1987 deaths

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

American actress (1918–1987)

American dancer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)

Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter (1892–1987)

President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987

French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)

Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)

German Nazi leader and Reich Minister without Portfolio (1894–1987)

Swedish economist (1898–1987)

American writer (1924–1987)

American physicist (1902–1987)

Russian mathematician (1903–1987)

French playwright (1910–1987)

American psychologist (1902–1987)

Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida (, ; ), was an Italian naturalized French singer and actress. Throughout her international career, Dalida sold more than 140 million records worldwide. Some of her best known songs include "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", and "" featuring spoken word by film star Alain Delon.

American biochemist (1891-1987)

American film director, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1987)

American actor (1924–1987)

English-brazilian biologist (1915–1987)

American actress and author (1906–1987)

American mythologist, writer and lecturer (1904–1987)

American choreographer, dancer, and director (1927–1987)

Prime Minister of India (1979-1980)

Argentine biochemist

American actress (1924-1987)

Polish actress (1897-1987)

Danny Kaye was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs.

American scientist (1892–1987)

American comedian and actor (1916–1987)

German chemist (1979 Nobel Prize)

French cyclist (1934-1987)

Soviet physicist, physical chemist and cosmologist (1914-1987)

56th and 57th Prime Minister of Japan (1896–1987)

Japanese association football player (1906-1987)

Russian-American violinist (1901–1987)

American novelist, short story writer, travel writer, essayist (1903–1987)

Spanish guitarist (1893–1987)

American actor (1898–1987)

Italian-French actor

Indian singer and actor (1929–1987)

Jamaican reggae singer and musician (1944–1987)

22nd Prime Minister of Norway (1897–1987)

American psychologist

American jazz bassist (1951–1987)

film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist (1914–1987)

British cellist (1945–1987)

Scottish novelist (1922–1987)

Soviet theatre and film actor, singer (1941-1987)

Indian Hindi writer and poet (1907-1987)

American film and theatre director (1897–1987)

Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1919–1987)

American author (1913–1987)

American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917–1987)

French painter (1896–1987)

Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer, and actor. He was born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin and enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures, and endorsements. At the height of his fame, from the 1950s to 1970s, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world, with established concert residencies in Las Vegas and an international touring schedule.

Indian writer (1931-1987)

English actor (1920–1987)

American actress (1943–1987)

South Korean business man; founder of the Samsung Group (1910–1987)

film actor, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1917 – 1987)