List of Famous people who died at 84

Johannes Braun was a Roman Catholic Bishop and an Apostolic Administrator in Magdeburg.

Arne Pedersen was a Danish cyclist. He competed in the 1000m time trial and team pursuit events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Karl Beurlen was a German paleontologist.

Arthur Newell Strahler was a geoscience professor at Columbia University who in 1952 developed the Strahler Stream Order system for classifying streams according to the power of their tributaries.

John Patrick Wilson was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Tánaiste from 1990 to 1993, Minister for Defence and Minister for the Gaeltacht from 1992 to 1993, Minister for the Marine from 1989 to 1992, Minister for Tourism and Transport from 1987 to 1989, Minister for Communications in March 1987, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from March 1982 to December 1982 and Minister for Education from 1977 to 1981. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1973 to 1992.

John Patrick Boles was an American Roman Catholic titular bishop of Nova Sparsa and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts.

Charles Soreng, born the 18 August 1934 in Jharkhand (India) and died the 11 January 2019 in Ranchi (India) was a Jesuit Indian priest, educationist and director of the Ranchi seminary. Appointed bishop of Daltonganj in 1989 he was transferred to the new diocese of Hazaribag in 1995.