List of Famous people who died at 89

Marcello Gatti was an Italian cinematographer.

Julio Xavier Labayen, OCD, DD was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1955, Labayen served as bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Infanta, Philippines from 1966 until 2003. He was the first Filipino Carmelite bishop when he was ordained on 8 September 1966 and the second bishop of the Prelature of Infanta.

Sir Donald Gordon was a South African - British businessman and philanthropist. He founded Liberty Life Association of Africa in 1957 and Liberty International.

Marguerite Hélène Barbe Elisabeth Constantine Lion, known as Margo Lion, was a French chanteuse, parodist, cabaret singer and actress, best known for her role as Pirate Jenny in director G.W. Pabst's 1931 French language adaptation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera.

Hastings Keith was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.

William Bennet Kouwenhoven, also known as the "Father of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation," is famous for his development of the closed-chest cardiac massage and his invention of the cardiac defibrillator. After obtaining his doctorate degree in engineering from the Karlsruhe Technische Hochschule in Germany, Kouwenhoven began his career as the dean at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Kouwenhoven focused his research mainly on improving and saving lives of patients through the application of electricity. With the help and cooperation of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's Department of Surgery and an Edison Electric Institute grant, Kouwenhoven was able to develop a closed-chest defibrillator. For his contributions to the field of medical science, he became the first ever recipient of an honorary degree conferred by the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Two years before his death, Kouwenhoven was also awarded the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research.

Nicole Besnard (1928–2017) was a French stage and film actress. She starred in several films during the 1950s before retiring.