1989
Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (born 1915)
Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov was a Russian-Georgian theatre director.
Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (born 1915)
The 1980s
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1989
Karl Koch, German computer hacker (born 1965)
Karl Werner Lothar Koch was a German hacker in the 1980s, who called himself "hagbard", after Hagbard Celine. He was involved in a Cold War computer espionage incident.
Karl Koch, German computer hacker (born 1965)
1989
Don Revie, English footballer and manager (born 1927)
Donald George Revie was an English football player and manager. He is best known for managing Leeds United from 1961 until 1974, winning the Football League First Division twice an…
Don Revie, English footballer and manager (born 1927)
1989
John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
Sir John Richard Hicks was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contri…
John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
1989
Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (born 1907)
Arseny Aleksandrovich Tarkovsky was a Soviet and Russian poet and translator. He was predeceased by his son, film director and screenwriter Andrei Tarkovsky.
Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (born 1907)
1989
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George Caspar Homans was an American sociologist, founder of behavioral sociology, the 54th president of the American Sociological Association, and one of the architects of social …
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1989
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Cyril Lionel Robert James, who sometimes wrote under the pen-name J. R. Johnson, was a Trinidadian historian, journalist, Trotskyist activist, and Marxist writer. His works are inf…
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1989
Owen Lattimore, American author and academic (born 1900)
Owen Lattimore was an American Orientalist and writer. He was an influential scholar of China and Central Asia, especially Mongolia. Although he never earned a college degree, in t…
Owen Lattimore, American author and academic (born 1900)
1989
Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine (born 1917)
Aurelio Lampredi was an Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer.
Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine (born 1917)
1989
Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1907)
Edward Lambert à Beckett was an Australian cricketer who played in four Test matches between 1928 and 1931. He played in 47 first-class matches for Victoria.
Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1907)
1989
Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (born 1900)
Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the leader of …
Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (born 1900)
1989
Dik Browne, American cartoonist (born 1917)
Richard Arthur Allan Browne was an American cartoonist, best known for writing and drawing Hägar the Horrible and Hi and Lois.
Dik Browne, American cartoonist (born 1917)
1989
George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
George Wells Beadle was an American geneticist. In 1958 he shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum for their discovery of the role of genes i…
George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
1989
Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (born 1911)
Leslie Bruce Hamilton was an Australian senior public servant and head of the Department of Social Services between 1966 and 1973.
Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (born 1911)
1989
Fran Allison, American television personality and puppeteer (born 1907)
Frances Helen Allison was an American television and radio comedienne, personality, and singer.
Fran Allison, American television personality and puppeteer (born 1907)
1989
Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1912)
Maurice Bellemare, was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was known as Le Vieux Lion de la Politique Québécoise because of his colourful style and his many years of public office. …
Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1912)
1989
Ray McAnally, Irish actor (born 1926)
Ray McAnally was an Irish actor. He was the recipient of three BAFTA Awards in the late 1980s: two BAFTA Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, and a BAFTA Television Award for Bes…
Ray McAnally, Irish actor (born 1926)
1989
Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (born 1906)
Elisabet "Betti" Alver, was one of Estonia's most notable poets. She was among the first generation to be educated in schools of an independent Estonia. She went to grammar school …
Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (born 1906)
1989
Werner Best, German police officer and jurist (born 1903)
Karl Rudolf Werner Best was a German jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer, Nazi Party leader, and theoretician from Darmstadt. He was the first chief of Department 1 of the G…
Werner Best, German police officer and jurist (born 1903)
1989
Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (born 1895)
Howard Charles Green was a Canadian federal politician.
Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (born 1895)
1989
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Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth, and Logic (1936) and The Proble…
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1989
Joris Ivens, Dutch journalist, director, and producer (born 1898)
Georg Henri Anton "Joris" Ivens was a Dutch documentary filmmaker. Among the notable films he directed or co-directed are A Tale of the Wind, The Spanish Earth, Rain, ...A Valparai…
Joris Ivens, Dutch journalist, director, and producer (born 1898)
1989
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1909)
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Su…
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1909)