Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1989

Margaret Mary Fairchild also known as Mary Teresa Sheppard, Miss Shepherd and M T Sheppard was a former concert pianist, nun and homeless woman who is the title character in the 2015 film The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett in which she was played by Maggie Smith. Smith had previously played her in a 1999 play of the same name and a radio adaptation for BBC Radio 4 in 2009.

Ertem Eğilmez was a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter. He is known as the name behind some of the most popular films in Turkish film history. Many of these were produced by his production company Arzu Film.

Hilde Benjamin was an East German judge and Minister of Justice. She is best known for presiding over a series of political trials in the 1950s. She is particularly known as responsible for the politically motivated prosecution of Erna Dorn and Ernst Jennrich. In his 1994 inauguration speech German President Roman Herzog mentioned Benjamin's status as a symbol of injustice, noting that her name was incompatible with the German constitution and the rule of law.

Samuel Barclay Beckett fue un dramaturgo, novelista, crítico y poeta irlandés, uno de los más importantes representantes del experimentalismo literario del siglo XX, dentro del modernismo anglosajón. Fue igualmente figura clave del llamado teatro del absurdo y, como tal, uno de los escritores más influyentes de su tiempo. Escribió sus libros en inglés y francés, y fue asistente y discípulo del novelista James Joyce. Su obra más conocida es el drama Esperando a Godot.

Vittorio Caprioli fue un actor, director y guionista cinematográfico de nacionalidad italiana. Actuó en 109 filmes entre 1946 y 1990.

Para el ex Canciller de Alemania: Gerhard Schröder

Arnaldo Ochoa Sánchez fue un general de División de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias cubanas, que fue condenado junto a otros altos oficiales, entre ellos De La Guardia, Jorge Medina, y Pascual Martines, a la pena capital por alta traición a la patria producto de acusaciones de actividades de narcotráfico.

Alfredo Zitarrosa fue un cantautor, poeta, escritor y periodista uruguayo, considerado una de las figuras más destacadas de la música popular de su país y de toda América Latina.

Vasiliy Sergeevich Kulik was a Soviet serial killer, convicted for the killing of 13 people and nearly 30 rapes and assaults in Irkutsk between 1984 and 1986.

Fredrik Meyer was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and an officer in the Royal Norwegian Air Force.