 1909)
 * John Braine, English author (b. 1922)
 * Marga Klompé, Dutch politician (b. 1912)
 * Ian Marter, English actor (b. 1944)
 * Irving Reiner, American mathematician (b. 1924)
 * October 29 – Abel Meeropol, American songwriter and poet (b. 1903)
 * October 30
 * Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt, German politician (b. 1901)
 * Fritz Tillmann, German actor (b. 1910)
 * Harry Voigt, German sprinter (b. 1913)
 * October 31
 * Hendrik Hubert Frehen, Dutch bishop (b. 1917)
 * Alfred Hauge, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1915)
 * Qanate Kurdo, Russian philologist (b. 1909)
 * Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist (b. 1896)
 * Bruno Snell, German philologist (b. 1896)
 * Félicien Vervaecke, Belgian cyclist (b. 1907)
 * Gregorio F. Zaide, Filipino historian and politician (b. 1907)

November 1986

 * November 1
 * Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1929)
 * Simion Ismailciuc, Romanian canoeist (b. 1930)
 * Mieczysław Moczar, Polish politician (b. 1913)
 * Bernard Waldman, American physicist (b. 1913)
 * Sippie Wallace, American singer and pianist (b. 1898)
 * November 2
 * Samuel Baud-Bovy, Swiss musician (b. 1906)
 * Harry Brown, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
 * Paul Frees, American actor and comedian (b. 1902)
 * Georges Mollard, French sailor (b. 1902)
 * November 3
 * Vladimir Bobri, Ukrainian-American artist and author (b. 1898)
 * Adolf Busemann, German engineer (b. 1901)
 * Eddie Davis, American saxophonist (b. 1922)
 * Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane, Lesothoan politician (b. 1918)
 * November 4
 * Francesco Cossu, Italian rower (b. 1907)
 * Abdallah El-Yafi, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1901)
 * Kurt Hirsch, German mathematician (b. 1906)
 * Thorolf Rafto, Norwegian activist (b. 1922)
 * November 5
 * Adolf Brudes, German racing driver (b. 1899)
 * Mohammed Hassan Helmy, Egyptian footballer (b. 1912)
 * Claude Jutra, Canadian actor and film director (b. 1930)
 * November 6
 * Elisabeth Grümmer, German opera singer (b. 1911)
 * James S. Holmes, American-Dutch poet and translator (b. 1924)
 * Johannes Linthorst Homan, Dutch politician and diplomat (b. 1903)
 * Lili Kraus, Hungarian-New Zealand pianist (b. 1903)
 * November 7
 * Henry Gilman, American chemist (b. 1893)
 * Alan Hewitt, American actor (b. 1915)
 * November 8
 * King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
 * Franz Xaver Dorsch, German engineer (b. 1899)
 * Harry W. Holmes, English football administrator (b. 1896)
 * Artur London, Czech politician (b. 1915)
 * Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician (b. 1890)
 * Nils Ramm, Swedish wrestler (b. 1903)
 * November 9
 * Adam Brodzisz, Polish actor (b. 1906)
 * Jaroslava Muchová, Czech painter (b. 1909)
 * Henry Russell, American sprinter (b. 1904)
 * November 10
 * Ludwig Hahn, German war criminal (b. 1908)
 * Ljubomir Magaš, Serbian boxer and gangster (b. 1948)
 * Vicente Trueba, Spanish cyclist (b. 1905)
 * Leona Woods, American physicist (b. 1919)
 * November 11 – Roger C. Carmel, American actor (b. 1932)
 * November 12
 * Faiz Ahmad, Afghan politician (b. 1946)
 * Ria Baran, German skater (b. 1922)
 * Erich Koch, German war criminal (b. 1896)
 * Toshio Shimao, Japanese author (b. 1917)
 * November 13
 * Volf Bergraser, French chess grandmaster (b. 1904)
 * Franco Cortese, Italian racing driver (b. 1903)
 * Francisco Flores, Mexican footballer (b. 1926)
 * Rudolf Schock, German opera singer (b. 1915)
 * November 14
 * Sven Tito Achen, Argentine-Danish author (b. 1922)
 * Erik Byléhn, Swedish runner (b. 1898)
 * Ferdinand Daučík, Slovakian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
 * November 15
 * Louis François, French wrestler (b. 1906)
 * Alexandre Tansman, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1897)
 * November 16
 * Panditrao Agashe, Indian businessman (b. 1936)
 * Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (b. 1922)
 * November 17
 * Georges Besse, French businessman (b. 1927)
 * Leen Buis, Dutch cyclist (b. 1906)
 * Harold Grad, American mathematician (b. 1923)
 * Roger Ikor, French author (b. 1912)
 * Vladimir Kenigson, Russian actor (b. 1907)
 * November 18
 * Ljupčo Arsov, Macedonian politician, Prime Minister of Macedonia (b. 1910)
 * Lajos Bárdos, Hungarian composer and conductor (b. 1899)
 * Gia Carangi, American model (b. 1960)
 * Michele Mara, Italian cyclist (b. 1903)
 * Valeriu Niculescu, Romanian footballer (b. 1914)
 * Stephen O. Rice, American engineer (b. 1907)
 * November 19 – Kosta Nađ, Serbian general (b. 1911)
 * November 20
 * Arne Beurling, Swedish mathematician (b. 1905)
 * Arne Linderholm, Swedish footballer (b. 1916)
 * Alexander Ostrowski, Ukrainian-Swiss mathematician (b. 1893)
 * November 21
 * Jerry Colonna, American musician and actor (b. 1904)
 * Jimmy Cunliffe, English footballer (b. 1912)
 * Dar Robinson, American stuntman (b. 1947)
 * Marcelino Sánchez, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1957)
 * November 22
 * Nikolai Chudakov, Russian mathematician (b. 1904)
 * Scatman Crothers, American actor (b. 1910)
 * Alexander Deutsch, Russian astronomer (b. 1899)
 * Daan van Dijk, Dutch cyclist (b. 1907)
 * Curtis J. Humphreys, American physicist (b. 1898)
 * Malcolm Nokes, English athlete (b. 1897)
 * Dinny Pails, Australian tennis player (b. 1921)
 * Edwin Salisbury, American rower (b. 1910)
 * Mikałaj Ułaščyk, Belarusian historian and archaeologist (b. 1906)
 * November 23
 * Olaf Hoffsbakken, Norwegian skier (b. 1908)
 * Yasuzō Masumura, Japanese film director (b. 1924)
 * November 24
 * Mazzino Montinari, Italian scholar (b. 1928)
 * Anwar Nuseibeh, Palestinian politician (b. 1913)
 * November 25 – Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Russian linguist (b. 1927)
 * November 26
 * Aleksei Baksov, Russian colonel general (b. 1907)
 * Betico Croes, Aruban activist (b. 1938)
 * Ingeborg Drewitz, German author and academic (b. 1923)
 * Mary Welsh Hemingway, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
 * Kaku Takagawa, Japanese go player (b. 1915)
 * November 27
 * Géza von Radványi, Hungarian film director and cinematographer (b. 1907)
 * Hugh Stockwell, English general (b. 1903)
 * Steve Tracy, American actor (b. 1952)
 * November 28
 * Helena Bušová, Czech actress (b. 1914)
 * Norman Gagne, Canadian ski jumper (b. 1911)
 * Emilio Scanavino, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
 * Elizabeth Thomas, American egyptologist (b. 1907)
 * November 29
 * Gary Allen, American author and conspiracy theorist (b. 1936)
 * Cary Grant, English actor (b. 1904)
 * Jānis Lidmanis, Latvian footballer and basketball player (b. 1910)
 * Herbert Rosenfeld, German-English psychoanalyst (b. 1910)
 * Herb Vigran, American actor (b. 1910)
 * November 30
 * Emil Jónsson, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1902)
 * Eino Leino, Finnish wrestler (b. 1891)
 * Francisco Ciutat de Miguel, Spanish lieutenant (b. 1909)
 * Ernst Poertgen, German footballer (b. 1912)

December 1986

 * December 1
 * Wanis al-Qaddafi, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1922)
 * Lee Dorsey, American singer (b. 1924)
 * Horace Heidt, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1901)
 * Bobby Layne, American football player (b. 1926)
 * December 2
 * Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor and musician (b. 1917)
 * Ken Scott], American actor (b, [[1928)
 * Arvid Thörn, Swedish footballer (b. 1911)
 * December 3 – Anthony Mascarenhas, Pakistani journalist and author (b. 1928)
 * December 4
 * December 5
 * Moshe Baram, Israeli politician (b. 1911)
 * Rolf Schock, Swedish-American philosopher and artist (b. 1933)
 * Lê Trọng Tấn, Vietnamese general (b. 1914)
 * Edward Youde, English politician and diplomat (b. 1924)
 * December 6 – Marta Canales, Chilean violinist and composer (b. 1893)
 * December 7
 * Enrico Arrigoni, Italian-American anarchist (b. 1894)
 * Concha Méndez, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1898)
 * Roberto Bianchi Montero, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
 * Albert Schwartz, American swimmer and attorney (b. 1907)
 * December 8
 * Ernst Biberstein, German Holocaust perpetrator (b. 1899)
 * Harrison Brown, American chemist (b. 1917)
 * Anatoly Marchenko, Russian author and activist (b. 1938)
 * Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, Sri Lankan mystic (b. 1900)
 * Józef Pisarski, Polish boxer (b. 1913)
 * December 9
 * Antonio Cardile, Italian painter (b. 1914)
 * Anatoly Zverev, Russian artist (b. 1931)
 * December 10
 * Susan Cabot, American actress (b. 1927)
 * Bruno Mora, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
 * Rino Pucci, Italian cyclist (b. 1922)
 * Kate Wolf, American singer (b. 1942)
 * December 11
 * December 12
 * Harry Owens, American composer and bandleader (b. 1902)
 * Carlos Ramírez, Colombian opera singer and actor (b. 1916)
 * Alexander H. Smith, American politician (b. 1904)
 * Clifford Stine, American cinematographer (b. 1906)
 * Paul Verner, German politician (b. 1911)
 * December 13
 * Heather Angel, American actress (b. 1909)
 * Ella Baker, American activist (b. 1903)
 * Glyn Daniel, Welsh archaeologist (b. 1914)
 * Smita Patil, Indian actress (b. 1955)
 * Kim Peyton, American swimmer (b. 1957)
 * İlhami Sancar, Turkish judge and politician (b. 1909)
 * December 14
 * Cheryl Araujo, American rape victim (b. 1961)
 * Aleksey Gushchin, Russian sport shooter (b. 1922)
 * John Anker Johansen, Norwegian gymnast (b. 1894)
 * Dick Mehen, American basketball player (b. 1922)
 * Antal Páger, Hungarian actor (b. 1899)
 * Pedro Sainz Rodríguez, Spanish author and philologist (b. 1897)
 * December 15
 * Edvard Bull Jr., Norwegian historian (b. 1914)
 * Serge Lifar, Ukrainian dancer and choreographer (b. 1905)
 * Seymour Lipton, American sculptor (b. 1903)
 * Mykolas Ruzgys, Lithuanian-American basketball player (b. 1915)
 * John Zaremba, American actor (b. 1908)
 * December 16
 * Oleg Goncharenko, Ukrainian speed skater (b. 1931)
 * Marcel Quinet, Belgian composer and pianist (b. 1915)
 * December 17
 * Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)
 * Władysław Moes, Polish landowner (b. 1900)
 * Evgenii Nikishin, Russian mathematician (b. 1945)
 * Mary Verghese, Indian physician (b. 1925)
 * December 18
 * George Amy, American film editor (b. 1903)
 * Mamo Clark, American actress (b. 1914)
 * Morton Fried, American anthropologist (b. 1923)
 * Ulrico Girardi, Italian bobsledder (b. 1930)
 * December 19
 * V. C. Andrews, American author (b. 1923)
 * Willy Favre, Swiss skier (b. 1943)
 * Francis Fergusson, American critic and author (b. 1904)
 * Domingo García, Peruvian footballer (b. 1904)
 * José Antonio Maravall, Spanish historian and author (b. 1911)
 * Avelar Brandão Vilela, Brazilian cardinal (b. 1912)
 * December 20
 * Ferdinand Brandner, Austrian engineer (b. 1903)
 * Rossella Como, Italian actress (b. 1939)
 * Alicia Urreta, Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1930)
 * December 21
 * Willy Coppens, Belgian fighter pilot (b. 1892)
 * Helge Sivertsen, Norwegian discus thrower and politician (b. 1913)
 * Sven-Ove Svensson, Swedish footballer (b. 1922)
 * December 22
 * Mary Burchell, English author (b. 1904)
 * Nii Amaa Ollennu, Ghanaian politician, President of Ghana (b. 1906)
 * Harvey Stephens, American actor (b. 1901)
 * December 23
 * Heidi Abel, Swiss television presenter (b. 1929)
 * Gerhard Bienert, German actor (b. 1898)
 * R. Gordon Wasson, American author and ethnomycologist (b. 1898)
 * December 24
 * Maurice Delvart, French sprinter (b. 1899)
 * Gardner Fox, American comic book writer (b. 1911)
 * Gerda Munck, Danish fencer (b. 1901)
 * Aleksandrs Vanags, Latvian footballer and basketball player (b. 1919)
 * Albert Widmann, German war criminal (b. 1912)
 * Richard van der Riet Woolley, English astronomer (b. 1906)
 * December 25
 * Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, Bulgarian philosopher (b. 1900)
 * Kaarel Ird, Estonian theatre director and actor (b. 1909)
 * Friedrich von Ledebur, Austrian actor (b. 1900)
 * Hamao Umezawa, Japanese scientist (b. 1914)
 * December 26
 * Bina Das, Indian revolutionary (b. 1911)
 * Elsa Lanchester, English actress (b. 1902)
 * Luka Palamarchuk, Ukrainian politician and diplomat (b. 1906)
 * December 27
 * André Cailleux, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1907)
 * Snorri Hjartarson, Icelandic poet (b. 1906)
 * Lars-Erik Larsson, Swedish composer and conductor (b. 1908)
 * Louis Van Lint, Belgian painter (b. 1909)
 * Dumas Malone, American historian and minister (b. 1892)
 * Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, Belgian botanist (b. 1901)
 * Semyon Rzhishchin, Russian athlete (b. 1933)
 * December 28
 * Lothar Bolz, German politician (b. 1903)
 * Huang Kecheng, Chinese general (b. 1902)
 * Alton Lennon, American politician (b. 1906)
 * John D. MacDonald, American author (b. 1916)
 * Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922)
 * December 29
 * John Antill, Australian composer (b. 1904)
 * Venka Asenova, Bulgarian chess grandmaster (b. 1930)
 * Harold Macmillan, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
 * Grete Mosheim, German actress (b. 1905)
 * Pietro Parente, Italian cardinal and theologian (b. 1891)
 * Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian film director (b. 1932)
 * December 30 – İlhan Koman, Turkish sculptor (b. 1921)
 * December 31
 * Jack Bailey, English footballer (b. 1921)
 * Piero Chiara, Italian author (b. 1913)
 * Raj Narain, Indian freedom fighter and politician (b. 1917)

January 1987

 * January 1 – Maurice Mandelbaum, American philosopher (b. 1908)
 * January 2
 * Ramón Castroviejo, Spanish surgeon (b. 1904)
 * Elina Colomer, Argentine actress (b. 1922)
 * Jean de Gribaldy, French cyclist (b. 1922)
 * Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian politician (b. 1899)
 * January 3
 * Rodolfo Kuhn, Argentine film director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
 * David Maysles, American film director (b. 1931)
 * Franck Sylvain, Haitian politician, President of Haiti (b. 1909)
 * January 4
 * Lauretta Bender, American neuropsychiatrist (b. 1897)
 * Jack Martin, English cricketer (b. 1917)
 * January 5
 * Ekaterina Feoktistova, Ukrainian chemist and physicist (b. 1915)
 * Margaret Laurence, Canadian author (b. 1926)
 * Geoffrey Mason, American bobsledder (b. 1902)
 * Ambrogio Portalupi, Italian cyclist (b. 1943)
 * Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian skier (b. 1875)
 * January 6 – Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson, Chilean composer (b. 1899)
 * January 7
 * Avner Less, German-Israeli police officer (b. 1916)
 * Jackie Mitchell, American baseball player (b. 1913)
 * January 8
 * Nana Joshi, Indian cricketer (b. 1926)
 * Bohdan Lachert, Polish architect (b. 1900)
 * January 9
 * Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
 * Shabtai Shikhman, Israeli politician (b. 1915)
 * January 10
 * Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919)
 * Bennett Lewis, English-Canadian scientist (b. 1908)
 * Håkan Malmrot, Swedish swimmer (b. 1900)
 * January 11
 * Pierre-Louis Amourdedieu, French actor (b. 1917)
 * Abdul Rauf Benawa, Afghan author and poet (b. 1913)
 * Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
 * Jacques Hérold, Romanian painter (b. 1910)
 * Anita Palmero, Spanish singer (b. 1902)
 * January 12 – Ralph Maxwell Lewis, American occultist (b. 1904)
 * January 13
 * Vladimir Alatortsev, Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1909)
 * Anatoly Efros, Russian theatre director (b. 1925)
 * Igor Ilyinsky, Russian actor (b. 1901)
 * Ludmila Kupriyanova, Russian palynologist (b. 1914)
 * Elvira Ríos, Mexican singer and actress (b. 1913)
 * January 14
 * Turgut Demirağ, Turkish film producer and director (b. 1921)
 * Park Jong-chul, South Korean activist (b. 1965)
 * Douglas Sirk, German film director (b. 1897)
 * Rauli Somerjoki, Finnish singer (b. 1947)
 * January 15
 * Harald Bode, German engineer (b. 1909)
 * Ray Bolger, American actor (b. 1904)
 * Rudolf Carl, Austrian actor (b. 1899)
 * Aníbal Muñoz Duque, Colombian archbishop (b. 1908)
 * José Antonio Gallardo, Spanish footballer (b. 1961)
 * Mark Mitin, Russian philosopher (b. 1901)
 * Heather Thatcher, English actress (b. 1896)
 * January 16
 * Joyce Jameson, American actress (b. 1932)
 * María Dhialma Tiberti, Argentine author (b. 1928)
 * Earl Wilson, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
 * January 17
 * Aram Avakian, American film editor (b. 1926)
 * Harry Darby, American politician (b. 1895)
 * Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, Tibetan buddhist (b. 1904)
 * Gu Zhutong, Chinese general (b. 1893)
 * January 18
 * Roland Ansieau, French artist (b. 1901)
 * Sergio Blažić, Croatian musician (b. 1951)
 * Renato Guttuso, Italian painter and politician (b. 1911)
 * January 19
 * Gerald Brenan, English-Spanish author and historian (b. 1894)
 * Fernand Fabre, French actor (b. 1899)
 * Harry Keller, American film director and editor (b. 1913)
 * Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist (b. 1927)
 * Veniamin Levich, Ukrainian-American chemist (b. 1917)
 * January 20
 * Tom Dollery, English cricketer (b. 1914)
 * Hermann Giesler, German architect and war criminal (b. 1898)
 * Charles Pasquale Greco, American bishop (b. 1894)
 * January 21
 * Nina Byron, American actress (b. 1900)
 * Charles Goodell, American politician (b. 1926)
 * Ikki Kajiwara, Japanese manga artist and film producer (b. 1936)
 * January 22
 * Barbro Alving, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1909)
 * Georges Buchard, French fencer (b. 1893)
 * R. Budd Dwyer, American politician (b. 1939)
 * Patrick du Val, English mathematician (b. 1903)
 * January 23 – Sergei Chernikov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912)
 * January 24
 * Tetsuji Murakami, Japanese karateka (b. 1927)
 * Aram Nalbandyan, Armenian physicist (b. 1908)
 * January 25
 * Øivind Bergh, Norwegian violinist (b. 1909)
 * Asim Ferhatović, Bosnian footballer (b. 1933)
 * Emil Hlobil, Czech composer (b. 1901)
 * Sven Lindqvist, Swedish footballer (b. 1903)
 * Abrantes Mendes, Portuguese footballer (b. 1907)
 * Nahuel Moreno, Argentine author (b. 1924)
 * Frank Stack, Canadian speed skater (b. 1906)
 * Mihrişah Sultan, Turkish princess (b. 1916)
 * Piero Vida, Italian actor (b. 1938)
 * Harald Wergeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1912)
 * January 26
 * Adolf Ciborowski, Polish architect (b. 1919)
 * Charles Wolcott, American composer and religious leader (b. 1906)
 * January 27
 * Allan V. Cox, American geophysicist (b. 1926)
 * Allison Danzig, American journalist (b. 1898)
 * Antanas Maceina, Lithuanian philosopher and theologian (b. 1908)
 * Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator (b. 1914)
 * Otto Nathan, American economist (b. 1893)
 * Clara Thalmann, Swiss-French resistance fighter (b. 1908)
 * January 28
 * Galo Plaza, Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador (b. 1906)
 * Valerian Trifa, Romanian cleric and nazi collaborator (b. 1914)
 * January 29
 * Carlo Cassola, Italian author (b. 1917)
 * Emvin Cremona, Maltese artist (b. 1919)
 * Josep Vicenç Foix, Spanish poet and author (b. 1893)
 * Vincent R. Impellitteri, Italian-American politician and judge (b. 1900)
 * Gerhard Klopfer, German nazi politician (b. 1905)
 * Pilar von Wittelsbach, German princess (b. 1891)
 * Hiroaki Zakōji, Japanese composer and pianist (b. 1958)
 * January 30
 * Veriko Anjaparidze, Georgian actress (b. 1897)
 * Héctor Varela, Argentine musician and bandleader (b. 1914)
 * January 31
 * Yves Allégret, French film director (b. 1905)
 * Idris Barzani, Iraqi politician (b. 1944)

February 1987

 * February 1
 * Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
 * Sala Burton, Polish-American politician (b. 1925)
 * Gustav Knuth, German actor (b. 1901)
 * February 2
 * Carlos Castilho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1927)
 * Yakov Estrin, Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1923)
 * Alfred Lion, German-American record executive (b. 1908)
 * Alistair MacLean, Scottish author (b. 1922)
 * David du Plessis, South African-American minister (b. 1905)
 * February 3
 * Theodore Cogswell, American author (b. 1918)
 * Nobuhito, Japanese prince (b. 1905)
 * George Derwent Thomson, English scholar and philosopher (b. 1903)
 * February 4
 * Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist (b. 1956)
 * Liberace, American pianist (b. 1919)
 * Carl Rogers, American psychologist (b. 1902)
 * February 5
 * William Collier Jr., American actor (b. 1902)
 * Klāvs Elsbergs, Latvian poet and translator (b. 1959)
 * Bessie Learn, American actress (b. 1888)
 * Gustav Lechner, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
 * Otto Wöhler, German general (b. 1894)
 * February 6 – Lalithambika Antharjanam, Indian author and activist (b. 1909)
 * February 7
 * Claudio Villa, Italian singer and actor (b. 1926)
 * Adriaan van Wijngaarden, Dutch mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1916)
 * Czesław Wołłejko, Polish actor (b. 1916)
 * February 8
 * Max Seydewitz, German politician (b. 1892)
 * Bronisława Wajs, Polish poet and singer (b. 1908)
 * Helen Wood, American actress (b. 1917)
 * February 9 – Louis Plack Hammett, American chemist (b. 1894)
 * February 10
 * Leo Anchóriz, Spanish actor (b. 1932)
 * Sadequain Naqqash, Pakistani artist and poet (b. 1930)
 * Robert O'Brien, American racing driver (b. 1908)
 * William Rose, American screenwriter (b. 1918)
 * Hans Rosenthal, German television host (b. 1925)
 * February 11
 * Mark Ashton, English activist (b. 1960)
 * Francesco Gabriotti, Italian footballer (b. 1914)
 * Andy Linden, American racing driver (b. 1922)
 * Edith Gyömrői Ludowyk, Hungarian psychotherapist and poet (b. 1896)
 * February 12
 * Lang Jeffries, Canadian-American actor (b. 1930)
 * Shozo Makino, Japanese swimmer (b. 1915)
 * Valentin Olenik, Russian wrestler (b. 1939)
 * Dennis Poore, English racing driver (b. 1916)
 * Raymond Vouel, Luxembourgian politician (b. 1923)
 * February 13
 * M. Bhaktavatsalam, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
 * Taimbet Komekbaev, Kazakhstani sergeant major (b; 1896)
 * February 14
 * Rolf Dahlgren, Swedish-Danish botanist (b. 1932)
 * Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
 * Karolos Koun, Greek theatre director (b. 1908)
 * Einar Wøhni, Norwegian politician (b. 1920)
 * February 15 – John Myhill, English mathematician (b. 1923)
 * February 16
 * February 17
 * Hal K. Dawson, American actor (b. 1896)
 * Jaakko Friman, Finnish speed skater (b. 1904)
 * Husayn Muruwwa, Lebanese academic and journalist (b. 1908)
 * Verree Teasdale, American actress (b. 1903)
 * Hans Tetzner, Dutch footballer and physician (b. 1898)
 * February 18
 * William Coldstream, English painter (b. 1908)
 * Boris Kowerda, Russian-American newspaper editor and assassin (b. 1907)
 * Edmond Pagès, French cyclist (b. 1911)
 * Silvio Pietroboni, Italian footballer (b. 1904)
 * February 19
 * Hugh Greene, English television executive and journalist (b. 1910)
 * Henry-Russell Hitchcock, American historian (b. 1903)
 * Kirsten Walther, Danish actress (b. 1933)
 * February 20
 * Ivan Brkanović, Croatian composer (b. 1906)
 * Jan Ciecierski, Polish actor (b. 1899)
 * Ian Colin, English actor (b. 1912)
 * Edgar P. Jacobs, Belgian comic book artist (b. 1904)
 * Joseph Parecattil, Indian cardinal (b. 1912)
 * Lev Russov, Russian painter (b. 1926)
 * February 21
 * Petro Grigorenko, Russian major general (b. 1907)
 * Helen Taft Manning, American historian (b. 1891)
 * Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer (b. 1890)
 * Meir Ya'ari, Israeli politician and activist (b. 1897)
 * February 22
 * Andy Warhol, American artist (b. 1928)
 * Glenway Wescott, American poet and author (b. 1901)
 * February 23
 * José Afonso, Portuguese singer (b. 1929)
 * Robert Braet, Belgian footballer (b. 1912)
 * William Droegemueller, American pole vaulter (b. 1906)
 * Esmond Knight, English actor (b. 1906)
 * Edward Lansdale, American major general (b. 1908)
 * February 24
 * February 25
 * James Coco, American actor (b. 1930)
 * E. D. Nixon, American activist (b. 1899)
 * February 26 – Knut Frydenlund, Norwegian diplomat and politician (b. 1927)
 * February 27
 * Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (b. 1921)
 * Jose W. Diokno, Filipino politician (b. 1922)
 * Fumio Kamei, Japanese film director (b. 1908)
 * Salvatore Oppes, Italian equestrian (b. 1909)
 * Reto Perl, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1923)
 * Latif-ur Rehman, Indian-Pakistani field hockey player (b. 1929)
 * February 28
 * Joan Greenwood, English actress (b. 1921)
 * Nora Kaye, American ballerina (b. 1920)
 * Anny Ondra, Czech actress (b. 1903)

March 1987

 * March 1
 * Freddie Green, American guitarist (b. 1911)
 * Bertrand de Jouvenel, French philosopher and economist (b. 1903)
 * Beatrice Mancini, Italian actress (b. 1917)
 * Wolfgang Seidel, German racing driver (b. 1926)
 * March 2
 * Randolph Scott, American actor (b. 1898)
 * Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer (b. 1935)
 * March 3
 * Danny Kaye, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
 * Hana Vítová, Czech actress (b. 1914)
 * March 4 – Georges Arnaud, French author (b. 1917)
 * March 5 – Joe Purcell, American politician (b. 1923)
 * March 6
 * Eddie Durham, American musician and composer (b. 1906)
 * Wim Lagendaal, Dutch footballer (b. 1909)
 * Edward Zorinsky, American politician (b. 1928)
 * March 7
 * Yuri Chulyukin, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
 * Henri Decaë, French cinematographer (b. 1915)
 * Karl Leichter, Estonian musicologist (b. 1902)
 * Waldo Salt, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
 * March 8 – Friedrich Markgraf, German botanist (b. 1897)
 * March 9
 * Yusuf al-Khal, Lebanese-Syrian poet and journalist (b. 1917)
 * Boris Andreyev, Russian sport shooter (b. 1906)
 * Bobby Locke, South African golfer (b. 1917)
 * Stefan Ryniewicz, Polish diplomat (b. 1903)
 * March 10
 * Dwight W. Burney, American politician (b. 1892)
 * George Glamack, American basketball player (b. 1919)
 * Santeri Levas, Finnish author and photographer (b. 1899)
 * Johannes Quasten, German theologian and scholar (b. 1900)
 * March 11
 * March 12 – Richard Levinson, American television writer and producer (b. 1934)
 * March 13
 * Hafizur Rahman Wasif Dehlavi, Indian scholar and judge (b. 1910)
 * Bernhard Grzimek, German zoologist (b. 1909)
 * Peter Henrici, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923)
 * Gerald Moore, English pianist (b. 1899)
 * Fela Sowande, Nigerian musician and composer (b. 1905)
 * March 14
 * March 15
 * Douglas Abbott, Canadian politician (b. 1899)
 * W. Sterling Cole, American politician (b. 1904)
 * Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1897)
 * Léon Fleuriot, French linguist and scholar (b. 1923)
 * Victor Oreshnikov, Russian painter (b. 1904)
 * March 16
 * Vivian Martin, American actress (b. 1893)
 * Raymond Passello, Swiss footballer (b. 1905)
 * Tjaak Pattiwael, Indonesian footballer (b. 1914)
 * Rosario Romeo, Italian historian (b. 1924)
 * Samuel H. Shapiro, American politician (b. 1907)
 * Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Danish architect (b. 1929)
 * March 17
 * Georg Lammers, German sprinter (b. 1905)
 * Antonio Lopez, Puerto Rican artist (b. 1943)
 * Juozas Maniušis, Lithuanian politician (b. 1910)
 * Hjördis Töpel, Swedish swimmer and diver (b. 1904)
 * Santo Trafficante Jr., American mobster (b. 1914)
 * March 18
 * Milorad Arsenijević, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1906)
 * Claude I. Bakewell, American politician (b. 1912)
 * Kari Diesen, Norwegian singer and actress (b. 1914)
 * Elizabeth Poston, English composer and pianist (b. 1905)
 * March 19
 * Louis de Broglie, French physicist (b. 1892)
 * Juan Mascaró, Spanish translator (b. 1897)
 * Emile Meyer, American actor (b. 1910)
 * Arch Oboler, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1909)
 * March 20
 * Joseph Fitzgerald, American ice hockey player (b. 1904)
 * Norman Harris, American guitarist (b. 1947)
 * Ernst Karlberg, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1901)
 * Russell Ohl, Russian scientist (b. 1898)
 * Rita Streich, German opera singer (b. 1920)
 * March 21
 * Dean Paul Martin, American singer and actor (b. 1951)
 * Robert Preston, American actor (b. 1918)
 * Jacob Taubes, Austrian-German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1923)
 * March 22
 * Gustava Aigner, Austrian geologist and paleontologist (b. 1906)
 * Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician (b. 1912)
 * Joan Shawlee, American actress (b. 1926)
 * March 23
 * Maurice Dunand, French archaeologist (b. 1898)
 * Maurice Labro, French film director (b. 1910)
 * March 24 – Vicente Calderón, Spanish businessman (b. 1913)
 * March 25
 * Carolin Babcock, American tennis player (b. 1912)
 * Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Russian animator and film director (b. 1900)
 * Henry Richardson Labouisse Jr., American diplomat (b. 1904)
 * March 26
 * Walter Abel, American actor (b. 1898)
 * Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
 * Georg Muche, German painter and architect (b. 1895)
 * Mary Odette, French-English actress (b. 1901)
 * Erich Römer, German ice hockey player (b. 1894)
 * March 27
 * Giuseppe Ambrosoli, Italian priest (b. 1923)
 * Rudolph Anders, German actor (b. 1895)
 * William Bowers, American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1916)
 * Tim Lee Carter, American politician (b. 1910)
 * Luis Chávez y González, Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1901)
 * Lloyd Goodrich, American historian (b. 1897)
 * Stane Kavčič, Slovenian politician (b. 1919)
 * Tonny Koeswoyo, Indonesian musician (b. 1936)
 * March 28
 * Alphonse Alley, Beninese politician (b. 1930)
 * Maria von Trapp, Austrian singer (b. 1905)
 * Patrick Troughton, English actor (b. 1920)
 * Albert Rudolph Zuroweste, American bishop (b. 1901)
 * March 29
 * Richard Aaron, Welsh philosopher (b. 1901)
 * József Kovács, Hungarian runner (b. 1926)
 * Mario Montesanto, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1909)
 * Jakob Nacken, German circus performer (b. 1906)
 * Felix Prohaska, Austrian conductor (b. 1912)
 * Akaki Shanidze, Georgian linguist and philologist (b. 1887)
 * Richard Wilson, American author (b. 1920)
 * March 30
 * Pyotr Gusev, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
 * Lynn Townsend White Jr., American historian (b. 1907)
 * Ehsan Elahi Zaheer, Pakistani scholar (b. 1945)
 * March 31

