List of Famous people who died at 84

Neta Doris Neale was a New Zealand theatre director and speech and drama teacher.

Rudolf Teschner was a German chess master and writer.

Peter Schreier was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor. He was regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century.

Robert Joseph White was an American neurosurgeon best known for his head transplants on living monkeys.

Martin Patterson Hingle was an American character actor, who appeared in hundreds of television shows and feature films. His first film was On the Waterfront in 1954. He often played tough authority figures. Hingle was a close friend of Clint Eastwood and appeared in the Eastwood films Hang 'em High, The Gauntlet, and Sudden Impact. He also portrayed Jim Gordon in the Burton/Schumacher Batman film franchise from 1989 to 1997.

Barbara Brecht-Schall was a German actress.

Michael Latham Powell was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. Through their production company The Archers, they together wrote, produced and directed a series of classic British films, notably The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). His later controversial 1960 film Peeping Tom, while today considered a classic, and a contender as the first "slasher", was so vilified on first release that his career was seriously damaged.

Gualberto Antonio Castro Levario was a Mexican singer, actor and television presenter.

William Smith Monroe was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass".

Eugene Willford "Gene" Markey was an American author, producer, screenwriter, and highly decorated naval officer.