List of Famous people who died at 88

Josep Llorens i Artigas was a Spanish ceramic artist known for his collaboration with Joan Miró. He is credited with relaunching ceramics as a European art form.

Michel Kelber (1908–1996) was a French cinematographer. Beginning in the late 1920s, he worked on more than a hundred film productions during a lengthy career. Born in Kiev, then part of the Russian Empire, he studied art and architecture in Paris. He started worked as an assistant cameraman in 1928, before progressing to cinematographer four years later. He worked with leading directors such as Jean Renoir, René Clair, Julien Duvivier and Claude Autant-Lara. He also worked for periods in Spain, including during the wartime German Occupation of France.

Donald Wills Douglas Sr. was an American aircraft industrialist and engineer.

Law Teik Hock was a Malaysian badminton player from George Town, Penang. He won the first edition of Thomas Cup with the Malayan team in 1949. In the final against Denmark, Law was promoted to first singles after Wong Peng Soon was forced to skip the final due to an injury. In his first singles, he defeated Jørn Skaarup 15-5, 15-0 but lost 15-11, 15-1 to Mogen Felsby in the reverse singles.

Henri Martin was a political activist of the French Communist Party and former sailor famous for the political-military scandal called the Henri Martin Affair in which the government of the French Fourth Republic meted out a five-year prison sentence to him for distributing pamphlets in opposition to the First Indochina War. He was born in Lunery, Cher and died in Pantin.

Johan Claës Woldemar Palme was a Swedish lawyer who was specialized in maritime law. He was the son of Gunnar Palme and the brother of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme and of Catharina Palme Nilzén.