| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edward Abbey |
Author |
29-Jan-1927 |
14-Mar-1989 |
Desert Solitaire |
| Alvin Ailey |
Dancer |
5-Jan-1931 |
1-Dec-1989 |
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater |
| Fran Allison |
Actor |
20-Nov-1907 |
13-Jun-1989 |
Kukla, Fran and Ollie |
| Joseph Alsop |
Journalist |
11-Oct-1910 |
28-Aug-1989 |
Matter of Fact |
| Forrest H. Anderson |
Politician |
30-Jan-1913 |
20-Jul-1989 |
Montana governor, committed suicide |
| Robert B. Anderson |
Government |
4-Jun-1910 |
14-Aug-1989 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61 |
| Harry Andrews |
Actor |
10-Nov-1911 |
6-Mar-1989 |
The Agony and the Ecstasy |
| Richard Armour |
Author |
15-Jul-1906 |
28-Feb-1989 |
It All Started with Columbus |
| A. J. Ayer |
Philosopher |
29-Oct-1910 |
27-Jun-1989 |
Language, Truth and Logic |
| Abdullah Azzam |
Educator |
1941 |
24-Nov-1989 |
Gatekeeper of the Jihad |
| Jim Backus |
Actor |
25-Feb-1913 |
3-Jul-1989 |
Mr. Howell on Gilligan's Island |
| Lucille Ball |
Actor |
6-Aug-1911 |
26-Apr-1989 |
I Love Lucy |
| Lynn Bari |
Actor |
18-Dec-1913 |
20-Nov-1989 |
Shock |
| Donald Barthelme |
Author |
7-Apr-1931 |
23-Jul-1989 |
Come Back, Dr. Caligari |
| Frances Bavier |
Actor |
14-Dec-1902 |
6-Dec-1989 |
Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show |
| George Beadle |
Scientist |
22-Oct-1903 |
9-Jun-1989 |
One gene, one enzyme theory |
| Stephen D. Bechtel |
Business |
24-Sep-1900 |
14-Mar-1989 |
Ran Bechtel from 1936-60 |
| Samuel Beckett |
Playwright |
13-May-1906 |
22-Dec-1989 |
Waiting for Godot |
| Dominic Behan |
Playwright |
1929 |
3-Aug-1989 |
The Patriot Game |
| Lennox Berkeley |
Composer |
12-May-1903 |
26-Dec-1989 |
Stabat Mater |
| Irving Berlin |
Composer |
11-May-1888 |
22-Sep-1989 |
White Christmas, God Bless America |
| Benny Binion |
Business |
20-Nov-1904 |
25-Dec-1989 |
Founder, World Series of Poker |
| Earl Blaik |
Football |
15-Feb-1897 |
6-May-1989 |
Head Coach at Army, 1941-58 |
| Amanda Blake |
Actor |
20-Feb-1929 |
16-Aug-1989 |
Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke |
| Mel Blanc |
Actor |
30-May-1908 |
10-Jul-1989 |
Man of 1,000 Voices |
| Bernard Blier |
Actor |
11-Jan-1916 |
29-Mar-1989 |
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe |
| Robert D. Blue |
Politician |
24-Sep-1898 |
13-Dec-1989 |
Governor of Iowa, 1945-49 |
| George Buchanan |
Novelist |
9-Jan-1904 |
1989 |
Entanglement |
| Jack Buetel |
Actor |
5-Sep-1915 |
27-Jun-1989 |
Deputy Taggert on Judge Roy Bean |
| Ted Bundy |
Criminal |
24-Nov-1946 |
24-Jan-1989 |
Serial killer, blamed pornography |
| Merritt Butrick |
Actor |
3-Sep-1959 |
17-Mar-1989 |
Johnny Slash on Square Pegs |
| Lee Calhoun |
Track and Field |
23-Feb-1933 |
22-Jun-1989 |
Olympic hurdler |
| John Cassavetes |
Actor |
9-Dec-1929 |
3-Feb-1989 |
Rosemary's Baby |
| André Cayatte |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1909 |
6-Feb-1989 |
Verdict |
| Nicolae Ceausescu |
Head of State |
26-Jan-1918 |
25-Dec-1989 |
Dictator of Romania |
| Frederic L. Chapin |
Diplomat |
13-Jul-1929 |
8-Sep-1989 |
US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1981-84 |
| Graham Chapman |
Comic |
8-Jan-1941 |
4-Oct-1989 |
Monty Python's King Arthur |
| Bruce Chatwin |
Author |
13-May-1940 |
18-Jan-1989 |
In Patagonia |