April 1987

 * April 1
 * Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)
 * Vladimir Popov, Russian animator (b. 1930)
 * April 2
 * Evgenii Alexeev, Russian botanist (b. 1946)
 * Hans Cattini, Swiss ice hockey player (b. 1914)
 * Torrence Parsons, American mathematician (b. 1941)
 * Wang Renmei, Chinese actress and singer (b. 1914)
 * Buddy Rich, American drummer (b. 1917)
 * Harry Watt, Scottish film director (b. 1906)
 * Kansuke Yamamoto, Japanese photographer and poet (b. 1914)
 * April 3
 * Robert Dalban, French actor (b. 1903)
 * Anne Grey, English actress (b. 1907)
 * Robert Perry, English sailor (b. 1909)
 * Andrei Severny, Russian astronomer (b. 1913)
 * April 4
 * Jeanne Lampl-de Groot, Dutch psychiatrist (b. 1895)
 * C. L. Moore, American author (b. 1911)
 * Jana Obrovská, Czech composer (b. 1930)
 * Chögyam Trungpa, Tibetan buddhist (b. 1939)
 * Agyeya Vatsyayan, Indian author and poet (b. 1911)
 * April 5
 * Jack Howe, English footballer (b. 1915)
 * Leabua Jonathan, Lesotho politician, Prime Minister of Lesotho (b. 1914)
 * Jan Lindblad, Swedish naturalist and author (b. 1932)
 * Tsuneko Nakazato, Japanese author (b. 1909)
 * Bruno Vogel, German author (b. 1898)
 * April 6
 * Vicente Cañas, Spanish missionary (b. 1939)
 * Bob Van Osdel, American high jumper (b. 1910)
 * Zakhar Slyusarenko, Russian general lieutenant (b. 1907)
 * Henry Lucien de Vries, Surinamese politician (b. 1909)
 * April 7
 * Terry Carr, American author (b. 1937)
 * John Lehmann, English poet (b. 1907)
 * John P. Livadary, Turkish-American sound engineer (b. 1896)
 * Dénes Pataky, Hungarian figure skater (b. 1916)
 * Vladimir Shilykovsky, Russian speed skater (b. 1933)
 * Adolf Šlár, Czech table tennis player (b. 1919)
 * Maxine Sullivan, American singer (b. 1911)
 * April 8
 * Andrei Getman, Russian general (b. 1903)
 * Ervin Nyiregyházi, Hungarian-American pianist (b. 1903)
 * April 9 – James Bush, American actor (b. 1907)
 * April 10
 * Birgit Dressel, German heptathlete (b. 1960)
 * Berta Drews, German actress (b. 1901)
 * April 11
 * Erskine Caldwell, American author (b. 1903)
 * Rudolf Krause, German racing driver (b. 1907)
 * Primo Levi, Italian chemist (b. 1919)
 * Kent Taylor, American actor (b. 1907)
 * Hédi Váradi, Hungarian actress (b. 1929)
 * April 12
 * Mike Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
 * Jean Hansen, Danish cyclist (b. 1932)
 * René Hardy, French resistance fighter (b. 1911)
 * Michel Sima, Polish artist (b. 1912)
 * Hertha von Walther, German actress (b. 1903)
 * April 13
 * Herbert Blumer, American sociologist (b. 1900)
 * Tadeusz Brzozowski, Polish painter (b. 1918)
 * Simha Flapan, Israeli historian and politician (b. 1911)
 * Guido Sala, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1928)
 * April 14
 * Olaf Devik, Norwegian physicist and civil servant (b. 1886)
 * Karl Höller, German composer (b. 1907)
 * Alexey Leontiev, Russian scientist (b. 1917)
 * April 15
 * Hans-Joachim Born, German radiochemist (b. 1909)
 * Bahatdin Mirzayev, Azerbaijani army captain (b. 1914)
 * Masatoshi Nakayama, Japanese karateka (b. 1913)
 * April 16 – Juan Evangelista Venegas, Puerto Rican boxer (b. 1928)
 * April 17
 * Carlton Barrett, Jamaican musician (b. 1950)
 * Ryosuke Kagawa, Japanese actor (b. 1896)
 * Dick Shawn, American actor (b. 1923)
 * Cornelius Van Til, Dutch-American philosopher and theologian (b. 1895)
 * April 18
 * Kenneth Cook, Australian journalist and author (b. 1929)
 * Hugh B. Cott, English zoologist (b. 1900)
 * April 19
 * Milt Kahl, American animator (b. 1909)
 * Paul Maye, French cyclist (b. 1913)
 * Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat (b. 1901)
 * Antony Tudor, English choreographer (b. 1908)
 * April 20
 * Antonino Catalano, Italian cyclist (b. 1932)
 * Arturo Torres, Chilean footballer (b. 1906)
 * April 21
 * Joseph Alcazar, French footballer (b. 1910)
 * José Bañón, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
 * Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher (b. 1906)
 * Aleksey Burdeyny, Russian colonel general (b. 1908)
 * Edith Green, American politician (b. 1910)
 * Patrick Martin, American bobsledder (b. 1923)
 * April 22
 * Margaret Ponce Israel, Cuban-American painter and ceramicist (b. 1929)
 * Erika Nõva, Estonian architect (b. 1905)
 * April 23 – Pierre Benoit, French priest and theologian (b. 1906)
 * April 24
 * Alexis Chantraine, Belgian footballer (b. 1901)
 * Ingebrigt Johansson, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1904)
 * Pablo Acosta Villarreal, Mexican drug smuggler (b. 1937)
 * April 25
 * Blas Roca Calderio, Cuban politician (b. 1908)
 * Pētõr Damberg, Latvian linguist and poet (b. 1909)
 * April 26
 * April 27 – Attila Hörbiger, Austrian actor (b. 1896)
 * April 28
 * Ben Linder, American engineer (b. 1959)
 * Paul Martin, Swiss runner (b. 1901)
 * Rolf Monsen, American skier (b. 1899)
 * Emil Staiger, Swiss historian and author (b. 1908)
 * April 29
 * Gus Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1938)
 * Angelo Scalzone, Italian sport shooter (b. 1931)
 * Zachari Zachariev, Bulgarian colonel general (b. 1904)
 * April 30 – Marc Aaronson, American astronomer (b. 1950)

May 1987

 * May 1 – Paul Geidel, American murderer and record holder (b. 1894)
 * May 2 – Reidar Carlsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1908)
 * May 3
 * Dalida Gigliotti, Italian-French singer (b. 1933)
 * Roberto Santos, Brazilian film director (b. 1928)
 * May 4
 * Paul Butterfield, American musician (b. 1942)
 * Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930)
 * Paul Groesse, American art director (b. 1906)
 * Wilbur Little, American bassist (b. 1928)
 * May 5
 * May 6
 * William J. Casey, American CIA director (b. 1913)
 * Lucien Choury, French cyclist (b. 1898)
 * Stanislav Lusk, Czech rower (b. 1931)
 * Karel Plicka, Czech photographer and film director (b. 1894)
 * May 7
 * Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
 * Stewart McKinney, American politician (b. 1931)
 * May 8 – Carl Tchilinghiryan, German businessman (b. 1910)
 * May 9
 * Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian politician (b. 1909)
 * Jimmy Kruger, South African politician (b. 1917)
 * Brian Shenton, English sprinter (b. 1927)
 * May 10 – Sadamichi Hirasawa, Japanese painter (b. 1892)
 * May 11 – James Jesus Angleton, American spy (b. 1917)
 * May 12
 * Luigi Carpentieri, Italian film producer (b. 1920)
 * Victor Feldman, English musician (b. 1934)
 * Zsuzsa Makai, Romanian-Hungarian chess player (b. 1945)
 * Giancarlo Marinelli, Italian basketball player (b. 1915)
 * Delos Thurber, American high jumper (b. 1916)
 * May 13
 * Richard Ellmann, American critic and author (b. 1918)
 * Phil Moore, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1918)
 * Georgy Petrov, Russian engineer (b. 1912)
 * Ismael Rivera, Puerto Rican composer and singer (b. 1931)
 * Ron Saggers, Australian cricketer (b. 1917)
 * May 14
 * Herbert Friedmann, American ornithologist (b. 1900)
 * Rita Hayworth, American actress (b. 1918)
 * Jānis Lipke, Latvian dock worker and holocaust savior (b. 1900)
 * Elizabeth Zarubina, Russian spy (b. 1900)
 * Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian author (b. 1914)
 * May 15 – Wynne Gibson, American actress (b. 1898)
 * May 16
 * May 17
 * Józsa Lángos, Hungarian chess player (b. 1911)
 * Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist and sociologist (b. 1898)
 * May 18
 * Mahdi Amel, Lebanese philosopher (b. 1936)
 * Heðin Brú, Faroese author and translator (b. 1901)
 * Hossein Fardoust, Iranian general (b. 1917)
 * May 19
 * Valentín Paz Andrade, Spanish author and politician (b. 1898)
 * Stanisław Szukalski, Polish sculptor and painter (b. 1893)
 * James Tiptree Jr., American author (b. 1915)
 * May 20
 * Kenji Imai, Japanese architect (b. 1895)
 * Ma Sicong, Chinese violinist and composer (b. 1912)
 * May 21
 * Archie Carr, American herpetologist and ecologist (b. 1909)
 * Emmy Damerius-Koenen, German politician (b. 1903)
 * Vafa Fatullayeva, Azerbaijani actress (b. 1945)
 * Alejandro Rey, Argentine-American actor (b. 1930)
 * Marie Větrovská, Czech gymnast (b. 1912)
 * May 22
 * Thornton Freeland, American film director (b. 1898)
 * Mario Zafred, Italian composer and critic (b. 1922)
 * May 23
 * Karel Albert, Belgian composer (b. 1901)
 * Shamsi Badalbeyli, Azerbaijani theatre director and actor (b. 1911)
 * May 24
 * James J. Delaney, American politician (b. 1901)
 * Hermione Gingold, English actress (b. 1897)
 * Lajos Ligeti, Hungarian orientalist and philologist (b. 1902)
 * Eugen Relgis, Romanian author and philosopher (b. 1895)
 * May 25 – William Kelly Harrison Jr., American lieutenant general (b. 1895)
 * May 26
 * Arthur M. Sackler, American psychiatrist (b. 1913)
 * Robert Wilkins, American guitarist and singer (b. 1896)
 * Ajita Wilson, American actress (b. 1950)
 * Emiliana de Zubeldia, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1888)
 * May 27
 * Federico Allasio, Italian footballer (b. 1914)
 * Jack Heid, American cyclist (b. 1924)
 * Colin McCahon, New Zealand painter (b. 1919)
 * John Howard Northrop, American biochemist (b. 1891)
 * Richard Bruce Nugent, American author and painter (b. 1906)
 * Fatemeh Pahlavi, Iranian-English princess (b. 1928)
 * May 28
 * John Archer, English footballer (b. 1936)
 * Frits Ruimschotel, Dutch water polo player (b. 1922)
 * May 29
 * Jean Delay, French psychiatrist and neurologist (b. 1907)
 * Charan Singh, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1902)
 * May 30
 * Frank Carlson, American politician (b. 1893)
 * Eliot Hodgkin, English painter (b. 1905)
 * Miyuki Ishikawa, Japanese serial killer (b. 1897)
 * Honorino Landa, Chilean footballer (b. 1942)
 * Hilde Weissner, German actress (b. 1909)
 * May 31 – Dorothy Patrick, Canadian-American actress (b. 1921)

June 1987

 * June 1
 * Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Indian film director and screenwriter (b. 1914)
 * Emiliano Álvarez, Spanish cyclist (b. 1912)
 * Errol Barrow, Barbadian politician, Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1920)
 * Georg Friedel, German footballer (b. 1913)
 * Rashid Karami, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1921)
 * Domenico Piemontesi, Italian cyclist (b. 1903)
 * June 2
 * Georges Doriot, French-American businessman (b. 1899)
 * Sammy Kaye, American bandleader and songwriter (b. 1910)
 * Anthony de Mello, Indian-American priest and psychotherapist (b. 1931)
 * Henry Palmé, Swedish runner (b. 1907)
 * François Perroux, French economist (b. 1903)
 * Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)
 * June 3
 * Jackie Fields, American boxer (b. 1908)
 * Will Sampson, American actor (b. 1933)
 * Herbert Schultze, German nazi submarine commander (b. 1909)
 * June 4
 * Martti Lauronen, Finnish skier (b. 1913)
 * Gerhard Pedersen, Danish boxer (b. 1912)
 * Nathan Rapoport, Polish sculptor and painter (b. 1911)
 * June 5
 * Joe Bradley, American basketball player (b. 1928)
 * Gusztáv Szepesi, Hungarian footballer (b. 1939)
 * June 6
 * Alexander Altmann, Slovakian-English scholar and rabbi (b. 1906)
 * Burhan Atak, Turkish footballer (b. 1905)
 * Dmitri Klebanov, Ukrainian composer (b. 1907)
 * Mari Mori, Japanese author (b. 1903)
 * Richard Münch, German actor (b. 1916)
 * Eduard Petiška, Czech author (b. 1924)
 * Aneesur Rahman, Indian physicist (b. 1927)
 * June 7
 * Humberto Costantini, Argentine author and poet (b. 1924)
 * Shosei Go, Taiwanese-Japanese baseball player (b. 1916)
 * Samvel Grigoryan, Armenian poet and translator (b. 1907)
 * Hashimoto Mantaro, Japanese sinologist and linguist (b. 1932)
 * Sudha Roy, Indian trade unionist and politician (b. 1914)
 * Cahit Zarifoğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1940)
 * June 8
 * Gary Driscoll, American drummer (b. 1946)
 * Alexander Iolas, Greek-American art dealer (b. 1908)
 * Daniel Mandell, American film editor (b. 1895)
 * Jacques Fred Petrus, Guadeloupean-Italian businessman and record producer (b. 1948)
 * June 9
 * Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher (b. 1910)
 * Monique Haas, French pianist (b. 1909)
 * Gustaf Håkansson, Swedish cyclist (b. 1885)
 * Madge Kennedy, American actress (b. 1891)
 * Karl Rainer, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1901)
 * Grandon Rhodes, American actor (b. 1904)
 * Wilhelm Runge, German engineer and physicist (b. 1895)
 * June 10
 * Daud Beureu'eh, Indonesian politician (b. 1899)
 * Jeevan Dhar, Indian actor (b. 1915)
 * August Eskelinen, Finnish biathlete (b. 1898)
 * Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (b. 1943)
 * Nikolay Skorobogatov, Russian actor (b. 1923)
 * June 11
 * Ralph Guldahl, American golfer (b. 1911)
 * Aleksandr Lokshin, Russian composer (b. 1920)
 * Joseph Salas, American boxer (b. 1905)
 * Dan Vadis, American actor (b. 1938)
 * June 12
 * Tuvia Bielski, Belarusian partisan (b. 1906)
 * Luis Duggan, Argentine polo player (b. 1906)
 * Paul Janes, German footballer (b. 1912)
 * Vasily Smirnov, Russian footballer (b. 1908)
 * June 13
 * Vera Caspary, American author and screenwriter (b. 1899)
 * Johnny High, American basketball player (b. 1957)
 * Heinz Kloss, German linguist (b. 1904)
 * Pentti Kontula, Finnish boxer (b. 1930)
 * Cemil Meriç, Turkish author and translator (b. 1916)
 * Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924)
 * June 14
 * Stanisław Bareja, Polish film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
 * Burhanuddin Harahap, Indonesian politician, Prime Minister of Indonesia (b. 1917)
 * Ester Roeck-Hansen, Swedish actress (b. 1897)
 * June 15
 * Robert George Harrington, American astronomer (b. 1904)
 * Walter Heller, American economist (b. 1915)
 * June 16
 * June Knight, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
 * John Mikaelsson, Swedish racewalker (b. 1913)
 * Kōji Tsuruta, Japanese actor and singer (b. 1924)
 * June 17
 * Fabio Battesini, Italian cyclist (b. 1912)
 * Yasuo Haruyama, Japanese footballer (b. 1906)
 * June 18
 * Harold F. Cherniss, American historian (b. 1904)
 * Bruce Marshall, Scottish author (b. 1899)
 * June 19
 * Hermann-Heinrich Behrend, German general (b. 1898)
 * Ian Donald, English physician (b. 1910)
 * June 20
 * Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (b. 1896)
 * Leonid Kharitonov, Russian actor (b. 1930)
 * Hiro Saga, Japanese-Chinese princess and author (b. 1914)
 * June 21
 * Erik Bisgaard, Danish rower (b. 1890)
 * Mariano Cañardo, Spanish cyclist (b. 1906)
 * Madman Muntz, American businessman (b. 1914)
 * June 22
 * Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali, Moroccan scholar (b. 1893)
 * Nicholas Alkemade, English flight sergeant (b. 1922)
 * Fred Astaire, American actor and dancer (b. 1899)
 * August Bivec, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1909)
 * Yun Il-seon, South Korean politician and pathologist (b. 1896)
 * Joseph Meyer, American songwriter (b. 1894)
 * Raymond Ruyer, French philosopher (b. 1902)
 * June 23
 * Sauveur Ducazeaux, French cyclist (b. 1910)
 * Jan de Looper, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1914)
 * Mary Somerset, English royal and athlete (b. 1897)
 * June 24 – Jackie Gleason, American actor and comedian (b. 1916)
 * June 25
 * Boudleaux Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1920)
 * Tony Skyrme, English physicist (b. 1922)
 * June 26
 * Henk Badings, Dutch composer (b. 1907)
 * Arthur F. Burns, American economist and diplomat (b. 1904)
 * Glen Hall, South African cricketer (b. 1938)
 * Gábor Rejtő, Hungarian cellist (b. 1916)
 * Gerhard Wagner, German admiral (b. 1898)
 * June 27
 * Ratomir Dugonjić, Bosnian politician (b. 1916)
 * Althea Flynt, American magazine publisher (b. 1953)
 * Pat McGuigan, Irish singer (b. 1935)
 * František Šafránek, Czech footballer (b. 1931)
 * Božidar Senčar, Croatian footballer (b. 1927)
 * Billy Snedden, Australian politician (b. 1926)
 * Aslan Vazirov, Azerbaijani colonel (b. 1910)
 * June 28
 * Lev Milchin, Russian animator (b. 1920)
 * Clarisse Ratsifandrihamanana, Malagasy author (b. 1926)
 * June 29
 * Elizabeth Cotten, American musician (b. 1893)
 * Antonio Janni, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1904)
 * Ēriks Pētersons, Latvian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1909)
 * Shmuel Tamir, Israeli politician (b. 1923)
 * June 30
 * King Donovan, American actor (b. 1918)
 * Maurice Geraghty, American screenwriter (b. 1908)
 * Federico Mompou, Spanish composer and pianist (b. 1893)
 * Torborg Nedreaas, Norwegian author (b. 1906)
 * Thor Thorvaldsen, Norwegian sailor (b. 1909)

July 1987

 * July 1
 * Philip Lithman, English musician (b. 1949)
 * Jerry Livingston, American songwriter and pianist (b. 1909)
 * Jesús Narro, Spanish footballer (b. 1922)
 * Henrik Wiehe, Danish actor (b. 1927)
 * July 2
 * Michael Bennett, American theatre director and choreographer (b. 1943)
 * Václav Černý, Czech scholar and author (b. 1905)
 * Karl Linnas, Estonian war criminal (b. 1919)
 * July 3 – Viola Dana, American actress (b. 1897)
 * July 4
 * Abdul Halim, Indonesian politician, Prime Minister of Indonesia (b. 1911)
 * Bengt Strömgren, Danish astronomer (b. 1908)
 * July 5
 * Alan Gibson, Canadian-English film director (b. 1938)
 * Karel Steklý, Czech film director (b. 1903)
 * July 6 – László Pusztai, Hungarian footballer (b. 1946)
 * July 7
 * William Dodge, American bobsledder (b. 1925)
 * Tibor Frešo, Slovakian composer and conductor (b. 1918)
 * Josef Mach, Czech actor and screenwriter (b. 1909)
 * Henri Robert, French perfumer and chemist (b. 1899)
 * Hannelore Schroth, German actress (b. 1922)
 * July 8
 * Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b. 1896)
 * Franjo Wölfl, Croatian footballer (b. 1918)
 * July 9 – Ulas Samchuk, Ukrainian author and journalist (b. 1905)
 * July 10 – John Hammond, American record producer and activist (b. 1910)
 * July 11
 * Ville Mattila, Finnish skier (b. 1903)
 * Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (b. 1963)
 * Tom Waddell, American decathlete and physician (b. 1937)
 * July 12
 * Harold Goodwin, American actor (b. 1902)
 * Rudolf Lenz, Austrian actor (b. 1920)
 * Marguerite Renoir, French film editor (b. 1906)
 * July 13 – Isidre Puig Boada, Spanish architect (b. 1891)
 * July 14
 * William Stuart-Houston, English-American soldier (b. 1911)
 * Pak Yung-sun, North Korean table tennis player (b. 1956)
 * Viktor Zhdanov, Russian virologist and epidemiologist (b. 1914)
 * July 15 – Margarete Schlegel, German actress and opera singer (b. 1899)
 * July 16
 * Alfie Bass, English actor (b. 1916)
 * Pierre Lardinois, Dutch politician (b. 1924)
 * July 17
 * Jörg Fauser, German author and poet (b. 1944)
 * Yūjirō Ishihara, Japanese actor and singer (b. 1934)
 * Howard McGhee, American trumpeter (b. 1918)
 * Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
 * July 18 – Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist and anthropologist (b. 1900)
 * July 19 – Clementina de Jesus, Brazilian singer (b. 1901)
 * July 20
 * Norbert Casteret, French explorer (b. 1897)
 * Richard Egan, American actor (b. 1921)
 * Dmitry Lelyushenko, Russian general (b. 1901)
 * Alexander Wood, Scottish-American footballer (b. 1907)
 * July 21
 * Curt Bergsten, Swedish footballer (b. 1912)
 * Obid Sodyqov, Uzbekistani chemist and politician (b. 1913)
 * July 22
 * Adele Comandini, American screenwriter (b. 1898)
 * Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, Turkish politician (b. 1900)
 * Mary Cover Jones, American psychologist (b. 1897)
 * Jack Lescoulie, American television personality (b. 1912)
 * C. B. Macpherson, Canadian political scientist (b. 1911)
 * Henri-François Rey, French author and playwright (b. 1919)
 * A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (b. 1933)
 * July 23
 * Song Deok-gi, South Korean martial artist (b. 1893)
 * Art Jarrett, American singer and bandleader (b. 1907)
 * July 24 – Anna-Eva Bergman, Norwegian painter (b. 1909)
 * July 25
 * Malcolm Baldrige Jr., American businessman and politician (b. 1922)
 * Wan Chun Cheng, Chinese botanist (b. 1908)
 * Charles Stark Draper, American scientist and engineer (b. 1901)
 * Werner Hamel, German field hockey player (b. 1911)
 * July 26
 * Tawfiq al-Hakim, Egyptian author and playwright (b. 1898)
 * Frank Marshall Davis, American journalist and poet (b. 1905)
 * Joe Liggins, American pianist and singer (b. 1916)
 * George O'Day, American sailor (b. 1923)
 * Hugh Wheeler, English author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
 * July 27
 * Travis Jackson, American baseball player (b. 1903)
 * Jan Mikusiński, Polish mathematician (b. 1913)
 * July 28
 * Dmitri Bilenkin, Russian author (b. 1933)
 * James Burnham, American philosopher (b. 1905)
 * Feodor Fedorenko, Ukrainian war criminal (b. 1907)
 * George Gulack, American gymnast (b. 1905)
 * July 29 – Aleksey Sukletin, Russian serial killer (b. 1943)
 * July 30
 * Andrei Bărbulescu, Romanian footballer (b. 1909)
 * Lado Davidov, Russian sergeant (b. 1924)
 * Narciso Soldan, Italian footballer (b. 1927)
 * Michel Tapié, French critic and art curator (b. 1909)
 * July 31
 * Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b. 1905)
 * Aleksandar Petrović, Serbian footballer (b. 1914)

August 1987

 * August 1
 * Benson Fong, American actor (b. 1916)
 * Pola Negri, Polish-American actress and singer (b. 1897)
 * Evelyn Nelson, Canadian mathematician (b. 1943)
 * Alois Pfeiffer, German trade unionist (b. 1924)
 * August 2
 * Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1921)
 * Kanjeng Mangkunegara VIII, Indonesian politician (b. 1925)
 * Aileen Meagher, Canadian sprinter and painter (b. 1910)
 * Adolf Schön, German cyclist (b. 1906)
 * Myron Stout, American painter (b. 1908)
 * August 3
 * Ivan Mykolaichuk, Ukrainian actor (b. 1941)
 * Ivan Svanidze, Russian academic (b. 1927)
 * Elizabeth Visser, Dutch historian (b. 1908)
 * August 4
 * Elizabeth Ayer, American architect (b. 1897)
 * Dick Farney, Brazilian pianist and composer (b. 1921)
 * József Fekete, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1923)
 * Jesse M. Unruh, American politician (b. 1922)
 * August 5
 * Grete Albrecht, German neurologist (b. 1893)
 * Anatoli Papanov, Russian actor (b. 1922)
 * Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, Japanese author and critic (b. 1928)
 * August 6
 * Abbas Babaei, Iraqi brigadier general (b. 1950)
 * Sherwood Bailey, American actor and engineer (b. 1923)
 * Ira C. Eaker, American general (b. 1896)
 * Lena Küchler-Silberman, Polish resistance fighter (b. 1910)
 * Léon Noël, French diplomat and politician (b. 1888)
 * August 7
 * Mihailo Apostolski, Macedonian general and politician (b. 1906)
 * Jeanne Boitel, French actress (b. 1904)
 * Camille Chamoun, Lebanese politician, President of Lebanon (b. 1900)
 * Nobusuke Kishi, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1896)
 * Aleksey Smirnov, Russian fighter pilot (b. 1917)
 * August 8
 * Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
 * Julián Gorkin, Spanish politician and author (b. 1901)
 * August 9
 * Rudolf Broby-Johansen, Danish historian and activist (b. 1900)
 * August Miete, German nazi officer (b. 1908)
 * August 10
 * Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek poet and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1893)
 * Casey Donovan, American pornographic actor (b. 1943)
 * Edmund Germer, German inventor (b. 1901)
 * Uys Krige, South African author and poet (b. 1910)
 * Yvonne Nèvejean, Polish political scientist and holocaust savior (b. 1900)
 * Patrick O'Boyle, American cardinal (b. 1896)
 * Raquel Torres, Mexican-American actress (b. 1908)
 * Takehiko Yamashina, Japanese prince (b. 1898)
 * August 11
 * Živko Čingo, Macedonian author (b. 1935)
 * Walter Herrmann, German physicist (b. 1910)
 * Mikhail Ovsyannikov, Russian philosopher and academic (b. 1915)
 * Metaksia Simonyan, Armenian actress (b. 1926)
 * August 12
 * Alison Marjorie Ashby, Australian artist (b. 1901)
 * Sally Long, American dancer and actress (b. 1901)
 * August 13 – Nico Pepe, Italian actor (b. 1917)
 * August 14
 * Sydney Bromley, English actor (b. 1909)
 * Albert Mayaud, French water polo player (b. 1899)
 * Vincent Persichetti, American composer and pianist (b. 1915)
 * August 15
 * Shukur Burkhanov, Uzbekistani actor (b. 1910)
 * Kārlis Ozoliņš, Latvian politician (b. 1905)
 * Louis Scutenaire, Belgian poet and civil servant (b. 1905)
 * August 16
 * Sumiko Kurishima, Japanese actress and dancer (b. 1902)
 * Andrei Mironov, Russian actor (b. 1941)
 * Nick Vanos, American basketball player (b. 1963)
 * August 17
 * Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet and author (b. 1902)
 * Clarence Brown, American film director (b. 1890)
 * Rudolf Hess, German nazi politician (b. 1894)
 * Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor (b. 1928)
 * Heinz Schubert, German war criminal (b. 1914)
 * Tjilik Riwut, Indonesian journalist and politician (b. 1918)
 * August 18
 * Shichirō Fukazawa, Japanese author and guitarist (b. 1914)
 * Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwean author and poet (b. 1952)
 * August 19
 * Hayden Rorke, American actor (b. 1910)
 * Paul Schlack, German chemist (b. 1897)
 * Yidnekatchew Tessema, Ethiopian footballer (b. 1921)
 * August 20
 * Winifred Bryson, American actress (b. 1892)
 * Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian-Polish basketball player and coach (b. 1909)
 * José Bueno y Monreal, Spanish cardinal (b. 1904)
 * August 21
 * Steve Davis, American bassist (b. 1929)
 * Li Fang-Kuei, Chinese linguist (b. 1902)
 * Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Italian composer (b. 1909)
 * Bombolo Lechner, Italian actor (b. 1931)
 * August 22 – Arne Brustad, Norwegian footballer (b. 1912)
 * August 23
 * Siegfried Borris, German composer and musicologist (b. 1906)
 * Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., American politician (b. 1903)
 * Olga Imerslund, Norwegian pediatrician (b. 1907)
 * Didier Pironi, French racing driver (b. 1952)
 * Stéphanos I Sidarouss, Egyptian cardinal (b. 1904)
 * August 24
 * Helmer Pedersen, Danish-New Zealand sailor (b. 1930)
 * Bayard Rustin, American activist (b. 1912)
 * Robert Selfelt, Swedish equestrian and army major (b. 1903)
 * August 25
 * Héctor Abad Gómez, Colombian physician and journalist (b. 1921)
 * Roger Houdet, French engineer and politician (b. 1899)
 * August 26
 * Alexandru Borbely, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
 * Vern Gardner, American basketball player (b. 1925)
 * José Villalba, Argentine footballer (b. 1920)
 * Georg Wittig, German chemist (b. 1897)
 * August 27
 * Peter Mehringer, American wrestler (b. 1910)
 * Scott La Rock, American disc jockey and music producer (b. 1962)
 * Aleksanteri Toivola, Finnish wrestler (b. 1893)
 * August 28
 * John Huston, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
 * Hoàng Cơ Minh, Vietnamese commodore and politician (b. 1935)
 * August 29
 * Naji al-Ali, Palestinian cartoonist (b. 1938)
 * Henryk Bąk, Polish actor (b. 1923)
 * Hans Eidenbenz, Swiss skier (b. 1900)
 * Bernadene Hayes, American actress (b. 1912)
 * Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)
 * Josef Molzer, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1906)
 * Jean Schlumberger, French jewelry designer (b. 1907)
 * Phillip Hagar Smith, American engineer (b. 1905)
 * August 30
 * George Mikes, Hungarian-English journalist and author (b. 1912)
 * Jacoba Stelma, Dutch gymnast (b. 1907)
 * August 31
 * Karl-Ludvig Bugge, Norwegian actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
 * Szilárd Kun, Hungarian sport shooter (b. 1935)

