| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Léonie Adams |
Poet |
9-Dec-1899 |
27-Jun-1988 |
Those Not Elect |
| Charles Addams |
Cartoonist |
7-Jan-1912 |
29-Sep-1988 |
The Addams Family |
| Luis W. Alvarez |
Physicist |
13-Jun-1911 |
1-Sep-1988 |
Particle accelerator, extinction of dinosaurs |
| Alan Ameche |
Football |
1-Mar-1933 |
8-Aug-1988 |
Winner, 1954 Heisman Trophy |
| Henry Armstrong |
Boxing |
12-Dec-1912 |
22-Oct-1988 |
Welter, Light, and Featherweight Champion |
| Ove Arup |
Engineer |
16-Apr-1895 |
5-Feb-1988 |
Danish civil engineer |
| Hal Ashby |
Film Director |
2-Sep-1929 |
27-Dec-1988 |
Harold and Maude |
| Chet Baker |
Jazz Musician |
23-Dec-1929 |
13-May-1988 |
Jazz trumpeter, The Chet Baker Quartet |
| Lucien Ballard |
Cinematographer |
6-May-1908 |
1-Oct-1988 |
Top Hollywood cinematographer |
| Judith Barsi |
Actor |
6-Jun-1978 |
25-Jul-1988 |
Murdered child actress |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat |
Painter |
22-Dec-1960 |
12-Aug-1988 |
NYC graffiti artist |
| Romare Bearden |
Painter |
2-Sep-1911 |
12-Mar-1988 |
Collagist |
| Joe Besser |
Actor |
12-Aug-1907 |
1-Mar-1988 |
The Three Stooges |
| Bhabani Bhattacharya |
Novelist |
10-Nov-1906 |
1988 |
So Many Hungers! |
| Alan H. Bible |
Politician |
20-Nov-1909 |
12-Sep-1988 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1954-74 |
| Hiram Bingham IV |
Diplomat |
17-Jul-1903 |
12-Jan-1988 |
Consul signed visas for 2000 Jews |
| Arthur Gary Bishop |
Criminal |
1951 |
10-Jun-1988 |
Utah serial killer of boys |
| Pappy Boyington |
Military |
4-Dec-1912 |
11-Jan-1988 |
World War II flying ace |
| Kingman Brewster, Jr. |
Educator |
17-Jun-1919 |
8-Nov-1988 |
President of Yale, 1963-77 |
| Roy Buchanan |
Guitarist |
23-Sep-1939 |
14-Aug-1988 |
Blues guitarist |
| Richard Caliguiri |
Politician |
20-Oct-1931 |
6-May-1988 |
Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1978-88 |
| W. H. Canaway |
Novelist |
12-Jun-1925 |
22-May-1988 |
Sammy Going South |
| Milton Caniff |
Cartoonist |
28-Feb-1907 |
3-Apr-1988 |
Terry and the Pirates |
| Olive Carey |
Actor |
31-Jan-1896 |
13-Mar-1988 |
Billy the Kid versus Dracula |
| John Carradine |
Actor |
5-Feb-1906 |
27-Nov-1988 |
In over 200 B movies |
| Billy Carter |
Relative |
29-Mar-1937 |
25-Sep-1988 |
Brother of Jimmy Carter |
| Raymond Carver |
Author |
25-May-1938 |
2-Aug-1988 |
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? |
| Richard S. Castellano |
Actor |
4-Sep-1933 |
10-Dec-1988 |
The Godfather |
| Chiang Ching-Kuo |
Head of State |
27-Apr-1910 |
13-Jan-1988 |
President of Nationalist China, 1978-88 |
| Christopher Connelly |
Actor |
8-Sep-1941 |
7-Dec-1988 |
Norman Harrington on Peyton Place |
| Nathan Cook |
Actor |
9-Apr-1950 |
11-Jun-1988 |
Billy Griffin on Hotel |
| André F. Cournand |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1895 |
19-Feb-1988 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| William Edward Cousins |
Religion |
20-Aug-1902 |
14-Sep-1988 |
Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1958-77 |
| Dan Daniel |
Politician |
12-May-1914 |
23-Jan-1988 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1969-88 |
| Price Daniel |
Politician |
10-Oct-1910 |
25-Aug-1988 |
Governor of Texas, 1957-63 |
| Dennis Day |
Radio Personality |
21-May-1918 |
