List of Famous people who died at 87

Karl Weber was a West German politician with the Christian Democratic Union. He served as the Minister of Justice from 2 April 1965 until his replacement by Richard Jaeger in 26 October of that same year. From 1916 till 1918 he served in the First World War, then he studied legal science in Bonn. From 1939 till 1945 he served in the Second World War.

Lila Althea Fenwick was an American lawyer, human rights advocate, and United Nations official. She was the first black woman to graduate from Harvard Law School.

Bernardus Johannes Alfrink was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1955-75, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1960.

Avraham Tehomi (1903–1990), also Avraham T'homi, was a Jewish militant who served as a Haganah commander, and was one of the founders and first commander of the Irgun. He is best known for the assassination of Jacob Israël de Haan.

Prof David Meredith Seares Watson FRS FGS HFRSE LLD was the Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at University College, London from 1921 to 1951.