Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1988

Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls, was a prominent Aboriginal Australian from the Yorta Yorta people. He was a professional athlete, Churches of Christ pastor and church planter, ceremonial officer and a pioneering campaigner for reconciliation.

John Carradine fue un actor estadounidense conocido por su aparición en diferentes westerns y por ser el padre de los también actores David, Bruce, Keith y Robert Carradine.

Ernest Lytton Forwood, known professionally as Anthony Forwood, was an English actor.

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq fue un general y político pakistaní, dictador de Pakistán entre el 16 de septiembre de 1978 hasta su muerte en 1988, al morir en un confuso accidente aéreo. También fue Jefe del Ejército de su país desde 1976 hasta la fecha de su muerte.

John Thomson Stonehouse was a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician and junior minister under Harold Wilson. Stonehouse is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt at faking his own death in 1974.

Josep Tarradellas Joan fue un político español, presidente de la Generalidad de Cataluña en el exilio desde 1954 hasta 1977, y de la Generalidad provisional desde esta fecha hasta 1980.

Sumant Moolgaokar was an Indian industrialist, known as architect of Tata Motors. He was the chief executive of Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO). He also remained Vice-Chairman of Tata Steel and served as non-executive chairman of Maruti Suzuki. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, third-highest civilian honour by the Government of India in 1990. He started his career as an engineer in CP cement, now known as ACC kymore cement works. He established Kymore engineering institute, now known as Sumant Moolgaokar Training Institute in 1957.

Gennady Modestovich Mikhasevich was a prolific Soviet serial killer. He murdered 33 women during the period from 1971 to 1985 in Vitebsk, Polotsk and the rural areas in the nearby regions of the Byelorussian SSR.

Vice Admiral Sir Henry Mackay Burrell, was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He served as Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) from 1959 to 1962. Born in the Blue Mountains, Burrell entered the Royal Australian Naval College in 1918 as a 13-year-old cadet. His first posting at sea was aboard the cruiser HMAS Sydney. During the 1920s and 1930s, Burrell served for several years on exchange with the Royal Navy, specialising as a navigator. During World War II, he filled a key liaison post with the US Navy, and later saw action as commander of the destroyer HMAS Norman, earning a mention in despatches.

Roy Kinnear fue un actor británico.