22-Jun-1988 |
On Jack Benny's radio show |
| John Cardinal Dearden |
Religion |
15-Oct-1907 |
1-Aug-1988 |
Archbishop of Detroit, 1958-80 |
| Gabriel Dell |
Actor |
8-Oct-1919 |
3-Jul-1988 |
Dead End Kid |
| Divine |
Actor |
19-Oct-1945 |
7-Mar-1988 |
Poodle poop-eating drag queen |
| Bobby Dodd |
Football |
11-Nov-1908 |
21-Jun-1988 |
Georgia Tech Head Coach, 1945-67 |
| Antal Doráti |
Conductor |
9-Apr-1906 |
13-Nov-1988 |
Conductor, Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-60 |
| Andrew Duggan |
Actor |
28-Dec-1923 |
15-May-1988 |
Bourbon Street Beat |
| Robert Duncan |
Poet |
7-Jan-1919 |
3-Feb-1988 |
Bending the Bow |
| Gil Evans |
Jazz Musician |
13-May-1912 |
20-Mar-1988 |
Jazz pianist and arranger |
| Gaston Eyskens |
Head of State |
1-Apr-1905 |
3-Jan-1988 |
Thrice Prime Minister of Belgium |
| Enzo Ferrari |
Business |
18-Feb-1898 |
14-Aug-1988 |
Legendary automobile maker |
| Richard Feynman |
Physicist |
11-May-1918 |
15-Feb-1988 |
Surely he's joking |
| Antony Fisher |
Activist |
1915 |
Jul-1988 |
Libertarian think-tank founder |
| Wayland Flowers |
Performance Artist |
26-Nov-1939 |
11-Oct-1988 |
Madame's puppeteer |
| Melvin Frank |
Screenwriter |
13-Aug-1913 |
13-Oct-1988 |
A Touch of Class |
| Leonard Frey |
Actor |
4-Sep-1938 |
24-Aug-1988 |
Stage actor, The Boys in the Band |
| Klaus Fuchs |
Spy |
29-Dec-1911 |
28-Jan-1988 |
Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR |
| Andy Gibb |
Musician |
5-Mar-1958 |
10-Mar-1988 |
I Just Want To Be Your Everything |
| Sheilah Graham |
Columnist |
15-Sep-1904 |
17-Nov-1988 |
Beloved Infidel |
| George Grant |
Philosopher |
13-Nov-1918 |
27-Sep-1988 |
Propagator of Red Toryism |
| Bonita Granville |
Actor |
2-Feb-1923 |
11-Oct-1988 |
These Three |
| Bruce Haack |
Musician |
4-May-1932 |
26-Sep-1988 |
The Electric Lucifer |
| Roger Hargreaves |
Author |
9-May-1935 |
12-Sep-1988 |
Creator of Mr. Men juvenile books |
| Guillermo Haro |
Astronomer |
21-Mar-1913 |
26-Apr-1988 |
Herbig-Haro objects |
| Charles Hawtrey |
Actor |
30-Nov-1914 |
27-Oct-1988 |
Carry On... |
| Robert A. Heinlein |
Author |
7-Jul-1907 |
8-May-1988 |
Starship Troopers |
| Douglas Hickox |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1929 |
25-Jul-1988 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Clarke Hinkle |
Football |
10-Apr-1909 |
9-Nov-1988 |
NFL Hall of Fame Fullback, Green Bay Packers |
| John Holmes |
Pornstar |
8-Aug-1944 |
13-Mar-1988 |
Life-support system for a 10-inch penis |
| Jerry Hopper |
Film Director |
29-Jul-1907 |
17-Dec-1988 |
The Private War of Major Benson |
| Geoffrey Household |
Novelist |
30-Nov-1900 |
4-Oct-1988 |
Rogue Male |
| John Houseman |
Actor |
22-Sep-1902 |
31-Oct-1988 |
The Paper Chase |
| James J. Howard |
Politician |
24-Jul-1927 |
25-Mar-1988 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 1965-88 |
| Trevor Howard |
Actor |
29-Sep-1913 |
7-Jan-1988 |
Sons and Lovers |
| John Hubbard |
Actor |
14-Apr-1914 |
6-Nov-1988 |
Dramatic School |
| Carl Hubbell |
Baseball |
22-Jun-1903 |
21-Nov-1988 |
New York Giants pitcher |
| Margaret Irving |
Actor |
18-Jan-1898 |
5-Mar-1988 |
Animal Crackers |
| Alec Issigonis |
Engineer |
18-Nov-1906 |
2-Oct-1988 |
Designer of the Mini Cooper |
| Duane Jones |
Actor |
2-Feb-1936 |
22-Jul-1988 |
Night of the Living Dead |