September 1987

 * September 1
 * Gerhard Fieseler, German fighter pilot (b. 1896)
 * Arnaldo Momigliano, Italian historian (b. 1908)
 * Thomas Robert Soderstrom, American agrostologist (b. 1936)
 * September 2
 * Leon Blevins, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
 * Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, Argentine general and politician, President of Argentina (b. 1926)
 * Ramesh Naidu, Indian composer (b. 1933)
 * September 3
 * Morton Feldman, American composer (b. 1926)
 * Maxwell Fry, English architect and author (b. 1899)
 * Zinken Hopp, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1905)
 * Andriy Kotska, Ukrainian painter (b. 1911)
 * Aleksandr Nadiradze, Russian engineer (b. 1914)
 * Viktor Nekrasov, Russian author (b. 1911)
 * September 4
 * Bill Bowes, English cricketer (b. 1908)
 * Richard Marquand, Welsh film director (b. 1934)
 * September 5
 * Wolfgang Fortner, German composer and conductor (b. 1907)
 * Alexander Kibalnikov, Russian sculptor (b. 1912)
 * Quinn Martin, American television producer (b. 1922)
 * September 6 – Enrique de la Mata, Spanish politician (b. 1933)
 * September 7
 * Gordon Gollob, Austrian fighter pilot (b. 1912)
 * Claus Wiese, Norwegian-American actor and broadcaster (b. 1924)
 * September 8
 * Konrad Georg, German actor (b. 1914)
 * Roberto Tremelloni, Italian economist and politician (b. 1900)
 * September 9
 * Gunnar de Frumerie, Swedish composer and pianist (b. 1908)
 * Vratislav Mazák, Czech biologist (b. 1937)
 * Vera Schmiterlöw, Swedish actress (b. 1904)
 * Fritz Wagner, Swiss footballer (b. 1913)
 * September 10 – Benjamin Howard Baker, English athlete (b. 1892)
 * September 11
 * Lorne Greene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1915)
 * Park Il-kap, South Korean footballer (b. 1923)
 * Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician (b. 1944)
 * Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and author (b. 1907)
 * John Lloyd Waddy, Australian pilot and politician (b. 1916)
 * September 12
 * J. Lawton Collins, American general (b. 1896)
 * William Dickson, English pilot (b. 1898)
 * Douglas Morton Dunlop, English historian (b. 1909)
 * John Qualen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1899)
 * Väinö Sipilä, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
 * September 13 – Mervyn LeRoy, American film director and producer (b. 1900)
 * September 14
 * Octave Dayen, French cyclist (b. 1906)
 * Julien Kialunda, Congolese footballer (b. 1940)
 * Erik Lundberg, Swedish economist (b. 1907)
 * Henry Wrigley, Australian vice marshal (b. 1892)
 * September 15
 * Wilhelm Berlin, German general (b. 1889)
 * Leon Hirszman, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
 * September 16
 * Nils Björklöf, Finnish canoeist (b. 1921)
 * Christopher Soames, English politician (b. 1920)
 * September 17
 * Vladimir Basov, Russian actor and film director (b. 1923)
 * Musa Gareyev, Russian colonel (b. 1922)
 * Dieter Schidor, German actor (b. 1948)
 * September 18 – Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, President of Portugal (b. 1894)
 * September 19
 * Betty Burbridge, American screenwriter and actress (b. 1895)
 * Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
 * Nyamyn Jagvaral, Mongolian politician and economist (b. 1919)
 * Muhammad Mansuruddin, Bangladeshi author and critic (b. 1904)
 * Ken Uston, American blackjack player (b. 1935)
 * Mikhail Yudovich, Russian chess player and journalist (b. 1911)
 * September 20 – Péter Török, Hungarian footballer (b. 1951)
 * September 21
 * Aimo Aaltonen, Finnish politician (b. 1906)
 * Sven Andersson, Swedish politician (b. 1910)
 * Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (b. 1951)
 * Shirin Shukurov, Azerbaijani soldier (b. 1910)
 * September 22
 * Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1908)
 * Fritz Eiberle, German footballer (b. 1904)
 * H. R. Gross, American politician (b. 1899)
 * Norman Luboff, American composer (b. 1917)
 * Carman Maxwell, American animator (b. 1902)
 * Dan Rowan, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
 * September 23
 * Bob Fosse, American choreographer and film director (b. 1927)
 * Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, Dutch-American actor and opera singer (b. 1953)
 * Louis Kentner, Hungarian-English pianist (b. 1905)
 * September 24
 * Drew Bundini Brown, American boxing trainer (b. 1928)
 * Erhard Kroeger, German war criminal (b. 1905)
 * Sergio Pastore, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
 * September 25
 * Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906)
 * Victoria Kent, Spanish politician (b. 1891)
 * Abba Kovner, Polish-Israeli poet (b. 1918)
 * Gennady Mikhasevich, Belarusian serial killer (b. 1947)
 * Emlyn Williams, Welsh playwright and actor (b. 1905)
 * September 26
 * Jawad Ali, Iraqi historian (b. 1907)
 * Ethel Catherwood, American-Canadian athlete (b. 1908)
 * Co Prins, Dutch footballer (b. 1938)
 * Herbert Tichy, Austrian author and geologist (b. 1900)
 * September 27 – M. K. K. Nair, Indian bureaucrat (b. 1920)
 * September 28
 * Willard Harrison Bennett, American scientist and inventor (b. 1903)
 * Roman Brandstaetter, Polish author and poet (b. 1906)
 * Ray Madden, American politician (b. [1892)
 * September 29
 * Christopher Boardman, English sailor (b. 1903)
 * Henry Ford II, American businessman (b. 1917)
 * Vinodini Nilkanth, Indian author and translator (b. 1907)
 * Edmund Twórz, Polish footballer (b. 1914)
 * September 30
 * Alfred Bester, American author (b. 1913)
 * Vsevolod Blinkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * Geoffrey Bowers, American attorney (b. 1953)
 * Herbert Sobel, American lieutenant colonel (b. 1912)

October 1987

 * October 1
 * Ralph Baum, German-French film producer (b. 1908)
 * June Clyde, American actress (b. 1909)
 * István Palotás, Hungarian footballer (b. 1908)
 * October 2
 * Madeleine Carroll, English actress (b. 1906)
 * Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and author (b. 1915)
 * Russell Rouse, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1913)
 * Hryhoriy Vasiura, Ukrainian war criminal (b. 1915)
 * October 3
 * Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
 * Hans Gál, Austrian composer and musicologist (b. 1890)
 * Mahamat Idriss, Chadian high jumper (b. 1942)
 * Maria Ivogün, Hungarian-German opera singer (b. 1891)
 * Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (b. 1947)
 * October 4
 * October 5
 * Vladimir Akimov, Russian water polo player (b. 1953)
 * Glynn Isaac, South African archaeologist (b. 1937)
 * Richard Kubus, German footballer (b. 1914)
 * October 6
 * Grete Heckscher, Danish fencer (b. 1901)
 * Roald Jensen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1943)
 * Andrea Palma, Mexican actress (b. 1903)
 * Eugen Steimle, German nazi officer (b. 1909)
 * October 7
 * Ivan Belošević, Croatian footballer (b. 1909)
 * Charles J. Carney, American politician (b. 1913)
 * Greta Granstedt, American actress (b. 1907)
 * Tom Tutin, English botanist (b. 1908)
 * October 8
 * Spencer Gordon Bennet, American film producer and director (b. 1893)
 * Roger Lancelyn Green, English author (b. 1918)
 * Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek diplomat and politician, President of Greece (b. 1899)
 * October 9
 * Reginald Frederick Lawrence, South African arachnologist and myriapodologist (b. 1897)
 * Clare Boothe Luce, American politician and diplomat (b. 1903)
 * William P. Murphy, American physician (b. 1892)
 * Carlos Volante, Argentine footballer (b. 1905)
 * October 10
 * Behice Boran, Turkish politician and sociologist (b. 1910)
 * Jaroslav Bouček, Czech footballer (b. 1912)
 * Gretl Braun, German nazi figure (b. 1915)
 * October 11
 * Uwe Barschel, German politician (b. 1944)
 * Eske Brun, Danish-Greenlandic civil servant (b. 1904)
 * Jaime Pardo Leal, Colombian lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
 * Koldo Mitxelena, Spanish linguist (b. 1915)
 * Sándor Szalay, Hungarian physicist (b. 1909)
 * October 12
 * Fahri Korutürk, Turkish politician, President of Turkey (b. 1903)
 * Alf Landon, American politician (b. 1887)
 * Gustavo Baz Prada, Mexican politician (b. 1894)
 * Heinz Vollmar, German footballer (b. 1936)
 * October 13
 * Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist (b. 1902)
 * Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor (b. 1929)
 * Nilgün Marmara, Turkish poet (b. 1958)
 * October 14
 * Elżbieta Barszczewska, Polish actress (b. 1913)
 * Nikolay Belov, Russian wrestler (b. 1919)
 * Rodolfo Halffter, Spanish composer (b. 1900)
 * October 15
 * Thomas Andrew Donnellan, American archbishop (b. 1914)
 * August Erne, Swiss cyclist (b. 1905)
 * Nik Novecento, Italian actor (b. 1964)
 * Gabriele Salviati, Italian sprinter (b. 1910)
 * Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe politician, President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949)
 * Donald Wandrei, American author (b. 1908)
 * October 16
 * Joseph Höffner, German cardinal (b. 1906)
 * Nazir Hussain, Indian actor (b. 1922)
 * Aleksandr Sery, Russian film director (b. 1927)
 * October 17
 * Ruby Dandridge, American actress (b. 1900)
 * Roderich Menzel, Czech-German tennis player and author (b. 1907)
 * October 18
 * Pete Carpenter, American trombonist and film composer (b. 1914)
 * Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch film director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
 * Philip Levine, Belarusian-American pathologist (b. 1900)
 * Joseph Schauers, American rower (b. 1909)
 * October 19
 * Leon Còrdas, Spanish playwright (b. 1913)
 * Hermann Lang, German racing driver (b. 1909)
 * Igor Newerly, Polish author (b. 1903)
 * Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (b. 1945)
 * October 20
 * Jerzy Chromik, Polish runner (b. 1931)
 * Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903)
 * Mecha Ortiz, Argentine actress (b. 1900)
 * Lars-Erik Sjöberg, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1944)
 * Mária Sulyok, Hungarian actress (b. 1908)
 * October 21
 * Pál Gábor, Hungarian film director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
 * Salme Rootare, Estonian chess player (b. 1913)
 * Bob Simmons, English stuntman and actor (b. 1923)
 * He Yingqin, Chinese politician (b. 1890)
 * October 22
 * Anton von Habsburg-Lothringen, Austrian royal (b. 1901)
 * Lino Ventura, Italian actor (b. 1919)
 * October 23
 * A. L. Morton, English historian (b. 1903)
 * Jimmy Mullen, English footballer (b. 1923)
 * Della H. Raney, American nurse (b. 1912)
 * Leonid Sandalov, Russian colonel general (b. 1900)
 * Alejandro Scopelli, Argentine-Italian footballer (b. 1908)
 * October 24
 * Antonio Añoveros Ataún, Spanish priest (b. 1909)
 * Manoug Parikian, English violinist (b. 1920)
 * October 25
 * Cecil Brown, American journalist (b. 1907)
 * Louis Guttman, American sociologist (b. 1916)
 * Willis Jackson, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
 * Pascal Jules, French cyclist (b. 1961)
 * Gerald Pearson, American physicist (b. 1905)
 * J. A. Ratcliffe, English physicist (b. 1902)
 * October 26
 * Aldo Boffi, Italian footballer (b. 1915)
 * Hugh Aloysius Donohoe, American bishop (b. 1905)
 * Robert Allen Dyer, South African botanist (b. 1900)
 * Bjørge Lillelien, Norwegian journalist and sports commentator (b. 1927)
 * Adam Wolanin, Polish-American footballer (b. 1919)
 * October 27
 * Jean Hélion, French painter (b. 1904)
 * Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer (b. 1911)
 * Mario Siciliano, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
 * October 28
 * Djadoeg Djajakusuma, Indonesian film director (b. 1918)
 * André Masson, French painter (b. 1896)
 * October 29
 * Albert P. Crary, American geophysicist (b. 1911)
 * Woody Herman, American musician (b. 1913)
 * October 30 – Joseph Campbell, American author (b. 1904)
 * October 31
 * Raj Chandra Bose, Indian-American mathematician and statistician (b. 1901)
 * Josef Erber, Austrian war criminal (b. 1897)

November 1987

 * November 1
 * Leo Goldberg, American astronomer (b. 1913)
 * Yoo Jae-ha, South Korean singer (b. 1962)
 * René Lévesque, Canadian politician (b. 1922)
 * Pierre Matignon, French cyclist (b. 1943)
 * Tom Parker, English footballer and manager (b. 1897)
 * November 2 – Anka Krizmanić, Croatian painter (b. 1896)
 * November 3
 * Giorgi Antadze, Georgian footballer (b. 1920)
 * André Roussin, French playwright (b. 1911)
 * Liang Shih-chiu, Chinese author and translator (b. 1903)
 * November 4
 * Óscar Bonfiglio, Mexican footballer (b. 1905)
 * Danielle Gaubert, French actress (b. 1943)
 * Tor Halvorsen, Norwegian trade unionist and politician (b. 1930)
 * Raphael Soyer, Russian-American painter (b. 1899)
 * Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Senegalese film director and historian (b. 1925)
 * November 5
 * Edvard Baghdasaryan, Armenian composer (b. 1922)
 * Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Argentine astronomer (b. 1910)
 * Georges Franju, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
 * Daasarathi Krishnamacharya, Indian poet and author (b. 1925)
 * Elimelekh Rimalt, Israeli activist and politician (b. 1907)
 * Arthur Schmidt, German general (b. 1895)
 * November 6
 * Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
 * Ross Barnett, American politician (b. 1898)
 * George Laurence, Canadian physicist (b. 1905)
 * Jean Rivier, French composer (b. 1896)
 * November 7
 * Arne Borg, Swedish swimmer (b. 1901)
 * Abdurrahim Buza, Albanian painter (b. 1905)
 * Arthur Willis, English footballer (b. 1920)
 * November 8
 * Boris Goldstein, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1922)
 * Yevgeniya Khanayeva, Russian actress (b. 1921)
 * November 9 – Akhtar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani field hockey player (b. 1926)
 * November 10
 * Seyni Kountché, Nigerien politician, President of Niger (b. 1931)
 * Mikhail Tsaryov, Russian actor (b. 1903)
 * November 11
 * John King, American actor (b. 1909)
 * Liane Zimbler, Austrian-American architect (b. 1892)
 * November 12
 * Veselinka Malinska, Macedonian politician (b. 1917)
 * Lasgush Poradeci, Albanian philologist and poet (b. 1899)
 * Menachem Ratzon, Israeli politician (b. 1919)
 * Ferenc Várkõi, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1916)
 * Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer and poet (b. 1937)
 * November 13
 * Eduardo Arbide, Argentine-Spanish footballer (b. 1900)
 * Julius Gábriš, Slovakian bishop (b. 1913)
 * A. L. Abdul Majeed, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1933)
 * Paul Neergaard, Danish agronomist and mycologist (b. 1907)
 * Joseph Phillips, Indian field hockey player (b. 1911)
 * William Rogers, American rugby player (b. 1902)
 * Galliano Rossini, Italian sport shooter (b. 1927)
 * Harold Vick, American saxophonist and flautist (b. 1936)
 * November 14
 * Friedrich Bopp, German theoretical physicist (b. 1909)
 * Ann Christy, American actress (b. 1905)
 * Petras Griškevičius, Lithuanian politician (b. 1924)
 * Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal (b. 1899)
 * November 15
 * Ernő Goldfinger, Hungarian-English architect (b. 1902)
 * Kyösti Lehtonen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1931)
 * Shyamal Mitra, Indian singer (b. 1929)
 * November 16 – Zubir Said, Singaporean composer (b. 1907)
 * November 17
 * Gladys Carson, English swimmer (b. 1903)
 * Yisrael Kargman, Israeli politician (b. 1906)
 * Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Japanese actor (b. 1936)
 * November 18 – Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (b. 1934)
 * November 19
 * Brand Blanshard, American philosopher (b. 1892)
 * Lee Byung-chul, South Korean businessman (b. 1910)
 * Clara Petrella, Italian opera singer (b. 1914)
 * November 20
 * Giuseppe Gabrielli, Italian engineer (b. 1903)
 * Anthony Waters, Australian field hockey player (b. 1928)
 * November 21
 * Howard E. Bigelow, American mycologist (b. 1923)
 * Alex Diggelmann, Swiss graphic designer (b. 1902)
 * Jim Folsom, American politician (b. 1908)
 * Ivan Jandl, Czech actor (b. 1937)
 * Axel Ståhle, Swedish equestrian and army captain (b. 1891)
 * November 22
 * W. Haydon Burns, American politician (b. 1912)
 * Plácido Domingo Ferrer, Spanish opera singer (b. 1907)
 * Raymond D. Mindlin, American engineer (b. 1906)
 * November 23
 * Joseph Beer, Polish-French composer (b. 1908)
 * Marcia Henderson, American actress (b. 1929)
 * Solomana Kante, Guinean author (b. 1922)
 * Antonio Sastre, Argentine footballer (b. 1911)
 * November 24
 * Stan Hanson, English footballer (b. 1915)
 * Ove Joensen, Faroese sailor (b. 1948)
 * John Norton, American water polo player (b. 1899)
 * Anton Pieck, Dutch painter (b. 1895)
 * Abd al-Rahman Sharqawi, Egyptian author (b. 1921)
 * November 25
 * Ramaswamy Parameshwaran, Indian army major (b. 1946)
 * Harold Washington, American politician (b. 1922)
 * November 26
 * J. P. Guilford, American psychologist (b. 1897)
 * Peter Hujar, American photographer (b. 1934)
 * Morton Lowry, English actor (b. 1914)
 * Duncan Sandys, English politician (b. 1908)
 * Friedrich Wurmböck, Austrian handball player (b. 1903)
 * November 27 – John Muafangejo, Namibian artist (b. 1943)
 * November 28
 * Paul Arma, Hungarian-French pianist (b. 1905)
 * Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American biochemist (b. 1913)
 * Wolfgang Liebeneiner, German actor and film director (b. 1905)
 * Elisabeth Mulder, Spanish author and poet (b. 1904)
 * November 29
 * Irene Handl, English actress and author (b. 1901)
 * Gwendolyn MacEwen, Canadian poet and author (b. 1941)
 * John Howard Pyle, American politician (b. 1906)
 * November 30
 * Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch author and journalist (b. 1913)
 * Jimmy George, Indian volleyball player (b. 1955)
 * Josef Vrana, Czech bishop (b. 1905)

December 1987

 * December 1
 * James Baldwin, American author (b. 1924)
 * Donn F. Eisele, American astronaut (b. 1930)
 * December 2
 * Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (b. 1930)
 * Robert Filliou, French artist (b. 1926)
 * Felix Haurowitz, Czech-American physician and biochemist (b. 1896)
 * Luis Federico Leloir, Argentine physician and biochemist (b. 1906)
 * Myrta Silva, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1927)
 * Ernst Steinhoff, German rocket scientist (b. 1908)
 * Yakov Zeldovich, Belarusian physicist (b. 1914)
 * December 3
 * Christine Busta, Austrian poet (b. 1915)
 * Robert Haskell, American politician (b. 1903)
 * Yevgeny Tolstikov, Russian explorer (b. 1913)
 * December 4
 * Pericle Fazzini, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1913)
 * Meinrad von Lauchert, German general (b. 1905)
 * Arnold Lobel, American author (b. 1933)
 * Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American film director (b. 1897)
 * Constantin Noica, Romanian philosopher and author (b. 1909)
 * Kurt Wöss, Austrian conductor and musicologist (b. 1914)
 * December 5
 * Leonid Dimov, Romanian poet and translator (b. 1926)
 * Conny Plank, German record producer and musician (b. 1940)
 * Nikolai Skripko, Ukrainian air marshal (b. 1902)
 * December 6
 * Sahak Karapetyan, Armenian physiologist and politician (b. 1906)
 * Peter Lorenz, German politician (b. 1922)
 * Ilmari Pakarinen, Finnish gymnast (b. 1910)
 * David J. Schwartz, American author (b. 1927)
 * Ba Swe, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1915)
 * December 7
 * Jane Mouton, American theorist (b. 1930)
 * Helen Porter, English botanist (b. 1899)
 * December 8
 * Fay Baker, American actress (b. 1917)
 * Marcos Calderón, Peruvian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
 * José Casanova, Peruvian footballer (b. 1964)
 * Luis Antonio Escobar, Peruvian footballer (b. 1969)
 * José González Ganoza, Peruvian footballer (b. 1954)
 * Annelies Kupper, German opera singer (b. 1906)
 * Sigrid Helliesen Lund, Norwegian activist (b. 1892)
 * Philippe Tesnière, French cyclist (b. 1955)
 * Johnny Watson, Peruvian footballer (b. 1963)
 * December 9
 * Ernest Augustus, German prince (b. 1914)
 * János Bédl, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
 * Anton Bulla, Slovakian footballer (b. 1901)
 * François Gall, Hungarian-French painter (b. 1912)
 * December 10
 * Giovanni Arpino, Italian author and journalist (b. 1927)
 * Jascha Heifetz, Russian-American violinist (b. 1901)
 * Carlota Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer (b. 1904)
 * Liisa Nevalainen, Finnish actress (b. 1916)
 * Denis Sanders, American film director (b. 1929)
 * Slam Stewart, American double bassist (b. 1914)
 * December 11
 * George Harold Brown, American engineer (b. 1908)
 * Emil Mazuw, German nazi politician (b. 1900)
 * William Thornton Mustard, Canadian physician (b. 1914)
 * Adile Naşit, Turkish actress (b. 1930)
 * December 12
 * Bodil Begtrup, Danish activist and diplomat (b. 1903)
 * Clifton Chenier, American musician (b. 1925)
 * Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (b. 1926)
 * December 13
 * Julien Darui, French footballer (b. 1916)
 * Claude T. Smith, American conductor and composer (b. 1932)
 * December 14
 * Copi Botana, Argentine-French author and cartoonist (b. 1939)
 * Siegfried Haß, German general (b. 1898)
 * Georg Knöpfle, German footballer and manager (b. 1904)
 * Clinton Sundberg, American actor (b. 1903)
 * John Winterton, English major general (b. 1898)
 * December 15
 * Seitnebi Abduramanov, Russian sergeant (b. 1914)
 * François Borde, French rugby player (b. 1899)
 * Ivo Lapenna, Croatian academic (b. 1909)
 * Bohumil Říha, Czech author (b. 1907)
 * December 16
 * Alfons Bērziņš, Latvian speed skater (b. 1916)
 * Shigeru Tamura, Japanese photographer (b. 1909)
 * December 17
 * Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal (b. 1900)
 * Irving Allen, American film producer and director (b. 1905)
 * Arkady Raikin, Latvian-Russian comedian and actor (b. 1911)
 * Linda Wong, American pornographic actress (b. 1951)
 * Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author (b. 1903)
 * December 18
 * Harold Charles Bold, American botanist (b. 1909)
 * Warne Marsh, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
 * December 19
 * Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson, Icelandic politician (b. 1909)
 * Valsø Holm, Danish actor (b. 1906)
 * August Mälk, Estonian author and politician (b. 1900)
 * December 20
 * December 21
 * Ralph Nelson, American film director (b. 1916)
 * Robert Paige, American actor (b. 1911)
 * December 22
 * Henry Cotton, English golfer (b. 1907)
 * Gustav Fröhlich, German actor and film director (b. 1902)
 * Mimí Langer, Austrian-Mexican psychanalyst and activist (b. 1910)
 * Dorothy M. Needham, English biochemist (b. 1896)
 * Luca Prodan, Italian-Argentine musician (b. 1953)
 * Alice Terry, American actress (b. 1899)
 * December 23
 * December 24
 * Thérèse Bertrand-Fontaine, French physician (b. 1895)
 * Eugen Kogon, German historian (b. 1903)
 * M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor and politician (b. 1917)
 * Terence Tiller, English poet (b. 1916)
 * Joop den Uyl, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919)
 * Kulwant Singh Virk, Indian author (b. 1921)
 * December 25
 * Alexander Gregory Barmine, Russian-American diplomat (b. 1899)
 * Agustín Cuzzani, Argentine playwright (b. 1924)
 * Dalia Grinkevičiūtė, Lithuanian physician and author (b. 1927)
 * Harry Holm, Danish gymnast (b. 1902)
 * December 26
 * Neil Colville, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
 * Fritz Schachermeyr, Austrian historian (b. 1895)
 * December 27
 * Rewi Alley, New Zealand-Chinese author and activist (b. 1897)
 * Priscilla Dean, American actress (b. 1896)
 * Shanti Devi, Indian reincarnation claimant (b. 1926)
 * Josef Grohé, German nazi officer (b. 1902)
 * Stepan Popel, Ukrainian chess player (b. 1909)
 * Wilbur Schramm, American scholar (b. 1907)
 * December 28
 * Edward Kleban, American composer and songwriter (b. 1939)
 * Charles Malik, Lebanese academic and diplomat (b. 1906)
 * December 29
 * Brigitte Heinrich, German journalist and politician (b. 1941)
 * Jun Ishikawa, Japanese author and translator (b. 1899)
 * Knud Jacobsen, Danish cyclist (b. 1914)
 * Jan Rybkowski, Polish film director (b. 1912)
 * Yanina Zhejmo, Polish actress (b. 1909)
 * December 30 – Max Walter, German weightlifter (b. 1905)
 * December 31
 * Alessandro D'Ottavio, Italian fencer (b. 1927)
 * Donald Fleming, Canadian politician (b. 1905)
 * Randall Garrett, American author (b. 1927)

January 1988

 * January 1
 * Albert Decaris, French artist (b. 1901)
 * Marcel Hillaire, German-American actor (b. 1908)
 * Clementine Hunter, American painter (b. 1887)
 * Rolf Presthus, Norwegian politician (b. 1936)
 * Hiroaki Sato, Japanese footballer (b. 1932)
 * Anna Sipos, Hungarian table tennis player (b. 1908)
 * January 2
 * E. B. Ford, English geneticist (b. 1901)
 * Manuel Octavio Gómez, Cuban film director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
 * Fritz Heider, Austrian psychologist (b. 1896)
 * Yukio Kasahara, Japanese general (b. 1889)
 * Lia Zoppelli, Italian actress (b. 1920)
 * January 3
 * Rose Ausländer, German poet (b. 1901)
 * William Cagney, American film producer and actor (b. 1905)
 * Joie Chitwood, American racing driver (b. 1912)
 * John Dopyera, Slovakian-American inventor (b. 1893)
 * Gaston Eyskens, Belgian politician, Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1905)
 * Nando González, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
 * January 4
 * Franco Bottari, Italian production designer and screenwriter (b. 1925)
 * Lily Laskine, French harpist (b. 1893)
 * Carl Shipp Marvel, American chemist (b. 1894)
 * Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher and philologist (b. 1900)
 * Jane Seitz, German film editor (b. 1942)
 * January 5
 * Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
 * Giorgio Porreca, Italian chess player (b. 1927)
 * January 6
 * L. P. Davies, English author (b. 1914)
 * Bern Dibner, American engineer and historian (b. 1897)
 * Rem Soloukhin, Russian scientist (b. 1930)
 * Arturo De Vecchi, Italian fencer (b. 1898)
 * January 7
 * Michel Auclair, French actor (b. 1922)
 * Carlo Hintermann, Italian actor (b. 1923)
 * Trevor Howard, English actor (b. 1913)
 * Venko Markovski, Bulgarian-Macedonian poet and author (b. 1915)
 * Marilyn Schreffler, American voice actress (b. 1945)
 * January 8
 * Vyacheslav Aleksandrov, Russian junior sergeant (b. 1968)
 * Ray Bauduc, American drummer (b. 1906)
 * Jared French, American painter (b. 1905)
 * Einar Gjerstad, Swedish archaeologist (b. 1897)
 * Andrey Melnikov, Russian soldier (b. 1968)
 * Boyd Morgan, American actor and stuntman (b. 1915)
 * Frank Pace, American army major (b. 1912)
 * January 9
 * Wolfgang Jansen, German actor (b. 1938)
 * Juraj Krnjević, Croatian politician (b. 1895)
 * Thierry Maulnier, French journalist and author (b. 1909)
 * Walter Monson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1908)
 * Gombloh Soemarsono, Indonesian singer (b. 1948)
 * Jukichi Uno, Japanese actor (b. 1914)
 * January 10
 * Hilde Bussmann, German table tennis player (b. 1914)
 * Hugh A. Robertson, American film director and editor (b. 1932)
 * January 11
 * Tony Aless, American pianist (b. 1921)
 * Pappy Boyington, American fighter pilot (b. 1912)
 * Robert F. Kennon, American politician and judge (b. 1902)
 * Endre Palócz, Hungarian fencer (b. 1911)
 * Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist (b. 1898)
 * John J. Williams, American politician (b. [1904]])
 * January 12
 * Joe Albany, American pianist (b. 1924)
 * Hiram Bingham IV, American diplomat (b. 1903)
 * Suniti Choudhury, Indian activist and assassin (b. 1917)
 * Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
 * Bruno Prevedi, Italian opera singer (b. 1928)
 * Piero Taruffi, Italian racing driver (b. 1906)
 * January 13
 * Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
 * Alfred Jensen, Danish politician (b. 1903)
 * January 14
 * Pietro Chiappini, Italian cyclist (b. 1915)
 * Vladimir Lavrinenkov, Russian fighter pilot (b. 1919)
 * Georgy Malenkov, Russian politician (b. 1901)
 * January 15
 * Donald Healey, English automobile designer and rally driver (b. 1898)
 * Carl Klose, American rower (b. 1891)
 * Seán MacBride, Irish politician (b. 1904)
 * Carlos Rangel, Venezuelan author and journalist (b. 1929)
 * January 16
 * Andrija Artuković, Croatian politician (b. 1899)
 * Ballard Berkeley, English actor (b. 1904)
 * Otto Degener, American botanist (b. 1899)
 * Lakshmi Kant Jha, Indian banker (b. 1913)
 * Adelfo Magallanes, Peruvian footballer (b. 1910)
 * January 17
 * Leela Mishra, Indian actress (b. 1908)
 * Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (b. 1938)
 * January 18
 * Angelo de Mojana di Cologna, Italian nobleman (b. 1905)
 * József Hátszeghy, Hungarian fencer (b. 1904)
 * Jean Mitry, French film theorist and critic (b. 1904)
 * Renato Traiola, Italian water polo player (b. 1924)
 * January 19
 * Bridget Boland, English screenwriter and playwright (b. 1913)
 * Cesare Brandi, Italian historian and critic (b. 1906)
 * Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor and pianist (b. 1903)
 * January 20
 * Paul Esser, German actor (b. 1913)
 * Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist (b. 1890)
 * Philippe de Rothschild, French businessman (b. 1902)
 * Dora Stratou, Greek actress and choreographer (b. 1903)
 * January 21
 * Ramón Rey Ardid, Spanish chess player (b. 1903)
 * Abraham Sofaer, Burmese-English actor (b. 1896)
 * Zev Vilnay, Israeli geographer and author (b. 1900)
 * January 22
 * Parker Fennelly, American actor (b. 1891)
 * Nadia Russo, Romanian pilot (b. 1901)
 * January 23 – Charles Glen King, American biochemist (b. 1896)
 * January 24
 * Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905)
 * Christian Jacobæus, Swedish engineer (b. 1911)
 * Trygve Nagell, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1895)
 * Hiroshi Yoneyama, Japanese swimmer (b. 1908)
 * January 25
 * Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian historian and critic (b. 1903)
 * Boris Kulagin, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
 * Colleen Moore, American actress (b. 1899)
 * January 26
 * Hugh J. Schonfield, English scholar (b. 1901)
 * Raymond Williams, Welsh author and academic (b. 1921)
 * Freddie Wolff, English sprinter (b. 1910)
 * January 27
 * Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian historian and author (b. 1938)
 * Kemal Faruki, Turkish footballer (b. 1910)
 * Edward Pawley, American actor (b. 1901)
 * January 28
 * Frederick Sumner Brackett, American physicist (b. 1896)
 * Klaus Fuchs, German theoretical physicist (b. 1911)
 * January 29
 * James Rhyne Killian, American academic (b. 1904)
 * Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1941)
 * January 30
 * Homer Brightman, American screenwriter (b. 1901)
 * Eddie Cano, American pianist and composer (b. 1927)
 * Kees Pellenaars, Dutch cyclist (b. 1913)
 * January 31 – Al Laney, American journalist (b. 1896)

