Famous people who died in 1987

Famous people who died in 1987

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)

American artist

Liberace

Liberace (1919 - 1987)

American singer, pianist, and actor

Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth (1918 - 1987)

American actress

Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye (1913 - 1987)

American actor

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire (1899 - 1987)

American dancer and actor

Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar (1929 - 1987)

Indian singer and actor

Rudolf Hess

Rudolf Hess (1894 - 1987)

German Nazi leader

R. Budd Dwyer

R. Budd Dwyer (1939 - 1987)

American politician

Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell (1904 - 1987)

American author

M. G. Ramachandran

M. G. Ramachandran (1917 - 1987)

Indian actor, director and politician

Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason (1916 - 1987)

American actor and singer

Carl Rogers

Carl Rogers (1902 - 1987)

American psychologist

Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene (1915 - 1987)

Canadian actor

James Baldwin

James Baldwin (1924 - 1987)

American writer, poet and social critic

Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh (1944 - 1987)

Jamaican musician

Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott (1898 - 1987)

American actor

John Huston

John Huston (1906 - 1987)

American director

Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius (1951 - 1987)

American bass player, songwriter, and producer

Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton (1920 - 1987)

English actor

Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger (1904 - 1987)

American actor and dancer

Maria von Trapp

Maria von Trapp (1905 - 1987)

Austrian-American singer

Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse (1927 - 1987)

American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director

Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich (1917 - 1987)

American drummer, bandleader, and actor

Dean Paul Martin

Dean Paul Martin (1951 - 1987)

American singer, actor, and tennis player

Dalida

Dalida (1933 - 1987)

Egyptian-French singer and actress

Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin (1912 - 1987)

American civil rights activist

Primo Levi

Primo Levi (1919 - 1987)

Italian chemist and author

Henry Ford II

Henry Ford II (1917 - 1987)

American businessman

Lawrence Kohlberg

Lawrence Kohlberg (1927 - 1987)

American psychologist

Jacqueline du Pré

Jacqueline du Pré (1945 - 1987)

English cellist

Geraldine Page

Geraldine Page (1924 - 1987)

American actress

Will Sampson

Will Sampson (1933 - 1987)

American actor

Mary Astor

Mary Astor (1906 - 1987)

American actress

Louis de Broglie

Louis de Broglie (1892 - 1987)

French physicist

Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz (1901 - 1987)

Lithuanian violinist

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara (1949 - 1987)

Burkinabé military leader and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso

Lolo Soetoro

Lolo Soetoro (1935 - 1987)

Indonesian geographer

Pola Negri

Pola Negri (1897 - 1987)

Actress, author, singer

Andrés Segovia

Andrés Segovia (1893 - 1987)

Spanish guitarist

Alistair Maclean

Alistair Maclean (1922 - 1987)

Author and teacher

Woody Hayes

Woody Hayes (1913 - 1987)

American football player and coach

Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield (1942 - 1987)

American singer-songwriter and harmonica player

Michael Bennett

Michael Bennett (1943 - 1987)

American dancer and choreographer

Madeleine Carroll

Madeleine Carroll (1906 - 1987)

English actress

René Lévesque

René Lévesque (1922 - 1987)

Canadian politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec

Hayden Rorke

Hayden Rorke (1910 - 1987)

American actor

Salim Ali

Salim Ali (1896 - 1987)

Indian ornithologist

Maxwell D. Taylor

Maxwell D. Taylor (1901 - 1987)

General

Gunnar Myrdal

Gunnar Myrdal (1898 - 1987)

Swedish economist

Dan Rowan

Dan Rowan (1922 - 1987)

United States Army officer

Edgar Nixon

Edgar Nixon (1899 - 1987)

NAACP, Sleeping Car Porters Union, and Bus Boycott leader in AL

Didier Pironi

Didier Pironi (1952 - 1987)

French Formula 1 driver