| Jim Jordan |
Actor |
16-Nov-1896 |
1-Apr-1988 |
Fibber McGee |
| Raj Kapoor |
Actor |
14-Dec-1924 |
2-Jun-1988 |
Top 20th Century Hindi megastar |
| Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Head of State |
6-Apr-1904 |
9-Mar-1988 |
German Chancellor, 1966-69 |
| Roy Kinnear |
Actor |
8-Jan-1934 |
20-Sep-1988 |
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory |
| Alf Kjellin |
Actor |
28-Feb-1920 |
5-Apr-1988 |
Torment |
| Henry Koster |
Film Director |
1-May-1905 |
21-Sep-1988 |
The Bishop's Wife |
| Louis L'Amour |
Novelist |
22-Mar-1908 |
10-Jun-1988 |
Hondo |
| Salem bin Laden |
Relative |
1946 |
29-May-1988 |
Osama's brother |
| Lyman L. Lemnitzer |
Military |
29-Aug-1899 |
12-Nov-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69 |
| Robert Livingston |
Actor |
9-Dec-1904 |
7-Mar-1988 |
The Lone Ranger Rides Again |
| John Loder |
Actor |
3-Jan-1898 |
26-Dec-1988 |
Sabotage |
| Frederick Loewe |
Composer |
10-Jun-1901 |
14-Feb-1988 |
My Fair Lady |
| Joshua Logan |
Film Director |
5-Oct-1908 |
12-Jul-1988 |
South Pacific |
| Seán MacBride |
Activist |
26-Jan-1904 |
15-Jan-1988 |
Irish revolutionary, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Pete Maravich |
Basketball |
22-Jun-1947 |
5-Jan-1988 |
New Orleans Jazz shooter |
| Jack Marshall |
Head of State |
5-Mar-1912 |
30-Aug-1988 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972 |
| Robert McClory |
Politician |
31-Jan-1908 |
24-Jul-1988 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1963-83 |
| James McCracken |
Singer |
16-Dec-1926 |
30-Apr-1988 |
Operatic tenor, Otello |
| William McMahon |
Head of State |
23-Feb-1908 |
31-Mar-1988 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1971-72 |
| Ralph Meeker |
Actor |
21-Nov-1920 |
5-Aug-1988 |
Kiss Me Deadly |
| Aparicio Méndez |
Head of State |
24-Aug-1904 |
26-Jun-1988 |
President of Uruguay, 1976-81 |
| John Mitchell |
Government |
15-Sep-1913 |
9-Nov-1988 |
Attorney General, Watergate figure |
| Colleen Moore |
Actor |
19-Aug-1900 |
25-Jan-1988 |
Ella Cinders |
| Timothy Patrick Murphy |
Actor |
3-Nov-1959 |
6-Dec-1988 |
Dallas |
| Alan Napier |
Actor |
7-Jan-1903 |
8-Aug-1988 |
Alfred on Batman |
| Louise Nevelson |
Sculptor |
23-Sep-1899 |
17-Apr-1988 |
Ukrainian-American abstract sculptor |
| William F. Nichols |
Politician |
16-Oct-1918 |
13-Dec-1988 |
Congressman from Alabama, 1967-88 |
| Nico |
Musician |
16-Oct-1938 |
18-Jul-1988 |
The Velvet Underground and Nico |
| Lauris Norstad |
Military |
24-Mar-1907 |
12-Sep-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63 |
| Heather O'Rourke |
Actor |
27-Dec-1975 |
1-Feb-1988 |
Carol Anne in Poltergeist |
| Richard B. Ogilvie |
Politician |
22-Feb-1923 |
10-May-1988 |
Governor of Illinois, 1969-73 |
| Christina Onassis |
Relative |
11-Dec-1950 |
19-Nov-1988 |
Daughter of Aristotle Onassis |
| Roy Orbison |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Apr-1936 |
6-Dec-1988 |
Pretty Woman |
| Alan Paton |
Author |
11-Jan-1903 |
12-Apr-1988 |
Cry, the Beloved Country |
| Fred Peart |
Politician |
30-Apr-1914 |
26-Aug-1988 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1968-70 |
| Kim Philby |
Spy |
1-Jan-1912 |
11-May-1988 |
One of the Cambridge Five in MI6 |
| Generoso Pope, Jr. |
Business |
13-Jan-1927 |
2-Oct-1988 |
