Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1989

James Gilmore Backus fue un actor radiofónico, cinematográfico y televisivo, además de actor de voz de nacionalidad estadounidense. Entre sus papeles más destacados figuran los siguientes: la voz de Mr. Magoo; el rico Hubert Updike III en el show radiofónico de Alan Young; el marido del personaje de Joan Davis en la serie televisiva I Married Joan; el padre del personaje de James Dean en Rebelde sin causa; y Thurston Howell III en la sitcom de la década de 1960 La isla de Gilligan. También tuvo un programa propio, de una temporada de duración, The Jim Backus Show, también conocido como Hot off the Wire.

Fernando Martín Espina fue un jugador español de baloncesto, hermano del también jugador de baloncesto Antonio Martín.

Bergen was a Turkish singer. When she was 17, she quit her job at a Turkish post office so that she could pursue her dream of performing on stage. Her personal life was influential in her gloomy sound and led to her success. Her husband threw nitric acid on her face resulting in blindness in her right eye. Despite this, she continued singing and chose to cover the blind eye with her long hair.

Sarwo Edhie Wibowo was an Indonesian military leader and the father of Kristiani Herrawati, the former first lady of Indonesia and the wife of president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and also the father of Chief of Staff Pramono Edhie Wibowo. As an army colonel he played a role in directing troops during the Indonesian killings of 1965–66, in which more than a million Indonesian civilians died. Later, he served as Chairman of the BP-7 center, as Indonesia's ambassador for South Korea and as governor of the Indonesian Military academy.

James Seipei, also known as Stompie Moeketsi or Stompie Sepei, was a teenage United Democratic Front (UDF) activist from Parys in South Africa. He and three other boys were kidnapped on 29 December 1988 by members of Winnie Mandela's bodyguards, known as the Mandela United Football Club. Moeketsi was murdered on 1 January 1989, the only one of the boys to be killed.

Safdar Hashmi was a communist playwright and director, best known for his work with street theatre in India. He was also an actor, lyricist, and theorist, and he is still considered an important voice in Indian political theatre. He was an activist of the Students' Federation of India (SFI).

Lane Clyde Frost was an American professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bull riding, and competed in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). He was the 1987 PRCA World Champion bull rider and a 1990 ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee. He was the only rider to score qualified rides on the 1987 PRCA Bucking Bull of the Year and 1990 ProRodeo Hall of Fame bull Red Rock. He died in the arena at the 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo as a result of injuries sustained when the bull Takin' Care of Business struck him after the ride.

Antonia Louisa Brico fue una pianista y directora de orquesta neerlandesa de renombre que, desde el silencio de su trayectoria, revolucionó el mundo de la música.

Zita de Borbón-Parma, fue la última emperatriz y reina consorte de Austria-Hungría (1916-1918) como esposa de Carlos I de Austria y IV de Hungría, Beato. Entre sus ancestros más cercanos se encontraban varios reyes de las casas reinantes de España, Portugal y Francia. Proclamada Sierva de Dios por la Iglesia católica.

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon fue un escritor belga en lengua francesa.