1990 deaths

British aeronautical engineer

Soviet literary historian (1902–1990)

Canadian-born American football player and professional wrestler (1908–1990)

Spanish writer (1918–1990)

Uruguayan basketball player (1930–1990)

Armenian politician (1913–1990)

American actor (1930–1990)

Olympic wrestler

Polish author (1913–1990)

Brazilian physicist (1914–1990)

actor (1906-1990)

American television executive and art collector (1901-1990)

German association football player and manager (1905–1990)

fencer (1902–1990)

Bengali poet and novelist (1914–1989)

Finnish film director, actor, producer, screenwriter

American writer (1946–1990)

British rower (1901-1990)

French military officer and equestrian

Brazilian association football player (1917-1990)

German conductor (1915–1990)

Hungarian translator, writer, and contract bridge theorist (1912–1990)

German Jesuit priest

boxer (1961-1990)

German chemist (1903–1990)

gymnast (1910–1990)

French rower (1902-1990)

Australian tennis player (1899–1990)

Colombian drug trafficker (1946–1990)

Catholic cardinal (1914-1990)

Canoe racer (1915-1990)

American actor (1907–1990)

Marxist economist and philosopher (1899-1990)

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1910-1990)

diver (1949-1990)

Russian physicist (1892–1990)

Croatian water polo player (1922-1990)

Italian architect (1891-1990)

Austrian-born American photographer (1895-1990)

American actress (1929-1990)

British politician (1906–1990)

Moroccan Prime Minister (1908-1990)

Nauruan writer (1924–1990)

cross-country skier

Polish mathematician (1903–1990)

American mathematician (1903–1990)

Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 – 21 April 1990), known by the pseudonym Erté (from the French pronunciation of his initials: ), was a Russian-born French artist and designer. He worked in several fields, including fashion, jewellery, graphic arts, costume, set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor.

German film actor (1906–1990)

Israeli jurist and politician (1915–1990)

Attorney General of the United States (1917–1990)

Italian writer (1922–1990)

Paraguayan footballer (1928-1990)

German sprinter (1902-1990)

Dutch electrical engineer and inventor (1900-1990)

German film director, actor (1904–1990)

American rower

Olympic wrestler (1911–1990)

American Titanic survivor (1899–1990)

Finnish chess player (1910–1990)

French artist of Italian origins (1939–1990)