List of Famous people who died in 1984

Oskar Werner was an Austrian stage and cinema actor whose prominent roles include two 1965 films, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Ship of Fools. Other notable films include Decision Before Dawn (1951), Jules and Jim (1962), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) and Voyage of the Damned (1976).

Anna Anderson was the best known of several impostors who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia. Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia, Nicholas II and Alexandra, was murdered along with her parents and siblings on 17 July 1918 by communist revolutionaries in Yekaterinburg, Russia, but the location of her body was unknown until 2007.

Peter Sydney Ernest Lawford was an English-born actor, producer, and socialite, who resided in the United States throughout his adult life.

Naomi Uemura was a Japanese adventurer. He was particularly well known for doing alone what had previously been achieved only with large teams. For example, he was the first man to reach the North Pole solo, the first man to raft the Amazon solo, and the first man to climb Denali solo. He disappeared a day after his 43rd birthday while attempting to climb Denali in the winter.

Edwin Thomas Layton was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Layton is most noted for his work as an intelligence officer before and during World War II.

Yuri Iosifovich Vizbor was a well-known Soviet bard and poet as well as a theatre and film actor.

Herbert Fleischmann (1925–1984) was a German film and television actor. He was married several times including to the actress Ruth Leuwerik.

Emilie Christine Schroeder, also known as Christa Schroeder was one of Adolf Hitler’s personal secretaries before and during World War II.

Janet Gaynor was an American film, stage, and television actress and painter.

Klavdiya Ivanovna Shulzhenko was a Soviet popular female singer and actress.