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)