List of Famous people who died in 1984

Bernard Arthur Popley, better known by his stage name Bernard Youens, was an English character actor of stage and television, and briefly appeared in radio plays and had cameos in film. He was also a TV announcer and is perhaps best remembered for his portrayal of Stan Ogden in the serial soap opera Coronation Street from 1964 until his death in 1984.

Carl Ronald Boenish, considered the father of modern BASE jumping, was an American freefall cinematographer, who in 1978 filmed the first jumps from El Capitan using ram-air parachutes.

Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was the fourteenth jathedar, or leader, of the prominent orthodox Sikh religious institution Damdami Taksal. He was an advocate of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution. He gained national attention after his involvement in the 1978 Sikh-Nirankari clash.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz MBE, NI (Punjabi and Urdu: فَیض احمد فَیض ‎), was a Pakistani poet, and author in Urdu and Punjabi language. He was one of the most celebrated writers of the Urdu language in Pakistan. Outside literature, he has been described as "a man of wide experience" having been a teacher, an army officer, a journalist, a trade unionist and a broadcaster.

Major General Mohamed Bey Naguib Youssef Qutb El-Qashlan was an Egyptian politician and military figure who briefly served as the first President and Prime Minister of Egypt following the establishment of the Arab Republic of Egypt on 18 June 1953. He had served as personal guard to King Farouk I of Egypt and was a distinguished veteran of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. After the war he became involved in the Free Officers Movement and, along with future president Gamal Abdel Nasser, lead the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 that deposed Farouk and ended the rule of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty in Egypt and Sudan.

Peggy Ann Garner was an American actress.

David Samuel Peckinpah was an American film director and screenwriter who achieved prominence following the release of the Western epic The Wild Bunch (1969). He was known for the visually innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence as well as his revisionist approach to the Western genre.

Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was one of the former Riyadh governors and a member of House of Saud.

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was an English theoretical physicist who is regarded as one of the most significant physicists of the 20th century.

Paul Victor Ernst Dahlke was a German stage and film actor.