List of Famous people who died at 87

Isobel Elsom was an English film, theatre, and television actress.

Rolf Singer was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms (agarics) in the 20th century.

Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen was a German naval commander during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Hans Friedrich Zacher was a German academician. He was a professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and was the President of the Max Planck Society from 1990 till 1996.

Mary Louise Baker, known professionally as Joan Barry, was an American actress best known for winning a paternity suit in California in 1943 against Charlie Chaplin after an affair between the two resulted in two terminated pregnancies and the subject of the suit, a live-born girl named Carol Ann. Chaplin supported the girl financially until her 21st birthday.

Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant was a French prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Elevated to the cardinalate in 1936, Tisserant was a prominent and long-time member of the Roman Curia.

Emil Ábrányi was a Hungarian composer, conductor, and opera director.

Friedrich Zimmermann was a German politician and a member of the CSU. From 1982 to 1989 he was the federal minister of interior. From 1989 to 1991 he held the position of federal minister for transport.