| James M. Collins |
Politician |
29-Apr-1916 |
21-Jul-1989 |
Congressman from Texas, 1968-83 |
| Norris Cotton |
Politician |
11-May-1900 |
24-Feb-1989 |
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74 |
| George Coulouris |
Actor |
1-Oct-1903 |
25-Apr-1989 |
Watch on the Rhine |
| Malcolm Cowley |
Author |
24-Aug-1898 |
27-Mar-1989 |
Exile's Return |
| Vincent Crane |
Musician |
21-May-1943 |
14-Feb-1989 |
Atomic Rooster and Arthur Brown keyboardist |
| Lindsay Crosby |
Actor |
5-Jan-1938 |
11-Dec-1989 |
Son of Bing Crosby, suicide with rifle |
| Morton DaCosta |
Theater Director |
7-Mar-1914 |
29-Jan-1989 |
The Music Man |
| Salvador Dali |
Painter |
11-May-1904 |
23-Jan-1989 |
Surrealist painter |
| Bette Davis |
Actor |
5-Apr-1908 |
6-Oct-1989 |
All About Eve |
| Victor Davis |
Swimmer |
10-Feb-1964 |
13-Nov-1989 |
Olympic Gold medalist, killed in hit-and-run |
| John N. Dempsey |
Politician |
3-Jan-1915 |
16-Jul-1989 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1959-61 |
| Nigel Dennis |
Novelist |
16-Jan-1912 |
19-Jul-1989 |
Cards of Identity |
| Anton Diffring |
Actor |
20-Oct-1918 |
20-May-1989 |
Where Eagles Dare |
| Dona Drake |
Actor |
15-Nov-1914 |
20-Jun-1989 |
Road to Morocco |
| Daphne Du Maurier |
Author |
13-May-1907 |
19-May-1989 |
Rebecca |
| Roy Eldridge |
Jazz Musician |
30-Jan-1911 |
26-Feb-1989 |
Swing-era jazz trumpeter |
| Maurice Evans |
Actor |
3-Jun-1901 |
12-Mar-1989 |
Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes |
| Sammy Fain |
Composer |
17-Jun-1902 |
6-Dec-1989 |
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing |
| Victor French |
Actor |
4-Dec-1934 |
15-Jun-1989 |
Highway to Heaven |
| Bart Giamatti |
Baseball |
4-Apr-1938 |
1-Sep-1989 |
Baseball Commissioner, 1989 |
| Lefty Gomez |
Baseball |
26-Nov-1908 |
17-Feb-1989 |
El Goofy |
| William J. Grede |
Business |
24-Feb-1897 |
5-Jun-1989 |
Grede Foundries, Inc. |
| Johnny Green |
Composer |
10-Oct-1908 |
15-May-1989 |
Body and Soul |
| Andrei Gromyko |
Politician |
5-Jul-1909 |
2-Jul-1989 |
Cold War Foreign Minister of the USSR |
| Claude Harmon |
Golf |
14-Jul-1916 |
23-Jul-1989 |
Winner, 1948 Masters Tournament |
| Nedda Harrigan |
Actor |
24-Aug-1899 |
1-Apr-1989 |
Devil's Island |
| Michael Harrington |
Activist |
24-Feb-1928 |
31-Jul-1989 |
The Other America |
| Doug Harvey |
Hockey |
19-Dec-1924 |
26-Dec-1989 |
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Wayne L. Hays |
Politician |
13-May-1911 |
13-Feb-1989 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1949-76 |
| John D. Hickerson |
Diplomat |
26-Jan-1898 |
18-Jan-1989 |
US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1959-61 |
| John R. Hicks |
Economist |
8-Apr-1904 |
20-May-1989 |
Value and Capital |
| Emperor Hirohito |
Royalty |
29-Apr-1901 |
7-Jan-1989 |
Emperor of Japan 1926-89 |
| Abbie Hoffman |
Activist |
30-Nov-1936 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Steal This Book |
| Sidney Hook |
Philosopher |
20-Dec-1902 |
12-Jul-1989 |
Pragmatist |
| Vladimir Horowitz |
Pianist |
1-Oct-1903 |
5-Nov-1989 |
Virtuoso pianist |
| Christine Jorgensen |
Photographer |
30-May-1926 |
3-May-1989 |
First successful surgical transsexual |
| Herbert von Karajan |
Conductor |
5-Apr-1908 |
16-Jul-1989 |
General music director of Europe |
| Ayatollah Khomeini |
Religion |
24-Sep-1902 |