February 1988

 * February 1
 * Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (b. 1929)
 * Jean Paul Guhel, French ice dancer (b. 1930)
 * Thomas Francis Johnson, American politician (b. 1909)
 * Heather O'Rourke, American actress (b. 1975)
 * February 2
 * Solomon Cutner, English pianist (b. 1902)
 * Rossana Martini, Italian actress and model (b. 1926)
 * Normie Smith, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1908)
 * G. Mennen Williams, American politician (b. 1911)
 * February 3
 * Robert Duncan, American poet (b. 1919)
 * Radamés Gnattali, Brazilian composer (b. 1906)
 * Hanna Rudzka-Cybisowa, Polish artist (b. 1897)
 * February 4
 * Franz Mandl, Austrian footballer (b. 1916)
 * Krzysztof Sitkowski, Polish basketball player (b. 1935)
 * February 5
 * Ove Arup, English engineer (b. 1895)
 * Dorothy Lewis Bernstein, American mathematician (b. 1914)
 * Clement Hurd, American artist (b. 1908)
 * Emeric Pressburger, Hungarian-English screenwriter and film director (b. 1902)
 * February 6
 * Alexander Mikhailov, Russian engineer and scientist (b. 1905)
 * Barclay Plager, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1941)
 * Carmen Polo, Spanish political figure (b. 1900)
 * Zvonimir Rogoz, Croatian actor (b. 1887)
 * February 7 – Lin Carter, American author (b. 1930)
 * February 8
 * Pietro Arcari, Italian footballer (b. 1909)
 * Allan Cuthbertson, Australian-English actor (b. 1920)
 * Ralph Flanagan, American swimmer (b. 1918)
 * Hans Krueger, German war criminal (b. 1909)
 * Alfréd Wetzler, Slovakian author (b. 1918)
 * February 9
 * Kurt Herbert Adler, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1905)
 * Henry Burrell, Australian admiral (b. 1904)
 * Israel Nathan Herstein, Polish-American mathematician (b. 1923)
 * February 10
 * Chaya Mushka Schneerson, Russian-American rebbetzin (b. 1901)
 * Aram Ter-Ghevondyan, Armenian historian and scholar (b. 1928)
 * February 11 – Marion Crawford, Scottish educator and author (b. 1909)
 * February 12 – Bukhuti Zakariadze, Georgian actor (b. 1913)
 * February 13 – Léon Goossens, English oboist (b. 1897)
 * February 14
 * Nora Astorga, Nicaraguan politician and diplomat (b. 1948)
 * Jan de Kreek, Dutch footballer (b. 1903)
 * Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer (b. 1901)
 * Cal Niday, American racing driver (b. 1914)
 * Auguste Verdyck, Belgian cyclist (b. 1902)
 * Joseph Wresinski, French priest and activist (b. 1917)
 * Slavko Zagorac, Bosnian footballer and manager (b. 1909)
 * February 15
 * Al Cohn, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1925)
 * Richard Feynman, American physicist (b. 1918)
 * Jay Leyda, American film director and historian (b. 1910)
 * Gardiner Means, American economist (b. 1896)
 * February 16
 * Charles Delaunay, French author (b. 1911)
 * Hélène Gordon-Lazareff, Russian-French journalist (b. 1909)
 * Vijaya Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan actor and singer (b. 1945)
 * Oskar Skogly, Norwegian politician (b. 1908)
 * Ye Shengtao, Chinese author and journalist (b. 1894)
 * Mario Polar Ugarteche, Peruvian politician and author (b. 1912)
 * February 17
 * John M. Allegro, English archaeologist (b. 1923)
 * Alexander Bashlachev, Russian singer (b. 1960)
 * Yuri Ovchinnikov, Russian biochemist (b. 1934)
 * Alain Savary, French politician (b. 1918)
 * Karpoori Thakur, Indian politician (b. 1924)
 * February 18 – Abderrahman Ibrir, Algerian footballer and manager (b. 1919)
 * February 19
 * Isabel Bishop, American painter (b. 1902)
 * René Char, French poet and resistance fighter (b. 1907)
 * André Frédéric Cournand, French-American physician and physiologist (b. 1895)
 * Eric Stryker, American pornographic actor (b. 1954)
 * February 20
 * February 21
 * Signe Brunnström, Swedish-American physiotherapist (b. 1898)
 * Cornelis van Eesteren, Dutch architect (b. 1897)
 * Aleksandar Tomašević, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1908)
 * Martin Winter, German rower (b. 1955)
 * February 22
 * Edward Vaughan Bevan, English rower and physician (b. 1907)
 * Afro Poli, Italian opera singer (b. 1902)
 * February 23
 * Henri Collard, Belgian cyclist (b. 1912)
 * Joseph Karakis, Ukrainian architect and painter (b. 1902)
 * February 24
 * Loretta McNeil, American sprinter (b. 1907)
 * Stanisław Pastecki, Polish ice hockey player (b. 1907)
 * Mamdouh Salem, Egyptian politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1918)
 * Memphis Slim, American pianist and singer (b. 1915)
 * Bluma Zeigarnik, Lithuanian-Russian psychologist (b. 1900)
 * February 25 – Kurt Mahler, German-Australian mathematician (b. 1903)
 * February 26
 * Jaú Barbosa, Brazilian footballer (b. 1909)
 * Liivia Laasimer, Estonian botanist (b. 1918)
 * Satyawati Suleiman, Indonesian historian and archaeologist (b. 1920)
 * February 27
 * Michel-Louis Guérard des Lauriers, French theologian and bishop (b. 1898)
 * Franck Lavaud, Haitian general and politician, President of Haiti (b. 1903)
 * Frane Milčinski, Slovenian poet and author (b. 1914)
 * Gene de Paul, American pianist and composer (b. 1919)
 * February 28
 * Alfred Frøkjær Jørgensen, Danish gymnast (b. 1898)
 * Mikhail Naimy, Lebanese poet and author (b. 1889)
 * Asakazu Nakai, Japanese cinematographer (b. 1901)
 * Kylie Tennant, Australian author and playwright (b. 1912)
 * February 29
 * Paul Ramsey, American ethicist (b. 1913)
 * Kaare Walberg, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1912)
 * Karl Zimmer, German chemist (b. 1911)

March 1988

 * March 1
 * Joe Besser, American actor and comedian (b. 1907)
 * Tommy Breen, Irish footballer (b. 1912)
 * Yoshi Katō, Japanese actor (b. 1913)
 * Tommy Potter, American bassist (b. 1918)
 * Kay Sutton, American actress (b. 1915)
 * March 2
 * Enver Galim, Russian author and journalist (b. 1915)
 * Harry Lundahl, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1905)
 * Kate Mahaut, Danish fencer (b. 1908)
 * Jan Pietraszko, Polish bishop (b. 1911)
 * March 3
 * Henryk Szeryng, Polish violinist (b. 1918)
 * Lois Wilson, American actress (b. 1894)
 * Sewall Wright, American geneticist (b. 1889)
 * March 4
 * James Peter Davis, American archbishop (b. 1904)
 * Anna Maestri, Italian actress (b. 1924)
 * March 5
 * Rozka Korczak, Polish resistance fighter (b. 1921)
 * János Németh, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1906)
 * Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian and actor (b. 1933)
 * March 6
 * Jeanne Aubert, French singer and actress (b. 1900)
 * Dick Ricketts, American baseball player and basketball player (b. 1933)
 * March 7
 * Guido Celano, Italian actor (b. 1904)
 * Divine, American singer and actor (b. 1945)
 * Robert Livingston, American actor (b. 1904)
 * Olof Stahre, Swedish equestrian (b. 1909)
 * March 8
 * Gordon Carpenter, American basketball player (b. 1919)
 * Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian singer (b. 1960)
 * Ken Colyer, English trumpeter (b. 1928)
 * África de las Heras, Spanish-Russian spy (b. 1909)
 * Lala Abdul Rashid, Pakistani field hockey player (b. 1922)
 * March 9
 * Béla Háray, Hungarian ice hockey player and field hockey player (b. 1915)
 * Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1904)
 * Janusz Piekałkiewicz, Polish resistance fighter and historian (b. 1925)
 * Louis Trimble, American author and academic (b. 1917)
 * March 10
 * Glenn Cunningham, American runner (b. 1909)
 * Andy Gibb, English singer (b. 1958)
 * Svetislav Glišović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
 * Phạm Hùng, Vietnamese politician (b. 1912)
 * Nikolay Karakulov, Russian sprinter (b. 1918)
 * Abdul Khaliq, Pakistani sprinter (b. 1933)
 * Kristian Madsen, Danish gymnast (b. 1893)
 * Lev Saakov, Armenian screenwriter and film director (b. 1909)
 * Carlos Velo, Spanish film director (b. 1909)
 * William Wordsworth, English composer (b. 1908)
 * March 11
 * Rashid Bakr, Sudanese politician, Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1933)
 * Christianna Brand, English author (b. 1907)
 * March 12
 * Samaresh Basu, Indian author (b. 1924)
 * Alessandro Bausani, Italian scholar and historian (b. 1921)
 * Romare Bearden, American artist and author (b. 1911)
 * Arnold Bell, English actor (b. 1901)
 * Margot Moe, Norwegian figure skater (b. 1899)
 * Billie Rhodes, American actress (b. 1894)
 * Bernard Rudofsky, Austrian-American architect (b. 1905)
 * Karen Steele, American actress (b. 1931)
 * March 13
 * Patesko Barteczko, Brazilian footballer (b. 1910)
 * Olive Carey, American actress (b. 1896)
 * Yngve Ekström, Swedish artist and architect (b. 1913)
 * Cees Groot, Dutch footballer (b. 1932)
 * John Holmes, American pornographic actor (b. 1944)
 * Steno Vanzina, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
 * March 14
 * Abbas Abbasi, Pakistani brigadier and politician (b. 1924)
 * Willi Apel, German-American musicologist and author (b. 1893)
 * Bruno Balz, German songwriter (b. 1902)
 * Reinhold Ebertin, German astrologer (b. 1901)
 * Rudolf Gramlich, German footballer (b. 1908)
 * Henrik Malyan, Armenian film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
 * March 15
 * Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, Uruguayan politician (b. 1919)
 * Ivan Dubasov, Russian artist (b. 1897)
 * Thord Flodqvist, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1926)
 * Edita Morris, Swedish-American author and activist (b. 1902)
 * Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian-Russian major general and spy (b. 1921)
 * March 16
 * Dorothy Adams, American actress (b. 1900)
 * Kurt Haverbeck, German field hockey player (b. 1899)
 * Bizz Johnson, American politician (b. 1907)
 * Paul Kohner, Austrian-American talent agent and film producer (b. 1902)
 * Erich Probst, Austrian footballer (b. 1927)
 * Dannie Richmond, American drummer (b. 1931)
 * Mickey Thompson, American racing driver and automobile designer (b. 1928)
 * March 17
 * Raffaele Arié, Bulgarian-Italian opera singer (b. 1920)
 * Nikolas Asimos, Greek composer and singer (b. 1949)
 * Bruce C. Clarke, American general (b. 1901)
 * Roland Drew, American actor (b. 1900)
 * Leif Granli, Norwegian politician (b. 1909)
 * Franz-Otto Krüger, German actor (b. 1917)
 * Reg Sinfield, English cricketer (b. 1900)
 * March 18
 * Gerald Abraham, English musicologist and critic (b. 1904)
 * Billy Butterfield, American bandleader and musician (b. 1917)
 * Karl Maria Demelhuber, German nazi general (b. 1896)
 * March 19
 * Reyner Banham, English historian and author (b. 1922)
 * Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
 * Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1903)
 * Máirtín Ó Direáin, Irish poet (b. 1910)
 * March 20
 * Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist and composer (b. 1912)
 * Samuel W. Reynolds, American politician (b. 1890)
 * Greer Skousen, Mexican basketball player (b. 1916)
 * March 21
 * Walter Fricke, German astronomer (b. 1915)
 * Edd Roush, American baseball player (b. 1893)
 * Sigfrit Steiner, Swiss actor (b. 1906)
 * Patrick Steptoe, English obstetrician and gynecologist (b. 1913)
 * March 22
 * Gudmund Harlem, Norwegian politician (b. 1917)
 * Rudolf Matz, Croatian composer (b. 1901)
 * André Saeys, Belgian footballer (b. 1911)
 * March 23
 * Theodore Fred Abel, Polish-American sociologist (b. 1896)
 * Anatoly Brandys, Ukrainian pilot (b. 1923)
 * Dayton Lummis, American actor (b. 1903)
 * Pash Sandu, Indian poet (b. 1950)
 * March 24
 * Heinrich Aigner, German politician (b. 1924)
 * Abdullahi Issa, Somali politician (b. 1922)
 * Roger Loyer, French motorcycle racer and racing driver (b. 1907)
 * March 25
 * James J. Howard, American politician (b. 1927)
 * Robert Joffrey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1930)
 * Vera Pagava, Georgian artist (b. 1907)
 * March 26 – Miguel Abuelo, Argentine musician (b. 1946)
 * March 27
 * Niní Gordini Cervi, Italian actress (b. 1907)
 * Jole Fierro, Italian actress (b. 1926)
 * Gordon Merrick, American author and actor (b. 1916)
 * Renato Salvatori, Italian actor (b. 1933)
 * Charles Willeford, American author (b. 1919)
 * March 28
 * Frans Peeraer, Belgian footballer (b. 1913)
 * Aleksei Shvachko, Ukrainian film director (b. 1901)
 * March 29
 * Arkady Bochkaryov, Russian basketball player (b. 1931)
 * Dulcie September, South African activist (b. 1935)
 * March 30
 * Georgia Ellis, American actress (b. 1917)
 * Edgar Faure, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1908)
 * John Clellon Holmes, American poet (b. 1926)
 * Doris Pawn, American actress (b. 1894)
 * Luis Ravaschino, Argentine footballer (b. 1903)
 * Imre Timkó, Hungarian bishop (b. 1920)
 * Arnie Zane, American photographer (b. 1948)
 * March 31 – William McMahon, Australian politician, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)

April 1988

 * April 1
 * Đào Duy Anh, Vietnamese historian and lexicographer (b. 1904)
 * Oliver Hassencamp, German actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
 * Jim Jordan, American actor (b. 1896)
 * April 2
 * Jacques André, French fighter pilot (b. 1919)
 * Jenő Barcsay, Hungarian painter (b. 1900)
 * Euros Bowen, Welsh poet and priest (b. 1904)
 * Onar Onarheim, Norwegian politician (b. 1910)
 * Anthony Pelissier, English film director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
 * Vernon W. Thomson, American politician (b. 1905)
 * April 3
 * Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (b. 1907)
 * V. S. Wakankar, Indian archaeologist (b. 1919)
 * April 4
 * Myra De Groot, English-Australian actress (b. 1937)
 * Eric A. Havelock, English scholar (b. 1903)
 * Herbert Heinicke, Brazilian-German chess player (b. 1905)
 * April 5
 * Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor (b. 1920)
 * Pierre Prévert, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
 * April 6 – Gunārs Astra, Latvian activist (b. 1931)
 * April 7
 * Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer (b. 1913)
 * Giovanni Gotti, Italian cyclist (b. 1912)
 * Aira Kaal, Estonian author (b. 1911)
 * Dinanath Nadim, Indian poet (b. 1916)
 * Hamdija Pozderac, Bosnian politician (b. 1924)
 * Lydie Schmit, Luxembourgian politician (b. 1939)
 * April 8
 * April 9
 * Brook Benton, American singer (b. 1931)
 * Hans Berndt, German footballer (b. 1913)
 * Jacques Faure, French general (b. 1904)
 * Dave Prater, American singer (b. 1937)
 * April 10
 * Cliff Gladwin, English cricketer (b. 1916)
 * Danuta Kordaczuk, Polish volleyball player (b. 1939)
 * Ezekias Papaioannou, Cypriot politician (b. 1908)
 * Teóphilo Pereira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1900)
 * Shigeo Sugiura, Japanese swimmer (b. 1917)
 * April 11
 * Ithell Colquhoun, English painter and poet (b. 1906)
 * Jeff Donnell, American actress (b. 1921)
 * Wolfram Fiedler, German luger (b. 1951)
 * April 12
 * Colette Deréal, French actress and singer (b. 1927)
 * Sheridan Gibney, American screenwriter (b. 1903)
 * Hartmann Lauterbacher, Austrian nazi officer (b. 1909)
 * Alan Paton, South African author and activist (b. 1903)
 * Alma Sabatini, Italian author and linguist (b. 1922)
 * April 13 – Jean Gascon, Canadian actor (b. 1920)
 * April 14
 * Richard Fanshawe, Irish-English equestrian (b. 1906)
 * Daniel Guérin, French author (b. 1904)
 * Pony Poindexter, American saxophonist (b. 1926)
 * Camilla Ravera, Italian politician (b. 1889)
 * John Stonehouse, English politician (b. 1925)
 * Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian (b. 1905)
 * April 15
 * Rosemary Ames, American actress (b. 1906)
 * George E. Mylonas, Greek archaeologist (b. 1898)
 * Maria Ulfah Santoso, Indonesian politician and activist (b. 1911)
 * Kenneth Williams, English-Welsh actor (b. 1926)
 * April 16
 * Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian politician (b. 1935)
 * José Dolhem, French racing driver (b. 1944)
 * Youri Egorov, Russian pianist (b. 1954)
 * Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1914)
 * Clifford Roach, Trinidadian cricketer (b. 1904)
 * April 17
 * Paul L. Freeman Jr., American general (b. 1907)
 * Toni Frissell, American photographer (b. 1907)
 * Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (b. 1899)
 * Eva Novak, American actress (b. 1898)
 * Otto Pächt, Austrian historian (b. 1902)
 * Daniel Rapant, Slovakian historian (b. 1897)
 * Isaak Yaglom, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1921)
 * April 18
 * Pierre Desproges, French comedian (b. 1939)
 * Józef Łobodowski, Polish poet (b. 1909)
 * Antonín Puč, Czech footballer (b. 1907)
 * April 19
 * Kwon Ki-ok, South Korean pilot (b. 1901)
 * Rafael Calvo Serer, Spanish philosopher (b. 1916)
 * April 20 – James Wallington, American boxer (b. 1944)
 * April 21
 * I. A. L. Diamond, Romanian-American screenwriter (b. 1920)
 * Nadejda Petrovna, Russian princess (b. 1898)
 * Paul Steinitz, English organist (b. 1909)
 * April 22
 * Melvin Price, American politician (b. 1905)
 * Irene Rich, American actress (b. 1891)
 * Tchicaya U Tam'si, Congolese author (b. 1931)
 * April 23
 * Axel Grönberg, Swedish wrestler (b. 1918)
 * Karl Leonhard, German psychiatrist (b. 1904)
 * Eitaro Ozawa, Japanese actor (b. 1909)
 * Michael Ramsey, English bishop (b. 1904)
 * April 24
 * Gioacchino Colombo, Italian engineer (b. 1903)
 * Bob Newson, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
 * April 25
 * René Cardona, Mexican film director and actor (b. 1905)
 * Lygia Clark, Brazilian artist (b. 1920)
 * Carolyn Franklin, American singer (b. 1944)
 * Ferenc Pataki, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1917)
 * Clifford D. Simak, American author (b. 1904)
 * Valerie Solanas, American author and criminal (b. 1936)
 * April 26
 * Guillermo Haro, Mexican astronomer (b. 1913)
 * Bennett Stewart, American politician (b. 1912)
 * April 27
 * Helene Thomas Bennett, American bacteriologist (b. 1901)
 * Valery Legasov, Russian chemist (b. 1936)
 * April 28
 * Fenner Brockway, English politician (b. 1888)
 * Hagop Hagopian, Iraqi militant (b. 1951)
 * April 29
 * Andrew Cruickshank, Scottish actor (b. 1907)
 * Jan Kapr, Czech composer (b. 1914)
 * James McCracken, American opera singer (b. 1926)
 * Leman Tomsu, Turkish architect (b. 1913)
 * April 30
 * Yehiel Duvdevani, Ukrainian politician (b. 1896)
 * Alex Sanders, English occultist (b. 1926)

May 1988

 * May 1
 * Bill Amor, English footballer (b. 1919)
 * Louis Maurer, Swiss footballer (b. 1904)
 * Erwin Nyc, Polish footballer (b. 1914)
 * Paolo Stoppa, Italian actor (b. 1906)
 * Yan Wenliang, Chinese painter (b. 1893)
 * May 2
 * Pavel Kadochnikov, Russian actor and film director (b. 1915)
 * Henry Picker, German lawyer and author (b. 1912)
 * May 3
 * Carl Erhardt, English ice hockey player (b. 1897)
 * José María Jáuregui, Spanish footballer (b. 1896)
 * Premendra Mitra, Indian author and film director (b. 1904)
 * Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
 * Abraham Seidenberg, American mathematician (b. 1916)
 * Paul Vario, American mobster (b. 1914)
 * May 4
 * Stanley William Hayter, English painter (b. 1901)
 * Jan Mazurkiewicz, Polish brigadier general and politician (b. 1896)
 * Oleg Zhakov, Russian actor (b. 1905)
 * May 5
 * Hamid Mirza, Iranian-English royal (b. 1918)
 * George Rose, English actor and singer (b. 1920)
 * Michael Shaara. American author (b. 1928)
 * May 6 – Costantino Nivola, Italian sculptor (b. 1911)
 * May 7 – Yamamoto Kenkichi, Japanese author and critic (b. 1907)
 * May 8
 * Robert A. Heinlein, American author (b. 1907)
 * Nappy Lamare, American musician (b. 1905)
 * Domingo Ortega, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1906)
 * Abdel Moneim Wahby, Egyptian basketball player (b. 1911)
 * May 9
 * Alfons Julen, Swiss skier (b. 1899)
 * Willie Moir, Scottish footballer (b. 1922)
 * May 10
 * Ciarán Bourke, Irish musician (b. 1935)
 * Shen Congwen, Chinese author (b. 1902)
 * José Guardiola, Spanish actor (b. 1921)
 * Richard B. Ogilvie, American politician (b. 1923)
 * May 11
 * Kim Philby, English-Russian spy (b. 1912)
 * Edmund Sobkowiak, Polish boxer (b. 1914)
 * May 12
 * May 13
 * Chet Baker, American trumpeter and singer (b. 1929)
 * John Garrison, American ice hockey player (b. 1909)
 * Sergey Gorshkov, Russian admiral (b. 1910)
 * Friedrich Guggenberger, German admiral (b. 1915)
 * Nikolay Makarov, Russian weapons designer (b. 1914)
 * Irene Manton, English botanist (b. 1904)
 * May 14 – Willem Drees, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1886)
 * May 15
 * Ernesto Giménez Caballero, Spanish author and diplomat (b. 1899)
 * Andrew Duggan, American actor (b. 1923)
 * Fulvia Franco, Italian actress (b. 1931)
 * Erna Hamburger, Swiss engineer (b. 1911)
 * Greta Nissen, Norwegian-American actress (b. 1906)
 * May 16
 * Ernő Gereben, Hungarian-Swedish chess player (b. 1907)
 * Anna Zofia Krygowska, Polish mathematician (b. 1904)
 * Anatoli Maslyonkin, Russian footballer (b. 1930)
 * May 17
 * May 18
 * Daws Butler, American voice actor (b. 1916)
 * Anthony Forwood, English actor (b. 1915)
 * Ali Naqi Naqvi, Indian ayatollah and poet (b. 1905)
 * Michiko Tanaka, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1909)
 * Enzo Tortora, Italian television presenter and politician (b. 1928)
 * May 19 – Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann, German vice admiral (b. 1895)
 * May 20
 * Ana Aslan, Romanian biologist and physician (b. 1897)
 * László Somogyi, Hungarian conductor (b. 1907)
 * Victorio Unamuno, Spanish footballer (b. 1909)
 * Andrey Yumashev, Russian pilot (b. 1902)
 * May 21
 * Harry Babasin, American bassist (b. 1921)
 * Sammy Davis Sr., American dancer (b. 1900)
 * Bruno Frei, Austrian author and journalist (b. 1897)
 * Dino Grandi, Italian politician (b. 1895)
 * Barbara Laage, French actress (b. 1920)
 * Pino Romualdi, Italian politician (b. 1913)
 * May 22 – Giorgio Almirante, Italian politician (b. 1914)
 * May 23
 * César Augusto Guzzetti, Argentine vice admiral (b. 1925)
 * Aya Kitō, Japanese author (b. 1962)
 * Roberto Succo, Italian serial killer (b. 1962)
 * May 24
 * Tom Adair, American songwriter and composer (b. 1913)
 * Tom Burtt, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
 * María Gómez Carbonell, Cuban politician (b. 1903)
 * Freddie Frith, English motorcycle racer (b. 1909)
 * Jamie Hamilton, Scottish rower and publisher (b. 1900)
 * Ernest Labrousse, French historian (b. 1895)
 * Aleksei Losev, Russian philosopher and philologist (b. 1893)
 * May 25 – Karl August Wittfogel, German-American playwright and historian (b. 1896)
 * May 26
 * Jules Gales, Luxembourgian footballer (b. 1924)
 * Juan Orol, Spanish-Mexican film director and actor (b. 1897)
 * Nicolò Vittori, Italian rower (b. 1909)
 * May 27
 * Florida Friebus, American actress (b. 1909)
 * Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (b. 1908)
 * Ernst Ruska, German physicist (b. 1906)
 * May 28
 * Felix Morrow, American activist and newspaper editor (b. 1906)
 * Sy Oliver, American composer and trumpeter (b. 1910)
 * Dodë Tahiri, Albanian footballer (b. 1918)
 * Alfredo Volpi, Italian-Brazilian painter (b. 1896)
 * May 29
 * Henry Johansen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1904)
 * Salem bin Laden, Saudi Arabian businessman (b. 1946)
 * Daan de Lange, Dutch-Norwegian chess player (b. 1915)
 * Vladimír Menšík, Czech actor (b. 1929)
 * Siaka Stevens, Sierra Leonean politician, President of Sierra Leone (b. 1905)
 * May 30 – Ella Raines, American actress (b. 1920)
 * May 31 – Tursun Uljabayev, Tajikistani politician (b. 1916)

