List of Famous people who died at 88

Ethyl Spraggins Ayler was an African-American character actress with a career spanning over five decades.

Henrich Focke was a German aviation pioneer from Bremen and also a co-founder of the Focke-Wulf company. He is best known as the inventor of the Fw 61, the first successful German helicopter.

Prince João Maria of Orléans-Braganza was a French-born Brazilian soldier, pilot and airline executive. He was also a Prince of Orléans-Braganza and member of the Brazilian Imperial Family.

Harry Valérien was a German sports journalist.

Group Captain George Nigel "Geordie" Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician.

Major Ion Melville Calvocoressi was an officer in the British Army during the Second World War and later a stockbroker in the City of London. He was High Sheriff of Kent in 1978–79.

Peter Egbert Cadbury was a British entrepreneur.

Samuel Balter Jr. was an American basketball player who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was also a renowned sportscaster.

Joaquin G. Bernas SJ was a Jesuit priest, lawyer, college professor and writer who was Dean Emeritus of the Ateneo de Manila Law School in Makati, Philippines. He was a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission which drafted the 1987 Philippine Constitution.