3-Jun-1989 |
Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran |
| James Kirkwood |
Novelist |
22-Aug-1924 |
21-Apr-1989 |
A Chorus Line |
| Owen Lattimore |
Author |
29-Jul-1900 |
31-May-1989 |
Scholar of Mongolia |
| Reginald Le Borg |
Film Director |
11-Dec-1902 |
25-Mar-1989 |
The Mummy's Ghost |
| Mickey Leland |
Politician |
27-Nov-1944 |
7-Aug-1989 |
Congressman from Texas, 1979-89 |
| Sergio Leone |
Film Director |
3-Jan-1929 |
30-Apr-1989 |
Writer/director of spaghetti westerns |
| Robert W. Levering |
Politician |
3-Oct-1914 |
11-Aug-1989 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1959-61 |
| Beatrice Lillie |
Actor |
29-May-1894 |
20-Jan-1989 |
Too True To Be Good |
| Konrad Lorenz |
Zoologist |
7-Nov-1903 |
27-Feb-1989 |
Founder of modern ethology |
| Herschel C. Loveless |
Politician |
5-May-1911 |
4-May-1989 |
Governor of Iowa, 1957-61 |
| Warren G. Magnuson |
Politician |
12-Apr-1905 |
20-May-1989 |
US Senator from Washington |
| Jock Mahoney |
Actor |
7-Feb-1919 |
14-Dec-1989 |
Yancy Derringer |
| Silvana Mangano |
Actor |
23-Apr-1930 |
16-Dec-1989 |
Bitter Rice and Anna |
| Timothy Cardinal Manning |
Religion |
15-Nov-1909 |
23-Jun-1989 |
Archbishop of Los Angeles, 1970-85 |
| Robert Mapplethorpe |
Photographer |
4-Nov-1946 |
9-Mar-1989 |
Erotic photographer |
| Ferdinand Marcos |
Head of State |
11-Sep-1917 |
28-Sep-1989 |
Disgraced Philippine dictator |
| Billy Martin |
Baseball |
16-May-1928 |
25-Dec-1989 |
NY Yankees manager, fired 5 times |
| Konosuke Matsushita |
Business |
27-Nov-1894 |
27-Apr-1989 |
Founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. |
| John Matuszak |
Football |
25-Oct-1950 |
17-Jun-1989 |
Oakland Raider turned actor |
| Dick Mayer |
Golf |
28-Aug-1924 |
2-Jun-1989 |
Winner, 1957 US Open |
| Mary McCarthy |
Author |
21-Jun-1912 |
25-Oct-1989 |
The Group |
| John J. McCloy |
Military |
31-Mar-1895 |
11-Mar-1989 |
World Bank, Warren Commission |
| Kenneth McMillan |
Actor |
2-Jul-1932 |
8-Jan-1989 |
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen |
| Sam Melville |
Actor |
20-Aug-1936 |
9-Mar-1989 |
Officer Mike Danko on The Rookies |
| Dutch Morial |
Politician |
9-Oct-1929 |
24-Dec-1989 |
Mayor of New Orleans, 1978-86 |
| Joe Morrison |
Football |
21-Aug-1937 |
5-Feb-1989 |
NY Giant, Gamecocks Coach |
| Huey Newton |
Activist |
17-Feb-1942 |
22-Aug-1989 |
Black Panther |
| Laurence Olivier |
Actor |
22-May-1907 |
11-Jul-1989 |
Shakespearean actor |
| Okey L. Patteson |
Politician |
14-Sep-1898 |
3-Jul-1989 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1949-53 |
| John Payne |
Actor |
23-May-1912 |
6-Dec-1989 |
Kansas City Confidential |
| Charles J. Pedersen |
Chemist |
3-Oct-1904 |
26-Oct-1989 |
Synthesis of crown ethers |
| Claude Pepper |
Politician |
8-Sep-1900 |
30-May-1989 |
Congressman from Florida, 1963-89 |
| Perez Prado |
Musician |
11-Dec-1916 |
14-Sep-1989 |
Mambo king ("Dilo!") |
| Frederic Prokosch |
Novelist |
17-May-1908 |
6-Jun-1989 |
The Skies of Europe |
| Anthony Quayle |
Actor |
7-Sep-1913 |
20-Oct-1989 |
Ice-Cold in Alex |
| Richard Quine |
Film Director |
12-Nov-1920 |
10-Jun-1989 |
Bell Book and Candle |
| Gilda Radner |
Comic |
28-Jun-1946 |
20-May-1989 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Liam Redmond |
Actor |
27-Jul-1913 |
28-Oct-1989 |
Irish stage and film actor |