June 1988

 * June 1
 * Leon Belasco, Russian-American actor and musician (b. 1902)
 * Herbert Feigl, Austrian-American philosopher (b. 1902)
 * June 2
 * Näcip Cihanov, Russian composer (b. 1911)
 * Iosif Grigulevich, Lithuanian spy (b. 1913)
 * Horace Hildreth, American politician and diplomat (b. 1902)
 * Raj Kapoor, Indian actor (b. 1924)
 * Annette Poivre, French actress (b. 1917)
 * Jesús Fernández Santos, Spanish author (b. 1926)
 * June 3
 * Alexandre Bennigsen, Russian scholar (b. 1913)
 * Anna Mahler, Austrian sculptor (b. 1904)
 * Davey Moore, American boxer (b. 1959)
 * Brian Spencer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)
 * Arie Vooren, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
 * June 4
 * Marcel Deslauriers, Canadian checkers player (b. 1905)
 * Douglas Nicholls, Australian politician (b. 1906)
 * Renzo Palmer, Italian actor (b. 1930)
 * June 5
 * June 6 – Jacques Ledoux, Polish-Belgian film curator (b. 1921)
 * June 7
 * Martin Sommer, German nazi officer (b. 1915)
 * Vernon Washington, American actor (b. 1923)
 * June 8
 * Roger Lyndon, American mathematician (b. 1917)
 * Chuck Roberson, American actor and stuntman (b. 1919)
 * June 9
 * June 10
 * Odd Eidem, Norwegian author and journalist (b. 1913)
 * Raquel Forner, Argentine painter (b. 1902)
 * Louis L'Amour, American author (b. 1908)
 * Henryk Stażewski, Polish painter (b. 1894)
 * Josep Tarradellas, Spanish politician (b. 1899)
 * June 11
 * Christine Fabréga, French actress (b. 1931)
 * Eduard Grigoryan, Russian-Armenian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
 * Giuseppe Saragat, Italian politician (b. 1898)
 * Nancy Voorhees, American high jumper (b. 1906)
 * June 12
 * Gennadi Krasnitsky, Uzbekistani footballer (b. 1940)
 * Marcel Poot, Belgian composer (b. 1901)
 * Franz Zingerle, Austrian skier (b. 1908)
 * June 13
 * Thomas McKeown, Northern Irish-Canadian physician (b. 1912)
 * Emil Telmányi, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
 * June 14
 * Sara Gallardo, Argentine author and journalist (b. 1931)
 * Kan'in Haruhito, Japanese prince and major general (b. 1902)
 * June 15 – Clement Vismara, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1897)
 * June 16
 * Raymond Passat, French cyclist (b. 1913)
 * Andrea Pazienza, Italian cartoonist and painter (b. 1956)
 * Miguel Piñero, Puerto Rican playwright and actor (b. 1946)
 * June 17
 * Elizabeth Lane, English judge (b. 1905)
 * Witalis Ludwiczak, Polish lawyer (b. 1910)
 * June 18
 * Archie Cochrane, Scottish physician (b. 1909)
 * Wilford Leach, American theatre director (b. 1929)
 * E. Hoffmann Price, American author (b. 1898)
 * Iasyr Shivaza, Russian poet and author (b. 1906)
 * June 19
 * Jasmin Feige, German athlete (b. 1959)
 * Marie Logoreci, Albanian actress (b. 1920)
 * Teru Shimada, Japanese-American actor (b. 1905)
 * Gladys Spellman, American politician (b. 1918)
 * Aaly Tokombaev, Kyrgyzstani poet and composer (b. 1904)
 * June 20
 * Alex Bein, German historian (b. 1903)
 * Alfred Renard, Belgian pilot (b. 1895)
 * June 21
 * John Duncan Sr., American politician (b. 1919)
 * Sverre Riisnæs, Norwegian judge (b. 1897)
 * June 22
 * Jesse Ed Davis, American guitarist (b. 1944)
 * Dennis Day, American actor and comedian (b. 1916)
 * Bramwell Fletcher, English actor (b. 1904)
 * Xiao Jun, Chinese author (b. 1907)
 * Leonard Matlovich, American soldier and activist (b. 1943)
 * Burrill Phillips, American composer and pianist (b. 1907)
 * Stuart Randall, American actor (b. 1909)
 * June 23
 * Andrei Glanzmann, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1907)
 * Henry Murray, American psychologist (b. 1893)
 * Liang Shuming, Chinese philosopher and politician (b. 1893)
 * June 24
 * Marta Abba, Italian actress (b. 1900)
 * Mihai Beniuc, Romanian playwright and author (b. 1907)
 * Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian racing driver (b. 1962)
 * Bùi Xuân Phái, Vietnamese painter (b. 1920)
 * June 25
 * Jean Boffety, French cinematographer (b. 1925)
 * Maurice Fox, Ukrainian-Canadian chess player (b. 1898)
 * Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster and traitor (b. 1900)
 * Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist (b. 1962)
 * June 26
 * Gunnar Andersen, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1909)
 * Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss theologian and priest (b. 1905)
 * Hugh Bartlett, English cricketer (b. 1914)
 * Gyula Gyenes, Hungarian sprinter (b. 1911)
 * June 27
 * Léonie Adams, American poet (b. 1899)
 * Aparicio Méndez, Uruguayan politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1904)
 * Louis Versyp, Belgian footballer and manager (b. 1908)
 * June 28
 * Iris Origo, English-Italian author (b. 1902)
 * Fridtjof Paulsen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1895)
 * Kurt Raab, German actor (b. 1941)
 * June 29
 * Gavri Devi, Indian singer (b. 1920)
 * Alexander Gorkin, Russian politician (b. 1897)
 * Franciszka Themerson, Polish-English painter (b. 1907)
 * June 30
 * Alan W. Bishop, English engineer and academic (b. 1920)
 * Jan de Boer, Dutch footballer (b. 1898)
 * Johanna Hofer, German actress (b. 1896)
 * Chacrinha de Medeiros, Brazilian comedian (b. 1917)
 * Bernardo Wexler, Romanian-Argentine chess player (b. 1925)

July 1988

 * July 1
 * Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (b. 1919)
 * Aleksey Grinin, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1919)
 * Anton Leader, American television director (b. 1913)
 * Alice Nunn, American actress (b. 1927)
 * Robert Riefling, Norwegian pianist (b. 1911)
 * Hermann Volk, German cardinal (b. 1903)
 * July 2
 * Jimmy Ball, Canadian runner (b. 1903)
 * Arnold Burmeister, German nazi general (b. 1899)
 * Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer (b. 1894)
 * Johann Baptist Gradl, German politician (b. 1904)
 * Hans Lynge, Greenlandic author and artist (b. 1906)
 * Aldo Tonti, Italian cinematographer (b. 1910)
 * Eddie Vinson, American saxophonist and singer (b. 1917)
 * July 3
 * Thales McReynolds, American basketball player (b. 1943)
 * Richard Schulze-Kossens, German nazi officer (b. 1914)
 * Fritz Wiessner, German-American mountaineer (b. 1900)
 * July 4
 * Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (b. 1953)
 * Donald MacLaren, Canadian fighter pilot (b. 1893)
 * Tom Manley, English footballer (b. 1912)
 * July 5
 * Pentti Niinivuori, Finnish boxer (b. 1931)
 * Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu, Japanese judoka (b. 1920)
 * July 6
 * John Drury Clark, American scientist (b. 1907)
 * Ucha Japaridze, Georgian painter (b. 1906)
 * Helga Thomas, Swedish actress (b. 1891)
 * Rolf Wollner, German field hockey player (b. 1906)
 * July 7
 * Paul Mesnier, French film director (b. 1904)
 * Paula Mollenhauer, German discus thrower (b. 1908)
 * David Atlee Phillips, American spy (b. 1922)
 * July 8 – Ray Barbuti, American football player and sprinter (b. 1905)
 * July 9
 * Alexandru Graur, Romanian linguist (b. 1900)
 * Anthony Holland, American actor (b. 1928)
 * July 10
 * Alf Ackerman, South African footballer (b. 1929)
 * Noel Barber, English author and journalist (b. 1909)
 * Erik Husted, Danish field hockey player (b. 1900)
 * Baruch Kamin, Israeli politician (b. 1914)
 * Enrique Lihn, Chilean author and critic (b. 1929)
 * July 11 – Barbara Wootton, English sociologist and criminologist (b. 1897)
 * July 12
 * Michael Jary, German composer (b. 1906)
 * Joshua Logan, American theatre director and playwright (b. 1908)
 * Mitsuo Nakamura, Japanese author (b. 1911)
 * Enzo Sacchi, Italian cyclist (b. 1926)
 * July 13
 * Ji Dengkui, Chinese politician (b. 1923)
 * Hilda Gobbi, Hungarian actress (b. 1913)
 * Ivo Šuprina, Croatian footballer (b. 1921)
 * Richard Vogt, German boxer (b. 1913)
 * July 14
 * Rosetta Cattaneo, Italian sprinter (b. 1919)
 * Vincenzo Nestler, Italian chess player (b. 1912)
 * Oronzo Reale, Italian politician (b. 1902)
 * July 15
 * Jan Brzák-Felix, Czech canoeist (b. 1912)
 * Eleanor Estes, American author and librarian (b. 1906)
 * Tore Keller, Swedish footballer (b. 1905)
 * José Rafael Meza, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1920)
 * Armand Mouyal, French fencer (b. 1925)
 * July 16
 * Herbert L. Anderson, American physicist (b. 1914)
 * Ole Myrvoll, Norwegian economist and politician (b. 1911)
 * Samuel Ruben, American inventor (b. 1900)
 * July 17
 * Bruiser Brody, American professional wrestler (b. 1946)
 * Birger Kaipiainen, Finnish ceramicist (b. 1915)
 * Milton Krasner, American cinematographer (b. 1904)
 * Fyodor Nikitin, Russian actor (b. 1900)
 * July 18
 * Walter Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1912)
 * Petre Munteanu, Romanian opera singer (b. 1916)
 * Nico Päffgen, German singer and actress (b. 1938)
 * Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1924)
 * Miklós Szentkuthy, Hungarian author (b. 1908)
 * July 19 – Vilhelm Aubert, Norwegian sociologist (b. 1922)
 * July 20 – Richard Holm, German opera singer (b. 1912)
 * July 21
 * Frank Brett, English footballer (b. 1899)
 * Raphael Soriano, Greek-American architect (b. 1904)
 * Mikhail Volpin, Russian screenwriter (b. 1902)
 * July 22
 * Larry Clemmons, American screenwriter (b. 1906)
 * Duane Jones, American actor (b. 1937)
 * July 23
 * Jahangir Khan, Indian-Pakistani cricketer (b. 1910)
 * Heinz Pagels, American physicist (b. 1939)
 * Bandu Patil, Indian field hockey player (b. 1936)
 * July 24
 * Ilona Elek, Hungarian fencer (b. 1907)
 * John Harris, Scottish footballer (b. 1917)
 * Mira Schendel, Brazilian artist (b. 1919)
 * July 25
 * Judith Barsi, American actress (b. 1978)
 * Douglas Hickox, English film director (b. 1929)
 * Anton Krásnohorský, Slovakian footballer (b. 1925)
 * Josep Raich, Spanish footballer (b. 1913)
 * July 26
 * Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani scholar and philosopher (b. 1919)
 * Grigori Pinaichev, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
 * Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese film director and critic (b. 1912)
 * July 27
 * Ann Mari Falk, Swedish author and translator (b. 1916)
 * Brigitte Horney, German actress (b. 1911)
 * Frank Zamboni, American inventor (b. 1901)
 * July 28
 * Caleb Gattegno, Egyptian psychologist and mathematician (b. 1911)
 * Syed Modi, Indian badminton player (b. 1962)
 * July 29
 * Pete Drake, American record producer and guitarist (b. 1932)
 * Günther Radusch, German fighter pilot (b. 1912)
 * Georges Vuilleumier, Swiss footballer (b. 1944)
 * July 30
 * Thelma Alper, American psychologist (b. 1908)
 * Anne-Marie Cazalis, French author and journalist (b. 1920)
 * Doca Rêgo, Brazilian footballer (b. 1905)
 * Curtis Shears, American fencer (b. 1901)
 * Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Icelandic author and poet (b. 1918)
 * July 31
 * Li Fenglou, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1912)
 * André Navarra, French cellist (b. 1911)
 * Carlos Manuel Piedra, Cuban politician, President of Cuba (b. 1895)
 * Trinidad Silva, American comedian and actor (b. 1950)

August 1988

 * August 1
 * Zoltán Bitskey, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1904)
 * John Dearden, American cardinal (b. 1907)
 * Florence Eldridge, American actress (b. 1901)
 * Louis-Jean Guyot, French cardinal (b. 1905)
 * Leopold Müller, Austrian engineer (b. 1908)
 * Georges Wambst, French cyclist (b. 1902)
 * Gertrude Welcker, German actress (b. 1896)
 * August 2
 * Steve Anderson, American hurdler (b. 1906)
 * Raymond Carver, American author and poet (b. 1938)
 * Karl Ebb, Finnish athlete and racing driver (b. 1896)
 * Nada Klaić, Croatian historian (b. 1920)
 * Gustav Kristiansen, Norwegian cyclist (b. 1904)
 * José Magriñá, Cuban boxer (b. 1917)
 * Valle Resko, Finnish boxer (b. 1910)
 * August 3
 * Chet Carlisle, American basketball player (b. 1916)
 * Tucker McGuire, American-English actress (b. 1913)
 * Vic Watson, English footballer (b. 1897)
 * August 4
 * Ofelia Uribe de Acosta, Colombian activist and journalist (b. 1900)
 * Allan Adair, English major general (b. 1897)
 * Toshiwo Doko, Japanese engineer (b. 1896)
 * August 5
 * James Devereux, American brigadier general and politician (b. 1903)
 * Colin Higgins, Australian-American screenwriter and film director (b. 1941)
 * Ralph Meeker, American actor (b. 1920)
 * Józef Pieracki, Polish actor (b. 1909)
 * August 6
 * Anatoly Levchenko, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1941)
 * Francis Ponge, French author and poet (b. 1899)
 * August 7
 * Juraj Amšel, Croatian water polo player (b. 1924)
 * David L. Hoggan, American author (b. 1923)
 * Wilfred Jackson, American animator and composer (b. 1906)
 * August 8
 * Kid Chocolate, Cuban boxer (b. 1910)
 * Henri Frenay, French resistance fighter (b. 1905)
 * Martiros Kavoukjian, Armenian architect and historian (b. 1908)
 * Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer and poet (b. 1914)
 * Alan Napier, English actor (b. 1903)
 * August 9
 * Gerd Grieg, Norwegian actress (b. 1895)
 * Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (b. 1905)
 * Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor and comedian (b. 1924)
 * August 10
 * Arnulfo Arias, Panamanian politician, President of Panama (b. 1901)
 * Jean Brachet, Belgian biochemist (b. 1909)
 * Jan-Magnus Bruheim, Norwegian poet and author (b. 1914)
 * Guido Mannari, Italian actor (b. 1944)
 * Aleksander Margiste, Estonian basketball player (b. 1908)
 * Raqymjan Qoshqarbaev, Kazakhstani lieutenant (b. 1924)
 * Adela Rogers St. Johns, American journalist and author (b. 1894)
 * August 11
 * Alfred Kelbassa, German footballer (b. 1925)
 * Pauline Lafont, French actress (b. 1963)
 * Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, French theatre director and set designer (b. 1932)
 * Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
 * August 12
 * Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (b. 1960)
 * Zrubavel Gilad, Moldovan-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1912)
 * Caja Heimann, Danish actress (b. 1918)
 * Sakuta Takefushi, Japanese skier (b. 1906)
 * August 13
 * Fred Below, American drummer (b. 1926)
 * Per Digerud, Norwegian cyclist (b. 1933)
 * Martin Hellinger, German dentist and war criminal (b. 1904)
 * John Wendell Holmes, Canadian diplomat and academic (b. 1910)
 * Yakov Kutsenko, Ukrainian weightlifter (b. 1915)
 * William H. Phelps Jr., Venezuelan ornithologist (b. 1902)
 * Tenor Saw, Jamaican singer (b. 1966)
 * August 14
 * Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (b. 1939)
 * Robert Calvert, South African-English author and musician (b. 1945)
 * Michael Crowder, English historian and author (b. 1934)
 * Enzo Ferrari, Italian automobile designer (b. 1898)
 * Hollis Dow Hedberg, American geologist (b. 1903)
 * August 15 – Rudy Collins, American drummer (b. 1934)
 * August 16
 * Otto Bökle, German footballer (b. 1912)
 * Herbert Pagani, Libyan-Italian singer (b. 1944)
 * Heinrich Schmidt, German footballer (b. 1912)
 * August 17
 * Lennart Bunke, Swedish footballer (b. 1912)
 * Jack Cutting, American animator (b. 1908)
 * Nino Frank, Italian-French film critic and author (b. 1904)
 * Bruno Mathsson, Swedish furniture designer and architect (b. 1907)
 * Connie Meijer, Dutch cyclist (b. 1963)
 * Akhtar Abdur Rahman, Pakistani general (b. 1924)
 * Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., American politician (b. 1914)
 * Victoria Shaw, Australian actress (b. 1935)
 * Jack Straus, American poker player (b. 1930)
 * Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
 * August 18
 * Frederick Ashton, English dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
 * Felix Maria Davídek, Czech bishop (b. 1921)
 * Li Gotami Govinda, Indian painter and photographer (b. 1906)
 * Ernst Simon, German-Israeli philosopher (b. 1900)
 * August 19 – Don Haggerty, American actor (b. 1914)
 * August 20
 * Jean-Paul Aron, French author and philosopher (b. 1925)
 * Joan G. Robinson, English author (b. 1910)
 * Lazarus Salii, Palauan politician, President of Palau (b. 1936)
 * August 21
 * H. G. Adler, Czech poet and author (b. 1910)
 * Ray Eames, American architect (b. 1912)
 * Eino Kirjonen, Finnish ski jumper (b. 1933)
 * August 22
 * Norah Aiton, English architect (b. 1903)
 * Bruno Bianchi, Italian sailor (b. 1904)
 * Frances James, Canadian opera singer (b. 1903)
 * August 23
 * Josef Klehr, German nazi officer (b. 1904)
 * Hans Lewy, German-American mathematician (b. 1904)
 * Alf Martinsen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1911)
 * Menotti Del Picchia, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1892)
 * Jack Sher, American screenwriter and journalist (b. 1913)
 * August 24
 * Leonard Frey, American actor (b. 1938)
 * Kenneth Leighton, English composer and pianist (b. 1929)
 * August 25
 * Price Daniel, American politician and judge (b. 1910)
 * Françoise Dolto, French pediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1908)
 * Joachim Pirsch, German rower (b. 1914)
 * Art Rooney, American football executive (b. 1901)
 * August 26
 * Hans Esser, German fencer (b. 1909)
 * Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (b. 1957)
 * Milton Sperling, American film producer and screenwriter (b. 1912)
 * August 27
 * Max Black, English-American philosopher (b. 1909)
 * Irene Higginbotham, American songwriter and pianist (b. 1918)
 * John Lie. Indonesian rear admiral (b. 1911)
 * William Sargant, English psychiatrist (b. 1907)
 * Costas Taktsis, Greek author (b. 1927)
 * August 28
 * Hazel Dawn, American actress (b. 1890)
 * Paul Grice, English philosopher (b. 1913)
 * Guy Hocquenghem, French author and philosopher (b. 1946)
 * Paul Whitelaw, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)
 * August 29
 * Horace Henderson, American pianist (b. 1904)
 * Algirdas Klimaitis, Lithuanian nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
 * Mykola Lukash, Ukrainian translator and lexicographer (b. 1919)
 * Xuân Quỳnh, Vietnamese poet (b. 1942)
 * August 30
 * Batsheva Katznelson, Israeli politician (b. 1897)
 * Jack Marshall, New Zealand politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1912)
 * Leonidas Proaño, Ecuadorian bishop and theologian (b. 1910)
 * Ivana Tomljenović-Meller, Serbian graphic designer (b. 1906)
 * Wanda Wermińska, Polish opera singer (b. 1900)
 * August 31
 * Edgar Elbakyan, Armenian actor (b. 1928)
 * Lin Jaldati, Dutch-German singer (b. 1912)
 * Vasil Mzhavanadze, Georgian politician (b. 1902)

September 1988

 * September 1
 * Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist (b. 1911)
 * Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad, Indian cricketer and politician (b. 1930)
 * Hugh Hunt, American set decorator (b. 1902)
 * Leonor Sullivan, American politician (b. 1902)
 * September 2
 * Heinz Förstendorf, German field hockey player (b. 1907)
 * Erik Frey, Austrian actor (b. 1908)
 * Bill Northam, Australian sailor (b. 1905)
 * Robert Watts, American artist (b. 1923)
 * September 3
 * Ferit Melen, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1906)
 * Ferenc Sas, Hungarian footballer (b. 1915)
 * Bibi Torriani, Swiss ice hockey player and luger (b. 1911)
 * September 4 – Oda Schaefer, German author and journalist (b. 1900)
 * September 5
 * Hans Albin, German film director and actor (b. 1905)
 * Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (b. 1907)
 * Gert Fröbe, German actor (b. 1913)
 * Boris Smyslovsky, Russian-Finnish general and nazi collaborator (b. 1897)
 * September 6
 * Axel von Ambesser, German actor and film director (b. 1910)
 * Harold Rosson, American cinematographer (b. 1895)
 * Stefan Themerson, Polish author (b. 1910)
 * September 7
 * Raymond Dubly, French footballer (b. 1893)
 * Sedad Hakkı Eldem, Turkish architect (b. 1908)
 * Werner Felfe, German politician (b. 1928)
 * Vivi Janiss, American actress (b. 1911)
 * Thelma Payne, American diver (b. 1896)
 * Bolesław Płotnicki, Polish actor (b. 1913)
 * Károly Reich, Hungarian artist (b. 1922)
 * September 8 – G. M. Durrani, Indian singer and actor (b. 1919)
 * September 9
 * Mona Best, English club owner (b. 1924)
 * Maisie Carr, Australian ecologist and botanist (b. 1912)
 * Albert Taylor, Canadian rower (b. 1911)
 * September 10
 * Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
 * Virginia Satir, American author and psychotherapist (b. 1916)
 * September 11
 * Wilhelm Batz, German fighter pilot (b. 1916)
 * Roger Hargreaves, English author (b. 1935)
 * Fiqrete Shehu, Albanian politician (b. 1919)
 * September 12
 * Alan Bible, American politician (b. 1909)
 * Stephen B. Grimes, English production designer (b. 1927)
 * Bill Mitchell, American automobile designer (b. 1912)
 * Lauris Norstad, American general (b. 1907)
 * Charlie Palmieri, Puerto Rican bandleader (b. 1927)
 * September 13
 * Gerd Hornberger, German sprinter (b. 1910)
 * Christian Kampmann, Danish author and journalist (b. 1939)
 * September 14
 * William Edward Cousins, American archbishop (b. 1902)
 * Louis Quinn, American actor (b. 1915)
 * September 15 – Roger Avermaete, Belgian author (b. 1893)
 * September 16
 * Richard Paul Lohse, Swiss painter (b. 1902)
 * Dick Pym, English footballer (b. 1918)
 * September 17
 * Roman Davydov, Russian animator (b. 1913)
 * Hilde Güden, Austrian opera singer (b. 1917)
 * September 18
 * Ho Chong, South Korean politician, President and Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1896)
 * Kathleen Collins, American author and playwright (b. 1942)
 * David Dodd, American economist (b. 1895)
 * Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Iranian poet (b. 1906)
 * September 19
 * Călin Alupi, Romanian painter (b. 1906)
 * Enrico Cerulli, Italian scholar (b. 1898)
 * P. A. P. Moran, Australian statistician (b. 1917)
 * September 20
 * Herbert Francis, American cyclist (b. 1940)
 * Roy Kinnear, American actor (b. 1934)
 * Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian-Serbian author (b. 1912)
 * Doris Wells, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1943)
 * Sam Woodyard, American drummer (b. 1925)
 * September 21
 * Glenn Robert Davis, American politician (b. 1914)
 * Zubeida Dhanrajgir, Indian actress (b. 1911)
 * Henry Koster, German-American film director (b. 1905)
 * Christine Norden, English actress (b. 1924)
 * September 22
 * Maximilian von Fürstenberg, Dutch-Belgian cardinal (b. 1904)
 * Rezső Sugár, Hungarian composer (b. 1919)
 * September 23 – Trilok Kapoor, Indian actor (b. 1912)
 * September 24
 * Aziz Suryal Atiya, Egyptian historian and scholar (b. 1898)
 * Basil de Ferranti, English politician (b. 1930)
 * Anatole Jakovsky, French critic (b. 1909)
 * Arthur McCashin, American equestrian (b. 1909)
 * September 25
 * Billy Carter, American businessman (b. 1937)
 * Francis DeSales, American actor (b. 1912)
 * September 26
 * Bruce Haack, Canadian musician and composer (b. 1931)
 * Branko Zebec, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
 * September 27
 * Teofilo Camomot, Filipino archbishop (b. 1914)
 * Willis Edwards, English footballer and manager (b. 1903)
 * J. C. Heard, American drummer (b. 1917)
 * David Nelson, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * September 28
 * Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
 * Elli Alexiou, Greek author and playwright (b. 1894)
 * Ethel Grandin, American actress (b. 1894)
 * Vicko Krstulović, Croatian politician (b. 1905)
 * September 29 – Raúl Landini, Argentine boxer (b. 1909)
 * September 30
 * Chick Chandler, American actor (b. 1905)
 * Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician (b. 1907)
 * Al Holbert, American racing driver (b. 1946)
 * Joachim Prinz, German-American rabbi (b. 1902)
 * Joseph Albert Sullivan, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1901)

October 1988

 * October 1
 * Lucien Ballard, American cinematographer (b. 1908)
 * Pavle Vuisić, Serbian actor (b. 1926)
 * October 2
 * Hamengkubuwono Dorodjatun, Indonesian politician (b. 1912)
 * Alec Issigonis, Greek-English automobile designer (b. 1906)
 * October 3
 * Marco Galli, Italian water polo player (b. 1957)
 * Ma Haide, American-Chinese physician (b. 1910)
 * Franz Josef Strauss, German politician (b. 1915)
 * October 4
 * Carlo Carretto, Italian author and priest (b. 1910)
 * Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator (b. 1931)
 * Geoffrey Household, English author (b. 1900)
 * Abdul Majid Kabar, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1909)
 * October 5
 * Art Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1896)
 * Ron Staniforth, English footballer (b. 1924)
 * October 6
 * October 7
 * George Ansell, English footballer (b. 1909)
 * Sándor Bíró, Hungarian footballer (b. 1911)
 * Stéphane Lupasco, Romanian philosopher (b. 1900)
 * October 8
 * Ernst Hermann Meyer, German composer and musicologist (b. 1905)
 * Pál Titkos, Hungarian footballer (b. 1908)
 * October 9
 * Cliff Gallup, American guitarist (b. 1930)
 * Jackie Milburn, English footballer (b. 1924)
 * Michael Minsky, Russian singer and conductor (b. 1918)
 * Felix Wankel, German engineer (b. 1902)
 * October 10
 * Bhabani Bhattacharya, Indian author (b. 1906)
 * Juan Pujol García, Spanish politician (b. 1912)
 * Montgomery Tully, Irish film director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
 * October 11
 * Buck Clarke, American drummer (b. 1933)
 * Morgan Farley, American actor (b. 1898)
 * Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
 * Robert Edward Gross, American surgeon (b. 1905)
 * Guido Monzino, Italian mountaineer (b. 1928)
 * Red Owens, American basketball player (b. 1925)
 * Hugh Percy, English peer (b. 1914)
 * Giuseppe Tonucci, Italian cyclist (b. 1938)
 * October 12
 * Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English poet and author (b. 1886)
 * Ken Murray, American comedian and actor (b. 1903)
 * Rafael García Serrano, Spanish author and journalist (b. 1917)
 * October 13
 * Melvin Frank, American screenwriter (b. 1913)
 * Irene Hunt, American actress (b. 1892)
 * October 14
 * Serafín Aedo, Spanish footballer (b. 1908)
 * Charles Augustus, German prince (b. 1912)
 * René Vietto, French cyclist (b. 1914)
 * October 15
 * John Ball, American author (b. 1911)
 * Piero Fornasetti, Italian artist (b. 1913)
 * Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English composer and pianist (b. 1892)
 * Julian Alfred Steyermark, American botanist (b. 1909)
 * October 16
 * Abdulrahman Fawzi, Egyptian footballer and manager (b. 1909)
 * Christian Matras, Faroese poet and academic (b. 1900)
 * Muzafer Sherif, Turkish-American psychologist (b. 1906)
 * Farida Zulficar, Egyptian queen (b. 1921)
 * October 17
 * John Dillon, English sailor (b. 1921)
 * Adélaïde Hautval, French physician and psychiatrist (b. 1906)
 * Anthony A. Hoekema, Dutch-American minister and theologian (b. 1913)
 * György Horváth, Hungarian weightlifter (b. 1943)
 * October 18 – Paulius Galaunė, Lithuanian historian and artist (b. 1890)
 * October 19
 * Lawrence W. Butler, American special effects artist (b. 1908)
 * Son House, American singer and guitarist (b. 1902)
 * Marcos de Mendonça, Brazilian footballer (b. 1894)
 * Sten Suvio, Finnish boxer (b. 1911)
 * Friedrich Weinreb, Dutch economist and nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
 * October 20
 * Ulrich Beyer, German boxer (b. 1947)
 * Vladimir Gorb, Russian painter (b. 1903)
 * Sheila Scott, English pilot (b. 1922)
 * Mogens Wöldike, Danish conductor and organist (b. 1897)
 * October 21
 * Guido Beck, Argentine physicist (b. 1903)
 * Paul Ledoux, Belgian astrophysicist (b. 1914)
 * October 22
 * Henry Armstrong, American boxer (b. 1912)
 * Plácido Galindo, Peruvian footballer (b. 1906)
 * Clare Stevenson, Australian air force officer (b. 1903)
 * Esat Oktay Yıldıran, Turkish major (b. 1949)
 * October 23
 * Jan Erik Lindqvist, Swedish actor (b. 1920)
 * André Neher, French scholar and philosopher (b. 1914)
 * Stefan Turchak, Ukrainian conductor (b. 1938)
 * October 24 – Sumner White, American sailor (b. 1929)
 * October 25
 * Eric Larson, American animator (b. 1905)
 * Milton Rokeach, Polish-American psychologist (b. 1918)
 * October 26
 * October 27
 * Charles Hawtrey, English actor (b. 1914)
 * Curt Herzstark, Austrian engineer (b. 1902)
 * Rudolf Jordan, German nazi officer (b. 1902)
 * Erika von Thellmann, Austrian actress (b. 1902)
 * October 28 – Pietro Annigoni, Italian painter (b. 1910)
 * October 29
 * Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian activist (b. 1903)
 * Thomas Cooray, Sri Lankan cardinal (b. 1901)
 * Nataša Gollová, Czech actress (b. 1912)
 * Mary Kid, German actress (b. 1901)
 * Bill Mason, Canadian naturalist and film director (b. 1929)
 * Orlando Montenegro Medrano, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua (b. 1920)
 * October 30
 * Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, German actor (b. 1900)
 * Thornton Hee, American animator (b. 1911)
 * Hans Klering, German actor (b. 1906)
 * Tasos Leivaditis, Greek poet and author (b. 1922)
 * Francisco Rodrigues, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925)
 * October 31
 * John Houseman, English-American actor (b. 1902)
 * Theodor Schneider, German mathematician (b. 1911)
 * George Uhlenbeck, Dutch-American theoretical physicist (b. 1900)

