List of Famous people who died at 84

Hideo Osabe was a Japanese essayist and novelist. His work focused on movies and Osamu Dazai.

Susan Catherine Reed was an American singer, harpist, zitherist and actress. A regular on the New York folk scene, Life magazine dubbed her "the pet of Manhattan nightclubbers" in 1945.

Anna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt was a Dutch writer. She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song, and the queen of Dutch children's literature, praised for her "delicious Dutch idiom," and considered one of the greatest Dutch writers. An ultimate honour was extended to her posthumously, in 2007, when a group of Dutch historians compiled the "Canon of Dutch History" and included Schmidt, alongside national icons such as Vincent van Gogh and Anne Frank.

Jørgen Nash was a Danish artist, writer and central proponent of Situationism.

Harry Horner was an Austro-Hungarian-born American art director who made a successful career in Hollywood as an Oscar-winning art director and as a feature film and television director.

Qahhor Mahkamov was a Tajik politician who served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and was the first President of Tajikistan.

Dame Alexandra Margaret Martin Hasluck, Lady Hasluck,, was an author and social historian from Western Australia. She was the wife of Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia.

Sigmund Widmer was a Swiss historian, writer and LdU politician who served as mayor of the city of Zürich.

Luis Mariano Ospina Pérez, commonly known as Mariano Ospina Pérez, was a Colombian politician and a member of the Colombian Conservative Party. He served as the 17th President of Colombia between 1946 and 1950.