List of Famous people who died in 1984

Noël Mathieu better known under his pseudonym Pierre Emmanuel, was a French poet of Christian inspiration. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1968, president of PEN International between 1969 and 1971, president of French PEN Club between 1973 and 1976, and the first president of the French Institut national de l'audiovisuel in 1975.

Frances Goodrich was an American dramatist and screenwriter, best known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with her husband in 1956 for The Diary of Anne Frank which had premiered the previous year.

Ernest Ralph Tidyman was an American author and screenwriter, best known for his novels featuring the African-American detective John Shaft. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film version of Shaft with John D.F. Black in 1971.

Alfred Kastler was a French physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate.

Oleg Aleksandrovich Kerensky CBE FRS, was a Russian civil engineer, one of the foremost bridge designers of his time.

Hidemi Kon was a literary critic and essayist active in Japan during the Shōwa period.