November 1988

 * November 1
 * George Folsey, American cinematographer (b. 1898)
 * Hans P. Kraus, Austrian-American book dealer (b. 1907)
 * November 2
 * Hokuma Gurbanova, Azerbaijani actress (b. 1913)
 * Lukas Heller, German-English screenwriter (b. 1930)
 * Menachem Savidor, Israeli politician (b. 1917)
 * November 3
 * Ira Abbott, American aerospace engineer (b. 1906)
 * William Adam, Dutch-Belgian malacologist (b. 1909)
 * George Mitchell, American water polo player (b. 1901)
 * Flora Rheta Schreiber, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
 * November 4
 * Hermann Graf, German fighter pilot (b. 1912)
 * Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer (b. 1915)
 * Grigor Yeghiazaryan, Armenian composer (b. 1908)
 * November 5
 * C. F. Møller, Danish architect (b. 1898)
 * Jakoba Mulder, Dutch architect (b. 1900)
 * November 6
 * John Hubbard, American actor (b. 1914)
 * Tan Zheng, Chinese general (b. 1906)
 * November 7 – Hans Baumann, German author (b. 1914)
 * November 8
 * Kingman Brewster Jr., American academic administrator and diplomat (b. 1919)
 * Warren Casey, American composer and songwriter (b. 1935)
 * Oskar Rohr, German footballer (b. 1912)
 * November 9
 * Anatoliy Baranovsky, Ukrainian politician and economist (b. 1906)
 * Yves Baudrier, French sailor and film composer (b. 1906)
 * Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Italian cardinal (b. 1903)
 * Billy Curtis, American actor (b. 1909)
 * John N. Mitchell, American lawyer and politician (b. 1913)
 * Nalumino Mundia, Zambian politician, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1927)
 * November 10
 * Otto Haupt, German mathematician (b. 1887)
 * Jaume Miravitlles, Spanish author and politician (b. 1906)
 * November 11
 * Jean Mistler, French author and politician (b. 1897)
 * Émile Muller, French politician (b. 1915)
 * November 12
 * Ursula Graham Bower, English anthropologist (b. 1914)
 * Primo Conti, Italian painter (b. 1900)
 * István Klimek, Romanian footballer (b. 1913)
 * Lyman Lemnitzer, American general (b. 1899)
 * Tomasz Sikorski, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1939)
 * November 13
 * Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor (b. 1906)
 * Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)
 * November 14
 * Julia Caba Alba, Spanish actress (b. 1902)
 * Giacomo Gaioni, Italian cyclist (b. 1905)
 * Åke Gustafsson, Swedish botanist and geneticist (b. 1908)
 * Haywood S. Hansell, American major general (b. 1903)
 * Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1907)
 * Augusta La Torre, Peruvian revolutionary (b. 1946)
 * November 15
 * Mirko Kokotović, Bosnian-Croatian footballer (b. 1913)
 * Ieronymos Kotsonis, Greek monk and theologian (b. 1905)
 * Mona Washbourne, English actress (b. 1903)
 * November 16
 * Wera Engels, German actress (b. 1905)
 * Jennie Lee, Scottish politician (b. 1904)
 * November 17
 * Jyotirmoyee Devi, Indian author (b. 1894)
 * Magdaléna Štrompachová, Hungarian-Slovakian painter (b. 1919)
 * November 18 – Lotte Stam-Beese, German-Dutch architect (b. 1903)
 * November 19
 * Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Indian judge (b. 1913)
 * Veljko Mandić, Montenegrin actor (b. 1924)
 * Christina Onassis, American-Greek businesswoman (b. 1950)
 * Hamidur Rahman, Bangladeshi artist (b. 1928)
 * November 20
 * Jenő Vincze, Hungarian footballer (b. 1908)
 * Felix Ziegel, Russian astronomer (b. 1920)
 * November 21
 * Sophie Carola, German princess (b. 1911)
 * Tom Fraser, Scottish politician (b. 1911)
 * Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (b. 1903)
 * Pál Kalmár, Hungarian singer (b. 1900)
 * Raymond Lewenthal, American pianist (b. 1923)
 * November 22
 * Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (b. 1902)
 * Raymond Dart, Australian anatomist and anthropologist (b. 1893)
 * Erich Fried, Austrian-English poet and author (b. 1921)
 * John R. Ragazzini, American engineer (b. 1912)
 * Terry Welch, American computer scientist (b. 1939)
 * November 23
 * Gamal Abdel-Rahim, Egyptian composer (b. 1924)
 * Kenzō Masaoka, Japanese animator (b. 1898)
 * Joe Schleimer, Canadian wrestler (b. 1909)
 * November 24
 * Bernard Leene, Dutch cyclist (b. 1903)
 * Andreas Ostler, German bobsledder (b. 1921)
 * Irmgard Seefried, German opera singer (b. 1919)
 * Jenő Szűcs, Hungarian historian (b. 1928)
 * November 25
 * Alphaeus Philemon Cole, American artist (b. 1876)
 * Jack Leslie, English footballer (b. 1901)
 * Dmitrii Menshov, Russian mathematician (b. 1892)
 * Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1910)
 * November 26
 * Hans Baron, German-American historian (b. 1900)
 * Albert Barthélémy, French cyclist (b. 1906)
 * Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan musician and composer (b. 1916)
 * Bent Peder Rasch, Danish canoeist (b. 1934)
 * November 27
 * Angela Aames, American actress (b. 1956)
 * Carmen Carbonell, Spanish actress (b. 1900)
 * John Carradine, American actor (b. 1906)
 * Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess grandmaster (b. 1927)
 * Takieddin el-Solh, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1908)
 * November 28
 * Gus Bailey, American basketball player (b. 1951)
 * Daniil Kazakevich, Russian lieutenant general (b. 1902)
 * Leonid Lubennikov, Russian politician (b. 1910)
 * November 29
 * Nils Bejerot, Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist (b. 1921)
 * Ludwig Rudolph von Hannover, German royal and music producer (b. 1955)
 * Donald Keyhoe, American pilot and author (b. 1897)
 * Yevsey Moiseyenko, Russian painter (b. 1916)
 * Mabel Strickland, Maltese journalist and politician (b. 1899)
 * November 30
 * Martín Alarcón, Argentine footballer (b. 1928)
 * Aleksandar Deroko, Serbian architect and artist (b. 1894)
 * Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American music patron and author (b. 1913)
 * Margaret Mee, English artist (b. 1909)
 * Amiram Nir, Israeli journalist (b. 1950)
 * Charlie Rouse, American saxophonist and flautist (b. 1924)
 * Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, Egyptian reciter (b. 1927)

December 1988

 * December 1
 * Martin Hinds, Welsh scholar (b. 1941)
 * Włodzimierz Mazur, Polish footballer (b. 1954)
 * J. Vernon McGee, American minister and theologian (b. 1904)
 * Gisle Straume, Norwegian actor and theatre director (b. 1917)
 * Jonas Turkow, Polish actor and author (b. 1898)
 * December 2
 * Karl-Heinz Bürger, German nazi officer (b. 1904)
 * Paul Olmari, Finnish archbishop (b. 1914)
 * Zofia Szczęśniewska, Polish volleyball player (b. 1943)
 * December 3
 * Károly Lakat, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1920)
 * Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, Thai politician, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1901)
 * December 4
 * Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899)
 * Gerd Arntz, German-Dutch artist (b. 1900)
 * David Trench, English politician (b. 1915)
 * Alberto Uria, Uruguayan racing driver (b. 1924)
 * December 5
 * Einar Forseth, Swedish artist (b. 1892)
 * Aghasadyg Garaybeyli, Azerbaijani actor (b. 1897)
 * Valter Klauson, Estonian politician (b. 1914)
 * August Lenz, German footballer (b. 1910)
 * Erik Lundin, Swedish chess grandmaster (b. 1904)
 * Aurélien Sauvageot, French linguist (b. 1897)
 * December 6
 * Timothy Patrick Murphy, American actor (b. 1959)
 * Roy Orbison, American singer (b. 1936)
 * December 7
 * Christopher Connelly, American actor (b. 1941)
 * Dorothy Jordan, American actress (b. 1906)
 * December 8
 * Henri Peyre, French-American linguist and scholar (b. 1901)
 * Hellmuth Reymann, German nazi officer (b. 1882)
 * Anne Seymour, American actress (b. 1909)
 * Andrey Yershov, Russian computer scientist (b. 1931)
 * Ulanhu Ze, Chinese politician (b. 1907)
 * December 9 – Gerhart Münch, German composer and pianist (b. 1907)
 * December 10
 * Richard S. Castellano, American actor (b. 1933)
 * Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist (b. 1895)
 * Roman Schramseis, Austrian footballer (b. 1906)
 * Alexander Vinogradov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1918)
 * December 11
 * Wilhelm Petersén, Swedish ice hockey player and bandy player (b. 1906)
 * Nagendra Singh, Indian judge (b. 1914)
 * Anton Stankowski, German graphic designer and photographer (b. 1906)
 * December 12
 * Dick Clair, American television producer and actor (b. 1931)
 * Paul Matteoli, French cyclist (b. 1929)
 * Anthony Provenzano, American mobster (b. 1917)
 * Rudolf Schündler, German actor and film director (b. 1906)
 * Stjepan Vrbančić, Croatian footballer (b. 1900)
 * December 13
 * Evelyn Booth, Irish botanist (b. 1897)
 * Wally Henschel, German-American chess player (b. 1893)
 * André Jaunet, Swiss flautist (b. 1911)
 * María Teresa León, Spanish author and activist (b. 1903)
 * Fyodor Reshetnikov, Russian painter (b. 1906)
 * Betty Snowball, English athlete (b. 1908)
 * Roy Urquhart, English major general (b. 1901)
 * December 14
 * Evald Schorm, Czech film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
 * Jean Schramme, Belgian mercenary (b. 1929)
 * Stuart Symington, American politician (b. 1901)
 * December 15
 * Leonid Andrussow, Latvian-German engineer (b. 1896)
 * Tito Livio Ferreira, Brazilian historian and journalist (b. 1894)
 * Clifford Harrison, American ice hockey player (b. 1927)
 * December 16
 * Anna Jean Ayres, American psychologist (b. 1920)
 * Hunter Hendry, Australian cricketer (b. 1895)
 * Sylvester James Jr., American singer (b. 1947)
 * Ryōhei Koiso, Japanese painter (b. 1903)
 * Gisella Perl, Romanian gynecologist (b. 1907)
 * Babe Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
 * Antonio Rico, Spanish chess player (b. 1908)
 * Poul Thomsen, Danish actor (b. 1922)
 * December 17 – Jerry Hopper, American film director (b. 1907)
 * December 18
 * R. Arumugam, Malaysian footballer (b. 1953)
 * Ottó Boros, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1929)
 * Arve Lønnum, Norwegian politician (b. 1911)
 * December 19
 * Umashankar Joshi, Indian poet and scholar (b. 1911)
 * Alain Romans, French composer (b. 1905)
 * Stanley Skewes, South African mathematician (b. 1899)
 * December 20
 * György Marik, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1924)
 * Elizabeth Scott, English mathematician (b. 1917)
 * December 21
 * Bernt Carlsson, Swedish diplomat (b. 1938)
 * Curt Richter, American biologist and geneticist (b. 1894)
 * Bob Steele, American actor (b. 1907)
 * Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch biologist (b. 1907)
 * Venus Xtravaganza, American transgender figure (b. 1965)
 * December 22
 * Iván Boldizsár, Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1912)
 * Chico Mendes, Brazilian environmentalist (b. 1944)
 * Tucker Smith, American actor (b. 1936)
 * Rexhai Surroi, Albanian journalist and diplomat (b. 1929)
 * December 23
 * Consuelo Berges, Spanish translator and journalist (b. 1899)
 * János Boldóczki, Hungarian politician (b. 1912)
 * Frida Kern, Austrian composer (b. 1891)
 * Carlo Scorza, Italian politician (b. 1897)
 * December 24
 * Whitney Bourne, American actress (b. 1914)
 * Mary Cavendish, English duchess (b. 1895)
 * Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (b. 1905)
 * Evelyn Pinching, English skier (b. 1915)
 * Noel Willman, Irish actor and theatre director (b. 1918)
 * December 25
 * Jan Białostocki, Polish historian (b. 1921)
 * Evgeny Golubev, Russian composer (b. 1910)
 * Shōhei Ōoka, Japanese author and critic (b. 1909)
 * Cynthia Stone, American actress (b. 1926)
 * December 26
 * Herluf Bidstrup, Danish cartoonist (b. 1912)
 * Julanne Johnston, American actress (b. 1900)
 * John Loder, English actor (b. 1898)
 * Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer (b. 1897)
 * December 27
 * Hal Ashby, American film director (b. 1929)
 * Ida Busbridge, English mathematician (b. 1908)
 * Walter Crook, English footballer and manager (b. 1913)
 * Freda James, English tennis player (b. 1911)
 * Khin Kyi, Burmese politician and diplomat (b. 1912)
 * Donald Laycock, Australian linguist and anthropologist (b. 1936)
 * Clément Moreau, German artist (b. 1903)
 * December 28
 * Karlfried Graf Dürckheim, German diplomat and psychotherapist (b. 1896)
 * Björn Kurtén, Finnish paleontologist (b. 1924)
 * December 29
 * Émile Aillaud, French architect (b. 1902)
 * Mike Beuttler, English racing driver (b. 1940)
 * Rita Rait-Kovaleva, Russian translator and author (b. 1898)
 * December 30
 * Jan Baalsrud, Norwegian lieutenant (b. 1917)
 * Yuli Daniel, Russian author (b. 1925)
 * Takeo Fujisawa, Japanese businessman (b. 1910)
 * Ernesto Lazzatti, Argentine footballer and journalist (b. 1915)
 * Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and architect (b. 1904)
 * Nikolai Sologubov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
 * December 31
 * Christopher Andrewes, English virologist (b. 1896)
 * Oliver L. Austin, American ornithologist (b. 1903)
 * Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (b. 1907)

January 1989

 * January 1 – Anthony Pini, Argentine-English cellist (b. 1902)
 * January 2
 * Safdar Hashmi, Indian playwright (b. 1954)
 * Ilya Mazuruk, Russian pilot and explorer (b. 1906)
 * January 3
 * Robert Banks, American chemist (b. 1921)
 * Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
 * Bernhard Krüger, German nazi officer (b. 1904)
 * Nell O'Day, American actress (b. 1909)
 * Lina Prokofiev, Spanish singer (b. 1897)
 * Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
 * Robert Thomas, French screenwriter and actor (b. 1927)
 * Jean Willes, American actress (b. 1923)
 * January 4 – Dvora Netzer, Israeli politician (b. 1897)
 * January 5 – Philip Herschkowitz, Romanian composer (b. 1906)
 * January 6
 * Jim Hurtubise, American racing driver (b. 1932)
 * Edmund Leach, English anthropologist and academic (b. 1910)
 * Elisa Lispector, Brazilian author (b. 1911)
 * January 7
 * Frank Adams, English mathematician (b. 1930)
 * Hirohito, Japanese emperor (b. 1901)
 * Ugo Pignotti, Italian fencer (b. 1898)
 * Timothy Plowman, American ethnobotanist (b. 1944)
 * January 8
 * Torsten Johansson, Swedish footballer (b. 1906)
 * Johnny Jordaan, Dutch singer (b. 1924)
 * Olavi Kuronen, Finnish ski jumper (b. 1923)
 * Kenneth McMillan, American actor (b. 1932)
 * Frank Sullivan, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1898)
 * January 9
 * Walter Köhler, German nazi politician (b. 1897)
 * Marshall H. Stone, American mathematician (b. 1903)
 * Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
 * January 10
 * Chris Avram, Romanian-Italian actor (b. 1931)
 * Kai Fjell, Norwegian painter (b. 1907)
 * Valentin Glushko, Russian engineer (b. 1908)
 * Herbert Morrison, American journalist (b. 1905)
 * January 11
 * José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, Peruvian politician, President of Peru (b. 1894)
 * Jackie Wright, Northern Irish comedian (b. 1904)
 * January 12
 * Adil Candemir, Turkish wrestler (b. 1917)
 * Zygmunt Hübner, Polish actor (b. 1930)
 * Satyam Sastry, Indian composer (b. 1933)
 * Willy Schneider, German singer (b. 1905)
 * January 13
 * Sterling Allen Brown, American folklorist and poet (b. 1901)
 * José María Peña, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1895)
 * Joe Spinell, American actor (b. 1936)
 * January 14 – Nguyễn Văn Xuân, Vietnamese politician (b. 1892)
 * January 15 – Wilf Slack, English cricketer (b. 1954)
 * January 16
 * Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot, Dutch economist and broadcaster (b. 1897)
 * Fredrik Meyer, Norwegian sailor (b. 1916)
 * Prem Nazir, Indian actor (b. 1926)
 * Trey Wilson, American actor (b. 1948)
 * January 17
 * Gordon Allott, American politician (b. 1907)
 * Óscar Vargas Prieto, Peruvian politician, Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1917)
 * Baba Mardoukh Rohanee, Iranian academic (b. 1923)
 * Georges Schéhadé, Lebanese playwright and poet (b. 1905)
 * Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan singer and poet (b. 1936)
 * January 18
 * Nils Axelsson, Swedish footballer (b. 1906)
 * Bruce Chatwin, English author and journalist (b. 1940)
 * January 19
 * Norma Varden, English-American actress (b. 1898)
 * Octavio Vial, Mexican football manager (b. 1918)
 * January 20
 * Józef Cyrankiewicz, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1911)
 * John Harding, English field marshal (b. 1896)
 * Dolf van Kol, Dutch footballer (b. 1902)
 * Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress and singer (b. 1894)
 * Vincenzo Rossello, Italian cyclist (b. 1923)
 * Halsey Stevens, American composer (b. 1908)
 * January 21 – Billy Tipton, American musician (b. 1914)
 * January 22
 * Vladimir Belov, Russian pianist (b. 1906)
 * Sydney Goldstein, English mathematician (b. 1903)
 * Sándor Weöres, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1913)
 * January 23
 * Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (b. 1904)
 * Bob Gerhardt, American rower and businessman (b. 1903)
 * Emil Kijewski, German cyclist (b. 1911)
 * Diana Pizzavini, Italian gymnast (b. 1911)
 * Konstantin Schegotsky, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1911)
 * Oliver Sipple, American soldier (b. 1941)
 * January 24
 * Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)
 * Roberto Figueroa, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1904)
 * Sasha Putrya, Ukrainian painter (b. 1977)
 * Theodore B. Werner, American politician (b. 1892)
 * January 25
 * Bertil Berg, Swedish water polo player (b. 1910)
 * Bikki Sunazawa, Japanese artist (b. 1931)
 * January 26
 * Morton DaCosta, American theatre director (b. 1914)
 * William Forrest, American actor (b. 1902)
 * George Schroth, American water polo player (b. 1899)
 * Sava Sekulić, Serbian painter (b. 1902)
 * January 27
 * David Buck, English actor (b. 1936)
 * Willibald Kreß, German footballer (b. 1906)
 * Thomas Sopwith, English pilot (b. 1888)
 * January 28
 * Choekyi Gyaltsen, Tibetan panchen lama (b. 1938)
 * Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (b. 1900)
 * László Papp, Hungarian wrestler (b. 1905)
 * Olli Puhakka, Finnish pilot (b. 1916)
 * Marc Stevens, American pornographic actor (b. 1943)
 * Yoshimaro Yamashina, Japanese ornithologist (b. 1900)
 * January 29
 * Mikhail Chulaki, Russian composer (b. 1908)
 * Federico Cantú Garza, Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1907)
 * January 30
 * Alfonso Borbón y Dampierre, Spanish duke (b. 1936)
 * Jack George, American basketball player (b. 1928)
 * Friedrich Solmsen, German-American philologist (b. 1904)
 * January 31
 * Yasushi Akutagawa, Japanese composer and conductor (b. 1925)
 * Osborne Anderson, American ice hockey player (b. 1908)
 * Fernando Namora, Portuguese author and physician (b. 1919)
 * William Stephenson, Canadian soldier and spymaster (b. 1897)

February 1989

 * February 1
 * Elaine de Kooning, American painter (b. 1918)
 * Erik Persson, Swedish footballer (b. 1909)
 * February 2
 * Yuri Bogatyryov, Russian actor (b. 1947)
 * Ondrej Nepela, Slovakian figure skater (b. 1951)
 * Nuno Oliveira, Portuguese equestrian (b. 1925)
 * Walter M. Scott, American set decorator (b. 1906)
 * February 3
 * John Cassavetes, American actor and film director (b. 1929)
 * Ebbe Langberg, Danish actor and film director (b. 1933)
 * Lionel Newman, American film composer (b. 1916)
 * Avram Moiseevich Razgon, Russian historian (b. 1920)
 * Kim Sung-jun, South Korean boxer (b. 1953)
 * February 4
 * Thorkild Hansen, Danish author (b. 1927)
 * Trevor Lucas, Australian singer (b. 1943)
 * February 5
 * André Cheuva, French footballer (b. 1908)
 * Joe Raposo, American composer (b. 1937)
 * February 6
 * André Cayatte, French screenwriter and film director (b. 1909)
 * Chris Gueffroy, German historical figure (b. 1968)
 * Antoni Łaciak, Polish ski jumper (b. 1939)
 * King Tubby, Jamaican sound engineer (b. 1941)
 * Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (b. 1912)
 * February 7
 * Egon Larsson, Swedish singer and actor (b. 1914)
 * Sebastian Leitner, Austrian-German psychologist (b. 1919)
 * Gilbert Simondon, French philosopher (b. 1924)
 * Simon Virsaladze, Georgian painter (b. 1909)
 * February 8
 * John Coward, English ice hockey player (b. 1910)
 * Begum Khurshid Mirza, Pakistani actress (b. 1918)
 * February 9 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist and animator (b. 1928)
 * February 10 – Irving Brown, American trade unionist (b. 1911)
 * February 11
 * T. E. B. Clarke, English screenwriter (b. 1907)
 * Leon Festinger, American psychologist (b. 1919)
 * Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Emirati politician (b. 1905)
 * George O'Hanlon, American actor (b. 1912)
 * February 12
 * Thomas Bernhard, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1931)
 * Maurice Cann, English motorcycle racer (b. 1911)
 * Attilio Dottesio, Italian actor (b. 1909)
 * Pat Finucane, Irish lawyer (b. 1949)
 * February 13
 * Suzanne Briet, French librarian and philosopher (b. 1894)
 * Hans Hellmut Kirst, German author (b. 1914)
 * Eugénie Radziwiłł, Greek-Danish princess (b. 1910)
 * February 14
 * James Bond, American ornithologist (b. 1900)
 * Vincent Crane, English keyboardist (b. 1943)
 * Duncan Gregg, American rower (b. 1910)
 * Hilario Pérez, Spanish footballer (b. 1905)
 * Vincent Žuk-Hryškievič, Belarusian politician (b. 1903)
 * February 15
 * Hüseyin Akbaş, Turkish wrestler (b. 1933)
 * Robert Lefebvre, French cinematographer (b. 1907)
 * Lee E. McMahon, American computer scientist (b. 1931)
 * Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, Indonesian politician and economist (b. 1911)
 * Antonio Garzoni Provenzani, Italian rower (b. 1906)
 * Aleksandr Travin, Russian basketball player (b. 1937)
 * February 16
 * Andy Black, Scottish footballer (b. 1917)
 * Ida Ehre, Austrian-German actor (b. 1900)
 * Arne Jørgensen, Danish gymnast (b. 1897)
 * February 17
 * Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)
 * Guy Laroche, French fashion designer (b. 1921)
 * Hanne Sobek, German footballer (b. 1900)
 * Jan Vreede, Dutch sailor (b. 1900)
 * February 18
 * Mildred Burke, American professional wrestler (b. 1915)
 * Dina Halpern, Polish-American actress (b. 1909)
 * February 19
 * February 20
 * Julio César Chaves, Paraguayan historian (b. 1907)
 * Erika Köth, German opera singer (b. 1925)
 * Betty Mars, French singer and actress (b. 1944)
 * Aleksandr Medvedkin, Russian film director (b. 1900)
 * Manuel Rosas, Mexican footballer (b. 1912)
 * February 21
 * Gerrit Bol, Dutch mathematician (b. 1906)
 * Khalil Mammadov, Azerbaijani major general (b. 1916)
 * Sándor Márai, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1900)
 * Otar Taktakishvili, Georgian composer and conductor (b. 1924)
 * Alex Thépot, French footballer (b. 1906)
 * Moshe Unna, Israeli politician (b. 1902)
 * February 22
 * Nadezhda Kosheverova, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
 * Joan Woodbury, American actress (b. 1915)
 * February 23
 * José Romão Martenetz, Ukrainian-Brazilian bishop (b. 1903)
 * Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa, Tibetan politician and scholar (b. 1907)
 * February 24
 * Norris Cotton, American politician (b. 1900)
 * Joe Harvey, English footballer and manager (b. 1918)
 * Margo Lion, German-French singer and actress (b. 1899)
 * Maria Florianivna Makarevych, Ukrainian botanist and lichenologist (b. 1906)
 * February 25 – Robert Foulk, American actor (b. 1908)
 * February 26
 * Roy Eldridge, American trumpeter (b. 1911)
 * Alexander Golling, German actor (b. 1905)
 * Mouloud Mammeri, Algerian author and anthropologist (b. 1917)
 * Éloi Meulenberg, Belgian cyclist (b. 1912)
 * February 27
 * Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (b. 1897)
 * Mauricio Garcés, Mexican actor and comedian (b. 1926)
 * Kim Hyun-chul, South Korean politician, Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1901)
 * Göran Larsson, Swedish swimmer (b. 1932)
 * Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist and ethnologist (b. 1903)
 * Sayuti Melik, Indonesian journalist (b. 1908)
 * Bas Paauwe, Dutch footballer (b. 1911)
 * Joe Silver, American actor (b. 1922)
 * Boris Skossyreff, Belarusian explorer and royal pretender (b. 1896)
 * February 28
 * Bernard Beryl Brodie, English-American pharmacologist (b. 1907)
 * Hermann Burger, Swiss poet and author (b. 1942)
 * Josef Epp, Austrian footballer (b. 1920)
 * Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira, Brazilian lexicographer and philologist (b. 1910)
 * Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Indian yoga instructor (b. 1888)
 * Pak Se-yong, North Korean poet and politician (b. 1902)

March 1989

 * March 1
 * Marcelle Bergerol, French painter (b. 1901)
 * André Muffang, French chess player (b. 1897)
 * Odie Payne, American drummer (b. 1926)
 * March 2
 * March 3
 * Richard B. Morris, American historian (b. 1904)
 * Dong Qiwu, Chinese general (b. 1899)
 * Stanisław Szmajzner, Polish-Brazilian resistance fighter (b. 1927)
 * March 4
 * Tiny Grimes, American guitarist (b. 1916)
 * Viktor Nikiforov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
 * Edward Makuka Nkoloso, Zambian resistance fighter and politician (b. 1919)
 * March 5 – Richmond Barthé, American sculptor (b. 1901)
 * March 6
 * Harry Andrews, English actor (b. 1911)
 * Hans-Joachim Hannemann, German rower (b. 1915)
 * Franca Marzi, Italian actress (b. 1926)
 * Yoshio Shiga, Japanese politician (b. 1901)
 * March 7
 * Jean Colin, English actress (b. 1905)
 * Gi Hyeong-do, South Korean poet (b. 1960)
 * Judson Philips, American author (b. 1903)
 * March 8
 * Elisaveta Bykova, Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1913)
 * Charles Exbrayat, Finnish author (b. 1906)
 * Winfried Freudenberg, German historical figure (b. 1956)
 * Stuart Hamblen, American singer (b. 1908)
 * Robert Lacoste, French politician (b. 1898)
 * Ági Mészáros, Hungarian actress (b. 1914)
 * Albert De Roocker, Belgian fencer (b. 1904)
 * Luigi Rovati, Italian boxer (b. 1904)
 * March 9
 * Kermit Beahan, American lieutenant colonel (b. 1918)
 * Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (b. 1946)
 * Sam Melville, American actor (b. 1936)
 * Mihemed Şêxo, Syrian singer (b. 1948)
 * Hilda Strike, Canadian sprinter (b. 1910)
 * March 10
 * Selwyn Jepson, English author and screenwriter (b. 1899)
 * Maurizio Merli, Italian actor (b. 1940)
 * March 11
 * William Challee, American actor (b. 1904)
 * James Kee, American politician (b. 1917)
 * John J. McCloy, American politician (b. 1895)
 * March 12
 * Maurice Evans, English actor (b. 1901)
 * Jakob Gimpel, Polish pianist (b. 1906)
 * Kiyoshi Mutō, Japanese architect (b. 1903)
 * March 13
 * Carl Dahlhaus, German musicologist (b. 1928)
 * Jo Mommers, Dutch footballer (b. 1927)
 * Fahrettin Özdilek, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1898)
 * March 14
 * Edward Abbey, American author (b. 1927)
 * Zita Agnese, Austrian royal (b. 1892)
 * Stephen Bechtel Sr., American businessman (b. 1900)
 * Francesco Paolo Bonifacio, Italian politician (b. 1923)
 * Happy Humphrey, American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
 * Gladys Pyle, American politician (b. 1890)
 * March 15
 * Henry Cass, English film director (b. 1903)
 * Manlio Di Rosa, Italian fencer (b. 1914)
 * March 16
 * Georges Blond, French author (b. 1906)
 * Jesús María de Leizaola, Spanish politician (b. 1896)
 * March 17
 * Merritt Butrick, American actor (b. 1959)
 * Jacob Pieter Den Hartog, Dutch-American engineer (b. 1901)
 * Farman Karimzade, Azerbaijani author and film director (b. 1937)
 * March 18
 * Harold Jeffreys, English geophysicist (b. 1891)
 * Ryūzō Kikushima, Japanese screenwriter and film producer (b. 1914)
 * Piet Kruiver, Dutch footballer (b. 1938)
 * Werner Proft, German field hockey player (b. 1901)
 * Max Tishler, American chemist (b. 1906)
 * March 19
 * Alan Civil, English horn player (b. 1929)
 * Juliette Compton, American actress (b. 1899)
 * Valérie Quennessen, French actress (b. 1957)
 * March 20
 * Archie Bleyer, American conductor and bandleader (b. 1909)
 * Mogens Lüchow, Danish fencer (b. 1918)
 * Dina Sfat, Brazilian actress (b. 1938)
 * March 21
 * Louis Dupree, American archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1925)
 * Milton Frome, American actor (b. 1909)
 * March 22
 * Jorge Lazaroff, Uruguayan composer and musician (b. 1950)
 * Peta Taylor, English cricketer (b. 1912)
 * March 23
 * Alf Agar, English footballer (b. 1904)
 * Pavle Gregorić, Croatian politician (b. 1892)
 * George Marthins, Indian field hockey player (b. 1905)
 * Berl Repetur, Ukrainian-Israeli activist and politician (b. 1902)
 * March 24 – Arnett Cobb, American saxophonist (b. 1918)
 * March 25
 * Reginald Le Borg, Austrian film director (b. 1902)
 * Sa'id Mufti, Jordanian politician, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1898)
 * March 26
 * Albert Guérisse, Belgian resistance fighter (b. 1911)
 * Māris Liepa, Latvian ballerina (b. 1936)
 * Asbjørn Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1919)
 * Hai Zi, Chinese poet (b. 1964)
 * March 27
 * May Allison, American actress (b. 1890)
 * Malcolm Cowley, American author (b. 1898)
 * Cláudio Santoro, Brazilian composer and conductor (b. 1919)
 * Jack Starrett, American actor (b. 1936)
 * March 28
 * Joseph Adefarasin, Nigerian lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
 * Ian Dalrymple, South African-English film producer and screenwriter (b. 1903)
 * Josiah Zion Gumede, Zimbabwean politician (b. 1919)
 * Madeleine Ozeray, Belgian actress (b. 1908)
 * Antonín Rýgr, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1921)
 * Robert J. Wilke, American actor (b. 1914)
 * March 29
 * Bernard Blier, Argentine-French actor (b. 1916)
 * Ferdinand Brickwedde, American physicist (b. 1903)
 * Xiao Jinguang, Chinese admiral (b. 1903)
 * Jo Mihaly, German dancer and author (b. 1902)
 * Carl Munters, Swedish inventor (b. 1897)
 * Aleksandr Prokopenko, Belarusian footballer (b. 1953)
 * Nicolae Steinhardt, Romanian author and monk (b. 1912)
 * March 30
 * Bill Chappell, American politician (b. 1922)
 * Mike Sekowsky, American comic book artist (b. 1923)
 * Arto Tolsa, Finnish footballer (b. 1945)
 * March 31 – Zakir Baghirov, Azerbaijani politician (b. 1929)

