List of Famous people who died at 84

Jerry Eugene Pournelle was an American polymath: scientist in the area of operations research and human factors research, science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he worked in the aerospace industry, but eventually focused on his writing career. In an obituary in Gizmodo, he is described as "a tireless ambassador for the future."

Kishori Ravindra Amonkar was a leading Indian classical vocalist, belonging to the Jaipur gharana, or a community of musicians sharing a distinctive musical style.

María Concepción Alós Domingo, better known as Concha Alós, was a Spanish writer. She was a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela.

Mary Two-Axe Earley was a Mohawk women's rights activist from the reserve of Kahnawake in Quebec, Canada. After losing her legal Indian status due to marrying a non-status man, Two-Axe Earley advocated for changes to the Indian Act, which had promoted gender discrimination and stripped First Nations women of the right to participate in the political and cultural life of their home reserves.

Marguerite Yourcenar was a French novelist and essayist born in Brussels, Belgium, who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie française, in 1980, and the seventeenth person to occupy seat 3.

Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, born Marie-Claude Vogel, was a member of the French Resistance as well as a photojournalist, Communist and later, French politician.

Georg Thomalla was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles.

Fahri Sabit Korutürk was a Turkish politician, navy officer and diplomat, who served as the sixth President of Turkey from 1973 to 1980.

Wilhelm Wieben was a German journalist, actor and author. He was best known for presenting the daily news in Tagesschau, by far the most watched news program on German television, from 1973 to 1998.

Robert Cornelius Mitchell was an American professional football player who was a halfback and flanker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns and the Washington Redskins. Mitchell became the Redskins' first African-American star after joining them in 1962, when they became the last NFL team to integrate. A four-time Pro Bowl selection, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983.