List of Famous people who died at 88

Samuel Ruben was an American inventor who made lasting contributions to electrochemistry and solid-state technology, including the founding of Duracell. He is listed as an inventor in over 200 patents.

Emil Ernst Väre was a Finnish wrestler who won the gold medals in the lightweight class at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.

Erhard Lommatzsch was a German Romance philologist.

Victor Arthur Kilian was an American actor who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s.

Hussein Yousef Maziq a Libyan politician was Prime Minister of Libya from 20 March 1965 to 2 July 1967. He was one of the most important men in the Kingdom era of Libya.

Ian Pretyman Stevenson was a Canadian-born American psychiatrist. He worked for the University of Virginia School of Medicine for fifty years, as chair of the department of psychiatry from 1957 to 1967, Carlson Professor of Psychiatry from 1967 to 2001, and Research Professor of Psychiatry from 2002 until his death.

Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Mexico in Mexico City (1977–1994) and was Primate of Mexico. In the consistory of June 30, 1979 in Vatican City Pope John Paul II created him Cardinal Priest of the titular church of Mary Immaculate of Tiburtino.

Fa-Yueh Wu was a Chinese-born theoretical physicist, mathematical physicist, and mathematician who studied and contributed to solid-state physics and statistical mechanics.