April 1989

 * April 1
 * Nedda Harrigan, American actress (b. 1899)
 * Jan A. Rajchman, Polish engineer (b. 1911)
 * George Robledo, Chilean footballer (b. 1926)
 * April 2
 * Daniel Spry, Canadian major general (b. 1913)
 * Inez Clare Verdoorn, South African botanist (b. 1896)
 * April 3
 * Mustafa Çağatay, Turkish-Cypriot politician (b. 1937)
 * Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach, German general (b. 1894)
 * April 4 – Madeline Hurlock, American actress (b. 1897)
 * April 5
 * Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (b. 1895)
 * Bill Gunn, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1934)
 * Kurt Lischka, German war criminal (b. 1909)
 * Karel Zeman, Czech film director and animator (b. 1910)
 * April 6
 * Zofia Batycka, Polish model and actress (b. 1907)
 * Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston, American diver (b. 1903)
 * Tapani Niku, Finnish skier (b. 1895)
 * Pannalal Patel, Indian author (b. 1912)
 * Michael Reusch, Swiss gymnast (b. 1914)
 * April 7
 * Hassan al-Amri, Yemeni lieutenant general and politician, Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1920)
 * Per Hysing-Dahl, Norwegian resistance fighter (b. 1920)
 * Cheng Nan-jung, Taiwanese publisher and activist (b. 1947)
 * Basawon Singh, Indian activist (b. 1909)
 * April 8
 * Albert Bormann, German nazi officer (b. 1902)
 * Horia Demian, Romanian basketball player (b. 1942)
 * John Wyer, English engineer (b. 1909)
 * April 9
 * Birger Holmqvist, Swedish ice hockey player and bandy player (b. 1900)
 * Friedrich Ritter, German botanist (b. 1898)
 * Albert Vigoleis Thelen, German author and translator (b. 1903)
 * April 10
 * Joan Barry, English actress (b. 1903)
 * George Genereux, Canadian sport shooter (b. 1935)
 * Nikolai Grinko, Ukrainian actor (b. 1920)
 * April 11
 * Emil Grosswald, Romanian-American mathematician (b. 1912)
 * Balthasar Niederkofler, Austrian skier (b. 1906)
 * Hiram Sherman, American actor (b. 1908)
 * Sarban Wall, English author and diplomat (b. 1910)
 * April 12
 * Herbert Bednorz, Polish bishop (b. 1908)
 * Gerald Flood, English actor (b. 1927)
 * Bill Harper, Scottish footballer (b. 1897)
 * Abbie Hoffman, American activist (b. 1936)
 * Antonio Porta, Italian author and poet (b. 1935)
 * Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (b. 1921)
 * Georges Sébastian, Hungarian-French conductor (b. 1903)
 * Tilda Thamar, Argentine actress (b. 1921)
 * April 13
 * Paul II Cheikho, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1906)
 * Erich Herrmann, German handball player (b. 1914)
 * Terry Miller, American politician (b. 1942)
 * Tor Nilsson, Swedish wrestler (b. 1919)
 * Gilbert Scodeller, French cyclist (b. 1931)
 * April 14 – Valdemar Laursen, Danish footballer (b. 1900)
 * April 15
 * Aurel Dermek, Slovakian mycologist and author (b. 1925)
 * Frederico Gay, Italian cyclist (b. 1896)
 * Bernard-Marie Koltès, French playwright and theatre director (b. 1948)
 * Connie Simmons, American basketball player (b. 1925)
 * Charles Vanel, French actor (b. 1892)
 * Hu Yaobang, Chinese politician (b. 1915)
 * April 16
 * Tawfiq Yusuf 'Awwad, Lebanese author and diplomat (b. 1911)
 * Jocko Conlan, American baseball umpire (b. 1899)
 * Harald Edelstam, Swedish diplomat (b. 1913)
 * Katia Granoff, Russian-French art dealer and author (b. 1895)
 * Kaoru Ishikawa, Japanese theorist (b. 1915)
 * Hakkı Yeten, Turkish footballer (b. 1910)
 * April 17
 * Inji Aflatoun, Egyptian painter and activist (b. 1924)
 * Charles Lampkin, American actor and musician (b. 1913)
 * April 18
 * Adil Atan, Turkish wrestler (b. 1929)
 * Hilde Benjamin, German judge (b. 1902)
 * Vlasta Matulová, Czech actress (b. 1918)
 * Julia Smith, American composer and pianist (b. 1905)
 * April 19
 * Ferdinand aus der Fünten, German war criminal (b. 1909)
 * Daphne du Maurier, English author (b. 1907)
 * April 20
 * Harold Barlow, English engineer (b. 1899)
 * Johan Eichfeld, Estonian biologist and politician (b. 1893)
 * Uichiro Hatta, Japanese footballer (b. 1903)
 * Lydia Sherwood, English actress (b. 1906)
 * April 21
 * Jón Gunnar Árnason, Icelandic sculptor (b. 1931)
 * Princess Deokhye, South Korean princess (b. 1912)
 * James Kirkwood Jr., American playwright (b. 1924)
 * April 22
 * György Kulin, Hungarian astronomer (b. 1905)
 * Siegfried Ruff, German physician (b. 1907)
 * Emilio Segrè, Italian-American physicist (b. 1905)
 * April 23
 * Norm Baker, Canadian basketball player and lacrosse player (b. 1923)
 * Marc Daniels, American television director (b. 1912)
 * Hu Die, Chinese actress (b. 1908)
 * Hamani Diori, Nigerien politician, Prime Minister of Niger (b. 1916)
 * Imre Hódos, Hungarian wrestler (b. 1928)
 * Marcel Schumann, Luxembourgian footballer (b. 1901)
 * April 24
 * Franz Binder, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1911)
 * Clyde Geronimi, Italian-American animator (b. 1901)
 * Santana Guimarães, Portuguese footballer (b. 1936)
 * Li Jingquan, Chinese politician (b. 1909)
 * Federico Saiz, Spanish footballer (b. 1912)
 * Edgar Sanabria, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1911)
 * April 25 – George Coulouris, English actor (b. 1903)
 * April 26
 * Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (b. 1911)
 * Michele Cecchini, Italian archbishop and diplomat (b. 1920)
 * Judith Dornys, Hungarian-Canadian dancer and actress (b. 1941)
 * Robert Gysae, German u-boat commander (b. 1911)
 * April 27
 * Howard Brookner, American film director (b. 1954)
 * Leopold Buczkowski, Polish author and poet (b. 1905)
 * Marcel J. E. Golay, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1902)
 * Kōnosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman (b. 1894)
 * Paavo Salminen, Finnish footballer (b. 1911)
 * April 28
 * Jack Cummings, American film producer and director (b. 1905)
 * Géza von Cziffra, Hungarian-Austrian film director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
 * Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and singer (b. 1911)
 * Raúl Sendic, Uruguayan lawyer and trade unionist (b. 1926)
 * April 29
 * Marlene Elejarde, Cuban sprinter (b. 1951)
 * Ehsan Tabari, Iranian philosopher and poet (b. 1917)
 * April 30
 * Yi Bangja, Japanese-South Korean princess (b. 1901)
 * Gottfried Köthe, Austrian mathematician (b. 1905)
 * Sergio Leone, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
 * Pierre Lewden, French high jumper (b. 1901)
 * Taiji Tonoyama, Japanese actor (b. 1915)
 * Guy Williams, American actor (b. 1924)

May 1989

 * May 1
 * Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor (b. 1918)
 * Scooter Lowry, American actor (b. 1919)
 * Marion Mack, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1902)
 * Edward Ochab, Polish politician (b. 1906)
 * Binyamin Sasson, Israeli politician (b. 1903)
 * Douglass Watson, American actor (b. 1921)
 * David Webster, South African anthropologist and activist (b. 1944)
 * May 2
 * Bennie Benjamin, Virgin Islands-American songwriter (b. 1907)
 * James Crabe, American cinematographer (b. 1931)
 * Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author (b. 1902)
 * Ambrogio Marchioni, Italian archbishop and diplomat (b. 1911)
 * Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (b. 1906)
 * May 3
 * Gordon Dailley, Canadian-English ice hockey player (b. 1911)
 * Christine Jorgensen, American actress and transgender figure (b. 1926)
 * Muriel Ostriche, American actress (b. 1896)
 * William Squire, Welsh actor (b. 1917)
 * May 4
 * Adnan Khayr Allah, Iraqi colonel general (b. 1939)
 * Erwin Faber, German actor (b. 1891)
 * Herschel C. Loveless, American politician (b. 1911)
 * Jean-Marie Tjibaou, French politician (b. 1936)
 * May 5
 * Helmuth M. Backhaus, German screenwriter (b. 1920)
 * Wolfgang Neuss, German actor and artist (b. 1923)
 * May 6
 * Tally Brown, American singer and actress (b. 1924)
 * Adolfo Constanzo, Cuban-American serial killer and cult leader (b. 1962)
 * Thakin Soe, Burmese politician (b. 1906)
 * May 7
 * Miranda Campa, Swiss-Italian actress (b. 1914)
 * Frank Cluskey, Irish politician (b. 1930)
 * Darío Echandía, Colombian politician and diplomat (b. 1897)
 * Earl J. Hamilton, American historian (b. 1899)
 * May 8
 * Hendrik Allik, Estonian politician (b. 1901)
 * Felice Mario Boano, Italian automobile designer (b. 1903)
 * Andreas Hillgruber, German historian (b. 1925)
 * Ruggero Maccari, Italian screenwriter (b. 1919)
 * Rudolf Uhlenhaut, English-German engineer (b. 1906)
 * May 9
 * Karl Brunner, Swiss economist (b. 1916)
 * Fred Halsted, American pornographic film director and actor (b. 1941)
 * Devereaux Mytton, Australian sailor (b. 1924)
 * Kenneth A. Roberts, American politician (b. 1912)
 * Keith Whitley, American singer (b. 1954)
 * May 10
 * Wilhelm Bleckwenn, German general (b. 1906)
 * Stewart Perowne, English diplomat and archaeologist (b. 1901)
 * Kalu Rinpoche, Tibetan lama (b. 1905)
 * Woody Shaw, American musician (b. 1944)
 * Dominik Tatarka, Slovakian author (b. 1913)
 * Hassler Whitney, American mathematician (b. 1907)
 * May 11
 * Esteban de Jesús, Puerto Rican boxer (b. 1950)
 * Xiao Wangdong, Chinese lieutenant general (b. 1910)
 * May 12 – Marcelle de Manziarly, Russian-French pianist (b. 1899)
 * May 13
 * Bjørn Puggaard-Müller, Danish actor (b. 1922)
 * Joanna Roos, American actress and playwright (b. 1901)
 * May 14
 * Nikifor Kalchenko, Ukrainian politician (b. 1906)
 * Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906)
 * May 15
 * Johnny Green, American film composer and songwriter (b. 1908)
 * Noriko Tsukase, Japanese voice actress and singer (b. 1945)
 * May 16
 * Hassan Khaled, Lebanese politician (b. 1921)
 * Théodore Strawinsky, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1907)
 * May 17
 * Justino de Azcárate, Spanish politician (b. 1903)
 * Hallvard Eika, Norwegian politician (b. 1920)
 * Walter Gross, German actor (b. 1904)
 * Ota Hofman, Czech author (b. 1928)
 * Finn Juhl, Danish architect (b. 1912)
 * Lucia Moholy, Czech photographer (b. 1894)
 * May 18
 * Hermann Höcherl, German politician (b. 1912)
 * Ed McIlvenny, Scottish footballer (b. 1924)
 * May 19
 * Abe Akira, Japanese author (b. 1934)
 * Anton Diffring, German-English actor (b. 1916)
 * Abel Herzberg, Dutch lawyer and author (b. 1893)
 * Robert Webber, American actor (b. 1924)
 * May 20
 * Erzsébet Galgóczi, Hungarian author and playwright (b. 1930)
 * John Hicks, English economist (b. 1904)
 * Pavel Juráček, Czech screenwriter and film director (b. 1935)
 * Warren Magnuson, American politician (b. 1905)
 * Lyn Murray, English-American film composer (b. 1909)
 * Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (b. 1946)
 * Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist (b. 1909)
 * May 21 – Tito Colliander, Finnish theologian and author (b. 1904)
 * May 22
 * Tadahiro Aizawa, Japanese archaeologist (b. 1926)
 * Gerd Oswald, German-American film director (b. 1919)
 * Rush Rhees, American philosopher (b. 1905)
 * Karen Ulane, American pilot (b. 1941)
 * May 23
 * Antranig Dzarugian, Armenian author and poet (b. 1913)
 * Ansa Ikonen, Finnish actress (b. 1913)
 * Karl Koch, German hacker (b. 1965)
 * Ursula Knab, German sprinter (b. 1929)
 * Georgy Tovstonogov, Georgian-Russian theatre director (b. 1915)
 * May 24
 * Guus Dräger, Dutch footballer (b. 1917)
 * Bernice Eddy, American virologist and epidemiologist (b. 1903)
 * Tripti Mitra, Indian actress (b. 1925)
 * May 25 – Brigid Bazlen, American actress (b. 1944)
 * May 26
 * Jean Despeaux, French boxer (b. 1915)
 * Pierre Everaert, French cyclist (b. 1933)
 * Phineas Newborn Jr., American pianist (b. 1931)
 * Don Revie, English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
 * Kazuko Takatsukasa, Japanese princess (b. 1929)
 * May 27
 * Zygmunt Andrzej Heinrich, Polish mountaineer (b. 1937)
 * Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1907)
 * May 28
 * Wally Anderzunas, American basketball player (b. 1946)
 * Iván Palazzese, Italian-Venezuelan motorcycle racer (b. 1962)
 * Baltasar Lopes da Silva, Cape Verdean-Portuguese author and poet (b. 1907)
 * May 29
 * John Cipollina, American guitarist (b. 1943)
 * George C. Homans, American sociologist (b. 1910)
 * Joseph Van Ingelgem, Belgian footballer (b. 1912)
 * Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor (b. 1932)
 * May 30
 * Jane Fauntz, American swimmer (b. 1910)
 * James Harry Lacey, English fighter pilot (b. 1917)
 * Zinka Milanov, Croatian opera singer (b. 1906)
 * Claude Pepper, American politician (b. 1900)
 * Darshan Singh, Indian religious leader and scholar (b. 1921)
 * May 31
 * Leland Cunningham, American astronomer (b. 1904)
 * Heinz Hasselberg, German cyclist (b. 1914)
 * Willi Horn, German canoeist (b. 1909)
 * C. L. R. James, Trinidadian historian and journalist (b. 1901)
 * Owen Lattimore, American scholar and author (b. 1900)

June 1989

 * June 1
 * Paavo Aitio, Finnish politician (b. 1918)
 * Uno Lamm, Swedish engineer (b. 1904)
 * Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile desinger (b. 1917)
 * Edward J. McShane, American mathematician (b. 1904)
 * Charles Vanden Wouwer, Belgian footballer (b. 1916)
 * June 2
 * Guido Agosti, Italian pianist (b. 1901)
 * Ted à Beckett, Australian cricketer (b. 1907)
 * Dmitry Sergeyevich Gusev, Russian lieutenant (b. 1915)
 * Alfred Winslow Jones, American businessman and sociologist (b. 1900)
 * Frederic Prokosch, American author (b. 1906)
 * Takeo Watanabe, Japanese musician and composer (b. 1933)
 * June 3
 * Jack Belden, American journalist (b. 1910)
 * Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian politician (b. 1900)
 * June 4
 * Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)
 * Cecil Collins, English painter (b. 1908)
 * Franca Helg, Italian architect (b. 1920)
 * Richard Rive, South African author and academic (b. 1931)
 * June 5
 * Baby Huwae, Dutch-Indonesian actress and model (b. 1939)
 * André Michel, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
 * Marco Pallis, English author and mountaineer (b. 1895)
 * Maurice Philippe, English automobile designer (b. 1932)
 * June 6
 * David Allan, Australian cyclist (b. 1956)
 * Richard Kahn, English economist (b. 1905)
 * Bohumil Steigenhöfer, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1905)
 * June 7
 * Jim Cristy, American swimmer (b. 1913)
 * Lloyd Doesburg, Surinamese footballer (b. 1960)
 * William McLean Hamilton, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
 * Chico Landi, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1907)
 * Nara Leão, Brazilian singer and actress (b. 1942)
 * Paulo Leminski, Brazilian author and poet (b. 1944)
 * June 8
 * Albert Spaggiari, French bank robber (b. 1932)
 * Štefan Svitek, Slovakian murderer (b. 1960)
 * June 9
 * George Beadle, American geneticist (b. 1903)
 * Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)
 * Vladimir Kasatonov, Russian admiral (b. 1910)
 * José López Rega, Argentine politician and diplomat (b. 1916)
 * Wolfdietrich Schnurre, German author (b. 1920)
 * June 10
 * James Greenway, American ornithologist (b. 1903)
 * Juan Bustillo Oro, Mexican film director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
 * Richard Quine, American actor (b. 1920)
 * Suleyman Rustam, Azerbaijani poet and playwright (b. 1906)
 * June 11
 * Conrad Baden, Norwegian organist and composer (b. 1908)
 * Jack McMahon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
 * June 12
 * Eduardo Dualde, Spanish field hockey player (b. 1933)
 * Nilufer Hanımsultan, Turkish princess (b. 1916)
 * Lou Monte, American singer (b. 1917)
 * June 13
 * Fran Allison, American comedian and singer (b. 1907)
 * Eduard Päll, Estonian politician (b. 1903)
 * Scott Ross, American harpsichordist (b. 1951)
 * June 14
 * Christopher Bernau, American actor (b. 1940)
 * Pete de Freitas, English musician (b. 1961)
 * Wei Guoqing, Chinese general and politician (b. 1913)
 * Joseph Malula, Congolese cardinal (b. 1917)
 * Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss, Israeli rabbi (b. 1902)
 * Albert Wolff, American fencer (b. 1906)
 * June 15
 * Roberto Camardiel, Spanish actor (b. 1917)
 * Victor French, American actor and television director (b. 1934)
 * Ray McAnally, Irish actor (b. 1926)
 * Luis Ricceri, Italian priest (b. 1901)
 * June 16
 * Miloslav Bednařík, Czech sport shooter (b. 1965)
 * Helga Haase, German speed skater (b. 1934)
 * Arthur Häggblad, Swedish skier (b. 1908)
 * Jerzy Pniewski, Polish physicist (b. 1913)
 * Antonio Román, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
 * June 17
 * S. David Griggs, American astronaut (b. 1939)
 * John Matuszak, American football player and actor (b. 1950)
 * Pat Parker, American poet and activist (b. 1944)
 * June 18
 * Ennio Balbo, Italian actor (b. 1922)
 * George C. Pimentel, American chemist (b. 1922)
 * I. F. Stone, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
 * June 19
 * Betti Alver, Estonian poet (b. 1906)
 * Andrey Prokofyev, Russian sprinter (b. 1959)
 * June 20
 * Hans Conzelmann, German theologian and scholar (b. 1915)
 * Dona Drake, American actress and singer (b. 1914)
 * Veikko Lommi, Finnish rower (b. 1917)
 * June 21
 * Lee Calhoun, American hurdler (b. 1933)
 * Paul Doktor, Austrian-American violist and conductor (b. 1917)
 * Aleksandr Safronov, Russian speed skater (b. 1952)
 * Bjørn Skaare, Norwegian ice hockey player (b. 1958)
 * June 22
 * Anton Dermota, Slovenian opera singer (b. 1910)
 * Robert Körner, Austrian footballer (b. 1924)
 * Henri Sauguet, French composer (b. 1901)
 * Lisa Sergio, Italian broadcaster (b. 1905)
 * Menahem Stern, Israeli historian (b. 1925)
 * June 23
 * Michel Aflaq, Syrian philosopher and politician (b. 1910)
 * Werner Best, German war criminal (b. 1903)
 * Timothy Manning, Irish-American cardinal (b. 1909)
 * June 24
 * Fred Alexander Barkley, American botanist (b. 1908)
 * Saadet Çağatay, Turkish scholar (b. 1907)
 * Hibari Misora, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1937)
 * Ghulam Raziq, Pakistani hurdler (b. 1932)
 * Vasili Alexandrovich Romanov, Russian prince (b. 1907)
 * June 25
 * Enrique Fontana Codina, Spanish politician (b. 1921)
 * Onoe Shoroku II, Japanese actor (b. 1913)
 * June 26
 * Takeji Iwamiya, Japanese photographer (b. 1920)
 * Thorkil Kristensen, Danish politician (b. 1899)
 * June 27
 * A. J. Ayer, English philosopher (b. 1910)
 * Jack Buetel, American actor (b. 1915)
 * Michele Lupo, Italian film director (b. 1932)
 * June 28
 * Joris Ivens, Dutch film director (b. 1898)
 * Alfredo Sadel, Venezuelan singer and actor (b. 1930)
 * June 29
 * Kazuo Mori, Japanese film director (b. 1911)
 * Oskar Nowak, Austrian ice hockey player (b. 1913)
 * Madhuri R. Shah, Indian educator and author (b. 1919)
 * June 30
 * Hilmar Baunsgaard, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1920)
 * Rostislav Plyatt, Russian actor (b. 1908)

July 1989

 * July 1
 * Matthias Billen, German footballer (b. 1910)
 * William Ching, American actor (b. 1913)
 * July 2
 * Andrei Gromyko, Russian politician and diplomat (b. 1909)
 * Jean Painlevé, French photographer and film director (b. 1902)
 * Franklin J. Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
 * Wilfrid Sellars, American philosopher (b. 1912)
 * Ben Wright, English actor (b. 1915)
 * July 3
 * Jim Backus, American actor (b. 1913)
 * Frans G. Hukom, Indonesian footballer (b. 1915)
 * Okey Patteson, American politician (b. 1898)
 * July 4
 * Jack Haig, English actor (b. 1913)
 * Leyla Mammadbeyova, Azerbaijani pilot (b. 1909)
 * Win Maung, Burmese politician, President of Burma (b. 1916)
 * Vic Perrin, American actor (b. 1916)
 * Nelson Sullivan, American videographer (b. 1948)
 * July 5
 * Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1905)
 * Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Armenian historian (b. 1896)
 * July 6
 * Jean Bouise, French actor (b. 1929)
 * János Kádár, Hungarian politician (b. 1912)
 * John Maguire, American archbishop (b. 1904)
 * Reuven Shari, Russian-Israeli politician (b. 1903)
 * July 7
 * Iroda Aliyeva, Uzbekistani actress (b. 1929)
 * Irene Bernasconi, Argentine biologist (b. 1896)
 * Moshe Kol, Israeli activist and politician (b. 1911)
 * July 8 – Platon Maiboroda, Ukrainian composer (b. 1918)
 * July 9
 * Salvatore Colombo, Italian-Somalian bishop (b. 1922)
 * Abdellah Guennoun, Moroccan author and historian (b. 1908)
 * July 10
 * Mel Blanc, American voice actor (b. 1908)
 * Jean-Michel Charlier, Belgian comic book writer (b. 1924)
 * July 11
 * Laurence Curtis, American politician (b. 1893)
 * Horia Macellariu, Romanian rear admiral (b. 1894)
 * Laurence Olivier, English actor and film director (b. 1907)
 * Magda Portal, Peruvian poet and author (b. 1900)
 * Richard Travis, American actor (b. 1913)
 * July 12
 * Sidney Hook, American philosopher (b. 1902)
 * Wolfgang Moritz, German-Finnish prince (b. 1896)
 * Carlos Puebla, Cuban singer and guitarist (b. 1917)
 * July 13
 * Appapillai Amirthalingam, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1927)
 * Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Iranian politician (b. 1930)
 * John Kennedy, Scottish cyclist (b. 1931)
 * Ulf Miehe, German screenwriter and film director (b. 1940)
 * Davud Monshizadeh, Iranian politician and nazi collaborator (b. 1914)
 * Arnaldo Ochoa, Cuban general (b. 1930)
 * Alberto Radi, Italian rower (b. 1919)
 * July 14 – José María García Lahiguera, Spanish archbishop (b. 1903)
 * July 15
 * Alexander Altunin, Russian general and politician (b. 1921)
 * Will Bradley, American trombonist and bandleader (b. 1912)
 * Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
 * Nesuhi Ertegun, Turkish-American record producer (b. 1917)
 * Maria Kuncewiczowa, Polish author (b. 1895)
 * Teiichi Suzuki, Japanese lieutenant general and politician (b. 1888)
 * July 16
 * Nicolás Guillén, Cuban poet and journalist (b. 1902)
 * Herbert von Karajan, Dutch conductor (b. 1908)
 * Shmuel Rodensky, Russian-Israeli actor (b. 1902)
 * July 17
 * Dudley Brooks, American pianist and composer (b. 1913)
 * Robert Horton Cameron, American mathematician (b. 1908)
 * Paul Lemerle, French historian (b. 1903)
 * František Šimůnek, Czech skier (b. 1910)
 * July 18
 * Donnie Moore, American baseball player (b. 1954)
 * Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (b. 1967)
 * July 19
 * Xaquín Lorenzo Fernández, Spanish author (b. 1907)
 * Vivian Reed, American actress (b. 1894)
 * Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish politician (b. 1913)
 * Carl-Heinz Schroth, German actor and film director (b. 1902)
 * Benjamin Tammuz, Israeli author and artist (b. 1919)
 * July 20
 * Forrest H. Anderson, American politician (b. 1913)
 * Valentine Bargmann, German-American mathematician and theoretical physicist (b. 1908)
 * José Augusto Brandão, Brazilian footballer (b. 1911)
 * Lauro Corona, Brazilian actor (b. 1957)
 * Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, French resistance fighter (b. 1909)
 * Erwin Sietas, German swimmer (b. 1910)
 * Mary Treen, American actress (b. 1907)
 * Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter (b. 1910)
 * July 21
 * James M. Collins, American politician (b. 1916)
 * Baryi Kalimullin, Russian architect (b. 1907)
 * Chafia Rochdi, Tunisian singer and actress (b. 1910)
 * July 22
 * Janet Lee Bouvier, American socialite (b. 1907)
 * Martti Talvela, Finnish opera singer (b. 1935)
 * July 23
 * Donald Barthelme, American author (b. 1931)
 * Tony de la Guardia, Cuban colonel (b. 1939)
 * Charlotte von Österreich, Austrian royal (b. 1921)
 * July 24
 * Walter Dick, Scottish-American footballer (b. 1905)
 * Sunshine Sammy Morrison, American actor (b. 1912)
 * Mark Morrisroe, American artist and photographer (b. 1959)
 * Eleanor Raymond, American architect (b. 1887)
 * July 25
 * Natalya Melik Melikyan, Armenian scientist (b. 1906)
 * Steve Rubell, American entrepreneur (b. 1943)
 * July 26 – Derek Ball, English sound engineer (b. 1930)
 * July 27
 * Warren Low, American film editor (b. 1905)
 * Dolf Sternberger, German philosopher and political scientist (b. 1907)
 * Ádám Szirtes, Hungarian actor (b. 1925)
 * July 28
 * Jeff Richards, American actor (b. 1924)
 * Donnell Young, American sprinter (b. 1888)
 * July 29
 * Nancy Andrews, American actress (b. 1920)
 * Osvaldo Brandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1916)
 * July 30
 * Ramón Areces, Spanish businessman (b. 1904)
 * Lily Broberg, Danish actress (b. 1923)
 * Amadeo Labarta, Spanish footballer (b. 1905)
 * Octave Mannoni, French psychoanalyst and author (b. 1899)
 * July 31
 * Michael Harrington, American activist and author (b. 1928)
 * Bull Moose Jackson, American singer and saxophonist (b. 1919)
 * Edgar Kaufmann Jr., American architect (b. 1910)
 * Zhou Yang, Chinese theorist and translator (b. 1908)

