List of Famous people who died at 88

Leonard William French OBE was an Australian artist, known principally for major stained glass works.

André Damien was a French lawyer and politician who served as the head of the French Bar Association.

Orlando Duarte Figueiredo was a Brazilian sports journalist and commentator.

Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne, known as D. M. "Di Mu" Jayaratne, was a veteran Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2015. A founding member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Jayaratne was first elected to parliament in 1970. He was sworn in as Prime Minister on 21 April 2010.

Karl Ritter was a German film producer and director responsible for many Nazi propaganda films. He had previously been one of the first German military pilots. He spent most of his later life in Argentina.

Pascal Bentoiu was a Romanian modernist composer.

Shmuel "Samy" Flatto-Sharon was a controversial French-Israeli businessman, radio talk-show host and politician. After starting his own political party, he was a member of the Knesset between 1977 and 1981.

Jean Prouff was a French former football midfielder and a manager.

Victoria Rodríguez Clavijo was a Spanish actress.

Hugo Tolentino Dipp was a Dominican historian, politician, lawyer, educator, former Minister of Foreign Relations and President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic from 1982 to 1986.