List of Famous people who died at 88

Jerzy Katlewicz was a Polish music conductor, pianist and Professor of the Academy of Music in Kraków since 1990. Katlewicz graduated from the same Academy in 1952, and served as conductor of the Kraków Philharmonic between 1952 and 1958 during the period of Stalinism in Poland. He was appointed artistic director there a decade later, in 1968 and remained at his post until 1981. In 1961-68 he was artistic director of Polish Baltic Opera and Philharmonic in Gdańsk. In 1984–1985 he was artistic director of the Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the Polish Radio and Television state agency in Kraków. Katlewicz was the recipient of the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1993), among other distinctions.

John Edward "Jack" Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa DL was a Welsh politician and boxing functionary.

Stirling Auchincloss Colgate was an American physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a professor emeritus of physics, past president at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology from 1965 to 1974, and an heir to the Colgate toothpaste family fortune. He was America's premier diagnostician of thermonuclear weapons during the early years at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. While much of his involvement with physics is still highly classified, he made many contributions in the open literature including physics education and astrophysics.

Napoleon "Billy" Veloso Abueva was known as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture" Through Proclamation No. 1539, He was proclaimed National Artist for Sculpture in 1976 when he was 46, making him the youngest recipient of the award to date.

Kōhan Kawauchi , also known as Yasunori Kawauchi, was a Japanese Screenwriter who created various tokusatsu series, including the first, Moonlight Mask, in 1958. He was originally from Hakodate, Hokkaido.

Gustaaf Deloor was a Belgian road racing cyclist and the winner of the first two editions of the Vuelta a España in 1935 and 1936. The 1936 edition remains the longest winning finish time of the Vuelta in 150:07:54, the race consisted of 22 stages with a total length of 4,407 km. Gustaaf finished first and his older brother Alfons finished second overall.

André Le Dissez was a French professional road bicycle racer.

Safvet Neslişah Sultan, also known as Küçük Neslişah Sultan, was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, son of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

Anders Ruben Rausing was a Swedish industrialist and the founder of the liquid food packaging company Tetra Pak.

Esko Ensio ”Sir Emal” Karhunen was a Finnish basketball player and contributor.