National Enquirer and Weekly World News |
| William J. Porter |
Diplomat |
1-Sep-1914 |
15-Mar-1988 |
US Ambassador to Algeria, Vietnam, Korea |
| Emeric Pressburger |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1902 |
5-Feb-1988 |
Black Narcissus |
| Isidor Isaac Rabi |
Physicist |
29-Jul-1898 |
11-Jan-1988 |
Magnetic beam resonances |
| Ella Raines |
Actor |
6-Aug-1920 |
30-May-1988 |
Hail the Conquering Hero |
| Anne Ramsey |
Actor |
1-Sep-1929 |
11-Aug-1988 |
Throw Momma from the Train |
| Arnold L. Raphel |
Diplomat |
16-Mar-1943 |
17-Aug-1988 |
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1987-88 |
| Irene Rich |
Actor |
13-Oct-1891 |
22-Apr-1988 |
The Mortal Storm |
| Max Robinson |
Journalist |
1-May-1939 |
20-Dec-1988 |
Co-Anchor of World News Tonight |
| Art Rooney |
Football |
27-Jan-1901 |
25-Aug-1988 |
Pittsburgh Steelers owner |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. |
Politician |
17-Aug-1914 |
17-Aug-1988 |
Congressman from New York, 1949-55 |
| Ernst Ruska |
Physicist |
25-Dec-1906 |
27-May-1988 |
Inventor of the electron microscope |
| Anne Seymour |
Actor |
11-Sep-1909 |
8-Dec-1988 |
Character actress |
| Michael Shaara |
Author |
23-Jun-1929 |
5-May-1988 |
The Killer Angels |
| Clifford D. Simak |
Novelist |
3-Aug-1904 |
25-Apr-1988 |
City and The Visitors |
| Hillel Slovak |
Guitarist |
13-Apr-1962 |
25-Jun-1988 |
Guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Abraham Sofaer |
Actor |
1-Oct-1896 |
21-Jan-1988 |
The Naked Jungle |
| Valerie Solanas |
Activist |
9-Apr-1936 |
26-Apr-1988 |
Shot Andy Warhol |
| Bob Steele |
Actor |
23-Jan-1907 |
21-Dec-1988 |
Trooper Duffy on F Troop |
| Karen Steele |
Actor |
20-Mar-1931 |
12-Mar-1988 |
Ride Lonesome |
| Patrick Steptoe |
Doctor |
9-Jun-1913 |
21-Mar-1988 |
In vitro fertilization |
| John Stonehouse |
Politician |
28-Jul-1925 |
14-Apr-1988 |
British MP, faked his own death |
| Stuart Symington |
Politician |
26-Jun-1901 |
14-Dec-1988 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1953-76 |
| James D. Theberge |
Diplomat |
28-Dec-1930 |
20-Jan-1988 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1982-85 |
| Vernon W. Thomson |
Politician |
5-Nov-1905 |
2-Apr-1988 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1957-59 |
| Nikolaas Tinbergen |
Zoologist |
15-Apr-1907 |
21-Dec-1988 |
Grand Master of Ethology |
| George Uhlenbeck |
Physicist |
6-Dec-1900 |
31-Oct-1988 |
Conceived idea of Quantum Spin |
| Paul Vario |
Criminal |
9-Jul-1914 |
22-Nov-1988 |
Lucchese Crime Family |
| Henry C. Wallich |
Economist |
10-Jun-1914 |
16-Sep-1988 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61 |
| Edward Bennett Williams |
Attorney |
31-May-1920 |
13-Aug-1988 |
Washington Superlawyer |
| G. Mennen Williams |
Politician |
23-Feb-1911 |
2-Feb-1988 |
Governor of Michigan, 1949-61 |
| John J. Williams |
Politician |
17-May-1904 |
11-Jan-1988 |
US Senator from Delaware, 1947-70 |
| Kenneth Williams |
Actor |
22-Feb-1926 |
15-Apr-1988 |
Carry on... |
| Raymond Williams |
Critic |
31-Aug-1921 |
26-Jan-1988 |
Culture and Society |
| Sewall Wright |
Biologist |
21-Dec-1889 |
3-Mar-1988 |
Mathematics of evolution |
| Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq |
Head of State |
12-Aug-1924 |
17-Aug-1988 |
Ruler of Pakistan, 1977-88 |