List of Famous people who died at 89

Elrey Borge Jeppesen was an American aviation pioneer noted for his contributions in the field of air navigation. He created manuals and charts that enabled pilots to fly much more safely. In 1934, he founded the Jeppesen company to sell what he had developed; it is now a subsidiary of Boeing.

Frederick William Francis was an English cinematographer and film director.

Sherrill David Robinson, known as Jerry Robinson, was an American comic book artist known for his work on DC Comics' Batman line of comics during the 1940s. He is best known as the co-creator of Robin and the Joker and for his work on behalf of creators' rights.

Simone Ortega Klein – better known simply as Simone Ortega – was a bestselling Spanish culinary author. Born in Barcelona to a family originally from Alsace in France, she published her first and bestselling book 1080 recetas de cocina in 1972. She was married to publisher José Ortega Spottorno, son of famous philosopher José Ortega y Gasset and founder of the Spanish daily newspaper El País, until his death in 2002.

I. Bernard Cohen was the Victor S. Thomas Professor of the history of science at Harvard University and the author of many books on the history of science and, in particular, Isaac Newton.