List of Famous people who died at 88

Thomas George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy, was a British Labour politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1976 to 1983.

Noël Lee was an American classical pianist and composer.

Antonio Ortiz Ramírez was a prominent member of the National Confederation of Labor and the Iberian Anarchist Federation. He dedicated himself to woodworking throughout his life, held various positions of responsibility in the Barcelona Wood Union, belonged to the anarchist group "Nosotros", held the position of commander of the South Ebro Column, he also served an officer in the French Resistance and participated in a botched attack against Franco. After the Spanish Civil War he went into exile in France and later in Latin America.

Mark Francis Schmitt served as the tenth Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette, in Marquette, Michigan.

Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki was a Kenyan bishop of the Roman Catholic Church who served as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi in Kenya. He had also served as the bishop of Machakos and Nakuru.

Rex Todhunter Stout was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and 39 novellas between 1934 and 1975.

Phillip Reed was an American actor. He played Steve Wilson in a series of four films (1947–1948) based on the Big Town radio series.

Marco Cé was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Patriarch of Venice from 1978 to 2002 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.

Pierre Dumayet,, was a French journalist, screenwriter and producer, who was a pioneer of French television. Dumayet is best known for presenting the television show Lectures pour tous.