August 1989

 * August 1
 * René Debrie, French linguist (b. 1920)
 * John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
 * August 2
 * Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian singer (b. 1912)
 * Marcel Stern, French composer and violinist (b. 1909)
 * August 3
 * Dominic Behan, Irish author and musician (b. 1928)
 * Alfredo Bodoira, Italian footballer (b. 1911)
 * Antonia Brico, Dutch-American conductor and pianist (b. 1902)
 * Peggy Montgomery, American actress (b. 1904)
 * Egon Orowan, Hungarian-English physicist (b. 1902)
 * Ruth Lyttle Satter, American botanist (b. 1923)
 * August 4 – Paul Murry, American comic book artist (b. 1911)
 * August 5
 * Toni Breder, German long jumper (b. 1925)
 * John Larsen, Norwegian sport shooter (b. 1913)
 * August 6
 * Hubert Beuve-Méry, French journalist (b. 1902)
 * Nat Levine, American film producer (b. 1899)
 * August 7
 * Enrique Gaviola, Argentine astrophysicist (b. 1900)
 * Mickey Leland, American politician (b. 1944)
 * Robert Stevens, American television director (b. 1920)
 * Mira Trailović, Serbian theatre director (b. 1924)
 * August 8
 * Amador Bendayán, Venezuelan actor (b. 1920)
 * Enrico Lorenzetti, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1911)
 * Brian Naylor, English racing driver (b. 1923)
 * George Papp, American comic book artist (b. 1916)
 * August 9
 * Richard Alexander (b. [[1902)
 * Antonino Pietro Gullotti, Italian politician (b. 1922)
 * Duncan MacPherson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1966)
 * Gunnar Mattsson, Finnish author and journalist (b. 1937)
 * August 10
 * George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian diplomat (b. 1913)
 * Pierre Matisse, French-American art dealer (b. 1900)
 * Alberto Sols, Spanish biochemist (b. 1917)
 * August 11
 * Faraj Al-Barasi, Libyan footballer (b. 1960)
 * John Meillon, Australian actor (b. 1934)
 * August 12
 * Henri Goetz, American-French painter (b. 1909)
 * Lillebil Ibsen, Norwegian dancer and actress (b. 1899)
 * Aimo Koivunen, Finnish corporal (b. 1917)
 * Samuel Okwaraji, Nigerian footballer (b. 1964)
 * William Shockley, American physicist (b. 1910)
 * Olga Villi, Italian model and actress (b. 1922)
 * August 13
 * Ruth Brandt, Irish artist (b. 1936)
 * Willy De Bruyn, Belgian cyclist (b. 1914)
 * Hugo del Carril, Argentine actor and film director (b. 1912)
 * Roldano Lupi, Italian actor (b. 1909)
 * Tim Richmond, American racing driver (b. 1955)
 * August 14
 * Robert B. Anderson, American politician (b. 1910)
 * Ricky Berry, American basketball player (b. 1964)
 * Sergio Nasca, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
 * Bergen Sarılmışer, Turkish singer (b. 1958)
 * August 15
 * Wolfram Eberhard, German-American sociologist (b. 1909)
 * Minoru Genda, Japanese pilot and politician (b. 1904)
 * Elvy Kalep, Estonian pilot (b. 1899)
 * Heinrich Krone, German politician (b. 1895)
 * Earl B. Ruth, American politician (b. 1916)
 * Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek lieutenant general (b. 1897)
 * August 16
 * Jean-Hilaire Aubame, Gabonese politician (b. 1912)
 * Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)
 * Anton Nilson, Swedish terrorist (b. 1887)
 * August 17 – Lawrence Stevens, South African boxer (b. 1913)
 * August 18
 * Robert Buckner, American screenwriter and film producer (b. 1906)
 * Friederich Franzl, Austrian footballer (b. 1905)
 * Luis Carlos Galán, Colombian politician and diplomat (b. 1943)
 * Yūji Koseki, Japanese film composer (b. 1909)
 * Imre Németh, Hungarian hammer thrower (b. 1917)
 * Bert Oosterbosch, Dutch cyclist (b. 1957)
 * Chrissie White, English actress (b. 1895)
 * August 19
 * Ernst van den Berg, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1915)
 * Laura Veccia Vaglieri, Italian orientalist (b. 1893)
 * August 20
 * George Adamson, Kenyan conservationist (b. 1906)
 * H. B. Halicki, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1940)
 * Joseph LaShelle, American cinematographer (b. 1900)
 * José Peirats, Spanish activist and journalist (b. 1908)
 * Syd van der Vyver, South African racing driver (b. 1920)
 * August 21 – Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
 * August 22
 * George Flahiff, Canadian archbishop (b. 1905)
 * Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (b. 1933)
 * Huey P. Newton, American activist (b. 1942)
 * Diana Vreeland, French-American journalist and magazine editor (b. 1903)
 * Alexander Yakovlev, Russian engineer (b. 1906)
 * August 23
 * Erik Almgren, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1908)
 * R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist (b. 1927)
 * Walter de Sousa, Indian field hockey player (b. 1920)
 * August 24 – Jacques Godechot, French historian (b. 1907)
 * August 25
 * Gunnar Berg, Swiss-Danish composer (b. 1909)
 * Jacques Castelot, French actor (b. 1914)
 * Alfredo Ceschiatti, Brazilian sculptor (b. 1918)
 * Yan Frenkel, Ukrainian composer (b. 1920)
 * Frank Henry, American equestrian (b. 1909)
 * Roman Palester, Polish composer (b. 1907)
 * Jean-Louis Verdier, French mathematician (b. 1935)
 * August 26
 * Hans Børli, Norwegian poet and author (b. 1918)
 * Raffaello Gambino, Italian water polo player (b. 1928)
 * Fred Louis Lerch, Austrian actor (b. 1902)
 * Irving Stone, American author (b. 1903)
 * August 27
 * Luiz Luz, Brazilian footballer (b. 1909)
 * Gloria Milland, Italian actress (b. 1940)
 * Burhan Shahidi, Chinese politician (b. 1894)
 * Bill Shirley, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
 * August 28
 * Joseph Alsop, American journalist (b. 1910)
 * Ondine Olivo, American actor (b. 1937)
 * Charles Sheaffer, American field hockey player (b. 1904)
 * August 29
 * Pua Kealoha, American swimmer (b. 1902)
 * Lorenzo Natali, Italian politician (b. 1922)
 * Peter Scott, English ornithologist (b. 1909)
 * August 30
 * Arsène Heitz, German-French draughtsman (b. 1908)
 * Joe De Santis, American actor and sculptor (b. 1909)
 * August 31
 * Michele Cascella, Italian painter (b. 1892)
 * Moe Dalitz, American gangster (b. 1899)
 * Claire Luce, American actress (b. 1903)

September 1989

 * September 1
 * Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (b. 1947)
 * Carmelo Elorduy, Spanish sinologist (b. 1901)
 * Cyril Gill, English sprinter (b. 1902)
 * Dipa Ma, Indian-American buddhist (b. 1911)
 * Shah Azizur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1925)
 * Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish engineer and inventor (b. 1894)
 * September 2 – Clifton Parker, English composer (b. 1905)
 * September 3
 * Hermine Agavni Kalustyan, Armenian-Turkish mathematician and politician (b. 1914)
 * Sten Mellgren, Swedish footballer (b. 1900)
 * Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (b. 1953)
 * Kurt Stern, German screenwriter (b. 1907)
 * Jan Trepczyk, Polish poet and songwriter (b. 1907)
 * September 4
 * Bernard Belleau, French pharmacologist (b. 1925)
 * Colin Clark, English-Australian economist (b. 1905)
 * Zenon Kliszko, Polish politician (b. 1908)
 * Georges Simenon, Belgian author (b. 1903)
 * Ronald Syme, New Zealand-English historian (b. 1903)
 * September 5 – J. Barkley Rosser, American logician (b. 1907)
 * September 6
 * Muhammad Ibrahim, Bangladeshi physician (b. 1911)
 * Gina Manès], French actress (b. [[1893)
 * Uberto Mori, Italian layman (b. 1926)
 * Jimmy Ruffell, English footballer (b. 1900)
 * September 7
 * Valery Goborov, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1966)
 * Mikhail Goldstein, German composer and violinist (b. 1917)
 * Jim Harley, Scottish footballer (b. 1917)
 * September 8
 * Henri Disy, Belgian water polo player (b. 1913)
 * Karel Finek, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1920)
 * Aleardo Simoni, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
 * Paul Alfred Weiss, Austrian biologist (b. 1898)
 * September 9
 * Elephter Andronikashvili, Georgian physicist (b. 1910)
 * Heinrich Angst, Swiss bobsledder (b. 1915)
 * Oleksiy Fedorov, Ukrainian major general (b. 1901)
 * Tim Hovey, American actor and musician (b. 1945)
 * September 10 – Gordon McCallum, American-English sound engineer (b. 1919)
 * September 11
 * September 12
 * Anton Lubowski, Namibian activist (b. 1952)
 * Sterjo Spasse, Albanian author (b. 1914)
 * September 13
 * Fred Agabashian, American racing driver (b. 1913)
 * Gilles Andriamahazo, Malagasy general and politician (b. 1919)
 * Zoltán Dudás, Hungarian footballer (b. 1933)
 * Géza Frid, Hungarian-Dutch composer and pianist (b. 1904)
 * Charles H. Russell, American politician (b. 1903)
 * September 14
 * John Bright, American screenwriter and journalist (b. 1908)
 * Tim Brown, American figure skater (b. 1938)
 * Nicolás Cabrera, Spanish physicist (b. 1913)
 * Eddie McLeod, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1900)
 * Benjamin Peary Pal, Indian biologist and agronomist (b. 1906)
 * Pérez Prado, Cuban bandleader and musician (b. 1916)
 * Valentina Schlee, Ukrainian fashion designer and costume designer (b. 1899)
 * September 15
 * Harry Cave, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1922)
 * Robert Penn Warren, American author (b. 1905)
 * September 16
 * Bruno Heck, German politician (b. 1917)
 * David H. Moriarty, American sound engineer (b. 1911)
 * Allen Shields, American mathematician (b. 1927)
 * Steven Stayner, American kidnapping victim (b. 1965)
 * September 17 – Richard Hull, English field marshal (b. 1907)
 * September 18
 * Aleksandra Śląska, Polish actress (b. 1925)
 * Jack Smith, American film director (b. 1932)
 * September 19
 * Vera Barclay, English author (b. 1893)
 * Naum Birman, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
 * Alma Lavenson, American photographer (b. 1897)
 * Willie Steele, American long jumper (b. 1923)
 * September 20
 * Stig Andersson-Tvilling, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1928)
 * Chen Boda, Chinese journalist and politician (b. 1904)
 * Richie Ginther, American racing driver (b. 1930)
 * Gustl Müller, German skier (b. 1903)
 * September 21
 * Bill Barron, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
 * Ertem Eğilmez, Turkish film director and producer (b. 1929)
 * Corrado Gaipa, Italian actor (b. 1925)
 * Rajani Thiranagama, Sri Lankan activist (b. 1954)
 * September 22
 * Ambrose Folorunsho Alli, Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1929)
 * Irving Berlin, American composer and songwriter (b. 1888)
 * September 23
 * September 24
 * Zunun Kadir, Chinese poet (b. 1911)
 * Walter Koelz, American zoologist (b. 1895)
 * September 25
 * September 26
 * Jimmy Delaney, Scottish footballer (b. 1914)
 * Kaj Franck, Finnish interior designer (b. 1911)
 * Hemant Kumar, Indian singer (b. 1920)
 * September 27
 * September 28
 * Dorothy Andrus, American tennis player (b. 1908)
 * José Arribas, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
 * Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino dictator and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1917)
 * September 29
 * János Farkas, Hungarian footballer (b. 1942)
 * Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour, French politician (b. 1907)
 * Georges Ulmer, Danish-French composer and actor (b. 1919)
 * Gunnar Wiklund, Swedish singer (b. 1935)
 * September 30
 * Horace Alexander, English author and ornithologist (b. 1889)
 * Oskar Davičo, Serbian author and poet (b. 1909)
 * Derelys Perdue, American actress (b. 1902)
 * Huỳnh Tấn Phát, Vietnamese politician (b. 1913)
 * Arthur Rook, English equestrian (b. 1921)
 * Ludwig Schuberth, Austrian handball player (b. 1911)
 * Virgil Thomson, American composer (b. 1896)

October 1989

 * October 1
 * Carlo Dapporto, Italian actor (b. 1911)
 * Witold Rowicki, Polish conductor (b. 1914)
 * October 2
 * Paola Barbara, Italian actress (b. 1912)
 * Vittorio Caprioli, Italian actor (b. 1921)
 * Cousin Joe, American singer (b. 1907)
 * Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, Colombian bishop (b. 1916)
 * October 3
 * James Bickford, American bobsledder (b. 1912)
 * Andrée Lafayette, French actress (b. 1903)
 * Yvonne Sylvain, Haitian physician (b. 1907)
 * Norman Yardley, English cricketer (b. 1915)
 * October 4
 * Graham Chapman, English comedian and actor (b. 1941)
 * Frederic de Hoffmann, Austrian-American physicist (b. 1924)
 * Edmund Osmańczyk, Polish author (b. 1913)
 * Secretariat, American racehorse (b. 1970)
 * Seit Tairov, Uzbekistani politician (b. 1928)
 * October 5
 * Ernesto Formenti, Italian boxer (b. 1927)
 * Noël-Noël, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1897)
 * Robert Poulet, Belgian author and critic (b. 1893)
 * October 6
 * Ulises Carrión, Mexican artist and author (b. 1941)
 * Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)
 * Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, French actor and film critic (b. 1920)
 * Howard Garns, American architect (b. 1905)
 * Paul Henry, Belgian footballer (b. 1912)
 * Lorenz Huber, German footballer (b. 1906)
 * October 7 – Aleksanteri Saarvala, Finnish gymnast (b. 1913)
 * October 8
 * Genki Abe, Japanese politician (b. 1894)
 * Oscar Moglia, Uruguayan basketball player (b. 1935)
 * Edward Woods, American actor (b. 1903)
 * October 9
 * Ernst Andersson, Swedish footballer (b. 1909)
 * Yusuf Atılgan, Turkish author (b. 1921)
 * Sven Israelsson, Swedish skier (b. 1920)
 * Silvio Parodi, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1931)
 * Hassan Poladi, Pakistani-American author (b. 1944)
 * October 10 – William Markus, Finnish-English film director and actor (b. 1917)
 * October 11
 * M. King Hubbert, American geologist and geophysicist (b. 1903)
 * Paul Shenar, American actor (b. 1936)
 * October 12
 * Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (b. 1913)
 * Franco Luambo, Congolese musician (b. 1938)
 * Sim Var, Cambodian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1906)
 * Jay Ward, American animator (b. 1920)
 * N. V. Krishna Warrier, Indian poet and journalist (b. 1916)
 * October 13
 * Halina Bielińska, Polish film director and animator (b. 1914)
 * Merab Kostava, Georgian musician and poet (b. 1939)
 * Federico Coullaut-Valera Mendigutia, Spanish sculptor (b. 1912)
 * Herbert Wildman, American water polo player (b. 1912)
 * Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter and theorist (b. 1902)
 * October 14
 * Ingeborg Brams, Danish actress (b. 1921)
 * Martin Broszat, German historian (b. 1926)
 * Michael Carmine, American actor (b. 1959)
 * Lucy Doraine, Hungarian actress (b. 1898)
 * Klavdiya Mayuchaya, Russian javelin thrower (b. 1918)
 * René Petit, French-Spanish footballer (b. 1899)
 * Dov Sadan, Israeli critic and politician (b. 1902)
 * October 15
 * James Lee Barrett, American screenwriter (b. 1929)
 * Giuseppe Gandini, Italian footballer (b. 1900)
 * Paul Georgescu, Romanian critic and journalist (b. 1923)
 * Tadevos Hakobyan, Armenian historian and geographer (b. 1917)
 * Danilo Kiš, Serbian author (b. 1935)
 * Scott O'Dell, American author (b. 1898)
 * Michał Rola-Żymierski, Polish politician (b. 1890)
 * Heinrich Walter, Russian-German botanist (b. 1898)
 * October 16
 * Walter Farley, American author (b. 1915)
 * Cornel Wilde, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1912)
 * October 17
 * Morteza Hannaneh, Iranian composer and musician (b. 1923)
 * Mark Krein, Ukrainian mathematician (b. 1907)
 * R. A. B. Mynors, English scholar (b. 1903)
 * October 18
 * Mirko Bonačić, Croatian footballer (b. 1903)
 * Georgi Gulia, Abkhazian author and artist (b. 1913)
 * Stan Miasek, American basketball player (b. 1924)
 * Mikhail Raukhverger, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1901)
 * Georgina von Wilczek, Lichtenstein princess (b. 1921)
 * October 19
 * Alan Murphy, English guitarist (b. 1953)
 * Alfred Zulkowski, German footballer (b. 1940)
 * October 20
 * Dan Ben-Amotz, Israeli broadcaster and journalist (b. 1924)
 * Dmitry Faddeev, Russian mathematician (b. 1907)
 * Katharina Heinroth, German zoologist (b. 1897)
 * Anthony Quayle, English actor (b. 1913)
 * October 21 – Cencio Mantovani, Italian cyclist (b. 1941)
 * October 22
 * Ross Freeman, American engineer and inventor (b. 1948)
 * Ewan MacColl, English singer (b. 1915)
 * Roland Winters, American actor (b. 1904)
 * October 23
 * Anatoly Lutikov, Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1933)
 * Armida Vendrell, Mexican actress and singer (b. 1911)
 * October 24
 * Ronald Davis, Welsh field hockey player (b. 1914)
 * Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
 * Vasilijus Matuševas, Lithuanian volleyball player (b. 1945)
 * Alex Seidel, German firearm designer (b. 1909)
 * Sahib Shihab, American saxophonist (b. 1925)
 * October 25
 * Enrico Forcella, Venezuelan sport shooter (b. 1907)
 * Mary McCarthy, American author (b. 1912)
 * Gerard Walschap, Belgian author (b. 1898)
 * October 26
 * Aadu Hint, Estonian author (b. 1910)
 * Charles J. Pedersen, South Korean-American chemist (b. 1904)
 * Andy Roberts, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1947)
 * Anders Rydberg, Swedish footballer (b. 1903)
 * Kumeko Urabe, Japanese actress (b. 1902)
 * October 27
 * Benjamin Murmelstein, Austrian rabbi (b. 1905)
 * Kjeld Philip, Danish economist and politician (b. 1912)
 * Alfred Wilson, American rower (b. 1903)
 * October 28
 * Laurent Di Lorto, French footballer (b. 1909)
 * Yuliya Solntseva, Russian actress and film director (b. 1901)
 * Kateb Yacine, Algerian author and playwright (b. 1929)
 * October 29
 * Roland Anderson, American art director (b. 1903)
 * Róża Maria Goździewska, Polish nurse (b. 1936)
 * October 30
 * Karen Grigorian, Armenian chess player (b. 1947)
 * Aristid Lindenmayer, Hungarian biologist (b. 1925)
 * Raymond Offner, French basketball player (b. 1927)
 * Pedro Vargas, Mexican opera singer and actor (b. 1906)
 * October 31
 * Conrad Beck, Swiss composer (b. 1901)
 * Sune Lindström, Swedish architect (b. 1906)
 * Francesc Miró-Sans, Spanish businessman (b. 1916)
 * Georgi Partsalev, Bulgarian actor (b. 1925)

November 1989

 * November 1
 * Hoimar von Ditfurth, German physician and journalist (b. 1921)
 * Max Streib, Swiss handball player (b. 1912)
 * November 2
 * Andrée Brabant, French actress (b. 1901)
 * Frederick Gordon-Lennox, English peer and racing driver (b. 1904)
 * November 3
 * Timoci Bavadra, Fijian politician, Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1934)
 * Zelma O'Neal, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
 * Mikhail Tsiselsky, Ukrainian pilot (b. 1909)
 * November 4
 * Keiichiro Ryu, Japanese author (b. 1923)
 * Bohumil Váňa, Czech table tennis player (b. 1920)
 * November 5
 * Adem Čejvan, Bosnian actor (b. 1927)
 * Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-American pianist (b. 1903)
 * Barry Sadler, American staff sergeant and singer (b. 1940)
 * Benigno Zaccagnini, Italian politician (b. 1912)
 * November 6
 * Margarete Buber-Neumann, German author (b. 1901)
 * Margit Makay, Hungarian actress (b. 1891)
 * Yūsaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949)
 * November 7
 * Dai Astley, Welsh footballer (b. 1909)
 * Andrey Borovykh, Russian pilot (b. 1921)
 * Brunello Rondi, Italian screenwriter (b. 1924)
 * Jan Skácel, Czech poet (b. 1922)
 * November 8 – Mary Agnes Yerkes, American painter and photographer (b. 1886)
 * November 9
 * Nenad Petrović, Croatian chess composer (b. 1907)
 * Leen Vente, Dutch footballer (b. 1911)
 * November 10
 * Peter Berglar, German historian (b. 1919)
 * Cookie Mueller, American actress (b. 1949)
 * November 11
 * Jay DeFeo, American painter (b. 1929)
 * Mohamed Demsiri, Moroccan singer and poet (b. 1936)
 * Natalio Pescia, Argentine footballer (b. 1922)
 * Tamar Tumanyan, Armenian architect (b. 1907)
 * November 12
 * Édouard Candeveau, Swiss rower (b. 1898)
 * Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish politician (b. 1895)
 * Victor Putmans, Belgian footballer (b. 1914)
 * November 13
 * Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964)
 * Roger Heman Jr, American sound engineer (b. 1932)
 * Dorothea Krook-Gilead, Latvian-Israeli scholar and translator (b. 1920)
 * Franz Joseph Majella, Lichtenstein prince (b. 1906)
 * Rohana Wijeweera, Sri Lankan militant (b. 1943)
 * November 14
 * Bill Davison, American cornetist (b. 1906)
 * Choe Deok-sin, South Korean-North Korean politician (b. 1914)
 * Rémi Laurent, French actor (b. 1957)
 * Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer (b. 1910)
 * Samand Siabandov, Armenian lieutenant colonel and author (b. 1909)
 * Enzo Trapani, Italian screenwriter (b. 1922)
 * November 15
 * Constance Binney, American actress (b. 1896)
 * Bartolomé Colombo, Argentine footballer (b. 1916)
 * Alejo Durán, Colombian singer and composer (b. 1919)
 * Lipót Kállai, Hungarian footballer (b. 1912)
 * November 16
 * Ignacio Ellacuría, Spanish-Salvadoran philosopher and theologian (b. 1930)
 * Rose Murphy, American pianist and singer (b. 1913)
 * Marie Uchytilová, Czech sculptor (b. 1924)
 * November 17 – Billy Lee, American actor (b. 1929)
 * November 18
 * Romano Bilenchi, Italian author (b. 1909)
 * Edvin Laine, Finnish film director (b. 1905)
 * Hendrik de Vries, Dutch painter and poet (b. 1896)
 * November 19 – Nancy Drexel, American actress (b. 1910)
 * November 20
 * Lynn Bari, American actress (b. 1919)
 * Hirabai Barodekar, Indian singer (b. 1905)
 * Božidar Jakac, Slovenian painter (b. 1899)
 * Labib Hussein Abu Rokan, Israeli politician (b. 1911)
 * Leonardo Sciascia, Italian author and politician (b. 1921)
 * Rachel Wischnitzer, Russian-German historian (b. 1885)
 * November 21
 * Peter Burton, English actor (b. 1921)
 * Heiko Fischer, German figure skater (b. 1960)
 * Harvey Hart, Canadian film director (b. 1928)
 * November 22
 * Roberto Arias, Panamanian lawyer and diplomat (b. 1918)
 * C. C. Beck, American comic book artist (b. 1910)
 * Robert Berri, French actor (b. 1912)
 * Abdur Rashid Kardar, Indian film director (b. 1904)
 * Billy Milton, English actor (b. 1905)
 * René Moawad, Lebanese politician, President of Lebanon (b. 1925)
 * Vijay Rajindernath, Indian cricketer (b. 1928)
 * Shamil Serikov, Russian wrestler (b. 1956)
 * November 23
 * Jiří Baumruk, Czech basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
 * Martin Glaessner, Austrian-Australian geologist and paleontologist (b. 1906)
 * Armand Salacrou, French playwright (b. 1899)
 * Mariko Shiga, Japanese singer (b. 1969)
 * November 24
 * E. Ruth Anderson, American musicologist (b. 1907)
 * Richard Korherr, German statistician (b. 1903)
 * November 25
 * Salo Wittmayer Baron, Austrian-American historian (b. 1895)
 * George Cakobau, Fijian politician (b. 1912)
 * Claus Clausen, German actor (b. 1899)
 * Birago Diop, Senegalese poet (b. 1906)
 * November 26
 * Ahmed Abdallah, Comorian politician, President of Comoros (b. 1919)
 * Gunnar Hedlund, Swedish politician (b. 1900)
 * Chand Usmani, Indian actress (b. 1933)
 * November 27
 * Carlos Arias Navarro, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1908)
 * Norma Nichols, American actress (b. 1894)
 * Claudio Teehankee, Filipino judge (b. 1918)
 * November 28
 * Arsenie Boca, Romanian priest and theologian (b. 1910)
 * Ernesto Civardi, Italian cardinal (b. 1906)
 * Georgy Ilivitsky, Russian chess player (b. 1921)
 * Ion Popescu-Gopo, Romanian artist (b. 1923)
 * November 29
 * Andreas Alariesto, Finnish painter (b. 1900)
 * Gubby Allen, Australian-English cricketer (b. 1902)
 * Giuseppe Antonini, Italian footballer (b. 1914)
 * Ann Burton, Dutch singer (b. 1933)
 * Zuko Džumhur, Bosnian author and painter (b. 1920)
 * Jeanne Herviale, French actress (b. 1908)
 * Valentina Kameníková, Czech painter (b. 1930)
 * Rolf Turkka, Finnish sailor (b. 1915)
 * Ödön Zombori, Hungarian wrestler (b. 1906)
 * November 30
 * Ahmadou Ahidjo, Cameroonian politician, President of Cameroon (b. 1924)
 * Hassan Fathy, Egyptian architect (b. 1900)
 * Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (b. 1930)
 * Gabriel Manek, Indonesian archbishop (b. 1913)

December 1989

 * December 1
 * Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931)
 * Michał Antoniewicz, Polish equestrian (b. 1897)
 * Billy Lyall, Scottish musician (b. 1953)
 * Nikolai Patolichev, Russian politician (b. 1908)
 * William Vandivert, American photographer (b. 1912)
 * December 2
 * December 3
 * Sourou-Migan Apithy, Beninese politician (b. 1913)
 * Mario Astorri, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1920)
 * José María Velasco Maidana, Bolivian film director and composer (b. 1899)
 * Fernando Martín, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)
 * Alexander Obukhov, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1918)
 * December 4
 * Émile Janssens, Belgian military officer (b. 1902)
 * Elwyn Jones, Welsh politician (b. 1909)
 * May Swenson, American poet and playwright (b. 1913)
 * December 5
 * Edoardo Amaldi, Italian physicist (b. 1908)
 * Sofiya Kalistratova, Russian lawyer (b. 1907)
 * Li Keran, Chinese painter (b. 1907)
 * John Pritchard, English conductor (b. 1918)
 * George Selden, American author (b. 1929)
 * December 6
 * Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
 * Sammy Fain, American composer (b. 1902)
 * Marc Lépine, Canadian mass murderer (b. 1964)
 * Mélinée Manouchian, French-Armenian resistance fighter (b. 1913)
 * John Payne, American actor (b. 1912)
 * Ćamil Sijarić, Montenegrin author (b. 1913)
 * December 7
 * Hans Hartung, German-French painter (b. 1904)
 * Vadim Spiridonov, Russian actor and film director (b. 1944)
 * Luis Calderón Vega, Mexican politician and author (b. 1911)
 * Melchior Wezel, Swiss gymnast (b. 1903)
 * Sirima Wiratunga, English singer (b. 1964)
 * December 8
 * Albert Barrett, English footballer (b. 1903)
 * Szymon Datner, Polish historian (b. 1902)
 * Max Grundig, German businessman (b. 1908)
 * Mykola Livytskyi, Ukrainian politician and journalist (b. 1907)
 * December 9
 * Takeshi Kaikō, Japanese author (b. 1930)
 * R. G. Springsteen, American film director (b. 1904)
 * December 10
 * Sam Barkas, English footballer and manager (b. 1909)
 * Paul Collaer, Belgian musicologist and pianist (b. 1891)
 * Frederick Hedges, Canadian rower (b. 1903)
 * December 11
 * Harry Bergström, Finnish film composer (b. 1910)
 * Lindsay Crosby, American actor and singer (b. [[1938])
 * Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895)
 * Howard Lang, English actor (b. 1911)
 * December 12 – Carlos Barral, Spanish poet (b. 1928)
 * December 13
 * December 14
 * Robert D. Blue, American politician (b. 1898)
 * Ants Eskola, Estonian actor and singer (b. 1908)
 * Gerry Healy, Irish activist (b. 1913)
 * Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (b. 1919)
 * Andrei Sakharov, Russian nuclear physicist (b. 1921)
 * December 15
 * Anders Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1937)
 * Emile de Antonio, American film director and producer (b. 1919)
 * Ben Barzman, Canadian journalist and screenwriter (b. 1910)
 * José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, Colombian drug lord (b. 1947)
 * Charles Holland, English cyclist (b. 1908)
 * Mikhail Kuznetsov, Russian pilot (b. 1913)
 * Arnold Moss, American actor (b. 1910)
 * Ali Şen, Turkish actor (b. 1918)
 * Edward Underdown, English actor (b. 1908)
 * December 16
 * Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
 * Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing diver (b. 1913)
 * Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930)
 * Umberto Micco, Italian field hockey player and politician (b. 1916)
 * Gianni Poggi, Italian opera singer (b. 1921)
 * Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)
 * René Tavernier, French poet and philosopher (b. 1915)
 * December 17
 * Josephine Hill, American actress (b. 1899)
 * Luciano Salce, Italian film director and comedian (b. 1922)
 * Albert Coady Wedemeyer, American general (b. 1896)
 * December 18
 * Bobby Capó, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1922)
 * Enar Josefsson, Swedish skier (b. 1916)
 * Jack Kilpatrick, English ice hockey player (b. 1917)
 * December 19
 * Herbert Blaize, Grenadian politician, President of Grenada (b. 1918)
 * Audrey Christie, American actress (b. 1912)
 * Stella Gibbons, English author and journalist (b. 1902)
 * Floyd Jones, American singer and guitarist (b. 1917)
 * Óndra Łysohorsky, Czech poet (b. 1905)
 * Preben Mahrt, Danish actor (b. 1920)
 * Kirill Mazurov, Russian politician (b. 1914)
 * Georges Rouquier, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1909)
 * Lucien Spronck, Belgian footballer (b. 1939)
 * Henry Theel, Finnish singer (b. 1917)
 * December 20 – Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (b. 1908)
 * December 21
 * Ján Cikker, Slovakian composer (b. 1911)
 * Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Nigerian-English photographer (b. 1955)
 * Soedjatmoko Mangoendiningrat, Indonesian politician and diplomat (b. 1922)
 * December 22
 * Andrés do Barro, Spanish singer (b. 1947)
 * Samuel Beckett, Irish author and playwright (b. 1906)
 * Vasile Milea, Romanian politician and general (b. 1927)
 * Massimo Serato, Italian actor (b. 1916)
 * December 23
 * Jeff Alexander, American conductor and film composer (b. 1910)
 * Milko Gaydarski, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1946)
 * Richard Rado, German-English mathematician (b. 1906)
 * Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter (b. 1915)
 * December 24
 * Danny Huwé, Belgian journalist (b. 1943)
 * Florică Murariu, Romanian rugby player (b. 1955)
 * Roger Pigaut, French actor and film director (b. 1919)
 * December 25
 * Elena Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1916)
 * Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1918)
 * Gus Dahlström, Swedish actor (b. 1906)
 * Betty Garde, American actress (b. 1905)
 * Frederick F. Houser, American politician (b. 1904)
 * Masaad Kassis, Israeli politician (b. 1918)
 * Jean-Étienne Marie, French composer (b. 1917)
 * Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
 * Riccardo Morandi, Italian engineer (b. 1902)
 * Robert Pirosh, American screenwriter (b. 1910)
 * Wally Ris, American swimmer (b. 1924)
 * December 26
 * Lennox Berkeley, English composer (b. 1903)
 * Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
 * Kōyō Ishikawa, Japanese photographer (b. 1904)
 * K. Shankar Pillai, Indian cartoonist (b. 1902)
 * Mohan Singh, Indian general and politician (b. 1909)
 * Heinrich Vogel, German theologian (b. 1902)
 * December 27 – Rodney Arismendi, Uruguayan politician and author (b. 1913)
 * December 28
 * Solomon Birnbaum, Austrian-Canadian linguist (b. 1891)
 * Marin Ceaușescu, Romanian economist and diplomat (b. 1916)
 * Karl Humenberger, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1906)
 * Pavel Kurochkin, Russian general (b. 1900)
 * Hermann Oberth, Hungarian-German physicist (b. 1894)
 * December 29
 * Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Turkish-Azerbaijani author and judge (b. 1903)
 * Hiroshi Inoue, Japanese bryologist (b. 1932)
 * Emilín Larrazabal, Spanish footballer (b. 1912)
 * Rita Rait-Kovaleva, Russian translator and author (b. 1898)
 * Saša Večtomov, Czech cellist (b. 1930)
 * December 30
 * Sten Abel, Norwegian sailor (b. 1899)
 * Etienne Leroux, South African author (b. 1922)
 * Yasuji Miyazaki, Japanese swimmer (b. 1916)
 * Fumiteru Nakano, Japanese tennis player (b. 1915)
 * Augusto Del Noce, Italian philosopher (b. 1910)
 * December 31
 * Georges de Bourguignon, Belgian fencer (b. 1910)
 * Clarence Hammar, Swedish sailor (b. 1899)
 * Ignatius Kilage, Papua New Guinean politician (b. 1941)
 * Mihály Lantos, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
 * Bendt Rothe, Danish actor (b. 1921)
 * Gerhard Schröder, German politician (b. 1910)

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