List of Famous people who died at 87

Leonard Binder (1927-2015) was an American political scientist. He was a distinguished professor of political science and the former director of the Near East Center at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Binder was also Chair of the Political Science Departments of UCLA and the University of Chicago. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002

Coke Robert Stevenson was the 35th Governor of Texas from 1941 to 1947. He was the only 20th-century Texan politician to serve as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, as lieutenant governor, and then as governor. In 1966, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark marker number 5118, honoring Stevenson, was placed on the Kimble County Courthouse grounds in Junction, Texas.

Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa Al-Hassan was a Sudanese politician, ambassador and an elite educator, who served as the 5th Prime Minister of Sudan. He was famous for his great legacy in education and founding prints for Ministry of Education in Sudan, and as the executive Prime Minister in the October Regime.

Luigi Lucotti was an Italian road bicycle racer who has won three stages in the Tour de France and a stage at the Giro d'Italia.