| Sugar Ray Robinson |
Boxing |
3-May-1921 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Welterweight and Middleweight champ |
| Charles H. Russell |
Politician |
27-Dec-1903 |
13-Sep-1989 |
Governor of Nevada, 1951-59 |
| Andrei Sakharov |
Physicist |
21-May-1921 |
14-Dec-1989 |
Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb |
| Rebecca Schaeffer |
Actor |
6-Nov-1967 |
18-Jul-1989 |
Actress murdered by stalker |
| Franklin J. Schaffner |
Film Director |
30-May-1920 |
2-Jul-1989 |
Patton and Planet of the Apes |
| Secretariat |
Racehorse |
29-Mar-1970 |
4-Oct-1989 |
Greatest race horse of all time |
| Emilio Segrè |
Physicist |
30-Jan-1905 |
22-Apr-1989 |
Co-Discoverer of the antiproton |
| Wilfrid Sellars |
Philosopher |
20-May-1912 |
2-Jul-1989 |
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind |
| Paul Shenar |
Actor |
12-Feb-1936 |
11-Oct-1989 |
The Secret of NIMH |
| William Shockley |
Physicist |
13-Feb-1910 |
12-Aug-1989 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| Georges Simenon |
Novelist |
13-Feb-1903 |
4-Sep-1989 |
Prolific Belgian-French novelist |
| Larkin Smith |
Politician |
26-Jun-1944 |
13-Aug-1989 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1989 |
| Joe Spinell |
Actor |
28-Oct-1936 |
13-Jan-1989 |
Frank Zito in Maniac |
| R. G. Springsteen |
Film Director |
8-Sep-1904 |
9-Dec-1989 |
Taggart |
| Jack Starrett |
Film Director |
2-Nov-1936 |
27-Mar-1989 |
Cleopatra Jones |
| Steven Stayner |
Victim |
18-Apr-1965 |
16-Sep-1989 |
Boy kidnapped by Kenneth Parnell |
| I. F. Stone |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1907 |
17-Jul-1989 |
I. F. Stone's Weekly |
| Irving Stone |
Novelist |
14-Jul-1903 |
26-Aug-1989 |
Historical biographical novelist |
| May Swenson |
Poet |
28-May-1913 |
4-Dec-1989 |
Another Animal |
| E. P. Taylor |
Business |
29-Jan-1901 |
14-May-1989 |
Brewer, Thoroughbred horse breeder |
| Virgil Thomson |
Composer |
25-Nov-1896 |
30-Sep-1989 |
Four Saints in Three Acts |
| Mary Treen |
Actor |
27-Mar-1907 |
29-Jul-1989 |
It's A Wonderful Life |
| Barbara Tuchman |
Historian |
30-Jan-1912 |
6-Feb-1989 |
A Distant Mirror |
| Lee Van Cleef |
Actor |
9-Jan-1925 |
16-Dec-1989 |
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly |
| Norma Varden |
Actor |
20-Jan-1898 |
19-Jan-1989 |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| Luis Calderón Vega |
Politician |
27-Feb-1911 |
7-Dec-1989 |
Los Siete Sabios de México |
| Romo Vincent |
Actor |
23-Dec-1908 |
16-Jan-1989 |
American comic character actor |
| Robert Penn Warren |
Poet |
24-Apr-1905 |
15-Sep-1989 |
First US Poet Laureate |
| Robert Webber |
Actor |
14-Oct-1924 |
19-May-1989 |
12 Angry Men |
| Albert C. Wedemeyer |
Military |
9-Jul-1897 |
17-Dec-1989 |
Victory Program |
| Keith Whitley |
Country Musician |
1-Jul-1955 |
9-May-1989 |
Don't Close Your Eyes |
| Cornel Wilde |
Actor |
13-Oct-1915 |
16-Oct-1989 |
A Song to Remember |
| Guy Williams |
Actor |
14-Jan-1924 |
7-May-1989 |
Prof. John Robinson on Lost in Space |
| Roland Winters |
Actor |
22-Nov-1904 |
22-Oct-1989 |
Charlie Chan |
| Edward Woods |
Actor |
5-Jul-1903 |
8-Oct-1989 |
The Public Enemy |
| Norman Wooland |
Actor |
16-Mar-1910 |
3-Apr-1989 |
Shakespearean stage actor |
| Hu Yaobang |
Head of State |
20-Nov-1915 |
15-Apr-1989 |
Chinese Communist leader, 1980-87 |
