List of Famous people who died in 1984

Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge FRSL was a British author of novels, short stories and children's books. She won the Carnegie Medal for British children's books in 1946 for The Little White Horse. Goudge was a popular author in both the UK and the US from the 1930s to the 1970s. She regained attention decades later. In 1993 one of her books was plagiarised by Indrani Aikath-Gyaltsen; the "new" novel set in India was warmly reviewed in The New York Times and The Washington Post before its source was discovered. In 2001 or 2002 J. K. Rowling identified The Little White Horse as one of her favourite books and one of few with a direct influence on the Harry Potter series.

Rowland Denys Guy Winn, 4th Baron St Oswald MC DL, was a British soldier and Conservative politician.

Victor Dickenson was an American jazz trombonist. His career began in the 1920s and continued through musical partnerships with Count Basie (1940–41), Sidney Bechet (1941), and Earl Hines.

Theodorus Hendrikus "Theo" Bot was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist.

Giovanni Spagnolli was an Italian Christian Democrat politician. He was a graduate of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. During World War II, he was a member of the Italian resistance movement. He was President of the Senate of Italy (1973–1976). He was a senator in Legislature II (1953–1958), Legislature III, Legislature IV, Legislature V and Legislature VI (1972–1976).

Lila Bell Wallace was an American magazine publisher and philanthropist. She co-founded Reader's Digest with her husband Dewitt Wallace, publishing the first issue in 1922.